21
Quick Start Basics
• Take care to ensure that nothing is restricting or
coming into contact with the lens as it extends.
Holding the lens with your hand so it cannot extend
creates the risk of malfunction.
•Pressing [p] (PLAY) while in the REC mode
switches to the PLAY mode. The lens retracts about
10 seconds after switching modes.
• The Sleep function or Auto Power Off (pages 147, 147) will turn off power
automatically if you do not perform any operation for a preset amount of time.
Press [ON/OFF] (Power).
• You can configure the camera so power does not turn on when you press [r]
(REC) or [p] (PLAY). You also can configure the camera to turn off when you
press [r] (REC) or [p] (PLAY) (page 148).
Turning the Camera On and Off
To turn power on
To turn on
power and enter
the REC mode
Press [ON/OFF] (Power) or [r]
(REC).
• The back lamp will light green
momentarily and the lens will extend
out of the camera (page 23).
To turn on
power and enter
the PLAY mode
Press [p] (PLAY).
• The back lamp will light green
momentarily and an image currently
stored in camera memory will
appear on the monitor screen (page
27).
To turn off the camera
[ON/OFF] (Power)
Back lamp
[r] (REC) [p] (PLAY)