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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Digital Camera
VPC-AZ1EX
VPC-AZ1E
VPC-AZ1
Important note
This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-AZ1EX, VPC-AZ1E, and VPC-AZ1.
Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such.
Please read these instructions carefully before using the digital camera. Make sure to read and
understand the section “USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY” on pages 3
to 13. Keep this manual in a safe place for later reference.
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TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS
APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE
FOR AMERICAN USERS
œ This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio 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:
œ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
œ Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
œ Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
œ Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
œ Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could
void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Tested To Comply With FCC Standards
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE
: VPC-AZ1
: SANYO
Declaration of Conformity
Model Number
Trade Name
Responsible party : SANYO FISHER COMPANY
Address
Telephone No.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
: 21605 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, California 91311
: (818) 998-7322
undesired operation.
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FOR CANADIAN USERS
œ This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
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BEFORE READING THE MANUAL
Microdrive and PowerPC are registered trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation.
Apple, Macintosh and QuickTime are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc.
Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
CompactFlash is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation and handed over to CFA (CompactFlash
Association).
All other company and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.
Regarding the data storage media
œ This digital camera can use both CompactFlash and Microdrive cards for data storage. This
manual is written with the premise that CompactFlash cards are used. In this manual,
CompactFlash and Microdrive cards are both referred to as “card”.
Caution
œ It is forbidden to copy this manual, whole or in part, without prior written permission.
œ All images and illustrations given in this manual are for explanation purposes and may differ
slightly from that of the actual product. Also, actual specifications are subject to change without
prior notice and therefore may differ from the contents of this manual.
œ Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any problems resulting from the use of this
digital camera.
œ Sanyo Electric declines all responsibility for damages due to improper use of the camera, failure
to adhere to the instructions given in this manual, or repairs or changes done by those other
than a technician authorized by the manufacturer.
œ Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any damage caused by optional devices or
consumable items used with the digital camera other than those supplied with the digital
camera or those specified by Sanyo Electric.
œ Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any losses or loss of revenue resulting from the
loss of data caused by the malfunction, or the repairing of a malfunction, of the digital camera.
œ The images captured with this camera will differ in quality from pictures taken with a standard
film camera.
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Symbols used in this manual
NOTE
HINT
HELP
[page xx]
Points giving some extended instructions or special points to pay attention to.
Points that may prove useful when using the digital camera.
In case of a problem, this may help in certain situations.
Refer to the page indicated in brackets for detailed information.
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CONTENTS
USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PREPARATION
USING THE HAND-STRAP AND SOFT CASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
QUICK START FOR CAPTURING IMAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PARTS NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PREPARATION OF BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE CARDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
DISPLAYING THE SETTING SCREEN AND OPTION SETTING SCREEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PLAYBACK SETTING SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
OPTION SETTING SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
INFORMATION DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SETTING SCREEN BASIC OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SETTING THE DATE AND TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
REMAINING BATTERY CHARGE INDICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
CHECKING THE REMAINING NUMBER OF IMAGES, VIDEO RECORDING TIME, AND
AUDIO RECORDING TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CONCERNING IMAGE AND AUDIO DATA STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SHOOTING AND RECORDING
SETTING THE SHOOTING MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SETTING THE RESOLUTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SETTING THE COMPRESSION RATIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CAPTURING IMAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SEQUENTIAL SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
VIDEO CLIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
USING THE AUTOFOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
USING THE VARIOUS SHOOTING FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
ADDING A VOICE MEMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
PERFORMING AN AUDIO RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
EXPOSURE CORRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SETTING THE EXPOSURE CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SETTING QUICK SHOT (STILL IMAGE SHOOTING ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SETTING THE ISO SENSITIVITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
FLICKER REDUCTION SETTING (VIDEO CLIP SHOOTING ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SETTING THE ZOOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SETTING THE NOISE REDUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SETTING THE LIGHT MEASURING METHOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SETTING THE FOCUS METHOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SCENE SELECT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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PLAYBACK DATA
SETTING THE PLAYBACK MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
ENLARGING (ZOOMING IN) THE IMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
PLAYING BACK IMAGES ON A TV SET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
LISTENING TO AUDIO RECORDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
OTHER FUNCTIONS
ADDING A VOICE MEMO (ADD AUDIO FUNCTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ENTERING TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
RESIZING IMAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
IMAGE PROTECT MODE (PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL ERASURE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
ERASING DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
COPYING IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
AUTO ROTATE PLAYBACK SETTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
REQUESTING PRINTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
REFORMATTING THE CARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
SETTING THE OPERATIONAL SOUNDS (BEEPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
DISCHARGING THE BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
SETTING THE TV SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
APPENDICES
TROUBLESHOOTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND
CORRECTLY
CONCERNING THE DIGITAL CAMERA
WARNING
I If the digital camera makes a strange noise, emits a strange odor, or if
smoke comes out from it, immediately turn off the power and remove
the batteries
œ If the digital camera is used under these conditions, it may cause a fire
or electric shock. Immediately turn off the digital camera, remove the
batteries, and wait to make sure no more smoke comes from the digital
camera. Then take it to the dealer for service. Do not try to repair or
open the digital camera yourself.
I Do not modify or open the cabinet
œ High voltage circuits are inside, and there is a high risk of fire or electric
shock if they are touched. Any internal check, setting, or repair should
be performed by the dealer.
I Do not use while driving
œ Do not capture images, play back images, or watch the LCD monitor
while driving a vehicle. Doing so may cause an accident.
œ Be careful where you put down the digital camera inside an automobile.
During sudden stops or turns it may fall behind the brake pedal and
prevent braking.
œ When using the digital camera while walking, be very careful of your
surroundings and especially the traffic to avoid accidents.
I Be aware of your surroundings when using the digital camera
œ Pay close attention to your surroundings when using the digital camera.
Failure to do so may lead to an accident or injury.
œ Do not use the digital camera inside an airplane or elsewhere where its
use may be restricted.
I Do not get the digital camera wet
œ This digital camera is not water-resistant. Do not allow it to get wet for it
may cause a fire or electric shock.
œ Do not use the digital camera in a bathroom.
œ If the digital camera gets wet, immediately turn it off and remove the
batteries. Then take it to the dealer for repair. Using the digital camera
after it has been become wet may cause a fire, electric shock, or other
accident.
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