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Quick Start

Turn on camera.
Press and hold down the

button for 3 seconds.

Point at something interesting and press the

Shutter

button.

You’ve taken a picture!

Install 2 AAA batteries.
(Not included.)

Select the Still Camera Mode. Press the

button. Use the

Right

and

Left

buttons

to move the selection box over the DSC (Digital Still Camera) icon and press the

button—this will allow you to take still pictures. Press the

Shutter

button to exit menu.

Battery
compartment.

Menu
Button

Left
Button

Shutter
Button

DSC Icon

Right
Button

How to start taking pictures...

Summary of Contents for CaptureView CV-6

Page 1: ...CV 6 8 x 30 Digital Camera Binocular www meade com captureview com ...

Page 2: ...sor The Micron Sensor allows you to use CaptureView in a concert hall at the opera during a night game or at any indoor venue The Sensor is made using technology originally developed by NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL ...

Page 3: ...Options 21 Use the Zoom Function 21 Delete Images Format Storage Media 22 Change Resolution 23 Change the Exposure Setting 24 Other Menu Options 25 Use the Setting Menu Set the Current Time and Date 25 Adjust the Beep Select an Effect Turn Icons On or Off 26 The Date Stamp the Flicker Rate 27 The Flashback Period the Factory Default Settings 27 Mass Storage Card Present Battery Life 28 Install the...

Page 4: ...s Not included 1 4 Select the Still Camera Mode Press the Menu button Use the Right and Left buttons to move the selection box over the DSC Digital Still Camera icon and press the Menu button this will allow you to take still pictures Press the Shutter button to exit menu Battery compartment Menu Button Left Button Shutter Button DSC Icon Right Button 3 How to start taking pictures 4 ...

Page 5: ...nds 5 8 Point at an interesting activity and press the Shutter button to enter the record mode Menu Button Left Button Shutter Button Flashback icon Right Button 7 How to use Flashback Have you ever wanted to record just the play of the game your daughter kicking the winning goal or capture just the highlight of an event your son receiving his diploma Use Flashback when you want to capture video o...

Page 6: ...installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD Rom Enjoy your photos Open Ulead Photo Express to view edit and print your pictures Install Ulead Photo Express Insert the CD click on Ulead Photo Express and follow the on screen instructions 10 Plug in Connect CaptureView to your PC or Mac OS 9 0 or higher using the included USB cable 9 1 12 How to download your pictures USB Cable ...

Page 7: ...tton 5 Right Button 6 Shutter 7 Menu Button Power 8 LCD 9 Barrel 10 Camera Lens 11 Focus Ring 12 Objective Lens 13 Diopter Scale Fig 2 Rear View 14 Battery compartment tab 15 Battery Compartment 16 Binocular Focus Knob on underside d j e c g b f I 1 1 h 1 1 1 1 1 Fig 1 Fig 2 ...

Page 8: ...ont View 10 Camera Lens 11 Focus Ring 17 Far Focus indicator 18 Near Focus indicator Fig 4 Inside Battery Compartment 19 USB Port 20 SD Card Port 21 Slots for Batteries battery polarity indicated 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 Fig 3 Fig 4 ...

Page 9: ...functional binocular Digital camera that captures pictures and video Color LCD display panel allows you to easily navigate the operational menus Flashback feature allows you to easily record just the highlight of an activity Designed to be used in a water environment See A WORD ABOUT WATERPROOFING page 30 for important information on this topic WARNING Never use your binocular to look at the Sun L...

Page 10: ...wear eyeglasses fold down the rubber eyecups and hold the eyepieces up against your glasses Using Your Binocular If you want to Do this Fold down 1 Hold CaptureView up to your eyes in the normal viewing position Use both hands to hold each barrel firmly 2 Pull the barrels apart or push the barrels together until you see a single circular field with both of your eyes Barrel Barrel 10 ...

Page 11: ...that is at least 50 feet 15m away 3 Looking with only your left eye rotate the Focus Knob until the object you are viewing is focused 4 Looking with only your right eye rotate the Diopter Scale until the object you are viewing is focused 5 Now looking with both eyes rotate the Focus Knob to focus on both far and near objects If you want to Do this Diopter scale Focus knob ...

