DXG DXG DXG-505V manual

DXG-505V Use r Ma nual DXG USA[...]

1 This is a di gita l vide o cam era of exce pti onal qua li ty a nd value . Y ou wi ll be able to c aptur e vi deos and pic tur es, then s end a nd sha re them with fr iends and fa m ily . This digit al video c ame ra not only funct ions a s a digit a l cam era, it al so func ti ons as an MP 3 player, a digital v oice reco rder , FM tuner , and wh[...]

2 1.Preca utions ……………………… ………………… …..…… .…..……5 Safety prec autions…………………………………………………… …………………………5 Precautions before use………………………………………………………………………5 Precau tions b efore op eration ……?[...]

3 Color eff ects……………………………………………………………………………24 Auto shutter…………………… …………………………………………… ……………24 Select date indicator………………………………………………………………………24 Return to photo mode…………[...]

4 5.How to r ecord TV programs.….….…………… …..….…...................4 1 6.V ideo/audio output .……………………….………………. .…………43 7.How to connect to PC.... ..….…..….….…...………………..… .….......44 8.Dri ver installation………… ……..……..………… ……………....[...]

5 Please read this manual carefully and keep it in a safe place for future reference. Follow the instructions on t his manual and obser ve proper handling and you’ll be enjoying t his digital video camera for a long time. Saf ety precaut ions • The included CD onl y contains softwares and is not an audio CD. Please do not playback on stereo or [...]

6 Precaut ions b efore operati on This product is composed electr ical components, in order to ensure cor rect image recording, please do not apply heavy shock or impact of the digital video c amera during operation. • A void operating and storing in the following areas: 1. Damp and excessively dusty environments. 2. Direct sunlight location, enc[...]

7 Audi o IN /OUT cable Video IN/TV OUT cable “AA” alkaline battery *4 DC-IN C onne ctor DC IN 5V Adapter （ please base on actual conte nt ） LBC003 charger stand (optional) NP-60 Li-Ion battery (optional) CD (incl udes drivers) Instruction ma nual Lens cap ●Digital Video c amera ● w r i s t s t r a p ●Leather case a nd ●Lens cap str [...]

8 ●NP-60 Li-Ion batt ery (optional) ●CD (includes drivers ) ●Instruction man ual ●Lens cap Prod uct V iews To p v i e w : 1. Shutter button - fil ming 2. MUSI C butt on – en t ers M P3 playback mode, radio mode and swtiches back from the two mo des 3. ZOOM button – Digital zoom (under MP3 or Radio Modes, this functions as v olume contro[...]

9 3. Audio plug – T he audio plu g connects the headphone. Listen to mu sic on the digital video camera. At the same time, this can fu nction as audio input/output plug. Note: if using the radi o function, the headphones have to be plugged in to funct ion as antenna to receive radio cha nnels. Back: 1. Power i ndic ator light – Power indicator [...]

10 Right: 1. Battery compart ment lock – T his is the lock to open the battery compartment. 2. Li-Ion battery support – After inserting the Li-Ion battery , pivot out this support to secure the battery . 3. DC po wer plug – Inse rting the DC-IN 5V powe r plug can supply external DC voltage to the unit. 4. Battery compartment lid Battery statu[...]

11 Preparations before operation ● First step: Please insert four AA alkaline or r echar gable batteries and check the battery life. If the battery life is low , plea se immediately replace the batteries to ensur e proper digital video camera operation. ● Second step: Please insert the memory card as per the direction illustrated correctly into[...]

12 ● St e p o n e Press the Pow er switc h b utton , and the power indicator light will automatically light up. When the power indicator light is lit, release the po wer switch button. Function list Mov ie m ode 4 . Usin g th i s D i g ital V ideo C ame r a[...]

13 Phot o mo de[...]

14 MP3 pla yback mode[...]

15 Setu p mode Audio mo de Radio m ode[...]

16 V ideo mode [ ] Switch the mode selection butto n to [Movie] [ ] St a t u s i n d i c a t o r Movie mode indicator Image format White balance Col or e ffect s Image q uality Battery s tatus I m a g e s i z e Di gita l zo om st at us Built-in storage status Hotkey menu Under movie mode, contin uously press t he confirm bu tton left of the LCD scr[...]

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18 Capturing video This digital video camera can capture video in MPEG4 format. Under movie mod e, press the MENU butt on to enter the movie menu. Under the movie m enu page, possible control s are as follows: Sele ct ima ge size : 1. Press the up butto n ▲ or down button ▼ to select the size option and press the con fi rm button . 2. Use the u[...]

19 Image quality options: Best, standard. Select white balance mode: 1. Press the up butto n ▲ or down button ▼ to select the white balance option and press the conf irm butt on . 2. Use the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select your desired w hite balance mode and press t he conf irm butt on . There will be five modes of white balance to [...]

