DXG Technology DXG-568 manual

Digital Camera DXG-568 User’s Manual[...]

1 Getti ng S tar ted ■ AT T E N T I O N ................................................................... .................. 4 Safety Precautions .......... ........................................................................... ............. 4 Bef o re Us e ......................... ................... .....................................[...]

2 EV Compensatio n .............. .................................................................... ............... 20 V olume ................................................................................................. ............... 20 ■ System Language Optio ns .......... ...............................................................[...]

3 ■ Playback Mode LCD Screen Icon s ........... ................................................................... ................... 37 Thumbnail Di splay and File Selection ..... ............................................. ................... 39 Image Enlargem ent Mode .. .................................................................... [...]

4  Sa fe ty P rec au ti on s The Sof tware CD p acka ged with this cam era is de signe d f or a PC on ly . Playi ng it on an aud io CD pl ay er may da mage the device. This camera is a precision electronic device. Do not attempt to serv ice this ca mera y ourself , as opening or removing co vers may expo se you to dangerous voltage point s or ot[...]

5  Important Notices This product consists of intricate el e ctrical parts. T o ensure optimal performance, do not drop the camera. Avoid storing the camera in the followin g location s: 1. In damp or dusty places. 2. In seal ed vehicles, under direct sunlight, or in places with h igh temperatur es. 3. In areas w here t here i s a lot of v ibr a[...]

6 Carefully unpack your camer a and make su re th at yo u have th e f oll owi ng item s. If an item is missing o r damaged, please con tact the v endor i mmedi ately . Digital Camera USB Cable TV-Out Cable Software CD User's Manual AA alkaline batte ries x 2 Pouc h Strap Package Con ten ts[...]

7  Names of Parts 1. Speaker 2. Lens Cover/P ower Switch 3. Shutter Button 4. Flash 5. Red-ey e R eduction Device 6. Microphone 7. Self-ti mer LED 8. Macro Switch Button 9. Lens 10. Connector Co ver 11. TV -Out P ort 12. USB P ort  Shu tter Butto n The Shutter button is used to take pictures in the Picture Mode or start recording video or Mov[...]

8 1. Status LE D 2. Macro LED 3. LCD Screen 4. Display Button 5. Menu Button 6. 4-wa y Scroll Button 7. Strap Holder 8. Flas h Button 9. Battery Cov er 10. Mode Dial 11. Memory C ard Slot  Operation Buttons  Macro swit ch T oggles between the Ma cro and Normal Modes; refer to pag e 29 for details.  Disp . Button Changes the disp lay of the[...]

9  Loading/Replacing Batteries Turn t he di gital camera off a nd foll ow th e instr uctions bel ow: Slide the battery cov er open in the direction indicated by the arro w . Inse rt the batteries acco rding to the diag ram on the inside of the c over . Close and lock the battery cover . Note: Using rec hargeable Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) ba t[...]

10  Load in g the Mem ory Card Turn the ca mera off a nd fo llow t he i nstruct ions belo w: Note: This camer a does not come with a memory card. Optional SD cards can be purchased at www .dx gusa.com/ shop Slide the battery cov er open in the direction indicated by the arro w . Insert the memory card in the di rection indicated by the arrow . M[...]

11  R e movi ng th e Me mor y C ar d Turn the ca mera off a nd fo llow the instruct io ns b elow: Slide the batter y cov er open in the direction indic ated by the arr ow . Press the memory card down gently an d then release. The memory card will partially pop-up. Pull the memor y card out with y our fingers in the directio n indicated by the ar[...]

12 Under normal conditions, the icon will be display e d on t he LC D screen af ter inserting the memory card. If the icon is displayed, it means the camer a is using the internal memory . There are four possible reasons for this:  The ca mera c annot r ecogn ize the file format of the memory card. T ransfer all fil es sav ed in the memory card [...]

