Sanyo VPC-PD1EX Bedienungsanleitung

VPC-PD1EX VPC-PD2 VPC-PD1GX VPC-PD1PX VPC-PD1T A INS TRUCTION MANU AL Dual Ca mer a Please read these instructions ca refully bef ore using the camer a. Make sure to read and understand the separa te booklet “SAFETY MANU AL ”. K eep this manual in a saf e place f or later ref erence. Important note This manual e xplains how to sa fely oper ate [...]

i English W arning T O PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE k FOR AMERIC AN USERS The f ollowing advisory is included in accor dance with the la ws of th e State of Calif ornia (USA): W ARNING: This product contains chemicals , in cluding lead, kno wn to the State of Calif ornia to cause canc[...]

English ii k FOR CANADIAN USERS i This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. k FOR EU USERS The symbol mark and recycling systems descr ibed below apply to EU countries and do not apply to countries in other areas of the wo rld. Y our SANY O product is designed and manuf actured with high quality materials and components which [...]

iii English HO W T O READ THIS MANU AL Symbols used i n this ma nual HINT P oints giving some e xtended instructions or special point s to pa y attention to . CA UTION P oints that require special at tention. (page xx) Refer t o the page indicated f or detailed inf or mation.[...]

English iv SHOO T , PLA Y B A CK AND SA VE PREP ARE THE B A TTER Y P A CK AND CARD Installing the battery pack and car d Install the car d and the supplied battery pack. i The card is not an included accessor y . Please purchase a commercially sold ca rd. i The camera has an internal memory , which means that y ou can record and sav e the recorded [...]

v English Charging the ba ttery pac k 1 Press the ON/OFF button to turn off the camera. h It is not possible to charge the battery pack while the ca mera is on. 2 Use the dedicated USB interfac e cable (supplied) to connect the camera to a computer. 3 Turn on the computer. h Charging begins . h During charging, the multi-indicator is lit red. h Whe[...]

English vi CA UTION During charging... i Do not turn on the camer a while the battery pack is chargi ng. It is not possible to charge the battery pack while the camera is on. i Do not turn off the computer while the battery pack is charging. It is not possible to charge the battery pack while the computer is off . i With certain computers, it ma y [...]

vii English Shooting 1 Press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 second to turn the camera on. h If the screen to set the date and time appears , press the [ ? ] button to cancel it. For how to set the date and time, see page 14. 2 Record. T o record a video c lip: h Press the [ ] button t o begin recording a video clip . h Press the [ ] button aga in[...]

English viii Playbac k 1 Pres s the REC/PLAY button. h The displa y changes to the Playback Screen. 2 Se lect the image to play back. h Use the arrow k eys to mo ve the orange frame t o the image you wish to pla y back. h The image inf ormation for the framed image is sho wn in the bottom part of the monitor . 3 Pres s the SET button. h The file yo[...]

ix English Deleting files 1 On the scr een in step 2, move the orange fr ame to the file you wish to delete, and pres s the [ ? ] button. 2 Select “DELETE SINGLE”, and press the SET button. h If you pr ess [ G ] or [ H ], the scree n to delete a diff erent file will appear . 3 When you are finished deleting fi les, press the [ ? ] button. When [...]

English x Copy data fr om your camera to the computer Connect you r camera to a compute r , and cop y the desir ed data to the computer . 1 Turn on the computer, and use the supplied dedicated USB interface cable to connect your camera to the computer. h Connect the cabl e between the ca mera’ s USB ter minal and the computer’ s USB connector .[...]

xi English 2 Turn on the camera (page 11). h The USB Connection Screen appears on the camera’ s monitor . 3 Select “CARD READER”, and press the SET button. h The window f or automatic pla yback of XACTI_INT (internal memory) and XA CTI (card) opens. h If the Access Menu appears, clic k the Acce ss Menu [EXIT] b utton. 4 In the automatic playb[...]

