® CV-1 8 x 22 VGA Digital Camera Binocular Contents Quick Start ................................................................................ 4 Features.................................................................................... 6 Introduction .............................................................................. 8 How to Use Your Binocular ...................................................... 9 Adjust Eye Relief .................................................................. 9 Adjust the Barrels .................................................................. 9 Focus the Binocular ..............................................................10 How to Use Your Camera ........................................................11 Insert Batteries ......................................................................11 Select an Operation ..............................................................11 Taking Pictures and Video ........................................................12 Take a Still Picture ................................................................12 Capture Video........................................................................13 Operations ................................................................................14 Use the Mode and Shutter Button ........................................14 Use the Camera Mode ..........................................................15 Change the Camera Resolution ............................................15 Use the Video Mode ..............................................................16 Erase (Delete) Pictures or Video ..........................................16 Find Out How Many Pictures You've Taken ..........................17 Use the Self-Timer ................................................................17 Find Out How Much Power is Left in the Battery ..................18 Find Out Why CaptureView is Beeping ................................19 Download Pictures ................................................................19 Install Image Editing Software ..............................................21 Other Software and System Requirements ..............................22 Maintenance and Troubleshooting............................................23 Specifications............................................................................24 3 Quick Start How to start taking pictures... 1 Install 2 AAA batteries (not included). 2 Turn on camera. Press and hold down Mode for 3 seconds. 3 4 Point at something interesting. 4 Press the Shutter. You've taken a picture! Quick Start How to download your pictures... USB Cable 5 6 Plug in. Connect CaptureView to your PC or Mac (OS 9.0 or higher) using the included USB cable. Sit back and relax a minute. If using Windows 98ME or higher, CaptureView automatically installs on your PC. No drivers are needed. If using Windows 98SE or lower, drivers must be installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD-Rom. 7 Install Ulead Photo Express. Insert the CD, click on Ulead Photo Express and follow the on-screen instructions. 8 Enjoy your photos. Open Ulead Photo Express to view, edit and print your pictures. 5 Features f f e g cd b h Fig. 1: Top View 1. Eyepieces 2. Mode Button 3. Shutter Button 4. LCD Panel 5. Objective Lens 6. Barrel Fig. 2: Front View 7. Camera Lens g 6 Features j i 1) 1! Fig. 3: Bottom View 8. Diopter Scale (on right eyepiece) 9. Focus knob 10. Battery Compartment Lid (push forward and lift to remove) Fig. 4: Rear View 11. USB Port 7 Introduction Congratulations on purchasing the Meade® CaptureView® CV-1. CV-1 is an 8 x 22mm full-featured binocular. It is integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to capture pictures or video. This manual is designed to quickly guide you through the operation of your CaptureView CV-1. For best results, take a few moments to become familiar with the operation of your device, and save the manual for future reference. CaptureView has the following features: · · · · · Fully functional binocular. Capture pictures and video, and view them on your PC. Transfer pictures and video to your PC for easy printing and editing. E-mail pictures to your friends and family. LCD display panel indicates status for ease in performing desired operations. Important Note: Images in the camera will be lost if the batteries are depleted or if the batteries are removed for more than 60 seconds. Accordingly, change the batteries when they run low. Images will be maintained in memory for approximately 60 seconds when changing batteries. To conserve battery life, remove batteries after downloading images to a computer. There is continual battery drainage even when CaptureView is turned off. Be sure CaptureView is off before changing batteries. WARNING! Never use a Meade binocular to look at the Sun! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the binocular at or near the Sun. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. 8 How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Adjust Eye Relief Fold down Do this... If you wear eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and hold the eyepieces up against your glasses. Adjust the Barrels You need to adjust the barrels, as the distance between your eyes is usually different than the distance between another person's eyes. 1. Hold CaptureView up to your eyes in the normal viewing position. Use both hands to hold each barrel firmly. 2. Pull the barrels apart or push the barrels together until you see a single circular field with both of your eyes. Barrel Barrel 9 How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Focus the Binocular Do this... 1. Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView at its center point between "+" and "-." 2. Choose an object (such as a telephone pole) that is at least 50 feet (15m.) away. 3. Looking with only your left eye, rotate the Focus Knob until the object you are viewing is focused. 4. Looking with only your right eye, rotate the Diopter Scale until the object you are viewing is focused. 