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Ulead Digital Video Camera manual

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    1 Digital Video Camera User Manual[...]

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    2 Content Section 1 Getting to Know Y our Camera ..................................................... 1 Section 2 Getting Up and Runn ing ............................................................... 4 Section 3 Reco rd Mode ................................................................................. 6 Section 4 Pla y back M od e ..........[...]

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    1 Section 1 Getting to Know Your Camera  Ov er view The camera with 3.2-Meg a Pixel sensor can take DVD-Qu ality MPEG-4 movies. By way of using MPEG-4 technology, more video s can be taken within ce rtain amount of memory. High quality images with up to 2976x2232 pix els can also be delive red smoothly. With a color LCD monitor, users can compos[...]

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    2  F ront V iew  K eyP ad illustration Self-Portrait Mirror E y elet for Wrist S tra p Flash Microphone Self-T imer LED TFT L TPS LCD Panel T ele-Wide Button Shutter Button Power Button Direction Buttons S peake r REC/PLA Y Button MODE Button Battery / SD Card Cover[...]

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    3  Side View Macro Switch Shutter Button Mini USB Port / Power Adaptor Port Earphone Port/ A V out Port[...]

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    4 Section 2 Getting Up and Running  Loading the Batter y Before using the camera, use r must load NP60 rechargeable Li-ion battery. 1. Follow the arrow direction and slide to eject the battery / SD cover. 2. Face the battery up with letter side upward. Follow the battery injection direction according to the correct polarity marks. ( + or -) and [...]

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    5 Note When a memory card is fitted, movies and pictures are saved on card rather than on the built-in memory.  Protecting Data on an SD Car d SD card is read-only by lo cking the SD card. No pi ctures, movies and voice ca n be recorded when the SD card is lock ed. Make sure the lock is on write able position before recording a ny media.  T u[...]

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    6 Section 3 Record Mode  Button Function Right button : Flash AUTO/OFF Left button :Self-Tim er ON/OFF Up button : Invalid Dow n button: LCD Information ON/OFF Enter button : Menu ON Power button: Press down for one second to turn on or turn off the camera. REC/PLAY button: Switch between Reco rd Mode and Playback Mode. MODE button: Press the MO[...]

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    7  LCD Monitor Inf or mation The indicator shows below may display on LCD when movies and pictures are recorded ： (1) Record Mode Movie Record Mode Picture Record Mode Voice Record Mode Night Mode Multi-Snap Mode Two in One Mode AE Metering Mode (2) Resolution Movie : High / Standard/ Low Picture: High / Standard/ Low (3) Number of images or r[...]

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    8  MPEG4 Mo vie Recording The camera is turned on with default mode of movie recording. You can start recording movie just by pressing shutter button . When a movie is recording, a time indicator will display on LCD monitor. To stop recording, press shutter button again. To view stored movies, press the REC/PLAY button once to switch to Playback[...]

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    9  T aking Close up Pictures The camera has two close-up pictu re modes to allo w you to take pictures at close range. The Macro Mode ( ) should be used for object located at about 20 c.m., while the Portrait Mod e ( ) should be used for object located from 60 c.m. to 100 c.m.. To take close-up pictures: 1. Press MODE button to switch to Picture[...]

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     Options for R ecor d Mode Mov ie Record M ode Picture Re cord M ode 1. Resolutio n 2. E ffect 3. W hite Balance 4. Exposure 5. Sharpnes s 6. Motion Sta bilizatio n 7. Setting 1. Flash 2. Self-T imer 3. Multi-S nap 4. Night Mode 5. AE Meterin g 6. Two in O ne 7. Resolutio n 8. E ffect 9. W hite Balance 10. Expos ure 11. Sharp ness 12. Date Print[...]

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    Operation Screen 4. Pres s Enter/ Right butt ons to ent er subm enu of main option you select. 5. Press Left butt on to exi t main m enu.  Default Setti ng and V alidation The f ollowing t able ind icates the cam era’s def ault setti ng as wel l as its validat ion. 1. Always: T he settin g alwa ys keeps valid. 2. One Tim e: The setting is o nl[...]

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    12  R ecor d Submenu Setting Record submenu incl udes camera setting and other advanced setting. You can use Up/Do wn buttons to move between options and press Enter button to validate the setting.  Movie Resolution To change Movie Resolution: 1. In Movie Record Mode, press Enter button to switch to Movie menu screen. 2. Use Up/Down buttons t[...]

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    13  Effect There are three modes which are Normal, Black/White and Classic. To change Effect setting: 1. In Movie/Picture Record Mode, pre ss Enter button to switch to menu screen. 2. Use Up/Down buttons to select Effect then pr ess Enter/Right buttons to switch to Effect submenu. 3. Use Up/Down buttons to move between three settings. The change[...]