English xii Uploading camera files to a file-shari ng website i Y our camera’ s internal memor y contains the Xacti Simple Uploader application with which you can uplo ad camera files to a file-sharing website. i For inf or mation on how to use Xacti Simple Upload er , please ref er to the Xacti Simple Uploader user’ s manual, which can be obta[...]

xiii English Software operating en vironmen t * 1 In some cases, images may not sh ow correctl y on your compute r , depending on y our computer’ s operating environment. * 2 It is necessary that your computer be connected to the Internet. T o upload images, please esta blish an a ccoun t with a file-sharing service (Y ouT ube, for e xample). * 3[...]

English xiv Dismounting the camera CA UTION i T o disconnect your camera, be su re to f ollow the proce dure below . F ailure to fol low this procedure ma y cause f aulty oper ation of you r computer or corrupt the files in you r camera. 1 Left -click on the icon for safely removing hardware in the task tr ay. h A list appea rs showing the de vices[...]

1 English CONTENTS HOW TO REA D THIS MA NUAL ............. ........... ............. ............. .......... iii CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCES SORIES .... .............. ............. ....... 3 How to use the ac cessories ................ ............. ........... .......... .......... 4 ABOUT THE CARD ......... .......... ............. ........... [...]

English 2  APPENDICES FREQUENTLY A SKED QUE STIONS ...... ............. .......... ............. ........ 34 OVERVIEW OF THE SE TUP MENU SCR EEN .. ............. ........... .......... 39 SPECIFICA TIONS .... ............. ........... .......... ............. ........... .......... ........ 41 Camera .... ............. .......... ........... ...[...]

3 English CHECKING THE INCLUDE D A CCESS ORIES i Li-ion battery pack: 1 i Dedicated USB interface cable (page v, x): 1 i SAFETY MANU AL (safety precautions booklet) Please read this booklet carefully before using the camer a. i QUICK GUIDE i Obtaining the PDF instruction manual and cautions[...]

English 4 How to use th e accessories k Handstrap (Please purchase a commerci ally a v ailable handstr ap.) i T o avoid dropping t he camera, it is recommended that you attach a handstra p .[...]

5 English ABOUT THE CARD Media car ds that can be used with this camer a The type of card that can be inserted into and used with this camera is: i SD Memory Card i SDHC Memory Card i SDXC Memory Card What “card ” means in this man ual i In this man ual, SD Memory Cards, SDHC Memory Cards and SDXC Memory Cards that can be used in this camera ar[...]

English 6 SETUP SETUP SETUP PA R T S N A M E S Front Bottom Lens Microphone Speaker Flash Slot cov er Microphone LED Strap holder T r ipod stand hole Connector le v er[...]

7 English Rear Multi-indicator Monitor Arrow k eys [] b u t t o n (Photo shooting button) [] b u t t o n (Video recording but t on ) SET button REC/PL A Y b utton ON/OFF b utton [ ? ] button[...]

English 8 SETUP ABOUT THE B A TTER Y AND THE CARD About rechar ging Recharging tak es place only when the camera is t urned off, or when the pow er sav e function or the sleep function has been activ ated. Recharging does not take pla ce when the camera is in the record ing mode or pla yback mode. CA UTION Do not charge the battery pac k immediatel[...]

9 English HINT Recharging when connected to the USB terminal i The battery can be recharge d while the camer a is connected to a computer . i Note, ho we v er , that th e time it takes t o recharge will diff er depending on the camera’ s operating condit ion. i Connect the dedicated USB int erface cab le to the USB connector on your computer . Do[...]

English 10 SETUP T o format a card 1 I nsert the card in the camera, and press the ON/OFF button (pages iv and 11). 2 Pres s and hold the [ ? ] button for at least 1 second. 3 Se lect “FORMAT” and press the SET button. h The F ormat Screen appears. F ollow the i nstructions on the screen to format the card. Shooting without a car d installed i [...]

11 English TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF T urning on the camera 1 Press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 second. T urning off the camera 1 Press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 second. h The camera turns off . HINT T o adjust the operation sounds i If you turn on the ca mera by pressing the ON/OFF button while holdin g down t he [ I ] arro w ke y [...]

English 12 SETUP T urning on the camera wh en the powe r save (sleep) mo de is act ive In order to preserve battery pack po wer , the power sav e (sleep) function will automatica lly turn off the camera after about 2 minute s of no use during shooting, or a bout 2 min utes of no use during play back. i When the powe r sav e mode is active, y ou can[...]

