Genius G-Shot HD500 manual

English -1- WEEE W arning Message Symbol for Separate Collect ion in European Countries This symbol indi cates that this p roduct is to be coll ected separate ly . The follow ing apply only to u sers in European co untries: z This product is designat ed for separate colle ction at an appropriate c ollection point . Do not dispose o f as household w[...]

English -2- Use of shield ed cable is requir ed to comply with Cl ass B limits in Subp art B of Part 15 of the FCC rules . Do not make an y changes or modif ications to the e quipment unless ot herwise specified in the manual. If such changes or modifications should be made, y ou could be required t o stop operatio n of the equipment . Product Info[...]

English -3-  Do not disass emble, change or r epair the camera. This might ca use fire or electric shock. For rep air or internal inspe ction, ask retailer w here you purch ased it.  Do not use th e camera in areas n ear water. This might caus e fire or electri c shock. Take speci al care during rain, snow, on the beach, or ne ar the shore. ?[...]

English -4-  Before you move the camera, disc onnect cords an d cables. Failure to do this might damage cords and cable s, resulting in fire and electric shock. Notes on Battery Usage When you u se the battery , carefully read an d strictly observ e the Safety Instru ctions and the notes described bel ow:  Use only the specified batt ery  [...]

English -5- CONTENTS GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAM ERA ___________________ 9 O VER VIEW ____________________________________________ 9 S T ANDARD A CCESSORIES _________________________________ 9 F RONT V IEW __________________________________________ 10 K EY P AD ILLUSTRA TION _________________________________ 10 S IDE V IEW ____________________________[...]

English -6- O PTIONS FOR R ECORD M ODE _____________________________ 18 O PERA TIONS FOR R ECORD M ODE __________________________ 18 D EF AUL T S ETTING AND V AL IDA TION ________________________ 19 M OVIE M ODE SUBMENU S ETTING __________________________ 20 Movie Resoluti on _____________________________________ 20 Possible r ecor ding time / sec [...]

English -7- T ime Se tting _________________________________________ 35 Format Memor y ______________________________________ 35 TV Syst em __________________________________________ 36 Selecting Int erface Language ___________________________ 36 Default Se tting _______________________________________ 36 PLA YBACK MODE ____________________________[...]

English -8- Connecting to a hi gh-definitio n TV _______________________ 53 Connecting t o a non-high -definition 16 :9 (W ide) or 4:3 TV ____ 54 ARCSOFT MEDIA CONVER TER _______________________ 55 A RCSOFT M EDIA C ONVERTER _____________________________ 55 BURNING THE RECORDED CLI P INTO D VD ____________ 59 UPLOADIN G VIDEO FILES T O YOUT UBE ___[...]

English -9- Getting to Know Your Camera Overview Thank you fo r purchasing the n ew digital video c amera! This multi-func tion digital video cam era with a 5 Mega P ixel CMOS sensor can take H.264 movies w hich videos ca n be taken with i n certain amount of memory. High quality images w ith up to 11 meg a pixels can also d elivered smoothly. W it[...]

English -10- Front View KeyPad illustration LCD Panel TV Out /ear Phone P ort Enter But ton Right Button Left Butt on Record/Play Button S trap hole Mini USB 2.0 port T ele/Wide Button Green /Red LED Movie Shutt er Button Picture Shu tter Button LED light Lens Power Button HDMI Cable[...]

English -1 1- Side View S peaker Batter y cove r Focus settin g Micropho ne[...]

English -12- Writeable position Write-Protected Position Writeable position Write-Protected Position Getting Started Loading the Battery Before using the camera, you must l oad two AA (Alkaline) batte ries. 1. Foll ow the arro w directio n to slide ope n the batte ry cover. 2. Insert the bat teries according t o the correct pol arity marks ( + or -[...]

