Formatting on-camera
i) Formatting a new Compact Flash card or attach a RED-DRIVE™ or RED-RAM™ magazine.
Insert the CF card with the manufacturer’s label facing outward (away from camera body).
Press the CF firmly into the CF slot, but without excessive pressure. Or attach the RED-
DRIVE™ or RED-RAM™ magazine to the e-SATA port via the 16 pin e-SATA cable provided.
The camera will recognize unformatted media and prompt with a message such as this
Unformatted and/or Media X
In the camera GUI display and on the rear LCD Status Display.
To format the media: From the camera back, press SYSTEM menu.
Then press the MEDIA label.
Then press FORMAT.
If the media is blank, the camera will respond that it is -
Formatting the Internal (External) Digital Magazine.
Once completed the following screen will appear.
The Magazine was Successfully Re-Formatted
The digital magazine is ready for immediate use
O.K
Press the Joystick to acknowledge. The format process is now complete. Formatting a CF card
or RED-RAM™ will take about 10 -15 seconds; a RED-DRIVE™ formats in less than a minute.