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Page 1: User Manual
Vivicam 3350 User Manual English Rev 040102E TP... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction 1.1. Overview 1.2. Warnings and Precautions 1.3. Package Contents 1.4. System Requirements 1.5. Vivicam 3350 Features Installing the Battery Installing the Software 3.1. Twain Driver 3.2. PhotoImpression 3.3. Funhouse 3.4. In-A-Flash LE 3.5. User Manual Capturing Images 4.1. Power On the Camera 4.2. - Page 3 5.2.1. Transferring your Images to PhotoImpression 5.2.2. Transferring your Images to FunHouse PC/Web Camera Video Function 6.1. Using the ViviCam 3350 in Video Mode 6.2. Using the ViviCam 3350 with NetMeeting 6.3. Using the ViviCam 3350 with Movie Maker on Windows XP Specifications...
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Page 4: Introduction
1.0 Introduction - 1.1 Overview - Thank you for purchasing a Vivicam 3350 digital camera. digital images, short video-clips (continuous shooting mode), and it can also serve as a PC/Web camera. The V3350 is equipped with 8 MB of memory to store your images and movie clips. -
Page 5: General Warnings
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver... -
Page 6: Trademark Information
Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other names and products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owner. 1.3 Package Contents - The Vivicam 3350 package typically includes: Camera USB cable CD ROM with Application software and TWAIN Driver... -
Page 7: System Requirements
1.4 System Requirements - You must use a computer to download the images from your Vivicam 3350. The computer that you use must meet the following minimum requirements: Windows 98 Second Edition/2000/Me/XP Direct X 8.0 64 MB RAM 60 MB hard disk space available... -
Page 8: Vivicam 3350 Features
1.5 Vivicam 3350 Features - Viewfinder Shutter Button Front Side: Back Side: Lens Info/Status Power/Menu Button Hand Strap Hole Battery Door USB Port Tripod Socket... -
Page 9: Installing The Batteries
2.0 Installing the Batteries - Step 1: Open the battery door by lifting the tab on the door. Step 2: Insert two AAA batteries with the polarity as shown: Step 3: Close the battery cover. Warning: Do not open the battery door when the camera is powered ON. This will cause all images in memory to be lost immediately. - Page 10 Dispose of batteries properly in accordance with local laws and regulations. Do not place them in fire. The Vivicam 3350 has an automatic power-saving feature. The camera will turn off automatically if it has not been used after approximately twenty (20) seconds.
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Page 11: Installing The Software
3.0 Installing the Software - Install the camera software before connecting the camera to your computer for the first time. Place the Vivicam 3350 CD ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The CD will run automatically and present this welcome screen:... - Page 12 3.2 PhotoImpression – You may wish to install Arcsoft PhotoImpression™. Although it is not required to operate the camera; it is the perfect imaging software for novice and skilled users alike. PhotoImpression is an image editor with tools for enhancing, printing, and getting creative with your V3350 digital images. 3.3 Funhouse –...
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Page 13: User Manual
3.5 User Manual - Click on the “User Manual” button to go to the index of ViviCam 3350 User Manuals. The Vivicam 3350 User Manual is included on the CD ROM in several languages in PDF format. Note that you will need Adobe Reader on your PC to read the User Manual. -
Page 14: Capturing Images
4.0 Capturing Images - Using your new Vivicam 3350 is fun and easy. There are two basic steps to capturing your first image. Step 1: Turn on the camera by pressing the Power Button. Step 2: Press the shutter button to capture an image. -
Page 15: Capture An Image
When the counter says 000 the memory is full and you must download your images or delete them to make more space available. Note: The ViviCam 3350 does not have a flash (strobe). If it is too dark for the camera to capture a good image the camera will produce a double-beep sound, indicating that the illumination level is too low. -
Page 16: Camera Information Display
4.3 Camera Information Display - Beyond the basics of capturing an image, the Vivicam 3350 has many other features. Turn on the camera and notice the many icons and symbols on the Information display: As you press the Power/Menu button the display will change in the following order. -
Page 17: Power-Off The Camera
4.4 Power-Off the Camera - To turn-off the camera (immediately) press the menu button once. “ ” will appear in the Information display. Press the shutter button (within five seconds) to turn-off the camera immediately. Note: The camera will automatically power-off after twenty seconds of inactivity. -
Page 18: Deleting Images
Step 1: Power on camera. Press the Menu button three times until the “ ” icon appears in the display. Step 2: Press and hold the Shutter button. The camera will beep rapidly; once for every frame that is captured. The image count will scroll rapidly. Step 3: Release the Shutter button to stop recording. - Page 19 Resolution is the size of a digital image measured in pixels (dots), expressed as the number of horizontal pixels X number of vertical pixels. The ViviCam 3350 offers two resolution modes. The highest (best) resolution is 640 x 480. This is called VGA resolution, and is symbolized as “Hi” by the 3350 camera.
