User manual AIPTEK MINI PENCAM 1.3

Mega Camera Manager E-Manual English Chapter 1: Installation Software Installation Mega Camera Manager Installation Place the CD into your CD-ROM and click on the Mega Camera Manager Icon to begin the installation. If the CD does not automatically display, simply go to "Start" then "Run" and select the path "D:\Setup.exe". You may need to replace "D" with the letter that corresponds to your CD-ROM drive. Mega Camera Manager After the welcome screen appears, click "Next". The dialog box that appears asks if you would like to restart your computer now or later. Press "Finish" to complete installation. English Hardware Installation Connect the smaller end of the USB cable to the USB port of your camera. Plug the larger end of the USB cable to the USB port of your PC. USB English Chapter 2: How to Use Your Digital Camera Introduction The built-in memory of your camera is 128Mbits Flash memory plus 128Mbits SDRAM memory. It supports two kinds of resolution - high resolution (1248x960) pictures and low resolution (640x480) pictures. It also supports AVI Movie mode( 624x480) and (304x240) for high resolution and low resolution. With a USB cable, you can transfer all the pictures to your PC. Installing batteries Your camera is powered by 2 AAA Alkaline batteries or by a PC via a USB cable. When batteries are removed, all the stored AVI Movies are cleared; however, still pictures will remain. With 2 AAA Alkaline batteries, you are able to take 160 pictures. Battery standby works for approximately 10 days. English Your camera Shutter Switch View Finder Mode Switch LCD Display Focus Lens Battery Cover USB port English Turning on / off your camera Press the mode button to turn on the camera. Press the mode button, the LCD indicates still image, AVI movie, Self-timer, erase last, erase all, resolution and good battery icons in order. To use the function of the icons, press the shutter button. Your camera turns off automatically when idle over 60 Seconds. LCD Display Self Timer AVI Movie Mode Still Image Good Battery Erase Last Erase All H L Resolution 888 Digit Counter Plug in USB Cable English Description of LCD Display Icon Functions Still Image mode AVI Movie mode Self Timer Erase Last Erase All Plug in USB Cable Description - takes still pictures - takes AVI Movie - starts 10 second self-timer to take a picture - erases the last picture or AVI Movie - erases all of the pictures or AVI Movie in the memory - indicates USB cable is plugged in Still image mode (1248x960), up to 40 pictures AVI Movie mode ( 624x480 ), up to 30sec/10fps Still image mode (640x480), up to160 pictures AVI Movie mode ( 304x240 ), up to 120sec/10fps. H High Resolution L Low Resolution Digit Counter Good battery Low battery - displays the number of the pictures you take - indicates good battery status - indicates low battery status English Chapter 3: Taking Pictures Taking a picture Still Image Mode Press the mode button. The LCD shows the Still Image Mode icon. Press the shutter button to take a single picture. H 0 You've taken a picture when LCD shows the first flashing number. When the sixth flashing number appears, the whole image storing process is completed. AVI Movie Mode Press the mode button. The LCD shows the AVI Movie Mode icon. Press the shutter button to take AVI Movie. Press the shutter button again to stop AVI Movie. H 0 Two beeps with blinking number suggests that there is no room for storing further AVI Movie. English Self Timer Press the mode button. The LCD shows the Self Timer icon. Press the shutter button. Your camera starts a 10second countdown and takes a picture. H 0 Erase Last Press the mode button. The LCD shows the Erase Last icon. Press the shutter button. The Erase Last icon starts to blink. Press the shutter button again and the last stored picture or AVI Movie is cleared. Press the mode button to leave Erase Last mode. H 0 H 0 Erase the last still picture Erase the last AVI Movie English Erase All Press the mode button. The LCD shows the Erase All icon. Press the shutter button. The Erase All icon starts to blink. Press the shutter button again and all the stored picture and AVI Movie are cleared. Press the mode button to leave Erase All mode. H 0 H 0 Erase all still pictures Erase all AVI Movie Digit Counter It shows the total images and AVI Movie taken. The digit counter is also a second counter when taking AVI Movie. Blinking number indicates that the data is being processed. English Battery Indicators When running out of power, the LCD changes from a good battery icon to a low battery icon. It tells you to replace batteries. Good Battery Low Battery Function icons on the LCD are unable to be removed when low battery icon starts blinking. Your camera will be automatically turned off when idle over 60 seconds. How to Adjust the Focus We suggest adjusting the focus to the following positions as taking distinct shots. If the distance to the subject is greater Focal Length Indicator than 1 meter, the mode is recommended. Otherwise, you should switch to mode. 250cm 40cm Also use this setting for infinite focus 250cm (98.4") 