GPS reception icon

■■Displaying the status and result of positioning

The icons that indicate the status and result of positioning will appear on the LCD monitor. When the camera successfully executes positioning, it records the current location and displays the place name information on the screen.

Place name information

The same number of icons as the	Positioning
The same number of icons as the	executed
number of the GPS satellites (from	successfully
which radio signals are successfully
received) stop flashing and light (blue).
If the three bars of the GPS reception
icon do not light and the icon turns
off, it means that positioning was
unsuccessful.

Positioning result icons

(Time elapsed after successful positioning) (minute)

: No positioning information has been acquired.

●●Positioning will take time in environments where it is difficult to receive the signals from the GPS satellites. For details, refer to “Using the GPS function to record the location of a picture” (Owner’s Manual for advanced features).

●●Even if GPS reception is good, it will take approx. 2 to 3 minutes to successfully execute positioning under the following conditions; when positioning is executed for the first time, or when positioning is executed after the camera is turned off with the [GPS Setting] set to [OFF] or [Airplane Mode] set to [ON], and then turned on again.

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DMCZS20S, DMC-ZS20R specifications

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