Panasonic Dmc Fx01 Operating Instructions Manual

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∫Card
Do not leave the card where the 
temperature is high, where 
electromagnetic waves or static 
electricity are easily generated or 
exposed to direct sunlight. 
Do not bend or drop the card. 
 The card may be damaged or the recorded 
content may be damaged or deleted.
 Put the card in the card case or the 
storage bag after use and when storing or 
carrying the card.
 Do not allow dirt, dust or water to get into 
the terminals on the back of the card and do 
not touch the terminals with your fingers.
∫Battery
The battery is a rechargeable lithium ion 
battery. Its ability to generate power 
comes from the chemical reaction that 
takes place inside it. This reaction is 
susceptible to the surrounding 
temperature and humidity. If the 
temperature is too high or too low, the 
operating time of the battery will 
become shorter.
Always remove the battery after use.
Store the removed battery in the battery 
carrying case (supplied).
If you drop the battery accidentally, 
check to see if the body of the battery 
and the terminals are damaged.
 Inserting a damaged battery in the 
camera will damage the camera.
Bring charged spare batteries when 
going out.
 Be aware that the operating time of the 
battery becomes shorter in low temperature 
conditions such as at a ski resort.
 When you travel, do not forget to bring the 
battery charger (supplied) so that you can 
charge the battery in the country that you 
are travelling in.
Dispose of unusable battery.
 The battery has a limited life.
 Do not throw the battery into fire because 
it may cause an explosion.
 The unusable battery should be discarded 
in accordance with battery recycling laws. 
Call the RBRC hotline on 1-800-822-8837 
for infor mation.
Do not allow battery terminals to come 
into contact with metal objects (such as 
necklaces, hairpins etc.).
 This can cause short circuiting or heat 
generation and you may be badly burned 
if you touch a battery.
∫Charger
 If you use the battery charger near a 
radio, the radio reception may be 
disturbed. Keep the charger 1 m 
(3.28 feet) or more away from radios. 
 The charger may generate whirring 
sounds when it is being used. This is not a 
malfunction.
 After using the charger, be sure to 
disconnect it from the electrical outlet. (A 
very small amount of current is consumed 
if it is left connected.)
 Keep the terminals of the charger and 
battery clean.
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Message Display
Confirmation messages or error messages 
will be displayed on the screen in some 
cases.
The major messages are described below 
as examples.
[THIS MEMORY CARD IS PROTECTED]
The Write-Protect switch on the SD 
Memory Card is moved to [LOCK]. Move 
the switch back to unlock it. (P15, 75)
[NO VALID PICTURE TO PLAY]
Record a picture or insert a card with a 
recorded picture and then play it.
[THIS PICTURE IS PROTECTED]
Delete or overwrite the picture after 
canceling the protect setting. (P75)
[THIS PICTURE CANNOT BE DELETED]/
[SOME PICTURES CANNOT BE 
DELETED]
Pictures not based on the DCF standard 
cannot be deleted. If you want to delete 
some pictures, format the card after saving 
necessary data on a PC etc. (P79)
[NO ADDITIONAL DELETE SELECTIONS 
CAN BE MADE]
You have exceeded the number of pictures 
that can be set at once with 
[MULTI DELETE]. Delete the selected 
pictures and then select [MULTI DELETE] 
again to delete any remaining pictures.
More than 999 favorites have been set.
[CANNOT BE SET ON THIS PICTURE]/
[CANNOT BE SET ON SOME PICTURES]
If the pictures are not based on the DCF 
standard, the DPOF print cannot be set.
[MEMORY CARD ERROR
FORMAT THIS CARD?]
The card format cannot be recognized by 
the camera. Format the card again with the 
camera after saving necessary data on a 
PC etc. (P79)[PLEASE TURN CAMERA OFF AND 
THEN ON AGAIN]
This message appears when the camera is 
not operating properly. Turn the camera off 
and on. If the message persists, contact the 
dealer or your nearest servicenter.
[MEMORY CARD ERROR
PLEASE CHECK THE CARD]
 An error has occurred accessing the card. 
Insert the card again.
 A card with a capacity more than 2 GB is 
inserted. Do not use a card with a 
capacity more than 2 GB.
[READ ERROR
PLEASE CHECK THE CARD]
An error has occurred reading the data.
Insert the card again. Make sure the card is 
inserted properly and then play back again.
[WRITE ERROR
PLEASE CHECK THE CARD]
An error has occurred writing the data.
Turn the camera off and remove the card. 
Insert the card again and turn the camera 
on. Make sure the camera is turned off 
before removing or inserting the card to 
avoid damage.
