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Chapter 1
Introduction
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Viewing the On-Screen Displa,y
Various types of information appear on the LCD monitor. Here are meaning of each
indication and how to interpret them.
[REC MODE]
On-Screen Display during
CD
Interval
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Recording
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Lap time
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Zoom bar
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Message
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Operating mode
10/24/1997
L
REC NORM
9: 30PM
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Recording.type
(J)
Current date/time
*
Note that all the above indication do not indicates at the same time.
*
Although a color picture appears on the built-in LCD monitor, a black-and-white
picture appears on the TV screen.
CD
INTERVAL: Appears during still picture recording
mode if the interval has been set (see page 76). This
indicates the interval at which still pictures are recorded
and can be set to 30 seconds, 1 minute or 5 minutes
(see page 34). If this indicator does not appear, nor-
mal still picture recording will be engaged.
®
Record mode: This indicates the current recording
file type that which can be switched by pressing the
REC MODE/fHUMBNAIL button. You can select
one of four modes:
,r. :
Moving picture (MPEG 1 Format)
CJ :
Still picture (JPEG Format)
QJ
: Consecutive recording of still pictures
(JPEG Format, 2PPS/sec. and 5shots)
.P :
Still picture with audio
(JPEG Format and MPEG Audio)
@ Lap time : This appears when you select moving
pictures or still picture with audio, and indicates the
elapsed time since the REC button was pressed.
®
Zoom bar : This appears when the ZOOMNOL
button is pressed during recording, and indicates how
the zoom is engaged in 10 settings from W (wide) to
T (tele). The magnification in the optical zoom range
is shown in white and that in the digital zoom in yel-
low.
If zoom is pressed, the zoom bar will be displayed for
three seconds even when nothing appears in the on-
screen display (see page 80).
@ Operating mode :
This indicates what mode the
MP-EGlA is in currently - recording, playback, etc. -
with letters and symbols. See "Operating Mode Indi-
cators" (on page 18) for details.
@ Recording type :
This indicates the function of the
REC button during recording.
NORM : Recording starts when REC is pressed and
stops when it is pressed again.
CLIP : Recording continues while REC is held and
stops when it is released.
The REC button function is set to NORM at the fac-
tory. You can switch it to CLIP with the menu (see
page 74).
(J)
Current date/time : The current date and time ap-
pear during recording. If incorrect date and time ap-
pear, correct them (see page 24).
@ Message : Appears as required .
®
PC card alarm : This appears when a PC card is not
inserted or non-usable card is inserted.
®) Battery remaining level :
This indicates the bat-
tery remaining level with graphics.
.-~ : Full charge (lights white)
U~ :
Middle level (lights white)
UlJ :
Low level (flashes white)
Charge the battery in the low level (see page 20).
Connecting the AC adapter/charger causes the middle
indicator to light. (
V~ )
®
PC card free memory area : This indicates the
free memory area on PC card for recording in terms
of recording time left or the number of recordable still
pictures.
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