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- Page 1 44090 MUSICAM Digital Camera and MP3 Player Owner’s Manual © 2007 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Appendix A: Technical Specifications ... 43 Appendix B: Troubleshooting ... 44 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the 44090 Digital Camera and MP3 Player. Everything you need to take quality digital photos is included with your device. Please read this manual carefully... -
Page 3: Key Features
• your computer to your MP3 for you to listen to wherever you are and whenever you want. What your camera includes Digital Camera and MP3 Player (2 in 1) • PhoTags Express, WebCam Express, Music Express and • driver installation CD USB cable •... -
Page 4: A Quick Look At Your Camera
• photos to your computer as soon as possible to prevent unintentional data loss. We strongly suggest not to use mp3 player and camera at • one time, as this will lead to unstable power supply. A Quick Look at Your Camera... -
Page 5: Charging Your Musicam For Use
Charging Your Musicam for Use Built-in Battery Your camera uses a built-in Lithium battery. When the Battery On/Off switch is On. the USB port serves as a charger for the battery. To charge the battery, simply connect the device via the USB cable to your PC, the camera screen will light up. -
Page 6: Starting Your Camera
period, leave the switch in the Off position, this will save the energy left in the battery. Battery Capacity Icons: An icon will appear on the top right corner of your LCD screen, showing the amount of battery power available. more than 70% power 5%-35% power... -
Page 7: Camera Mode
take photos and videos, download them to your PC, or use the device as a webcam. All MP3 functions will be disabled in this mode. MP3 mode: When the mode switch is set to MP3 (up), the device enters Mass Storage (MSDC) mode. All Digital Camera functions except for taking photos will be disabled, and you can now download music or other files onto your SD card. - Page 8 Press the Menu button to enter the Main Menu, and press the Power/Shutter button to select the Camera Submenus. Upon entering the Camera Submenu, you can choose between the following options: Take Photo Self-Timer AVI（Video） Continuous Capture Press the Shutter button to toggle through the various options within this submenu, and the Menu button to select the mode of your choice.
- Page 9 Press the Power/Shutter button to toggle between the different resolution options, and press the Menu button again to select and save the desired resolution. Options within the Resolution Modification Submenu are as follows: SVGA (1280x1024) VGA (640x480) QVGA (320x240) Note: Clearer photos will be taken at higher resolution, however low resolution will allow you to take many photos at one time.
- Page 10 Power/Shutter button to toggle between the frequency options, and the Menu button to select the desired frequency. Options within the Frequency Submenu are as follows: 50Hz 60Hz Note: 60Hz is suitable for the U.S. and Asia, and 50Hz for Europe and Japan. Delete All Submenu Press the Menu button to enter the Main Menu, press the Down button until the Delete All icon is selected and then press the...
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Page 11: Capturing Photos
Press the Shutter button on the left side of the camera. Press the “Preview” left dial arrow for the last photo taken to appear on the LCD screen. Now press the “Power Off/Menu” (up arrow on dial) mode button and the following screen will appear: Use the Down arrow to toggle between the Yes or No choices - Yes to delete the photo currently viewed, or No to cancel. -
Page 12: Capturing Video
Your camera can be set up to take 3 photos in one continuous shot. Select the Continuous shot mode from the camera menu options on the LCD screen. Select the Menu (up arrow) mode. When the continuous shot icon appears in the top left corner you can now take your shots. Press the Shutter button once and the camera will take 3 consecutive shots saved in jpeg format. -
Page 13: Webcam Mode
PC and ensure the Mode switch is set to DC. MP3 Mode In order to use your device as a MP3 Player, you first need to install the Music Express software on your PC. Please see the Software Installation section in this manual for further instructions. - Page 14 “Music Express” section of this manual. The MP3 Player has a memory card slot that enables you to insert any “SD” compatible memory card. The amount of music that can be enjoyed while using this device depends on the capacity of the card inserted. The greater the memory of the card the more songs you can add.
- Page 15 Using your MP3 Player Press and hold down the Power On/Off/ Play button in the center of the dial for 4-5 seconds to turn on your MP3 player. A red indicator light will light up. When this red light appears this is the indication that you are in the MP3 Player mode.
