Turning your camera on/off

How to use the control button

POWER lamp

POWER

POWER

,Press POWER to turn on the camera.

The POWER lamp lights in green and the power is on. When you turn on the camera for the first time, the Clock Set screen appears (page 21).

To turn off the power

Press POWER again, the POWER lamp goes out, and the camera turns off.

Do not remove the batteries or AC Adaptor with the lens portion pulled out. This may cause a malfunction.

When you turn the power on with the mode

selector set to or , the lens begins to move (DSC-P72 only). Please be careful not to

touch the lens.

The Auto Power Off function

If no tasks are performed for a while* when shooting, viewing images, or setting up the camera while using the batteries, power is automatically shut off to preserve battery power.

However, in the following circumstances, even if the batteries are being used to power the camera, the Auto Power Off function will not work.

Movies are being played back

A slide show is being shown

A cable is connected to the (USB) jack or the A/V OUT (MONO) jack

*When [Power Save] is set to [On]: approximately 90 seconds

When [Power Save] is set to [Off]: approximately three minutes

Program

Auto

Camera Mode

Voice

E-Mail

Burst 2

Normal

REC Mode

To change the current settings of the camera, bring up the menu or the SET UP screen (page 45), and use the control button to make the changes.

For each item, press v/V/b/B to select the desired value, then press z or b/B to make the setting.

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Sony DSC-P32 Turning your camera on/off How to use the control button, Auto Power Off function, To turn off the power