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Iomega FotoShow Digital Image Center User Manual

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  • Page 1 FotoShow Image Center as an external Zip ® 250 USB drive, please view the Zip drive Manual on the Zip disk that came with your FotoShow Digital Image Center. Instructions for use To view the Zip Drive Manual, you must have Microsoft ®...

  • Page 2: Limited Warranty

    Your sole and exclusive remedy for a covered defect is repair or replacement of the defective product, at Iomega’s sole option and expense, and Iomega may use new or refurbished parts or products to do so. If Iomega is unable to repair or replace a defective product, your alternate exclusive remedy shall be a refund of the original purchase price.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Table of Contents Opening an Existing Album ..29 Limited Warranty ....2 Creating a New Album .
  • Page 4 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Ejecting Disks Without Power ..46 Why Doesn’t the FotoShow Image Center ™ Ejecting CompactFlash Cards Respond When I Press the Buttons and IBM ® Microdrives ™...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started Getting Started List of Features The FotoShow ™ Digital Image Center provides a digital workspace where you can organize, edit, and present your digital photos and presentations. Your FotoShow Image Center can: ™...

  • Page 6: Accessories

    Digital Image Center User’s Manual Accessories There are several FotoShow ™ accessories that are not included with your FotoShow Digital Image Center. The FotoShow accessories listed below are available directly from Iomega’s web site at http://www.iomegadirect.com. S-Video Cable ™ Your FotoShow Digital Image Center can be connected to your TV or VCR using an S- Video connector.

  • Page 7: Front Panel Controls And Indicators

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started Front Panel Controls and Indicators ® 1. Zip Disk Slot 2. Power Light 3. CompactFlash ™ /Microdrive ™ Slot 4. Copy Button 5. 3.3v SmartMedia ™ Card Slot ® 6. Zip Disk Eject Button 7.

  • Page 8: Connecting Your Fotoshow Image Center

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual ™ Connecting Your FotoShow Image Center Typical Connection Your FotoShow ™ Digital Image Center can be hooked to an NTSC* TV, VCR, or AV receiver. Your FotoShow Image Center includes a set of RCA cables. Most TVs have RCA connectors. Check your TV’s user’s manual or the back of your TV to determine whether your TV has an RCA connector (pictured below).
  • Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ ™ Connecting Your FotoShow Connecting Your FotoShow Image Center Image Center device you are connecting to has stereo sound you will also find a red (right) AUDIO IN connector. The red connector is optional. TELEVISION BACK AUDIO/VIDEO VIDEO...

  • Page 10: Other Types Of Connections

    S-Video cable or RF Modulator (available from your local electronics store or directly from Iomega at http://www.iomegadirect.com). S-Video cables carry video signals only. You will still need to connect the red and white connectors on the RCA cable included with your FotoShow ™...

  • Page 11: Using An S-Video Connector

    (not included with your FotoShow Image Center) to connect to some TVs. In many cases you can use your VCR instead of an RF modulator. Please check Iomega’s web site at http://www.iomegadirect.com for recommendations on purchasing an RF modulator. Follow the instructions included with the RF modulator to connect your FotoShow ™...
  • Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual TELEVISION BACK AUDIO/VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO LEFT AUDIO RIGHT AUDIO VHF/UHF 4. Connect the RCA audio cable to the audio connectors on the back of your FotoShow Image Center.

  • Page 13: Using The Fotoshow ™ Auto Adapter

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ ™ Connecting Your FotoShow Connecting Your FotoShow Image Center Image Center appropriate video input channel. If you hooked the audio channel to a stereo or AV receiver turn it on. NOTE: If you are connecting the FotoShow™ Image Center to a VCR or AV receiver, you will need to turn on the VCR or receiver as well as the TV.
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual If the tutorial does not start: 1. Press the SLIDESHOW button on the FotoShow ™ remote control. 2. Use the right and left arrow buttons to select Open/Create Slideshow, then press GO. 3.

  • Page 15: Copying Files To The Fotoshow Image Center

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Copying Files to the FotoShow Image Center ™ Copying Files to the FotoShow Image Center Your FotoShow ™ Digital Image Center provides a simple way to copy your digital photos ™ ™ ™...

  • Page 16: Copying Everything The Easy Way

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual The Copy Grid is used to view and select those pictures you would like to copy. It will display photos from your specified digital source—SmartMedia ™ CompactFlash ™...

