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Vivicam 3350B User Manual English R ev 04 1110 T P[...]

Content s 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Overview 1 1.2. W arnings and Precautions 1 1.3. Package Contents 3 1.4. System Requirements 4 1.5. Vivicam 3350B Features 5 2. Inst alling the Battery 6 3. Inst alling the Software 8 3.1. T wain Driver 8 3.2. Ulead® Photo Explorer 8.0 SE 9 3.3. Ulead® COOL 360™ 9 3.4. In-A-Flash LE 9 3.5. Adobe® Reader® 6.0 1[...]

4.7. Image Resolution 15 4.8. A VI Capture 16 4.9. Light Frequency 16 4.10. Deleting Images 17 4.10.1. Delete the Last Image 17 4.10.2. Delete All Images 17 4.11. T echniques for Capturing the Best Images 18 5. Downloading Images to Y our PC 19 5.1. T ransfer Images to your PC 19 5.2. T ransferring Images to a T wain-aware application 21 5.2.1. T r[...]

-1- 1.0 Introduction - 1.1 Overvi ew - Thank you for purchasing a Vivicam 3350B digital camera. It can capture digital images, short video-clip s (contin uous shooting mode), and it can also serve as a PC/Web camera. The V3350B is equipped w ith 8 MB of memory to store your images and movie clips. Y ou may download y our images and movie clips to y[...]

-2- radio or television reception, which can be determined by turni ng the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiv er 3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a[...]

-3- batteries. Wash y our hands carefully if you touch the battery fluid. Please note that when you remov e the batteries your images w ill be lost from the camera memory . WARNING: Handling the USB cable on th is product may expose you to lead, a chemical known to the S tate of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. W ash yo[...]

-4- 1.4 System Requirement s - Y ou must use a computer to download the images from your Vivicam 3350B. The computer that you use must meet the following minimum requirement s: 1. Windows 98 Second Edition/2000/Me/XP 2. Direct X 8.0 3. 64 MB RAM 4. 60 MB hard disk space available 5. Available USB port 6. CD-ROM drive[...]

-5- 1.5 Viv icam 3350B Features - Front Side: Back Side: Viewfinde r Shutter Button Lens Power/Menu Button Info/S tatus LCD USB Port T ripod Socket Battery Door Hand S trap Hole[...]

-6- 2.0 Installing the Batteries - S tep 1: Open the battery door by lifting the tab on the door . S tep 2: Insert two AAA batteries with the polarity as shown: S tep 3: Close the battery cover . W arning: Do not open the battery door when the camera is powered ON. This will cause all images in memory to be lost immediately . If you open the batter[...]

-7- Notes: 1. Always download y our images to your computer soon after y ou have captured them. Never assume y our images will be retained for more than three or four days. If the batteries are depleted, your images will be lost. 2. If you must change the batteries, makes sure the cameras is OFF and then change the batteries in less than thirty (30[...]

-8- 3.0 Installing the Softwar e - Install the camera sof tware before connecting the camera to y our computer for the first time. Place the V ivicam 3350B CD ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The CD will run automatically and present this welcome screen: There are six components on the CD ROM: 1. T wain Driver 2. Ulead Photo Explorer 3. Ulead COOL 360 4[...]

-9- 3.2 Ulead® Photo Explorer 8.0 SE – Y ou may wish to install Ulead® Photo Explorer 8.0. Although Photo Explorer is not required to operate the camera, it gives you everything y ou need to quickly get, manage, enhance and share digital photos, audio and video files. Photo Explorer is the per fect companion to digital cameras, WebCams, DV camc[...]

-10- 3.5 Adobe® Reader® 6.0 - Y ou may wish install Adobe® Reader® 6.0. Adobe® Reader® is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Port able Document Format (PDF) files on a variety of hardware and operating sy stem platforms. 3.6 User Manual - Click on the “User Manual” button to go to the index of ViviCam 3350B User Manuals. The[...]

-1 1- 4.0 Capturing Images - Using your new V ivicam 3350B is fun a nd easy . There are two basic steps to capturing your first image. S tep 1: Turn on the camera by pressing and hold the Power Button for 2 second. S tep 2: Press the shutter button to capture an image. It is really that easy! The following sections will tell you about more features[...]

-12- 4.2 Capture an Image - In film-photography we say : “T ake a Photo.” In digital-photography w e say: “Capture an Image.” Capturing an image w ith the Vivicam 3350B is easy . S tep 1: Power on the camera and look through the viewfinder to frame your subject. Make sure your subject is no closer than three or four feet (one meter) or else[...]

