HP (Hewlett-Packard) 630 manual

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Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Chapter 1: Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Camer a parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Top a nd back of cam era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Front, bottom , and sid e of cam era . . . . . . . . . . 12 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Setting the fl ash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using z oom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Digital zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using th e captur e menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l How hp in stant share e-mails im ages . . . . . . . . .64 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Macin tosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Custom izing the share me nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Chapter 5: Unloading and printing images . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Appendix A: Batteries a nd camera acce ssories . . . . . . . . . . 106 Managin g batteri es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Extendin g batter y life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Rechar geable batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Power c onserv ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Purcha sing [...]

8 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l C hapter 1 : Get ti ng started Con gra tulati ons o n yo ur pur chase of this di gital ca mer a! Y o ur ne w camera has many f e atur es t o enhance your pictur e -taking e xper ience , including HP In stan t Shar e TM , dir ect printi n g capabilit y , manual a n d automatic con t rols, on-ca mer a He[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 9 Camer a p arts NO TE Refer to the pag es in parentheses after the part na mes for more i nform atio n ab out tho se sp eci f ic ca mera p ar ts. T op an d back of camera # Name Des cr iption 1 ON/OFF swit ch ( pag e 1 7) T urns the ca mer a pow er on a nd off 2 Video button (page 2 5) Starts and stops r ec or din g a[...]

10 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l 4 Zo om leve r with Zoom Out and Zoom In contr ols (page 3 3) Zooms out th e lens to th e w ide angl e positi on , and z ooms in the lens to the telephoto pos ition 5 Fl as h but ton (page 3 1) Allows y ou to select the flash set ting 6 OK button (page s 35, 4 9) Allows y ou to displ a y the Capture a[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 11 13 Image Display (pages 29, 46) Allows you to fr a me pictures and v ideo clips u s ing Live View an d re vie w them afte rwar d in Pl ayb ac k , an d t o vi ew all the menus 14 Vi ewfinder lights: Vid eo (page 25) and AF Au to Exposur e/Auto F ocus and Flash (page 3 0) is soli d r ed —video is r ecor d ing AF is [...]

12 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Fr ont, bottom , and sid e of camera # Name Descr iption 1 F lash (pag e 31) Pr o vi des additi onal li ght to impr ov e pict ure -ta kin g 2S e l f - T i m e r l i g h t (pag e 2 7 ) Blin ks during th e 10 -second count- do wn bef or e taking a pictu r e when Self-Timer in the Capture menu is s et to[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 13 4L e n s c a p (page 15) Pr otects the c amer a le ns. Y ou mu st rem ove the le ns c ap b efo re t ak in g pic tu re s or rec o rdi ng vid eo. 5 Lens cap tether mount (page 14 ) Allows you to attach a teth er to the lens cap 6 T ripod mount Allow s you to mount the camera to a tripod 7 C amer a doc k connector (pag[...]

14 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Setup Atta ching t he wrist strap Attach th e w rist st r ap to the wr i st str ap mou nt on th e side o f the camer a as sho wn . NO TE It is easie st to install t he wr ist stra p b y inserting it f ro m the bottom. Atta ching t he lens cap tether 1 W rap the sma ll loop of the lens cap tether aroun[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 15 Atta ching t he lens ca p 1 P inch the grips on th e sides of the lens c ap w ith your thumb and fi ng er a s s h own. 2 F it th e lens cap into the len s ring on the fr ont of the camera and release the grips on the lens c ap . Mak e sur e the le ns cap snap s int o place . T o r emo ve the l ens ca p , pin ch the [...]

16 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Installin g a memory card (optional ) Y our digit a l camer a cont ains 16 MB of in ter nal memory that allows you to stor e ima ges and video clips in your ca mer a. Ho w ev er , y ou can us e an o pti ona l mem ory car d (pur cha sed separately) in stead to store images and v ideo cli ps . For infor[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 17 Tu r n i n g o n p o we r NO TE Y ou m ust remove the lens ca p to be able to operate the c am era. If you tu rn on the ca m era wi th ou t re movi ng th e lens cap , an err or m essage will display on t he Image Disp la y . See Messag es on th e camera on page 87. Re mo ve t he len s cap a nd th en tur n on the cam[...]

18 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Restorin g pre vious set ting s So me of the set ti ngs tha t you can cha nge in the ca mera m enus do not r emain set after yo u turn off th e camer a . How e ver , y ou can restor e the set tings fr om the last time the camera was on and had at least one non- def ault set ting (which cou ld actually[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 19 Settin g the d ate and tim e The camera has a clock th at r ecords the date and time at whic h y ou tak e eac h pic tur e. The f irst time y ou tur n on the came ra , the follow ing screen appea r s aft e r you choose the language. 1 Adjust the value of the highlig h ted s election by using the but tons. 2 Press th [...]

20 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Win dow s NO TE For t he HP Instant Shar e component of the HP Photo & Imaging soft w are to function pr op e rly on y our Windo ws com pute r , you m us t hav e installed a t leas t Inter net Explo r er 5. 01 on Windows 2000 or X P , or I nt ernet Explorer 5. 01 Service P ack 2 on Window s 98, 98[...]

