ENGLISH CONCORD LANGUAGES 3045 FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH ESPAÑOL ITALIANO NEDERLANDS PORTUGUÊS Quick Start Guide TV OUT USB ENU QUICK START GUIDE This Quick Start Guide provides a quick reference for operating your new digital camera. For more detailed instructions on how to use all of your camera's features, please refer to the User's Guide in the CD-ROM supplied with the package. Before using the camera, make sure to read all the safety instructions and precautions outlined in the User's Guide. HOW DO I VIEW THE USER'S GUIDE IN THE CD-ROM? 1. Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double click "My Computer". 3. Locate the CD-ROM drive and right click on it. 4. Select "OPEN" option from the pop-up menu to open the contents of the CD-ROM. 5. Locate the folder named "Manual", then double click on it to access to the User's Guide in PDF file format. Note: Adobe Acrobat is required to view the User's Guide in PDF. If Adobe Acrobat is not installed on your computer, please visit www.adobe.com for free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader. 1 LOADING THE BATTERIES AND THE SD MEMORY CARD IN IN fig.1.1 fig.1.2 fig.1.3 1. Slide open the battery cover. 2. Insert 4x AAA batteries and the SD memory card (sold separately) 3. Slide the battery cover back into the closed position. Press the Power button to turn the camera on. The Power LED will light up green. Power LCD indicator Power button 2 TURNING THE CAMERA ON 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. SETTING THE DATE AND TIME Turn the Mode Dial to any function except PLAYBACK or PC Cam Mode. Press the MENU button. Press the Right button until the SETTINGS icon ( ) is highlighted. Press the Up or Down button to highlight the DATE & TIME item. Press the SET button to enter the DATE & TIME submenu. Press the Up and Down buttons to change the number in the highlighted position. · The displayed order of adjusting date is fixed to year, month and day no matter what Date Style is selected. 7. Press the Right and Left buttons to select year, month, day and time. 8. Repeat step 6 and 7 until the desired date and time is set. 9. Press the SET button to confirm the setting. 10. Press the MENU button to exit the menu. Note: When the camera is powered on for the first time, the Date and Time menu will appear, perform step 6 to step 10 above to set the desired date and time. 2 ENU 1 You may change the date style as follows: 1. In the SETTING menu, press the Up or Down button to highlight the DATE STYLE item. 2. Press the SET button to enter its submenu. 3. Press the UP and Down buttons to highlight the desired date format: yyyy/mm/dd, mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy. 4. Press the SET button to confirm the selection. 5. Press the MENU button to exit the menu. ENU 4 SETTING THE CAMERA'S OPERATIONAL MODE The Mode Dial is located at the top of the camera. Turn the Mode Dial and align the desired mode with the red dot (camera mode indicator) next to the Mode Dial to change the camera's function mode. The camera has six modes to choose from as described below. Auto Photo Mode In auto photo mode, the camera automatically adjusts exposure and white balance to suit the shooting environment. Manual Photo Mode Manual photo mode lets you set exposure and white balance settings before taking a photo. Audio Recording Mode Video Mode PC Cam Mode Playback Mode Auto photo Mode Manual photo Mode Playback Mode In playback mode you can review, erase, and protect photos and video clips. Video Mode The camera can record video clips with audio in video mode. White balance cannot be set before recording a video clip. Audio Recording Mode The camera can record audio in audio mode, enabling you to take voice memos anywhere, anytime. PC Cam Mode PC Cam mode enables you to use your camera for real time video when connected to a PC. Use PC Cam mode for teleconferencing, or video chatting. Camera Mode Indicator 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 Shutter button TAKING PICTURES AT DISTANT MODE Power button Turn the Mode Dial to Auto or Manual mode. Press POWER to turn the camera on. Slide the Macro Mode to , located on the side of the camera. Press the Shutter button down to capture the image. The photo is captured and stored on the camera's internal memory, or on the SD card if