Nikon CoolPix P500, Quick Start Manual

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Charging the Battery
First Ste
p
s
Turning On and Off the Camera
Remove the lens cap before turning on
the camera.
Press the power switch to turn on the
camera.
The power-on lamp (green) lights, and
then the monitor is turned on (the power-
on lamp is turned off when the monitor is
turned on).
Press the power switch again to turn off the camera. When the power is turned off,
the monitor and power-on lamp are turned off.
• When the camera is off, holding down the
c
button turns on the camera in
playback mode (
A
34).
C
Message
If Turn the camera off, remove the lens cap, and turn the camera on. is displayed, confirm that
the lens cap is removed and press the power switch to turn the camera on again.
C
Standby Mode (Auto Off)
If no operations are performed, the monitor is turned off automatically, the camera enters standby
mode and the power-on lamp blinks. The camera turns off when the standby mode continues for
about three minutes.
• When the power-on lamp blinks, turn on the monitor again with one of the following operations.
- Press the power switch, the shutter-release button, the
c
button or the
b
(
e
movie-record)
button.
- Rotate the mode dial.
• In shooting or playback mode, the camera enters standby mode in about one minute (default
setting).
• The time that elapses before the camera enters standby mode can be changed from the Auto off
(
A
199) in the setup menu (
A
185).