Sony DCR-IP5E/IP7E Operating Instructions Manual page 191

Preventing accidental erasure
– Image protection
To cancel image protection
Select the image for which you want to cancel
image protection, then press the centre z on the
control button in step 5 again. The "-" mark
disappears.
Note
Formatting erases all information on the
"Memory Stick", including the protected image
data. Check the contents of the "Memory Stick"
before formatting.
If the write-protect switch on the "Memory
Stick" is set to LOCK
You cannot carry out image protection.
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