Sony HDR-XR520 User Manual

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Protecting recorded 

movies and photos 

(Protect)

Protect movies and photos to avoid deleting 

them by mistake.

Select the recording medium that contains 

the movies and photos you want to protect 

before starting the operation (p. 70). For 

movies, select the image quality (p. 88).

Tips

You can protect movies and photos on the 

playback screen from   OPTION MENU.

1

   

Touch   (HOME)    (OTHERS) 

 [EDIT].

2

   

To protect movies, touch  
[

PROTECT]  [

PROTECT]/ 

[

PROTECT].

To protect photos, touch [ PROTECT] 

 [ PROTECT].

3

   

Touch the movies and photos to 
be protected.

 is displayed on the selected images.

Tips

Press and hold the image down on the 

LCD screen to confirm the image. Touch 

 to return to the previous screen.

You can select up to 100 images at one 

time.

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4

   

Touch 

  [YES]  

   

.

To undo the protection of movies and 

photos

Touch the movie or photo marked with  

in step 3.

 disappears.

To protect all the movies and photos 

recorded on the same day at one time

You can protect photos by selecting 

recording dates only when photos are 

recorded on the internal hard disk.

 In step 2, touch [ PROTECT]   

[

PRT. by date]/[

PRT. by date].

To protect all photos on the same day at 

one time, touch [ PROTECT]   

[ PRT. by date].

 Touch  /  to select the recording date 

of the desired movies/photos, then touch 

.

  The movies/photos recorded on the 

selected date are displayed on the screen.

Tips

Touch the image down on the LCD screen 

to confirm the image. Touch 

 to return 

to the previous screen.

 Touch    [ON]      .

To undo the protection of movies and 

photos recorded on the same day at 

one time

In step  above, select the recording date 

of the desired movies/photos, then touch  

  [OFF]  

  

.  

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