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Page 2: ...s will invalidate all guarantee claims Using your batteries For best performance and prolonged battery life we recommend the use of AA lithium or rechargeable NiMH batteries Extending battery life The following functions use up a great deal of battery power and should therefore only be used occasionally Excessive use of flash Editing images on the camera display Using the camera display as a view ...

Page 3: ...children Eye damage may result In particular remain at least one meter away from infants when using flash y Keep the camera away from water and other liquids Do not use the camera with wet hands Never use the camera in the rain or snow Moisture creates the danger of electric shock y Keep the camera and its accessories out of the reach of children and animals to prevent accidents or damage to the c...

Page 4: ...ce will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures y Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna y Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver y Con...

Page 5: ...E Q MODE 20 SETTING IMAGE SIZE AND QUALITY 21 USING THE ZOOM FUNCTION 22 USING THE FLASH 23 USING THE MACRO 24 USING THE SELF TIMER BURST 25 USING THE APERTURE PRIORITY 26 USING THE SHUTTER PRIORITY 26 USING THE MANUAL EXPOSURE 27 RECORDING MOVIE CLIPS 28 SETTING THE MOVIE SIZE 28 RECORDING AUDIO CLIPS 29 PLAYING BACK AUDIO CLIPS 29 RECORDING A VOICE MEMO 30 PLAYING BACK A VOICE MEMO 30 OTHER RECO...

Page 6: ...O A TV 45 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A PC 46 USING THE CARD READER 46 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A COMPUTER WITH THE USB CABLE 46 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 47 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 47 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE 48 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE DRIVER 49 INSTALLING ULEAD PHOTO EXPLORER 8 SE BASIC 49 INSTALLING VIDEOSTUDIO 7 SE VCD 50 USING THE SOFTWARE 50 APPENDIX 51 ABOUT THE FOLDER FILE NAME 51 FOLDER STRUCTURE 51 ...

Page 7: ...ayback delete and edit functions of still images movies and audio files Making Connections This section tells you how to connect this camera to a computer or TV Software Installation This section tells you how to install the software that comes in CD ROM Appendix This section describes the troubleshooting and the camera specification The meanings of the symbols used in this user s manual are expla...

Page 8: ...able AV cable Pouch Hand strap 2 x AA batteries Software installation CD ROM User s Manual y Attaching the Wrist Strap Attach the wrist strap to your camera as shown y Do not swing the camera around by the strap C Ca au ut ti io on n ...

Page 9: ... 9 6 Operation Lamp 7 Zoom Button page 22 See also y Thumbnail page 36 y Playback Zoom page 35 8 Playback Button page 13 9 Menu Button page 15 10 Mode Button page 13 11 ASM Button page 14 See also y Delete Button page 37 12 Flash Button page 23 13 SET DISP Button page 11 14 Macro Button page 24 ...

Page 10: ...4 15 Strap Ring page 2 16 Shutter Button page 19 28 17 Power Button page 12 18 Speaker 19 USB AV Terminal page 18 46 20 Tripod Socket 21 Battery Cover page 5 ...

Page 11: ...eries should be replaced promptly when the low battery indicator appears y Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type dispose of used batteries according to the instructions y Be sure to turn off the camera power before insert or remove batteries y Use only Alkaline or Ni MH battery to power this camera Use of any other type battery is not recommended y Replace all batteries at ...

Page 12: ...It may cause damage to the card if removed while the camera is on y Do not touch the connection terminals on the back side of the card About Camera Memory This camera is equipped with internal memory If the memory card is not inserted in the camera all images and movie clips recorded by the camera will be stored in the internal memory If the memory card is inserted images and movie clips are store...

Page 13: ...re using the camera Setting the Display Language Turn the power on and set the camera to the Setup Menu page 16 Select Language y Press or to select LANGUAGE then press or the SET button to launch the submenu Select a language y Press or to select a language and press or the SET button to apply the setting Press the MENU button to close the menu 1 3 2 4 ...

Page 14: ...r to change the value of the cursor located Press or to move the cursor between settings y Holding down or changes the values continuously y For date stamp setting page 33 Apply the setting y After adjusting the settings press the SET or the MENU button to apply the setting y If the batteries are removed for longer than 48 hours the Date and Time will need to be re set 1 2 3 4 T Ti ip ps s C Ca au...

