Preparations 39Selecting the Memory for the RecordingsYou can select to record your movies and photos in the built-in mem-ory or on a memory card. The built-in memory is the default memoryfor recording both.[ Menu] or[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 ( only) or Memory CardInitialize memory cards when you use them with this camcorder for thefirst time. You can also initialize a memory card or the built-in memory( only) to permanently delete all the recordings it contains.At the time of purchase, the built-in memory comes pre-initial-ized and contains music files for use as background music during play-back.Options[ Menu] [Initialize / ][Built-in Mem.] or [Mem. Card] Initialization method[Yes]* [OK]( 30)FUNC.FUNC.( 30)[Quick Initialization] Clears the file allocation table but does notphysically erase the stored data.[Complete Initialization] Erases all data completely.FUNC.FUNC.
