Sony DSC-P100 User Guide

This camera has an internal rechargeable 
button battery for maintaining the date and 
time and other settings regardless of 
whether the power is on or off. 
This rechargeable button battery is 
continually charged as long as you are using 
the camera. However, if you use the camera 
for only short periods it discharges 
gradually, and if you do not use the camera 
at all for about one month it becomes 
completely discharged. In this case, be sure 
to charge this rechargeable button battery 
before using the camera. 
However, even if this rechargeable button 
battery is not charged, you can still use the 
camera as long as you do not record the date 
and time. 

Connect the camera to a wall outlet (wall 
socket) using the AC Adaptor, or install a 
charged battery pack, and leave the camera 
for 24 hours or more with the power off. 

The rechargeable button battery is located 
behind a separate cover inside the battery/
“Memory Stick” cover. Never remove the 
rechargeable button battery.

“Memory Stick” is a compact, portable IC 
recording medium with a data capacity that 
exceeds the capacity of a floppy disk.
The types of “Memory Stick” that can be 
used with this camera are listed in the table 
below. However, proper operation cannot 
be guaranteed for all “Memory Stick” 
functions.

1)

When using “Memory Stick Duo” with this 
camera, be sure to insert into the Memory 
Stick Duo Adaptor.

2)

“MagicGate Memory Stick” and “Memory 
Stick PRO” are equipped with MagicGate 
functions. MagicGate is copyright protection 
technology that uses encryption technology. 
Data recording/playback that requires 
MagicGate functions cannot be performed 
with this camera.

3)

Supports high-speed data transfer using a 
parallel interface.

4)

640(Fine) size movies can be recorded and 
played back only using “Memory Stick PRO” 
or “Memory Stick PRO Duo.”

“Memory Stick” formatted with a computer is 
not guaranteed to operate with this camera.

Data read/write speeds differ depending on the 
combination of the “Memory Stick” and the 
equipment used.

You cannot record, edit or delete images if you 
slide the write-protect switch to LOCK.

The position and/or the shape of the write-
protect switch may differ depending on the 
“Memory Stick” you use.

Memory Stick

a

Memory Stick Duo

1)

a

Memory Stick Duo 
(MagicGate/High-speed 
data transfer compatible)

1)

  a

2) 3)

MagicGate Memory Stick

a

2)

MagicGate Memory Stick 

Duo

1)

a

2)

Memory Stick PRO

 a

2) 3)

Memory Stick PRO Duo

1)

 

a

2) 3)