Page 15: ...ding mode page 13 12 Shake warning page 19 2 Flash page 23 13 Shutter speed page 19 3 Zoom indicator page 22 14 Aperture value page 19 4 Shots remaining 15 Exposure page 32 5 Storage media 16 Metering page 31 6 Macro page 24 17 ISO page 32 7 Self timer Burst page 25 18 White balance page 31 8 AEB page 32 19 Sharpness page 33 9 Date stamp page 33 20 Quality page 21 10 Battery page 5 21 Resolution p...

Page 16: ...ured date time 3 Voice memo page 30 9 Voice memo control page 30 4 File number Total 10 DPOF page 43 5 Storage media 11 Resolution page 21 6 Recording info page 11 y Some information may not display correctly if you display images captured by other camera model C Ca au ut ti io on n ...

Page 17: ... PLAYBACK mode D Full OSD E Basic OSD y You cannot change the LCD status in the following situation Manual exposure Recording movie clips or audio files Playing movie clips or audio files Playing the slideshow Viewing in thumbnail Trimming a still image y When the LCD status is not in OSD on press Macro or Flash will change the display mode to OSD on automatically C Ca au ut ti io on n T Ti ip ps ...

Page 18: ... 1 5 seconds y Switch between REC mode and PLAYBACK mode page 13 Power Saving Function For saving the battery power the LCD monitor automatically turns off 1 minute after the last control accessed factory preset setting Press any button other than the power button to turn on the LCD monitor You can change the power save setting in Setup menu page 17 After the power saving function has been active ...

Page 19: ...electing the REC mode Set the camera to the REC mode page 13 Launch the mode palette y Press the MODE button o to show the scene mode palette Select a mode y Use the four way control to select a desired mode and press the SET button to confirm the setting Display Title Description Program The camera makes settings suitable for the shooting conditions Movie For recording movie clips Voice REC For r...

Page 20: ...still image to capture moving kids Food Higher saturation makes food more appetizing Building Enhance the edges of the subject Text Enhance the black white contrast Selecting the ASM mode Set the camera to the REC mode page 13 y It cannot be switch to ASM mode while in Movie or Voice REC mode Launch the ASM mode y Press the ASM button n to toggle switch between Aperture Priority Shutter Priority M...

Page 21: ...u y Press the MENU button n to display the menu Select an item y Press or o to select a menu item Change the setting y Press or o to change the setting Press the MENU n or the SET o button to save the settings and close the menu REC menu list Still Image Menu Item Available Setting Page Resolution 21 Quality 21 Metering 31 White Balance Auto 31 ISO Auto 32 Exposure 32 Drive Mode Off 25 AEB Off 32 ...

Page 22: ...AYBACK mode page 13 Press the MENU button n to open the REC or PLAYBACK menu y The menu displays depends on whether you are in the REC mode or the PLAY BACK mode Open the Setup menu y Press four way control o to select SETUP and then press the SET o button to display the Setup menu Select an item y Press or o to select a menu item and then press or the SET o button to launch the submenu Change the...

Page 23: ...the camera is turned off automatically for a period of time y The power save feature will not activate in some situation page 12 Date Time Sets the date time page 8 Select a language for display menus and other information from the following 19 languages page 7 Language English English Deutsch German Italiano Italian Nederlands Dutch Magyar Hungarian Türk Turkish Svenska Swedish يبرع Arabic 한국어 Ko...

Page 24: ...e start up image page 44 Format To erase all data stored in the memory card if you are using a card or all data stored in the internal memory if there is no card inserted y A BUSY PLEASE WAIT message displays and the memory card is starting format y A COMPLETED message displays when finish formatting y All data will be deleted including protected files Be sure to download important files to your c...

Page 25: ...becomes green while in focus then shutter speed o aperture value p and ISO value q are displayed y If the shutter speed is slow or the possibility that image may be blurred the shake warning icon may appear on the LCD monitor To avoid this use a tripod to stabilize the camera when recording images Take a picture y Press the shutter button fully to take a picture y Make sure that your fingers or th...

Page 26: ...M 5M 3M VGA Drive Mode Off 2 sec 10 sec Double Burst Beep Off On Menu Auto Review Off 3 sec 5 sec Rest of settings will not be controlled as below y Quality S Fine y Highlight Off y Metering Multi y Sharpness Normal y White balance Auto y Effect Off y ISO Auto y Date Stamp Date Time y Exposure Auto y Digital Zoom Off Fixed setting y AEB Off y Shutter sound y File No y Start up sound y TV out y Pow...

