HP PhotoSmart C500 User manual

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AppendixB-Reference
MenuStructure
Thissectionliststhe availablemenusand their options. The menu options areexplained indetail throughout this
User’sGuide.Ifyou wanttoaccessaparticular menuoption,usethistabletolocatetheoptionquickly.
Record(Rec)Mode
Menu Option Setting Choices Default
Media Settings Still Resolution High,Medium,Low High
Compression High,Medium,Low Medium
Color Full, B&W (Black and
White) Full
Burst Resolution High,Medium, Low High
Compression High,Medium,Low Medium
Color Full,Black and White Full
BurstRate 1-3FPS(Framesper
second) 2 FPS

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Menu Option Setting Choices Default
MediaSettings(cont.) Timelapse Resolution High,Medium,Low High
Compression High,Medium,Low Medium
Color Full,Black and White Full
Interval 1,2,3,4,5,10,20,30,
50 min, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12,
24hr
1min
#Images 2-1000 10
Photo Assist Exposure EV -1.5 - +1.5
(0.3increments) 0
AE Method Matrix, Spot Matrix
White Balance Auto Auto
Daylight
Fluorescent
Tungsten
Flash

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Menu Option Setting Choices Default
Preferences LCDBrightness SetBrightness 1-7 4
Capture EyeStart On,Off On
InstantReview On,Off Off
Flash Auto,On,Off, Red-Eye Auto
SelfTimer 3,5, 10, 20,30
(seconds) 10
Hand Held On, Off On
Counter Reset On, Off Off
Meter Continuous AE ContinuousAE
Auto Exposure Lock
Date & Time Set Date & Time
Format Depends on language
Camera Name Enter Camera Name HP C500
General Beep On, Off On
Auto Shutoff On, Off On

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Review(Rev)Mode
Menu Option Setting Choices Default
Edit Delete
Group Create/Add Groups that you have
created
Protect
JetSend Current/Marked
All
DPOF Addcurrent/marked Addto DPOF 1-50
Addall AddtoDPOF 1-50
Deleteform
Transmit Camera to Camera Send
Receive
Find By Date Select Date Current date
By Category Select Category Landscape, Vacation,
Friends, Family, Pets,
Work,Triangle,Square,
Circle
Preferences Language SelectLanguage English, Français,
Italiano, Español,
Deutsch
Dependsonwhereyou
boughtthe camera

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PlayMode
Menu Option Setting Choices Default
Play Settings Slideshow Content All,Category All
Duration 30, 45, 60 sec 30 sec
Loop On, Off On
PlaybackRate Timelapse 30,45,60sec 30sec
Burst 30, 45, 60 sec 30 sec
Group 30, 45, 60 sec 30 sec
Video Video Out PAL, NTSC Dependsonwhereyou
boughtthe camera

Icons
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Icons
ColorLCD
Mode Icon Meaning Location
Rec(Record) Still Thesemediasettingsiconsappearontheleftof the
loweroverlaybar.Onlyoneofthethreeiconsappearsat
a time, depending on whether you are taking a Still,
Burst, or Timelapse photo.
Burst
Timelapse
Self-timer The Self-timer and Macro mode icons appear in the
centerof the lower overlaybar.Iftheiconsappearin
color, the setting is active. If they appear in gray, the
setting is inactive.
Macro mode
DigitalZoom Thisiconappearson therightofthe upperoverlaybar.
Theicononlyappearsifyouhaveactivateddigitalzoom.
Memory Card Status This icon appears on the left of theupper overlay bar
and indicates how much space is available on the
memory card.

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Mode Icon Meaning Location
Rec(cont.) MemoryCardInserted Theseiconsappearat the topoftheStatusmenu.With
thecamera in Rec mode, press theStatus button(right
soft key) to see the Status menu.
Coin Battery
Media Settings menu These icons appear when you press the Menu button.
They indicate the menus that are available.
Photo Assist menu
Preferencesmenu
Rev (Review) Still These media settings icons appear in the photo
information. Only one of the icons appears at a time,
depending on whether the photo you are viewing is a
Still,Burst,orTimelapsephoto,oraphotorepresentinga
group of photos.
Grouped Images
Burst
Timelapse

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Mode Icon Meaning Location
Rev (cont.) Find The Find icon appears in the photo information to
indicatethatthephoto you areviewing is theresultof a
search by date and time, or by category.
Protected TheProtectediconappearsinthephotoinformationto
indicatethatthephotoyouareviewingis protected.
DPOF The DPOF icon appears in the photo information to
indicatethatthereisaDPOFfileonthememorycard.
Editmenu TheseiconsappearwhenyoupresstheMenubutton.
They indicate the menus that are available.
JetSend menu
DPOF menu
Transmit menu
Find menu
Preferencesmenu
Play Play Settings menu This icon appears when you press the Menu button. It
indicatesthemenuthatis available.

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Categories
Icon Meaning Location
Landscape These icons appear in the photo
information to indicate that the photo you
are viewingis part ofa category.
Vacation
Friends
Family
Pets
Work
Triangle
Square
Circle

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Status LCD
Icon Meaning
NiMH batteries empty
NiMH batteries fully charged
NiMH batteries partially charged
Automaticflash
Noflash
Flash
Automatic flash with red-eye reduction
E-mail photo quality
Basicphotoquality
Fine photo quality
Super-finephotoquality
Memorycard installed
Nomemorycardinstalled

ErrorMessages
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ErrorMessages
ColorLCD
Status LCD
Cameraerrormessagesnumbered Ec0-9,Eca, andEd0-6 appearonthestatusLCD.If the cameradoesn’tturn off:
1. Try turningthecameraoff andthenon again.
2. Try unpluggingtheACpoweradapterorremovingtheNiMHbatteries,andthenreinstallingthem.
3. If the error persists, contact HP Customer Care.
Message What you should do
Not Ready Wait until the message disappears.
No Flash Card Insert a memory card.
No Space On Card Insert a newmemory card or delete photos from the current memorycard.
ProcessingPictures Waituntilthe message disappears.
SlowShutter Increaselightonthesubjectorturnontheflash,orturnHandHeldoff.Oruseatripodwiththe
camera, or hold the camera steady.
No Focus Zoomout, movethe camera farther away from the subject,or increasethe amountof light on
the subject.

Camera Specifications
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CameraSpecifications
Resolution 2megapixels(1600x1200pixels)
Exposure ISO80
Memory card 16 MB CompactFlash
Lens system Wide:F2.8/F6.3
Tele:F4.6/F9.0
6.9mm to 20.7mm focal length (equivalent to 38mm to 115mm format)
Features Color2-inLCD; 3xopticalzoom,2x digitalzoom;fast autofocus;burstmode;
accepts 37mm lens filters and lenses
Interface HPJetSend,USB,Serial
Power supply 3 AA NiMH rechargeable batteries and battery recharger, or AC adapter
(optional); coin battery included in camera
Dimensions 6 x 3.4x 2.7 in (153x 85 x 64mm)
Weight 0.82 lb(370 gm)withoutbatteries