Polaroid iD640 manual

I D640 U SER M ANUAL © 2012 All Rights R e s erved. W indo ws and the W indow s logo are r egistered tr ademarks o f M icroso ft C orporation. All oth e r tr ademarks a re t he pr operty of t heir resp e cti ve c ompanies.[...]

1 Introdu ct ion .................................................................................................................................. 2 W hat’ s Included ............................................................................................................................ 2 Parts of the Cam era ................................[...]

2 Thank you for purchasing this cam corder . Everything you need to take q uality digita l videos and photos is included with y our cam cor der . Y our ca m cord er i s w aterproof up to 10 feet. Polar o id m akes capturi ng those special mom e nt s as easy as possible. Please read this m anual carefu lly first in order to get the m ost out of your[...]

3 1 . LC D S c r e en 13 . R E SE T 2 . Le f t / INS TA Sha re B u t t o n 14 . S p ea k e r 3 . P o w er On -Of f B u t t o n 15 . Dig it al Le n s 4 . M ODE B u t t o n 16 . L E D Lig ht 5 . M E NU B u t t o n 17 . W r i st St r ap C o nn ect o r 6 . Delet e B u t t o n 18 . US B / A V O ut P o r t / S D M em or y C ard S lo t 7 . Charge L E D In[...]

4  T o Charge the Battery: 1. Power off the cam e ra. 2. Conn ect the c am e ra w i th the USB cab le to the AC charger or to the com pu ter (as shown above ). 3. Al low the batte ry to cha rge for at least 3 hours before using the first tim e. 4. T he charge light w i ll turn o f f when the battery is fully charged.  SD Mem ory card ( up to [...]

5 W hen powering the cam era ON for the first time the cam era wil l take you through the initial camera setup. 1) Charging Y our Battery To charge your battery, first connect the USB C able to your cam era. Then follow one of the steps below: A) Charge the battery using the USB connection cabl e (included) and your com puter: - Connect one end of [...]

6 card slot). Push the SD card until you hear a slight click in g soun d. T his indicates the S D card has been inserted correct ly . Note :  Af ter the camera is pow er ed on, an SD icon w ill a pp ea r on the LCD di sp l ay . If you do n ot see the SD icon on the display , please check if the card w as i nserted proper ly .  M ake su re the[...]

7 Y our ca m era has di f ferent m o des for the various cam e r a fun ctions. Y ou can switch m ode s by pressing th e MODE button on your cam era after the cam e ra has been powered ON. Use thi s m o de to captur e videos w i th your digit al ca m era . This is the default mode w hen the camera i s powered ON. T o take a video, a im your cam e ra[...]

8 I m age Senso r CMOS S ensor I m age Re solution (10M)3648x2736 pixels, (8M)3264x 2448 pixels,(5M) 2592x1944 pixels, (3M) 2048x1536 p ixels, (1M) 1280x 1024pi x els, (VGA) 640x480 pixels V ideo Resolut ion (HD) 1280 x 720 pixels, (D1) 720x 480 pixels, (VGA) 640X480pixels (30fp s), (QVGA) 320x2 40 p ixels Fil e Form a t JPEG (Photo) /A VI (Video) [...]

9 T o be able to download photos and v i deos to your PC using the Polaroid Instant M em o ries Sof tware, you will n eed the f ollowing m ini m um configur ation:  Mic ro s of t ® W in d ow s XP w ith S e rv ic e P ac k 3, Wi ndo w s V is t a w ith S e rv ic e P a c k 1 or Win do w s 7  Penti um ® 4 pro cessor (o r above) 
  1 GB of R[...]

10  Make sur e the built-in lithium battery has been fully charged before the f i rst use.  Make sur e an SD card has been inserted into your camera. (SD card up to 32GB - S D Card not included) Please see Initial Camera Setup for more in f orm atio n. Press the Power button to turn y our camera ON.  After powerin g on, the cam era em its [...]

