Vivitar 8690 manual

V iviCam 8690Di git al Camer a Us er ‟ s Manual © 2009 Sakar In ternational, Inc. All right s reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are re gistered trademarks of M icrosoft Corpor ation. All other trade m arks are the property of their respective co mpanies.[...]

1 T able of content Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Key Features ...................................................................................................................................... 2 What Y our Ca m era Include[...]

2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 8690 Digital Camer a. Everything you ne ed to take quality digita l photos and videos is included with your ca m era. Y our digital ca m era c an also be used as a removable disk. It enriche s your life. Vivitar makes capturing tho se special momen ts so easy . Please read thi s manual carefully f[...]

3 What Y our Camera Includes  Digital Ca m era  Vivitar Experience Image Man ager softwa re Installation CD  USB cable  Quick S tart Guide  S trap Computer System Requirement s for Windows XP T o be able to download photos and v ideos to your PC, you will nee d the following minimum configuration:  Pentium 4 process or or abo ve w[...]

4 Computer System Requirement s for Windows Vist a T o be able to download photos to your PC your will need the follow ing minimum configuration:  Window s Vista  800M Hz processor and 512 MB of s ystem m emory  20GB hard dr ive with at least 15G B of available space  Support for Super VGA graphic s  Available U SB Interface  CD -[...]

5 Quick Look at Y our Camera[...]

6 Prep are Y our Camera for use Inst all batteries Y our camera requires three A AA batteries (alkaline batteries recommend ed ). Please refer to the following instal lation instructio ns : 1. Open the battery compartment on the side of the camera. 2. Insert the alkaline batteries correctly , with the correct polari ty as s how n on t he battery co[...]

7 W ARNING: U nless you are using an S D memory card, opening the battery compar tment and removing the battery will erase the test photo currently stored in the camera. Dow nload your photo as often as po ssible. The te st pho to will be lost when t he camera sw itch es -off or w hen the ba tt eries run low . Do not open the battery door before s [...]

8 Locate the SD me m ory card slot o n the botto m of the camera and insert an SD me mory card a s above. Y ou w ill feel and hear a “ Click ” sound. W hen the icon appears on the LCD screen thi s indicates that your SD card is installed correctly . Note: 1. After yo u insert the SD me m ory c ard, a “ Cop y to Card? ” message will appear o[...]

9 St arting Y our Digit al Cam era Power on Press the Power button once to turn on your cam era. The LCD will light up and the c amera will emit a “ beep ” to indicate that yo ur camera is turned on and ready for use. Power off Press the Power button once t o turn off your camera. W hen there is insufficient battery pow er , a “ Low Battery ?[...]

10 The Camera mode is for you to take still photos. Y ou can shoot video files while in Video mode . In Playback mode you can preview the photos /videos you captured , rotate, prote ct, delete, crop and pr int your photos. Main buttons on the camera[...]

11 Main Icons on the LCD[...]

12 B at te ry p owe r l eve l Full battery power Me dium battery power L o w b a t t e r y p o w e r Ph ot o q ua li ty Nor mal quality F ine quality Super quality F l a s h F orce Flash Auto No F lash Mo de s Cam era Playback Video SD card inserted SD card in serted ( Locked ) Self-timer On 10 seconds Self-timer On 2 seconds Normal Capture Macro C[...]

13 Camera mode Set the mode switch to Camera Mode – the icon w ill appear on the top right corner of the LCD screen. T aking Photos 1. Hold the ca m era steady and compose your objec t as appear s in the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shu tt er button an d wait a moment for the photo to be take n and saved to me m ory . 3. After each photo is shot a nd[...]

14 Macro/Far shooting The camera has the function that allows you to capture objects at very near (macro) or very far distances per your request. 1. Slide the Macro/ Far switch on the left side of the camera up to the position. 2. The icon will appear on the left hand side of the LCD screen and indicates tha t the macro shooting is on. 3. For far s[...]

15 Note: A “ No Power ” m essage will appear on the LCD screen, if you select the flash f unction when the bat tery power is insuf ficient. T o continue using the camera w ith the flash, please ins tall new batterie s. Self-Timer Y ou c an include yourself in a photo by using t his feature to de lay t he t ime between you r pr essing the shutte[...]

16 2. From the “This Image” or “This Video” message t hat appears, p ress Left/Right button to select “ Y es ” . 3. Press the Menu/OK button t o confirm and for the selec ted image to be deleted. At step 2, if you do not wish to delete the photo select “ No ” by p ressing the Up/Dow n button, t hen pr ess the Menu/OK but ton. Note: [...]

17 Camera mode – Menu setting options T o access the Menu s etting options for the Camera mode pres s the Menu button in the center of th e Menu dial. 4 menu options each with their own sub menus will appear: Scene, Image Size, A nti-Shake and Setup 1. Press the Pow er button to turn on y our camera, 2. Set the m ode to Ca mera Mode - the icon wi[...]

