Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VPC-X1200GX Sanyo
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VPC-X1200EX VPC-X1200 VPC-X1200GX INSTRUCTION MANUAL BASICS Digital Camera Please read th ese instructions carefully b efore u sing the camera. Make sure to read and understand the separat e booklet “ SAFETY MANU AL ”. K eep this manual in a saf e place f or later ref erence .
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 accordance wi th the l.
English ii FOR USERS IN THE USA About the battery ch arger IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS – SA VE THESE INSTR UCTIONS D ANGER – T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, CAREFULL Y FOLLO W THESE INSTR UCTIONS h For conne ction to a supply not in the U .
iii English P ARA LOS USU ARIOS DE EE.UU . Acerca del cargador de baterías INSTR UCCIONES IMPOR T ANTE SOBRE DE SEGURID AD - GU ARDE EST AS INSTR UCCIONES PELIGR O - P ARA REDUCIR EL RIESGO DE INCENDIO O DESCARGAS ELÉCTRIC AS, SIGA CUID ADOSAMENTE EST AS INSTR UCCIONES h P ara la cone xión a una red de alimentación que no sea de EE.
English iv 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 app ly to EU countries and do not apply to countries in other areas of the wo rld.
v English HO W T O READ THIS MANU AL This instruction manual f or your camera is organized int o the follo wing sections. k SETUP Befor e taking pictures wit h your camer a, you will need to f amiliarize yourself with a f ew of its functions and complet e some setup steps.
English vi SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE Install t he battery pa ck 1 Use the supplied charg er to charge the battery pack. h The CHARGE indicator is lit during charging. h The CHARGE indicator will tur n off when the batter y pack is fully charged.
vii English SHOO T , PLA Y B A CK AND SA VE Before capturing those impor tant shots, be sure to first take a test shot to conf irm that y our camera is set up and read y to go i Sany o declines any claim for compensation f or recorded contents etc. i n case of photogra phing or recording f ailure due to a chance came ra or card fla w .
English viii Playbac k k Still image playbac k 1 Press the playback button [ = ]. h The displa y switches to the Playback Screen. h T o view other images , press the [ l ] or [ m ] button. h If the pla yback b utton [ = ] is pressed, the displa y returns to the Shooting Screen.
1 English CONTENTS CONTENTS ..... ................ ............... ................ ................... ............... ..... 1 CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES .................. .................. .. 3 Attaching th e handstrap ............ ........
English 2 APPENDICES SPECIFICA TIONS ......... ................... ............... ................ ................ .....55 Camera .... .................. ................ ................ ................ .................. .....55 Camera connectors .
3 English CHECKING THE INCLU DED A CCESSORIES i Hands trap: 1 i SANY O Software P ack (CD-ROM): 1 i Lithium-ion battery pack (batte ry pack): 1 i Lithium-ion battery pack charger and po wer cord i Ded.
English 4 Attachin g the handstra p Media car ds that can be used with this came ra The types of card that can be inserted into and used with this camera are: i SD Memory Card i SDHC Memory Card What .
5 English CHECKING THE IN CLUDED A CCESSORIES Installing/removing t he DC adaptor (Model V AR- A3: sold separately) Install in the camera's batt ery slot, and connect the A C adaptor . Use in conjunction with the A C adaptor. Attaching the DC ada ptor 1 Open the camera's battery/car d compartment cover .
English 6 SETUP PA R T S N A M E S Front Lens Self-timer indicator Batter y/card comp ar tment cover ON/OFF b utton Flash Shutter bu tton USB/A V terminal T ripod stand hole Bottom Microphone Speaker.
7 English P ARTS NAMES Rear Zoom switch Monitor SET b utton Play back bu tton [ = ] [ n ] button [ o ] button [ l ] button [ m ] button Strap hol der SCENE but ton MENU button.
English 8 CHARGING THE B A TTER Y P A CK Please charge the supplied ba tt ery pack before using it . 1 Connect the supp lied power cord to the socket on the battery pack charge r. h Insert the connector straight and secur ely . 2 Insert the battery pack in the batter y charger.
9 English CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK Charging the bat tery pack Be sure to fully charge the supplied or separately sold battery pack bef ore using it in your camer a.
English 10 About the CHARGE indicator The CHARGE indicator shows the status of the bat tery pack and the charger . Please ref er to the f ollowing tab le if the indicator flashes abnormally .
