Sony DPF-D75 Digital Photo Frame manual

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    4-174-747- 11 (1) Digital Photo Frame DPF-D75/D85/D95/E75 © 2010 Sony Corporation Bef ore op erat io n Basic op erations Adva nced oper ations Using w ith a comp uter Erro r mes sa ges Troublesh ooting Additional informa tion Digital Photo Fr ame Ha ndbook[...]

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    2 GB Table of Cont ents Before operation Enjoying your pho to frame i n various ways .............. ........................... ...... 4 Features ......... .................. ............... 5 Identifying the parts ....................... 7 Digit al pho to fra me ......... ...... ....... .... 7 Remot e contro l ......... ......... ...... ....... . [...]

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    3 GB Error messages If an er ror message appear s ......... 39 Troubleshoo ting If trouble occ urs ........................... 41 Additional inform ation About memory card s ................... . 45 “Me mory St ick” ......... ...... ...... ...... ... 45 SD me mory card ....... ...... ...... ......... 46 xD-P icture Card ........ ...... ...... .[...]

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    4 GB Before o perat ion Enjoying your ph oto frame in variou s ways The Sony DPF-D 75/D 85/D95/ E75 is a digi tal pho to frame for easily displa ying ima ges take n with a digital c amera or oth er device, without using a computer .[...]

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    5 GB Before oper ation Featu res x Support f or vario us memo ry car ds Supp orts va rious m emor y card s, such a s a “Mem ory Stick ”, SD m emor y card, an d xD- Pictu re Car d. Ju st inse rt a mem ory card remo ved from a digit al came ra or othe r device, and you will be able to view the images immediatel y. ( . page 14, 45) x Various displ[...]

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    6 GB x Exporting images You ca n export images in the the i nterna l memory to yo ur memory c ard. ( . page 26) * When u sing a miniSD /miniS DHC 1 , microS D/mic roSDH C 2 or “Memory Stick Micro” media 3 , be sure to ins ert it in an appropri ate adapto r. x Sor ti ng f unc ti on You ca n sort im ages by the da te, folde r, image dir ection, a[...]

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    7 GB Before oper ation Ident ifying the pa rts x Digital photo frame Front Rear LCD screen Remote sensor Sony logo (DPF-D7 5/D85/D95 only ) ( . p age 12) VIEW MODE but ton ( . page 15) 1 (on/st andby) butt on Standb y indicator MENU button Dir ection ( B / b / v / V ) butt ons, ENTER ( ) button BACK button Access lamp Memory card slot ( . page 14) [...]

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    8 GB x Remote control USB B connec tor ( . p age 37) Stand ( . page 10) DC IN 5 V jack SLIDE -SHOW ( ) bu tton CLO CK ( ) bu tton MENU button BACK button MARKIN G ( ) bu tton SORT b utton SELECT D EVIC E butt on VIEW MODE but tons 1 (on/ stan dby) butt on SINGLE bu tton INDEX ( ) bu tton Zoom i n ( ) bu tton Directi on ( B / b / v / V ) button s EN[...]

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    9 GB Basic operati ons Basic oper ations Prepa ring the re mote control The suppli ed lithiu m battery (C R2025) has alre ady be en in sert ed i nto t he rem ote co ntro l. Pull o ut the pr otecti ve sheet befo re use as shown i n t he figu re. Using the rem ote control Poi nt the to p en d of the rem ote con trol to war ds the remote sensor on the[...]

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    10 GB • Incor rect use of the ba ttery may caus e leakin g and corrosion. – Do not recharge the battery. – When the rem ote control wil l not be used for a long p eriod of time, remove t he batte ry from the remot e control to pr event l eaking and corro sion. – Incorrectl y insertin g, shortin g, dismantlin g, or hea ting th e batter y, or[...]

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    11 GB Basic operati ons When the photo frame is placed vertic ally, the display i s also auto matically r otated to the portrait or ientation . Notes • Check whether the sta nd is stable. If the st and is not set pr oper ly, the phot o frame ma y fal l over . • T he Sony logo doe s not l ight up wh en the ph oto frame is p laced ve rtically o r[...]

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    12 GB 3 Place a n exchan geabl e pane l to the photo fra me, whi le aligni ng the hole on an ex chang eable panel to the remot e se nso r of th e phot o f rame. 4 Press the four corne rs of the exchan geable panel to snap it into the ph ot o fram e. Turning t he phot o frame on When yo u have a lready turned on your p hoto frame by connec ting it t[...]

