Formatting - Olympus CAMEDIA C480 Zoom Advanced Manual

Formatting

This function lets you format the internal memory or card. Formatting
prepares cards to receive data.
• To format the internal memory, do not insert the card.
• To format the card, have it inserted.
• Before using non-OLYMPUS cards or cards which have been formatted on a
computer, you must format them with this camera.
All existing data, including protected pictures, are erased when the
card is formatted. Make sure that you save or transfer important data
to a computer before formatting the card.
Top menu [MODE MENU]
[MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT)]
• In : Top menu
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Select [YES], and press Z.
• The [BUSY] bar is displayed while the
card is formatted.
Note
• Do not do any of the following during formatting as such actions may damage
the card.
Open the card cover or battery compartment cover, or connect or
disconnect the AC adapter (regardless of whether there are batteries in
the camera or not).
[MEMORY(CARD)]
g"How to use the menus" (P. 16)
[SETUP] [MEMORY FORMAT (FORMAT)]
<MEMORY FORMAT
CAUTION ERASING ALL
YES
NO
SELECT GO
OK
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