11 English CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK HINT About the internal backup batt ery i This camera’s interna l batter y ser ves to maintain the da te and time settings, as w ell as the shooting settings . The backup battery will be fully charged when the battery pack is k ept in the camera continuously f or about 2 day s.
English 12 INST ALL THE B A TTER Y P A CK AND CARD Installation i The card can be used after it has been f or matted with the camer a. i Make sure th at the battery pack and card orientation are correct . 2 1 4 3 Open battery/card c ompartment cover on the bottom of the camer a.
13 English INST ALL THE B A TTER Y P A CK AND CARD CA UT ION Be careful when removing the car d i Do not attempt to f orcibly remov e the card. i Nev er remove the card when the camera is connected to a computer or printer , or when the self-timer indicator is flashing quic kly .
English 14 TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF T urning on the camera In the record ing mode 1 Press the ON/OFF button. h The camera turns on. h The came ra turns on in the recording mode that w as active bef ore it was last turned off. In the play back mode 1 Press the playback button [ = ] for at least one sec ond.
15 English TURNING THE CAMERA ON AN D OFF About the auto po wer off function In order to preserve battery pack po wer when, f or ex ample, the camera has accidentally been left on, the camer a is furn.
English 16 D A TE AND TIME SETTING The camera will record the date and time an image is captured so that you can displa y them during playbac k. Therefore , before capt uring images, make sure the correct date and time are set . Example: T o set the clock to 7: 30 p.
17 English D A TE AND TIME S ETTING 4 Set the date and time. 1 Press the [ n ] or [ o ] button to change the y ear indication. h Y ou can press the [ m ] button to select the indicatio n you wish to change. h Repeat these steps t o select the month indication and da y indication, and se t the date to December 24, 2009.
English 18 5 Press the SET button. h The date and time setting is comple ted, and you are ret urned to the Option Menu. h The Option Menu is canceled when the MENU button is pressed. HINT i Under normal conditions, while the battery pack is being repla ced, an internal batter y will maintain the date and time settings.
19 English BASIC OPERA TION BEFORE T AKING PICTURES Switchin g between the recor ding mode and playba ck mode Switch between shootin g and playing. 1 Press the ON/OFF button to turn the camera on. 2 Press the playback button [ = ]. h Each time the playback button is pressed, the camer a swit ches between the recording mode and the pla yback mode .
English 20 How to switch the recording mode Y our camera can capture si ngle still photos (single-sh ot mode), record vi deo clips (video clip recording mode), and also capture a series of still photos (sequential shots mo de). 1 Press the ON/OFF button to turn the camera on.
21 English BEFORE T AKING PICTURES Switching the disp lay mode In the record ing mode, you can select the eit her the “setting s display mode” which allows y ou to confirm the shooting settings on.
English 22 Adjust the monitor brigh tness The brightness of the monitor is adjustab le. Adjust the brightness to the optimum reada bility in the ambi ent light. 1 Press the ON/OFF button to turn the camera on. 2 Press the MENU button for at least 1 second.
23 English BEFORE T AKING PICTURES Hints f or taking pictures Muting the camera sounds i The operatio n sounds that are ge nerated, f or example , when the shu tter butto n, MENU button or SE T button is pressed, ca n be muted.
English 24 CAPTURING AND PLA YING B A CK STILL IMA GES There are two modes f or capturing still images. In the single-shot mode, one image is captured each time the shutter button is pressed. In the sequential shots mode, whe n you press t he shutte r button, se veral successive images are captured.
25 English CAPTURING A ND PLA YING BA CK STILL IMA GES 4 Release your finger from the shutter button. h The captured image is recorded. HINT About the target mark i A target mark & on the monitor sho ws the area the camera is f ocusing on.
English 26 Shooting sequential shots When the shu tter button is pressed, still image s are captured in succe ssion. 1 Set the cam era to th e sequ ential shots mo de or the high -speed seque ntial shot s mode (pag e 20). 2 Press the shutter b utton to start shoo ting.
27 English CAPTURING AND P LA YING B A CK S TILL IMA GES HINT About the focus when shoo ting se quentia l shots i When sequential sh ots are cap tured, the autofocus operat es when the focus lock is activated, fixing the f o cus.
English 28 Viewing still images The steps f or viewing both single shots and sequential shots are the same . 1 Press the playback button [ = ]. h If the pla yback b utton [ = ] was pressed to turn the camera on, ho wever , press the pl ayba ck bu tt on [ = ] f or at least 1 second.