Page 12: ...ab down and push the battery compartment lid forward to open 2 Insert 2 AAA 1 5v user supplied batteries into the compartment noting the correct polarity as illustrated inside the compartment 3 To load or eject a SD MMC memory card Press the card in topside up and release when you hear a click 4 To seal the compartment close the lid and slide the tab up The tab must be in the up position for the c...

Page 13: ...d Flashback Use this mode to take pic tures or movies See TAKE A PICTURE CAPTURE VIDEO and USE FLASHBACK pages 16 17 and 19 for more information Press the Menu button to enter the Menu mode When CaptureView is in this mode it displays the menu and menu options Use the Menu mode to select and activate CaptureView s many features Select the Playback mode from the CaptureView menus Use this mode to r...

Page 14: ...the display screen Press the Right button to turn the display back on Use the Right Left Up and Down but tons to move the red selection box right or left over menus or menu options When the box is over a menu or a menu option you wish to select press the Menu button Select Back from a menu and press the Menu button to go back to the last displayed menu Press the Shutter button to exit the menus th...

Page 15: ...ady be set to Near focus To set the Far focus Position the binoculars so that you are looking at the front lens and focus ring Rotate the focus ring to the mountain icon You will feel a click Continue to rotate slightly past this point If you are unable to rotate the ring to the right the camera may already be set to Far focus Near and Far Focus If you want to Do this Note The Binocular focus knob...

Page 16: ...or Left button to move the red selection box over the Digital Still Camera DSC option Press the Menu button again to select DSC You will exit the menu mode and automatically enter the Preview mode 3 Hold CaptureView steady and press the Shutter button you ve taken a picture Taking Pictures and Video If you want to Do this Note You need to be in Preview mode to capture pictures or video Note When y...

Page 17: ... over the Movie option Press the Menu button to select the Movie option You will exit the menu mode and automatically enter the Preview mode 3 Hold CaptureView steady and press the Shutter button You are now capturing video To stop press the Shutter button again Taking Pictures and Video If you want to Do this Note The length of a movie depends on how much memory you have available Audio record in...

Page 18: ...e If you wish to perform another flashback recording just press the Shutter button to begin recording again Choose another setting from Use Flashback This feature is very useful when you wish to capture a short activity but are not sure when it will begin This feature captures video for a user selected period of time 5 10 15 or 20 seconds Select the Flashback menu icon and press the Menu button to...

Page 19: ...teals the pass she sets she shoots skyhook she scores Now press the Shutter button to stop the recording The last ten seconds has been saved to video Everything else all the unimportant activity is discarded Using this method you can record 7 or 8 of the best plays of the game or more if you use a user supplied flash card Or let s say your last name begins with J and your son is graduating from co...

Page 20: ...To see the image s that you have captured move the selection box to the Playback menu the right pointing triangle icon and press the Menu button 2 The last image you captured displays Use the Right or Left button to scroll through your captured images or movies 3 Select the Exit menu and press the Menu button to leave this mode Playback If you want to Do this Left Menu Shutter Right Down Up ...

Page 21: ...he panning mode The zoom level indicator displays in the lower right hand corner of the LCD when you are in the zoom mode Once the panning mode has been activated you may press the Up Down Right or Left buttons to pan across the zoomed image Press the Menu button to exit the zoom function Use the Zoom Function Note The Zoom feature only works with still images Playback Options Left Menu Shutter Ri...

Page 22: ...yback mode press the Menu button once to display Playback setting submenus Select Back to exit to Preview mode Select the Delete Last Image menu to erase the last image or movie displayed in Playback mode Select Delete All Images menu to erase all the images and movies Choose Yes to erase and format the SD MMC card If you are using a new SD MMC card use this option to format your card Playback Opt...

