Sony DPF-V900 manual

3-300-208- 14 (1) Digital Photo Frame DPF-V900/V700 © 2008 Sony Corporation Bef ore op erat io n Basic op erations Adva nced oper ations Using an externa l device Erro r mes sa ges Troublesh ooting Additional informa tion Operatin g Instr uction s Before ope rating this uni t, please read thi s manual thorough ly and retain i t for f uture refe re[...]

2 GB To reduce fire or shock haz ard, do not expose the unit to rai n or moisture. This symbol is intend ed t o aler t th e user to the presence of unin sulated “dangerous voltage ” withi n the produc t’s enclosure that may be of suffici ent magni tude to cons titute a risk of electric shock to persons. This symbol is intend ed t o aler t th [...]

3 GB Insta llat ion Water and M oisture Do not use power-lin e operated sets near water – for example, near a bathtu b, washb owl, kitch en sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement , or near a swimming pool, e tc. Power-Cord Protection Route th e power cord so that it is not likely to be walked on or pinched by items place d upon or aga inst them,[...]

4 GB Do not expose the bat teries to excessiv e heat suc h as sunshine , fire or the like. CAUTION Replace th e batte ry with th e specifie d type only. O therwise, fire or injury may res ult. For the cu stomer s in th e U.S.A. CAUTION You are cautioned that any change s or modificati ons not express ly approved in th is manual could void your a ut[...]

5 GB For th e Cus tomer in Euro pe This produ ct has been teste d and found comp liant with t he limi ts set out in the EMC Direct ive for using connecti on cabl es shorte r than 3 mete rs (9.8 feet). Attention The elec tromag netic fi elds at the s pecifi c frequen cies may i nfluence t he pictur e of thi s digita l photo frame. Notice If s tatic [...]

6 GB Notes on LCD screen • The displa yed image on the s creen i s not i dent ical in picture qua lity and col ors with the printed im age because phosp hor method s or pr ofiles dif fer. Pl ease regard the dis playe d image as just a referen ce. • D o no t pres s agai nst th e LCD scree n. The scree n may be disc olored and tha t may cause a m[...]

7 GB Notice fo r use rs Program © 200 8 Sony Corporati on Documenta tion © 2008 Sony Corpor ation All right s reserve d. This manu al or the sof tware describ ed herein, in whole or in part , may not be reprodu ced, tran slated or redu ced to any mac hine read able form witho ut pr ior w ritten approv al f rom Sony C orporation. IN NO EVENT SHALL[...]

8 GB Table of Cont ents Before operation Enjoy your photo frame in v arious ways .............. ........................... .... 10 Features ......... .................. ............. 12 Checking included items ............... 13 Identifying the parts ..................... 13 Basic operation s Preparing the r emote control ........ 16 Connecti ng t[...]

9 GB About the me mory cards .............. 48 “Me mory St ick” ... ...... ...... ......... ...... 48 SD me mory card .......... ...... ......... ... 4 9 xD-P icture Card ........ ...... ...... ......... 50 Comp actFla sh c ard ... ...... ......... ...... 50 Note s on usin g a memo ry card .... ... 50 Specifications ... .................. .....[...]

10 GB Before o perat ion Enjoy your photo f rame in vario us ways Input to t he phot o frame As sho wn on the le ft, the ph oto fra me give s prior ity in orde r of co mpute r, exte rnal dev ice, and memory c ard if co mputer and memor y cards ar e connected /inserted to the ph oto frame. If multip le memory cards are inserte d, the image s of th e[...]

11 GB Before oper ation Various dev ices you can use Connec ting to your comput er Imag es can be copied fr om a compu ter e asily . You can als o save images i n the al bum to a compu ter a s a back up. I mages can also be exchanged with a memory card, USB memory, etc. and c opied fr om a Blu etooth compati ble devic e. Enjoyi ng im ages on a la r[...]

12 GB Featur es The Sony DPF-V 900/V70 0 is a dig ital photo frame for ea sil y dis play ing i mages take n with a digital camer a or othe r device without using a comp uter. x Support for va rious memory cards* Supp orts vari ous mem ory car ds used by digital camer as and ot her devi ces, suc h as a “Memory Stick”, Co mpactFlash ca rd, SD mem[...]

13 GB Before oper ation Checking in cluded item s Make sure that the followin g items are incl uded . • Digit al photo f rame (1 ) • Remo te con trol (1 ) •A C a d a p t o r ( 1 ) • AC pow er cord (1 ) • Opera ting Inst ructio ns (t his m anu al) ( 1) • War ranty (1) (In some re gions, th e warranty i s not suppl ied. ) Identif ying the[...]