Page 27: ...urpose For details see page 15 Resolution Values Image Size Print Size 3648 x 2736 3648 x 2432 Printing larger than A4 size 3584 x 2016 3264 x 2448 2560 x 1920 2048 x 1536 640 x 480 Printing to postcards or attaching to e mail Larger Smaller Quality Values Compression Purpose Super Fine Shoot higher quality images Fine Shoot normal quality images Normal Shoot for more images Higher Quality Lower Q...

Page 28: ...se the image W zoom out for a wide angle shot T zoom in for a telephoto shot y When the zoom button is pressed the zoom bar appears on the LCD monitor y When the optical zoom o factor is at maximum zooming stops temporarily Press the T again the camera switches to the digital zoom p automatically and zooming continues y The digital zoom p will not activate in movie recording Press shutter button t...

Page 29: ...ton is pressed the flash icon o changes Auto flash Flash fires automatically when shooting conditions require extra lighting Red eye reduction Flash strobes to let the subject s eyes adjust to the flash then fires again to take the actual image Your camera will detect the subject brightness and use the flash only when required Force on Flash fires every time you take a photo regardless of lighting...

Page 30: ... the lens when in the maximum wide angle setting and 50 cm in the maximum telephoto setting Turn the power on and set the camera to the REC mode page 13 Press the macro button n enters the macro mode y The macro icon o displays in the LCD monitor y To leave the macro mode press the macro button n again Press shutter button to take a picture y Distances referred to measure the distance between the ...

Page 31: ...lect a drive mode then press the SET button Off Record a single image 2 sec The shutter release will be delay for 2 seconds 10 sec The shutter release will be delay for 10 seconds Double Record two images in a shot after pressing the shutter release button 10 and 12 seconds Burst Keep pressing the shutter button fully to take continuous shooting Release the shutter button to stop shooting Press sh...

Page 32: ...n to take a picture y The larger the aperture value the smaller the lens opening allowing less light to enter the camera Using the Shutter Priority In this mode you can set a shutter speed to match the brightness Faster shutter speeds allow you to take a sharp picture of a moving subject while slower speeds create a trail effect and allow you to shoot without a flash in dark areas Turn the power o...

Page 33: ... on and set the camera to the Manual Exposure page 14 Use the SET button to switch between aperture value and shutter speed control Press or to adjust the setting Press shutter button to take a picture y Press the shutter button halfway the difference between the standard exposure and the selected exposure appears in red 1 3 2 ...

Page 34: ... o to adjust the image size y The White Balance is set and locked to the settings of the first frame y Sound cannot be recorded while pressing the zoom button y The digital zoom cannot be used in Movie mode Finish recording y Press the shutter again to end recording y The camera will stop recording automatically when the memory capacity has been reached Setting the Movie Size Movie Size and Frame ...

Page 35: ...g Press the shutter button again to end recording y The camera will stop recording automatically when the memory capacity has been reached Playing Back Audio Clips Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Press or to select the audio clip that you want to playback Start playing back y Press to start playing the audio clip y Press to stop the audio clip or press to pause it...

Page 36: ...o and press the SET button Press the SET button to start recording for 30 seconds y Press the SET button again to end recording y The voice memo cannot be added to a movie clip or a protected image y You cannot delete only the voice memo When you delete the image the attached voice memo is also deleted Playing Back a Voice Memo Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAY mode page 13 Press or...

Page 37: ...tion Description Automatically corrects white balance Ideal for general photography Adjusts for bright sun conditions or natural light conditions Adjusts for cloudy days or twilight conditions Adjusts for normal indoor lighting conditions Corrects the orange hue of household light bulbs Ideal for indoor photos under tungsten or halogen lighting without a flash Adjusts for fluorescent lighting Corr...

Page 38: ...valent y Higher ISO speeds increase the image noise To take clean images use as low an ISO speed as possible Setting the Exposure Set the exposure value manually to compensate for unusual lighting conditions such as indirect indoor lighting dark backgrounds and strong backlighting Setting the AEB Sets the auto exposure bracketing AEB to shoot 3 continuous images each with a different exposure sett...

Page 39: ...mode or in Playback mode Option Description Off No effect is added to the image B W Convert image to black white Sepia Recorded image will be stored in a sepia tone Negative Opposite what they were in the original image Mosaic Add mosaic tiles to the images Playback only Red The image becomes reddish Green The image becomes greenish Blue The image becomes bluish Setting Date Stamp The Date Stamp f...

