Olympus FE-170/X-760 Setup guide

FE-170/X-760
Getting to know your
camera better
Quick Start Guide
Get started using your camera
right away.
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Using OLYMPUS Master
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Contents
Quick Start Guide P.3
Test out the functions of the
camera buttons by following the
illustrations and actually trying them
out on the camera.
Learn how to print pictures you have
taken.
Learn how to transfer pictures to a
computer and save them.
Find out more about your camera and
learn what to do when you have a
question regarding operations.
Read about convenient functions and
safety precautions on how to use your
camera more effectively.
Learn everything about the menus,
from basic operations to the functions
of each menu and their various
settings.
Button operations
Menu operations
Printing pictures
Getting to know your
camera better
Miscellaneous
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P.16
P.28
P.50
P.59
Using OLYMPUS Master
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Quick Start Guide
Gather these items (box contents)
Attach the strap
(Pull the strap tight so that it does not come loose.
Digital camera Strap AA batteries
(2)
USB cable Video cable OLYMPUS Master
CD-ROM
Other items • Basic manual
• Advanced manual (this manual)
• Warranty card
Contents may vary depending on
purchase location.

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Quick Start Guide
Insert the batteries
a. Insert the batteries into the camera
(For details on inserting an optional xD-Picture Card (hereinafter
called the card), please refer to “Inserting and removing the card”
(P.61).
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Quick Start Guide
Turn on the power
This section explains how to turn on the camera in shooting mode.
a. Set the mode dial to h
Still picture shooting modes
b. Press the obutton
(To turn off the camera, press the obutton again.
hThe camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture.
hThis function reduces the blur caused by a moving subject or camera
movement when taking pictures.
BSuitable for taking pictures of people.
ESuitable for taking pictures of landscapes.
MSuitable for taking pictures of people at night.
fShoot pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the situation.
gYou can set the items you want by doing the settings according to the
shooting guide displayed on the screen.
When shooting
movies
When shooting still
pictures
obutton
MENU
CANCEL
X
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
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This screen appears if the
date and time have not
been set.

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Quick Start Guide
Set date and time
About the date and time setting screen
a. Press the O<button and NYbutton to select [Y].
(The first two digits of the year are fixed.
b. Press the Y#button.
c. Press the O<button and the NY
button to select [M].
MENU
CANCEL
X
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
----.--.-- --:--
----.--.-- --:--
Y-M-D (Year-Month-Day)
Cancel the setting
Minute
Date format (Y-M-D, M-D-Y, D-M-Y).
Hour
NYbutton
O<button
CANCEL
MENU
2006
2006
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X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y#button
2006
2006
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08
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CANCEL
MENU
X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D

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Quick Start Guide
d. Press theY#button.
e. Press the O<button and the NY
button to select [D].
f. Press the Y#button.
g. Press the O<button and the NY
button to select “hour” and
“minute”.
h. Press the Y#button.
i. Press the O<button and NY
button to select year, month and
date.
j. After all items have been set, press i.
(The time is displayed in the 24-hour format.
(For a more accurate setting, you can press iwhen the time signal
hits 00 seconds.
2006
2006
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08
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--:--
CANCEL
MENU
X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
CANCEL
MENU
OK
SET
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X
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
CANCEL
MENU
OK
SET
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X
Y/M/D
Y / M / D
Y M D TIME
Y M D T I M E
ibutton HQ
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Quick Start Guide
Shoot
a. Hold the camera
c. Shoot
Horizontal grip Vertical grip
b. Focus
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IN
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Shutter
button
Press
halfway HQ
HQ
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IN
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The green lamp indicates that the
focus and exposure are locked.
Place this mark over your subject.
The number of still
pictures you can store is
displayed.
Press
completely
Shutter
button
The card access lamp blinks.

