DXG Technology DXG-301V manual

Ver 2.0 July 2004 D XG-3 01V Video Camera User's Manual[...]

1 Getting Sta rted ■ Attent ion Safety Precaut ions……… ……………… ……….… …………… ……………… …………… …3 Before Y ou Start………………… …………………………………… ……………………………3 Important Notices ………………………………………………………[...]

2 Audio….………………………………………………………………………………………………………25 White Balan ce ……………………………… ………………………………………………………2 5 Video Menu Navigation……………………………………………………………………?[...]

3 ■ Safety P reca utions This p roduct is a precis ion electronic device. Do no t attempt to servi ce this camera by yours elf , Opening or re moving covers may e xpose you to dangerou s volt age point s or ot her risks . R e ad t he familia riz ation infor mati on and importa nt notices below before ope ra t ing the camer a. ■ Befor e You Star[...]

4 ■ Important Notices This produc t consists of in tricate el ec trical p art s. T o ensure p roper performan ce , hold the camera steady whe n taking pi ctu res. Do not use or place the ca mera in the f ollowin g loca tions : 1. Damp and d usty p laces . 2. Sealed veh icles, d irect su nlig ht expo sure a reas, or pla ces with ext remel y high t[...]

5 Carefully u npack and inspect package co ntents. M a ke sur e the foll o wing items a re ins ide. If anything is m issing or damag ed, please contact your ve nd o r i m m e d i a t e l y . 1. DX G-301V Camer a 4. AA Alkaline Batteries x 4 7. AC Adapter (Optional) 2. USB Cable 5. Softw are C D (incl. Camera Driver) 3. TV-OUT Cable 6. User's M[...]

6 Front (1) Lens (4) Flash (2) Photo S ensor (5) Micr ophone (3) Self - Timer LED (6) W ris t Strap ● Shutter button (Top) Press the Shutter button to tak e a pictur e or to star t recording a video. (First you must pre ss the Power bu tto n.) ● Menu but ton (T op) Press the MEN U but ton in the St ill , Video , and Play back modes, and th e op[...]

7 Left (1) Mode Display Button (8) B attery Sil o (2) Speaker (9) Battery Cover Latch (3) F ast F orward (10) T ripod Socket (4) Play back/Stop/Self -timer Butto n (11) Flash Butt on (5) F ast R e wind (12) MENU Butt on (6) LCD Display (13) Shutte r Button (7) SD Memory Ca rd Slot ● DISPL AY but ton Press th is button to toggl e between displ ay [...]

8 Rear (1) Status L ED (5) USB P o rt (2) Multi-Select Butto n (6) DC -in Jac k (3) Connecto r Cover (7) Mode Buttons (4) TV -O UT Port (8) P ow er Butto n ● Multi-Sele ct Button Use this button to access the men us and perform dig ital zoom and volume adjustment. ● Mode Buttons Press thes e butt o ns to swit ch to V ideo, Still , Setup, and Pl[...]

9 ■ Rotating the LCD Display Open the ca mera’ s LCD di splay . The rota tion directions and stop pos iti ons of the LCD d isplay a re as follo ws: O p e n C l o c k w i s e 9 0 d e g r e e s c l o c k w i s e C o u n t e r c l o c k w i s e C o u n t e r c l o c k w i s e 9 0 d e g r e e s c o u n t e r c l o c k w i s e 1 8 0 d e g r e e s c [...]

10 AA Alkal in e batteries t ypicall y last for 1.5 ho urs of co ntinuo us u se. Longe r run times a re possib le using A A NiMH or AA L ithium ba tteries. A lways keep a spare set of fre sh batte ries on hand . See A C Adapter se ctio n for using an AC adapter as an altern ative power source. ■ Loading Batteries Press the battery cover latch. Sl[...]

11 ■ AC Ada pter Spec i f ica tions Operation Spec. Input 100 ~ 240V 1.0A MAX 50~60Hz Output +5.0 V 2.0A ● Connecting the AC adapter T urn the camera off and foll ow the instructi o ns belo w: Open t h e co nnect or cover an d connect one e nd of th e AC adapter to the DC -in ja ck on the c amer a. Connect the ot her end to an elec trical outle[...]