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    14  White Balance The camera adjusts the color balance of images au tomatically. Three manual white balance settings are available: • Auto (Default) : The camera automatically adjust s white balance. • Daylight: Under outdoors • Fluorescent: Under fluorescent light condition. • T ungsten: Under tungsten light condition. T o change White [...]

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    15 Display Screen W/B Option Enter Button[...]

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    16  Exposure The camera adjusts imag e exposure automatically. In certain ci rcumstances you may wi sh to adjust the exposure compensation setting. To change Exposure setting: 1. In Movie/Picture Record Mode, pre ss Enter button to switch to menu screen. 2. Use Up/Down buttons to select Exposure, then press Enter/Right buttons to switch to Expos[...]

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    17  Sharpness Your can soften and sharpen images to achieve different effects. To change Sharpness setting: 1. In Movie/Picture Record Mode, pr ess Enter button to switch menu screen. 2. Use Up/Down buttons to select Sharpness t hen press Enter/Right buttons to switch to Sharpness submenu. 3. Use Up/Down buttons to move betw een nine levels. The[...]

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     Motion St abi lization The feature of M otion S tabilization can reduce the recorded i mage blur caused by camera sha ke. To enabl e Motion Stabili zation: 1. In Movi e Record Mode, pr ess Enter button t o switc h to Mo vie m enu scr een. 2. Use Up/Down b uttons to select Mot ion Stabi lizatio n then pres s Enter /Right butto ns to switc h to M[...]

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    1 9  Setting The Setting submenu contains seven options for configuring your camera set up. To change advanced setting: 1. In Movie/Picture Record Mode, pre ss Enter button to switch to menu screen. 2. Use Up/Down buttons to select Setting then pr ess Enter/Right buttons to switch to Setting submenu. 3. Use Up/Down buttons to move between seven [...]

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    20  St art-up Screen Customize the Start-Up Screen with your favori te pictures. Press Up/Down buttons to select the picture you want and press Enter button to validate the setting and exit. Submenu Display Screen Start-Up Screen St art-Up Screen If you do not want to customize the start up screen, press Up/Down buttons and select Non Start-Up S[...]

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    2 1  Format Card Submenu Display Screen Format Card Options Format Card Yes ： Format the SD Card / built-in memory No (Default) ： Do not format SD Card / built in memory  TV System Ensure that the appropriate TV standard of y our area is selected – either NTSC or PAL. Wrong TV system setting may cause image flicker. NTSC standard: USA, [...]

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    2 2  Selecting Interface Language Submenu Display Screen Language Option Language  Europe V ersion English, Germany , French, Italian, Sp anish and Portuguese  Pan-A sian V ersion English, Korean , Japanese, T raditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese  Default Setting T o restore the default factory setting, select this option. Submenu Dis[...]

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    2 3 4. Press Enter button to validate the setting and exit. Note  The flash will be disabled automatically when battery power is low ( ) Flash Flash Options  Self-Timer ( Picture Record Mode Only ) The self-timer allows you to take pictures with a ten-secon d time delay. To activate Self-Timer by either hot key(Left button) or Option Setting.[...]

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    2 4  Multi-Snap ( Picture Record Mode Only) With the camera set to Multi-Snap Mode, you can take five contiguous pictures. Multi-Snap Multi-Snap Option  Night Mode (Picture Record Mode Only) Use Night Mode for night scenes or low light condit ions. A longer exposure captures more detail of background subjects. Display Screen Night Mode Option[...]

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    2 5  AE Metering ( Picture Record Mode Only) There are three settings which are Multi s egment, Center-weighted, Spot AE Metering.  Multi-segment: The exposure is determined by the entire screen.  Center-Weighted: The exposure is determined mainly by the center of the screen.  Spot: The exposure is determined by the sm all area in the c[...]

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    2 6  T wo in One ( Picture Record Mode Only) With camera set to T w o in One mode, you can combine two snapshot s into one picture. Display Screen Tw o in One Option Enter Button[...]

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     Date Printing ( Pict ure R ecord Mode On ly ) The f eature of Date Printin g can set the cam era to aut om aticall y put the date o n the p ictures. To enabl e Date Pr inting 1. In Pict ure Recor d Mode, press Enter butt on to s witch to Pic ture m enu sc reen. 2. Use Up/Do wn buttons to select Reso lution, the n press Enter/Right butto ns to s[...]