Chap ter 1: Ge tting starte d 21 Maci ntosh 1 Clo se all pr ogr ams and tempo ra r ily dis able any v irus pr otection software r unnin g on y ou r compute r . 2 Inse rt the HP Phot o & Imaging sof t w ar e CD into the CD dri ve of y our computer . 3 Double -click th e CD icon on the com puter desk top . 4 Double- cli ck th e installer icon , a[...]

22 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user’s manu al Camer a stat e s and menus Y our ca mer a h as three main states that allow you to complete certai n tasks. Each of these states has an associated m enu you can use to adj ust camer a settings or pe rfo r m tasks in t hat st ate . z Capture —Allows you to take still pictures and re cor d v ideo clips[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 2 3 C hapter 2 : T aking p ictures and recordin g vid eo c lips T akin g still pic tures Y ou can t ake a pi ctur e almos t an y time the camer a is on , regar dless o f what is being shown on the Imag e Display . For e x ampl e , if a m enu is c ur r entl y displ ay ed whe n y ou p r ess[...]

2 4 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l NO TE The P ower/Memory ligh t will blink whil e the camera is saving im ages to the inte rnal memor y or to a n optional memory ca r d. Do not r emov e a memory car d w hile th is ligh t is blinking , becau se it mi ght co rr upt the car d. Recordin g audio wit h still picture s Y ou can reco r d au[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 2 5 NO TE Beca use th e came r a doe s n ot h av e a speak er , yo u canno t hear a udio clip s wh en u sing Playb ac k on the came r a. Inst ead , yo u mu st us e a te le v isi on (TV) or com pute r to hear a udi o c lips. If y ou ha ve an optio nal HP 8886 cam e ra dock, you can re vie [...]

2 6 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l Th e camer a a uto matical ly s tops r ecord ing when y ou pr ess and rel e ase th e Vide o button agai n or t he camera runs out of memory , whichev er come s f irst . After recor d ing has stopped, the f irs t f r ame o f the v ideo clip and Proces sing... appear on t h e Image Dis play . While it [...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 2 7 T aking self -timer pi ctures You can a lso take still pict ures usin g the Self-Time r settin gs in the Captur e menu. 1 Set Self-T imer to eith er On or On - 2 sho ts in the Capture menu. See Using the capture menu on page 35 , and then see Se lf-ti mer on page 38. 2 Secure the came[...]

28 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l Using t he vie w finder The v iewfinder has a c i r cle and th re e l in es sup e rimp os ed on it. Y ou can use the c ircle in the vi ewfinder to c enter most of th e p ic tur es yo u tak e an d all o f t he vid eo cl i ps you re co rd. T he on ly time y ou sho uld n ot us e the cir cle to c ent [...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 2 9 Usin g liv e vie w Th e Ima ge Disp lay allo ws yo u t o fr ame pi ctur es and v id eo clip s using Live View . T o act i vate Live View on the Image Display , press the Live View butt on. T o turn off Live Vie w , pr ess the Live Vi ew butt on again . NO TE Usi ng Liv e View consum e[...]

30 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Usin g auto foc us Th e cir cle in t he v ie wfi nder a nd the tw o br ack ets in the mid dle of t he Live View screen show the focus r egion for the picture you a re ta ki ng . ( Se e Us ing th e viewfind er on page 2 8 and Usi ng l i ve view on pag e 29.) When you pr ess the Shutte r butt on halfw a[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 31 Using f oc u s lock Fo cu s L o ck allo ws y ou to foc us on a su b ject th at is not in t he center of the picture , or to capt ur e action s h ots more quickly by pr e-foc usi ng in t he ar ea wh ere acti on w ill occ ur . Y ou can als o use Fo cus Lo ck t o help ac hie ve f ocu s in[...]

32 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user’s manu al NO TE The red-e ye phenomenon is caused by light f rom t he flash re flecting off the blood vessels in t he retinas of the subjects’ e yes, which sometimes ma k es a human ’s or ani mal’s eyes appear r ed in the captured im age . When y ou set t he fl ash to e ithe r Re d-E ye or Night , the came[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 3 3 Usin g zoom NO TE Zoom does not wor k w hile r ecor ding vi deo clips . Opti cal z oom NO TE F requent or e x tended u se of optical z oom c onsumes a lot o f battery po we r an d can dr ain you r batter ies qui ckl y . Opti cal z oom wor ks lik e the z oom on a tr aditi onal fi lm ca[...]

34 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l 3 Press the Zoom In control again and h old it u ntil you reach th e desir ed si z e in th e Image Displa y . A yellow cr opping frame sur rou nds t he ar ea o f the imag e that will b e captured . The magnification is sho wn at the bottom of th e scr e en . 4 When the cropping fr ame i s at the right[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 3 5 Using t he capture men u The Captu r e menu allows you to a dju st various camera sett ings tha t aff ect t he tr aits of the image s an d v ideo clips yo u captur e wi th you r c a me ra, s uc h a s t hei r exp os ure , c ol or , an d re so lu ti on. 1 To d i s p l ay t h e Cap tu r [...]

