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Page 1: Digital Camera
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Page 2: Product Overview
4. Display button 5. Flash/OK button 6. Power button 7. Left button 8. Down/Zoom out button 9. Hand strap holder 10. Right/Menu button 11. Up/Zoom in button 12. Capture/Playback selector 1. Normal/Macro selector Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... - Page 3 4. Status LED 5. USB port Docking Station Back View Docking Station Front View 1. USB 2. Back Up Battery Charger Slot 3. Back Up Battery Charging LED Docking Station Top View Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
5 Playback Pictures and Video Clips ..........24 • Turning Picture/Video Clip Information Display On/Off ....24 • Reviewing the Pictures ............24 • Playing the Video Clip............25 • Deleting One Picture/Video Clip ..........26 • Deleting All Pictures/Video Clips ...........27 Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... - Page 5 12 Appendix ................44 • Technical Specifications ............44 • Capacity of SD Card.............45 • Uninstalling the Camera Driver (For Windows® 98SE user only) ..45 • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance...........46 • Regulatory Information ............46 Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Page 6: Getting Started
1 Getting Started The iON 230 camera provides you easy-to-use features. It has never been any easier or more enjoyable to take digital pictures. Here are a few examples of what you can do with your camera. Enjoy point & shoot operation. Adjust the resolution for print or email, white balance to suit light conditions and sharpness to suit your subject. -
Page 7: Attaching The Hand Strap
• Attaching the Hand Strap • Using Docking Station Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 8: Installing The Battery
Battery Charging LED on the Docking Station will be on. The battery begins charging and the battery charge indicator on the camera blinks. The LED will remain solid when it finishes charging. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... - Page 9 The LED will remain solid when it finishes charging. If you have a Backup Battery (optional - see www.polaroid-digital.com for more information), both batteries can be charged on the Docking Station at the same time. Leave one battery in the camera and use the battery charger slot in the Docking Station to charge the Backup Battery.
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Page 10: Turning The Camera On And Off
1. Turn the camera on. 2. Check the battery level status that appears on the camera LCD screen. Battery has adequate power. Only half of the battery power left. battery. Battery needs recharged. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 11: Camera Setting
Super Fine (Estimated no. only) Flash Mode on Fine Video clip counter Flash Mode off Economy Red Eye Flash Mode Video Mode Continuous Picture Mode Self-timer Full Middle Normal Mode Macro Mode Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 12: Setting The Beep Sound On And Off
Turn on the camera and set the Capture/Playback selector to Capture mode. Press Press Press Press Press Press to confirm. Select “EXIT” to exit Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 13: Automatic Power Off Saves Battery
• While the camera’s USB port is connected to a computer or other external devices, or while the camera is being controlled by an external device. • While the AC adaptor is connected to the camera. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 14: Setting Language
Using this setting, you can select the language you prefer for the LCD screen. Turn on the camera and set the Capture/Playback selector to Capture mode. Press Press Press Press Press Press to confirm. Select “EXIT” to exit Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 15: Taking Pictures
Usually we set the Normal / Macro Selector to Normal/Macro selector Normal when the subject is 3 feet (1 m) to infinity. For subjects within 6 to 9 inches (15 to 23 cm), set the selector to Macro Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 16: Taking Continuous Pictures
NOTE: • The flash does not fire during the continuous mode. • The number of continuous pictures you can take will depend on the available memory and resolution setting. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 17: Setting The 2X Digital Zoom
2. Set the Capture/Playback selector to Capture mode. 3. Press Up button to zoom in the subject. 4. Press Down button to zoom out the subject. 5. Press Shutter button to take pictures. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 18: Setting Flash Mode
Use this setting to avoid red glare in your subject’s eyes. The camera fires a brief, preflash flash before the regular flash. NOTE: Effective flash light range: Approx. 4 ~ 6 feet (Approx. 1 ~ 1.5 m). Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 19: Setting Lcd Brightness
You can set the brightness level of the LCD screen to suit your needs. Turn on the camera and set the Capture/Playback selector to Playback mode. Press Press Press Press to confirm. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 20: Setting Exposure Compensation
• When shooting under very dark or very bright conditions, you may not be able to obtain satisfactory results even after performing exposure compensation. • Exposure compensation returns to its default setting “0” after you turn off the camera. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 21: Setting The Image Quality
Therefore, the number of pictures that can be taken is for reference only. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 22: Setting Self-Timer
Press Press Press to confirm. The Status LED flashes to indicate that the countdown is being performed, it flashes quicker after 8 seconds. The self-timer turns off automatically after taking a picture. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 23: Recording Video Clips
In video mode, the resolution is set to 320x240 pixels. You can record video clip for approximately 60 seconds per video clip. Using a SD (Secure Digital) card can lengthen the video recording time. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 24: Playback Pictures And Video Clips
Information display on Press Press Press • Reviewing the Pictures 1. Turn on the camera. 2. Set the Capture/Playback selector to Playback mode. 3. Press Left button to view the pictures taken. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 25: Playing The Video Clip