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Page 16: Software Installation
The sleep mode uses low energy consumption in order to prolong the device`s battery life. In order to enter this mode while the MP3 player is playing music, simply press and hold down the Power/On/Off/Play button for 3 seconds. The red indicator LED will change from a flashing light to constant. - Page 17 To Install the Software and Driver for the Digital Camera select the “Install PhoTags and WebCam Express software” button. This will begin the installation of the software. Please follow the instructions carefully to install this software to your computer. DO NOT PLUG YOUR CAMERA INTO THE USB PORT UNTIL THE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETELY INSTALLED.
- Page 18 On the “PhoTags Express" screen, click the “Next” button. Please review the license terms and click the “Agree” button to continue. Let the “PhoTags Express” installer create the folder where the program will be installed to, and then click “Install”.
- Page 19 Click “Finish” to let the “PhoTags Express” installer finish the installation program. This will automatically launch the Install shield for the camera driver. Click “Next” to continue. Follow the Setup screens that appear to install the driver for this camera .
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Page 20: Everything You Need To Get The Most From Your Photos
Once the program has finished installing you will be asked to restart your computer. Please do so. Congratulations!! You have successfully installed the “PhoTags Express”, “WebCam Express” software and the Camera Driver. To use the WebCam Express software see the “Using your Camera as a Webcam”... - Page 21 If the Camera is off it will automatically be turned on when the USB cable is properly connected and the Transfer mode icons will appear on the LCD screen. Click the “PhoTags Express” icon that appears on your desktop to open the “PhoTags Express” Software. From the Main Menu screen that appears, select the “Select Photos”, “Enhance Photos”...
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Page 22: Download Photos To Your Pc
Albums and Video CD, two additional workshop projects online at anytime and these will be automatically activated in “PhoTags Express”. Create Photo Albums and Slide Shows on CDs that can be viewed on your PC and VCD’s for viewing on your TV using your DVD player. - Page 23 Select the “Dual Mode Camera” option in the Active Devices window on the left. and select the “Custom” copy radial button in the Copy methods box. Click the “Next” button. Add Active Captions to your pictures. You can add a date, keywords, categories and more.
- Page 24 Choose where to place your photos and videos. The default is to place all photos and video into a folder under the C:\My Documents\ My Pictures folder with the date the photos where taken as the folder name. Click the “Finish” button to start the download process. A photos download progress bar appears showing the number of media (videos included) downloading to your computer.
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Page 25: Viewing Videos
transferred. For more information please refer to the Quick Start guide in PhoTags Express. Viewing Videos Make sure that your camera is connected to your computer with the USB cable. Open any application that will enable you to view video files (for example Windows Media Player). Videos created and downloaded should be sitting in the C:\My Documents\My Pictures\{date} folder. - Page 26 Adjust your Camera/Webcam to the desired position. The computer screen will display what the Webcam “sees”. To add audio to your video, plug a microphone into your computer. Click the “Capture” button to start recording the video. The recording elapse time will appear under the video. Click the “Pause”...
- Page 27 Position the Webcam so that it is pointing in the direction of the object you wish to photograph. The “image” appears in the application’s view screen. Select the “Capture” mode button at the top of the application screen Click the “Snapshot” button on the top left of the view screen.
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Page 28: Music Express Software Installation
Music Express Software installation Your Musicam Device is also an MP3 Player. Music Express allows you to copy songs in an organized and user friendly way from your computer to the SD Card that sits in the SD Card slot... - Page 29 If your camera is connected please DISCONNECT it now. Insert the Software CD that came with your Musicam Digital Camera and MP3 Player into the CD-ROM drive. Make sure that your Digital Music Player is NOT connected to the computer.
- Page 30 Please review the license agreement and click the “Agree” button Let the “Music Express” installer create the folder where the program will be installed to, and then click “Install” Click “Finish” to let the “Music Express” installer finish the installation program.
- Page 31 Congratulations!! You have successfully installed the “Music Express” software. Digital Music Player Registration Make sure that your Digital Music Player is NOT connected to the computer. Note: The first time you open “Music Express” the wizard will open automatically requesting device installation. To launch “Music Express”, double click on the program icon on your desktop.
