Panasonic DMCZS10K User Manual

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For [GPS] menu setting procedures (
Recording the place of recording with GPS
 
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Recording Mode: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Using GPS
Select [GPS Setting] from the [GPS] menu 
(
Use cursor button to select [ON] or 
 and press [MENU/SET]
 
• To cancel, select [OFF]
[GPS Setting]
Description 
[ON]
Even when the camera’s power is turned off, positioning is executed 
periodically.
Positioning is executed only while the camera’s power is on. (It is not 
executed while the camera’s power is off.)
[INFO]
You can check the current reception status. (
 
Using in locations such as airplanes or hospitals 
When [GPS Setting] is set to [ON], the GPS function operates even when the camera's 
power is off. 
Electromagnetic waves from the camera can affect instruments and meters. During 
airplane takeoff and landing or in other restricted area, set [GPS Setting] to [OFF] or 
then turn the camera’s power off.
 
• If the GPS status indicator lights up periodically while the camera’s power is off, [GPS 
Setting] is set to [ON].
 
 When [GPS Setting] is set to [ON] or 
In Recording Mode, an icon that indicates the positioning status is displayed on the 
LCD monitor.
When positioning is executed successfully, your current location is stored in the 
camera’s memory, and the location name information appears on the screen.
Location name information
Icon
Time elapsed after successful positioning
In last 5 minutes
From 5 minutes to 1 hour ago
From 1 hour to 2 hours ago
More than 2 hours ago
Positioning failed
 
Even if GPS reception is good, it will take approximately 2 to 3 minutes 
to successfully execute positioning under the following conditions; when 
positioning is executed for the first time, or when positioning is executed after 
the camera is turned off with the [GPS Setting] set to 
 and then turned on 
again or when [GPS Setting] is set to [OFF].
 
The information of the current location stored in the camera’s memory is deleted at 
the following times. (The information recorded on the pictures during recording is not 
deleted.)
 
• When [GPS Setting] is set to [OFF]
 
• When [GPS Setting] is set to 
 and then the camera’s power is turned off
 
• When the setup settings are reset with [Reset]
 
 Information recorded on pictures
 
If the positioning is executed successfully, the following information is recorded on the 
still picture or the motion picture you recorded (except when [Rec Quality] is set to 
[FSH] or [SH]).
 
• Latitude/longitude
 
• Location name information (Country/region, province/state, city/borough/county, town/village, 
landmark)
 
 appears when the picture is played back.
 
 Location name information 
 
The location name information consists of location names and landmarks that are 
found via a search of the camera’s database based on the latitude and longitude 
that were acquired in positioning, and the most appropriate items are displayed 
(Sometimes the nearest items are not displayed.)
 
• If there are no location names or landmarks “---” is displayed even if positioning is successful. 
Even when “---” is displayed, in some cases location name information can be selected in [GPS 
Area Select] (
 
• In some cases, the landmark that you are looking for may not have been registered. Location 
name information, such as landmarks, is current as of December 2010. (Landmark types 
 
The location name information (location name or landmark name) may be different 
from the official name.