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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Page 1: ... you use the Toshiba Sora T10 PDR T10 Digital Still Camera safely and correctly read this lnstruction Manual carefully before you start us ing the camera Once you have finished reading this lnstruction Manual keep it handy at all times ...

Page 2: ...io communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Change the direction of the radio or TV antenna ...

Page 3: ... Corporation your camera may violate FCC regulations Violation of FCC regulations may cause the FCC to void your right to use the modified camera TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC Imaging Systems Division 9740 Irvine Boulevard Irvine California 92618 1697 Phone Number 800 288 1354 For customers in Canada CAUTION This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Attention continu...

Page 4: ...ompanies or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies NOTES ON COPYRIGHT Images taken with digital still cameras are for personal enjoyment only and should not be used indicated distributed or exhibited etc otherwise without the permission of the copyright holder as per copyright laws Note that photographing some performances exhibitions etc is restricted ev...

Page 5: ...to the help file Installing the image viewing software page 42 USB driver for Windows 98 only Install this to connect the camera to a computer using the supplied USB cable This driver is exclusively used for Windows 98 If you use a Macintosh computer or Windows 2000 ME or XP use the standard driver for that operating system Installing the USB Driver page 43 Service and Support file This includes i...

Page 6: ... of or the inability to use this unit Toshiba Corporation accepts no liability whatsoever for any damages arising from the incorrect use not in compliance with instructions in this instruction manual Toshiba Corporation accepts no liability whatsoever for any damages arising from malfunctions arising from combination with equipment or software that is not related to Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Cor...

Page 7: ...e is damaged immediately turn the power OFF and remove the batteries and AC adapter Continued use in this state might cause fire or electric shock For details on repair consult the store of purchase or please contact the technical support number Do not use in areas near water This might cause fire or electric shock Take special care during rain snow on the beach or near the shore Do not use the ca...

Page 8: ...ed batteries or the specified AC adapter Use of a battery or AC adapter other than specified might cause fire defects or malfunctions WARNING Keep the batteries out of the reach of children If a child swallows a battery this might result in poisoning If a child swallows a battery immediately consult a physician If battery fluid enters the eyes immediately rinse with fresh water and consult a physi...

Page 9: ...eating or bursting of the battery Do not play the supplied CD ROM with a regular CD player This might damage the headphone or speaker and may injure your ears Do not leave the camera in places where the temperature may rise significantly such as inside a car This might adversely affect the case or the parts inside resulting in fire Do not place or wrap the camera in cloth or blankets This might ca...

Page 10: ...a New batteries refers either to recently purchased never used Nickel or Lithium batteries or to Nickel Metal Hydrogen NiMh or Nickel Cadmium batteries that have recently been charged simultaneously Do not use different types of batteries together or mix old and new batteries Doing so might cause them to rupture ignite or heat up resulting in fire major injury or damaging the camera Do not remove ...

Page 11: ...set Conditions of Recording menu 32 Color 32 ISO Sensitivity 32 Exposure Compensation 32 White Balance 33 Image Quality 33 Preview 33 LCD Monitor Brightness 33 Playing Erasing Images Playing 34 Displaying a List of Images Thumbnail Display 35 Erasing Images 36 Zoom Play 37 Changing Settings of Play Menu 38 LCD Monitor Brightness 38 DPOF Digital Print Order Format 38 Display switching 39 Slide Show...

Page 12: ...and and dust If the camera comes into contact with sand or dust not only will the camera become damaged it will also no longer be repairable Pay special attention when using the camera at the beach or where sand or dust is likely to be present Notes On Condensation Due to a sudden change in temperature such as when you move the camera from a cold location to a warm one water droplets condensation ...

Page 13: ...f pictures taken may vary depending on individual brand of the battery length of storage since manufacture temperature and operating condition of the digital camera such as flash Moreover if the polarities of the batteries or and the terminal of the camera that come in contact with the electrodes are contaminated electricity will not flow properly and as a result may decrease the number of photogr...

