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32480 Digital Video Camera

Owner’s Manual

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Page 1: ...o Camera Owner s Manual 2006 Sakar International Inc All rights reserved Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies ...

Page 2: ...paring Your Camera for Use 8 Installing a Memory Card 9 The Camera Modes 12 Setup Mode 13 Starting your DV camera 22 Video Mode 23 Other Functions 24 Using your DV Camera as a Web Cam 28 Video Conferencing 30 Installing Digital Images Manager Software 32 Transferring Images to your PC 39 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera 48 Technical Support 48 Technical Specifications 49 ...

Page 3: ...its memory Your camera includes the patented Active Images technology the most powerful way to share your photos that enable you to Create fun personalized videos Select from built in styles Combine selected music with sound track Personalize with titles and credits Annotate your JPEG photos with sound text and more Generally produce videos created with automatic editing and synchronized transitio...

Page 4: ...n be used as a Web Cam for Video Conferencing and Instant Messaging 1 5 Color TFT preview screen Create your own movies Add special effects with Digital Images Software Manager Record about 177 minutes of video with 1GB SD Card not included 3 in 1 take digital photos or connect to PC as Web Cam Built in microphone and speaker Expansion SD memory slot What your digital video camera includes Digital...

Page 5: ...ital Images Software Manager User manual Strip Computer System Requirements Windows 2000 or XP Pentium II 300 or higher 64MB RAM 100MB free hard drive space CD ROM drive Available USB port 16 bit color display adaptor ...

Page 6: ... 6 A Quick Look at your Digital Video Camera ...

Page 7: ...Playback Mode Playback Mode Explanation of Icons that Appear on the LCD Monitor Battery power level Full battery power Medium battery power Low battery power Photo quality Standard quality High quality Flash Auto Force Flash No Flash Shooting Mode Video Single shot ...

Page 8: ... 00X 1 x Digital Zoom Preparing Your Camera for Use Battery Installation Your DV camera requires three AAA batteries It is recommended that alkaline batteries be used 1 Slide the battery cover to open the battery compartment 2 Insert the batteries in accordance with the polarity indicated 3 Replace the battery cover ...

Page 9: ...and photos as often as possible Data will be lost when the DV camera is turned off or the battery runs low Do not open the battery door before turning off your DV camera Installing a Memory Card An SD compatible memory card can be inserted into your DV camera which will allow an increase in the number of movies or photos that can be taken before the need arises to transfer them to a computer ...

Page 10: ... for normal use Insert the card by pushing it firmly into the slot next to the battery compartment until it clicks into place Once the memory card is inserted the following message will appear on the LCD Monitor Copy To Card Yes No Pressing the left right button to select YES will result in all images in the internal memory of the DV camera being copied to a new directory in the memory card ...

Page 11: ... directory will appear followed by the next directory of pictures Once an external memory card is inserted in the camera all the images taken will be stored on the external memory card Caution This product supports SD cards up to 1GB Formatting will delete all data on the SD Memory Card including protected data Do not remove the SD memory Card during formatting as this may damage the card and rend...

Page 12: ... icon shown on the LCD The automatic flash function is activated 3 Repeatedly press FLASH to select the icon shown on the LCD the flash function will be off Self timer 1 Press the button 2 Press the button 3 Press button to select ON 4 Press to confirm The icon O N will appear on the LCD 5 Press to activate the self timer The timer will count down for 10 seconds before the photo is taken ...

Page 13: ...V will return to standby mode if you do not press any buttons within 5 seconds Setup Mode Image setting NB The default image setting is Auto 1 Press button 2 Press button twice the following menu will appear Exposure ...

Page 14: ...ure 2 Press to confirm the following menu will appear 3 Press button to select the desired exposure 1 5 1 5 4 Press button to confirm White Balance 1 Press button to select White Balance 2 Press to confirm the following menu will appear ...

