Vivitar VIVICAM 8690 manual

V iviCam 8690Digit al Camer a Us er ‟ s Manual © 2009 Sakar Interna tional, In c. All right s reserv ed. W in dow s and the W indow s logo ar e registered trade marks of Mi croso ft Corpo ration. All other trade m arks are the pr operty of their respective co mpa nies.[...]

1 T able of content Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Key Features ................................................................................................................................ ...... 2 W h at Y our Ca mera Inclu[...]

2 Introduction Thank you for pur c hasing the V ivi Cam 8690 Digit al Ca mera. Everyth ing you nee d to take quali ty digita l photos and vide os is includ ed w ith your ca mera. Y our digit a l ca mera c an also be use d as a removable d isk. It enr iches your life. Vivit ar make s capturing t ho se spe cial mo ments so easy . Please rea d this ma[...]

3 What Y our Camera Includes  Digital Ca m era  Vivit ar Ex perience Image Manage r sof twa re Ins ta llation CD  USB cable  Quick S tart Guide  S trap Computer Sy stem Requireme nt s for W indo ws X P T o be able to dow nload photos a nd v ideos to your PC, you will need the f ollow ing m inimu m configuration :  Pentium 4 pro ce[...]

4 Computer Sy stem Requireme nt s for W indo ws Vist a T o be able to dow nload pho tos to yo ur PC your will need the follow ing minimu m configuration:  W in dow s Vi sta  800M Hz pro cessor and 512 MB of syste m memory  20GB hard dr ive w ith at least 15G B of ava ilable sp ace  Support for Super VGA grap hics  Availa ble USB Inte[...]

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

6 Prep a re Y our Camera for use Inst all batteries Y our camera requires three A AA batteries (alkaline batteries rec ommended ). Please refer to the following installation instruc tio ns : 1. Open the bat tery comp artment on the side of the camera. 2. Insert the alkaline batteries correct ly , with the cor rect polari ty as show n on the battery[...]

7 W ARNING: Unless y ou are using an SD memory card, opening the battery comp artment and removing the battery will e rase the test photo currently s tored in the camera. Down load your pho to as often as po ssible. The test pho to will be lost wh en the camera sw it ch es -of f or when the batteries run low . Do not open the ba ttery do or before [...]

8 Locate the SD me mory card s lo t on the botto m o f the camera an d in sert a n SD me mory card a s above. Y ou will feel and hear a “ Clic k ” sou nd. W hen the ic on appea rs on the LCD screen this indicates that your SD card is in stal led correctly . Note: 1. After you in sert the SD memory card, a “ Copy to Card? ” message w ill app[...]

9 S t arting Y our Digit al Camera Power on Press t he Pow er button once to turn on your cam era . The LCD will lig ht up and t he ca mera w ill emit a “ beep ” to indicate that your ca mera is turne d on and ready for use. Power off Press t he Pow er button once t o turn off your camera. W hen there is insuffi cient battery powe r , a “ Low[...]

10 The Camera mode is for you t o take stil l photos. Y ou can s hoo t video files while in Video mode. In Playback mode you can prev iew the photos/v ideos you captur ed , rot ate, protect, dele te, crop and print your ph otos. Main buttons on the came ra[...]

11 Main Icons on the LCD[...]

12 B at te ry p o we r l e ve l Full battery power Medium battery power L o w b a t t e r y p o w e r P h o to 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 Vi deo SD card inserted SD card inserted ( Locked ) Self-ti mer On 10 seconds Self-timer On 2 seconds Normal Capture Macro Cap[...]

13 Camera mode Set the m ode switch t o Camera Mode – the ic on will appear on the top right corne r of the LCD screen. T aking Photos 1. Hold the camera steady and co mpose yo ur objec t as appear s in the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shutter button and w ait a moment for the photo to be ta ken and saved to memory . 3. After each photo is shot a nd [...]