13  The c amera has a memory ca rd sl ot ma lfuncti on and can ’t access the m emory ca rd. Please contact DXG technical support for assistance.  Using the Internal M emory This camera has 3 2MB of built-in memory to p rovide a tempo rary space for storing dat a when the ext ernal memory c a r d i s f u l l ( t h e c a m e r a c a n n o t u[...]

14 Inse rt the thin end of the str ap into the stra p holder . Pass the other end of strap t hrough the loop. Pull the strap tightly . Attaching the Strap[...]

15  Power supp ly Slide the lens co ver back gently a nd the power will turn on automati cally . T o turn off the power , slide the lens cover back.  Battery Po wer Le v el The following are status icons for different levels of battery power: Full battery power Medium batt ery power Low battery po wer No Battery power (the icon turn s to red)[...]

16  LED I nd icat ors The foll owing ta ble l ists th e descri ption of t he Self -tim er LED (lo cate d on the front of camer a) and Status LED (located on the re ar of camera): Color Description Re d O n B u s y Status LED Green On Macro Self-time r LED Re d B l i n k i n g The self -timer is activ ated. The self -timer LE D blinks faster at t[...]

17 T oggle the Mode Dial to the Setup Mode .  Se t tin g th e Date/ T i me This camera can record the date and time of th e photogr aph, if the co rre ct date and time are set u p before usin g the camera . Peas e refer to the Setup Mode section for more information (refer to page 20).  Sett ing t he Lang uage Y ou can select a preferable lan[...]

18  LCD Sc reen The LCD screen makes it e asy to fr ame the su bject, adjust the set tings, and view the recorded photos and videos. Not e: Prolonged exposure to direct sunlight can cau se the LCD screen to tempor arily darken . This is normal fo r LCD screen and is not permanen t. There are sever al icons on the screen; please refer to LCD Scre[...]

19 T oggle the Mode Dial to the Setup Mode . There are 4 major s ections that can be acces sed by pr essin g the righ t arrow k ey: Image S etup , System , S ystem2 and Options.  Image Settings Image R esolu tion There are 4 resolu tion settings a v ailable for taking still pictures: 3680x2760, 2592x1944, 2048x1536 an d 1280 x960. The images wit[...]

20 EV compensa tion Y ou can adjust th e EV Comp ensation v alue manual ly . All thi ngs being equa l, the higher t he EV compe nsation , the brighte r the phot os. The v alu e ran ges from -2.0EV to +2.0 EV , in 0.5 EV step s. Volume The re are 9 l eve ls o f s pe ake r vo lum e you can ad jus t; the lo we st le vel is mut e.  System Lang uag e[...]

21 Auto Power Off Off: This will disable auto power off function so that the camera is always on. Note: This c an cause your batteries to dr ain more quickly . 1 Min: The cam era will power off after 60 seconds. T o “wake” the ca mera up , you must close the shutter and t hen reopen it. Diving Mode : This allows y ou to manage the po wer saving[...]

22  Options Format M emory F o rmatting the memory card / internal memory will erase all st ored data; the data cannot be r estored. Mak e sure y ou backup important ph otos to a PC bef ore yo u ref orma t. Default Settings After you select the R eset option, all the se ttings will be restored to the factory default values, and the on screen dis[...]

23 Menu Index Setup Mode (con.)[...]

24 IM A G E IM A G E :S e l. :Se t IM A G E :S e l. :Se t IM A G E :S e l. :Se t IM A G E Re sol uti on Qua lit y White Bala nce Exposure V alue Vo l u m e :P a ge :S e l. :Se t IM A G E :S el. :S e t .... Setup Mode (con.)[...]

25 SY ST E M SY ST E M :S e l. Se t Fr e q u e n cy 60 H Z 50 H Z 60 H Z 50 H Z SY ST E M :S e l. Se t SY ST E M :: S e l . +/- Set Da te/ T ime SY ST E M :: S e l . +/- Set Da te/ Tim e SY ST E M :: S e l . +/- Set Da te/ Tim e SY ST E M :S e l. Se t SY ST E M Language D ate /T ime TV Sta ndard Frequency : Page : Sel. Set SY ST E M Language D ate [...]

