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    Notice 1. Do not drop, puncture or disassemble the camera. 2. Remove batteries during long periods between use. 3. Avoid all contact with water and dry hands before using. 4. Do not expose the camera to high temperature or leave it in direct sunlight. 5. Avoid pressing hard on the camera body. Notice[...]

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    Identifying your camera parts Preparing Your Camera Installing batteries Inserting CF card (Optional) Attaching strap (Optional) Using tripod (Optional) How to hold your camera Using Your Camera Turning on/off your camera Recording AVI movies Taking pictures Playback Deleting a single picture Voice recording Self-Timer Setting Exporting to TV 1.Con[...]

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    Identifying your camera parts Identifying your camera parts Shutter button Record button Up button Down button MENU/OK button (Power button) USB port AV-out port CF Card slot Eject ( CF Card) LED light LCD display View finder LCD on/ off button Strap-holder Focus Lens Microphone Mirror Tripod port Battery cover Speaker 2[...]

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    Installing Batteries Your camera runs on two AA alkaline batteries. High performance batteries are recommended for this camera for maximum battery life. In addition to 16MB (128Mbits) built-in flash memory, your camera can store data on Compact Flash Card (8MB- 512MB). Insert your CF Card as shown. Files will be automatically stored on the CF Card [...]

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    Attach the carrying strap for convenience and safety. Attaching strap (Optional) Preparing Your Camera Use a tripod to minimize camera movement and ensure optimal image quality, especially while shooting longer movies, self- portraits or video conferencing. Using tripod (Optional) How to hold your camera Do not cover the lens. Microphone Do not cov[...]

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    Opening LCD panel Press and hold the MENU/OK button for 3 seconds to turn on your camera. Snap the LCD panel to the camera body and the camera will be turned off. Press the MENU/OK button for 3 seconds. Your camera will automatically shut off after 60 seconds of inactivity. T o turn on your camera, press the MENU/OK button for 3 seconds. Open the L[...]

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    (1) Press and release the Record button to record. (2) Flashing LED light indicates recording in progress. (3) Press and release the Record button again to stop recording. 00:00:01 Second Minute Hour REC Recording......... Recording AVI movies Using Your Camera Taking Pictures Zoom In/ Zoom Out Set focus Set focus before taking pictures. 1 2 12&quo[...]

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    Playback 1 2 Entering MENU Press and release the MENU/OK button to show MENU. Selecting mode Press the Up or Down button to highlight . Then press the MENU/OK button again to select Playback mode. After selecting Playback mode, you enter thumbnail mode. Press the Up or Down button to shift between thumbnails. Playing back the file Press the MENU/OK[...]

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    AVI Thumbnail mode AVI WAV WAV WAV WAV JPEG Deleting a single picture Press the Shutter button. Press the Shutter button again and the file will be erased. Select a thumbnail . AVI AVI AVI WAV WAV WAV Shutter 2 In Playback mode (see Playback section for details), you can delete a single file. Situation 1 : When you are in thumbnail mode Situation 2[...]

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    Voice Recording 1 2 Entering MENU Press and release the MENU/OK button to show MENU. Voice recording (1) Press the Up or Down button to highlight and press the MENU/OK button to start voice recording. Using Your Camera Exit MENU Playback Voice REC Self-Timer Setting M E N U (2) LED light indicates voice is being recorded. (3) Speak directly into th[...]

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    (1) Press the Up or Down button to highlight . (2) Press the MENU/OK button to select . Self Timer 1 2 Entering MENU Self-Timer Press and release the MENU/OK button to show MENU. Using Your Camera 10 Exit MENU Playback Voice REC Self-Timer Setting M E N U (3) Press the Shutter button. (4) Counter will count down from ten to zero and take the pictur[...]

