Formatting The Smartmedia Card - Minolta data memory back dm9 Instruction Manual

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FORMATTING THE SmartMedia CARD

SmartMedia cards must be formatted before they are used in
the DM-9. Formatting erases all previously stored data.
• Formatting resets the film area to area 1.
• The data number sequentially numbers every roll exposed
while the DM-9 is mounted and does not reset to 1.
Minolta RM-2S and RM-4S SmartMedia cards have
been specially formatted for use in the Dimâge V
digital camera and need to be reformatted before
they can be used in the DM-9.
• will appear in
the DM-9's data panel.
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1. Open the card-slot door
and insert the card to be
formatted.
2. Open the control-panel
door, then press the
data-memory and adjust
buttons until
appears and blinks
in the camera data panel.
3. Press the data-memory
• blinks in the camera's
data panel and
blinks in the DM-9's data
panel while the card is being
formatted.
Do not remove the camera battery or the SmartMedia
card, or open the back of the camera while
blinks in the camera or DM-9 data panels.
button again.
• blinks in the camera's
data panel and
blinks in the DM-9's data
panel while the card is being
formatted.
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