Sanyo Xacti VPC-S122EX User manual

VPC-S122EX

VPC-S120

VPC-S122GX

VPC-S122PX

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

BASICS

Digital Camera

Please read these instructions carefully before using the camera.

Make sure to read and understand the separate booklet “

SAFETY MANUAL”.

Keep this manual in a safe place for later reference.

Important note

This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-S122EX, VPC-S120,

VPC-S122GX and VPC-S122PX.

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

i English

Warning

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

EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE

kFOR AMERICAN USERS

The following advisory is included in accordance with the laws of the State of

California (USA):

WARNING:

This product contains chemicals, including lead, known to the State of

California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash

hands after handling.

i This 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:

h Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

h Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

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

which the receiver is connected.

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

i Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible

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

Declaration of Conformity

Model number: VPC-S120

Trade Name: SANYO

Responsible party: SANYO North America Corporation

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.

English ii

kFOR CANADIAN USERS

i This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

kFOR EU USERS

The symbol mark and recycling systems described below apply to EU

countries and do not apply to countries in other areas of the world.

Your SANYO product is designed and manufactured with high quality

materials and components which can be recycled and/or reused.

The symbol mark means that electrical and electronic equipment, batteries

and accumulators, at their end-of-life, should be disposed of separately from

your household waste.

Note:

If a chemical symbol is printed beneath the symbol mark, this chemical

symbol means that the battery or accumulator contains a heavy metal at a

certain concentration. This will be indicated as follows: Hg: mercury, Cd:

cadmium, Pb: lead

In the European Union there are separate collection systems for used

electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and accumulators.

Please, dispose of them correctly at your local community waste collection/

recycling centre.

Please, help us to conserve the environment we live in!

kFOR RUSSIAN USERS

This product is certified by an official certification company

which is authorized by the Russian Federation.

SANYO Sales & Marketing Europe GmbH

Stahlgruberring 4, D-81829 München, Germany

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.

1-1, Sanyo-cho, Daito City, Osaka 574-8534, Japan

iii English

HOW TO READ THIS MANUAL

This instruction manual for your camera is organized into the following

sections.

k SETUP

Before taking pictures with your camera, you will need to familiarize

yourself with a few of its functions and complete some setup steps.

k BASIC OPERATION

An explanation of the fundamental operation for capturing images and

viewing images.

k APPENDICES

The camera specifications are found here.

kSymbols used in this manual

HINT Points giving some extended instructions or special points to pay

attention to.

CAUTION Points that require special attention.

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

You may find the answers to questions or problems concerning camera

operation in the ADVANCED INSTRUCTION MANUAL.

For information concerning how to use the accompanying CD-ROM (SANYO

Software Pack), please see the file “SANYO Software Pack INSTRUCTION

MANUAL.”

kHow to view the “INSTRUCTION MANUAL:

ADVANCED” and “SANYO Software Pack

INSTRUCTION MANUAL” files

1 Insert the CD-ROM (SANYO Software Pack) that was included with

your camera in your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

2 Install the Adobe Reader 9 on your computer.

3 On the installation screen, click on “Instruction Manuals (PDF)”.

4 Click on the desired instruction manual.

English iv

SHOOT, PLAYBACK AND SAVE

Install the battery

1 Open the battery/card compartment cover, and insert the batteries.

h

The battery/card compartment cover is located on the bottom of the camera.

h Manganese batteries cannot be used.

2 Press the ON/OFF button to turn the camera on.

h The Shooting Screen

appears.

If the screen to set the date

and time appears...

h If you wish to set the date and

time now, press the SET

button (page 15).

h If you wish to skip this setting

at this time, press the MENU

button.

Battery/card

compartment cover

Batteries

ON/OFF button

v English

Before capturing those important shots, be sure to first take a

test shot to confirm that your camera is set up and ready to go

i

Sanyo declines any claim for compensation for recorded contents etc. in case

of photographing or recording failure due to a chance camera or card flaw.

Shooting

1 Press the [m] button.

h The recording mode menu

appears.

2 Press the [l] or [m] button to

select the recording mode.

3 Press the SET button.

h The recording mode is

indicated by an icon in the

upper left area of the monitor.

4 Press the shutter button.

Single-shot mode:

A still image is captured.

High-speed sequential shots

mode/sequential shots mode:

Shooting begins. Release the

shutter button to discontinue

shooting.