Page 14: ...ug Do not disconnect the connector cable by pulling the actual cable Do not drop the AC adapter or subject it to strong impacts Do not use the AC adapter in very hot and humid locations Do not plug in the AC adapter while you are using the battery Switch the camera OFF first The AC adapter is for indoor use only Use only the specified AC adapter Do not use other AC adapters The AC adapter may some...

Page 15: ...ble memory capacity is lower than the indicated capacity SD card is already formatted and can be used as such If you should want to reformat a card in order to delete images or folders however be sure to do so on the camera Formatting the SD memory card on other devices on which the SD logo mark is not indicated computers etc may result in problems such as the inability to read or write data It is...

Page 16: ...nitor brightness Play menu LCD monitor Brightness DPOF Display switch Slide show Protect Setup menu Reset Language Auto mode switch Date and time Sound Touch sensor Auto power off Version information Format Display key P 25 34 Switches the characters and icons on the screen to display not to display Also the settings below can be activated when the icon is displayed During photography mode Scene m...

Page 17: ...y Key Zoom Key Mode Key Indicator Shutter button Touch sensor P 23 24 Power switch P 21 LCD monitor Digital terminal P 43 DC IN 5V terminal P 19 Lit red Loading termination recording reading in progress Blinks red Auto focus error flash charging in progress Lit green Auto focus normal lock Blinks green Self timer operating in progress Names of Parts Important Magnet is used on the front side of th...

Page 18: ...ide the battery SD card cover 1 and open it 2 2 Remove from the bottom of the face pad 3 Detach the hook on the top of the face pad from the camera Attaching the Face Pad 1 Open the battery SD card cover 2 Hook the top of the face pad to the camera 3 Press the bottom of the face pad onto the camera until a click is heard and the face pad is securely attached Check that there is no gap between the ...

Page 19: ...atteries in the correct direction as shown in the figure 2 above 3 Close the battery SD card cover Close the battery SD card cover 1 and slide it 2 Make sure that the battery cover is firmly closed Removing the Batteries Before you remove the batteries be sure to turn the camera OFF If the battery is removed with the power ON it may cause malfunction and damage important data Battery Wear When the...

Page 20: ...nnect the AC adapter be sure to turn the camera OFF If the AC adapter is connected or disconnected with the power ON it may cause malfunction and damage important data If the AC adapter is used when the termination is not properly operated the camera may not startup properly Turn on the power again to resume operation You cannot use this camera to charge the batteries To charge the batteries such ...

Page 21: ... SD card cover 1 and open it 2 3 Make sure that the SD card is inserted in the correct direction as shown in the figure 3 above Make sure that the card is inserted as far as it can go 4 Close the battery SD card cover Close the battery SD card cover 1 and slide it 2 Make sure that the battery cover is firmly closed Removing SD card 1 Make sure that the camera power is turned OFF If the power is ON...

Page 22: ...turns the power OFF to preserve battery life To return to the normal state slide the POWER switch The default setting of auto power off is 1 minute Auto power off page 47 After the power is turned ON it may take a few seconds to charge the flash The indicator blinks red and the monitor turns OFF while the flash charging is in progress Photography is not possible while the charging is in progress W...

Page 23: ...y 2 Touch the setup Icon 3 Select the date and time setting screen with icon or 4 Touch SET at the center of the screen 5 Select and touch the item you wish to change and change with and 6 After changing to the present date and time touch OK The current date and time are set and the camera returns to the date and time setting screen Reset Reset Date time set Date time set 2002 01 01 00 00 2002 01 ...

Page 24: ...y switches to the photography mode This is called the Touch sensor function The shutter button senses that a human finger has touched it The touch sensor function can be turned on and off Touch sensor page 47 For some people and under certain weather conditions the touch sensor function may not work well When you take a photo Auto mode switch function When a specific period of time elapses after y...