11 Y our c am er a has three m ai n m odes: 1) V ideo Capture Mode - Use th is m ode to ca pt ure video s with your cam er a. 2) Photo Capt ur e Mode - Use this mode to capture photos with your cam e ra . 3) Playback Mode (for photos and videos) - U se this m ode to vi ew the photos and videos you have already taken w i th your camera.  W hen th[...]

12 Each cam era m od e has a set of m enu s specif ic t o that mode. 1) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 2) Press th e LEFT or RIGHT direction control buttons to scro ll between the various menus for the current mode. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct ion control buttons to highlight the des ire d m en u selection. 4) P[...]

13 The Video Capture Mode allows you to cap tur e videos with your digita l camera. W hen the camera is f ir st pow er ed ON, the ca m er a w ill be in V ideo Capture Mode. 1) W hile in V ideo C apture Mode use the LCD dis pla y to direct the camera at the scene you w oul d like to capture. 2) Cl ick th e UP /Zoom In and DOWN/Zoom Out buttons to be[...]

14 Y our d igita l cam e ra has a fo ur-directional pad that functions as Quick Func t ion buttons. Quick Function Button Function Lef t INST A Share - Ope ns the INST A Share m enu Up Zooms In Right T u rns LED Light Of f/On Down Zooms Out Other Shu tter/OK  S tarts and stops y our v ideo capture  Confirms and saves your selected m enu optio[...]

15 The following are the m enus that a pp ear in your cam er a’ s V ideo Capture Mode:[...]

16 The Scene Menu allow s you to cho ose sc ene settings that let your cam era to ada pt pr operly to your current environment. 1) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control button to sc roll and select the Scene m enu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct ion control button to scroll t[...]

17 The Im ag e Quality m enu allow s you to select the desired qua li ty l evel of t he i m age s taken by your cam era. Keep i n m ind t hat im ag es w ith a high er im age quali ty level w i ll a lso take up m o re m e mory on yo ur cam era. 1) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction[...]

18 The W hite Balance feature allows your cam e ra to adjust the coloring of the captured i m ages depending on the type of ligh t source in the current environm e nt. Properly adjusting the W hite Ba lance s etting to m atch your curr ent env ironm ent will allow t he cam era to pr operly ba lan ce t he colors in the im ages t hat are taken with y[...]

19 Y ou can se t the level of sharpness in the images t aken with your cam era. The sharpness level dictates if the edges of obj e ct s in t he im age are more or l ess distinct. 1) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control button to sc roll and select the Sharpness m enu. 3) Pre[...]

20 6) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the nex t menu item. 7) Press the MENU button to exit the menu and return to your previous m ode. 8) An ico n reflecting your selection will display o n the LCD screen. 9) Re m e m ber that thi s setting w i ll be saved by your cam era until you manually change the setting or restore the cam er a’ [...]

21 Center – A ve rages the light m etered fr om the entire fram e, but gi ving greater w eight t o the subject in the center Mu lti – Used in stan dard conditions th e cam era divides and adj u st s the sett in gs of the im ag e into several zones for light m eteri ng such as com p lex light conditions, posit io n of subject, brightness, backgr[...]

22 W hen you capture an im ag e w ith your cam era, th e image w il l include a time st a m p with the date and tim e that the image w as taken. The Date / T ime m enu al low s you to set your c a m er a ’ s date an d tim e a s desired. Y ou can also disa b le the timest a m p for fu ture im ages that will be taken w i th your camera. On – The [...]

23 Y ou have the option of act ivating the camcorder ’s Silent m ode t o disable all of the sound eff ects (except for beeps heard du ring the Self -T imer countdow n) that the camcorder em its w hen perfor m i ng cam corder funct i ons. 1) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 2) Press the LEF T o r RI GHT d ire ct ion[...]

