User manual AIPTEK POCKETCAM 3M

3Mega Digital Camera English E- Manual Contents 1 Getting Started Camera Parts Battery Installation & Strap Tripod & External Memory 3 Menu Setting How to Enter Menu Setting Resolution Self Timer Flash Strobe Date Stamp Exposure EV Compensation User Setting 2 Using Your Camera Powering Your Camera On and Off Taking Still Pictures and Recording AVI Movies Playing Back AVI Movies and Still Pictures Deleting Files Focus Zoom In & Zoom Out Taking Nice Pictures Power 4 Installation Software Installation Hardware Installation Mass Storage (MSDC) Launching the Camera Manager Mode Selecting Troubleshooting Notice 1. Do not drop, puncture or disassemble the camera. 2. Remove batteries during long periods between use. 3. Avoid all contact with water and dry hands before using. 4. Do not expose the camera to high temperature or leave it in direct sunlight. 5. Avoid pressing hard on the camera body. Bundled Accessories Camera CD driver User guide USB cable TV-out cable CF 2 x AA Alkaline batteries Strap Tripod CF Card (Optional) Getting Started Camera Parts Battery Installation & Strap Tripod & External Memory Camera Parts Flash Strobe View Finder LCD On/Off Button Zoom Button Mode Dial Menu Control Focus Lens TFT LCD Display Shutter Button Strap Holder DC Jack (DC 5V, 500mA) TV-out Port USB Port Battery Cover CF Card Slot Tripod Port Battery Installation & Strap Battery Installation Your camera runs on two AA alkaline batteries. High performance batteries are recommended for this camera for maximum battery life. Strap Attach the carrying strap for convenience and safety. Tripod & External Memory Tripod Use a tripod to minimize camera movement and ensure optimal image quality, especially while shooting longer movies, self-portraits or video conferencing. Loose Tight External Memory/ CF Card Insert a CF card before starting taking pictures or AVI Movies. Files will be automatically stored on the CF Card after you've inserted the CF Card. No Card No Card Your camera needs a CF Card to take pictures. CF Card Using Your Camera Powering Your Camera On and Off Taking Still Pictures and Recording AVI Movies Playing Back AVI Movies and Still Pictures Deleting Files Focus Zoom In & Zoom Out Taking Nice Pictures Power Powering Your Camera On and Off Rotate to (DSC Mode). Mode Dial OF F OFF Turn Off Turn On Auto power-off: your camera will automatically power off after 3 minutes of inactivity. Taking Still Pictures and Recording AVI Movies Taking Still Pictures (1) Rotate to display. (3) Press the shutter button. (4) Wait for few seconds and an image is successfully captured. OFF (DSC Mode). OF F (2) Center the target in the viewfinder or the LCD Recording AVI Movies (1) Rotate to (2) Flashing (AVI Mode). icon on the LCD display indicates recording in progress. (3) Press and release the shutter again to stop recording. Recording When the camera is recording the camcorder symbol will blink. Playing Back AVI Movies and Still Pictures (1) Rotate to (2) Press (3) Press ( ( (Playback Mode). OFF ) to playback the previous file. ) to playback the next file. Picture Counter 7/20 Still Picture Battery Status Your camera will automatically playback AVI Picture Counter file when an AVI file is selected. To stop playing it back, simply press either 8/20 or . AVI Movie Battery Status Deleting Files 1 2 Press Menu Control OFF 7/20 3 Delete one file Eins löschen Delete all files Format CF Card Exit (1) Rotate to (2) Press ( ) or ( (Playback Mode). ) to shift between files. In Delete mode, press to select the mode. ( ) or ( ) to shift between modes. Press (3) Press to enter Delete mode. (4) Press again to delete one file. ! All recorded files will be completely lost if you format your card or delete all files. Focus In order to take the best pictures, please switch to proper focus in accordance with the reference ranges as below. 