Help with a Sony cyber-shot 6 mega pixel

I really need help getting the settings correct on my camera. The pictures always look dark and too yellow or washed out and too blue.

EV setting, what is this and what shoud it be at?

metering mode- spot or normal?

ISO-it can be set from 80-400, its at 400 right now.

Thanks for any help

I don't know if this is too late for you, but check the manual for the EV setting, as one without the manual might have no clue what that refers to. As for the ISO, typically you want a larger ISO (400) when there is less light as an ISO 400 means the camera is more sensitive to whatever little light is there. As for the too blue or too orange look, there should be settings on the camera that have symbols for the different types of light: flourescent, non-flourecent, halogen, daylight, cloudy day, etc. If the light in the room is bright white light, then it is either halogen or floruecent. if it has an orange tinge, it is a regular light bulb (usualyl represented witha lightbulb symbol). Look for a lightbulb symbol to fix that setting, but refer to the manual for the exact locations of these menu settings. Hope this helps. Oh, and remove the flash if you don't want your pictures to be washed out and gross looking.

Here you go

Here you go this should do the ticket for you Just click on the handbook link and all your questions will be answered there
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=DSCS500&LOC=3

the sony cybershot is a GREAT camera! (i know, i've had 2). and the manual really helps out a lot. also, just diddling around and taking a picture of the same thing with every different setting helps a lot too. it kind of shows you what each setting will do to what you would like to photograph.