Canon PowerShot SX170 IS Support Question
Canon PowerShot SX170 IS Support Question
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Question posted by harperj on April 18th, 2015
My Memory Card Is Showing It Is Locked How Do I Unlock Please
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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on April 18th, 2015 3:28 PM
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Related Canon PowerShot SX170 IS Manual Pages
User Guide - Page 2
Warranty Card
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Package Contents
Before use, make sure the following items are included in the package.
If anything is not included (=3). Camera
Battery Pack NB-6LH
Battery Charger CB-2LY/CB-2LYE
Wrist Strap
Getting Started
• A memory card is missing, contact your camera retailer.
User Guide - Page 3
... that an approval is required to work with the card manufacturer. ç Contents
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Compatible Memory Cards
The following memory cards (sold separately) can be used, regardless of an issue with an Eye-Fi card, please check with the camera. However, not all memory cards have
been verified to use of the card is not permitted. Without approval, use Eye-Fi...
User Guide - Page 4
... is produced under extremely highprecision manufacturing conditions and more than 99.99% of purchase. Refrain from any malfunction of a camera or accessory, including memory cards, that result in the failure of an image to be recorded or to be recorded in a way that Canon Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, and ...
User Guide - Page 8
... with related information (in this example, "xx" represents a page number)
• Instructions in this guide apply to the camera under default settings.
• For convenience, all supported memory cards are simply referred to as the "memory card".
• The tabs shown above titles indicate whether the function is used for still images, movies, or both...
User Guide - Page 9
...Mode 94
Shooting in This Guide......5 Table of Contents 9 Common Camera Operations 11 Safety Precautions 13
2 Auto Mode 49
Shooting with ...Camera Out.........31
Advanced Guide........ 37
1 Camera Basics 37
On/Off 38 Shutter Button 40 Shooting Modes 41 Shooting Display Options.....42 Using the FUNC. ç Contents
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Table of Contents
Package Contents 2 Compatible Memory Cards...
User Guide - Page 23
...Memory Card
Insert the included battery pack and a memory card (sold separately). zzRecording is not possible on (or immediately before using a new memory card (or a memory card formatted in another device), you should format the memory card with a write-protect tab when the tab is in the locked...unlocked position.
Charge the battery pack on
memory cards with this camera (=176).
1 Check the...
User Guide - Page 24
... ( ) and open
it cannot be locked into the correct position.
zzIf you insert it. Inserting memory cards facing the wrong way may damage the camera. Always confirm that the battery pack is facing the right way when you insert the battery pack facing the wrong way, it ( ).
zzInsert the memory card facing as shown and push...
User Guide - Page 25
... into the closed position ( ).
• For guidelines on how many shots or hours of recording can be saved on one memory card, see "Number of the arrow. zzOpen the cover and press the
battery lock in the direction of 4:3 Shots per Memory Card" (=257). zzThe battery pack will pop up. Removing the Battery Pack and...
User Guide - Page 26
..., and it .
zzThe [Date/Time] screen is displayed when you manage images by shooting date or print images showing the date. zzPush the memory card in image properties when you wish (=64).
1 Turn the camera on . Information you specify this way is recorded in until it
clicks, and then slowly release it is used...
User Guide - Page 47
... up , recording/reading/transmitting images, or shooting long exposures (=124, 126)
• When the indicator blinks green, never turn the camera off, open the memory card/battery cover, or shake or jolt the camera, which may corrupt images or damage the camera or memory card.
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Indicator Display
The indicator on the...
User Guide - Page 53
... turned on the [3] tab, and then press the buttons to stop automatically when the memory card becomes full. Finish shooting. zzPress the movie button again
to choose [Off].
The camera beeps twice as needed. However, note that the sound of camera operations will look grainy. ç Contents
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Resize the subject...
User Guide - Page 64
...• When you have specified to images, in the lower-
Shooting will stop automatically when the memory card becomes full.
• When a delay longer than two seconds is specified, two seconds before the...lamp will remain lit in case the flash fires.)
Adding a Date Stamp
Still Images
The camera can add the shooting date to take many shots.
right corner. zzOnce the setting is ...
User Guide - Page 139
...start playback.
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Still Images
Movies
Viewing Slideshows
Automatically play back images from a memory card as follows. Each image is displayed for about three seconds.
zzPress the button, choose [.] in the menu, and ... button.
• You can switch to stop the slideshow.
• The camera's power-saving functions (=39) are played.
User Guide - Page 143
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143
Still Images
Protecting Images
Movies
Protect important images to prevent accidental erasure by the camera (=149). To erase them this process and choose [:] again, and then press the
button.
• Protected images on a memory card will be erased if you format the card (=176, 178).
• Protected images cannot be erased using the...
User Guide - Page 176
...-Fi card, install the software on the memory card to a computer, or take other steps to choose [OK], and then press the button. zzChoose [Format], and then
press the button.
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Formatting Memory Cards
Before using a new memory card or a card formatted in another device, you should format the card with this camera.
User Guide - Page 178
...buttons to select this case, all data on the memory card to a computer, or take other steps to ...memory card.
• You can be erased, but the memory card can cancel low-level formatting in progress by choosing [Stop]. Before low-level formatting, copy images on a memory card. zzFollow steps 2 - 3 in these cases: [Memory card error] is displayed, the camera is not working correctly, card...
User Guide - Page 179
... that store up to 2,000 images each.
You can change how the camera assigns file numbers. To start saving shots from 0001, use an empty (or formatted (=176)) memory card. • Refer to "Software Instruction Manual" (=193) for information on
newly inserted memory cards. ç Contents
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File Numbering
Your shots are...
User Guide - Page 207
... and earlier models. Still Images
Adding Images to 998 images on a memory card and configure relevant settings, such as the number of copies, as desired (= 45).
Choose up on the camera. The printing information you prepare this way will conform to DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) standards. Choose and
configure items as follows. zzPress...
User Guide - Page 220
... from fitting in your problem, contact a Canon Customer Support Help Desk. Display on a TV
Camera images look distorted or not displayed on .
The lens is not retracted. • Do not open the memory card/battery cover while the camera is inserted facing the correct way (=24). • Confirm that the terminals do not help...
User Guide - Page 226
...,
78, 94, 123) or edit images (=157 - 163).
Switch the write-protect tab to the locked position. Cannot record! • Shooting was attempted without a memory card in the camera. Either erase unneeded images (=149) or insert a memory card with another camera.
Protected! (=143)
Unidentified Image/Incompatible JPEG/Image too large./ Cannot play back MOV/Cannot play back...
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