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Changing the menu settings
Icon/item
MEMORY SET (except DCR-TRV16)
PRINT MARK
PROTECT
SLIDE SHOW
PHOTO SAVE
FILE NO.
DELETE ALL
FORMAT
Mode
ON
zOFF
ON
zOFF
—
—
zSERIES
RESET
—
zRETURN
OK
Meaning
To write a print mark on recorded still images
you want to print out later (p. 151)
To cancel print marks on still images
To protect selected still images against
accidental erasure (p. 148)
To not protect still images
To play back images in a continuous loop
(p. 147)
To copy mini DV still pictures on “Memory
Stick”(p. 135)
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. 150)
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 with the SEL/PUSH EXEC
dial, then press the dial.
2. Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select OK,
then press the dial.
3. After “EXECUTE” appears, press the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial. “FORMATTING” flashes
during formatting. “COMPLETE” appears
when formatting is finished.
POWER
switch
VCR
MEMORY
VCR
MEMORY
MEMORY
VCR
VCR
MEMORY
MEMORY
MEMORY
Notes on formatting (except DCR-TRV16)
•Supplied or optional “Memory Stick”s have been formatted at factory. Formatting
“Memory Stick”s on your camcorder is not required.
•Do not do any of the following while FORMATTING is displayed:
– Switch the POWER switch
– Operate buttons
– Eject the “Memory Stick”
•You cannot format the “Memory Stick” if the write-protect tab on the “Memory Stick”
is set to LOCK.
•Format again if the message “ FORMAT ERROR” appears.
• Formatting erases protected image data on the “Memory Stick.”