Turning on/off your camera

Setting the date and time

POWER lamp

POWER switch

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,Slide the POWER switch in the direction of the arrow.

The POWER lamp (green) lights up and the power is on. When you turn on your camera for the first time, the CLOCK SET screen appears (page 17).

Turning off the power

Slide the POWER switch in the direction of the arrow again. The POWER lamp goes out, and the camera turns off.

•If you turn on the power when the mode dial is

set to , S, A, M, SCN or , the lens portion moves (MVC-CD400 only). Do not

touch the lens portion while it is operating.

Auto power-off function

If you do not operate the camera for about three minutes during shooting or viewing or when performing SET UP, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the battery. The auto power-off function only operates when the camera is operating using a battery pack. The auto power-off function also will not operate in the following circumstances.

•When viewing movies

•When a connector is plugged into the USB jack or the A/V OUT jack.

When playing back a Slide Show (page 87), the power automatically turns off after about 20 minutes regardless of the power source (battery pack or AC power adaptor).

Mode dial Gettingstarted 1

, Set the mode dial to .

•You can also carry out this operation when the

mode dial is set to S*, A*, M*, SCN, , or

.

•To change the date and time, set the mode dial to SET UP, select [CLOCK SET] in [SETUP 1] (page 117), and perform the procedure from step 3.

* MVC-CD400 only

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