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GETTING READY
Replacing the Memory Card
1.
Remove the memory card from the camera.
Press the memory card and then release it, so it comes part
w
ay o
u
t. P
u
ll the card o
u
t the rest of the
w
ay
b
y hand.
2.
Load the other memory card.
IMPORTANT!
•
Ne
v
er insert anything
b
esides a s
u
pported memory card
(page 47) into the memory card slot.
•
Sho
u
ld
w
ater or any foreign o
b
ject e
v
er get into the card
slot, immediately t
u
rn off the camera, remo
v
e the
b
attery,
and contact yo
u
r retailer or nearest CASIO a
u
thorized
ser
v
ice center.
•
Ne
v
er remo
v
e a card from the camera
w
hile the operation
lamp is flashing green. Doing so can ca
u
se the image sa
v
e
operation to fail and e
v
en damage the memory card.
Formatting a Memory Card
Before
u
sing a ne
w
memory card for the first time, yo
u
need to
format it. Once yo
u
format a memory card, yo
u
w
ill not need to
format it each time yo
u
u
se it.
Formatting a memory card that already has files on it
w
ill delete
its contents.
IMPORTANT!
•
Note that data deleted
b
y a memory card format operation
cannot
b
e reco
v
ered. Do
ub
le-check to make s
u
re that yo
u
really
w
ant to delete all the contents of the memory card
b
efore proceeding
w
ith the format operation.
•
E
v
en if the file data on a memory card is protected (page
2), formatting the card
w
ill delete all its data.
•
Be s
u
re to
u
se the camera to format a memory card.
Formatting a memory card on a comp
u
ter and then
u
sing it
in the camera can slo
w
do
w
n data processing
b
y the
camera. In the case of an SD memory card or SDHC
memory card, formatting on a comp
u
ter can res
u
lt in non-
conformity
w
ith the SD format, ca
u
sing pro
b
lems
w
ith
compati
b
ility, operation, etc.
