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Vivitar VIVICAM T024 manual

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    V iviCam T024 Digi t al Camera User Manual © 20 10 Sakar In ternational, Inc. All righ ts reserv ed. W indo ws and the Windows logo ar e registered trade marks of Mi crosoft Cor poration. All other trade m arks are the prope rty of their respe c tive co mpan ies.[...]

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    1 T able of Contents Introduction ................................................................ .................................................................................. 2 Key Features ................................................................................................................................................ 2 W ha t[...]

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    2 Introduction Thank you for purcha sing the V iviCam T 024 12.1 Me ga-Pix el Digita l Camera w ith Auto-Focus zoo m lens. Everything you need to t ake quali ty digit al pho tos and videos is includ ed w ith your camera. Vivit ar make s capturing those special mo ments so easy . Please rea d this manua l carefully first in order to get the most ou [...]

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    3 Computer System Requirements for Window s OS T o be ab le to down load photos an d videos to yo ur PC yo u will nee d the follow ing minimu m configura tion:  Pentium 4 pro c essor or abo ve w ith W ind ow s XP service pa ck 2, Window s Vista or Window s 7  512 MB RAM , w ith 100MB of free disk space  1024 x 768 Recommend ed screen resol[...]

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    4 A Quic k Look at Y our Ca mera[...]

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    5 Prep a ring Y our C amera fo r Use Y our digita l camera needs 3 A AA ba tteries in order to operate. Alkaline batterie s are re commended. 1. Slide and open the battery do or on the bo ttom of the camera. 2. Insert the batteries correc tly with the corre ct polarity facing up. 3. Close the bat tery doo r . 4. On pow ering on your camera the batt[...]

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    6 1. A “ Lo w battery ” m essage will f lash on t he LCD when the batter y power is insuf ficien t. Shortly thereaf ter your ca mera w ill pow er off . 2. Please re move your batterie s when you don ‟ t intend to use yo ur cam era for a long time. 3. T es t ph otos ta ken w ith the c a mera sho uld be dow nloaded otherwise they w ill be lost [...]

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    7 3. Push the card in until you f eel it “ click ” into position. The top of the card s hould be flus hed with the surface of the camera . A n SD icon w ill appear on the LCD scree n af ter you turn on your camera. 4. Once the e xter nal memory card is inserted in to the ca mera all the i ma ges taken with the camera w ill be stored on the card[...]

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    8 St arting Y our Digital Cam era Power on Press the Powe r button on the top of the camera to turn on your ca me ra. The LCD w ill ligh t up indicatin g t hat your ca mera is on and ready for u se. Power off Press the Power button to turn of f your camera. W hen there is insuffi cient b attery p ow er a red icon will appear on the LCD screen. Y ou[...]

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    9 2. Press the M ODE button to toggle betw een the 3 modes. 3. The C amera m ode w ill hav e an icon in the top lef t corner of the LCD scree n. The Video m ode w ill have an icon and the Playb ack mode a icon w ill appear in the top lef t corner o f the screen. Camera M ode This is the default mode wh en turning on you r camera . T aking Photos 1.[...]

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    10 thereaf ter delete them from your SD c ard or insert another SD card to continue taking more photos and videos. Note: This camera needs a SD m emory card to oper ate nor mally . The limited internal m emory all ow s you to ta ke one te st photo that w ill be era sed whe n the camera pow ers off. Digit al Zoom Y ou can magnify you r subject up to[...]

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    11 1. Slide the Macro /Far sw itch on the side o f the camer a to the position . 2. The icon will appear on the LCD screen to indi cate tha t the far shoo t ing function i s on. Flash In low li ght c ondition s it is best to use the built -in f lash. Y ou can also use the flash to compensate for backlight cond itions. For ce Flash, Auto , Red ey e [...]

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    12 If the flash is not ready , a red LED w ill light up and the icon will flash repeatedly- w ait until t he flash is read y before taking a photo. Note: A “ low battery ” w arning will appear on the LCD screen if ther e is insuf ficient battery pow er to operate the flash. 5. Press the Flash button until the icon appears on the LCD indicating [...]

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    13 3. Press the Left /Right button to choose “Y es” to delete the photo or “No” to c an cel the delete. 4. Press the MENU button to confirm. If you sele cted Y e s, t he last i mage is deleted . Each setting w ill be explain ed in its ow n section below . Scene Y our camera comes s upplied with m any scenes for you to take photos in al most[...]

