Sony HDR-HC5 Manual

1

Select [ALL FILES] or [CURRNT 
FOLDER].
[ALL FILES]: Deletes all the images on 
the “Memory Stick Duo.”
[CURRNT FOLDER]: Deletes all the 
images in the selected folder.

2

Touch [YES] twice 

t 

.

b

• The folder will not be deleted even when you 

delete all the pictures in the folder.

• Do not do any of the following while [

 

Erasing all data…] is displayed:
– Operate the POWER switch/operation 

buttons.

– Eject the “Memory Stick Duo.”

The “Memory Stick Duo” has been 
formatted at the factory, and does not 
require formatting at purchase.

To execute formatting, touch [YES] twice 
t 

.

Formatting is completed, and all the images 
will be deleted.

b

• Do not do any of the following while [

 

Formatting…] is displayed:
– Operate the POWER switch/operation 

buttons.

– Eject the “Memory Stick Duo.”

• Formatting erases everything on the “Memory 

Stick Duo” including protected image data and 
newly created folders.

B

Assigns file numbers in sequence even if 
the “Memory Stick Duo” is replaced with 
another one. The file number is reset when 
a new folder is created or the recording 
folder is replaced with another.

Resets the file number to 0001 each time 
the “Memory Stick Duo” is changed.

You can create a new folder (102MSDCF 
to 999MSDCF) on a “Memory Stick Duo.”  
When 9,999 images are stored in the current 
folder, a new folder is automatically created 
for storing subsequent images.

Touch [YES] 

t 

.

b

• You cannot delete the created folders using your 

camcorder. You will have to format the 
“Memory Stick Duo” (p. 52), or delete them 
using your computer.

• The number of recordable pictures on a 

“Memory Stick Duo” may decrease as the 
number of folders increases.

Select the folder to be used for recording 
with 

/

, then touch 

.

b

• As the default setting, pictures are saved in the 

101MSDCF folder.

• Once you record a picture in a folder, the same 

folder will be set as the default folder for 
playback.

Select the playback folder with 

/

, 

then touch 

.