Vivitar ViviCam F128 manual

Viv iCam F12 8 Digital Camera User Manual © 2009- 20 1 1 Sakar Internati onal, Inc. All rights reser ve d. W indo ws and the W indows l ogo are regist e red trademar ks of Micr o soft C orporation. All oth e r tr ademarks a re th e prop erty of th ei r resp e cti ve compani e s.[...]

1 T able of Conten t s Introdu ct ion .................................................................................................................................. 2 W hat‟ s I ncluded ............................................................................................................................ 2 Parts of the Cam era ..........[...]

2 Introducti on Thank you for purchasing this cam era. Everythi ng you need to tak e quality digital photos and vide os is in c luded w ith your camera. V ivi ta r m akes capturing those speci al m o m ent s as easy as possible. Please read this m anual carefu lly first in order to get the m ost out of your digita l camera. Note: Y our c am era nee[...]

3 Parts of the C amera 1. Pow er Button 12 . V iviLink / Do w n Button 2. Shutter Button 13 . Flash Ligh t 3. LCD Screen 14 . USB S lo t 4. LED 15 . T ripod Socket 5. Zoom Out 16 . Digital Lens 6. Zoom In 17 . Battery Com partment 7. MODE button 18 . SD Mem ory Card Sl ot 8. Flash / Up / Slide Show 19 . MACR O Switch 9. Dele te / Right Button 20 . [...]

4 Initial Camera Setu p In stalling the Batteries In stalling the Memory Card  Insert 3 AAA (1 .5V) batter ie s. Alkaline batteries recomm ended (not i nc luded) .  SD Mem ory card ( up to 32GB) needed for norm al u se. T urn ing O n the Camera Using the Camera Selecting the m odes Accessing the m enu[...]

5 W hen powering the cam e ra ON for the first t im e the ca m er a w il l take you through the INITIAL CAM ERA SETUP . Powering the Camera ON 1) Batteries Make sure the batteries have been inserted properl y into y our digit al cam e ra, according t o the polari ty shown inside the battery com partm en t. Use 3 x AA A (1.5 V ) batterie s . Al kali[...]

6 Note :  Af ter the camera is pow er ed on, an SD icon will a p pear o n the LCD di sp l ay . If yo u do not see the SD icon on the display , pl ease check if t he card w as i nse rted properly .  M ake s ur e the SD ca rd is no t lo ck ed (c hec k th e lo ck s w it ch on th e s ide of t he SD ca rd) . I f t h e S D c a rd is lo c k e d t h [...]

7 Setting the Date an d T ime The ne x t step in the ini t ial camera setup i s to set the date and tim e on the cam era. Set the Date and T i m e as desir ed by pressing the RIGHT and LEF T d irection control buttons to choose the specific setting and the UP and D OWN bu ttons to change each sett ing. Once you have completed sett i ng the tim e an[...]

8 Main Camer a Modes Y our cam er a has di f ferent m o des fo r the var ious cam era fun ctions. Y ou ca n sw itch m odes b y pressing the MODE button on your cam era after the cam er a has been powered ON. Photo Capt u re Mode Use thi s m od e to capture pictures with your cam era. This is the default mode when the cam era i s pow er ed ON. T o t[...]

9 Camera Te chnical Spe cifications I m age Sensor 9 Mega Pixel CMOS Sensor I m age Reso lut ion 4416 x 3312 (14M) / 4000 x 3000 ( 12M) / 3456 x 2592 (9 M ) / 3264 x 2448 (8M) / 3648 x 2048 (7M HD) / 2592 x 1944 (5 M ) / 2048 x 1536 (3M) / 1920 x 1080 (2M HD) / 640 x 480 (VGA) V ideo Reso lution 1280 x 720 pix el s 720P (3 0 f ps) / 640 x 480 p ix [...]

10 Computer S ystem Re qu irem ents WI NDOWS OS T o be a b le to download photos and v i deos to your PC us ing the V i v itar Ex per ience Im age Manager Softw a re, you will ne ed the following m i nimum co nfiguration:  Mic ro s of t ® W i n d ow s X P w ith S e rv ic e P ack 3, W i nd ow s V ist a w it h Se rv ic e P a ck 1 or Wi n do w s 7[...]