36 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l Help for the men u options Help ... is the last option in each of the Capture sub-m enu s. Th e Help... option pro vi des information about that Captur e men u op ti on a nd its settin gs. F or ex ample, if you press OK when Help ... is hi ghligh ted in the Whit e Balanc e sub-m enu , the Whi te B[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 3 7 NO TE The P ictures r emaining: count for s till images that is loca ted at the bot tom of the Image Qu ality scr een updates when you highlight a n e w setting. For the appro ximate number of sti ll images that ca n be stor ed in memor y when the cam er a is se t to th e diff er ent [...]

38 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l Self- timer In the Captur e men u (see p age 35 ), if you p ress OK when the Self-Timer option is high lighted, the Self-Timer sub-me nu displ ays. T his sub-menu allows you to t urn the self- timer on and off. When you set Self- Timer to eit her On or On - 2 shots , th e camer a w ill tak e a p i[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 3 9 EV compens ation In the Captur e menu ( see page 35) , if you pres s OK whe n the EV Comp ensatio n option is highl ighted, the EV Compensation screen d isplay s. This s cr een allo ws y ou t o c hange th e exposur e valu e (EV) th at is u sed w hen ca pturing images and r ecor ding v[...]

40 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l The de fault Exposur e Mode setting is Au to . T he Exposur e Mode setti n g resets to Auto whe n you turn o ff the camer a. Th e follow ing table des c ribes the Exposur e Mode settings . When you set the Exposur e Mode to Action , Landsc ape , or Po r t r a i t , t he IS O Spe ed menu option is gray[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 41 F inally , when set to Macr o Exposure Mo de , t he cam er a will no t ta ke a pi ct u re i f it c an no t fi nd fo cus . I n th is c as e, b ot h of th e vie wfinder light s blink green, and the f ocus brack ets tu r n red in Live Vi ew . See Usin g auto focus on page 30. White balanc[...]

42 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user’s manu al ISO speed NO TE The IS O Speed setting do es not a p p ly w hen y ou are rec ord i ng vid eo cli ps . In the Captur e men u (see p age 35 ), if you press OK wh en the ISO Speed option is highligh t ed, t he ISO Speed sub-me nu displ ays. This sub-menu allows you to adjust the sensitivit y of the cam er[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 43 The d efault IS O Speed setting is Aut o , wh ich a ll ows th e c ame ra to pick the best ISO Speed for the scene. T he ISO Speed setti n g res et s t o Auto whe n y ou tur n o ff the camer a. NO TE When y ou set th e Ex posur e M o de to Action , Landsc ape , or Po r t r a i t , the I[...]

44 hp p hot osmart 63 0 s er ie s u se r’s manua l Saturatio n In the Captur e men u (see p age 35 ), if you press OK when the Saturation option is high lighted, the Saturation sub-me nu displ ays. This sub-menu allows you to set ho w sat ur ated the col or s w ill be in yo ur ca ptur ed images . The follow ing tabl e describes the Satura tion se[...]

Chapt er 2: T aking pi ctur es an d r ecor ding v ideo clips 4 5 The follow ing tabl e describes the Shar pnes s setti ngs. The def ault setting is Mediu m . The Sha r pness setting re mains set whe n you turn off the ca me r a. Setup In the Capture menu (s ee page 35), if yo u press OK when the Setup option is highlighted, the Set up menu d isplay[...]

46 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l C hapter 3: Re vie win g imag es and vi de o c li ps Usin g pl ay bac k Afte r you hav e take n pictur es or r ecor ded vi deo clips, you can use Playback to revie w them. 1 Pr ess t he Playback butt on to ac tiv ate Pl ay back . The most recentl y taken or r e vie wed image or video clip appea r s on[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 4 7 NO TE Beca use th e came r a doe s n ot h av e a speak er , yo u can n ot he ar audio clips that are attach ed to stil l images or the audio port ion of vi d eo clips when usin g Play bac k on the ca mer a. I nstead, you mu st use a telev ision ( TV) or co mpute r to hea r au dio. I f you have [...]

48 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l T aggi ng image s f or di rect print The Pr int button on the back o f the came r a allo ws y ou to set h ow man y cop ies of a still imag e you want to have print ed automa tically the ne xt tim e you connect t he camer a directly to any HP Photosmart pr inter or to an y other H P printer with a [...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 4 9 T o tag a still i mage for direct print, pr ess the Print button. Th en us e the b utto ns to s et th e numbe r of cop ies y ou want t o print . The printer icon with the number of copies tha t you se t appears in the lo wer r ight-hand corne r of the image. The maximum number of copi es that y[...]

50 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l 4 To ex i t t h e P lay back menu and r eturn t o vi ewing im ages in Play ba ck , h ighlight the EX IT PL A Y BA C K ME N U option and press t h e OK bu tton . The follow i ng table summariz es e ach o f the Pl ayb ac k menu options an d descr ibes the infor mation in the bottom right corner of e[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 51 7D i s p l a y s t h e Setup menu, which a llo ws you to configur e a number of pref er ences on the camer a 8 1.25x Show s that this image w as digitall y z oomed in to a p arti cul ar ma gnif ica tio n le vel (to t he le vel of 1.25x in this e x ample), or does not dis play if it is a v ideo c[...]