  • Page 17: Portable Downloads The Quick Way

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Copying Files to the FotoShow Image Center 9. When the data transfer is complete the Copy will glow green if the transfer was successful, red if there was a disk or drive error, or flash red if your disk is full. This copy may take a few moments.

  • Page 18: Adding Photos From Your Computer

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual CAUTION! Your FotoShow ™ Image Center is compatible with 3.3v SmartMedia ™ memory cards only. Using a 5v SmartMedia card with your FotoShow ™ Image Center may cause irreparable damage to either the SmartMedia card or the FotoShow Image Center.

  • Page 19: Fotoshow Image Center At A Glance

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Image Center at a Glance...

  • Page 20: Image Center

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual...

  • Page 21: Using The Fotoshow ™ Remote Control

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center ™ Using Your FotoShow Image Center Remote Control Buttons ™ 1. Power Button—activates the FotoShow software. 2. A, B, and C Buttons—perform various tasks in the FotoShow ™...

  • Page 22: Using The Fotoshow Remote Control

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual ™ Using the FotoShow Remote Control 1. To open the battery compartment, press down on the latch on the back cover and pull the door towards you. 2.

  • Page 23: Using The Fotoshow Software

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center Using the FotoShow ™ Software ™ The FotoShow software is divided into three easy-to-use sections: the Album Gallery, the Editing Room, and the Slideshow Organizer. Each of these “rooms” has a unique set of tools to help you organize, enhance, and view your photos.
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual and operate in basically the same way. The main grid is the Photo Grid. It displays miniatures of your photos arranged in columns, and can be accessed easily from any of the three sections of FotoShow ™...

  • Page 25: Understanding System Folders

    Feel free to use the sample photos that Iomega has provided on your FotoShow Zip disk. If there are photos on the Zip disk, but no albums in the Album room, you should create an album before proceeding.

  • Page 26: Using The Keyboard

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual Using the Keyboard: When you create photo albums and slideshows you will need to use the on-screen keyboard to enter a name. You will also use the on-screen keyboard to edit album and slideshow names, captions, and file names.

  • Page 27: The Album Room

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center The Album Room The Album room allows you to view and organize your digital images and photos. You can create an individual look and feel for each of your albums using the Choose Theme tool.

  • Page 28: Alternate Photo Album Views

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual Alternate Photo Album Views There are a number of ways you can view the pictures in your album. When you open an album, you can use the A and B buttons to flip through the pages.

  • Page 29: Opening An Existing Album

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center Opening an Existing Album Use this tool to open an existing album and view or work with its contents. When an album is opened, the album name, the first picture, and the album date will appear on the screen.

  • Page 30: Removing Photos From An Album

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual 1. Open or create an album (see instructions above). This will be the album that your photos will be added to. 2. Use the Left and Right buttons to highlight the Move Photos In/Out icon. 3.

  • Page 31: Choosing A Theme For Your Album

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center 5. Press the arrow buttons to move between pictures. Press C to mark (or pick up) the photo you would like to move. 6. Press the arrow buttons to move the photo. Press C to reposition (or drop) the photo.

  • Page 32: Deleting An Entire Album

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual Deleting an Entire Album Use this tool to delete an entire album from FotoShow. When you delete an album that contains photos, you also delete those photos. A confirmation dialog box will automatically ask you if you are sure about deleting the album.

  • Page 33: Editing Your Pictures

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center Editing your pictures The Edit room is where you can fix, change, or play around with your photos. It’s simple, and it’s fun! Find the photo you want to modify in one of your digital albums, press the EDIT button on your FotoShow ™...

  • Page 34: Removing Red-Eye From Your Photo

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual 1. Select the photo you would like to edit. 2. If the Edit room toolbar is not visible, press the EDIT button on your FotoShow ™ remote control to toggle on the toolbar.

  • Page 35: Available Photo Effects

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center Available Photo Effects Black & White Sepia Turquoise Posterize Green Tint Blue Tint Orange Tint Magenta Tint Yellow Tint Cropping a Photo The Crop tool provides a quick way to remove unwanted portions of your image.

  • Page 36: Saving Your Photo

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual Saving Your Photo The FotoShow ™ software makes it difficult to accidentally lose or delete your photos, but it’s still important to save your photos. Whether you’re saving a photo after removing the red-eye or saving a copy of an edited photo to a new album, the process is quick and easy.