12 ■ Internal vs. Extern al Memo ry The camera comes with int ernal memo ry bu ilt into the cam era. Y ou canno t see it, but it is there. If you have a me mory card (e xternal me mo ry) the camera’ s 16MB built-in me mo ry can provide additio na l storage space when the ex ternal memory card is full. Ima ge files will sav e to the m emory card[...]

13 ■ Memory Card Handling ● Inserting Tu r n t h e c a m e r a o f f . Sli de the ba ttery cover open as indicated by the arrow . Ins ert t he memor y card as in dicated by the arr ow . ● Removing Tu r n t h e c a m e r a o f f . Sli de the ba ttery cover open as indicated by the arrow . Push the memory card down gently and the memory card wi[...]

14 After loading t he memo ry card, the card indicat or d isplays on the LC D dis p lay under sta ndard di splay m ode. If th e indicator ( internal memory stat us ) is displayed on t he LCD displ ay . ■ Troubleshooting Cannot recog nize t he imag e fi les stored on t he me mory card . Sa ve im a ge s to yo u r PC i f p o s si ble and reformat th[...]

15 T o adjust the w rist str ap: Open the wri st strap pouch. Adjust th e wrist str ap to fit you r wrist. Close the wrist str ap pouch. W rist S t ra p[...]

16 ● Power Su pply Press the P ower Button to turn on the came ra; press the Power Button a gain to tur n it off . ● LED Indicators The following t able expla ins the Self- Timer L ED (locat ed in t he front of camer a) and t he Status LED (located in the rear of camer a ): Status Meaning Red B l in k i n g Bu sy Status LED Green On Camera on a[...]

17 ● Usi ng the Mode B uttons Here are five easy practice steps to ge t y ou started. All revolve mostly around the use of the Mode Buttons, which a re g rou ped around th e P o wer Button in the l o wer right of th e camer a's rear side , and the Shutter Button, on the top of the c amer a. After this easy series of short ex erci ses, y ou w[...]

18 displa y . 3) Press a nd release the Shutte r button agai n to stop recordin g. Y ou have reco rded a video. Good . If you are anxious to see what y ou have recorded, jump to step 3 below , “R evie w Y our S hots, ” othe rwise, co ntinue to step 2. 4) Opti onal: Chan ge Video Se ttings When in Vi deo Mode , chan ge video record ing set tings[...]

19 3) (Optiona l Step): Y ou can also Delete i mag es by pres sing the Men u Button and do other playba ck -relat ed things. (R efer to User' s Manual p. 38 for Play back mode explanation and navigational guidance.) ----------- -------- Fo rmat the Mem o ry Press the button indic ated by “ SET . ” Y ou a re now i n Setup mode. This mode is[...]

20 Press the SET button to sw itch to the Setu p mode. ● Setting the Date/Time The DXG- 301V camer a can record image dates and times. Set the curren t date an d time for yo ur loca tion be fore us ing the camer a. R efe r to th e Setup Mode section for more information. ● Setting the Language Select the p referred language for displa ying i nf[...]

21 ● Setup Menu Navigation[...]

22 Set the app ropriate vide o output mode (NTSC /PAL) corresp ondin g to y our re gion’s T V stan dard to view videos on T V. (US A=NTSC. See App endi x C f or others . Make sure you back u p important data from the memo ry c a rd bef o re formatting. Form a tting the memory card/internal memory will permanently erase all stored dat a. The Frequ[...]

23 T h e c a m e r a d e f a u l t s t o V i d e o M o d e u p o n p o w e r o n . Press th e button neares t the movie ca mera icon to switch to Video from other modes. ■ Video In dicators S t a n d b y R e c o r d i n g Image resolution White balance Image quality Video file s cou nt Video mo de Date/Ti me Audio ： Enable audio re cording ： [...]

24 ■ Reco rdin g Video When r ecording videos, we rec ommend you take short clips. This way , if you decide to t ransfer your video clips t o your comput er , th e files will be smaller , your compute r will n eed fe wer syste m resour ces, and you will be bet ter abl e to process, pla yback an d edit vid eo files. The fil es are MP EG4 stan dard[...]