59"~ (150cm~ ) 31" ~ 59" (80cm~150cm) 16"~31" (40cm~80cm) Zoom In & Zoom Out Zoom 1 2 Press zoom button 3 OF F 7/20 7 2.0X (1) Rotate to (2) Press and hold image. Or press image. ( ( (DSC Mode). ) to zoom in preview ) to zoom out preview 1.0X~4.0X (3) Zoom setting ranges from 1.0X to 4.0X. Taking Nice Pictures Keep the focus set to close-ups. except for extreme Make sure your subject is well lit from the front. Keep the camera level and steady when releasing the shutter. Make sure you have adequate light when taking still pictures or movies. 5 For best quality video, move the camera slowly during filming. Make sure you have adequate light Power Battery Indicators When not using your camera for extended periods, we suggest you remove the batteries. Your camera will automatically turn off when idle over 3 minutes. To wake up your camera, press . LCD will enter suspend mode when idle over 30 seconds. Press LCD ON/OFF button to wake up LCD. Power Notice for 2 AA Alkaline Batteries Flash on: 300 times Still pictures: 1600 pictures LCD on: 1.5 hours LCD ON/OFF Button Full Out of power DC Jack "Use DC Jack to playback images and get the TV out function working only. It does not charge the batteries." LCD ON/OFF To reduce power consumption, LCD will enter suspend mode when idle over 30 seconds. Press LCD ON/OFF button to wake up LCD. 7/20 Memo Menu Setting How to Enter Menu Setting Resolution Self Timer Flash Strobe Date Stamp Exposure EV Compensation User Setting How to Enter Menu Setting 1 2 Press Menu Control 3 OF F 7/20 Auflösung 1 5 1 2 6 3 7 4 8 Use these two buttons to shift between modes. Resolution Self Timer Exposure EV Compensation User Setting Exit (1) Rotate to (3) Press ( ) or ( (DSC Mode). ) to shift between modes. Flash Strobe Date Stamp (2) Press to enter Menu setting. (4) Press to enter a mode and then press again to select the mode. Resolution 1 2 Press Menu Control 3 Gut Auflösung Resolution mode Highlight resolution Exit (1) Highlight " Resolution" mode (2) Press to enter " Resolution" mode. (3) Press ( ) or ( ) to highlight (3Mega), 3 Mega resolution (2048x1536 pixels) 2 Mega resolution (1600x1200 pixels) (2Mega) or (800,000). 800,000 resolution (1024x768 pixels) (4) Press to select resolution. Resolution Still Pictures & AVI Storage Capacity 16 MB CF Card as example 16 MB CF Card as example Still Pictures Up to 12 pictures Up to 20 pictures Up to 50 pictures Recording Time AVI Movies Up to 4 minutes Self Timer 1 2 Press Menu Control 3 4 Selbstauslöser Ein Selbstauslöser Self Timer mode (1) Press (3) Highlight ( ) or . ( ) to highlight " Self Timer " mode (2) Press to enter " Self Timer " mode. (4) Press to select " Self Timer On" mode (5) Press the shutter button and counter will count ten seconds and automatically take the photo. (6) After taking a picture, the camera switches the automatic "Self timer" off . Flash Strobe 1 2 Press Menu Control 3 AUS Blitz Flash Strobe Auto flash Flash off Anti red eye Exit (1) Press ( ) or ( ) to highlight " Flash " mode (2) Press to enter " Flash " mode. (3) Press ( ) or ( ) to highlight either one of the modes. (4) Press . Auto flash Flash off Anti red-eye Use automatic flash mode to determine correct exposure. No flash strobe even when in dark or light scenes. Anti Red-eye can remove Red-eye phenomenon occurs in photographs. Date Stamp 1 2 Press Menu Control 3 Datumaufdruck Ein Datum Einstellung Date Stamp Mode 2002.10.17 Year/Month/Day (1) Press ( ) or ( ) to highlight " Date Put date stamp on your image file. Stamp " mode (2) Press to enter " Date Stamp" mode. (3) Highlight or . No date stamp on your image file. (4) Press . Exposure 1 2 Press Menu Control 3 Auto Belichtung Exposure Auto This function will automatically select backlight or average metering. This function determines the correct exposure for a given photograph which gives more importance to the meter reading at the centre of the frame than to its periphery. This function takes a light reading from many different areas of a picture frame and produces an integrated reading which will take into account the differences within the frame. (1) Press ( ) or ( ) to highlight Backlight " Exposure " mode (2) Press to enter " Exposure" mode. (3) Press , ( ) or or . ( ) to highlight Average (5) Press . EV Compensation EV Compensation allows adding or subtracting evaluation values (EV) for an