English -13- Turning the Camera On and Getting Started To turn on the camera: 1. Flip out the LCD p anel and the camera w ill turn on automati cally. 2. Or you can p ress the Power Bu tton for one secon d to turn it on.  To ta ke a movie, press th e Movie Shutter B utton ( ).  To take a pic ture, press the Picture S hutter Button ( ).  To [...]

English -14- Record Mode Button Function Power Butt on: Press down fo r one second to turn on or turn off the camera. Movie Shu tter Button: 1. Start to take a movie, or recor d voice. 2. To stop re cording, press i t again. Left Button : Flash ON/OFF/R ed-Eye Reduction /Light ON/Auto Right Button : HD mode Picture Shutte r Button: Take a picture T[...]

English -15- LCD Monitor Information The indicator s below will displ ay on the LCD when m ovies and pict ures are recorded : Record Mode Movie Record M ode Picture Reco rd Mode Voice Record Mode Stabilizati on Night Mode Multi-Snap Mode Backlight Mode (1) Resolution Movie: HD , D1, VGA, QVGA Picture: High / Standard/ Low (2) Number of images or re[...]

English -16- (5) White Ba lance (6) Battery indicato r: full power, medium power low power , no power A Auto Flash Flash on Flash Off Red Eye R eduction (7) LED On (8) Self-timer enable d (9) 8X digital zoom Date: YYYY/MM/ DD (10) Time: HH:MM:SEC (1 1) Motion Detection H.264 Movie Recording Press Movie S hutter button ( ) to start re cording. When [...]

English -17- Standard Qu ality Low Quality Voice mode To enable v oice recording: 1. In Movie/Pictur e Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to r ecord menu screen. 2. Use Right/Left Button s to move to Voice Option. Then the Voice Submenu will appear on the screen . 3. Use Tele/ Wide Button to move betw een the OK and Ex it Option. 4. Choose OK option [...]

English -18- Options for Record Mode Movie Mode Camera Mode Voice Effect Setting z Resolution z Exposure z Light z Sharpness z White Balance z Stabilization z Motion Detect z Night Mode z Exit z Resolution z Exposure z Two in One z Photo Frame z Flash z Self-timer z Sharpness z W hite Bal ance z Multi-snap z Backlight z Date printing z Night Mode z[...]

English -19- Default Setting and Validation The follow ing table indicates the camera’s defau lt setting as w ell as its validation . Always: The setti ngs always stay valid. One Time: The setting is only valid either once or till camera power is off . Validation Defa ult Factory Setti ng Resolution Always High for Mov ie Standard f or Picture Ex[...]

English -20- Movie Mode submenu Setting Record main me nu includes cam era setting and o ther advanced set tings. You can use Right/Lef t Buttons to move b etween the optio ns and press OK to validate the setting. Movie Resolution To change Mov ie Resolution: 1. In Movie/Pict ure Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to record me nu screen. 2. Use Right[...]

English -21- To change Exposur e setting: 1. In Movie/Pictur e Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to r ecord menu screen. 2. Use Right/Left But tons to select Movie Mo de. The submenu of Mov ie Mode will appear on the screen . 3. Use Tele/ Wide Button to move to E xposure Optio n. Press OK and the n the Exposure Subme nu will pop out on the screen. 4[...]

English -22- z The flash w ill be disabled automatica lly when battery power is low ( ) Display screen Light Optio n Sharpness You can soft en and sharpen imag es to achieve diffe rent effects. To change S harpness setting: 1. In Movie/Pictur e Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to r ecord menu screen. 2. Use Right/Left But tons to select Movie Mo de[...]

English -23- White Balance The camera adju sts the color bal ance of images auto matically. Three manu al white balance setti ngs are available: 1. Auto (Default ): The camera automa tically adjusts w hite balance. 2. Daylight: Outdoors. 3. Fluorescent: U nder fluoresce nt light condition. 4. Tungsten: U nder tungsten light condition. To change Whi[...]