  • Page 37: Creating And Viewing A Slideshow

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center 3. Press the Left and Right buttons to highlight the Photo Info icon. 4. Press GO to bring up the Photo Info box. 5. Use the arrow buttons to select the tab that contains the information you wish to edit: date, caption, and file name.

  • Page 38: Turning An Album Into A Slideshow

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual 6. Enter the name and Press C to continue. Press the Back button to cancel. 7. You are now ready to add photos to your slideshow. For more information, see “Adding Photos to a Slideshow”...

  • Page 39: Running Your Slideshow

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center Running Your Slideshow The FotoShow ™ software allows you to run slideshows in either Manual or Automatic modes. In the Manual mode, use the Right or Down button to advance to the next slide and the Left or Up button to show the previous slide.

  • Page 40: Rearranging The Photos In A Slideshow

    All televisions crop images that fill the screen. To avoid cropping in full screen mode, Iomega recommends that you use the themes provided in the Slideshow room. The business themes have been optimized to show near full screen images without...

  • Page 41: Deleting An Entire Slideshow

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ Using the FotoShow Image Center Deleting an Entire Slideshow Use this tool to eliminate a slideshow from the Slideshow List. Deleting a slideshow will not delete the photos within it. Those photos will still exist in their original albums.

  • Page 42: Making Microsoft Powerpoint Presentations

    ® templates that have been optimized for use with the FotoShow ™ Image Center. To use the Iomega provided templates, insert your Zip ® disk into your computer’s Zip drive (you may need to follow the instructions on the purple side of the FotoShow QuickStart Guide to connect your FotoShow Image Center to your computer for use as a standard USB Zip drive), copy the contents of the TEMPLATES folder to your hard drive.

  • Page 43: Powerpoint ® Presentations

    18. Use the up and down arrows to select an appropriate theme, then press GO. NOTE: To prevent your image from being cropped, Iomega recommends that you use the one of the business themes rather than Full screen. See Troubleshooting for more information.

  • Page 44: Fotoshow ™ Essentials

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual ™ FotoShow Image Center Essentials To use the FotoShow ™ Image Center, insert a 250MB or 100MB* Zip ® disk, SmartMedia ™ ™ card, or CompactFlash Card and begin organizing, editing, and presenting your digital photos.

  • Page 45: Inserting Compactflash ™ Cards Or Ibm

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Essentials NOTE: ® disks with formats other than PC (i.e., Mac ® or Linux) will be automatically ejected when inserted into your FotoShow ™ Image Center unless it is hooked to a computer.

  • Page 46: Ejecting Zip Disks

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual CAUTION! Your FotoShow ™ Image Center is compatible with 3.3v SmartMedia ™ memory cards only. Using a 5v SmartMedia card with your FotoShow Image Center may cause irreparable damage to either the SmartMedia card or the FotoShow Image Center.

  • Page 47: Ejecting Smartmedia

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Essentials ™ Ejecting SmartMedia Cards Make sure that the SmartMedia ™ card reader is not busy before ejecting. If you are transferring files while your FotoShow ™ Image Center is connected to a TV, you should see a dialog box on the TV screen that will show you when the transfer is complete.

  • Page 48: Drive Sleep

    If you have existing data on 100MB disks, you can transfer it to 250MB Zip disks using the Iomega CopyDisk tool. (See “Copying Zip Disks” in the HTML Zip Drive Manual that came with your device.) ®...

  • Page 49: Using Fotoshow Media

    FotoShow ™ Image Center to your computer. See the help files installed with ™ IomegaWare software on your Mac hard disk for instructions on copying your Iomega disks. ® Windows PC Users: 1. Follow the instructions on the purple side of the QuickStart Guide to connect your ™...

  • Page 50: Formatting Zip ® Disks

    ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual NOTE: The Iomega CopyDisk tool cannot copy any files that are open or in use at the time the copy is made. If you are using a Macintosh ® or do not want to use CopyDisk, you can duplicate a Zip ®...

  • Page 51: Using Read/Write Protected Zip

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Essentials automatically ejected when inserted into your FotoShow Image Center unless it is hooked to a computer. ® Formatting Instructions for Windows PC Users: NOTE: You can use any Zip ® 250 drive that is connected to a computer to format your Zip disk.

  • Page 52: Using Write Protected Files

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual ® ® Removing Zip Disk Protection under Windows 1. Follow the instructions on the purple side of the QuickStart Guide to connect your ™ FotoShow Image Center to your computer. ®...