11 Powering t he Cam era O n/Off  Make sur e the batte ries have been inserted pr operly into y our digit al cam era. If you r cam e ra com es with a rechargeable li thium battery , make sur e it is fully charged before the f ir st use.  Make sur e an SD card has been inserted into your c am era. (SD card up to 32GB - SD Card not included) Pl[...]

12 Changing C amera M ode Y our cam e ra has thre e m ai n m odes: 1) Photo Cap tur e Mode - Use this mode to capture photos w ith your cam era . 2) V ideo Ca p ture Mode - Use t his m o de to capture videos with your cam er a . 3) Playback Mode (for photos and videos) - U se this m ode to vi ew the photos and videos you have already taken w i th y[...]

13 Navigati ng the M enus Each cam era m ode has a set of menus specific to that m ode . 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m enus for the current mode. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to scro ll be tw een the various m enus for the current mode. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct i on control button to highlight the desired m[...]

14 Camera Options: Flash , Macro, Zoom, Displa y Flash Options There are several Flash opt io ns availab l e on your cam era. The options appear on the Photo Capture Mode LCD screen in sequence. T o chan ge the F lash m ode, pr ess the UP Qui c k Function button until you ar riv e at your desir ed settings. Im portant: When using Flash, stand betw [...]

15 Forced On  T he flash is enabled for each p hoto. NOT E : I f you use this option in a well lit environm en t, your photo m a y be appear t oo br i ght/light (overexposed). Red Eye Reduction  El iminates the red-eye effect in a photo cause d by flash. Macro Options / Y our cam er a contains a Mac r o Sw itch that allow s yo u to manually e[...]

16 NOT E:  T he M acro mo de m ust be tu r ned OFF w hen you w ant to use th e following f eatures of your cam era: F lash, Face Detect, Smile Capture.  Not all cam er as included these features. Refe r to the „Camera S pecifications‟ section to view the fea t ures included with this cam er a. Digit a l Zoo m Option Y ou ca n m ag nify yo[...]

17 Photo Ca pture Mode The Photo Capture m ode al lows you to capture pictures with your d i gita l cam era. T aking a Picture 1) W hile i n Photo Capture m ode , use the LCD d ispla y on the back of the cam e ra to direct the cam era at the scene you w ould like to capture. 2) Press the T/Zoom In and W/Zoom Out buttons to zoom in/o ut if desired. [...]

18 Photo Capture Mod e Quick Function B uttons Y our digital cam era ha s a four-dir ect ional pad that functions as Quick Function buttons: Button Function Lef t Scene Selection – Ope ns the Scen e m e nu Up Flash Options – T ogg les between the F la sh options appearing on the LCD : No Flash, Force Flash On, Auto Flash, Red E ye Reduction Rig[...]

19 Phot o Capture Mode Menus The following are the m enus that a pp ear in your cam er a‟ s Photo Capture Mode:[...]

20 Scene Menu The Scene Menu allow s you to ch oose sc ene settings that let your cam era to a dapt pro perly to your current environment. Note: W hen selecting the HIGH SENSITIVITY Op tion, by default the cam era switches o f f the FLASH autom ati cally ( if it‟s ON) t o optim ize th e pi c ture quality . If how ever , yo u w ould like to overri[...]

21 7) Press the MODE button t o exit the m enu a nd retur n to your previous m o de. 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display o n the LCD screen. 9) Re m e m be r that this setting will be saved by y our camera until you manually chan ge the setting or restore the cam er a‟ s default factory settings. Image Q ua lity Menu The Im ag e Q[...]

22 2) Press the LEFT or RIGH T d irection control bu tton to scro ll and select the „ Self-T i m e r ‟ m enu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct i on control button to scroll through the menu options. 4) Press the SET b utt on to select and save the desired option. 5) A selected option icon w ill appear on t he selected item. 6) Press the L E FT or[...]

23 Face Detect Menu The Face Detect feature when set to „On‟ allow s th e camera to use a subject‟ s f a ce as t he basis for balan c ing the other co lor s and focus in the cam era‟s display . This feature is meant to ensure that the color and focus of your pictures w ill be cons iste nt ly sharp and high -q ua lity . Note: T o properly us[...]

24 White Balance Menu The W hite Balance feature allow s your ca m era t o adjust the color i ng of the captured images depending on the type of lig ht so urce in the current environm ent. Properly adjusting th e White Balance sett in g t o m atch your cu rrent env ironment w i ll allow th e cam era to pr operly ba lance t he colors in the im ages [...]

