Usefulseful FeaturesFeatures

Operations of the On-screen Controls

Using the Control Buttons

The following buttons on the VIEWCAM can be used to control the various functions, settings and on-screen displays.

Selecting the Mode/Menu Screens

You can use the mode screens to select various functions and the menu screens to adjust various settings. Follow the procedure below to display the mode/menu screen with the indicator of the desired function/setting.

MENU button DISPLAY button

Operation buttons

MENU button

Each time you press the MENU button, the mode/menu screen changes from toin Camera mode and from toin VCR mode.

DISPLAY button

Press the DISPLAY button to turn the mode/menu screens and on-screen indicators on or off.

Note:

The warning indicators and some other indicators cannot be turned off by pressing the DISPLAY button.

1 Hold down the Lock

 

button and slide the

 

Power switch to

 

CAMERA (Camera

 

mode) or VCR (VCR

 

mode).

Lock button

2 Press the MENU button until the desired screen appears.

Camera mode

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Useful Features

Operation buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the Operation button corresponding to

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the indicator of the desired function displayed

 

 

 

 

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on the screen.

VCR mode

Note:

The Operation button indicators are normally displayed in blue or gray. When a function is selected, its indicator is displayed in yellow.

 

 

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Sharp VL-AH160U, VL-AH150U Operations of the On-screen Controls, Menu button, Display button, Operation buttons

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