Sanyo VPC-CA9, VPC-CA9GX

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SHOOT, PLAY BACK AND SAVE

5 Click on the [Open] button.

hThe file(s) selected in step 4 and the DVD file capacity appear in the

“Create DVD” window.

[Design] tab

Contents

Main i FOR AMERICAN USERS English ii FOR CANADIAN USERS FOR EU USERS FOR RUSSIAN USERS iii HOW TO READ THIS MANUAL Symbols used in this manual English iv SHOOT, PLAY BACK AND SAVE Install the battery pack and card 1 2 v 1 2 - S English vi OK 1 Playback 2 100-0006 10.2MB 00:00:08 vii English viii Burn your recorded video clips onto a DVD (Windows Vista) Install application program 1 2 3 ix Copy data from your camera to the computer 1 2 Page xi 1 2 Page Page Page Page Page Page Englishxviii xix Page xxi NOTE kBefore using the camera kCautions concerning use in water Important! Concerning your cameras waterproof feature NOTE kStoring and maintaining your camera kOther cautions 1 CONTENTS SETUP English 2 SIMPLE 3 CONTENTS NORMAL English 4 OPTION SETTINGS OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS 5 CONTENTS APPENDICES English 6 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION 7 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 8 9 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 10 11 CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES Page Page Page 15 English 16 SPECIAL FEATURES Waterproof capability 17 Page Page English 20 SYSTEM MAP 21 PARTS NAMES Front English 22 Rear 23 CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK 1 2 3 4 Recharging the battery pack 25 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD Install the battery pack 1 2 English 26 3 Installing the DC adaptor (sold separately: VAR-A2U/A2EX) 27 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD English 28 Install the card 1 2 3 29 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK AND CARD About the temperature alert icon \ English 30 TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF Turning on the camera 1 Turning on the camera when the power save (sleep) function is active 31 1 English 32 DATE AND TIME SETTING 1 2009/02/01 00:00 33 DATE AND TIME SETTING 2 3 2009/12/24 9:30 4 5 35 SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING MODE AND PLAYBACK MODE 9 1031 00:55:58 1 - S SWITCHING THE OPERATING MODE Switching between the SIMPLE and NORMAL modes 1 2 3 1 2 3 English 38 Using the SIMPLE Mode Menu 4 39 Using the NORMAL Mode Menu SSNN 4 hThe Menu Screen for the selected tab appears. 5 Tab English 40 6 6.7 12 0.9 -H 41 English 42 w N S i 43 English 44 N S 45 Overview of the NORMAL Mode Setting Screen NORMAL Mode Recording Menu HD-SHQ 9 -S English 46 47 English 48 49 P English 50 51 NORMAL Mode Playback Menu EXIT OK PLAYBACK MENU1 SLIDESHOW PLAY VOLUME PROTECT DELETE ROTATE RESIZE English 52 PLAYBACK MENU2 EDIT PHOTO EDIT VIDEO PRINT INSTRUCTIONS SELECT FOLDER COPY EXIT OK 53 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES For best results English 54 Using the autofocus 55 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES English 56 Select the recording size 1 2 HDTV size 9M [4:3] To keep in HDTV size 57 1 2 All ranges Automatic focus (people, landscape, etc.) English 58 Hints for taking pictures 59 VIDEO CLIP RECORDING 1 3 English 60 SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS 1 9 - S 61 SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS F3.5 1/30 English 62 Using the flash 2 3 Auto 63 SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS English 64 SHOOT A STILL IMAGE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP 1 3 4 65 SHOOT A STILL IMAGE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP English 66 MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY (ZOOM) 1 2 3 67 AFTER USING THE CAMERA IN WATER 1 2 3 English 68 4 69 PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMAGES OK 1 2 100-0006 10.2MB 00:00:08 English 70 71 PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMAGES How to save one frame from a video clip as a still image 1 English 72 SLIDESHOW PLAYBACK 1 2 73 PLAYBACK VOLUME 1 2 English 74 DELETING FILES Delete single/delete all 1 2 75 3 Delete selected 1 2 3 English 76 5 6 77 PLAYBACK MODES Multi-image display 1 2 3 1 2 3 100SANYO 101SANYO 102SANYO 79 PLAYBACK MODES Magnifying (zooming in) the image 1 2 English 80 RECORDING MENU 1 1007 61:36:26 Video setting Audio recording 1 3 English 82 Audio playback 1 2 83 Still image setting Sequential shots 1 2 English 84 Scene select setting Filter setting 85 Self-timer setting English 86 RECORDING MENU 2 Video stabilizer setting 00:04:30 87 RECORDING MENU 2 Focus range setting How to use the manual focus 1 2 English 88 Focus mode setting Light-measuring mode setting 89 RECORDING MENU 2 ISO sensitivity setting English 90 RECORDING MENU 3 White balance setting How to use the one push setting 1 2 91 1 2 F3.5 1/500 English 92 Face chaser setting 93 English 94 Exposure compensation 1006 00:54:35 1 2 3 95 RECORDING MENU 3 English 96 PLAYBACK MENU 1 Slideshow settings Changing a setting 1 2 2 3 4 Page 99 PLAYBACK MENU 1 Protect selected files 9M-S 1 2 3 Resize Rotate English 100 PLAYBACK MENU 2 Correcting the image 101 Editing video clips Procedure to cut (extract) a portion of a video clip English 102 Procedure to join video clips 103 English 104 Video clip cutting (extracting) 1 2 3 00:00:05 / 105 4 English 106 5 00:00:02 / 107 6 English 108 7 109 Joining video clips 1 2 3 English 110 4 5 111 English 112 Printing instructions Display the printing instructions screen 1 113 Specifying date imprinting and print quantities 1 2 : ----/--/-- : : : 4 5 Index print : ----/--/-- : FILE INFO DISPLAY 1 2 English 116 DISPLAY THE OPTION SETTING MENU 1 2 3 To access a Setting Screen INTRODUCTION TO THE OPTION SETTING MENU Tab 1 English 118 119 Tab 2 English 120 121 Tab 3 English 122 123 Setting up the shortcuts 1 2 3 English 124 4 5 6 125 TV output setting 1 NTSC 16:9 720i English 126 2 3 5 127 Relation between TV TYPE setting and TV display English 128 129 File No. continued setting English 130 131 Formatting (initializing) English 132 CHECKING THE REMAINING CARD MEMORY 1031 00:55:58 Checking the remaining number of images and video recording time 1 133 1 English 134 CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE 1 135 CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE English 136 CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING TO A TV 137 CONNECTING TO A TV Connecting to a standard video input terminal CONNECTING TO A TV English 138 Connect to the 480p/720p terminal Page English 140 CONNECTING TO A PRINTER PRINTING Print preparations 1 2 141 3 4 5 English 142 CONNECTING TO A PRINTER 143 COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS English 144 145 English 146 147 English 148 149 English 150 TROUBLESHOOTING Camera 151 English 152 153 English 154 155 English 156 157 English 158 Notes regarding the Scene Select feature and filters Scene Select 159 Filter About the scene select function and focus range settings English 160 SPECIFICATIONS Camera 161 English 162 163 English 164 Camera connectors Battery life 165 Possible No. of Images/Possible Shooting Time/ Possible Recording Time English 166 Concerning the multi-indicator 167 Supplied battery pack charger Supplied Li-ion battery pack English 168 Others 169 English 170 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES If images are blurred even when the autofocus is used 171 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Photographing a moving subject English 172 Shooting portraits (portrait mode >) Photographing moving subjects (sports mode a) 173 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Night photography (night view portrait mode /) Photographing scenery (landscape mode +)