25 Multi SnapShots Menu W hen enabled, the Multi SnapShot s feature allows you to take si x r ap id snap sho t s in a row w i th a singl e c lick of the Shu tter button. This feature can be eff ective when try in g to capture a p articular m oment in a sp orting eve nt or other scenes with quick movem ents. 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m e[...]

26 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display on the L CD scr een 9) Re m e m be r that this setting will be saved by y our camera until you manually change the setting or restore the cam er a‟ s default factory settings. Light Exposure Menu The Light Exposure setting he lps you control the am ount of li ght that enters your cam era ‟ [...]

27 W hen the ISO is reduced, the im ag e sensor in your camera w ill be less sens itive to light and w i ll opti m i ze the im age quality in environment s w ith b right light ing. 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o d e. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to scro ll a nd select the „ ISO ‟ menu[...]

28 6) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the next m enu item. 7) Press the MODE button t o exit the m enu a nd retur n to your previous m o de. 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display o n the LCD screen . 9) Re m e m be r that this setting will be saved by y our camera until you manually change the setting or restore the cam era[...]

29 T o Enab l e/Disab le t he T imes tamp: 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m e nus for t he current m ode. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to scro ll a nd select the ‟ Date/T i m e ‟ menu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct i on control button to scroll through the menu options. 4) Press the SET b utt on to select and s[...]

30 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 2) P res s th e L E FT or R I G H T d ire c t ion c ont ro l bu tto n t o s cro ll an d s e lec t th e „ Sile n t Mo de ‟ m en u. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct i on control button to scroll through the m enu o pt io ns. 4) Press the SET b utt on to select and save the des[...]

31 Frequency Menu The op t ions in the Frequency m enu r epresent the frequency of the electr ical curre n t in fl uorescent lighting so urces in your loca le . If y our camera is set to a frequency that does not m a tch your countr y‟ s electric current, you m a y see waves on the images t aken by your camera. 50Hz – UK, Europe and Australia 6[...]

32 Y ou wil l be asked to confirm the for m atti ng of the m e m ory ca rd.  Sel ect „ No ‟ to exit without form atti ng.  Sel ect „ Y e s ‟ and press the SET button to begin the form at. The mem ory card will be com pl etely formatted. Firmw a re (Factory Defau l t Settings) Menu Use thi s m en u to vie w t he Firm w are ver sion on [...]

33 Photo Pla y b ack Mode The Playback Mode allows you to review and edit photos and vi deos that you‟ve already tak en w ith you cam era.  W hen yo u f ir st turn on the cam er a, the camera w ill be in Photo Capture m ode by defau lt .  Pre ss the MODE button twice to open the Playback Mode.  Th e la test captured image appears on the [...]

34 Ph oto Playback Mode Qui ck Function B uttons Y our digital cam era ha s a four-dir ect ional pad that functions as Quick Function buttons. Quick Function Button Function Lef t PREVI OUS - Di splays the previous image Up Slide Sh ow - V i ews all th e Photos as a Sli de Sh ow w ith 3, 5 or 10 second intervals. T o exit the S lide Show , pr es s [...]

35 Photo Pla y back M ode Menus The following are the m enus that a pp ear in your cam er a‟ s Photo Playba ck Mode: Delet e M enu W hile in th e P la yback Mode, you can de le t e pictures from your cam er a through the Delete menu. 1) V iew the photo you would like to delete. 2) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the Photo P layba c[...]

36 All of your im ages wil l be perm anentl y deleted. A bl ank „No Files Ex ist‟ screen will appear . Press the MODE button t o exit the „No Files E xist‟ scree n and return to Photo Capture m o de. Remember : Al l im ages will be de l eted except i m age s that are Protected/Locked. T o del e te a locked image, fir st unlock the image, th[...]

37 Rotate Menu Use thi s m en u to rotate the p ictu r es that you‟ve t a ken w ith you r camera. 1) V iew the ph oto you w ou ld like to ro t ate. 2) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 3) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to scro ll and select the „ Rot ate ‟ m en u. 4) Press the UP or DOWN d[...]

38 Protect/Lock M enu Pictur es and V i deos tak en with your cam era can b e protected or “ l ocked” to prevent any deletion or alteration being m ade to the f iles. 1) V iew the pho to you w o uld like to protect/lock. 2) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 3) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton [...]

