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Saving and Loading User Files
Chapter 6 Saving and Loading the User Setting Data
4
Select the desired file number, and press the MENU
knob.
The message “SAVE OK? YES b NO” appears.
5
To carry out the save, select YES and press the MENU
knob.
To cancel, press the MENU knob leaving b pointing to
NO.
The access indicator lights. When the saving is
completed, the message “COMPLETE” appears and
the access indicator goes off.
If no “Memory Stick” has been inserted, the message
“NO MEMORY STICK” will appear. Insert a
“Memory Stick”, and carry out the operation once
again.
If you select a file number where data has already
been saved
The message “OVERWRITE OK? YES b NO”
appears.
• To stop overwriting, press the MENU knob leaving
b pointing to NO.
• To overwrite, select YES and press the MENU knob.
You can select the information displayed on each
USER SAVE or USER LOAD page.
For details, see “To select the file information items to
be displayed” on page 149.
About the USER menu settings to be saved in the
“Memory Stick”
Settings for items on all pages of the USER menu are
saved in the “Memory Stick” as a user file.
If data cannot be saved
If one of the following error messages appears during or
after the save operation, then the data was not saved.
To set the file ID
Before data is saved to a “Memory Stick”, it is useful to set
a file ID for the “Memory Stick” to identify it.
When data is saved to a “Memory Stick”, the file ID is
saved to the “Memory Stick” together with the data.
Set the file ID before saving data in the “Memory Stick”.
Otherwise, the file ID is not saved with the other data.
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn the
MENU knob to move the b mark to the desired item.)
1
Display the USER FILE page of the FILE menu, and
press the MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu
Operations” on page 131.
2
Select F. ID, and press the MENU knob.
A character table appears.
3
Follow steps 3 and 4 described in “Setting the Shot
ID” on page 139 to enter characters.
4
When you have finished entering the file ID, turn the
MENU knob to move x to END, and press the MENU
knob.
The entered file ID is now displayed.
DISPLAY MODE : ALL
001.NEW FILE
002.NEW FILE
003.NEW FILE
004.NEW FILE
005.NEW FILE
ESC P00 USER SAVE
DISPLAY MODE : ALL
001.NEW FILE
002.NEW FILE
003.NEW FILE
004.NEW FILE
005.NEW FILE
ESCP00 USER SAVE
SAVE OK? YES NO
If a file number is
followed by “NEW
FILE”, this means
that the file is empty.
If data is stored in the
file, the file number is
followed by the file
name.
Error message Cause Action
NO MEMORY
STICK (flashing)
No “Memory Stick”
is inserted.
Insert or reinsert
the “Memory
Stick”.
MEMORY STICK
LOCKED
The LOCK switch
on the “Memory
Stick” is set to the
write protect
position.
Set the LOCK
switch to the write
enable position.
MEMORY STICK
ERROR (flashing)
Circuit or “Memory
Stick” fault.
Recheck and
consult your Sony
dealer.
Note
USER FILE LOAD : EXEC
USER FILE SAVE : EXEC
F.ID :?
x
i#$%&'()*+,-./012345678
9:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
QRSTUVWXYZ[ ]abcdefghijk
lmnopqrstuvwxyz~
INS DEL RET ESC END
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