-13- 4.3 Camera Information Display - Beyond the basics of capturing an image, the Vivicam 3350B has many other features. T urn on the camera and notice the many icons and symbols on the Information display: As you press the Power/Menu button the display will change in the following order . T o learn more about each function refer to the referenced[...]

-14- 4.4 Pow er-Off the Camera - Press and hold the Power/Menu button for 2 second to turn-off the camera immediately . Note: T he camera will automatically pow er-off af ter thirty seconds of inactivity . 4.5 Self-Timer - If you would like to get into the image y ou may use the self-timer feature to delay image capture by ten (10) seconds. Place t[...]

-15- S tep 2: Press the shutter button within three seconds into continuous capture. Press the Shutter button again and the camera w ill capture three images continuously . 4.7 Image Resolution - Resolution is the size of a digital im age measured in pixels (dots), expressed as the number of horizontal pixels X number of vertical pixels. The ViviCa[...]

-16- 4.8 A VI Capture - Y ou can capture motion-video clips using the A VI capture feature. The image is stored in avi-format and the image number only steps by 1 every time. When you use this mode the image resolution will be 320 x 240. The movie-clip frame rate will be approximately seven frames per second. Movie clips are silent. (No audio.) T o[...]

-17- T o change the frequency , turn on the camera. Press the Menu button five times until “ 50 ” or “ 60 ” appears in the display . This is the other frequency setting. Press the shutter button w ithin three seconds to change to this setting. 4.10 Deleting Images - Y ou may wish to delete images from your camera. Y ou can delete the last i[...]

-18- 4.1 1 T echniques for Capturing the Best Images - The ViviCam 3350B can take good images. There are a few tips for getting the best possible images from your camera. 1. Use good lighting. The V iviCam 3350B works best with adequate lighting. Since it has no flash y our subject must be adequately illuminated. 2. Avoid uneven lighting and high c[...]

-19- 5.0 Download Images to your Computer Note: Before connecting your ViviCam 3350B to your PC fo r the first time you must first install the Tw ain driver fi rst (see section 3.1). Af ter the driver software has been inst alled, your still images and movie clips can be transferred to your PC using the USB cable. Connect your camera to your PC usi[...]

-20- S tep 2: Click “Download” button to get small images ( called “thumbnail images”) from camera. They are small representations of the images stored in the camera. S tep 3: Select the images. Select the image(Img-xxxx) or movie-cli p (Avi-xxxx) you wish to transfer to your PC and click “Save” button to save them. Selected images will[...]

-21- Y ou can click “Browse” button to select or create a folder , if you would like to save your images. Give your images a name prefix in the “File Name” field, then click on “Save” button. S tep 6: Click "Exit " button to close the Download windows and Click "Exit " button to close the GUI. Note: After your images[...]

-22- S tep 1: S tart PhotoExplorer . Select “File” -> “TW AIN A cquire” -> “Select Source” . Select the T wain source. S tep 2: In the “Select Source” dialog box. Select and highlight “Viv iCam 3350B” and click “Select” . (Y ou may have other T wain devices on your PC.) S tep 3: Select “File” -> “TW AIN A cqui[...]

-23- 6.0 PC/W eb Camera V ideo Function 6.1 Using the Viv iCam 3350B in Video Mode – PC users may use their Vivicam 3350B as a PC/W eb cam. Note that the ViviCam 3350B is a dual mode camera. It is both a digital-still camera and a PC video camera. In the video mode the V iviCam 3350B is known as the “Viv iCam 3350B” camera. T o use your camer[...]

-24- Note: The V ivicam 3350B is a dual mode camera. Y ou may use either mode, but you cannot use both modes at the same time. Close the ViviCam 3350B GUI before starting the V iviCam 3350B video mode. 6.2 Using the Viv iCam 3350B w ith AMCAP – 1. Click on S tart, Programs, ViviCam 3350B, AMCap to start AMCAP: 2. Select “Options” -> “Pre[...]

-25- 6.4 Using the Viv iCam 3350B w ith Movie Maker on Window s XP – Windows XP users can use Window s Movie Maker . 3. Click on S tart, Programs, Accesso ries, Windows Movie Maker to start Movie Maker: 4. After Movie Maker st arts - a. Click on: “Capture from a V ideo Device” b. Select “ViviCam 3350B” in the available devices section c. [...]

-26- 7.0 Specifications Image Resolution: 640 x 480 Pixels (VGA ), or 320 x 240 Pixels (QVGA) Built-in memory: 8 MB (SDRAM) Image storage Capacity: Resolution T ot al Image 640 x 480 (VGA) 5 4 320 x 240 (QVGA) 25 0 Movie = 320 x 240 (QVGA) 40 seconds Viewfinder: Built-in optical view-finder Self-T imer: 10 seconds Continuous (movie) mode frame ra t[...]