Acer SV-200 manuale d’uso

i Acer Multi-Functional 7-in-1 VideoCam Model: SV-200 User’s Guide    [...]

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PCSafety Precautions iii PCSafety Precautions Dear Users, Please read this manual thoroughly before you start to use your SV- 200(“SV2“ for short). In addition, pl ease keep this manual properly, if there is any question abou t SV2 in the future, please help yourself to find the answer within. However, if y ou are still unclear ab out the answe[...]

Introduction iv Introduction The Acer Multi-Functional 7-in-1 VideoCam in tegrated the functions of video recording (MPEG 4 format), photo shotting, audio recording , MP3 playback, PC camera, and USB Storage Drive, SD/MMC card reader into a popular seven-in-one product. Its light weight, outstanding power efficiency, simple operati on, long usage t[...]

PCTable of Contents v PCTable of Contents Safety Precautions ..................................................................... iii Introduction ............................................................................... iv T.O.C ............................................................................................ v 1 Preparations 1-1[...]

PCTable of Contents vi Video System / Media Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Auto Power Off / Storage Select / Set to default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2-8 Battery Recharge ................................................................ 20 3 Using Your SV2 3-1 Video Recording ..................[...]

1-1 Accessories 1 PC1 Preparations 1-1 Accessories SV2 Power adaptor Battery SD memory card (Optional)    [...]

1-1 Accessories 2 A/V cable USB cable Stereo headphone Hand strap Companion CD    [...]

1-2 Using AC power adaptor 3 1-2 Using AC power adaptor AC Adapter can provide ne cessary power to DC, it can also recharge the battery. Plug the AC end of the adaptor to the wall(1), and plug the DC end of the adaptor to the DC-in jack of the SV2 (2).  [...]

1-3 Using Battery 4 1-3 Using Battery Battery installa tion: Put SV2 on a de sk, front face down. Ge ntly push battery cover t oward the bottom of the SV2 to remove it. (1 ,2) Put the metal contact end of the battery align with the met al battery c ontact within SV2. Slide th e battery into the bay with 45° slan t angle. (3) Then, push th e entire[...]

1-4 Installing SD Memory Card(Optional) 5 Battery removal: Put SV2 on a de sk, front face down. Ge ntly push battery cover t oward the bottom of the SV2 to remove it. (1,2) Lift bottom end of the battery, a bout 45° (3) and take the battery out of the bay. When done, repla ce the cover, and push the cover toward th e direction of the top of the SV[...]

1-5 Installing the Hand Strap 6 To remove the card, push the card firmly into the slot, then release. The card will be ejected from the slot. Yo u can remove the card at that time. Note: When inserting and removing the SD me mory card, plea se be sure you turned the power off. 1-5 Installing the Hand Strap 1. Put the thin end of the strap through t[...]

2-1 Knowing y our SV2 7 PC2 Touring Your SV2 2-1 Knowing your SV2 Front panel 1 Speaker 2 Screen 7 Mode switch Left hand side 3U S B p o r t 4 A/V output 5 Headphone ja ck Right hand si de 9 Power button   [...]

2-2 Operation 8 2-2 Operation Power button: When turning on, press button at the right hand side of SV2 until screen goes live. When turning off, press button at the right hand side of SV2 for about three seconds until the screen shuts off. Then the SV 2 is turned off. Mode switch: Switching between mo des of video recording , photo taking , audio [...]

2-2 Operation 9 Control button: button can start/stop reco ding/ playback button can switch the SV2 between recording and playbac k function or back to upper level of menu items.  Note: The function of th ese two butto ns varies with different modes. Jog dial switch: Located at right hand side of the SV2, under the power button, you can dial it [...]

2-3 Headphone 10 2-3 Headphone When using he adphone, simply plug it i nto the audio jack located at the left hand side of the unit. When the headphone is plu gged in, stereo audio output switches to the headphone automatically. There will be no output from the built-in speaker of SV2. 2-4 Video/Audio Output All the video, photo, MP3, and audio rec[...]