39 Slide Show Menu Y ou ca n view a Slide Show of all the p ictures t aken with your cam era by pr ess ing the UP Quick Function button while in Playback mode. The Slide Show m e nu allows you to set the interval len g th of tim e that ea ch picture will display during the slide show . 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m[...]

40 Video Cap tu re Mode The Video Capture Mode allows you to captur e vi d eos with your digita l camera. W hen the cam era i s f i rst pow ered ON, th e c am era will be in Photo Capture Mode. Press the MODE button once to access the V ide o Capture Mo de . T aking a Video 1) W hile in V ideo C a pture M ode use the LCD display to direct the cam e[...]

41 Video Capture Mode Quick Fun ction Buttons Y our digital cam era ha s a four-dir ect ional pad that functions as Quick Function butt ons. Quick Function Button Function Lef t Scene Selection – Ope ns the Scen e m e nu Up Light Exposure – Open s t he Light Ex p osure m enu Ri ght Delete - Opens the „Delete This Video‟ option and allows yo[...]

42 Video Capture Mode Me nus The following are the m enus that a pp ear in your cam er a‟ s V i deo Capture Mode:[...]

43 Scene Menu The Scene Menu allows you to choose scene settings that let your cam er a to adapt properly to your current environment. 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to scroll and select the „ Scene ‟ m enu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct i on control [...]

44 Image Q ua lity Menu The Im ag e Quality m enu allow s you to select the desired qua li ty l evel of t he images taken by you r cam era. Keep i n m ind th at images w ith a high er image quality le v e l w i ll al so take up m or e m e mory on you r cam er a. 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 2) Press the L E [...]

45 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display o n the LCD screen. 9) Re m e m be r that this setti ng w i ll be saved by your cam e ra until you manually change the setting or restore the cam er a‟ s default factory settings. Color E f fect M enu Y ou ca n choose to add a color ef fect to the images taken with your cam era. The Color Eff[...]

46 7) Pr ess th e MODE button to ex it th e m en u and retu rn to you r previous m ode. 8) An icon reflecting your se lection will display o n the LCD screen. 9) Re m e m be r that this setting will be saved by your cam er a until you manually change the setting or restore the cam er a‟ s d efault factory settings. Light Exposure Menu The Light E[...]

47 sensi t ivity to light how ever , m a y reduce the q u ality o f the im ages that a r e taken. W hen the ISO is reduced, the im ag e sensor in your camera w ill be less sens itive to light and w i ll opt imize the im age quality in environm ents w ith b r igh t lighting. 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 2) Pr[...]

48 5) A selected option icon w ill appea r on the selected item . 6) Press the L E FT or RIGHT button to select the next menu item. 7) Press the MODE button t o exit the m enu a nd retur n to your previous m o de. 8) An icon reflecting your se lection w ill display o n t he LCD screen. 9) Re m e m be r that this setting will be saved by your cam er[...]

49 T o Enab l e/Disab le t he T imes tamp: 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to scroll and select the „ Date/T ime ‟ m enu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN di re ct ion control button to scroll through the m enu options. 4) Press the SET b utt on to select and sa[...]

50 1) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the current m o de. 2) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to scroll and select the „ Auto Pow er Off ‟ m e nu. 3) Press the UP or DOWN direct i on control button to scroll through the m enu options. 4) Press the SET b utt on to select and save the d esired op t ion. 5) A sele[...]

51 Format M e mory Card Menu Y ou ca n use the Form at Memory Card m enu to dele te all of the c ontent that is currently o n y our cam era‟s m emory car d. Keep in mind that formatting the memory card will permanen tly delete all o f the c o nte nt o n your camera’ s memory card. This option will delete all of the content at one tim e. If you [...]

52 Y ou wil l then autom aticall y ex i t the m en u and retu rn to the previous m od e w ith t he digita l cam era setti ngs set to the Factory Def ault Settings. NOT E: After RESETTING to the default sett in gs, it is recomm e n ded to sel ect your syst em Language, Date/T ime and V i vi L ink for Photos and V i deos. If y ou do not, the next tim[...]

