Sony DPF-VR100 manual

4-259-436- 12 (1) Digital Photo Frame DPF-XR100/VR100 © 2010 Sony Corporation Bef ore op erat io n Basic op erations Adva nced oper ations Using w ith a comp uter Erro r mes sa ges Troublesh ooting Additional informa tion Digital Photo Fr ame Ha ndbook[...]

2 GB Table of Cont ents Before operation Enjoying your pho to frame i n various ways .............. ........................... ...... 4 Features ......... .................. ............... 5 Identifying the parts ....................... 8 x Digit al pho to f rame ....... ...... ....... . 8 x Remote co ntrol .. ...... ......... ....... .... 9 Basi[...]

3 GB Using with a co mputer Connecting t o a computer ........... . 51 Syst em requ irem ents .... ...... ......... ... 51 Connecti ng to a comp uter to ex change imag es .... ...... ......... ...... ...... ......... ... 51 Disconne ctin g your co mputer . ...... . 52 Error messages If an er ror message appear s ......... 53 Troubleshoo ting If tro[...]

4 GB Before o perat ion Enjoying your ph oto frame in variou s ways The So ny D PF-XR 100/VR 100 i s a digital photo frame for e asily disp laying images take n wi th a digital c amera or oth er device, without using a computer .[...]

5 GB Before oper ation Featu res x Support f or vario us memo ry car ds * Supp orts va rious m emor y card s and othe r devi ces, such as a “Memory St ick ”, CompactFlash ca rd, SD memor y card, xD- Picture Ca rd, and USB memor y. Just insert a memory card r emoved from a dig ital camera , and you w ill be abl e to view the image s immediatel ([...]

6 GB x Exporting images You ca n export images in the int ernal memory to yo ur memory c ard (page 33). * When u sing a miniSD /miniS DHC 1 , microS D/mic roSDH C 2 or “Memory Stick Micro” media 3 , be sure to ins ert it in an appropri ate adapto r. x Pla yba ck of vi deo fil es/ pl aybac k of backgrou nd music (BG M) with photos You ca n enjoy[...]

7 GB Before oper ation x Hanging on a w all You ca n hang the photo frame on the wa ll (supplie d Operating Instruc tions, “Stand – To disp lay the p hoto fram e on the w all”).[...]

8 GB Identif ying the pa rts x Digital photo frame Front Rear LCD screen Remote se nsor Sony logo (page 13) VIEW MODE butt on ( page 16) 1 (on/stand by) butto n Standb y indicato r Access lamp Memory card s lot (page 15) MENU button Direction ( B / b / v / V ) buttons , ENTER ( ) button BACK butto n[...]

9 GB Before oper ation x Remote control USB Mini-B connec tor (page 51) USB A connect or (page 49) HDMI OUT connector (page 47) (DPF-X R100 only) Reset switc h (page 58) DC IN 9V jack Stand Holes f or hanging unit on the wall SLID E-SH OW ( ) butt on CLOC K ( ) butt on MEN U butt on BAC K butt on MAR KING ( ) butt on SORT button SELECT DEVICE b utt[...]

10 GB Basic oper ations Prepar ing t he rem ote contro l The supplied l ithium batt ery (CR2025) ha s alre ady be en i nser ted i nto t he r emote con trol. Pull out the pr ote ctiv e shee t befor e use as show n in the fig ure. Using the remote c ontrol Point the t op end o f the remo te contro l towards the remote sensor on the photo frame . Note[...]

11 GB Basic operati ons • I ncorrect use of the battery ma y cause leaki ng and corrosion. – Do not recharge the battery. – When the rem ote control wi ll not be used for a long p eriod of time, r emove the batte ry from the remo te cont rol to pr event le akin g and corr osion . – Incorrectl y inserti ng, shortin g, dism antling, or heatin[...]

12 GB Setting the st and 1 Hold the photo fram e ti ght ly an d insert th e stan d straight into th e screw hol e on the re ar pane l. 2 Screw the s tand into the screw h ole firmly u ntil the s tand s tops turning. Setting to portra it or la ndscape orienta tion You c an set th e phot o f rame to po rtra it or landscape orientation by rotatin g it[...]

13 GB Basic operati ons Turning t he phot o frame on When yo u have already turn ed on yo ur photo frame by co nnec ting it to t he AC p ower s our ce, skip to th e next s ection. Turni ng on the pow er Pres s 1 (on/stan dby) on the photo f rame or rem ote con tro l to tu rn on the powe r. T he stan dby in dica tor t urns to g reen from red . The S[...]