20 ● S tep two During filming, press the REC butt on to stop capturing, or automatica lly stop filming when memory is full. V ideo playbac k: Under movie mode, press the play back butt on to return to video pla yback mode. 1. Press the up butto n ▲ or down button ▼ to se lect the video to playback, then press the conf irm b utton to begin pla[...]

21 V ideo playbac k menu: Under the video pl ayback mode, press the MEN U butto n to return to the playback menu. Delete s ingle vide o 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select the single choice to delete, then press the conf irm butt on . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the confirm but ton to ei[...]

22 to either delete all files or cancel deletion (protected files cannot be deleted). Pro tect sing le v ideo 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select the single choice to protect, then press the conf irm butt on . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the confirm but ton to either protect single video[...]

23 access the hotkey function selection; this can control the captured video such as: Image file size, exposure, image quality , white balance, au tom at ic , color eff ect setups. After pressing the confirm button , press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select each submenu. The control procedures are as below: Dele ted : f ile format[...]

24 Focus locking:[...]

25 When pressing t he shut ter b utton to the first stage, a green [ ] indicates the image is focused. Phot o menu : Setup the desired options before filming. Press MENU bu tton to access the photo menu. The control procedures are as below: Se lect im age siz e: 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select image size option, then press the[...]

26 Selec t white balanc e mode: 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select white balance option, then press the conf irm butt on . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select your desired white bala nce mode, press the conf irm butt on . White balance options: auto, sun li ght, cloudy , light bulb, florescent light. Exposure ad[...]

27 Return to photo mode: Press the MENU bu tton to return to photo mode. Flash light function: Under photo mode , press the up buttom ▲ to cycle through t he flash light modes. How to take a pic ture: ● St e p o n e Ma ke sure the digital video camera is turned on ● S tep two Aim the digital video camera at the object to capture, and view the[...]

28 Under photo playb ack mode, press the MENU button to display t he photo playback menu. Control procedures are as below: Delete single photo 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select the single photo choice to delete, then press t he conf irm butt on . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the confirm[...]

29 Delete all photos 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select all to delete, then press the confir m button . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the confirm but ton to either delete all files or cancel deletion (protected files cannot be deleted). Undo all photo protection 1. Press up but ton ▲ or[...]

30 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to set the single option, then press the confirm button to enter the single setting interface. 3. At the single setting interface, the current photo will appear and then use the up b utton ▲ or down button ▼ to select a photo. Pressing the ZOOM-IN button and ZOO M-OUT button can set the number of c[...]

31 DPS (o nly suppo rte d for DPS (direc t print ser vice) enable d prin ters) Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the print option, then pr ess the con firm button . Connect the digital video camera and printer with the USB cable and a fter successful connection is established the digital video camera will show print single and print [...]

32 -Print: press the confirm bu tton to begin pr inting. Print all 1. At the print menu, Press up button ▲ or down but ton ▼ to select to print single and then press t he conf irm butt on to go t o the print all interface. 2. At the print single interface, wi th the hint to connect to printer , connect the digital video camera to printer with t[...]

33 V olume contro l During music playback, press the ZO OM-IN button an d ZOOM-OUT button to adj us t the vol ume l eve l. Prev ious, Ne xt so ng During music playback, press the up button ▲ or down b utto n ▼ to skip to previous, next song. T urn o ff L CD scree n During music playback, to conserve the batteries the LCD screen will be automati[...]

34 S top playback During music playback, press the confirm button to stop music p layback. Control procedures are as below:[...]

35 MP3 pl ayer men u When playback is stoppe d, press the ME NU button to displa y the menu. Delete si ngle track 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select the sing le track choice to delete, then press the conf irm butto n . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the confirm but ton to either delete sin[...]

36 to either protect single track or cancel protection, a lock icon will now appear on the upper right corner of the s creen (apply protection to protected files to unprotect it). Delete all tracks 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select all to delete, then press the confir m button . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to con[...]

37 Listening t o a station After auto tuning is complete, the user can use up butto n ▲ or do wn bu tton ▼ to select t he station to listen to, or tune in to t he default station. As illustrated: Manual tunin g While listening to a station, press the ME NU button and p r ess th e up button ▲ or do wn button ▼ to manuall y adjust the radio f[...]

38 Controls as illustrated: Exit radi o mode Under radio mode, press the MUSIC button t o exit the radio. Audio mode Rotate the mode s electi on dial to , the screen will display: S tatus ind icator: Under the audio m ode, press the REC button to begin audio recording, press the REC butto n to stop audio recor ding. Begin record ing: Recordi ng pla[...]

39 button again to stop playback. During playback, press the REC but ton to pause playback, press t he REC b utton aga in to continue playback. V olume adjustmen t: During rec ord ing play back , yo u can pr ess t he ZOOM-IN button and ZOO M-OU T bu tton to adjust the volume l evel. Prev ious, Ne xt so ng During recording playback, press the up but[...]

40 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to select all to delete, then press the confir m button . 2. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the confirm but ton to either delete all files or cancel deletion (protected files cannot be deleted). Undo all audi o protect ion 1. Press up but ton ▲ or dow n button ?[...]