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    2 8 Section 4 Playback Mode Press REC/PLAY button to switch from Record Mode to Playback Mode. The Playback Mode is for viewing and managing movies and pict ures as well as listening to voice and music on the built-in memory or on an optional memory card. Operation Display Screen Press REC/PLAY button to switch from Record Mode to Playback Mode Mai[...]

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    2 9  LCD Monitor Inf or mation Indicators on the LCD screen while in Playback Mode ： (1) Mode Indicator Movie Playback Mode Picture Playback Mode Voice Playback Mode Music Playback Mode (2) Resolution Indicator Movie : High / S tandard/ Low Picture: High / S tandard/ Low (3) Indicate the selected movie/picture is locked. Indicate the single mo[...]

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    30  Mo vie Playback Operation Display Screen 1. Use Up/Down buttons to select the Movie option. 2. Press Enter button to go to Movie Playback Mode. 3. Use Right/Left buttons to go to the next or last movie. 4. Press Shutter button to play and press it again to pause. 5. Press Enter button to go to the movie option menu. 6. Use direction buttons [...]

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    31  Thumbnail Function Operation Display Screen 1. Use direction buttons to select the Thumbnail option ( ). 2. Press Enter button to view nine thumbnail movies. 3. To play a movie, use direction buttons to select the movie and press Enter button to view.[...]

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    3 2  Delete Movies Operation Display Screen 1. Use direction buttons to select the Delete option ( ). 2. Press Enter button to go to the Delete menu. 3. Use Right/Left buttons to select the movie. 4. Use Up button to delete all movies and Down button to del ete single movie. 5. Before a movie is deleted, a confirmation screen will appear; choosi[...]

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    3 3  Lock Movies Single or all movies can be locked. This func tion can prevent the movies from being deleted accidentally. Operation Display Screen 1. Use direction buttons to select the Lock option ( ). 2. Press Enter button to go to the Lock menu. 3. Use Right/Left buttons to select the movie. 4. Use Up button to lock/unlock all movies and Do[...]

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    3 4[...]

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    3 5  Picture Playback Operation Display Screen 1. Use Up/Down buttons to select the Picture option. 2. Press Enter button to go to Picture Playback Mode. 3. Use Right/Left buttons to go to the next or last picture. 4. While the picture is selected, use Tele/Wide buttons to magnify. 5. Use direction buttons to navigate the magnified picture. 6. P[...]

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    3 6  Thumbnail Function Operation Display Screen 1. Use direction buttons to select the Thumbnail option ( ). 2. While selecting Thumb nail option, press Enter b utton to view nine thumbnail pictures. 3. To view a picture, use direct ion buttons to select the picture. 4. Press Enter button to view the selected picture.[...]

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    3 7  Delete Picture Operation Display Screen 1. Use direction buttons to select the Delete option ( ). 2. Press Enter button to go to the Delete menu. 3. Use Right/Left buttons to select the picture. 4. Use Up button to delete all pictures and Down button to delete single picture. 5. Before a picture is deleted, a confirmation screen will appear[...]

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    3 8  Make Slide Show This function automatically r epeats all pictures in order. Operation Display Screen 1. Use direction buttons to select the Slide option ( ). 2. Press Enter button to start the slide show; Press it again to stop.  About DPOF This camera support s DPOF (Digital Print Orde r Format). DPOF makes printing you r pictures extre[...]

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    3 9 2. Press Enter button to go to the DPOF menu. 3. Use Right/Left buttons to select the picture. 4. Use Up button to set/cancel all DPOF picture s and Down button to set/cancel single DPOF picture. 5. Before a picture is set/cancel DPOF, a confirmation scree n will appear; choosing “Yes” will execute the operation, “No” will cancel the op[...]

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    40  V oice Playback  Direction buttons Function In Voice Playback Mode, the directi on buttons have the following functions: Right/ Left buttons ： Select the last or next voice. Up/Down buttons ： Adjust the voice playback volume. Enter button ： Switch to voice option menu. Operation Display Screen 1. Use Up/Down buttons to select the Vo[...]

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    41 7.Use Up button to select Delete option and Down button to select Repeat option. 8. Press Up button once to repeat single voice; Press twice to repeat all voice recording. 9. Press it again to disable the repeat function. 10.The repeat icons will be different while selecting Repeat One option and Repeat All option. 11. To delete a voice, use Rig[...]

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    4 2 Section 5 Listening to MP3 Music  MP3 Music MP3 is a compressed audio file format. The MP3 music can be downloaded from some MP3 web sites.  T r ansfer MP3 Music to the camera 1. Install the camera driver on your computer. 2. Connect your camera to the computer USB port. 3. The Red LED will light when the camera is connected to the comput[...]

