Concord Eye-Q 2133z Quick Guide This manual is designed to be a quick and easy guide to setting up your camera to take photographs, installing the included software, and connecting to your computer. Refer to this guide for quick setup instructions. Refer to the User Manual for more detailed information. Strobe / Copy WB/Delete Zoom Out Zoom In Shutter Button 1 Identifying components Front View Shutter Button TIC AL ZOOM Built-in Flash Self-Timer4 LED Light Sensor Rear View Viewfinder Status LED Power Button Viewfinder Power Jack Video Out Jack USB Port Hand Strap Loop oo 3X OP LE NS Op DIGITA L CAME tic RA al z m Lens .2 f= L en PRE SET s SET UP 18.6 mm 1:2.9 -6 .9 6 Microphone LCD Display Up Button Down Button Mode Dial Display Button 2 Inserting the Batteries 1 1 2 2 Open the battery / memory card compartment by pressing on the cover and sliding in the direction of the arrow toward the outside edge of the camera. Open the compartment cover. TAL DIGI CAM ERA Insert batteries the sure 3 that the positiveintoand chamber making are negative ends properly oriented with the polarity indicated on the inside of the compartment. 4 Close the battery cover. 3 - Use only size AA alkaline batteries. Inserting the SD/MMC Card ERA CAM DIGITAL Notch 8M B Insert the memory card with the notched corner facing the camera (gold circuitry facing toward the back of the camera). If a SD/MMC card is inserted, the LCD display shows the number of shots remaining on the card. If a SD/MMC card is not inserted, the LCD display will show the number of shots remaining on the camera's internal memory. - If you do not insert the SD/MMC card, the camera can still take a limited number of pictures and store them on its internal memory. 1 4 1 2 3 4 5 Taking pictures Turn the Mode Dial to Snapshot mode (the camera icon on the mode dial). Press the [Power] button to turn on the camera. When the LED indicator glows green, the camera is ready to take a picture. Check the battery level in the LCD status display. (Refer to "Inserting the batteries" if necessary). Press the [Strobe/Copy] button to cycle through the four flash modes: Auto > Always On > Red-Eye Reduction > Off Press the shutter button and keep the camera still until you hear a beep. This indicates picture has been taken. Note: Moving the camera after the shutter release and before the beep will cause motion blur. Shutter PRE 6 SET UP After you have taken a picture, the number shown in the LCD status display will decrease by 1 unit. (This display indicates the approximate number of pictures remaining.) Warning: In order to avoid any loss of data, wait until the image is finished being stored (the LED lights up again) after taking a picture before turning the power OFF. SET CAUTION Leaving LCD Display on will drain batteries To save battery power, it is recommended that you turn off the LCD display whenever you are not taking pictures. The camera has a built-in auto-off function which will turn the LCD or the power off after 3 minutes of inactivity. After this time, the camera will beep 6 times and the Power OFF Mode will automatically activate. During the Automatic Power OFF Mode, the LCD status display turns off and the LED lamp goes out. To start taking pictures again, turn the power OFF, wait one second, and then turn the power back to ON. 5 Using the Mode Dial Video SET UP The Mode Dial allows you to select the operational mode of the camera. The six operational modes are: Video, Preset, Snapshot, Playback, Setup and PC Camera. Allows you to record a 28-second video movie to your camera's on-board memory or SD/MMC card. (If the inserted card is more than 16MB, you can record up to a maximum of 60 seconds of video.) Takes pictures with one of five pre-defined templates. The standard mode for taking pictures. View stored pictures. Modify settings such as display language, flash, etc. Use in conjunction with any commercially available video capture software to create your own home videos. PRE SET PRE SET Preset Snapshot Playback SET UP Setup PC Camera 2 6 Configuring the Camera u Setting the Flash 1 In Preset or Snapshot mode, simply press the [Strobe/Copy] button to cycle through the available flash options. Flash modes are: Auto, Always On, Off and Red-Eye Reduction. Please see the table below for details: Meaning Auto: The strobe automatically flashes when there is insufficient light around the subject. Always On: The strobe flashes for every picture regardless of lighting conditions. Off: Turns the strobe off regardless of lighting conditions. Red-Eye Reduction: This function operates automatically when taking flash pictures to reduce the occurrence of red-eye. u Setting the Quality (Resolution) 1 2 3 Turn the Mode Dial to Setup. Press [Down] to scroll down to Quality, and press the Display button to enter the Quality submenu. Choose either Normal, Fine or Super quality based on your requirements. Please see the following chart for the capacities of each resolution. LCD Mode Display Icon A Flash Mode Super 2048 x 1536 Stores approximately 7 images on an 8MB memory card. Fine 1600 x 1200 Stores approximately 7 images on an 8MB memory card. 800 x 600 Normal 1600 x 1200 Stores approximately 16 images on an 8MB memory card. Fine Stores approximately 33 images on an 8MB memory card. Stores approximately 66 images on an 8MB memory card. Higher resolution means larger image file sizes and fewer images that can be stored. Normal 800 x 600 7 Installing the Software CAUTION Do NOT connect the Digital Camera to your PC before installing the software Driver Package. - If you experience problems from having connected your camera before installing the software, disconnect the USB cable, uninstall the software and then reinstall the software with the camera disconnected. 