14 GB Settin g the curr ent time 1 Press MENU. 2 Press B / b to se lect th e (Settings ) tab. 3 Press v / V to select [Date/time Settings] and press . 4 Set the Wo rld cl ock. 1 Press v / V to select [W orld Clock Set ting s] and pr ess . 2 Press v / V to select [Lo cal Time] an d press . 3 Press v / V to select th e region where you are l iving an[...]

15 GB Basic operati ons Inserti ng a me mory ca rd Insert the memo ry card fir mly into the correspon ding s lot wit h its l abel sid e facing to ward you (when y ou are fac ing the back side of the p hoto frame ). The a cces s lamp flashe s when the m emor y card is inse rted cor rectl y. If the acc ess lam p does no t flash, rein sert the memory [...]

16 GB Changing th e display You ca n chan ge the vie w style by pres sing th e VIEW MODE buttons. 1 Press the button co rrespo nding to view mode you want to selec t. The disp lay chan ges t o select ed view mode. . Tip When usin g the buttons on the phot o frame, press VIEW MODE on the uppe r back of the LCD screen. 2 Select a styl e with B / b an[...]

17 GB Basic operati ons Slideshow display Display Styl e Description Slid esho w Sin gle vi ew Imag es ar e di splaye d on a sing le sc reen , on e aft er ano ther . Multi i mage view Displays mult iple image s at the same time. Cl ock vie w/Wo rld Clock Disp lays ima ges, on e aft er anot her, whi le show ing th e curr ent date and tim e. Calendar[...]

18 GB Tips • If no memo ry ca rd is inserted, o r no i mages are sa ved in i nternal memory, demonst ration m ode sta rts automa tically. D emonstration mode ends if a memory card w ith images sa ved is inserted or a button other th an 1 (on/stand by) is pressed. • For details on th e playba ck order in a sl ideshow d ispla y, see p age 45. •[...]

19 GB Basic operati ons Clock and Calend ar di splay Note You can select on ly the Settin gs or S lideshow ta b when the Cl ock and C alendar di splay i s shown . Clock1 Clock2 Clock3 Clock4 Clock5 Clock6 Clock7 Clock8 Cl ock9 Calendar1 Ca lendar2 World Clock 1 World Clock 2 World Clock 3 Lunar Calenda r (when you s elect [Simplifi ed Chinese] in [[...]

20 GB Single view mode (single image display) Tips • If no me mory car d is inserted or no ima ges are saved in int ernal mem ory, demons tratio n mode starts automa tically. D emonstration mode ends if a memory card w ith images sa ved is inserted or a button other th an 1 (on/stand by) is pressed. • Panor ama playbac k starts when you press w[...]

21 GB Basic operati ons About th e in formatio n disp layed on the sc reen The following info rmation is disp layed. 1 Setting information 2 Shooting date/t ime Note This is not displ ayed for video fil es. 3 Image numbe r (folder-file num ber) Th is is disp laye d if the i mag e is DCF compliant. If the ima ge does not c omply with DCF, 1 0 char a[...]

22 GB Index image display 1 Press (INDEX) while t he photo fram e is i n sin gle image o r slides how displ ay mode. A li st o f thu mbnai ls i s di spla yed. 2 Press B / b / v / V to move th e curso r to an imag e you want to d isplay and pres s . The se lected ima ge is displ ayed i n si ngle view m ode . To chang e the si ze of thumbn ails Press[...]

23 GB Basic operati ons To stop playbac k Pres s BACK whil e a vi deo fi le is being pl ayed. Notes • Y ou cannot pla y the follo wing type of vid eo file: – Video f iles with copyrig ht prote ction – Video files tha t exceed the ma ximum num ber of pixels either in width or height • I f the photo frame is connected to a TV with an HDMI cab[...]

24 GB Advanced ope rati ons Enjoying a slideshow 1 Press (SLIDE-SHOW). Tip When usin g the buttons on the phot o frame, press VIEW MODE on the uppe r back of the LCD screen and press v / V to sele ct Slide show. 2 Press B / b to selec t the de sir ed sty le and p ress . See “S lidesh ow displ ay” (p age 17 ) for details on t he sl ideshow st yl[...]

25 GB Advance d opera tions *: Fact ory defa ult sett ings Item Se tting Desc ription Slide show Setting s Photo Int erval Se t a va lue fr om 3 se c., 7 s ec.*, 20 sec ., 1 min ., 5 m in., 30 min., 1 ho ur, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours fo r the interval between ima ges. Video Durati on Set the int erval based on pl ayback time from the beginni ng o[...]

