Argus Camera Bean - Carabiner manuel d'utilisation

User M anual Package Content s: Bean - Carabiner Camera Li -I on Rechargeabl e Battery USB Cabl e/V ideo Cable AC Adapter User Guide ArcSoft Pho to Im pression and Driver Install ation CD[...]

1 CONT EN TS I Getting to Know Your Camera .................................................. 3 1. Configuration & Install ation .................................................... 3 2. LCD Display ........................................................................... 4 3. Setup ............................................................[...]

2 3. Downloading Images ......................................................... 38 Ⅳ . Maintenance .......................................................................... 38 1. Camera ................................................................................ 38 2. Battery ................................ ...............................[...]

3 I Getting to kno w you r came ra 1. Conf igurat ion & Ins t alla tion[...]

4 1. Me nu Bu tton 2.M ode button 3. Activity Li g h t 4. Ch arge LED 5. J oy stic k 6.Pow e r button 7. Shu tter Button 8.LCD s creen 9. SD card Slo t 10. USB jac k 11 . Flash 12.Se lf-timer i n dicator 13. Le n s 14. Clip 2. LCD Disp lay V ideo Ca pture 00 : 0 0: 2 4 T W W hit e b a la n c e ind ic a t o r Aut o Da y L ig ht T un g ste n Fluo res[...]

5 Image C aptu re During P lay bac k T W 12 / 15 1 1 E V+ 0.0 White b a la n c e in d ic a to r Qu a lit y ind ic at o r Aut o Da y L ig ht T u ng ste n Fluo resc e n t C lo ud y S up e r F in e No rm a l S elf -tim er ind ic a t o r 10 Sec on d 20 Sec on d B a tt e ry le ve l ind ic a to r E m p t y Hal f F ull Dig it a l zoo m b a r R eso lut io [...]

6 2.1 LCD s tatus Pu sh th e joy stick left to chan ge th e LC D sta tu s as sh ow n below : A ttention ： Y ou can not ch ang e the L CD s ta tu s in the f o llowing situations:  W h il e in Se tup;  W h il e previ ew in g files in the thu mbnail mode;  W h il e in slid e show mode . 0 0 : 0 0 : 2 4 12 / 15 1 1 E V + 0. 0 DI SP DI SP DI [...]

7 3. Came ra Se tup 3.1 Ba ttery Thi s digita l camera uses a rech argeab le li- ion battery . Before u sing th is camera pl ease cha rge th e batter y for at lea st 4 ho u rs. The battery can be ch arged by c onn ectin g th e c amera to the AC ada pter an d conn ectin g to a wa ll o u tle t or by c on n ectin g the camera to compu ter via the USB [...]

8 4: T urning on/off the ca mera 1) To turn on the came ra, pre ss th e pow er bu tton. Th e LC D screen an d th e bu sy ligh t will turn on. 2) Press th e po w er button again to tu rn off th e ca mera. 5. T ak ing Pictu res 1): P ress th e powe r bu tton t o en ter defaul t captu re mode ; If th e camera i s in playb ack or vide o capture mode, p[...]

9 5.1 Flas h Au to: The camera determin es i f flash i s require d. Fla sh on: Th e fl ash wi ll alway s fire. Fla sh off: Th e fl ash will not fire . W h en in cap t u re mode, push the joysti ck to th e right to a djust th e flash settin g. ● W h en the fla sh is ch a rgin g, th e screen wil l re main b lank. T h is process ta kes be twe en 3 a[...]

10 6. V ideo Re cord ing: 1): Press the m ode bu tton un til the icon ” “ flash es brie fly on th e screen an d appea rs on th e u pper lef t of scre en ; 2): Pres s th e shu tter bu t ton to sta rt re cordin g; 3): Pres s th e shu tter bu t ton again to s top re cordi n g the vide o. A ttention: ● Th e to tal amou n t of re cordin g ti me d [...]

