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: •...
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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...
4-way arrow button 2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll through the thumbnails until the selection marker points to the photo you want. Press and hold the button to scroll through your photos rapidly. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
To mark all photos, press and hold down the Mark button (left soft key) until Mark All appears on the lower overlay bar. Photos remain marked until you perform an action on them, or until you unmark them. Note: HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
If you want to delete all of the photos in a group, or a Timelapse or Burst series, you can close or collapse the photos, until just the one photo that represents the group or series is showing. You can then select the photo as you would a single Still photo, for deleting. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to Protect. 5. Press the Protect button (center soft key). The Protected icon appears in the photo information to indicate that the photo is protected. Protected icon HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev. 2. Select a photo or mark the photos you want to categorize. See “Marking Photos” on page 70 for more information. 3. Press the Category button (center soft key). HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to the category you want to deselect. 5. Press the Deselect button (left soft key). The camera automatically exits the menus. The category icon disappears from the photo information. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Note: If a group is closed, marking the photo that represents the group, marks all the photos in the group. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Use the left side of the 4-way arrow button to delete a letter from the name. Note: The camera does not accept group names that begin with BR or TL because these letters are reserved, regardless of language, for identifying Burst and Timelapse photos on the memory card. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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Once the photos are deleted, you cannot recover them. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev. 2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to any photo included in the group you want to delete. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to Group. 5. Press the Add button (left soft key). Note: The Add button is available only when there are existing groups. See “Creating and Removing Groups” on page 76 for details. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
The photo representing the group displays the Grouped Images icon in its photo information. 3. Press the Open button (right soft key). Thumbnails of all of the photos in the group are displayed with links between them. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
The photo representing the series displays the Burst or Timelapse icon in its photo information. 3. Press the Expand button (right soft key). Timelapse icon Thumbnails of all of the photos in the series are displayed with links between them. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Use the right and left sides of the 4-way arrow button to move to the month, day, and year fields. • Use the up and down sides of the 4-way arrow button to change the month, day, and year. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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To search for photos by category: Note: For more information on categories, see “Categorizing Photos” on page 73. Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Rev. 2. Press the Menu button. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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You can: • Press the Show All button (left soft key) to resume viewing all photos stored on the memory card. • Press the Find button (right soft key) to select a new category. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll through your Overlay bar photos. Tip: You can press the Overlay button to turn off the overlay bar and see the entire screen, or press it twice to turn on both overlay bars. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Each time you zoom in or out, the color LCD refreshes, from the top, to give you a clear, sharp view of your photo. 5. Press the Exit button (right soft key) to finish zooming and return the display to the original photo size. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
To change the playback rate: Turn the camera on and turn the camera mode dial to Play. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll to Playback Rate. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Press the Overlay button to turn the overlay bars off so that you can see the entire screen. 2. Press the Menu button. The Play Settings menu displays with Slideshow highlighted. 3. Press the Edit button (left soft key). HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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Stop Slideshow label is not visible, but the soft key is still available. 8. After you have stopped the slideshow, press the Exit button (right soft key) twice to save the settings and exit the menus. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
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3. Press the Delete button (right soft key). The color LCD displays a message asking you to confirm that you want to delete the photo. 4. Press the Delete button (left soft key) to delete the photo. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Using Your Television When the HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera is connected to a television, the television screen functions the same as the camera’s color LCD. You can even use your television to view a slide show, making it easy to share your photos with family and friends.
Tip: To conserve battery life, use an AC power adapter while your camera is connected to the television. See “Using an AC Power Adapter (recommended)” on page 29. HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera User’s Guide...
Viewing Photos on a Television When the HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera is connected to a television, you can play or review your photos on the television screen just as you would on the camera’s color LCD. You can also mark, protect, categorize, group or delete photos, or create a slideshow.