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Quick Start Guide
View pictures
a. Press the qbutton.
Erase pictures
a. As described in a. above, display the picture you want
to erase.
b. Press the Sbutton.
c. Press the O<button to select [YES] and press i.
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Arrow pad
Next picture
Previous picture
qbutton
Sbutton
OK
SET
MENU
BACK
YES
NO
ERASE
O<button
ibutton
OK
SET
MENU
BACK
YES
NO
ERASE

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Button operations
Button operations
Shooting still pictures
Set the mode dial to anything except nand press the shutter button lightly (halfway).
The green lamp lights when the focus and exposure are locked (focus lock). Now
press the shutter button all the way (completely) to shoot a picture.
Locking the focus and then composing the shot
(Focus lock)
Compose your picture with the focus locked, and then
completely press the shutter button to shoot a picture.
• When the green lamp blinks, the focus is not adjusted
properly. Try locking the focus again.
1obutton Turning the camera on and off
Power on: Camera turns on in the shooting mode.
• Monitor turns on
• Lens extends
2Shutter button Shooting pictures
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b
c
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7
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a
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Self-timer
Flash mode
Macro/Super macro mode
Exposure
compensation
Shooting mode
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2112
2112
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Green lamp

Button operations
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Recording movies
Set the mode dial to n, and lightly press the shutter button to lock the focus, and then
press the shutter button completely to start recording. Press the shutter button again
to stop recording.
Switches to the playback mode and the last picture taken is displayed.
• Press the arrow pad to view other pictures.
• Use the zoom button to switch among close-up playback, and index display.
If the camera is not on, press qto turn on the camera in the playback mode.
g“K/qTurning on the power with K/q” (P.25)
g“MOVIE PLAY Playing back movies” (P.22)
Switching to the shooting mode.
If the camera is not on, press Kto turn on the camera in the shooting mode. g“K/
qTurning on the power with K/q” (P.25)
Set the mode dial and shoot pictures.
The camera determines the optimum settings and shoots the picture.
This function reduces the blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement when
taking pictures.
You can shoot pictures with the appropriate settings for portraits, landscapes, night
and portrait.
You can shoot pictures by selecting from 10 types of scenes according to the situation.
Press ifor setting.
3qbutton (playback) Selecting playback mode/turning on the power
4Kbutton (shooting) Selecting shooting mode/turning on the power
5Mode dial Switching between shooting modes
hShooting pictures with automatic settings
hShooting pictures using digital image stabilization
i, l, MShooting pictures according to the situation
fShooting pictures by selecting a scene mode according to the
situation
jSPORT / NINDOOR / bCANDLE
/ RSELF PORTRAIT / SSUNSET / cFIREWORKS
/ VBEHIND GLASS / VCUISINE / dDOCUMENTS
/ iAUCTION

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You can set the targeted items by following the shooting guide displayed on the scene.
Recording moving images. Sound is not recorded.
gFollow the shooting guide for the settings
nRecording movies
R
N
W
1
MENU
BACK
OK
SET
SPORT
j
• The scene selection screen displays sample
images and the shooting mode to best suit the
situation.
• To switch scenes after selecting a scene, set
the mode dial to a different position and then
set it to fagain. The selection screen is
displayed.
• By switching to another scene, most settings
will be returned to the default settings of each
scene.
OK
SET
SHOOTING GUIDE 1/3
4Adjusting area in focus.
3 Blurring background.
2 Shooting into backlight.
1 Brightening subject.
5 Shooting subject in motion.
•PressMENU to display the shooting guide
again.
• To change the setting without using the
shooting guide, set a different shooting mode.
• The content set using the shooting guide will
return to the default setting by pressing MENU
or changing the mode using the mode dial.
This lights red during movie recording.
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00:36
00:36
The remaining recording time is
displayed.
When the remaining recording time
reaches 0, recording stops.

