Sanyo Cameras - Page 5 - Answered Questions & Fixed Issues

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 ).

I had this same failure. It could be two things, one you bumped the lens an knocked it off the track it rides on. Easier done than you think, or the motor has failed on the lens. You can try to take it apart as I did, but you need time an small tools to do it. It took me three hours to take apart, an two hours to get back together. Dont throw it away I you can fix it. Someone could fix most likely if that is it

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.

There is only one thing I can think of. If it is not this perhaps your camera is defect. Your camera has a White balance setting. You can put it in Auto, Incand. Daylight, cloudy and Manual. Check if it is in something other than Auto. If so, put it in Auto, till you think you can improve the colours by putting it in a special setting.

You may view/download the manual at http://www.fixya.com/support/p1131439-sanyo_vpc_s880_digital_camera/usermanual-04BE13F-pdf

Although most cameras do have an internal memory, the space is very limited. Most of the time you can store on or two pictures. When you shoot in lowest quality, perhaps 10. If the internal memory is full you can move the pictures from the internal memory to a SD memory card. Not the other way around. For this see the manual (English) page 33

you can recover photos from camera with camera recovery tool like asoftech photo recovery. First of all, do not save any new file to camera's memory card.Take out memory card, and connect it to computer using a card reader. You should see memory card shown as a drive letter (like H:) in Windows Explorer.Download asoftech photo recovery softwarehttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Asoftech-Photo-Recovery.shtmlInstall and open the photo recovery software, select the memory card, and click 'Start' button.

I already did answer this? But I forgot the point, If your lens is dirty (must be bad) you only can clean it with a special lens pen or a micro five cloth, if a special fluid is used. Never clean lenses with anything else, because the coating on the lens is easy damaged. When the coating is damaged, you never will get any clear pictures os videos.

Your camera has a feature called MF (Manual Focus) if it is switched to MF, the autofocus won\'t work. If on the right side of the screen is MF, you are sure the camera is in that mode. You can change that in Recording Menu 2.The manual is still online.Success

Take no more pics until you've recovered your photos, take the card out of the camera. This is to reduce the chance of you overwriting some of your "lost" photos. There are many good freeware photo recovery software options that may help you recover your photos. This article reviews and outlines several of the better ones:

Please check if the lens can move free. If there is any obstruction, it will stop and the camera will give an error. Also never try to stop the lens from moving. Start over again. Remove the battery, charge it. Place the battery and the memory card when you are sure the memory card is not in the locked position. Then close the battery door carefully, so the door is locked correct. Then switch on again. If the error comes back, perhaps the lens is blocked inside (broken gear or something like that) you have to contact the service centre.

Did you try it like it is said in the manual? press the button half till the camera is focused and then press the button completely down? Don't expect the camera to shoot with the same speed as a camera with film did. Give it some time to focus and everything will be fine (I hope) If not let me know.

When you are in recording menu, third line in the menu says Photo Stabilizer. But if tat one is grated out, that means it is not available. The manual never says anything about the stabiliser function. So if your camera allows you to stitch between stabiliser on or off, please let me know.

I can't find manual, but I try to help you anyway. On lots of digital cameras there is a power safe function. If you put the camera in power safe, the display will not go on. Sometimes it is just the display button on the back of the camera. A little button with an arrow to the right. Please check in the menu's. Then there is this nasty thing called battery. The battery (Batteries) can come fresh from the charger, that indicated the battery is charged and still the battery does not have enough power to let the camera work. Try charging the battery again and if you have a spare use that one. Even if you don't use the camera, make it a habit to take out the batteries and charge them at least 2 but better 4 times a year. Off course always charge the battery short before you use the camera.

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.

Just Google Sanyo HDD 500 English user manual I found a pdf copy of the manual in just 10 seconds.

Empty or damaged battery (s)