Sony DSC-WX220 Reference guide

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Digital Still Camera
DSC-WX220
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Before Use
Confirming the operation method
Help Guide
How to Use

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Shooting
Using shooting functions
Viewing
Changing settings
Using Wi-Fi functions
Viewing on computers
Precautions/This product
If you have problems
Troubleshooting
Messages
Situations this product has difficulty handling
Troubleshooting

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4-530-068-13(1)
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Table of Contents
Before Use 1......................................................................................................................................
Identifying parts 91......................................................................................................................
List of icons on the screen 94......................................................................................................
Using the wrist strap 99...............................................................................................................
In-Camera guide 31.....................................................................................................................
About the [In-Camera Guide] 100..........................................................................................
About the shooting advice 101..............................................................................................
Confirming the operation method 32.................................................................................................
Using the control wheel 102........................................................................................................
Using MENU items 103...............................................................................................................
Shooting 3.........................................................................................................................................
Shooting still images/movies 33..................................................................................................
Shooting still images 105.......................................................................................................
Shooting movies 108.............................................................................................................
Selecting a shooting mode 34.....................................................................................................
List of shooting modes 110....................................................................................................
Intelligent Auto 112................................................................................................................
Superior Auto 114..................................................................................................................
About Scene Recognition 116...............................................................................................
The advantages of automatic shooting 118...........................................................................
Program Auto 120..................................................................................................................
iSweep Panorama 121..........................................................................................................
Scene Selection 124..............................................................................................................
Movie 128..............................................................................................................................
Using shooting functions 4................................................................................................................
Using the zoom 36.......................................................................................................................
Zoom 130...............................................................................................................................
The zoom features available with this product 131................................................................
Zoom Setting 133..................................................................................................................
About zoom scale 135...........................................................................................................
Using the flash 37........................................................................................................................
Notes on using the flash 137.................................................................................................
Flash Mode 138.....................................................................................................................
Selecting a screen display mode 38............................................................................................
Switching the screen display (Shooting) 140.........................................................................
Selecting still image size/image quality 39..................................................................................
Image Size (still image) 142..................................................................................................
Aspect Ratio (still image) 144................................................................................................
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Quality (still image) 145.........................................................................................................
Panorama: Size 146..............................................................................................................
Panorama: Direction 148.......................................................................................................
Adjusting the focus 40.................................................................................................................
Focus Area 150.....................................................................................................................
Focus-lock 151......................................................................................................................
Lock-on AF 152.....................................................................................................................
Lock-on AF (On) 153.............................................................................................................
AF Illuminator (still image) 155..............................................................................................
Adjusting the exposure 41...........................................................................................................
Exposure Comp. 157.............................................................................................................
Metering Mode 158................................................................................................................
Selecting a drive mode 42...........................................................................................................
Drive Mode 160.....................................................................................................................
Cont. Shooting 162................................................................................................................
Self-timer 163........................................................................................................................
Self-portrait 164.....................................................................................................................
Self-timer(Cont) 165..............................................................................................................
Selecting the ISO sensitivity 43...................................................................................................
ISO 166..................................................................................................................................
Multi Frame NR 168...............................................................................................................
Adjusting color tones 44..............................................................................................................
White Balance 169.................................................................................................................
Capturing a basic white color in [Custom Setup] mode 171..................................................
Selecting an effect mode 45........................................................................................................
Picture Effect 172..................................................................................................................
Recording movies 46...................................................................................................................
File Format (movie) 175.........................................................................................................
Record Setting (movie) 176...................................................................................................
SteadyShot (movie) 178........................................................................................................
Wind Noise Reduct. 179........................................................................................................
Auto Slow Shut. (movie) 180.................................................................................................
MOVIE Button 181.................................................................................................................
Setting the other functions of this product 48..............................................................................
Viewing 6...........................................................................................................................................
Viewing still images 50................................................................................................................
Playing back images 194.......................................................................................................
Playback zoom 195...............................................................................................................
Image Index 196....................................................................................................................
Switching the screen display 198..........................................................................................
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Deleting images 51......................................................................................................................
Deleting a displayed image 199.............................................................................................
Deleting multiple selected images 200..................................................................................
Playing back movies 52...............................................................................................................
Playing back movies 202.......................................................................................................
Motion Shot Video 204..........................................................................................................
Viewing panoramic images 53.....................................................................................................
Playing back panoramic images 205.....................................................................................
Printing 54...................................................................................................................................
Specify Printing 206...............................................................................................................
