Sanyo VPC-HD2000A manual

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    INS TRUCTION MANU AL Xacti Library Thank you f or purchasing this produ ct. Please read this Instruction Manu al carefully bef ore using the Xacti Library . Make sure to also read and understan d the separate booklet “SAFETY MANU AL ”. K eep it along with this manual in a saf e place f or future ref erence. About Xacti Library i A camera that i[...]

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    i English How to read this man ual Symbols used in t his man ual HINT Indicates further instructions or special points of practical interest. CA UTION P oints t hat require speci al attention. (page xx) Refe r to the page indicated f or detailed inf or mati on.[...]

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    English ii GETTING ST AR TED USING THE Xacti Library Setup 1 Connect the cam era to the other devices. h Please make sure that the camera and all de vices are turned OFF bef ore proceeding. h F or detailed inf or mation, pl ease see the camer a’ s Instruction Manual. Use the cab le included with your camera to connect the do cking station or the [...]

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    iii English GETTING ST ARTED USING THE Xacti Library Create a library When using a hard disk f or the first time with Xacti L ibrary , a library is created on the hard d isk. 2 Turn on the power to the devices in the following order: camera → hard disk → TV. h The Create Library Confirmation Screen appears. 3 Select “YES” and press the SET [...]

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    English iv Copy files Copy files from the card to the hard disk. 4 Se lect “YES” and press the SET button. h The Data T ransfe r Screen ap pears. 5 Se lect “BEGIN TRANSFER” and press the SET button. h File cop ying begins . h When cop ying is completed, th e T r ansfer Complete Confirmation Screen appears . 6 Pres s the SET button. h The Xa[...]

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    v English GETTING ST ARTED USING THE Xacti Library Playbac k 7 Select “SELECT PLAY FILE”, and press the SET button. h The screen to select the pla ybac k file appears. 8 Select “Library ROLL”, and press the SET button. h The list of rolls appears. 9 Select the desired roll to play back, and press the SET button. h The rest of the pla yback [...]

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    1 English CONTENTS HOW TO ENJO Y THE Xacti Library FE ATURE .......... ........................ .. 2  SETUP ASSEMBLE THE DEVICES .. ..................... ........................ .................... 5 CONNECTIONS . ....................... ..................... ........................ ............... 8  COPY Copy files fr om the camera to th[...]

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    English 2 HO W T O ENJO Y THE Xacti Librar y FEA TURE The Xacti Librar y f eature is a system that allows y ou to sav e the files stored in your ca mera’ s card to a large-capacity hard disk—all without using a computer . Copying f iles between the came ra and har d disk made easy Y ou can copy files recorded with y our camera to a hard disk, a[...]

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    3 English HO W TO ENJO Y THE Xacti Library FEA TURE Reprodu ce the high quality of capt ured images Because the files from y our hard disk can be output direct ly to your TV , you can enjoy watching video cli ps without losing any of the recorded hig h definition. Y ou can also pla y back the fi les from the camera’ s card.[...]

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    English 4 Use the al b u m f eature to o r ganize your files Organizing your files into albums is a snap . By stor ing the files copied to the hard disk into albums , you can play a slidesho w of just those files y ou stored. HINT i The original meaning of “roll” comes from conv entional cameras, in which rolls of film are used. In a digital ca[...]

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    5 English SETUP ASSEMBLE THE DEVICES Y ou will need the follo wing de vices in order to use the Xacti Libr ary . Camera T o ch eck if y our camera has the Xact i Library feature , please ref er to the instruction manual that accompanied the camera . Use the docking stat ion (included with some models). Remote c ontr ol unit Use the remote con trol [...]

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    English 6 SETUP Hard disk The hard disk should hav e a USB terminal that is USB 2.0 High Speed compatible . F or more inf or mation about compatib le hard disks, please see page 34 and visit our website at: htt p://www .sanyo-dsc.com/ TV By using a full HD (high definition) compatible TV , you will be abl e to enjoy the excellen t image quality of [...]

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    7 English ASSEMBLE THE DEVICES Other s i A TV connection cab le (example: S-A V interface cab le, component cable, HDMI cable , etc.) is necessary . i A hard disk connecti on cab le (e xample: USB int erf ace cable , USB conv erter cable, etc.) is necessar y .[...]

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    English 8 SETUP CONNECTIONS Connect all the devices . h Please make sure that th e camera and al l de vices are turned OFF bef ore proceeding. h For detail ed inf ormation, please see the camera’ s Instruction Manual. T o powe r outlet Use the USB cable and the USB conv er ter cable included with your camera to connect the docking stat ion or the[...]

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    9 English CONNECTIONS CA UTION Caution when disconnecting cables i When using the Xact i Library , do not re mov e the camer a or disconnect t he USB cable . If t he USB cab le is disc onnected while accessing the med ia, not only ma y the stored fil es be damaged, b ut it ma y also become necessary to ref ormat the media, and in doing so , lose al[...]

