DXG DXG-565V manual

DXG-565V User’s Manual DXG USA[...]

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i Table of Contents Pr eface ............................................................................. vi About this manual ............................................................ vi Copyright .......................................................................... vi Pr ecautions .........................................................[...]

ii 2.5.1 Setting the date and time ........................ 14 2.5.2 Setting the lan guage ................................ 15 2.6 Shoot/Playback video ........................................... 16 2.6.1 Shooting a video clip ............................... 16 2.6.2 Playing the video clip .............................. 17 2.7 T aking/v iewing pict[...]

iii 3.3.1 Photo Playback mode icons .................... 32 3.3.2 Thum bnail mode ...................................... 33 3.4 Movie Playba ck mode ........................................... 34 3.4.1 Movie Playback mode icons ................... 34 3.5 MP3 mode ............................................................. 35 3.5.1 MP3 mode icons [...]

iv 4.3 Pictur e menu ........................................................ 48 4.3.1 Size ............................................................. 48 4.3.2 Image quality ............................................ 49 4.3.3 White balance ........................................... 50 4.3.4 Exposu re adjustment (EV) ...................... 51 [...]

v 4.7.7 TV system ................................................. 68 4.7.8 Auto power off ......................................... 69 4.7.9 Frequency ................................................. 70 5 Using the Rapid Blog Manager ............... 71 5.1 Launching Rapid Blog Manager ......................... 71 5.2 Uploading the video files ..[...]

vi Preface Congratu lations on your purchase of this advanced video camera. Ensure that you read this manual carefully and keep it in a safe place for future ref erence. About this manual Every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this manual are correct and up to date. However, no guarant ee is made regarding th e accuracy of the co[...]

vi i Precautions General precauti ons • Do not us e or store the produ ct in dusty, d irty, or sand y areas, as its compo nent s may be da maged. • Do not s tore the product i n a hot environme nt. Hi gh temperatures can short en the life of electronic devices, damage batteries and warp or melt cert ai n plastics. • Do not store th e product [...]

viii • Before using the camera t o record images, make sure you first record a number of test images and check the results to ensure that the cam era is configured correctly and operating properly (refer to 2 Getti ng sta rted ). Notes on the LCD Screen If the LCD display becomes damaged, please follow these instructions: • If the fluid makes c[...]

ix Power supply • Use onl y the typ e of ba ttery tha t ca me with your camer a. Using any other type of batte ry may damage the equipment and invalidate the warrant y. • When using batteries in th is pr oduct, ensure that they are inserted correctly. Insert ing the batteries incorrectly can cause damage to the produc t and possibly start a fir[...]

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1 1 Introducing the camera Read thi s sectio n to lea rn about the features and functions of the video camera. This chapter also covers syst em requirements, package contents, and de scriptions of the ha rdwar e compone nts. 1.1 System requirements The video camera requires a PC with the following specifications: • W indows® V ista (32 bit) , XP[...]

1.3 Unpacking the video camera The following it e ms should be presen t in the package. If a ny item is missing or appea rs damaged , conta ct your dea ler imme diately. Use r m anual Vid eo camera CD-ROM (Driv er and app lic atio n sof twar e) USB cab le TV o u t ca b le 4x AAA a lkali ne b a tte r i es Audio c able Ear pho nes Pou c h Wrist stra [...]

1.4 About the camera Refer to the following illustrat ions to familiarize yourself with the butto ns and co ntrols o f this vide o came ra. 1.4. 1 Front view USB an d TV out c onnec t or Len s Audi o Out Flash S e lf- tim e r LE D 1.4. 2 Top view Speaker 3[...]

1.4. 3 Bottom vi ew SD / M M C card com partm ent cover 1.4. 4 Right vi ew Microphone LCD scr een co ver 4[...]

1.4. 5 Left View Mode dial Batter y comp artmen t cover Mac ro switch 1.4. 6 Back View Di sp l ay / Hel p b u tto n D ire c tio n a l p a d Pow er sw it ch M enu but ton Shutt er but t on Pl ayba ck but to n S c ro ll w h e e l Po w er LED 5[...]