English -24- Display screen S tabilization Option Motion Detection To enable Motion Detection: 1. In Movie/Pictur e Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to r ecord menu screen. 2. Use Right/Left But tons to select Movie Mo de. The submenu of Mov ie Mode will appear on the screen . 3. Use Tele/ Wide Button to select Motion Detect then press OK to sw itc[...]

English -25- Night Mode Use Night Mod e for night scenes or low light condit ions. A longer ex posure captures more detail o f background subj ects. Display screen Night Mode Option NOTE z To avoid blurry pictures, place the camera on a flat , steady s urfac e, or us e a trip od. Camera Mode Setting Picture Resolution To change P icture Resolutio n[...]

English -26- Possible number of shots (still image) SD memory Card capacity Quality 64 MB internal memory 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 10MP 17 56 108 222 428 878 1733 5MP 28 93 181 369 716 1449 2889 2MP 75 246 481 967 1844 3667 7593 Exposure The camera ad justs image expos ure automatically . In certain circumsta nces you may wish to adjus t the e[...]

English -27- Display screen Two in One Op tion 1. Press Pict ure Shutter Button to take first pict ure 2. Press Pict ure Shutter Button to take second pictu re. 3. Press the RE CORD/PLAY B utton to view the T wo in One pictu re. Photo Frame (Camera Mode Only) Your camera features a popul ar electronic photo frame. You can take your picture with a p[...]

English -28- Display screen Photo Frame O ption Flash This camera h as four flash sett ings under Camera M ode. To change t he flash setting, use either th e hot key (Right B utton) or Option S etting. 1. Auto-flash ( ): the flash fires a utomatically accordi ng to light conditio ns. Use this mode for gener al photography. 2. Flash On ( ): The flas[...]

English -29- Self-timer (Camera Mode Only) The self-tim er allows you to take pictures w ith a ten-second t ime delay. You can activate the S elf-timer using either the hot key (Left Button) or O ption Setting. The self-timer LED on the front of the camera beneath the flash light will als o blink. The speed of the blinking will inc rease just befor[...]

English -30- Display screen Sharpness Op tion White Balance The camera adju sts the color bal ance of images auto matically. Three manu al white balance setti ngs are available: 1. Auto (Default ): The camera automa tically adjusts w hite balance. 2. Daylight: Outdoors. 3. Fluorescent: U nder fluoresce nt light condition. 4. Tungsten: U nder tungst[...]

English -31- 2. Use Right/Left But tons to select Ca mera Mode. The subme nu of Camera Mod e will appear on the screen . 3. Use Tele/Wide Bu tton to select Multi -Snap, then press OK to switch to the Multi-Snap subm enu. 4. Use Tele/ Wide Button to choos e On or Off. 5. Press OK to v alidate the settin g and exit. 6. Press Picture shut ter Button t[...]

English -32- Date Printing (Cam era Mode Only) To enable Date Printing: 1. In Movie/Pictur e Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to r ecord menu screen. 2. Use Right/Left But tons to select Ca mera Mode. The subme nu of Camera Mod e will appear on the screen . 3. Use Tele/Wide Bu tton to select Date P rinting, then press OK t o switch to the Date Prin[...]

English -33- NOTE z To avoid blurry pictures, place the camera on a flat , steady s urfac e, or us e a trip od. Voice mode To enable v oice recording: 1. In Movie/Pictur e Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to r ecord menu screen. 2. Use Right/Left Button s to move to Voice Option. Then the Voice Submenu will appear on the screen . 3. Use Tele/ Wide [...]

English -34- previewed immed iately. 4. Press OK to v alidate the settin g and exit. Display screen Setting Menu The Setting submenu contains options for config uring your camera s et up. To change to advanced setting s: 1. In Movie/Pictur e Record Mode, pr ess OK to switch to r ecord menu screen. 2. Use Right/Left But tons to move to Setting op ti[...]

English -35- Time Setting 1. Move between D ate, Time, Set a nd Exit by using th e Left/Right Button s. 2. Adjust date a nd time by using th e Tele/Wide Butt on, then press OK t o validate each change. 3. Select Ex it to leave Time Setti ng without any change. Display screen Time Setting Format Memory Display screen Format Card option Yes: Format t[...]

