User manual DIGITAL BLUE FLAUNT! NECKLACE CAMERA

TM Necklace Cam User Guide When You've Got It, Flaunt It! You can take pictures anywhere while still looking great! This guide will provide basics on how to use your new camera. You'll be a photographer in no time. POWERING THE CAMERA The camera needs an AAA alkaline battery before you can begin taking pictures with it. Battery Compartment Viewfinder Protective Cap + _ Mode To install the battery: First, remove the protective cover on the end of the camera. Slide the battery compartment open and place the battery in with the (­) end facing the viewfinder. Press and hold the Mode button for few seconds to turn the camera on. The camera will beep twice and will display the image counter. To turn the camera off, press and hold the Mode button. Note: The camera will shut off automatically (60 sec) to conserve battery when it is not being used. The camera will beep once when it powers off. 2 INSTALL THE PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE Install the photo editing software for the ultimate fun with your photos. If the application does not start on its own, double-click the CD-ROM\DVD drive that contains the software. Follow the instructions on the screen. Camera Controls Viewfinder Protective Cover Viewfinder Mode Button Lens Display Screen Snapshot Button Viewfinder: Use the viewfinder to frame your pictures. Lens: The optical piece that is responsible for capturing pictures. Protective Cover: This protects the USB port by snapping onto the end of the camera. Snapshot: Press the snapshot button to take a picture. Mode Button: Press the mode button to turn the camera on and select different mode options. Display Screen: Allows you to view items on the selection menu. 3 Using the Camera Display Screen The camera display screen provides you with information about all the functions of the camera. To view the current mode, refer to the display screen: Battery Status Resolution Mode Self-Timer Number of Pictures Delete Delete all Battery Status: The battery status will always appear on the screen. The battery is full when the icon looks like the picture above. As the bars disappear, the battery power is decreasing. Self-Timer: This icon appears when self-timer has been set. Number of Pictures: Displays the number of pictures currently stored on camera. Resolution: Displays when the picture quality is set to low. If the camera is set to high resolution nothing will display on screen. Delete: This icon displays when you are deleting the last picture taken on the camera. Delete All: This icon displays when you are deleting all the pictures on the camera. 4 How to Hold the Camera To get best results, shoot pictures by holding the camera in this position. Take Pictures with the Camera Press and hold the Mode button to turn the camera on. The camera should default to Capture Mode and the screen should look like the following. The only icons on the display should be the Battery Status icon and the image counter. Look through the Viewfinder and aim at the subject you want to capture. Press the Snapshot button to take the picture. The camera will beep twice while you are taking the picture. Keep the camera still until you hear the second beep end. The display screen will show the number of pictures stored on the camera. 5 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS These general tips will help you improve the quality of the photos you shoot. Because this is a digital camera, it's easy to experiment and try different techniques. If you don't like the results, you can delete the pictures and try again. There are many factors that contribute to good photography: - Take lots of pictures to increase your chance of capturing just the right shot. Afterward, you can go back and delete the pictures you don't want. - Make sure that the source of light is behind or to the side of the camera, rather than in front of the camera. The person taking pictures should not be looking into a light source. - When taking a picture, hold the camera as steady as possible to prevent blurry photos. Try resting your elbows on something stable. - If you are taking a picture of a person, try to get direct eye contact with the person to create a more engaging picture. - Using a plain background will put more emphasis on the subject of your picture. When taking a picture make sure to notice what is in the background of your photo. - Try using a different angle to capture an ordinary object to make the picture more interesting. 6 DOWNLOAD YOUR PICTURES After you have taken your pictures you'll need to download them to the computer. Connect the camera to the PC using the supplied USB docking station. If this is the first time the camera is connected, wait until Windows detects the hardware and follow the prompts to install the hardware. Open My Computer and then open the new removable storage device. Double click on the DCIM Folder to view your pictures. Select all the photos you would like to save and copy them to a folder on your computer. For example, you may want to save your photos to your My Pictures Folder: \My Documents\My Pictures 7 DELETING PICTURES The great thing about a digital camera is deleting pictures that you don't like! You can delete the last picture you took or you can delete all the photos on the camera. You can delete pictures from the camera or while the camera is connected to the computer. Deleting Pictures from the Camera To delete the last picture you took press and hold the Mode button to turn the camera on. Continue to press the Mode button until you see the following screen. The Del icon will flash on the bottom. Delete To delete only one picture make sure you have selected the Del icon and not the Del All icon. Press the Snapshot button to delete the last picture you took. You will notice that the counter on the camera decreases. 8 To delete all pictures on the camera follow the steps above, but press the Mode button until you select the Del All icon. If there are any pictures you would like to keep, make sure you download them first. Press the Snapshot button to delete all the photos on the camera. Delete All Deleting Pictures from the Computer Connect the camera to the PC using the supplied USB docking station. View the removable storage device folder on My Computer. Double-click the DCIM folder to review the snapshots you would like to delete. Note: It is easier to view your pictures in thumbnail view. Select the photos you would like to delete. Right-click the photo(s) you would like to delete and select Delete from the menu. 9 SETTING THE TIMER The camera timer is a great way to make sure that memories are saved forever with you in them! You can set the timer so you can be in snapshots with your friends. Press and hold the Mode button to turn the camera on. Press the Mode button until you see the screen below. The Self-Timer icon will flash in the upper right corner indicating that you are in Self-Timer Mode. Timer Icon Position the camera on something stable and look through the Viewfinder and focus on the image you want to capture. If you are trying to take a photo that you are going to be in, be sure to frame the snapshot so there is room for you in the picture. Press the Snapshot button to activate the timer. The camera will beep to indicate the timer has been triggered. Once you have started the timer, you have about 15 seconds before the picture is taken. The beep will get more frequent and the camera display will count from 1 to 10. The picture is taken when the counter reaches 10 and you hear a several quick beeps. 10 The camera will automatically return to Capture Mode. If you would like to use the self-timer again just repeat the previous steps. Once the picture has been taken, the display screen will show the total number of pictures on the camera. CHANGING THE PICTURE QUALITY The camera has two different settings for picture quality. The default state for the camera is high quality. In High Quality mode the picture will look nicer, but that means the camera will store less pictures. In Low Quality mode, the camera can store more pictures, but they will not look as crisp. To change the picture quality press and hold the Mode button to turn the camera on. Continue to press the Mode button until you see the following screen. Press the Snapshot button to change to low quality. The Low Quality icon will now be steady on the screen. Take pictures by following the steps in Take Pictures with the Camera section. Note: If the camera powers off it will return to the default state- High Quality. Low Picture Quality 11 NEED ADDITIONAL HELP? For additional product support visit out website at: www.playdigitalblue.com and select Technical Support. If you are still having problems with the product, contact Customer Support at 888-800-0502. Check for other Flaunt products at: myflaunt.com If You've Got It, Flaunt It!