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Argus Camera DC2200 manual

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    User Guide for DC2200 0[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 1 CONTENTS Introduction 2 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notice 3 Precautions 4 Battery Used for DC2200 Camera 5 Nomenclature 6 Connect the camera unit by USB cable 7 TV Mode 8 Review – Reviewing Pictures 9 Slide Show 10 Info 11 Lang 12 Status LCD display 13 - 18 Recording a movie 19 Host Software 20 Install the Arcsoft progr[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 2 V V G G A A D D i i g g i i t t a a l l C C a a m m e e r r a a D D C C 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 U U s s e e r r G G u u i i d d e e The package contains of below items : DC2200 Camera 1 unit Program CD 1 piece USB cable, 1.5m, transparent 1 piece TV cable, 1.2m, black color 1 piece Hand Strap 1 piece User manual inside CD-ROM Alkali[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 3 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning : Ch[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 4 Precautions : Thank you for selecting DC2200 dual mode digital camera. Please read the instructions carefully for a thorough understanding before taking pictures. l This camera is not resistant to water and should not be used outdoors in snow or rain. If accidentally dropped in water, please quickly pour out the water. Let i[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 5 Battery Used for DC2200 Camera l To power up the unit, the 3xAAA alkaline batteries should be put in the battery compartment. l Press the Power button. l If the battery power is taken off, the internal memory is erased and the TV settings will be reset to default. • Make sure it is power up by the battery before you connec[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 6 Nomenclature :[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 7 Connect the camera unit by USB cable. 1. First, the PC/Mac is installed with the My Camera driver (install the CD-ROM will put the driver to your PC and double click the Mac driver Installer in the Mac computer will start to install the My Camera driver ). 2. Then power on the camera unit. You can see the status LCD is on. 3[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 8 TV Mode : Change the camera internal settings You can change some settings of the camera by connecting the video cable to the TV set which has the video input. Power up the unit after connecting the stereo jack of the camera to the RCA jack of TV (this is the Video input socket). Then you can see the main menu on the TV scre[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 9 REVIEW – Reviewing Pictures Press Shutter button to choose the 1 st picture to display on TV screen Press the Mode button to display the 2 nd picture. It can continue this step to see all the pictures taken by the camera. Until the last picture is seen, it will show ‘ Done ’ . Press Mode button again it will go to the [...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 10 SLIDE SHOW – Display stored pictures one by one Press Mode button to choose SLIDE SHOW. Press Shutter button to confirm. The 1 st photo is uploaded to the screen in about 4 seconds. Then it will display the photo for 5s. The next photo is automatically uploaded and repeat the process until all the pictures are displayed. [...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 11 INFO – Information of internal memory Press Mode button to choose INFO. Press Shutter button to confirm. You can see the screen as below : the numeric values are just for reference. Press Shutter button to confirm Done. It will go back to main menu. BATTERY FULL means the battery voltage is >3.5V. VERY LOW means the ba[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 12 LANG – Select English, Spanish, Deutch, French or Japanese Press Mode button to choose LANG. It is preset as English. Press Shutter button to confirm change of languages. Press Mode button once , the other language is shown. Press the Shutter button to confirm. Select SAVE to update the language. TIMEOUT (STANDBY) – Sel[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 13 Status LCD display Icons in the status LCD : Battery icon : 2 Levels of power input 3-digit 7 segment display : Count Up from 0 to 999. ( if over 999, it will show 999) NTSC, PAL : TV system selection Movie icon : Show movie mode. FINE , NORM, ECON : Photo Quality 2X : Zoom function for TV mode. MEM icon : It will blink if [...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 14 Status LCD flow chart : 1. Operating mode : Ready to take a photo. Press Power/ Standby button to turn on the LCD. Press Mode button once LCD displays full segments. Ready to operate. ‘ FEA ’ (feature) is displayed in the counter . Press Select button to change the quality : FINE ,NORM,ECON, Zoom x2, Movie. a. If select[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 15 Just put in the batteries, press the Power button once. The LCD displays as below (no CF card is inserted). 2. Take a photo As the unit is turned on, press the shutter and it will take a photo. You can see the film counter is increased from 0 to 1. 3. Change Picture quality If you press the Mode button once, you see FEA, pr[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 16 Then wait for about 10s, it will go back to operating mode but the picture quality is changed to NORM (Normal). This is similar for changing to Econ, Zoom x2 and Movie modes. 4. Change TV system Press the Mode button two times, it will see the NTSC icon, press the Select button and PAL is found. Wait for 10s, or press Mode [...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 17 6. Self Timer mode : Press the Select button, you see the Timer icon, press the Shutter button, the Timer icon will blink and a photo is taken after 10s. The beeper is ‘ Do ,Do.. ’ and the LED is blinking. 7. Flash strobe mode : Press the Mode button 2 times, the flash icon is blinking. Press the Select button to confir[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 18 Battery Low Detection When the battery power is detected as Low, the last segment of the battery icon is blinking. Remarks : ZOOM (2X) The photo taken by 2X mode is the middle part of the VGA image size. The resolution is QVGA 320x240. This is used for TV mode. You can see a 2X image on the TV screen. Front LED indication :[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 19 Recording a Movie You can select the Movie mode in the Quality selection mode. Press the Mode button once, press the Select button 4 times, you can see the Movie icon on. Press Mode button until you see the film counter. Now the Movie mode is set. Press the shutter and hold, you can hear beep beep sound. Now the movie is be[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 20 H H o o s s t t S S o o f f t t w w a a r r e e Install the DC2200 Camera driver to the PC Insert the CD ROM to the CD ROM drive of the PC. It will do driver installation after completion of Arcsoft programs installation. Reset the PC is required. Open the “ My Computer ” folder in the desktop, you can find the driver i[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 21 Install the Arcsoft Programs : Place the CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive. It will auto run.[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 22 When finishing the installation of the Arcsoft programs, it will start to install the PC driver. DC2200[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 23 Make a shortcut of the DC2200 Camera driver to the desktop. Connect it to the camera. Double click the DC2200 Camera icon, it will display the explorer as shown. DC2200[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 24 Use of PhotoFantasy : Open the PhotoFantasy. Get Fantasy and then Get Photos. Click the ‘ Add ’ icon.[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 25 Use of PhotoStudio and PhotoPrinter :[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 26 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Hardware : 1. Resolution FINE / NORM 640x480 (VGA), ECON/2X 320x240 (QVGA), MOVIE 160x120 (QSIF) 2. Lens Plastic, two elements, F/3, 35mm(Equiv) 3. Memory Internal 8MB (Internal SDRAM) External input For Type 1 CF memory cards (not included). 4. Number of Pictures Up to 55 (Fine), up to 110 (Norm) , U[...]

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    User Guide for DC2200 27 Software : For both PC and Mac computer 1. QuickTime 4.0 Play the movie files 2. Photo Printer Print the photo in simple steps 3. Photo Fantasy Role play program 4. Photo Studio Photo editing program 5. Camera Driver USB hot plug driver System Requirements : 1. Pentium 166MHz or higher. 2. Operation System : PC Win98,98SE,M[...]