SONY DSCP71
Manual de Servicio

DSC-P71/P71M

Turning on/off your camera
POWER ON/ OFF lamp

How to use the control button
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The Auto Power Off feature
If no tasks are performed for a while* when shooting, playing back, or performing SET UP while using the
POWER button
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, Press the POWER button.
The POWER ON/OFF lamp lights in green, the power is on, and the lens cover opens. When you turn on your camera for the first time, the �CLOCK SET� screen appears (see the next page). To turn off the power If you press the POWER button again, the POWER ON/OFF lamp goes out, and the camera turns off.
� if you turn the power on when the Mode dial is set to , , or SCN, the lens begins to move (DSC-P71 only). Please be careful not to touch the lens.

batteries, power is automatically shut off to preserve battery power. However, in the following circumstances, even if the battery is being used to power the camera, the Auto Power Off feature will not work. � Movies are being played back � A slide show is being shown � There is a plug in the USB terminal or the VIDEO OUT jack
* When POWER SAVE is set to ON: approximately 90 seconds When POWER SAVE is set to OFF: approximately 3 minutes

AUTO WHITE BAL ISO

To change the current settings of the camera, bring up the menu or SET UP on the LCD screen (page 55), and use the control button to make the changes. For each item, press v/V/b/B to select the desired value, then press the center z or b/B to make the setting.
� (Spot light-metering) is not displayed on the menu of the DSC-P31 (page 61).

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Setting the date and time
Mode dial
CLOCK SET
Y/M/D M/D/Y D/M/Y

CLOCK SET

Y/M/D M/D/Y D/M/Y

Getting started

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OK AM CANCEL

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OK AM CANCEL

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, Turn the Mode dial to .
� To change values for the time and the date that have been previously set, change the Mode dial to SET UP, choose �CLOCK SET� in �SETUP 1� (page 97), then proceed from Step 3. � You can also carry out this operation when the mode dial is set to SCN, , or .

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POWER button

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, Choose the desired order for the date, the month and the year using v/V on the control button, then push the center z.
You can choose from �Y/M/D� (year/ month/day), �M/D/Y�, and �D/M/Y�.
� If the rechargeable button battery, which provides the power for saving the time data, ever loses its charge (page 99), the �CLOCK SET� screen automatically reappears. If this happens, reset the date and time by following the above procedure, starting from Step 3.

, Press the POWER button.
The POWER lamp lights in green and the �CLOCK SET� screen appears.

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