5 2 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l Delete In the Pl ayba ck me nu (s ee p ag e 49 ), if y ou pr ess OK when the Delete option is highlighted, the Dele te sub- men u disp lay s, w hic h list s sev eral options: z Cancel —Returns you t o the Play ba ck men u. z Thi s Ima ge —Deletes t he cur rentl y displayed im age or video cli p .[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 53 Reco rd au dio NO TE Y ou cann ot selec t this option if a v ideo clip is curr ently d isplay ed. In the Playback menu (see pa ge 4 9), if y ou pr ess OK when the Rec ord Aud io option is highl i ghted, y ou can r ecor d an audio clip that w ill be attac hed t o the cur ren tly displa y ed image[...]

54 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l NO TE Beca use th e came r a doe s n ot h av e a speak er , yo u canno t hear a udio clip s wh en u sing Playb ac k on the came r a. Inst ead , yo u mu st us e a te le v isi on (TV) or com pute r to hear a udi o c lips. If y ou ha ve an optio nal HP 8886 camera dock, you can rev iew the audio clips at[...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 55 A yellow bor der highlights the curr e n tly selected imag e or vi deo clip. The n umb er of Sha r e des tinatio ns and dir ect pr int cop ies , if an y , fo r the c urr entl y selec ted imag e is sho wn in the bottom left- hand corner o f the screen next to the Share icon and printer icon, r es[...]

56 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l Y ou can also use the Zoo m co ntrol s to i ncrea se o r de crease the magnif icati on . Pr essing th e Zoom Out contr ol will gradually zoom out to 1. 3x mag nification, and pr essin g the Zo om In con tr ol will g r aduall y zo om in to 6x magn if ica ti on. T o e xit t he magnif ied image a nd [...]

Chapt er 3: R ev ie wing imag es and vi deo clip s 57 Setup In the Playback menu (s ee pag e 49), if you p ress OK when the Setup option is high lighted, the Setup menu dis plays . See Chapter 6: Using the setup menu on page 71.[...]

58 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l C hapter 4 : Using hp inst ant share This camera has an exc i ting feature calle d HP Inst ant Share . This featur e allo ws y ou to easil y tag imag es in y our camer a to be automa tically sent to a variety of dest ination s the next ti me yo u connect the camer a to your com puter . Fo r ex amp[...]

Chapt er 4: U s in g hp inst ant shar e 5 9 Set ting up t he share men u on the ca mera Befo re you can use HP Instan t Sh ar e , y ou m ust fir st s et up the Share men u on you r came r a . Th e fo llo win g pr ocedur e ex plains how to do thi s . NO TE Y ou w ill need an Inte r net connecti on t o comp lete t his pr ocedur e on a W indo w s co m[...]

60 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l 4 Yo u w i l l f i r s t s e t u p HP In stant Share E - mail fo r th e Shar e menu on your c amer a. In th e scr een called Modify Shar e Menu : • On Windows, check to se e that HP Inst ant Sh ar e E- ma i l is visible above the Add ... button, then click on the A dd ... button. • On Mac into sh,[...]

Chapt er 4: U s in g hp inst ant shar e 61 7 The names you spe c ified for your newl y adde d e-mail destinat ions or grou p dist r ibution li sts should now appear i n the Modify S har e Men u sc reen (in the Cu r rent S hare M enu section ). T o add add itional e- mail addresses or dis tr ibution list s to the came r a Sha r e menu , repeat ste p[...]

6 2 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l Using t he sh ar e me nu Once you hav e set up the Shar e menu on the camera (see page 5 9), y ou ca n no w us e the Sha r e menu . When y ou pr ess the Share button on the camer a, the most recently taken or vi ewed image appears on the I mage Disp la y . The Sha r e menu also disp la ys on the righ[...]

Chapt er 4: U s in g hp inst ant shar e 63 T aggin g images for hp instant share destin ations NO TE Y ou can ta g each s till image f or any n umber o f HP I nstant Sha r e destination s . Howe ver , you ca nnot tag v ide o clips f or any HP Inst ant Share destinat ions. 1 T urn on the camera , and then press the Sha r e button. 2 Us e the butt on[...]

64 hp p hot osmart 63 0 s er ie s u se r’s manua l Ho w hp instant sh are e-mails im ages The wa y images are e-ma iled vi a HP I nstant Sh ar e works differen tly on Windows and M ac intosh computers. Win dow s Images are not e- mailed as attachm ents. R ather , a message is sent to each e -mail addr ess or group distribution l ist that you sele[...]

Chapt er 4: U s in g hp inst ant shar e 65 Customizin g the sh are menu Th e last optio n in the Share menu is Cu st omi ze this men u ... . This menu opt ion allow s you to add mor e e-mai l and other HP Inst ant Shar e destina tions to the Sh ar e menu o n yo ur came r a . 1 Us e the button to highlig ht C ust omi ze t his menu ... , and then pr [...]

66 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l NO TE Y ou can conf igure a max imum of 31 Share destinat ions (such as ind i vidual e -mail addresses or grou p dist ribution lists ) that can be lis t ed i n the Shar e menu on your camer a. 5 When y ou have f i nished adding e-mail and other HP Insta nt Share destinations, click on either Sav e to [...]