25 ■ Video Display To ggle Press D ISPLA Y button to to ggle betwe e n the four di splay modes . S t a n d a r d d i s p l a y B a s i c d i s p l a y F u l l d i s p l a y D i s p l a y O f f ■ Image Resolution There are 2 video resolutions : VGA (640 x 480), a nd CIF (320 x 240). CIF offers faster frame r ates and takes less memory space. Pre[...]

26 Outdoor: F o r o utdoor/sunny day photograph y . See White Ba lance sect io n. ■ Video Menu Navigation Press the MEN U button (ca mera top) to show/hid e the menus .[...]

27 T o take photos, press t he butt on nearest t he still ca mera icon. ■ LCD Displa y In dicators S t a n d b y S e l f - T i m e r M o d e Image R esolut ion Whit e Ba la nce Image Quality Metering Mode Re c o r d Mo d e Flash Status Scene Mode Digit al Z oo m Memory status ： Card full ： Card h alf full ： Card empty ： Card pr otected ?[...]

28 ■ Taking Pictures The DXG-30 1V can captu re fine still i mages. The ca mera has a t ripod mou nt for this pur pose. The still image file fo rmat is JPE G. The ma ximum numbe r of recordab le imag es depend s on the amou nt of memo ry space available to it. The ima ge set ting a nd q ualit y le vel you select also affect the numb er of maximu [...]

29 ■ Flash Press button to togg le between fl ash modes. Display Flash mode Description Flash Off T urns off the flash; best for environments with sufficien t light. Auto Flash The flash f ires au to matica lly acco rdi n g t o the ambient li ght level; bes t for general -purpose photograph y . Auto Fla sh + Re d - e ye Re d u ct i o n The flash [...]

30 ■ Scenes The camera provides 13 s cene mode s for still phot ography . For your convenience you can select one of the follo w ing sce n e modes t o automaticall y use pr e-set Whit e Balan ce, EV Co mp ensatio n, M etering , and ISO settings. Sym b ol Mode General Application Auto Lea ves the se ttings up to th e camer a. F or most general-pur[...]

31 ■ White Balance There are si x wh ite ba lance set t ings in the S till mode : Au to: Automatic . F o r gener al-pur pose photogr aphy . Sunny: F o r sho oting out d oors on sunny days. Bulb: For indoors with fluo resce nt lighting . Neon: F o r indoors with tungsten lighting. Cloudy: F o r outdoor scenes with clo udy or overcast skies. Speed [...]

32 Spot metering: measure s a spot in the ce nter which is a bout 1/25 of the viewfinder ’ s area to det ermine the expo sure of the ent i re image. A squa re fr ame is displayed in the center and indicator appears at the lower left side of t he LCD display . This mode is b est appli cable to o bjects with very bright or dark bac kgrounds. Auto f[...]

33 ■ ISO ISO (Sensi tivity) settin gs control the DXG-301V c amera's sen sitivity to li ght. The lowe r t he sensit i vity , the high er the exposu re v a lue ne eded. When yo u increas e the sensitivity , the sh utter spee d i s faster and the exposu re v a lue i s reduced. T he DXG-3 01V ca mera provides four ISO settin gs: Au to, 100, 200[...]

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35 Press the Playback button to sw itch to the Pl ayback mo de. ■ Indicators I m a g e V i d e o Playback mode Fil e prot ection in dicator Current image (vi d eo) number/R ecorded files count Battery po wer ： Full ： Medium ： Low ： Ve r y L o w Image (video ) reco rded date and ti me Au dio en abl ed/dis abled status Previous/next image ([...]

36 ■ LCD Displa y Toggl e Press DISPLAY button to toggle betw ee n display mode s. F u l l d i s p l a y S t a n d a r d d i s p l a y B a s i c d i s p l a y D i s p l a y O f f ■ Thumbnail Display Thum bnai ls are smaller repres entations of images, h elpful for fast review wher e viewin g space i s limited . Pres s button to s e e th um bna [...]

37 ■ Viewing Photos Press the (left arrow) / (right arrow) to select an image or video. I m a g e V i d e o ■ Viewing Videos Press the (left arrow) / (right arrow) to select an image or video. The followin g screen will appear on th e LCD disp lay aft er a video is se lected . Press the PLA Y/ST OP butto n to start pl aying a vide o. Press the [...]