2-5 Menu Items 11 2-5 Menu Items Recording function menu Video recording Exposure Value White Balance Video Qual ity Audio Quali ty Exit Photo taking Exposure Value White Balance Picture Quality Self Timer   ?[...]

2-5 Menu Items 12 Date St amp Exit Audio recording Audio Quali ty Exit    [...]

2-5 Menu Items 13 Playback function menu Video mo de Volume Control File List Delete Current Delete Al l Playback Repeat Exit Photo mo de File List Delete Current Delete Al l DPOF P rint    [...]

2-5 Menu Items 14 Exit MP3 File List Delete Current Delete Al l Playback Repeat Exit Audio File List Delete Current Delete Al l Playback Repeat Exit    [...]

2-5 Menu Items 15 Setup Set Clock Set Clock 50/60 HZ Video System Media Format Auto Power Off Storage Select Set to default    [...]

2-6 Screen Indications 16 2-6 Screen Indications No Description 1 a. SD card remaining space: showing SD card available memory space in percentage form. Multiply SD card total memory space by shown percentage will get availa ble memory. b. Zoom indication: App lied in video recording and photo taking modes. SV2 can zoom in the image 4 times bigger [...]

2-7 Setup for All Modes 17 2-7 Setup for All Modes Switch the mode switch to , and start all pre-operation setups. Dial the jog dial switch up and down can swit ch between modes. Set Clock: If date and time sh own is incorr ect, please push the jog dial switch and hence both of them can b e adjusted accordingly. The screen shows in the sequence of [...]

2-7 Setup for A ll Modes 18 Video System: Switching between [NTSC] and [ PAL]. Default is NTSC. When setting is in [NTSC ], the standard output resolution is QVGA(320x240), when setting is in [PAL], the standard output resolution is CIF (352 x 288). NTSC standard TV output is using in Taiwan, United States, and Japan, while PAL is using in most Eur[...]

2-7 Setup for All Modes 19 Auto Power Off: In order to save battery power, you can set SV2 to auto matically power off after 1,3,5,10 minutes without any operation move. If [Disable ] is selected, SV2 will no t execute automatic power off. Storage Select: You can select to storing data to either 16 M B built-in memory [internal] or SD memory card [[...]

2-8 Battery Recharge 20 2-8 Battery Recharge If you noti ce the bat tery life rem ains one slot only (a s shown ), that is, your SV2 has remain ing battery life below 30%. Please recharge your SV2 now. When rechargi ng, th e battery life indicator on the screen will flash, and the LED at the rear of LED flash red light sim ultaneou sly. If the batt[...]

3-1 Vi deo Recordin g 21 PC3 Using Your SV2 You can use to switch between Recording/Taki ng and Play function of video recording, photo taking, and audio record ing functions. MP3 has pla y function only. This chapter will i ntroduce all functions clockwisely according to the sequence on the m on the mode switch. Note: When switching to video, phot[...]

3-1 Video Recording 22 3. Press  button to start recording. Note: 1. If you wish to change focus, y ou can dial the jog di al switch upward or downward any time during recording. 2. When shows on screen, it is indicating SD card in use as your data storage. Otherwise , if shows, you are using internal memory. 3. Lower right corner of the screen [...]

3-1 Vi deo Recordin g 23 White Balance: White objects may looks extremel y white under sun shine, but may not be so white in other lighting conditi ons. In order to compensate the color change due to various ligh ting conditions, you can use [White Balance] to adju st. SV2 has four White Bal ance settings [Auto]: Automatic detect [Day Light]: Reduc[...]

3-1 Video Recording 24 Audio Quality: [High]: Recording in the best audio quality. [Good]: Recording in ordin ary good audio quality. [Economic]: Recording in spa ce saving audio quality. The better audio quality recorded, th e more memory space will be taken. Please refer 4-4 for details of memory space taken by each mode. Playback (both Video and[...]

