Casio GZE-1 User manual

Digital Camera

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User’s Guide

Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product.

• Before using it, be sure to read the precautions contained in this User’s Guide.

• Keep the User’s Guide in a safe place for future reference.

• For the most up-to-date information about this product, visit the official CASIO Website

at http://dc.casio.com/

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As you unpack your camera, check to make sure that all accessories shown below

are included. If anything is missing, contact your original retailer.

• Items actually included depend on the camera model you purchase.

Accessories

Rechargeable lithium ion

battery (NP-150) Attachment adaptor Micro USB cable

Basic Reference

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• The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

• The contents of this manual have been checked at each step of the production

process. Feel free to contact us if you notice anything that is questionable,

erroneous, etc.

• Any copying of the contents of this User’s Guide, either in part or its entirety, is

forbidden. Except for your own personal use, any other use of the contents of this

manual without the permission of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. is forbidden

under copyright laws.

• CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. shall not be held liable for any damages or lost

profits suffered by you or any third party due to the use or malfunction of this

product.

• CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. shall not be held liable for any damages, lost

profits, or claims by third parties arising out of the use of the G’z EYE application

software.

• CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. shall not be held liable for any damages or lost

profits caused by loss of memory contents due to malfunction, repair, or any other

reason.

• Note that the example screens and product illustrations shown in this User’s Guide

may differ somewhat from the screens and configuration of the actual camera.

Read this first!

Take test shots

Before shooting your final image, shoot a test shot to ensure that the camera is

recording correctly.

4Contents

Contents

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Quick Start Basics 8

G’z EYE App and Optional Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

What you can do with your CASIO camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

First, charge the battery prior to use.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Battery Loading and Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Charge the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Checking the Current Battery Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Turning Power On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Preparing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Supported Memory Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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To load a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting the Camera with a Smartphone . . . . . . (Wireless Connection) . . 22

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Installing the G’z EYE App on Your Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Registering the Camera on the G’z EYE app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Pairing). . . 25

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Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection Between

the Camera and Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Terminating a Wireless LAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting the Camera with a Separately Available Controller . . . . . . . . . . . 28

To format (initialize) a new memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Unregistering a Connected Wireless Device from the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Shooting with the Camera Alone 30

Shooting a Snapshot or a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Changing to Slow Motion Shooting

while Recording a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dramatic Slow Motion) . . 32

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Other Recording Functions 35

Shooting Snapshots with Premium Auto Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Shooting with High Speed CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Shooting with Prerecord CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Shooting a Time Lapse Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Snapshot Shooting Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Configuring Camera Settings 40

REC Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Recording Beautiful Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Make-up). . . 40

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Reducing Blur Due to Camera Movement

During Movie Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Movie Anti Shake). . . 40

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Movie Image Quality Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Movie Quality). . . 41

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Correcting Image Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Brightness). . . 41

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Adjusting White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (White Balance). . . 42

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Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(ISO). . . 43

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Reducing Wind Noise during Movie Recording . . . . . . . . (Wind Noise Cut). . . 43

Camera Setup Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Adjusting the Camera Lamp Brightness . . . . . . . . . (Camera LED Setting). . . 44

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Locking the Camera Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Rotation Lock). . . 44

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Configuring Camera Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Camera Sound). . . 44

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Configuring Camera Date and Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Formatting Built-in Memory or a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Format). . . 45

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Resetting the Camera to Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Reset). . . 45

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Checking the Current Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Version). . . 45

Wireless Setting Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Having Images Shot with the Camera Sent

to a Smartphone Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Auto Send). . . 46

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Resizing Snapshots before Sending Them

to a Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Resize When Sending). . . 47

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Adding Location Information to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Changing the Camera Password

for Wireless LAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WLAN password). . . 48

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Unregistering a Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Printing 49

Printing with a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Using the Camera with a Computer 50

Things you can do using a computer... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Connecting the Camera to Your Computer and Saving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Appendix 59

Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Shock resistant, Splashproof, Dustproof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Precautions During Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Battery Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Reset Initial Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

When things don’t go right... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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[SYSTEM] Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Number of Snapshots/Movie Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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The numbers in parentheses indicate the pages where each item is explained.