26 SY ST E M 2 :S e l. Se t SY ST E M 2 :S e l. Se t SY ST E M 2 SY ST E M 2 LCD Cont rast LCD Brightne ss Ca p tur e E f fe ct :P a ge :Se l. :Se t SY ST E M 2 LCD Cont rast LCD Brightne ss Ca p tur e E f fe ct :P a ge :Se l. :Se t SY ST E M 2 LCD Cont rast LCD Brightne ss Ca p tur e E f fe ct :P a ge :Se l. :Se t .. . .. . :S e l. Se t SY ST E M [...]

27 OPT I ON OPTI ON :S el. :S e t OPTI ON :S el. :S e t OPTI ON :S el. :S e t F o r m a t OK Ca n ce l OK Ca n ce l OPTI ON :S e l. :Se t OPTI ON :P a ge :Se l. :Se t Format De faul t FW U pdate Copy to C a rd OPTI ON :P a ge :Se l. :Se t Format De faul t FW U pdate Copy to C a rd OPTI ON :P a ge :Se l. :Se t Format De faul t FW U pdate Copy to C a[...]

28  Pictur e Mo de T oggle the Mode Dial to the Picture Mode . LCD Sc reen Icon s 1 Picture Mode (photos) Internal memory is half full 2 Image resolution Internal memory (full) 3 Image quality 7 Number s of pictures tak en 4 Digital zoom 8 Flash Mode 5 Digital zoom r atio 9 Unsteady indicator 6 Memory st atus  Da te/Time Memory ca rd 11 EV co[...]

29 Taki ng P ictur es Y ou can use this camer a to take still im ages. The recorded im age file form at is JPEG. The maximum recorda b le number of images depends upon the free spac e of the internal memory or SD card. Moreo v er , the image r esoluti on and qual ity wil l also affect the numb er of record able i mages. Th e higher ima ge r esoluti[...]

30 Macro / Nor mal Y ou can switch to the Macro mode by s lidin g the Macro / Normal switch down. Mode Ic on Descr iption Macro This is suitable for taking pictures at a distance of 9-10 inches. Best for close-up shots. Normal Non e This is suitable for taking pictures at a distance of 5 feet to infi nity . As the distance becomes further , the bac[...]

31 Flash Press the butt on to tog gle betw een dif f erent f lash m odes. Displa y Fla sh Mode Descr iption Off T urns off the flas h; applicable to environments with sufficient light. Auto The flash fires automatically acco rding to the ambient conditions; this mode is best for gener al-purpos e photograph y . Auto + R ed-ey e Re d u c t i on The [...]

32 Menu Index Picture mode (con.) Image re solution Sel f-ti mer Quality[...]

33 Picture mode (c on.)[...]

34  Movie/Vid eo Mode T oggle the Mode Dial to the Movie/Video Mode . LCD Sc reen Icon s 1 5 6 4 3 11 10 7 8 9 1 Movie/Vide o Mode Internal memory 2 Image resolution Internal memory is half full 3 Image quality Internal memory (full) 4 Numbers of imag e per second 6 R eco rded video files count 5 Memory st atus 7 Length of th e rec orded video M[...]

35 Reco rdin g Video Y ou can use this camera to record videos (M PEG-4 for mat w ith voice). The length of the recorded video depends on the free spac e of the i nte rna l mem ory /SD card . Moreo ver , th e imag e resol ution , imag e qualit y an d fr ame ra te per second will also affect the length of the r ecorded video. The higher imag e reso [...]