1.4. 7 Adjustin g the LCD display Flip and twist the LCD screen as show n while capturing a still image or recording a video clip. 6[...]

See the table below for a description of each button’s function. Button Name Function Power switch Slide the power switch down to turn power on/off. Menu butto n Press to displa y main OSD menus. Mode dial Use to t oggle Movie, Photo , MP3, Voice, and SET modes. Directional pad z In Movie mode, press down to select image quality, press right to s[...]

Shutter butto n z In Movie/ Voice mode, press to begin or stop recordin g. z In Phot o mo de, press to ta ke a photo. z In MP3 mode, press to pla y or stop a highlighted file. z In Movie / Vo ice Playback mode, press to sta rt or stop playback. z In Phot o Playba ck mode, pre ss to switch to thumbnail view. Macro switch Move the switch to the posit[...]

9 once to select repeat mode. Press once for Repeat One (only t he selected file is repeated) and twice for Repeat All (all files are repeated). z In MP3 / Movi e Playback / Voice Playback mode, pr ess inwards to pause playback. z In Movie Playback / Voice Playback mode, press u p/down to adjust pla yback volume . z In Phot o Playb ack mode, pres s[...]

2 Getting started Read this section to learn h ow to start usin g the video camera. This section cover s basic func tions suc h as switching o n, inserting the battery and memory cards, and co nfiguring preliminary sett ings. See later chapters for advanced funct ions. 2.1 Inserting an SD card (SD Card sold separately) An SD card can be installed i[...]

3. Close the SD card compartment cover. 11[...]

2.2 Inserting the batteries This video camera is desig ned to use four(4) AAA batteries. Only use the battery supplied or similar battery recom mended by the manufacturer or your dealer. Note : Install the batt eries exactly as described here. Ensure that the polarity of th e batteries is correct . Installing the batteries incorrect ly could cause [...]

2.3 Turning on for the first time Slide the power switch to turn th e video camera on/off. 2.4 Changing modes The video camera can operate in five modes, Movie , Pho to , MP3 , Voice, and SET . Move the mode dial to toggle di fferent modes. 13[...]

2.5 Before you start Before you start using the vi deo camera , some basi c settings suc h as date and time and languages need to be configured. 2.5. 1 Setting t he date and time 1. Turn on the vide o camera, and m ove the mo de dial to SET . Move the scroll wheel up/ do wn to highlight Date/ Time . Press the scroll wheel inwards to confir m. 2. Pr[...]

2.5. 2 Setting the language 1. Turn on the vide o camera, and m ove the mo de dial to SET . Move the scroll wheel up/ do wn to highlight Language . Press the scroll wheel in wards to con firm. 2. Use the scroll wheel to select the desired lan guage. After the language is selected, press the scroll wheel inwards to confirm. 15[...]

2.6 Shoot/Playback video 2.6. 1 Shooting a video clip 1. Turn on the video camera and switch to Mo vie mo de. Movie mode 2. Use th e LCD screen t o frame the video. 3. Press the shu tter bu tton to start recordi ng. 4. Press t he shutter butto n agai n to sto p recor ding. 5. The video clip is automatically saved with a unique file name. Notes : Th[...]

2.6. 2 Playing the video c lip 1. In Movie mode, press the Playba ck button and the most recent file displays on the LCD sc reen. Playback m ode Movie mode indicator 2. Mo ve t he d ire ctio nal pad left a nd right to scroll through the video clips. Press the shutter button to playback the video clip. 3. To pause while playing back the video clip, [...]

2.7 Taking/vie wing pictures 2.7. 1 Taking a s till picture 1. Turn on the camera and switch to Photo mode. Photo mode 2. Use th e LCD screen t o frame the picture. 3. Press t he shutte r butto n to ca pture the imag e. 4. The picture is autom atically saved with a uni que file name. 18[...]

2.7. 2 Viewing im ages 1. In Pho to mode, press the Play back button and the most recent image displays on the LCD screen. Playback m ode 2. Press the directional pad left and right to scroll through the images. 3. Press the scroll wheel inwards to scale the image. Use the directional pad to move the zoomed im age up and down, left an d right. 4. P[...]

