VistaQuest VQ1000 manual

  User’s M anual[...]

020606 This manu al is des ign ed to ass ist y ou in usi ng th e Vis taQue st di gital came ra. Informati on i n thi s do cument has been care fully che ck ed fo r acc urac y ; however, n o gu arant ee is giv en to the abso lute corre ctne ss o f the con tents . The informa tion in th is do cume nt is sub ject to cha nge witho ut no tice. Fed eral [...]

Note! Chang es o r modifica tions not expr essl y ap prov ed by the party resp ons ibl e for complianc e c oul d vo id yo ur au thori ty to oper ate the equi pment. Use o f shi elde d ca ble i s req uired to c omply w ith Class B li mits in Subp art B of Part 1 5 of th e FCC ru les. Do no t make any chang es o r modifi cat ions to th e equip ment u[...]

Trad emark Recog nition Wi ndows (a n ab brevi ated term refe rring to the Micros oft W i ndows Ope ration Sy stem), NetMeeti ng, a nd Medi a Pla y er are regi stere d tra demarks and produ cts of Mic rosof t Corpora tion regis tered in t he USA and ot her c ount ries . Arcso ft Pho toImpres sion 5 an d Arc soft Video Impress ion 2 are produ cts an[...]

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1                                 About the camer a Congratulatio ns on y our purch ase of VistaQuest di gital c amera. Y our ca mera has been ergonomica lly designed to allow y ou to quick ly and easi ly capture quality digital i mages and short video c[...]

2 Unpack ing the cam era Open the pac kage and examine the contents . Y our pack age should contain the foll ow ing items : • Digital camera • Camera neck s trap • Til t base (optional ) • USB cable • Color fac e plates (opti onal*) • Softw are CD containi ng: − Picture Manager ( TWAIN driv er) − Arcsoft PhotoImpres sion 5 − Arcso[...]

3 Camer a Features Please refer to the follow ing di agram to identify the camera features: 1. Shutter Button 2. View finder 3. Strap ey el et 4. Lens 5. Removable face p anel 6. USB connector 7. Status LCD 8. Pow er/Mode button 9. Battery compartment cov er[...]

4 Changin g the C amera Face Panel Y ou can gi ve the VQ1 000 a new appearance by changing the front panel. The camer a comes with several cool-c olor faceplates that y ou can use i nterchangeably. F oll ow these ins tructi ons to change the faceplate. 1. Turn the ca mera OF F. 2. Open the battery c ompartment cov er loca ted on the bo ttom of the [...]

5 Note: Be sure to dow nload y our images before changin g the facepl ate to avoid los ing your images or vid eo clip s. In ser ting a Batter y Follow these inst ructi ons to inser t or repla ce the battery in your camera: 1. Turn the camer a OF F. 2. Open the battery compartment cover located on the bottom of the camera by s lidin g the cover i n [...]

6 completely over ti me, even w hen not used. Loss of image data w ill occ ur should the battery lose pow er. • Th e VQ1000 allo ws up to 30 seco nds for chan ging the ba t tery witho ut losin g images saved in the camera. It is recommend that you always do wnload you r images withi n 24 hou rs t o a void lo sing your images. • Even w ithout an[...]

7     " "     # #     $ $     % %   $ $       Turni ng the Camera ON and OFF • To turn the camera ON, pres s and hold the Pow er/Mode button for about tw o sec onds. • To turn the pow er to OFF , press and hold the Pow er /Mode button for three seconds . Note: The[...]

8 Note: When scrolling t hrough the m odes , an icon bl inks w hen it i s selected.[...]

9 Camer a Ico ns and Desc riptio ns To selec t y our desi red setti ng, press the Pow er/Mode button to scr oll thro ugh the different modes. The ic ons will dis play in the status LCD. Pr ess the Shutter button to selec t a function while it is displ ay ed. The camera i s now ready to capture an image or streami ng snapshots ac cordi ng to y our s[...]

10 images LOW Resolution mode (LO and one-star)  640 x 480 pix el res olution for s til l images Indoor mode to ca pture images indo ors, or in darker envir onments Outdo or mode to capture i mages outsi de Streaming S napsh ot mode for capturi ng Video Cli ps  The Movi e Icon w i th one-star i s 320 x 240 video res olution  The M[...]

11 Battery lev el indic ator Low battery . The ico n b egins to b link and t he camera turns off af ter tw o beeps. Plea se repla ce t he b att ery wit hin 3 0 se conds othe rwise the pic tures in t he c ame ra wil l be los t. USB conn ection to computer Capturing D igi tal Still Images 1. Press the Pow er /Mode button once to turn the camera on. ([...]

12 HI and Selects 1280 x 1008 pix el reso lution (bes t image quali ty ) LO and Selects 640 x 480 pixel resol ution (les ser image quali ty , but y ou may capture more images) Press the Shutte r button to select the res olutio n and return to the main sc reen. 3. Press the Pow er /Mode button to scroll to indoor/outdoor : Ind oor: Use w hen i nside[...]

13 Capturing Str eaming Snapshots (Vi deo cl ips) 1. Press the Pow er /Mode button to turn the camera on. (Press and hold for about tw o seco nds.) 2. Press the Pow er /Mode button to scroll to the streamin g snapshot mode setting. Press the Shutte r Button to select this mode and return to the main sc reen. 3. Press the Pow er /Mode button to scro[...]

14 Ou tdoor : U se w hen outdoor s . Press the Shutter button to make a s electio n and return to the main sc reen. 5. Frame yo ur s ubject i n the viewfinder. Press and hold the Shutter Button to capture streamin g snapshots. You w i ll hear continuous beeps as the image frames are rec orded. Release the sh utter button to stop recordi ng. The LCD[...]

