Sanyo VPC-HD2000EX, VPC-HD2000, VPC-HD2000GX User Manual

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QUICK GUIDE

Dual Camera

Important note

This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-HD2000EX, VPC-HD2000 and VPC-HD2000GX. Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such.

Please read these instructions carefully before using the camera. Make sure to read and understand the separate booklet “SAFETY MANUAL”. Keep this manual in a safe place for later reference.

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CONTENTS

This book explains the basic operation of your camera. For a detailed explanation, please see the Instruction Manual that accompanied your camera.

ABOUT THIS MANUAL ......................................................................... 2

PARTS NAMES ..................................................................................... 3

INSTALLING THE CARD ....................................................................... 5

CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK ....................................................... 6

TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF ............................................... 8

DATE AND TIME SETTING ................................................................... 9

SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING MODE AND PLAYBACK

MODE .............................................................................................. 11

SIMPLE MODE/NORMAL MODE ........................................................ 12

VIDEO CLIP RECORDING .................................................................. 19

SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS .............................................................. 20

PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMAGES ......................... 22

USING THE Xacti Library .................................................................... 25

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ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This instruction manual explains the basic operation of your camera. For complete information on the operation and use of your camera, please read the PDF files in the CD-ROM (Xacti Software CD) included with the camera.

About the PDF-format Instruction Manuals

Instruction manuals for the Camera and the Xacti Software CD are stored as PDF files in the CD-ROM (Xacti Software CD). To read the PDF files, you will need Adobe is not installed in your computer, install it from the CD-ROM (Xacti Software CD). An English version of Adobe (Xacti Software CD). If you need a version for a different language, you can download it from the web site given below (Adobe

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

k To install Acrobat Reader

For information on how to use Acrobat Reader, read the Help files of Acrobat Reader.

Acrobat® Reader is provided on the CD-ROM

Installing to a Windows computer

1 Set the CD-ROM (Xacti Software CD) in the DVD drive.

The installation window soon appears.

If the installation window does not appear, double-click on the [Sanyo DSC (D:)] icon in the My Computer window, and double-click on [Autorun.exe] in the [Sanyo DSC (D:)] window. * The drive name (D:) may be different on your computer.

2 In the installation window, click on [Adobe Reader 9].

Installation begins. Follow the messages that appear on your screen to complete the installation.

When installation is completed, restart your computer.

Installing to a Macintosh computer

Double-click the installer icon located inside the Adobe Reader folder that is in the CD-ROM.

When the installer window opens, follow the instructions given on the screen and complete the installation of Acrobat Reader.

k How to view the PDF-file Instruction Manuals

Insert the CD-ROM (Xacti Software CD) in your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

The installation window appears.

2 In the installation window, click on [Instruction Manuals (PDF)].

The list of languages in which the instruction manual is available appears.

3 Click on the language of your choice.

The folder containing the instruction manual opens.

Double-click on the icon to view the instruction manual.

Acrobat® Reader 4.0 or later. If one

Reader).

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SETUP SETUP

PART S N A M E S

Camera

Front

Flash

i Extends when the flash button [?]

is pressed.

Shoe cover

Strap holder

Flash button [?]

Battery cover lock

Battery cover

Flash unit

Lens

Remote control sensor

Mic/headphones teminal

cover [MIC/ ]

Monitor unit

Stereo microphone

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Rear

Speaker

Monitor

SIMPLE/NORMAL switch

Bottom

ON/OFF button

Docking station terminal

Zoom switch

Multi-indicator

PHOTO VIEW button

REC/PLAY switch

[] button

MENU button

SET button

Card slot cover

DC IN terminal cover

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Tripod stand hole

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INSTALLING THE CARD

1 Open the card slot cover, and

insert the card in the card slot.

Card slot cover

2 Insert the card all the way in.

h Firmly inser t the card until it

clicks into place.

3 Close the card slot cover.

h To remove the card, press it in, and then release. The card will

protrude slightly, and you can then pull it out.

SD Memory Card

Card slot

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CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK

1 While pressing the battery

cover lock, slide it (1), and

pull out the battery cover

toward the bottom of the

camera (2).

h The battery cover comes off.

2 Insert the battery pack.

h Take care that it is positioned correctly.

Battery pack

Battery cover

Battery cover lock

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CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK

3 Replace the battery cover.

h Raise the edge of the battery

pack to remove it.