26 GB Slidesh ow Sett ings Optimi ze Speaker Out put ON* Digital si gnal processing optimize s audio output . OFF Audio outp ut is not optimiz ed. *: Factory defaul t settings Item Setting Description[...]

27 GB Advance d opera tions Playing a slid eshow with backgr ound music 1 Inse rt a me mory car d that conta ins a music fil e into the photo fram e. 2 Press MENU then B / b to selec t the [Slidesh ow Sett ings] tab . 3 Press v / V to selec t [Import BG M] and p ress . 4 Press v / V to s elect the memory c ard inserted in ste p 1. 5 Select a music [...]

28 GB [BGM OFF]: Background music is not played while a slidesho w of p hotos i s run. Sound for Videos [Vid eo sou nd]: A udio recor ded in a video file is pla yed while a slides how of a video file is run. [BGM] : Ba ckgr ound m usi c is p laye d while a sl ideshow of a video fi le is ru n. [OFF] : No aud io is play ed while a slide show of a vid[...]

29 GB Advance d opera tions Maintena nce mod e You ca n upda te the fir mware of your pho to frame or in itializ e its sy stem in this mode. Tip Perform firmware update or syst em initiali zation of the phot o frame in the foll owing cases : Firm w are u pdat e: Firmware upda te allows you to obt ain optimum performanc e and use the photo fram e wi[...]

30 GB 3 Press the reset swi tch on the rear panel o f the ph oto frame u sing a small, thin o bject, etc . 4 Press 1 (on/s tandby) on the photo frame to turn it on. The sy stem of t he photo f rame s tarts. Tip It may take 1minute for the sys tem to sta rt for the first ti me afte r initia lizati on. Importing image s from a memory ca rd to in tern[...]

31 GB Advance d opera tions Slideshow display 2 Press v / V to sel ect [Import th is image], [Import multiple imag es] or [Import al l images ] and press . If you s elect [Imp ort this ima ge], the image curre ntly di splayed is imported t o the inte rnal memory . Go to step 5 . (Thi s item ca nnot b e selected on the slidesho w display .) If you s[...]

32 GB Tip A new folder is creat ed autom aticall y when you select [ New fold er]. 6 Press v / V to se lect [Ye s] and pre ss . The image is saved in the specified folde r in the in ternal memo ry. 7 Press when the co nfirmat ion screen is dis played. Notes • “I mpor t to the intern al mem ory” is not availa ble for imag es in the int ern al [...]

33 GB Advance d opera tions Exporting an image f rom the in ternal memory to a memory card You can export the images in the internal memory to a memo ry card. 1 Press ME NU when an im age store d in the in ternal memo ry is dis playe d on the s creen. 2 Press B / b to sele ct the (Editi ng) tab. 3 Press v / V to sel ect [Expor t] and press . Sin gl[...]

34 GB 8 Press v / V to se lect a destinati on folder and pr ess . The confirma tion scre en for expor ting the image is displa yed. Tip A new folder is creat ed autom aticall y when you select [ New fold er]. 9 Press v / V to se lect [Ye s] and pre ss . The im age is ex port ed. 10 Press when the co nfirmat ion screen is dis played. The i mage is c[...]

35 GB Advance d opera tions 4 Press M ENU. The delete c onfirmation screen is display ed. 5 Press v / V to sel ect [Yes] and press . The image is dele ted. 6 Press when the confirm ation screen i s displ ayed. Notes • A void do ing th e foll owing while an i mage is being delete d. Doing so may damage the photo frame , memor y car d, or data : ?[...]

36 GB 4 Press B / b / v / V to select the ima ge to be mark ed from the image list, and pres s . A check mark ( ✔ ) is added to th e select ed image. If you want to mark multiple ima ges at a time, re p eat this step. If you w ant to cl ear the sele ction, se lect the imag e and pr ess . A chec k mark ( ✔ ) disa ppears from the i mage. About im[...]

37 GB Advance d operations Sorting imag es You can sor t images st ored in the inte rnal memory or on a memory card by event, folder, image orient ation, mar ks, etc. 1 Press SORT when an im age is dis playe d on th e scr een. Tip When using the buttons on th e photo frame, press MENU , select the (Editing) tab with B / b , sele ct [Sor t] with v /[...]

38 GB Adjusting image size and orient ation You ca n enlarg e or re duce a n image in single view m ode. To enlarg e an image, pr ess (zoom in) on the rem o te contro l. To reduce an enlarged image, press (zoom o ut). Each press o f the button enla rges the ima g e furthe r. You can e n large an image to a maximum of 5 ti me s the original scale. Y[...]