Chapt er 5: Unloadin g and prin ting images 6 7 C hapter 5: Unl oad ing an d pr in ti ng ima ges Once yo u ha ve ta ke n p ic tur es, y ou can un load the m fr om y our camera to a c om puter or print them di r e ctly to a printer , as explaine d in this chapter . NO TE Y ou can also use the optional HP 8886 camera dock to unload im ages to a compu[...]

68 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l NO TE If your computer is r unning Window s XP , when you turn on the camera in the next step , a dialog box may display th at r eques ts you to Select the pr ogram to laun ch for this acti on . S imp ly cli ck on Cancel to clo se this dialog box. 4 T urn on the c amer a. The HP Image Unlo ad soft[...]

Chapt er 5: Unloadin g and prin ting images 6 9 Printin g imag es T o print images t h at have been unlo aded to the computer , y ou can use the HP Photo & I maging so ft ware that was shipp ed wit h t he cam era. Y ou can also connect the camer a dir ectly to an y H P Phot osmart pr inter o r to an y othe r HP p r inter wit h a fr ont pan el U[...]

7 0 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l The Pr int S etu p menu displ a ys on th e ca m era. If you a lre ady ta gg ed images to print via the camera Pr int but t on, the number of images selected wil l be shown, as in this e xam ple Pr int Setup men u . Otherw ise , Image s: ALL wi ll be displayed. 5 Adjust the set tings in th e Pr int Se[...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 71 C hapter 6 : Using t he setup m e nu The Setup me nu a llo w s y ou t o adj ust a n umbe r of camer a settin gs, such as th e dat e an d time, an d the conf ig ur ati on o f the USB or TV connection . Y ou can acce ss the Setup menu f r om eith er the Capture or Pl ayba ck men u. 1 To d i s p l ay t h e Setup me[...]

7 2 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l Camer a so unds Came r a so unds ar e th e so unds th at the camer a mak es when y ou pr ess a button or ta ke a pi cture . Camer a sou nds ar e not the audio sounds r e cor ded with st ill images or video cl ips. In the Setup menu ( see page 71) , if you pre ss OK when the Camera Sounds option is hi[...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 7 3 Repeat steps 1 an d 2 until the c or rect date, time, and date/ti me format ar e set. NO TE In the dat e/time format , mm =month, dd =da y , an d yyyy =year . 3 Pr ess t he OK button when the prope r values are en tered. USB conf iguration In the Setu p menu (s ee page 71) , if you pre ss OK when the USB option[...]

7 4 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l TV c onf ig ur ati on In the Setu p menu (s ee page 71) , if you pre ss OK when the TV option is highlighted , the TV C onfiguration sub- men u displa ys . This su b-men u allows you to set the format of th e v ide o out si gnal f or disp lay ing camer a image s on a tele visio n (TV) that i s conne [...]

Chapte r 6: Us ing the setup menu 7 5 T o set the lan guage on th e camera: 1 Sc r oll t o the lan guage t hat y ou w ant b y u sing th e buttons. 2 Pr ess t he OK button to se lect the highl ighted la nguage. Mo v e im ages to card The M o ve Images to Ca r d option appears in the Setup menu if an opti onal memo ry card is inst alled in the camer [...]

7 6 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l C hapter 7 : T roubl eshootin g and sup port Problems an d solutions NO TE If you stil l cannot solve your pr oblem af ter r ev iew ing th e troubleshooting in f ormation pro vided in the following table, y ou can r u n diagnos tic tests on your c amera to try to isol ate and solv e the problem yours[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 77 Pro blem P ossible cause Solution The ca mera does not tur n on . (con tinued ) The HP A C pow er adapter is not connected to the cam era , o r is not plugged into a power outlet . Ensur e that the HP A C po wer adapter is connect ed to the camera and is pl ugged into a wor king electrical outlet . Th[...]

7 8 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l I replace the camera batteries fre quen tly. Extended Image D ispla y use for Live View or video re c ord i n g, ex cess i ve flash use, a nd ex cess i ve zo o mi n g consume a lot of b atter y pow er . Mini mi z e the u se of Live Vie w and video , espe c ially if using alkaline batteri es. Also use[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 79 The ca mera batteries w ill not charge . Rechar geable batteri es are not i nsert ed. Install NiMH batteri es. L ithium and alk alin e batt er ie s can not be re ch a rg ed . Batter ies are alread y cha r ge d . Battery char ging will no t start if the bat teries were recent ly cha r ge d . T r y char[...]

80 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l The P owe r/ Mem ory li ght blinks as if the batteries ar e being rec ha rge d, but there are no batteri es installed. The cam er a does not re c og n ize t ha t there ar e no batteri es installed . Do nothing . The blinking is harmless and should stop after 5-30 minute s. The battery le vel in dicato[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 81 The ca mera does not res po nd when I press a button. The cam er a is turne d off or has shut down . T urn on the camer a, or turn it off and then on again. The cam er a is connected to a compute r . Most of the camera buttons, exc ep t fo r th e ON/OFF swi tch, do not respon d when the cam er a is co[...]