2.8 Playing music files 1. Turn on the video camera and switch to MP3 mod e. 2. Mo ve t he d ire ctio nal pad left a nd right to select the music file to playback. 3. Press the shu tter bu tton to start playing . 4. Press the scr oll wheel inwards to rep ea t the sele cte d mus ic file. Press the sc roll wheel inwards a secon d time to repe at all [...]

21 Note: When adding music files to the camera memory or memory card, you need to create a folder called MP3 and save the music files in it.[...]

2.9 Voice recording 2.9. 1 To make a voice re cordi ng 1. Turn on the video camera and switch to Voice mode . 2. Press the shu tter bu tton to start recordi ng. 3. Press the shutter b utton agai n to stop. 4. The voice file will automatically be saved with a unique file name. 22[...]

2.9. 2 To playb ack a v oice fil e 1. In Voice mode, press the Playba ck button and th e most recent file is displayed on the LCD screen. 2. Mo ve t he d ire ctio nal pad left a nd right to select the voice file you want to play. Press the shutter button to playback the voice file. 3. When playing a voice file, use the scroll wheel to adjust the vo[...]

2.10 Connecting to a computer Read this section to learn h ow to transfer files t o a PC or use the camera as a PC web-camera for conferen ces. Connect the video camera to a computer with th e USB cable provided. 24[...]

2.11 Connecting to a TV Connect the video camera to a TV as shown with the AV cables provided. 2.12 Connecting earphones Connec t the e arphone s to the vide o camer a as sho wn. 25[...]

3 Using the camera Read this section to learn how to use the camera. 3.1 Movie mode Use Movie mode to capture video clips and store them in intern al memory or on an SD card. 3.1. 1 Movie mode icons Use the following picture to familiarize yourself with the Mov ie mode icons and symbols. See the table below for a description of each icon and symbol[...]

5 Battery indicato r 6 Macro indicator 7 Video mode indi cator 8 Image size indicat or 9 Image quality indicator 10 Zoom indicator 2 7[...]

3.1. 2 Quick access menu You can a lso ma ke adju stments to the current settings b y pressi ng the directional pad or the scroll wheel inwards. In Movie mode, use the directional pad to display the quick access menu, where you can adjust image si ze, image quality, color effects, and white balance settin gs. Press the scroll wheel inwards to displ[...]

3.2 Photo mode Use Pho to mode to capture st ill pictures and store them in t he internal memor y or on an S D card. 3.2. 1 Photo mode icons Use the following picture to familiarize yourself with the Ph oto mode icons and symbols. See the table below for a description of each icon and symbol. 1 Memory stat us indicator : indicates that an SD card i[...]

6 EV compensatio n indicator 7 Battery indicato r 8 White balanc e i ndicator 9 Self-timer indicator 10 Macro indicator 11 Photo mode indicator 12 File size indicator 13 Image quality indicator 14 Zoom indicator .2. 2 Using the m acro functi on e lens. In m acro mode, button on the side of the 3 This funct ion can captur e subjects close t o th sub[...]

31 ubject. e curre nt setting by pre ssing to display the quick access Move the scroll wheel down to move away from a s The zoom ratio is displayed on the screen. 3.2. 4 Quick access menu You can also make a djustments of th the directional pad or scroll wheel. In Phot o mode, use the directional pad menu, where you can adjust image size, self-ti m[...]

3.3 Photo Playback mode Use Pho to Playba ck mode to review all the image files stored in the video camera. 32 3.3. 1 Photo Playback mode ic ons Refer to the following picture to familiarize yourself with the Photo Playback mode i cons and symbol s. See the table below for a description of each icon and symbol. 1 Displays the number of current imag[...]

3.3. 2 Thumbnail mode 33 nails. sure it is in Playback plays on the screen. Press the Shutter bu tton t o view four thumbnail im ages on the LCD screen. When in Photo Playback m ode, press th e Shu tter butto n to show image as thumb 1. Turn on the video camera and make mode. 2. The most recent image dis 3. Use t d Shutter b in full screen mode. 4.[...]

