20 Most Recent Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9 Digital Camera - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Since you've already tried different batteries, you have a couple of other options...

• Instead of plugging the USB cable into the camera's wall charger, plug it into the USB port of a computer, or even into a USB phone charger.
• Try another wall charger.
• Try another USB cable.

Here's the PDF manual for your camera, if you need it: http://us.sanyo.com/dynamic/extranet/servicers/VPCT1495.pdf (Page 16 contains info about charging the camera)

Look at your memory card. SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer. The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries. Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo management program such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).

How do I start recording on this VPC-S1415? No Manual! Frustrated! Please help! Thanks!

Look at the memory card. SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

Always charge NiMH batteries before using them for the first time, or if they have not been used for a long period. 3 months can be very long for NiMH batteries. Do not use alkaline batteries unless it is absolutely necessary. In some cases, alkaline batteries may have a shorter service life than NiMH. Alkaline battery performance is limited, especially at low temperatures. The use of NiMH batteries is recommended. AA manganese (Zinc-Carbon) batteries should not be used.

Look in the menus and locate 'FORMAT' or Format Memory card'. Select it and re-format your memory card. this should clear the card of all content and reset it for you. If loosing the data on the card is not an option try recovering the photos by connecting to a computer card reader. Then clean the contacts and re-format the card in the camera, not the computer.

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You need to connect the camera with a USB cable to the computer.Only then the USB connection screen appears on the camera's monitor. There you select computer and press the set button.The screen to select the connection mode appearsSelect "Card Reader" and press the select button.Now the camera is connected in the card reader mode.If the windows automatic playback screen appears on the computer monitor, close it.Double click on the desktop [Mediaimpression 2] icon to launch Mediaimpression 2.The Mediaimpression 2 home page appearsClick the right top icon [Import]Then the files in the camera appear on the screen.From there you can chose the files you want to safe on your computer. You can chose or make folders where you want the files on your computer.You can read this in the manual click the linkhttp://www.central-manuals.com/instructions_manual_user_guide_camera/sanyo.php

Recharge batteries and plug in, or use an usb with a computer.

First thing I would check is the cable between the camera and computer. Then I would check to see if my USB drivers were up to date. Last, reload the camera software to the computer.

The answer is YES if the deleted photos are not overwritten(if you continue taking more photos or put more files to the external memory). Do it as follows.

First things first: DO NOT take any more photos with the memory card(within your camera) that you want to recover photos from. Take the card out of your cam and put it in a safe place. Because if you take any more files or save any data to your memory card, you may quite possibly ruin your chances of recovery.

Then Connect the card to your computer as it should appear as a "Removable Drive" or put the card in a card reader attached to your PC.

Next, if you are comfortable with using a PC then you can download a photo recovery utility that will recover your pictures with this software called Wondershare Photo Recovery (I once used this program bounded with some other software) from the following link(the program also recover videos and music files):

Photo Recovery for Windows (if you are running Windows OS)
Photo Recovery for Mac (for Apple Mac OS X)

Remember - Do NOT try & write anything back to your camera(memory card) until you can recover the files safely!

Check that your digital camera is not in playback or review mode. Make sure the memory card is in the camera and that the card is properly formatted. The Memory Card may be full. Download the images to the computer or delete some to make way for new photos. Check the charge on the batteries. Replace if necessary.Have you been using the flash? It may be recharging. When it is recharged, the camera will be ready to take photos again.