  • Page 53: Image Center Tips

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Tips ™ FotoShow Image Center Tips ® Working with the Zip Drive Here are a few tips you’ll want to keep in mind to care for your FotoShow ™ Digital Image Center, disks, and digital film! ™...

  • Page 54: Software

    ™ Image Center displays them in full screen mode. Iomega recommends that you center the content matter of your photos well away from the edges of your photos if you do not want them to be cropped in full screen mode. See “Why are My Pictures Cropped When I View Them Full Screen”...

  • Page 55: Working With The Fotoshow

    TV to be used. You can use your FotoShow Image Center as a portable device for downloading photos from your digital film when you are on the road. For best results when using your FotoShow Image Center alone, Iomega recommends that you: ®...

  • Page 56: Troubleshooting

    (depending on your connection type). If the problem persists, visit our website at http://www.iomega.com/support. If you are using an RF modulator try setting your TV to channel 3 or 4. Some RF modulators let you specify the video input channel.

  • Page 57: Why Does My Digital Photo Look Different When It Is Printed Than When It Is On The Computer Or Tv Screen

    The title safe area of the TV is approximately 512 pixels by 385 pixels. To avoid cropping in full screen mode, Iomega recommends that you position the main subject matter of your photos well away from the edges of your photo (in the title safe area).

  • Page 58: Why Does My Fotoshow

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual ™ Why Does My FotoShow Image Center Automatically Eject a Zip Disk as Soon as I Insert It? ™ There are several things that might cause your FotoShow Digital Image Center to eject your Zip ®...

  • Page 59: Why Can't I Locate A Photo I Saved In The Edit Room Yesterday

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Troubleshooting Why Can’t I Locate a Photo I Saved in the Edit Room yesterday? The Edit room is a work area and is not designed to store saved pictures. Your edited photo is most likely in the same album as the original photo. After you open the album that contains the original photo, you will find both photos displayed in the Photo Grid, accessible from the Album room.

  • Page 60: Where Do Pictures Go When I Save Them

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual Where Do Pictures Go When I Save Them? By default, your photos are saved into the album from which they came. When you edit and save a photo, you have a choice between saving over the original or keeping the original and saving a copy of the edited version.

  • Page 61: What Is The Difference Between Zoom And Crop

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Troubleshooting What is the Difference Between Zoom and Crop? The Zoom tool was designed to help you examine portions of your photo in greater detail. The amount you have zoomed in on your photo is displayed in the upper right corner of your screen, and depends on the original resolution of your photo.

  • Page 62: Why Do Only Some Of My Photos Have Captions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ™ FotoShow Digital Image Center User’s Manual all of the changes you have made while using the Album Info Tool. Pressing the BACK button will cancel all of the changes. Why Do Only Some of My Photos Have Captions? Although you have turned on the captions, some of your photos will not automatically ™...

  • Page 63: How To Get Help

    Iomega is committed to providing a first class technical support service. To meet this goal, Iomega offers a variety of support options designed to meet the needs of a wide range of users, including an award-winning web support site, automated FaxBack help, e-mail, and live technical support service.
  • Page 64 8. Exact description of the problem and any error messages received. Iomega has a highly trained technical support staff that is ready to take your call toll free at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (1-888-446-6342*), Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m.
  • Page 65 You can purchase Iomega products: • Online at http://www.iomegadirect.com (U.S. Only). • Calling 1-800-MY-STUFF (1-800-697-8833) (U.S. Only). • Visiting your local computer store. When purchasing Iomega products over the phone and on the Internet, you can use your credit card (Visa ® , MasterCard ®...

  • Page 66: Regulatory Information

    • If necessary, consult an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. NOTE: Changes or modifications to the electronics or enclosure of this product must be expressly approved by Iomega; otherwise, the user’s authority to operate this product may be voided by the FCC. Canadian Verification This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations (ICES-003, Class B).
  • Page 67 USB connections after IomegaWare ™ software is installed. • IomegaWare ™ software enables you to use Iomega USB devices on computers with a built-in USB connection running Windows ® 95 or Windows NT ® 4.0. (Some USB controllers or motherboards may not support all types of USB devices.)

  • Page 68: Usb Guidelines

    Continued on Page 67 Copyright © 2000 Iomega Corporation. Iomega, the stylized "i" logo, FotoShow, Zip, the Zip 100 brand block, the Zip 250 brand block, Clik! PocketZip, Jaz, ZipCD and IomegaWare are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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