Video clip recording mode:

Recording begins. To stop

recording, press the shutter

button again.

Shutter button

[l] / [m]

buttons

6

s:

Single-shot mode

:

High-speed sequential shots mode

O:

Sequential shots mode

X:

Video clip recording mode

PHOTOGRAPH 1 IMAGE

Single-shot

Video clip recording

Sequential shots

High-speed sequential shots

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Playback

kStill image playback

1 Press the playback button [=].

h The display switches to the

Playback Screen.

h To view other images, press the

[l] or [m] button.

h If the playback button [=] is

pressed, the display returns to

the Shooting Screen.

kVideo clip playback

1 Press the playback button [=].

h The display switches to the

Playback Screen.

h Press the [l] or [m] button to

display the video clip you wish to

play back.

2 Press the SET button.

h Playback of the selected video

clip begins.

h If the playback button [=] is

pressed again, the display

changes to the Shooting Screen.

When you are finished taking pictures...

Press the ON/OFF button to turn the camera off.

SET

PLAY

ON/OFF button

[l] / [m] buttons

<Example: After recording

a video clip>

Playback button

[

=

]

vii English

SHOOT, PLAYBACK AND SAVE

Copying files to a computer (Windows XP)

1 Use the supplied USB interface cable to connect your camera to the

computer.

h Connect the camera’s USB terminal to the computer’s USB connector.

h The USB Connection Screen appears on the camera’s monitor.

USB CONNECT ION

COMPUTER

PRINTER

CANCEL

CANCEL OK

SET

To USB connector

on the computer

Supplied dedicated USB

interface cable

To the USB terminal

English viii

2 Select “COMPUTER”, and press the SET button.

h The screen to select the connection mode appears.

3 Select “CARD READER”, and press the SET button.

h The camera is connected in the card reader mode.

h If the Windows automatic playback screen appears on the computer

monitor, close it.

4 Select an action.

5 Copy files from the camera to a computer.

ix English

SHOOT, PLAYBACK AND SAVE

Dismounting the camera

CAUTION

i To disconnect your camera, be sure to follow the procedure below. Failure

to follow this procedure may cause faulty operation of your computer or

loss of card data.

1 Left-click on the icon for safely removing hardware.

h A list appears showing the devices connected to the computer’s USB

connectors.

2 Left-click on the camera drive (E:).

h The camera can now be disconnected.

h The drive name (E:) may be different on your computer.

English x

CAUTION

Insert and pull out the cable carefully

i When connecting the cables, make sure that the cable plugs are correctly

oriented and that they match the shapes of the terminal sockets on the

devices. Push the plugs in straight when connecting them. If undue force is

used to connect a cable, it may permanently damage the connector pins in

the terminal socket.

i Do not use excessive force when connecting and disconnecting cables.

i Please connect the dedicated USB interface cable to your computer’s USB

connector. Do not connect it to the USB port on your monitor or keyboard,

or to the USB hub. Be especially careful when installing the driver

software. In some instances, it may not be possible to correctly install the

driver software.

To access the data in the camera’s internal memory...

i Remove the card from the camera.

1 English

CONTENTS

CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES ...................................... 3

Attaching the handstrap ..................................................................... 4

Media cards that can be used with this camera ................................. 4

What “card” means in this manual ..................................................... 4

 SETUP

PARTS NAMES ..................................................................................... 5

INSTALLING THE BATTERIES AND CARD ......................................... 7

To format a card .............................................................................. 11

Warning concerning battery temperature ........................................ 12

How to hold the camera ................................................................... 12

TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF ............................................. 13

Turning on the camera ..................................................................... 13

Turning off the camera ..................................................................... 13

About the auto power off function .................................................... 14

DATE AND TIME SETTING ................................................................. 15

 BASIC OPERATION

BEFORE TAKING PICTURES ............................................................. 18

Switching between the recording mode and playback mode ........... 18

How to switch the recording mode ................................................... 19

Switching the display mode ............................................................. 20

Adjust the monitor brightness .......................................................... 21

Hints for taking pictures ................................................................... 22

CAPTURING AND PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES .......................... 23

Shooting single shots ....................................................................... 23

Shooting sequential shots ................................................................ 25

Viewing still images ......................................................................... 27

9-image/20-image display playback ................................................ 28

Folder playback ............................................................................... 29

