Sony DSC-P100/P120 Operating Instructions Manual page 102

Symptom
The image and sound are
interrupted by noise when
you view a movie on a
computer.
You cannot print an
image.
Images once copied to a
computer cannot be
viewed on the camera.
"Memory Stick"
Symptom
You cannot insert a
"Memory Stick."
You cannot record on a
"Memory Stick."
You cannot format a
"Memory Stick."
You have formatted a
"Memory Stick" by
mistake.
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Cause
• You are playing back the movie directly from
" Memory Stick " .
—
• Copied to a wrong folder.
Cause
• You are inserting it backwards.
• The write-protect switch on the "Memory Stick"
is set to the LOCK position.
• The capacity of the "Memory Stick" is full.
• The image size is set to [640(Fine)] when
recording movies.
• The write-protect switch on the "Memory Stick"
is set to the LOCK position.
• All the data on the "Memory Stick" are deleted
by formatting. You cannot restore them.
Solution
p Copy the movie to the hard disk of your computer and then play
the
back the movie from the hard disk (pages 84, 85, 90 and 92).
p Check the printer settings.
p Copy them to an available folder, such as "101MSDCF"
(page 88).
Solution
p Insert it from the right side (page 18).
p Set it to the recording position (page 116).
p Delete unnecessary images saved in the "Memory Stick"
(pages 40 and 78).
p Insert a "Memory Stick PRO" (pages 76 and 116).
p Set the image size to other than [640(Fine)].
p Set it to the recording position (page 116).
p We recommend that you set the "Memory Stick" write-protect
switch to the LOCK position to prevent accidental erasure
(page 116).