inserted. TV OUT USB 3 SETTING THE FLASH and Manual Pressing the FLASH button cycles through the flash modes. The flash can be used in Auto photo modes, but not in Video mode. The flash mode icons appear in the LCD. The following list describes each flash mode: A Auto Flash the camera detects ambient lighting conditions, and the flash fires if it detects insufficient light. the flash fires regardless of ambient lighting conditions. the flash is off. Always on Off 7 In USING THE ZOOM Auto or Manual mode, press to display the zoom bar and zoom in on the subject, press to zoom out from the subject. To turn the zoom off, keep pressing . x2.6 Displays the zoom ratio Press to zoom in for a telephoto shot (subject appears closer) Press to zoom out for a wide-angle shot (subject appears further away) Note: 1. The digital zoom is used to achieve magnification levels up to 4X. 2. The digital zoom doesn't work in the Video Mode. 8 9 Shutter button CLOSE-UP SHOOTING 1. Turn the Mode Dial to Auto or Manual mode. 2. Slide the Macro Switch to . · The Macro icon will appear on the LCD. 3. Frame the subject in the LCD. 4. Press the Shutter button to take the picture. TV OUT USB TAKING CONTINUOUS PICTURES ) will appear on the LCD. 1. Turn the Mode Dial to Auto or Manual Mode. 2. Press the Continuous Shot ( ) Button. The Continuous Shot icon ( 3. Press the Shutter Button to capture the pictures. 4 4 ENU 6 Note: · The LCD will be blank when the images are taken in the Continuous Shot Mode. · The camera will take 5 pictures in a row when the Shutter Button is pressed. · Flash will be deactivated in the Continuous Shot Mode. ENU 10 1. 2. 3. 4. TAKING PICTURES WITH SELF-TIMER Turn the Mode Dial to Auto or Manual Mode. Press the Self-Timer button ( ), and the Self-Timer icon ( ) will appear on the LCD. Place the camera on a flat surface or tripod. Use the LCD to compose the picture, and then press the Shutter button to activate the Self-Timer. · The Self-Time Lamp will blink until the image is captured. · The Self-Timer delay is preset to 10 seconds. You may change the Self-Timer delay ranging from 2 seconds to 10 seconds. For this detail, please see the User's Manual in the CD-ROM included. 1. Turn the Mode Dial to Video mode. The video icon ( ) appears in the LCD. 2. Press the Shutter button to start recording. · The recording time will display on the LCD. · The Operation Lamp will blink during video recording. 3. Press the Shutter button again to stop the recording. · The camera stops recording automatically when the memory capacity has been reached. 11 TAKING VIDEO CLIPS Video icon 12 RECORDING AUDIO CLIPS Audio icon 1. Turn the Mode Dial to Audio mode. The audio icon ( )appears in the LCD. 2. Press the Shutter button to start recording audio. · The recording time will display on the LCD. · The Operation Lamp will blink during video recording. 3. Press the Shutter button again to stop recording audio. 4. The camera stops recording automatically when the memory capacity has been reached. 13 REVIEWING THE PICTURES/VIDEO CLIPS/AUDIO CLIPS 1. Turn the Mode Dial to Playback mode. · The last recorded image, video clip, or audio clip appears on the LCD screen. The total number of files and the file sequence number is displayed at the bottom left corner of the LCD. 2. Press the Left and Right buttons to scroll through the files. Total number Sequence number 5 NOTES: 1. An audio clip is represented by the image to the right. 2. Only the image information can be turned off or on by pressing the DISP button. 3. When an audio or video clip is selected, it plays automatically. To control video and audio clip playback, press the right button to pause playback; press the left button to stop playback. 4. After a video clip plays to the end of the file, the first frame appears on the LCD screen. 14 1. 2. 3. 4. ZOOMING THE DISPLAYED IMAGE Turn the Mode Dial to Playback mode. Press the Up button to magnify the image. Press the Down button to zoom out to the original full-sized image. Press the Right or Left button to scroll to another image. The selected zoom factor remains the same. · The zooming scale indicator appears on the LCD. 15 REVIEWING YOUR FILES IN THUMBNAIL Audio file 1. Turn the Mode dial to Playback mode. The last recorded photo or video clip appears on the LCD screen. 2. Press the SET button to view thumbnail images. 