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    13 GB Basic operati ons Opera tions i n an initial state When the photo frame is turned on without a memory card i nserted, th e initia l display b elow app ears on th e scree n. If the ph oto fra me is not op erat ed for 10 seconds, the demo mod e is di splayed. If any othe r but ton than the power but ton is p ress ed, the screen retu rns to the [...]

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    14 GB 7 Set the da y to start the week for the calend ar. You can set the d ay tha t appear s on the very left whe n th e ca lend ar is di spla yed . 1 Press v / V to select [First day of the week ] and then press . 2 Press v / V to select [Sunday] or [Monday] and then pres s . 8 Select the time display. 1 Press v / V to select [12h r/2 4hr disp la[...]

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    15 GB Basic operati ons For details on compatib le memory c ards, see pag es 45 to 46. For supp orte d file for mats, se e the Operating Instr uctions, page 27. When yo u inse rt a me mory ca rd When you insert a memory card, th e images on it are automaticall y displayed. If yo u switch off the po wer whi le th ey are being di spla yed an d then s[...]

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    16 GB • You can also repeate dly press VIEW MODE on the photo fram e, move the cursor wit hin the dis play selecti on area and select an y view mode. 2 Select a styl e with B / b / v / V and pres s . The disp lay chan ges t o the sel ected view style . Tips • If t he curso r is in t he displ ay sele ction ar ea, move i t to t he st yle sel ecti[...]

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    17 GB Basic operati ons Slideshow display Tips • Y ou can set the int erval, effe ct, listing orde r, or color effe ct when you s elect t he slides how disp lay. Refer to “Chang ing the sett ings of th e slidesho w” (page 22). • If you press during s lides how, the di splay changes to the Si ngle imag e display . • If you turn th e photo [...]

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    18 GB Clock and calen dar display Note You can selec t only the (Settings) tab when the Clock and cale ndar are disp layed. Clock1 Clock2 Clock3 Clock4 Clock5 Clock6 Clock7 Clock8 Clock9 Clock10 Clock11 Calendar1 Calend ar2 Calendar3 Lunar Calenda r (when you s elect [Simplifi ed Chinese] in [Langu age Setti ng]) Arabic Cale ndar (when you select [[...]

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    19 GB Basic operati ons Single view mode (single image display) Display S tyle Description Entire image Displays an entire ima ge in the screen. You ca n switch the ima ges to be displa yed by pre ssing B / b . Fit to scre en Disp lays an image ov er the w hole sc reen . (Dep ending o n the aspe ct ra tio of the r ecorde d image , the border of the[...]

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    20 GB Index image display Tips • A thumbnai l is a smal l-sized image f or index use that is reco rded in the pi ctures taken by a digital camera. • In th e index image displ ay, you can pres s B / b / v / V and to select an im age, th e disp lay ch anges t o the single view m ode. Display Style Description Index Index 1 Disp lays a list of lar[...]

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    21 GB Basic operati ons About th e in formatio n disp layed on the L CD scr een The following info rmation is disp layed. 1 Display type ( In the Si ngle view mode) – Entir e image – Fit to scre en – Entire i mage (with Exif) – Fit to screen (with Exif) 2 Ordina l numb er of th e display ed ima ge/Tot al numb er of ima ges Input media ind i[...]

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    22 GB Advanced ope rati ons Enjoying a slideshow 1 Press (SLIDE-SHOW). Tips • When using the buttons on the pho to fram e, press VIEW MODE on the uppe r back of the LCD screen , press V to move t he cur sor to the displa y selectio n area and press B / b to select (Slidesh ow). • When the cursor is in the display selection area, move it to t he[...]

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    23 GB Advance d operations *: Fact ory defa ult sett ings Item Setting D escri ption Slide show Setting s Interval Set a v alue from 3 sec., 7 se c.*, 20 sec., 1 min., 5 min., 30 min., 1 h our, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours fo r the interval between ima ges. Note An im age may not switc h at the intervals you set on the menu, de pending on the style [...]

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    24 GB Importing ima ges from a memory ca rd to the internal me mory You ca n use the ph oto fr ame as a digi tal alb um, saving i mportant ima ges in th e internal memory. Tips • When sa ving imag es to the intern al memory , you can use [Image import s i ze] in the m enu to preset whether to re size ima ges to the opt imum si ze or save them as [...]