Using viewing functions 55..........................................................................................................
View Mode 208......................................................................................................................
Slide Show 209......................................................................................................................
Rotate 210.............................................................................................................................
Protect 211............................................................................................................................
4K Still Image PB 213............................................................................................................
Beauty Effect 215..................................................................................................................
Viewing images on a TV 57.........................................................................................................
Viewing images on an HD TV 217.........................................................................................
Viewing images on a “BRAVIA” Sync-compatible TV 219....................................................
Changing settings 7...........................................................................................................................
Setup menu 58............................................................................................................................
Monitor Brightness 221..........................................................................................................
Volume Settings 222..............................................................................................................
Audio signals 223..................................................................................................................
Upload Settings(Eye-Fi) 224..................................................................................................
Tile Menu 226........................................................................................................................
Display Quality 227................................................................................................................
Pwr Save Start Time 228.......................................................................................................
PAL/NTSC Selector 229........................................................................................................
Demo Mode 230....................................................................................................................
HDMI Resolution 232.............................................................................................................
CTRL FOR HDMI 233............................................................................................................
USB Connection 234.............................................................................................................
USB LUN Setting 236............................................................................................................
USB Power Supply 237.........................................................................................................
Language 238........................................................................................................................
Date/Time Setup 239.............................................................................................................
Area Setting 240....................................................................................................................
Format 241............................................................................................................................
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File Number 242....................................................................................................................
Select REC Folder 243..........................................................................................................
New Folder 244.....................................................................................................................
Folder Name 245...................................................................................................................
Recover Image DB 246.........................................................................................................
Display Media Info 247..........................................................................................................
Version 248............................................................................................................................
Setting Reset 249..................................................................................................................
Using Wi-Fi functions 8......................................................................................................................
Connecting this product and a Smartphone 62...........................................................................
PlayMemories Mobile 250.....................................................................................................
Connecting an Android smartphone to this product 251........................................................
Connecting the product to an iPhone or iPad 253.................................................................
Controlling this product using a Smartphone 63..........................................................................
Ctrl w/ Smartphone 255.........................................................................................................
One-touch connection with an NFC-enabled Android smartphone 257................................
Transferring images to a Smartphone 64....................................................................................
Send to Smartphone 259.......................................................................................................
Sending images to an Android smartphone 262....................................................................
Transferring images to a computer 65.........................................................................................
Send to Computer 265...........................................................................................................
Transferring images to a TV 66...................................................................................................
View on TV 267.....................................................................................................................
Changing the settings of Wi-Fi functions 67................................................................................
Airplane Mode 269.................................................................................................................
WPS Push 270......................................................................................................................
Access Point Set. 272............................................................................................................
Edit Device Nam 275.............................................................................................................
Disp MAC Address 276.........................................................................................................
SSID/PW Reset 277..............................................................................................................
Reset Network Set. 278.........................................................................................................
Viewing on computers 9....................................................................................................................
Recommended computer environment 279................................................................................
Using the software 70..................................................................................................................
PlayMemories Home 280......................................................................................................
Installing PlayMemories Home 281.......................................................................................
Software for Mac computers 283...........................................................................................
Connecting this product and a computer 71................................................................................
Connecting the product to a computer 284............................................................................
Importing images to the computer 286..................................................................................
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Disconnecting the product from the computer 288................................................................
Creating a movie disc 72.............................................................................................................
Disc type 289.........................................................................................................................
Selecting the disc creation method 291.................................................................................
Creating a disc with a device other than a computer 293......................................................
Creating Blu-ray Discs 295....................................................................................................
Precautions/This product 10..............................................................................................................
Precautions 73.............................................................................................................................
Precautions 296.....................................................................................................................
On the internal rechargeable battery 300..............................................................................
Notes on the battery pack 301...............................................................................................
Charging the battery pack 304...............................................................................................
Memory card 306...................................................................................................................
Cleaning this product 74..............................................................................................................
On cleaning 310.....................................................................................................................
Number of recordable still images and recordable time of movies 75.........................................
Number of still images 312....................................................................................................
Recordable time of movies 314.............................................................................................
Using this product abroad 76.......................................................................................................
Plug adaptor 316...................................................................................................................
On TV color systems 317......................................................................................................
Other information 77....................................................................................................................
AVCHD format 318................................................................................................................
License 319...........................................................................................................................
Trademarks 321..........................................................................................................................
If you have problems 79....................................................................................................................
Troubleshooting 323....................................................................................................................
