Cameras, Camcorders & Photo Frames FAQs

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• The VLC player or Mplayer software are free players that are available for viewing your movies on your Mac.
  • The VLC player is available here: http://www.videolan.org/.
  • The MPlayer is available here: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html.
• To use QuickTime to view your movie files, you will need to download the Xvid component. For more information and instructions on how to download the component, please visit http://www.xvid.org/Software.83.0.html or http://n.ethz.ch/student/naegelic/download/

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• The time available to record is located in the upper right of the LCD display when the camcorder is in record mode.
  • Press  (Record/Play) to switch to record mode.

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1. My camcorder won’t let me delete my movies.

• The memory card may be locked. Turn the camcorder Off and remove the memory card.
  • Change the locking tab on the memory card to unlocked.
• The movie may be locked which prevents it from being deleted.
  • In playback mode, if the movie is locked, a lock icon will appear in the upper right corner of the LCD display.
  • To unlock a movie:
    • Press  (Record/Play) to switch to playback mode.
    • Press < or > to select Movie.
    • Press OK twice to open the movie option menu.
    • Press < or > to select Lock.
    • Press OK to open the lock menu.
    • Press < or > to select the movie you want to unlock.
    • Press W (down) to unlock the movie.
    • Press T (up) or W (down) to select Yes.
    • Press OK to unlock the movie and close the menu.

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• The memory card may be locked. Turn the camcorder Off and remove the memory card.
  • Change the locking tab on the memory card to unlocked.
• The picture may be locked which prevents it from being deleted.
  • In playback mode, if the picture is locked, a lock icon will appear in the upper right corner of the LCD display.
  • To unlock a picture:
    • Press  (Record/Play) to switch to playback mode.
    • Press < or > to select Picture.
    • Press OK twice to open the movie option menu.
    • Press < or > to select Lock.
    • Press OK to open the lock menu.
    • Press < or > to select the picture you want to unlock.
    • Press W (down) to unlock the picture.
    • Press T (up) or W (down) to select Yes.
    • Press OK to unlock the picture and close the menu.