Table of Contents Important Precautions......................................................................................2 General Precautions ........................................................................................3 THE CAMERA ....................................................................................................4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................6 CAMERA OPERATION ........................................................................................7 Important battery information ....................................................................7 BATTERY INSTALLATION GUIDE ........................................................................8 Power up the camera..................................................................................8 OPERATING MODES ..........................................................................................9 Image Resolution Settings ........................................................................9 Image Quality Settings ..............................................................................9 Flash settings..............................................................................................9 Anti-flickering settings ..............................................................................10 Capture Modes ..........................................................................................10 Erase Modes ..............................................................................................11 ERROR CONDITIONS ......................................................................................12 Incorrect Exposure ....................................................................................12 Battery Low................................................................................................12 Image memory full ....................................................................................12 TRANSFERRING PICTURES ..............................................................................13 Connecting the camera to your PC ..........................................................13 How to start the TWAIN driver..................................................................14 VIDEO CLIPS ..................................................................................................16 Creating Video Clips ..................................................................................16 WEB CAMERA..................................................................................................17 Web Camera Operation ............................................................................17 GETTING HELP ................................................................................................18 CAMERA SPECIFICATIONS ..............................................................................19 WARRANTY INFORMATION ..............................................................................21 1 Important Precautions Before using the camera and the software please take note of the following precautions. 1) Make sure to install the software before connecting the camera for the first time to your computer. Failing to do so will cause image transfer problems. Please make sure you follow the software installation steps in this manual. Do not remove the batteries otherwise pictures in the camera will be lost. Always switch off the camera before removing batteries. The camera will retain images for around a minute after the batteries are removed. If you need to replace the batteries please do so within this period of time, otherwise; images will be lost. If your computer hangs during image transfer, please follow these steps: a. Disconnect camera from the computer. b. Wait for the camera to switch off. This may take up to 45 seconds. c. Reboot your computer and wait for it to completely reboot. d. Connect the camera to the computer and transfer again. You should transfer the images from the camera to your computer as soon as possible when the batteries are low in order to avoid losing images. The camera consumes battery power even when switched off. It is therefore recommended that you remove the batteries after you have transferred the images and when the camera is not in use. 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 2 General Precautions 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Never try to take pictures when operating a motor vehicle or while walking. Never try to open the case of the camera or attempt your own repairs. Always leave service to authorized repair facilities. Keep the camera away from water and other liquids and never let it get wet. Never use when it is raining or snowing. Should foreign matter or water get into the unit, immediately turn the power off and contact your local authorized service center. Physical damage and malfunction of this unit can cause the image data stored in its memory to be deleted. Be sure to always keep backup copies of data by transferring them to your computer. Do not leave the camera in places subject to extremely high temperatures such as a sealed vehicle or in direct sunlight. Remove the batteries when the camera is not used for long periods of time. Before doing so please make sure all images in the camera are transferred to your computer. Do not place the camera in unstable locations such as a sloping surface or unstable table where the camera may fall. Do not touch or press on the display or lens. Do not drop the camera or subject the camera to strong vibrations. 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 3 THE CAMERA Release Button Flash View Finder Battery Door Strap Connector Battery Retainer Plate 4 THE CAMERA Tripod Socket USB Socket Power Button M Mode Button 5 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This section shows you how to install the application software and the drivers required. Please follow the step-by-step instructions. Do not connect the camera to the PC until told otherwise during the installation process. 1) Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. 2) If you have the Auto Run feature enabled for your CD-ROM, the setup application will start automatically. 3) If you don't have the Auto Run feature enabled, click on Start and select Run... from the Windows taskbar. Type d:/launch to launch the software installer (d: refers to your CD-ROM drive. If your CD-ROM drive is not drive d:, use the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive instead). 