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Questions? Need some help? This guide will help you enjoy your new product or visit www.polaroid.com For more information consult the user manual on the included CD-ROM Instant D igital Camer a with ZINK ® Zer o Ink ® Printing T echnology Z340 USER MANU AL ENGLISH[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 Pref ace 2 About this Manual 2 Saf ety and Handling Precautions 4 Using this Manual 4 Introduction 5 S ystem R equirements 5 Main F eat ures 5 P ac kage Contents 5 Camera Vie ws 6 Camera But tons 7 Navigation Control 8 Camera Memor y 9 Get ting Started 1 0 Inserting the Bat [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 This manual is designed to assist y ou in using y our new digital camera. All information presented is as accurate as possible but is subject to c hange without notice. Pr ef ace EN-2 About this Manual This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits f or [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 Pr ef ace EN-3 • Product design and specifications are subject to c hange without notice. This includes primar y product specifications, sof t ware, sof t ware driv ers, and user ’ s manual. This User Manual is a general ref erence guide f or the product. • The product[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 Camera Inf or mation • Do not take apart or at tempt to ser vice the camera yourself . • Do not expose the camera to moist ure, or e xtreme temperat ures. • Allow the camera to w arm up when mo ving from cold to warm temperat ures. • Do not touc h the camera lens. ?[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 Intr oduction EN-5 Congrat ulations on your purc hase of your P olaroid Inst ant Digital Camera. Capt uring and printing high-qualit y digit al images is fast and easy with this state-of-the-art smart camera. In order to get the most out of your camera, y our computer must m[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com T op View Bot tom V iew Right View Lef t View Back V iew Fr ont V iew Intr oduction EN-6 Camer a Views 1 9 11 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 LCD release 2 LCD display 3 P o wer but ton 4 OK But ton/4-w ay na vigation control 5 Menu but ton 6 F unction / Delete but ton 7 Mode S witc h Photo mod[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 Intr oduction EN-7 Y our camera is equipped with dif f erent but tons for ease of use. But ton Descr iption P ow er Press the P ow er but ton to t urn the po wer on/of f . Shut ter Press to capt ure an image or start/stop recording video or audio clip. Zoom but ton In Photo [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 Intr oduction The 4-w a y Navigation Control and the OK but ton allow y ou to access the v arious menus av ailable from the On Screen Display (OSD). Y ou can configure a wide range of set tings to ensure maximum results from your images and videos. F urther functions of thes[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com EN-1 1 Intr oduction EN-9 Inter nal memory Y our camera is equipped with 30MB of internal memor y . If there is no memor y card inserted in the memor y card slot, all images, videos and audio clips recorded are automatically stored in the internal memor y . Exter nal stor age Y our[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Getting Started F ollo w these instr uctions to insert the rec hargeable bat ter y into the bat ter y compartment. Please read "Bat ter y Information" on page 4 bef ore inserting/removing bat teries. 1 Make sure the po w er is of f bef ore inserting the bat ter y . 2 Open[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Getting Started Expand your camera’ s storage by using an SD or SDHC memor y card. 1 Open the Memor y card/P o wer adapter/USB out compartment on the lef t side of the camera. 2 Insert the SD/SDHC card into the memor y card slot with the metallic part facing the bot tom of the ca[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Getting Started T o turn on the camera, press the P ow er but ton. T o turn of f the camera, press the P o wer but ton. T urning the P ow er On and O When you t urn on y our camera f or the first time, you will be ask ed to do the initial set tings of your camera. First is the s[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the L CD monit or The LCD monitor sho ws all important information regarding camera set tings as well as the visual image of your image or video. The displa y on the LCD monitor is called the On Screen Display or OSD . Photo Mode Scr een Layout L CD Monitor La yout EN-1 3 No.