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Page 2: ...MORY CARD 6 SETTING THE LANGUAGE 8 SETTING THE DATE AND TIME 9 MONITOR SCREEN DISPLAY 10 3 USING THIS VIDEO CAMERA 13 TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF 13 CHANGE THE MODE 14 RECORDING VIDEO CLIP 15 TAKING STILL IMAGES 16 USING THE SELF TIMER AND BURST SNAPSHOT 17 USING THE ZOOM FUNCTION 18 RECORDING AUDIO 19 ...

Page 3: ...NU 24 5 PLAYBACK 26 PLAYBACK STILL IMAGE 26 PLAYING BACK MOVIE CLIPS 27 PLAYING BACK AUDIO FILES 27 OTHER FUNCTIONS IN PLAYBACK MODE 28 6 MAKING CONNECTIONS 35 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A TV 35 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO A PC 36 7 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 38 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE 38 8 TROUBLESHOOTING 41 ...

Page 4: ...ns described below Do not try to open the case of the video camera or attempt to modify this video camera in any way Maintenance and repairs should be carried out only by authorized service providers Keep the video camera away from water and other liquids Do not use the video camera with wet hands Never use the video camera in the rain or snow Moisture creates danger of electric shock Use only the...

Page 5: ...f Timer LED 5 Delete 6 Playback 7 Mode 8 TFT LCD Screen 9 Left Self Timer 10 Power 11 Down button 12 Menu 13 AV Out jack 14 USB jack 15 Right LED on or off 16 OK 17 Shutter 18 Up Display 19 W Zoom out button 20 T Zoom in button 21 Speaker 22 Tripod socket 23 Card slot 24 Battery cover ...

Page 6: ...ng for use Installing the Battery 1 Open the video camera battery door 2 Insert three AAA size batteries with the positive and negative poles matching the directions indicated on the battery cover 3 Close the battery door ...

Page 7: ...inserting it Never try to force the memory card into the slot when you feel resistance The memory card has a write protect switch which is used to protect data from accidental deletion Therefore whenever you want to record format or delete files in the SD card disable the write protection beforehand 1 Turn off the video camera 2 Find the rubber at the bottom of the video camera and then uncover th...

Page 8: ...deleted including protected files Be sure to download important files to your computer before formatting 1 Turn the power on press the MENU button to display the menu and then press the RIGHT button to select setup 2 Press the UP or DOWN button to select Format then press the OK or RIGHT button to launch the submenu 3 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item YES and then press the OK button ...

Page 9: ...n the power on press the MENU button to display the menu and then press the RIGHT button to select setup 2 Press the UP or DOWN button to select Language then press the OK or RIGHT button to launch the submenu 3 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired language and then press the OK button to confirm the setting 4 Press the MENU button to close the menu ...

Page 10: ...select setup 2 Press the UP or DOWN button to select Date Time then press the OK or RIGHT button to launch the submenu 3 Press the UP or DOWN button to change the highlighted value Press the LEFT or RIGHT button to move the cursor between settings 4 Press the OK button to confirm the setting 5 Press the MENU button to close the menu ...

Page 11: ...ENGLISH 10 Monitor screen display A When shooting movies ...

Page 12: ...ENGLISH 11 B When shooting still images ...

Page 13: ...ENGLISH 12 C When recording audio file D When playing back ...

Page 14: ...the POWER button the LCD screen turns on 3 Press the POWER button again will turn the camera off To save battery power the video camera automatically turns off after a period of idle time Press the POWER button to power the camera back on You can change the power off time by setting the function Power Save in the Setup menu ...

Page 15: ...is pressed the mode icon is changed If you want to preview the record files you can press the PLAYBACK button to set the video camera to playback mode When the video camera is in playback mode you must press the PLAYBACK button to change it to record mode first before you can use the MODE button to change mode Display Title Description Capture mode For taking still photos Video mode For recording ...

Page 16: ... press it again to continue 3 Press the SHUTTER button again to end the recording If the memory is full the video camera will stop recording automatically The LCD monitor displays the recorded time When light is insufficient press the RIGHT LED ON or OFF button to turn on the compensating lamp and when light is enough press the LED ON OFF button to turn off the compensating lamp ...

Page 17: ...eased by one For example if the screen displays 018 when the camera is power on after one photo has been captured 017 will appear If the memory is full Memory Full will appear on screen When light is insufficient press the RIGHT LED ON or OFF button to turn on the compensating lamp and when light is enough press the RIGHT LED ON or OFF button to turn off the compensating lamp Make sure your finger...