[MOTION RECORDING WAS 
CANCELLED DUE TO THE LIMITATION 
OF THE WRITING SPEED OF THE 
CARD]
 When you set the picture quality to 
[30fpsVGA] or [30fps16:9], we 
recommend using a high speed SD 
Memory Card with “10MB/s” or greater 
displayed on the package.
 Depending on the type of SD Memory 
Card, recording may stop in the middle.
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[A FOLDER CANNOT BE CREATED]
A folder cannot be created because there 
are no remaining folder numbers that can 
be used. (P81)
Format the card after saving necessary 
data on a PC etc. (P79)
 If you execute [NO.RESET] in the [SETUP] 
menu after formatting, the folder number is 
reset to 100. (P20)
[PICTURE IS DISPLAYED FOR 4:3 TV]/
[PICTURE IS DISPLAYED FOR 16:9 TV]
 The AV cable is connected to the camera. 
Press [MENU/SET] if you want to delete 
this message at once.
 Select [TV ASPECT] in the [SETUP] 
menu to change the TV aspect. (P21)
 This message also appears when the 
USB connection cable is connected to the 
camera only.
In this case, connect the other end of the 
USB connection cable to a PC or a printer. 
(P80, 82)
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Troubleshooting
If you return the menu settings to the initial 
settings at the time of purchase, the 
condition may improve.
Select [RESET] in the [SETUP] menu. 
(P20)
∫Battery and power source
1: The camera cannot be operated even 
when it is turned on.
 Is the battery inserted correctly?
– Check the direction of the battery. 
(P13)
 Is the battery sufficiently charged?
– Use a battery that has been 
sufficiently charged.
2: The LCD monitor turns off while the 
camera is turned on.
 Is power save mode (P18) or economy 
mode (P18) activated?
– Press the shutter button halfway to 
cancel these modes.
 Is the battery exhausted?
– Charge the battery or replace it with a 
battery which has enough capacity.
3: The camera turns off immediately 
after it is turned on.
 Is the battery charge insufficient to 
operate the camera?
– Use a battery that has been 
sufficiently charged.
– If you leave the camera on, the 
battery will be exhausted. Turn the 
camera off frequently by using power 
save mode (P18) etc.
∫Recording
1: The picture cannot be recorded.
 Is the card inserted?
 Is the mode dial correctly set?
 Is there any memory remaining on the 
card?
– Before recording, delete some 
pictures. (P31)2: The recorded picture is whitish.
The lens is dirty.
 The picture can become whitish if there 
is dirt e.g. fingerprints on the lens. If the 
lens is dirty, turn on the camera, eject 
the lens barrel (P10) and gently wipe 
the lens surface with a soft dry cloth.
3: The recorded picture is too bright or 
dark.
 Check that the exposure is correctly 
compensated. (P41)
4: The subject is not focused properly.
 The focus range varies depending on 
the recording mode.
Rotate the mode dial to set the proper 
mode for the distance to the subject.
 Is the subject beyond the focus range of 
the camera? (P23)
 Have you taken a picture with jitter?
5: The recorded picture is blurred. The 
optical image stabilizer is not 
effective.
 The shutter speed will become slower 
and the optical image stabilizer function 
may not work properly when taking 
pictures especially in dark places. In 
this case, we recommend holding the 
camera firmly with both hands when 
taking pictures. (P23) When 
[SLOW SHUTTER] (P68) is set, we 
recommend using a tripod and the 
self-timer (P40) when taking pictures.
6: The recorded picture looks rough. 
Noise appears on the picture.
 Is the ISO sensitivity high or the shutter 
speed slow?
(ISO sensitivity is set to [AUTO] when 
the camera is shipped. Therefore, when 
taking pictures indoors etc. the ISO 
sensitivity increases.)
– Decrease the ISO sensitivity. (P64)
– Set [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P69)
– Take pictures in bright places.
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 In [HIGH SENS.] (P52) in scene mode, 
the resolution of the recorded picture 
decreases slightly because of high 
sensitivity processing.
This is not a malfunction.
7: Motion picture recording stops in the 
middle.
 Are you using a MultiMediaCard?
– This unit does not support 
MultiMediaCards.
 When you set the picture quality to 
[30fpsVGA] or [30fps16:9], we 
recommend using a high speed SD 
Memory Card with “10MB/s” or greater 
displayed on the package.
 Depending on the type of SD Memory 
Card, recording may stop in the middle.
∫LCD monitor
1: The LCD monitor sometimes turns off 
although the camera is turned on.
 Have you set economy mode? (P18)
– In economy mode, the LCD monitor 
turns off while the flash is charged.
2: The LCD monitor becomes darker or 
brighter for a moment.
 This phenomenon appears when you 
press the shutter button halfway to set 
the aperture value and does not affect 
the recorded pictures.
3: The LCD monitor flickers indoors.