53 Video Pla y back M ode The Playback Mode a llows you to review and edit photos and videos that you‟ve already tak en w ith you cam era.  W hen yo u f ir st turn on the cam er a, the camera w ill be in Photo Capture m ode by defau lt .  Pre ss the MODE butt on twice to open the Play back Mode.  Th e la test captured image appears on th[...]

54 3) Press the SET b utt on to enlarge the im a ge full size . 4) Once the selected video is full size you can play and view the video. Video Play back Mode Quick F unction B uttons Y our digital cam era ha s a four-dir ect ional pad that functions as Quick Function buttons. Quick Function Button Function Lef t PREVI OUS - Di splays the previous i[...]

55 Video Play back Mode Menus The following are the m enus that a pp ear in your cam er a‟ s V i deo Playbac k Mode: Delet e M enu W hile i n the Playback Mode, you can delete videos from your cam e ra through the Delete m en u. 1) Select th e video you would like to delete. 2) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the V i deo Playback m[...]

56 del e te a locked image, fir st unlock the image, then select delete.  If you do not want to delete all of y our videos and photos, se le ct „No‟ and press the SE T button. All images w ill rem ai n on your SD card and you will exit the m enu a nd return to the Pla y back m ode. V iviLink Menu The V i viLink tec hnology a llows you to qui[...]

57 Protect/Lock M enu Pictur es and V i deos tak en with your cam era can b e p rotected or “locked” to prevent any deletion or alteration being m ade to the f iles. 1) Select the video you would like to protect/lock. 2) Press the SET b utt on to open the m en us for the c urrent m ode . 3) Press the L E FT or RIGHT direction control bu tton to[...]

58 Installing the Software Y ou m u st b e c onnected to the internet to i nstall and ru n the V ivitar E xperience Image Man ager so f tware. 1) Insert the insta llation CD i nto your CD-ROM dri ve. T he inst allatio n screen sh ould automaticall y open. 2) On PC: The V ivi ta r Ex peri ence Im age Manager Insta ll er window appears. I f the windo[...]

59 4) If you have internet access, the “Choo se y our language” w in dow opens, choose your lan g uage and click “Next” to open the nex t window . 5) Select your camera m od el fro m the li st and c lick “Next” to open the next w indo w . 6) Click “ Nex t” to confirm your camera model selection and to in st all the app lication. 7) [...]

60 Connectin g the Cam era to the C omputer 1) Use the USB cable that cam e with your c am e ra to connect your cam e ra to your co m pute r . 2) Pow er the cam er a ON. 3) The fir st t ime you connect the device to the com puter yo u w ill have to w ai t a few secon ds until the com puter r ecogn i zes the device. Getting P hotos and Vi deos from [...]

61 7) Select to remove the m e dia files fr om the se lected device (removable disk) af ter the im po rt. 8) Click the “Get Media ” button to transfer the ph otos and videos from yo ur ca m era to your com puter . 9) A m e dia downlo ad progress bar appears on the bottom l eft show ing the number of m edia files downloading to your com puter . [...]

62 Transfer ring Images fr om m y C amer a to my Com puter M anuall y T rans ferring Photo s and V ideos : WINDOWS 1) Use the USB cable tha t c am e with your c am er a to connect your cam er a to your co m puter . 2) MSDC appear s on the LCD. 3) A w in dow appear s w i th a list o f options, select “ Op en folder to v i ew files ” and click OK[...]

63 T rans ferring Photo s and V ideos : Apple iPad NOT E : P l ease check your device p a ckag in g for com patib ility with the iPad. Apple iPad Camera Connection: For models that are com p ati ble w ith the iPad , photos and v ide os c an be im ported from your digi t a l cam er a to your iPad by follow i ng either one of the options below : 1) C[...]

64 Sakar War ranty Card This warranty covers for the original consum e r pur ch aser only and is not transferab le. Product s that fail to function properly UNDER NORMAL USA G E, due to defe ct s in m ater ial or w ork m an ship w ill be r epa ire d at no charge for part s or labor f or a period of one y ear from the time of purchase. What I s Not [...]

65 Technical S upport For tec hnical support issues please visit our website at www .vivit ar .co m . Y ou can f ind m an uals, softw ar e and F AQ‟s at the website. Can‟t find w ha t you are looking for? E -mail u s a t support@vivit ar .co m and one of our techn ical support team mem bers w ill answer your questions. For p ho ne suppo rt in t[...]