•Data may be damaged if:

—You remove the disc or turn off the power while reading or writing data.

—You use the camera in a location subject to the effects of static electricity or noise.

•Do not attach any material on the surface of a disc. This causes a nonuniform rotating speed and this may cause a malfunction of the camera.

•You can write only on the label surface of a disc. When you write, use only a felt-tip marker and do not touch it until it is in dry state, and do not heat it. Do not use a sharp-pointed tool, such as a ballpoint pen.

•Hold a disc at the edges while pressing the center hole lightly. Do not touch the recordable side (the other side of the printed side) of a disc.

•When you carry or store a disc, put it in its case.

•Do not strike, bend or drop a disc, or rub the edge of a disc.

•Do not store a disc in the following locations:

—In dusty or dirty places —Under direct sunlight —Near heaters

—In dump places

•If you play back the disc on which any image has not been recorded using a CD- ROM drive, the CD-ROM drive may malfunction or the disc may be scratched.

Using your camera abroad

Power sources

You can use your camera in any country or area with the supplied battery charger within 100 V to

240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor [a], if necessary, depending on the design of the wall outlet (mains) [b].

AC-L10A/L10B/L10C

Watching the playback picture on

TV

If you want to view the playback picture on a TV, you need a TV having a video input jack and a video connecting cable.

The color system of the TV must be the same as that of your digital still camera. Check the following list:

NTSC system

Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U.S.A., Venezuela, etc.

PAL system

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, etc.

PAL-M system

Brazil

PAL-N system

Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

SECAM system

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Guiana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Poland, Russia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, etc.

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