24 The op t ions in the Frequency m enu r epresent the frequency of th e electrical current in flu o rescent lighting sources i n your loca le . If your cam er a is set to a frequency that does not m a tch your coun try’ s ele ct ric current, you m a y see flickering or waves on the im a ges taken by your camera. 50Hz – UK, Europe and Austr a l[...]

25 5) T o proce e d with the form at, sel ec t “Y es” and p ress the OK button . Y ou wil l be asked to confirm the for m atti ng of t he m emory card.  Se lect “No” to exit without form a tting.  Sel ect “Y es” and press the OK button to b egin. The mem ory card will be com pl etely for m atte d. TV Out allows you to select the T[...]

26 5) Y ou wil l be asked to confirm the resetting to the factory default sett ings. 6) If you wou l d like to proceed with the reset, select ‘Y es’ and p ress the OK button to conf irm. The settings will be reset. Y ou wil l autom atically e x it the m enu and return to the previous m o de w ith the digita l cam er a settings set to the Factor[...]

27 The Playback Mode a llows you to review and edit photos and videos that you’ve already tak en w ith your camera.  W hen you first turn on the cam er a, the camera w ill be in Photo Capture m o de by default .  Pre ss the MODE button twice to open the Pla yback Mode.  Th e la test captured image appears on the LC D screen. If there are[...]

28 3) Press the OK b u tton to enlarge the im age full size. 4) Once the selected video is full size you can play and view the video. Y our d igita l cam e ra has a fo ur-directional pad that functions as Quick Function butt ons. Quick Function Button Function LEFT Displays the PREVIOUS im a ge UP S tops the selected V ideo P layb ack RIGHT Display[...]

29 The following are the m enus that a pp ear in your cam er a’ s V ideo P l ayback Mode: W hile in the Playback Mode, you can delete videos from your cam e ra through the Delete m en u. 1) V iew the vi d eo you would like to de lete . 2) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he V id eo P layb ack m ode. 3) Press the L E FT or RIGHT dire[...]

30 del e te a locked im ag e, fir st unlock the im ag e, then select delete.  If you do not want to delete all of your v ideos and photos, select ‘No’ and press the OK button. All images w ill rem a in on your SD card and you will exit the m enu a nd return to the Pla y back m ode. Pictur es and V i deos tak en with your cam era can b e prot[...]

31 6) A selected option icon w ill appear on the selected ite m 7) Press the MENU button to exit th e m en u and return to your previous m ode . 8) An icon w ill appear on the im age with the selected INST A Share destination site. 9) Re m e m ber that th e INST A Share feature is deactivated by default. An INST A Share destination will only be ass[...]

32 The Photo Capture m ode all ow s you to capture pictures with your d igital cam e ra.  W hen the cam era i s f i rst powered ON, the ca m er a will be in V ideo Ca p ture M ode b y default .  Pre ss the MODE button once to access the P h oto Capture Mode. 1) W hile in Photo Capture m ode, use the LCD display on the back of the cam er a to [...]

33 Y our d igita l cam e ra has a fo ur-directional pad that functions as Quick Function buttons: Quick Function Button Function LEFT Opens the INST A Share for Phot os Menu UP Zooms In RIGHT T u rns LED Light Of f/On DOWN Zooms Out Shutter/OK  Captures your photo  Confirm s and saves yo ur selected m e nu option Delete Allows you to delete l[...]

34 The following are the m enus that a pp ear in your cam er a’ s Photo Captur e Mode:[...]

35 The Scene Menu allow s you to cho ose sc ene settings that let your camera to adapt properly to your current environment. Note: W hen selecting the HIGH SENSITIVITY Option, by default t he camera sw itches o f f the FLASH autom atica lly ( if it’s ON) t o optim ize the pi cture quality . If how ever , you would like to override it and manually[...]

36 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display on the LCD screen. 9) Re m e m ber that thi s setting will be saved by y our camera until you manually change the setting or restore the cam er a’ s default fa cto ry settings. The Quality m enu all ow s you to select the desired quality level of the images t aken by you r cam era. Keep i n m[...]

