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Digital Camera 

User

s Manual 

CD500DTGF 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Please read this manual carefully before using 
and keep it for future reference 

Summary of Contents for CD500DTGF

Page 1: ...Digital Camera User s Manual CD500DTGF Please read this manual carefully before using and keep it for future reference ...

Page 2: ...Switch 5 Main Icons on the LCD 6 Prepare Your Camera for use 8 Install battery 8 Install SD memory card 9 Starting Your Digital Camera 10 Taking Photos 10 Install PhoTags Express Software 25 Everything you need to get the most from your photos 27 Download photos to your PC 28 Photags Express software owner manual 31 Viewing Videos on Your Computer 32 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera 32 Appendix ...

Page 3: ...VGA 8 1 mega pixels camera with choice of 6digital camera resolutions 3264X2448Pixels 8M 3648X2048Pixels HD 7M 2592X1944Pixels 5M 2048X1536Pixels 3M 1920X1080Pixels HD 2M 640X480Pixels VGA Ÿ 2 4 inch TFT LCD Ÿ 8x Digital Zoom function Ÿ Anti Shake function Ÿ SD memory card slot accepts SD compatible memory card up to 8GB Ÿ Built in Flash Ÿ PhoTags Express software for managing and enhancing your p...

Page 4: ...ideos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration Ÿ Windows Vista Ÿ 800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory Ÿ 20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space Ÿ Support for Super VGA graphics Ÿ Available USB Interface Ÿ CD ROM Drive Computer System Requirements for Macintosh Ÿ Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher Ÿ Mac OS X version 10 2 6 or later Ÿ 128 MB or more avail...

Page 5: ...4 Quick Look at Your Camera ...

Page 6: ...5 The Modes of Digital Camera There are 3 modes on your camera Camera Mode Take still photos Video Mode Capture video files Playback Mode View print edit photos and view videos ...

Page 7: ...6 Main Icons on the LCD ...

Page 8: ... Red eye reduction No Flash Modes Camera Playback Video Scenes Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach High Sensitivity Self timer On 10s Self timer On 2s Digital Zoom Protect Protect On White Balance Auto Incandescent Fluorescent Cloudy Daylight Anti Shake Anti Shake on Anti Shake off Macro Far function Macro capture Far capture ...

Page 9: ...hod 1 Slide and open the battery door 2 Insert the battery correctly as the correct polarity facing up with the battery cover 3 Close the battery door Note 1 Low battery will show on the LCD when battery is insufficient and your camera will be off 2 Please uninstall your battery when you don t intend to use your camera for a long time to forbid them leakage and corrosion ...

Page 10: ...8GB Limited internal memory is only for you to take test photos these photos will be lost when you turn off your camera or remove the batteries For normal use an SD memory card needs to be inserted Please refer to the below diagram for correct installation method Locate the SD memory card slot insert an SD memory card as above until you feel and hear a Click sound When the icon appears on the LCD ...

Page 11: ...tton once to turn on your camera The LCD will light up and it will sound a beep this indicates 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 your camera will be off automatically after a moment Camera Mode Taking Photos You can compose your shot using the LCD screen Hold the camera steady and press ...

Page 12: ...indicates that the far shooting is on Flash In low light conditions it is best to use the built in flash You can also use the flash to compensate for backlight conditions To set the flash Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon shows on the LCD screen This will activate the automatic flash Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon appears on the LCD screen This means the flash function h...

Page 13: ...t Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach or High Sensitivity You can choose your best scenery according to your light and environmental conditions 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press Up Down button to select scene per your requirement 3 Press Menu OK button to confirm and exit to standby mode Image Size The image size and quality settings determine the number of photos that can b...

Page 14: ... image size icon will show on the LCD screen Anti Shake Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a result of trembling or shaking when taking the photo Because of this function you are not required to use a tripod and take good quality photos To set as below 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press Right Left button to select the Anti Shake menu 3 Press the Up Down bu...

Page 15: ...p Down button until you select Exposure 2 Press Menu OK button 3 Press the Up Down button to select the exposure value from 3 to 3 4 Press Menu OK button to confirm and exit to standby mode ISO This is a special function that allows you to compensate the light conditions when the light source is not good and also you do not wish to use a flash or tripod As a first choice using a flash light or a t...

Page 16: ...s setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images making edges more or less distinct 1 Press the Up Down button until you select Sharpness 2 Press Menu OK button 3 Press the Up Down button to select Normal Sharp Soft 4 Press Menu OK button to confirm and exit to standby mode Quality The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can take A HIGH setting means you can take...

Page 17: ...e date and time you want to set 4 Use Up Down button to set the digit 5 Press Menu OK button to confirm current setting Auto Power off By default if your camera is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off Use the Auto off option to change this setting 1 Press the Up Down button until you select Auto Power Off 2 Press Menu OK button 3 Press the Up Down button to select 1 Minute 2Min...

