KODAK DX3500 Digital Camera — User's Guide


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4 Customizing Your Camera Settings

Formatting Memory or Picture Card

You may need to format the camera's internal memory if it becomes corrupted. You may need to format a Picture Card if it becomes corrupted or if it was used in a different camera. When formatting is necessary, an error message appears on the LCD screen. for error messages.

CAUTION:
Formatting erases everything, even protected pictures, from the internal memory or Picture Card. Removing the Picture Card during formatting may damage the card.
  1. Turn the Mode dial to Setup .

  2. Highlight the Format menu, then press the Select button.


  3. Highlight the Format option you want to use:

FORMAT CARDerases all of the information on the Picture Card and reformats the card for use in the camera.

CANCEL FORMAT—exits without making a change.

FORMAT MEMORYerases all of the information in the camera's internal memory and reformats the memory.

  4. Press the Select button.


  5. Highlight Continue Format, then press the Select button.

  6. When the formatting is complete, the Setup menu is automatically redisplayed.

NOTE: Once formatting begins, it is completed even if you turn off the camera or change the Mode dial position.



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