Sanyo VPC-HD1AEX CONNECTING TO A TV

151 English

OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS

CONNECTING TO A TV

Connect the camera to the TV.

How to connect

iConnect the USB/AV terminal or COMPONENT terminal to the AUDIO and

VIDEO input terminals on the TV.

iWhen the camera’s monitor unit is closed and the camera is set in the

docking station, press the operation mode button [ ] on the docking

station.

*When connected, the images are not produced normally on the TV

monitor.

To AC adaptor

White plug:To Audio Input (L) terminal

Red plug: To Audio Input (R) terminal

Yellow plug:

To Video Input terminal

Set the input to “VIDEO”.

Supplied dedicated

S-AV interface cable

iInsert the plug with the

[n] mark facing up.

Not connected*

USB/AV terminal

Contents

Main i FOR AMERICAN USERS English ii FOR CANADIAN USERS FOR EU USERS Symbols used in this manual iii SHOOT, PLAY BACK AND SAVE Preparing the camera 1 2 Shooting kVideo clip recording 1 3 kStill image photography 1 3 v Playback kVideo clip playback 1 2 1 kStill image playback When you are finished using the camera... English vi Burn your recorded video clips onto a DVD (Windows XP) 1 2 vii 3 Connect your camera to a computer Copy a video clip to your computer Page Page Page xi 5 6 Page xiii 1 CONTENTS SETUP BASIC OPERATION English 2 SHOOTING PLAYBACK 3 CONTENTS OPTION SETTINGS OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS APPENDICES QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION 5 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERATION English 6 7 CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES English 8 Page Page 11 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CAMERA Wide-screen recording and playback (HD mode) (page 54) English 12 Very high image quality with 60 fps shooting (page 71) Capture still shots while recording a video clip (page51) 13 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CAMERA Docking station for easy connection English 14 SYSTEM MAP 15 PAR TS N AME S Camera Front Page 17 PARTS NAMES Rear Bottom Page 19 PARTS NAMES Remote control unit Cable adaptor INSTALLING THE CARD 21 INSTALLING THE CARD English 22 PREPARING THE DOCKING STATION 1 23 PREPARING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT Insert the battery 1 2 3 English 24 How to use the remote control unit 25 PREPARING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT Changing the remote control code 1 2 3 1 2 English 26 PREPARING THE POWER Charging the battery pack 1 2 27 3 4 5 6 English 28 29 English 30 TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF Turning on the camera 1 2 3 31 1 English 32 33 OPERATION BUTTONS 1 English 34 35 DATE AND TIME SETTING 2 English 36 3 4 37 DATE AND TIME SETTING 5 6 English 38 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES How to hold the camera 39 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES Using the autofocus English 40 41 BEFORE TAKING PICTURES Hints for taking pictures English 42 VIDEO CLIP RECORDING AND PLAYBACK Recording video clips 1 2 3 5 6 English 44 When you are finished using the camera... 