Creative 525D manual

User Manual[...]

1 Content Section 1 Getting to Kno w Your Camera ................................................. 3 Section 2 Getting Up and R unning .......................................................... 6 Section 3 Record Mode ............................................................................. 8 Section 4 Playback Mode ............................[...]

2 Reminders Disposal of Used Electric al & Electronic Equipm ent The m eaning of the symb ol on the pr oduct, its access ory or pack aging in dicates that this product sha ll not b e treate d as house hold wast e. Pleas e, dispos e of this e quipm ent at your applicab le co llectio n point f or the rec yclin g of electr ical & e lectro nic [...]

3 Section 1 Getting to Know Your Camera  Overview The cam era with 5 Megapixel CCD sens or can tak e DVD-Quality MPEG-4 m ovies. By wa y of using MP EG-4 tech nolog y, more vid eos can b e taken within c ertain am ount of m em ory. High qualit y images with up to 11 Me gapixel c an also be deliver ed sm oothly. W ith a color LCD monitor , users [...]

4  Front View  KeyPad illustration Lens Flash IR Receive r Self-Timer LED LCD Panel Microphone Power button T ele-Wide Button Movie Shutter Button A V In Direction Buttons REC/PLA Y Button Picture Shutter Button Enter Buttons USB 2.0 Port/Power A daptor Por t A V Out/ Earphone[...]

5  Side View Macro Switch LCD Panel Speake r Battery /SD Card Cover[...]

6 Section 2 Getting Up and Running  Loading the Bat tery Before us ing th e cam era, user m ust load NP60 rechargeable Li- ion battery . 1. Follo w the arrow d irection and slide to eject the battery / SD cover. 2. Insert th e batter ies acc ording to the correct pol arity m arks (+ or -) 3. Close the battery /SD Card Cover f irmly.  Charging[...]

7  Protecting Data on an SD Card SD card is re ad-onl y by loc k ing the SD c ard. No pictur es, m ovies a nd voic e can be recor ded when the SD car d is l ock ed. Make sur e the lock is on writeab le posi tion before r ecordin g an y media.  Turning the Camera O n and Getting S tart ed To turn on the cam era: (1) Flip out the LCD panel; the[...]

8 Section 3 Record Mode  Button Function Right Button : Flash AUT O/OFF Left Button : Self-T im er ON/O FF Up Button : Voice Rec ording Mode ON Down Button: LCD Inf orm ation ON/OFF Enter Button : Menu ON Power Button: Press do wn for one seco nd to tur n on or turn off the cam era. REC/PL A Y Button: Switch bet ween Rec ord Mode and Play back M[...]

9  LCD Mo nitor Informa tion The indic ator shows below m ay display on LCD w hen m ovies and pictures are recor ded ： (1) Record M ode Movie Record Mode Picture Recor d Mode Voice Record Mode Motion Stabilization Two in One Mode Photo Fr ame Night Mode Multi-Snap Mode Back light Mode (2) Resolution Movie: High / Standard/ Low Picture: High / [...]

10  MPEG4 M ovie Recording The c amera is tur ned on in m ovie recor d mode as default sett ing. You c an sta rt recor ding movie b y press ing the Mo vie Sh utter But ton ( ). W hen a m ovie is r ecord ing, a t ime indic ator will disp lay on LCD m onitor , it is only an approx im ate value, a nd is by no m eans absolute. To stop recor ding, pr[...]

11  T aking Close Up Pictur es The c amera has t wo clos e-up pict ure m odes to a llow you to tak e pictur es at c lose range. T he Macro Mod e ( ) shou ld be used for objec t locat ed at about 20 c m, while the Portrait Mode ( ) should be used f or objec t located fr om 90 c m to 200 cm . To tak e close- up pictures: 1. Rotate the lens ring to[...]

12  Main Men u Options Movi e Mode Picture Mode Voice Pen Exposure Effect Set  Resoluti on  Sharpness  W hite B alance  Stabilizatio n  Exit  Resolut ion  Two in One  Photo Fram e  Flash  Night Mode  Self-Timer  Sharpness  W hite B alance  Multi-snap  Back light  Date print ing  Exit  Enter ?[...]