82 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user’s manu al The ca mera does not take a pi ctur e when I press the Shutter button. Yo u d i d n o t pr ess the Shutter button hard e nough. Pr ess the Shutter button all t he way d own. The opti onal memory card is ful l. Unload images fr om the c amer a to y our computer , then delete all images on the mem o ry c[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 83 A lon g delay occurs betw een pressing t he Shutter bu tton and t he camera taking a pict ure. The cam er a needs time to lock f ocus and exp osu r e. Use F ocus Lock . (See Usi ng fo c us lock on page 31.) The cam er a is taki ng a lo ng exp osu r e. Use a tripod or the flash . The cam er a is set to[...]

84 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l My image is too dark. There was not enough light. Wait for natural ligh ting conditions to im prove, add indirect lighting, use the flash (see page 31), or adjust the Exposur e Compensa tion (see page 39). The flash was on, but the subject wa s too far aw ay. Make sure y our subject is within the flas[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 85 My image is blurry . Yo u m o v e d t h e camera while you t ook the pict ur e. Hold the camera steady as yo u pr ess the Shutte r button or u se a tr ipod. The lig ht is low and the f lash is set to Fla s h O f f . In dim light , the camer a re quires a longer e xposure . Use a tripod to hold the cam[...]

86 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l R ese tt in g th e c ame ra If yo ur c am era do es n ot res po n d wh en y ou pr ess an y butto ns, use the Rese t sw itc h to r eset th e camer a: 1 Open the batte ry/memory car d door on the bot tom o f the camer a. The Reset s wit ch is the inset squ ar e located be hind the memory ca r d slot[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 8 7 Messa ges on t he camera Message P ossible cause Solution Pl eas e re move the len s cov er . The le ns cap must be remo ved to opera te the camera . Remo ve the lens cap and press t he OK button on the camera . B A TTERIE S DEPLET ED . Camera is shutting down . Batte ry powe r is too lo w to continu[...]

88 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Batteri es cannot be charged Either an error oc curre d d u rin g char ging , an A C power disrupti on oc curre d d u rin g cha r gi ng, th e wron g AC p ower adapter is being used, batter ies are def ecti ve, o r no batteries are installed in th e camera . Retry char ging the batt er ie s a co upl e [...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 89 Card has w rong form at The op tiona l memory card is form att ed for a differ ent dev ice such as an MP3 play er . Save any images on the car d . T hen r e-f or mat t he card (see the Form a t option in the Delete su b- menu o n page 5 2). Th is will d elete all data on th e card . Unable to f ormat [...]

90 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Card full There i s insuffi ci ent r oom to sa ve more images on the opti onal memory card . Unload images fr om the camera to y our computer , then delet e all images on the m emor y car d (see Delete on page 5 2) . Or repl ace the ca r d with a new one . PROC ES SIN G... , PL EA SE W A IT . .. , LOA[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 91 LOW L I GH T - UNABLE TO FO CUS Th e s cen e is too dark and the camera cannot focu s in Mac ro Exposur e Mode . Add an exter n al light sour ce, o r use F o c us Lock (see page 31) and point at a pa rt of the sc ene tha t is brighte r . Or cha nge to the Auto Exposure Mo de setting. ( See Exposur e m[...]

92 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l Cannot di spla y image P ossibly comes from c opying images fr om a comp uter to the inte rnal memory or to an op tiona l memory card that is installed in the camer a , or a corr upted image caused b y the cam era not shutting do wn pr operl y . Use the HP soft war e to ed it the images c opi ed i[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 93 Unable t o communicate with prin ter There i s no connection between the camera and pr inter . Press the OK button on the camera to r eturn to the Print Setup men u. Make sure the cable is connec ted betw een th e came r a or th e optional HP 888 6 camera dock and the pr inter . If that does not wo rk[...]

9 4 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l Disengage photo tra y or select smaller paper siz e Th e sele cted paper siz e cannot be used wit h the printer photo tr ay . Press the OK button on the camera to r eturn to the Print Setup men u. Dise ngag e th e pr in ter photo tr ay , or change th e pape r si ze . Prin ter top cov er is open The p[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 95 Prin ting canceled The pr int job has been c anceled. Press the OK button on the camera . C omplete the prin t r equest again. Any er ror code num bers that appear Th e camera ma y have a hardwar e or firmware pr oblem. T u r n the camer a off and then on again. If that does not f ix the pr oblem, try[...]

9 6 hp photosma rt 630 ser ies user ’s manua l Messa ges on t he computer Message P ossible cause Solution Connecti on betw een t he imaging devi ce and computer fa ile d The came r a might be connected to a computer through a USB hub. Try connecting the camera directly to the computer, or disconnect other devices attached to the USB hu b. The so[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 97 Compute r cannot fin d th e connected camera The c amera i s turned of f . T u rn o n t he ca me ra. The c amera i s not worki ng corr ectly . T r y connectin g the ca m era d ire ctly to a n HP Photosmart prin ter or an HP printer w ith a fron t pane l USB p ort , and prin t an image. This will ver i[...]