 The LCD monitor may flicker for a few 
seconds after turning the camera on 
indoors under fluorescent light.
This is not a malfunction.
4: The LCD monitor is too bright or dark.
 Adjust the brightness of the screen. 
(P18)
 Is the power LCD function or high angle 
mode activated?5: Black, red, blue and green dots 
appear on the LCD monitor.
 These pixels do not affect the recorded 
pictures.
This is not a malfunction.
6: Noise appears on the LCD monitor.
 In dark places, noise may appear to 
maintain the brightness of the LCD 
monitor.
This does not affect the pictures you are 
recording.
7: A vertical line appears on the LCD 
monitor.
 This is a phenomenon called smear. It 
is a characteristic of CCD and appears 
when the subject has a bright part. 
Uneven colors may also appear around 
the smear. This is not a malfunction. It 
is recorded in motion pictures but is not 
recorded on still pictures.
∫Flash
1: The flash is not activated.
 Is the flash setting set to Forced OFF 
[]?
– Change the flash setting. (P36)
 The flash is not activated when motion 
picture mode [ ], [SCENERY] (P47), 
[NIGHT SCENERY] (P48), 
[FIREWORKS] (P50) or [STARRY SKY] 
(P51) in scene mode is selected.
2: The flash is activated 2 times.
 When you select red-eye reduction (P36), 
the flash is activated once before the 
actual recording to reduce the red-eye 
phenomenon (eyes of the subject 
appearing red in the picture) and then 
activated again for the actual recording.
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∫Playback
1: The picture being played back is 
rotated and displayed in an 
unexpected direction.
The camera has a function that 
automatically rotates the display of 
pictures recorded holding the camera 
vertically. (If you take pictures when aiming 
the camera up or down, the camera may 
recognize that it is being held vertically.)
 You can display the pictures without 
being rotated when [ROTATE DISP.] 
(P72) is set to [OFF].
 You can rotate pictures with the 
[ROTATE] function. (P72)
2: The picture is not played back.
 Is the mode dial set to playback [ ]?
 Is the card inserted?
 Is there a picture in the card?
3: The folder number and the file number 
are displayed as [—] and the screen 
turns black.
 Is the picture edited with a PC or 
recorded with a digital camera from 
another manufacturer?
This may also happen if the battery is 
removed immediately after recording or   
if recording with a exhausted battery.
– Format the data to delete the pictures 
mentioned above. (P79) (Formatting 
irretrievably deletes all data including 
the other pictures. Check the data 
carefully before formatting.)
4: The picture is displayed with a date 
different from the actual recording 
date in calendar playback.
 Was the picture edited with a PC or 
recorded with a digital camera from 
another manufacturer?
This kind of picture may be displayed with 
a date different from the actual recording 
date in calendar playback. (P59)
 Is the clock in the camera set properly? 
(P18)
For example, if the clock setting on the 
camera is different from the date and 
time set on the PC and you acquire 
pictures recorded with the camera to 
the PC and then write them back to the 
card, the pictures may be displayed with 
dates different from the actual recording 
dates in calendar playback etc.
∫TV, PC and printer
1: The picture does not appear on the 
television.
 Is the camera connected to the TV 
correctly?
 Set the TV input to external input mode.
 Set [VIDEO OUT] to [NTSC]. (P21)
2: The display areas on the TV screen 
and the camera’s LCD monitor are 
different.
Depending on the TV model, the area 
display may be smaller so the picture 
may be stretched horizontally or vertically 
and the top and bottom or left and right of 
the picture may be cut off when it is 
displayed. This is due to the TV 
specifications and is not a malfunction.
3: The motion pictures cannot be played 
back on a TV.
 Are you trying to play back the motion 
pictures by directly inserting the card in 
the card slot of the TV?
– Connect the camera to the TV with 
the AV cable (supplied) and then play 
back the pictures on the camera.
4: The picture cannot be transferred 
when the camera is connected to a 
PC.
 Is the camera connected to the PC 
correctly?
 Is the camera recognized by the PC 
correctly?
 Set [USB MODE] to [PC]. (P20, 80)
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5: The card is not recognized by the PC.
 Disconnect the USB connection cable. 
Connect it again while the card is 
inserted in the camera.
6: The picture cannot be printed when 
the camera is connected to a printer.
 Does the printer support PictBridge?
– You cannot print pictures with printers 
which do not support PictBridge. (P82)
 Set [USB MODE] to [PictBridge (PTP)]. 
(P20, 82)
7: The ends of the pictures are cut at 
printing.
 When using a printer with a trimming or 
borderless printing function, cancel this 
function before printing. (For details, refer to 
the operating instructions for the printer.)
 When you order photo studios to print 
pictures, ask the photo studio if the 
pictures can be printed with both ends.
