256
Changing the default settings with the menu
Icon/item
MEMORY SET
PHOTO SAVE
FILE NO.
DELETE ALL
FORMAT
Mode
——
z SERIES
RESET
——
z RETURN
OK
POWER
switch
VCR
VCR
MEMORY/
NETWORK
MEMORY/
NETWORK
MEMORY/
NETWORK
Notes on formatting
•Do not do any of the following while FORMATTING is displayed:
– Switch the POWER switch
– Operate buttons
– Eject the “Memory Stick”
•The supplied or optional “Memory Stick” has been formatted at factory. Formatting “Memory Stick”s
on your camcorder is not required.
•You cannot format the “Memory Stick” if the write-protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK.
•Format the “Memory Stick” when FORMAT ERROR is displayed.
•Formatting erases protected image data on the “Memory Stick.”
Meaning
To copy still images on tape onto “Memory Stick”
(p. 194).
To assign numbers to file in sequence even if the
“Memory Stick” is changed
To reset the file numbering each time the “Memory
Stick” is changed
To delete all unprotected images (p. 213)
To cancel formatting
To format an inserted “Memory Stick”
Formatting erases all information on the “Memory
Stick”
Check the contents of the “Memory Stick” before
formatting.
1. Select FORMAT.
2. Select OK with the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial, then
press the dial.
3. After EXECUTE appears, press SEL/PUSH EXEC
dial. FORMATTING flashes during formatting.
COMPLETE appears when formatting is finished.