Button operations
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Shooting mode: Zooming in on your subject (Optical Zoom x digital zoom:
12x)
Playback mode: Switching the picture display
6Zoom button Zooming in and out while shooting or playing back pictures
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Zoom out:
Press Won the zoom button.
Zoom in:
Press Ton the zoom button.
Zoom bar
White part:
Optical zoom area
Red part:
Digital zoom area
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Close-up playback
• Press Tto incrementally enlarge
the picture up to 10 times the
original size. Press Wto reduce
the size.
• Press the arrow pad during
close-up playback to scroll the
picture in the indicated direction.
• When returning to the single-
frame playback, press i.
Index display
• Use the arrow pad to select a
picture for playback, and press
ito play back the single-frame
of the picture selected.
TW
TW
TW
W
T
T
W
Single-frame playback
• Use the arrow pad to browse pictures.

Button operations
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Displays the top menu.
Use the arrow pad to select scenes, playback pictures, and select items on the menus.
This button is used to confirm your selection.
Display a picture to be printed out in playback mode, connect the camera to a printer
and press O<.
g“Direct printing (PictBridge)” (P.28)
Press X&in shooting mode to select the macro mode. Press ifor setting.
Press NYin shooting mode to select on and off of the self-timer. Press ifor setting.
• The self-timer lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for approximately 2
seconds, and then the picture is taken.
• To cancel the self-timer, press NY.
• Self-timer shooting is automatically canceled after one shot.
7MENU button Displaying the menu
8Arrow pad (ONXY)
9ibutton
0O<button Printing
aX&button Shooting pictures close to the subject
OFF Macro mode off Turns off the macro mode.
&Macro mode This mode lets you shoot from as close as 10 cm/3.9 in. (when
the zoom is set for the zoom-out angle) and as close as 60 cm/
23.6 in. (when the zoom is set for the zoom-in angle) to your
subject.
%Super macro mode This mode lets you shoot from as close as 5 cm/2.0 in. from your
subject. Zoom position is automatically set and cannot be
changed.
bNYbutton Self-timer shooting
YSelf-timer on After the setting, press the shutter button fully.
OFF Self-timer off Cancel the self-timer.

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Press Y#in shooting mode to select the flash mode. Press ito set it.
In playback mode, select the picture you want to erase, and press S.
• Once erased, pictures cannot be restored. Check each picture before erasing to
avoid accidentally erasing pictures you want to keep. g“PROTECT Protecting
pictures” (P.23)
cY#button Flash shooting
AUTO Auto-flash The flash fires automatically in low light or backlight
conditions.
!Red-eye reduction flash This emits pre-flashes for red-eye reduction.
#Fill-in flash The flash fires regardless of the available light.
$Flash off The flash does not fire even in low light conditions.
dSbutton Erasing pictures

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Menu operations
Menu operations
Press MENU to display the top menu on the monitor.
• The contents displayed on the top menu differ according to the mode.
• Select [SETUP] and press ito display detailed menus from which to make
settings.
• When the mode dial is set at g, press mto display the shooting guide
screen.
About the menus
Kbutton (Shooting mode)
MENU button
qbutton (Playback mode)
Arrow pad
(ONXY)
ibutton
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE
COMP.
COMP.
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
2
1
PIXEL MAPPING
K/qK/q
BACKUP
MEMORY FORMAT
SETUP
ENGLISH
NO
W
OK
SET BACK
MENU
Top menu
(in still picture shooting mode)
SETUP menu items

Menu operations
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During menu operations, the button to be used and its function are displayed at the
bottom of the monitor. Follow the guide for operations.
This explains how to set [VIDEO OUT] with the menus as an example.
1Set the mode dial to a setting other than g.
2Press mto display the top menu. Press
Yto select [SETUP] and then press i.
• [VIDEO OUT] is a menu in [SETUP].
Operation guide
Using the menus
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE
COMP.
COMP.
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
Operation
guide m
button
Arrow pad
(ONXY)
BACK →m: Returns to the previous menu.
EXIT →m: Exits the menu.
ONXY: Press the arrow pad (ONXY) to
select a setting.
SET →i: Sets the selected item.
ibutton
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE
COMP.
COMP.
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET

