Canon PowerShot A480 Support Question
Canon PowerShot A480 Support Question
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Question posted by ivernia221 on July 7th, 2014
Date/time Reset
On my Canon A480, even though I've put new batteries in I have to keep resetting the time and date
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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on July 7th, 2014 11:38 AM
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The date and time settings may reset to the default settings if the camera battery has been removed for more than three weeks. Otherwise, go to this Canon page and link to the article listed first.
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PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 2
Camera
AA-size Alkaline Batteries (x2)
Memory Card
Interface Cable IFC-400PCU
AV Cable AVC-DC300
Wrist Strap WS-800
Getting Started
DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk
Warranty "Canon Customer
Card
... out your camera package. If anything is missing, contact the retailer from : http://web.canon.jp/imaging/information-e.htm
• You can find the manuals in your new camera and take some...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 4
What Do You Want to Do?
4 Shoot
● Shoot, leaving it to the camera to make settings 20 ● Shoot to match special conditions 50 - 52
Take good people shots
IPortraits ... off the flash 53 ● Shoot pictures with me in them too (self-timer 57 ● Insert the date and time into my shots 56 ● Take close-up pictures of subjects (macro shooting 61 ● Shooting Close-ups...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 6
...Camera to a Computer 30 Accessories 34 Separately Sold Accessories ...........36
2 Learning More 37
Components Guide 38 Power Saving Function (Auto Power Down 39 Indicator 39 Information Displayed on Subjects (Digital Zoom 54 ' Inserting the Date and Time...1 Getting Started 11
Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card 12 Setting the Date and Time 16 Setting the Display Language..........18...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 7
... 94 ] Correcting the Red-Eye Effect .... 95 Selecting Images for Printing (DPOF 96
8 Customizing the Camera.... 99
Changing Functions 100 Changing Shooting Functions ....... 103 Changing Playback Functions....... 105
9 Useful Information 107
Replacing the Date/Time Battery 108 Using Household Power 109 Handling Precautions 110 Troubleshooting 111 List of 9 (Index Display 86 d Searching...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 14
... • The values for NiMH batteries are depleted. Battery Charge Indicator When battery charge is low. Prepare new batteries to continue using the camera. Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card
Approximate Number of Shots That Can Be Taken
Power Source
Alkaline Batteries (Supplied)
NiMH Batteries (Sold Separately)
Number of Shots*
200
470
Playback Time (Hours)
8
10
* The number of...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 16
... correct date and time.
X Once the date and time have not set them. Set the date and time.
● Press the qr buttons to select an option. ● Press the op buttons to set the date and time, the Date/ Time screen will turn on the camera.
● Press the power button. Turn on the camera.
16 Setting the Date and Time
The Date/Time settings...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 17
....
● Follow Steps 2 and 3 on p. 16 to select [Date/
Time], then press the m button. Setting the Date and Time
Changing the Date and Time
You can change the current date and time settings. Date/Time battery
If [Date/Time] appear even when the date/time have been correctly set, insert a new date/time battery (p. 108).
17
Select [Date/Time] in the 3 tab.
● Press the qr buttons to...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 26
... can print your images without having to use a computer. Compact Photo Printers (SELPHY series)
Inkjet Printers (PIXMA series)
For more information, visit your camera to one of the Canon-brand PictBridge compliant printers below, you want to print.
Print images.
● Press the m button. ● Press the op buttons to select an...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 31
... screen on the left displays. ● Click [Install], and follow the
onscreen instructions to proceed with the camera (p. 2)
Preparations
Windows XP and Mac OS X (v10.4) are used for these explanations.
Windows
Place the DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk in the computer's CD-ROM drive and double-click the icon.
Transferring Images to a Computer
Items...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 32
..., click the [Start] menu and select [All Programs] or [Programs], followed by [Canon Utilities] [CameraWindow] [CameraWindow] [CameraWindow].
32 Transferring Images to a Computer
Connect the camera to turn on the camera.
● Press the 1 button to the computer.
● Turn off the camera. ● Open the cover, and insert the cable's
small plug into the...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 34
... Cable AVC-DC300*1 Interface Cable IFC-400PCU*1
Wrist Strap WS-800
AA-size Alkaline Batteries (x2)
Memory Card
DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk
Battery and Charger Kit CBK4-300*3
AC Adapter Kit ACK800
Battery Charger CB-5AH AA-size NiMH batteries (NB-3AH x4)
Compact Power Adapter CA-PS800 Power Cord
*1 Also available for purchase separately. *2 See...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 46
... op buttons to the default settings. X The camera will reset to select [Reset
All], then press the m button. Returning the Camera to Default Settings
When you have mistakenly changed a setting, you can reset the camera to select [OK], then press the m button. Are there functions that cannot be reset?
• The [Date/Time] (p. 16) in the 3 tab, [Language] (p. 18...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 56
... pixels. Refer to the Personal Printing Guide for details. • Connect the camera to a printer to select [Date] or [Date & Time], then press the m button. ' Inserting the Date and Time
You can insert the shooting date and time in images which do not have an embedded date and time
• Use the DPOF print settings (p. 96) to print. • Use...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 87
...the first image in each shooting date group.
If there are many images on the memory card, you can search them by a specified method or image unit. X The camera will not function.
87 Jump to...The number of images matching the search filter will appear at a time. Jump 100 Images
Jumps over 10 images at a time. Jump Shot Date
Jumps to select the desired search method. Jump to a movie....
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 97
... press the m button.
Selecting the Number of print copies for Printing (DPOF)
• With [Index] selected, the [Date] and [File No.] options cannot be printed in the 3 tab (p. 16). will be set in the [Date/Time] function in the style set to print.
Select an image.
● Press the qr buttons to deselect...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 107
9
Useful Information
This chapter introduces date/time battery replacement, how to use the AC adapter kit (sold separately), troubleshooting tips, and contains lists of available camera functions. The index also appears at the end.
107
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 108
Remove the date/time battery holder.
Replacing the Date/Time Battery
The life of the date/time battery (back-up battery) is turned on the camera's power and set the date/time (p. 16).
108 Replace the battery.
● Insert the battery with a new one (CR1220). Insert the date/time battery holder. If the Date/Time settings screen appears every time the camera is approximately 7 years. ...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 120
...up Image Format File Numbering Create Folder Lens Retract
Power Saving
Date/Time Video System Language Reset All * Default setting
Options/Summary On/Off* Set all ...Display
Slideshow Red-Eye Correction Resize Protect Rotate Erase all data Continuous*/Auto Reset Create New Folder/Auto Create 1 min.*/0 sec. Returns camera to default settings. Last seen*/Last shot
/ */
Ref.
Rotates ...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 124
... Shake 53 Components Guide 38 Compression J Image Quality Continuous Shooting 66
D
Date and Time Adding to Image 56 Changing 17 Date/Time Battery 17, 108 Settings 16
Date/Time J Date and Time Default Settings 46 Deleting J Erasing DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk ......... 2, 31 Digital Tele-Converter 55 Digital Zoom 54 Display Language 18 Display Overlay 104 DPOF 96
124
E
Editing Red...
PowerShot A480 Camera User Guide - Page 126
Index
Two Second Self-Timer 70 Sepia Tones 69 Shooting Date and Time J Date/Time Shooting Using a TV 70 Shooting With Macro 61 Shutter Button 19 Slideshow 88 Snow (Scene Mode 52 Software
DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk ...... 2, 31 Software Starter Guide 2 Transferring Images to a Computer ...... 30 Sound 45 Strap 2, 11 Sunset (Scene Mode 51 Super Macro (Scene...
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