Page 40: ...crolls images in a high speed Playing Back Movie Clips Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Press or to select a movie clip that you want to playback Start playing back y Press to start playing the movie clip y Press to stop the movie clip or press to pause it When the movie paused press again to resume y During movie playing back press to fast forward or press to rewi...

Page 41: ...nified and trimmed Magnify the image y Press T n to magnify the image and the central portion of the image is displayed You can use the arrow button p to view different parts of the magnified image y Press the MENU button o to return to the normal size Trim the image y Press the SET button p to set the image trimming Save the image y Press the SET button p again to trim the selected image and save...

Page 42: ...protect or delete multiple images in thumbnail see page 38 40 Playing a Slide Show Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Enter the slide show y Press the MENU button n use the four way control o to select Slide Show and press the SET button o Change the slide show settings y Use the four way control o to set the slideshow interval music effect and repeat y You can set t...

Page 43: ...o the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Open the menu y Press the MENU button n then use the four way control o to select Delete and press the SET button o Press or o to select SINGLE and then press the SET button o Press or o to select the image you want to delete Press the SET button o to delete the image y Repeat step 4 5 to delete images y To quickly delete the current display image 1 Select the image you...

Page 44: ...image turns green Select multiple images y Use the four way control to select the image y Press the SET button toggles the on and off Repeat this step until all images that you want to delete are displayed with an icon Delete images y Press the MENU button then select Yes and press the SET button All selected images will be deleted y To cancel delete press the MENU button in this step Deleting All...

Page 45: ... button to protect the image y When the file is locked the displays on the LCD monitor y Repeat step 4 5 to protect images y To unlock the file press the SET button again in step 5 The will disappear and the file is unlocked Protecting All Files Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to select Protect an...

Page 46: ...elect and then press the SET button y The frame of the selected image turns green Select multiple images y Use the four way control to select the image y Press the SET button toggles the on and off Repeat this step until all images that you want to protect are displayed with an icon Protect images y Press the MENU button then select Yes and press the SET button All selected images will be protecte...

Page 47: ...age y Each press rotates the image 90 degrees in clockwise Press or to select OK and then press the SET button to finish rotating Changing the Image Size Turn the power on and set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Press or to select the image you want to resize Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to select Resize and press the SET button Press or to select an ...

Page 48: ...tton y The edited image will be saved as a new file Copying the Files You may copy the data from the camera s internal memory to the memory card for convenience Be sure you have inserted a memory card into your digital camera Set the camera to the PLAYBACK mode page 13 Open the menu y Press the MENU button then use the four way control to select Copy this and press the SET button Press or to selec...

Page 49: ...ton then use the four way control to select DPOF and press the SET button s Press or to select Single then press the SET button y To set the DPOF setting for all images select All in this step y To reset all DPOF settings to initial default select Reset in this step Press or to select the image you want to print out then press the SET button Set the number of copies y Press or to specify the numbe...

Page 50: ... button Press or to select the image you want then press the SET button to apply the choice y A message Completed appears Set the camera to the Setup Menu page 16 Press or to select Start up Image then press or the SET button Press or to select a desired option and press the SET button to apply the setting Off Disable the start up image System Use camera default image My image Use the image that y...

Page 51: ...the TV system that you are using page 18 Turn off the camera and the TV Use the supplied AV cable to connect the camera to the TV set Set the TV input signal to Video In y Refer to the documentation included with your TV for more information Display on TV y Everything that would normally appear on the camera s LCD screen such as photo and video clip playback slide shows and image or video capture ...

Page 52: ... drive icon that represents the memory card Copy images from the card into a directory of your choice on the computer s hard disk Connecting the Camera to a Computer with the USB Cable Install the USB software driver included with the bundled CD ROM Connect the supplied USB cable to the computer s USB port and turn on the camera y The LCD screen turns off when the connection to the computer has be...

Page 53: ...nimum 32 MB RAM y USB port y CD ROM drive y 800x600 pixels 16 bit color display compatible monitor y Power Mac G3 or later y Mac OS 9 0 9 1 9 2 and OS X y Minimum 64 MB RAM y USB port y CD ROM drive y 800x600 pixels 16 bit color display compatible monitor Specifications are subject to change without prior notice Windows Macintosh ...