Magnifying (zooming in) the image .................................................. 30

Zoom jump playback ........................................................................ 31

Deleting files .................................................................................... 32

VIDEO CLIP RECORDING AND PLAYBACK ..................................... 34

Recording a video clip ..................................................................... 34

Playing back the video clip .............................................................. 35

USING THE SCENE FUNCTION ......................................................... 38

Capture a still image with a voice memo ......................................... 40

How to use the best shot feature ..................................................... 41

How to use the face chaser feature ................................................. 42

English 2

How to shoot using Smile Detection .................................................43

OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS ....................................................45

Using the zoom ................................................................................45

Flash setting .....................................................................................47

Self-timer ..........................................................................................49

Focus range .....................................................................................51

ACCESSING THE MENUS ..................................................................54

How to display the menus ................................................................54

How to operate the menus ...............................................................55

 APPENDICES

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................57

Camera .............................................................................................57

Camera connectors ..........................................................................60

Battery life ........................................................................................60

Possible Number of Images/Video Recording Time/

Audio Recording Time .................................................................61

Others ...............................................................................................62

Before capturing those important shots, be sure to first

take a test shot to confirm that your camera is set up and

ready to go ...................................................................................63

3 English

CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES

i Handstrap: 1 i SANYO Software Pack

(CD-ROM): 1

i AA alkaline batteries: 2

(batteries made exclusively to

be used as included

accessories)

i Dedicated USB interface

cable: 1

i SAFETY MANUAL

(safety precautions booklet)

Please read this booklet

carefully before using the

digital camera.

i QUICK GUIDE

i INSTRUCTION MANUAL

BASICS

(VPC-S122EX,

VPC-S122GX,

VPC-S122PX only)

English 4

Attaching the handstrap

Media cards that can be used with this camera

The types of card that can be inserted into and used with this camera are:

i SD Memory Card

i SDHC Memory Card

What “card” means in this manual

i In this manual, SD Memory Cards and SDHC Memory Cards that can be

used in this digital camera are referred to as “card”.

5 English

SETUP

PARTS NAMES

Front

Lens

Self-timer indicator

Battery/card compartment cover

Flash

ON/OFF button

Shutter button

USB terminal

Tripod stand hole

Bottom

Microphone

Speaker

English 6

Rear

Zoom switch

Monitor

SET button

Playback button [=]

[n] button

[o] button

[l] button

[m] button

Strap holder

SCENE button

MENU button

7 English

INSTALLING THE BATTERIES AND

CARD

Your camera has an internal memory, which means that you can take photos

even when no card is installed. By using a card, however, you will be able to

take many more photos.

The card can be used after it has been formatted with the camera (page 11).

1 Open the battery/card compartment cover.

h While gently pressing the

battery/card compartment cover,

slide it open.

2 Insert the batteries.

h Make sure that the batteries’

polarities (M and N) are

correct.

Battery/card

compartment cover

Batteries

English 8

3 Insert the card.

h Firmly insert the card until it

clicks into place.

4 Close the battery/card compartment cover.

When removing the card...

h To remove the card, press it

down, and then release. The

card will protrude slightly, and

you can then pull it out.

Keep your finger on the card until it

is completely inserted or released.

i If you remove your finger too soon,

the card may spring out and

become lost or hit someone in the

eye.

Card

[o] mark

3 Pull out

1 Open

2 Push down

9 English

INSTALLING THE BATTERIES AND CARD

CAUTION

Be careful when removing the card

i Do not attempt to forcibly remove the card.

i Never remove the card when the camera is connected to a computer or

printer, or when the self-timer indicator is flashing quickly. In doing so, you

risk losing the data stored in the card.

Manganese batteries cannot be used

i Not only do manganese batteries have a short battery life, but there is the

danger of their overheating and causing damage to the digital camera.

Other batteries

i If you wish to use batteries other than the alkaline batteries (LR6), we

recommend the following.

h eneloop rechargeable Ni-MH batteries.

h If installing these batteries, display the Option Menu (page 55), select

“BATTERY TYPE” and specify the type of battery that you are using.

When installing the batteries, make sure that they are oriented correctly.

Do not open the battery/card compartment cover when the camera is

turned on

i If the battery/card compartment cover is opened while the power is on,

important data may be lost. Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for

any losses that result from failure to comply with this warning.

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