Nov 27 2008
Copyright RED Digital Cinema
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Formatting on-camera
i) Formatting a new Compact Flash card or attach a RED-DRIVE or RED-RAM magazine.
Insert the CF card with the manufacturer’s label facing outward (away from camera body).
Press the CF firmly into the CF slot, but without excessive pressure. Or attach the RED-DRIVE
or RED-RAM magazine to the e-SATA port via the 16 pin e-SATA cable provided.
The camera will recognize unformatted media and prompt with a message such as this
Unformatted
and/or
Media X
In the camera GUI display and on the rear LCD Status Display.
To format the media: From the camera back, press
SYSTEM
menu.
Then press the
MEDIA
label.
Then press
FORMAT
.
If the media is blank, the camera will respond that it is -
Formatting the Internal (External) Digital Magazine.
Once completed the following screen will appear.
The Magazine was Successfully Re-Formatted
The digital magazine is ready for immediate use
O.K
Press the Joystick to acknowledge. The format process is now complete. Formatting a CF card
or RED-RAM will take about 10 -15 seconds; a RED-DRIVE will format in less than a minute.