Vivitar 7690 manual

V iviCam7690 Digit al Camera Owner ‟ s Manual © 2009 Sakar In ternational, Inc. All right s reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are re gistered trademarks of M icrosoft Corpor ation. All other trade m arks ar e the property of their respective c omp anies.[...]

1 T able of content Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Key Features ...................................................................................................................................... 2 What Y our Ca m era Include[...]

2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 7690 Digital Camer a. Everything you ne ed to take quality digita l photos and video s is include d with your camera. Y our digital ca m era c an also be used as a removable disk. It enriches your life. Vivitar makes capturing tho se special momen ts so easy . Please read thi s manual carefully fi[...]

3 What Y our Camera Includes  Digital Ca m era  Vivitar Experience Image Man ager softwa re Installation CD  USB cable  Quick S tart Guide  S trap Computer System Requirement s for Windows XP T o be able to download photos and videos to your P C, you will need the f ollowing minimum configuration:  Pentium 4 process or or abo ve w[...]

4 Computer System Requirement s for Windows Vist a T o be able to download photos to your PC your will need the follow ing minimum configuration:  Window s Vista  800M Hz processor and 512 MB of system memory  20GB hard drive with at least 15G B of available space  Suppor t for Super VGA graphics  Available U SB Interface  CD -ROM[...]

5 Quick Look at Y our Camera[...]

6 Prep are Y our Camera for use Install batteries Y our camera requires three A AA batteries (alkaline batteries recommended ). Please refer to the following instal lation instructions: 1. Open the battery compartment on the side of the camera. 2. Insert the alkaline batteries correctly , with the correct polari ty as s how n on the battery cover .[...]

7 W ARNING: U nless you are using an S D memory c ard, opening the battery compar tment and removing the ba ttery will erase the t est pho tos currently store d in the camera. Download your photos as of ten as po ssible. Photos will be lost w hen the ca mera sw itc h es -off or whe n the batterie s run low . Do not open the ba ttery door befor e sw[...]

8 Locate the SD me m ory card slot o n the b ottom of the camera and insert an SD memory card as above. Y ou will f eel and hear a “ Click ” s oun d. W hen the icon appears on the LCD screen this indicates that your SD card is installed correctly . Note: 1. After you insert the SD memory card, a “ Copy to Card? ” message will appear on the [...]

9 St arting Y our Digit al Cam era Power on Press the Power button once to turn on your c amera. The LCD will light up and the camera will emit a “ beep ” to indicate that yo ur camera is turned on and ready for use. Power off Press the Power button once t o turn off your camera. W hen there is insufficient battery power , a “ Low Battery ”[...]

10 Camera mod e is for you to t ake still photos . Y ou can shoot video fi les wh ile in Video mode. In Playback mode you can preview the photos/vide os you captured , rotate, protect, delete, crop and print your photos. Main buttons on the camera[...]

11 Main Icons on the LCD[...]

12 B at te ry p owe r le ve l Full battery power Medium battery power L o w b a t t e r y p o w e r Ph ot o q ua li ty Normal quality Fine quality Super quality F l a s h Force Flash Auto No Flash Mo de s Camera Playback Video SD card inserted SD card inserted ( Locked ) Self-timer On 10 seconds Self-timer On 2 seconds Normal Capture Macro Capture [...]

13 Camera mode Set t he m ode switch t o Camera Mode – th e icon will appear on the top right c orner of the LCD screen. T aking Photos 1. Hold the ca m era steady and compose your objec t as appears in the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shu tt er bu tt on and w ait a moment for the photo to be take n and saved to memory . 3. After each photo is shot a[...]

14 Macro/Far shooting The camera has the function that allows you to capture objects at very near (mac ro) or very far distances per your request. 1. Slide the Macro/ Far switch on the left side of the camera up to the position. 2. The icon will appear on the left hand side of the LCD screen and indicates tha t the macro shooting is on. 3. For far [...]

15 Note: A “ No Power ” message will appear on the LCD sc reen, if you select the flash f unction when the battery pow er is insufficient. T o continue using the camera with the fla sh, please inst all new batteries. Self-Timer Y ou c an include yourself in a photo by using this f eature to delay the time between your pressing the shutter and w[...]

16 2. From the “This Im age” or “ This Video” message that appears, p ress Left/Right button to select “ Y es ” . 3. Press the Menu/OK button t o confirm and for the selec ted image to be deleted. At step 2, if you do not wish t o delete the photo select “ No ” by p ressing t he Up/Down button, then press the Menu/O K button. Note: [...]

17 2. Set the mode to Camera Mode - t he icon will appear on the LCD screen. 3. Press the Men u/OK button. 4. Press the Lef t/Right buttons to move between t he menu option s that app ear . 5. Press the Up/Dow n buttons to sel ect the submenu option w ithin the selected men u. 6. Press the Me nu/OK button to confirm and save the setting. Scene Y ou[...]

