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Preparations 43[ 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 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 memoryto permanently delete all the recordings it contains.At the time of purchase, the built-in memory comes pre-initialized andcontains music files for use as background music during playback.Options[ Menu] [Initialize / ][Built-in Mem.] or [Mem. Card] Initialization method[Yes]* [OK]* Press to cancel the complete initialization while it is in progress. All recordingswill 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 importantrecordings in advance using an external device ( 125).Operating modes:FUNC.FUNC.Operating modes:[Quick Initialization] Clears the file allocation table but does notphysically erase the stored data.[Complete Initialization] Erases all data completely.FUNC.FUNC.COPY