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Press the Up/Down button to select OK to set to default setting or Cancel to exit.

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Press the OK/MENU button to confirm.

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If you selected OK, a Default Setting confirmation message will appear:

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Press the Right/Left button to select

“Yes” to reset to the default setting or “No” to exit the

menu.

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Press the OK/MENU button to confirm and reset the camera to the original factory

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Summary of Contents for ViviCam 8225

Page 1: ...al Camera User s Manual 2009 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: ...amera correctly when capturing images 10 Starting Your Digital Camera 11 Camera Mode 12 Video Mode 34 Playback Mode 37 Install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software 48 Connect your camera to the computer 50 Get photos and videos from your camera to your computer 51 Get started 52 Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually Using Windows 53 Transfer media from my camera to my comp...

Page 3: ...rst in order to get the most out of your digital camera Key Features Digital Video resolutions 640x480 Pixels VGA 320x240 Pixels QVGA 8 1 mega pixels camera with choice of 6 digital camera resolutions 8M 3264x2448pixels 7M HD 3648x2048 pixels 5M 2592x1944 pixels 3M 2048x1536 pixels 2M HD 1920x1080 pixels and VGA 640x480 pixels 2 4 inch TFT LCD 3x Optical Zoom Function 8x Digital Zoom Function Anti...

Page 4: ...wnload photos and videos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration Pentium 4 processor or above with Windows XP service pack 2 512 MB RAM with 100MB of free disk space 1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution 16 bit color or higher display adaptor CD ROM Drive QuickTime 6 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher Windows Media Player 10 or higher Internet connection requ...

Page 5: ... at least 15GB of available space Support for Super VGA graphics Available USB Interface CD ROM drive QuickTime 6 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher Internet connection required Computer System Requirements for Macintosh Macintosh with Intel processor running Mac OS X v10 4 6 or later 256 MB RAM 100 MB free disk space Display 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor QuickTime 6 or hi...

Page 6: ...5 A Quick Look at Your Camera ...

Page 7: ...below 1 Slide and open the battery door on the bottom of the camera 2 Insert the battery correctly with the correct polarity facing up 3 Use the battery clip found in the battery compartment to make sure that the battery is sitting firmly 4 Close the battery door 5 On powering on your camera the battery icon will appear on the bottom right of the LCD screen Full battery power Medium battery power ...

Page 8: ...witch off when your camera is fully charged after a few hours 2 A Low battery message will flash on the LCD when the battery power is insufficient Shortly thereafter your camera will power off 3 Please remove your battery when you don t intend to use your camera for a long time 4 Test photos taken with the camera should be downloaded otherwise they will be lost when the camera loses power and turn...

Page 9: ...our camera before transferring the photos and videos to your PC 1 Locate the Memory Card slot situated in the battery cover at the bottom of the camera 2 Insert the Memory card into the slot in the correct direction 3 Push the card in until you feel it click into position An SD icon will appear on the bottom of the LCD screen after you turn on your camera 4 Once the external memory card is inserte...

Page 10: ...ory 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 delete all data on the SD memory card including protected data 4 Don t remove the SD card during formatting as this may damage the card and render it unusable 5 When your card is full download the media on th...

Page 11: ...s Turn on the Power button to activate the Auto Focus zoom lens to open out like a periscope Hold the camera steady and correctly as shown in the diagram below Note Do not touch or move the lens once it opens and is in use This will cause damage to the camera ...

Page 12: ...ically power off after a few seconds Mode selection Your digital camera has 3 main modes Camera mode Video mode and Playback mode The Camera mode is for you to take still photos adjust the camera settings and change the way the camera is setup You can shoot video files while in Video mode In Playback mode you can preview photos and videos as well as being able to delete rotate protect crop and pri...

Page 13: ...s in on the object 4 Center your object with the white frame that appears on the LCD 5 When the frame turns green lift your finger and the image will be captured 6 There will be a short delay while the camera saves the JPEG photo to memory After each photo is taken when the camera returns to icon mode the numbers of photos left to shoot at the selected resolution is displayed on the top right of t...

Page 14: ... powers off Optical Zoom You can magnify your subject up to 3 times using the optical zoom by pressing the T button or press the W button to zoom back out Note When using this function the camera will automatically adjust the lens Be careful not to touch the lens while the camera is adjusting Digital Zoom You can magnify your subject up to 4 times using the digital zoom Press the T button to zoom ...

