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Selecting the Recording Media You can select to record your movies and photos on the built-in hard disk or on a memory card. The hard disk is the default media for recording both. TO CHANGE THE MEDIA FOR RECORDING MOVIES FUNC. [ Menu] or [Rec Media for Movies] or [Rec Media for Photos] Select the hard disk or memory card* FUNC. * For each media, you can check the total, used and available space. Available space is estimated based on the recording mode (movies) or photo size/quality (photos) currently in use. Initializing the Hard Disk or Memory Card Initialize memory cards when you use them with this camcorder for the first time. You can also initialize a memory card or the hard disk to permanently delete all the recordings it contains. Initializing the recording media also eliminates fragmentation. Fragmentation becomes more serious as recordings are repeatedly added and deleted and can eventually result in reduced performance. Options [Quick Initialization] Clears the file allocation table but does not physically erase the stored data. [Complete Initialization] Erases all data completely. The complete initialization of the hard disk requires a longer time ( approx. 2 hr., approx. 1 hr.). FUNC. [ Menu] [Initialize / ] [HDD] or [Mem. Card] Initialization method [Yes]* [OK] FUNC. * Press to cancel the complete initialization while it is in progress. All recordings will be erased and the recording media can be used without any problem. IMPORTANT • Initializing the recording media will permanently erase all recordings. Lost original recordings cannot be recovered. Make sure you back up important recordings in advance using an external device ( 82). • Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter to initialize the hard disk. While the initialization is in progress, do not disconnect the power source. 33

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Selecting the Recording Media
You can select to record your movies
and photos on the built-in hard disk or
on a memory card. The hard disk is the
default media for recording both.
[
Menu]
or
[Rec Media for Movies] or
[Rec Media for Photos]
Select
the hard disk or memory card*
*
For each media, you can check the total,
used and available space. Available space
is estimated based on the recording mode
(movies) or photo size/quality (photos)
currently in use.
Initializing the Hard Disk or Memory
Card
Initialize memory cards when you use
them with this camcorder for the first
time. You can also initialize a memory
card or the hard disk to permanently
delete all the recordings it contains.
Initializing the recording media also
eliminates fragmentation.
Fragmentation becomes more serious
as recordings are repeatedly added and
deleted and can eventually result in
reduced performance.
Options
[
Menu]
[Initialize
/
]
[HDD] or [Mem. Card]
Initialization method
[Yes]*
[OK]
* Press
to cancel the complete
initialization while it is in progress. All
recordings will be erased and the recording
media can be used without any problem.
IMPORTANT
•
Initializing the recording media will
permanently erase all recordings. Lost
original recordings cannot be recovered.
Make sure you back up important
recordings in advance using an external
device (
82).
•
Power the camcorder using the
compact power adapter to initialize the
hard disk. While the initialization is in
progress, do not disconnect the power
source.
T
O
CHANGE
THE
MEDIA
FOR
RECORDING
MOVIES
FUNC.
FUNC.
[Quick Initialization]
Clears the file allocation table but does not
physically erase the stored data.
[Complete Initialization]
Erases all data completely. The complete
initialization of the hard disk requires a longer
time (
approx. 2 hr.,
approx.
1 hr.).
FUNC.
FUNC.