Sony Mavica MVC-FD81 manual

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 SONY MAVICA MVC-FD81 User’s Guide[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 2 SONY MAVICA MVC-FD81 PARTS IDENTIFICATION LCD SCREEEN ZOOM LEVER POWER SWITCH SPEAKER DISK EJECT LEVER CONTROL BUTTON SCREEN DISPLAY BUTTON PROGRAM AE BUTTON PICTURE EFFECT BUTTON PLAY/STILL/MOVIE FLASH/CHARGE LAMP FLASH: AUTO FORCED NONE VOLUME +/- BUTTON BRIGHTNESS +/- BUTTON LCD BACKLIGHT SWITCH FLASH EMITTER LENS FOCUS R[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 3 PARTS IDENTIFICATION cont. TOP VIEW BOTTOM VIEW SIDE VIEWS SHUTTER BUTTON MICROPHONE BATTERY COVER/ OPEN (BATT) BUTTON TRIPOD RECEPTACLE FOCUS AUTO/MANUAL SWITCH INSERT FLOPPY DISK[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 4 INSERTING AND REMOVING THE FLOPPY DISK THE CONTROL BUTTON To insert the floppy disk: Insert the floppy disk until it clicks. To remove the floppy disk: While pressing PUSH, slide DISK EJECT in the direction of the arrow. You can execute the menu functions by using the four control button arrows to navigate and select from th[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 5 Charging the Battery Pack TO REMOVE THE BATTERY PACK – Slide up the battery pack. Installing the Battery Pack 1 Connect the power cord to a wall socket. BATTERY CHARGER BATTERY PACK 2 Insert the battery pack in the direction of the t mark. Slide down until it clicks. ORANGE CHARGE LAMP Open the battery cover by sliding the[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 6 1 RECORDING STILL IMAGES PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES 1 Set PLAY/STILL/MOVIE to PLAY 2 Select the recorded image with the control button 2 RECORDING MOVING IMAGES 1 Set PLAY/STILL/MOVIE to MOVIE 2 Hold the shutter button down to record the image and the sound – to stop recording release the shutter button. Max Recording times[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 7 INDICATORS DURING RECORDING[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 8 CHANGING THE MODE SETTINGS Select MENU with the control button , then press it – the following menu appears on the LCD screen in STILL mode. Select the desired item with the control button , then press it Change the setting with the control button , then press it. REC MODE BITMAP Records a non-compressed image besides a JP[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 9 2 QUALITY FINE Select when giving priority to image quality STANDARD Select for standard image quality 3 IMAGE SIZE Select size of JPEG still image 640x480 or 1024x768 Select size of MPEG moving image 160x112 (60secs) or 320x240 (15secs) 4 FLASH LEVEL HIGH Select to make flash level higher than normal NORMAL Normally selecte[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 10 ITEMS IN PLAY MODE PROTECT Select this to protect a displayed image from being deleted. COPY Select this to copy a displayed image to another floppy disk. DELETE Select this to delete a displayed image. PICTURE EFFECTS PROGRAM AE (Auto Exposure) FUNCTION Press the PROGRAM AE repeatedly to choose one of the six modes to suit[...]

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    NEELB LA Aug 2001 - - 11 TO CANCEL PROGRAM AE press the button repeatedly until the indicator on the LCD screen goes out. Sunset & Moon Mode For recording subjects in dark environments such as sunsets, fireworks, neon signs or general night views. Landscape mode For distant subjects such as mountains or when recording a subject behind an obstac[...]