4) There are three options in the installer: a) Install Arcsoft (imaging applications) b) Install Driver (plug and play drivers) c) Install Twain Driver 5) You can install all the different options one by one by clicking on the required option. The plug and play drivers and the twain driver MUST be installed in order to transfer images. 6) Make sure that you have installed the driver in "4b" above and plug the camera into the USB port of your PC. A USB cable is provided for this connection. 7) Once the camera is plugged into the PC, a dialog box titled New Hardware Found will be displayed. DynaVision DC3500 DSC and DynaVision DC3500 PC CAM will be identified and installed automatically. 6 CAMERA OPERATION Important battery information The Eye-Q fun.cam camera uses a type of memory that continually draws power to retain the pictures in the camera's internal memory even if the camera is powered off. If the battery power is depleted and you have not transferred your images to the computer, you will lose them. It is strongly recommended that you transfer your images to the computer promptly and then remove the batteries to extend their life. If you have not transferred your pictures to your computer and you receive a battery low warning, change the batteries immediately and swiftly. The camera will retain images for around one minute after the batteries are removed. Failure to replace the batteries will result in the loss of your images. Always use fresh batteries to optimize the performance of your camera. 7 BATTERY INSTALLATION GUIDE Power up the camera Insert three AA-size batteries into the battery compartment. Please make sure they are inserted into the camera following the polarity marked in the battery compartment and that they are inserted in the sequence shown in the diagram. We recommend alkaline batteries for better performance. Press and hold the power button for around one second and the camera should turn on with a double-beep sound. The LCD panel will display the default screen. Press and hold the power button again to turn off the camera. The power-up default settings are single capture, VGA (640x480) image resolution, high image quality and flash off. The 3-digit counter on the LCD indicates the number of pictures stored in the camera. Simply click the shutter button to take a picture. The camera will emit a high tone double-beep and the counter will increase when a picture is taken successfully. The camera will switch itself off if it is idle for more than 45 seconds in order to save power. The camera will emit a double-beep sound before switching itself off. 1 AA 2 AA AA 3 Warning: · Do not remove the batteries otherwise pictures in the camera will be lost. · Always turn the camera off before removing the batteries. · The camera will retain images for around one minute after the batteries are removed. Failure to replace the batteries within this time frame will result in the loss of your images. 8 OPERATING MODES You can select the operating mode by pressing the mode button repeatedly until the desired mode is reached and then press the shutter button to confirm. The LCD will cycle through the following modes one by one each time the mode button is pressed. The camera will abort selection if no button is pressed within 10 seconds. Image Resolution Settings 1. VGA (640x480) image resolution. Images at this resolution are perfect for viewing on an 800x600 monitor resolution setting. 2. QVGA (320x240) image resolution. Images taken in this resolution use less memory (more pictures can therefore be taken). However, the pictures may look grainy and pixelated. This setting is ideal for passport type photos. Image Quality Settings 3. High image quality setting. In this setting, the picture quality is the highest and you can take up to 22 pictures in VGA resolution (or up to 72 in QVGA resolution). 4. Normal image quality setting. In this setting, the picture quality is still very good and you can take up to 49 pictures in VGA resolution (or up to 144 in QVGA resolution). Low Image quality setting. In this setting the picture quality is not as high as the other two settings. However, you can take up to 74 pictures in VGA resolution (or up to 180 in QVGA resolution). 5. 9 OPERATING MODES Flash settings 6a. You can press the shutter button to enter automatic flash mode when you see this display. The flash icon will blink until the flash is fully charged. In this mode, the flash will fire automatically when you take a picture under low light conditions. 6b. To disable the automatic flash, press the Shutter button when you see the screen in the LCD. The flash icon will be switched off if you select this mode. Anti-flickering settings 7. In this mode, the camera will minimize the picture bandings caused by 60Hz fluorescent lighting (in countries such as USA and Japan). 8. In this mode, the camera will minimize the picture bandings caused by 50Hz fluorescent lighting (in countries such as UK and Australia). Capture Modes 9. Single capture mode. In this mode, the camera will take one picture per shutter click. 10. Continuous capture mode. In this mode, the camera will take pictures continuously once the shutter button is pressed. Press the shutter button again to stop taking pictures. The flash will be disabled in this mode. 11. Self-timer mode. In this mode, the camera will take a picture 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed. While the timer is running, the camera will emit 8 seconds of slow beeps followed by 2 seconds of fast beeps. 10 OPERATING MODES 12. Self-timer continuous capture mode. In this mode, the camera will take pictures continuously 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed. Press the shutter button again to stop taking pictures. While the timer is running, the camera will emit 8 seconds of slow beeps followed by 2 seconds of fast beeps. The flash will be disabled in this mode. Erase Modes 13. You can press the shutter button to erase the last taken picture when you see this display. 14. You can press the shutter button to erase all the pictures in the camera when you see this display. 11 ERROR CONDITIONS Incorrect Exposure If exposure is under or over, the camera will emit a low tone error sound when the shutter is pressed. The camera will not take pictures under these conditions. Please note that this also applies in the self-timer mode. The camera will not start continuous capture or self-timer continuous capture if the exposure ...