4 Close the camera’s monitor

unit, and set the camera in the docking station.

h Set the camera securely,

making sure that the camera

is correctly oriented in relation

to the terminal contacts in the

docking station. h Charging begins when the

camera is set in the docking

station. h During charging, the multi-

indicator is lit red. When

charging is completed, the

indicator turns off. h If the multi-indicator flashes

red, it indicates that the

battery pack is defective or

the camera is not correctly set

in the docking station. Reset

the camera correctly in the

docking station. h The charging time is approx.

200 minutes.

Multi-indicator

DC IN terminal

Docking station terminal

To p o w e r outlet

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TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF

Turning on the camera

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1 Set the REC/PLAY switch.

To shoot pictures:

Set to REC.

To play back images:

Set to PLAY.

2 Open the monitor unit.

3 Press the ON/OFF button for

at least 1 second.

h The camera turns on.

h If the date and time have not

been set, the screen to set the date and time is shown on the monitor.

REC/PLAY switch

Recording

Monitor unit

Monitor

Turning off the camera

1 Press the ON/OFF button for at least 1 second.

h The camera turns off.

Playback

ON/OFF button

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DATE AND TIME SETTING

The camera will record the date and time an image or audio recording is taken so that you can display them during playback. Therefore, before capturing images, make sure the correct date and time are set.

Example: To set the clock to 7:30 p.m. on December 24, 2009

1 Turn on the camera (page 8), and

press the SET button.

h The Clock Set Screen appears. h Follow the procedures below to

enable or disable the date

display during playback, to set

the display format for the date,

and to set the date and time. h To display the Recording or

Playback Screen, press the

MENU button 2 times.

2 Set the date.

1 Select “DATE”. 2 Press the SET button.

h The Set Date Screen

appears.

3 Set the date to “2009/12/24”.

h The date is set in the

following order: Set the year → Set the month → Set the day.

h Toggle the SET button left or

right to select year, month or day. Toggle the SET button up or down to increase or decrease the number.

4 Press the SET button.

CLOCK SET

DATE TIME DISP

CLOCK SET

DATE

2009/02/01 00:00 Y / M / D

2009/12/24

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3 Set the clock.

1 Select “TIME”.

2 Press the SET button.

h The Set Time Screen appears.

3 Set the time to “19:30”.

h The time is set in the following order: Set the hour → Set the

minute.

h A 24-hour clock is used for the time display.

4 Press the SET button.

4 Set the order in which the date is displayed during playback.

1 Select “DISP”.

2 Press the SET button.

h The Set Date Format Screen appears.

3 Toggle the SET button up or down.

h Toggle the SET button up to change the displayed date order as

follows:

Y/M/D → M/D/Y → D/M/Y

Toggle the SET button down to change it in the reverse order.

4 Press the SET button.

5 Press the MENU button.

h The date and time setting is completed.

h To display the Recording or Playback Screen, press the MENU button.

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SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING MODE AND PLAYBACK MODE

Switch between the recording mode (for recording) and the playback mode (for viewing your recorded images).

1 Turn on the camera (page 8).

2 Set the REC/PLAY switch to the

desired mode. For recording:

Set it to REC.

For playback:

Set it to PLAY.

REC/PLAY button

Recording

mode

Playback

mode

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SIMPLE MODE/NORMAL MODE

Switching between the SIMPLE and NORMAL modes

Use the SIMPLE/NORMAL switch, located next to the monitor, to switch between the SIMPLE and NORMAL modes.

1 Set the SIMPLE/NORMAL switch to the desired mode.

SIMPLE mode:

Set it to SIMPLE.

NORMAL mode:

Set it to NORMAL.

SIMPLE/NORMAL switch

SIMPLE mode NORMAL mode

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SIMPLE MODE/NORMAL MODE

Accessing/exiting the SIMPLE/NORMAL Mode Menu Screen

1 Set the camera to the recording or playback mode.

h Use the REC/PLAY switch to select the recording mode or playback

mode. To access the Recording Menu:

Set the switch to REC. To access the Playback Menu:

Set the switch to PLAY.

2 Set the camera to the SIMPLE mode or NORMAL mode.

h Use the SIMPLE/NORMAL switch to select the desired mode.

To select the SIMPLE mode:

Set the switch to SIMPLE. To select the NORMAL mode:

Set the switch to NORMAL.