34 ode g picture to familiarize yourself with th e 3.4 Movie Playback m Use Movie Playback mode to review all the movie files stored in the video camera. 3.4. 1 Movie Pl ayback mode ico ns Refer to the followin Movie Playba ck mode icons a nd symbols. See the table below for a description of each icon and symbol. Displays the number of current vide[...]

3.5 MP3 mode 35 e ra thro ugh ea rphone s or inte rnal spe akers. The video camera has a built-in MP3 music player. MP3 files can b played o n the ca me 3.5. 1 MP3 mode icons Refer to the following picture to familiarize yourself with the MP3 mode icons and symbols. See the table below for a description of each icon an sy mbol. 1 d Displays the num[...]

Repeat mode indicator 7 : indicates that one file will be repeated : indicates that all files will be repeated Memory stat us indicator : indicates that an SD card is inse rted 8 : indica tes tha t the SD card is used : indicates SD card is not inserted 3 6[...]

3.6 Voice mod Use Voice mode to record memory or on an SD car 3.6. 1 Voice mo Refer to the following pic oice mode icons an symbols. e a voice file and store it in internal d. de icons ture to familiarize yourself with the V d See the table below for a description of each icon and symbol. 1 Displays number of voice files recorded 2 Displays recordi[...]

38 ck mode red in de icon s 3.7 Voice Playba Use Vo ice Playback mode to play all the voice recordings sto the video camera. 3.7. 1 Voice P layback mo Refer to the following picture to familiarize yourself with the Photo Playback mode i cons and symbol s. See the table below for a descripti of each icon a symbol. on nd 1 Displays the number of curr[...]

3.8 USB mode 39 ter or PC, refer to “ Installin g so ftware an d uter or printer using You can use USB mode to co nnect to a pri nter or a host P C. Befor e connect ing to a prin drivers ” on page 76 . When the video camera is connected to a comp the USB cable, the following menu displays. Use the joystick to highlight a n option and press the [...]

40 menus 4 Using the Read this section to learn how to configure the camera settings and use the advanced features. 4.1 Movie menu When in Movie mode, press t he MENU butto n to sho w the Mo vie Optio ns menu. 4.1. 1. Video s ize Use this option to set the size of the captured video clips. Larger video si zes co ntain mo re de tail a nd ther efore [...]

4.1. 2. Video quality There are two different levels of video quality setting. Higher quality video nee ds mor e memo ry stor age spac e. 41 amera on and ensure it i s in Movie ht the Qua lity option. Press the scroll wheel spla y the subme nu. 1. Turn the video c mode. 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll wheel to highlig inwards to di 3. U[...]

4.1. 3. White balance 42 video camera e video camera on and ensure it is in Mov ie n. Press the scroll , S unny , Clou dy , T ungsten , or Fl uorescent . Press the scroll wheel inwards to confi rm. Use this option to correct color difference for different lightin g conditions. When white balance is set to Auto , the automatically compensates for di[...]

43 tment (EV ) ips. ng a e video camera on and ensure it is in Mov ie e scroll o - 2EV . Press the scro ll wheel inwards to confirm. 4.1. 4. Exposure adjus Use this setting to change the exposure for pictures and video cl Usually, this value is set to zero. Increase the value to light up a subject with strong back lighting, or decrease the value if[...]

4.1. 5. Color effect 44 eel to di splay the subme nu. The camera can capture standard color , black and white , or sepia tone to give an old-fashioned look. 1. Turn the video camera on and ensure it is in Movie mo de 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll wheel to highlig ht the Color Effects option. Press the scroll wh inwards 3. Use the scro[...]

4.1. 6. Stabilizer 45 era a utomati cally de tects and 3. Use the scroll wheel to select On or Off . Press the scroll wheel inwards to confirm. Use this fun ction to turn the vide o stabilizer function on or off. With t his functio n turne d on, t he cam corr ects minor moveme nts of t he hand to red uce bl urriness i n a video recording. 1. Turn t[...]

46 yback menu All e video camera on and ensure it is in Movie mode. e Delete All option . t OK or Cancel . Press the scroll wheel inward s to co nfirm. 4.2 Movie pla Use the playback menu to manage th e files stored in the internal memory or on th e SD card. 4.2. 1 Delete Use this function to delete files. 1. Turn th Press the Playb ack but ton and[...]

