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User’s Guide
Page 1: ...Picture Porter H HA AN ND DH HE EL LD D P PI IC CT TU UR RE E V VI IE EW WE ER R W WI IT TH H H HA AR RD D D DR RI IV VE E A AN ND D M ME EM MO OR RY Y C CA AR RD D R RE EA AD DE ER R User s Guide...
Page 2: ...ture Porter and Digital Foci are trademarks of Digital Foci Inc All names and products mentioned within this document are registered trademarks of their respective companies 2005 Digital Foci Inc All...
Page 3: ...igital Foci Inc makes for the Device To the extent allowed by Law no other warranty applies whether expressed implied or statutory including any warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular...
Page 4: ...d damage do not expose Picture Porter to liquids precipitation or moisture To avoid bodily injury or damage to internal components do not take apart Picture Porter Never force the USB cable if it does...
Page 5: ...ain Screen 6 3 Basic Operations 8 3 1 Navigation Mode 8 3 2 Power Management 12 3 3 Using Memory Cards on Picture Porter 14 3 4 Using Picture Porter with Your Computer 16 4 How do I 19 4 1 Transfer Me...
Page 6: ...or earlier and Windows 98 SE Driver Installation 43 7 2 Macintosh OS 8 6 Driver Installation 44 8 Tips and Techniques 44 8 1 Renaming Hard Drive and Memory Card Labels 44 8 2 Use Picture Porter as a...
Page 7: ...e for backing up important files from your computer A data bridge for transferring large amounts of data between computers and different operating systems 1 1 System Requirements for Computer Connecti...
Page 8: ...details on RAW formats supported 1 4 Package Contents Before using your Picture Porter check that your package contains the following items Picture Porter Li Ion battery Remote control AC power adapte...
Page 9: ...d slots From computer via USB Outputs To Picture Porter color LCD screen To memory cards via card slots To headphones and stereo via audio output To TV and projector via video and audio outputs To com...
Page 10: ...playlists Copy and store photos to free up digital camera memory card space o Copy and store photos directly from digital camera memory cards to Picture Porter so you can keep snapping away Back up tr...
Page 11: ...io Jack x2 CompactFlash MicroDrive Slot Power On Off Menu Toggle Zoom Volume Select Selector Keypad Power Indicator LED Stop Escape Back Enter Select Play Pause Memory Stick SD Card MMC Slot AC Adapte...
Page 12: ...2 4 Main Screen To learn more about changing system options refer to Section 6 System Options Shortcuts to special folders on Picture Porter Inserted memory cards Picture Porter hard drive System Opti...
Page 13: ...folder identified by the same name on the Picture Porter hard drive as shown in the folder structure diagram below Backup All your memory card copy operations will create new folders that will be loca...
Page 14: ...olders and files either in Icon View or List View Each view option is explained in detail in Section 3 1 1 and Section 3 1 2 To adjust the navigation view that is most suitable for your usage 1 From a...
Page 15: ...the whole name The following diagram explains how to use the navigation control panel when you are in Icon View Scroll bar indicator Directory path Battery indicator Green dot loading complete Hourgl...
Page 16: ...on on file systems and capacities for the Picture Porter hard drive and inserted memory cards You will also be able to see longer file and folder names The following diagram explains how to use the na...
Page 17: ...e Mnu button The menu options will be different based on the Picture Porter function you are using The following diagram explains how to use the navigation control panel when you are in Menu View Dire...
Page 18: ...show that it is charging When the battery is fully charged and Picture Porter is powered off the LED indicator will be off 3 2 3 Charging the battery Via AC Adapter Included with Picture Porter is an...
Page 19: ...power Playing music video or slideshow Connected to another device via its USB audio or video jacks 3 2 5 Low Battery Warning The green portion of the battery icon at the lower right corner of the sc...
Page 20: ...MS PRO Duo SD Card miniSD with adapter MultiMedia Card and RS MMC with adapter 3 SMC supports the SmartMedia format For all cards except SmartMedia insert the memory card into its designated slot with...
Page 21: ...puter first before removing it from Picture Porter To do this in Windows 1 Open Windows Explorer and locate the icon for the memory card you would like to remove 2 Right click on the icon and select E...
Page 22: ...ts screen to indicate that it is connected to your computer While it is connected to the computer the buttons on Picture Porter will be disabled Once connected your computer will automatically recogni...
Page 23: ...er on these operating systems will create the picture icons for the memory cards as seen in the example Note 1 The Picture Porter and memory card icon labels may vary based on each unique device and c...
Page 24: ...se pointer over the icons until you see the Safely Remove Hardware label 2 Double click on this icon to open the Safely Remove Hardware window 3 Select the hardware device named USB Mass Storage Devic...
Page 25: ...ictures When with family friends or co workers with digital cameras you can easily get your own copy of their pictures since Picture Porter supports all popular memory card formats You can easily impo...
Page 26: ...ture Porter Refer to Section 3 3 Using memory cards on Picture Porter for details 2 Once the icon for the inserted memory card appears on the main screen move the cursor to highlight the memory card i...
Page 27: ...ing memory cards on Picture Porter for details 2 Once the icon for the inserted memory card appears on the main screen move the cursor to highlight the memory card icon 3 Press the Mnu button to acces...
Page 28: ...ecure Digital MMC MultiMedia Card CF CompactFlash MicroDirve For example 4 1 4 Copy a specific folder or file You can copy a specific folder or file from the memory card to Picture Porter When copying...
Page 29: ...4 1 1 Copy entire memory card contents to Picture Porter and Section 4 1 2 Copy only photos and videos from memory card to Picture Porter Or you can import photos from your computer Refer to Section...
Page 30: ...rn to previous screen Zoom in and out Previous photo Rotate photo 90 degrees Display menu Not used Not used Next photo View Photo Full Screen View Photo X of total photos EXIF data in selected folder...