3 4 u Installing Camera Driver Package u Connecting the Camera for the First Time Proceed with the installation by following the instructions that appear on your computer screen. When all software has been successfully installed, a dialogue box requesting reboot will appear on your screen. Follow the instructions and restart your computer. After restart, your computer will be ready to connect the camera and finish the installation. To finish the PC Camera driver installation, set your camera to PC Camera mode and use the USB cable to connect the camera to the computer. Windows will find the driver and finish the installation. (Thereafter, any time you connect the camera in PC Camera mode, it will work as a PC video camera.) The camera must be disconnected from the computer before installing the MSD. To finish the MSD (Mass Storage Device) driver installation, set your camera to any mode other than PC Camera and use the USB cable to connect the camera to the computer. Windows will find the driver and finish the installation. (Thereafter, any time you connect the camera in any mode other than PC Camera mode, it will work as an MSD device. See below for details.) 3 1 5 6 Start your computer and close all applications currently running. Insert the included CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The installation will start automatically and the Digital Camera Driver Package will be installed. 2 - If the installation does not begin automatically, reinsert the CD-ROM, go to your desktop and double click on MY COMPUTER " CD-ROM " Setup.exe. 8 1 2 3 4 Deleting images uDeleting all images To delete all of the pictures stored in your camera, turn the Mode Dial to Setup. Select Delete All or Format from the Setup menu on the LCD display by pressing the button. Choose Yes to confirm. Format your camera's internal memory periodically to regain storage capacity. - To cancel this operation, select No from the Delete/Format submenu. Follow these instructions to delete images from the SD/MMC memory card or from the camera's internal memory. You can also delete images when connected to a PC using the installed software. (Refer to the appropriate sections for more information.) uDeleting individual images To delete one picture at at time, turn the Mode Dial to Playback. Scroll through the images using the Up and Down buttons until you find the image you would like to delete. Press the WB Press the button to bring up the Delete Picture screen. button to delete the current image. 1 2 3 9 1 2 Connecting to your Computer The Digital Camera is enabled with two modes when connected to your computer; Mass Storage Device (MSD) and PC Camera. MSD mode allows you to use the Digital Camera just like a standard storage device, copying, deleting and moving files from the camera just as you would a normal disk drive. To enable MSD mode, first set the Mode Dial to any mode other than PC Camera, and then connect the camera to your computer using the USB cable. PC Camera mode allows you to use the Digital Camera as a standard PC video camera, for videoconferencing, telemonitoring, or to create your own home videos. To enable PC Camera mode, set the Mode Dial to PC Camera, and then connect the camera to your computer using the USB cable. 10 Transferring Photos to your Computer 1 11 1 2 4 Confirm that the camera is in Mass Storage mode (see above for details). 2 After connecting the camera to the PC a new "removable disk" will appear in File Explorer. Open a subfolder within the DCIM folder and copy files to the computer. Viewing Images ~ Connecting to your TV ~ You can view the images you have taken with your camera using Video OUT by connecting the camera to your television using the included video cable. (Image files stored in SD/MMC that were taken with other digital cameras cannot be viewed using this function.) Connect the video cable to the Video OUT port of the camera via the mini-jack (the small pin) and to the Video IN port on your television via the mini-jack (the large pin). Turn on the television and set it to the Video IN mode. 3 4 Turn on the camera and the pictures you have taken will be visible on your television monitor. Press the Setup menu Video Out option to switch to either the PAL or NTSC system if needed. Technical Support Hot Line: Toll Free In the USA & Canada 1-866-522-6372 Toll Free In Europe UK: 0800-169-6482 BELGIUM: 0800-787-57 FRANCE: 0800-917-599 GERMANY: 0800-1800-563 SPAIN: 900-973-195 ITALY: 800-781-883 All Other Countries - Toll 31-53-482-9779