Sony MVC-FD200 100

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Page WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture For the Customers in the U.S.A If you have any questions about this product, you may call: Sony Customer Information Center 1-800-222-SONY(7669) Attention for the Customers in Europe NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM For the Customers in Do not shake or strike the camera “Memory Stick”s unusable or image data breakdown, damage or loss may occur LCD screen, finder (only models with a finder) and lens Be sure to read the following before using your camera Operating instructions Introduction Stick” “ImageMixer” How to use the PLAY/STILL MOVIE selector How to use the control button Identifying the parts O(Flash) button/Z “Memory Stick” cover (Flash) lamp (22)“Memory Stick” slot (17) wl MS /FD“Memory( Stick”/floppy disk) selector Preparing the power supply Installing the battery pack Charging the battery pack NP-F330(supplied)/F550 (optional) battery pack Auto power-offfunction started again, slide the POWER switch down to turn on the camera again Note on the POWER ON/OFF (CHG) lamp during charging STILL mode recording/playback when using “Memory Stick”s “Memory Stick”s (77°F) with a fully charged battery pack, 640× 480 image size and in NORMAL recording mode ΜΟςΙΕ ∝οδε ρεχορδινγ ωηεν υσινγ φλοππψ δισκσ Using the AC power adaptor Setting the date and time Select the desired date display format with Getting Select the year, month, day, hour or minute item you want to set with The item to be set is indicated with v/V started Inserting a floppy disk Inserting a “Memory Stick” Recording still images Press the shutter button fully down. The shutter “RECORDING” appears on the LCD screen, and the image will be recorded on the floppy disk or the Adjusting the brightness of the LCD screen To turn off the LCD backlight Using the zoom feature If you cannot get a sharp focus on a close subject Minimum focal distance to the subject The indicators on the LCD screen during recording Using the self-timer Recording images with the flash Recording moving images Playing back still images Playing back moving images To pause playback Viewing images using a computer Viewing images on a computer using the USB cable Viewing images on Windows Step 1 Installing the USB driver to the computer General procedure for viewing images Step 1 Installing the USB driver to the computer (page 29) Step Step 2 Connecting your camera to your computer using the USB cable (page 30) Step 3 Viewing images on Windows (page 32) For Windows XP users procedure fromStep Step 2 Connecting your camera to your computer using the USB cable 2Connectcamera. the AC power adaptor to your cam Use the supplied dedicated USB cable to Computer To the USB To the USB jack Step 3 Viewing images on Windows If the Copy Wizard appears (for Windows XP users) If the Removable Disk does not appear Viewing images on Macintosh Step 1 Installing the USB driver to the computer Double-click“SetupMenu”theicon in the CD-ROMwindow 4Click“USB Driver” button (folder button) The folder containing the six Sony USB driver related files opens “OK.” Step 3 Viewing images on Macintosh Notes on using your computer Image file storage destinations and image file names Location File Meaning sssf When using“Memory Stick”s ssss For Windows Me users (The drive recognizing the camera is [D:]) Folder Imcif100 DSC0ssss.JPG DSC0ssss.TIF TIFF mode (page 63) Moml0001 “ ImageMixer” Installing For Macintosh users 4Remove the CD-ROMfrom the computer To copy image data to your“ImageMixer”computer usi “ImageMixer” Use the following procedure of 2Start“ImageMixer” on your computer Open the nested windows in the following“Start”order:t“Program” t Import Capture Preferences Click the Preferences button “Capturing/Recording Preferences” screen appears 6Select a folder in which the copied image is stored Click Then, click “OK.” Viewing images using “ImageMixer” Viewing the on-line help of Before performing advanced operations How to use the PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector How to use the control button Menu bar performing Before operations advanced The How to change the menu settings Menu settings (self-timer) Records with the self-timer(page 21) EFFECT Item FORMAT Formats a (When the MS/FD selector is Before advanced CAMERA ISO TOOL COPY FD t FD RESIZE SETUP DEMO INDEX (Only in PLAY (single) mode) DELETE (Only in PLAY (single) mode) (Return) (Only in PLAY (INDEX) mode) BVarious recording Setting the image size (IMAGE SIZE) The number of images or the time that you can record on a floppy disk or a “Memory Stick” (8 MB) Image size Usage Printing in post card size Creating Clip Motion Files Record the image for the first frame Record the image for the next frame Image recording can be repeated up to the maximum number of recordable frames Νοτεσ •Reading and writing data takes more time than normal image recording Recording still images for e-mail (E-MAIL) Recording text documents (TEXT) Recording still images as uncompressed files (TIFF) Recording images in Setting the distance macro to the subject Using the PROGRAM AE function Page Adjusting the exposure (EXPOSURE) Adjusting the white balance (WHITE BALANCE) Recording the date and time on the still image (DATE/TIME) Enjoying picture effects (PICTURE EFFECT) BVarious playback Playing back six images at once (INDEX) Enlarging a part of the still image (Zoom and trimming) Playing back the still images in order (SLIDE SHOW) Viewing images on a TV screen B Editing Preventing accidental erasure (PROTECT) Deleting images (DELETE) Changing the recorded still image size (RESIZE) Copying images (COPY) In single mode set to MS When selecting [MS FD], if the amount of total images that wi To cancel copying partway Copying all the information on your floppy disk (DISK COPY) Selecting still images to print (PRINT MARK) Format B As an external drive Using the camera as an external drive of a computer Precautions — Very humid — Vibrating — Dusty or dirty — Extremely hot or cold On the On “Memory Stick”s Using your camera abroad About “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack Effective use of the battery pack —Use the large capacity battery pack (NP-F550,optional) How tostore the bat 1.Fully charge the battery 2.Discharge on your camera Troubleshooting Cause and/or Solution You cannot display a print • You cannot display print marks on moving images mark text images and Clip Motion images tMove your camera away from the TV, etc Page Your computer does not recognize your camera Battery packs The battery pack cannot be charged • The battery level is low tUse the AC power adaptor (page 13) Page Warning and notice messages Page Self-diagnosisdisplay Specifications LCD screen indicators The indicators duringstillimag “Memory Stick” The indicators during moving image playback or“Memorya Stick” Index