5. Now, looking with both eyes, rotate the Focus Knob to focus on both far and near objects. Focus knob Diopter scale 10 How to Use Your Camera CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. Take some time to practice capturing still pictures and video. Depending on the available light and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright or centered as viewed through the binoculars. CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus the camera manually) and takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus. If you want to... Insert Batteries Battery compartment Do this... 1. Make sure camera is off before changing batteries. 2. Push the battery compartment lid forward and lift to open. 3. Insert 2 AAA 1.5v (user-supplied) batteries into the compartment, noting the correct polarity as illustrated inside the compartment. · Press and hold the Mode button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. · Press the Mode button to display and cycle through the operation icons on the LCD. · Press the Shutter button when the desired icon is displayed to select an operation. Select an Operation Mode Shutter 11 Taking Pictures and Video If you want to... Take a Still Picture Do this... 1. Press and hold down the Mode button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. The camera will beep and the camera icon displays on the LCD. The counter, battery life and resolution icons also display. 2. Point the binoculars at an object. You may use the focus knob to focus the image in the binocular, but keep in mind that the camera has a fixed focus and is not affected by the focus knob. 3. Hold CaptureView steady and press the Shutter button. Note that the counter advances. For example, if the counter reads "016," this means that this is your sixteenth picture. Mode Shutter The amount of pictures you can take: High Resolution (640 x 480): 360 Low Resolution (320 x 240): 1600 The number of photos you may take will decrease if you have also taken video. 12 Taking Pictures and Video If you want to... Capture Video Do this... 1. Press and hold down the Mode button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. 2. Press the Mode button once and the Video mode icon displays. 5. Point the binoculars at the scene you wish to capture. 4. Press the Shutter button. The camera now captures video. 5 The counter keeps counting (in seconds) as you capture video. Press the Shutter button again to stop recording video. Note that the counter stops and the number of pictures advances by one (a video counts as one object). Mode Shutter The maximum length of a movie: Up to 200 seconds. The length of video will decrease if you have also taken still pictures. 13 Operations If you want to... Use the Mode and Shutter Buttons Do this... · Press and hold the Mode button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn the camera on or off. · Use the Mode button to cycle through the operation icons. As you press the Mode button, the operation icons display on-screen in the following order: Camera Video Resolution Self-timer Erase Last Image Erase All Images The next press returns you to the Camera icon. · Press the Shutter button when the desired icon is displayed to select an operation. · Use the Shutter button to take a picture, and to begin or end the recording of a movie. Mode Shutter Note: If you do not perform an operation for 60 seconds, the camera automatically switches off. Operation Icons ** Camera Video * Hi Res. Lo Res. Self-Timer Erase Last Erase All 14 Operations If you want to... Use the Camera Mode Do this... · Keep pressing the Mode button until the Camera icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to take a still picture. Camera Icon Change the Camera Resolution · Select a Resolution setting before taking a still image: 1. The first time you turn on the camera, it displays the High Resolution icon. This is the default setting. 2. To change the resolution, keep pressing the Mode button until the Low Resolution icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to select Low Resolution. Low resolution allows you to capture more images with your camera. ** High Resolution Icon * Low Resolution Icon H: High Resolution mode (640 x 480). L: Low Resolution mode (320 x 240). (The default setting is High Resolution.) 15 Operations If you want to... Use the Video Mode Do this... · Keep pressing the Mode button until the Video icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to begin recording a movie. Press the Shutter button again to stop recording. Video Icon Note: The length of a movie depends on how much memory you have available. Audio recording is not available with this camera. Erase (delete) Pictures or Video · Erase Last. Keep pressing the Mode button until the Erase Last Image icon displays and then press the Shutter button. The icon flashes. Press the Shutter button again to erase the last captured image or movie. · Erase All. Keep pressing the Mode button until the Erase All Image icon displays and then press the Shutter button. The icon flashes. Press the Shutter button again to erase all the images and video. Erase Last Icon Erase All Icon 16 Operations If you want to... Find Out How Many Pictures You Have Taken Do this... · Check out the LCD Counter. The counter displays the number of pictures or videos taken, from 0 to 999. 888 Counter Display Note: If you take more than 999 pictures, the camera counter returns to 001. The camera icon flashes, indicating that the number of pictures is 999 plus the number displayed on the counter. Use the Self-timer · Keep pressing the Mode button until the Self-timer icon displays and press the Shutter button. The camera then pauses for about 10 seconds: It sends out 6 slow and then 6 fast warning beeps before taking the picture. Self-Timer Icon 17 Operations If you want to... Find Out How Much Power is Left in the Batteries Do this... · Check the battery indicators on the display. Full Power Indicator Low Power Indicator Find Out Why CaptureView is Beeping Note: When the battery is low, CaptureView sends out six short high beeps. It is recommended you download the pictures or change the batteries at this time. If you change the battery, remember that you have 60 seconds to change the batteries before your images are deleted. Listen for the following patterns: Power on: Two short high beeps. Wake up: One long high beep. Sleep: One short high beep. Takes a picture: One short high beep. Failed to take picture due to insufficient memory: Three short high beeps Low battery: Six short high beeps (beeps only when power is On). Self-timer: Sends out 6 slow, then 6 fast beeps before taking a pict ...