50
GETTING READY
■
Memory Card Precautions
•
If a memory card starts to
b
eha
v
e a
b
normally, yo
u
can restore
normal operation
b
y reformatting it. Ho
w
e
v
er, it is
recommended that yo
u
al
w
ays take along more than one
memory card
w
hene
v
er
u
sing the camera far a
w
ay from the
home or office.
•
If yo
u
experience pro
b
lems
w
hile trying to play
b
ack recorded
images, try re-formatting the memory card.
•
As yo
u
record data to and delete data from a memory card a
n
u
m
b
er of times, it loses its a
b
ility to retain data. Beca
u
se of
this, periodic re-formatting of a memory card is
recommended.
•
Make s
u
re that the
b
attery is charged f
u
lly
b
efore starting a
formatting operation. Formatting may not
b
e performed
correctly and the memory card may
b
e damaged if the
camera po
w
ers do
w
n
w
hile formatting is in progress.
•
Ne
v
er open the
b
attery co
v
er
w
hile formatting is in progress.
Doing so can damage the memory card.
The follo
w
ing are men
u
operations yo
u
w
ill need to
u
se to
config
u
re camera settings. Take a fe
w
moments to
b
ecome
familiar
w
ith them.
•
See “Men
Reference” on page 246 for information a
b
o
u
t
men
u
contents.
•
Yo
u
also can
u
se the Operation Panel (page 53) to config
u
re
some of the settings that appear on the men
u
screen. In any
case
w
here the same setting can
b
e config
u
red
b
oth on the
Operation Panel and on the men
u
screen, the Operation
Panel operation is al
w
ays sho
w
n.
Example Menu Screen
Press [MENU] to display the
men
u
screen.
•
Men
u
contents are different in
the REC mode and PLAY
mode. This screen sho
w
s the
REC mode men
u
.
Using On-screen Menus
Tabs
Settings