13  Default Setting and V alidation The f ollowing table indicates the cam era’s default setting as well as its validation. 1. Alway s : The s etting is alway s valid. 2. One Tim e: The s etting is only valid either once or till cam era power off . Validation Default Factory Setting Resolution Alway s High for Movie Standard for Picture Sharpn[...]

14  Mov ie Mode Submenu Setting The m ain menu i ncludes cam era s etting and ot her ad vance d settin g. You c an us e Right/ Left Buttons to m ove between options and press Enter Button to validate the setting.  Movie Resoluti on To c hange Movie Resolution: 1. In Movie/Picture Recor d Mode, press Enter Button to switch to the m ain menu s [...]

15  White Ba lance The c amera adj usts th e color b alance of im ages auto m atically. T hree m anual w hite ba lance settings are available: 1. Auto (Def ault) : The cam er a automatic ally adjusts white balance. 2. Day light: Under outdoors 3. Fluorescent: Under fluoresc ent light condition. 4. T ungsten: Under tungsten light c ondition. T o [...]

16  Motion S tab ilization To enable Motion Stabilization: 1. In Movie/Picture Recor d Mode, press Enter Button to switch to the m ain menu s creen. Submenu of Movie Mode will pop out on the screen. 2. Use Up/Down Buttons to select Motion Stabilization then press Enter Button to switch to Motion Stabilization submenu. 3. Use Up/Down Buttons to c[...]

17  Camera Mode Se tting  Picture Resolut ion To c hange Picture Resolution: 1. In Movie/Picture Recor d Mode, press Enter Button to switch to the m ain menu s creen. 2. Use Right/Left Buttons to select Cam era Mode. Subm enu of Cam era Mode will pop out on the screen. 3. Use Up/Down Buttons to select Res olution then press Enter Button to sw[...]

18 Display Screen Two in One Option  Photo Frame (P icture Record Mode Only) Y our cam era features popular electronic photo fram e. Y ou can take your picture with preferred electronic photo f ram e. T o enable Photo Fram e: 1. W hen in Camera Mode, us e Up/Down Buttons to select Photo Fr ame option, then pr ess Enter Button to switch to Photo [...]

19  Flash (Picture Record Mode O nly) This cam era has two flash s ettings. Flash setting c an be changed by either the hot key (Right Button) or through the O ption Setting. • A u to-flash( ) ： the flash fir es autom atical ly accor ding to the ligh t condi tion. Use this m ode for gener al photography . • Flash On ( ): the flash will fir[...]

20  Night Mode (Picture Record M ode Only) Use Night Mod e for night s cenes or low lig ht condit ions . A longer exp osure c aptures more detail of back ground s ubjects. Display Screen Night Mode Option Note To avoid b lurry pictur es, pl ace the camer a on a flat, steady surface , or use a tripod.  Self-Timer (Picture Record M ode Only) Th[...]

21  Sharpness Your can soften or sharpen im ages to achieve dif fer ent effec ts. T o change Sharpness setting: 1. In Movie/Picture Recor d Mode, press Enter Button to switch to the m ain menu s creen. 2. Use Up/Down B uttons to selec t Sharpnes s then pre ss Enter Buttons to switch t o Sharpness subm enu. 3. Use Up/Down Buttons to m ove between[...]

22  Mu lti-Snap (Picture Record Mode On ly) W ith the camer a set to Multi-Snap Mode, you can take f ive continuous pictures . Multi-Snap Mu lti-Snap Option  Backlight (Picture Record Mode O nly) W ith the camer a set to back light Mo de, you can t ake s hots when bright light is behind the subject. Backlight Backlight Option  Date Printin[...]

23  V oice M ode To enable voic e recording: 1. In Movie/Picture Recor d Mode, press Enter Button to switch to the m ain menu s creen. 2. Use Right/ Left Butt on to m ove to Voice Op tion. T hen Voice S ubm enu will po p out on the screen. 3. Use Up/Down Button to move between Enter and Ex it Option. 4. Choose Enter opt ion to enab le voic e rec[...]