36 Digit al Z oom Press the top of th e 4-way sc roll button to z oom in or the bottom to zoom out . The maximum z oom is 4X. Menu Press the Menu button to show or hid e the menu items. The options include: Image resolut ion, nu mbers of ima ge per secon d, ima ge qual ity , EV compe nsatio n, etc. Image Re solution There are 2 resolutions av ailab[...]

37 Menu I ndex Movie/Video Mode (con.)[...]

38  Playback Mode T oggle the Mode Dial to the Playb ack Mode . In Pl ayback Mode, us ers can revi ew the re corded pictures, vid eo and a udio . The symbols and functions on the L CD screen are different a ccording to different file formats. LCD Screen Icons 1 Playback Mode 2 Current file num ber / Re corde d files coun t 3 Button icons 4 Batte[...]

39 1 Playback Mode 2 Current file number / Recorded number of fi les 3 Video file indicat o r 4 Button icons 5 Battery status (P .15) 6 Video time elapsed 7 Button icons If there are no files stored in the inter nal memory or SD card, a "No File" m essa g e will a ppear on the L CD scr een. Playbac k Mode (con .)[...]

40 The vo ice re cord 7 1 5 6 4 3 Play back the voice r ecor d 1 Playback Mode 2 Current file number / R ecorded file count 3 Video file indicat o r 4 Button icons 5 Battery status (P .15) 6 Movie File 7 Audio file time elapsed 8 Button icons Thumbnail Display and File Sele ction Press the button to enter the th umbnail display mode. After entering[...]

41 Image E nlargement Mode I f y o u s e l e c t ed a n i m a g e f i le, press the Display button to ente r the i mage enlarg ement mode. After entering the image enlargement mode, yo u can press the button to z oom in and press the button to zoom out t he selected image. The en larg ement r atio will be sho wn on th e up-rig ht cor ner . Y ou can[...]

42 Play vid eo Once you hav e selected a video file, press the right arrow button to start playing the video . T o pause the playback , press the right a rrow button again. T o stop the pla yback, press the left arrow b utton . Pl ay audi o fi le If you selected an audio file, yo u can pres s the right arrow bu tton to start playing the audio . T o[...]

43 Menu If there are images sto red on the memory , you can pres s the Menu button to show/hide the menu items. The menu has three sections: Delete, Fun ction, and Printing Setup (this last one only appe ars if there is an SD c ard inserted).  Delete Delet e One This deletes the unwanted files from the interna l memory or memory card. NOTE: The [...]

44 Menu I ndex Playback Mode (con.)[...]

45 Playback Mode (con.)[...]

46 Playback Mo de (co n .)[...]

47  Voice Mode LCD Scre en Icon s 5 4 VO I CE :St ar t / S top 1 3 1 Vo i c e M o d e Memory card is pr otected 2 Memory card status Internal memory Memory ca rd Internal memory (full) Memory card is h alf full 3 Curr ent file n umber Memory ca rd exh austed 4 Length of t he recorded audio Memory car d (full) 5 Button icons Recording Audio T ogg[...]

48 . . . VO I C E VO I C E VO I C E :St art / Stop :St art / Stop :St art / Stop When recordin g audio, th e microphone icon on th e LCD scre en will mov e and a recorded ti me indicator will be appear in the upper right of the LC D screen. Voice M ode (con. )[...]

49  USB Mode While the camera is in any mod e, you ca n connect t he USB cable to enter the USB Mode . There are two options i n USB Mo de: Mass Stora ge and PC Cam era. US B PC C a mer a Mass Stora ge :P a ge :S e l. :S e t Transfer ring Pi ctures to Your P C (Mass St orage Mod e) After connecti ng the camer a to the PC, you can tra nsfer the f[...]

50 Exploring the memory card through a PC , you will find a DCIM folder on the memory card with the following file architecture: DCIM FSCAM 100 FSCAM 101 P H T O 00 01 .JP G P H T O 00 01 .JP G PHT O00 02 .W A V PHT O00 02 .W A V PHT O00 03 .A VI PHT O00 03 .A VI PHT O99 99 .A VI PHT O99 99 .A VI .... . ... ... . After the file name reaches PHT O99[...]

