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Digital Camera

VF332-GRP-TA

(Rev: A00)

Please read this manual carefully

before using this unit and keep it for future reference

Summary of Contents for VF332-GRP-TA

Page 1: ...Digital Camera VF332 GRP TA Rev A00 Please read this manual carefully before using this unit and keep it for future reference...

Page 2: ...Look at Your Camera 6 Preparing Your Camera for Use 7 Installing SD Memory Card 8 How to hold your camera correctly when capturing images 9 Starting Your Digital Camera 10 Camera Mode 11 Video Mode 28...

Page 3: ...2 Transferring photos and videos to your MAC manually 57 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera 58 Appendix A Technical Specifications 58 Appendix B Troubleshooting 60...

Page 4: ...Digital Video resolutions 640x480 Pixels VGA 320x240 Pixels QVGA 8 1 mega pixels camera with choice of 8 digital camera resolutions 12M 4000X3000 pixels 10M 3648X2736 pixels 8M 3264x2448pixels 7M HD...

Page 5: ...you will need the following minimum configuration Pentium III process or above with Windows XP 128 MB RAM with 150MB of free disk space Available USB interface CD ROM Drive 1024 x 768 Recommended scre...

Page 6: ...equirements for Macintosh Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher Mac OS X version 10 5 x or later 128 MB or more available system RAM 256 MB recommended 150 MB free disk space 800 x 600 or higher resolu...

Page 7: ...6 A Quick Look at Your Camera...

Page 8: ...pen the battery door on the right side of the camera 1 Insert the batteries correctly with the correct polarity facing up 2 Close the battery door 3 On powering on your camera the battery icon will ap...

Page 9: ...e camera loses power and turns off or when the battery door is opened to replace the batteries Installing SD Memory Card An external memory card is required for normal use Your camera supports any com...

Page 10: ...memory when you insert the card into your camera a Copy to card message will appear on the LCD with Yes or No options On selecting Yes the photo will now be copied to your card 3 Formatting will dele...

Page 11: ...p of the camera to turn on your camera The LCD will light up and the Auto Focus zoom lens will extract out indicating that your camera is on and ready for use Power off Press the Power button to turn...

Page 12: ...preview photos and videos as well as being able to delete rotate protect crop print slide show and Vivilink for photos In order to select the mode please follow the below steps 1 By default the Camer...

Page 13: ...isplayed on the top right of the LCD screen When the camera s memory photo capacity is full the LCD screen will display a message Memory Full Insert a SD memory card to Transfer and Take More Photos D...

Page 14: ...om in on the object and press the W button to zoom back out The following icon will appear on your LCD screen Flash In low light conditions it is best to use the built in flash You can also use the fl...

Page 15: ...Flash button until the icon appears again This will turn off the flash function This is the default flash setting Short cut buttons on the MENU dial The camera has 4 short cut buttons on the MENU dia...

Page 16: ...atedly until the icon shows on the LCD screen This will activate the automatic flash 2 Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon appears on the LCD screen This means the flash function has been fo...

Page 17: ...e Scene menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down buttons to select the scene you want to use 5 Press the SET button to confirm save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode 6 T...

Page 18: ...selected image size icon will appear on the top of the LCD screen Note 1 For Image Resolution higher than 3M a SD card need to be inserted into the camera Because it only can take one photo with 3M i...

Page 19: ...at and sturdy surface when using the Self Timer 1 Press the SET button 2 Press the Left Right button to select the icon 3 Press the Up Down button to select one of the Self Timer options 4 Press the S...

Page 20: ...and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode 5 The anti shake icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen Face Detect Your camera supports face detect that allows you to take be...

Page 21: ...d save the photo automatically if this function is on Macro The camera has the function that capture object in very near distance or very far distance per your request 1 Press the SET button 2 Press t...

Page 22: ...Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent 4 Press the SET button to confirm save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode 5 The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the White Balance opti...

Page 23: ...ET button again to confirm save and Press MODE button to exit Image Sharpness This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images making edges more or less distinct The more you sharpen the...

Page 24: ...appears 5 Press the SET button to confirm save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode 6 The Light Exposure icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom of the LCD ISO This...

Page 25: ...ne for use in a variety of lighting conditions 1 Press the SET button 2 Press the Left Right button to select the icon 3 The Metering SET appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down buttons t...

Page 26: ...t is taken On selecting Off no date will appear on the photo On selecting Date Setup the Date Setup settings screen will appear You will be able to change the date time settings that will appear on th...

Page 27: ...and Press MODE button to exit the SET Auto Power Off By default if your camera is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off Use the Auto Power Off option to change this setting 1 Press...

Page 28: ...ncy SET appears on the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Frequency option from the SET that appears 50HZ 60HZ 5 Press the SET button to confirm save and Press MODE button to ex...

Page 29: ...ng on the card will be erased and the camera will revert to the camera standby mode Firmware v1 0 12 You can restore your camera to the original factory settings 1 Press the SET button 2 Press the Lef...

Page 30: ...te 1 You can preview the AVI files in Playback mode or once downloaded to your computer by using Quick Time and Windows Media Player 2 The camera has Audio function When the camera record video the vo...

Page 31: ...xt to the camera icon on the top left of the LCD screen Image Size Your camera supports 2 video resolutions 640x480 VGA pixels 320x240 QVGA pixels 1 Press the SET button 2 Press the Right Left button...

