Argus DC 1600 User Manual

Argus user guide digital camera dc 1600

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Digital Camera User Guide Table of Contents Lincense Agreement ........1 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notice .
  • Page 3: Lincense Agreement

    Digital Camera User Guide License Agreement Microsoft, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Me are registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. The TWAIN driver and the AVI Creator is developed by VLSI Vision Ltd.,UK. The Photo Fantasy, Photo Printer and Photo Studio is licensed by Arcsoft, USA.
  • Page 4: In This Package

    Digital Camera User Guide In This Package • Digital Camera • Digital Camera Software CD-ROM • USB cable Note: 3 x AAA batteries needed for the Digital Camera are NOT included. System Requirements • Multimedia PC Pentium 133 or higher / Mac G3 or higher •...
  • Page 5: Batteries Installation

    Digital Camera User Guide Batteries Installation Open the battery door at the back of your camera. Install 3 x AAA Alkaline batteries into Digital Camera, as shown. Make sure to orient the positive (+) and negative (-) ends of the batteries exactly as shown.
  • Page 6: Avi Creator Program

    Digital Camera User Guide AVI Creator Program • It is a program to create a video file from the camera. • AVICreator will install in your hard disk automatically after Arcsoft’s software install completed. • To launch AVICreator, click ‘Start’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘Programs’/Digital Camera Suite/ AVICreator’.
  • Page 7: Taking Photos

    Digital Camera User Guide Taking Photos Once your Digital CD-ROM software is installed, you’re ready to learn about taking photos. Holding the Camera Hold the camera as shown below when taking photos. • The camera will turn on once batteries are installed. •...
  • Page 8: Changing The Capture Mode

    Digital Camera User Guide Note: Default setting of the camera is on High Resolution Mode. • Look through the viewfinder. The focus is set to work best when taking a photo of a subject that is minimum 2 feet away from the camera. •...
  • Page 9: Getting Started With Digital Camera Suite

    Digital Camera User Guide Getting Started with Digital Camera Suite PhotoFantasy This is a funny role play program. In just a few seconds, you can become a supermodel, a pro athlete, a caveman or even Santa Claus. Let’s go into the program now. •...
  • Page 10: Main Screen

    Digital Camera User Guide • Main Screen The Main Screen contains controls that allow you to access the other program screens, as well as to make final adjustments and enhancements to your photo fantasy. • Main Screen Get Fantasy Button : opens the Get Fantasy Screen, so you can select the fantasy background for your photo fantasy.
  • Page 11: Get Fantasy Screen

    Digital Camera User Guide Get Fantasy Screen Clicking the Get Fantasy Button takes you to Get Fantasy Screen. Here you can select the fantasy background from software CD and create your own fantasy background. • Get Fantasy Screen Fantasy Category Menu : provides a list of available fantasy categories. This list includes categories contained on your CD-ROM and a ‘My Fantasy’...
  • Page 12: Get Photo Screen

    Digital Camera User Guide Get Photo Screen After you create the fantasy background, clicking the ‘Get Photo Button 1,2 or 3’ in the Main Screen takes you to the Get Photo Screen. You can choose the photos for your photo fantasy and create new category of photos.
  • Page 13: Photoprinter

    Digital Camera User Guide PhotoPrinter This is a simple program for you to print the picture in several steps. Go into the program and upload the pictures from the camera. Select a feature to print the photo to your favor. •...
  • Page 14: Photoprinter Main Screen

    Digital Camera User Guide • PhotoPrinter Main Screen The PhotoPrinter Main Screen contains buttons that let you quickly access the Photo Album, Crop, Edit and Frame Screens. • PhotoPrinter Main Screen Get Photos Button : this button takes you to the Photo Album Screen where you can select photo(s) for printing.
  • Page 15: Photostudio

    Digital Camera User Guide PhotoStudio PhotoStudio is a powerful, easy-to-use, digital image editing program for PC’s running. It enables full-color images to be acquired, managed, enhanced, retouched, and output for publications, presentation, and the internet. • To Launch PhotoStudio Click ‘Start’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘Programs’/Digital Camera Suite.
  • Page 16: Photostudio Main Screen

