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Starting Your Digital Camera 

 

Power on   

Press the Power button once to turn on your camera. The LCD will light up and the camera will emit a 
“beep” to indicate that your camera is turned on and ready for use.   
 

Power off 

Press the Power button once to turn off your camera. When there is insufficient battery power, a 

Low 

Battery

” message will appear on the LCD screen and the camera will power off automatically after a 

few seconds. 

 

MODE switch 

Your digital camera has 3 modes - Camera mode, Video mode and Playback mode. 
 
Move the mode switch between the 3 modes to select the one that you want to use. 
 
 
 

 

  Camera Mode (Left):            Take still photos   

                                       

 

  Video Mode (Middle):          Capture video files 

 

 

  Playback Mode (Right):        View, print and edit photos and view videos 

 
 

Summary of Contents for ViviCam 8690v2

Page 1: ...al Camera User s Manual 2010 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...

Page 2: ...he LCD 11 Camera mode 13 Video Mode 27 Playback Mode 29 Install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software 38 Connect your camera to the computer 40 Get photos and videos from your camera to your c...

Page 3: ...order to get the most out of your digital camera Key Features Digital Video resolutions 320x240 Pixels 640x480 Pixels 8 1 mega pixels camera with choice of 6 digital camera resolutions 3264X2448 8MP...

Page 4: ...load 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 Reco...

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...

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

Page 7: ...ide of the camera 2 Insert the alkaline batteries correctly with the correct polarity as shown on the battery cover 3 Close the battery compartment When the Low Battery icon and Low Battery message fl...

Page 8: ...care that you do not take out the batteries or power off your camera at will otherwise the test photos in the built in memory will be lost before they are either downloaded or copied to the SD memory...

Page 9: ...Yes and press the Menu OK button to save the test photo to the SD memory card Select No and press the Menu OK button if you do not want to save the test photo 2 After the SD memory is inserted success...

Page 10: ...mera When there is insufficient battery power a Low Battery message will appear on the LCD screen and the camera will power off automatically after a few seconds MODE switch Your digital camera has 3...

Page 11: ...is for you to take still photos You can shoot video files while in Video mode In Playback mode you can preview the photos videos you captured rotate protect delete crop and print your photos Main but...

Page 12: ...11 Main Icons on the LCD...

Page 13: ...e Flash Auto No Flash Modes Camera Playback Video SD card inserted SD card inserted Locked Self timer On 10 seconds Self timer On 2 seconds Normal Capture Macro Capture Date on photo Digital Zoom Prot...

Page 14: ...s full the LCD screen will display Disk Full If you attempt to take a photo when the camera s internal memory is full the camera will beep continuously Please download the test images to your computer...

Page 15: ...in flash function which enables you to take photos when the light condition is not good The flash can only be activated in the photo mode 1 Press the Up button on the Menu dial to activate the flash...

Page 16: ...s 1 Press the Down or Timer button 2 The icon appears on the top of the LCD screen Press the Shutter button to activate the 2 second timer 3 The LED will flash and the camera will countdown 2 seconds...

Page 17: ...manually select the scene 1 In Camera mode press the Left Scene button 2 The scene options icons will appear on the upper left corner of the LCD next to the camera icon 3 Press the Scene button to to...

Page 18: ...will appear on the LCD screen 3 Press the Menu OK button 4 Press the Left Right buttons to move between the menu options that appear 5 Press the Up Down buttons to select the submenu option within the...

Page 19: ...s determine the number of photos that can be saved and the amount of memory required for each photo The higher the photo quality the more memory it will take The image size and quality will also affec...

Page 20: ...tton to select On or Off 4 Press the Menu OK button to confirm and exit to standby mode Note The icon will appear on the left side of the LCD screen if you selected Yes 5 Press the Menu OK button 6 Pr...

Page 21: ...uency Format Default Setting or Cancel To enter and change the different Setup options 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press the Right Left button until you select the Setup menu Exposure This setting al...

Page 22: ...n in the Setup menu 2 Press the Menu OK button 3 Press the Up Down button to choose the ISO option from the ISO submenu that appears Auto 100 200 400 4 Press the Menu OK button to confirm and exit Whi...

Page 23: ...s the Up Down button to select a sharpness value Normal Sharp Soft 4 Press the Menu OK button to confirm save your option and exit Quality The quality settings determine the number of photos and the a...

