Spectra Hello Kitty KT7009A manual

ULTRA THIN 3.2 MEGA PIXEL DIGITAL CAMERA OWNER’S MANUAL KT7009A[...]

2 Introduction We have taken great care to make sure that this unit was in perfect working order when it left factory. It has been desi gned to gi ve you many years of enjoyment and troubl e free oper ation. Rea d this manual be fore operati ng this uni t to become familia r with its fea tures and obta in the pe rformance that will bring yo u conti[...]

3 SA FETY PRECA UT IONS - Before usin g the camera, please ensure that yo u read and u nderstand the safety p recaution s described below . Always ensure that the camera i s operated cor rectly . - The safety pr ecautions n oted on the fo llowing pages are inte nded to in struct you i n the safe and correct operation of the cam era and its accessor[...]

4 CA UTIONS - Avoid using, pl acing or storin g the camera in pl aces that ar e subject to strong sunl ight o r high temperatures, such as a car das hboard or trun k. Ex posure to intense sunlight and heat m ay cause the internal batteries to leak, overhea t or explode, resulting in possible fire, burns or other injuries. High temperatures may also[...]

5 Location of Controls T op View 1. Shutter (OK) b utton 2. Power On/Off Button 3. Reset Hole Front View 1. Lens 2. Flash S trobe W i ndow 3. Self-ti mer LED Right Side 1. Strip holder 2. SD Card slot[...]

6 Back view 1. Mode button 2. Menu button 3. Power / Flash / Cha rging Status LED (Bi-color) 4. LCD Screen 5. Left ( ) key 6. Right (Di sp) key 7. Up (Zoom In) key 8. Down (Zoom Out) key Bottom View 1. USB jack[...]

7 T able of Content s 1. Getting Started 1 0  W hat Can I do with my Cam era? 10  W hat can I do with my Digital Pictur es? 10  W hat can I do with my V ideo cli ps? 10  Camera Package Contents 1 1  Insert and r emove SD (Secure Digital) Card 1 1  T u r n i n g t h e C a m e r a O n a n d O f f 1 2  Checking the Battery Level 1[...]

8  Recording Video with Digi tal Zoom 23  L C D D i s p l a y O N / O F F 2 3  S e t t i n g V i d e o Q u a l i t y 2 3  Setting Exposure V alue for Video Recording 24  Setting W hi te Balan ce for Video Record ing 24 5. Reviewing Pictures and Video clips 2 6  Thumbnail Di splay and Viewing 26  Viewing Pictures with Di gital Z[...]

9 14. Care and Maintenan ce 4 3 15. Getting Help 4 3[...]

10 1. Getting St arted What can I do with my Camera? What can I do with my Digital Pictures? What can I do with my Video clips? Capture Enjoy point-and-sh oot operati on. Store pictures an d video cl ips to a SD card. Set Up Select vari ous camera settings. View View the pictures on a computer . Save Save the pictu res to a computer memory by Mass [...]

11 Camera Package Contents War ranty Card USB Cable User Manual Carry ing Case CD-ROM Neck strap CDROM contains the fol lowing software: a.) Hello Kitty Studio b.) PC Camera Driver (for W indows ® users) c.) ArcSoft PhotoS tudio Application so ftware. (for W indows ® user s) Inserting the SD (Secure Digital) Card This camera has 16MB of internal [...]

12 1. Power off the camera and turn the camera SD Card slot fa ces you. 2. Inser ting the SD card, ensuring you o rient it correctly — please see the silkscreen beside the SD card socket. T o re move the SD card, push the SD card i nside and the SD card is re leased from the slot. 3. Power on the ca mera again and r eady for pi cture shoot o r vi[...]

13 Recharging the Battery with the USB Port of your PC: 1. Switch off the camera. 2. Conne ct the cam era to the USB Port on your PC with the USB cabl e (included). T he charging indi cator will ligh t red. 3. After a period of time, the charging indicator will turn off. T hat means t he battery has been full y charged. 4. Di sconnect the camera fr[...]

14 2. Camera Settings Checking Camera Status Turn on th e camera, a nd view the camera LCD screen to check which camera sett ings are active. If the feature i con is not displa yed, it means that parti cular fea ture is no t activated. Image Quality Camera S tatus Other Featu res Image Resolutions H High: 2048 x 1536 M M edium: 1600 x 1200 L Low: 8[...]

15 Setting Date & Time The curren t date and ti me can be recorded, and stored with th e images or vide o clips. It is al so be used to make Date / Time S tamp on pictur e. Y ou can chang e the Date & Time setting by the fol lowing steps: Turn on the camera, press “Mode” bu tton and sel ect “Confi guration ” Menu. Select “Da te &a[...]