14 M acro/Far shooti ng The camera has t he function that allows you to c ap ture objects at very near (macro) or very far distan ces per you r request . 1. Slide the Ma cro/Far sw itch on the l eft side o f the camera up to the position. 2. The ic on w ill appear on the left h and side of the LC D screen and indicates tha t the macro shooting is o[...]

15 Note: A “ No Pow er ” message w ill appear on the LCD screen, if you select t he flash function when the bat tery pow er is insuf ficient . T o co ntinue using the ca mera w ith the fla sh, please inst all new batterie s. Self-Timer Y ou can include yourself in a phot o by using this feature to delay the time between your pressing the shutte[...]

16 2. Fro m the “This Image” or “This Video” message that appear s, p re ss Left/Righ t button to select “ Y es ” . 3. P res s the Menu /OK button t o confir m and for the selected ima ge to be de leted. At step 2, if you do not wish to delete the photo select “ No ” by p ressing the Up/Do w n button, then pr ess the Menu/O K button[...]

17 Camera mode – M enu setting opt ions T o access the Menu sett ing options for t he Ca mera m ode press t h e Menu button in the center of the Menu dial. 4 menu option s each w ith their ow n s ub menus w ill appear: Scene, Image Size, A nti -Shake and Setup 1. Press the Pow er button to turn on your camera, 2. Set the m ode to Ca mera Mode - t[...]

18 3. Press the Up/D ow n button to s elec t the best scenery per your light condition and enviro nment. A uto, Night Portrait, Night Scenery , Portrait, S cene r y , Sport, Part y , Beach or High Sensitivity . 4. Press the M enu/OK bu tton to confi rm your sele ction and ex it to stand by mode. Note: 1. After you have selec t ed your scene ry , th[...]

19 Anti-Shake Y our Digital Camera has a functio n that preve nts photo s coming out blurr y as a result of tre mbling or shaking whe n taking the photo . Because of this function, you are not require d to use a t ripod to shoot steady photos. T o se t as belo w : 1. Press the Me nu/OK button . 2. Press the Right /Left button until yo u select the [...]

20 2. Press the Right /Left button until yo u select the Se tup menu. Exposure This setting allows you to con trol the brigh tness o f your image s. 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to sele ct the Ex posure option in the Setu p menu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button to open the Ex posure sub menu. 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to sele c t the ex posure va[...]

21 ISO This setting allow s you to select th e ISO set ting that you wa nt as per your current condition s . 1. Press Up/Dow n button to select t h e I SO option in the Setup menu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to choose the ISO option fro m the ISO submenu that appe ars : Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 4. Press the Me nu/OK [...]

22 Sharpness This setting allows you t o adjust the sharpn ess of yo ur i mages, making edge s more or les s distin ct. 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to sele c t the Sharp ness option in Setup menu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select a sharpne ss value. Normal / Sharp / Sof t 4. Press the Me nu/OK button to con f[...]

23 Quality The quality settings determine the number of photos and the amount of memory require d for ea ch pho to. The bett er the quality , the more memory each photo will u se. The quality w ill also a ffe ct the maxi mum size you can prin t your phot o effe ctively . The default value is Fine. 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the Qua lit[...]

24 Date This allow s you to set the system ti me which w ill be disp lay on the photos if yo u selec ted date on . 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the Da te opti on in the Setup me nu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select: O n - display s date on photos O ff - won ’ t sho w date o n photo s Set date - set[...]

25 3. Press the Up /Dow n button to set the digit s for each of the da te, time and for mat options. 4. Press the M enu/OK bu tton to confi rm and ex it. Auto Power O ff By default your camera w ill automatically pow er off if id le for 60 second s. Use this opt ion to change the time. 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to sele c t the Auto Pow er Off o[...]