Battery pack and power 80....................................................................................................
You cannot insert the battery pack into the product. 325.................................................
You cannot turn on the product. 326...............................................................................
The power turns off suddenly. 327..................................................................................
The remaining battery level indicator shows an incorrect level. 328................................
The charge lamp on the product flashes when charging the battery
pack. 329.........................................................................................................................
The battery pack has not been charged even if the charge lamp on
the product hasturned off. 330.........................................................................................
The battery pack is not charged. 331..............................................................................
Shooting still images/movies 81............................................................................................
You cannot record images. 332.......................................................................................
Recording takes a long time. 333....................................................................................
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The image is out of focus. 334.........................................................................................
Zoom does not work. 335................................................................................................
The flash does not work. 336...........................................................................................
Fuzzy white circular spots appear on images shot using the flash. 337..........................
The close-up shoot function (Macro) does not work. 338................................................
The recording date and time are not displayed on the screen. 339.................................
The date and time are recorded incorrectly. 340.............................................................
The image colors are not correct. 341.............................................................................
Noise appears in the image when you view the screen in a dark place 342...................
Dark shadow appears on the image 343.........................................................................
The eyes of the subject come out red. 344......................................................................
Dots appear and remain on the screen 345.....................................................................
You cannot shoot images continuously 346....................................................................
The image is blurred 347.................................................................................................
The flash takes too long to recharge 348........................................................................
Viewing images 83.................................................................................................................
Images cannot be played back 349.................................................................................
The date and time are not displayed. 350.......................................................................
The image cannot be deleted 351...................................................................................
The image was deleted by mistake 352...........................................................................
Wi-Fi 84.................................................................................................................................
You cannot find the wireless access point to be connected 353.....................................
[WPS Push] does not work 354.......................................................................................
[Send to Computer] is canceled halfway 355...................................................................
You cannot send movies to a smartphone 356................................................................
[Ctrl w/ Smartphone] or [Send to Smartphone] is canceled halfway. 357........................
The shooting screen for [Ctrl w/ Smartphone] is not displayed
smoothly 358...................................................................................................................
You cannot use One-Touch connection (NFC). 359........................................................
Computers 85........................................................................................................................
The computer does not recognize this product 360.........................................................
You cannot import images 361........................................................................................
The image and sound are interrupted by noise when viewing a movie
on a computer 362...........................................................................................................
Images exported from a computer cannot be viewed on this product 363......................
Memory cards 86...................................................................................................................
Formatted the memory card by mistake. 364..................................................................
Printing 87..............................................................................................................................
Images are printed with both edges cut off. 365..............................................................
You cannot print images with the date 366......................................................................
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Others 88...............................................................................................................................
The lens gets fogged. 367...............................................................................................
The product stops with the lens portion extended./The product turns
off with the lensportion extended 368..............................................................................
The product becomes warm when you use it for a long time 369....................................
The Clock Set screen appears when you turn on the product 370..................................
The number of recordable images does not decrease, or decreases
two images at atime 371..................................................................................................
The product does not work properl 372...........................................................................
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Digital Still Camera
DSC-WX220
Before Use
Names of parts
Icons and indicators
Using the strap
In-Camera guide
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Help Guide
How to Use
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Confirming the operation method
Confirming the operation method
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Help Guide
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Shooting
Shooting still images/movies
Selecting a shooting mode
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Help Guide
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Digital Still Camera
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Using shooting functions
Using the zoom
Using the flash
Selecting a screen display mode
Selecting still image size/image quality
Adjusting the focus
Adjusting the exposure
Selecting a drive mode (Continuous shooting/Self-timer)
Selecting the ISO sensitivity
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Adjusting color tones
Selecting an effect mode
Recording movies
Setting the other functions of this product
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Viewing
Viewing still images
Deleting images
Playing back movies
Viewing panoramic images
Printing
Using viewing functions
Viewing images on a TV
Help Guide
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Changing settings
Setup menu
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Using Wi-Fi functions
Connecting this product and a Smartphone
Controlling this product using a Smartphone
Transferring images to a Smartphone
Transferring images to a computer
Transferring images to a TV
Changing the settings of Wi-Fi functions
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Viewing on computers
Recommended computer environment
Using the software
Connecting this product and a computer
Creating a movie disc
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Help Guide
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Precautions/This product
Precautions
Cleaning this product
Number of recordable still images and recordable time of movies
Using this product abroad
Other information
Trademarks
Help Guide
How to Use
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