Initializing The Built-In Memory Or Memory Card - Canon LEGRIA HF S11 Instruction Manual

Operating modes:
FUNC.
[ Menu]
[Rec Media for Movies] or [Rec Media for Photos]
Select the built-in memory or memory card*
* When selecting the memory, you can check the total, used and approximate avail-
able recording time/number of photos (estimated based on the recording mode
(movies) or photo size/quality (photos) currently in use).

Initializing the Built-in Memory or Memory Card

Initialize memory cards when you use them with this camcorder for the
first time. You can also initialize a memory card or the built-in memory
to permanently delete all the recordings it contains.
At the time of purchase, the built-in memory comes pre-initialized and
contains music files for use as background music during playback.
Operating modes:
Options
[Quick Initialization]
physically erase the stored data.
[Complete Initialization]
FUNC.
[ Menu]
[Built-in Mem.] or [Mem. Card]
[Yes]*
* Press to cancel the complete initialization while it is in progress. All recordings
will be erased and the memory can be used without any problem.
IMPORTANT
• Initializing the memory will permanently erase all recordings. Lost origi-
nal recordings cannot be recovered. Make sure you save important
recordings in advance using an external device (
• When the memory is initialized, music files will be erased as well. Use
the supplied software Music Transfer Utility to transfer music files from
or
Clears the file allocation table but does not
Erases all data completely.
FUNC.
[OK]
[Initialize /
Initialization method
FUNC.
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