Page 54: ...l utilities fit viewing different types of media and installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader which enables you to read documents in PDF format y User Manual Opens this user manual y Drivers Installs camera drivers for Windows 98 98SE ME 2000 XP y Browse CD Opens Windows Explorer and enables you to view the contents of the driver and software CD Click the items in the autorun menu to install the software...

Page 55: ... Choose a setup language and click OK Follow the on screen instructions to install the drivers Installing Ulead Photo Explorer 8 SE Basic Ulead Photo Explorer 8 SE Basic is a Photo management application that is included on the software installation CD ROM This software requires Windows 98 Second Edition Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your computer Install the included software installat...

Page 56: ...nsfer browse modify and distribute digital media Ulead Photo Explorer 8 0 SE Basic enables you to acquire photos and video or sound clips from various digital devices make modifications send digital media through e mail print photos create slideshow presentations burn your images onto CD or DVD To start the program click Start Programs Ulead Photo Explorer 8 0 SE Basic Ulead Photo Explorer 8 0 SE ...

Page 57: ... begins with DSCI and are followed by a 4 digit number that increases in sequence File numbering starts from 0001 when a new folder is created If the highest folder number is 999 and highest file number exceeds 9999 the camera will display the warning message Folder cannot be created When it appears try one of the following ways y Reset the file number and plug in a new memory card y The folder nu...

Page 58: ... Set the flash to any mode except off The camera was moving when the image was captured Hold the camera steady when shooting picture Image is blurry or out of focus The subject was beyond the range within which the camera can focus Turn the Macro mode on it the subject is within 10 cm or 50 cm Do not use Macro mode when shooting distant subjects Image is not displayed on the LCD monitor A memory c...

Page 59: ...lding Q Mode Sensitivity Auto ISO 50 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 White Balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent H Fluorescent L Custom Exposure Control 2EV to 2EV in 1 3 step Metering Center weighted Multi Spot Burst Depends on the capacity of the memory no limit Self timer 2 sec 10 sec Double Flash Auto Red eye reduction Always on Slow sync Always off Photo Effect Black White Sepia Negative ...

Page 60: ... z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z Still Capture z z One time AF Continuous AF Infinity Fixed Off On Auto Red eye Force on Slow sync Force off 10M 3 2 16 9 8M Focus Macro Flash Resolution Function Available List Mode Function Lens Button Menu ...

Page 61: ... z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z Still Capture 5M 3M VGA 640 320 160 S Fine Fine Normal Center Multi Spot Auto Daylight Cloudy Resolution Movie Size Quality Metering White Balance Mode Function Menu ...

Page 62: ...z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z Still Capture Tungsten Fluor_H Fluor_L Custom Auto 50 100 200 400 0 3 2 0 0EV 0 3 2 0 Off 2 sec 10 sec White Balance ISO Exposure Drive Mode Mode Function Menu ...

Page 63: ... z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z Still Capture z z z Double Burst Off On Off Hard Normal Soft Off B W Sepia Negative Drive Mode AEB Highlight Sharpness Effect Mode Function Menu ...

Page 64: ...Red Green Blue Off Date Date Time Off On Effect Date Stamp Digital Zoom Mode Function Menu Factory setting z Default Available Not available Setting is retained even after mode switch or power off Set to OFF after power off ...

Page 65: ...o specify the number of copies y The number of copies can be set from 0 to 30 y To cancel this image setting set the number of copies to 0 5 Press and then press the SET button to apply the setting or press the MENU button to cancel 6 Repeat step 3 5 to set other images for printing 7 After you finished all image settings select and press the SET button to apply it Print Setting You can set the fo...

Page 66: ...ault Settings 1 Press or to select RESET and then press or the SET button to launch the submenu 2 Press or to select YES and then press the SET button y All print and image settings will be reset NOTE y If a recoverable printer error occurs such as no paper it will no longer be possible to print from the digital camera Cancel by pressing the menu key The digital camera will return to PictBridge mo...

Page 67: ...ww plawa com Service Repair Hotline EU 00800 752 921 00 For Greece 00800 491 291 62 Service Support Hotline Germany 0900 1000 042 1 49 Euro min Deutsche Telekom Online Service support apdc plawa com Manufactured by plawa feinwerktechnik GmbH Co KG Bleichereistr 18 73066 Uhingen Germany ...

Page 68: ...information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product Declaration of Conformity We herewith confirm the following designated product DC 1030i has been tested and found to comply with the requirements set up in the council directive on the approximation of th...

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