image. Usually you use this method to bring out details in dark zones or lessen the intensity of bright zones. EV Komp. EV Komp. 1.5 (In dark zones) Add EV Comp (In bright zones) Subtract EV Comp (1) Press (3) Press ( ( ) or ) or ( ( ) to highlight " EV Comp " mode ) to add or subtract EV Comp. (2) Press to enter " EV Comp " mode. (5) Press . User Setting Several settings including date setting, buzzer setting, flicker setting and color system can be reset in this mode. Benutzereinstellung Datum Einstellung User Setting Date Setting Press to highlight year, month, date and time. Press ( ) or ( ) to add or subtract the number of year, month, date and time. Datum Einstellung 2002 10 2 / : 26 35 Year Month/ Day Hour/ Minute Buzzer Highlight buzzer. and then press to turn off Pieper AUS? User Setting Flicker Setting Flicker setting is country specific. Improper flicker setting will cause the LCD display or PC screen to flicker. Please refer to the table to adjust flicker setting. Country Portugal America Taiwan China Japan Korea Country England Germany France Italy Spain Netherlands Setting 50Hz 50Hz 60Hz 50Hz 50Hz 50Hz Setting 50Hz 60Hz 60Hz 50Hz 50/ 60Hz 60Hz TV Color System ( PAL/NTSC ) Color system is also country specific. It's important to know what kind of TV color system you use (PAL or NTSC) and the color system setting of your camera is supposed to go with TV color system. Improper color system will cause TV display problems. Please refer to the table to adjust color system setting. NTSC America, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, etc. Germany, England, Italy, Netherlands, PAL China, Japan and Hongkong, etc. User Setting Change the language of the interface (1) Rotate to (3) Press (4) Press ( ( ) or ) or ( ( (DSC Mode). ) to select the ) to select the icon, icon, (2) Press to enter Menu setting. and then press to enter the mode. and then press to change the language of the interface. Englisch? TV out Mode Connect your camera and TV via TV out cable for real time display. In TV out mode you can take still pictures and record AVI Movie, and further on you can share recorded AVI Movies and pictures with your family and friends. (1) Change the color system of your camera the same as the TV color system. (either PAL or NTSC) (2) Turn on your TV and switch TV mode to AV-in mode. (3) Please plug in AV cable to your TV first and then plug in the camera. (4) Turn on the camera. Step2 Step1 Video In TV out mode, you can rotate to take still pictures, record AVI Movies or playback files. OFF Installation Software Installation Hardware Installation Mass Storage (MSDC) Launching the Camera Manager Mode Selecting Troubleshooting Software Installation Installing the 3 Mega Digital Camera (1) Insert the CD-ROM in your CD drive. The Installation menu should open automatically. (2) Click to start 3 Mega Digital Camera Installation. (3) Follow the onscreen instructions to complete Installation. (4) Click " Yes" to install Direct X 8.1. This will restart your PC. (5) icon will appear on PC desktop after Installation. Click on " Finish" to complete installation. 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 USB the USB port of your PC. Hardware Installation MS Windows XP/ME/2000 Users (1) Installing " USB Mass Storage Device " Driver 1. Connect your camera and PC via USB cable. 2. Your PC will automatically install " USB Mass Storage Device" driver and complete " removable disk " installation. Your PC will add a " removable disk " under " My computer" icon. (2) Installing " PC Camera" Driver: 1. Connect your camera and PC via USB cable. 2. During hardware installation, please rotate to to continue hardware installation. (3). Please follow the onscreen instructions to complete hardware installation. Hardware Installation MS Windows 98 SE Users: (1) Installing " USB Mass Storage Device " Driver 1. Connect your camera and PC via USB cable. 2. Please follow the onscreen instructions to complete " removable disk " installation. Your PC will add a " removable disk " under " My computer" icon. (2) Installing " PC Camera " Driver 1. During hardware installation, please rotate to to continue hardware installation. 