Page 15: ...acro setting option to change to the Far mode in order to use the flash 1 Press the Flash Up button 2 The icon appears on the LCD screen This will activate the automatic flash 3 The icon as well as the red LED will begin to flash indicating that the flash is charging 4 Press the Flash button again for the icon to appear on the LCD screen This means the flash function has been forced on manual flas...

Page 16: ... the setting options Scene the 9 scene options appear on the LCD for you to select Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach High Sensitivity Self timer Press the Self timer button to toggle through the 4 self timer options that appear on the top of the LCD 2 sec 5 sec 10 sec or Off Delete Pressing this button will delete the last image Photos or Videos captured 1 Press ...

Page 17: ...ait Scenery Sport Party Beach or High Sensitivity 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the Scene icon 3 The Scene menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down buttons to select the scene you want to use Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach High Sensitivity 5 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save your choice and exit to t...

Page 18: ... Press the Right Left button to select the icon 3 The Image Size menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down buttons to select the image size you want to use 8M 3264x2448 7M HD 3648x2048 5M 2592x1944 3M 2048x1536 2M HD 1920x1080 and VGA 640x480 5 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save and exit to the camera standby mode 6 The selected image size icon will appear on the top of the L...

Page 19: ...ton to select the icon 3 The Anti Shake menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down button to select Anti Shake On or Off 5 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save and exit to the camera standby mode 6 The Anti shake option icon selected will appear on the bottom of the LCD screen Macro Far shooting The camera has the function that allows you to capture objects with the Hyperfocal d...

Page 20: ...ting On Far shooting Off 5 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode 6 The selected icon appears on the top of the LCD screen Note The camera is by default in Far shooting mode Face Detect Your camera supports face detecting that allows you to take better portrait photos 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the icon ...

Page 21: ...CD screen Self Timer You can include yourself in a photo by using this feature to delay the time between you pressing the Shutter button and when the photo is actually taken It is recommended that you use a tripod or place the camera on a flat and sturdy surface when using the self timer 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the icon 3 The Self Timer menu appears in th...

Page 22: ...in in the center of the green frame that appears on the LCD Your camera will count down 2 5 or 10 seconds as per your choice The camera will emit beeps for each second of the countdown before the photo is automatically taken Setup You can adjust the way your camera is setup with 11 setup option Exposure ISO White Balance Sharpness Quality Date Auto Power off Frequency Language Copy Format and Defa...

Page 23: ...f the LCD 4 Press the Up Down button to select one of the setup submenu options Exposure This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Up Down buttons to select an Exposure value from 3 brightest to 3 darkest from the menu that appears ...

Page 24: ...mpensate the light conditions when the light source is not good and you also specifically do not wish to use a flash or tripod When using ISO sensitization please choose the low value ISO to prevent spots or blotches appearing on your photo 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the ISO option in the Setup menu 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select an ISO value from the m...

Page 25: ...te Balance This setting allows the camera to adjust the color of your photos according to the color of your light source 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the White Balance option in the Setup menu 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a White Balance option from the menu that appears Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent ...

Page 26: ...White Balance option you selected Sharpness This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images making edges more or less distinct 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the Sharpness option in the Setup menu 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Sharpness option from the Menu that appears ...

Page 27: ... The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can take A HIGH setting means you can take fewer photos but they will be of better quality The default value is Fine 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the Quality option in the Setup menu 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Quality option from the menu that appears ...

Page 28: ...al Zoom You can set the digital zoom function On or Off 1 Press the Up Down button to select the Digital Zoom option in the Setup menu 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Up Down button to select On or Off 4 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save and exit to the camera standby mode 5 The Zoom icon on the right side of the LCD will appear with or without the Digital zoom upper section dependin...

Page 29: ...elect a Date option from the menu that appears On selecting On the date will appear on the photo once it is taken On selecting Off no date will appear on the photo On selecting Set Date the Set Date settings screen will appear You will be able to change the date settings that will appear on the photo once it is taken To Set the date 1 Press the Up Down button to enter the Set Date option 2 Press t...

