Nikon COOLPIX P500 User Manual page 37

Turning On and Off the Camera
Remove tile lens cap before turning on
the camera.
Press the power switch to turn on the
camera.
Tile power-on
lamp (green) lights,
and
then the monitor is turned on
(the
power-
on
lamp
is turned off when the monitor is
turned on).
Press the power switch
again
to turn off the camera. When the power is turned
off,
the monitor and power-on
lamp
are turned off.
• When the camera is
off, holding
down the
[]
button turns on the camera in
playback mode (_34).
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[] Message
If Turn the camera off, remove the lens cap, and turn the camera on. is displayed, confirm that
the lens cap is removed and press the power switch to turn the camera on again,
[] Standby Mode (Auto Off}
If no operations are per_rmed, the monitor is turned off automatically, the camera enters standby
mode and the power on lamp blinks, The camera turns off when the standby mode continues _r
about three minutes,
• When the power on brnp blin ks, turn on the monitor again with one of the following operations.
Press the power switch, the shutter release button, the [] button or the • (*_ movie record)
button.
Rotate the mode dial.
• in shooting or playback mode, the camera enters standby mode in about one minute (default
setting).
• The time that elapses before the camera enters standby mode can be changed from the Auto oil:
(_199) in the setup menu (_185).
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