Sony DSC-F77A User Manual

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Turning on/off your camera
There are following two ways to turn on the 
camera.
1
Press POWER.
The POWER lamp lights in green and the 
power is on. When you turn on the camera 
for the first time, the CLOCK SET screen 
appears (page 14).
To turn off the power
Press POWER again, the POWER lamp 
goes out, and the camera turns off.
To turn off the start-up sound, set [BEEP] to 
[OFF] in 
 (SETUP 1) in the SET UP 
settings (page 99).
2
Rotate the lens portion.
Rotating the lens portion in the arrow 
direction turns on the camera. To turn off 
the power, rotate it back.
The Auto Power Off function
If no tasks are performed for a while* when 
shooting, viewing images, or setting up the 
camera while using the battery pack, power 
is automatically shut off to preserve battery 
power.
However, in the following circumstances, 
even if the battery pack is being used to 
power the camera, the Auto Power Off 
function will not work.
• Movies are being played back
• A slide show is being shown
• During USB connection 
*
When [POWER SAVE] is set to [ON]: 
approximately 90 seconds 
When [POWER SAVE] is set to [OFF]: 
approximately three minutes
MODE
POWER
POWER
POWER lamp