    Digital Camera User Guide • PhotoStudio Main Screen The PhotoStudio Main Screen contains commonly used commands and options grouped under different titles: File, Edit, Mask, Transform, Enhance, Effects, Convert, View Window and Help. Each menu group title has its own pull-down menu where specific commands and options are found.
  • Page 17: Avi Creator

    Digital Camera User Guide AVI Creator AVI Creator can transfer your Digital Camera photos to AVI (Video) format. The total time is 15 seconds for CIF (Low Resolution) photo and 3 seconds for VGA (High Resolution) photo. • To Launch AVI Creator Click ‘Start’...
  • Page 18: Hints On Taking Quality Photos

    Digital Camera User Guide Hints On Taking Quality Photos • If you want to take a photo of your friend, try to take at least half the body size. You will not get her eyes clearly if you take the whole body. •...
  • Page 19: Trouble Shooting

    Digital Camera User Guide Trouble Shooting • Turning off the power will cause the loss of all stored photos. Please make sure you have uploaded the important photos before the switch is turned to off without the USB power provided. •...
  • Page 20: Product Specification

    Digital Camera User Guide Product Specifications • Digital Camera Resolution Lens Memory Number of Pictures View Finder Buzzer Picture Retention Battery Power Auto-Off Upload speed • Digital Camera Suite Software (PC version) AVICreator PhotoPrinter PhotoFantasy PhotoStudio USB driver • Digital Camera Suite Software (Mac version) PhotoPrinter PhotoFantasy PhotoStudio...
  • Page 21: Appendix I Installing Pc Driver & Upload Photos

    Digital Camera User Guide Appendix I Installing PC Driver & upload photos A. For Win 98/Me OS users Put the CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive. It will automatically start the installation. In the final step, it will install the driver. You can select the languages for the driver’s dialog panel.
  • Page 22 Digital Camera User Guide How to upload the images with the Arcsoft programs. A. PhotoStudio Goto Start-Program Files-Digital Camera Suite, double click on the PhotoStudio Select File-Acquire-Select Source, select the Digital Camera Select File-Acquire-Acquire, it will open the TWAIN driver dialog panel. If you have taken some photos and connected the USB cable, it will upload the thumbnails in several seconds.
  • Page 23 Digital Camera User Guide B. PhotoPrinter Click Start-Programs-Digital Camera Suite, double click on the PhotoPrinter. Select the Get Photos icon. Select the Camera icon. Select the source : Digital Camera. Click OK. It will appear the dialog panel. Uplaod any or all photos to a new template in the PhotoPrinter. C.
  • Page 24: Appendix Ii

    Digital Camera User Guide Appendix II Installing Mac Driver & upload photos This MAC version CD-ROM consists of 8 folders and one PDF document listed as below : Acrobat Reader 3.0 : Acrobat Reader for reading a PDF file MAC driver : CP084 MAC driver version 1.4b3 English : English version of Arcsoft programs...
  • Page 25 Digital Camera User Guide Camera Control C. Install PhotoFantasy, PhotoPrinter or PhotoStudio In the CD-ROM, you can find the folders English, Italian, French, German and Spanish. Select the language you need. Eg. English folder. Inside it with the Arcsoft programs. Click on the PhotoFantasy.
  • Page 26 Digital Camera User Guide D. Get the photos with the Arcsoft programs PhotoFantasy Find the folder of PhotoFantasy in the hard drive. Double click on the PhotoFantasy 2000. It will see the dialog panel of PhotoFantasy. Click on the Get Fantasy icon. Select a Fantasy photo and click OK.
  • Page 27: Appendix Iii

    Digital Camera User Guide Appendix III FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS : 1. I always take bad quality photos at home, why? Take the photo with enough light intensity. You need to take photos in your office or outside with sunlight. It is not recommended to use it indoor at night.
  • Page 28 Digital Camera User Guide 16. Can I use it when it is raining? Do not use it when it is raining or it is easy to get water drops. This camera is not protected from water. 17. Will the PC be damaged if I connect the camera with the USB cord? The current consumed from the USB port is small amount compared with the maximum output of the USB port.
  • Page 29 Digital Camera User Guide 30. Sometimes I cannot take a photo, why? You will hear a ‘Gi’ sound and the camera will not function to take a photo if the environment is too dark or too bright. It will operate properly for normal light intensity. 31.

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