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    14 Auto Night Portrait Ni ght Scenery Portrait Scenery S p ort Party Beach High Sensitivity 5. Press the MENU button to confirm, save your choice and ex it to the camera sta ndby mode. 6. The selected icon appe ars nex t to the ca mera icon on the top le ft of the LCD screen. Image Size The image size s etting s determine the qua lity and number of[...]

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    15 5. Press the MEN U button to confirm, save an d exit to the camera stan dby m ode . 6. The selected i mage size icon w ill appear on the top of the LCD scre en. Note: 1. For Image size s higher than 3M a SD card need to be in serted into the camera. 2. Y our camera has two HD “ 7M ” and “ 2M ” high definition image siz es. Anti-Shake Y o[...]

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    16 5. Press the MENU button to confirm, save an d exit to the camera stan dby m ode . 6. The anti-shake icon selected will ap pear on the bot tom of the LCD scre en. Face Detect Y our camera suppor ts face de tecti ng that allow s you to t ake bet ter po rtrait photos. 1. Press the MENU button. 2. Press the Right /Left button to select the icon. 3.[...]

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    17 5. Press the MEN U button to confirm, save your choice and ex it to the camera sta ndby mode. 6. The Face De tect icon selec ted will appear on the botto m of the LCD screen. Self-Timer Y ou c an include yoursel f in a pho to by using this feature to delay the time betw een you pressing the Shutter bu tton and w hen the ph oto is ac tually taken[...]

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    18 5. Press the MEN U button to confirm, save your choice and ex it to the camera sta ndby mode. 6. T he Self-T imer i con sele cted will appe ar on the top of the LCD scree n. 7. Press the Shutter bu tton until you see the self-timer count-down begin in the center of t he green frame that appear s on the LCD . Y our ca mera will c ount dow n 2, 5 [...]

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    19 2. Press the Right/Lef t but ton to sele c t the icon. 3. The Setup menu appea rs in the ce nter of the LCD . 4. Press the Up/Do wn button to select one of the se tup options: Exposure This se tting allow s you to control the br ightness o f your im ages. 1. Press the MENU button. 2. Press the Up/Dow n buttons to select an Exp osure value (fro m[...]

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    20 3. Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera stan dby m ode . 4. The Expo sure icon for the option y ou s ele cted appears on the bot tom of the LCD. ISO This is a special function that allo ws you t o compensate the light cond itions wh en the light source is not good and you als o specifically do not w ish to use a flash or[...]

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    21 4. Press the MENU but ton to con firm, save and ex it to the ca mera stan dby mode. 5. The ISO icon for the option you selected appear s on the bo ttom of the LCD. White Ba lance This sett ing al low s the camera to ad just the color of yo ur p hotos according to the color o f y our light source. 1. Press the Up/Dow n buttons to sel ect the Whit[...]

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    22 4. Press the MENU but ton to confirm, save and exit to the ca m era stan dby mode . 5. The LCD screen will be adju sted a s per the W hite Balance option yo u s elected . Sharpness This setting allow s you to adjust the sharpne ss of your images, m aking edges m ore or less distinct. 1. Press the Up/Dow n buttons to sel ect the Shar pness opt io[...]

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    23 4. Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the ca m era stan dby mode . 5. The LCD screen will be adju sted a s per the Sharpne ss option yo u selected . Qual ity The quality of your photos also affe cts the nu mber of shot s you can take. A HIGH s ettin g means you can take fewe r photos, but they will be of better quality . T he def[...]

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    24 4. Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the ca m era stan dby mode . 5. The Quality icon for the op tion you selected appear s on the bo ttom left corner of the LCD. Super quali ty Fine quality Normal quality Date This allow s you to se t the system t ime which w ill be display ed on the photos. 1. Press the Up/Dow n butt ons to se[...]

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    25  On selecting “On” the date w ill appear on the photo once it is t aken .  On selecting “Of f” no date w il l app ear on the photo .  On selecting “Set Date” the Set Date settings screen will appear . Y ou will be able to change the date settings that w ill appea r on the photo once it i s taken . T o Set the date: 1. Press [...]

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    26 4. Press the M ENU button to confirm, save the changes and exit. Auto Power O ff By default, if your camera is idle for 60 sec ond s it will automati cally be power ed off. Use the Auto Pow er Off option to change t his setting: 1. Press the Up/Do wn button to sele ct the Auto Pow er O ff option in Setup menu. 2. Press the M ENU button. 3. Press[...]

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    27 4. Press the Up/Dow n button t o select a t ime that the camera will automatically power off if inactive . Note: If you select None, the camera will not be pow ered off until the ba ttery pow er is depleted or the camera is turn ed off manually . 5. Press the M ENU button to confirm, save and ex it to the camera sta ndb y mode. Language Y our di[...]