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3 Press the MENU button.

h The Menu Screen for the mode you selected in steps 1 and 2 appears

on the monitor. Display the SIMPLE Mode Setting Menu → go to page 15, step 4. Display the NORMAL Mode Setting Menu → go to page 16, step 4.

h To cancel the Menu Screen, press the MENU button.

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RECORDING MENU

VIDEO

PHOTO

SCENE SELECT FILTER

1 2

FLASH

SELF-TIMER

<Example: NORMAL Mode

Recording Menu>

Select video clip and photo size

<Example: SIMPLE Mode

Recording Menu>

OKEXIT

MENU button

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SIMPLE MODE/NORMAL MODE

To access the SIMPLE Mode Setting Menu Screen

4 Toggle the SET button up or down to select the item you wish to

change, and press the SET button.

h The Setting Screen for the selected item appears.

Select an item to change

Description of selected item

Select video clip and photo size

OKEXIT

To keep in HDTV size

HDTV size 8M [4:3]

OKEXIT

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To access a NORMAL Mode Setting Menu

4 Toggle the SET button up or down to select a tab.

h The Menu Screen for the selected tab appears.

Ta b

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5 Toggle the SET button to the right.

RECORDING MENU

VIDEO

PHOTO

SCENE SELECT FILTER

1 2

FLASH

SELF-TIMER

RECORDING MENU

VIDEO

PHOTO

SCENE SELECT FILTER

1 2

FLASH

SELF-TIMER

OKEXIT

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SIMPLE MODE/NORMAL MODE

6 Toggle the SET button up or down to select the item you wish to

change, and press the SET button.

h The Setting Screen for the selected item appears. h To return to the Menu Screen, press the MENU button.

Select an item to change

RECORDING MENU

VIDEO

PHOTO

SCENE SELECT FILTER

1 2

FLASH

SELF-TIMER

PHOTO

4000×3000

3264×2448

3264×1840 [16:9 1920×1080 [16:9 1600×1200

OKEXIT

Applicable mode

] ]

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HINT About the applicable mode indicator

i This indicator shows the shooting mode(s) for which the selected setting is

effective.

: This setting is effective during still image shooting. : This setting is effective during video clip recording.

: This setting is effective during still image shooting and video clip

SIMPLE

recording.

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VIDEO CLIP RECORDING

REC00:00:09

1 Turn on the camera

(page 8), and set it to the recording mode (page 11).

2 Press the [ ] button.

h Recording begins. h It is not necessary to

keep the [ ] button

pressed while recording. h If you press the [ ]

button while recording,

you can capture a still

image. h When the remaining

recording time available

for the currently recording

clip becomes little, a

countdown of the

remaining recording time

appears on the display.

3 End the recording.

h Press the [ ] button

again to stop recording.

[] button

Recording time

REC00:00:09

Available recording time

remaining

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SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS

Capture a still image (single-shot).

1 Turn on the camera (page 8),

and set it to the recording

mode (page 11).

2 Press the [ ] button.

1 Press the [ ] button

halfway.

h The autofocus operates,

and the image is focused (focus lock).

2 Continue to gently press

the [ ] button all the way.

h The shutter releases and

the image is captured.

h You can view the captured

image on the monitor by keeping the [ ] button depressed when you capture the image (postview).

Target mark

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[] button

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SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS

Using the flash

1 Press the m button to open the

flash unit.

h The flash unit opens.

2 Display the SIMPLE Mode Recording Menu (page 13), select the

flash setting, and press the SET button.

h The screen to select the flash operation appears.

9: The camera detects the subject brightness and uses the flash only

when necessary.

:: The flash operates with every image captured regardless of the

conditions.

;: The flash does not operate even in dark situations. <: The camera detects the subject brightness and uses the flash only

when required. At this time the flash operates in a manner that reduces the red reflection (“red-eye”) in the subject’s eyes.

3 Select the desired flash operation, and press the SET button.

h This completes the flash operation setting.

4 Press the [ ] button to take the picture.

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PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMAGES

1 Set the REC/PLAY switch to PLAY.

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2 Select the image to play back.

h Toggle the SET button left,

right, up or down to move the orange frame to the file you wish to play back.

h The image information for the

framed image is shown at the bottom of the screen.

3 Press the SET button.

h Playback begins.