18 3. Press the Up/Down button to select t he best scenery per your light condition and environment. A uto, Night Portrait, Night Scenery , Portrait , Scenery , Sport, P arty , Beach or High Sensitivity . 4. Press the Men u/OK button to confi rm your selection and ex it to standb y mode. Note: 1. After you have select ed your scenery , the correspo[...]

19 Anti-Shake Y our Digital Camera has a function that prevent s ph otos coming out blurry as a result of trembling or shaking when taking the photo. Because of this f unction , you are not required to use a tripod to shoot steady pho tos. T o set a s below : 1. Press the Menu /OK button. 2. Press the Right/Le ft button until yo u select the Anti-S[...]

20 2. Press the Right/Le ft button until yo u select the Se tup menu. Exposure This setting allow s you to con trol the brightness of your images. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Ex posure option in the Setu p menu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button to open the Ex posure submenu. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the ex posure value (fro[...]

21 ISO This setting allow s you to select the ISO setting that you want as per y our current conditions. 1. Press Up/Dow n button to select the I SO option in the Setup menu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to choo se the ISO option from the ISO submenu that appears : Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 4. Press the Menu /OK button to[...]

22 Sharpness This setting allow s you to adjust the sharpnes s of your images, making edges more or less distinct. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Shar pness option in Setup m enu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select a sharpness value. Normal / Sharp / Soft 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m , save [...]

23 Quality The quality settings determine the number of photos and the am ount of memory required for ea ch photo. The better the qu ality , the more memory ea ch photo will use. The quality will al so affect the m axi m um size you can print your photo effectively . The default value i s Fine. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Qua lity op[...]

24 Date T his allow s you to set the system ti m e which w ill be display on the pho tos if you selected date on. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Da te opti on in the Setup me nu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select: O n - displays date on photos O ff - won ’ t show date o n photos Set date - setting th[...]

25 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to set the digit s for each of the date, time and format options. 4. Press the Men u/OK button to confi rm and exit. Auto Power O ff By default your ca mera will automatically pow er off if id le for 60 seconds. Use this option to chang e the time. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Auto Power Off option in t[...]

26 Language Y our Digital Ca m era support s 9 languages. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Langu age option in the Setup menu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button . 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the lan guage of your choice: English / Portugues e / Spanish / Fre nch / German / I talian / Russian / Dutch and Turk ish 4. Press the Menu /O[...]

27 Format This function refor m ats the memory card and will erase all files in memory including files that have been protected, plea se operate cautiously . 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the For mat option in the Setup m enu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select „ OK ‟ . 4. Press the Menu /OK button to [...]

28 Default Setting If you are not sure as to wh at settings have been activated on your camera you can rese t the camera to the or iginal factory settings. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the De fault setting option in the Setup menu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select „ OK ‟ to reset or „C‟ to cance[...]

29 Video Mode Move the mode switch to the center to a ctivate the Video m ode . The icon will appear on the top l eft corner of the LCD screen. 1. Press the Shutter button to begin shooting videos. The elap se time w ill appear on the top right of the LCD screen. 2. Press t he S hutter button again to stop recording and save this file in A VI forma[...]

30 White Balance Y ou can select di fferent White Balan ce for shooting. 1. Press the Menu /OK button. 2. Press the Lef t/Right button to sele ct the White Balance menu option. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the W hite Balan ce you desire: Auto / Day light / Cloudy / Incandescent / Fluorescent 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m and ex[...]

31 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m. 5. The corresponding resolution icon w ill appear on the right hand side of the LCD screen. Playback M ode Set the mode switch to the Playback mode. Y ou can preview the pho tos and videos y ou have recorded. In Playback mod e you can rotate, pr otect , delete and crop you r photos and you can prote ct a[...]

32 2. Press the Right /Left button to m ove betw een the images. 3. Press the T button to view the image in full screen. 4. T o Zoom in to the ph oto press the T button to magnify the photos and the W button to z oom out . 5. Press the Up/Dow n/Right/Left but ton to navigate within the sele cted photo. Note: 1. Y ou cannot zoom in to A VI files. 2.[...]

33 Playing the A VI vid eo file Select an A VI file you want to p lay . 1. Press the Shutter bu tton to begin play ing the A VI file. 2. Press the Shutter bu tton to pau se and again to con tinue. 3. Press the Up button to s top and e xit t he video playback mode for selecting fil es or wait un til the file playback ov er . Note: For how t o protec[...]

34 2. Press the Right /Left button to select the Rotate menu option. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the degree you w ant to rotate your ph oto or cancel to exit. 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m. 5. A “ Rot ate and Saving ” m essage will appear on the LCD. After a few seconds the photo will appear rotated as pe r your choice. Pr[...]