14 GB Rear A Connector for USB A/Bluetooth adaptor ( . pa ge 38) You can tr ansfer images wir elessl y f rom a BLUET OOTH™ c ompatibl e mobile pho ne or dig ital ca mera by conn ecti ng a Blu eto oth adaptor (op tional: DPPA-BT1) . You ca n also co nnect a digita l camer a, USB memory, o r ph oto stor age co mpatib le wit h USB mass storage. B US[...]

15 GB Before oper ation Remote con trol A VIEW MODE button B (clock) butt on ( . pag e 25) C (slideshow ) button ( . page 23) D MENU button E BACK button F 1 (on/standby) button G (add to albu m) button ( . page 29) H (zoom in )/ (zoom out) butt ons ( . page 28) I (index) button ( . page 25) This butt on switc hes from t he imag e previ ew scree n [...]

16 GB Basic oper ations Prepar ing t he rem ote contro l The supplied l ithium batt ery (CR2025) ha s alre ady be en i nser ted i nto t he r emote con trol. Pull out the pr ote ctiv e shee t befor e use as show n in the fig ure. Using the remote c ontrol Point the t op end o f the remo te contro l towards the remote sensor on the photo frame . Repl[...]

17 GB Basic operati ons • Using a batter y other than the specified one may result in th e battery ruptu ring. • D ispose of used batteri es as sp ecified by the l ocal author ities. • Do not leave the remote cont rol in a very hot and humi d place. • Take care that no fo reign objects enter inside the remote control when you, for example ,[...]

18 GB To use yo ur ph oto fr ame a broad - Power sour ces You ca n use yo ur photo frame and the A C Adap tor (sup plied ) in any cou ntr y or regi on where the power supply is within 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz . Use a commerc ially avai labl e AC plug adap tor [a ], if ne cessar y, depending o n the wall outlet (wal l socket) [b]. Do not use a n [...]

19 GB Basic operati ons Turning t he phot o frame on Turni ng on the pow er Pres s 1 (on/stan dby) on the photo f rame or remote contr ol to t urn on the power , and the standby indicato r turns in to green from red . Note • The standby in dicator lights r ed, when you connec t the AC adap tor to the photo frame . Turni ng of f the powe r Hold 1 [...]

20 GB 2 Press v / V to select a value and then press . 6 Ad jus t th e ti me . 1 Press v / V to select [Time] and then press . 2 Press v / V to select a value and then press . Set the time in the order of hour, minute, and se cond. 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[...]

21 GB Basic operati ons Notes • When ins erti ng the mem ory card , it w ill o nl y ins ert the po rtion of th e way, so do not try to for ce it as this c ould da mage the memory card a nd/or ph oto frame. • This photo fram e has “Memory Stick” standard a nd Duo size com patible slot, so you do not need a Memory Stic k adaptor. • The SD m[...]

22 GB x Overview o f display • If the power is on and no memory card is inserted and no device i s con nected, the im ages i n inter nal memory a re displaye d. If no images are saved to interna l memory , demonstrati on mode start s autom atica lly. De monst rati on mod e ends, if a memory card is inserted . • Th e display mode stays unchanged[...]

23 GB Basic operati ons x Slidesh ow displa y Imag es in a m emo ry c ard ar e au toma tical ly disp laye d one af ter ano ther . To start th e slidesh ow • To s ta rt a sl ide sho w f rom si ngl e im age , clock , or inde x image di splay, press (slide show). Tip To perf orm this operatio n from the phot o frame, press ENTER on the singl e image[...]

24 GB x Single i mag e dis play To display an image you w ant to display • Dur ing a sl ide show, pr ess at an im age you wa nt to display . • In the in dex im age dis play, pre ss B / b / v / V to selec t an image you wan t to display and then press . You can al so pres s (z oom in ). Tip To perfo rm this operatio n from th e photo f rame, pre[...]

25 GB Basic operati ons 2 Imag e displ ay order /Total number of images 3 Imag e details – File format (JPEG, BMP, TI FF, RAW) – Num ber of pixel s (widt h × height ) – Manufact ur er na me of ima ge i nput dev ice – Model name of image input dev ice – Shutter sp eed (e.g.: 1/8) – Aperture val ue (e. g. : F2. 8) – Exposure valu e (e.[...]

26 GB Tip To perform t his operati on from t he photo fr ame, select the clock displa y in the menu on th e single image dis play. Press VIEW MODE to switch the modes of the cloc k disp lay. Analog clock m ode Disp lays the t ime on a nalog cl ock. Digital c lock m ode Disp lays the da te and ti me on digi tal cloc k. Calendar mode Disp lays a cale[...]