Page 25: ...be set to a proper value a low pitched tone is produced and the indicator flashes red In this case the focus is locked to infinity 1 5 meters when using the flash and the exposure is locked to the closest value 4 From the half pressed position press the shutter button further in The photo is taken If the shutter button is fully pressed at once without pausing at the half pressed position the photo...

Page 26: ...check the camera s status in the photography mode Also display the photograph information before changing the scene mode flash and self timer settings Setting the scene mode page 26 Setting the flash page 28 Self timer photography page 30 In the photography mode Switching the mode page 23 1 Touch the display key The photograph information is displayed If you press the display key again photograph ...

Page 27: ...ene mode settings are not canceled even if the power is turned OFF or the Auto Power OFF function is activated If the batteries are removed or the AC adapter is disconnected the settings will return to their defaults Auto 3 Select the optimum scene mode for the photograph conditions and touch the corresponding icon The selected scene mode icon is displayed Setting the Scene Mode When the photograp...

Page 28: ...pes Available flash Suppressed Flash Sports Select this option to take photographs of fast moving subjects Available flash Suppressed Flash Portrait Select this option to take photographs of people Available flash Auto Red Eye Reduction Red Eye Forced Flash Macro Select this option to take photographs in a distance of 20cm to 40cm Available flash Suppressed Flash Force Flash Night Select this opti...

Page 29: ...fective firing distance of the flash is approximately OOm to OOm In the photography mode Switching the mode page 23 For descriptions of each flash setting see the following page If you take a photo in the Slow Synchro mode at a place with a dark background or in the Suppressed Flash mode at a dark place the shutter speed slows down To prevent hand shake we recommend you to place the camera on a st...

Page 30: ...ents Auto Red Eye Reduction Red eye when the eyes of people in photographs are red happens when people are photographed in dark places using a flash and is caused by the light of the flash reflecting the eyes When the auto red eye reduction mode is set the flash is emitted automatically according to the conditions and red eye is reduced Red eye reduction is most effective when the people being pho...

Page 31: ...d If the information is already displayed proceed to the next step 2 Touch the self timer icon A list of self timer selection icons are displayed 4 Select the optimum self timer for the photograph conditions and touch the corresponding icon The selected flash icon is displayed For descriptions of each self timer settings see the following Takes a photo after 10 seconds Takes a photo after 2 second...

Page 32: ...e with an increased focal distance In the photography mode Switching the mode page 23 When you press the zoom key the following screens are displayed in order of 2 times 4 times no zoom on the LCD monitor 1 Touch the zoom key A x2 icon is displayed on the LCD monitor and the center of the screen is enlarged to twice the original size Memo The digital zoom is canceled if the power is turned OFF or ...

Page 33: ...s Touch or to increase or decrease the compensation value in steps of 1 The maximum compenstion value is 3 the minimum is 1 5 The default setting is 0 The types of subject for effective function and the effective setting values are as shown below 1 Touch the menu key The menu icons are displayed 2 Touch the recording menu The recording menu is displayed Touch or to scroll through the items and to ...

Page 34: ...ding the subject This color adjustment is called the white balance adjustment This setting allows you to set the white balance when taking photographs under specific lighting conditions Select and set the appropriate white balance using and Automatic adjustment Default photograpy outdoors in sunny day photograpy in cool white flourescent light Photography in standard flourescent light photograpy i...

Page 35: ...th and Display the Play Information The play information screen displays details on the image In addition a list of images thumbnails can be displayed images can be erased after displaying the play informa tion Displaying a list of images thumbnails page 35 Erasing images page 36 In the play mode Switching the mode page 23 Memo Touching at the last image displays the first image and touching at th...

Page 36: ...he play mode Switching the mode page 23 1 Touch the display key The play information screen is displayed If the information is already displayed proceed to the next step 2 Touch the thumbnail display icon Images are displayed in a list of images Thumbnail Display When an image is touched it is selected When the image is touched again it is displayed over the entire screen If there are more than 7 ...

