Vivitar 8025 manual

V iviCam 8025 Digit al Camera Owner Manual © 2009 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.[...]

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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 8025 8.1 Mega-Pi xel T ouch Screen Digital Camera. Everything you need to take quality digital photos and videos is included with your camera. Y our digital camera can also be used as a removable disk. It enriches your life. Vivitar makes capturing those special moments so easy . Please read this ma[...]

y User ’s manual and Quick S tart Guide y S trap Computer System Requirement s for Windows XP T o be able to download photos to your PC, you will need the following minimum configuration: y Pentium III process or above with Windows XP y 128 MB RAM, with 150MB of free disk space y Available USB interface y CD-ROM Drive y 1024 x 768 Recommended scr[...]

Computer System Requirement s for Macintosh y Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher y Mac OS X version 10.2.6 or later y 128 MB or mo re available system RAM (256 MB recommended), 150 MB free disk space y 800 x 6 00 or higher-resolution moni tor displaying millions of colors Note: This hardware is plug and play compatible when used on a Mac, however[...]

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Prep aring Y our Camera for Use Inst a ll lithium battery Y our digital camera needs a lithium battery in order to operate. The battery is found separately in the packaging. T o install it correctly see the diagram below: 1. Slide and open the battery door . 2. Insert the battery correctly with the correct polarity facing up. 3. Close the battery d[...]

loses power and turns off or when the battery door is opened to replace the batter y . Charge lithium batter y Please charge the battery as below 2 methods: A. Charge with USB cable Insert the lithium battery into your camera correctly , and connect your camera to computer with USB cable. The red LED of camera will be light on in dicati ng that you[...]

3. Push the card in until you feel it “click” into posit ion. The top of the ca rd should be flushed with the surface of the camera. An icon will appear on the LCD screen after you turn on your camera. 4. Once the external memory card is inserted into t he camera all the images taken with the camera will be stored on the card. Note: 1. Limited [...]

5. Don’t remove the SD card during formatting as this may damage the card and re nder it unusable. 6. When your card i s full, do wnload the media o n the SD card to your PC and delete th e photos and vid eos from it in order to continue using your camera St arting Y our Digital Cam era Power on Press the Power button on the top of the camera onc[...]

Mode selection Y our digital touch screen camera has 4 main modes – S till Image mode, Video mode, Playback mode and Set up mode. The S till Image mode is for you to take still photos. Y ou can shoot video files while in Video mode. In Playback mode you can preview photos and videos as well as being able to delete, rotate, protect, crop and print[...]

2. T ouch the icon function area to enter Pla yback mode. 3. T ouch the icon function area to enter Still Image (Camera) mode. 4. T ouch the icon function area to enter Movie (Video) mode. 5. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Set up menu. Note: If you are in the Playback or Video mode, pressing the Home button will exit these modes and ope[...]

After each photo is shot (when the camera returns to icon mode) the numbers of photos lef t to shoot at the selected resolution is displayed on the LCD screen. When the camera's memory (photo capacity) is full , the LCD screen will display a message - “Memory Full, Insert a SD memory card to T ransfer and T ake More Photos !” Either downlo[...]

For close up shooting slide the switch to the position. The icon appears on the LCD screen and indicates that the macro shooting mode is on. For far shooting slide the Macro/Far switch to the position. The icon appears on the LCD screen, t o indicate that the far shooting mode is on. Flash In low light conditions it is best to use the built-in flas[...]

4. T o turn off the flash function touch the icon function area repeatedl y until the icon appears. LCD sc reen displayi ng Y ou can touch the “DIS” function area on the screen repeat edly to hide or show the icons of the LCD screen. Self-Timer Y ou can include yourself in a photo by using this featur e to delay the time between you pressing th[...]

seconds or 10 seconds . 5. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm. The self-tim er icon (per your selection) will now appear on the screen. 6. Press the Shutter button to start the self-timer . Y o ur camera will count down 2, 5 or 10 seconds as per your choice and then automatically take the photo. Scene Y our camera supplies many scenes for you to t[...]

4. T ouch the icon function area to select the scene you want to use. 5. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. Image Size The image size and quality settings determine the number of photos that can be saved and the amount of memory required for each photo. The higher the photo qua lity the more memory it wil[...]

1. The image size icon will appear on the LCD screen. 2. Y our camera has “7M” and “2M ” high definition image size. Anti-Shake Y our Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a result of trembling or shaking when taking the photo. Y ou are not required t o use a tripod in order to take good quality photos. 1. [...]