3-1 Vi deo Recordin g 25 2. And press  button to switch to pl ayback function. Note: 1. When button is pressed, SV2 will pl ayback your latest recording automatically. During playback, you ca n push the jog dial switch upward and downward to conduct fast forward and backward. 2. The current file number/ total file number is shown at the upper le[...]

3-1 Video Recording 26 File List: Displays all video files recorded. File names in red are files previously selected or currently playing. The name in white represents file being selected now. Press the jog dial switch to start playing th is file. Delete Current: Select [Yes] to delete curr ent file. Delete All: Select [Yes] to de lete all files. N[...]

3-2 Photo Shooting 27 Playback Repeat: There are three options: [Off]: Stop when finishes playing selected file . That is, the selected file wi ll be played once only. [Current]: Play currently selected file repeatedly. [Sequential]: Play all files in sequence, repeatedly. 3-2 Photo Shooting How to take a photo: 1. Select  on mode switch 2. If y[...]

3-2 Photo Shooting 28 3. If you wish to change focus, you can dial the jog dial switch upward (zoom in) or downward (zoom out). 4. Aim the target and press shutter button . Note: When shutter button is depressed,  Processing  message will be shown on the screen for about one second. Please keep the camera steady to ensure picture quality. [...]

3-2 Photo Shooting 29 White Bala nce: White objects may looks extremely white under sun shine, but may not be so white in other lighting conditions. In order to compensate the color change due to various ligh ting conditions, you can use “White Balance” to adjust. SV2 has four White Ba lance settings¢w [Auto]: Automatic detect [Day Light]: Red[...]

3-2 Photo Shooting 30 Self Timer: [Disable]: Self timer disabled. [Enable]: Photo will be taken 10seconds later. When using self timer, the LED at the rear of the SV2 will flash orange. Date Stamp: [Disable]: no date stamp on photo. [Enable]: Imprint date at lower left corner of the photo with blue font. Playback: 1. Select on mode swit ch 2. Press[...]

3-2 Photo Shooting 31 Note: 1. When icon button is pressed, SV2 will display la test picture taken automatica lly. 2. The current photo number/total photo number is shown at the upper left corner of the screen. 3.The date of picture taken will be disp layed at the lower right corner of the screen. 4.If time stamp is set, the date of that specific p[...]

3-2 Photo Shooting 32 Delete All: Select [Yes] to de lete all files. Note: There will be no further warning or con firmation message after you select ed [Yes] in both “Delete Cur rent” and “Del ete All”. Please be careful on using these commands. DPOF Print: If [On] is selected means this photo can be printed from any printer that supports [...]

3-3 MP3 Playback 33 3-3 MP3 Playback Download M P3 files from you PC : 1. Use the USB cable in the package and plug it into the Mini USB port located at the left hand side of SV2. 2. If you are using Windows ® XP or Windows ® 2000 operating system, your PC will detect SV2 au tomatically. However, if you are using other versio n of Windows ® , yo[...]

3-3 MP3 Playback 34 The way of MP3 files duplication  Select the files you wish to duplicate, and hold the right key of your mouse. Right click “Copy” in the menu shown. Click on the designated folder (G:DCIM100MEDIA, for example), Right click, select “Paste” in the menu shown. ?[...]

3-3 MP3 Playback 35 Note: You can either repeat the above proce ss several times to copy individual files or you can select multiple files and copy th em at once. Detail about how to Copy and Paste, please refe r to user’s manual of your op erating s ystem. 4. After finishing copy and paste process, execut e “Remove Hardware” and stop SV2. 5.[...]

3-3 MP3 Playback 36 Playback MP3: 1. Select  on mode switch. 2. Within File List, you dial the jog dial switch upwa rd or downward to browse the MP3 files stored in the SV2. When selected, press the switch to pl ay. 3. When MP3 playback starts, SV2 will turn off the screen to save battery power . Press or the jog dial switch will resume screen d[...]