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    English 10 COPY COPY Copy files fr om the camera to the har d disk Copy files from the card installed in the ca mera, or from th e camera’ s inter nal memory , to the hard disk. h The Xacti Libr ary can also be oper ated using the camera’ s controls , b ut it is recommended that y ou use the remote control unit while watching y our TV screen. I[...]

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    11 English Copy fil es fr om the camera t o the har d disk 2 Press the MENU button. h The Xacti Library Menu appea rs. DA T A TRANSFER: Copy f iles from the card to the hard disk. SELECT PLA Y FILE: Play back files that w ere copied to the hard disk. EDIT ALBUM: Create and edit alb ums. Copy files 3 Select “DATA TRANSFER”, and press the SET but[...]

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    English 12 COPY Copy files after sor ting them into folder s by date Create a f older f or each capture date , and cop y files into the respectiv e fo lders according to their capture date . 1 I n step 3 of “Copy file s” (page 11), select “TRANSFER SETTINGS”, and press the SET button. h The T ransf er Settings Screen appears. YES: Sor t fil[...]

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    13 English Copy fil es fr om the camera t o the har d disk HINT Sort files into folder s by date after the y have been copied i T o sor t fi les by date into dat ed fo lders you ha v e already created, fr om “PLA YBACK MENU 2” of the Xact i Library Menu, select “SOR T BY D A TE”, and press the SET b utton.[...]

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    English 14 COPY Copy singl e files Copy individu al or multiple files while using the TV or the monitor to confirm the file. 1 Di splay the file from the copy source. Hard disk file: page 15 Card file: page 19 2 Acce ss the Xacti Library Menu (page 10). 3 From “PLAYBACK MENU 2” select “COPY”, and press the SET button. 4 Di splay the file yo[...]

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    15 English PLA YBACK PLA Y HARD DISK FILES Play back f iles that were copied to the har d disk using the Xacti Libr ary’s cop y function. Display the screen to sele ct pla yback files Y ou can specify whether to play bac k f iles by rolls or by calendar dat e. The operation to pla y back albums (page 20) is al so perf or med fro m this screen. 1 [...]

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    English 16 PLA YBA CK Select a roll to play 3 Se lect “Library ROLL”, and press the SET button. h The list of rolls appear s. 4 Se lect the desired roll to play back, and press the SET button. h The rest of the pla ybac k procedure is the same as normal camera operat ion. 2009.12.26 ROLL001 SELECT PLAY FILE OK[...]

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    17 English PLA Y HARD DISK FILES Select pla ybac k files fr om the calendar Select a capture date from the calendar , and play back the correspondi ng files. 1 Display the scr een to select playback files (page 15). 2 Select “Library CALENDAR”, and press the SET button. h The calendar month f or the most recently copied files appears . 3 Press [...]

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    English 18 PLA YBA CK Play bac k an alb um Play back files in a Xact i Library album (page 20). 1 Di splay the scre en to select playbac k files (page 15) . 2 Se lect “ALBUM”, and press the SET button. h A list of alb ums appears. 3 Se lect the desired album to play back, and press the SET but ton. h Album pl ay back beg ins. h Pla yback is dis[...]

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    19 English PLA Y HARD DISK FILES Play back came ra files Play back files from y our camera. 1 Display the Xa cti Library Menu (page 10). 2 Select “SELECT PLAY FILE”, and press the SET button. 3 Select “CARD”, and press the SET button. h The rest of the pla yback procedu re is the same as normal camera operation.[...]

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    English 20 ORGANIZE (ALBUM) ORGANIZE (ALBUM) CREA T E AND EDIT ALB UMS Files that w ere copied to the hard disk can be stored in “albu ms”. Create a ne w alb um Create an alb um in which you can organize selected files from various date s and rolls. 1 Di splay the Xacti Libra ry Menu (page 10). 2 Se lect “EDIT ALBUM” and press the SET butto[...]

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    21 English CREA TE AND EDIT ALBUMS 3 Select “CREATE NEW ALBUM”, and press the SET button. h The Edit Album Men u appears. 4 Select “ADD”, and press the SET button. h The screen to select data to add appears. ALBUM 001 ADD MOVE DELETE OK NEXT <Edit Album Men u> OTHER FOLDERS 100SANYO OK SELECT DATA 0001 0002[...]

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    ORGANIZE (ALBUM) English 22 5 Se lect files to add to the album, and press the SET button. h The selected files are added to the album, and you are retu rned to the Edit Alb um Screen. h Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more files to the album as desired. h When you ha v e finished adding files, pr oceed to step 6 . 6 Pr ess the [ ] button. h The screen[...]