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    Press the Up or Down button to highlight . Then press the MENU/OK button again to select Setting mode. Setting 1 2 3 Entering MENU Press and release the MENU/OK button to show MENU. Selecting mode Changing the Setting Press the Up or Down button to shift between modes. Then press the MENU/OK button to select mode. Exit MENU Playback Voice REC Self-[...]

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    DELETE ALL SIZE FORMAT QUALITY LANGUAGE DISPLAY YES DEUTSCH OFF Item Description Delete all still pictures, AVI movies and audio files from your camera. Turn on/ off the status shown on the LCD. Format the memory of CF Card and clear all data from the memory. Larger size indicates clearer image. Select 2048x1536 or 1600x1200 when you want to develo[...]

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    Audio Video Connect your camera and TV via A/V out cable for real time display. Y ou can export your video, still pictures and audio directly to your TV or VCR to share them with friends and family. Turn on your TV and select A V-in mode. Please plug in Video and Audio A V cable to your TV. Plug in the camera. Turn on the camera. Connecting your ca[...]

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    With few steps, you can take pictures, record AVI Movies and playback files on TV. Press the Shutter button to take a still picture Exit MENU Playback Voice REC Self-Timer Setting M E N U More functions are available when images export to TV. For more details, please see the Using Your Camera section. Previewing and playback on TV Exporting to TV 1[...]

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    Turn on your computer. Do not connect your USB Cable to your computer in this step. Turn off the application programs running on your computer. Place the accessory CD into the CD-ROM drive. The title appears in a few seconds. MS XP users can skip this step and go to step . directly if you don't use PC Camera function. Installing the driver and[...]

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    The "Install Shield Wizard" appears and automatically installs the program. When Fig 1 appears, please click " Next ". When Fig 2 appears, please click "Yes" or "No" according to your circumstance: 5 Notice for Windows 2000 users 1.The checkbox " Digital Signature Not Found " might appear twice, ple[...]

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    Copying pictures to your computer Remove the CD from the CD-ROM driver. 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Connect the USB cable to the USB port of the computer. Connecting your camera to computer 3.Connect the other end of the USB cable to your camera. The driver is available for use after your computer is restarted. 6 When Fig 3 or Fig 4 appears, pleas[...]

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    Copying pictures to your computer Windows XP users Windows 2000/ME/98SE users After your camera is connected to your computer, Fig 5 will appear automatically. Please select " Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer " item and click " OK ". Double-click the icon " My Computer " Copying pictures to your compute[...]

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    Double-click " DCIM " file folder. Windows XP Windows 2000/ME/98 SE Double-click " 100MEDIA " file folder. Drag the picture to " My Documents " file folder. Copying pictures to your computer Copy pictures to "My Documents" Windows XP Windows 2000/ME/98 SE Windows 2000/ME/98 SE Windows XP 19[...]

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    Picture's positions Copying pictures to your computer Viewing pictures on your computer Double-click " My Documents " Windows XP Windows 2000/ME/98 SE 20[...]

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    Copying pictures to your computer Double-click the desired file. Notice for Windows 2000/ME users: Before you disconnect your camera and computer, please follow the steps below: 1. Double click on the system-tray. 2. Click ( USB Disk ), then click "Stop" 3. Confirm the device (DV 3100) on the confirmation screen and click " OK "[...]

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    DV Disk LIVE PC Camera Mode You need to install DV 3100 Driver before using PC Camera or Video Conferencing function. If you have already installed DV 3100 Driver, please skip this step and go to step directly. If you never install DV 3100 Driver, please finish the installation first. (For its details, pleas see the step in the Copy Pictures to You[...]

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    Using PC Camera (Video Conferencing) Function When you use PC Camera (Video Conferencing) function at the first time, please follow the step below. Windows 2000 The checkbox " Digital Signature Not Found " might appear twice, please simply click " Yes ". This camera works perfectly for MS Windows 2000 operation system. Windows M[...]