English -36- NOTE z All the data w ill be erased if the SD card is formatted. Ma ke sure all the data is duplicated to the PC before formatting a SD card. TV System Ensure that t he appropriate T V standard of y our area is select ed – either N TSC or PAL. Wrong TV sy stem setting may cause the image to f licker. NTSC stan dard: USA, Canad a, Jap[...]

English -37- Playback Mode Press RECO RD/PLAY Button to sw itch from Recor d Mode to Playbac k Mode. The Playbac k Mode is for view ing and managing movies and pict ures as well as listening to v oice or music on the built-in memory or on an optional memory card. Operation Display Screen Press RECORD/PLAY Button to switch from Record Mode to P layb[...]

English -38- (1) Mode Indicator Mov ie Playback Mode Picture Playback Mode (2) Resolution Indi cator High Resolution Standard Re solution Low Resoluti on (3) Indicates the se lected movie/pict ure is locked. Indicates the single movie/v oice/MP3 is being repe ated. Indicates all of the movies/voices /MP3 are being repe ated. (1) (2) (4) (3) (5)[...]

English -39- Indi cates the slid e show is playing. (4) Current Number/ Total number of mov ie, picture, voice, or MP3. (5) Magnification Ind icator. Movie Playback Operation Disp la y screen 1. Use Tele/Wide Bu tton or Right/Left Buttons to se lect the Movie opt ion. 2. Press OK to go to Movie Play back Mode. 3. Use Right/Le ft Buttons to go to th[...]

English -40- Delete Movies Operation Disp la y screen 1. Use Right/Left Buttons to se lect the Delete option. 2. Press OK to go to the Delete menu. 3. Use Right/Left B uttons to select the movie. 4. Use Wide Button to delete a sin gle movie and the Tele Butto n to delete all mov ies. 5. Before a mov ie is deleted, a co nfirmation screen will a ppea[...]

English -41- 1. Use Right/Le ft Buttons to select the Thumbnail. 2. Press OK to v iew nine thumbn ail movies. 3. To play a mov ie, use Right/Left Buttons to select the m ovie and pres s OK to view. Lock Movies Single or all m ovies can be lock ed. This functio n can prevent the mov ies from being deleted acciden tally. Operation Disp la y screen 1.[...]

English -42- 6. Press OK to exit. Repeat Movies This function automatically repeats playing a single mov ie or all movies in o rder. Operation Disp la y screen 1. Use Right/Left Button s to select the R epeat One option o r Repeat All option . 2. Press OK to start repeating. press it again to stop.[...]

English -43- Picture Playback Operation Disp la y screen 1. Use Tele/Wide Bu tton or Right/Left Buttons to select the Pi cture option. 2. Press OK to go to Picture Pl ayback Mode. 3. Use Right/Le ft Buttons to go to the next or last pictur e. 4. While the picture is select ed, use Tele/Wide Button to magnify. 5. For navigatio n, press OK and t hen [...]

English -44- Delete Picture Operation Disp la y screen 1. Use Right/Le ft Buttons to sel ect the Delete option. 2. Press OK to go to the Delete menu. 3. Use Right/Le ft Buttons to select the picture. 4. Use Tele But ton to delete all pi ctures and Wide Button to del ete a single picture. 5. Before a pi cture is delet ed, a confirmation screen will [...]

English -45- 1. Use Right/Le ft Buttons to select the Thumbnail opti on. 2. While selecti ng Thumbnail optio n, press OK to view nine thumbnail pict ures. 3. To view a pi cture, use Rig ht/Left Buttons to select the pictu re. 4. Press OK to v iew the selected picture. Lock Pictures Single or all pictures can b e locked. This functi on can prevent t[...]