45 VIDEO CLIP RECORDING AND PLAYBACK English 46 CAPTURING AND PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES Shooting single shots 1 3 47 CAPTURING AND PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES English 48 Viewing still images 1 2 49 CAPTURING AND PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES 9-image display playback 1 2 3 101 0002 00030001 0005 00060004 0008 00090007 English 50 Magnifying (zooming in) the image 1 2 51 SHOOT A STILL IMAGE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP 1 3 4 5 SEQUENTIAL SHOTS 1 3 4 00 108 00:03:53 5 RECORDING IN THE HD MODE Switching between the normal mode and HD mode 1 3 4 55 RECORDING IN THE HD MODE Outline of the HD Mode Shooting Screen English 56 AUDIO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK Audio recording 3 41 01:10:36 F3.5 1/40 57 4 5 English 58 Audio playback 00:00:00 1 2 SHOOTING AND PLAYBACK WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT English 60 USING THE ZOOM 1 2 3 61 SHOOTING WITH THE FLASH 2 40 00:02:47 F3.5 1/40 English 62 3 4 63 EXPOSURE CORRECTION 40 00:02:47 2 3 Page 65 DISPLAYING THE SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS 1 3 About the HELP display English 66 1 2 IMAGE STABILIZER VIDEO VIEW Page English 68 Page English 70 71 VIDEO CLIP MODE (IMAGE QUALITY) SETTING 2 3 English 72 STILL IMAGE MODE (RESOLUTION) SETTING 2 3 73 SCENE SELECT 2 3 English 74 EXPOSURE SETTING 2 75 EXPOSURE SETTING 3 1/1500 English 76 FILTERS 2 3 77 MOTION COMPENSATION (IMAGE STABILIZER) 2 3 English 78 79 FOCUS RANGE 2 3 English 80 How to use the manual focus 1 2 3 12 00:00:15 1cm 81 FOCUS AREA SETTING 1 2 3 40 00:02:47 English 82 LIGHT-MEASURING MODE SETTING 1 2 3 40 00:02:47 83 ISO SENSITIVITY 2 3 English 84 WHITE BALANCE 2 85 WHITE BALANCE 3 English 86 SELF-TIMER 2 3 87 SEQUENTIAL SHOTS MODE SETTING 1 2 English 88 3 4 89 DISPLAYING THE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREENS 1 2 3 About the HELP display PLAYBACK MODE Set to play all or to play 1 clip English 90 1 2 91 DISPLAYING THE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREENS Overview of the Playback Setting Screens PAGE 1 PLAYBACK MODE Set to play all or to play 1 clip English 92 PAGE 2 ROTATE Rotate image 93 PLAYBACK MODE 2 3 English 94 PLAYBACK VOLUME 2 3 95 IMAGE PROTECT 1 2 3 English 96 97 ERASING DATA 2 3 English 98 4 99 ROTATE IMAGE 1 2 3 English 100 CHANGING IMAGE SIZE (RESIZE) 1 2 3 4 101 EXTRACTING A STILL IMAGE FROM A VIDEO CLIP 1 2 3 4 EXTRACT STILL 4:3 16:9 EDITING VIDEO CLIPS Procedure to cut (extract) a portion of a video clip 103 Procedure to join video clips Page 105 5 00:01:10 6 CUT Press shutter to save English 106 7 8 CUT SAVE AS NEW OVERWRITE FILE REVIEW CLIP 107 Joining two video clips 2 3 English 108 4 JOIN 5 Select a clip 00:00:36 Press shutter to save SAVE AS NEW OVERWRITE FILE REVIEW CLIP 6 English 110 PRINT SETTINGS Display the Printing Instructions Screen 2 PRINT INSTRUCTIONS 111 English 112 Specifying date imprinting and print quantities :----/--/-- :0 copy 2 PRINT INSTRUCTIONS EACH IMAGE OK COPIES 1 113 4 6 English 114 Index print 2 4 INDEX PRINT Set index print? YES 115 Clearing all the printing instructions 2 4 ALL CLEAR :2006/12/24 : 2 copies Clear all instructions? YES SMOOTH PLAYBACK 2 3 117 DISPLAYING IMAGE PROPERTIES (INFORMATION SCREEN) 256KB 00:00:11 1 2 100-0002 DISPLAYING THE OPTION SCREEN 1/3 1 2 3 119 English 120 121 SCREEN DISPLAY 2 3 INFO DISPLAY DATE & TIME COUNTER SHOW ALL OFF English 122 SELECT THE STARTUP DISPLAY 2 3 STARTUP DISPLAY DATE & TIME OFF 123 OPERATION SOUNDS 2 English 124 3 4 5 125 POST-VIEW SETTING 2 3 English 126 WIND NOISE REDUCTION 2 3 127 NOISE-REDUCTION FUNCTION 2 3 English 128 ADJUST THE IMAGE QUALITY 2 3 129 FLICKER-REDUCTION 2 3 English 130 DIGITAL ZOOM SETTING 2 3 131 MONITOR BRIGHTNESS 2 3 BRIGHTNESS ADJUST English 132 ADJUST THE VOLUME OF AN EXTERNAL MICROPHONE 2 3 EXT MIC VOLUME VOLUME SETTING 133 SCREEN LANGUAGE 2 3 English 134 TV OUTPUT SETTING 2 Page English 136 137 TV OUTPUT SETTING English 138 139 POWER SAVE FUNCTION 2 English 140 3 4 6 141 FILE NO. RESET FUNCTION English 142 143 FILE NO. RESET FUNCTION 2 4 English 144 FORMATTING A CARD 2 145 FORMATTING