User manual MUSTEK DV 4SE

Digital Video User Guide Table of Contents Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video............................................... 3 Using the Panel............................................................. .......... 5 Power...................................................................................6 Modes...................................................................................7 DV Mode Taking Movies........................................................................11 Video Out............................................................................ 12 DSC Mode Taking Pictures......................................................................13 DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages........................................................ 15 MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music............................................................ 17 PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback.......................................................................19 Advanced Playback................................................................. 21 Main Functions Changing the Quality Setting.....................................................23 Using Self-timer......................................................................25 Using Guide Line/The LCD Display............................................... 26 Using Hold............................................................................ 27 Volume Adjust........................................................................27 Advanced Functions Attention Icon...................................................................... 28 Menu.................................................................................. 29 En 2 Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video Front View Shutter Speaker SE T Zoom Power Button Lens Front LED Microphone Back View Status LED (Power On/USB) SET LCD Viewfinder Panel En 3 USB port SD/MMC card Slot En 4 T SE Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video-continued Side View SET Battery/SD/MMC Cover Earphone jack AV out Battery Slot Getting Started Using the Panel Display Menu DV/DSC/DVR/MP3 Mode Switch Exit/ Stop Record/ Playback Mode Switch Play/Pause/ Enter Back/Down/Self-timer Volume/Hold(Press 2 Sec.) Next/Up/Resolution En 5 Getting Started En 6 Power Power On/Off Nudge the Power slider to activate your Digital Video. When Power is on, the Power indicator lights in green. Nudge it again to turn this Digital Video off. SET Power Low If your battery is low, you will see a battery icon ( )shown on the top center of the LCD. If your battery is about to run out, you will see a blinking battery icon ( ) shown on the top center of the LCD. Your Digital Video will turn off itself in several seconds. Getting Started Modes Power On DV Record Mode DSC Record Mode DVR Record Mode MP3 Mode USB connected PLAYBACK Mode Mass Storage Mode PC Camera Mode En 7 Getting Started En 8 Modes-continued DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR Mode/MP3 Mode/PLAYBACK Mode There are four main modes and PLAYBACK mode in this Digital Video. The four main modes are DV Mode, DSC Mode, DVR Mode and MP3 Mode. 1.DV Mode: take videos with sound 2.DSC Mode: take pictures 3.DVR Mode: record voice messages. 4.MP3 Mode: listen to MP3 music. You can switch among these four modes by pressing . By pressing , you can switch to PLAYBACK mode to review your videos, pictures and voice messages. DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR mode shares the same PLAYBACK mode. You can switch back to the previous mode by pressing again. Getting Started Modes-continued Connected to PC(Mass Storage Mode/PC Camera Mode) USB Cable USB port Using Console (Not Available for MAC) By connecting your Digital Video to a computer, the Console opens. Meanwhile your Digital Video switches to Mass Storage, too. You may choose either to transfer the camera data through Console program or through Mass Storage Mode. T SE En 9 Getting Started En 10 Modes-continued Mass Storage Mode Connect your Digital Video to a computer, it will turn to Mass Storage Mode. In Mass Storage Mode, your Digital Video acts exactly like a hard disk. That means you can access it via the Windows user interface. You can copy, move or delete files (pictures, movies, voice messages or MP3 music) exactly the way you manipulate files under Windows user interface. Note: 1.Please do not copy any files into the DCIM folder of your Digital Video. Otherwise it may cause Digital Video unstable or crash. 