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Playing photos automatically (Slide Show)
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(5) If “START WITH SONG” on p. 71 is off, press the
[SLIDE SHOW] button (it lights).
The photos in your digital camera will be displayed as
a slide show on the television or display connected to
the JM-8.
Note: If “START WITH SONG” on p. 71 is active, pressing the
[
®÷ π
] button to start song playback will also start the slide
show of the pictures in the selected folder. In that case,
step (5) above is unnecessary. If the slide show is already
running when you press the [
®÷ π
] button to start song
playback, the slide show continues and does not stop at the
end of the song.
(6) Press the [
®÷ π
] button to play back the song.
When all of the photos have been displayed, the slide
show returns to the first photo and displays the pho-
tos again.
(7) (Optional) Press the [VIDEO MONITOR] button (it
must light), to see the pictures in the JM-8’s own
display.
Press this button again to return to the JM-8’s “nor-
mal” display information.
Note: If “START WITH SONG” on p. 71 is active, the slide
show stops at the end of the current song or when you
press the [
ª
] button.
(8) Switch off the [SLIDE SHOW] button when you no
longer need this function.
Watching a slideshow with photos saved on a USB
storage device
Photos (images) saved on USB memory can also be dis-
played as a slideshow.
(1) On your computer, prepare the images that you
want to display.
(2) Connect the USB storage device to your computer,
and create a folder named “_PICTURE” (for exam-
ple) on the USB storage device.
(3) Place the images you want to display in the
“_PICTURE” folder.
(4) Disconnect the USB storage from your computer in
accordance with the standard procedure for the
operating system you are using.
(5) Connect your USB storage device to the JM-8’s
EXTERNAL MEMORY port on the front panel.
The JM-8 automatically shows the contents of the
USB storage device you inserted.
(6) Select the song you want to play back (see p. 23
and following).
(7) Open the “_PICTURE” folder on the USB storage
device and select the photo file where you want
the slide show to start.
The selected file appears on the connected screen
(this may take a moment). If you want to select a dif-
ferent photo, press the name of the desired file.
To watch the slideshows in the JM-8’s display, press
the [VIDEO MONITOR] button (it lights).
Note: If the “START WITH SONG” parameter on page 71 is
switched on, slide show playback starts simultaneously
with song playback.
(8) Press the [
®÷ π
] button to play back the song.
(9) If the “START WITH SONG” function is off, press the
[SLIDE SHOW] button to start a slide show of all
pictures in the “_PICTURE” folder.
If you like, you can now press the [LYRICS] button (if
it is off) to add the lyrics of the selected song to your
slideshow.
Note: Some images may not be displayed in the slide show
if 500 or more images are contained in a single folder.
SLIDE SHOW
VIDEO
MONITOR
Image data that can be displayed
Size Recommended: 800 x 480 pixels and
200 kilobytes or less
(Images of 1280 x 960 pixels or smaller
and 400 kilobytes or less are supported)
Note: If you use images that are larger
than the recommended size, it may
take longer to switch images.
Format JPEG format (.JPG)
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