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Sanyo VPC-C1EX, VPC-C1 instruction manual 1, 2

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CHANGING THE SHOOTING SETTINGS

Adjusting the brightness of the LCD monitor

(when shooting)

The brightness of the LCD monitor during shooting can be adjusted.

Adjust the brightness when it is difficult to see the LCD monitor image

due to ambient lighting. In addition, in very bright surroundings, such as

outdoors on a sunny day, you can turn the backlight OFF to preserve

battery power.

1With the Shooting Setting Screen

not shown, toggle the SET button

down for at least 1 second.

eThe Monitor Brightness Screen

appears.

eYou can also access the Monitor

Brightness Screen from the

Shooting Screen by pressing and

holding the SET button

downwards.

2Toggle the SET button to the left or

right to adjust the brightness, and

press the SET button.

eThis completes the LCD monitor

brightness setting, and you are

returned to the Shooting Screen.

LCD BRIGHTNESS

LCD BACKLIGHT

OFF

ADJUST

Contents

Main INSTRUCTION MANUAL Digital Movie VPC-C1 Important note INSTRUCTION MANUAL VPC-C1EX VPC-C1 Digital Movie i FOR AMERICAN USERS Declaration of Conformity FOR CANADIAN USERS 1 OUTLINE OF OPERATION SETUP SHOOTING PLAYBACK Symbols used in this manual 3 CONTENTS BASIC MODE 5 EXPERT MODE OPTION SETTINGS 7 USING YOUR CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY CAMERA Page 9 USING YOUR CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY iCautions during use and storage 11 USING YOUR CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY DOCKING STATION AND AC ADAPTER/ CHARGER iCautions when plugging in iDo not pull on the power cord to unplug it 13 Page 15 LI-ION BATTERY PACK (DB-L20) Page 17 Page 19 Concerning the accessories CONCERNING THE LITHIUM BATTERY (CR2025) iCautions concerning the CR2025 bat- tery 21 FOR CORRECT USE OF YOUR CAMERA Page 23 FOR CORRECT USE OF YOUR CAMER (continued) iCautions when handling the cards iCaution concerning high temperatures 25 CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES Page GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CAMERA Twin menus for easy operation (page 42) Page Page 31 PARTS NAMES <To open the monitor unit> Front English 32 Rear Multi-indicator Bottom 33 PARTS NAMES Docking station Front Cable adapter Rear CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK 1 2 3 35 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD Install the battery pack 1 2 3 Install the card 1 2 3 37 TURNING THE POWER ON AND OFF Turning on the camera 1 2 3 Turning on the camera when the power save (sleep) function is active 39 TURNING THE POWER ON AND OFF Turning off the camera 1 OPERATION BUTTONS 41 OPERATION BUTTONS SWITCHING THE MENU MODE 43 SWITCHING THE MENU MODE 3 4 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES For best results 45 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES Using the autofocus iConditions that may cause incorrect focus Hints for taking pictures Muting the operation sounds Where is the image and audio data saved? Taking pictures in backlight conditions... While the image data is being recorded... CAPTURING IMAGES Recording video clips 3 4 Focus lock during video clip recording 3 Page Page 51 CAPTURING IMAGES AUDIO RECORDING 1 2 ABOUT THE BASIC MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREEN Display the BASIC Mode Shooting Setting 4 VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 640480 30fps HQ 53 BASIC Mode Shooting Setting Screen VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 640480 30fps HQ Page 55 CHANGING THE SHOOTING SETTINGS Video clip image quality setting VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 640480 30fps HQ Still image resolution setting PHOTO RESOLUTION 20481536 (3.2M) 57 CHANGING THE SHOOTING SETTINGS Adjusting the brightness of the LCD monitor (when shooting) 1 2 OTHER SHOOTING FUNCTIONS Scene Select feature 1 2 SCENE SELECT FULL AUTO 1 2 FILTER NO Using the flash 1 2 FLASH 61 Using the zoom 1 2 Self-timer photography SELF-TIMER 63 To pause or cancel the self-timer function... When x is selected... VIEWING IMAGES 1 2 3 65 1 2 Position of currently displayed frame Convenient 9-image display playback 1 2 3 67 VIEWING IMAGES 1 2 117% MOVE ZOOM SHUTTER FOR SAVE ABOUT THE BASIC MODE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREEN Display the BASIC Mode Playback Setting 2 4 69 BASIC Mode Playback Setting Screen Set play all or 1 clip OTHER PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS Playback mode 1 2 3 Page Monitor brightness (playback) 1 ADJUST 0 2 3 1 2 3 Page 75 Erasing data 1 2 3 ERASE ONE ERASE ERASE ALL 4 77 Displaying image data (Information