Turning on/off the operation buttons (menu bar) on the LCD screen

Press v to display the menu bar

 

 

 

on the LCD screen.

 

 

 

Press V to clear the menu bar

INDEX DELETE

FILE

TOOL SETUP

SELECT

OK

MENU BAR OFF

Menu bar

 

from the LCD screen.

 

Note

You cannot clear the menu bar on the INDEX screen (page 59).

Selecting items or images on the LCD screen

1

Press v/V/b/B on the control

 

 

 

 

Before

 

want to display.

 

 

 

 

 

button to select the item you

 

 

 

 

 

 

want to set or the image you

 

 

 

 

 

 

The color of the selected item or the

 

 

 

 

performing

 

frame of the selected image

INDEX DELETE FILE

TOOL

SETUP

 

changes from blue to yellow.

SELECT

OK

MENU BAR OFF

 

2

Press the center z to enter

 

 

 

 

 

 

the item.

 

 

 

 

advanced

 

Repeat steps 1and 2to execute

SELECT

CLOSE

 

 

 

 

VIDEO OUT

 

 

 

 

each function.

 

/LANGUAGE

 

 

 

 

 

CLOCK SET

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

LCD BRIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX DELETE FILE

TOOL

SETUP

operations

selecting and entering items by the above procedure as

 

The “Advanced operations” section of this manual refers to

 

“Select [item name].”

 

 

 

 

 

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Menu settings

Menu items that can be modified differ depending on the positions of the PLAY/ STILL/MOVIE selector or the MS/FD selector. The LCD screen shows only the items you can operate at the moment. Initial settings are indicated with x.

(self-timer)

Records with the self-timer (page 22).

EFFECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

Setting

 

Description

PLAY/STILL/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE selector

 

 

P. EFFECT

 

SOLARIZE

Sets the image special effects (page 58).

STILL

 

 

 

 

B&W

 

 

 

MOVIE

 

 

 

 

SEPIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEG.ART

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xOFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE/

 

DAY &

 

Sets whether to insert the date and time

STILL

 

Before

TIME

 

TIME

 

into the image (page 58).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item-1

 

DATE

Setting

Description

PLAY/STILL/

 

performing

 

Item-2

 

 

 

xOFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

FILE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE selector

 

advanced

DISK

FORMAT

OK

Formats a floppy disk (page 70).

PLAY

 

 

 

TOOL

 

 

 

 

Once you format a floppy disk,

STILL

 

 

(When the

 

 

 

 

all of the data, including

MOVIE

 

 

MS/FD

 

 

 

 

protected images are deleted. Be

 

 

operations

selector is

 

 

 

 

sure to check for images before

 

 

set to FD.)

 

 

 

 

you format a floppy disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANCEL

Cancels formatting of a floppy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISK

OK

Copies all data stored in a floppy

 

 

 

 

COPY

 

 

disk to another disk (page 68).

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANCEL

Cancels the disk copy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANCEL

 

 

Goes back to the [DISK TOOL]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

item.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How to change the menu settings

Some of the advanced operations for your camera are executed by selecting menu items displayed on the LCD screen with the control button.

13

Control button

PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector

1Press v on the control button to display the menu bar.

The menu bar appears as follows according to the position of the PLAY/STILL/ MOVIE selector.

STILL/MOVIE

 

PLAY (single mode)

PLAY (INDEX mode)

 

 

 

 

 

 

M V C – 0 0 1 F 2 0 0 1 7 4 1 0 : 3 0 P M

EFFECT

FILE

CAMERA SETUP

INDEX DELETE

FILE

TOOL SETUP

DELETE

FILE

TOOL SETUP

SELECT

OK

MENU BAR OFF

SELECT

OK

MENU BAR OFF

SELECT

SINGLE DISPLAY

2 Select the desired item with v/V/b/B on the

 

 

 

control button, then press the center z.

 

 

 

The color of the selected item changes from blue to

 

 

 

yellow, and when you press the center z, the settings

VIDEO OUT

NTSC

/LANGUAGE

 

that can be set for its item are displayed.

 

CLOCK SET

 

 

BEEP

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

LCD BRIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX DELETE

FILE

TOOL SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT

OK

 

The displayed items are changed according to the position of the MS/FD selector.

3Select the desired setting with v/V/b/B on the control button, then press the center z.

To cancel the setup

Press V on the control button repeatedly until the LCD screen returns to the menu bar display in step 1. To clear the menu bar, press V again.

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Item

Setting

Description

PLAY/STILL/

 

 

 

MOVIE selector

FORMAT

OK

Formats a “Memory Stick.” Once you

PLAY

(When the

 

format the “Memory Stick,” all of the

STILL

MS/FD

 

data, including protected images are

MOVIE

selector is

 

deleted. Be sure to check for images

 

set to MS.)

 

before you format a “Memory Stick.”

 

 

CANCEL

Cancels formatting of a “Memory

 

 

 

Stick.”

 

 

 

 

 

FILE

SERIES

Assigns numbers to files in sequence

STILL

NUMBER

 

even if the floppy disk or “Memory

MOVIE

 

 

Stick” is changed. Note that file

 

 

 

numbers are not in sequence between a

 

 

 

floppy disk and “Memory Stick.”

 

 

xNORMAL

Resets the file number that starts from

 

 

 

001 or 0001 each time the floppy disk or

 

 

 

“Memory Stick” is changed.

 

 

 

 

 

CLIP

 

Sets the image size and number of

STILL

MOTION

 

frames for creating GIF format

 

 

 

animation (page 47).

 

 

160×120

Up to 10 frames can be recorded.

 

 

(NORMAL)

 

 

 

80×72

Up to 2 frames can be recorded.

 

 

(MOBILE)

 

 

 

CANCEL

Cancels Clip Motion.

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGE

x1472× 1104

Selects the image size when recording

STILL

SIZE

1280× 960

still images.

 

(When the

1280(3:2)

 

 

MS/FD

1024×768

 

 

selector is

640×480

 

 

set to FD.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGE

x1472 (FINE)

Selects the image size when recording

STILL

SIZE

1280 (FINE)

still images.

 

(When the

1280(3:2) F

 

 

MS/FD

1024 (FINE)

 

 

selector is

640 (FINE)

 

 

set to MS.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGE

320×240

Selects the MPEG image size when

MOVIE

SIZE

x160×112

recording moving images.

 

 

 

 

 

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