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Preparations
5 Using SETUP menu Make general camera settings such as adjusting the clock, extending the battery life,
and changing the beep sounds.
CLOCK SET
Set the date and time.
(P.19)
Set time, date, and display format.
WORLD TIME
Set the local time at an
overseas destination.
(P.54)
DESTINATION: Set the local time at overseas
destination (P.54).
HOME: Set date and time at home area.
MONITOR
Adjust the brightness of
the LCD monitor
(7 levels).
+1 - +3: Brighter
±0 : Standard
−1 - −3: Darker
LCD MODE
Make LCD monitor easier
to see.
OFF : Normal (cancel setting)
AUTO POWER LCD: The Power LCD is automatically
activated in bright places such
as outdoors etc.
POWER LCD : Makes screen brighter than normal
(for outdoor use).
HIGH ANGLE :
Makes screen easier to see when
taking pictures from high positions.
(becomes harder to see from the front)
• ‘HIGH ANGLE’ will be cancelled when power is turned off
(including POWER SAVE).
• Block out sunlight (with hand, etc.) if reflection makes
screen difficult to see.
• ‘AUTO POWER LCD’ or ‘HIGH ANGLE’ cannot be used
in the following cases.
During playback mode or menu screen display, or when
connected to computer/printer.
• ‘POWER LCD’ will be deactivated if no operations are
performed for 30 seconds while recording. (Brightness
can be restored by pressing any button)
• ‘Brightness/colour of screen in ‘LCD MODE’ has no effect
on pictures recorded.
BEEP
Change or mute the
beep/shutter sounds.
BEEP LEVEL
/ / : Mute/Low/High
BEEP TONE
/ / : Change beep tone.
SHUTTER VOL.
/ / : Mute/Low/High
SHUTTER TONE
/ / : Change shutter tone.
VOLUME
Adjust volume of sound
from speakers (7 levels).
0 • • LEVEL3 • • LEVEL6
• Cannot be used to adjust TV speaker volume when
connected to TV. (We recommend setting camera volume
to 0)
GUIDE LINE
Select recording
information display and
types of guidelines.
REC. INFO.
OFF /ON (Display recording information with guide lines.)
PATTERN
/ : Change the patterns of guide lines.
• Only may be used in INTELLIGENT AUTO mode and
MEMO mode.
HISTOGRAM
Check subject brightness
on graph.
OFF /ON
TRAVEL DATE
Record the number of
days elapsed in your
travels. (P.53)
TRAVEL SETUP
OFF /SET (Register departure and return dates)
LOCATION:OFF/SET (Input name of destination.)
(P. 72)
Item Settings, notes
Item Settings, notes
‘CLOCK SET’, ‘AUTO REVIEW’ and ‘ECONOMY’ are important for clock setting and
battery life. Be sure to check these before use. (Setting method : P.20)
Default setting :