Instruction manual

The brightness of the LCD monitor can be set in
eleven levels. The brightness setting screen is
opened from the basic section of the setup
menu (p. 74). Use the left/right keys of the
controller (1) to adjust the brightness, the
monitor image will change accordingly. Press
the central button of the controller (2) to set the
brightness level.
7776 SETUP MODE
LCD MONITOR BRIGHTNESS
FORMATTING MEMORY CARDS
The formatting function is used to erase all data on a memory card. Before formatting a
memory card, copy the data to a computer or storage device. Locking images will not
protect them from being deleted when the card is formatted. Always format the memory
card using the camera; never use a computer to format a card.
When the format option is selected and entered in the basic section of the setup menu
(p. 74), a confirmation screen will appear. Choosing “Yes” will format the card, choosing
“No” will cancel the formatting operation. A screen will appear to indicate the card has
been formatted.
If the unable-to-use-card message appears, the inserted card in the camera may need to
be formatted. A memory card used in another camera may also have to be formatted
before being used.
High
When a memory card is formatted, all data on the card is erased.
Low
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If file number memory is selected, when a new folder is created, the first file stored in the
folder will have a number one greater than the last file saved. If the file number memory
is disabled, the image file number will be 0001. File number memory is activated in the
custom 1 section of the setup menu.
If file number memory is active and the memory card is changed, the first file saved to
the new card will have a number one greater than the last file saved on the previous card
if the new card does not contain an image with a greater file number. If it does, the file
number of the new image will be one greater than the greatest on the card.
FILE NUMBER (#) MEMORY
FOLDER NAME
All recorded images are stored in folders on the memory card. Folder
names come in two formats, standard and date.
Standard folders have an eight character name. The initial folder is
named 100MLT18. The first three digits are the folder’s serial number,
which will increase by one each time a new folder is created. The next
three letters refer to Minolta, and the last two numbers indicate the
camera used; 18 indicates a DiMAGE Xt.
A date folder name also starts with the three digit serial number and is
followed by one register for the year, two register for the month, and two
registers for the day: 101YMMDD. The folder 10130412 was created in
2003 on April 12th.
With the date folder format selected, when an image is recorded a new folder with the
day’s date will be created. All images recorded that day will be placed in that folder.
Images recorded on a different day will be placed in a new folder with the corresponding
date. If the file number memory function is off, when a new folder is created, the serial
number in the image-file name is reset to 0001. If file number memory function is on, the
serial number in the image-file will be one greater than the last image saved. For more
information on folder organization and file names, see page 90.
100MLT18
(Standard)
10130412
(Date)