40cm (15.7") Landscape & People ( whole-length) People (half-length) Extreme close-up English Resolution Settings H L Choosing the Resolution Press the mode button until a star icon with H or L is shown. To change "H" or "L" resolution, press the shutter. Select a function icon to take a picture, such as Still Image mode. Press the shutter and a picture is taken. Note for Still Image Mode & AVI Movie mode High Resolution: (1248x960), up to 40 pictures Low Resolution: (640x480), up to160 pictures Still image mode Note: Still pictures are stored in Flash Memory. Pictures will not be erase even you upload or install new batteries or unplug USB cable. High Resolution : ( 624x480 ), up to 30sec/10fps Low Resolution: ( 304x240 ), up to 120sec/10fps. AVI Movie mode Note: AVI Movie is stored in SDRAM. When unloading batteries or unplugging USB cable, all AVI Movie will be erased. Thus, please download AVI Movie to PC before unloading batteries or unplugging USB cable. English Tips for taking a good picture Always place the subject in the centre of the view finder, and have the light source behind you (the camera). Select the proper focal length in accordance with the distance between the camera and subject. Keep the lens clean from dust or water with a dry, soft cloth. When not used for a period of time, remove the batteries from the camera. Hold still when you press the shutter to take pictures. Due to the high sensitivity of the electronic sensor, any slight moving when taking pictures might end up with vague pictures. DO NOT un-plug the USB cable when the camera is connecting to your PC for either downloading pictures or acting as a PC camera. It might cause camera error. English Chapter 4: How to Transfer Photo and Video to PC Click the " Mega Camera Manager " icon on the Desktop to execute the program where you can begin to use your camera. Mode Selecting = Press the "Live View" button to change the camera to PC Camera mode. = Press the "DSC Function" button to change the camera to DSC mode. DSC Function (DSC Mode) Live View (PC Camera Mode) English PC Camera Mode It is easy to attach your camera to your system. In this mode, your camera is used as a standard PC camera. The current view is displayed in the "preview" window. Live View Mode Record Snapshot Video Format Stting Video Source Live preview = Press "Video Source" to select Video Source. = Press "Setting" button to adjust advanced settings. = Press "Video Format" button to set image size. = Press "Snapshot" button to capture an image to the work area. = Press "Record button" to record a video clip to the work area. Video Record If you wish to change the recording speed, adjust the Frame rate from 1 to 30. The recording time is also adjustable. Press " Start to record" to record. English Video Setting Video Source Video Setting 1. Flicker Setting: The electronic frequency will be automatically detected. If there is no special need, we recommend not to change this setting. 2. Bandwidth: The default bandwidth setting of the USB interface is 6. We recommend you remain this default setting. Change this setting only when you connect a lot of USB devices to your PC. Video Source If you have installed more than two image import devices at the same time, you can click this button to designate the device you want to import your image files. English DSC Mode Select All Delete Image Work area Minimize Exit DSC Function (DSC Mode) Transfer images to the work area Transfer images to the album Create AVI file Send Mail Select All Delete Album Manager Album Press the button to connect the camera and transfer photos. Press the button to transfer photos to the album. Press the button to create AVI file Open or close album Besides using the mouse to select image or video files you want on the work area, you can click this button to select all image and video files and then give the next command. This is a "delete" button. Once you click this button, all the files you select will be deleted. English Shortcut Menu Right-click the work area, a shortcut menu will pop up. You can use the shortcut menu to select the select all, transfer to album, save as, mail to or delete options. Uploading image from the camera Update Upload First, the total taken images in the camera are displayed .Click "Upload" to transfer images to the work area. To take pictures directly from the PC, click " Apply format" to choose "1248x960" or " 640x480" image format. Click" Take a snapshot" or the shutter button to take a picture. Then click "Update"to display the next image. Preview window Enhanced Function Select this item to enhance the resolution of the image files you want to upload from 1.3 Mega pixels to 2.1 Mega pixels. The quality of the image files will be largely enhanced and the image size will be larger, which may occupy a bit more space of your hard disk. Transferring images to the Album Click a JPG/ BMP image or an AVI image . Then click " Transfer images to the album" button. Images are transferred from the work area to the album. To delete an image, select it and click "Delete". English Making AVI file Select JPG/ BMP images and