4.2. 2 Unlock All Use this fun ction to unlock files that are prot ected to prevent accidental deletion. 47 camera on and ensure it is in Movie mode. ton and then press the MENU . he submenu. 1. Turn the video Press the Playb ack but butto n to displ ay Movie Playback menu. 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh t the Unlo ck All opt ion Press the scr[...]

4.3 Picture menu In Phot o mode, press the MEN U butto n to s how t he Ca mera Optio ns menu. 48 s rd s 3. Use the scroll wheel to select 1M , 3M , 5M , or 12M . P ress the scroll wheel inwards to confir m. 4.3. 1 Size Use this option to set the size of the captured image. Larger image contain more detail and therefore use more memory space. 1. Tur[...]

49 ality of the captured image. Higher e video camera on and ensure it is in Photo mode. ress 4.3. 2 Image qu ality Use this option to set the qu quality images contain more details and therefore use more memory space. 1. Turn th 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll button to highlig ht the Qua lity option. Press the scroll button inwards to[...]

4.3. 3 White balance 50 e video camera on and ensure it is in Photo mode. , Sunny , Cloudy , Use this option to correct color difference due to lighting conditions. 1. Turn th 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll button to highlig ht the White Balance option. Press the scroll butto n inwards to display the submenu. 3. Use the scroll wheel to[...]

51 tment (EV ) ly, this crease the value to light up a subject wi th ode. l wheel to ll wheel to adjust EV value. The range is from +2EV to -2 EV . Press the scroll wheel inwards to confirm . 4.3. 4 Exposure adjus Use this setting to change the exposure for pictures. Usual value is set to zero. In strong back lighting, or decrease the value if taki[...]

4.3. 5 Color effects 52 lor amera on and ensure it i s in Photo mode . heel , or Sepia . Press The camera can capture standard color images, black an d white images, or sepia tone to give an old-fashioned look. When the co effect fu nctio n is set to Off , it is set to color mode. 1. Turn the video c 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll whee[...]

4.3. 6 Self-timer 53 ng This function allows you to capture an image of yourself by addi a 10 second delay between when the Shutter butto n is presse d and when the picture is actually taken. 1. Turn the video camera on and ensure it is in Photo mode . 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll wheel to highlig ht the Sel f-timer option. Press th [...]

54 and ensure it is in Photo mode. eel ther to show the date 4.3. 7 Date stamp Use this option to turn on/of f the date stamp when a photo is taken. 1. Turn the video camera on 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll wheel to highlig ht the Date Stamp option. Press the scroll wh inwards to di spla y the sub menu. 3. Use the scroll wheel to sele[...]

55 k menu ode. l to select OK or Cancel . Press the scroll wheel inward s to co nfirm. 4.4 Photo playbac 4.4. 1 Delete all Use this function to delete files. 1. Turn the video camera on and ensure it is in Photo m Press the Playb ack butt on and then press the MEN U butto n to displ ay the Phot o Playback menu . 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh [...]

4.4. 2 Unlock al l 56 ck all protected files. on and ensure it is in Photo mode . opt ion . Use this function t o unlo 1. Turn the video camera Press the Playb ack butt on and then press the MEN U butto n to displ ay the Phot o Playback menu . 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh t the Unlo ck All Press the scroll wheel inwards to display the submen[...]

4.4. 3 Slide s how 57 ich displays each de. MENU l 3. Use the scroll wheel to select Start or Cancel and p ress the scroll wheel inwards to confir m. The camera includes a slide show function, wh image in turn with a regular int erval between pictures. 1. Turn the video camera on and ensure it is in Photo mo Press the Playb ack butt on and then pre[...]

4.4. 4 DPOF 58 l Use the DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) fun ction to tag pictures stored in the memory card with print inform ation. You can tag al pictures to be printed or select individual pictures. 1. Turn the video camera on and ensure it is in Photo mode . Press the Playb ack butt on and then press the MEN U butto n to displ ay the Phot o [...]

A L L : select to print all photos RESET : select to reset setting CAN CEL : select to cancel all Note : A memory card is req uired for DPOF funct ion. 59[...]

