Selecting The Recording Media - Canon VIXIA HG21 Instruction Manual

Selecting the Recording Media
You can select to record your movies
and photos on the built=in hard disk or
on a memory card. The hard disk is the
default media for recording both.
To
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[_ Menu]© _ or_ ©
[Rec Media for Movies] or
[Rec Media for Photos] © Select
the hard disk or memory card* ©
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* For each media, you can check the total,
used and available space. Available space
is estimated based on the recording mode
(movies) or photo size/quality (photos)
currently in use.
Ioitializingthe HardDisk or Memory
Oard
Initialize memory cards when you use
them with this camcorder for the first
time. You can also initialize a memory
card or the hard disk to permanently
delete all the recordings it contains.
Initializing the recording media also
eliminates fragmentation.
Fragmentation becomes more serious
as recordings are repeatedly added and
deleted and can eventually result in
reduced performance.
Options
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Clears the file allocation table but does not
physically erase the stored data.
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Erases all data c0mpletely. The c0mpbte
initializationof the hard disk requires a longer
time (_[_ approx. 2 hr., _ approx.
1 hr.).
[P_I Menu] © _ ©
[Initialize [_J![£_]] ©
[HDD] or [Mere. Card] ©
Initialization method O
[Yes]* O [OK] 0
* Press _ to cancel the complete
initialization while it is in progress. All
recordings will be erased and the recording
media can be used without any problem.
initializing the recording media will
permanently erase all recordings. Lost
original recordings cannot be recovered.
Make sure you back up important
recordings in advance using an external
device (813 82).
Power the camcorder using the
compact power adapter to initialize the
hard disk. While the initialization is in
progress, do not disconnect the power
source.
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