click " Make AVI file" icon to make an AVI file. It fails to make an AVI file while you select AVI images. Images sequence and frame rate are adjustable Playing picture You can play any picture file you want by double clicking the picture icon to execute Slide window. To display Slide, click " Go to the next picture" or " Go to the previous picture". Then adjust Slide Show Timer and click "OK". Pictures in the work area are displayed in order. To stop Slide show, simply click " Stop". Picture icon Go to the next picture Go to the previous picture Slide Show Exit English Slide Show Timer Playing Video You can play any video clip file (AVI format) you want by double clicking the AVI file icon to execute your default media application. Editing Photos Pictures can be edited in image editing software, such as PhotoShop, Imaging, CorelDraw, etc. English Album Delete Click the button. All the files you select in the album window are cleared forever. Therefore, you should be very careful with the delete button. Select All Click the button. You select all the files in the album window. Making Your Album Folders Click the button and key in your file name. Then you'll have a new album folder, which can store lots of images or video files. If you want to cancel any of the album folders, just select the album and click the delete button below. Mail Function: Click the "Mail" button to attach selected image to a new email document. it is easy to send images to your family and friends! English TWAIN Manager To start using the TWAIN Manager, simply click on the "Start" menu and go up to "Programs" Then go to the folder named "Imaging" ( or any other TWAIN- supported imaging application software ), and select it. How to enter TWAIN Manager Go to "File" and choose "select device" Choose " Data Source" and click "OK" Go to "File" again and select " Acquire Image" Preview Window Work area After connecting USB cable with your PC, images are transferred to the preview window automatically. English Mode Selecting DSC Mode Live View Transfer Snapshot Transfer All Setting Save AVI PC Camera Mode Press "Snapshot" button to capture an image Press "Video Source" button to adjust advanced settings. English DSC Mode Select an image and transfer it to the work area Select images and transfer it to the work area Select an AVI file and click "Save AVI" Press "Snapshot" button to capture an image English Troubleshooting 1. When installation step missed: Please remove the camera driver and other related software and follow each installation step to reinstall the camera. 2. When conflict with another camera driver capture device: If you have any other camera installed on your computer, completely remove the camera and it's driver from your system to avoid a driver conflict with another camera or capture device. 3. When unable to install driver: When installing camera driver under Windows 98SE, you'll be asked to insert a 98SE CD-ROM. Please follow the command to complete the installation. 4. Installing Windows X P It may take several minutes to install Windows XP. Please wait. 5. When unable to download images Please re-plug the camera to download images. 6. Adjust VGA card when image color is not fully saturated: Please follow the operation steps Go to control panel Double - click " Display " Click on " Settings " on " Colors " Choose " High Color " or " True Color ". Click 7. Please adjust the acceleration function of VGA card when unable to play images in Video Conferencing mode or in AVI mode. Please follow the operation steps Go to control panel Double - click " Display " Click on " Settings " Click on " Advanced " Click on " Performance " or " Troubleshooting " Set the " Hardware acceleration " from " Full " to " None ". 8. Please adjust the focus to proper position when discovering your subjects are vague in the viewfinder. The flower icon indicates the focus is from 15 inches to 6 feet. And the man & mountain icon indicates the focus is from 6 feet to infinity. 9. After an image is taken, the camera needs four to five seconds to store the image. If the camera hung under improper use, you may take the following two steps to reset the camera. (1)Reinstall the batteries to reset the camera. Or (2)Hold down the mode button until the LCD display shows a " 888 "icon. Then press the shutter button and your camera will reset. English Addendum for MS windows 98 SE User: Since the default setting of Win 98 hard disk controller has closed the DMA channel, there is a chance that the system might be hung when you are executing the "Recording" function under the "Live" mode of our Mega Camera Manager. You are advised to open the DMA channel as followings: 1. Select "My Computer ", click the right button of your mouse and select the "Properties". 2. Select the " Device Manager " tap, click on the "Disk drivers" and double-click the " Generic Disk Type" as the right-side picture: 3. Click on the " Settings" and select the " DMA" box as the right-side picture: 4. Click "OK" to confirm the change of DMA channel setting, and restart your computer in accordance with the system request. 82-094-90070 V1.0