18 1. After you have select ed you r scener y , the corresponding scenery icon will appear on the LCD. Some scene ry will automatically activate the flash fun ct ion after setting. The default scene is Auto. 2. Y ou can press the Lef t button for setting di fferent scene s quickly . Image Size The image s ize and quali ty settings determine the num[...]

19 Note: The i m age size icon will appear on the right side of the LCD screen . Anti-Shake Y our Digital Camera has a function that preven ts photos coming out blurry as a result of t rembling or shaking when taking the photo. Because of this function , you ar e not required to use a tripod t o shoot steady pho tos. T o set a s below : 1. Press th[...]

20 1. Press the Menu /OK button. 2. Press the Right/Le ft button until yo u select the Setup menu. Exposure This setting allows you to con trol the brightness of your i m age s. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Ex posure option in the Setu p menu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button to open the Ex posure submenu. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to [...]

21 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m , save your s etting and ex it. ISO This setting allow s you to select the ISO setting that you want as per y our current conditions. 1. Press Up/Dow n button to select the ISO opt ion in the Setup menu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to choo se the ISO option from the ISO subm[...]

22 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to choo se the best option – Auto / Dayl i ght / Cloudy / Tungst en / Fluorescent 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confirm and ex it. Sharpness This setting allow s you to adjust the sharpn ess of your images, making edges more or less distinct. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Shar pness option in Setup m[...]

23 Quality The qua lity settings determine the number o f photos and t he am ount of memory required f or each photo. The better the quality , the more memory each photo will use. The quality will al so affect the m ax imum size you can prin t your pho to effectively . The default value is Fine. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Qua lity o[...]

24 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select: O n - displays date on photos O ff - won ’ t show date o n photos Set date - setting the sy stem date 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m. If you wish to cha nge the date press the Set Date option: 1. Press t he Menu/OK button to enter the Set Da te submenu option. 2. P[...]

25 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to set the digit s for each of the date, time and format options. 4. Press the Men u/OK button to confi rm and exit. Auto Power O ff By default your ca mera will automatically pow er off if id le for 60 seconds. Use this option to chang e the time. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Auto Power Off option in t[...]

26 Language Y our Digital Ca m era only supp orts English for now . Format This function refor m at s the memor y c ard and will erase all files in memory including files that have been protected, plea se operate cautiously . 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the For mat option in the Setup m enu. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Up/[...]

27 5. Press the Right/Le ft button to sele ct “ Ye s” to begin the for mat or “ No ” to exit. 6. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m and exit. Default Setting If you are not sure as to what s ettings have been activated on your c amera you can reset the camera to the or iginal factory settings. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the D[...]

28 Video Mode Move the mode switch to the center to a ctivate the Video m ode . The icon will appear on the top left corner of the LCD screen. 1. Press the Shutter button to begin shooting videos. The elapse time will appear on t he top right of the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shutter bu tt on again to stop recor ding and save t his file in A VI for m[...]

29 White Balance Y ou can select dif ferent White Balan ce for shooting. 1. Press the Menu /OK button. 2. Press the Lef t/Right button to sele ct the White Balance menu option 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the W hite Balan ce you desire: Auto / Day light / Cloudy / T ungsten / Fluorescent 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m and exit t[...]

30 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the re solution option you desire. VGA (640x480) / QVGA (320 x240) 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m. 5. The corresponding resolution icon w ill appear on the right hand side of the LCD screen. Playback M ode Set the mode switch to the Playback mode. Y ou can preview the pho tos and videos y ou have [...]

31 Thumbnail and Zoom Y ou can view the images on yo ur camera a s thumbnail s . Y ou can also press the T and W but tons to zoom in and ou t of your photos: 1. Pressing the W button once will ope n the thumbnail display view . 2. Press the Right /Left button to m ove between the images. 3. Press the T button to view the image in full screen. 4. T [...]

32 Note: 1. Y ou cannot zoom in to A VI files. 2. If you select an A VI file, an icon will appear on the LCD 3. If you sele ct a JPEG file, an icon w ill appear on the LCD scre en. Playing the A VI vid eo file Select an A VI file you want to play . 1. Press the Shutter bu tton to begin play ing the A VI file. 2. Press the Shutter bu tton to pau se [...]

33 Edit photos and videos Select a still photo you want to rotate , pro tect, delete , crop or print. Select a video you w ant to protect or delete . Rotate 1. Press the Menu /OK button. 2. Press the Right /Left button to select the Rotate menu option. 3. Pres s the Up /Down button to sele ct t he degree you w ant to rotate your pho to or cancel t [...]

