Music & memory loss

Erasing selected file

You can delete a file by the following steps:
1. Select folder (A, B, C , D or )
2. Select file.
3. Press ERASE once and DELETE will blink on the screen.
4. Press and hold ERASE for 3 seconds to confirm deleting. (or press STOP to cancel erasing file)

Erasing all files in a folder

You can delete all files in a specific folder by the following steps:
1. Turn on the unit.
2. Select a folder (A, B, C , D or ).
3. In Stop mode, press FORWARD continuously until "ALL" appears on the display.
4. Press ERASE and "DELETE" will blink on the display.
5. Press and hold ERASE for about 3 seconds, all files in the selected folder will be erased completely (or press STOP to cancel erasing all files).

Tip: File numbers that come after erased one will be moved forward by one automatically.

See page 12 for more info: http://www.rcaaudiovideo.com/docs/common/RP5030/RP5030_OM.pdf

1.Press the FOLDER button to choose a folder.
Every time the FOLDER button is pressed, it cycles through folders and the List display will appear (+P20).

2 Press the + or – button to choose the file you want to erase.

3 Press the ERASE button. The “Cancel” indicator flashes.

4 Press the + button to choose “Erase”.

5 Press the OK button. The display changes to “File Erase!” and erasing will start. “Erase Done” is displayed when the file is erased. File numbers will be reassigned automatically

To erase files or bookmarks, while playback is stopped:
1. Press x once.
2. Press '<< / >>' to select one of the erasing options:

• Delete the current file (DEL 01)
• Delete all files in the current folder (DEL AL)
• Format the memory of the player (FORMAT) (Caution! All data inside the memory will be erased)
• Delete all bookmarks in the current file (DEL BK)

3. With one of the above options selected, press and hold x for about 3 seconds to confirm your selection and start the deletion.

• File numbers that come after erased one will be moved forward by one automatically.
• Press to cancel erasing all files. The undeleted files are saved automatically.
• Formatting the internal memory may be required when encountering compatibility problem, etc.
• You may also format the player when connected to a PC (by right-clicking on the player's drive name or letter and select "Format" from the menu). Make sure you select FAT or FAT32 as the file system.

To erase a selected file, first press the [ERASE] button. Next, press the [+] (plus) or [-] (minus) button to select "ERASE," and then press the [ERASE] or [OK] button.
To erase all files in a folder, first select the folder and press the [ERASE] button for three seconds or longer. Next, press the [+] (plus) or [-] (minus) button to select "ALL ERASE." Finally, press the [ERASE] or [OK] button.
NOTE:
The recorder should be formatted using only by using the internal FORMAT function found in the recorder's Menu. Formatting using the computer may corrupt system files needed to run the recorder, so computer formatting is not recommended. Individual files can be deleted using the computer with no negative effects.

Make sure you press erase twice and wait a few seconds for all of the files to pack. The unit fills the holes when a file goes away. You can erase say file 3, then it will pack all the files to put #4 in 3's old place, 5 in 4's old place and so on. Make sure you dont keep erasing the same number file becuase the new #3 file is the old #4.

Unfortunately this recorder model is designed with flash memory and once the files are erased they are gone. There are some companies that do specialize in flash memory recovery (Olympus is not one of them). You can go to google and search for flash memory recovery specialists. However this is a very costly process as it involves sending the device to these companies for them to do the recovery process.

You have to select the file to erase hold the erase button and when "ERASE" blinks in the display you have to press the erase button one more time. Do this for each file you wants to erase.

I used Windows Media Player to erase the music data that I dropped using Real Player on DVM 5120.

The same problem "Read memory only". The best solution is : submenu/format/start

Good Luck

Normally, hold down the erase button until the folder begins blinking, then release the button and press it again. You will have to do this for each file in the folder.