User manual HP PHOTOSMART C500

[. . . ] HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide Trademark and Copyright Information © Copyright 2000 Hewlett-Packard Company All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. [. . . ] Use the 4-way arrow button to turn Counter Reset on or off. Press the Exit button (right soft key) twice to save the settings and exit the menus. Setting Auto Shutoff Your HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera has an automatic shutoff, which is designed to help conserve battery life during periods of inactivity. It is recommended that you turn Auto Shutoff off when you are downloading photos to your computer. Auto Shutoff turns off camera functions after the following periods of inactivity: Power source Battery power Camera mode Rec, Rev, Play PC AC power adapter · · Rec, Rev, Play, PC Sleep 30 seconds 4 minutes Power off 10 minutes 10 minutes 30 minutes If the camera is in sleep mode, press any button to "wake up" the camera. If the camera has turned itself off, press the on/off button to turn it back on. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 64 Adjusting the Camera Settings To turn Auto Shutoff on or off: 1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rec Rec. 2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the Preferences menu, then scroll down to General General. Use the 4-way arrow button to turn Auto Shutoff on or off. Press the Exit button (right soft key) to save the settings and exit the menus. Setting the Beep The camera uses a beep to communicate that an event has taken place. For example, when you take a photo, the camera beeps to let you know that it has finished capturing the image. The camera beeps: · · · · Twice after a photo has been taken. Once at the beginning of a Burst series, and then twice at the end of the series. For 3 seconds when the batteries are low. When you turn the camera on, if the memory card is damaged or unformatted. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 65 Adjusting the Camera Settings · · When you press the Shutter button, if the memory card is full. If the camera is on and you insert a full memory card. To turn the Beep on or off: 1. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rec Rec. 2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the Preferences menu, then scroll down to General General. Use the 4-way arrow button to turn Beep on or off. Press the Exit button (right soft key) twice to save the settings and exit the menus. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 66 Chapter 4 - Viewing Photos Overview After you have taken some photos with your HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera, you can view them on the camera's color LCD or on a television screen. Depending on the camera mode you use (Review or Play), you can: · · · · view thumbnails of your photos view one photo at a time using the entire screen play back Burst, Timelapse, and grouped photo sequences create a slideshow HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 67 Overview See the table below for the features available in each mode. Mode Review What you can do · View thumbnails of your photos · View Burst, Timelapse, and grouped photos · Mark photos for further action · Delete selected or marked photos · Protect photos from being deleted · Categorize photos for easy searching and finding · Group photos for sorting and printing · Search for a particular photo Play · View one photo at a time, using the entire screen · Play back Burst, Timelapse, and grouped photo sequences · Zoom in on photos to see details in close-up · Delete single or grouped Still, Burst and Timelapse photos · Create a slideshow on the color LCD or on a television Tip: To conserve battery life, use an AC power adapter while viewing photos on the color LCD. See "Using an AC Power Adapter (recommended)" on page 29 for details. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User's Guide 68 Using Review Mode Using Review Mode When you use Review mode, the color LCD automatically displays the photos saved on the memory card. [. . . ] The button that turns the camera power on and off. A type of zoom that changes the field of view and magnification of the lens by using the zoom control to move different lens groups within the lens to change its overall focal length. Bars that appear at the top and bottom of the color LCD to provide you with information about the camera settings and tell you the functions of the soft keys. See also "Soft keys. " The video format (short for Phase Alternating Line) generally used in countries in Europe. [. . . ]