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Do’
s
and Don’t
s
•
S
ecure Digital (
S
D) memory card
s
have
a phy
s
ical
s
witch to prevent writing on
the card
s
o a
s
to avoid the accidental
era
s
ure of the card’
s
content. To write-
protect the memory card
s
et the
s
witch
to the LOC
K
po
s
ition.
Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Battery
The camcorder ha
s
a built-in rechargeable lithium battery to
k
eep the
date/time and other
s
etting
s
. The built-in lithium battery i
s
recharged
while you u
s
e the camcorder; however, it will di
s
charge completely if
you do not u
s
e the camcorder for about 3 month
s
.
To recharge the built-in lithium battery:
Connect the compact power
adapter to the camcorder and leave it connected with the camcorder
off. The built-in lithium battery will be fully charged after about 24 hour
s
.
Di
s
po
s
al
When you delete movie
s
or initiali
z
e the memory, only the file allocation
table i
s
altered and
s
tored data i
s
not phy
s
ically era
s
ed. When you di
s
-
po
s
e of the camcorder or memory card or give either to another per-
s
on, initiali
z
e the camcorder’
s
built-in memory (
H
only) or
memory card u
s
ing the [Complete Initiali
z
ation] option (
A
40). Fill it up
with unimportant recording
s
, and then initiali
z
e it again u
s
ing the
s
ame
option. Thi
s
ma
k
e
s
recovering the original recording
s
very difficult.
LOC
K
s
witch