16 During fo rmat, the LCD displa ys “Formatting Pl ease Wai t”. After format, the menu is back again . In the Playb ack mode, LCD will show “NO IMAGE” on screen . USB Connection T o check the avai labl e USB connection , it can be performed by foll owing steps: Turn on the camera, press “Mode” bu tton and sel ect “Confi guration ” [...]

17 Turn on the camera, press “Mode” bu tton and sel ect “Confi guration ” Menu. Go down to “Lig ht Freq.”, select between “50 Hz” and “60Hz” light frequency . Setting Default The camera setting s can restore t o factory defau lt by fol lowing steps: Turn on the camera, press “Mode” bu tton and sel ect “Confi guration ” M[...]

18 3. T aking Pictures T aking a Picture 1. Turn on the ca mera and make sure it is i n Capture mode. Now is rea dy to take picture s. 2. Fr ame your subject using the LCD scr een. 3. Press the Shutter button to take a picture, holding the cam era steadily . One beep will sound w hen the pictur e has been taken. T aking Picture under dim light When[...]

19 Digital zoom ap plies to all still pictures until you manually tur n it ba ck, a nd can be continuously in video mode. Zoom + Zoom - Turn on the camera and make sure it i s in Captu re mode. Press the “Up (Z oom In)” or “Down (Zoom Out)” key to zoom in and out. LCD Display ON/OFF The LCD can be turned on or off manually according to the [...]

20 Note: The numbers are a lso be i nfluence d by the complexity of the picture. Scene complexity affect s a pi cture’s file size. For example, the file size of a picture with trees in autumn is l arger than that of the blue sky at the same resolution setting. Th erefore, the number of pictures you can store i n the memory m ay vary . Setting Exp[...]

21 Apply “Fl uorescent 1 ” under tra ditio nal fl uorescent l amp. Apply “Fl uorescent 2 ” under hi gh inte nsity fl uorescent l amp. Apply “AWB” f or auto white ba lance setti ng or when you ar e not sure what i s the best opti on to set. Setting Single / Multiple Snapshot The shutter button can act as a normal shutter for single pictu[...]

22 down the time interval after the shutter key pushed for photo taking. The Self-timer functi on is only applied to n ext picture. W hen the self-timer is ac tivated, the cam era beeps and the self-tim er L ED turns red and blinks for each second during co unt down before the picture i s taken. Please place the camera on a fl at surface or use a t[...]

23 4. Recording Video Clips Recording a Video Clip 1. Turn on the ca mera and make sure it is i n Video Recordi ng mode. Now is ready to r ecord vid eo. 2. Fr ame your subject using the LCD scr een. 3. Press the Shutter button to start video r ecording. 4. The recorded ti me appears on the L CD for recorded video. 5. Press the Shutter button again [...]

24 resoluti on are ea sier to e mail, while l arger si ze videos i n hig her resol ution ar e better for viewing qual ity . CIF: 320x240 VGA: 640x480 Turn on the camera and make sure it i s in Video Reco rding mode. Press “Menu” butto n a nd use “up”/ “down” button till the cursor on “V ideo Resolution” in the menu on the LCD Scre e[...]

25 Turn on the camera and make sure it i s in Video Reco rding mode. Press “Menu” button and use “up”/ “down” button till the cursor on “White Balance” in the m e nu on the LCD Screen, then use “Left” and “Right” to choose “AWB”, “Sunny”, “Cloudy”, “ Tungsten”, “Fluorescent 1 ” and “Fluor escent 2”. A[...]

26 5. Reviewing Pictures and Video Clips Thumbnail Display and Viewing Turn on the camera and make sure it i s in Pl ayback mode. Press “OK” button to display 6 pictures of thumbnail for picture or vide o. Use “Up ”, “Down”, “Left” and “Right” ke ys to select thumbnail for playback or go to next / previ ous thumbnail page. T he [...]

27 P revious fi le (“ Left” key) R ewind P ause N ormal playback Fast forward N ext file (“ Down” key) Slide Show A series of pi ctures can be vi ewed as sli de show during playback. Turn on the camera and make sure it i s in Pl ayback mode. Press “Menu” button and use “ up”/ “down” button till the cursor on “Sli de Show” in[...]

28 Delete All All Pict ure and Video fi les can be delete d with a singl e step as de scribed be low . Turn on the camera and make sure it i s in Pl ayback mode. Press “Menu” button and u se “up”/ “down” butt on till the cursor on “Delete ALL” in the menu on the L CD Screen, press “OK” button to se lect delete file function. Con[...]

29 6. Computer Sy stem Requirement For acceptabl e picture transfer and editi ng, foll owing minimum requirement is recommended: For Windows Users (PC) • Compatible with Microsoft® W ind ows® 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP • Penti um IV 1.2GHz or equiva lent proc essor • USB port • 12 8MB RAM (256M recomm en ded) • 60 0MB free disk space • 24 b[...]