A CARD 3 4 English 146 RESETTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS 2 3 147 CHECKING THE REMAINING CARD MEMORY Checking the remaining number of images and video recording time 1 For audio recordings 1 English 148 149 CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE 1 IMAGE STABILIZER VIDEO VIEW English 150 151 CONNECTING TO A TV How to connect English 152 153 CONNECTING TO A TV Playback English 154 Enjoy higher image quality (progressive output) 155 DIRECT PRINTING Print preparations 1 2 English 156 3 4 157 To select one image and print it (one image) 2 3 English 158 4 159 To print all the images (all images) 2 3 PRINT ALL IMAGES PRINT Page 161 To print the images that are set to print (print reserved images) 1 2 3 English 162 To change the printer settings and print images (change printer settings) 2 163 3 4 English 164 CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL MICROPHONE 165 COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS English 166 167 English 168 169 English 170 171 English 172 173 TROUBLESHOOTING CAMERA English 174 175 English 176 177 English 178 179 English 180 DOCKING STATION 181 English 182 Notes regarding the Scene Select feature and filters Scene Select Filter About the scene select function and focus range settings 183 SPECIFICATIONS Camera English 184 185 English 186 187 Camera connectors English 188 Battery life 189 Possible No. of Images/Possible Shooting Time/ Possible Recording Time English 190 Docking station Remote control unit 191 Concerning the multi-indicator English 192 Supplied AC adaptor Supplied Li-ion battery pack 193 Others English 194 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES If images are blurred even when the autofocus is used 195 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Photographing a moving subject English 196 Shooting portraits (portrait mode >) Photographing moving subjects (sports mode a) 197 HINTS FOR TAKING PICTURES Night photography (night view portrait mode /) Photographing scenery (landscape mode +) Page USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY SAFETY MANUAL CAUTIONS CONCERNING BOTH CAMERA AND ACCESSORIES CAUTIONS CONCERNING THE CAMERA 2 CAUTIONS CONCERNING THE DOCKING STATION AND AC ADAPTOR/CHARGER DANGER CAUTIONS CONCERNING THE CARD 3 CAUTIONS CONCERNING THE BATTERY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS DANGER WARNING CAUTION CAUTIONS CONCERNING THE BATTERY If the camera is extremely dirty, FOR CORRECT USE OF YOUR CAMERA Page i ATTENTION 1 COPYRIGHTS English 2 CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION About this manual English 4 The software 5 CD-ROM directory map * The drive name (D:) may be different on your computer. Below is a directory map of the SANYO Software Pack contents. <Windows> OPERATING ENVIRONMENT Windows 7 Macintosh BEFORE MOUNTING YOUR CAMERA 9 Data file formats English 10 Configuration of directories in the card 11 Setting to the card reader mode English 12 To play back in the HD mode or a 60 fps video clip 13 For Windows XP users English 14 For Windows Me/Windows 2000 users 15 For MAC OS 9.xx users For MAC OS X users English 16 INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE 17 Windows English 18 Macintosh Photo Explorer installation 19 HOW TO USE Photo Explorer Set up the environment English 20 21 Copying image data to a computer English 22 Photo Explorer features 23 USING AS A PC CAMERA Before connecting your camera to a computer English 24 Connect your camera to a computer 25 English 26 ABOUT MovieFactory Main features 27 Additional features English 28 ABOUT Motion Director Importing Output format and playback