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Menu operations
3Press ON to select [VIDEO OUT] and then
press i.
• Unavailable settings cannot be selected.
•PressXin this screen to move the cursor to the
page display. Press ON to change the page.
Press Yor ito return to selecting items.
4Press ON to select [NTSC] or [PAL] and
then press i.
• The menu item is set and the previous menu is
displayed. Press mrepeatedly to exit the
menu.
• To cancel changes and continue menu
operations, press mbefore pressing i.
• Some menu items are not available depending on the position of the mode dial.
g“Functions available in shooting modes and scenes” (P.58)
• The factory default settings are displayed in gray ( ).
Shooting mode menus K
2
1
PIXEL MAPPING
K/qK/q
BACKUP
MEMORY FORMAT
SETUP
ENGLISH
NO
W
OK
SET BACK
MENU
1
2
VIDEO OUT
SETUP
X
s
OK
SET BACK
MENU
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BEEP ON
The selected item is
displayed in a different color.
Page display:
These marks are displayed if there are
more menu items on the next page.
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2
SETUP
VIDEO OUT
BEEP
X
s
NTSC
PAL
OK
SET BACK
MENU
OK
MENU
SET
EXIT
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE
COMP.
COMP.
SILENT
SILENT
MODE
MODE
IMAGE
IMAGE
QUALITY
QUALITY
SETUP
SETUP
RESET
RESET
2
3
4
1
g“SETUP menus” (P.24)
*1 xD-Picture Card (optional) is
required.
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Still picture image quality and their applications
Movie image quality
Panorama shooting lets you create a panoramic picture, using the OLYMPUS Master
software from the provided CD-ROM. An Olympus xD-Picture Card is required for
panorama shooting.
Use the arrow pad to specify at which edge you want to connect the pictures, and then
compose your shots so that the edges of the pictures overlap. The part of the previous
picture where it will be joined to the next picture does not remain in the frame. You
have to remember what the part in the frame looked like and take the next picture so
it overlaps.
1IMAGE QUALITY Changing the image quality
Image quality/image size Compression Application
SHQ 2816 ×2112 Low
compression
• This is useful for printing large images
on A3 size or full-size paper.
• This is useful for performing computer
image processing, such as contrast
adjustment and red-eye correction.
HQ 2816 ×2112 Standard
compression
SQ1 2048 ×1536 Standard
compression
• This is useful for printing on A4 size or
letter size paper.
• This is useful for computer editing such
as rotating or adding text to a picture.
• This is useful for postcard-sized prints.
SQ2 640 ×480 Standard
compression
• This is useful for sending as e-mail
attachments.
Image quality/image size
HQ 320 ×240
SQ 160 ×120
2PANORAMA Creating a panoramic picture
Connects pictures from
left to right
Connects pictures from
bottom to top
Y: The next picture is connected at
the right edge.
X: The next picture is connected at
the left edge.
O: The next picture is connected at
the top.
N: The next picture is connected at
the bottom.

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Menu operations
Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 pictures. Press ito exit panorama
shooting.
It restores shooting functions to their factory default settings.
Reset settings back to default settings
Set it with XY and then press i.
Y: To compensate to the positive.
X: To compensate to the negative.
Set the operation beeps, alarms and shutter sound to mute when shooting or playing
back pictures.
3RESET Returning changed shooting functions to default settings
NO /YES
Function Factory default setting Ref. Page
Flash AUTO P.15
Macro mode OFF P.14
Exposure compensation 0.0 P.20
Image quality HQ P.19
Self-timer OFF P.14
Silent mode OFF P.20
Scene jSPORT P.11
4EXPOSURE COMP. Changing the brightness of the picture
5SILENT MODE Setting operational sounds to mute
OFF /ON
OK
SET BACK
EXPOSURE COMP.
MENU
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