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Page 20: Image Compression
Too much compression reduces the visual quality of your digital images. The ViviCam 3350 has two compression settings. High compression, (symbolized by “Hd”) results in highly compressed images. The camera can store twice the number of images using Hd compression. Low compression (symbolized by “Ld”) will offer better images. -
Page 21: Light Frequency
4.10 Light Frequency - When capturing images or movie clips under indoor lighting the image quality will be best if you set the camera to match the frequency of the room-lighting. In generally 60Hz frequency is used in United States and Asia. 50Hz is most common in UK, Japan, and Europe. -
Page 22: Techniques For Capturing The Best Images
4.12 Techniques for Capturing the Best Images - The ViviCam 3350 can take good images. There are a few tips for getting the best possible images from your camera. Use good lighting. The ViviCam 3350 works best with adequate lighting. Since it has no flash your subject must be adequately illuminated. -
Page 23: Download Images To Your Computer
PC using the USB cable. You will know that the ViviCam 3350 is ready to use when two icons appear on your desktop. The “ViviCam 3350” icon is used for downloading still images to your computer. -
Page 24: Transfer Images To Your Pc
User Interface, or GUI) will appear: Step 1: Click on the “Down Load” button. The Vivicam 3350 GUI Images from the camera will appear in the display area. (If there are more than twelve images you may click on the “Next Page”... - Page 25 Step 3: After you have selected some images, click on the button labeled “Save to Disk”. This is described in more detail in the following section. Summary of ViviCam 3350 GUI functions: o Click on “Down Load” to examine the images in the camera as thumbnail...
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Page 26: Saving Your Images To Disk
You may email your images as attachments. Note: You may also launch the ViviCam 3350 GUI by clicking on: Start, Programs, ViviCam 3350, Vivicam 3350. Note: After your images are downloaded to your PC, disconnect the camera and close the ViviCam 3350 GUI. -
Page 27: Transferring Images To A Twain-Aware Application
5.2 Transferring Images to a Twain-aware application – You may call the Vivicam 3350 GUI from any Twain-aware application such as PhotoImpression using the acquire function. There is an advantage to doing this. Instead of saving your images directly to disk you may transfer your images to an image-editing program. - Page 28 Step 3: Click on the Acquire button. (The button with the image of a scanner and digital camera). The ViviCam 3350 GUI will appear. Use the ViviCam 3350 GUI as described in Section 5.1 with one exception. Because the ViviCam 3350 GUI has been called from a Twain application, a fourth yellow button will appear in the GUI.
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Page 29: Transferring Your Images To Funhouse
Step 3: Click on the “Acquire” button. The Twain source selection dialog box will appear. Select ViviCam 3350 and the ViviCam 3350 GUI will appear. Use the ViviCam 3350 GUI as usual. Note: You may also select “Dual-Mode DCS(2770)” to import a live-video... -
Page 30: Pc/Web Camera Video Function
PC users may use their Vivicam 3350 as a PC/Web cam. Note that the ViviCam 3350 is a dual mode camera. It is both a digital-still camera and a PC video camera. In the video mode the ViviCam 3350 is known as the “Dual-Mode DSC(2770)”... -
Page 31: Using The Vivicam 3350 With Netmeeting
Use Microsoft NetMeeting (see section 6.2) Use Windows Movie Maker for Windows XP (see section 6.3) Note: The Vivicam 3350 is a dual mode camera. You may use either mode, but you cannot use both modes at the same time. Close the ViviCam 3350 GUI before starting the DSC(2770) video mode. -
Page 32: Using The Vivicam 3350 With Movie Maker On Windows Xp
6.3 Using the ViviCam 3350 with Movie Maker on Windows XP – Windows XP users can use Windows Movie Maker. Click on Start, Programs, Accessories, Windows Movie Maker to start Movie Maker: After Movie Maker starts - Click on: “Capture from a Video Device”... -
Page 33: Specifications
7.0 Specifications Image Resolution: 640 x 480 Pixels (VGA), or 320 x 240 Pixels (QVGA) Built-in memory: 8 MB (SDRAM) Image storage Capacity: Resolution Hi = 640 x 480 (VGA) Lo = 320 x 240 (QVGA) Movie = 320 x 240 (QVGA) Viewfinder: Built-in optical view-finder Self-Timer: 10 seconds Continuous (movie) mode frame rate: 6 frames per second...
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