[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the L CD monit or Movie Mode Scr een Layout Playbac k Mode Scr een La yout The Pla ybac k mode display v aries depending on the t ype of image being view ed. Playbac k mode display of still images: No. It em Descr iption 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 No. Item Descr iption 1 P[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the L CD monit or Playbac k mode of videos: No. It em Descr iption 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Playbac k mode Protect Video clip But ton intro File no./T otal no. Bat ter y Storage media Recording date & time Video siz e V olume Video length Play ed time Playing stat[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the L CD monit or Playbac k mode of audio clips: No. It em Descr iption 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Playbac k mode Protect But ton intro File no./T otal no. Bat ter y Storage media Recording inf ormation V olume A udio length Play ed time Playing stat us Indicates playbac k mode.[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the L CD monit or The type of information displa y ed on the LCD monitor can be c hanged using the but ton. Press the but ton repeatedly to c hange the LCD display from one type to another . In Photo/Movie Mode, the LCD display can be c hanged into any of the f ollo wing: •[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Now that y ou are f amiliar with your camera, y ou are no w ready to t ake y our images. T aking images with your camera is v er y simple. 1 T urn on the camera by pressing the P owe r bu tto n . 2 Slide the Mode switch to Photo mode . 3 F rame[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices When taking pictures in dif ficult lighting conditions, use the Flash/Right but ton to get correct exposure. This function cannot be activ ated in recording videos or continuous shooting . T o activate Flash: • Press the Flash/Right but ton o[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices The F unction Menu is used to adjust capt ure set tings in Photo Mode. It cont ains Scene Mode, Photo Size, Quality , EV Compensation, White Balance, ISO , Metering, and Color Mode. Press the FUNC but ton of your camera to launc h the F unction[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Icon Item Descr iption Kids Night Scene LOMO Firew orks Snow Sports P art y Candlelight Night P ortrait Sof t Skin Flowing W ater F ood Building Te x t F oliage Auction Smile Capture Blink Detection This f eature is used to capt ure still image[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices This f eature is most useful f or no vice users to capture great images e v en without basic knowledge of photography . Simply frame the shot with the help of Intelligent Scene Mode, the camera automatically recognizes 1 1 kinds of scenes - P o[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices T actically , kids are the most dif ficult to photograph. The y tend to be highly animated and can be a real c hallenge to make them pay at tention for more than just a second or two. T o capt ure a great moment of y our kids, just keep the cam[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices The LOMO mode applies the f ollo wing ef f ects on the photo: 1 Ov er-sat urated colors 2 Of f-kilter exposure 3 Blurring 4 Darkening around the edges of photo Original LOMO Using L OMO Mode When facing camera, especially kids, smiles are alw a[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices When asking someone else to take images for y ou, but the images alw ay s don ’t come up right? Pre-composition helps y ou get the bac kground y ou want, e v en if you need to ask someone else to record the image f or y ou. Basically , P re-c[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Activ e D-Lighting mode preser ves details in highlights and shadows, creating photos with nat ural contrast. Use for high contrast scenes, f or e xample, when photographing brightly light outdoor scener y through a door/window , or t aking pic[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices It’ s hard and sometimes w astes a lot of time to combine sev eral images by sof tware. Select Auction mode and c hoose a pat tern, then t ak e a f ew shots from dif f erent angle. The camera composes a combined image in low er resolution sui[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices If you’ d like to sa ve and print 2 or 4 identical images (passport or ID photos) on one photo use the 2-up or 4-up option. W ith one push of the shut ter but ton you will get a pat tern of identical images. 1 Select 2-up from Photo Size with[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Images can be capt ured with the ov erall scene intentionally made brighter or darker . These set tings are used when a suit able brightness (exposure) cannot other wise be obt ained in circumst ances where the dif f erence in brightness bet we[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices This sets the sensitivity for capt uring images. When the sensitivity is raised (and the ISO figure is increased), photography will become possible e v en in dark locations, but the more pixelated (grainier) the image will appear . • Use a hi[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices The Color Mode function applies dif f erent colors or tones f or a more artistic ef f ect on the still images or videos. • As y ou mo ve through the selection, the pre view on the LCD monitor c hanges sync hronously . Color Mode If you are in[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Set ting the Instant Pr int Mode Y our camera has the capabilit y to print ev er y image af ter it is capt ured. T o set the Inst ant Print Mode 1 F rom the Record menu, select Instant Pr int . 