Locking in Recording format

[Divemaster]

Hi all
I've just done some quick recording on my SX700 and went to transfer the Audio files to my laptop.

Because I didn't check, (doh) the two songs have recorded in WAV and I normally directly record to MP3.

No big deal as I have now used an audio converter programme to convert them to MP3.

My question is.... Is it possible to LOCK  the recording to MP3. I can't see anything in the Manual or menus that covers this eventuality. I only ever use MP3..... see below for the reason.

For the curious, recording in WAV produced 2 recordings each of around 37Mb in size
Once converted they are now only around 5.5Mb each
As most email programmes only allow a maximum of around 20/25 Mb sending size, the WAV files are simply too big to share.

Thanks if you have any ideas.
Keith.

[EileenL]

Just make sure when recording that you are on the right format first. Only takes a couple of seconds to do.

[Divemaster]

Thanks Eileen
Yep... It was an elderly lapse on my part so I have to hold my hands up to it...Specsavers I think!

Thank you.
Keith