24  Effect Setting There ar e four m odes which ar e Norm al, Black /W hite, Classic and Negative. To c hange Effec t setting: 1. In Movie/Picture Recor d Mode, press Enter Button to switch to the m ain menu s creen. 2. Use Right/Left Button to m ove to Ef fect O ption. Then Ef fect Subm enu will pop out on the screen. 3. Use Up/Down Button to m[...]

25  Sound Setting Enable or disable KeyPad tone and operation sound by using Up/Down Button, then press Enter Button to validate the setting. Submenu Display Screen Sound Setting Sound  St art-up Screen Custom ize the Start-Up Screen with y our f avorite pictures. Pr ess Right/Lef t Button to select the picture you want and press Enter Button[...]

26  Time Setting  Move between Date, Tim e and Exit by using Left/Right Buttons.  Adjust date and tim e by using Up/Down Buttons, then select SET to validate each change.  Select EXIT to leave Tim e Setting without any change. Submenu Display Screen Time Setting Time Setting  Format Card Submenu Display Screen Format Card Options For[...]

27  Selecting Interface Language Submenu Display Screen Language Option Language  Europe V ersion English, German, French, It alian, Sp anish and Portuguese  Pan-Asian V ersion English, Simplified Chinese, T raditional Chinese, T urkish, A rabic, Korean  Default Setting T o restor e the default f actory setting, select this option. Subm[...]

28 Section 4 Play back M ode Press REC/PLAY Button to switch f rom Record Mode to Playback Mode. The Pl ayback Mode is for viewing and m anaging m ovies and pictures as well a s liste ning to voice and m usic f rom the built-in m emor y or the optional m em ory card. Operation Di splay Screen Press R EC/PLAY Bu tton to swi tch from Reco rd Mod e to[...]

29  LCD Mo nitor Informa tion Indicators on the LCD s creen while in Playback Mode ： (1) Mode Indicator Movie Play back Mode Picture Playback Mode Voice Playback Mode Music Playback Mode (2) Resolution Indicator Movie : High / S tandard/ Low Picture: High / S tandard/ Low (3) Indicate the s elected m ovie/picture is lock ed. Indicate the singl[...]

30  Mov ie Playback Operation Displ ay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the Movie option. 2. Press Enter Button for m ovie playback. 3. Use Right/Left Buttons to go to the next or last m ovie. 4. Press Movie Shutter Button to play and press it again to pause. 5. Press Enter Button to go to the Movie Option Menu. 6. Use Direction Buttons[...]

31  Delete Movie s Operation Di splay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the Delete option ( ). 2. Press Enter Button to go to the Delete menu. 3. Use Right/Left Buttons to select the m ovie. 4. Use Up But ton to d elete all m ovies and Do wn Bu tton to delete single m ovie. 5. Bef ore a m ovie is d eleted, a conf irm ation scre en wi ll [...]

32  Thumbnail Function Operation Di splay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the T hum bnail option ( ). 2. Pres s Enter Button to v iew nin e thum bnail m ovies at the sam e time. 3. To play a movie, use Dir ection Buttons to selec t the mo vie and press Enter Button to view.  Lock Movies Single or all m ovies can be loc ked. T his f [...]

33  Repeat Movies This function autom atically repeats playing single movie or all m ovies in order. Operation Displ ay Screen 1. Use Dir ection Buttons to s elect the Repeat O ne opt ion ( ) or Repeat All option ( ). 2. Press Enter Button to start repeating.  Picture Playback Operation Displ ay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the P[...]

34  Delete Picture Operation Di splay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the Delete option ( ). 2. Press Enter Button to go to the Delete menu. 3. Use Right/Left Buttons to select the pictur e. 4. Use Up Button to delete all pictures and Down Button to delete single picture. 5. Before a pic ture is deleted, a c onfirm ation sc reen will a[...]