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    Double-click the "DV 3100 ( PC Camera )" icon on the Desktop to execute the program to begin using your camera. Click on the "Start" menu and go up to "Programs". Then go to the folder named "DV 3100 ( PC Camera )" and select it. Open PC Camera (Video Conferencing) interface Using PC Camera (Video Conferencin[...]

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    C: Program Files DV 3100 (PC Camera) Work Temp Viewing pictures taken by PC Camera - Files taken are stored in Work Temp. Please follow the path to find the files. - Click to open Album. Or Using your PC Camera 25 Preview Window Using PC Camera (Video Conferencing) Function Record a video clip Stop recording Snapshot Set image size Source Previe[...]

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    Advanced Settings in PC Camera Set Image Size Color Space Output Size Select one of the following functions when you have different needs. - RGB 24: better image quality - I420: faster speed Setting output size can change the size of the preview window. The default size is 320x240. Choose larger pixels when you need a larger preview window. 160 x 1[...]

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    Set Source Video Setting Custom Video Pro Amp - Banding Filter: Using PC Camera function and your PC screen flickers, please change the banding filter in Video Setting. The refresh rate (the number of times the screen is redrawn per second) is the most likely cause of flicker. Select 50Hz or 60Hz until your PC screen stops flickering. You can use t[...]

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    Set Settings Your camera has default flicker settings, which is country specific. If you use your camera abroad, please refer to the table below and check if the flicker settings of the country you intend to go match the flicker settings of your country or not. If it does not match, please select "Cancel Flicker" in the setting dialog to [...]

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    When not using your camera for extended periods, we suggest you remove the batteries. on the LCD display indicates out of power. Full Low Out of power Battery Indicators LCD Backlight On Off To reduce power consumption, turn of f the LCD backlight. LCD on/off button Battery indication and reduce power consumption Battery indication and reduce power[...]

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    Storage Capacity 16MB (Internal Memory/ CF Card) 32MB (CF Card) 64MB (CF Card) About 2.5~4 min About 5~8 min About 10~16 min Memory Estimated maximum recording time AVI Movies Still The number of pictures, video and audio recording time is different, depends on the capacity of the internal memory or CF Card. 16MB 32MB (CF Card) 64MB (CF Card) About[...]

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    Keep the focus set to except for extreme close-ups. Make sure your subject is well lit from the front. Keep the camera level and steady when releasing the shutter. Make sure you have adequate light when taking still pictures or movies. For best quality video, move the camera slowly during filming. Make sure you have adequate light 5 Tips for best s[...]

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    Language Reference Table Language Reference Table 32[...]

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    EN GE IT DU PT SP FR Language Reference Table 33[...]

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    EN GE IT DU PT SP FR Language Reference Table 34[...]

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    Troubleshooting Symptom Actions TV doesn't show TV preview after A V-out cable is connected. Change AV -out port. Insert white cable to audio port and yellow one to video port. Cannot turn on your camera. Press the MENU control for 3 seconds. Change new batteries. Images are blurred. Adjust the focus. Images are too dark. Take pictures while t[...]

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    Specifications Specifications - Hardware Resolution / 2048x1536 (3.1 Mega) pixels - Sensor Effective Resolution / 1600x1200 (2 Mega)pixels - Internal Memory / Built-in 16 MB Flash memory (Storage); 16 MB SDRAM (Buffer) - External Memory / Built-in Compact Flash Card slot (Maximum: 512 MB) Main Functions - Digital Video Camcorder: QVGA (320 x 240 pi[...]

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    AIPTEK Service AIPTEK International GmbH Halskestrasse 6 47877 Willich, Germany TEL +49 21 54 - 92 35 50 Fax +49 21 54 - 92 35 68 http://www.aiptek.de AIPTEK, Inc. 51 Discovery, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92618, USA TEL: 949-585-9600 FAX: 949-585-9345 http://www.aiptek.com Online registration website: Http://www.aiptek.com/registration/registration.htm ([...]

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    82-142-95010 V1.0[...]