Sanyo Xacti VPC-J1 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL VPC-J1EX

VPC-J1

Digital Camera

Important note

This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-J1EX and VPC-J1.

Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such.

Please read these instructions carefully before using the digital camera. Make sure

to read and understand the section “USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY

AND CORRECTLY” on pages 7 to 24. Keep this manual in a safe place for later

reference.

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Warning

TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT

EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE

FOR AMERICAN USERS

œThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits

are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference

in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate

radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with

the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to

radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the

equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the

interference by one or more of the following measures:

œReorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

œIncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver.

œConnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

œConsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

œChanges or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible

for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Tested to Comply with FCC Standards

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

Model number : VPC-J1

Trade Name : SANYO

Responsible party : SANYO FISHER COMPANY

Address : 21605 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, California 91311

Telephone No. : (818) 998-7322

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to

the following two conditions:

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

Declaration of Conformity

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FOR CANADIAN USERS

œThis Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

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OUTLINE OF OPERATION

To help you get started enjoying using your digital camera right away, given

below is an outline of the fundamental operation, from setup to shooting to

playback.

SETUP

1Charge the battery pack (see pages 27 and 33).

2Install the battery pack (see page 28).

3Install the SD Memory Card*1(see page 28).

4Format the SD Memory Card (see page 151).

NOTE

œThis camera uses an SD Memory Card instead of

photographic film to record images. Be sure to install

the SD Memory Card before operating the camera. A

16MB SD Memory Card is supplied with this camera.

œBe sure to format the SD Memory Card with this digital

camera before using it. A card that is not formatted

using the digital camera may interfere with the operation

of your camera.

SHOOTING

1Take photos in the BASIC operation mode.*2

œSee “Shooting in the BASIC mode”on page 50.

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PLAYBACK

œSee “View the image just captured (preview display)”on page 40.

œSee “PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES”on page 72.

œSee “PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS”on page 74.

œSee “PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS”on page 75.

*1: About the SD Memory Card

This digital camera can use either an SD Memory Card or a Multi Media

Card for data storage. This manual is written with the premise that SD

Memory Cards are used. In this manual, SD Memory Card and Multi

Media Card are both referred to as “card”.

*2: Shooting in the BASIC mode

In the BASIC mode, the Scene Select function—whereby simply by

selecting one from a short list of shooting conditions, the suitable settings

are automatically completed—is available. Also, only the necessary

shooting settings are displayed, making it easy even for the novice

photographer to enjoy using this digital camera.

Symbols used in this manual

HINT Points that may prove useful when using the digital camera.

NOTE Points giving some extended instructions or special points to

pay attention to.

CAUTION Points that require special attention.

(see page xx) Refer to the page indicated for detailed information.

You may find the answers to questions or problems concerning camera

operation in the sections “COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS”(page 170)

and “TROUBLESHOOTING”(page 181).

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CONTENTS

OUTLINE OF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY . . . . . . . 7

CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

QUICK START FOR CAPTURING IMAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

BPREPARATION

PARTS NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

RECHARGING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

BFUNDAMENTAL SHOOTING

BEFORE TAKING PICTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

SETTING THE SHOOTING MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

CAPTURING STILL IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

SEQUENTIAL SHOTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

VIDEO CLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

BBASIC MODE PHOTOGRAPHY

SHOOTING IN THE BASIC MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

SCENE SELECT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

RESOLUTION SETTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

SELF-TIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

FRAME RATE SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

OTHER SHOOTING FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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BBASIC MODE PLAYBACK

SETTING THE PLAYBACK MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

ABOUT THE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VOLUME ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

IMAGE PROTECT MODE (PREVENT ACCIDENTAL ERASURE) . . . . 81

ERASING DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

MAGNIFYING (ZOOMING IN) THE IMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

BOPTION FUN MODE

ABOUT THE OPTION FUN MODE SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES AND VIDEO CLIPS IN A

SLIDESHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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BEXPERT MODE PHOTOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS . . . . . 94

COMPRESSION RATE SETTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

FOCUS SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

LIGHT-MEASURING MODE SETTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

WHITE BALANCE SETTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

ISO SENSITIVITY SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

ZOOM SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

EXPOSURE CORRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

ADDING A VOICE MEMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

FLICKER-REDUCTION SETTING (VIDEO CLIP SHOOTING

ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

SHOOTING SETTING INFORMATION DISPLAY (SHOOTING

INFO SCREEN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

BEXPERT MODE PLAYBACK

ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE PLAYBACK SETTING SCREENS . . . . 117

SLIDESHOW PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

CHANGING IMAGE SIZE (RESIZE) (STILL IMAGES ONLY). . . . . . . . 120

ROTATING AN IMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

PRINT SETTINGS (DPOF SETTINGS) (STILL IMAGES ONLY) . . . . . 123

ADDING A VOICE MEMO (STILL IMAGES AND SEQUENTIAL

SHOTS ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

COPYING IMAGES (SEQUENTIAL SHOTS, VIDEO CLIPS

ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAY (PLAYBACK INFO SCREEN). . . . . 133

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BOPTION SETTING MODE

ABOUT THE OPTION SETTING MODE SCREEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

DATE AND TIME SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

OPERATION SOUNDS SETTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

GUIDANCE FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

TV SYSTEM SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

POWER SAVE SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

ASSIGNING FILE NAMES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

RESETTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

FORMATTING A CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

CHECKING THE REMAINING CARD MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE . . . . . . . . . 155

BOTHER FUNCTIONS

USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

USB DIRECT-PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

CONNECTING TO A TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

BAPPENDICES

COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

TROUBLESHOOTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND

CORRECTLY

CONCERNING THE DIGITAL CAMERA

WARNING

BIf the digital camera makes a strange noise, emits a strange

odor, or if smoke comes out from it, immediately turn off the

power and remove the batteries.

œIf the digital camera is used under these conditions, it may

cause a fire or electric shock. Immediately turn off the

digital camera, remove the battery pack, and wait to make

sure no more smoke comes from the digital camera. Then

take it to the dealer for service. Do not try to repair or open

the digital camera yourself.

BDo not modify or open the cabinet

œHigh voltage circuits are inside, and there is a high risk of

fire or electric shock if they are touched. Any internal check,

setting, or repair should be performed by the dealer.

BDo not use while driving

œDo not capture images, play back images, or watch the

LCD monitor while driving a vehicle. Doing so may cause

an accident.

œBe careful where you put down the digital camera inside an

automobile. During sudden stops or turns it may fall behind

the brake pedal and prevent braking.

BBe aware of your surroundings when using the digital

camera

œPay close attention to your surroundings when using the

digital camera. Failure to do so may lead to an accident or

injury.

œWhen using the digital camera while walking, be very

careful of your surroundings and especially the traffic to

avoid accidents.

œDo not use the digital camera inside an airplane or

elsewhere where its use may be restricted.

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