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De
vice menu [De
vice Menu]
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EN
Device menu [Device Menu]
Formatting a recording media
[Format]
Formatting a recording media erases all
existing files saved on it. Be sure to transfer all
important files to a PC before formatting. For
VN-721PC, go to Step 3.
1
Press the
+
/
–
button to select the
recording media to be formatted.
[
Internal memory
]:
Formats the internal memory.
[
microSD card
]
*
:
Formats the microSD card.
* VN-722PC model only
2
Press
the
`
OK
button.
3
Press the
+
button to select
[
Start
], then press the
`
OK
button.
4
Press the
+
button to select
[
Start
] again, then press the
`
OK
button.
•
[
Formatting!
] appears, and formatting
starts.
•
[
Format done
] appears when the
process has finished.
TIP
•
To reset all the voice recorder’s settings
to their default values, use the [
Reset
Settings
] operation (
☞
P.47).
NOTE
•
Never format the voice recorder from
a PC.
•
Formatting erases all the existing data,
including locked files and read-only
files.
•
Before formatting, replace the battery
to ensure it will not run out before the
process has finished. The formatting
process can sometimes take over 10
seconds to complete. To prevent the
risk of damage to data, never attempt
to perform any of the following
processes before a formatting process
has finished:
1
Removing the battery
2
Removing the microSD card (if the
recording media to be initialized
is a [
microSD card
]) (VN-722PC
model only).
VN-722PC model only:
•
If there is a microSD card in the voice
recorder, make sure [
Internal memory
]
or [
microSD card
] has been correctly
selected as the recording media to
erase (
☞
P.46).
•
Even when formatting or erasing
(
☞
P.32) is performed, only the
file management information of the
internal memory and/or microSD card
is updated and the recorded data is not
completely erased.
When disposing of a microSD card,
be sure to destroy the card, format
the card and record silence until the
recording time runs out, or perform a
similar operation in order to prevent
the leakage of personal information.
