Audiovox DC500 manual

128-7261 Multi-Functional Digital Video / Camera w/1.5" LCD Color Display _____________________________________________________________________ S E T Oper ating Instructions Model: DC500[...]

En 2 T able of Contents Getting Started Getting to Know Y our Digital Video R ecorder ................................... 3 Using the Panel............................................................ . .......... 5 P ower ............................................................................. ..... .6 Modes....................................[...]

En 3 S E T Getting to K now Y our Digital V ideo Recorder Front View Back View LCD Viewfinder Panel Status LED (Power On/USB) Microphone Front LED Speaker Power Button Zoom Shutter Getting Started Lens Flash Light Subject to Change[...]

En 4 S E T Getting to K now Y our Digital Video R ecorder -continued Side View USB port Earphone jack A V out Battery/SD/MMC Cover Battery Slot SD/MMC card Slot Getting Started S E T Subject to Change[...]

En 5 Using the P anel Display Next/Up/R esolution Play/P ause/ Enter R ecord/ Playback Mode Switch Exit/ Stop Menu Video / Camera/V oice/MP3 Mode Switch Back/Down/Self-timer V olume/Hold(Press 2 Sec.) Getting Started[...]

En 6 P ower P ower On/Off Nudge the P ower slider to activate your Digital Video R ecorder . When P ower is on, the P ower indicator lights up green. Nudge the P ower slider again to turn this unit off. P ower 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 wil[...]

En 7 Modes P ower On Video Record Mode Camera Record Mode USB connected PC Camera Mode Mass Storage Mode V oice R ecord Mode MP3 Mode PLA YBACK Mode Getting Started[...]

En 8 Modes -continued Video Mode/Camer a Mode/V oice Mode/MP3 Mode/PLA YBACK Mode There are four main modes and PLA YBACK mode in this Digital Video. The four main modes are Video Mode, Camera Mode, V oice Mode and MP3 Mode. 1.Video Mode: take moving videos with sound 2.Camera Mode: take still pictures 3.V oice Mode: record voice messages. 4.MP3 Mo[...]

En 9 Connected to PC(Mass Storage Mode/PC Camera Mode) NOTICE: F or Windows 98 users, YOU MUST INST ALL THE DRIVERS first before connecting the unit to the PC. Using Console (Not Available for MAC) By connecting your Digital Video recorder to a computer , the Console opens. Meanwhile your Digital Video recorder switches to Mass Storage, too. Y ou m[...]

En 10 MENU Modes -continued NOTICE : Windows 98 users must first install the drivers on the PC before connecting the DC500. Mass Storage Mode Connect your Digital Video recorder to a computer , it will turn to Mass Storage Mode. In Mass Storage Mode, your Digital Video recorder acts exactly like a hard disk. That means you can access it via the Win[...]

En 11 Video Mode T aking Movies T aking Y our First Movie Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture 2 Press Shutter to start recording 3 P ress Shutter again to stop 4 Zoom in or Zoom out Switch to Video Mode 2 P ress P ower 1 S E T S E T[...]

En 12 Video Out Video Out This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set. T o configure the Digital Video, please refer to the section NTSC/P AL. (P age 32) T aking Movies -continued The recording timer While you’re filming, the recording timer will be displayed on the LCD. Before Recording While Recording T otal estimative recordabl[...]

En 13 Camera Mode T aking P ictures T aking Y our First P icture P ress P ower 1 Switch to Camera Mode 2 P ress Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture 3 P ress Shutter to take a picture 4 Zoom in or Zoom out S E T S E T[...]

En 14 T aking P ictures -continued The P icture Counter Y ou 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 unit. T otal estimative recordable files Camera Mode[...]

En 15 R ecording V oice Messages R ecording Y our V oice Messages P ress Power 1 Switch to V oice Mode 2 P ress Shutter again to stop 4 P ress Shutter to start recording 3 V oice Mode S E T S E T[...]

En 16 R ecording V oice 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 While Recording T otal estimative recordable time T otal recording time V oice Mode[...]

En 17 Listening T o MP3 Music Listening T o MP3 Music P ress Po we r 1 Switch to MP3 Mode 2 P ress to play MP3 music 4 P ress BACK or NEXT to select one track 3 MP3 Mode S E T[...]

En 18 Listening T o MP3 Music -continued MP3 information P ress to pause 5 P ress to stop 6 MP3 Mode The track number/ The total tracks The title of the selected track[...]

En 19 Basic Playback for VIDEO / CAMERA / VOICE Basic Playback Switch to PLA YBACK mode 1 The information of the selected file will show on the LCD. 2 P ress BACK or NEXT to navigate 3 The Mode of the selected file The selected file number/ The total files number The time of the selected file PLA YBACK Mode[...]

En 20 PLA YBACK Mode P ress PLA Y to start 4 Basic Playback -continued P ress PLA Y again to pause 5 P ress NEXT or BACK to fast-forward or fast-backward 6 Press STOP to stop 7 Blink The following step only works in Video and V oice files.[...]

En 21 Advanced Playback P review in Multiple view/Single view or Hide the information P ress to preview in Single view 1 P ress again to hide the information 2 P ress again to preview in Multiple view 3 PLA YBACK Mode[...]