3-3 MP3 Playback 37 Settings Delete Current: Select [Yes] to de lete current file. Delete All: Select [Yes] to de lete all files. Note: There will be no further warning or con firmation message after you select ed [Yes] in both “Delete Cur rent” and “Del ete All”. Please be careful on using these commands. ?[...]

3-4 Audio Recording 38 Playback Repeat: There are three choice s, [Off]: Stop when playback finishes. Selected MP3 plays once only . [Current]: Playback current MP3 repeatedly. [Sequential]: Pl ayback all MP3 files in sequence, repeatedly. 3-4 Audio Recording Recording: 1. Select on mode switch. 2. If you need to ch ange recording quality, please p[...]

3-4 Audio Recording 39 [High]: Recording in the best audio quality. [Good]: Recording in ordinary goo d audio quality. [Economic]: R ecording in space saving audio quality. The better audio q uality recorded, the more memory spa ce will be taken. Please refer 4-4 for details of memory space taken by each mode 3. Press button to start recordin g, pr[...]

3-4 Audio Recording 40 Delete Current: Select [Yes] to de lete current file. Delete All: Select [Yes] to de lete all files. Note: There will be no further warning or con firmation message after you select ed [Yes] in both “Delete Cur rent” and “Del ete All”. Please be careful on using these commands. Playback Repeat: There are three choice [...]

3-5 PC Camera 41 3-5 PC Camera 1. Plug the USB cable packaged with SV2 into the Mini USB port  located at the left hand side of SV2. Note: When USB cable is plugged in, the sc reen di splay will di sappear. The display will resume whe n USB cable is removed. 2. Please use the comp anion CD to in stall PC ca mera driver of SV2. Thus, your PC wi l[...]

3-6 USB Storage Drive 42 3-6 USB Storage Drive Except when using SV2 as a PC camera, all the rest modes allows you to connect SV2 with yo ur PC via USB cable, and u se SV2 as an USB removable disk. 1. Plug the USB cable packaged with SV2 into the Mini USB port  located at the left hand side of SV2. When the USB cable is plugged in, the scre en s[...]

4-1 Taking Care of Your SV2 43 PC4 Miscellaneous 4-1 Taking Care of Your SV2 About SV2: Be aware of where you store your SV2. Keep SV2 and its accessories out of children’s reach. Keep SV2 dry--rain and moisture may damage the electronic parts within SV2. If there is water splashes onto the body of SV2, please use dry soft cloth to wipe water dro[...]

4-2 Write Protection and File Stru cture of SD Memory Card(Optional) 44 About the battery Please use certified battery. Please refer to 4-6 for battery specifica tions. Duration of operation - Temperature may affect the duration of battery operation. Higher temperature or lower temperature may both shorten the duration of operation. Battery life ma[...]

4-3 Software Installation and Use 45 Using CD to install There are two major steps: Step 1 , in sert companion CD into your PC CD drive. Do not connect your SV2 to PC for now. Step 2, connect your SV2 to PC and, If your PC uses Windows ® 98 operating system, 1. The PC will in itiate InstallShield Wizard . Click "USB Driver" in menu. 2. I[...]

4-3 Software Installation and Use 46 4. Connect your SV2 to P C. The PC will detect the new hardware. Then "Insert Disk" message shows, click "OK" button. 5. The "Insert D isk" warning message will show up again for consecutively three times. Click "Skip" in all occasion s. Then you can finish the installat i[...]

4-3 Software Installation and Use 47 2. In both dialog boxes showing "Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Digital Camera" and "Information", cli ck on the "Next" button. 3. The driver installation wi ll then start and proceed automatically. 4. In the following two "Hardware Installatio n" dialog windows ,[...]

4-3 Software Installation and Use 48 5. When installation completes, click on "Finis h" to finish insta llation proc ess. 6. Remove companio n CD from optical drive and connect your SV2 to PC. When PC detects it, the "Hardware Installation" dialog windows will appear twice. Selec t "Continue Anyway" in both occasions, [...]

