TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF

Turning on the camera

1 Open the monitor unit, and press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 second.

hIf you press the REC/PLAY button for

at least 1 second, the camera turns on in the playback mode.

hIf you press the ON/OFF button once, the camera will switch to the power save mode.

Monitor unit

ON/OFF button

SETUP

Turning on the camera when the power save (sleep) function is active

In order to preserve battery pack power, the power save (sleep) function will automatically turn off the camera after 1 minute of no use during shooting, or 5 minutes of no use during playback (factory-preset setting).

i When the power save function is active, you can restore the power by any of the following methods:

hPress the ON/OFF button.

h Press the [ ] or [ ] button.

h Open the monitor unit. h Press the SET button.

iThe camera will switch to the standby mode after the power save function has been active for about 1 hour, or when you close the monitor unit.

i The power save mode will not be activated while you are recording.

i The user can specify the time elapsed before the power save function is activated (page 143).

i When the camera is connected to a computer or printer using the dedicated USB interface cable, the power save function is disabled, and the camera turns off after about 12 hours.

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VPC-CA8EX, VPC-CA8GX specifications

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