11 7.2 Play ing vid eo files Ple ase no te th at wh en review in g video fi les on the came ra, soun d i s not avai la ble. To hea r the aud io, dow nl oad th e files to a co mpute r. a): Pres s th e mode bu tton to en ter playb ack mode. b): Pu sh th e j oy stick l ef t/righ t t o sele ct vide o fil e (A VI). c): Press the shu tter button to pl ay[...]

12 b ) Push th e joy stick le ft/ righ t/u p/down to sel ect image an d press the shu tter bu tton t o r etu rn to the singl e image s creen . Atten tion : Y ou can a lso push the joy stick d own to ente r the thu mbn ail mode w hil e a stil l i mage is displ ay ed. 7.4. Dele te f iles a) In playb ack m ode p re ss the menu bu tton to ente r th e m[...]

13 7.5: Lock image This f unc tion ca n pro tect th e files which from being deleted acc ident ally . a) In play ba ck m ode pres s the menu bu t ton to en ter th e menu in terface. Pu sh th e j oy stick up/d own t o select “ lo ck ” , pu sh the joystick righ t t o show : “lock curr en t”, “ lo ck all ”, “unl ock cu rren t”, “un l[...]

14 digi ta l zoom multi ples, th e low er of th e image q u al ity , maximu m 4X di git al z oom is avail ab le . ● In pl ayb ack mode t h e A VI file s can n o t be e nl arged. The se a re vide o files tha t c an only be viewe d and d ispl ay ed unl ess down load ed to a compu ter . 9. Playing vid eo f iles on a T e lev ision a): Con ne ct the c[...]

15  Adjust the t el evisi on if the image doe s not displ ay at the cen ter of TV scree n.  Only u se the cab le tha t acco mpa ni es th is ca me ra to con n e ct th e camera to th e TV .[...]

16 II Se tting u p you r ca mera 1. Setup in Cap ture M ode In capture mode, press the m en u button to en ter the main m en u for 2 optio n s:”Image ” mode an d “Setup ” mo de: S elect “Ima ge” to adju st the foll owing setti n gs: Resolu t ion , Qu ality , W h i te Bal an ce, Col or Effec t, Expo sure , Da teS ta mp, Sel f timer , an [...]

17 d) Pre ss th e men u button to retu rn to captu re mode. B. Quality: Note that the highe r the quality se tting, the large r the imag e file. a) Push th e joy stick dow n to sel ect “ Qu ali ty ” and th en push it righ t fo r 3 op tio n s: “ Su pe r”, “Fin e ”, “Normal” . b) Pu sh the j oy stick up/do wn to sele ct the desired im[...]

18 pu sh it to th e right for 5 optio n s: Au to, Day Ligh t, T un gsten , Flu o rescen t, an d Clou dy . b) Pu sh the j oy stick u p/do wn to s el ect the prope r mode. c) Pre ss down on the joystick to con fi rm the settin g . d) Pre ss th e men u button to retu rn to captu re mode. D. Colo r Effect: This func tion can color tune an ima ge. a) Pu[...]

19 or darke n you r pho tos by ad justing the EV value . a) Push the joystic k dow n to select “ Exp os u re”, then p u sh it righ t ; b) Push the j oy stic k le ft/ righ t t o ad just the exp osu re fr o m -2.0 to +2.0; then Press dow n on t h e j oy stick to c on fi rm t h e settin g. c) Pre ss th e men u button to retu rn to captu re mode. F[...]

20 G: Se lf-timer: Use the Self-time r to set a delay f ro m the time the shutte r button is pres sed to the time the image i s sho t. a) Pu sh th e joystick u p/do wn to sel ect “S el f - timer”, th en pu sh it righ t to show : “Disab le ”, “10SEC” , “ 20 SEC”; b) Pu sh th e joystick u p/do wn to sel ect th e ti me yo u desi red; c[...]

21 d) Press th e menu bu tton to retu rn to captu re mode. 2. Setup in V ideo M ode The re are 3 option s avail able b y pressin g the m enu button in vide o mode: “Re sol u tion ”, “Frame rate ”, an d “W h ite bal an ce” . A : V ideo Resolu tion : a) Push the j oy stick up/do wn to select “ Resolu tion ” then pu sh it righ t for 2 [...]

