Format in camera
 

Hi Mike,
Format in camera?? Just got my NX5 and setting it up but a question. Formating the card in the camera? Can't find anything in the menu to do that?? Can you tell me where to go?

Page 65 in the manual. Press MODE, Touch screen ( Manage media)-Media Format, touch the media you want to format. Touch yes-yes-OK. Your done. If you have just got the camera its worth the time to read the manual all the way through. A few times. The LCD is the same touch screen as on the consumer cams but only performs these few actions which is a pity as I am used to the touch screen doing a lot more on the XR500 and SR11 that I have.

Ron Evans

"I suspect like others have said...the problem could stem from other issues such as bad or counterfeit media, formatting the card in the computer instead of in-camera,"

An answer I sent to a member's question by email:

In my manual it's on page 104, near the bottom in the right column:

"Do not format the recording media using a computer.The camcorder may
not operate correctly".

Mention also in the troubleshooting section that problems may arise
with card formatted in-computer instead of in-camera - Page 92 ("The
camcorder does not operate..." etc...

Problems with cards, as mentioned somewhere else, may
also arise when deleting frequently in-camera. Seems it may mess up
(not a Sony term...) the registry because of fragmentation of the file(s).

I hope I didn't cause any confusion with the way I worded that. It was intended to read that the card should be formatted in-camera and NOT in the PC.

Mike