13 English CA UTION If the K icon app ears... i When a picture is tak en, the date and ti me it was capture d are recorded with it. If the date and time settings hav e not been completed (page 14), the date and time cannot be recor ded with the captured images . Fo r this reason, immediately af ter the camera is t urned on, the “Set date and t im[...]

English 14 SETUP D A TE AND TIME SETTING When the camera is first turned on after purchase , the Clock Set Screen appears. Proceed from ste p 4 to set the date and time . 1 Pres s the ON/OFF button to turn on the camera. 2 Pres s and hold the [ ? ] button for at least 1 second. h The Setup Menu appears . 3 Use the [ I ] and [ J ] a rrow keys to sel[...]

15 English HINT i Under normal conditions, while the batt ery pack is being replaced, an internal battery will maintain the date and time settings. Howe v er , there is a small chance the set tings ma y be lost (the back up will last f or about 7 days). It is recommended to chec k that the date and time settings a re still correct after replacin g [...]

English 16 SETUP A CCESSING THE SETUP MENU SCREEN 1 Turn on the camera (page 11). 2 Pres s and hold the [ ? ] button for at least 1 second. h The Setup Menu appears . h T o cancel the Setup Menu, press the [ ? ] b utton. SETUP LANGUAGE CLOCK SET OPTICAL ZOOM VIDEO ST ABILIZER TV OUTPUT FORMA T OK [ ? ] butt on[...]

17 English 3 Press [ I ] or [ J ] to select the i tem you wish to change, and press the SET button. h The Setting Screen f or the se lected item appears. h T o r etur n to the Setup M enu, press t he [ ? ] button. SETUP CLOCK SET DA TE 2010 /07/01 00:00 D / M / Y TIME DISP OK OK LANGUAGE CLOCK SET OPTICAL ZOOM VIDEO ST ABILIZER TV OUTPUT FORMA T Se[...]

English 18 SHOO TING SHOO TING SHOO TING VIDEO CLIP RECORDING 1 Turn on the camera (page 11). 2 Pres s the [ ] button. h Recording begins . h It is not nece ssary to keep the [ ] button presse d while recording. h When the remaining recording time av ailab le f or the currently recording clip becomes little, a countdown of th e remaining recording [...]

19 English HINT T o change the video settings 1 With the Recording Screen displa yed, press the [ H ] arro w ke y . h The screen to change the video settings appe ars. h T o retur n to the Recording Screen withou t changing the sett ings, press the [ ? ] b utton. 2 Use the [ G ] and [ H ] arro w keys to select a setting, and press the SET but t on [...]

English 20 SHOO TING SHOO TING SINGLE SHO TS Capture a still image (single-shot). 1 Turn on the camera (page 11). 2 Pres s the [ ] button. 1 Press the [ ] b utton halfway . h The autofocus operat es, and the image is f ocuse d (f ocus lock). 2 Continue to gently press the [ ] button all the way . h The shutter releases an d the image is captured. h[...]

21 English T o change the photo settings 1 With the recording screen displa yed, press the [ G ] arrow ke y . h The screen to change the photo settings appe ars. h T o retur n to the recording screen without changi ng the settings , press the [ ? ] b utton. 2 Use the [ G ] and [ H ] arro w keys to select a setting, and press the SET but t on . h Th[...]

English 22 SHOO TING HINT What is the camera fo cusing on? i A target mark & on the monitor shows the area the camer a is focusing on. i The camera automaticall y determines the correct focus b y measuring from 9 diff erent focus points within the shooting area . If the target mark is at a positio n that is diff erent from t he point y ou wish [...]

23 English SHOO T A STILL IMA GE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP Y ou can capture a still image (a single-shot) while recording a video clip . 1 Turn on the camera (page 11). 2 Press the [ ] button. 3 When you see a scene you’d like to capture as a stil l image, press the [ ] button. 4 Press the [ ] button to end the video clip recording. HINT i Whe[...]

English 24 SHOO TING About the recording size of still ima ges i The size of a still image captured during video clip recording depends on the video clip r ecording siz e. Video clip recording size setting Still image recording size Y 1920 × 1080 pix el " 1280 × 720 pix el & 1280 × 720 pix el ) 640 × 480 pix el[...]

