Sony COM-2 User Manual

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Supplement

Video Camera (compliant with Ver.1.200 or later) 2

Photo and video upload (compliant with Ver.1.200 or later) 4

Video (compliant with Ver.1.100 or later) 6

Game (compliant with Ver.1.200 or later) 7

SHOUTcast Widget (compliant with Ver.1.100 or later) 8

Shortcuts for Web (compliant with Ver.1.200 or later) 9

URL input box and navigation bar of the Web browser

Formatting a “Memory Stick Duo” 10

Optimizing System Memory

(compliant with Ver.1.100 or later)

(compliant with Ver.1.200 or later)

(compliant with Ver.1.200 or later) 11

About the supplied “Operating Instructions” manual (PDF)

To download the latest version of “Operating Instructions” manual (PDF), visit the following Web site: http://www.sony.com/mylo/support

Note

The “Operating Instructions” manual (PDF) does not include the

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contents of this “Supplement” booklet. Be sure to keep this booklet for your reference.

Video Camera (compliant with Ver.1.200 or later)

You can shoot videos and photos using the camera of this unit.

Shooting Videos

On the Home menu, select “Camera,” followed by “Video Camera.” The Standby screen appears.

Thumbnail

Select to start shooting a video.

Select to stop shooting the video.

Hints

To take a photo, select “Camera” from the Home menu, followed by “Still Camera.” For

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details on how to take photos, refer to the “Operating Instructions” manual (PDF).

You can also use the shutter button, the Operation key or the Enter key on the keyboard

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to start/stop shooting videos.

When you start up the camera by pressing and holding the shutter button, the still

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camera monitor screen is displayed. Select “Video Camera” from the OPTION menu to change to the video Standby screen.

The maximum video length is 10 minutes for 1 video.

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Even if the destination folder is set to “Memory Stick,” videos may be saved on the

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internal memory if a “Memory Stick Duo” is not inserted into this unit.

Videos are saved in the “MP_ROOT” folder of either the “Memory Stick Duo” or the

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internal memory that is set as the destination.

Notes

You cannot disable the start/stop sound for the video shooting from the loudspeaker.

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If you use a “Memory Stick Duo” that was formatted using a computer, reformat it using

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the “Format Storage” function of the unit ( page 10).

If the recording continues to fail unintentionally with the WIRELESS LAN switch set to

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“OFF,” an error may occur to the file system. The following message is displayed: “Failed to continue recording video. If the WIRELESS LAN switch is ON, please turn it OFF.” In this case, formatting of the save destination may recover the file system. Backing up data on the destination to your PC, etc., before formatting the destination is highly recommended, because all of the data on it will erased.

If an incoming Skype call occurs during recording, the recording will be stopped.

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Viewing a video

On the Standby screen, tapping the thumbnail at the bottom right starts the playback of the last shot video. To go back to the Standby screen, tap the BACK button.

Hint

You can also play back the video by tapping “Video” on the Home menu.

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Changing to the still camera/changing the save to destination of videos

Select the desired item from the OPTION menu on the Standby screen to take a photo or to change the save to destination.

Item Result or setting options

Still Camera Changes to still camera for taking photos.

Save To Sets the media to which videos are saved.

Video Camera supported formats

Supported file format: Memory Stick Video Format Supported video codec: MPEG-4 Simple Profile Bit rate: 384 kbps Frame rate: 15 fps Resolution: 320 × 240 Supported audio codec: AAC-LC Bit rate: 64 kbps Sampling frequency: 24 kHz

Photo and video upload (compliant with Ver.1.200 or later)

There are many Web sites where you can upload photos and videos, such as social networking services, digital photography services, etc. You can upload photos and videos easily by registering Web sites in advance.

Registering Web sites

On the Home menu, select “Web,” and then display the desired Web site of “Jump to upload site” from the OPTION menu of “Photo” or “Video.” Tap “Add as upload site” from the OPTION menu, and then tap “Photo” or “Video.” Tap “OK” to complete the registration.

Hints

When you put a checkmark on “Set as upload site,” the Web site will be displayed when

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you select “Jump to upload site” from the OPTION menu of “Photo” or “Video.”

To register a Web site by inputting its URL, select “Photo” or “Video” on the Home

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menu, followed by “Upload Settings” from the OPTION menu and “New.”

The following Web sites are set by default as a upload sites:

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Photos: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?ref=sb Videos: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload?client=web-sony-us-mylo

Note

The maximum number of Web sites that can be registered is 10 each for photos and

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videos.

Uploading photos and videos

On the Home menu, select “Photo” or “Video,” then display the desired photo or video for upload. Tap “Jump to upload site” from the OPTION menu and a registered Web site will be displayed. Follow the instruction of the Web site to upload files. Following these steps makes the upload process easier, because the file you want to upload that is displayed on the “Photo” or “Video” screen has already been selected as the upload file from the file selection dialog, and you do not need to select the file from the file tree.

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