Help Please!! I don't read German Re: Panasonic DMC-ZS100: Dear Hoggers, I so need your kind assistance. I just bought the Panasonic DMC-ZS100 and I accidently pressed German for...

AutoGal

Dear Hoggers, I so need your kind assistance.

I just bought the Panasonic DMC-ZS100 and I accidently pressed German for language on the Touch Screen and I don't understand the Panasonic instructions on their site to undo and get "English".

Can you please assist me.

I, thank you in advance....I am so anxious to try out this camera, but, I no speek German nor read it!!

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

AutoGal wrote:

Dear Hoggers, I so need your kind assistance.

I just bought the Panasonic DMC-ZS100 and I accidently pressed German for language on the Touch Screen and I don't understand the Panasonic instructions on their site to undo and get "English".

Can you please assist me.

I, thank you in advance....I am so anxious to try out this camera, but, I no speek German nor read it!!

This link might help - should take you to the manual for the camera...copy and paste the link into your browser

ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/camera/om/dmc-zs60_adv_en_om.pdf

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Just do it over and download the PDF manual for the camera in English. I download PDF manuals for cameras that don't insert complete manuals in the box.

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

Even though you don't read German the steps will be the same as before. Use the manual for a visual step by step pressing the appropriate buttons to get to the language screen. Now, simply look for the EN entry and press that.

Or remove the batteries, regular and system, then replace to reset the camera to a base configuration. Then start the set up all over.

You should be good to go from here. If not, with a little help from Rosetta Stone you should be able to learn German in no time.

AutoGal wrote:

Dear Hoggers, I so need your kind assistance.

..... pressed German for language on the Touch Screen .......

AutoGal

big-guy wrote:

Even though you don't read German the steps will b... (show quote)

I feel so stupid....I went to the Panasonic site and this is what they say:

'How do I change the language on my camera?
The Language option can be found in the set-up menu of the camera. This is the spanner icon in the record mode menu.

Make sure that the camera is not in IA mode when accessing the set-up menu as not all the options are displayed.'

I have done that, but, all is in German and even with Google Translate, I can not get to change the language. I have taken the battery out, but, I knew that that would not change the language. UGH!!

I am afraid of pressing too many buttons, but, I can do a "reset" once I can get to English!! if I ever do!!

I thank all of you for your patience with me...

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

This may or may not help:
Do you have the German-language manual as well? If not download that pdf.
Then open both files to the same page (any page) and see if they look similar (a page with pictures would be easiest to compare). If they are, go to the appropriate page in the English-language manual, then open the German to the same page, and see if that way you can make sense of it.

(I did this a long time ago with a Dutch- and English-language manual because I wanted my brother to look at a specific article and his knowledge of English is next to non-existent, but it worked).

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

You don't need to read the language to get this done.

EXAMPLE: If the manual shows language as being the 4rth entry then go to the 4rth entry on your cameras menu. It matters not what language is shown or if you can read it. Press the 4rth entry for a list of languages. Look for an entry with EN or English and press it.

As to the battery, I said remove the regular (which you did) AND the internal (which you did not) usually like a watch battery. This battery is what holds your settings while you change your regular batteries so you don't have to continually set up your camera on every battery change.

AutoGal wrote:

.....I have done that, but, all is in German and even with Google Translate, I can not get to change the language. I have taken the battery out, but, I knew that that would not change the language....

AutoGal

Morning Star wrote:

This may or may not help: br Do you have the Germa... (show quote)

Thank YOU everyone for all of your kind answers. I got it. By George, I got ENGLISH!! Pressed all those little bottoms, and finally a little banner on the top asked in English if I would like to reset all. What a joy to finally understand. Hope you all have a fine shoot day!!

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

I knew you could do it. Good on ya mate.

AutoGal wrote:

Thank YOU everyone for all of your kind answers. I got it. By George, I got ENGLISH!! Pressed all those little bottoms, and finally a little banner on the top asked in English if I would like to reset all. What a joy to finally understand. Hope you all have a fine shoot day!!

Wrangler Loc: North Texas

Gut getan

lsaguy Loc: Udall, KS, USA

I don't find the instruction to press bottoms anywhere but if it worked for you, Great! Yeah, yeah, but I couldn't help myself. :=}

Rick

srherrmann Loc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

gut gemacht

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Some years ago I bought a second-hand Nikon D40. Unexpectedly, the language was set to Russian by the previous owner, which I can't read. So I downloaded the camera's (English) manual and used it as a guide to navigate to the language settings in the camera's menu, and set it to English. Done. Honestly, it wasn't all that difficult to do. It was fun.

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

lsaguy wrote:

I don't find the instruction to press bottoms anywhere but if it worked for you, Great! Yeah, yeah, but I couldn't help myself. :=}

Rick

Lol!