22 desi red; c) Pre ss down on the joy stick to con fi rm the settin g . d) Pre ss th e men u button to retu rn to video mode. C: W hite ba lance Thi s is the same as the s et tin g un der the captu re m ode (See p age 4). 3. Setup in pla yba ck mo de: Un der image pla y back mode , press th e menu button to ente r the main menu for 2 op tion s : ?[...]

23 See det ails on p ag e 13. C. Thumb nai l See det ails on p ag e 1 1. D. Ro ta te Press “ men u ” bu tton in i mage playb ack mode a n d p u sh the joystic k u p/do wn t o selec t “ Rot ate ”. P us h t h e j oy stic k righ t t o en ter r ot ate mode: 90º , 180º an d 270 º . Push th e j oy stick u p/down button to select the desired de[...]

24 b) Pre ss dow n o n the j oy stick to pa u se an d press it again to con tinu e . c) Pre ss th e shu tter bu tton to stop sli desh ow . 4. Othe r setup W h en in captu re mode , vide o mode, i ma ge play back mode, press th e men u bu tton to en ter th e main me nu . Push the joy stick righ t to sel ect “Se tup ”. The re are 11 Optio n s in [...]

25 th en push it righ t to laun ch t h e s u bmenu , pu sh it up/d own again to sele ct th e de sired l angua ge; and press dow n on th e joystick to con firm th e settin g; d) Pre ss th e men u button to retu rn . B: Auto Po wer Off : For po wer sav e, the camera is turned off automat ically af ter a period of inac tivi ty time . b) Pu sh th e joy[...]

26 a) Pu sh th e joystick u p/do wn to sel ect “T V Ou tpu t”. b) Push the j oy stick right to laun ch t h e submen u : “ NTS C; “P AL ”. c) P u sh the joy stick u p/down to sele ct th e prop er TV mode ; th en press dow n on t h e joy stick to con firm t h e settin g. d) Pre ss th e men u button to retu rn . D: Pla y Log o Use this func [...]

27 Light Frequ enc y should be set t o eith er 60Hz or 50Hz depe ndin g on yo ur reg ion. a) Pu sh th e joystick u p/do wn to sel ect “Li gh t Frequ en c y”. b) Pu sh th e joystick ri ght f or 2 opti on s: 50HZ o r 60HZ. d) Push th e joystick u p/d own t o se lect th e fre quen cy then press do w n on the joy stick to con fi rm. e) Press th e m[...]

28 e) Pre ss th e men u button to retu rn . G: Bu zzer: This func tion sets the so und indic ato r on or off . a) Pu sh th e joystick u p/do wn to sel ect “B u zzer”. b) Pu sh th e joystick ri ght f or 2 opti on s: Ena bl e, Disab le. d) Push the j oy stick up/d own to sele ct wha t you wan t a n d then press do w n on the joy stick to con fi r[...]

29 e) Press dow n on the joy stick to con fi rm an d st art format tin g. I. De fault s etting Use this func tion to res et a ll came ra se tt ings to de fault. a) Pu sh th e joystick u p/do wn to sel ect “D efau lt settin g”. b) Pu sh t he j oy stick r igh t for 2 option s: “loa d” or “NO”; sele ct “loa d” w ith pu shin g the joyst[...]

30 b) Push th e joy stick up/d own to sel ec t “USB M o de”. c) Push the j oy stick ri ght f o r 2 opti on s: “Ma ss storage”; “PC camera” . f) Pu sh th e joy stick u p/down to se lect “ ma ss sto rage ” o r “ PC camera ” a n d th en press down on th e joy stick to con firm. g) Y ou can also p ress the mode bu tto n to swi tc h [...]

31 III So ft ware & d o wnload 1. W eb -Cam Drive r Ins tal lation Before con n e cting th e camera to th e co mpu ter , in sert th e CD in to th e CD-ROM drive of y ou r PC, An i n terface appe ars a s f ol low s, Cli ck t h e “I n sta ll Driver” to inst all the camera drive r . Thi s process is on ly ne cessary to u se th e Web C amera fu[...]