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    4 3 3. Press shutter button to play MP3 4. Press shutter button again to stop playing. 5. Press Up/Down buttons to adjust volume. 6. Press Enter button to go to repeat menu. 7. Press Down button once to repeat current MP3( ). 8. Press Down button twice to repeat all MP3( ). 9. Press Enter button to exit.  Listen to MP3 Music with ear phone MP3 s[...]

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    4 4 Section 6 Viewing MPEG4 Movie on PC  MPEG4 Mo vie MPEG4, the multimedia format and compress ion st andards, is a cutting-edge compression technology developed by MPEG (Motion Pict ure Expert Grou p). It not only enhances the image quality but also improves the efficiency of recording capacity. MPEG4 is adopted in this camera to ta ke DVD-qua[...]

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    4 5 Landscape Portraits Figure1 Figure 2 Shutter Shutter[...]

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    4 6 Section 7 Viewing Pictures and Movies on a TV You can view stored movies and pictures on a television. To connect to a television: 1. Connect one end of the AV cable to your camera’s AV Out port. 2. Connect the other end of the cable to a television. 3. The option menu of Earphone/TV pops out on the LCD Screen. 4. Choose TV option and press E[...]

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    4 7 Section 8 Transferring Data to a Computer  Installing the Digital Camera Driver Before connecting this camera to a co mputer for the first time, you should install a driver on the computer. The driver is on the CD-ROM disc prov ided in the package. To install the driver: 1. Insert the CD-ROM into the compu t er ’ s CD-ROM drive. The autoru[...]

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    4 8  Installing Bundled Software The CD-ROM supplied with this camera c ontains five pieces of software.  Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 is a user-friendly application that helps you read, edit and organize images.  Ulead Photo Express 4.0 allows you to edit movies and is equally easy to use.  Ulead Cool 360 is a Picture Panorama Editor that can[...]

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    4 9  Getting Started With Photo Express 4.0  Click Start  Select Programs  Photo Express 4.0  Photo Express 4.0 main Screen will appear on your desktop. Viewing Images stored in the Camera through Photo Express 4.0 T o view images stored in the camera, you must switch to Mass S torage Device Mode. 1. Select the image you want to open[...]

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    50 Capturing Camera Images through Photo Express 4.0 Before capturing a picture or video from the came ra to the Photo Express 4.0 mai n screen, you must switch to PC Camera Mode. Press MODE button to Switch to PC Camera Mode. Under this mode, you can capture videos or pictures through Photo Express 4.0: * Click the [Get Photo ] button. * Click the[...]

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    51  Getting Started With Video Studio 7.0  Click Start  Select Programs  Video Studio 7.0  The Video Studio main Screen will appear on your desktop. Viewing Images stored in the Camera through Video Studio 7.0 T o view images stored in the camera, you must switch to Mass S torage Device Mode. 1. Click the folder on the right hand sid[...]

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    5 2 Capturing Video through Video Studio 7.0 Press MODE button to switch to PC Camera Mode. Under this mode, you can view camera video through Video Studio: To capture a video/picture from the camera: * Click the Capture item. * Click the [Capture Video ] button. * Click the [Capture Image ] button.[...]

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    5 3 Rotating Picture through Video Studio 7.0 (1) Select “Image” from Library menu (2) Click Folder Icon on the right side of the screen to load an image Library Menu Folder Icon[...]

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    5 4 (3) Click <Rotate 90 Degrees Icon> on the left side of the screen to rotate the picture. (4) Click Share Menu then select Create Video File.[...]

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    5 5 (5) Select <Same as Project Name> to save the image immediately .[...]

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    5 6 Rotating Video through Video Studio 7.0 (1) Select “Video” from Library menu (2) Click Folder Icon on the right side of the screen to load a video clip, then drag and drop the clip into the S toryboard below . Library Menu[...]

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    5 7 (3) Click <Rotate 90 Degrees Icon> on the left side of the screen to rotate the video.[...]

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    5 8 (4) Click Share Menu then select Create Video F ile. Then select <Same as Project Name> to save the image immediately .[...]

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    5 9 Section 9 Specifications and System Requirements  Specification Image Sensor 3.2 Mega Pixel Sensor Operation Modes Movie Record, Picture Record, V oice Record, MP3 Player , PC Camera, Mass S torage Device Lens f=8.54mm F3.0 Focus Range Normal: 100cm ~ Infinity; Portrait: 60cm ~ 100cm; Macro: center 20cm Digital Zoom 8X Shutter Electronical L[...]

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    60  System Requirement Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP Pentium MMX Celeron or AMD Athlon® CPU 64MB RAM CD ROM 500MB free HDD space Available USB port 16-bit Color Display[...]