User Guide

This manual is a provisional version only.

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The Format command

e sensor unit is only able to read and write to media that have

been initialized to use the FAT32 format, which is also readable

by both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. However,

new cards or disks sometimes arrive without any formatting, or

you might want to convert media that are currently using a format

that the camera cannot read.

 Each time you get a new compact-ﬂash card, we recommend that

you format it using the sensor unit as described below, even if the

sensor unit is already able to read it. This will enable the sensor unit

to use the card more eﬃciently.

 The sensor unit is capable of formatting any type of medium

connected to it, including compact ﬂash cards, FireWire disks and

ImageBank-CF units. When you do this, you will erase all data

contained on the target medium.

 You can also use the format command for the purpose of deleting

all images on a disk. This is sometimes faster than using the delete

function, but it is not as ﬂexible because all data from all batches

will always be erased.

To format media:

1. If you have more than one type of medium connected (e.g., a

compact-ﬂash card and ImageBank-CF), then start by select-

ing the medium you wish to format using the Storage entry

of the main menu (see also Selecting the Current Storage

Medium ).

2. Select MAIN MENU > STORAGE > Format. (See also

Navigating the Menu System for details about how to ﬁnd

this setting.)

3. Press the  to open the Format Card dialog.

4. You are now asked to conﬁrm the operation.

• To conﬁrm, press the (+) button to change the status to Yes

and then press the approve button to execute the format and

delete all data on the current medium.

• To cancel, press the menu button to exit; or press the (-) but-

ton to set the status to No and then press the approval button

to cancel.

5. You now return to the STORAGE menu. Either move on to

another setting by using the navigator button or press the

menu (EXIT) button to exit the menu system.