29 English CAPTURING A ND PLA YING BA CK STILL IMA GES 9-image/20-i mage displa y playbac k 1 Press the playback button [ = ]. 2 Press [W] ([ P ]) on the zoom switch. h The 9-image displa y appears. 3 S elect the im age to play back. h Press the arrow b uttons to mov e the orange fra me to the desired image , and press the SET but ton.
English 30 Folder pla ybac k A conv enient wa y to search through multiple f olders, or to search f or an image that was recor ded using Screen Capture. 1 Access the 9-image display screen (page 29). 2 Press [W] ([ P ]) on the zoom switch 2 time s. h The screen to select t he pla yback fo lder appears .
31 English CAPTURING A ND PLA YING BA CK STILL IMA GES Magnifying ( zooming in) the image 1 Display the image that you want to magnify. 2 Press [T] ([ ] ]) on the zoom switch. h Magnification is enabled. h The image is magnified, and the central portion of image is display ed.
English 32 Zoom jump pla y bac k Y ou can magnify a por tion of a still image to check th e accuracy of the f ocus. 1 Display a still image to view using zoom jump playback. 2 Press the SET button. h The image is magnified. h If the magnified vie w appears to be in f ocus, then the ov erall image will be in f ocus.
33 English CAPTURING A ND PLA YING BA CK STILL IMA GES Deleting fil es Y ou can delete files if you no longer need the m. Y ou can delete th e files one at a time , or all at once . 1 To delete files from the card, perf or m the delete procedure with the card instal led in the cam era.
English 34 <T o delete one fi le> 1 Use the [ l ] and [ m ] buttons to display the file you wish to de lete. 2 Press the [ n ] or [ o ] button to select “1 FILE”.
35 English VIDEO CLIP RECORDING AND PLA YBA CK Recording a video clip 1 Set the camera to the video clip recording mode (page 20). 2 Press the shutter button. h Video clip recording begins. During recording, the length of the video cli p and the remainin g recording time a vailable are shown on the monitor .
English 36 Playing bac k the video clip 4 Press the playback button [ = ]. h If the pla yback b utton [ = ] was pressed to turn the camera on, how ev er, press the pla yback button [ = ] f or at least 1 second. h The video clip just recorded appears on the monitor .
37 English VIDEO CLIP RECORDING AND PLA YBA CK Outline o f playback operation T o do this.. . Do this Stop pla yback During playbac k, press the [ o ] button. P ause Duri ng playback, press the SET button. During accelerated or slow pla yback, press the [ n ] b utton.
English 38 When y ou are finished vi ewing vide o cli ps... i Press the ON /OFF button to turn the came ra off. CA UTION How to sa ve one frame from a video c lip as a still image 1 Play back the video clip . Pause the playbac k at the point you wish to “snap” a photo .
39 English USING THE SCENE FUNCTION Y ou can select from a variety of preset settings (ape r ture, shutt er speed, etc.) for specific shooting conditions . 1 S et the camera to the reco rding mode (page 19), and press the SCENE button. h The screen to select a scene function appears .
English 40 m : A vailab le n : N ot avail abl e * : Disabled du ring reco rding 3 Press the SET button. h This completes the scene select setting. h The displa y returns to the Shooting Screen. h The scene function set ting is shown on the moni tor . Scene function Feat ures Recording mode setting s O X _ Lamp Photogr aph in low-l ight conditions.
41 English USING THE SCENE FUNCTION Capture a still image with a voice memo With the still-image-plus-audio a scene fun ction, y ou can add an audio track (abou t 10 seconds maximum) to a captured still image. This audio tr ack is called a “voice memo”.
English 42 How to use th e best shot fea ture 1 Set the camera to the single-shot mode; on the screen to select a scene function (page 39), select 5 ; and press the SET button. 2 Press the shutter button. h While the settings change , four still images are shot in sequence.
43 English USING THE SCENE FUNCTION How to use the face chaser feature T o attain the best possib le face shots, th e camera automaticall y focuses on the f ace and adjusts the ex posure. 1 On the screen to select a scene function (page 39), se lect r , and press the SET button.
English 44 How to shoot using Smile Detection Captu re a photo at the inst ant the sub ject smiles. Normal shooting 1 On the scre en to set t he scen e funct ion (page 39), select n , and press the SET button. 2 Aim the cam era lens at the s ubject. h The cam era searches for the subject's face.
45 English USING THE SCENE FUNCTION 4 Use the arrow buttons to move the orange frame to the area that encompasses the target subject's face. 5 Press the SET button. h The orange frame changes to yello w , and the Smile Detection area is fixed. h The camera adjusts the f ocus and exposure f or the framed f ace.