Page 15: ... 15 3 Press button to select the appropriate light setting 4 Press button to confirm Sharpness 1 Press button to select Sharpness 2 Press to confirm the following menu will appear ...

Page 16: ...elect desired sharpness 4 Press button to confirm Image Size 1 Press button one time 2 Press button three times the following menu will appear 3 Press button to select the image resolution per your request 4 Press to confirm ...

Page 17: ... appear 3 Press button to select the image quality per your request 4 Press to confirm Note means standard quality means high quality The resolution and quality will appear on the LCD In standby mode you can press button to select the image quality press button to select the image resolution ...

Page 18: ... 18 Auto Off 1 Press button once 2 Press button until the auto off menu appears 3 Press button to select the switch off time of your choice 4 Press to confirm Date Time Setting 1 Press button once ...

Page 19: ... 19 2 Press button six times the following menu will appear Note The default function is Date off photo 3 Press button to select Date Time 4 Press button to select SET the following menu will appear ...

Page 20: ...git 2 Press button to set the digit 3 Press 4 Press button to select Yes 5 Press to confirm the date and time will be printed on the photo taken Set Frequency 1 Press button once 2 Press button seven times The following menu will appear ...

Page 21: ...rm Note 60Hz is normally used in the United States and Asia 50Hz is normally used in Japan and Europe Use of the incorrect frequency can affect the quality of your photos Set TV Mode 1 Press button once 2 Press button eight times The following menu will appear ...

Page 22: ...used in Asia and Europe Starting your DV camera Note The default setting of your DV camera is normal single photo mode You can press button to zoom in on a subject up to 4 X digital zoom Press and hold the POWER button down for 3 seconds to switch the DV camera on The LCD Monitor will light up and the camera will beep to indicate that it is ready for use ...

Page 23: ...photo shots available is displayed in the upper left corner of the LCD in this mode When the DV camera memory is full the LCD will display 0 and Memory Full If you attempt to take a photo when the memory is full the camera will beep continuously Video Mode When switched on your DV camera will be in normal single photo mode To change to Video mode 1 Press the navigation button once and the menu wil...

Page 24: ...5 Press the Shutter Button again to stop shooting Note Pressing the button will change your DV camera directly to Video shooting mode Movies shot in this mode will be saved in AVI Audio Video Interleave format Your camera cannot be switched off while shooting videos Other Functions In order to carry out the functions described below your camera must be in playback mode ...

Page 25: ...ng menu will appear Use the button to select the desired function Press the button When All or Format is selected then Yes No will appear on the LCD Press button to select Yes or No then press the navigation button to perform the operation Selecting This will delete the image displayed on the LCD ...

Page 26: ...lete all files including those protected see below Protect photos Press button once Press button once and the following menu will appear Press the button to select Lock Press the button to confirm Rotating Images Note To rotate photos the same must be displayed in full screen ...

Page 27: ...nd the following menu will appear Press the button to select amount of rotation shown on LCD 00 900 1800 2700 Press the button to confirm Auto Off Please refer to Page13 Zoom Press button to Z or Z Press button to show the photo in full screen ...

Page 28: ... the USB cable Web Cam Express Now that you have your camera installed you can use it to capture short movies called AVI files that can be saved directly to the PC The length of time you can record an AVI while the camera is connected to your computer will vary depending on how much hard drive space you will use to save the file Please take note that these AVI files take up a lot of hard drive spa...

Page 29: ... WebCam Express program 3 Adjust your WebCam to the desired position The screen will display what the WebCam sees 3 To add audio to your video plug a microphone into your computer 4 Click the Capture button to start recording the video The recording elapse time will appear under the video ...

Page 30: ...rectory Note Taking snapshots to learn how to capture JPEG snapshots from your WebCam or from your existing AVI movies go to the Take Snapshots section in the Quick Start help To learn how to change the user settings go to the Set User Preferences section in the Quick Start help What it does Basic instructions from Quick Help Video Conferencing Your camera can be used as a webcam for video confere...

