Safety Instructions and Handling Precautions
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• Secure Digital (SD) memory cards have a physical switch to
prevent writing on the card so as to avoid the accidental erasure of
the card’s content. To write-protect the memory card set the
switch to the LOCK position.
Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Battery
The camcorder has a built-in rechargeable lithium battery to keep the date/time and other settings.
The built-in lithium battery is recharged while you use the camcorder; however, it will discharge
completely if you do not use the camcorder for about 3 months.
To recharge the built-in lithium battery:
Connect the compact power adapter to the camcorder and
leave it connected for 24 hours with the camcorder off.
Disposal
When you delete movies or initialize a memory card, only the file allocation table is altered and stored
data is not physically erased. When you dispose of a memory card or give either to another person,
initialize it using the [Complete Initialization] option (
A
32). Fill it up with unimportant recordings, and
then initialize it again using the same option. This makes recovering the original recordings very
difficult.
LOCK switch
