Sanyo VPC J4 User Manual

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LCD MONITOR BRIGHTNESS
The brightness of the LCD monitor can be adjusted.
1 Display the Option Mode Screen (see page 36).
2 Select the monitor brightness icon  , and press the SET button.
hThe Monitor Brightness Screen appears.
3 Press the [l] or [m] arrow button.
hPressing [l] makes the screen
darker, and pressing [m] makes it
lighter.
4 Press the SET button.
hYou are returned to the Option
Mode Screen.
NOTE
iThe LCD monitor brightness cannot be adjusted when the LCD monitor is
set to OFF....

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RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUNDS 
Your digital camera can record and play back sound, just like a normal tape
recorder.
Recording 
1 Set the camera to a shooting mode, and display the Option Mode
Screen.
2 Select the audio recording icon
, and press the SET button. 
hThe Audio Recording Screen
appears. 
3 Press the shutter release but-
ton. 
hRecording begins when the
shutter release button is
pressed. Point the microphone
toward the sound you want to
record. 
h (recording) appears on the
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4 End the audio recording. 
hPress the [o] arrow button to end
the recording. You are returned to
the Audio Recording Screen. 
hWhen the remaining recording
time becomes little, a countdown
of the remaining recording time is
shown. 
hTo return to the Option Mode
Screen, in the Audio Recording
Screen mode, press the MENU
button. 
HINT 
iEach single recording can consist of up to 9 hours of recording time. 
AUDIO REC
RECORDING
Recording time (min:sec)REC (recording) indicator
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RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUNDS 
Playback 
1 Set the camera to a playback mode, and display the Option Mode
Screen (see page 36).
2 Select the audio playback icon
, and press the SET button. 
hThe Select Audio Screen appears. 
3 Press the [n] or [o] arrow button to
select the desired audio recording,
and press the SET button. 
hThe Audio Playback Screen for the
selected audio recording appears. 
AUDIO PLAYBACK
BACK TO MENU SELECT
AUDIO PLAYBACK
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4 Select the play icon  , and press
the SET button. 
hPlayback starts. 
To pause playback 
hPress the [n] button to interrupt
playback; press the SET button to
continue playback. 
To fast forward or rewind 
hFast forward: Press the [m] button. 
hRewind: Press the [l] button. 
hIf the SET button is pressed during
fast forward or rewind, playback will start. 
To adjust the volume 
1On the Audio Playback Screen, select the volume icon  , and
press the SET button. 
2Press [l] or [m] to adjust the...

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RESETTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS
The settings that were changed on all the setting screens can be reset to the 
factory-preset settings. 
1 Display the Option Mode Screen (see page 36). 
2 Select the reset settings icon  ,
and press the SET button. 
hThe Reset Settings Screen
appears. 
 
3 Select “YES”, and press the SET button. 
hThe camera settings are reset to the 
factory-preset settings. 
HINT 
iNote that the following settings do not change with this procedure: 
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FORMATTING A CARD
The supplied card must be formatted with this camera. In addition, a card
must be formatted with this camera:
iAfter purchasing, when used for the first time, or
iIf it was formatted using a personal computer or another digital camera.
The card cannot be reformatted if the lock switch is set to the “LOCK” posi-
tion. Proceed with the reformat procedure after setting the lock switch to the
unlocked position (see page 24).
1 Display the Option Setting Screen (see page 36).
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FORMATTING A CARD
3 Select the desired format option, and press the SET button.
4 Select “YES”.
5 Press the SET button.
hFormatting begins.
hDuring formatting, “FORMAT” 
and “DO NOT POWER OFF” are 
shown on the LCD monitor.
CAUTION
Caution during reformatting
iDo not turn off the power to the camera or eject the card during reformat-
ting.
Reformatting erases the data
iWhen a card is reformatted, all data recorded on the card is erased. Pro-
tected data (see page 75) is also erased, so before...

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CHECKING THE REMAINING CARD MEMORY
You can check how many images can be captured and how much recording
time is available on the card. For a table showing the maximum number of
images and recording time for specific cards, please see “Possible No. of
Images/Possible Shooting Time/Possible Recording Time” on page 178. 
Checking the remaining number of images and video recording time 
1 Set the camera to the desired shoot-
ing mode. 
hThe remaining number of images
appears in the upper right of...

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CHECKING THE REMAINING CARD MEMORY
iWhen the remaining number of images or the remaining video recording
time is “0”, it may be possible to capture a few more images by changing
the shooting mode, setting a lower resolution setting (see page 59), or
selecting a different compression setting (see page 83). 
 
Checking the remaining audio recording time
1 Set the camera to the shooting mode, and display the Option Mode
Screen (see page 36).
2 Press the arrow button to select the
audio recording...