32 Sel ect the in stall ation lan guage Conn ect th e ca mera w i t h PC b y USB cabl e, pow er on th e camera th en press th e m od e bu tton to sel ect “PC CA M ERA”[...]

33 An in terface “Fou n d New Hardw a re Wizard” app ears. Select “Y e s, th is time on ly ” an d then click “ne xt” Sel ect “Insta ll th e sof twa re au tomatica lly (Reco mmen de d)”, cli ck “ne xt”; If “h ardw are inst alla tion” in terface appears , cli ck “Con tinu e[...]

34 Any way ” If th e fol lowin g in terface app ea rs, cli ck “can cel”;[...]

35 An in terface “Fou n d new h ardw are W iza rd” a ppe ars, sele ct “Y es, th is time on ly ”, then cli ck “nex t”; Sel ect “in sta ll t h e sof tw are au to matically (Re commended )”, cli ck “ne xt”;[...]

36 If “h ardw are inst alla tion” in terface ap pea rs, cli ck “Con tinu e Any way ”;[...]

37 The in sta lla tion is fini sh ed and n ow you can u se th e Web ca mera fun ction ; 2. Using a s a W eb-Cam 1. Po we r on th e camera. Pre ss “ mode” bu tton to S el ect “PC camera” . 2. Dou bl e click th e i con “my co mpute r” on the desktop of PC . 3. Dou bl e click th e i con “ ” Th e n you can start to u se th e pc -cam fun[...]

38 3. Download ing Images Set the USB mode to “mass storage ”, an d t hen the c ame ra become s a re mo vabl e stora ge de vice: a): Con ne ct the ca mera an d PC w ith the USB cabl e ; b): Dou bl e cli ck the i con “my co mpu ter” on th e desktop of PC ; c): Dou bl e cli ck “ ” icon ; d): Dou bl e cli ck “DCIM ” file fold er ; e): [...]

39 Do not s tore the camera in t h e sun or in a hi g h-temperatu re en viron men t. Wa it few min u tes before u sin g wh en brin g th e came ra fro m a l ow tempe ratu re en viron men t to a w arm en viro nmen t. 2. Bat tery The statu s of the intern al battery ca n be seen on the LCD disp lay : Full Hal f Emp ty In ad di t ion to th e regul ar u[...]

40 a): If th e SD card h as n ot be en formatted previ ou sly . b): Repeat for matti n g if th e ca mera doe s n ot recogn i ze the card alth ough it h as been for matted befo re; c): For mat th e card before u sin g it wi th anoth e r camera. Attentio n: Make su re that the ca rd i s un locked before i nse rting the card into c ame ra . All dat a [...]

41  T y pe s of card s tha t can be used in thi s came ra:  S t an da rd SD card （ 8 MB – 2GB ）  T h e ca mera m ay be un abl e to recogniz e non -stand ard cards or a card forma tted by another device (su ch as ano ther c a mera ) so for mat the card in this camera before u sing. 4. Caution T o a voi d ri sk o f el ectric sh o ck, d[...]

42 Captu re Sin gle/Bu rst V ide o Qu ality VGA 640 x48 0 , QVGA 320 X24 0 sna p shot spee d Ele ctron ic shu tte r ： 1/3 ~ 1 /409 6 sec Sel f timer 10 sec /20 sec zoom 4 x di git al zoom W h ite ba la n ce Au to 、 Dayl ight 、 T u n gsten 、 Flu orescen t 、 Clou dy exp osu re con trol -2.0~+2.0(in 0. 5 step) illu mina tion Au to PC -Camera[...]

43 Note: T h e produ ct design and t he s pe cific ation s are s u bject to chan ge w ith out pri or noti ce. 2. Sys tem Requi remen ts ： Win dow s 98SE/2 000 /ME /XP/V ist a CPU: Pe n tiu m III 800M Hz a n d up per Me mory ： 6 4 M B and upp er memory Disk sp ace ： A t le ast 1 28 M B[...]