25 English MA CRO-PHO T OGRAPHY (ZOOM) 1 Point the came ra lens at th e subject. 2 Press [ I ] or [ J ]. [ I ]: Zoom in o n the sub ject. [ J ]: Zoom out. h When the z oom s witch is pushed, the zoom bar appears on the monitor . 3 Take the picture . For vide o clip recording, see page 18. For shooting single shots, see page 20. Press [ I ]/[ J ] Mo[...]

English 26 SHOO TING SHOO TING WITH THE SELF-TIMER 1 Whi le the Recording Screen is shown, press and hold the SET button for at least 1 second. h The screen to select the self-timer oper ation appears . h T o retur n to the Recording Screen without changing the se tting, press the [ ? ] button. 2 Use the [ G ] and [ H ] arrow keys to select the des[...]

27 English PLA YING B A CK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA GES 1 Press the REC/PLAY button. h The displa y changes to the Pla yback Screen. 2 Select the ima ge to play ba ck. h Use the arro w ke ys to mov e the ora nge frame to the image y ou wish to play bac k. h The image inf ormation for the framed image is shown in the bottom pa r t of the monitor. 3[...]

English 28 SHOO TING Video clip playback operation HINT If the a appears on the play back Sc reen... i The a i con appears when p la ying back a file that w as sa v ed in segments. T o do this ... Do this Normal forward pla yback Press the SET butt on. Stop pla ybac k During playb ack, pr ess [ J ]. P ause During playbac k, press the SET button. T [...]

29 English How to save one frame from a video clip as a still image 1 Play ba ck the video clip. Pause the playback at the point you wish to “snap” a photo. 2 Press the [ ] button. HINT The file size for a vi deo clip is very large i Theref ore, be a ware tha t if the video clip is uploaded to a computer to be pla yed bac k, the computer ma y n[...]

English 30 SHOO TING CA UTION During video clip playback, the sound of a motor is audible ... i During recording, the sound of the o ptical z oom mov ement or autofocus mov ement was recorded. This is no t a malfunction. If no audio is heard... i The audio is not pla yed bac k when the video clip is pla ye d back in the frame-b y-frame , slow-motio[...]

31 English CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING T O A TV By connecting the ca mera to a TV , y ou can pla y back t he recorded files on t he TV . CA UTION Insert and pull out the cable carefully i When connecting the ca bles , mak e sure that the cab le plugs are correctly oriented and that the y match the shapes of the terminal sock et[...]

English 32 CONNECTING TO A TV Connecting to the HDMI terminal Use a separ ately sold or commer cially av ailable mini-HDMI cab le to connect to a TV . Set the input to [HDMI] T o HDMI ter minal T o HDMI ter minal on the TV Mini HDMI cable (VCP-HDMI02)[...]

33 English PLA YING B A CK ON A TV i After connecting the camer a to the tele vision, switch the TV input to the terminal to which the camera is conne cted. i The play back method is the same as when viewing images on t he camera’s monitor . (Use the TV controls to adj ust the volume.) i The same playbac k procedure as when pla ying back with the[...]

English 34 APPENDICES APPENDICES APPENDICES FREQUENTL Y ASKED QUESTIONS If you h av e a question a bout the camera o peration, y ou might fin d the ans wer in this compilation of fr equently asked qu estions. Question Answer Action Pow e r Why d oesn’t the powe r turn on? Due to cold temperatures , the battery pack temporarily lost its powe r . P[...]

35 English Shooting Are the settings retained e ven after the camer a is turned off? — The settings are retained e ven after the camera is turned off . Which resolution setting should I use? — Select the resolution setting according to the intended use . w , v , u : Appropriate f or printing letter-si ze or larger , and for printing a close-up [...]

APPENDICES English 36 Viewing images Why is the image too bright? The subject was too bright. When capt urin g an image, de vise a wa y to compensate f or a bright subject, f or ex ample, b y changing the shooting angle . Why is there no image ( z is shown)? This may happen when trying to play back images stored on a card from a diff erent digital [...]