35  Thumbnail Function Operation Di splay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the T hum bnail option ( ). 2. Press Enter Button to view up to nine thumbnail pictur es at the sam e time. 3. To v iew a pic ture, us e Dir ection B uttons to select the picture. 4. Press Enter Button to view the selected picture.  Lock Pictures Single or all[...]

36  V iew Slide Sh ow This function autom atically repeats all pictur es in order. Operation Displ ay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the Slide option ( ). 2. Press Enter Button to start the slide s how; Press it again to stop.[...]

37  V oice Playback During V oice Playback, the Dir ection Buttons have the f ollowing functions: Right/ Left Button ： Select the next or pr evious voice rec ording. Up/Down Button ： A djust the vo ice pla yback volum e. Enter Button ： Sw itch to voice option m enu. Operation Displ ay Screen 1. Use Direction Buttons to select the Voic e op[...]

38 8. Press Do wn Butto n once to r epeat s ingle vo ice; Press twice to r epeat all voice rec ording. 9. Press it again to dis able the repeat func tion. 10. Repeat icons are dif fer ent for R epeat On e opt ion and Repeat All option. 11. To del ete a voice r ecor ding, use R ight/Lef t Buttons to select the voice. 12.Use Up B utton to delete al l[...]

39 Section 5 Listening to MP3 Music  Transfer MP3 M usic to the camera 1. Install the cam era dr iver on y our com puter. 2. Connect your camera to the c omputer USB port. 3. The Red LED will light up when the cam era is connec ted to the com puter and in Mass Storage Mode. 4. Trans fer MP3 m usic to My Com puterRem ovable DiskMP3. 5. Once all[...]

40 6. Press Enter Button to go to repeat m enu. 7. Press Down Button once to r epeat current MP3 ( ). 8. Press Down Button twice to repeat all MP3 ( ). 9. Press Enter Button to exit. If MP3 mode is set to "REPEA T ALL" and it is sw itched to another mode such as "REPEA T ONE" or "NORM AL", that mode w ill not be stored[...]

41 Section 6 View ing MPEG4 Mov ie on PC  MPEG4 Mov ie MPEG4, the m ultim edia form at and com press ion standard, is a cutting- edge c om pression technolog y develo ped by MP EG (Motion P icture Expert Gr oup). It not on ly enhances th e image quality but also im proves the ef ficiency of rec ording capacity. MPEG4 is adopted in this cam era t[...]

42 Section 7 View ing Pictures and Movies on a TV You can view stored m ovies and pictures on a television. To c onnect to a television: 1. Connect one end of the AV c able to y our cam era’s AV Out port. 2. Connect the other end of the cable to a television. 3. The option m enu of Ear phone/TV pops out on the LCD Sc reen. 4. Choose T V option an[...]

43 Section 8 Record movie clip from A V device Your camer a features a newly -designed AV recor der func tion that can recor d movie, T V program or T V news from any AV device such as a T V. To rec ord a m ovie, TV pr ogram or TV news f rom video device: 1. Connect AV in cable between video device and c amer a’s AV-In Port. 2. Turn on the c am e[...]

44 Section 9 Video File Conv erter Bundled software CD contains Ul ead VideoStudio that features video f ile converter to convert multiple video f orm ats into MPEG 4 Xvid com patible for mat with your camer a. In this way , y ou can convert any form at of video f iles and playback your favorite m ovies on your cam era. To c onvert a video file: (1[...]

45 (5) Clic k “ Add” to add the video file you want to convert. (6) Selec t “Save as type” to choose output video for mat and c lick “Convert” to s tart file converting.[...]

46 (7) T ask Report window w ill pop out after the task is com pleted.[...]

47 (8) Bef ore trans ferring the c onverted file to your cam era, renam e the converted f ile to “ MOVI0001.avi”. ( Please note: if MOVI0001.avi ex ists in the c amer a, then the converted f ile has to be renam ed to MOVI0002.avi) (9) Connect your cam era to PC and transf er the converted video to “ My Computer Removable Dis kDCIM100Movie?[...]

