Nikon Coolpix S560 Users Manual

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d Date
Set the camera clock and choose home and travel destination time zones.
Setting Travel Destination Time Zone
1Use the multi selector to choose Time zone 
and press k.
The time zone menu is displayed.
2Choose x and press k.
The date and time displayed on the monitor changes 
according to the region currently selected.
Date
Set camera clock to current date and time.
See “Setting Display Language, Date and Time” (A16) for more...

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3Press K.
The home time zone display appears.
4Press J or K to choose the travel destination 
time zone (city name).
To use the camera in an area where daylight saving time 
is in effect, press H to display the W mark on the top of 
the monitor and set the daylight saving time. When the 
daylight saving time goes into effect, the time is 
automatically advanced one hour.
To release the daylight saving time setting, press I.
Press k...

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CTime Zones (A16)
The camera supports the time zones listed below. For time differences not listed below, set the 
camera clock to local time.
UTC +/–LocationUTC +/–Location
–11 Midway, Samoa +1 Madrid, Paris, Berlin
–10 Hawaii, Tahiti +2 Athens, Helsinki, Ankara
–9 Alaska, Anchorage +3Moscow, Riyadh, Kuwait, 
Manama, Nairobi
–8PST (PDT): Los Angeles, 
Seattle, Vancouver+4 Abu Dhabi, Dubai
–7MST (MDT): Denver, Phoenix, 
La Paz+5...

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e Monitor Settings
Choose whether or not to display information in the monitor, and set the monitor 
brightness.
Photo Info
The following display options are available.
See “The Monitor” (A6, 7) for information on indicators in the monitor.
Photo info
Choose information displayed in monitor during shooting and playback mode.
Brightness
Choose from five settings for monitor brightness. The default setting is 3.
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f Date Imprint
Date and time are imprinted on pictures. Date can be printed from printers that do 
not support the date imprinting (A92).
At settings other than Off, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the 
monitor (A6).
BDate Imprint
•Imprinted dates form a permanent part of image data and cannot be deleted. 
•Date imprint is disabled in the following situations.
-When the Continuous mode is set to Continuous or BSS....

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Date Counter
Pictures taken while this option is in effect are imprinted with the number of days 
remaining until, or the number of days elapsed since a specified date. Use it to 
track the growth of a child or count down the days until a birthday or wedding.
Sample date counter time stamps are shown below.
Stored dates
Up to three dates can be stored. To set, choose an 
option, press the multi selector K, enter a Date 
(A16), and...

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g Vibration reduction
Specify the vibration reduction setting for shooting pictures. Vibration reduction 
effectively corrects blur that commonly occurs when shooting with zooming or at 
slow shutter speeds.
Turn vibration reduction off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during 
shooting.
When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed on the 
monitor during shooting (When off is selected, an icon for...

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h AF Assist
Change settings for AF-assist illumination.
u Digital Zoom
Adjust settings for using digital zoom.
BNotes on Digital Zoom
•When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A103).
•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When the Scene auto selector mode is selected.
- When Scene Mode is set to Portrait or Night portrait.
- When the smile mode is selected.
- When Continuous mode is set to...

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i Sound Settings
Adjust the following sound settings.
k Auto Off
When the camera is on and a period of time passes without any operations been 
done, the camera will enter standby mode (A15) to save power. Once in standby 
mode, the power lamp will blink, and if no operations are performed for another 
three minutes the camera turns off. The time taken to enter standby mode can be 
set to 30 s, 1 m (default setting), 5 m, or 30 m....

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l Format Memory/m Format Card
Use this option to format the internal memory or a memory card.
Formatting the Internal Memory
To format the internal memory, remove the memory 
card from the camera.
The Format memory option appears in the setup 
menu.
Formatting a Memory Card
When the memory card is inserted in the camera, the 
Format card option appears in the setup menu.
BFormatting Internal Memory and Memory Cards
•Formatting the...