8: The picture is not displayed fully on 
the TV.
 Set the aspect of the TV on the camera. 
(P21)
∫Others
1: An unreadable language was selected 
by mistake.
 Press [MENU/SET], select the [SETUP] 
menu icon [ ] and then select the [ ] 
icon to set the desired language. (P21)
2: The setting for the auto review 
function is disabled.
 Are you taking pictures using auto 
bracket (P42)? Is the camera in burst 
mode (P44) or motion picture mode [ ] 
(P56) or [SELF PORTRAIT] (P49) ? 
Is [AUDIO REC.] set to [ON]  (P66)?
– In these cases, you cannot set the auto 
review function in the [SETUP] menu.
3: A red lamp sometimes turns on when 
the shutter button is pressed halfway.
 In dark places, the AF assist lamp (P68) lights 
red to make it easier to focus on a subject.
4: The AF assist lamp does not turn on.
 Is [AF ASSIST LAMP] on the [REC] 
mode menu set to [ON]? (P68)
 Are you taking pictures in dark places?
– The AF assist lamp does not turn on 
in bright places.
 The AF assist lamp does not turn on 
when [SCENERY] (P47), 
[NIGHT SCENERY] (P48) [SELF 
PORTRAIT] (P49), or [FIREWORKS] 
(P50) in scene mode is selected.
5: The camera becomes warm.
 The surface of the camera may become 
warm during use. This does not affect 
the performance or quality of the 
camera.
6: The lens clicks.
 When the brightness changes due to 
zoom or camera movement etc., the 
lens may click and the picture on the 
screen may drastically change. 
However, the picture is not affected.
The sound is caused by the automatic 
adjustment of the aperture.
This is not a malfunction.
7: The clock is reset.
 If you do not use the camera for a long 
time, the clock may be reset. When the 
message [PLEASE SET THE CLOCK] 
appears, set the clock again. (P16)
 When you take a picture before setting 
the clock, [0:00 0. 0. 0] is recorded.
8: Colors appear on the picture which 
were not found in the actual scene. 
 Depending on the zoom magnification, 
the picture may have some colored 
fringes around the subject. This is 
called chromatic aberration and may be 
more visible when recording distant 
subjects. However this is not a 
malfunction.
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9: The file numbers are not recorded 
consecutively. 
 When you perform an operation after 
taking a certain action, the pictures 
may be recorded in folders with 
different numbers from the ones used 
prior to the operation. (P81)
10: The file numbers are recorded in 
ascending order.
 If the battery is inserted or removed 
when the camera is not turned off, the 
recorded folder numbers are lost. 
However if you turn the camera on 
again and record pictures, the 
recorded folder numbers are different 
from the prior recorded folder 
numbers.
11: The picture is displayed in black.
 Pictures edited or rotated with a PC 
may be displayed in black in playback 
mode (P30), multi playback (P58) and 
calendar playback (P59).
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Number of recordable pictures and available 
recording time
 The number of recordable pictures and the available recording time are an 
approximation. (These vary depending on the recording conditions and the type of card.)
 The number of recordable pictures varies depending on the subjects.
∫Number of recordable pictures
Aspect ratio
Picture size/  (6M):
(2816k2112 pixels) (3M EZ):
(2048k1536 pixels) (2M EZ):
(1600k1200 pixels)
Quality/
Card
16 MB 4 8 8 16 13 27
32MB9 1918362958
64 MB 20 40 38 75 61 120
128 MB 41 82 78 150 125 240
256 MB 81 160 150 290 240 470
512 MB 160 320 300 590 480 940
1 GB 320 640 600 1180 970 1880
2 GB 660 1270 1220 2360 1920 3610
Aspect ratio
Picture size (1M EZ):
(1280k960 pixels)/ (0.3M EZ):(640k480 pixels) (5M):
(2816k1880 pixels)
Quality/
Card
16 MB 21 40 68 110 4 10
32 MB 45 85 145 230 10 21
64 MB 93 175 290 480 22 45
128 MB 190 350 600 970 46 92
256 MB 370 690 1170 1900 91 180
512 MB 730 1370 2320 3770 180 350
1 GB 1470 2740 4640 7550 360 710
2 GB 2920 5120 8780 12290 730 1420
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Aspect ratio
Picture size/ (2.5MEZ):(2048k1360 pixels) (4.5M):
(2816k1584 pixels) (2M EZ):
(1920k1080 pixels)
Quality/
Card
16MB9185111225
32 MB 20 40 12 25 27 53
64 MB 43 83 27 53 57 105
128 MB 88 165 55 105 115 220
256 MB 170 330 105 210 230 430
512 MB 340 650 210 420 450 860
1 GB 680 1310 430 850 910 1720
2 GB 1360 2560 870 1700 1800 3410
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