2.Remember to copy the MP3 files into the MP3 folder of your Digital Video. PC Camera Mode You can connect this Digital Video to a computer with its supplied USB cable and use it as a PC camera. After USB connecting, the screen will show as below. By pressing , it will turn to PC Camera Mode. With a compatible video capture program, you can capture movies. DV Mode Taking Movies Taking Your First Movie 1 Press Power SET 2 Switch to DV Mode 2 Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture Zoom in or Zoom out 3 Press Shutter to start recording S ET 4 Press Shutter again to stop En 11 En 12 SE T DV Mode Taking Movies-continued The recording timer While you're filming, the recording timer will be displayed on the LCD. Before Recording Total estimative recordable time While Recording The recording time Video Out Video Out This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set. To configure the Digital Video, please refer to the section NTSC/PAL. DSC Mode Taking Pictures Taking Your First Picture 1 Press Power 2 Switch to DSC Mode SET 3 Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture Zoom in or Zoom out 4 Press Shutter to take a picture S ET En 13 DSC Mode En 14 Taking Pictures-continued The Picture Counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the top right corner of your LCD. First, it will show the number of the total recordable files of this Digital Video. Total estimative recordable files DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages Recording Your Voice Messages 1 Press Power 2 Switch to DVR Mode SET 3 Press Shutter to start recording S ET 4 Press Shutter again to stop En 15 DVR Mode En 16 Recording Voice Messages-continued The recording timer While you are recording voice messages, the recording timer will show on the top right corner of your LCD. Before Recording Total estimative recordable time While Recording Total recording time MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music Listening To MP3 Music 1 Press Power 2 Switch to MP3 Mode SET 3 Press BACK or NEXT to select one track 4 Press to play MP3 music En 17 MP3 Mode En 18 Listening To MP3 Music-continued 5 Press to pause 6 Press to stop MP3 information The title of the selected track The track number/ The total tracks NOTE: The title of the tracks will show ONLY in alphabet. If the title can't show in alphabet, it will show in "TRACK 001", "TRACK 002", and "TRACK 003" and so on. PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback Basic Playback 1 Switch to PLAYBACK mode 2 The information of the selected file will show on the LCD. The selected file number/ The total files number The time of the selected file The Mode of the selected file 3 Press BACK or NEXT to navigate En 19 PLAYBACK Mode En 20 Basic Playback-continued The following step only works in DV and DVR files. 4 Press PLAY to start 5 Press PLAY again to pause Blink 6 Press NEXT or BACK to fast-forward or fast-backward 7 Press STOP to stop PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback Preview in Multiple view/Single view or Hide the information 1 Press to preview in Single view 2 Press again to hide the information 3 Press again to preview in Multiple view En 21 PLAYBACK Mode En 22 Advanced Playback-continued Quick Search (Back/Next) 1 Press for a second to Quick Search backward 2 Press for a second to Quick Search forward Main Functuions Changing the Quality Setting DV Record Mode You can change the movie's quality setting whenever you want. button. 1. In DV Mode, press the 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner. " " is fine quality, " " is normal quality and " " is economic quality. Fine quality Normal quality Economic quality DSC Record Mode You can change the picture's resolution setting whenever you want. 1. In DSC Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current picture's resolution setting on the top left corner. " " is fine resolution, " " is normal resolution or " " is economic resolution. Fine resolution Normal resolution Economic resolution En 23 Main Functuions En 24 Changing the Quality Setting-continued DVR Record Mode You can change the quality setting of voice messages whenever you want. 1. In DVR Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner. " " for standard quality, " " for Long Time. Standard quality Long Time Main Functuions Using Self-Timer (for DV and DSC mode) This Digital Video has a built-in 10 second self-timer. 