Face Detection Y our camera supports face detecting that allows you to take better portrait photos. 1. Press the Menu/OK button. 2. T ouch the icon function area to select next page until you see the “Face Detection” option. 3. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Face Detection menu. 4. T ouch the icon function area to select the Face De[...]

2. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Setup Menu. Exposure This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images. 1. T ouch the first icon function area to enter the “Exposure” option. 2. T ouch the icon function area to select an exposure value (from +3 to -3). 3. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm, save and exit to the cam[...]

ISO This is a specia l function that a llows you to compensa te the light conditio ns when the light sou rce is not good and you also specifically do not wish to use a flash or tripod. When using ISO sens itization, please choose the low value ISO to prevent spots or blotches appearing on your photo. function area rep eatedly until you see the “I[...]

2. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Sh arpness setting. 3. T ouch the icon function area to select one of Normal/Soft/Sharp. 4. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. Quality The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can t ake. A HIGH setting means you can take fewer photos, bu[...]

Auto Power off By default, if your camera is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off. Use the Auto Off option to change this setting: 1. T ouch the icon function area until you see the “Auto Po wer off” option. 2. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Auto Power of f menu. 3. T ouch the icon function area to select one of [...]

3. Press Menu/OK button to confirm and save the changes. Format This function will format the memory card and will er ase all files in memory in cluding files that have been protected. Important: Please use this function with caution. Once formatted all the images stored in the memory will be erase. This process is irreversible. Please downl oad al[...]

7. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 8. If you selected Y es, all the images sitting on the card will have been erased. Default Setting Y ou can restore your camera to the original factor y settings. function area rep eatedly until you see the “Default Setting” option. 1. T ouch the icon 2. T ouch th[...]

1. Press the Shutter button to begin shooting videos. 2. The elapse time will be shown on the top right of the L CD screen and the icon will flash on the LCD screen. 3. Press the Shutter button again to stop and save this file in A VI format. Note: Y ou can pla y this A VI file in playback mode or on your comput er using Quick Time and Windows Medi[...]

2. T ouch the “WB” area to ent er the White Balance menu. 3. T ouch the icon function area to select the best white balance for shooting. 4. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm, save and exit to the video standby mode. Image Size Y our camera supports 2 video resolutions- 640x480 (VGA ) pixels, 320x240 (QVGA ) pixels. 1. Press the Menu/OK butto[...]

PictBridge. Note: The message, “No File Exist” will be displayed on the LCD screen if there are no photos or videos i n your camera. Press the Home button to return to the Still Image mode and begin to take photos. Full screen to Thumbnail display When the camera is in the Playback Mode and an image appears on the LCD screen: 1. T ouch the icon[...]

Delete current photo or video In full screen display mode: 1. T ouch the icon function area to delete the current photo or video displayed on the LCD screen. 2. T ouch the or icon function area to select “Y es” or “No” from th e Delete message that appears. 3. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm. The selected image is deleted. Operation for[...]

2. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Rotate menu. 3. T ouch the icon function area to s elect one of 90/180/270 degrees. 4. Press Menu/OK button to confirm. “Rotate & Saving” will appear on the screen. 5. The photo will now be rotated. Note: 1. Y ou cannot rotate a protected file when “This File is Write-Protected” appears on t[...]

3. T ouch the icon function area to enter the P rotect menu. 4. T ouch the icon function area to select Lock or Unlock. 5. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm. 6. An icon will appear on the screen. Note: T o “Unlock” the current file follow steps 1 through 4. Select “Unlock” and press the Menu/OK button to unlock the current file. Delete De[...]

Note: you cannot delete the file which is locked. Crop Image Crop your photos to show and save a specific portion of an image or to highlight cert ain focal points. The Crop feature lets you zoom in on an image and then save that part of the image as a new photo. 1. Press the Menu/OK button. 2. T ouch the icon function area until you see the Cro p [...]

new file. 7. Press the Menu/OK button. 8. T ouch the , , or icon function area to move the rectangle over and select the part of the photo that you would like to crop. 9. Press the Shutter button. 10. Press the Shutter button again to confirm and save it as a new photo or you can press the Menu/OK button to exit without saving. Note: you can select[...]

3. T ouch the icon function area until you see the Pictbridge option. icon function area to enter the me nu. 4. T ouch the 5. T ouch the icon function area to select Pictbridge. 6. From the Print message that appears select Print or Cancel 7. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm. “Please connect to device” will appear on the LCD screen. 8. Conne[...]

3. Press the Shutter button to play the current A VI file. 4. T ouch the “C” icon function area t o stop playing the A VI. Inst alling PhoT ags Express Sof tware NOTE: Before attem pting to install the software, make sure that you do not have the camera’s USB cable attached to your computer. This w ill affect the install process and can cause[...]

