TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF

Turning on the camera when the power save (sleep) mode is active

In order to preserve battery pack power, the power save (sleep) function will automatically turn off the camera after 1 minute of no use during shooting, or 5 minutes of no use during playback (factory-preset setting).

i When the power save mode is active, you can restore the power by any of the following methods:

hMove the main switch.

hPress the ON/OFF button.

h Press the still image shooting/video clip recording button. h Press the SET or MENU button.

h Press the zoom switch.

h Press the flash button [?]. h Press the HD/NORM button.

h Press the HIGH SENSITIVITY button.

iAfter the power save mode 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 is connected, the power save mode 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 mode is activated (page 149).

i When the camera is connected to a computer or printer, the power save mode becomes active after about 12 hours.

Turning off the camera

1 Press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 second.

hThe camera turns off.

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Sanyo VPC-HD2EX, VPC-H2GX instruction manual Turning the Camera on and OFF, Turning off the camera

VPC-H2GX, VPC-HD2, VPC-HD2EX specifications

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