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    25 GB Advance d operations 3 Use B / b / v / V to s elect th e image from the i m age lis t to be imported and p ress . “ ✔ ” is add ed to the select ed image. If you wan t to import mul tiple images at a time , repeat this step. If you w ant to cle ar the se lecti on, sele ct the image and press . “ ✔ ” disappea rs from th e imag e. Ab[...]

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    26 GB Specify ing the playbac k device You ca n spec ify whet her to di splay a m emor y card or the inter nal memory. 1 Press SELECT DEVICE. Tips • When operati ng from the ma in unit, pr ess the MENU an d press t he B / b buttons to sele ct the (S elect d evi ce) ta b. • If the memor y card you want to sele ct is not inserte d, insert it now.[...]

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    27 GB Advance d operations 5 Press B / b / v / V to s elect the imag e from the i m age lis t to be exported , and then press . “ ✔ ” is added to the selected image. If you wa nt to ex port multip le images a t a time, re peat this step. If you w ant to cle ar the se lecti on, sele ct the image and press . “ ✔ ” disappea rs from th e im[...]

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    28 GB Deleting a n image 1 Press (DELETE) when an image i s displ a yed o n the scre en. Tip If using the but tons o n the ph oto fr ame, pre ss MENU , sele ct the (Editing) tab w ith B / b , select [Dele te] with v / V , and press . 2 Press v / V to se lect [Delete th is image], [Delete multi ple images] or [Delet e all ima ges] and then pre s s .[...]

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    29 GB Advance d operations Registering a mark You can p roduce a slid eshow only w ith im ages which have been select ed be forehand and have been ma rked. You can ea sily che ck for images with marks u sing the index ima ge display o r sing le vi ew mode. 1 Press (MARKING) when an image i s displa yed on the scre en. Tip If using the buttons o n t[...]

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    30 GB Note A mark is saved onl y when it is regist ered with an imag e in the int ernal memo ry. A ma rk reg ister ed wit h an im age on a me mory c ard is re moved when the power is turne d off, or if y ou change the d evice bein g displayed. Tips • You can sel ect a mark from a mong 3 types. • You can chang e the thumbn ail size u sing [ / ] [...]

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    31 GB Advance d operations To cance l the sort Press ME NU while t he sorted ima ges ar e displ ayed, selec t [Exi t sort (show all phot os)] and pr ess . To ch ange the sort s tyle Press BACK while the sorted images are disp laye d. Notes • D o not turn th e photo f rame off o r remove the memor y card dur ing sor t. Doin g so may dama ge the ph[...]

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    32 GB • It is n ot poss ible to en large an image using the butto ns on the photo frame. You ca n rotat e an ima ge dur ing sing le view mode. Operat e from th e menu of th e phot o fram e 1 Pres s MENU in sing le vi ew mode . 2 Press B / b to select the (Editing ) tab. 3 Press v / V to se lect [Rotate] an d then press . 4 Press v / V to se lect [...]

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    33 GB Advance d operations 5 Press v / V to sel ect [Time Set ting], and pr ess . [Simple] 1 Select an ite m for w hich y ou want to set the ti me. Press v / V to selec t [Power-ON timer] or [Power -OFF timer] and press . Then, pr ess v / V to se lect [E nable] and press . 2 Set the time at which yo u want to activate th e Power-ON timer or Power- [...]

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    34 GB Changing th e settings You ca n chan ge the foll owing settings . • Slideshow Set tings • Auto Power ON/OFF • Date/time S ettings • Gene ral Set tings (Listi ng Order, Sony logo ON/OFF* etc,.) * Turnin g on the So ny logo is the func tion only ava ilable f or DPF-D 75/D 85/D95. • Lang uage Se tting • Initializ e 1 Press MENU. 2 Pr[...]

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    35 GB Advance d operations Items to set *: Fact ory defa ult sett ings Item Setting D escri ption Slide show Setting s Refer to “ Enjoying a slide show” (page 22). Auto Power ON/OFF Sets the tim er function whic h turns the powe r supply of the phot o frame on or off automa tically. You ca n use t his funct ion with the fol lowing se ttings. ( [...]

