DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA User Guide English Français Italiano Deutsch Español Português Nederlands 82-197-00021 multi-lang cover.indd 1 5/31/2005, 9:55 AM This symbol on the product or in the instructions means that your electrical and electronic equipment should be disposed at the end of its life separately from your household waste. There are separate collection systems for recycling in the EU. For more information, please contact the local authority or your retailer where you purchased the product. English.indd 1 2005/6/2, 01:56 Table of Contents Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video Camera..................................... 3 Understanding the Control Panel....................................... .......... 5 Power...................................................................................6 Modes...................................................................................7 DV Mode Taking Movies........................................................................10 Video Out............................................................................ 11 DSC Mode Taking Pictures......................................................................12 DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages........................................................ 14 MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music............................................................ 16 PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback.......................................................................18 Advanced Playback................................................................. 20 Main Functions Changing the Resolution Setting.................................................23 Using Self-timer (for DV and DSC modes).......................................24 Using Guide Line/The LCD Screen............................................... 25 Using Hold............................................................................ 26 Volume Adjustment.................................................................26 Advanced Functions Attention Icon...................................................................... 27 Menu.................................................................................. 28 En 2 Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video Camera Front View Shutter button Speaker Zoom Lever Power Button Focus Ring Battery cover Front LED Lens Flash (Optional) Microphone Back View Control Panel MMC/SD card cover USB/Earphone cover LCD Screen En 3 Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video-continued Side View Battery Slot Back View MMC/SD card slot AV out/Earphone jack USB port En 4 Getting Started Understanding the Control 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 Power Power On/Off Press the power button to turn your digital video camera on and off. Power Low When the battery is running low, a battery icon ( ) will appear on the top of the LCD. When the battery is about to run out, a blinking battery icon ( ) will appear on the top of the LCD. Your digital video camera will shutdown automatically in a few seconds. En 6 Getting Started Modes Power On DV Record Mode DSC Record Mode DVR Record Mode MP3 Mode USB connected PLAYBACK Mode Mass Storage Mode En 7 Getting Started Modes-continued DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR Mode/MP3 Mode/PLAYBACK Mode This unit provides 4 modes. These modes are: 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. En 8 Getting Started Modes-continued Connecting to PC (Mass Storage Mode) USB Cable USB port Using Console (Not applicable to MAC computers) Connect your Digital Video to a computer with an USB cable. Mass Storage Mode Connect your digital video camear to a computer. In Mass Storage Mode, it acts exactly like a hard disk. You can now drag and drop your pictures, movies, voice messages and MP3 files between the computer and your digital video camera. Note: 1.Please do not copy any files into the DCIM folder. This may make the unit unstable or cause it to crash. 2.Remember to copy the MP3 files into the MP3 folder of your digital video camera. En 9 DV Mode Taking Movies 1 Press Power 2 Switch to DV Mode 2 Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your video Zoom in or Zoom out 3 Press Shutter button to start recording 4 En 10 Press Shutter button again to stop 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 This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set. To configure the Digital Video, please refer to the NTSC/PAL section. En 11 DSC Mode Taking Pictures 1 Press Power 2 Switch to DSC Mode 3 Press Zoom lever to adjust the magnification ratio. Zoom in or Zoom out 4 Press Shutter button to take a picture En 12 DSC Mode Taking Pictures-continued The Picture Counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the upper-right corner of your LCD. It will show the number of the total recordable files of this Digital Video. Total estimative recordable files Macro/Portrait Mode You may set your camera to (macro mode) for closeup focus or to (portrait mode) for normal range focus. Turn the focus ring to switch between modes. En 13 DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages 1 Press Power 2 Switch to DVR Mode 3 Press Shutter button to start recording 4 Press Shutter button again to stop En 14 DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages-continued The recording timer While recording voice messages, the recording timer will display on the upper-right corner of your LCD. Before Recording Total estimative recordable time While Recording Total recording time En 15 MP3 Mode Listening to MP3 Music 1 Press Power 2 Switch to MP3 Mode 3 Press UP or DOWN to select a track 4 Press to play MP3 music 5 Press to pause En 16 MP3 Mode Listening to MP3 Music-continued 6 Press to stop MP3 information Current track/ Total tracks The title of the selected track NOTE: The title of the tracks will display ONLY in alphabetical letters. Title with illegal characters will display in "TRACK001", "TRACK002", and "TRACK003" and so on. Playing MP3s with the displaying panel closed You may close the displaying panel while playing MP3s and use the Zoom lever to select sound and Shutter button to play or pause. UP DOWN En 17 PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback 1 Switch to PLAYBACK mode 2 The information of the selected file will display on the LCD. Current 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 18 PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback-continued The following steps are only applicable to DV and DVR files. 4 Press PLAY to start 5 Press PLAY again to pause 6 Press NEXT or BACK to fast-forward or fast-backward 7 Press STOP to stop En 19 ...