TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF

Turning on the camera

1 Set the main switch.

Main switch

To shoot pictures:

Monitor unit

Set to REC

 

To play back images:

 

Set to PLAY

 

2 Open the monitor unit.

3 Press the ON/OFF button for about 1 second.

hThe camera turns on, and an image

appears on the LCD monitor.

LCD monitor

 

 

ON/OFF button

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 one minute of no use during shooting, or five 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:

 

h Move the main switch.

h Press the ON/OFF button.

h Press the Still image shooting/Video clip recording button. h Press the SET or MENU button.

iAfter the power save function has been active for about 1 hour, the camera will switch to the standby mode. In this case, you can restore the power by pressing the ON/OFF button, or by closing and then opening the monitor unit.

i When the AC adaptor/charger is connected, the power save function will become active about 10 minutes after the camera is turned on (factory- preset setting).

i The user can specify the time elapsed before the power save function is activated (page 124).

i When the camera is connected to a computer or printer, it does not change to the power save mode. In this case, the power save function becomes active after about 12 hours.

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