41 Under the audio playback menu interface, press the MENU b ut ton to exit audio playback menu interface; press the playba ck but ton to return to audio mode. Setup m ode After pre ssing the MENU bu tt on in an y mode s, yo u ca n pre ss DI SP/SET button to enter the setup mode. S tatus ind icator: At the setup mo de, the user can modify the follo[...]

42 Setu p: Exit set up T o e xit setup mode, p ress the DI SP/SET but ton to return to the inte rface before pressing MEN U button; then press MEN U button to return to the interface be fore that.[...]

43 The main procedures for recording TV programs are as below: 1. Rotate the mode selection dial to vi deo mode [ ]. 2. Press the ME NU button t o enter the video mode menu. 3. After entering the video mode menu, press the D ISP/SET b utton to enter the came ra setup men u. 4. Press the up butto n ▲ or down button ▼ to sele ct “video setup”[...]

44 Use the audio cable and TV cable to co nnect the camera with your TV/DVD, the icon wil l disappear and the TV/DVD image will be displayed on the LCD screen. T o not display the icon on the LCD, press the DISP/SET button ; pr ess th e ZOOM button to adjust the volume level, press t he conf irm butt on to enter the hotkey menu for the appr opriate[...]

45 Y ou can u se the “video/audio out” on the digital video camera to output the video/audio to an external device (such as: TV), the method is as below: ● St e p o n e In sert the black plug of the TV cable to the TV port on the back of the digital video camera, and the yellow plug to the video in of the TV . ● S tep two Insert the white a[...]

46 The digital video camera can also function as a webcam/storage device, procedures a s below: ● St e p o n e Ma ke sure the digital video camera is installed with four “AA” batteries ● S tep two Connect the smaller end of the USB cable plug to the USB port on digital video camera ● S t ep three Connect the larger plug of the USB cable t[...]

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48 ● St e p f o u r In a moment the camera will enter the connect to PC mode: ● St e p f i v e Press Up butt on ▲ or Down button ▼ to select Mass S torage (r emovable disk) or PC Camera (webcam ) and then press confirm butto n, the camera screen will turnoff and enter the appropriate function. If Mass S torage (r em ovab le d isk ) is selec[...]

49 Others One standard USB 1.1 port For Microso ft W i ndows98SE/Me use rs, please con nect the larger USB plug to the PC USB port and the other end to the di gital video camera US B port after installing t he drivers and application software. When the camera enters th e “connection to PC” pa ge, press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to se[...]

50 1. Drivers When the camera is connected to a PC, you will be able to use the camera as removable storage or PC webcam. Removable sto rage The digital video camera is able to pro vide removable storage functions as a card rea der . Y ou can use this camera as an SD card, removable disk. If your operating system is W in dows 98SE, you will need to[...]

51 Displays the bel ow screen. Press the install button to install the drivers. Please follow the on screen i nstructions. Press “finish” to restart the PC and complete the driver installation. Loa d the d river 1. I nsert the included CD into the CD-ROM. 2. If the CD does not aut o-run, use W indows file manage r to run the executable Inst all[...]

52 2 . Presto! V ideo W o rks 6 Presto! V i deo W orks 6 is an advanced applicat ion software for video editing. Install Presto! V ideo W ork s 6 ： 1. I nsert the included CD into the CD-ROM. 2. If the CD does not aut o-run, use W indows file manage r to run the executable Inst allMgr . exe under the root directory on the CD. 3. Press the install[...]

53 4. XviD codec for PC Installing the Xv iD codec program 1. Insert the Software CD supplied into the CD-ROM drive 2. Please double click o n the "My Computer" ic on on the desktop. Then dou ble click the CD-ROM dri ve icon and click the setup file of Xvid in the root director y . 3. Click "XviD.exe" to sta rt the installation.[...]

54 5. Click "Browse" to select the folder location and click "Next" to continue. 6. Click "Browse" if you want to select a different program folder or click "Next" to continue. 7. Enter the additional tasks setu p screen and press " Next" to continue.[...]

55 8. Enter the main program setup screen and press "Install" to start the installation. 9. During the installation, press "Cancel" if you want to stop setup. 10. The following screen will appear af ter the installation is co mpleted. Click "Finish" to complete the insta llation.[...]

56 Digita l video cam era specifi cati ons: ● Len s: f=8.4 mm ● Sensor: 5.17Mega pixe l c mos sensor ● Aperture: F / 2.8, 8.0 ● Exposure: ISO 100 ● White balance setting: Auto, sun light, light bulb, florescent light, cloudy ● Shutter: Mechanical shutter + electrical shutter ● Shutter speed: 1/4 sec ~ 1/500 sec ● Storage format: Bui[...]

57 System hangs When the digital video camera ha ngs during operation and cannot accept input, please check the batt ery contacts and then restart. If not able to restart, check if unnecessary operation has caused damage to digital video camera. Do not attempt to disas semble and please return for repair . Error message when entering direct printin[...]

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