English -46- 2. Press OK to go to the Lock menu. 3. Use Right/Le ft Buttons to select the picture. 4. Use Te le Button to lock/unl ock all pict ures and Wide Butto n to lock/unlock a single picture. 5. Before a pi cture is locked/ unlocked, a confirmation screen will appe ar; choosing “Yes” will ex ecute the operati on, “No” will cancel the[...]

English -47- Voice Playback Tele/Wide and Right/Left Buttons Function In Voice Play back Mode, the Tel e/Wide and Right/L eft Buttons have th e following functions: Right/ Left Buttons : Select the last or nex t voic e. Up/Down Button: Adjust the voice p layback volu me . OK Button: Switch to voice opt ion menu. Operation Disp la y screen 1. Use Te[...]

English -48- Delete option Operation Disp la y screen 1. In Voice Playback mode, press OK to go to the voice play back option men u. 2. Use Tele Button t o select Delete option. 3. Use Tele But ton to delete all v oice recordings a nd Wide Button t o delete a single voice recording. 4. Before a v oice recording is dele ted, a confirmation screen wi[...]

English -49- Repeat option Operation Disp la y screen 1. In Voice Playback mode, press OK to go to the voice play back option men u. 2. Use Wide Butt on to select Rep eat option. 3. Use Tele But ton to repeat a single voice file; press tw ice to repeat all v oice recordings. 4. The repeat icon s will be different while selecting Re peat Once and Re[...]

English -50- Listening to MP3 Music Transfer MP3 Music to the camera 1. Connect y our camera to the computer USB port. 2. The red LED w ill light when the camera is connected t o the computer an d is in Mass Storage Mo de. 3. Transfer MP3 m usic to My ComputerR emovable DiskMP3. 4. If you can’t fi nd MP3 folder from a S D card, format th e SD c[...]

English -51- 4. Press OK B utton to start p laying back the selected music . Press Move shutt er button again to stop and play . 5. Use Tele/ Wide Button to adj ust the volume. 6. Use Right/Left Buttons to play nex t / previous music. 7. Press OK Butt on to go to the Music playback opti on menu. 8. Use Wide Butt on to select Repeat op tion. 9. You [...]

English -52- Viewing Movie on PC When play ing a movie for th e first time, Video C odec should be ins talled in PC. To do this: (1) Insert the CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. Click “Ins tall Device Driver” and f ollow the on-scree n instructions to c omplete the installa tion. (2) Start v ideo player such as Widows Media Play er to [...]

English -53- Viewing Pictures and Movies on a TV Connecting to a high-definition TV 1. Connect H DMI cable to a HD TV 2. Set video i nput source of a TV to “HDMI” option. 3. The steps fo r viewing stored pictures and mov ie on a TV are ex actly the same as for viewing t hem on the LCD monito r..[...]

English -54- Connecting to a non-high-definition 16: 9 (Wide) or 4:3 TV 1. Connect one end of the AV ca ble to your camera ’s AV out port. 2. Connect the other end of the cable to a telev ision. 3. The option men u of Earphone/TV p ops out on the LCD Screen. 4. Choose TV opti on and press OK button to validat e the setting. 5. The steps for v iew[...]

English -55- Arcsoft Media Converter Bundled softw are CD contains A rcsoft Media Co nverter that featur es video file converter to convert multiple v ideo formats int o your camera. In this way, you can convert v arious video file s formats and pl ayback your f avorite movies on your camer a. Arcsoft Media Converter To convert a video file: 1. Ins[...]

English -56- 5. Select Vid eo file you want to c onvert[...]

English -57- 6. You can p review your media fi les before conv erting. To preview media files, use th e following con trol functions. * Click to start prev iewing *Click to stop prev iewing Make sure y our media files can be previewed bef ore converting[...]

English -58- 7. Click on to begin conv erting files 8. Task Report window will pop o ut after the task is completed. 9 Before tran sferring the c onverted file to y our camera, renam e the converted file to “ Clip0001.av i”. (Please note: if Clip0001.av i exists in the camera, then the conv erted file has to be renamed to clip0 002.avi) 10. Con[...]