General Guide

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(6

(3 (4 (5

(7

[STATUS] lamp

(page 30)

[r/SLOW] button

(page 30)

[ ] button (page 30)

Speaker

[POWER] button

(page 19)

[POWER] lamp

(pages 17, 15)

[WLAN] button

(page 26)

Microphone (page 30)

[WLAN] lamp (page 26)

Lens

[SYSTEM] lamp

[USB] port

(pages 16, 14)

Battery compartment

(page 12)

Memory card slot

(page 21)

[FREE] lever (page 12)

Tripod hole

8Quick Start Basics

Quick Start Basics

Your camera can connect with a smartphone and with the optionally available

controllers described below.

.Connectable Devices

Smartphone

Installing the G’z EYE app on a smartphone enables remote control of the camera

from the smartphone. You can also configure camera settings with the smartphone.

GEC-10 Controller With LCD (Separately Available)

Control camera shooting operations and configure camera settings with the controller

while viewing images on the controller’s LCD monitor screen.

GEC-1 Remote Controller (Separately Available)

Control camera shooting operations with the Remote Controller. This controller

features outstanding shock resistance and water resistance, making it perfect for use

while surfing or engaging in other water sports.

G’z EYE App and Optional Controllers

9Quick Start Basics

.Controllable Camera Functions

*1 Switching between Auto and Dramatic Slow Motion only.

*2 With some exceptions, the angle cannot be monitored during movie recording.

NOTE

• This manual explains camera operations only. For information about G’z EYE app

and controller operations, refer to the applicable user documentation.

Combination

Recording

Camera

Angle

Monitoring

Recording

Mode

Selection

Playback

Camera

Setting

Configuration

Camera Only

Available Not

Available Limited*1Not

Available

Not

Available

Camera +

G’z EYE app

Available Limited*2Available Available Available

Camera + Controller

With LCD

Available Available Available Available Available

Camera +

Remote Controller

Available Not

Available Limited*1Not

Available

Not

Available

G’z EYE

10 Quick Start Basics

This section explains the basic functions of the camera.

.REC

What you can do with your CASIO camera

Dramatic Slow Motion Shooting

Dramatic Slow Motion records sections within a movie

in slow motion, highlighting them and making them

more dramatic.

Rough environment shooting

Outstanding shock resistance and water resistance

allows use while surfing or engaging in other water

sports.

High Speed CS

Shoots a high-speed burst of images to help you get a

shot of the precise moment you want.

*See page 32 for more information.

*See page 59 for more information.

*See page 36 for more information.

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.Connecting the Camera to a Smartphone

Shoot with phone

Remotely control and shoot with the camera

using a smartphone. For details, see the G’z

EYE app User’s Guide (page 23).

Send to phone

Send snapshots and movies recorded with

your camera to your smartphone. After

sending an image to a smartphone, you can

then upload it from the smartphone to a

social networking service. For details, see

the G’z EYE app User’s Guide (page 23).

Auto Send

Images can be automatically sent as they are

shot to a smartphone that has been Bluetooth

wireless technology paired with the camera.

For details, see the G’z EYE app User’s Guide

(page 23).

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Note that the battery of a newly purchased camera is not charged. Perform the steps

below to load the battery into the camera and charge it.

• Your camera requires a special CASIO rechargeable lithium ion battery (NP-150)

for power. Never try to use any other type of battery.

1. Open the cover.

While pulling the [FREE] lever in the

direction indicated by the arrow, rotate the

cover to the left until its 2 mark aligns with

the [FREE] lever and then remove the

cover.

2. Load the battery.

With the CASIO logo on the battery

upwards, load the battery into the

camera as shown in the illustration.

3. Perform battery charging.

See page 14 for information about

charging.

4. Close the cover.

Align the 2 mark on the cover with the

[FREE] lever. Pressing down on the

cover, rotate it to the right until you hear

it click into place.

• Make sure that the inside surface of

the cover (the side that contacts the

battery) is free of foreign matter and

dirt.

• When closing the cover, check if you

can see the orange bands. If you can,

it means that the cover is not fully

closed. Rotate the cover to the right

until the orange bands are no longer visible.

First, charge the battery prior to use.

Battery Loading and Charging





[FREE] lever

CASIO logo

Battery

OK

NG

Orange bands

OK

NG

13 Quick Start Basics

To replace the battery

1. Hold down the [POWER] button for about

two seconds to turn off power, and then

remove the battery cover (page 12).

