NOTE
•You can configure the camera so power does not turn on
when you press [
] (REC) or [
] (PLAY). You can also configure the camera to turn off when you press [
] (REC) or [
] (PLAY) (page 217).
Turning On Power for the First Time
The first time you load a battery into the camera, a screen appears for configuring screen text language, date, and time settings. Use the procedure under “Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings” (page 11) to configure the settings correctly.
IMPORTANT!
•Failure to set the date and time will cause the wrong date and time data to be recorded with images.
•If you make a mistake when configuring the language, date, and time settings, you can change the settings (pages 211, 215).
■Battery Power Conservation Features
This camera is equipped with a sleep function and auto power off function to conserve battery power. You can configure these settings in a REC mode as described below.
Feature | Description | Settings | |
Name | |||
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| The monitor screen turns off (goes |
| |
| into a sleep state) if no operation is | 30 sec | |
| performed for a preset amount of | ||
| 1 min | ||
Sleep | time. Press any button to turn the | ||
2 min | |||
| monitor screen back on. | ||
| Off | ||
| Note that the Sleep feature does not | ||
|
| ||
| operate in the PLAY mode. |
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Auto Power | Power turns off if no operation is | 1 min | |
performed for a preset amount of | 2 min | ||
Off | time. | 5 min | |
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