Using the Camera with a Connected Device

Computer (Video Capture)

VIDEO

You can use the special video cable that comes with the camera to connect directly to the VIDEO IN terminal of a personal computer equipped with video capture capabilities.

To transfer camera images to a personal computer (video capture)

1.Use the special video cable that comes with the camera to connect to the VIDEO IN terminal of the computer.

2.Enter the camera Playback Mode and display the image you want to send.3.Perform the required operation on the computer.

Consult the owner’s guide that comes with the computer or its video capture board for details about how to set up to capture images.

Important!

With this configuration, you cannot send images from the personal computer to the camera.

The camera can be connected directly to a personal computer or

video capture board that is equipped with a VIDEO IN terminal (RCA pin jack). It cannot be connected directly to an S-VIDEO ter- minal.

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Symptom

 

Probable Cause

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor LCD image

I n c o r r e c t

N O R M A L /

 

Use NORMAL for scen-

 

focus

 

 

MACRO switch setting

 

ery and group photos,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and MACRO for close-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ups (page 24).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor

color

and

Indoor fluorescent lighting

 

Shoot under incandes-

Recording

brightness when

 

 

 

 

cent or other non-fluores-

indoors

 

 

 

 

 

cent lighting (page 21).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recorded image

Strong direct or reflected

 

Change aperture setting

 

has

greenish

sunlight

 

 

 

to []. Note that this con-

 

tinge.

 

 

 

 

 

dition is due to CCD char-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

acteristics, and does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicate camera malfunc-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color of

 

1. Reflection from sun-

1.

Reorient the camera

 

recorded image

light or light from an-

 

 

so that light is not shin-

 

is strange.

 

other source

 

 

 

ing directly into lens.

 

 

 

 

2. Difference

between

2.

This difference does

 

 

 

 

Record

Mode

and

 

 

not indicate a problem

 

 

 

 

Playback

Mode

char-

 

 

or malfunction.

 

 

 

 

acteristics.

 

 

 

 

Playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

+/–

button

Button operation during

 

Wait until an image is on

 

 

 

operation during

page change

 

 

 

the LCD before perform-

 

multi-page dis-

 

 

 

 

ing a button operation.

 

play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All pages do not

Protected memory pages

 

Unhide protected memo-

 

appear during

are hidden.

 

 

 

ry pages (page 52).

 

auto play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Troubleshooting

 

Symptom

 

Probable Cause

 

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No power

 

 

1.

Batteries

not

loaded

1. Correctly load batter-

 

 

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

ies (page 13).

 

 

 

 

2.

Dead batteries

 

 

2. Replace

batteries with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

new ones (page 13).

 

 

 

 

3. Wrong AC adaptor

 

3. U s e

o n l y

r e c o m -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mended AC adaptor .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supply

Sudden

power

 

1. Operation

of

Auto

1. Turn power back on.

failure

 

 

 

Power Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

 

2.

Low battery power

 

 

2. Replace

batteries with

 

 

 

 

Use

of

manganese

new ones (page 13).

 

 

 

 

 

batteries.

 

 

 

Replace

manganese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

batteries

with

alkaline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

batteries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

Power will automatically

Replace all four batteries

 

on LCD

 

 

turn off shortly.

 

 

with a set of new ones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 13).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N o r e c o r d i n g

Function

switch sets

to

Set function switch to

 

w h e n s h u t t e r

PLAY.

 

 

 

 

REC.

 

 

 

 

b u t t o n

i s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

failure

Low battery power

 

 

Replace batteries

(page

Recording

during self-timer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13).

 

 

 

operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

on

Over exposure

 

 

Change aperture switch

 

LCD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting to [ ] (page 26).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

on

Under exposure

 

 

 

Change aperture switch

 

LCD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting to [ ] (page 26).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reference

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Probable Cause

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camera

is con-

1. Function switch set to

1. Set function switch to

 

nected to a TV,

REC

PLAY (page 31).

 

but LCD monitor

2. Incorrect camera-TV

2. Connect correctly us-

 

contents do

not

connection

ing the special

video

 

appear

on

TV

 

cable that comes

with

 

screen.

 

 

 

the camera (page 32).

 

 

 

 

 

3. Wrong TV set up

3. Set up the TV cor-

 

 

 

 

 

 

rectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some

images

Protected memory pages

Unhide protected memo-

 

are missing.

 

are hidden.

ry pages by holding down

 

 

 

 

 

 

[–] while turning power on

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 52).

 

Playback

 

 

 

 

multi-page

dis-

are hidden.

ry pages by holding down

 

C a n n o t

u s e

Protected memory pages

Unhide protected memo-

 

play.

 

 

 

 

[–] while turning power on

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 52).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot

protect

Protected memory pages

Unhide protected memo-

 

memory pages.

 

are hidden.

ry pages by holding down

 

 

 

 

 

 

[–] while turning power on

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 52).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL

DATA

IS

Protected memory pages

Unhide protected memo-

 

PROTECTED!

are hidden.

ry pages by holding down

 

stays on monitor

 

[–] while turning power on

 

and

images

do

 

(page 52).

 

 

not appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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