51You can not recover deleted images.Do not eject a memory card or power off while deleting videos or photos recorded on the storage media.Doing so may damage the storage media or data.••DELETING FILESYou can erase your recordings one by one, or all at once.PRECHECK!Insert a memory card. ¬page 27Select the Play mode by pressing the Mode ( ) button, and then touchthe Video ( ) or Photo ( ) tab. ¬page 231. Press the MENU button.2. Touch the “Delete ” and then the desired submenu item.If you touch “Select Files”, you will see image thumbnails.Go to Step 3.If you touch "All Files", you will see the message thatcorresponds to that option. Go to Step 4.3. Touch the thumbnails of the fi les you want to delete. After youhave selected all the fi les you want to delete, touch the ( ) tab.See Submenu items below for additional details.4. Touch “Yes.”If you selected "All Files", the camcorder deletes all the fi les inthe storage media, except for those that are protected.If you selected “Select Files”, the camcorder deletes the fi lesyou selected.•••••••You can also operate this function in the full and single image display mode. ¬page 50To protect important images from accidental erasure, activate the image protection function in advance.¬page 52You can not delete protected fi les. Cancel the protect ( ) function fi rst. ¬page 52The delete function does not work if the battery charge is insuffi cient. Make sure the battery is chargedenough so it does not become exhausted during the delete operation.You can also format the storage media to delete all the images at once. Be aware that all files and dataincluding protected fi les will be erased. ¬page 62•••••Submenu itemsSelect Files: Deletes individual images. Touch the images you wantto delete. The ( ) indicator is displayed on the selected images.Touching the thumbnail image toggles the image between beingselected ( ) or not selected. Touch the ( ) tab after you haveselected all the fi les you want to delete.All Files: Deletes all images.••Delete Protect SettingsShareDelete Protect SettingsShareSelect Files All FilesYes No'HOHWHVHOHFWHG¿OHV"