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Acer Digital Camera 300
Electronic User’s Manual

Introduction to Acer Digital Camera 300 1

Touring Your Camera 2

Preparing the Camera for Using 4

Installing batteries and neck strap 4

Installing digital camera software 5

Using Your Camera 6

The digital camera mode 6

The PC camera mode 18

The video camera mode 25

Using the cradle 30

Installing the cradle 30

Troubleshooting Tips 33

Service Information 35

Technical support 35

Содержание DC 300

Страница 1: ...Preparing the Camera for Using 4 Installing batteries and neck strap 4 Installing digital camera software 5 Using Your Camera 6 The digital camera mode 6 The PC camera mode 18 The video camera mode 25...

Страница 2: ...tive humidity 45 85 Do not use or store your camera in environments listed below Direct sunlight High humidity and dusty places Next to the air conditioner electric heater or the other heat sources In...

Страница 3: ...high image fidelity Onboard 8MB memory to store up to 95 128 images in digital camera mode Mode selectable flash light Built in self timer Fixed focus 8 inch 0 2m for macro mode and 2ft 0 6m to infin...

Страница 4: ...era Viewfinder Shutter Flash light Self timer activation indicator Lens Macro switch USB connector Front BUSY indicator MACRO indicator Status display MODE button POWER button Neck strap holder Batter...

Страница 5: ...Touring Your Camera 3 elete all images in memory Enter self timer mode Delete the last image Image counter Battery status Turn off flash Enter auto flash mode The status display...

Страница 6: ...ling batteries and neck strap Open the battery compartment cover and insert two AAA alkaline batteries into the compartment Note the polarity of the batteries when you install Refer to the illustratio...

Страница 7: ...first to install digital camera software Follow the on screen instructions to proceed When you are done installing the digital camera software you have the choice to go back to the software installat...

Страница 8: ...e photos view and download them from your cam era and save them as files Taking pictures Turn on the power of the camera by pressing the POWER button The camera beeps once and enters camera mode The s...

Страница 9: ...becomes off you are ready to take the next photo The memory of camera allows you to take up to 95 128 photos Note Do not press the POWER button when the BUSY indicator flashes After the shutter is pre...

Страница 10: ...4 times The icon flashes on the status display Press and hold the shutter for 1 second The last photo taken will be deleted Deleting all photos Press the MODE button 5 times The icon flashes on the s...

Страница 11: ...nnect the camera to PC using the USB cable When connected the number of images in camera memory will appear on the status display Power on your computer Click the Start button on Windows Taskbar and c...

Страница 12: ...select a photo separately Click on the thumbnail again and the photo is not selected Click on the Select All button to select all photos on a page Click on the Unselect button to cancel selecting phot...

Страница 13: ...Your Camera 11 Deleting photos in camera in the image preview window Select the photo s you want to delete in the image preview window Click on the Delete button The photo s will be deleted from your...

Страница 14: ...e Image Browser win dow shown below will appear You can use it to browse the photos in your camera In the Image Browser window you can Click the button to go to the previous photo Click the button to...

Страница 15: ...light Your camera is equipped with a flash light It is recommended that you use the flash within the best working range as illustrated below Turning on off the flash light Press the MODE button The ic...

Страница 16: ...are ready to take pictures Note If the macro function is turned on the flash light will be disabled It takes about 11 seconds for the flash light to recharge for the next shot During charging the FLAS...

Страница 17: ...et turn on the macro function before shooting To turn on slide the Macro switch to the macro on position The MACRO indica tor will be on Note If the macro function is turned on the flash light will be...

Страница 18: ...pace Now you are ready to press the shutter and take pictures Normally the picture counter shows the number of pictures taken or the number of pictures in camera memory For example if you have taken 2...

Страница 19: ...0 seconds after the shutter is pressed To enable self timer Press the MODE button 3 times The self timer icon will flash After10 seconds the camera will take picture automatically Press the shutter an...

Страница 20: ...d so on Using Digital Camera 300 as a PC camera Refer to the illustration below to connect the camera to PC using the USB cable PC will appear on the status display Power on the computer Click the Sta...

Страница 21: ...w click the Snapshot button The image will be captured and a Snapshot Browser window will appear showing the captured image If you want to capture multiple images click the Snapshot button several tim...

Страница 22: ...ing video In the PC Camera window click the Rotate button The video will be rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise This is convenient for you to place the camera in different angles and maintain the cor...

Страница 23: ...tion meaning Resolution Click in the drop down listbox to select different resolution for viewing in the PC Camera window Pixel depth and compression Selects the pixel depth and compression of the ima...

Страница 24: ...g Video Source window will appear Options in the Capture Source tab This tab allows you to select a video input source If you have multiple devices installed in your system device names will appear in...

Страница 25: ...n the Device Settings tab On this tab you can adjust the saturation brightness contrast and sharpness etc of the image in PC mode Drag the slider of each item to adjust Click Default button to reset t...

Страница 26: ...Using Your Camera 24 Options in the Camera Controls tab On this tab you are able to access other advanced video settings of your digital cam era Drag the slider of each item to adjust...

Страница 27: ...stalled If not please install it first Using Digital Camera 300 as a video camera Refer to the illustration below to connect the camera to PC using the USB cable PC will appear on the status display P...

Страница 28: ...Using Your Camera 26 Click Capture and select Select image source in the submenu that appears The Select Source dialogue box will appear Click to highlight Acer DC300 Video Camera and click Select...

Страница 29: ...Using Your Camera 27 Click Capture Video The video capturing window will appear on the center of the screen Click the icon to continue...

Страница 30: ...Capture time limit checkbox and specify the length of time in the box if you want to limit the capture time beforehand The default path of the captured video file is shown in the Captured file name bo...

Страница 31: ...on to playback the video clip Now you are ready to use VideoWorks to work on the video clip such as adding special effects to the clip etc and share it with your friends and family For details please...

Страница 32: ...gital camera allows you to fix the camera on various surfaces for different applications Installing the cradle Insert the screw on the cradle into cradle the installation hole on the bottom of the cam...

Страница 33: ...Using the cradle 31 Placing the camera on top of computer monitor Placing the camera on a notebook computer Pull the metal ring outward Clip the cradle on the LCD screen of notebook computer...

Страница 34: ...Using the cradle 32...

Страница 35: ...m my camera to PC The RAM memory installed in your computer may not have sufficient storage space Close all software programs and proceed to download your images If the problem per sists download imag...

Страница 36: ...ter while run ning Acer Dgitial Camera 300 driver the computer freezes Unplugging the camera from your computer while running the Digital Camera 300 driver will cause the computer to become unstable D...

Страница 37: ...es USA support sc apa acer com Europe service acerperipherals nl Taiwan service tw acercm com tw China service aps com cn Asia and other countries IMGservice acercm com tw For free driver program upda...

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