2 Use the or ke y s to c hoose ON or OFF . 3 Press[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Set ting the AEB AEB stands for Automatic Exposure Brac keting. It permits 3 consecutive images in the order of standard exposure, under exposure and o v erexposure compensation. T o set AEB 1 F rom the Record menu, select AEB . 2 Use the or ke[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Set ting Shar pness This function allo ws y ou to enhance or sof ten finer details of your images. T o set Sharpness 1 F rom the Record menu, select Shar pness . 2 Use the or keys t o g o through the selection. 3 Press the OK but ton to sav e a[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices EN-35 Set ting Contrast This function allo ws y ou to adjust the contrast of your images. T o set Contrast 1 F rom the Record menu, select Contr ast . 2 Use the or keys t o g o through the selection. 3 Press the OK but ton to sav e and apply c [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Set ting the Dat e Stamp The date of recording can be printed directly on the still images. This function must be activ ated before the image is capt ured. Once date and time are stamped on an image, they can no longer be edited or deleted. Lim[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Y ou can record videos with the camera, the av ailable recording time depends on the capacit y of the memor y card. Videos can be recorded until the maximum memor y capacit y has been reac hed. How e ver the length of a single video ma y be lim[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Recor ding Images, Videos and V oices Inter net Mode The Internet Mode allo ws y ou to record videos with predefined video set tings f or easy upload to the Internet website. The Internet supports two file upload standards: • Single File Uploader . T he maximum video file size is[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback Y ou can playbac k the still images, video and audio clips on the LCD monitor . Viewing in Single Na vigation The Single na vigation mode displa ys the image one b y one on the LCD monitor . T o vie w images/ videos/audio clips, follo w the steps belo w . 1 Slide the Mode [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback Thumbnail icons: When you vie w the thumbnails, some images ma y cont ain icons. These icons indicate the type of file or recording. Zooming images The z oom vie w function works with still images only . • In normal view , press the Zoom but ton cloc kwise (right) repeat[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback T o captur e scr eenshot imag e fr om a video clip 1 During playbac k of video, press the ke y to pause pla ybac k on your desired video frame to capt ure. 2 Press the Shutt er butt on to capt ure a screenshot. 3 The camera stop pla ybac k. The LCD monitor display s the ca[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback Deleting an Image/Video/Audio There are two w a ys to delete an image/video/audio: • Using the Delete but ton. • Using Playbac k Menu Delete set tings. See "Delete" on page 43. Playback Menu The Pla ybac k menu allows y ou to edit images, record voice memo, a[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback Delete The Delete function allo ws the remo val of un w anted files in the internal memor y or on the memor y card. Protected files cannot be erased, to delete, unprotect the file first. See "P rotect" on page 45. T o delete an image/video/audio clip: 1 F rom the[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback 7 Press the OK but ton to delete marked files. Slide Show The slide sho w function enables y ou to playbac k your still images automatically in order one image at a time. T o view slidesho w: 1 F rom the Playbac k menu, select Slide Show . The Slideshow menu appears. 2 Set[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback Set the data to read-only to prevent images from being erased b y mistake. A protected file has a loc k icon when viewed on Pla ybac k mode. T o protect files: 1 F rom the Playbac k menu, select Prot ect . 2 The P rotect submenu is displa yed on the LCD monitor . A vailabl[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback The R ed-e ye Cor rection function is used to reduce red ey e in capt ured images. This function is only av ailable f or still images. Red-e y e correction can be applied to an image se veral times, but the quality may gradually deteriorate. T o activate R ed-ey e Correcti[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback The P olaroid Color Mode function lets you edit still images to apply dif f erent colors or tones for a more artistic ef f ect. Edited images in this function are sav ed as a new file. T o activate P olaroid Color Mode: 1 Set the camera to Playbac k mode . 2 Press the or k[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback The T rim function allo ws y ou to trim an image to another image size. This function is only av ailable f or still images. T o trim an image: 1 Set the camera to Playbac k mode . 