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TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF
Turning on the camera
1
Open the monitor unit, and press the
ON/OFF button for at least 1 second.
h
If you press the REC/PLAY button for
at least 1 second, the camera turns
on in the playback mode.
h
If you press the ON/OFF button once,
the camera will switch to the power
save mode.
Turning on the camera when the power save
(sleep) function is active
In order to preserve battery pack power, the power save (sleep) function
will automatically turn off the camera after one minute of no use during
shooting, or five minutes of no use during playback (factory-preset
setting).
i
When the power save function is active, you can restore the power by any
of the following methods:
h
Press the ON/OFF button.
h
Press the [
]/[
] button.
h
Open the monitor unit.
h
Press the SET button.
i
The camera will switch to the standby mode after the power save function
has been active for about 1 hour, or when you close the monitor unit.
i
The power save mode will not be activated while you are recording.
i
The user can specify the time elapsed before the power save function is
activated (page 137).
i
When the camera is connected to a computer or printer using the
dedicated USB interface cable, the power save function is disabled, and
the camera turns off after about 12 hours.
Monitor unit
ON/OFF button