3. The image that was being viewed is shown in thumbnail view. 4. Use the Left and Right buttons to select an image. Selected images are highlighted. 5. Press the SET button to display the selected image in full screen size. 16 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. DELETING ONE FILE Delete one Turn the Mode dial to Playback mode. Press the Left and Right buttons to select the file you want to delete. Press MENU to display the toolbar. Press the Down button to select DELETE ONE . Press SET to delete the file. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 17 PROTECTING PHOTOS AND VIDEO CLIPS Turn the Mode dial to Playback mode. Press the Left and Right buttons to select the file you want to protect. Press MENU to display the toolbar. Press the Down button to select PROTECT . Press SET to protect the file. Note: The protect icon appears on the LCD display for all protected files. 6 ENU 18 ENU SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (WINDOWS) 1. Insert the CD-ROM included in your camera's packaging into your computer's CD-ROM drive. 2. The installation screen will pop up automatically. · If the installation screen does not appear automatically, double click on My Computer on the Desktop or in the Start Menu,and locate the CD-ROM Drive, then double click on the CD-ROM Drive icon for installation. 3. Click the Install button to start installation. · The selected software item for installation is marked by a red check mark, clicking the red check mark will deselect the selected item. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Note: 1. The camera driver (CAM-IN SUITE III) must be installed under all operating systems to enable the camera as a mass storage device (USB) in Windows 98/98SE and to enable the video driver for all operating systems. 2. Remember to restart your computer after the installation of the camera driver so as to ensure its successful installation. 19 DOWNLOADING PICTURES / VIDEO CLIPS ONTO YOUR COMPUTER Note: Do not connect the camera to the computer before the camera driver installation is completed. 1. Install the camera driver included with the bundled CD-ROM. (for the first time connecting the camera to the computer.) 2. Turn the Mode Dial to any modes except the PC Cam mode. 3. Connect the supplied USB cable to the computer's USB port. · Do not turn the Mode Dial to the position of the PC Cam mode. 4. Turn on the camera. · Mass Storage is displayed on the LCD. 5. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer. A "Removable Disk" appears in the drive list. 6. Double-click the "Removable Disk" icon to view its contents. 7. Files stored on the camera are located in the folder named "DCIM". 20 USING THE CAMERA IN PC-CAM MODE Note: Do not connect the camera to the computer before the camera driver installation is completed. 1. Install the camera driver included with the bundled CD-ROM. (for the first time connecting the camera to the computer.) 2. Turn the Mode Dial to the PC Cam mode. 3. Connect the supplied USB cable to the computer's USB port. 4. Open the web conferencing application, such as NetMeeting. Follow the application's on-screen instructions, or refer to its Help section for operating. Note: When the Mode Dial is set to the PC Cam mode, and the camera is connected to your computer for the first time after the installation of the camera drivers from the supplied CD-ROM, the computer will recognize and install the camera onto the computer, during the installation, the messages prompting you to select may occur and vary 7 Under Windows 98/98SE, the message asking for the insertion of Windows 98 or 98SE CD-ROM may appear, insert the required system CD-ROM and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Under Windows 2000, the warning message of "Digital Signature Not Found" may appear, click the "Yes" button to continue and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Under Windows ME, the message for installing the device may appear, click the "Next" button to continue and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Under Windows XP, the warning message of "Windows XP logo test" may appear, click the "Continue Anyway" button to continue and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Concord, Concord Eye-Q and the Concord Eye-Q logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Concord ...