■Turning Power Off
Press [ON/OFF] (Power).
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 199).
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 193, 197).
■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 the REC mode as described below.
Feature | Description | Settings | |
Name | |||
|
| ||
| The monitor screen turns off (goes | 30 sec | |
| into a sleep state) if no operation is | ||
| 1 min | ||
Sleep | performed for a preset amount of | ||
2 min | |||
| time. Press any button to turn the | ||
| Off | ||
| monitor screen back on. | ||
|
| ||
|
|
| |
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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•Sleep and Auto Power Off always operate as described below in the PLAY mode, regardless of their current PLAY mode settings.
–Sleep does not function in the PLAY mode.
–The Auto Power Off trigger time is always five minutes.
1.Press [MENU].
2.Use [W] and [X] to select the “Set Up” tab.
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GETTING READY