2. Remove the current battery and load a new

one.

As shown in the illustration, pull up the edge of

the battery to remove it.

3. Close the battery cover (page 12).

IMPORTANT!

• The [STATUS] lamp will flash green for some time after you press the [POWER]

button to turn off the camera. Never remove the battery while the [STATUS] lamp is

flashing green. Doing so can result in corruption or loss of data in camera memory.

14 Quick Start Basics

A USB-AC adaptor and power cord are not included with this product. Use the

included USB cable as shown below to charge.

IMPORTANT!

• USB charging compatible devices and power supply devices (which are sold as

usable for USB charging) normally meet specific standards. Do not use an inferior

device or one that does not meet the required standards. Doing so can cause

malfunction or failure of this camera. Also note that there are various types of

USB-AC adaptors with different standards that must be met in specific countries.

CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. shall be held in no way liable for any malfunction or

failure of the camera due to the use of inferior devices or devices that do not meet

required standards.

.To charge with the separately available USB-AC adaptor

Charging time: Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes

The adaptor lets you charge the battery while it is loaded in the camera.

While the camera is turned off, connect in the sequence shown below.

• When disconnecting the USB-AC adaptor from the camera, be sure to disconnect

from the camera first.

Charge the Battery

To obtain a CASIO genuine USB-AC adaptor, contact one of the companies in the

“Names of Members” column of the table in the TOURIST WARRANTY

CERTIFICATE.









Separately available

USB-AC adaptor

(AD-C53U)

Position the small (micro USB)

connector as shown in the

illustration, plug it in.

[USB] port

Micro USB cable

(included with camera)

Power cord

15 Quick Start Basics

IMPORTANT!

• A battery that has not been used for a long time and/or ambient temperature can

cause charging to take longer than normal. These conditions may also cause the

[POWER] lamp to flash red. If this happens, refer to page 84.

• Pressing the [POWER] button while the USB-AC adaptor is connected to the

camera will turn on the camera with power being supplied by the battery. Because

of this, charging will stop.

• The USB-AC adaptor will become warm during charging. This is normal and does

not indicate malfunction.

• The shape of the power plug depends on each country or geographic area.

[POWER] Lamp Operation

• The [POWER] lamp always initially light after charging starts. Even if the battery is

already fully charged, the lamp will light momentarily.

If the lamp does not light, check the orientation of the USB cable connector.

• Make sure that you insert the cable connector into the USB port until you feel it

click securely into place. Failure to insert the connector fully can result in poor

communication or malfunction.

• Note that even while the connector is fully inserted, you

still will be able to see the metal part of the connector as

shown in the illustration.

Lamp Status Description

Lit Red Charging

Flashing Red

Abnormal ambient temperature, USB-AC

adaptor problem, or battery problem

(page 84), or charging terminated by the

timer

Off Charging complete

[POWER] lamp

16 Quick Start Basics

.To charge using a USB connection to a computer

Charging time: Approximately 2 hours 55 minutes

USB connection lets you charge the battery while it is loaded in the camera.

While the camera is turned off, connect in the sequence shown below (, ).

• If the camera is on, hold down the [POWER] button for about two seconds to turn it

off before connecting it to your computer.

IMPORTANT!

• The first time you connect the camera to your computer with the USB cable, an

error message may appear on your computer. If this happens, disconnect and then

reconnect the USB cable.

• A battery that has not been used for a long time, certain types of computers, and

connection conditions can cause charging to take longer than normal. These

conditions may also cause the [POWER] lamp to flash red. If this happens, refer to

page 84.

• You cannot use the camera to shoot images while it is being charged over a

computer USB connection. If you want to shoot with the camera, disconnect the

USB cable.

• If you turn on the camera while charging over a USB connection to a computer is in

progress, the camera will establish a USB connection with the computer. Though

charging normally should continue at this time, certain types of computers or

connection environments may stop charging if supply power is low. This will be

indicated by the camera’s [POWER] lamp lighting green.

• Charging is not performed while the connected computer is in the hibernate mode.

USB





Micro USB cable

(included with camera)

Position the small (micro USB) connector as shown in the

illustration, plug it in.