Page 37: ...rase image is displayed at the center of the screen To erase the image touch To cancel the erasure touch Erasing all images Erases all the images and folders When the icon is touched Erase all Image is displayed at the center of the screen To erase images touch To cancel the erasure touch To display the reconfirmation screen touch A confirmation screen appears when erasing images or folders Touch ...

Page 38: ...rmation screen is display enlarged 2 Touch the zoom key icon Images are played enlarged In the play mode Switching the mode page 23 The screen on the upper left corner indicates the area currently displayed on the LCD monitor Touch or to move the section of the image displayed on the screen When you press the zoom key the following screens are displayed in order of 2 times 4 times no zoom on the L...

Page 39: ...lay menu is displayed LCD Brightness LCD Brightness Changing Settings of Play Menu Touch or to scroll through the items and to display one at a time The items on the play menu are as follows LCD Monitor Brightness Set the brightness of the LCD monitor The brightness of the LCD monitor is set somewhat on the dark side The LCD monitor is set to the normal brightness Default The brightness of the LCD...

Page 40: ... second intervals The images are displayed in order at 10 second intervals The slide show is canceled if the touch panel is touched during the slide show The auto power off function does not work during the slide show Protect Use this function to protect images against accidental erasure Touch the SET icon at the center of the screen the setting screen is displayed Select the image and touch to pr...

Page 41: ...select all the images Once the number of prints is specified for all the images you wish to print touch the menu key The number of prints for each image can be set in the range of 0 to 99 However the total number of prints is limited to 999 This camera conforms with the Print Image Matching Print Image Matching stand for the use of the assorted compatible printer with a system that simply acutuali...

Page 42: ...ing JPEG is a file format commonly used for computer image programs and on the Internet Images taken on the camera are stored in Exif format Exif is the abbreviation of Exchangeable Image File Format a color still image format for digital still cameras approved by the JEIDA Japan Electronics Industry Development Association Present JEITA Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Asso...

Page 43: ...es For Windows Applicable OS Windows 98 2000 ME XP 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Display language selection screen appears 2 Click English 3 Click Install Image Expert Follow the on screen instructions and install Image Expert For Macintosh Applicable OS Mac OS 9 0 or higher 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive 2 Double click Display language selection screen app...

Page 44: ...plied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Display language selection screen appears 2 Click English 3 Click Install driver Follow the on screen instructions and install the driver After completing the installation restart your personal computer For Windows ME 2000 XP 1 Start up the camera and PC 2 Connect the computer and camera with the supplied USB cable Connect the USB cable to the USB port of the per...

Page 45: ... accordance with the OS you are using For Windows If Image Expert and the USB driver are not yet installed first install them Installing image viewing software page 42 Installing the USB driver page 43 1 Connect the computer and camera with the USB cable When the USB cable is connected with both the computer and camera started up the computer automatically detects the camera Pay attention to the d...

Page 46: ...the USB cable 2 Launch Image Expert Open the Image Expert folder and double click Image Expert icon 3 Click Camera on the menu bar then click Connection 4 Select Connect Via to USB and click OK The SD card in the camera may not be mounted on the desktop if another USB driver is being used at the same time In this case use with only the camera connected 5 Click Camera on the menu bar then click Vie...

Page 47: ... after you take a photo and release your finger from the shutter button the mode switches to play mode This is called the Auto Mode Switch function Set the switch over duration for the play mode You can set the time within 2 to 30 seconds or set it to OFF Default Set the time with or according to your preference Reset 1 Touch the menu key Menu icon is displayed 2 Touch the setup This feature allow...

Page 48: ...ration is carried out for a fixed period of time the power is automatically turned OFF to prevent battery wear This is called Auto power off To return to the normal state slide the POWER switch If no operation is carried out for 1 minute Auto power off is activated Default If no operation is carried out for 2 minute Auto power off is activated If no operation is carried out for 3 minute Auto power...

Page 49: ...formatting touch NO If you touch YES Reset frame nomber is displayed at the center of the screen 5 Touch YES or NO If you touch YES the frame No of image the next time you photograph will start from 0001 Note that even protected images will be erased when the SD card is formatted SD card cannot be formatted when the SD card is set to write protect Notes on SD card page 14 2 Touch Format SD card at...

