Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1 Series User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Dual Camera
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Important note
This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-FH1 EX, VPC-FH1 and
VPC-FH1GX.
Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such.
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.

SLIDESHOW PLAYBACK
You can play back files in succession with the "slideshow playback" feature.
1Display the SIMPLE Mode
Playback Menu (page 44), select
the slideshow setting, and press
the SET button.
_: Play back all files.
[_: Play backvideo clips and audio
files.
_: Play back still image files.
2Select the type of file to play back,
and press the SET button.
•Slideshow playback begins.
• To stop slideshow playback, press
the SET button or MENU button.
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PLAYBACK VOLUME
Adjust the playback volume for video clips and audio files.
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The volume can be adjusted during playback
• During video clip or audio file playback, if you push the zoom switch toward
[T/O.,.] or [W/_ ], the volume control bar will appear, allowing you to
adjust the volume.
In the NORMAL mode
• When you select "PLAY VOLUME" from the NORMAL Mode Playback
Menu and press the SET button, the volume control bar appears.
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DELETING FILES
You can delete files if you no longer need them. You can delete single files,
selected files or all the files at one time.
Display the SIMPLE Mode
Playback Menu (page 44), select
the delete setting, and press the
SET button.
DELETE SINGLE:
Deletes one file at a time.
DELETE SELECTED:
Deletes the selected files
(page 80).
DELETE ALL:
Deletes all files.
2Select the desired delete mode, and press the SET button.
• The Delete Confirmation Screen appears.
<DELETE SINGLE>
• Toggle the SET button to the left or right to select the file you wish to
delete.
• There is no confirmation screen when deleting single files. Please
make sure that the displayed image is one you wish to delete.
<DELETE ALL>
• Toggle the SET button to the left or right to confirm the files to delete.
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Select "DELETE", and press the SET button.
<DELETE SINGLE>
•The currently displayed file is deleted.
• To delete other files, select the files, select "DELETE" and press the
SET button.
<DELETE ALL>
• The Delete Confirmation Screen again appears. To delete the files,
select "YES", and press the SET button. When file delete is
completed, "No image" is shown.
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Display the SIMPLE Mode Playback Menu (page 44), select the
delete setting, and press the SET button.
Select "DELETE SELECTED",
and press the SET button.
• The screen to select files to
delete appears.
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3Select an image you wish to delete.
• Toggle the SET button left, right, up or down to move the orange frame
to the file you wish to delete.
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DELETING FILES
4Press the SET button.
•The selected file is marked with the delete icon [ _ ].
• Up to 100 files can be selected.
• To cancel a delete selection and remove the delete icon from a file,
move the orange frame to the marked file and press the SET button.
Press the [ O /_] button.
• The Confirm Delete Screen appears.
6Select "YES", and press the SET button.
• The selected files are deleted.
HINT
In the NORMAL mode
• When you select "DELETE" from the NORMAL Mode Playback Menu and
press the SET button, the Delete Screen appears.
CAUTION
• Files that are protected from accidental delete cannot be deleted. To delete
protected files, set the protect setting for the files to off (pages 55 and 104),
and then follow the file delete procedure.
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PLAYBACK MODES
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Display the image you wish to
play back.
Push the zoom switch toward
the [W/_ ] side.
• The 21-image display appears.
Select the image to play back.
•Toggle the SET button up,
down, left or right to move
the orange frame to the
desired image, and press
the SET button.
• Instead of pressing the
SET button, you can push
the zoom switch toward the
[T/O...] side to show the
8-image display.
• If the zoom switch is pushed
toward the [W/_ ] side while
the 21 -image display is shown,
the display changes to the
screen to select the playback
folder (page 83).
• It is not possible to perform the
file delete or file protect
settings on the 21-image
display.
Zoom switch [W/_]
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PLAYBACK MODES
If the card contains multiple folders, you can select from which folder you
would like to play back.
1Display the Playback Screen.
2Push the zoom switch toward the
[W/_ ] side twice.
• The screen to select the
playback folder appears.
• If the zoom switch is pushed
toward the [T/O,,.] side, the
camera changes to the 21 -image
display (page 82).
3Toggle the SET button up or down to
move the orange frame to the desired
folder, and press the SET button.
• The files in the selected folder are
displayed in the Playback Screen.
HINT
In the NORMAL mode
• When you select "SELECT FOLDER" from the NORMAL Mode Playback
Menu and press the SET button, the screen to select the playback folder
appears.
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1Display the image that you want to magnify.
•For a video clip, pause playback at the place you want to magnify.
2Push the zoom switch toward the
IT/O,..] side once.
• Magnification is enabled.
• The image is magnified, and the
central portion of image is
displayed.
• Toggle the SET button to view
different parts of the magnified
image.
To magnify:
Magnification increases each time
the zoom switch is pushed toward
the [T/O,,,.] side.
To return to normal size:
Magnification decreases each time
the zoom switch is pushed toward the
[W/_ ] side.
• Press the SET button to return to the
normal (100%) view.
HINT
The magnified portion of the image can be saved as a separate image
•Press the [ It_ ] button. The magnified portion is saved as a new still
image.
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RECORDING MENU 1
You can record video clips in either the HD mode (16:9 horizontal to vertical
aspect ratio) or the SD mode (4:3 aspect ratio). In addition, the higher the
frame rate number, the smoother playback will be. However, as with the
recording size, the file size is also proportionately larger, using up more
memory. This menu is also used when making audio recordings.
CAUTION
When editing video clips...
• In order for video clips to be joined, they must have been photographed in
the same mode.
• Video clips that were photographed in different modes cannot be joined.
Restrictions when _ or _is set
• When the camera is connected to a TV, the image is shown on the camera
monitor in the recording mode, and on the TV in the playback mode.
• When the [ I_ ] button is pressed, a video clip is recorded for about
10 seconds. Recording is discontinued when the [ |4 ] button is pressed
again.
• The following recording functions are not available.
Capturing a still image during video clip recording
Zoom
Image stabilizer
Scene select (fixed at [_)
Manual exposure
Face chaser recording
High sensitivity mode recording
Photo wide-D range recording
Noise reduction
• You cannot record when the possible recording time is less than about 12
seconds.
• If the AE lock setting is active, it is canceled when the _ or _ setting is
set.
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