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    28 have be en protected. Import ant: Please use this function with caution. Once formatted all t he images stored in the memory will be erase. This process is irreve rsible. Please do wnload all im age s t o t he PC before for matting the card. 1. Press the Up/Do wn button to sele ct the For mat option fro m the Setup menu. 2. Press the M ENU butto[...]

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    29 8. Once the SD card is formatted all t he image s sitting on the card will be erased and the camera w ill revert to the camera st andby mode. Default Setting Y ou can res tore your ca mera to the or iginal factory setting s. 1. Press the Up/Do wn button to sele ct Default Setting in the Setup menu . 2. Press the M ENU button. 3. Press the Up/Do [...]

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    30 7. Press the Righ t /Lef t bu tton t o select Y es to re set to the defaul t setting or No to exit the menu. 8. Press the M ENU button to confirm and re set the ca mera to the origin al factory settings. V ideo M ode Press the MOD E button to select t he Video mode. Note: . An SD card (up to 8GB) ne eds to be inserted in order to use t he video [...]

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    31 LCD screen. 4. Press the Shu tter button again to stop the recording and save thi s file in A VI format. Note: 1. Y ou can prev iew th e A V I files in Play back mode or on ce dow nloaded to your co mputer by using Quick T ime an d W indow s Media P layer . 2. W hen the camera' s memory is full, the “ Memory Full Insert a SD Memory Car d [...]

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    32 2. Press the Right /Left button to select the option. 3. Press the Up /Dow n buttons to sel ect a W hite Balan ce opti on fro m the Me nu that appears : Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Flu orescent 4. Press the MENU button to confirm, save an d exit to the vide o stand by mode. 5. The LCD scre en will be ad justed as per the W hite Balance opt[...]

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    33 3. Press the Up /Dow n buttons to sel ect an Image Size opti on fro m the M enu that appea rs: VGA 640x 480 QVGA 320x 240 4. Press the MENU button to confirm, save an d exit to the vide o stand by mode. 5. T he Image Size icon selected w ill appear at the top of the LCD scree n . Playback M ode Press the HOM E button to en t er the Playbac k mod[...]

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    34 Full screen to Thumbnail display W hen the ca mera is in the Playback M ode and an image appears on the LCD screen: 1. Press the W bu tton . 2. This will ope n up the thu mbnail di splay . 3. Press the Up/Do wn /Left/Righ t button s and select a thu mbnail of a photo or video . 4. Press the MENU button to display the photo or video in full scree[...]

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    35 Select the pho to you w ish to rotate , protect, dele te, crop or prin t . Rotate The rota te feature w ill only w ork for i mages on the SD card that is inserted. 1. Press the MENU button. 2. Press the Right /Left button to select the rota te option. 3. Press the Up /Dow n buttons to sel ect the Rot ate option from the Me nu that appe ars. 4. P[...]

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    36 your choice . 6. The photo w ill now be rotated and saved. Note: 1. Y ou cannot rotate a protected file. On attempting to rotate a protected file a “ This File is Wri te-Protected ” mes sage w ill appear on the screen. 2. “ No card inserted ” w ill appear on the screen if no S D card is in s ert. Plea se inser t an SD memory card to use [...]

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    37 4. Press the MENU button. 5. If you sele ct Lock, a loc k icon will appear at the top of the LCD for t he photo or video selected. Note: T o “Unlock” t he current file follow steps 1 through 4. Select “ Unlock ” an d pre ss t he MENU button t o unlock the current file . Delete Delete unwa nted photos and videos at any time in order to f [...]

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    38 3. Press the Up/Dow n button t o select “ This Image ” ( if the imag e is a photo) or “ This Video ” (if the image is a video) to dele te the curren t photo or v ideo you sele cted. Sele ct the “All” op tion to delete all unprotect ed images . Press Can cel to ex it the Delete option if you do n ot wish to delete anything at this sta[...]

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    39 Crop Image Crop your photos t o show and save a specific portion o f an ima ge or to highlight certain focal point s. The Crop feature lets you zoom in on an image and then save tha t par t of the imag e as a new photo. Note: Only photos on the SD Car d can be croppe d. 1. Press the MENU button. 2. Press the Right /Left button to select the Crop[...]

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    40 8. Press the Shu tter button for the crop confirmation icons to appe ar or press the M ENU button to ex it. 9. Press the Shu tter bu tton to conf irm and sav e the crop or press the MEN U button to ex it. 10. A Saving screen appear s before the cropped photo is saved as a new photo t o your ca mera`s memory card . Print with Pictbridge Y ou can [...]