37 4) Press the OK b u tton to select and save the desired option. 5) A selected option icon w ill a ppear on the se lected item. 6) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the nex t menu item. 7) Press the MENU button to exit the menu and return to your previous m ode. 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display on the LCD screen. 9) Re[...]

38 1) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control button to sc roll and select the W hite Balance m e nu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct ion control button to scroll through the m enu options. 4) Press the OK b u tton to select and save the desired option. 5) A selected option icon[...]

39 other scenes with quick movem ents. 1) Press the MENU button to ope n the m enus fo r the current m ode . 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control button to sc roll and select the Multi SnapShots m e nu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct ion control button to scroll through the m enu options. 4) Press the OK b u tton to select and save the de[...]

40 The Light Exposure setting he lps you control the am ount of li ght that enters your cam er a’ s lens. This setting s hould be adjusted w hen the en v ironm ent i s lighter or darker than norm al. W hen the environment has m or e ligh t than is needed, reduce the exposure sett ing (by using the negative - count ) to reduce the am ount of light[...]

41 4) Press the OK b u tton to select and save the desired option. 5) A selected option icon w ill appear on the selected ite m . 6) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the nex t menu item. 7) Press the MENU button to exit th e m en u and return to your previous m ode. 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display on the LCD screen 9) [...]

42 Y ou can se lect your cam er a’ s la nguage se tting by selecting the desire d language from the Language m enu. 1) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control button to sc roll and select the Language m enu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct ion control button to scroll through [...]

43 6) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the nex t menu item. 7) Press the MENU button to exit the menu and return to your previous m ode. 8) Re m e m ber that thi s setting w i ll be saved by your cam era until you manually change the setting or restore the cam er a’ s default fa cto ry settings. 1) Press the MENU button to open the m en[...]

44 8) Re m e m ber that thi s setting w i ll be saved by your cam era until you manually change the setting or restore the cam e ra’s default factory settings. Y ou can u se the Auto Pow er Off featur e in order to conserve y ou camera’ s battery life. The desi g nated time represent s when your cam era will autom ati cally power of f. W hen th[...]

45 6) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the nex t m enu item. 7) Press the MENU button to exit the menu and return to your previous m ode. 8) Re m e m ber that thi s setting w i ll be saved by your cam era until you manually change the setting or restore the cam er a’ s default fa cto ry settings. Y ou can u se the Form at Mem ory Card m[...]

46 NT SC – te l evision and video sta ndard used in A m er ica, Can ada P AL – televi sion and video standard used in Europe 6) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for t he current m ode. 7) Press t he LEF T or RI GHT direct io n c ontrol button to scro ll and se lect the TV Out menu. 8) Press the UP or DOWN direct ion control button to sc[...]

47 The Playback Mode allows you to review and edit photos and videos that you’ve already t aken w ith your camera.  W hen you first turn on the cam e ra, the camera w ill be in Photo Capture m ode by default .  Pre ss the MODE button twice to open the Pla yback Mode.  Th e la test captured image appears on the LC D screen. If there are n[...]

48 Ph Y our d igita l cam e ra has a fo ur-directional pad that functions as Quick Function buttons. Quick Function Button Function LEFT Displays the PREVIOUS im a ge UP Zooms in to the selected photo RIGHT Displays the NEXT im age DOWN  Zooms out of the selected photo  Opens Thum bnai l V iew Note : T o Navigate in the Thum bnai l V ie w , p[...]

49 The following are th e menus that appear in your cam era ’ s Photo Playba ck Mode: W hile in the P l ayback M ode, you can de le t e pictures from your cam er a through the Delete m enu. 1) Select the photo you would like to de lete . 2) Press the MENU button to open the m enus for the Photo P la yb ack mode. 3) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direc[...]