Page 32: ...The Quality icon for the option you selected appears on the top of the LCD Normal Fine Super fine Anti Shake Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a result of t...

Page 33: ...he SET button to confirm save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode 6 The Macro icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen White Balance This setting allows t...

Page 34: ...Down button to select Standard Sepia Monochrome Vivid 5 Press the SET button to confirm save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode Image Sharpness This setting allows you to adjust...

Page 35: ...Light Exposure value from 3 brightest to 3 darkest from the SET that appears 5 Press the SET button to confirm save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode 6 The Light Exposure icon fo...

Page 36: ...g allows the user to select the most appropriate one for use in a variety of lighting conditions 1 Press the SET button 2 Press the Left Right button to select the icon 3 The Metering SET appears in t...

Page 37: ...date will appear on the photo once it is taken On selecting Off no date will appear on the photo On selecting Date Setup the Date Setup settings screen will appear You will be able to change the date...

Page 38: ...o the video standby mode Auto Power Off By default if your camera is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off Use the Auto Power Off option to change this setting 1 Press the SET butto...

Page 39: ...e LCD 4 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Frequency option from the SET that appears 50HZ 60HZ 5 Press the SET button to confirm save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode Format...

Page 40: ...re your camera to the original factory settings 1 Press the SET button 2 Press the Left Right button to select the icon 3 The Firmware SET appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the SET button to co...

Page 41: ...screen to Thumbnail display When the camera is in the Playback Mode and an image appears on the LCD screen 1 Press the W button 2 This will open up the thumbnail display 3 Press the Up Down Left Righ...

Page 42: ...k Your photos can be tagged for the selected social sharing site when downloaded to the computer 1 Press the SET button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the ViviLink option 3 Press the Up Down...

Page 43: ...ill appear on the screen 2 No card inserted will appear on the screen if no SD card is insert Please insert an SD memory card to use this function Crop Image Crop your photos to show and save a specif...

Page 44: ...efore the cropped photo is saved as a new photo to your camera s memory card Protect Lock You can protect your photos from accidental deletion by selecting the Lock This Photo or Lock All Photos featu...

Page 45: ...elete all unprotected images Press Cancel to exit the Delete option if you do not wish to delete anything at this stage 4 Press the SET button to confirm 5 A Delete confirmation message appears 6 Pres...

Page 46: ...onnect your camera to a compatible printer with the USB cable provided to begin printing 8 Please wait will appear on the LCD screen for a moment Then the print menu will appear on the LCD 9 If you se...

Page 47: ...Up button to stop playing the AVI and revert back to the Playback mode Note Just as with Photos so too Videos can be protected from accidental deletion as well as can be deleted ViviLink Your photos...

Page 48: ...Delete Delete unwanted videos at any time in order to free up memory You can delete one video clip at a time or delete all except the protected images that are currently stored and saved on the memor...

Page 49: ...t forever unless you have saved them or downloaded them to your computer previous to the deletion Install PhoTags Express Software NOTE Make sure that your camera is not connected to the computer Inse...

Page 50: ...ags Express button there will be showing some windows that help you to finish the installing You are only required to follow the description and click the buttons that it s defaulted by the software R...

Page 51: ...s step the main window will appear on the screen Everything you need to get the most from your photos 1 Select photos Select the photos that you download from your camera And edit it in the software 2...

Page 52: ...on standard photo paper You can purchase Album and Video CD Two additional workshop project online at any time and create Photo Album and slide shows on CD that can be viewed on your PC and VCD for vi...

Page 53: ...MY COMPUTER Icon on the desktop 3 Your memory card will appear as a REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE 4 Click on the REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE to view the images The images are stored in the subfolder called D...

Page 54: ...photos you wish to copy to your computer The Device selection mode will appear Both your camera and the memory card will each appear in the Active Devices list Select Custom copy click Next to continu...

Page 55: ...ose a position where you want to place the photos Click Finish to copy the photos to the location you selected Note All of the picture you imported will appear in the Select Photos main window And now...

Page 56: ...o use Photags Express Launch the Photags Express Click tour button on the main window to view how to use the photags Express in detail Attention If Photags Express can not upgrade the DirectX automati...

Page 57: ...and videos to your PC manually Turn on your camera Change your camera mode to Playback and connect your camera to the computer correctly with USB cable the screen will be shown a window Removable Disk...

Page 58: ...MPUTER Icon on the desktop 2 Your memory card will appear as a REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE 3 Click on the REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE to view the images The images are stored in the subfolder called DCM100...

Page 59: ...fications Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Resolution 4000x3000 12MP 3648x2736 10MP 3264x2448 8MP 3648x2048 7MP HD 2592x1944 5MP 2048x1536 3MP 1920x1080 2MP HD 640x480 VGA Video Resolution 640X480 30fps...

Page 60: ...Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach High Sensitivity Flash Auto Force Red Eye Reduction Off Self timer 2 5 or 10 sec delay Anti Shake Yes PictBridge Yes Face Detect Yes Interfac...

Page 61: ...mation section Q How do I make sure I don t lose important pictures In order to use your camera properly you will need to insert a SD card of up to 8GB All your images will be stored on this card It i...

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