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Media utility
Formatting media
Newlypurchasedmediaormediathathasbeenused
byanotherdevicecannotbeused“asis;”youmust
formatthemediabeforeyoucanuseitwiththe
KROME.
Whenyouformatmedia,alldatathathadbeen
savedonthatmediawillbeerased.Besureto
double‐checkmediafordatabeforeyouformat.
Afterformatting,itisnotpossibletopressthe
COMPAREbuttontoreturnto
thepreviousstate.
1. Makesurethatthemediayouwanttoformatis
inserted.Fordetails,pleasesee“Inserting/
removingacardintheSDcardslot”onpage 118.
2. AccesstheMedia–Utilitypage.PresstheUtility
tab.
3. Pressthemenubuttontoaccessthemenu,and
press“Format”toopenthedialogbox.
4. In“VolumeLabel,”usethetexteditbuttonto
accessthetextedit
dialogbox,andspecifythe
volumelabel.
Thepreviously‐specifiedvolumelabelwillbe
displayed.Ifnovolumelabelhadbeenspecifiedforthe
media,orifanon‐DOSmedi
awasinserted,thiswill
indicate“NEWVOLUME.”
5. Specifytheinitializationformat.
QuickFormat:Thiserasesthefileinformationonthe
SDcard,allowingthecardtobeformattedquickly.
Normallyyou’llusethismethodofformatting.
FullFormat:Allblocksonthemediawillbeerased.
Normally,thereisnoneedtoapplyaFullFormat;you
shouldsimplyexecuteQuickFormat.
6. PresstheOKbuttontoformat,orpresstheCancel
buttonifyoudecidetocancel.
WhenyoupresstheOKbutton,amessagewillaskyou
forconfirmation.PresstheOKbuttononceagainto
executetheFormatoperation.
YoumustusetheKROMEtoformatthe media.
TheKROMEwillnotcorrectlyrecognizemedia
thathasbeenformattedbyanotherdevice.
Setting the current time
Specifythedateandtime;thisisusedtorecordthe
correctdateandtimewhenyousavedata.Youcanset
thedateandtimebyusingtheMediaUtilitypage’sSet
Date/Timemenucommand.
TheKROMEdoesnotcontainaninternalcalendar
orclock,youmustusetheUtilitymenucommand
SetDate/Timetosetthedateandtimebefore
savingthefile.
1. PresstheMEDIAbuttontoenterMediamode.
2. AccesstheMedia–Utilitypage.PresstheUtility
tab.
3. Openthemenu,andselecttheSetDate/Time
command.
Thefollowingdialogboxwillappear.
4. UsetheVALUEcontrollerstosetthecorrectyear,
month,day,hour,minute,andsecond.
5. PresstheOKbutton.