Screen) 1 2 ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREEN Display the EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting 4 79 ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREEN EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screen VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 640480 30fps SHQ Page 81 VIDEO IMAGE QUALITY VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 640480 30fps SHQ FOCUS 1 2 About the scene select function and focus range settings About focus range in the BASIC mode FLICKER-REDUCTION FUNCTION 1 2 FLICKER REDUCT ISO SENSITIVITY ISO 85 WHITE BALANCE SETTING To cancel the white balance setting WHITE BALANCE EXPOSURE CORRECTION 1 2 3 The exposure correction setting is canceled in the following cases: ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREEN Display the EXPERT Mode Playback Setting 2 4 EXPERT MODE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREEN Set play all or 1 clip 89 ROTATE IMAGE 1 2 3 EDITING VIDEO CLIPS Warning concerning the battery pack remaining charge Procedure to save part of a video clip as a separate clip 91 Procedure to join two video clips Caution when editing video clips Deleting part of a video clip 1 2 3 Edit video clip EDIT VIDEO 93 4 5 6 7 8 Page 6 7 8 KEEP ORIGINAL IMAGE? YES NO EXIT JOIN 97 9 Extracting a still image from a video clip 1 2 3 PRINT SETTINGS (STILL IMAGES ONLY) Display the Print Settings Screen 1 2 PRINT SETTING ALL IMAGES EACH IMAGE INDEX ALL CLEAR 99 Specifying date imprinting and print quantities 1 2 101 4 5 Index print 2 1 103 4 Changing the print settings 1 2 Clearing all the print settings 1 2 4 105 ABOUT THE OPTION SETTING SCREEN To display the Option Setting Screen 3 Option Setting Screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7G 8 9 F POWER SAVE RESET SETTINGS REFORMAT GUIDANCE OPERATION BEEP USB SETTING FILE No. RESET CLOCK SET LANGUAGE TV SYSTEM 107 GUIDANCE FUNCTIONS 1 2 3 GUIDANCE HELP DISP AUDIO GUIDE OPERATIONAL SOUNDS SETTING 1 2 109 OPERATIONAL SOUNDS SETTING 3 USB FUNCTION SETTING USB SETTING 1 2 3 FILE NO. RESET FUNCTION <File number reset function OFF> <File number reset function ON> Page 113 FILE NO. RESET FUNCTION 1 2 4 FILE No. RESET DATE AND TIME SETTING Example: To set the clock to 7:30 p.m. on December 23, 2003 1 2 115 3 4 5 6 To correct the date and time settings 117 SCREEN LANGUAGE 1 2 3 TV SYSTEM SETTING 1 2 3 When set to PAL and connected to a TV POWER SAVE SETTING 1 2 Page 121 RESETTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS RESET SETTINGS 1 2 3 FORMATTING A CARD 1 2 FORMAT FORMAT FULL FORMAT 3 4 CHECKING THE REMAINING CARD MEMORY Checking the remaining number of images and video recording time 6 00:09 1 125 For audio data CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE 1 VIDEO CLIP MPEG4 640480 30fps HQ 127 CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE DOCKING STATION Gently connect and disconnect the cable Connecting the docking station Connect the AC adapter/charger 129 Connect to another device <To connect to a computer or printer> <To connect to a TV> Data file formats 131 Configuration of directories for the stored data About video clip data recorded with this camera About audio data recorded with this camera About file names when the card is replaced... If you intend to view the images on the camera, do not use a computer to rewrite the card data. 1 Preparing and using the remote control unit Prepare the remote control unit 1 133 How to use the remote control unit <Remote control unit button operation> Page Changing the remote control code <Changing the remote control code from RC CODE 1 to RC CODE 2> 2 3 Page CABLE ADAPTER 1 2 The remote control unit cannot be used. The battery cannot be recharged. CONNECTING TO A PRINTER Print preparations 1 2 Page 141 3 To select one image and print it (one image) 1 2 3 143 4 To cancel printing To print all the images (all images) 1 2 3 Printing is not possible if there are more than 999 still images in the card. 145 1 2 3 To print the images that are set to print (print reserved images) 1 2 3 147 To change the printer settings and print images (change printer settings) 1 2 3 4 149 COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS Page 151 Page 153 Page 155 Page 157 TROUBLESHOOTING CAMERA Page 159 TROUBLESHOOTING Page 161 TROUBLESHOOTING DOCKING STATION 163 SPECIFICATIONS Camera Page 165 Camera connectors Battery pack operation 167 Possible No. of Images/Possible Shooting Time/Possible Recording Time Docking station Remote control unit 169 Supplied AC adapter/charger Supplied Li-ion battery pack Page 171 Others MEMO INSTRUCTION MANUAL Digital Movie VPC-C1 Important note INSTRUCTION MANUAL VPC-C1EX VPC-C1 Digital Movie