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    36 GB System Information Version Di splays the version of the firm ware of t he photo frame. Internal memor y Memo ry capacit y Indicat es the maximu m amount of s p ace av ailable in interna l mem ory in th e initi al sta te. Remain ing capacit y Indicat es the a m ount of free space curre n tly av ailab le in intern al me mory. Language Sett ing [...]

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    37 GB Using with a comput er Usin g with a com puter Connecting to a comp uter You ca n conn ect to a co mputer t o view and copy i mages fr om th e interna l memory o f th e phot o fram e to the comput er, and copy i mages from the com puter to t he photo frame. To co nnect a co mpu ter to the photo frame , your computer must sati sfy the f o llow[...]

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    38 GB 4 When the [AutoPlay] wind ow appears on the comp uter displ ay, click [Open fol der to vie w files]. If the [AutoPla y] wind ow does not appear , click [Comput er (My Comput er)] in the Start me nu, and the n open t he remova ble disc. 5 Move th e cursor in th is window and right clic k, and then click [N ew] - [Folder]. Nam e th is n ew fol[...]

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    39 GB Error messages Error messa ges If an error message appear s If an err or occurs, o ne of th e followin g error me ssages may be d ispla yed on the LCD scr e en of th e photo frame. Fo llow the cor respon ding sol ution below to s olve t he pr oblem . Error messag e Meaning/Solut ions No Memory Stic k. / No SD Memory Card. / N o xD-Pic ture Ca[...]

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    40 GB Mem ory ca rd for mat no t supp orted. • Fo r a m emory car d, use your d igita l camer a or other devic e to format the memory card. Note When you in itializ e the mem ory card, all the files on th e memory ca rd will be dele ted. Cannot open the i mage. • The ph oto fra me cann ot displa y or open an image f ile whose format is no t sup[...]

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    41 GB Troubles hooting Troubl eshooting If trouble occurs Before submitt ing the photo frame f o r repair , try usin g the fo llowing guid ance to sol ve the proble m. If the problem persis ts, consult with your Sony d ealer or Sony servi ce facilit ies. Power suppl y Displa ying image s If the power is turn e d on but images are not disp layed or [...]

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    42 GB Some images a re not di splayed. • Are the i mages displayed in the inde x view? c If the image is display ed in the index view but ca nnot be di splaye d as sing le ima ge, the i m ag e fil e may be d amaged ev en though its t h umbnail p review data is fine . c A file that is not compatible with DCF may no t be able to be displ ayed with [...]

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    43 GB Troubles hooting Savi ng and de leting imag es The file name is not dis played prop erly . • Did yo u r enam e the f ile wi th a compu ter or ot her devi ce? c If you nam ed or re named the f ile on y our comput er and th e file nam e incl udes char acters ot her than alph anumeri c character s, the file name may not be able to be displ aye[...]

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    44 GB Photo fra me Remote c ontrol Cannot delete a n image. • Is the memory card wri te- protec ted? c Use the de vice you ar e usin g to canc el write-prote ction an d try del eting again . • Is th e write-p rotect swi tch of the memor y card in the [LOCK ] pos ition? c Slide the wri te -protec t switch to the enable positi o n. • Ar e you u[...]

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    45 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on Addi tional infor matio n About memory cards Type s of “Memor y Stic k” that the photo frame ca n use With t he photo frame, you can use t he following type s of “Memory Stick” *1 : *1 The photo fram e supports FAT32. The photo frame has been demonstrat ed as operable with a “Memory St ick” with a capac[...]

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    46 GB The SD memory car d slot of th e photo frame allows you to u se the fo llowi ng: • SD memory car d *1 • miniSD card, m icroSD card (An ad aptor i s necess ary.) *2 • SDHC memory card *3 • miniSDHC card, mic roSDHC card (An ad aptor i s necess ary.) *2 • MMC standar d memory card *4 We do not guaran tee prop er ope rations for all ty[...]

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    47 GB Index A Access lamp 7, 14 Associated file 21 Auto Power ON/OFF 32, 35 C Changin g the settings 34 Clock an d calendar displ ay 18 Connecting Comp uter 37 D Date/time settings 13, 35 De leti ng a n ima ge 2 8 E Enlarg e and reduci ng an image size 3 1 Error messages 39 Exchan ging a pan el 11 Exporting an image 26 F Factory d efault settings 3[...]

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