Table of Contents 1 2 Brief Description................................................................................................................. 2 Package Contents .......................................................................................................... 2 Before Using Your Camera ................................................................................................ 2 Digital Still Camera Specification ................................................................................ 2 Memory Capacity Chart................................................................................................ 3 Capturing good pictures................................................................................................ 3 Identifying the parts ...................................................................................................... 4 Using Your Digital Camera ................................................................................................ 5 Charging the battery...................................................................................................... 5 Lithium-polymer battery tips: ....................................................................................... 5 Turning on the camera .................................................................................................. 6 Turning on the LCD...................................................................................................... 6 Understanding LCD icons............................................................................................. 6 Mode selection .............................................................................................................. 6 Capture mode ................................................................................................................ 7 Capture mode menus..................................................................................................... 7 Capture mode with timer on ......................................................................................... 9 Playback mode ............................................................................................................ 10 Playback mode menu .................................................................................................. 10 USB mode................................................................................................................... 10 USB mode activity...................................................................................................... 10 Using Secure Digital (SD) memory cards .................................................................. 11 Changing resolution .................................................................................................... 11 Turning sound on/off .................................................................................................. 12 Taking pictures............................................................................................................ 12 About Autobrite® technology .................................................................................... 12 Low light lock-out....................................................................................................... 12 Deleting an image/images........................................................................................... 13 Formatting internal flash memory or SD card ............................................................ 13 Installing the Software ...................................................................................................... 14 System requirements................................................................................................... 14 PhotoImpression 5.0 Installation ................................................................................ 15 Connecting the Digital Camera to Your PC ..................................................................... 16 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................ 19 Safety Notes ...................................................................................................................... 21 3 4 5 6 7 1 1 Brief Description Your digital camera with color LCD display is similar to the size of a credit card - only 13 mm thick. The camera's portability and convenience are enabled by its "worry free" rechargeable battery, simple user interface, and easy image download when you connect the camera to a PC with the supplied USB Docking Station. Package Contents The package contains all the items listed below: Camera CD-ROM Neck Strap USB cable Carry Bag Docking Station User Manual 2 Before Using Your Camera Before using your camera, please read the Safety Notes in section 7 and the rest of this User Manual carefully. Digital Still Camera Specification Digital Still Camera 3.1 MP CMOS 1.5" Color TFT LCD Auto 1/15 second to 1/1,000 second Glass, F.L. = 8.2mm, F/3.0 (equivalent to 42mm lens on a 35mm camera) Focus Range Fixed, 1.5m (4.9ft) to infinity Controls Power on-off, mode selection, shutter button, LCD on-off, menu, select, arrow up, arrow down Flash Distance Approx. 0.8m ~ 2m Image Resolution Settings Large: 2592 x 1944 Pixels (5 MP, Hardware interpolated) Medium: 2000 x 1500 Pixels Small: 1000 x 750 Pixels White Balance Autobrite* Built-in Storage Large resolution: 17 images (32 MB Flash memory ) Medium: 17 images Small: 34 images Memory Card Slot SD card ONLY USB Interface USB 1.1 System Requirements 233 MHz Pentium 2 or greater with MS Windows ME, 2000, or XP Dimensions 3.5" x 2.4" x 0.6" (L x W x H) Weight 0.14 lbs Battery Type Built-in Lithium-polymer battery (rechargeable) *Autobrite is a registered trademark of SMaL Camera Technologies, Inc. of Cambridge, MA, USA. 2 Function Image Sensor Display Exposure Mode Shutter Speed Lens Memory Capacity Chart 32MB SD Memory Card 256M 512M B 150 B 304 1GM Camer a Mode Size Internal Memor 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB y Larg 2592x19 e Still Image Med. 44 2000x15 00 17 2 7 17 36 75 600 17 2 7 17 36 75 150 304 600 Sma 1000x75 ll 0 34 6 15 34 71 146 292 591 1167 Capturing good pictures · · · Hold the camera steadily. Under dimmer environment, the camera needs longer time to capture a picture. Make sure your fingers will not block the lens and flash. 