39 GB Advance d operations • Y ou can rotate the image of the index image dis play . • Y ou canno t rotate a vid eo file. Changing the settings of the auto power on /off functio n You can use th e timer function to turn t h e photo fr ame on or off a utomatically when the photo f rame is tur ned on. 1 Press MENU. 2 Press B / b to se lect the (S[...]

40 GB 5 Press v to selec t [Time Sett ing], and pres s . [Advance d] 1 Press B / b / v / V to select th e time you want to us e the auto pow er on/o ff func tion. You can select the time in one-hour increme nts for each day of the we ek (from Mond ay to Sund ay). When you select the time and pr ess , the select ed time z one cha nges to blue. Durin[...]

41 GB Advance d operations Press v / V to select [2 hour ] or [4 hou r] and pres s . 6 Press M ENU. Using the ala r m functi on You ca n use t he ph oto frame as an alarm cloc k. An alarm will sound and an alarm scr e en will be disp laye d to notify you w hen the sp ecifi ed alarm t ime on the specif ied day of the week arri ves. 1 Set the al arm [...]

42 GB To turn off th e alarm Press any butt on on the ph oto fra me othe r than 1 (on/sta ndby) bu tton. Tips • To change the cloc k s etti n g, see “Sett ing the curre nt time ” (page 14). • Power -OFF tim er does not f unction whi le the alar m is sounding . Note An alarm sou nd is output from a TV when the photo frame is connec ted to th[...]

43 GB Advance d operations 4 Press v / V to sel ect the it em you want to change and pres s . This enable s you to set each of the ite ms (page 4 4). Note When the phot o frame is, fo r instance , displayi ng a slideshow, so me settings of som e items can not be changed . They are disp layed in gray and cannot be sele cted. 5 Press v / V to sele ct[...]

44 GB Items to set *: Factory defaul t settings Item Setting Description Pict ure mo de Portr ait Displa ys an imag e with optimum contras t and nat ural color. Standard* Displays an ima ge im pressivel y and wi th enha nced color. Vivid Displays a n image more vivi dly using hi gh chroma saturati on and sharpne ss. Alarm S ettings Sets the alar m [...]

45 GB Advance d operations General Setting s Listing Order Sets the display order of ima ges. This setti ng affects the or der in [Slide show Settings]. Shoot. Da te Displays im ages in orde r of shooting dat e. Note Shoot. Date is not di splayed for video files. Numb er Order* Displays im ages in order of f ile number. Auto displa y orientat ion O[...]

46 GB Initia lize Format internal memor y You can form at the inte rnal me mory. Notes • All the imag es adde d to the in ternal memory w ill be del eted . • Do not format the int ernal memory by usi ng other devic es such as a computer. Initia lize settings Returns all settings to their factor y default s except for the c urrent dat e and time[...]

47 GB Advance d operations Connecting to a high- definition TV (DPF- XR100 only) The p hoto fr ame is capa ble of HD MI ou tput. If you connect the photo frame to a TV with an HDMI inpu t, you can di splay i mages in highe r defi niti on on the TV. About “Ph otoTV HD” The ph oto fram e suppor ts “Phot oTV H D”. “Pho toTV HD” is a func t[...]

48 GB Notes • Operation is not guaranteed with all TVs. • If you conn ect a TV, the LCD screen of the photo frame turns off. • If the photo fram e is connected to a TV with an HDMI cable, audio, o perating sound and alarm wil l be output from the TV, not from the photo frame. Adjust t he volume on the TV. • If [C ontrol for HDMI] is set to [...]

49 GB Advance d operations Note With the TV’ s remote contr ol, you cannot pe rform the following oper ations: • Z ooming in /Zoomin g out • C rop and save • Import/ Export /Sort/Ma rking/De lete • Select BGM/Imp ort B G M/Dele te BGM On control for HDMI When the [Control for HDMI] is se t to [ON], you can u se the fo llow ing oper ations[...]

50 GB 5 Select th e playback de vice (page 32). An image in th e device is d ispla yed on the scre en. For deta ils on the slides how, see page 24 . For deta ils on a dding ima ges to th e internal mem ory, see page 3 0 . Notes • When using a commerci ally available USB cab le, use an A-Ty pe USB cable t hat is less than 3 meters long. • Do not[...]

51 GB Using with a comput er Usin g with a com puter Connecting to a comp uter Connecting to a computer allows you to view images in the inter n al memory of the photo frame w ith a co mpute r and copy them t o a compu ter an d to copy images from a comp uter to the ph oto fra me. To co nnect a co mpu ter to the photo frame , your computer must sat[...]