Orange frame

2009. 12.25 14:25

37.6MB

Full-HR

100-0006

00:00:25

SET button

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PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMAGES

Video clip playback operation

To do this... Do this

Normal forward playback Press the SET button.

Stop playback During playback, toggle the SET button down.

Pause

To play back

one image

at a time

(single-

frame step)

playback

accelerate

playback

Return to normal playback

During forward

playback

During reverse

playback

During forward

Slow

Adjusting the volume

playback

During reverse

playback

Forward

playback

Reverse

playback

speed

During playback, press the SET button or toggle the SET button up. During accelerated playback, toggle the SET button up.

After pausing playback, toggle the SET button to the right.

After pausing playback, toggle the SET button to the left.

After pausing playback, press and hold the SET button to the right.

After pausing playback, press and hold the SET button to the left.

During forward playback, toggle the SET button to the right. h The playback speed changes each time the

SET button is toggled to the right, as

follows: Normal playback Toggle the SET button to the left to resume normal playback speed.

During forward playback, toggle the SET button to the left. h The playback speed changes each time the

SET button is toggled to the left, as follows: 15× ← 10× ← 5× Toggle the SET button to the right to resume normal playback speed.

Press the SET button.

Louder: During playback, push the zoom

Softer: During playback, push the zoom

→ 2× → 5× → 10× → 15×

switch toward the [T] side.

switch toward the [W] side.

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HINT If the a appears on the playback Screen...

i The a icon appears when playing back a file that was saved in

segments. Although playback of these multiple files is continuous, there is a slight pause at the point where the files are joined.

Playing back a slideshow

You can play back files in succession with the “slideshow playback” feature.

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1 Display the Playback Screen, and

press the MENU button.

h The Playback Menu Screen

appears.

2 From “PLAYBACK MENU 1”

select “SLIDESHOW”, and press the SET button.

h The Slideshow Screen appears.

=: Play back all files. 3: Play back video clips and audio

files.

c: Play back still image files.

3 Select the type of file to play back, and press the SET button.

h Slideshow playback begins. h To stop slideshow playback, press the SET button or MENU button.

SLIDESHOW

ALL VIDEO PHOTO

START

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USING THE Xacti Library

Copy files

1 Turn on the power to the devices in the following order: camera →

hard disk → TV.

h If your hard disk is one that can turn ON/OFF automatically, it will do

so when the camera is turned ON/OFF.

h The Playback Screen for the last roll that was copied appears.

2 Press the MENU button.

h The Xacti Library Menu appears.

DATA TRANSFER:

Copy files from the card to the hard disk.

SELECT PLAY FILE:

Play back files that were copied to the hard disk.

EDIT ALBUM:

Create and edit albums.

3 Select “DATA TRANSFER”, and

press the SET button.

h The Data Transfer Screen

appears.

BEGIN TRANSFER:

Begin file copying.

TRANSFER SETTINGS:

Set the transfer settings.

Xacti Library MENU

DATA TRANSFER SELECT PLAY FILE

EDIT ALBUM

SET

OKEXIT

DATA TRANSFER

16File 173MB Free:4.8GB

BEGIN TRANSFER TRANSFER SETTINGS

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4 Select “BEGIN TRANSFER” and press the SET button.

h File copying begins. h When copying is completed, the Transfer Complete Confirmation

Screen appears.

5 Press the SET button.

h When copying is completed, you are returned to the Xacti Library

Menu.

HINT After step 1, does the screen to create a library appear?

i If the hard disk is being used for the first time with the Xacti Library, a

screen confirming that you wish to create a library appears. Select “YES” and press the SET button, and the Xacti Library Menu will appear.

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USING THE Xacti Library

Play back files

1 Select “SELECT PLAY FILE”, and

press the SET button.

h The screen to select the

playback files appears.

Library ROLL:

Specify a roll from the list of rolls.

Library CALENDAR:

Specify a capture date from the calendar.

ALBUM:

Play back an album.

CARD:

Play back the files on a card.

2 Select “Library ROLL”, and press

the SET button.

h The list of rolls appears.

3 Select the desired roll to play

back, and press the SET button.

h The rest of the playback

procedure is the same as normal camera operation.

SELECT PLAY FILE

Library ROLL

Library CALENDAR

ALBUM

CARD

SELECT PLAY FILE

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