2 Use the or keys t o scroll and select an image to trim. 3 Press the MENU but ton to launc h[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback Resiz es a pre viously sav ed image and only resizing to a smaller siz e is av ailable. T o resize an image: 1 Set the camera to Playbac k mode . 2 Use the or keys t o scroll and select an image to resize. 3 Press the MENU but ton to launc h the Pla ybac k menu. 4 Select R[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Playback DPOF is the abbreviation f or Digital Print Order F ormat, whic h allows y ou to embed printing information on y our memor y card. Y ou can select the images to be printed and how man y prints to make with the DPOF menu in the camera and insert the memory card to the card [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Printing The P rint Mode is used to print images from y our camera to the ZINK ® enabled printer embedded in the camera. T o print images: 1 Press the Print but t on to launc h the Print Mode. 2 Select the image that you w ant to print with the or k ey s. 3 Use the or keys t o sel[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Printing 7 Press the OK but ton to apply c hanges. A menu selection appears. Select whether to: • Overwr it e & Pr int . Sa ve and replace the old file with the ne w one, and then print it. • Sav e As & Pr int . Sav e the new file as a ne w one, and then print it. • C[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Printing This f eature allo ws the printing of the P olaroid Cassic Border L ogo F ormat with all images selected to print. A vailable options are On or Of f (Default.) When the P olaroid Cassic Border L ogo F ormat is on, an y picture will be cropped and printed within the border [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Printing 3 Press the Print but t on to launc h the Print Mode. 4 Use the or keys t o scroll and select an image to add the border to. 5 Press the MENU but ton to launc h the P rint Menu. 6 Select Add Border . 7 Y our borders will be loaded to the camera and will be found b y using [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the Setup Menu Y ou can access the Setup menu whether y ou are in Record or Pla ybac k mode. The Set up menu allo ws to configure general camera set tings. T o go to Setup Menu: 1 Press Menu but ton to launc h the Record/Pla ybac k Menu. 2 Use the or keys t o switc h the menu[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the Setup Menu Enable the LCD Sav e function to automatically decrease the LCD brightness to conser ve bat ter y pow er . When the camera is idle for 20 seconds, the LCD dark ens. P ress any but ton to resume to normal brightness. • The camera is idle when no but tons are p[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Using the Setup Menu EN-57 Select a brightness lev el f or the LCD monitor . A vailable set tings are: • Au t o . A uto detects the LCD brightness. • Br ight . Enhance the LCD brightness. • Nor mal . Normal LCD brightness. Setting L CD Brightness Selecting this will show the [...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Making Connections Y ou can connect your camera to a computer or a printer . Y ou can transf er images, videos and audio files to your PC. 1 Connect one end of the USB cable to an av ailable USB port on your computer 2 Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB terminal on t[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Making Connections Y ou can print your images directly using a PictBr idg e compatible printer . 1 T urn on your P rinter . Chec k that the printer is turned on, there is paper in the printer , and there are no printer error messages. 2 Connect one end of the USB cable to the print[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Appendix Y our camera automatically creates specific director y of f older in the internal memor y cards to organiz e capt ured images, videos and audio files. File Naming File names begin with " PDSC" and follo w ed by a 4-digit number that increases in sequence. File nu[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com T r oubleshooting EN-61 Pr oblem Cause and/or Action Camera does not turn on. Camera t urns of f automatically . LCD t urns dark. Empty bat ter y icon is display ed on the LCD , and then the camera turns of f . LCD monitor display s "No image". LCD monitor display s "[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Z340 T echnical Specifications Sensor Sunplus 1 4MP CCD Lens 7 .53 ± 5% mm; 5x digital zoom LCD monitor 2.7" Color LCD , 4:3 Aspect Ratio Focusing Rang e Normal: W ide: 80cm ~ Infinit y Macro: W ide: 1 0cm ~ 1 0 0cm Apert ur e F: 3.25 ± 5% White Balance A uto White Balance,[...]

P olaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www .polaroid.com Z340 T echnical Specifications Microphone Built-in Speak er Built-in Dimensions 65 x 1 55 x 1 27 .5 mm W eight 620g (including bat ter y) P aper T ype and Size 3” x 4” P olaroid ZINK ® P aper ® Pr int T ra y Capacity 1 0 sheets plus ZINK ® Smartsheet ® Time to Pr int Less [...]