35 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the “ Lo ck ” option. 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m and exit. 5. A lock icon will appe ar on that ima ge when it appear on the LCD . 6. T o unlock a lo cked image, press the Me nu/OK button. 7. At step 3 select “ Unlock ” and press Menu/O K t o unlock the current file. Delete Delete unw a[...]

36 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select: “ This image ” (photos) or “ This Video ” (videos) depend ing on the file selected to delete the current photo or video “ A LL ” to delete all unprote ct photos or videos “ Cancel ” t o ex it. 4. Press the Menu /OK button. 5. The Delete conf irmation message will appear to confirm the delet[...]

37 4. Press the Menu /OK button. 5. The Crop feature ope ns. 6. Press the T/ W buttons to out change the size of t he rectang le (the area you will crop ). 7. Press the Up/Down /Right/Left button to move the rect angle to select the area of the photo you want to crop. 8. Press the Shutter bu tton. 9. Press the Shutter bu tton again to Sav e. Note: [...]

38 5. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m. 6. A “ Please conne ct to device ” message w ill appear on the LCD. 7. Connect your camera with the USB cable to the Printer`s Pi ctb ridge USB socket. 8. The following m enu will appea r once the camera detect s that it is connected to the printer: 9. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the “ Th i[...]

39 12 . Wai t for the printer to pro cess your reque st. After a moment the photo is pr inted. Note: P rinting many photos w ill take m ore t ime. Please be patient a nd wait for all the pho tos to print. 13 . When t he print i s finished, a Prin t Finished screen app ears. Pres s the Menu/OK bu tton to close and rever t back to the Playb ack menu [...]

40 Install the V ivitar Experience Image M anager Software Y ou must be connected to the internet to insta ll and run the Vivit ar Experience Image Manager sof tware. 1. Insert the inst allation CD into you r CD-ROM drive. The installation scr een should automatically open . 2. On PC: The Vivitar Experience Image M anager Installer windo w appears.[...]

41 Note: If you do no t have internet a cc ess, yo u can still downloa d m edia fro m t he camera. Cli ck the “How to transfer photos an d videos from my camera to my computer” button f or instructions. 5. If you have inter net access, the “Choose you r language” wind o w opens, choo se your language and c lick “Nex t” to open the next [...]

42 11 . Please w ait while the application continues the in stallation process on your computer . 12 . On PC: Click the “Close” button whe n the installation is complete. On Macintosh: Cli ck the “Quit” button when the installation is co mplete. 13 . Click the “Laun ch Vivitar Ex perience Image Man ager ” to open the application or clos[...]

43 2. The “Get media from device” windo w opens. 3. Y ou can select to dow nload photos, videos or both. 4. Select y our ca m era (r em ovable disk) fro m the d evice wind ow . If y our camera is the only U SB device connected then it will be selected automatically . 5. Select a location on the computer where to place the new photo and video fi[...]

44 files downloa ding to your computer . A message appears w hen the down load is complete. 9. The photo and video files that you selected are now dow nloaded to your computer to the selected folder an d albums ready fo r your use. Get started! Using the V ivitar Ex perience Image Manage r , you can upload and m anage photos and videos to and fro m[...]

45 T ransfer media f rom my camera to my computer manually (Using Macintosh) 1. Use the USB cable that came w ith your camera to connect you r camera to your co mputer . 2. „MSDC‟ appears on the LCD ind icating that the camera is in Mass S tora ge m ode. 3. The camera‟ s device icon appe ars on the desktop . 4. Click on the device ic on and o[...]

46 What Is Not Cov ered By Wa rranty: Damages or m alfunctions not re sulting from defects in m aterial or workmanship and da m ages or malfunctions from other than normal use, including but limited to, repair by unauthorized parties, tampering, modification or acciden t. What T o Do When Serv ice Is Required: When returning your defective pro duct[...]

47 Appendix A : T echnical Specifications Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Size 3264X24 48pixels(8M), 2560 X19 20 pixels(5M), 2048X 1536 pixels(3M), 1600X12 00pixels(2M), 1280X960pix els(1M) 640X480(VGA) Video Re solution 640 X 480(24 fp s),320X240pixels( 30 fp s) File Format JPEG/A VI (W ithout A udio) External M em ory SD / MMC Ca rd (up to 8GB) LC[...]

48 Appendix B: T roubleshooting Q: I have t aken photos but m y com puter does not re cognize my camera. What do I do ? A: First, ensure tha t you have in fact taken photos. Press the Shutter/OK button a few tim es to ta ke some sample photos an d then try downloa ding them again. It is also reco mmended that you hav e an SD card inserted in the ca[...]