15 Deleting Images and Videos The delete functi on allows y ou to dele te images or v ideo cl ips saved in the internal memory of yo ur c amera. Press the Pow er/Mode button to scr oll to Delete mode. Delete AL L images and Videos. Pr ess and hold dow n the Shu tt er button until y ou hear 2 beeps. Thi s will eras e all images and videos s aved i n[...]

16                                             Softw are Over view & Features The VQ1000 includes the fol lowing softw are and applicati ons to enhance y our di gital ima ging experi ence. The Pic ture Manager (TWA[...]

17 Arcs oft Phot oImpre ssion 5 • Acquire, or ganize, v iew , brow se and shar e photos fast. • Provi des pow erfu l tools for photo editing and enhancin g. • Create sl idesho ws w i th mu sic , cal endars and gre eting cards . Arcs oft Vide oImpre ssion 2 • Create 360° and Wide-angle panora mas in ju st 3 steps! • Helpful Wi zard s impl[...]

18 Install ing the Softw ar e Follow these inst ructi ons to insta ll the VQ1000 drive r and applic ation softw are on yo ur PC system. Note: (For Window s 98SE users ONLY!) You m a y encounter a message duri ng the instal lation due to an old v ersi on of Direc tX install ed on your computer. Select “ No” and continue with the instal lation. T[...]

19 Please foll ow the instr uctions below to comple te install ing your softwa re. Inst allin g the D IGITAL CAMERA Dr iver When cli cki ng the Digital Camera Dri ve appli cation, a pr ogress w i ll appear. Cli ck the “Ins tall ” to start the ins tall ation.[...]

20 Please w ait f or the applic ation to inst all on yo ur c omputer. The program w il l take u p 5 minutes to comple te.[...]

21 When the install ation i s comple ted, cli ck “Fini sh”.[...]

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23 Note: Window s will pr om pt you to ins tall hardw ar e driv ers the fir st time you connec t the camera to your PC after instal ling the s oftw ar e. Place the camera CD ROM in your CD ROM driv e and follow the instru ctions on the screen. If yo u subsequently connect the c am e ra to a different USB port on your PC it may go through the hardw [...]

24 For w i ndow s xp Clic k “next”[...]

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26 2. Y ou w i ll see the foll ow i ng scr een, cli ck on “DSC Brow s e” to brow se the pic tures i n the camera. 3. The scr een appears as bel ow , cli ck on “D ow nl oad” to dow nl oad the pictures .[...]

27 4. After dow nl oading the pictur es you w il l s ee the follow ing s creen, cli ck on “Transfer all pi ctures ” and then selec t a path to store the pictur es.[...]

28 Transfer Images w ith PhotoImp r essio n 5 Follow the instru ctions below to transfer the pictures using PhotoImpres sion 5. 1. Connect the VQ1000 to y our computer ( refer to Maki ng Connecti ons on page 22). 2. Launch PhotoImpress ion 5 applic ation: Start → Progr ams → Arcso ft softw a re suit e → PhotoImpressi on 5 . 3. Select “ Came[...]

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30 Note: For mo re i nformation on Pho toImpressi on 5 and VideoImp ress ion 2, ple ase vis it Arc soft Web site at www.Arcsoft.com V i e wi n g Vi d e o Cl i p s w i t h Wi n d o w s M ed i a P l a y e r If yo ur c omputer is equipped w i th Window s Media Pl ay e r (Window s 2000, ME and XP ) , y ou c an view y our v ideos us ing Window s Media P[...]

31                 * * * * * * * *                                                 + + + + + + + +         # # # # # # # #   [...]

32 Y ou can al so use the camer a as a video c onferenci ng camera w i th popular Instant Mes sengers s uch as Mi cros oft MSN w i th NetMeeting, Y ahoo! Mess enger, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). For details on how to us e indiv idual in stant messagi ng programs, pl ease contac t the servi ce prov ider dir ectly.[...]

33                                 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !                                                 Capturing I[...]

34 • Try to avoid any mix ture of different li ghting su ch half sunli ght and half-fluore scent l ight. • Images of a c omput er s cre en ma y i nclude l ines and ar ti facts. • Avoid an objec t that could refl ect li ght in the image c lose to the person taki ng the picture ( e.g. glass bottle, w hite shir t, glass es, etc.). Capturing Imag[...]

35      Ima ge Sen sor 1.3 M pixe ls ( 1 28 0x10 24 ) CMOS Se ns o r Lens Sp ec ific at ion F 2 .8 , f = 8.7 9 mm (4 3mm eq ui valen t t o 3 5m m fil m) Focu sing Fixed Fo cus 0 .9m ~ in fin ity Shut te r 1/4 ~1 /15 0 0 s ec. (e le ctr on ic s h utt er) a ut o c o ntr ol Vie w f inder Virtual type: optical,[...]

36 PC Inte rf ac e USB 1. 1 ( Mini- USB co nn ec tio n dir ect to P C) Pow e r AAA 1.5 V A lka line B att er y x 1 (o pti on al) Ba tt ery Li fe Approximately 100 pictures at fi ne mode; 400 pictures at ba sic mo de A ut o pow e r s aving System a ut o po w e r o ff: 6 0 s ec. W h en "e mp ty b at ter y " is s ho w n , ca me ra will sh ut[...]

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38 Is the camera connected to a computer? The camera buttons are not functional when connected to a PC. Disc onnect the camer a to capture more i mages. Use the TWAIN dri ver uti lity to capture an image w hi le connected to a PC. The images are blurr y . The camera or subjec t w as movi ng w hen the image w as c apture. Hold the camer a steady to [...]