37 English Viewi ng images Why is the re a motor-lik e sound during video clip playbac k? The sound of the camera’ s mechanical action was recorded. Not a malfunction. Connecting to a TV Why is the re no sound? The volume on the TV is set to the minimum. Adjus t the volume on the TV . Misc. Why do es the “Insufficient card memory” or “Insuf[...]

APPENDICES English 38 Misc. Can I use my camera abroad? — When the camera is connected to a TV , you can switch the camera’ s video output to NTSC or P AL. If you ha ve questions about accessories etc. , please consult with a dealer near y ou f or advice. Why d oes the “System error” message appear? A problem has occurred within the camera [...]

39 English O VER VIEW OF THE SETUP MENU SCREEN The Setup Menu appears when y ou press and hold the [ ? ] button for at least 1 second while the camera is on. Use the arro w ke ys to sele ct the desired parameter , and press th e SET but ton to display the setting screen for the specified p aramete r . The Setup Menu is canceled when the [ ? ] butto[...]

APPENDICES English 40 1 Photo stabilizer h Compensate f or camera shake during video clip recording . 2 OPTICAL ZOOM h Select whether or not to enab le the optical zoom during video clip recording. 3 CLOCK SET setting h Set the camera’s cloc k. 4 LANGU A GE setting h Select the language in which the monitor messages are display ed. 5 TV OUTPUT se[...]

41 English SPECIFICA TIONS Camera Recorded image file f ormat Still images : JPEG format (DCF , DPOF , Exif 2.2 compliant) Note: Designed mainly by the J apan Electronics and Inf ormation T echnolog y Industries Association (JEIT A), DCF (Design rule f or Camera File system) is standard f or digital still camera image files to provide interoperabil[...]

APPENDICES English 42 Still image shooting mode (recording resolution) w : 4000 × 3000 pix els (approx. 12 million pix els) v : 3648 × 2736 pix els (approx. 10 million pix els) u : 2592 × 1944 pix els (appro x. 5 million pix els) 1 , t : 1600 × 1200 pix els (approx . 2 million pixels) Video clip recording mode (recording resolution) Y : 1920 ×[...]

43 English Image stabiliz er Video: Electron ic Still image: Mu lti-calculation electro nic Monitor 2.0 inch Lo w-temper ature polysi licon TFTcolor screen LCD , Appro x. 150,000 dots Flash wo rkin g range GN = 5.5 Approx. 50 cm (19.69 in.) to 3. 5 m (11. 48 ft.) (wide) Approx. 60 cm (23.62 in.) to 1. 9 m (6.23 ft.) (tel e) Flash modes Au to-flash,[...]

APPENDICES English 44 Camera connectors Batter y life i Until battery pack runs out when using a fully char ged battery pack at a 25 °C (77 °F) ambient temperature . i The operati on time ma y v ary depending on the conditions of t he battery pack and the co nditions of use. Espec ially when used at temperatur es below 10 °C (50 °F), the batter[...]

45 English P ossible No. of Images/P ossible Shooting Time/ P ossible Recording Time i The continuous recording ti me of a video clip is approximat ely 30 minutes. i The abov e v alues apply whe n an SD Memory Card b y SanDisk is used. i Even wit h cards of the same capacity , the amoun t of data that can actually be stored ma y differ depending on[...]

APPENDICES English 46 Concerning the mult i-indicator The camera’ s multi-indicator will light, flash, or be off , depending on the diff erent ca mera operat ions. Supplied Li -ion batter y pack Multi-indicator status Camera status Lit Connected to a computer Charging Flashi ng Slow Battery charge error or rise in internal temperatu re Slow/F ast[...]

47 English Other s Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Inc., regi stered in the U .S. and other countries. Microsoft and Windo ws are registered tr ademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the USA and other countries. Intel and P entium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation (USA). In this manual, the Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000 oper ating system, [...]

APPENDICES English 48 CA UTION i It is f orbidden t o cop y this manual , whole or in part, without prior written permission. i All images and illustr ations giv en in this manual are f or e xplanation purposes and may diff er slightly from that of the actual product. Also , actual specification s are subject to change without p rior notice and the[...]

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