49 1. Your PC will detec t a new device automatically. An “Add New Hardware Wizard” will appear. Click on the “Next” button. 2. Select “Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommend ed)”, and click on the “Next” button. 3. In the next window , Windows ® will search for new drivers in its dri ver database on your ha rd driv[...]

50 4. Windows ® will fi nd the SV2’s USB dr iver in the companion C D. Click on the “Next” button to start installat ion. When completes, click on the “Finish” button to finish the driver installation. 5. When driver installation completes, restart your PC. You will see two removable drives in the Explorer. That is, you have instal led t[...]

51 Using Windows ® 98 operat ing system 1. Your PC will detect your SV2 and pop up an “Add New Hardware Wizard”. Click on the “Next” button. 2. Please select “Display a list of all...” . 3. The syst em will find a n unknown USB composit e device for in stallation. Please select “Have Disk”. ?[...]

52 4. Please ins ert your companion CD into the CD-ROM drive, then select the CD- ROM drive as the source . Clic k on “OK”. 5. When system finds the hardware to be installed, p lease clic k on the “Next” button. 6. Click on Next to start installation. When completes, click on “Fini sh” to exit. [...]

53 7. Another installation window wil l appear, click on “Next” button. 8. Select “Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended)”, and click o n the “Next ” button. 9. Select ”Specify a location” and finds the drivers path, click on the “Nex t” button.  ?[...]

54 10. Click on the Next button to start installat ion. When installatio n completes, click on the “Finish” butt on. 11. Last step of in stallatio n is ex actly the same as step 7 through 10. When finishes, restart PC and you will be able to use SV2 as a PC camera. Note: During the installation process, if a dialogue bo x shows up and req uesti[...]

55 Using Windows ® XP operating system: 1. Your PC will detect SV2 automatically, please select “ Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and click on “Next” button. 2. Insert the companion CD into CD-ROM driv e and click on “Search remova ble media” and click on Next” button. 3. When the hardware installatio n window a [...]

56 4. The file duplication will then start. W hen completes, the following dialog box will appear. Click on “Fini sh” and start the next step of installat ion. 5. The second step of installation is the sa me as the first ste p. Please select “Install from a list or specific lo cation (Advanced)” and click on “Next”. 6. When the dialog b[...]

57 7. The file duplication will then start. When completes, the following dialog box will appear. Click on “Fi nish” and fi nish the installation. Using PC Camera When driver is installed, you can sta rt use your SV2 as a PC camera. There are many software can be used on a PC camera, such as Windows ® Movie Maker NetMeeting...etc. We hereb y u[...]

4-4 Memory Space Consumption of Eac h Mode 58 4-4 Memory Space Consumption of Each Mode Each mode will con sume different size of memory due to their correspo nding quality settings. The higher the quality set, th e more memory space will be taken. The following chart shows a reference value of various scenarios. The first column is the memory capa[...]

4-5 Message List 59 Voice Recording Mode * The times listed i n the above table are approximatio ns. 4-5 Message List High (22k/s) Normal (16k/s) Economic (12k/s) 16 MB 12 m in 17 min 23 min 32 MB 25 m in 34 min 46 min 64 MB 50 m in 1 h 8 min 1 h 31 min 128 MB 1 h 39 min 2 h 17 min 3 h 2 min 256 MB 3 h 19 min 4 h 33 min 6 h 5 min 512 MB 6 h 37 min [...]

4-6 Specification 60 4-6 Specification Resoluti on 4 Mega Pixel (Using Software Interpolation resolution) Video Sensor CMOS Sensor (2 Mega Pixel resolution) Display Panel 1.5 inch Color TFT LCD (280x220 color reso lution) Expansion Memory SD/MMC Card(Opt ional) I/O Port Mini USB (Support USB1.1 conne ct to comp uter), AV (Support NTSC/PAL connect t[...]