En 22 Advanced Playback -continued Quick Search (Back/Next) P ress for a second to Quick Search backward 1 P ress for a second to Quick Search forward 2 PLA YBACK Mode[...]

En 23 Changing the Quality Setting Video Record Mode Y ou can change the movie’ s quality setting whenever you want. 1. In Video Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner . “ ” is fine quality , “ ” is normal quality and “ “ is economic quality . Camera Record Mode Y ou can cha[...]

En 24 Main Functuions Changing the Quality Setting -continued V oice Record Mode Y ou can change the quality setting of voice messages whenever you want. 1. In V oice Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner . “ ” for standard quality , “ ” for Long T ime. Fine quality standard Time[...]

En 25 Main Functuions Using Self-T imer (for Video and Camera mode) This Digital Video R ecorder has a built-in 10 second self-timer . P ress Timer 1 P ress Shutter to start 2 The timer starts to count down from 10 seconds. 3 This icon will blink during count-down. The count-down number ( Note: Y ou could press any button to cancel self-timer durin[...]

En 26 Using Guide Line/The LCD Display Using Guide Line (for Video mode and Camera mode) Y ou can use guide line while taking movies or pictures. In R ecord Mode, press the button, the guide line will show on the LCD screen. The LCD Display T o save energy , the unit allows you to switch off the LCD panel. For Video and Camera mode (While pressing [...]

En 27 Using Hold Using Hold (P ress 2 Sec.) By pressing for 2 seconds, the buttons on the panel will be locked. The buttons on the panel will not function while in HOLD. T o cancel the HOLD function, press for 2 seconds. Main Functions V olume Adjust Y ou can adjust playback volume by using or after pressing the HOLD button for 1 second. buttons lo[...]

En 28 Attention Icon Memory F ull 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 on the LCD screen. (Only if you turn on the security lock of a SD card, there will be a car[...]

En 29 Menu Advanced Functuions T o access the MENU options Press 1 P ress NEXT or BA CK to move between the selected items 2 P ress to change 3 P ress to exit 4 (Refer to following pages for further details)[...]

En 30 Menu -continued Flash Light ON/AUT O/OFF (for Camer a mode) The built-in flash light lets you take a picture in poor lighting conditions whether it is in the daytime or at night. If you choose Flash Light ON, the icon will appear on the LCD screen. Digital Effect (for Video and Camera mode) This Digital Video offers four options to customize [...]

En 31 Menu -continued message. P ress SHUTTER again to stop the recording. P ress to exit. Information ON/OFF (for Video and Camera mode) Y ou can choose show the information or hide the information. Attach Date ON/OFF (for Camera mode) If you choose Attach Date ON, date will be added on the picture that you recorded. Date Y ou could set the correc[...]

En 32 Menu -continued 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. 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 mi[...]

En 33 Advanced Functions Menu -continued T o exit, press STOP . Slide Show Y ou 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. Repeat ON/OFF (only for MP3 files) Y ou can choose to playback your MP3 repeatedly . If you choos[...]

En 34 Advanced Functuions Menu -continued Del One/ Del ALL Y ou can choose to delete one file or all files. Press to confirm. Otherwise, press to exit. F ormat your Memory Card If you want to erase all movies, pictures, voice messages, MP3 and other files, you can select FORMA T under the menu and press to wipe out the memory completely . If you wa[...]

En 35 Specifications Digital Still Camera Digital Camcorder Resolution: Fine: 2336 x 1752 Fine: 640 x 480 (Hardware enchancement) (Hardware enchancement) Normal: 2048 x 1536 Normal: 352 x 288 Low: 1024 x 768 Low: 320 x 240 Image Sensor: 3.1 Mega CMOS Sensor Digital Zoom: 4X Digital Effects: B & W / Sepia / Mosaic Display: 1.5” color TFT LCD I[...]

En 36 System Requirements: Pentium 500 MHz processor or higher Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Available USB port Media Player 7 (Recommended Media Player 9) Super VGA card and color monitor CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive At least 128 MB RAM 200MB available HD space Mass Storage: Windows, Mac, Linux PC Camera Driver: Win98se, Me, 2000, XP USB device Unp[...]

En 37 T roubleshooting: PC does not see UNIT 1) P ower on unit 2) connect unit to PC via the USB (V erify LCD displays Mass Storage) 3) Open ‘ MY COMPUTER ’ and verify if there is a drive called “Removable Disk” (ex Removable Disk (E:)). 4) Open the ‘ Control Panel ’ and double click the ‘ SYSTEM ’ icon (Start/ settings/Control Pane[...]

En 38 HOW T O COPY FILES FROM THE UNIT TO YOUR COMPUTER 1) power on the unit 2) connect the unit to the PC via the supplied USB cable 3) verify the MASS ST ORAGE is displayed on the LCD screen 4) Open ‘ MY COMPUTER ’ and look for the removable storage drive. (ex. REMOV ABLE ST ORAGE (e:)) (NOTE: the internal memory and the external memory will [...]

En 39 BASIC WINDOWS 98/2000/XP COPY AND P ASTE HELP All files and folders can be viewed and changed using Windows Explorer . (Do not confuse this with Internet explorer , a browser to view web pages). Windows Explorer can be accessed by using the right mouse button and clicking on the ST ART button located on the lower left of your windows desktop [...]