Tekxon Technology MegaCam manuale d’uso

1 Welcome MegaCam is a high-quality yet affordable digital camera that allows you to create, edit, share and send photos to friends and family . MegaCam is also not just a digital camera. It lets you record short segments of video. What’s more, it can be used as a Web camera when you connect it to a computer . This easy-to-follow manual shows you[...]

2 Contents Know Y our Camera ................................................................................................................ 3 Camera Controls ................................................................................................................. ... 3 Digital Interface Compartment ........................................[...]

3 Know Y our Camera This is not your traditional camera. This is a “digital camera”. A digital camera allows you to take pictures without the use of film. Eliminate developing costs by downloading the photos to your PC. Y o u can send your photos via email, upload them to your web site. Now, familiarize yourself with the camera controls of Mega[...]

4 Self-Timer - Use the Self-Timer button when you need to shoot photos of yourself. After you press the Shutter Release button, a 10-second countdown, giving you time to position yourself in front of the camera before your photo is taken. Digital Zoom - MegaCam provides four times magnification beyond the optical zoom. Press the Record mode button [...]

5 Back of Digital Camera LCD Display - The LCD Display (Liquid Crystal Display) is one way used to view the photos you have taken; indicate camera settings as well as access the menu and info options. Viewfinder - Look through the Viewfinder to view the real life subject you want to photograph. Controller - Use the Controller button to open the cam[...]

6 Picture Counter Number of remaining shots (Record mode) Number of stored photos (Play mode) Digital Interface Compar tment Located on the left side of the camera are the two ports for attaching the following cables: Video Output and USB. These ports will enable you to attach the appropriate cables from the camera to your computer and TV/VCR. Vide[...]

7 Note: 1. To remove the SD card, push the SD card once and the card will be ejected from the memory compartment. 2. MegaCam comes with built-in 8Mbyte internal NAND Flash memory. You don’t necessarily add extra memory for it. • Step 3 Attach the wrist strap to the strap holder at the side of the camera as illustrated in the picture below. Star[...]

8 • Step 6 After the memory card has been formatted, all the pictures in the memory card will be deleted. And there is a message appeared: No pictures in memory . Press to switch to Record mode. Y ou can now begin taking pictures. Shooting Photos T aking pictures with your digital camera is a snap. Just point and shoot! • Step 1 Make sure that [...]

9 • Step 1 Turn the lens all the way to the left. This sets the digital camera to Macro mode , allowing you to take pictures at close range. • Step 2 To take pictures, follow the steps in the section, “Shooting Photos” on page 8. To take portrait and distant pictures: • Step 1 Turn the lens all the way to the right. This sets the digital [...]

10 Deleting Photos Y ou can choose to delete a single photo or all the photos previously taken with the digital camera. Deleting a Single Photo If you are not satisfied with some pictures, you may delete them from the memory . • Step 1 Make sure that the camera is turned on. • Step 2 Press the Record/Play button to switch the camera to Play mod[...]

11 • Step 4 Press the OK button. • Step 5 When you see the message, “Delete All Images?”, press to select Yes on the screen and then press the OK button to erase all of your pictures. If you change your mind and do not want to continue deleting all the pictures, press or to select Cancel on the menu screen. Then press the OK button. All you[...]

12 • WB (White Balance) - Allows the camera to adjust to light conditions using preset selections (auto, sun, shade, tungsten, fluorescent). • TV Mode - Choose the TV standard that you use in your country for the video you record. • Language - Let you to choose different languages for Camera menu. • Step 5 Press OK to select a menu option. [...]

13 Press Move to Exit to exit the menu. • Step 5 Connect one end of the video output cable (the black colored plug) into the video out port located in the Digital Interface Compartment on the left side of the camera. • Step 6 Connect the other end of the video output cable (the yellow plug) to the video in plug on your TV/VCR. Note: TV/VCR manu[...]

14 • Step 3 And while you are recording, A red text “ REC ” appears on the upper right side of the LCD Display. And disappears after you terminate the recording process. And the remaining seconds will be counted down as you continue shooting. • Step 4 To stop recording, press the Shutter Release button again. • Step 2 Press to move down t[...]

15 Installing All Software and Driver T o install the digital camera driver and all the software in the MegaCam CD: • Step 1 Place the MegaCam CD into your CD-ROM drive. • Step 2 The Software Installation screen appears, with the Install All the Software and Driver option selected. Click Install to start the installation. • Step 3 All the oth[...]

16 Simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Note: At the end of each software installation, “Setup Complete” appears and prompts you to restart your computer. If you have not yet finished installing the other software, click Cancel . Click Yes and restart your computer only when you have finished installing the las[...]

17 Appendix: Camera Specifications Image Sensor 1.3M CMOS Image sensor Optical Viewfinder Built-in LCD Display 1.5" color TFT LCD, Field of View 80% LED Backlight Resolution: 288 x 220 LCD Frame Rate: Min. 30 frame per sec. Image size (HxV) 640 x 480 pixels (Fine) 1280 x 1024 pixels (Best), 1600 x 1200 pixels (2M scale up) 1920 x 1440 pixels ([...]