1 Press Timer 2 Press Shutter to start SET 3 The timer starts to count down from 10 seconds. This icon will blink during count-down. The count-down number (Note: You could press any button to cancel self-timer during the countdown.) En 25 Main Functuions En 26 Using Guide Line/The LCD Display Using Guide Line (for DV mode and DSC mode) You can use guide line while taking movies or pictures. In Record Mode, press the button, the guide line will show on the LCD screen. The LCD Display To save energy, Digital Video allows you to switch off the LCD panel. For DV and DSC mode LCD On Guide Line LCD Off LCD On For DVR and MP3 mode LCD Off LCD On LCD On Main Functions Using Hold Using Hold (Press 2 Sec.) By pressing for 2 seconds, the buttons on the panel will be locked. The for 2 seconds. buttons on the panel will not function while in HOLD function. To cancel the HOLD function, press buttons locked Volume Adjust You can adjust playback volume by using or . En 27 Advanced Functions En 28 Attention Icon Memory Full If your Digital Video's memory card is full, you can not take any new movie, picture or voice message. Memory Card Indicator Card Lock If you insert a SD memory card with the lock feature on, you will see a card lock icon in the left side of the LCD. (Only if you turn on the security lock of a SD card, there will be a card lock icon.) Advanced Functuions Menu 1 Press 2 Press NEXT or BACK to select 3 Press to change 4 Press to exit En 29 Advanced Functuions En 30 Menu-continued Digital Effect (for DV and DSC mode) This Digital Video offers four options to varify your movies and pictures. The four options are OFF (no effect), SEPIA, B&W and MOSAIC. Night Shot ON/OFF (for DV and DSC mode) Night Shot is long time exposure to let you take a movie or picture at night or in dim light. If you choose Night Shot ON, the icon will appear on the right corner of the LCD screen. Quick Review ON/OFF (for DSC mode) You can have a quick review on your pictures. If you choose Quick Review ON, the icon will appear on the LCD screen. Attach Voice ON/OFF (for DSC mode) You can attach voices on your pictures. If you choose Attach Voice ON, the icon will appear on the LCD screen. Taking a picture with Attach Voice ON After taking a picture with Attach Voice ON, "ATTACH VOICE!" will appear on the center of the LCD screen. Press SHUTTER to start to record the voice message. Press SHUTTER again to stop the recording. Press to exit. Advanced Functuions Menu-continued Information ON/OFF (for DV and DSC mode) You can choose show the information or hide the information. Attach Date ON/OFF (for DSC mode) If you choose Attach Date ON, date will attach on the picture that you recorded. Date You could set the correct date for your digital video. Time You could set the correct time for your digital video. Beep On/OFF If you choose Beep On, there will be beep sound when you press the button. If you choose Beep Off, there will be soundless when you press the button. En 31 Advanced Functuions En 32 Menu-continued Auto-Off ON/OFF Under Auto-Off, if you leave your Digital Video unused for certain times, this Digital Video will be auto-off. There are three options: 1 minute, 2 minutes and 5 minutes. (Note: If you set Auto-off ON for 2 or 5 minutes; LCD will be off first after 1 minute.) NTSC/PAL NTSC/PAL are two incompatiable analog TV signal formats. You can toggle between NTSC and PAL to your TV set's preference. NTSC: North America and Japan PAL: U.K. and Germany, France, Russia, certain European and African countries NTSC PAL SECAM 50Hz/60Hz Match up with the frequency of the main power supply in your country. Please refer to the following figures: 50 Hz : Europe, P.R.C.,Hong kong, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 60 Hz : America, Canada, Taiwan, Japan,and Korea. Advanced Functions Menu-continued Slide Show You can choose to playback your movies, pictures, voice messages or MP3 in Slide Show. The Slide Show playback time is 5 seconds for each movie, picture, voice message or MP3. To exit, press STOP. Repeat ON/OFF (only for MP3 files) You can choose to playback your MP3 repeatedly. If you choose to Repeat One, the selected track will playback repeatedly. If you choose to Repeat All, the whole tracks will playback repeatedly. repeat one repeat all Rotate ON/OFF (only for image files) You can choose to rotate your pictures on your Digital Video. Pressing , you can rotate the picture every 90 degree in counter-clock direction. En 33 Advanced Functuions En 34 Menu-continued Del One/ Del ALL You can choose to delete one file or all files. Press Otherwise, press to exit. to confirm. Yes No Format your Memory Card If you want to erase all movies, pictures, voice messages, MP3 and other files, you can select FORMAT under the menu and press to wipe out the memory completely. If you want to keep your memory contents, press to exit. Yes No