26 Language Y our Digit al Ca mera supports 9 langu ages. 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the Langua ge op tion in the Setu p menu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the lang uage of your choi ce: English / Portug uese / Spani sh / French / Germa n / Ital ian / R ussian / Dutch a nd T urkish 4. Press the[...]

27 Format This function refor m at s the memor y card and will erase all files in memory including files that have been pro tected, please ope rate ca utiously . 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the For m at option in the Se tup menu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select „ OK ‟ . 4. Press the Me nu/OK bu[...]

28 Default Setting If you are not sure as to what s etting s have been activa ted on your c a mera you c an reset the camera to the original factory setting s. 1. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the De fault setting option in the Setup menu. 2. Press the Me nu/OK button . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select „ OK ‟ to reset or „C ‟ [...]

29 Video M ode Mov e the mode sw itch to the cent er to a ctivate the Video mode . The ic on w ill appear on the top l eft cor ner of the LCD scree n. 1. Press the S hut ter button to begin shooting video s . The elapse t ime w ill appear on the top right of the LCD scree n. 2. Press the Shutter button again to stop recording and s ave this f ile i[...]

30 White Balance Y ou can sele ct dif ferent W hite Balance for shoo ting. 1. Press the Me nu/OK button . 2. Press the Lef t/ Right button to sele ct the W h ite Balan ce menu option . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to sele ct the White Balan ce you des ire: A uto / Day light / Cloudy / Incandescent / Fluorescent 4. Press the Me nu/OK button to con [...]

31 4. Press the Me nu/OK button to con fir m. 5. The correspond ing resolution icon w ill appear on the righ t hand s ide of the LCD scre en. Playback M ode Set t he mode switch to the Play back m ode. Y ou can prev iew the photos and videos you have recorded. In Playbac k mode you can rota te, pro tect , delete and crop your photo s and you can pr[...]

32 2. Press the R ight/Lef t but ton to move betw een the images. 3. Press the T button to view t he i mage in full screen . 4. T o Zoom in to the photo press the T bu tton to magnify the pho tos an d the W button to zoom out . 5. Press the Up /Dow n/Right/Lef t but ton to navigate within the selected p hoto. Note: 1. Y ou cannot zoo m in to A VI f[...]

33 Playing the A VI video file Select an A VI file you w ant to play . 1. Press the Shu tter bu tton to begin playing the A VI file. 2. Press the Shu tter bu tton to pa use an d again to cont inue. 3. Press the Up button to stop and ex it the video playback mode for selecting files or w ait until the file playback over . Note: For how to protect or[...]

34 2. Press the Righ t/Lef t but ton to sele c t the Ro tate menu option . 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the degree you w ant to rot ate your photo or cancel to ex it . 4. Press the Me nu/OK button to con fir m. 5. A “ Ro tate an d Saving ” message w ill appea r on t he LCD . After a few s econds the photo will ap pear rota ted as per[...]

35 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select the “ Lo ck ” option. 4. Press the Me nu/OK button to con fir m and ex it. 5. A lock icon will appe ar on that i mag e wh en it appear on the LCD . 6. T o unlock a lo cked imag e, press the M enu/OK bu tton. 7. At step 3 sele ct “ Unloc k ” and press Me nu/O K to unlock the curren t file. Delete De[...]

36 3. Press the Up/Do w n button to select: “ This image ” (photos) or “ This Vide o ” (videos) depend ing on the f ile selected t o delete the current photo or video “ A LL ” to delete all unpro tect ph ot os or video s “ Cancel ” to ex it. 4. Press the Me nu/OK button . 5. The Delete confir mation message will appear to confir m t[...]

37 4. Press the Me nu/OK button . 5. The Crop featur e open s. 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/Lef t button to m ove the rect angle to select the area of the photo you wa nt to crop. 8. Press the Shu tter bu tton. 9. Press the Shu tter bu tton again to Sav e. [...]