Page 23: ...cture in the higher resolution modes The camera is more sensitive to motion at higher resolutions If you want to Do this 23 CaptureView provides five resolution settings displayed as 4M 3M 2M 1M or VGA in the menus or as stars in the viewing mode You can take more pictures in the VGA mode than in the 1 2 3 2 or 4 megapixel modes 4 Stars 4 megapixels mode 2272 x 1704 This mode interpolates images t...

Page 24: ...ing light condition of a cloudy day Select Fluorescent when inside a building with fluorescent lighting Select Tungsten when inside a building with a tungsten light bulb Note Experiment with these setting to find the exposure settings that works for you Change the Exposure Setting The Exposure menu provides four options Auto Cloudy Fluorescent and Tungsten Playback Options If you want to Do this ...

Page 25: ...nu button once the desired setting is displayed This will enable the setting and move you to the next line When you press the Menu button in the Minute line you will exit the menu Other Menu Options If you want to Do this Use the Settings Menu Options The Settings menu provides the following options Time and Date Beep Effects and Screen Date Stamp Flicker Flashback Period and Default Set the Curre...

Page 26: ...splay icon and select On to display the icons of the menu options you have chosen on the LCD when in viewing mode Choose the Info Display icon and select Off to turn off menu icons on the LCD giving you a more unobstructed view on the LCD Adjust the Beep Select an Effect The Effects and Screen menu offers you four options Normal Classical Black and White and Info Display Turn Display icons on or o...

Page 27: ...the flicker rate setting 50Hz or 60Hz for your country The flicker rate for the United States is 60Hz Choose the Flashback Period icon and then select the length of time you wish the Flashback feature to record 5 10 15 or 20 seconds Choose the Default icon to change all the menu option settings back to the factory defaults Other Menu Options If you want to Do this Record the Date Stamp Select the ...

Page 28: ... higher drag the memory card icon to the trash before disconnecting the USB cable Displays the amount of power left in your batteries Mass Storage Card Present Note You cannot load to a Unix system using the camera s USB port this port only can download to Windows OS or Mac OS 9 0 or higher Note If you wish to copy files to or from your flash card make sure you change the Read Write setting on the...

Page 29: ...inish the Ulead Photo Express icon appears on your desktop 5 Double click the icon to launch the program You can now view edit and print your images Photo Express allows you to browse the camera s memory as if it were a hard drive Note If you are connected to the internet and you click on the Meade logo on the splash screen you will go to meade com Install Image Editing Software Ulead Photo Expres...

Page 30: ... water environment water on the lens will cause the images that you capture to be distorted just as it would with any camera Take the time to towel off the camera lens with a soft cloth before attempting to capture an image Also wipe off water from the entire device when you leave the water environment and especially before storing Make sure you observe the following directions before opening or c...

Page 31: ...omepage to find a link for the Photo Express manual Windows 98SE Win Me Win 2000 Win XP Note If using Windows 98ME or higher CaptureView automatically installs on your PC No drivers are needed If using Windows 98SE or lower drivers must be installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD Rom 200MHz or equivalent processor or faster 64MB of RAM free over System requirements Video VGA card w...

Page 32: ... your PC when the PC is on and Windows has completed loading 2 Avoid physically connecting disconnecting and reconnecting the camera during a download session Instead disconnect the camera using Windows software Right click the USB on screen icon and select disconnect or connect to reconnect 3 Always disconnect CaptureView before shutting down the PC If CaptureView is unexpectedly not recognized b...

Page 33: ...ure f 4 0 fixed lens Camera optimum range Near Focus 30 ft to 66 ft Far Focus 66 ft to infinity Memory 16MB SDRAM Supported Memory External formats Secure Digital SD Multi Media Cards MMC Storage capacity at each resolution 3 2 megapixel 20 images 2 0 megapixel 40 images 1 3 megapixel 70 images VGA 640 x 480 140 images 4 0 megapixel interpolated resolution on built in flash memory 18 images Operat...

Page 34: ...ential dam ages including lost profit which may result from a breach of this warranty Any implied warranties which cannot be disclaimed are hereby limited to a term of one year from the date of original retail purchase This warranty gives you specific rights You may have other rights which vary from state to state Meade reserves the right to change product specifications or to discontinue products...

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