30 7. Hello Kitty Studio (For Windows® User Only) IMPORT ANT :  Please backu p all the necessary d ata before any dri ver/software install ation.  Our CD-ROM is te sted and recommended to use under English W indows OS.  MAKE SUR E YOU INSTALL ALL THE SOFTWARE FROM THE CD SUPPLIED BEFORE YOU CONNECT Y OUR CAMERA TO A COMPUTER.  If the c[...]

31 Uninstall Camera Driver (for Windows® Users Only) 1. Unpl ug the camera from your PC 2. Go to W indows® Control Panel 3. Doubl e cli ck Add/Remove programs 4. In Add/Re move programs, select “ STK01 4_V2.01 ” and cl ick the remove button. 5. Restar t the computer. How to Use Hel lo Kitty Studio Photo Library Use the photo l ibrar y to mana[...]

32 Print Center Select on e or more photos from the Photo Library, the n go to the pri nt center to print or export them. Hello Kitty Studio offers several printing form ats a nd print options i ncludi ng lay outs, image names and photo fra mes. Use the export option in the prin t cent er to save a copy of the photo to your com puter in .jpg or .pd[...]

33 Game Center Play 5 grea t games that use your photo s in the ga me! Choose from Pixel Paddle , Photo Jigsaw, Cli ck Fli p, Shutter Bug or Photo T iles.[...]

34 8. Inst alling the Software to y our Computer Installing the Software For Windows® Users: IMPORT ANT :  Please backu p all the necessary d ata before any dri ver/software install ation.  Our CD-ROM is te sted and recommended to use under English W indows OS.  MAKE SUR E YOU INSTALL ALL THE SOFTWARE FROM THE CD SUPPLIED BEFORE YOU CONNE[...]

35 5. Click “ Fini sh” to complete the i nstallat ion of the software.[...]

36 Software Included with your Camera The software CD contains the fo llowing software: 1. PC Camera Driver (For Windows® Users Only) This is a MS Windo ws dri ver for the camera. After installing this driver and restarting Windows, the di gital camera can be used as a PC webcam function. It can li nk with comm on video cap turing so ftware. 2. Ar[...]

37 9. T ransferring Pictures and Video Clips to a Computer 1. Make sure the USB Connection under the “ Configurat ion” Menu ha s been set to “Mass Storage” mode. Otherwise, change i t to “Mass Storage” accordi ng to the pro cedure descri bed i n “Camera Settings” cha pter. T urn OFF th e power of camera. 2. Conne ct USB cable to you[...]

38 10. Using the Camera as a Web Cam (For Wi ndows® Users Only ) IMPORT ANT : Fo r Windows® Users Before you connect your digital camera to the computer , make sure tha t you have i nstalled the softw are from the enclosed CD. Pl ease refer to previo us chapter: “In stall the software to your computer”. 1. Make sure the USB Connection under t[...]

39 1 1. T ro ubleshooting Guide Problem Symptom Likely Cause Solution No power Camera will not turn on Battery is fl at Recharge the battery vi a USB No suffici ent power The batter y indica tor icon on the LCD will go “Blank” Battery volta ge is l ow to the automaticall y shut down level Charge the ba ttery The camera or subject was m oving wh[...]

40 Interference from other USB devices Disconnected other USB devices Check computer Connect the camera to the PC with the USB cable and select [My Computer] – [Control Pan el] – [System] – [Device Manager]. In the [Device Manager ] window delete [Compose USB device] or [Unknown device] in [Other devices]. Then di sconnect the cam era and ins[...]

41 12. A ppendi x Regulatory Information Under th e environment with electrostatic discharge, the product may malfunction and re quire user to reset the product. Under the environment with radio frequency interference, the product may malfunction and resume to normal operation without the interferen ce.[...]

42 13. Specifications Resolution (pixe ls) : High – 2048 X 1536 Medium – 1600 X 1200 Low – 800 X 600 Shutter Speed : 1 second to 1/1000 second Image File Format : S till Images – JPEG (Exif 2.2) Movies – A VI without audio ( for W in dows® Users Only) Internal Memory : 16 MB Flash Memories External Memory : SD Memory Card (maxim um 256MB[...]

43 Producer / Produ zent / Producteur / Produttore / Pro ductor: EAGLETRON TECHNOLOGY LTD 14. Care and Maintenance Camera Body: W ipe the body clean with a soft clo th or eyegl ass lens wipe r. Lens: First use a l ens blower brush to remove dust and dirt, then remove any remaining dirt by wiping the len s ligh tly with a soft cl oth. Never use synt[...]