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Summary of Contents for Meade Meade 8 x 42 2.0D CaptureView TM Integrated Binocular and Digital Camera
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Page 1: Operating Instructions
Operating Instructions Meade ® 8 x 42 2.0D CaptureView Integrated Binocular and Digital Camera... - Page 2 Page 2 Fig. 1: Top View 1. Diopter Scale (on underside of right eyepiece) 2. SD Card Port 3. Eyepiece 4. Menu Button 5. Shutter Button 6. Left Button 7. Right Button 8. LCD Screen 9. Objective Lens 10. Camera Lens (not visible, see Fig.
- Page 3 WARNING! Never use a Meade the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the binocular at or near the Sun. Children should always have adult supervision while observing.
- Page 4 Meade CaptureView is an 8 x 42mm full-featured binocular integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to take pictures or movies. For best results, please follow these operating instructions to capture and download pictures. • Fully functional binoculars.
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Page 5: How To Use Your Binocular
II. How to Use Your Binocular To enhance your viewing enjoyment, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with your new binocular: Adjustment of Eye Relief for Eyeglass Wearers For best results when viewing an object while wearing eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and place them against your glasses. -
Page 6: How To Use Your Camera
Depending on the available light and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright or as centered as when viewed through the binoculars. CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus manually) and takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus. - Page 7 III. How To Use Your Camera Camera Modes CaptureView provides the following modes: Menu, Preview (Still, Movie and Flashback), and Playback. Press the Menu button to enter the Menu mode, which displays the menu and menu options. Use the Menu mode to select and activate CaptureView’s many features. See M , pages 11-14, for ENUS more information.
- Page 8 III. How To Use Your Camera Using the Buttons and Moving through the menus • Press and hold the Menu button • Press the Menu button to display the menus. • Use the Right and Left buttons options. • When the box is over a menu or menu option you wish to select, press the “Back”...
- Page 9 1.Lift up the LCD (8, Fig. 1) to an upright position. Press and hold the Menu button (4, Fig. 1) for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Point the binoculars and you will see images appear on the LCD.
- Page 10 III. How To Use Your Camera To playback your captured images: 7. To see the image(s) that you have captured, move the selection box to the Playback menu (the right pointing triangle icon) and press the menu button. The last image you captured displays on the LCD screen.
- Page 11 Main Menu Still Mode. Select to take still images. Remember to check your resolution setting before taking a still image. Movie Mode. Select the Movie icon from the Main menu to take movies. This puts you into the Preview mode. Then just press the Shutter Button to record and press again to stop recording.
- Page 12 Main Menu {continued} FlashBack feature records a movie for a user-selected period of time (5, 10, 15 or 20 seconds). You will select the Flashback menu icon and press the Menu button to activate recording. You can record for as long as you like, but you will only save a recording for the period of time you have selected.
- Page 13 Main Menu {continued} Playback Mode. Press once to review still images or movies captured in the Preview mode. Press the Right or Left Arrow buttons to scroll through the items (still pictures or movies) you have captured. While in Playback mode, press the Menu button once to displays Playback setting submenus: Delete Last Image, Delete All Images, and Format.
- Page 14 Main Menu {continued} Exposure Auto. Select this setting to allow CaptureView to automatically select dark-light exposure of the image. Normally, you will use this setting. Backlight. Select this setting to manually set the exposure using the Right and Left buttons. Use this feature only in the most extreme lighting situations. Page 14 IV.
- Page 15 Settings Settings. Select this icon to display the Settings submenus: Time and Date, Beep, Info Display, Date Stamp, Flicker, Flashback Period and Default. Settings Menu Time and Date. Select this menu to set the current time and date. Use the right and left arrow keys to scroll through the settings on each line of the clock menu.
- Page 16 Other LCD Icons Mass storage. Appears on LCD while you are downloading pictures or movies to a PC. Card Present. Displays when the SD card is in the camera. To load or eject memory card: Press the card in and release when you hear a click. The card may be read by any flash card reader.
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Page 17: System Requirements
Windows 98/Win M/Win 2000/Win XP 200MHz (or equivalent) processor or faster. 64MB of RAM free over System requirements Video (VGA) card with 2MB of RAM for minimum 16-bit (High Color) display. 4x CD-ROM drive. USB port (1.1). 600MB of free hard drive space. If you have questions regarding your PC system specifications, please contact your PC manufacturer. - Page 18 VI. Downloading and Software Installation No driver is necessary for downloading your pictures or movies unless you are using Windows 98. Just attach one end of the USB cable to the camera's USB port (2, Fig. 2) and the other end to your PC's USB port.
- Page 19 VI. Downloading and Software Installation For WinXp/2000/ME Users 1.Using the provided USB cable, plug the one end of the cable into the camera's USB port and the other end into your PC's USB port. Refer to Fig. 3. 2.CaptureView automatically installs drivers on your PC (there is no need for external drivers). 3.After setup is complete, using Windows Explorer, you can browse the were a hard drive.
- Page 20 VI. Downloading and Software Installation For Macintosh and Unix Users 1.Use a flash card reader to download your images to a Macintosh or Unix system cannot load to a Mac or Unix system using the camera's USB port—you must use a flash card reader).
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Page 21: Maintenance
Operating Environment: 41° to 104° F (5° to 40° C). 20%-85% relative humidity, non-condensing. Care of your CaptureView 1.Never immerse CaptureView into any fluid or liquid. Remove dust or stains with a soft cloth dampened with water or neutral detergent. Keep in a dry and cool dust-free environment or a container when it is NOT used. -
Page 22: Specifications
Binocular power Binocular objective lens diameter Binocular optical design Binocular close focus Angle of view (diagonal) Binocular field of view Image capture resolution Number of images at each resolution (Built-in Memory, average subject matter) Max length of movie Camera aperture Camera optimum range 35mm lens equivalent Memory (Built-in) - Page 23 4. Insure the package and send your binocular/digital camera, freight prepaid, to: ® The name “Meade,” and the Meade logo, are trademarks registered with the U.S. Patent Office and in principal countries throughout the world. All rights reserved.
- Page 24 P R O D U C T S D I V I S I O N Meade Instruments Corporation World’s Leading Manufacturer of Telescopes for the Serious Amateur 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 I (949) 451-1450 FAX: (949) 451-1460 I www.meade.com 82-240-00010 v.1.1 9/03...