3. Use Left button to select the video clip you want to play. 4. Press OK button to start playing video clip and press OK button to stop. NOTE: Icon “ ” is shown on the LCD screen when a video clip is selected. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 26: Deleting One Picture/Video Clip
Use Up/Down button to choose a picture/video clip you want to delete. Please note that an icon appears on the LCD screen when a video clip is selected. Press Press Press Press Press to confirm. Select “EXIT” to exit Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 27: Deleting All Pictures/Video Clips
You can delete all pictures and video clips in the internal memory or SD card through this setting. Turn on the camera and set the Capture/Playback selector to Playback mode. Press Press Press Press Press Press to confirm. Select “EXIT” to exit Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 28: Using Sd Card
230 camera. We strongly recommend the user to use a NEW or formatted SD card for the iON 230 camera. We will not guarantee any valuable data or files ( other than iON 230 camera’s ) in your SD card. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide... - Page 29 • Should water or any foreign objects ever get into the card slot, immediately turn off the camera, and contact your dealer or the nearest service provider. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Page 30: To Format A Memory Card Or Internal Memory
• Note that the data deleted by a format operation cannot be recovered. Make sure you do not have any useful data currently stored on a memory card before you format it. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... - Page 31 Remember to format a memory card if it was used in another digital camera or other devices. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Page 32: Installing The Software Onto A Computer
OS. Users using Windows® 2000 or XP do not need to install this software from the CD-ROM. For Windows® 98SE On Windows® 98SE Mass Storage function needs to install the iON 230 Driver. For Windows® ME, 2000, XP Directly plug-in the camera to transfer and play the pictures, video clips. - Page 33 1. Before you begin, close all other software applications opened on your computer. 2. Insert the CD supplied into the computer CD-ROM Drive. 3. Double click the CD-ROM icon “iON 230”. 4. Install the software included. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide...
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Page 34: Software Included With Your Camera
Once you have located your images, you can make your simple edits, print or share in no time at all! Assign the date to each of your photos here. This date will help you locate your images quickly. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... - Page 35 .PDF File Reading Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms, as well as fill in and submit Adobe PDF forms online. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Page 36: Computer System Requirements
• 64MB RAM (128MB recommended) • 150MB Free disk space • Colour monitor with high colour (16-bit) graphic capability or higher • CD-ROM drive • Standard mouse and keyboard • Stereo speakers Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 37: Transferring Pictures And Video Clips To Your Computer
While WDM Driver (PC Mode) allows you to view pictures and to take video clips on your computer. You can choose the Mass Storage/WDM by following procedures. Press Press Press Press Press Press to confirm. Select “EXIT” to exit Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 38: Connecting To Your Computer
6. All the pictures and video clips are placed in the folders “100MEDIA”. Highlight the pictures or video clips and drag them to a folder of your choice. You can also create sub folders to group them. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 39: Transferring And Viewing The Pictures And Video Clips On Mac
4. Double click the folder “untitled” to enter sub-folder “DCIM” -> double click “100MEDIA”. 5. You can copy the pictures and video clips from the “100MEDIA” folder and paste them to the hard disk. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 40: Using The Camera As A Web Cam
2. If you need further help on how to use Microsoft® NetMeeting™, select the “Help” under the menu bar and choose the topic you need. You can also refer to the Polaroid “EASY TO USE GUIDE TO MICROSOFT® NETMEETING™” or visit the website: http://www.microsoft.com/ windows/netmeeting. -
Page 41: Troubleshooting Problems
Camera does not turn on Battery is exhausted. Recharge the battery. Low battery icon appears Camera suddenly powers Auto Power Function Turn the camera on activated recharge the battery. Battery is exhausted. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... - Page 42 Press Display button to activate turns off. activating. the LCD screen. Please also refer to the help files & User Guides that accompany the enclosed applications. For further information and support, please visit our website: http://www.polaroid-digital.com Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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Page 43: Getting Help
Africa & Rest of the World (Baulkham Hills, New South Wales) ArcSoft Europe Support Centre (Ireland) Tel: 61 (2) 9899-5888 Tel: +353-(0) 61-702087 Fax: 61 (2) 9899-5728 Fax: +353-(0) 61-702001 E-mail: support@supportgroup.com.au E-mail: europe@arcsoft.com Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 44: Appendix
Effective flash range: Approx. 4 ~ 6 feet (Approx.1.2 ~ 1.8 m) • Viewfinder: LCD Monitor or optical viewfinder • External Connector: USB, SD card slot • Auto Power Off: 1, 3 minute(s), Off Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... -
Page 45: Capacity Of Sd Card
1. Unplug the camera from the PC. 2. Go to Start -> Setting -> Control Panel. 3. Double click Add or Remove Programs. 4. In Add or Remove Programs, select “Polaroid Digital Cam” and click the Change/Remove button. 5. Restart the computer after unstall. -
Page 46: Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance
Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com... - Page 47 Shielded cable must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class B FCC limits. Under the environment with electrostatic discharge, the product may malfunction and require user to reset the product. Polaroid iON 230 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com...
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