2. MS Window 98SE users may be asked to insert licensed 98SE CD-ROM in your CD Drive. Mass Storage (MSDC) While connecting to PC, your camera also serves as a removable disk (Mass storage). Excepting removable disk. mode, rotate to the other four modes, your camera will serve as a OF F Mass Storage Mode (1) Rotate to either DSC, AVI or Playback mode. (2) Double-click "My Computer" on the desktop. (3) Double-click "Removable Disk" under "My Computer. (4) Double-click " DCIM" and then enter " 100MEDIA ". You'll find all files in this folder. Launching the Camera Manager Follow the following two ways to launch your camera Manager, 3 Mega Digital Camera (If the program doesn't automatically launch). Click the " " icon on the Desktop to execute the program where you can begin to use your camera. OR Click on the "Start" menu and go up to "Programs". Then go to the folder named " 3 Mega Digital Camera" and select it. To uninstall 3 Mega Digital Camera, select " Uninstall 3 Mega Digital Camera " Mode Selecting = Rotate to to PC Camera mode. PC Camera Mode to change the camera Album Mode = Rotate to camera to Album mode. mode to change the OFF Album Mode PC Camera Mode F OF This message will appear when you rotate to PC camera mode. Please click "OK". Album Mode OFF Downloading pictures and movies Album Mode 1. Make sure your camera is connected to your PC via the USB cable. 2. Set the 3 Mega Digital Camera to Ablum mode. 3. A dialogue box will pop up and ask if you want to download photos from your camera. 4. Check " Enhanced " to enhance your images from 3 Mega to 4 Mega, from 2 Mega to 3 Mega, or from 800,000 to 2 Mega. This enhanced format offers higher quality images, but also require more disk space. Click OK Click this button to launch the dialogue box Album Mode (1) Album Mode (2) Transfer images to the work area (3) Transfer images to the album (4) Create AVI file (5) Send Mail (6) Select All (7) Delete (8) Album Manager (9) Album (10) Delete (11) Select All (12) Image (13) Work area (14) Minimize (15) Exit (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Album Mode Viewing pictures Double-click any picture or movie to launch the viewer. Next picture Previous picture Slide Show Exit Viewing movies Double-click any AVI movie to automatically launch the movie in your default media player. Album Mode Album Manager 1. Highlight a picture on the work area and click to transfer to the Photo Album. to create a 2 Album Manager 2. Click the Album Manager new Photo Album. 3. Key in a new album name. Then click the function "new". 4. Click 4 3 5 4 to designate a path where the album 6 will be stored. 5. Click " Update" is created. 6. Click 6 5 to confirm the new album to enter the new created album. Album Mode Creating AVI files 1. Select jpg / bmp images from the work area. 2. Click Manager. 3. Order the image sequence, and adust the frame rate. to load the images to the AVI File PC Camera Mode = Rotate to F OF to change the camera to PC Camera mode. Preview Window Record live video Capture live still image Set image size Steps Advanced settings (default settings recommended) Select video source (if you have more than one image import device installed) 1. Press 2. Adjust recording speed and time. 3. Press " Start to Record ". PC Camera Mode Set Image Size Color Space Select one of the following functions when you have different needs. - RGB 24: better image quality - I420: faster speed Output Size Setting output size can change the size of the preview window. The default size is 320x240. Choose larger pixels when you need a larger preview window. 320 x 240 640 x 480 PC Camera Mode Advanced settings Video Setting - Banding Filter: When your PC screen flickers, please change the banding filter in Video Setting. The refresh rate (the number of times the screen is redrawn per second) is the most likely cause of flicker. Select 50Hz or 60Hz until your PC screen stops flickering. Custom Video Pro Amp You can use the default setting or change settings ( brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, and hue ) on your own.