48 Section 10 Burning the Recorded Clip into DVD Bundled software CD c ontains Ulead VideoStudio 8.0 SE DVD, it has a featur e to burn the movie c lip into DVD. You can preserve your precious m ovies on DVD to s hare with fam ily and friends . To cr eate a DVD: (1) Select “Share” Option and click ” Create Dis c”[...]

49 (2) “Create Disc ” window pops out and click “Add Video” to add video file you want to burn into DVD. Then c lick “ Next” button and f ollow on-screen ins truction.[...]

50 (3) Click “Outpu t” icon ( ) and start to burn DVD.[...]

51 Section 11 Transferring Data to a Computer  Installing the Digital Cam era Driver Before c onnectin g this c amera to a com puter f or the firs t tim e, you shou ld insta ll a dr iver on the com puter. T he driver is on the CD-RO M disc provided in the pac kage. T o install the dr iver: 1. Insert th e CD-RO M into th e com puter’s CD-RO M d[...]

52  Installing Bundled Sof tware The CD-RO M supplied with this cam era contains five pieces of sof tware.  Ulead VideoStudio 8.0 S E DVD is a user-f riendly application that helps y ou read, edit and organize images .  Ulead Ph oto Express 5.0 allows you to edit movies and is equally easy to use.  Acrobat Reader is a popular pr ogram t[...]

53  Getti ng Started With Phot o Express 5.0  Click Start  Select Pr ogram s  Photo Expres s 5.0  Photo Express 5.0 m ain screen will appear on your deskt op. View ing Im ages stored in the Camera through Phot o Express 5.0 T o view images stored in the c amer a, y ou m ust switch to Mass S tor age Device Mode. 1. Select the im age y[...]

54 Capturing Camera Images t hrough Photo Express 5.0 Before c apturing a picture o r vid eo from the cam era to the Phot o Expres s 5.0 m ain sc reen, you mus t switch to W ebCam Mode. Pres s REC/PLA Y Button to Sw itch to W ebCam Mode. Under this m ode, y ou can captur e videos or pictur es through Photo Expr ess 5.0: * Click the [Get Photo ] but[...]

55  Get ting Started Wi th Video Studi o 8.0  Click Start  Select Pr ogram s  Video Studio 8.0  The Video Studio m ain Scr een will appear on y our desk top.[...]

56 View ing Im ages stored in the Camera through Vi deo Studio 8.0 T o view images stored in the c amer a, y ou m ust switch to Mass S tor age Device Mode. 1. Click the folder on the right hand s ide of the scr een. 2. Select the im age stored in the c amer a and press O pen button to view . Folder[...]

57 Capturing Video t hrough Video Studio 8. 0 Press REC/PLA Y Button to switch to W ebCam Mode. Under this m ode, you can view camera video through Video Studio: To c apture a video/picture f rom the cam era: * Click the Capture item. * Click the [Capture Video ] button. * Click the [Capture Im age ] button.[...]

58 Section 12 Troubleshooting Division Symptom Cause Solution The battery power is flat. Recharge the battery pack, or replace with a new battery p ack. No power . The batter y pack has not been insert ed corre ctly . Reinsert the batt ery pack , mak ing sure to orient it correctly . The c amer a turns off by itself. Turn off autom atically if no o[...]

59 Section 13 Specifications and Sy stem Requirements  S pecif ication Image Sens or 5 Megapixel CCD Sensor Operation Modes Movie Record 、 Picture R ecord 、 Vo i c e R e c o r d 、 MP3 Player 、 W ebCam 、 Mass Storage D evice Lens F2.8/F5.6. f = 7.0m m Focus Range 200cm ~infinite (Nor mal Mode) 90cm ~ 200cm (Portrait Mode) Center: 20 cm [...]

60 Dimens ion 1 0 8mm× 69mm× 31 mm W eight 154 g （ without battery ） Operating T em peratur e -10 〬 C~ 50 〬 C (14 〬 F~ 122 〬 F) Humidity Up to 90%RH  System Requirement W indows 98SE/2000/ME/XP Pentium ○ R II processor with MMX TM , Celeron TM or AMD Athlon ○ R process or or better 128MB or higher CD ROM 500MB free HDD s pace A[...]