Just got my 118C and boy am I confused

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First of all, this menu system so far seems very non-intuitive. Second, I can't get it to enter the MENU system now. Somehow I did when I first turned it on, but now I press the menu button and nothing happens. Second, once I do get into the menu, how do I format my SD Card with the camera?
HELP!
 
OK, I figured out that if I pull the SD Card out, I can access the menu system and I did find the format function. However, as soon as I put the SD Card in, the damn thing reboots and then once it reboots, I cannot enter the menu system. I tried pressing the REC button but nothing happens. The REC light is blinking. What does that mean? Should I try to format the card on my computer?

UPDATE: Looks like it is working now. What is the WDR menu item? Choices are either ON or OFF.
 
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Well, damn. I reset the menu to DEFAULT and then it let me reboot and get into the menu with the SD Card in. So, I went straight to the format menu and it looks like it worked. It only took a couple of seconds for the format. Is that normal. I expected longer.
 
UPDATE: Looks like it is working now. What is the WDR menu item? Choices are either ON or OFF.

And LDWS, what is that? Same On/Off choices?
 
WDR = Wide Dynamic Range.
Leave it on (on by default) for optimal (though limited) increased night performance.
 
hahaha, thanks. OK, I have it off. Next question is how to get out of playback mode once you are in it?
 
WEll time to go to bed. The only way I found to get out of the playback mode was to power it down and then back up. Probably not the designed way to do it, but I guess it works. Thanks Pier28. You have been supremely helpful to me tonight. Merry Christmas. I am going to bed now but I will check back to see if there is a more gracious way of getting out of the play back mode.
 
Use the same button to enter and out of play back mode, record mode or Photo mode
 
Thanks everyone. I have a copy of the spytec manual as well as another version. They are both pretty crappy and I can not figure out from either how to get out of playback mode gracefully. I use the MIC button to get into play back mode, but once I am in playback mode, the function of the MIC button becomes FF, so pressing that button again doesn't get me out of playback mode.
 
esox07 said:
Thanks everyone. I have a copy of the spytec manual as well as another version. They are both pretty crappy and I can not figure out from either how to get out of playback mode gracefully. I use the MIC button to get into play back mode, but once I am in playback mode, the function of the MIC button becomes FF, so pressing that button again doesn't get me out of playback mode.
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Mic button should get you back out of playback mode, providing you are in standby (not playing any file), if a file is playing the Mic button does fast forward
 
Yah, exactly. When in playback mode, the mic button is assigned as "Fast Forward". I think my question should be, how do I get from playback mode back to "Standby" mode?
 
I think the middle button (protect) will stop the video and thus allow you to press Mic to get out of playback mode.
 
Middle (Round) button is the Play/Pause button.
 
will it stop at the end of a 3 minute segment or do I have to wait for the entire recording to finish?
 
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