Page 30: ...at that appears on the top line YY MM DD DD MM YY MM DD YY 6 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save the changes and exit 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 Up Down button to select the Auto Power Off option in Setup menu 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Up Down...

Page 31: ...il the battery power is depleted or the camera is turned off manually 5 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save and exit to the camera standby mode Language Your digital camera supports only English for this version Frequency Select the light frequency for the local environment Generally 60HZ is for the U S and 50HZ for Europe and Japan The default setting is 60HZ ...

Page 32: ...ll format the memory card and will erase all files in memory including files that have been protected Important Please use this function with caution Once formatted all the images stored in the memory will be erase This process is irreversible Please download all images to the PC before formatting the card 1 Press the Up Down button to select the Format option from the Setup menu 2 Press the OK ME...

Page 33: ...utton to confirm and begin the format 8 Once the SD card is formatted all the images sitting on the card will be erased and the camera will revert to the camera standby mode Default Setting You can restore your camera to the original factory settings 1 Press the Up Down button to select Default Setting in the Setup menu 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Up Down button to select OK ...

Page 34: ...s the OK MENU button to confirm 6 If you selected OK a Default Setting confirmation message will appear 7 Press the Right Left button to select Yes to reset to the default setting or No to exit the menu 8 Press the OK MENU button to confirm and reset the camera to the original factory settings ...

Page 35: ...ct you wish to record 2 Press the Shutter button to begin shooting the video 3 The elapse time will appear on the top right of the LCD screen and the icon will flash on the LCD screen 4 Press the Shutter button again to stop the recording and save this file in AVI format Note 1 You can preview the AVI files in Playback mode or once downloaded to your computer by using Quick Time and Windows Media ...

Page 36: ... The LCD will not light up when the light condition is not good In Video mode there are 3 setup options White Balance Size and Macro White Balance You can select 5 different White Balance light conditions for shooting videos 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the option 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a White Balance option from the menu that appears Auto Dayl...

Page 37: ... camera supports 2 video resolutions 640x480 VGA pixels 320x240 QVGA pixels 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the option for the Size menu to appear 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select an Image Size option from the menu that appears VGA 640x480 QVGA 320x240 4 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save and exit to the video standby mode ...

Page 38: ... button to select the option for the Macro menu to appear 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Macro option from the menu that appears Macro shooting On Far shooting Off 4 Press the OK MENU button to confirm save your choice and exit to the video standby mode 5 The selected Macro icon appears on the top of the LCD screen Playback Mode Press the MODE button to enter the Playback mode When the ic...

Page 39: ...mera or video mode and begin to take photos or videos Full 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 Right buttons and select a thumbnail of a photo or video 4 Press the OK MENU button to display the photo or video in full screen Zoom In or Out of...

Page 40: ... one in your camera by pressing the Right Left buttons to toggle through the images that appear on the LCD Select the photo you wish to rotate protect delete crop or print Rotate The rotate feature will only work for images on the SD card that is inserted 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the rotate option 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select the Rotate option fro...

Page 41: ... photo will now be rotated and saved Note 1 You cannot rotate a protected file On attempting to rotate a protected file a This File is Write Protected message will 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 Protect You can protect your photos videos from accidental deletion by selecting the lock fea...

Page 42: ... will appear at the top of the LCD for the photo or video selected Note To Unlock the current file follow steps 1 through 4 Select Unlock and press the OK MENU button to unlock the current file Delete Delete unwanted photos and videos at any time in order to free up memory You can delete one image or video clip at a time or delete all except the protected photos and videos that are currently store...

Page 43: ...Cancel to exit the Delete option if you do not wish to delete anything at this stage 4 Press the OK MENU button to confirm 5 A Delete confirmation message appears 6 Press the Right Left button to select Yes or No 7 Press the OK MENU button to confirm and delete the image s Note You cannot delete files that are locked Caution If you choice the All option all the unprotected photo images on your SD ...

Page 44: ...in on an image and then save that part of the image as a new photo Note Only photos on the SD Card can be cropped 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the Crop option 3 Press the Up Down button to select Crop or Cancel 4 Press the OK MENU button 5 A blue crop rectangle appears on the photo in the LCD screen 6 Press the W or T buttons to determine the size of the area ...

