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Chapter 7
Formatting cards
This function lets you format a card. Formatting prepares cards to receive
data. Olympus CAMEDIA-brand cards are highly recommended for use with
this camera. If you are going to use non-OLYMPUS cards or cards formatted
by other devices such as a computer, you must format them with the camera
before use. Cards can be formatted in all modes.
Mode dial
setting
1
In the top menu, select MODE MENU
T
CARD
T
CARD SETUP.
~
“How to
use the menu” (P. 39)
2
Press
í
.
●
P A/S/M/
: The FORMAT
screen is displayed.
●
: The CARD SETUP screen is
displayed.
3
P A/S/M/
:
Press
Ñ
to select
YES.
: Press
∆
to select
FORMAT, then
press
. The
FORMAT screen is
displayed. Press
Ñ
to select YES.
4
Press to
start
formatting.
●
A bar is displayed to show the progress of
formatting.
●
To cancel formatting, select NO in step 3
and press
.
FORMAT screen
FORMA
FORMAT
YES
NO
CAUTION ERASING ALL
Screen during formatting
Ñ
button
button
●
All existing data stored on the card is erased when the card is formatted.
Make sure that you save or transfer important data to a PC before
formatting a used card.
●
Recording time may be longer with non-OLYMPUS cards and computer-
formatted cards. In such cases, re-formatting with the camera is
recommended.
●
Cards with a write-protect seal cannot be formatted.
Note