Page 18: ...Cancel 4 Press Menu OK button to confirm 5 Press Left Right button to select Yes No 6 Press Menu OK button to confirm and exit to standby mode Default Setting You can restore your camera to original settings from factory 1 Press the Up Down button until you select Default Setting 2 Press Menu OK button 3 Press the Up Down button to select OK Cancel 4 Press Menu OK button to confirm and exit to sta...

Page 19: ...reen when you press the shutter button if without SD memory card inserted Press the Shutter button again to stop and save this file in AVI format You can play this AVI file in playback mode or on your computer using Quick Time and Windows Media Player You can select different White Balance for shooting 1 Press the Menu OK button ...

Page 20: ... pixels 320x240 QVGA pixels 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press Right Left button to select Image size 3 Press the Up Down button to select Image Size 4 Press Menu OK button to confirm and exit to standby mode Playback Mode Press Mode button to select Playback mode You can preview the photos and videos you have recorded In Playback mode you can rotate protect delete and crop your photos and you can...

Page 21: ...your camera Thumbnail display When the camera is in the Playback Mode and the monitor is displaying an image pressing the W button will take you to the thumbnail display Reversely Press the T button or Menu OK button again to display the photo in full screen Repeatedly pressing the T button to magnify the photos and press the Up Down button to preview the photo in zoom in mode ...

Page 22: ... rotate protect crop or print Rotate 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press Up Down button to select how much degrees you want to rotate 3 Press the Menu OK button to confirm Note you can not rotate a protected file which File Protect appears on the screen Protect You can protect your photos videos from accidental deletion by selecting the lock feature ...

Page 23: ... 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 and delete all except the unprotected photos and videos that are currently recorded on the memory card 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press Right Left button to select Delete menu 4 Press the Up Down button to select This Image delete current photo video you selected...

Page 24: ...art of the image as a new photo 1 Press the Menu OK button 2 Press Right Left button to select Crop Image menu 4 Press the Up Down button to select Crop or cancel 5 Press the Menu OK button to confirm 6 Press T W button to magnify the rectangle to select an area as a new file 7 Press the Up Down Right Left button to select an area 8 Press the Shutter button 9 Press the Shutter button again to conf...

Page 25: ...e 5 Press the Menu OK button to confirm The LCD screen will now show please connect to device 6 Connect your camera to the compatible printer with the USB cable for printing 7 the following message will appear on the LCD Please wait And then this image select image option appear 8 Press the Up Down button to select this image then press the OK button to start printing with showing printing 9 You s...

Page 26: ...ected to the computer Insert software CD to your computer After a few seconds there will be shown an installing main window on the screen You can install AP Install DirectX Browse CD and Exit in this installing main window Install Photags Express Click on the Install AP to start installing process The language window will be shown on the screen and you can choose the language you want to use And t...

Page 27: ... the installing You are only required to follow the description and click the buttons that it s defaulted by the software Register online Click Register online button to have a registration Or you can directly click Continue for registration next time After this step the main window will appear on the screen ...

Page 28: ...w to edit your ideal photos 3 Share photos Share your photos via E mail Printing and Create HTML web to uploading online 4 Workshop Create Calendars two sides Greeting cards and Postcards 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 viewing on you...

Page 29: ...s on the screen step by step you are only required to follow the description and click the buttons that are defaulted by the system to finish transferring Or you can 1 Click on the START button in Windows 2 Click on the 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...

Page 30: ...is mode you will not see a preview of the photos transferred Custom copy This mode is used to manually select the 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 continue Note At this moment you can select Express option to copy all photos to your compute...

Page 31: ... 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 you can edit your photos per your idea and then download it to your computer For how to edit the photos you can refer to the Quick Start guide in the Photags Express ...

Page 32: ...nch 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 automatically you can manually install the DirectX in the CD before using the Camera otherwise if the edition of DirectX in the windows operation is less than 8 1 then the AVI file can not be played Click here ...

Page 33: ...double click on a video file this will open Windows Media Player Maintenance of Your Digital Camera The digital camera is a delicate device Please handle your camera with care to avoid damaging it Appendix A Technical Specifications Image Sensor CMOS Sensor ...

Page 34: ...MC Card up to 8GB LCD Display 2 4 Inch TFT LCD Lens f 7 23mm F2 8 Zoom Yes 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 or 10 sec delay Anti Shake Yes PictBridge Yes Interface USB 1 1 System Requirem...

Page 35: ...e camera The USB cable needs to be inserted in a free USB slot on your computer Thirdly give your computer time to recognize that the device is inserted If need be refresh the device options 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 Requirements ...

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