Page 24: ...nu OK button to confirm and exit Note After you confirm the quality star icon will appear on the LCD Date This allows you to set the system time which will be display on the photos if you selected dat...

Page 25: ...ht Left button to move between the options Year Month Day Hour Minute Seconds Date format 3 Press the Up Down button to set the digits for each of the date time and format options 4 Press the Menu OK...

Page 26: ...e Spanish French German Italian Russian Dutch and Turkish 4 Press the Menu OK button to confirm and exit 5 All the menu and device messages will now appear in the language that you selected Frequency...

Page 27: ...on 3 Press the Up Down button to select OK 4 Press the Menu OK button to confirm The following Format message will appear on the LCD 5 Press the Right Left button to select Yes to begin the format or...

Page 28: ...tup menu manually Select the Cancel option in the Setup menu and press the Menu OK button to exit Video Mode Move the mode switch to the center to activate the Video mode The icon will appear on the t...

Page 29: ...ou need to insert an SD memory card for normal camera use 2 The limited internal memory in your camera is provided for test photos and videos only 3 Memory Full insert an SD Memory Card to Transfer an...

Page 30: ...2 Press the Left Right button to select the Resolution menu option 3 Press the Up Down button to select the resolution option you desire VGA 640x480 QVGA 320x240 4 Press the Menu OK button to confirm...

Page 31: ...r camera as thumbnails You can also press the T and W buttons to zoom in and out of your photos 1 Pressing the W button once will open the thumbnail display view 2 Press the Right Left button to move...

Page 32: ...file an icon will appear on the LCD screen Playing the AVI video file Select an AVI file you want to play 1 Press the Shutter button to begin playing the AVI file 2 Press the Shutter button to pause...

Page 33: ...u want to protect or delete Rotate 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the Rotate menu option 3 Press the Up Down button to select the degree you want to rotate your pho...

Page 34: ...pear on the LCD 6 To unlock a locked image press the Menu OK button 7 At step 3 select Unlock and press Menu OK to unlock the current file Delete Delete unwanted photos and videos at any time to free...

Page 35: ...e will appear to confirm the deletion 6 Press the Right Left button to select Yes or No if you delete one or all photos and videos 7 Press the Menu OK button to confirm and exit Crop Image Crop your p...

Page 36: ...e area you will crop 7 Press the Up Down Right Left button to move the rectangle to select the area of the photo you want to crop 8 Press the Shutter button 9 Press the Shutter button again to Save No...

Page 37: ...o confirm 6 A Please connect to device message will appear on the LCD 7 Connect your camera with the USB cable to the Printer s Pictbridge USB socket 8 The following menu will appear once the camera d...

Page 38: ...cess your request After a moment the photo is printed Note Printing many photos will take more time Please be patient and wait for all the photos to print 13 When the print is finished a Print Finishe...

Page 39: ...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 exe to launch the installer 3 On Macint...

Page 40: ...ck 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 computer 9 Please revi...

Page 41: ...le that came with your camera to connect your camera to your computer 2 Turn on the camera 3 MSDC will appear on the LCD indicating that you are in the USB mode 4 The first time you connect the device...

Page 42: ...photo and video files to albums if desired 7 Select to remove the media files from the selected device removable disk after the import 8 Click the Get media button to transfer the photos and videos f...

Page 43: ...from my camera to my computer manually Using Windows 1 Use the USB cable that came with your camera to connect your camera to your computer 2 MSDC appears on the LCD indicating that the camera is in M...

Page 44: ...lder and choose Paste from the Edit menu 6 We recommend that you copy the images into the Pictures folder and the videos into the Movies folder 7 Do not disconnect the cable during transfer Doing so w...

Page 45: ...DDRESS BELOW Sakar Vivitar US Sakar International Attention Service Department 195 Carter Drive Edison NJ 08817 Sakar Vivitar UK Sakar International 2D Siskin Parkway East 4020 Middlemarch Business Pa...

Page 46: ...ard up to 8GB LCD Display 2 4 Inch TFT LCD Lens f 7 45mm F3 0 with Macro Zoom 4X Digital Zoom Exposure 3 0EV 3 0EV White Balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent ISO Auto 100 200 400 Scen...

Page 47: ...ions list until you see the removable device appearing If the computer does not recognize your device it may mean that your computer does not meet the minimum system requirements Please see the System...

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