English 46 O THER RECORDING FUNCTIONS Using the zoom Y our camera has two zoom fun ctions: optical zoo m and digital zoom. 1 Set the camera to the recordi ng mode (page 19), and point the camera l ens at the sub ject. 2 Press the zoom switch to compos e the desired i mage.
47 English O THER RECORDING FUNCTION S HINT Can’t access the di gital zoom? i The digital z oom cannot be used when the f ace chaser r , smile detecti on n or portrait mode G scene function is activ e, or the focus mode is set to AF seeker p .
English 48 Flash setting The flash is used n ot only f or taking pi ctures where there is insuf ficient light, but also when the subject is in shade or in b acklight condi tions. Y our camera’ s flash has f our modes of operation (auto mod e, f orced flash mode, flash off mode and red-e ye redu ction mode).
49 English O THER RECORDING FUNCTION S 2 Press the [ n ] or [ o ] button to select the desired flash mode, and press the SET button. 3 Press the shutter button. h The picture is snapped and the fl ash op erates according to th e selected mode. HINT When auto is selected.
English 50 Self-timer Self-timer photog raph y is av ailable in the single-shot mode. 1 Set the camera to the single-shot mode (page 20), and press the [ m ] ( ) button. h The self-timer men u appears. 2 Use the [ n ] and [ o ] buttons to select the des ired self-timer setting, and press the SET button.
51 English O THER RECORDING FUNCTION S HINT i The countdo wn time until shutte r release is shown gr aphically on the monitor . T o pause or cancel the self-timer functi on... i If the shutter b utton is pressed again be fore the sh utter is released, the self-timer countdow n temporarily stops.
English 52 Focus range 1 Set the camera to the recordi ng mode (page 19), and press the [ o ] ( R ) button. h The fo cus range men u appears . o : The f ocus operates within the ranges sho wn below (pan). <Still image shooting> i At maximum aperture setting: 2.
53 English O THER RECORDING FUNCTION S 2 Press the [ n ] or [ o ] button to select the desired focus range, and press the SET button. h The specified f ocus range is set, and the camera returns to the Shooting Screen.
English 54 How to use th e manual f ocus 1 Select manual - from the f ocus range menu, and press t he SET button. h The fo cus distance adjustment bar appears. 2 Press the [ l ] or [ m ] button to adjust the focus distance, and press the SET button. h The f ocus distance is set, and y ou are returned to the Shooting Screen.
55 English APPENDICES SPECIFICA TIONS Camera Image file f ormat Still images : JPEG format (DCF , DPOF , Exif 2.2 compliant) Note: Designed mainly by the J apan Electronics and Inf or mation T echnolo.
English 56 Lens 3.0× optical zoom lens f=6.3 mm to 18. 9 mm (35 mm film camer a conv ersion: 35 mm to 105 mm) Aut ofo cus, 5 groups , 6 elements (4 with aspheric surf aces) Aperture Open F=3.1 (Wide) to 5.9 (T ele) Exposure control type Programmab le AE Exposure correction a vailable fr om the Recording Menu (0±1.
57 English SPECIFICA TIONS Monitor 2.7-inch (6.9 cm) TFT color LCD Appro x. 230,000 pix e ls (F rame cover age: Approx. 100%) Brightness adjustment: 5-step Flash working range GN = 5.2 Appro x. 60 cm (23.62 in.) to 3.3 m (10.83 ft.) (Wide) Appro x. 60 cm (23.
English 58 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 temper ature. i The operati on time ma y vary depending on the condition s of the batt ery pack and the co nditions of use.
59 English SPECIFICA TIONS P ossible Number of Ima ges/Video Recor ding Time/A udio Recor ding Time i Up to 9 hours of continuous audio recording is possib le. i When recording a video clip using an 8 GB card, recor ding terminates when the siz e of the file currently being recorded reaches a pprox.
English 60 Supplied battery pack c harger i The VPC -X1200GX model is supplie d with a power cord that is appropr iate for the region of destinatio n. i When u sing the s upplied b attery pack charger a broad, the power cord may need to be repl aced in acco rdance with local re quirement s.
61 English SPECIFICA TIONS Other s Mac OS and QuickTime are tr ademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U .S. and other co untries. 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).
English 62 Before capturing those impor tant shots, be sure to fi rst take a test shot to confirm tha t y ou r camera is set up and ready to go i Sany o Electric shall not be held responsib le for an y problems resulting from the use of this camera.
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