Owner's Manual

Before You Start
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For a new CF card or a CF card previously formatted by another
camera or personal computer, format the card with this camera.
o Formatting a CF card will erase everything in the card. Even
protected images will be erased, so make sure there is
nothing you need to keep. If necessary, transfer the recorded
data to a personal computer before formatting the card.
Select [Eormat].
• Under the [tT 1] tab, select [Format],
then press
< § >.
~ The confirmation dialog will appear.
Eormat tile CE caret.
• Select [OK], then press < § >.
~ The CF card will be formatted
(initialized).
~ When the formatting is completed,
the menu will reappear.
o When the card is formatted, only the file management information is
changed. The actual data is not completely erased. Keep this
in mind
when giving the memory card to another person or discarding
it.
Q When discarding the card, destroy the card physically to prevent the data
from being stolen.
If a CF card-related error message is displayed on the LCD monitor,
there is a problem with the CF card. Remove and reinstall the CF card. If
the error persists, use a different CF card. Or,
if you can transfer all the
images
in the CF card to a personal computer, transfer all the images
and then format the
card~ The card may then return to normal.
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