Sony NW-MS7 Operating Instructions - Page 23

To format the "Memory Stick" (FORMAT) If you need to format the "Memory Stick," use this player. If formatted, all data previously recorded on the "Memory Stick" will be erased. Be sure to check the data of the "Memory Stick" before formatting (data recorded using other devices will also be erased). A commercially available "Memory Stick" is already formatted at the factory. The supplied "Memory Stick" is also formatted. Notes • Be sure to connect the player to a power source with the AC power adaptor. • You cannot use a "Memory Stick" that has been formatted using the computer. 1 Press the MENU button. The menu is displayed. 2 Select "FORMAT" using the Jog lever. TITLE JPN FORMAT DATE&TIME 3 Press the Jog lever. 4 Select "YES" using the Jog lever. 6 Press the Jog lever. "FORMATTING" appears in the display, and the formatting of the "Memory Stick" begins. FORMATTING When formatting is finished, "COMPLETE" appears in the display, and returns to the menu in step 2. 7 Press the MENU button. The display returns to normal. To exit from the Menu mode Select [RETURN] in the menu or press the MENU button. To cancel the formatting Select NO in step 4 or press any button other than the Jog lever in step 5. Notes • You cannot format while playback or in pause ("FORMAT" will not be displayed). • If the erasure prevention switch of the "Memory Stick" is ON, "LOCKED" appears in the display, and you cannot format the "Memory Stick." • Do not take out the "Memory Stick" or unplug the AC power adaptor when "FORMATTING" is displayed. NO FORMAT YES 5 Press the Jog lever. "FORMAT OK?" appears in the display. FORMAT OK? continued 23