34 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the “ Lo ck ” option. 4. Press the Menu /OK button to confirm and ex it. 5. A lock icon w ill appear on t hat im age when it appear on the LCD . 6. T o unlock a lo cked image, press the Men u/OK button. 7. At step 3 select “ Unlock ” and press Menu/O K t o unloc k the current file. Delete Delete unw[...]

35 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select: “ This image ” (photos) or “ This Video ” (videos) depend ing on the f ile selected to dele te the current photo or video “ A LL ” to delete all unprote ct photos or videos “ Cancel ” t o ex it. 4. Press the Menu /OK button. 5. The Delete conf irmation message will appear to confirm the del[...]

36 3. Press the Up/Dow n button to select C rop or cancel. 4. Press the Menu /OK button. 5. The Crop feature ope ns. 6. Press the T/ W buttons to out change the size of the rectangle (the ar ea you will crop ). 7. Press the Up/Dow n/Right/Left button to m ove the rectangle to select the area of the photo you want to crop. 8. Press the Shutter bu tt[...]

37 Print Y ou can pr int photos directly fr om the camera using the Pi ctbridge technology on yo ur printer . 1. Select a photo you want to print. 2. Press the Menu /OK button. 3. Press the Lef t/Right button to sele ct the Pictbridge menu option . 4. Press the Up/Dow n button to select Pi ct bridge . 5. Press the Menu /OK button to confir m. 6. A [...]

38 11 . Select “ OK ” and press the Menu/O K button to start pr inting. 10 . Wai t for the printer to pro cess your reque st. After a moment the photo is pr inted. Note: Printing m any photos will take m ore time. Please be patient and wait f or all the photos to print. 11 . When the print is finished, a Print Finis hed screen appears. Press th[...]

39 Install the V ivitar Experience Image M anager Sof tware Wa rning: Do not plug y our camera into the co mputer until the sof tware inst allation is complet e Y ou must be connect ed to the internet to install and run the Vivita r Experience Image Manager sof tware. 1. Insert the inst allation CD into you r CD-ROM drive. The installation scr een [...]

40 Note: If you do no t have internet a cc ess, you can still download media f rom the camera. Click the “How to transfer photos an d videos from my camera to my computer” button for instructions. 5. If you have inter net access, the “Choose you r language” wind o w opens, choo se your lan guage and c lick “Nex t” to open the nex t wind[...]

41 10 . On PC only : Le t the “Vivit ar Experience Image M anager” installe r create the folder to where the progra m will be in stalled, and then click “In stall”. 11 . Please w ait while the application continues the in stallation process on your computer . 12 . On PC: Click the “Close” button whe n the instal lation is complete. On M[...]

42 2. The “Get media from device” windo w opens. 3. Y ou can select to dow nload photos, videos or both. 4. Select y our ca m era ( removable di sk ) from the device w indow . If your ca m era is the only USB device connected then it will be selected automatically . 5. Select a location on the computer where to place the new photo and video fil[...]

43 6. Add the new photo and video files to albums if desired. 7. Select to re m ove the m edia files fr om the selected dev ice (re m ovable disk) af ter the import. 8. Click the “Get media” button to transfer the photos and videos from your camera to you r computer . A media dow nload progress bar ap pears on the botto m left showing the numbe[...]

44 into the V ideos/My Video s folder . 6. Do not disconnect the cable durin g transfer . Doing so will cancel t he transfer of any files on their way t o your co m puter . T ransfer media f rom my camera to my computer manually (Using Macintosh) 1. Use the USB cable that came w ith your camera to connect you r camera to your co mputer . 2. The cam[...]

45 product will be rep aired at no char ge for part s or labor for a pe riod of one year . What Is Not Cov ered By Wa rranty: Damages or m alfunction s not resulting from defe cts in material or workmanship and damages or malfunctions from other than normal use, including but limited to, repair by unauthorized parties, tampering, modification or ac[...]

46 Appendix A : T echnical Specifications Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Size 3072X2 304 p i xels(7M), 25 60 X19 20 p ixels(5M) , 2048X1536 pixels(3M) 1600X12 00pixels(2M), 1280X960pix els(1M) 640X480(VGA) Video Re solution 640 X 480(24 fp s),320X240pixels( 30 fp s) File Format JPEG/A VI (W ithout Audio) External M em ory SD / MMC Ca rd (up to 8GB)[...]

47 Ap pendix B: T roubleshooting Q: I have t aken photos but m y computer does not recognize m y camera . What do I do ? A: First, ensure tha t you have in fact taken photo s. Press the Shutter /OK button a few tim es to t ake some sample photos an d then try downloa ding them again. It is also reco mmended that you hav e an SD card inserted in the[...]