27 GB Advance d opera tions Advanced ope rati ons AUTO TOUCH-UP What is AUTO TOU CH-UP? AUTO TOUCH-UP is a feature for performi ng the follo wing four co rrection s automatical ly at the same t ime. It is not poss ible to adjust the level for each of th e correctio ns manually . Skin smoothi ng: Automa ticall y recognizes face parts, and ad justs t[...]

28 GB Specify ing the playbac k device You ca n spec ify the me mory c ard or ext ernal devi ce t o be disp laye d. 1 Press MENU. The men u is displa yed. 2 Press v / V to se lect [Se lect dev ice] and then press . The sc reen for select ing a dev ice is displ ayed. Tip Insert t he device a t this pr ocedure if no d evice is insert ed. 3 Press v / [...]

29 GB Advance d opera tions 2 Press v / V to sel ect [Rotate ] and then pr ess . The Rot ate menu is d isp laye d. 3 Press v / V to sel ect the di rection to rotate and then p ress . •: Rotates the image 90 degree s clockwi se. •: Rotate s the ima ge 90 deg rees co unter- clockwi se. 4 Press v / V to sel ect [OK] and then press . Tip To perf or[...]

30 GB Index image disp lay Tips • To perform this operati on from the menu, press MENU on remot e control, press v / V to select [A dd to album], and then pr ess . • Images in the interna l memory c annot be added to the al bum. 2 Press v / V to se lect [T his imag e], [Selecte d images ] or [All images] and then press . [This ima ge]: Adds the[...]

31 GB Advance d opera tions Expor ting an im age You can expor t the images of the internal memory to a memo ry card or external device. 1 Press M ENU. The menu is disp layed. 2 Press v / V to sel ect [Expor t] and then pr ess . The Export menu is displayed. 3 Press v / V to sel ect [This image], [Selected images ] or [All images] and then press . [...]

32 GB Deleting a n image 1 Press MENU. The men u is displa yed. 2 Press v / V to se lect [De lete] a nd then press . The Delete menu is displayed. 3 Press v / V to se lect [T his imag e], [Selecte d images ] or [All images] and then press . [This ima ge]: Delete s th e imag e cu rren tly displ ayed. [Selected images]: De letes the select ed image f[...]

33 GB Advance d opera tions Changing th e vario us settings You ca n chang e displ ay, slides how, brightnes s, langu age, and other s ettin gs of the ph oto fra me. It is al so possib le to res et the settings t o their factory d efaults and forma t the intena l memory. Note Only int ernal mem ory can be fo rmatted. 1 Press M ENU. The menu is disp[...]

34 GB Items to set *: Factory defaul t settings Item Set ting D escr ipt ion Slidesh ow Sett ings Interval Set a valu e from 3 sec., 10 sec .*, 30 sec., 1 min ., 5 min., 30 min., 1 hour, 3 hours, 1 2 hours, 24hour s for the inter val between ima ges when the patt ern is si ngl e vi ew or cale nda r v iew . Effect Center cross Transitions to the nex[...]

35 GB Advance d opera tions Screen Settings Listing Order Sets the displ ay order of image s. This setting a ffects [Order] in [Slide show Settings]. File name* Displays im ages in or der of file nam e. Shoot. Date Displays im ages in orde r of shooting dat e. Auto ima ge orientat ion ON*/OF F: You can se t the photo frame to automatic ally detect [...]

36 GB Conne cting to a high defini tion TV to view images The phot o frame is capa ble of HD MI ou tput. If you connect th e photo fra me to a TV with an HDMI input, yo u can di splay im ages in h igher defi niti on on the TV. About “Ph otoTV HD” The phot o fram e suppor ts “PhotoT V HD ”. “Photo TV H D” is a functi on for expre ssing s[...]

37 GB Advance d opera tions Using the tele vision remote control for photo frame If your televis ion su pports th e contro l for HDMI, yo u can us e the rem ote co ntro l of your television to operate the photo f rame. Notes • We cannot guar antee operatio ns with all type s of televisi ons. • When a remote con trol of your Sony TV is equipped [...]

38 GB Using an ex tern al device Using a Bluetoot h device You ca n connect a Bluet ooth ada ptor (opt ional) to the USB A connector of the photo frame and transfer images from a Blueto oth compati ble mobil e ph one or ot her devi ce. T he t rans ferr ed images ar e saved to internal me mory. 1 Conn ect the ph oto fram e to t he AC powe r sour ce.[...]

39 GB Using an externa l dev ice Notes • When using a commer cially availabl e USB cable, use an A -Type U SB cab le that i s less than 3 mete rs long. • Do not discon nect the US B cable or turn the photo frame an d external device off whi le the ac cess lamp on the ext ernal device is f lashing. Doing so may dam age th e data in the extern al[...]

