Canon POWERSHOT A640 User manual

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Menus and Settings
:Playback/Erasing
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Printing
~ Downloading Images
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Camera User Guide
Please Read This First
This guide explains how to prepare the camera and use its basic features.
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Flowchart and Reference Guides
The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary
according to the flowchart below.
For information on included items
and items sold separately
The Components Guide
Preparations
•Installing the batteries and memory card
•Opening the LCD monitor
•Setting the date, time and language
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Shooting
Playback/Erasing
Menus and Settings
• Installing the software
• Downloading images to a
computer
• Using the software
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Basic Camera User
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Advanced Camera User
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OJ Direct Print User Guide
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Basic Camera User
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on the Canon website.
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In this guide, the Basic Camera User Guide is called the Basic Guide,
and the Advanced Camera User Guide is called the Advanced Guide.
lin this guide, explanations are given using illustrations for the PowerShot A640.1

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• Front View
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@Speaker
@AF-assist Beam (Advanced Guide
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@) Red-Eye Reduction Lamp (p. 16)
®Self-Timer Lamp
(p. 18)
@Viewfinder Window (Advanced Guide
p. 16)
oFlash (p. 15)
®Ring (Advanced Guide p. 121)
®Ring Release Button (Advanced Guide p. 121)
@Lens
®Microphone (Advanced Guide pp. 39, 87)
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• Back View
CD LCD Monitor (p. 7, Advanced Guide p. 12)
.@Viewfinder (Advanced Guide
p. 16)
@A/V OUT (Audio/Video output) Terminal (Advanced Guide p. 97)
@DIGITAL Terminal
(p. 28)
@Terminal Cover
®DC IN Terminal (Power input) (Advanced Guide p. 119)
(j) Memory Card Slot /Battery Cover (p. 5)
®Memory Card Slot /Battery Cover Lock (p. 5)
®Tripod Socket
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• Controls
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CD Indicators (p. 4)
@Power Lamp
@Power Button (p. 9)
@Zoom Lever (p. 14, Advanced Guide p. 78)
Shooting:1ll!I (Wide Angle)/[tJ (Telephoto)
Playback:~ (Index)/Q (Magnify)
®Shutter Button (p. 10)
®Shooting Mode Dial (pp. 9, 11)
(j)Mode Switch (pp. 9, 20)
® ddJ¢Vf (Print/Share) Button (p. 23)
®MENU Button (p. 22, Advanced Guide p. 19)
@FUNC.lSET (Function/Set) Button (p. 21, Advanced Guide p. 18)
®DISP. (Display) Button (Advanced Guide p. 12)
@lit (Exposure)/ ~ (Single Image Erase) Button (p. 20, Advanced
Guide
p. 57)
@ ~ (Flash)/!ti (Jump)/. Button (p. 15, Advanced Guide p. 80)
@ .. Button
@ ~(Macro)/MF (Manual Focus)/. Button (p. 17, Advanced Guide p. 51)
@. Button
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Indicators
The camera indicators will light or blink under the following conditions.
•Upper Indicator
Green:
Blinking Green:
Orange:
Blinking Orange:
•Lower Indicator
Yellow:
Blinking Yellow:
Ready to shoot
Image recording/reading/erasing/transferring
(when connected to acomputer)
Ready to shoot (flash on)
Ready to shoot (camera shake warning),
charging flash
Macro mode/Manual focus mode/AF lock mode
Focusing difficulty (camera beeps once)
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1.Installing the batteries.
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1·. Slide the memory card slot/battery cover lock in the
direction of th,e arrow (CD) and open the cover (@).
2. Insert the 4 supplied AA-size alkaline batteries, or
separately sold AA-size NiMH batteries.
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~See the Advanced Guide: Battery Handling (p. 112).
2. Inserting the memory card.
1. Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.
2. Hold down the memory card slot/battery cover (CD), then
slide it in the direction of the arrow until it clicks into place
(@).
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~See the Advanced Guide: Handling the Memory Card (p. 114).
~See the Advanced Guide: Formatting Memory Cards (p. 26) .
• To Remove the Memory Card
Push the memory card with your finger until the memory card clicks
and then release it.
You can use SD* memory cards, SDHC memory cards and
MultiMediaCards with this camera. These cards are collectively called
memory cards in this guide.
* SO stands for Secure Digital, acopyright protection system.
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First Time Settings
• Opening the LCD Monitor
The LCD monitor can be used to check an image during shooting, to
play back recorded images or to adjust menu settings. It can be
opened to the following range of positions.
1. Opened right to left 180
degrees.
2. Tilted forward 180 degrees
toward the lens or backward
90 degrees.
When tilted forward 180 degrees
toward the lens, the image shown
on
the LCD monitor is automatically
flipped and reversed so that it
appears correctly from
in front of the lens.
This reverse display function can be turned off.
~See the Advanced Guide: Rec. Menu (p. 20).
3. Close the LCD monitor with
the LCD monitor facing out.
When the LCD monitor clicks into
place against the camera body, the
image will return to its original,
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nonreversed orientation.
~See the Advanced Guide: Using the LCD Monitor (p. 12).
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When not using the camera, close the LCD monitor with
the monitor facing
in to protect it. The LCD monitor will
automatically turn off when it clicks shut against the
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• Setting the Date/Time
1. Press the power button (CD).
2. Use the .. or" button to select an item and the .. or
... button to change its value ((!)).
3.Confirm that the correct time is displayed and press
the FUNC./SET button (@).
The date and time can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 22).
• A rechargeable lithium battery is built into the camera to
save such settings as the date/time. This battery charges
when the main batteries are
in the camera. When you
purchase the camera, place the main batteries in it for
approximately four hours or use AC Adapter Kit ACK600
(sold separately) to charge the lithium battery. It will
charge even ifthe camera
is turned off.
•The date/time settings may be lost after approximately
three weeks if you remove the main batteries. Reset the
date/time settings if this occurs.
• Setting the Display Language
1.Set the mode switch to IE (playback).
2. Hold down the FUNC.lSET button and press the MENU button.
3. Use the .. , .. , .. or ... button to select alanguage and
press the FUNC./SET button.
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The display language can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 22).
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