98 h p ph otos mar t 630 seri es use r’s ma nua l Compute r cannot fin d th e connected camera (conti nued) The c amera i s connected to the computer throug h a USB hu b, an d yo ur USB hub is not compatible with the cam era . Connect t he camera dir ect ly t o a US B po rt on the computer . Yo u a r e u s i n g the HP 8886 camera dock and for go[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 99 Getting ass ista nce This s ecti on contain s suppo rt infor mation for y our dig ital camer a , including suppo rt websit e inf or mation , an expl anati on of the support process, and support phone numbers. HP acces sibilit y w ebsite Cu stomer s w ith disa biliti es can g et help by visi ting ww w [...]

100 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Consumer Supp ort is available in the follow ing languages: Dut ch , English , F r ench , Ge rm an , Ital ian , P ortu gues e , Spanish , Sw ed is h, T r aditio nal Chine se , Simplif ied Chinese , Jap anese , K or ean. (Danish , F innish , and Norw egia n support i nfor m ation is available in Eng l[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 101 • The ve rsion of the digital camera soft w are (located on t h e camera ’s CD label) • Messag es displayed at the t ime the sit uation occurred The applicable con ditions for HP phone s u pport ar e subject to chang e wit hout no tice . T elep h one supp ort is fr ee fr om the date of pur chas[...]

102 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l After the w a r ranty per iod, call (208) 3 2 3- 25 51. Charges ar e $2 5 .00 per is sue , and ar e char ged to y our c r edit car d. If yo u think your HP pr o duct needs ser v ice, call HP Consumer Suppo rt , whi ch can help deter mine if servic e is r equir ed. Phone su pport in E ur ope, th e Mid[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 103 Italy 848 800 8 71 Luxem bou rg 900 40 006 (Fr ench) 900 40 00 7 (German) Mor occo +212 22 4 04 7 4 7 Nethe rlands 0900 20 20 165 (E u r o 0.1 0/minute) Norwa y +4 7 815 6 2 07 0 Po l a n d +48 2 2 86 5 9 8 00 Po r t u g a l 8 08 201 49 2 Ro ma n ia +40 1 315 44 4 2 Ru ss ia n F e de ra ti on +7 095 [...]

104 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Ot her ph one suppor t w orldwide HP Consum e r S u pport ph one numbers and policies may cha nge . Vi sit th e fol low ing we bsite to che ck the det ails an d conditio ns of phone support in yo ur country/regi on: www .hp .co m/su p po rt . Argentina +54 0 810 55 5 55 20 Aust ralia +61 (3 ) 88 77 8[...]

Chap ter 7 : Tr ou blesho oting and su pport 105 Mex ico +5 2 58 99 2 2 (M e xico City) +5 2 01 800 4 72 6 684 (outside Mex ico City) Ne w Ze aland +64 (9) 35 6 664 0 Pe r u +51 0 800 10111 Philippines +6 3 (2) 86 7 35 51 Pu er t o R ic o +1 8 77 23 20 58 9 Singapore + 65 6 272 53 0 0 Ta i wa n +886 0 800 010055 Thai land +66 ( 2) 661 4000 Unit ed [...]

106 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Append ix A: Batterie s a nd ca mer a acce ssorie s Managing bat t erie s Y our came r a u ses two AA b atter ies. F or b est r esults , use photo- lithiu m or r echargeable NiM H batteries. If you m ust use alkalin e batter ies, use high- grade “ ul tr a” or “pr emi um ” v ar ieti es instead[...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 10 7 NO TE If you do no t inten d to use your c amera for exten ded per iods of time (mor e than a month), we str ongly rec om m en d t ha t y ou rem ove the b at te ries . Th e foll o wi ng ba ttery le vels ma y ap pear on t he Im ag e Disp la y: Y ou m ay n otice that the battery le vel ico ns occ[...]

108 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l NO TE Whe n the ba tter ies ar e re mo v ed fr om the ca mer a, the dat e and tim e setting s ar e pr ese rved f or abou t 10 minute s. If the camer a is with out batte r ies f or longer than 10 minute s , th e clock is se t to the last dat e and ti me at which the cam er a was used. Y ou may be prom[...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 109 Recharg eabl e bat teries Ni c ke l Metal Hy dri de (N i M H) batt er ies can be r ech ar ged b y using a battery c har ger . Ni MH batte ri es can also be r echar ged in the cam er a whe n the came r a is connected to an op tional HP A C pow er adapter or HP 8886 camera dock. Batteries ar e ful[...]

110 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Pu rc hasin g came ra accessories Y ou can pu rc hase ad ditional access or ies f or your camer a fr om your loca l r etailer or online at w ww .hpshopping.com . S ome access or ies f or t his digit al camer a ar e listed belo w: z H P P ho t o sm a r t 8 88 6 c a m er a do c k ( i nc l u d es a c a [...]

Append ix A: Batter ies and camer a accesso ri es 111 z HP Photosmart D i gital Camera Starter Kit (Y17 89B #A2L for North Amer ica, #UUS f or continental Eur ope, and #ABU for the Uni ted K ingdom) . Contents include : • P adde d camer a cas e • Battery r echar ger • 4 r echar geabl e NiMH ba tter ies z HP Photosma rt 3.3V AC power adapter ([...]