- Page 32 Make sure that the button on the right side of the device is in the MP3 (up) position, and press and hold down the Power/On/Off/Play button for 4-5 seconds to power on the MP3 player, and then plug your Digital Music Player to the USB port.
- Page 33 Once the computer recognizes that you plugged your device, an “Install now” button will show, press it. When the installation is done, a message will come up saying that the device has been successfully registered. You are now ready to use Music Express and all its features!
- Page 34 The next time you plug in your Digital Music Player device, it will automatically open “Music Express” and display its contents in “My music player” mode. (For more information please refer to the help file in the software.) Device Auto-Detect The Device Auto-Detect detects your Digital Music Player as soon as you plug it into the USB port.
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Page 35: Using "Music Express" Software
To reset the Auto-Detect to launch at system start up do one of the following: Right click on the Auto-Detect icon in the notification area, press "Preferences" and check the check box. Click the "Preferences" button on the "Music Express" main window, choose the Auto-Detect tab and check the check box. - Page 36 Rip an Audio This feature requires Windows XP. Rip music from a music CD, copy it to your computer and add it to your music library. Click the “Rip CD” button in the “Get music” mode. Click the “Load CD” button to load the CD from the CD drive.
- Page 37 Copy music from removable drive Copy music files from any removable drive connected to your computer and add them to your music library. Make sure the removable drive is connected to your computer. Click the “Copy music from removable driver” button in the “Get music”...
- Page 38 3. The new playlist will now be listed in the “My playlists” window. Add music files to a Playlist 1. Select the music file/files you wish to add from the “All music” playlist or another existing playlist. 2. Click on the “Add music to playlist”...
- Page 39 Previous- play the previous song on the playlist. Next- play the next song on the playlist. Change the order of songs in your playlist Change the order of the songs by using the arrows: Move song up- move a selected song up in the playlist.
- Page 40 Delete a playlist 1. Choose the playlist you wish to remove. 2. Click the “Delete playlist” button. 3. A window will appear asking you to confirm your wish to permanently delete the playlist. If you wish to delete the playlist press “Yes”, if not press “Cancel”.
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Page 41: My Music Player Mode
Make sure you have a blank CD in the drive before pressing the “Begin burn” button. Once CD is ready a message will come up saying “Your CD has been successfully created”. My Music Player Mode The "My Music Player" mode lets you view, listen, upload, download and remove music files and playlists from and to your Digital Music Player. - Page 42 The higher the compression, the lower the music quality but more files will fit on the digital music player. Note: When using compression, copying the files to the MP3 player will be slower. 1. No compression- the music file is copied straight from your computer without compression.
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Page 43: Maintenance Of Your Digital Camera
Maintenance of Your Digital Camera Your 2 in 1 Digital Camera and MP3 Player is a delicate instrument- please handle it with care. Sakar Warranty Card This warranty covers for the original consumer purchaser only and is not transferable. Products that fail to function properly UNDER NORMAL USAGE, due to defects in material or workmanship. -
Page 44: Appendix B: Troubleshooting
Single Shot, Self-timer Shot, Shooting Mode Movie (QVGA 320x240): AVI format, 6 frame/sec Exposure Automatic White Balance Automatic Shutter Speed Electronic Shutter, 1/6-1/8,000 sec DC: JPEG/AVI File Format MP3: MP3, WMA, ASF Resolution Storage L (1280x1024) capability M (640x480) S (320x240) 640x480: 8 frame/sec, PC-Camera 320x240: 6-15 frame/sec... - Page 45 Athlon 300 MHz, or a Celeron 400 MHz or higher as well as at least 128MB of RAM. Please note that the older AMD K6 processors will not work. More information about determining your computer's specifications can be found in the General Computer Information section.
- Page 46 Unfortunately, the system requirements for our digital cameras andwebcams require a Windows operating system. There is no Mac driver available and no current plan to develop Q: If the webcam does not work: Make sure you have connected the webcam correctly into an available USB port or hub.