60 4.5 MP3 menu In MP3 mode, press the MENU b utton to show the MP3 O ption s menu. 4.5. 1 Delete all Use this function to delete files. it is in MP3 mode. ENU roll wheel to highlig ht the Del ete all option. Press the scroll wheel 3. Use the scroll wheel to select OK or Cancel . Press the scroll wheel inward s to co nfirm. 1. Turn the video camera[...]

4.5. 2 Unlock al l 61 Turn the video camera on and ensure it is in MP3 mode. button and use the scroll wheel to ll option. Press the scroll wheel Use this function t o unlock all protected files. 1. 2. Press the MENU highlig ht the Unlock a inwards to di spla y the sub menu. 3. Use the scroll wheel to select OK or Cancel . Press the scroll wheel in[...]

62 ck Menu ode. ck menu. ess the scroll wheel inwards to di spla y the sub menu. 3. Use the scroll wheel to select OK or Cancel . Press the scroll wheel inward s to co nfirm. 4.6 Voice Playba 4.6. 1 Delete all Use this function to delete files. 1. Turn the video camera on and ensure it is in Voice m Press the Playb ack butt on and then press the ME[...]

4.6. 2 Unlock al l 63 ck all protected files. on and ensure it is in Voice mode. l r Cancel . Press the Use this function t o unlo 1. Turn the video camera Press the Playb ack butt on and then press the MEN U butto n to displ ay the Voice Playback me nu. 2. Press the MENU button and use the scroll wheel to highlig ht the Unlock all option. Press th[...]

64 neous camera ch to SET mode. s y the subm enu. 3. Use the scroll wheel to select ON or OFF and press th e scroll wheel inward s to co nfirm. 4.7 System menu The system menu is use d to configure miscella function s. 4.7. 1 Date/time See section 2.6. 1 “S etting the date and time” . 4.7. 2 Beep 1. Turn on the video camera and swit 2. Use the [...]

65 mat delete everything on the media. deo camera and switch to SET mode. Format option. Press ll wheel inwards to display th e submenu . ress 4.7. 3 Format Use this function t o format the current storage media. This for action will 1. Turn on the vi 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh t the the scro 3. Use the scroll wheel to select OK or CANC EL[...]

4.7. 4 Default 66 itch to SET mode . press Use this option to reset all settin gs to the default sett ings. 1. Turn on the video camera and sw 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh t the Default option. Press the scroll wheel inwards to display the submenu. 3. Use the scroll wheel to select OK or CANC EL ., and the scroll wheel inwards to confir m.[...]

67 status f video 3. The number of files saved and the free memory space are displayed on the screen. Press the scroll wheel inwards again to exit. 4.7. 5 Memory This function displays the memory statu s and the numbe r o clips, photos, music and voice f iles saved in the video camera. 1. Turn on the video camera and switch to SET mode . 2. Use the[...]

4.7. 7 TV system Use the TV option to set the TV system for the area. 1. Turn on the video camera and switch to SET mode . 68 on . . the l inwards to confirm. 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh t the TV Sy stem opt i Press the scroll wheel inwards to display the submenu 3. Use the scroll wheel to select NTSC or PAL , and press scroll whee[...]

69 off lly after a 3. Use the scroll wheel to select Off , 2 mi nutes , or 5 minutes. Press the scroll wheel inwards to confirm. 4.7. 8 Auto power Use this function t o switch the camera off automatica period of inact ivi ty f or power saving. 1. Turn on the video camera and switch to SET mode . 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh t the Auto Power [...]

4.7. 9 Frequenc y 70 rea. . . roll Use the Frequency option to set the frequency system for your a To set the frequency: 1. Turn on the video camera and switch to SET mode . 2. Use the scroll wheel to highligh t the Frequency option Press the scroll wheel inwards to display the submenu 3. Use the scroll t o select 60 Hz or 50 Hz. Press the sc wheel[...]

71 apid Blog Manager 5 Using the R Read this section to learn how to use the built-in Rapid Blog Manager to download files from the camcorder memory card and 2. Slide the power switch t o turn on the video camera. 3. The following menu displays on the video camera. Use the scroll wheel to select Fil e Transfer ; then press the scroll wheel inwards [...]