Page 45: ...10 A Saving screen appears before the cropped photo is saved as a new photo to your camera s memory card Print with Pictbridge You can print the photos directly from the camera with a Pictbridge compatible printer 1 Select the photo you wish to print 2 Press the OK MENU button 3 Press the Right Left button to select the Pictbridge menu 4 Press the Up Down button and select Pictbridge to print phot...

Page 46: ... Note Videos have an icon on top left corner of the file or on the thumbnail 3 Press the OK MENU button for the selected video to appear in full screen 4 Press the Shutter button to play the current AVI file 5 Press the Shutter button to pause and press it again to continue playing 6 Press the Up button to stop playing the AVI and revert back to the Playback mode Note Just as with Photos so too Vi...

Page 47: ...ck the current file follow steps 1 through 4 Select Unlock and press the OK MENU button to unlock the current file Delete Delete unwanted videos at any time in order to free up memory You can delete one image or video clip at a time or delete all except the protected videos that are currently stored and saved on the memory card 1 Press the OK MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the...

Page 48: ...ng at this stage 5 Press the OK MENU button to confirm 6 A Delete confirmation message appears 7 Press the Right Left button to select Yes or No 8 Press the OK MENU button to confirm and delete the image s Note You cannot delete files that are locked Caution If you choice the All option all the unprotected video images on your SD card will be deleted This process is irreversible and all your image...

Page 49: ...sert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive The installation screen should automatically open 2 On PC The Vivitar Experience Image Manager Installer window appears If the window does not appear open the application s CD DVD drive and click on Setup bat to launch the installer 3 On Macintosh Click the icon to install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager 4 If you do not have internet access at t...

Page 50: ... to my computer button for instructions 5 If you have internet access the Choose your language window opens choose your language and click Next to open the next window 6 Select your camera model from the list and click Next to open the next window 7 Click Next to confirm your camera model selection and to install the application 8 Please wait while the application is being installed on your comput...

Page 51: ...uter 12 On PC Click the Close button when the installation is complete On Macintosh Click the Quit button when the installation is complete 13 Click the Launch Vivitar Experience Image Manager to open the application or close the window and run the Vivitar Experience Image Manager from your computer Connect your camera to the computer 1 Use the USB cable that came with your camera to connect your ...

Page 52: ...your camera to your computer An SD card needs to be inserted Do not disconnect the cable during transfer Doing so will cancel the transfer of any files on their way to your computer 1 Select the Get images button from the Main menu ...

Page 53: ...mputer A media download progress bar appears on the bottom left showing the number of media files downloading to your computer A message appears when the download is complete 9 The photo and video files that you selected are now downloaded to your computer to the selected folder and albums ready for your use Get started Using the Vivitar Experience Image Manager you can upload and manage photos an...

Page 54: ...dia files 4 Select the media and copy the files from this folder into your computer Optionally select the files and choose Copy from the Edit menu Then select a folder and choose Paste from the Edit menu 5 We recommend that you copy the images into the Pictures My Pictures folder and the videos into the Videos My Videos folder 6 Do not disconnect the cable during transfer Doing so will cancel the ...

Page 55: ...their way to your computer Maintenance of Your Digital Camera The digital camera is a delicate device Please handle your camera with care to avoid damaging it Sakar Warranty Card This warranty covers for the original consumer purchaser only and is not transferable Products that fail to function properly UNDER NORMAL USAGE due to defects in material or workmanship Your product will be repaired at n...

Page 56: ...ention Service Department 195 Carter Drive Edison NJ 08817 TECHNICAL SUPPORT For technical support issues please visit our website at www vivitar com You can find manuals software and FAQ s at the website Can t find what you are looking for E mail us at support vivitar com and one of our technical support team members will answer your questions For phone support in the US please call 1 800 592 954...

Page 57: ...3X 36 108mm 1 2 8 4 8 Zoom 3X Optical Zoom 8X Digital Zoom Exposure 3 0EV 3 0EV White Balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent ISO Auto 100 200 400 Scene Auto Night 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 Interface USB 2 0 System Requir...

Page 58: ...w do I make sure I don t lose important pictures Your camera uses SDRAM memory which requires a constant electric current to store your test photos Should your camera lose power for instance if the battery dies or run out of power all stored pictures will be lost This camera requires an SD card for normal use If the camera powers off nothing will happen to the images stored on the SD memory card W...

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