English -59- Burning the Recorded Clip into DVD ArcSoft Medi aimpression is for burning the mov ie clip into a DV D. You can pres erve your preciou s movies on a DVD t o share with family and friends. To cre ate a DVD: 1. Install Arcso ft MediaImpression DV D 2. Click Start Æ Select P rograms Æ Arcsoft MediaI mpression 3. Arcsoft MediaIm pression[...]

English -60- 5.Click “ St art “ to start DVD burning[...]

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English -62- Uploading Video Files to YouTube The bundled software CD contains Arcsoft MediaImpression w hich features u ploading the recorded v ideos to YouTube. It will help you ca n share them with y our family and friends on Y ouTube website. Al so bundled Y outube-Link software inside camera which allow s uploading your fav orite video to Y ou[...]

English -63- 5. Select the v ideo file you want to uplo ad and click [ Upload t o YouTube] option at th e bottom menu.[...]

English -64- 6. If this is y our first using this function, pl ease follow the i nstruction on Y ouTube Setting Panel.[...]

English -65- 7.Go to http:/ /www.youtube.com /login, then Log on to your YouTube account. (If you do not have YouTube acc ount, sign up here first.) 8. After you l og onto your Y ouTube account, C lick [ Get Authoriz ation ] button below .[...]

English -66- Then, Click [A llow] Button sh own on YouTube w ebsite.[...]

English -67- 9. Click [Sav e] Button to uplo ad the video.[...]

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English -69- System Requirement Windows 2000/X P/Vist a/ windows 7 Pentium III 800M Hz or higher 256MB RAM CD ROM 1GB free HDD space Available USB port Transferring Data to a Computer Installing the Digital Camera Driver Before connecti ng this camera to a computer for the fi rst time, you shoul d install a driver on th e computer. Th e driver is o[...]

English -70- Mass Storage Device Mode The red LED w ill light up when the camera is connect ed to the computer . Movies, pict ures and voice r ecordings can be f ound on your com puter at “My ComputerRemov able DiskDCIM”. Music can be f ound on your comput er at “My ComputerRem ovable DiskMP3” . Under this mod e, you can read, del ete[...]

English -71- Specifications Item Description Image Sensor 5 Mega Pixel CM OS Sensor Lens F3.0 (f=7.0mm) Focus Range Marco: 20cm; Normal: 200cm~i nfinite LCD monitor 2.4” TFT LCD (480 x 240) Digital Zoom 8X Shutter Ty pe Electronic, 1/8000-1 sec Storage Media 64 MB built-in me mory, SD Card expan dable up to 16GB Image Resoluti on High: 3744 x 280[...]

English -72- Troubleshooting Refer to the sy mptoms and measures listed below before se nding the digital v ideo camera for rep airs. If the problem persists, conta ct your local res eller or service center. Power Supply Sympto m Cause Measure The battery is not loaded. Load the battery correctly. The battery is exhausted. Replace with a new set of[...]

English -73- Sympto m Cause Measure The shutter button is not pressed all the way. Press the sh utter button all t he way. The internal memory or memory car d does not hav e any free spac e. Load a new memory card, or delete unw anted files. End of memory card life. Load a new memory card. The flash is recharging. Wait until the sy stem LED off. Th[...]

English -74- Symptom Cause Measure Even though the flash fired, the image is dark. The distance to the subject is grea ter th an flash effective ran ge. Get closer to y our subject and capt ure. The imag e was captured in a dark plac e while s et to flash off. Set the flash to something othe r than flash off mode. The image is too dark. It is unde [...]

English -75- Other Problems Symptom Cause Measure Cannot load t he memory card. The card is f acing the w rong way. Load correctly . The battery is running low. Replace wi th a new set of batteries. Even when t he digital video camer a’s buttons are p ressed, it does not operat e. Digital video camera malfunction. Turn the pow er off and remove t[...]