72 en. 4. The following window pops up on your desktop scre Select Rapid Blog Manager , and click OK . 5. Click OK to the following pop-up window. 6. By default, t he Rapid Blog Ma nage r automa tically detects the files on the video camera memory and downloads them to your compu ter. Click OK to continue, or Cancel to cancel downloading.[...]

7. After the download is complete, th e Rapid Blog M anager is displayed. 73[...]

5.2 Uploading the video files 74 Before uploading your video files to the YouTube website, you need to have a YouTube account. To upload the vi deo files, do the following: 1. Click the button on the bot tom of the screen and fill in all the required informat ion. 2. Click Upl oad to begin t he tran sfer, Sto p to s top fil e upload process, or Exi[...]

75 gs hen wnloaded files. 5.3 Rapid Blog Manager settin You can determine whether or not to start th e auto download w the video camera is connected a nd change the folder location t o store the do 1. Click on the top-right corner of the Rapid Blog Manager screen to open the following setting box. 2. Specify the settings for auto download and the f[...]

7 6 ivers 6 Installing software and dr Read thi s sectio n to lea rn how to install drivers and software for the camera. 6.1 Drivers You can use th e “Mass St orage” and “PC Camera” func tions o camera on t he PC. f the 6.1. 1 Mass Storage The video camera of fers Mass Storage fu nction as a card reader device. You can treat this vide o cam[...]

2. If the CD-ROM doesn’t automatically boot, use Wind Explorer to execute the InstallMgr.exe file in the root ows directory. Install button 3. Click the install button to install the driver. 4. Follow the on-screen inst ructions 5. Click Finish to restart the computer and finish the camera driver installation. 7 7[...]

6.2 Presto! Video Works Presto! Video Wo rks is an adva nced software application for editing video. 78 To install Presto! Video Works: 1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. 2. If the CD-ROM doesn’t automatically boot, use Windows Explorer to execute the InstallMgr.exe file in the root directory. The following screen is displayed. In[...]

6.3 Presto! Mr. Photo Presto! Mr. Ph oto is an advanced phot o editing software application. To install Presto! Mr. Photo: 1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. 2. If the CD-ROM doesn’t automatically boot, use Windows Explorer to execute the InstallMgr.exe file in the root directory. The following screen is displayed. Install button [...]

80 Appendix Specifications Gener al Imaging sensor 1/2.5” CMOS 5.17 Megapixel sensor Active pixels 5.1 Megapixel Storage memory (available memory space for i mage storage is approx. 9MB) SD Card (MMC comp atible), can support up to 4GB (SDHC) media Built-in 32 MB flash Sensor sensitiv ity Auto Color effects Color/B&W/Sepia Lens Fi xed lens Wi[...]

81 Gener al Movie clips MPEG-4 (ASF f ormat) Resolution: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 720 x 480 Quality: Fine, Normal Frame rate: 30 fps (max.) Zoom Digital Zoom 4X TFT Monitor 2.4” TFT (480 x 240 pixels) Flash <1 m range Auto/Off White balance sten/ scent Auto/Sunny/Cloudy/Tung Fluore EV compensation 3 EV steps) -2.0 EV~+2.0 EV (in 0. Self-timer eco[...]

Gener al Dimension 37 (W) x 98.3 (H) x 68.2 (D) mm Weight <136+5g (without batteries) 82[...]

83 Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Solution Cannot turn on the camera. The batteries are not inserted correctly. The batteries have no power. • Insert the batteries correctly. (See 2.2 Inserting the batteries .) • Replace the batteries The camera suddenly turns off. The power off function was enabled. The camera is running out of battery[...]

84 ca im amera is ing out of • Replace the batteries. The camera turns off when The c runn pturing age using self-timer. battery power. The image is out of focus. us al de. Using The subject is beyond foc • range. Please take a picture within the available focus range and choose norm or macro mo (See 3.2.2 the macro function) Memory card cannot[...]

85 camera with other devices. he camera and insert again. All buttons are inactive. Short circuit occurred when connecting the • Remove the batteries from t[...]

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