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57379 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: ...Video Camera 5 Preparing Your Camera for Use 6 Inserting a Memory Card 8 Installing Kids Imaging Studio Software 10 DV Function Control 17 Using your DV Camera as a Web Cam 21 Video Conferencing 23 Transferring Images to your PC 24 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera 33 Technical Support 33 Technical Specifications 34 Trouble Shooting 35 ...

Page 3: ...ry of your DV camera Your camera includes the patented Kids Imaging Studio 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 synchr...

Page 4: ...ing 1 4 CSTN LCD SDRAM Support SD card Create your own movies Add special effects with Kids Imaging Studio Record 80 minutes of video with 1GB SD Card not included 3 in 1 take digital photos or connect to PC as Web Cam What your digital video camera includes Digital Video Camera USB cable Kids Imaging Studio Software User Manual ...

Page 5: ...5 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 A Quick Look at your Digital Video Camera ...

Page 6: ...r DV camera requires three AAA batteries not included It is recommended that alkaline batteries be used 1 Open the battery compartment 2 Insert the batteries in accordance with the polarity indicated on the back of the battery cover 3 Close the battery cover ...

Page 7: ...7 Note Do not open the battery cover indiscriminately as photos and video clips in memory may be lost Remove batteries from the DV camera when not in use for an extended period ...

Page 8: ...llow an increase in the number of movies or photos that can be taken before the need arises to transfer them to a computer Once the memory card has been inserted the following icon will appear Note This product supports SD cards up to 1GB Formatting will delete all data on the SD Memory Card including protected data ...

Page 9: ...er it unusable Be sure to format the card with the camera SD memory cards formatted on a PC or device other than the DV camera should not be used All the data in the built in memory will be lost if no SD Memory Card has been inserted in the DV when you change your batteries The LCD Display ...

Page 10: ...Make sure that your camera is NOT connected to the computer The Kids Imaging Studio and camera driver installation screen will appear You will have to install both Kids Imaging Studio and the camera driver and restart your computer in order to complete the software installation 1 Click on Install Kids Imaging Studio ...

Page 11: ...11 2 Select your camera model from the drop down list and click the Install button to install Kids Imaging Studio 3 On the Kids Imaging Studio screen click the Next button ...

Page 12: ...12 4 Please review the license terms and click the Agree button to continue 5 Let the Kids Imaging Studio installer create the folder where the program will be installed and then click Install ...

Page 13: ...13 6 Click Finish to let the Kids Imaging Studio installer finish the installation program 7 Click Next to begin installation of muvee AutoProducer ...

Page 14: ...14 8 Please review the license terms and click the I accept button to continue ...

Page 15: ...15 9 Click on Finish to complete installation of muvee AutoProducer 10 Click on Camera Driver Installation to install drivers ...

Page 16: ...16 11 Click Next to begin installation of drivers 12 Click Install to continue installation of drivers 13 Once the program has finished installing please click Finish and restart your computer ...

Page 17: ...he Power Button and hold for about 3 seconds The buzzer will beep and the DV camera will switch off If the DV camera is not operated for 60 seconds it will switch off automatically Shooting videos 1 Switch on the DV camera The default mode is DV video and the DV icon will appear on the LCD Alternatively press the Mode button repeatedly until the DV icon appears on the LCD 2 Hold the DV camera stea...

Page 18: ...ting may fail Taking photos 1 Switch on the DV camera 2 Press the Mode button to select photo mode i e until the photo icon appears on the LCD 3 Hold the DV camera steadily and use the LCD to focus on the subject 4 Press the Shutter button to take a photo There will be a short delay while the camera saves the photo to memory Note You cannot take photos whilst the camera is connected to a computer ...

Page 19: ...he video icon appears in the LCD and the number of video clips or photos taken and their sequence appear in the bottom left hand corner of the LCD 5 Press the Shutter to play back the video clips in your DV camera 6 Press the Shutter button to stop playing Note Video clips are saved in AVI format Audio recording plays back on PC only Deleting Single Photos 1 While Playback mode press the Delete bu...

Page 20: ... for 5 seconds and press the Up or Down button Formatting your SD card 1 Set up your DV camera in DV video or DSC photo mode 2 Press the Delete button Format Card will appear on the LCD 3 Press the Delete button again within 5 seconds to format your card Mass Storage Mode 1 Connect your DV camera to your computer using the USB cable 2 Icon will appear on the LCD indicating that your DV camera is i...

Page 21: ...cted 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 space This is done through the PhoTags WebCam Express program This next section will walk you though capturing an AVI file 1 Make sure that your camera is connected via the USB cable to your PC 2 Double click the WebCam Express icon ...

Page 22: ...ton to start recording the video The recording elapse time will appear under the video 5 Click the Pause button to hold the recording To continue recording click the Capture button again 6 To finish recording click the Stop button The videos will be automatically saved into a default directory ...

Page 23: ...eferences 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 conferencing 1 Connect the camera to your computer with USB cable 2 Run the video conference software Microsoft NetMeeting not included on your computer 3 Input IP address in the address bar and dial 4 Select Tool Video Send and Transfer options...

Page 24: ...24 Transferring Images to your PC Connect your DV camera to PC The MSDC icon will appear on the LCD ...

Page 25: ...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 Kids Imaging Studio application you installed will open in the Get photos wizard mode and will ask you to select the photos you wish to transfer ...

Page 26: ...26 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 27: ...pear in the Select Photos main window Manual Photo Download Get photos manually using Kids Imaging Studio Use the Kids imaging Studio 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 3 Make sure that your camera is connected and turned ON ...

Page 28: ...28 Double click the Kids Imaging Studio icon on your desktop to launch the Kids Imaging Studio program Click on the Get Photos button on the Main Menu ...

Page 29: ... 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 30: ...30 a Select Custom Copy Click Next to continue b Select your photos and click Next to continue ...

Page 31: ...ictures With this feature you can add a date keywords and categories Click Next to continue d On the next screen choose where you wish to place your photos on your computer Click on Finish to copy the photos to the location you selected ...

Page 32: ...ging Studio 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 turned ON 4 Click on the START button in Windows 5 Click on the MY COMPUTER Icon 6 Your memory card will appear as a REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE 7 Click on the REMOVABL...

Page 33: ...site at www sakarhelp com 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 ...

Page 34: ...34 Technical Specifications ...

Page 35: ...35 Trouble Shooting ...

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