38 5. Press the Me nu/OK button to con fir m. 6. A “ Please connect to de vice ” me ssage w ill appear on the LCD. 7. Conne ct your ca mera with the USB cab le to the Printer` s Pictb ridge USB so cket. 8. The follow ing menu w ill appear on ce the ca m era dete cts that it i s conn ected to the printer: 9. Press the Up /Dow n button to select [...]

39 12 . Wa it for the printer to pro cess your req uest. After a moment the pho to is printed . Note: Printing m any photos w ill take m ore time. Please be patient and wa it for all the pho t os to print. 13 . W h en t he print is finished , a Print Finished screen appears. Press the Menu/OK button to close and rev ert back to the Playbac k men u [...]

40 Inst all the V ivitar Experie nce Image M anager Software Y ou must be connected to the internet to inst all and run the Viv it ar E xperie nce Image Manage r sof tw are. 1. Insert the installa tion CD into your CD-R OM driv e. The inst alla tion scre en should auto matically open . 2. On PC: The Viv itar Experien ce Image Mana ger Insta ller w [...]

41 Note: If yo u do not ha ve internet acce ss, you can still do wn load media fro m the ca mera. Cli ck the “Ho w to transfer photo s and videos fro m my camer a to my computer” button for instruction s. 5. If you have in ternet a ccess, the “Choose you r languag e” w indow op ens, choose your languag e and click “Nex t” to ope n the n[...]

42 11 . Please w ait w hile the appli cation continues the in stal lation pro cess o n your co mputer . 12 . On PC: Cli ck the “C lose” bu tton when the installation is complete . On Macinto sh: Click the “Qu it” bu tton whe n the ins tal l ation is co mplete. 13 . Click the “L aunch V ivit ar Ex perien ce Image Ma nager ” to open the a[...]

43 2. The “Get med ia fro m device” w indow open s. 3. Y ou can selec t to dow nload ph otos, videos or both. 4. Select you r camera (re movable di sk) fro m the de vice w indow . If yo ur ca mera is the only U SB device conne cted then it will be selected auto matically . 5. Select a loca tion on the co mputer w here to plac e the ne w ph oto [...]

44 files dow nloading to your compu ter . A message ap pears w hen the do w nload is c o mplete. 9. The photo and video files that you selec ted are now download ed to your co mputer to the selected folde r and albu ms ready for you r use. Get started! Using the Vivit ar Exp erience Imag e Mana ger , you can upload and man age pho tos and vide os t[...]

45 T ransfer media from my camera to my computer manually (Using Macintosh) 1. Use the US B cable that ca me with yo ur camera to connec t your camera to your compu ter . 2. „MSDC‟ appears on the LCD ind icating tha t the camera is in Mass S torage mode. 3. The camer a‟s device icon appe ars on the desktop . 4. Click on the device icon and op[...]

46 W h at Is No t Cove red By Warranty : Damages or m alfun ctions not resulting from defect s in m aterial or workmanship and damages or malfunction s from other t han nor mal us e , including but limited t o, rep air by unauthoriz ed parties, ta mpering, modifica tion or a cciden t. W h at T o Do W hen Service I s Requ ired: W h en re turning you[...]

47 A ppendi x A : T echnical S pecification s Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Size 3264X 2448p ixels(8M), 2560 X19 20 pix els(5M), 2048X 1536 pi x els(3M), 1600X 1200p ixels(2M), 1280X 960pix els(1M) 640X4 80(VGA) Video Re s olution 640 X 480(24 fp s ),320X 24 0pix els( 30 fps) File Format JPEG/A VI (W ithou t Audio) Exter nal Memory SD / MM C Card [...]

48 A ppendi x B: T roubleshooting Q: I have t aken photos but my c ompute r does not recogn ize my camera. What do I do ? A: First, ensure tha t you hav e in fact t aken pho tos. Press the Shutter/O K button a few times to t a ke some sample pho tos and then try dow nloading them again. It is also reco mmended that you h av e an SD card in serted i[...]