38 ■ Slideshow Slidesho w plays back imag es (but not videos) automat icall y in sequ ential order . Y ou can adjust the sl idesh o w display interv al within th e range of 1 second to 1 0 second s. Select menu, and p ress the (up arrow) / (down arrow) to increa se o r decrease the i nterval. The and symbols are to enable or disab le the re peat [...]

39 ■ Playback Menu Na vigation In Pl ayback, Pres s the MENU button to show/hide the menus. NEXT FILE[...]

40 If the selected image/ v ideo is p rotected If the selec ted image/ video is pr otect ed, th e "Remove" sub- men u app ears automatically .[...]

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42 Slideshow plays only still images, not videos.[...]

43 If no imag e st ored in the me mory .[...]

44 Use TV-Out to displa y images on an ou tput display d evice, s uch as a televi sion. To transfer t he imag e displa y to an external device: Set the appr o priate vide o output mode (NTSC or P AL) corresponding to your TV and video record e r sta nd ard s. USA=NTSC (See Appendix B for a list of N TSC & PAL countr ies .) Use the video cabl e [...]

45 ● Installing the Camera Driver The camer a driver is not required for XP/Windows 2000 sy stems. F o r older Windows op erating syst ems, inst all t he ca mera driver to your PC: 1. Insert the co mpa nion CD incl uded in the reta il pac kage i nto t he CD- ROM drive. 2. The Auto-run program will execute a nd t he main screen a ppears: (Note: If[...]

46 5. Cli c k " Finish " t o resta rt t he comp uter and instal lation comp letes.[...]

47 ● Installation Procedure Please fee l free to use the bundle d applicati on software. If you have questio ns, plea se do not cont act DXG , which doe s not provid e assist ance in the u se of th ese progr ams. T o instal l ArcS oft a pplicat ions (Examp le: P hot o Impre ssion ) 1. Insert the Softwar e C D included th e package into the C D-RO[...]

48 6. Press " Yes " to accep t the terms and cond itions of Softw a re License Agreement and cont inue. 7. F ollo w the i nst alla tion wizard t o sele ct the folde r locati on a nd application components. 8. Select the program folder . 9. After the installat ion is comp leted, the follow ing scr een shows. Press " Finish " to c[...]

49 ■ File Transfer Procedure Use the Mass Storage function in the camera and your oper ating system to trans fer files v ia USB. Do not use th e PC app lication softw are for this purp ose. Note: Windows XP and Wi ndows 2000 users do not need to in stall the camera driver to transfer files. 1. Tu r n t h e c a m e r a o n . 2. Connect the US B ca[...]

50 ■ DXG-30 1V Sp ecifications Image se nsor 1/2.7" CCD Pixels 3.2 mega pixels Focus F / 2.8 Focus range 10 cm~ ∞ Shutter sp eed Electrica l shutter (1 /2 sec. ~ 1/1500 sec. ) LCD display 1.8" TFT LCD (280 x 220 pix e ls) Storage Medium 16MB Inte rna l Flash Memo ry SD card (MMC compatible) , support 4MB ~ 512MB Digital Z oom 4X Digi [...]

51 ■ System Requ ire me nts These a re minimu m system requirements for use with t he DXG-301V camera. W e strongly recom mend that you use a bet ter comp ut er system fo r optimal performance, as these are bare minimums. OS Microsoft Wi ndows 98SE/Me /2000/XP CPU Intel Pentium 166M Hz or higher Memory 32 MB me mo ry or above CD-ROM 4X or abo ve [...]

52 Appendix C.  NTS C & P AL C o unt ri es NTSC Countries : USA, Antig ua, Ba hamas, B arb ados, Bel ize , Bermud a, Bolivia , Burm a, Canad a, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican R epublic, Ecuador , El Salva d or , Greenland, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Hond uras, Jamaica, Japan, South K orea, Mexico, Nether la nds Antilles, Nicaragu[...]

53 DISCLAIM ER The information in this document is believed to be reliable, though no responsi bility is a ssumed for inac cur aci es. DXG Technology reserves the right to make changes to the items de scribe d here in to i mpr ove rel iability , functi on or desi gn. Neither DXG nor any of its employe es, assume any liabilit y for damages or losses[...]