[USB] port

USB port

Computer

(power turned on)

17 Quick Start Basics

[POWER] Lamp Operation

• The information in parentheses in the above table shows the

lamp status while the camera is turned on during charging.

.Charging by Connecting to a Non-computer USB Port

Charging is possible from a device that meets USB standards and that satisfies the

conditions below.

• Output Voltage: 5 V

• Output Current: 2 A or less

.Other Charging Precautions

• With the two charging methods described above, you can charge the camera’s

battery (NP-150) without removing it from the camera.

• This model can be charged only from a USB 2.0 specification USB port.

• Operation is not guaranteed in the case of a computer built or modified by you.

Even in the case of a commercially available computer, certain USB port

specifications may make it impossible to charge via the USB cable.

• A battery that is still warm immediately after normal use may not charge fully. Give

the battery time to cool before charging it.

• A battery discharges slightly even when it is not loaded in the camera. Because of

this, it is recommended that you charge the battery immediately before you need to

use it.

• Charging the camera’s battery may cause interference with TV and radio reception.

If this happens, plug the USB-AC adaptor into an outlet that is further away from

the TV or radio.

• Actual charging time depends on current battery capacity and charging conditions.

• Use the USB cable that comes with the camera. The battery may not charge if

another USB cable is used.

Lamp Status Description

Lit Red, (Lit Amber) Charging

Flashing Red

Abnormal ambient temperature,

charging taking abnormally long, or

battery problem (page 84)

Off, (Lit Green) Charging complete

[POWER] lamp

18 Quick Start Basics

While the camera is turned on, you can determine the current charge level by

checking the color of the [POWER] lamp.

• An amber [POWER] lamp indicates that remaining battery power is low. Charge the

battery as soon as possible.

• A red [POWER] lamp indicates that there is very little battery power remaining.

Charge the battery immediately.

• Leaving the camera with a dead battery for about 20 days will cause its date and

time to be reset to their initial defaults. If this happens, turn on the camera and then

use the G’z EYE app or optional Controller With LCD to configure the date and time

settings.

• See page 94 for information about battery life and number of shots.

Checking the Current Battery Level

[POWER] Lamp Color Green Amber Red

Remaining Power High Low

19 Quick Start Basics

.To turn on power

Press the [POWER] button.

Turning on power causes the camera’s

[POWER] lamp to light, indicating the current

state of the battery (page 18). This indicates

that image recording is enabled.

Sleep Mode

If you do not perform any operation for more than five minutes after turning on power,

the camera will enter a Sleep Mode to conserve battery power. The [STATUS] lamp

slowly flashes green while the camera is in the Sleep Mode. Performing an operation

on the camera will exit the Sleep Mode.

.To turn off power

On the camera, hold down the [POWER] button for about two seconds.

• Release the button when the camera beeps and the [STATUS] lamp flashes a

number of times. The camera turns off when the power down process is complete.

Turning Power On and Off

[POWER] button

[POWER] lamp

[STATUS] lamp

20 Quick Start Basics

Though the camera has built-in memory that can be used to store images and

movies, you probably will want to purchase a commercially available memory card for

greater capacity. The camera does not come with a memory card. Images recorded

while a memory card is loaded are saved to the memory card. When no memory card

is loaded, images are saved to built-in memory.

• Snapshots and movies stored in built-in memory cannot be copied to a memory

card.

• For information about memory capacities, see page 91.

– microSD Memory Card

– microSDHC Memory Card

– microSDXC Memory Card

• The above are supported memory card types as of August

2017.

• This camera supports use of microSD memory cards of the following types and

capacities: microSD memory cards up to 2GB; microSDHC memory cards greater

than 2GB, up to 32GB; microSDXC memory cards greater than 32GB, up to 2TB.

Note that the ability to use any particular card with this camera, even if it satisfies

the above capacity and type requirements, is not guaranteed.

.Memory Card Handling Precautions

Certain types of memory cards can slow down processing speeds. In particular, high-

quality movies may not be able to be stored correctly. A slow memory card can take

too much time to record data and result in breaks in the image and/or audio during

playback.

Preparing a Memory Card

Supported Memory Cards

Warning!

0Memory cards are small and present a risk of accidentally being swallowed

by infants and young children. Keep memory cards out of the reach of

infants and young children. If a memory card is ever swallowed accidentally,

contact a physician immediately.

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