Page 18: ...he LEFT button to change the self timer mode each time the LEFT button is pressed the icon on the top left corner is changed Off Take photos without delay 2 seconds The shutter release will delay for 2 seconds 10 Seconds The shutter release will delay for 10 seconds Burst snapshot Press the SHUTTER button once to take three pictures continuously 3 Press the SHUTTER button to take picture You can a...

Page 19: ...igital zoom enlarges or shrinks the image using a software process 1 Turn the video camera on and set it to capture mode or video record mode 2 Press the W or T button to compose the image W zoom out for a wide angle shot T zoom in for a telephoto shot When the zoom button is pressed the value of magnification appears on the LCD monitor ...

Page 20: ...R button to start recording Press the UP button to pause and press it again to continue 3 Press the SHUTTER again to end the recording If the memory is full the video camera will stop recording automatically On the center of the LCD monitor displays the recorded time There is no menu in audio record mode ...

Page 21: ...t have a menu Menu in capture mode 1 Turn on the video camera and set it to capture mode 2 Press the MENU button to display the menu 3 Use the UP or DOWN button to select an item 4 Press the OK or RIGHT button to enter the submenu 5 Use the UP or DOWN button to select the desired item 6 Press the OK button to confirm the setting 7 Press the MENU button to close the menu ...

Page 22: ...r Fine Fine Normal Metering Change the metering method to change the brightness of the picture Center The exposure will be calculated based on light in the center area and this is suitable for general use Multi The exposure will be calculated based on the average light Spot Only the spot in the center of the LCD screen will be metered for light White Balance Adjust the white balance to suit differ...

Page 23: ... Driver Mode Use this item to set the camera to different mode Off 2 Self timer 10 Self timer Burst Effect Use this function to change the image s color tone Normal B W Sepia Negative Red Green Blue Date Stamp This function can be used to add a date to your pictures as you take them There are three items for option Off Neither date nor time is added to the image Date Add date to the image Date Tim...

Page 24: ...n to select the desired item 5 Press the OK button to confirm the setting 6 Press the MENU button to close the menu Menu item Function Movie Size Select small movie size to record longer time There are three items for option 1280x720 720x480 640x480 Frame Rate Select low frame rate to record longer time There are two items for option High Low Metering See the details on page 19 White Balance See t...

Page 25: ...he OK or RIGHT button to enter the submenu 5 Use the UP or DOWN button to select the desired item 6 Press the OK button to confirm the setting 7 Press the MENU button to close the menu Menu item Function Sounds There are four items for option Shutter Set the shutter sound on or off by pressing the RIGHT button Start up Set the start up sound Press the RIGHT button to change the sound There are fou...

Page 26: ...quency Light Frequency should be set to either 60Hz or 50Hz depending on your region 50HZ 60HZ Power save To save power the camera is turned off automatically after a period of time There are four options 1min 3min 5min Off Date Time Refer to page 8 Language Refer to page 7 TV Out TV Out should be set to either NTSC or PAL depending on your region NTSC PAL USB You can use this camera as a PC camer...

Page 27: ... See the details on page 7 Reset all To reset the entire menu and button operation settings to initial default Yes No 5 Playback Playback still image 1 Turn the camera on and then press the PLAYBACK button to set the camera to playback mode The latest recorded file appears on the LCD screen If there are no images stored a message No File appears 2 Press the LEFT or RIGHT button to preview the prev...

Page 28: ...e it and press it again to continue Press the RIGHT button to fast forward and press the LEFT button to fast rewind Playing back audio files 1 Press the LEFT or RIGHT button to select the audio file you want to playback 2 Press the SHUTTER button to start playing Press the MENU button to end playing Press the UP button to pause it and press it again to continue Press the RIGHT button to fast forwa...

Page 29: ...tton in playback mode 2 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item Lock 3 Press the OK or RIGHT button to enter the submenu 4 Use the UP or DOWN button to select the item Lock Unlock one Lock Unlock current file Lock All Lock all files Unlock all Unlock all files 5 Press the OK button to confirm the setting 6 Press the MENU button to close the menu If the file has been locked the icon will dis...

Page 30: ...u One Delete current file All Delete all files except locked files 4 Use the UP or DOWN button to select the item 5 Press the OK button to confirm the setting A dialog box will appear Using UP or DOWN button to select the item Yes 6 Press the OK button to delete the current file or all files Hot key Press the DELETE button next to the LCD to delete file quickly ...

Page 31: ...e for slide showing after setting the slide show mode Interval Set the interval time by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT button The range of interval time is 1 second to 10 seconds Repeat Press the LEFT or RIGHT button to select Yes or No 4 Use the UP or DOWN button to select Start 5 Press the OK button start slide show 6 Press the MENU button to end slide show Only still images can be shown in slidesho...

