Vivitar VIVICAM 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 propert y of their respe ctive companies.[...]

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Introduction Thank you for p urchasing the ViviCam 8025 8.1 Mega-Pi xel T ouc h Screen Digital Camera. Everything you need to take quality digit al photos and videos is included with your camera. Y our digital camera can also be used as a removable disk. It enriches your life. Vivit ar makes capturi ng those special moments so easy . Please read th[...]

y User ’s manual and Quick S tart Guide y S trap Computer Sy stem Requirement s for Windo w s XP T o be a ble to do wnload 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-RO M Drive y 1024 x 768 Recommend[...]

Computer Sy stem 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 more available system RAM (256 MB re commended), 150 MB free disk space y 800 x 600 or higher-resolution moni tor displa ying millions of colors Note: This hardware is plug and play compatible when used on a Mac, howeve[...]

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Prep aring Y our Camera for Use Inst all lithium batter y 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 polarit y facing up. 3. Close the battery [...]

loses power and turns off or when the battery door is opened to repl ace the battery . 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 w ill be light on indica ti ng that yo[...]

3. Push the card in until you feel it “click” into posit ion. The top of the card should be flus hed 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 i s inserted into the camera all the images taken with the camera w ill be stored on the card. Note: 1. Limited[...]

5. Don’t remove the SD card during formatting as this ma y damage the card and render it unusable. 6. When your card is full, do wnload the media on the SD card to your PC and delete th e photos and vid eos from it in order to continue using your camera S t arting Y our Digit al Camera Power on Press the Power button on the top of the camera once[...]

Mode selection Y our digital touch screen camera has 4 main mod es – S till Image mode, Video mode, Play back 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 pri[...]

2. T ouch the icon function area to enter Playback mode. 3. T ouch the icon function area to enter S till 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 Setup menu. Note: If you are in the Playback or Video mode, pressing the Home button w ill exit these modes and ope[...]

After each photo is shot (w hen the camera returns to icon mode) the numbers of photos left 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 downloa[...]

For close up shooting slide the switch to the position. The ico n 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, to 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 repeate dly until the icon appears. LCD screen display ing Y ou can touch the “DIS” function area on th e screen repeat edl y 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 betw een you pressing [...]

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 s tandby mode. Image Size The image size and quality settings determine the number of photos that can be saved and the a mount of memory required for each photo. The higher the photo qua lity the more memory it w[...]

1. The image size icon will appear on the LCD screen. 2. Y our camera has “7M” an d “2M” high definition image size. Anti-Shake Y our Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a resu lt of trembling or shaking when taking the photo. Y ou are n ot required to use a tripod in ord er 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 D etection menu. 4. T ouch the icon function area to select the Face D[...]

2. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Setup Menu. Exposure This setting allows you to control the brightness of your imag es. 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 ca[...]

ISO This is a sp ecial fu nction th at allow s you to com pensate t he light con ditions w hen the lig ht sour ce 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 repeatedl y until you see the[...]

2. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Sharpn ess 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 s tandby mode. Quality The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots y ou can take. A HIGH setting means you can take fewer photos, b[...]

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 Power off” option. 2. T ouch the icon function area to enter the Auto Power off menu. 3. T ouch the icon function area to select one of 60[...]

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 w ith caution. Once formatted all the images stored in the memory will be erase. This process is irreversible. Please downl oad a[...]

7. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm, save and exit to the camera s tandby 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 t he original factory settings. function area repeatedl y until you see the “Default Setting” option. 1. T ouch the icon 2. T ouch t[...]

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 w ill 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 pl ay this A VI file in playback mode or on your computer using Quick T ime and Windows Med[...]

2. T ouch the “WB” area to enter 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- 640x48 0 (VGA) pixels, 320x240 (QVGA) pixels. 1. Press the Menu/OK button.[...]

PictBridge. Note: The message, “N o File Exist” will be displayed on the LCD screen if there are no p hotos or videos in your camera. Press the Home button to retu rn to the S till 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 i[...]

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 are a to select “Y es” or “No” from the 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 select one of 90/1 80/270 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 Protect menu. 4. T ouch the icon function area to s elect Lock or Unlock. 5. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm. 6. An icon will appear on the scr een. Note: T o “U nlock” the current file follow step s 1 through 4. Select “Unlock” and pre ss the Menu/OK button t o unlock the current file. Dele[...]

Note: you canno t 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 point s. The Cro p 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[...]

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 th e 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 se le[...]

3. T ouch the icon function area until you see the Pictbridge option. icon function area to enter the menu. 4. T ouch the 5. T ouch the icon function area to s elect 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 to stop playing the A VI. Inst alling PhoT ags Express Sof tware NOTE: Before a ttempting to install the sof tware, make sure t hat you do not have the camer a’ s USB cable attached to your compute r . This w ill affec t the install process and can[...]

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

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

6. Once the application has been installed on your computer , click the “Finish” button to let the “PhoT ags Express” installer fi nish the installation program. If you selected the option for the application to st art af ter pressing the Finish button, the application w ill automatically launch. 37[...]

If not, then in order to open the application you need to double click on the Photags Express icon on the desktop. 7. The Welcome to Phot ags Express Product Registration screen will open. This screen w ill appear each time you open the application until you register . T o register your product please click the “Register Online” button and fill[...]

Everything you need to get th e most from y our photos The “PhoT ags Express” software that is installed on yo ur computer allow s you to edit existing photos that y ou have on your computer as well as the photos that you have captu red with your camera. 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of the camera. 2. Plug the other end of [...]

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, Corr ect Red Eye, Manually Adjust and add S pecial Effe cts. Add A ctive Captio ns - add T e xt Captions, Frames, Shapes, Keyw ords… and more that can be vie[...]

your TV using your DVD player . A dd background music to your slideshow . Do wnload photos and v ideos to your PC Transfer Photos and video images fro m your camera to your PC using Ph oTags Express. Select the “Get Photos” button from the top of the PhoTags Expres s 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 “Exp ress” copy 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, ke ywords , ca[...]

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

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

All the media – Photos and Videos on your camera are now do wnloaded to your computer to th e selected folder. Open the “Select Photos” mode of Photags Expr e ss to view the thumbnails for all the media. You may now use PhoTags Expr ess to edit your photos, create collections and Burn CD`s. To learn more of how to get the m ost out of your Ph[...]

The video will begin to play automatically . T o r eplay the video, use the media controls. Once all the Photos and Videos have been do wnloaded to the computer it is recommended that you delete them from the camera thereb y preparing your camera to take more photos and videos. T ransferring photo s and videos to y our PC manually T urn on your cam[...]

Choose “cop y 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 AR T button in Windows. 2. Click on the MY CO[...]

48 Sakar Warranty Card This warranty covers for the original consumer pu rchaser only 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 part s or labor for a period of one year . What Is Not Covered By Warranty: Damages or [...]

Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Resolution 3264x2448pixels(8M),36 48x2048pixels(7M),259 2x1944 pixels(5M), 2048x1536 pixels(3M) , 1920x1080 pixels(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 LCD T ouch Screen Lens f=7.23mm, F2.8 Zoom 8X D[...]

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 ta ken photos. Pre ss the Shutter/OK button a few times to take some sample photos and then try downloading them agai n. If y ou still get a “no photos” error t his may mean that your computer m ay not meet the minimum s[...]

51 If you are running XP: click on hardware and the n 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 l ikely see “Digital S till Camera” under “Other Device” with a brightly colored marking [...]