Actually, what I did was hold down the menu button until the "Stop" symbol (a square, of course) appeared in the left hand corner..then you just hit menu again (just touching it, not holding down) and ta-daa! You're at the recording menu..and you can go to the main menu from there

But the problem I have when doing this, is that is changed my background to the basic blue with the Dane Elec symbol..your original background will pop back up when you turn it off and then turn it back on, though.