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    23 English CREA TE AND EDIT ALBUMS Add files fr om other folders/r olls 1 On the s creen in step 4 on page 21, select “OTHER FOLDERS”, and press the SET button. h The screen to select a f older appears. <T o add files from a f older> 1 Select the desired f older , and press the SET b utton. 2 Select the desired file, an d press the SET b [...]

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    ORGANIZE (ALBUM) English 24 Confirming the p layb ack settings (s lideshow settings) Use the Pla yback Set tings Confirmation Screen to manage the alb um play back settings . TIME: When still images are play ed back, adjust the transit ion speed (the period that an image is displa yed bef ore it changes to the ne xt image). EFFECT : When still imag[...]

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    25 English CREA TE AND EDIT ALBUMS Edit an album Once an albu m has been created, you can add files to it, re mov e files from it, rearrange the orde r in which files will be pla yed bac k, as well as change the play back settings . Add files to an alb um Add files t o an albu m that is already created. 1 Display the Xa cti Library Menu (page 10). [...]

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    ORGANIZE (ALBUM) English 26 4 Se lect “ADD”, move the pointer to the pl ace you wish to a dd files, and press the SET button. h The screen to select files to add appears. h T o select files from other folders or rolls , please see page 23. 5 Se lect files to add to the album, and press the SET button. h The selected files are added at the place[...]

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    27 English CREA TE AND EDIT ALBUMS Move a lb um files Change the order of files in an alb um. 1 Display the Xa cti Library Menu (page 10). 2 Select “EDIT ALBUM” and press the SET button. h The Edit Album Scree n appears. 3 Select “EDIT ALBUM”, move the orange frame to the file y ou wish to move, and press the SET button. h The Edit Album Me[...]

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    ORGANIZE (ALBUM) English 28 5 Pl ace the pointer over the desired position, and press the SET button. h The selected file is mov ed, and you are ret urned to the Edit Album Scre en. 6 Pr ess the [ ] button. h The screen to confirm the pla yback settings appears . T o change the pla ybac k settings, see page 24 . 7 Se lect “SAVE SCREEN”, and pre[...]

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    29 English CREA TE AND EDIT ALBUMS Remove alb um files Remov e files from an alb um (deregister). 1 Display the Xa cti Library Menu (page 10). 2 Select “EDIT ALBUM” and press the SET button. h The Edit Album Scree n appears. 3 Select “EDIT ALBUM”, move the orange frame to the album from which you wish to dele te files, and press the SET but[...]

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    ORGANIZE (ALBUM) English 30 4 Se lect “DELETE”, move the orange frame to the file you wish to delete, and press the SET button. 5 Pr ess the [ ] button. h The screen to confirm the pla yback settings appears . T o change the pla ybac k settings, see page 24 . 6 Se lect “SAVE SCREEN”, and press the SET button. h The Sav e Album Screen appear[...]

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    31 English DELETE AN ALBUM Once an al bum is dele ted, it cann ot be reco v ered. Bef ore de leting an alb um, be sure to carefully check its contents. 1 Display the Xa cti Library Menu (page 10). 2 Select “EDIT ALBUM” and press the SET button. h The Edit Album Scree n appears. 3 Move the orange frame to the album you wish to delete, select “[...]

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    ORGANIZE (ALBUM) English 32 FORMA T HARD DISK T o format the hard disk, use the f ollowing procedure. 1 Di splay the screen to play back files on the hard di sk using the Xacti Library feature (page 15). 2 From th e OPTION MENU select “FORMAT”, and press the SET button. h A confirmation screen appears . 3 Se lect “YES”, and press the SET bu[...]

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    33 English FORMA T HARD DISK CA UTION Before f ormatting the hard disk i F ormatting the hard disk will erase all the files stored in it. Y ou should first copy any data y ou want t o kee p to anothe r storage mediu m. If “Format?” appears when Xacti Library is launched... i The camera is connecte d to a hard di sk whose file system cann ot be [...]

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    English 34 APPENDICES APPENDICES SPECIFICA TIONS Xacti Library compat ible har d disks A hard disk that meets the f ollowin g conditions can be used with the Xact i Librar y . i USB 2.0 compatibl e A USB 1.x compatible hard disk cannot be used. i P owere d by se lf power A hard disk that is powered through the USB cab le (bus po wer) cannot be used[...]

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    35 English SPECIFICA TIONS Hard dis k directory configuration ROOT ASSETS ALBUM INDEX.PVM RESOURCE 20061107 ROLL001 100SANYO 101SANYO 100SANYO 100SANYO SANY0001.JPG SANY0002.JPG SANY0003.MP4 SANY0004.MP4 SANY0005.M4A SANY0001.JPG SANY0002.JPG SANY0003.MP4 SANY0004.MP4 SANY0005.M4A SANY0001.JPG SANY0002.JPG SANY0003.MP4 SANY0004.MP4 BGM ALBUM001.PVM[...]

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