Page 31: ...ter your original photo file 4 2 4 Zoom and pan photo While you are viewing a particular photo you can zoom and pan to a specific part of the photo 1 Use the Zoom in and out button to increase and dec...
Page 32: ...such as digital camera model camera settings exposure resolution and date While you are viewing a particular photo you can view its EXIF information by pressing the Mnu button and select Show EXIF To...
Page 33: ...e following diagram describes the screen layout when a slideshow is playing Play Slideshow Navigation Keys Play Slideshow Photo X of total photos in selected folder Green arrow playing slideshow Verti...
Page 34: ...You can increase the fast forward speed by pressing the Up button again To resume playing press the Enter button To rewind press the Down button Press the Enter button to resume playing To scan forwa...
Page 35: ...gram describes the screen layout when a video is playing Play Video Green arrow playing Vertical bars pause Double arrows fast forward rewind Triple arrows scan forward scan rewind Playing time Play p...
Page 36: ...Porter by using the memory card copy function Refer to Section 4 1 Transfer Memory Card Data for instructions Or you can transfer music files from your computer Refer to Section 3 4 Using Picture Port...
Page 37: ...in which they will be played While accessing the play list you can skip to any song you choose by highlighting it and pressing the Enter button Shuffle On Shuffle Off toggles between playing songs in...
Page 38: ...To use this feature 1 Navigate to and highlight the song you want to play 2 Press the Enter button to start playing the song 3 Press the Mnu button and select Play in Background to hide the jukebox sc...
Page 39: ...iew the on the fly playlist while you have music playing in the background 1 From any screen press the Mnu button and select Jukebox This returns you to the jukebox screen display 2 Press the Mnu butt...
Page 40: ...le or folder you want to copy 2 Press the Mnu button and select Copy This will make a copy of the highlighted file or folder and put it in an internal temporary clipboard location 3 Press the Enter bu...
Page 41: ...kground image is changed the only way to revert to the original background image is to load the original photo file from the Resource Disc and perform this operation on that file On the Resource Disc...
Page 42: ...you can playback on your Picture Porter Creating Slideshow in MPEG Format To create a slideshow with Photo Explorer 8 5 SE follow these steps 1 Run Ulead Photo Explorer 8 5 SE on your computer 2 From...
Page 43: ...ported by Picture Porter For added ease of use all of the default MPEG 1 MPEG 4 and DivX 5 x formats on Video ToolBox 2 are supported by Picture Porter In addition you can use Video ToolBox 2 to edit...
Page 44: ...he audio input jacks of the TV Connect the other end of the audio cable into either earphone jack labeled Audio 1 or Audio 2 on Picture Porter 2 Connect one end of the video cable colored yellow to th...
Page 45: ...files stored on Picture Porter through a stereo or set of external speakers 1 Connect the audio connectors colored white and red to the audio input ports on a stereo or set of external speakers 2 Conn...
Page 46: ...e to provide optimal performance for your needs From the main menu highlight Options and press the Enter button to access the option screens Use the Mnu button to change tabs between System Display an...
Page 47: ...chnology to optimize your hard drive copy speed Note that if you select High or Ultra and have an incompatible device you may lose data in the copy process Copy Speed CF Select copy speed among Normal...
Page 48: ...fter which Picture Porter shuts off the screen and goes into standby mode You can set the timer to a value between 5 seconds and 180 seconds or Off Select Off to disable this feature LCD Backlight Adj...
Page 49: ...rams running on your computer 2 Insert the Picture Porter Resource Disc into the CD ROM drive 3 Double click on My Computer and locate the Resource Disc 4 From within the Resource Disc double click on...
Page 50: ...ure Porter is conn to your computer To do this 1 Connect Picture Porter to your computer Refer to Section 3 4 1 Connecting rter to your computer for details the do this will vary based on the Picture...
Page 51: ...change your computer contents often it is sufficient to back up once a week or once a month depending on your level of computer activity Special Events You should always back up your computer right af...
Page 52: ...file that you deleted or changed before the most recent backup If you keep multiple versions of the same backup task you have the option of going back two three or however many versions you keep to fi...
Page 53: ...f the backup folder name If you prefer to view your backups grouped by name put the date code at the end Use special characters to organize your backup folder listing In addition to using numbers and...
Page 54: ...following memory card types into Picture Porter without using an adapter CompactFlash I II MicroDrive SmartMedia MultiMedia Card SD Card Memory Stick MS PRO MS Duo and MS PRO Duo For miniSD and RS MMC...
Page 55: ...s backward compatible with USB 1 1 What is the purpose of the Reset button on Picture Porter In the case that Picture Porter performs an illegal operation and freezes you can reset it with the Reset b...
Page 56: ...st make sure to keep Picture Porter away from hot and dusty environments Be careful not to drop or bump Picture Porter Do not touch or move Picture Porter while it is connected to your computer and tr...
Page 57: ...puter Make sure that you always disable the device first Refer to Section 3 4 2 Disconnecting Picture Porter from your computer for details The data transfer between my computer and Picture Porter is...
Page 58: ...2 software and convert your video file to one of the default files in Video ToolBox 2 I see no images or only distorted images on my TV after connecting Picture Porter Make sure your TV is set to pro...
Page 59: ...s bitrate 4Mbps Music format support MP3 16 to 384 kbps WMA 7 8 9 32 to 192 kbps AAC 16 to 320 kbps WAV Bundled software Ulead Photo Explorer 8 5 image editing software Ulead Video ToolBox 2 video edi...
Page 60: ...it probably will not interfere with your radio or TV However we do not guarantee the absence of interference If you modify the device in any way without approval from Digital Foci Inc your device may...
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