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Communications Method—defines the type of connection you want to
use between the camera and your computer.
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Baud Rate—defines the rate at which the camera and the computer
communicate. This field is grayed out if USB or IrDA is selected as the
communication method.
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Camera Name—lets you assign a unique name to your camera that is
included in every picture file.
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Firmware Version—is a read-only field that displays the camera’s
firmware version number. You can also view the camera firmware version
on the color LCD by turning the Mode Dial to Info.
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File Type—is the file format in which the camera stores all future
pictures. You can choose JPEG (.jpg), which can be used by many
software programs, or FLASHPIX (.fpx). FLASHPIX offers great
benefits such as speed in displaying your pictures and the ability to undo
and redo edits in software programs such as Picture Easy.
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Camera Date and Time—is the date and time assigned to each picture that
you take. You can set it to the same date and time as on your computer by
clicking the Set to Computer Date and Time checkbox.
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Computer Date and Time—is a read-only display of the time and date as it
is set on the computer to which the camera is connected.
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The remaining General Property settings are available only after you
click Advanced.
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Power status—displays an AC Power icon when you are using the AC
Adapter or an icon indicating the level of the camera’s battery charge.
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Time-out Settings—includes:
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AC Power Off After— turns the camera off after a period of inactivity
when using AC power.
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Battery Power Off After—turns the camera off after a period of
inactivity when using battery power.
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Quick View Display Off After—defines how long a newly captured
picture is displayed before the color LCD turns off.