2. On the “PhoT ags Express" screen, click the “Next” button. 3. Please review the license terms and click the “ I Agree ” button to continue. 35[...]

4. Let the “PhoT ags Express” installer create the fo lder w here the program will be inst alled to, and then click “Inst all”. 5. Please wait while the application is being installed on y our computer. 36[...]

6. Once the application has bee n installed on your computer , click the “Finish” button to let the “PhoT ags Express” installer fi nish the inst allation program. If you selected the option for the application to start af ter pressing the Finish button, the application will automatically launch. 37[...]

If not, then in order to open the application you need to double click on the Photags Express icon on th e desktop. 7. The Welcome to Photags Ex press Product Registration screen will open. This screen will appear each time you open the application until you register . T o register yo ur product please click the “Register Online” button and fil[...]

Everything you need to get the most from your photos The “PhoT ags Express” software that is installed on yo ur computer allows you to edit existing photos that y o u have on your computer as well as the photos that you have captured with you r camera. 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of the camera. 2. Plug the other end of th[...]

Manage your photos by creating countless unique photo collections without duplicating any photos. Burn CD’s of any folders for backup and storage. Enhance your photos ; Auto Enhance, Crop, Correct Red Eye, Ma nually Adjust and add S pecial Effects. Add A ctive Capt ions - add T ext Captions, Frames, Shapes, Keyw ords… and more that can be viewe[...]

your TV using y our DVD player . A dd background music to your slideshow . Download photos and v ideos to y our PC Transfer Photos and video images from your camera to your PC using PhoTa gs Express. Select the “Get Photos” button from the top of the PhoTags Express Main Menu screen. The Get Photos Wizard opens. 41[...]

Select the device (removable disk) option in the Active Devices window on the left and then select either the “Custom” or “Express” cop y radial button in the Copy methods box. CUSTOM COPY METHOD Select the “Custom” copy radial button. Click the “Next” button. Add Active Captions to your pictures. You c an add a date, keywords , cat[...]

Choose where to place your photos and videos. The default is to place all photos and videos into a folder under the C:My Documents My Pictures fol der with the date when the photos were taken as the folder name. 43[...]

Click the “Finish” button to start the download process. A photos download progress bar appears showin g the number of media (videos included) downloading to your computer. 44[...]

All the media – Photos and Videos on your camera are now downloaded to your computer to the selected folder. Open the “Select Photos” mode of Photags Expre ss to view the thumbnails for all the media. You may now use PhoTags Express to edit your photos, create collections and Burn CD`s. To learn more of how to get the most out of your PhoTags[...]

The video will begin to play automatically . T o r eplay the video, use the media controls. Once all the Photos and V ideos have been downloaded to the computer it is recommended that you delete them from the camera thereby preparing your camera to take more photos and videos. T ransferring photos and videos to your PC manually T urn on your camera[...]

Choose “copy pictures to a folder on my computer” on the Remov able Disk (F: ) window . After you click “ OK ”, step by step instructions will appear . Follow the description and click the buttons that are defaulted by the system to finish transferring. Alternatively you can: 1. Click on the ST ART button in Windows. 2. Click on the MY COMP[...]

48 Sakar Warranty Card This warranty covers for the original consumer purchaser onl y and is not transferable. Products that fail to function properly UNDER NORMAL USAGE, due to defects in material or wo rkmanship. Y our product will be repaired at no charge for parts or labor for a period of one year . What Is Not Covered By Warranty: Damages or m[...]

Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Resolution 3264x2448pixels(8M),3648x2048pixels(7M),2592x1944 pixels(5M), 2048x1536 pixels(3M), 1920x1080 pixe ls(2M) and 640x480 pixels(VGA). Video Resolution 640X480,320X240pixels File Format JPEG/A VI External Memory SD / MMC Card (up to 8GB) LCD Display 2.4 Inch TFT LC D T ouch Screen Lens f=7.23mm, F2.8 Zoom 8X Di[...]

Q : I have taken photos but my computer says, “No photos in camera.” What do I do? A : First ensure that you have in fact taken photos. Pre ss the Shutter/OK button a few times to take some sample photos and then try downloading them again. If y ou still get a “no photos” error this may mean that your co mputer may not meet the minimum s ys[...]

51 If you are running XP: click on hardware and then Device Manager. If the camera is installed correctly , there will be a ca tegory listed for “Imaging Devices” and clicking on the “+” next to it should reveal your camera. If not, you will likely see “Digital S till Camera” under “Other Device” with a brightly colored marking next[...]