3 Identifying the parts Front View Back View 4 3 Using Your Digital Camera Charging the battery Long battery life is one of the key benefits of this camera compared to other digital cameras. On a full charge, the camera will take hundreds of images. Your camera battery has already been charged prior to shipment. So, you should be able to take pictures without recharging it. However, just to be safe, you may want to follow the instructions below to make sure that your camera is fully charged. Note: Install the provided software before initial charging of the camera. The Lithium-polymer battery used in the camera recharges automatically when the camera is plugged into a PC via the USB cable. When the battery is charging, the green LED will blink. After fully charged, the green LED remains ON. Lithium-polymer battery tips: · · · · · · · Safety note: Always observe the precautions described in Section 7. It takes approximately 3 hours to fully charge a battery. The battery can be charged at any time. If power is low, the red LED blinks 5 times and then the camera turns off. Recharge the battery immediately. A fully charged battery allows the camera to take about 90 pictures with Flash and 440 pictures without Flash. To ensure that your battery lasts as long as possible, switch the camera off when you are not using it. 5 Turning on the camera Press the Power button once to turn on the camera. Press it again to turn the camera off. Note: · The camera has an automatic time-out feature to conserve battery life. After one minute (or 2 minutes) the camera will time-out (turn off). When timed out, the camera will not take a photo when you push the shutter button. Press the Power button once to turn on the camera again. · If power is low, the red LED blinks 5 times and then the camera turns off. Recharge the battery immediately. Turning on the LCD The LCD screen comes on automatically in preview mode when the power is turned on. Press the LCD button to switch to preview mode. Press the LCD button again to turn off the LCD. Understanding LCD icons LCD Description Picture Counter: Shows remaining number of shots. Resolutions: : SMALL 1000 x 750 pixels : MED 2000 x 1500 pixels . : LARGE 2592 x 1944 pixels Indicates Battery Charge State : The battery is fully charged : The battery is about half-charged : Out of battery: need to recharge immediately Secure Digital card indicator Flash indicator: Flash icon blinks while charging. Steady on when flash is set to Automatic. Mode selection Your camera has three modes of operation: · Capture mode (for capturing images) · Playback mode (for reviewing and deleting images) · USB mode (for downloading images to a computer and charging the battery) 6 When the USB cable is connected to the camera and a computer, the camera automatically goes to USB mode. Capture mode The green LED will remain ON when the camera is ready to take pictures. If the green LED blinks, the camera is not ready. It blinks for one second while storing an image and for five seconds while recharging the flash. Capture mode menus · · · · Press the Menu button to access the menus. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to make selections. Press the Select button to cycle through the options. Press the Menu button to save your selections. Description Flash functions automatically in the dim condition Flash is disabled Force flash to function under any lighting condition Self-timer is off 10 seconds delay Note: After taking the picture, self-timer function turns off 2S Two seconds delay Note: After taking the picture, self-timer function turns off LARGE Takes 2592 x 1944 Pixels image MEDIU Takes 2000 x 1500 Pixels image M SMAL Takes 1000 x 750 Pixels image L ON Turns audio beeps on OFF Turns audio beeps off ENG Displays English menu FRA Displays French menu ITA Displays Italian menu DEU Displays Deutsch menu ESP Displays Spanish menu Displays Japanese menu NL POR 1x 2x 4x 1 MIN 2 MIN HIGH LOW Displays Chinese menu Displays Dutch menu Displays Portuguese menu Takes/Displays picture in normal size Takes/Displays picture in double size Takes/Displays picture in 4 times size Turns camera off automatically after 1 minute of inactivity Turns camera off automatically after 2 minutes of inactivity Sets high brightness LCD Sets low brightness LCD 7 Setting AUTO OFF ON OFF 10 S Function Menu FLASH TIMER SIZE SOUND LANGUAGE ZOOM TIMEOUT DISPLAY COUNTER RESET Resets the picture counter to zero 8 Typical capture mode menu displays Capture mode with timer on 10 Note: The timer icon is in the center of the display. When the timer is on, and set to 10 seconds (for example), the front red LED begins blinking when the shutter button is pressed. It begins counting down with 8 seconds of slow blinking (with audio beeps if the sound is on) and 2 seconds of fast blinking (with audio beeps). After the picture is taken, there is a 1 second audio beep and the red LED remains on. 9 Playback mode Use the Playback mode to review images you have captured and to review images in order to delete them. Select Playback mode by sliding the mode switch on the right hand side of the camera. The last picture taken is displayed first. If the camera is empty, the display will say "No pictures on camera." Either SD card or internal memory will display. In order to review pictures in internal memory, the SD card must be removed. After a picture has been deleted, the camera will return to Playback mode. Playback mode menu Menu Delete Delete All Format Selection Confirm delete of current image Confirm delete of all images Format the SD memory card/internal memory Description Select YES or NO Select YES or NO Select YES or NO USB mode Use the USB mode to download images to your computer and to recharge the camera's battery. The mode selection switch can be in either position (Capture or Playback). Connect the mini USB plug to the mini USB socket on the camera and connect the larger size USB plug to the USB socket on your computer. You will hear a low-high beep when connecting and a high-low beep when disconnecting. Note: All camera buttons are inactive during USB mode. USB mode activity Status Blinking green LED Green LED remains on Red LED blinks 3 times Red LED remains on Fast blinking red LED Activity Charging Fully-charged Camera communicating with computer USB connected and transferring data When connecting camera to PC before driver is installed. Please install driver. No ...