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    41 6. A message will appe ar on the LCD to “P lease conne ct to dev ice ” . 7. Conne ct your ca mera to a compa tible printer w it h the USB cable pro vided to begin printing. 8. Press the MENU button to exit if y ou do not w ant to print . Playing the A VI video file 1. In Playback mode, press the Lef t/Right buttons to select an A VI video fi[...]

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    42 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Protect option s that appea r in the men u. 4. Press the MENU button. 5. If you select Lock, a loc k icon will appear at the top of the LCD for t he video sele cted. Note: T o “Unlock” the current file follow steps 1 through 4. Select “ Unloc k ” and press the MENU button to unlo ck the curr ent[...]

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    43 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to sele ct “ This Image ” (if the image is a photo) or “ This Video ” (if the image is a vide o) to delete the current photo or video you selected o r select the corre sponding “All” option to delete all unpr otected images. Pre ss Can cel to ex it the D elete option if you do not wish to delete anything [...]

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    44 Inst all the Vivit ar Experience Imag e M anager Software Wa rning: Do not pl ug y our camera into the co m puter unt i l the s of tware inst allation is complete Y ou m ust be connected to the internet to i nst all and run the Vivit ar Exper ience Im age Mana ger sof tw are. 1. Insert the installat ion CD in to your C D-ROM dr ive. The inst all[...]

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    45 4. If yo u do no t have internet access at the tim e of inserting the C D-ROM, conne c t to the inter net and then click the “ Inst all Viv itar Exper ience Image M anager ” button to be gin the inst al lation Note: If yo u do not hav e internet a c cess, you can still down load media fro m the camera. Click the “How to transfer photo s an[...]

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    46 On PC: C lick the “I A gree” button to continue. On Macinto sh: Click the “ I accep t the ter ms of this li cense agr eement” and then cli ck “Nex t” to continue. 10. On PC only : L et the “Vivi tar Ex perien ce Image Man ager” insta ller create the folder to wh ere the progr am w ill be inst alled, and then click “Ins tall”.[...]

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    47 Get photos and video s from your camera to your computer An SD card needs to be inser t ed. Do not di sconnect the cable dur ing transfer . Doing so will cance l the transfer of any files on their wa y to your compu ter . 1. Select the “Get i mages” button from the Main menu. 2. The “Get media fro m device” w indow opens. 3. Y ou can sel[...]

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    48 4. Select your camera (re movable disk) f ro m the dev ice window . If your camera is the only US B device conne cted then i t will be selected au tomatically . 5. Select a loca tion on the computer w here to place the ne w ph oto and v ideo files. 6. Add the new photo and v ideo files to albums if desired . 7. Select to re move the media files [...]

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    49 T ransfer media from m y camera to m y com puter manu all y (Using Windows) 1. Use the US B cable tha t came w ith your ca mera to conne ct your camera to you r computer . 2. A wind ow appea rs with a list of options, sele ct Open folder to view files and click OK. 3. Open the DCIM folder an d the fold er inside to view the media file s. 4. Sele[...]

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    50 M aintenance of Y our Digital Camera The digital camera is a deli cate dev ice. Please han dle your camera w ith c are to av oid da maging it. Sakar Warrant y Card This warr anty covers for the origin al consumer purchaser only and is not transferable. Product s that fail to function properly UND ER NOR M A L U SA GE, due t o defe cts in m ater [...]

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    51 MAIL TO ADDRESS BELO W : T echnical Support For technical support issue s pleas e visit our w ebsite at www.vivita r.com . You can find manuals, so ftware and FAQ‟s at the we bsite. Can‟t fi nd w hat you are looking for? E -ma il us at support @vivitar .com and on e of our techni cal suppor t team members w ill answ er your questions. For ph[...]

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    52 T echnical Specifications Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Re solution 4000x 3000 (12 MP), 3648x273 6(10MP),3264x 2448(8MP) , 3648x 2048(7MP) HD , 2592x 1944(5MP) , 2048 x1 536(3MP), 1920x 1080(2MP) HD , 640x 480(VGA) Video Re s olution 640 X480,320X 240pixels File Format JPEG/A VI Exter nal Memory SD Card (u p to 8GB) LCD Display 2. 4 Inch TFT Le[...]

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    53 T roubleshooting Q: I have ta ken photos and sele cted the “Get Images ” button. I get a message that the images w ere success full y transferred but the photos do not appea r on my com puter . W hat do I do? First ensure t hat you have in fact taken pho tos. Press the Shutter bu tton to take some s ample photo s and then try dow nloading th[...]