52 GB 4 When the [AutoPlay] wind ow appears on the comp uter displ ay, click [Open fol der to vie w files]. If the [AutoPla y] win dow does not appear , click [Comput er (My Comput er)] in the Start me nu, then op en the removabl e disc. 5 Move th e cursor in th is window and right- click, th en clic k [New] - [Folder]. Nam e th is n ew fold er. I [...]

53 GB Error messages Error messa ges If an error message appear s If an err or occurs, o ne of th e followin g error me ssages may be d ispla yed on the LCD scr e en of th e photo frame. Fo llow the cor respon ding sol ution below to s olve t he pr oblem . Error messag e Meaning/Solut ions No Memory Stic k. / No CompactFlash card . / No SD Memory C[...]

54 GB Error readin g the Memory Stick. / Error re ading the Co mpactFl ash card. / Err o r rea ding the SD Memory Ca rd. / Error re ading the xD-Pict ure Card. / E rror re ading the int e rnal me mory./ Erro r reading the External Device. • An error has occurr ed. If th is erro r mess age i s displ ayed frequently , check the status of the memory[...]

55 GB Troubles hooting Troubl eshooting If trouble occurs Before submitt ing the photo frame f o r repair , try u sing the fo llowing guid ance to sol v e the pr oblem. If the problem persis ts, consult with your Sony d ealer or Sony servi ce facilit ies. Power suppl y Displa ying image s If the power is turn e d on but images are not disp layed or[...]

56 GB Some images a re not di splayed. • Are the i mages displayed in the inde x view? c If an im age is di splaye d in the inde x view but ca nnot be di splaye d as sing le ima ge, the i m ag e fil e may be d amaged ev en though its t h umbnail p review data is fine. c A file that is not compatible with DCF may n ot be displ ayed wi th the phot [...]

57 GB Troubles hooting Savi ng and de leting imag es The file name is not dis played prop erly . • Did yo u r enam e the f ile wi th a compu ter or ot her devi ce? c If you nam ed or re named the f ile on y our comput er and th e file nam e incl udes char acters ot her than alph anumeri c character s, the file name may not be displa yed pr operly[...]

58 GB Connec ting a digita l cam era or ot her e xternal devic e Photo fra me An image was deleted accid entally. — c An im age can not be re cover ed once i t is deleted. Symptom Chec k item Cause/Solutions The cam era is connec ted but nothing is disp laye d. • Is the ca ble conne cte d properl y? c Conne ct the ca ble properl y. • Is th e [...]

59 GB Troubles hooting Remote con trol Symptom Che ck item Cause/Sol utions Noth ing happ ens even i f yo u opera te the remote control. • Is the ba ttery ins erted i n the remote con trol properly? c Replace the batter y (page 1 0). c Inse rt a batter y (pa ge 10). c Inse rt a batter y in the p roper orientat ion (page 10). — c Point th e top [...]

60 GB Addi tional infor matio n About memory cards Type s of “Memor y Sti ck” that can b e used wit h the photo frame With t he phot o fra m e, yo u can us e the foll owing type s of “Memor y Stick” *1 : *1 The photo frame supp orts FAT32. The photo frame h as been demonst rated a s operab le with a “Mem ory St ick” with a capa city of [...]

61 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on The SD memor y card sl ot of th e photo fr ame allow s you to us e the follo wing: • SD memory card *1 • miniSD card, mi croSD card (An ad aptor i s necess ary.) *2 • SDHC memory card *3 • miniSDHC card, micro S DHC card (An ad aptor i s necess ary.) *2 • SDXC memory card *4 • MMC stan dard memory ca rd[...]

62 GB • Whe n you ca rry or stor e a card, put it in th e case supplie d with it . • Do no t touch t he te rminal of a card wit h your hand or a metal object. • Do not strik e, bend or drop a card. • Do not disas semble or modif y a car d. • Do no t expose a car d to wate r. • Do not use or sto re a car d under the following conditio ns[...]

63 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on Index A Access lamp 8, 15 Alarm 41, 44 Associated file 21 Auto Power ON/OFF 39, 44 Advanced 40 Auto off 40 Simple 40 C Changin g the settings 42 Clock an d calendar displ ay 19 Color effect 25 Connecting Comp uter 51 External dev ice 49 TV 47 Control for HDMI 45 D Date/time settings 14, 44 De leti ng a n ima ge 3 4[...]

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