Page 31: ...your computer with USB cable 2 Run the video conference software Microsoft NetMeeting on your computer 3 Input IP address in the address bar and dial 4 Select Tool Video Send and Transfer options after your call has been received ...

Page 32: ...e sure that your camera is NOT connected to the computer The Digital Images Manager and camera driver installation screen will appear You will have to install both Digital Images Manager and the camera driver and restart your computer in order to complete the software installation 1 Click on Install Digital Images Manager ...

Page 33: ... 33 2 Select your camera model from the drop down list and click the Install button to install Digital Images Manager 3 On the Digital Images Manager screen click the Next button ...

Page 34: ... 34 4 Please review the license terms and click the Agree button to continue 5 Let the Digital Images Manager installer create the folder where the program will be installed and then click Install ...

Page 35: ... 35 6 Click Finish to let the Digital Images Manager installer finish the installation program 7 Click Next to begin installation of muvee AutoProducer ...

Page 36: ... 36 8 Please review the license terms and click the I accept button to continue ...

Page 37: ... 37 9 Click on Finish to complete installation of muvee AutoProducer 10 Click on Camera Driver Installation to install drivers ...

Page 38: ... 38 11 Click Next to begin installation of drivers 12 Click Install to continue installation of drivers ...

Page 39: ...k Finish and restart your computer Congratulations You have successfully installed the Digital Images Manager software Transferring Images to your PC Press the button to set your DV to PLAYBACK mode before downloading photos The MSDC icon will appear on the LCD ...

Page 40: ...d is turned ON 4 The Camera Removable Media Auto Detect window will automatically appear 5 The number of pictures on the camera or memory card will appear on the window 6 Click OK if you wish to transfer the photos and save them to your computer The Digital Images Manager application you installed will open in the Get photos wizard mode and will ask you to select the photos you wish to transfer ...

Page 41: ... 41 Select your photos and click Next to continue 7 Add Active Captions to your pictures You can add a date keywords categories and more Click Next to continue ...

Page 42: ...you have imported will appear in the Select Photos main window Manual Photo Download Get photos manually using Digital Images Manager Use the Digital Images Manager program to import the photos from your camera 1 Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB slot on your camera 2 Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer ...

Page 43: ...Make sure that your camera is connected and turned ON Double click the Digital Images Manager icon on your desktop to launch the Digital Images Manager program Click on the Get Photos button on the Main Menu ...

Page 44: ... your camera and the memory card will each appear in the Active Devices list as a Removable Disk Toggle between the two devices to select your pictures 1 Custom Copy This mode is used to manually select the photos you wish to copy to your computer ...

Page 45: ... 45 a Select Custom Copy Click Next to continue b Select your photos and click Next to continue ...

Page 46: ... 46 c Add Active Captions to your pictures With this feature you can add a date keywords and categories Click Next to continue ...

Page 47: ...tion of selecting photos In this mode you will not see a preview of the images transferred For more information please refer to the Quick Start guide in Digital Images Manager Transfer Images Directly From Windows 1 Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB slot on your camera 2 Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer 3 Make sure that your camera is connected and is t...

Page 48: ...m You can find manuals software and FAQ s at the website Can t find what you are looking for Fill out an online ticket and one of our technical support team members will answer questions or call 877 397 8200 or 732 476 5098 to access our technical support information on the phone For question on warranty information please email warranty sakar com Q How do I restart my camera if the camera freezes...

Page 49: ...ds QVGA AVI OUT DOOR Standard Quality About 30 QXGA 45 SXGA 235 VGA High Quality About 14 QXGA 27 SXGA 103 VGA Memory Capacity External 16M SD Card SHADE Standard Quality About 38 QXGA 68 SXGA 313 VGA High Quality About 17 QXGA 33 SXGA 160 VGA Self timer Photography 10s Shutter Speed 1 6 1 15000s Automatic Energy Saving 60s 120s 180s Never OFF Frame Rate for DV About 9 fps QVGA Power Supply 3 x AA...

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