50 Press the MENU button to exit the ‘No Files Ex i st’ scre en and return to P hoto Capture m o de. Remember : Al l images w ill be de lete d except im ages that are Protected/Locked . T o del e te a locked im ag e, fir st unlock the im ag e, then se lect delete.  If you do not want to delete all of your v ideos and photos, select ‘No’ [...]

51 8) Any image that is locked will display a lock sym b ol on the LCD screen when v iewing that image in the playback m od e. Photos that are not locked will not d isplay t h e lock sym bol . 9) Re m e m ber that yo u cannot delete or edit photos w hi l e they a re locked. Y ou can u se the Print Photos m en u to print the photos that are on y our[...]

52 Press the L E FT b u tton to pause t he Slide Show . Press th e LEFT b ut ton again to continue the Slid e Show . Press the OK b u tton to exit the Slide Show . 4) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the nex t menu item, if you wish to v iew other m e nus witho ut v ie w ing the Slide Show . 5) Press the MENU button to exit the menu and r[...]

53 1) Insert the insta llation CD into your CD -ROM drive. On PC: The Polaroid Instant Me m orie s Installer w i ndow appears. If the w ind ow does no t appear , open t he ap plication’s CD/DVD dr ive and c lick on “Setup . exe ” to launch t he i nsta ller . On Macinto s h: Click the icon that appears on the desktop to install the Polaroid In[...]

54 1) Use the USB cable that cam e with you r cam era to connect your cam era t o your computer . 2) Pow er the camera ON. 3) The fir st tim e yo u connect the device to the com puter you will ha ve to wait a few seconds until the com puter r ecogn iz es the device. An SD card needs to be inserted. Do not d i sconnect the cab le d uring transfer . [...]

55 USB device connected then it will be se lecte d automaticall y . 5) Select a location on the com puter w here to p lace the new photo and video files. 6) Add the new photo and video files to album s i f desired. 7) Select to remove the m e dia files fr om t he selected device (rem ovabl e disk) afte r the im port. 8) Click the “G et Im age s ?[...]

56 1) Use the USB cable that cam e with you r cam era to connect your cam era t o your computer . 2) MSDC appear s on the LCD. 3) A window appears with a list o f options, select “ Open folder to v iew files ” and click OK. 4) Open the DCIM folder and the folder inside to vi ew the media files. 5) Select the m edi a and copy the files from this[...]

57 NOT E : P l ease check your device p ackaging f or com patibility w ith the iPad. For models that are com p ati ble w ith the iPad, ph otos and v ide os c an be imported from your digi t al cam era to your iPad by follow ing ei ther one of the options below: 1) Connecting your digital cam era to your iPad using an iPad Cam era Connector : Plug t[...]

58 This warranty covers the original consum e r purchaser on ly a nd is not t ransferable. This warranty co ve rs products th at fail to function proper ly UNDER NORMAL USAGE, due to defects in material or workm a nship. Y our p roduct w ill be repa ir ed or replaced at no cha rge for part s or labor for a per io d of one y ear . Da m ages or m alf[...]

59 DIRECT , INDI RECT , SPECIAL, PUNI T IVE O R CONSEQUENTIA L D A MAGES (SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMI T ED TO, DAMA GE S FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSI NESS, S A VINGS , D A TA OR RECORDS) CAUSED B Y T HE USE, MIS USE OR INAB ILI T Y TO USE T HE PRODUCT . EXCE PT AS ST A T ED HEREIN, NO OT HER W ARRANTIES SHALL APPL Y . NOT WI T HS T ANDI NG T HE FOREGOI NG ,[...]

60 Q: I hav e taken photos and selecte d the “Get Im ages” b utt on. I get a message that the images were successfully tran sferred but the p hotos do not appear on my computer . What do I do? First en s ure that you have in f act taken photo s. Press the Shutter button to t ake som e sa mple photos and then try downloading them a gain. With t [...]