40 GB 1 Conn ect the ph oto fram e to t he AC powe r sour ce. ( . page 1 7) 2 Conn ect th e co mpute r an d phot o frame with a comm ercially availabl e USB cable (option al: VMC- 14UM B2)* . * This cable may not be avai lable in all coun tri es. Note Use a mi ni B-T ype USB c able th at is l ess than 3 meters lon g. 3 Press 1 (on/s tandby) on the [...]

41 GB Error messages Error messa ges If an error message appear s If an err or occurs, one of the following error mess ages may be displaye d on the LCD scr een of the 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 CompactFlash card . / No SD Memory Card. /[...]

42 GB The Mem ory St ick is prot ected. • A prot ected “ Memor y Stick” i s inserte d. To edi t and save the images, use an externa l device to remove protectio n. Media format not suppor ted. • Th e images cannot be disp layed, if the image file is not suppor ted by th e photo fr ame. Cannot open the ima ge. No mo re USB h ubs can be conne[...]

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

44 GB Some images a re not di splay ed. • Are the imag es displa yed 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 mage f il e may be d amage d ev en though its t humbnail p review data is fine . c A file that is not compatible with DCF may no t be abl e to be d ispla yed wi[...]

45 GB Troubles hootin g Savi ng and de let ing imag es The file name is not dis pl ayed prop erly . • Did you ren am e th e fi le w ith 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 act ers ot her tha n alph anume ri c character s, the file name may not be able to be dis[...]

46 GB Connec ting a digita l cam era or ot her e xternal devic e Photo fra me Remote c ontrol Symptom Chec k item Cause/Soluti ons The cam era is connec ted but nothing is disp laye d. • Is the cabl e connect ed properl y? c Conne ct the ca ble pr operl y. • Is the ph oto frame t urned on? c Turn t he photo f rame on . Noth ing happ ens eve n i[...]

47 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on Addi tional infor matio n Precautio ns • Be care ful n ot to set or d rop a ny he avy obje cts on th e po wer c ord, or t o dam age the power cor d in any w ay. Ne ver oper ate this photo f rame w ith a da maged powe r cord. • Sh ould any so lid obj ect or liquid fal l into t he cabin et, unplug the ph oto fram[...]

48 GB TV prog rams, films, video t apes, port raits of other peopl e or othe r materi als ma y be copy righted. Unaut horiz ed use of such materials may infr inge the pr ovisions of the copy right law. About th e memory cards Types of “Memory Sti ck” that the p hoto fram e can use With the p hoto fra me, you ca n us e th e foll owin g ty pes of[...]

49 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on protection technol ogy deve loped by Sony us ing authenti cation an d encryptio n. *6 The photo fram e does not support 8 bit pa rallel data tra nsfer. Notes on us e • Fo r the latest in form atio n on the “M emor y Stick” typ es that th e photo frame suppo rts, see the “ Memory Stick ” compatibil ity inf[...]

50 GB Notes on use Data readin g/record ing that requi res copyright protection c annot be perfor med. With the xD -Picture Card slot of the photo frame, you ca n use an xD -Pict ure Card *5 . Not all t he me mory c ard oper atio ns ar e su ppor ted and we do not g uarant ee proper oper ations for all type s of xD- Picture Ca rd. *5 The photo frame[...]

51 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on Specifi cations x Photo fra me LCD scre en LCD pane l: DPF-V900: 9 inches , TFT active mat rix DPF-V700: 7 inches , TFT active mat rix To tal n umb er of do ts: DPF-V9 00: 1 080 0 00 (750 × 3 (RGB) × 480) do ts DPF-V7 00: 1 152 0 00 (800 × 3 (RGB) × 480) do ts Disp lay aspec t ratio 15:9 Effecti ve display ar e[...]

52 GB DPF-V700: Appr ox. 207 × 137 × 125 mm (8 1 / 4 × 5 1 / 2 × 5 inch es) (wid th /hei gh t/d epth) Mass DPF-V9 00: Ap prox. 80 0 g (1 lb 12 oz) DPF-V7 00: Ap prox. 55 0 g (1 lb 3 oz) (exclu ding the AC ad apto r) Includ ed accesso ries See “C hecking includ ed items ” on page 13. x AC adapt or AC-L200 Power requir ements - 100 V to 240 V[...]

53 GB Addi ti onal i nfo rmati on Index A AC adaptor 17 Accessories 13 Adding to th e intern al memory 29 Auto di splay or ient ation 3 5 Auto image o rientat ion 35 Auto power ON/OFF 35 AUTO TOUCH-UP 27 C Changin g the setti ngs 33 Clea ning 4 7 Cloc k displa y 25 Analo g cloc k mod e 26 Calend er m ode 26 Digital clock mo de 26 Connecting Comp ut[...]

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