51 PC Cam era This digital ca mer a can be used as a P C camer a (provides a liv e feed rather tha n recording). After connecting the camera t o the PC, yo u could use the camera as a PC camera (W ebcam) to hold a vide oconference. Note: You cannot transfer files to your PC in this mod e. US B PC C a mer a Mass Stora ge :P a g e :S e l. :Se t Disco[...]

52 This option allows y ou to connect the ca mera direct ly to the printer via the USB cable and print images directly , without a PC. The printer must su pport direct printing function. First, connect the US B cable t o enter USB Mo de. US B PC C a mera Mas s S tor age :P a ge :S e l. :Se t Pri nt All Pri nt One :P a ge :S e l. :Se t PRI N T In th[...]

53 Menu I ndex Print All: Prints all images; one co py for each. Printing Directly Mode ( con.)[...]

54 The TV-Out func tion on the camer a allows y ou to transfer ima ges directly to a TV . To tra nsfer the imag es, d o the f ollow ing: 1. Set the video output mode (NTSC/ P AL) of the camer a corresponding to y our TV standa rd. (The Un ited Stat es uses NTS C) Pleas e refer to page 24. 2. Use the T V -Out ca ble pro vided to conn ec t the camera[...]

55  Installing the Camera Driver for a PC The driver is intended only for older systems NO T running Windows XP or Windows 2000. If you are running Windows XP or 2000, do not install th e driver. If you h ave installed it, you may want to uninstall it. 1. Insert the Software CD supplied by the packag e into the CD-ROM driv e. 2. The Aut o-run pr[...]

56 6. Entering the a pplication setup screen, press " Next " to continue. 7. After the installation is compl eted, the following screen will a ppear . Press " Finish " to complete application i nstallation. Software Drive r Installa tion (con.)[...]

57  Installing Mr . Photo and VideoWorks 6 on a PC While the NewSoft Software application is intended for any W indows operating system, the driv er is not. If you are running Window s XP or 2000, do not install the driver, only the NewSoft Applications. If you hav e alre ady installed the driver and are having connection issues, try unin stalli[...]

58 6. After readin g the conditio ns of Legal Di sclaimer , click " Yes " to accept and continue the installation. 7. Select the language, then click " Next " to co ntinu e . 8. Click " Next " to continu e. 9. After reading the cond ition s of Software Li cense Agreement click " Ye s " to accept and continue [...]

59 10. F ollow the installation wiz ard to select the folder location. 11. Select the progr am folder name. 12. Click " Finish " to complete the application installation. Installing Mr. Photo/ VideoWorks 6 (c on.)[...]

60 13. After the Multimedia Softwa re installa tion is completed, the following screen will appear , click "Ok" to continue. 14. In the DirectX9 setup s creen, click " Ok " after the content is confirmed. Installing Mr. Photo/Vi deoWorks 6 (con.)[...]

61  Specificat ions Item Descript ion Image sensor 1/1.8" CM OS Pixels 5.1 Megapixels Lens: F/3.0/8.0 f=9.0mm F ocal length 10-11 inches (Macro) 5 feet ~ ∞ (P ortrait / Infinity) Shutter spee d Mechanical s hutter (1/4 sec. ~ 1/5 00 sec.) LCD scree n 1.5" L TPS Color LCD (502 x 240 Pixels) Storage m edium 32MB Internal Flas h Memory [...]

62 Item Description Compression r atio Image: Fine / Normal Video: Fine / Norm al / Basic Interfac e USB 2.0 Video: NTSC/P AL system selectable Language English / T raditional Chinese / Japane se / Germ an / French / Italian / Spanish Auto power off One minute P ow er supply AA alkaline batteries x 2 Dimensions 93 x 56 x 40 mm W eight: About 125g ([...]