Page 50: ...ed Flash Suppressed Flash Slow Synchro Flash Adjusting Method Automatic Adjustment Effective range Approx 0 4m to 2 5m Date Time Simultaneously recorded to image data Exif file format Automatic calendar function Automatically adjusted until the year 2037 LCD monitor 1 6 low temperature polysilicon TFT 61 380 pixels I O terminal DC IN 5V terminal DC 5 V DIGITAL terminal USB cable connections Power ...

Page 51: ... Toshiba s homepage when purchasing the separately sold accessories AC adapter PDR AC20 This can be used with the household electric outlet Before use please read Notes on the AC Adapter page 13 Using the Power Oulet page 19 For further details see the instruction manual of the AC adapter Face pad PDR KFPI 4 face pads PDR KFPI 4 face pads For the method of replacing the face pad read Replacing the...

Page 52: ...ording is not possible The SD card is damaged The SD card format is incorrect The SD card is locked Recording is not possible The SD card is not formatted Initialized Switches to the format execution screen Folder No and file has reached its maximum value Folder with the same number exists Meaning Batteries power is below half Battery power is nearing exhaustion Batteries are completely exhausted ...

Page 53: ...to focus mechanism but under the conditions and with the subjects described below the auto focus function may not work well Subjects moving at high speed Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car body Extremely low contrast subjects such as subjects dressed in the same color as the background etc When there are objects in front of or behind the subject such as an animal in a cage or a person in ...

Page 54: ...ly by specifying the remov able disc 4 Click on Change Size in the Image menu 5 Input values at Width and Height then click OK If Keep Aspect Ratio is checked the size is changed without changing the image s vertical horizontal ratio 6 The image is displayed at its new size 7 Click on Save As in the File menu to save the image with the new size Q I am having trouble retouching the image What is th...

Page 55: ... card correctly Insert a new SD card Erase photographed images or change the size and quality to increase space on the SD card Remove the write protection or replace with a new SD card Format the SD card Insert a new SD card Turn the power on again Problem No power supply No power supply during operation The battery runs out quickly No photograph is taken when the shutter button is pressed Causes ...

Page 56: ...write protection Cancel the DPOF setting Remove the write protection Load the batteries and set the data and time Problem I cannot use the flash to take pictures I cannot set the flash The play image is too dark even though I used the flash The play image is blurred I cannot format the SD card I cannot erase one frame The set date and time disappears Causes The flash is set to Suppressed Flash mod...

Page 57: ...era accessories To find out more visit the Toshiba Digital Community at www toshiba com taisisd e mail dsc support tais toshiba com NA consommateur toshiba tsf com consumer toshiba teg com toshiba italia toshiba tuk com NA info toshiba ch enquiries toshiba tuk com dsc support tais toshiba com Phone number 800 829 8318 2956 0222 01 47 28 28 50 02131 158 01 039 6099342 270 7776 01 946 07 77 01932 82...

Page 58: ... 33 Image Viewing Software 42 Indicator 16 ISO Sensitivity 32 JPEG 41 Language 46 LCD Monitor 25 34 List of Warning Message 51 Macro 27 Menu Key 15 Mode Key 15 Mode Switch 23 Photography Information 25 Recording Menu Rec Menu 32 Photography mode 23 Play Information 34 Play Menu 38 Play Mode 23 Preview 33 Protect 39 Red eye Reduction Auto 29 Red eye Reduction Forced Flash 29 Remaining Battery Displ...

Page 59: ... by calling 800 829 8318 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m EST Monday to Friday except holidays or e mail us at dsc support tais toshiba com Toshiba America Information Systems Inc Imaging Systems Division 9740 Irvine Boulevard lrvine California 92618 1697 Website for digital cameras www toshiba co uk Technical support is available on line or by calling 0115 9766958 9 00 a m to 5 00 p m Monday to Friday except...

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