Page 32: ...OWN button to select an effect 5 Press the OK button to apply the setting Rotate the image 1 Select an image you want to rotate in playback mode 2 Press the MENU button to display the menu 3 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item Rotate 4 Press the OK or RIGHT button to launch the submenu Rotate Each time the OK button is pressed the image will rotate 90 Save Select this item to save the r...

Page 33: ...the item 6 Press the OK button to save the resized image The image can only be resized to smaller size Add voice memo to image 1 Select an image you want to add voice memo in playback mode 2 Press the MENU button to display the menu 3 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item voice memo 4 Press the OK or RIGHT button to display the dialog box as illustrated 5 Select the item Add and then pres...

Page 34: ...ess the MENU button to display the menu 3 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item Start up Image 4 Press the OK or RIGHT button to launch the submenu Set Cancel 5 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item Set 6 Press the OK button to confirm the setting 7 Set the item Start up Image in the setup menu to My image mode See the details on page 23 And then the video camera will use the ima...

Page 35: ...nt to print in playback mode 2 Press the MENU button to display the menu 3 Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item Print 4 Connect the device to a printer which includes print photo from a camera directly 5 Press the OK button to print the image ...

Page 36: ...now performs as the camera LCD screen 1 Connect the video camera to a TV via the TV out cable supplied 2 Turn on the TV and the video camera and then set the TV to AV mode 3 When the video camera is set to record mode you can preview the subjects you want to record on the TV screen 4 When the video camera is set to Playback mode you can review all the pictures video and audio clips stored in the v...

Page 37: ...ing the camera to a computer using the supplied USB cable Using a Card Reader 1 Eject the memory card from the video camera and insert it into a card reader that is connected to a computer 2 Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and double click the removable disk icon that represents the memory card 3 Copy images from the card into a directory of your choice on the computer s hard disk ...

Page 38: ...th a PC by a USB cable 3 Double click the icon my computer on the desktop of PC 4 Double click icon 5 Double click DCIM file folder 6 Double click 100MEDIA file folder 7 Copy all the files to your PC Note Do not take out the SD card or the batteries when you are copying the files to PC otherwise the files would be destroyed or lost ...

Page 39: ... video camera Insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The autorun menu appears The following software is listed Install Driver Installs software for PC camera Arcsoft Mediaimpression Installs software for pictures and video clips User Manual Open the Manual folder Note Arcsoft MediaImpression only includes Windows XP and Windows ...

Page 40: ...dows Explorer and double click the file named autorun exe to start the program You can also click Run in the Windows Startup menu enter D autorun exe where D is your CD ROM drive letter in the text box and click OK Install Driver 1 Click Install Driver 2 Follow the on screen instructions to install the drivers 3 When the installation is finished it will create an icon on the desktop ...

Page 41: ...LCD screen displays PC CAM or MSDC Press the MODE button to set it to PC CAM mode Double click the icon to run the program If it is the first time you use this function please select the item Preview as in the illustration and then you can use it as the pc camera function If you want to change the imaging size select Video Capture Pin to change the Output Size ...

Page 42: ...ENGLISH 41 8 Troubleshooting Power does not turn on 1 Battery is inserted in the wrong direction Reload battery in the correct direction 2 Battery is insufficient to power on Replace or recharge the ...

Page 43: ...emory card again or use a new card Image is blurry or out of focus 1 The video camera was moving when the image was captured Hold the video camera steady when shooting picture Image is not displayed on the LCD monitor 1 A memory card with images recorded with another camera is loaded Please reformat the card Recorded images are not saved in memory ...

Page 44: ...ENGLISH 43 1 The video camera was turned off before the images are saved in memory If the battery low indicator appears on the LCD monitor replace the battery immediately ...

Page 45: ...hutter Electronic Shutter 1 1024 1 2sec Resolution Still Image 5M 2592X1944 3M 2048X1536 1 M 1280X960 VGA 640X480 Video 1280x720 720x480 640x480 Sensitivity Auto White balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Fluorescent Tungsten Exposure control 2EV to 2EV in 0 3 steps Burst Included Photo effect Normal B W Sepia Negative Red Green Blue Self timer 2 10 sec ...

Page 46: ...perating 0 C to 40 C Storage 20 to 60 C Microphone Built in Speaker Built in Dimension Camera Body 97X58X38 mm Weight Camera Body w o battery Approx 95g Attention The product design and specifications are subject to change without prior notice System requirement Windows 98 2000 ME XP Vista Win7 CPU Pentium III 800MHz and upper Memory 64 MB and upper memory Disk space At least 128 MB space free ...

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