112 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Append ix B: Spec ifi cations Fea t ure Descr iption Reso lu tio n Sti ll pictu res: z 2 .11 MP (1688 by 12 48) total pix el count z 2.02 M P (1 636 by 1 236) ef fe ct ive p ixel count Vid eo cli ps : 3 20 by 2 40 total pi xel count Sensor Diag onal 5 .68 mm (1/3 .2 -inch , 4:3 f ormat) CCD Storage 1[...]

Appendi x B: S pecif icati ons 113 Foc us Auto focus. F o c us range setti ngs: z Nor mal (def ault)—A uto foc us r ange of 0.5 m (1 9 .7 in) to infinity . z Mac ro— A uto f ocu s r ang e of 0. 1 to 0. 8 m (2 .5 to 3 2 in) . Shutter spee d 1/2000 to 2 seconds Tri p o d m o u n t Ye s Built-in fla sh B uilt-in fla sh ass embl y , 6-second r ech [...]

114 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Ima ge Qu ality settings - Good - Bette r - Bes t (def a ult) EV Compensat i on Can be set m anua lly fr om - 2. 0 to +2 .0 EV (Exposu r e V al ue) in 0.5 EV incr ements. Exposur e Mode se ttings Auto (default) , Action , Land scape , P or tr ait, Mac ro Whi te Balance settings Auto (defa ult) , Sun,[...]

Appendi x B: S pecif icati ons 115 Stan dards z PT P transfer ( 15 7 40) z MSDC t r an sfer z NTSC/P AL z JPE G z MPEG1 z DP OF 1.1 z EXIF 2 .2 z DCF 1. 0 Po w e r T he ca mer a has a max imum stea dy sta te power consumption of 2. 0 W at ts (66 7mA @ 3.0 Vd c) . 2 AA bat ter ies (2 non-rechargeable A A batteries included) or optional H P A C power[...]

116 hp photosma rt 6 30 series user ’s manua l Po w e r (contin ued) Optional HP A C power adapter (Input: 100 - 2 40V ac; Output: 3 .3-3 .7Vdc @ 5 71- 2500 mA): z Unite d St ate s an d Can ada—C8 912 #A2L z K or ea , Au str alia , and Ne w Zeal and— C8912 #UUF z Eur ope — C8912 #UUS Sl ow t ric kl e re ch arg in g i n c am era wi th the op[...]

Appendi x B: S pecif icati ons 117 Mem ory ca pac ity for st ill ima ges The following table l ists the appr ox imate n umber of st ill imag es that can be sto r ed in the in ter nal 16 MB m emory in the ca mera or on an optional 16 MB Secure Digital (SD ) memory card wh en the camer a is set to the diffe r ent Imag e Qu ality setting s available i[...]

Ind e x Inde x 118 A AA batt erie s 106, 11 5 AC power adapter connector on camera 13 HP part number 115 purchasing 111 accessories for camera 110 alk aline b atte ries 10 6, 11 5 arrow buttons on Controller 10 audio clips, record 24, 53 Auto Exposure/Auto Focus and Flash light, description 11 auto focus, using 30 automatic exposure, ov erride 39 B[...]

119 In d ex direct print printing directly from camera 69 tagging images 48 disk drive, camera as 73 display, using 29 E enla rge ima ge 55 error m essages on camera 87 on computer 96 EV Compensa ti on, setting 39 exposu re compen sation, setting 39 Exposure Mode, setting 39 F files delete f rom memor y 52 Ima ge Qual ity set ting 36, 117 flash des[...]

120 Index magnify 55 memory capacity 36, 117 number remaining 29 record audio clip s 24 rotate 56 Saturation setting 4 4 Self-Timer settin g 38 shar e 58 Sharpness setting 44 too dark/light 39 undelete 52 unloading camera to computer 67 view thumbnails 54 White Ba lance sett ing 41 install batteries 15 lens cap 15 lens cap tether 1 4 memory card 16[...]

121 In d ex messages on camera 87 on computer 96 microphone, description 12 move images to memory card 75 N NiMH batteries 1 06 number of imag es in memory 36, 117 O online Help for Capture menu options 36 optical zoom 33 over-exposing an image 39 override automatic exposure 39 P parallax error, definition 28 photo-lithium batteries 106 Picture Tra[...]

122 Inde x remaining pictures in memory 29 remo ve lens cap 15 memory card 16 Reset switch, using 86 restoring previous settings 1 8 reviewing images and video clips 46 rotate image 56 S Saturation, setting 44 Self-Timer light, description 12 Self-Timer, setting 38 setti ngs, restor ing previo us 18 Setup menu, using 71 Share button 5 9 Share butto[...]

12 3 Inde x V Video button, de scription 9 vide o clips delete 52 memory capacity 36 play 46 record 25 undelete 52 Video light, description 11 view thumbnails of images 54 view finder description 11 focus c ircle 30 using 28 viewfin der lights ( LEDs), description 11 viewing images and video clips 46 W web site s for HP 99 Whit e Balance, se tting [...]

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