Table of Contents Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video... 3 Using the Panel..5 Power...6 Modes...7 DV Mode Taking Movies...11 Video Out... 12 DSC Mode Taking Pictures...13 DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages... 15 MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music... 17 PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback...19 Advanced Playback...
Getting to Know Your Digital Video Front View Shutter Speaker Back View Status LED (Power On/USB) LCD Viewfinder Zoom Power Button Lens Front LED Microphone Panel En 3...
Using the Panel Display Menu DV/DSC/DVR/MP3 Mode Switch Record/ Playback Exit/ Mode Switch Stop Play/Pause/ Enter Back/Down/Self-timer Volume/Hold(Press 2 Sec.) Next/Up/Resolution En 5...
Power Power On/Off Power Low If your battery is low, you will see a battery icon ( )shown on the top center of the LCD. If your battery is about to run out, you will see a blinking battery icon ( center of the LCD.
Modes -continued DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR Mode/MP3 Mode/PLAYBACK Mode There are four main modes and PLAYBACK mode in this Digital Video. The four main modes are DV Mode, DSC Mode, DVR Mode and MP3 Mode. 1.DV Mode: take videos with sound 2.DSC Mode: take pictures 3.DVR Mode: record voice messages.
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Modes -continued Connected to PC(Mass Storage Mode/PC Camera Mode) USB Cable USB port Using Console (Not Available for MAC) By connecting your Digital Video to a computer, the Console opens. Meanwhile your Digital Video switches to Mass Storage, too. You may choose either to transfer the camera data through Console program or through Mass Storage Mode.
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Modes -continued Mass Storage Mode Connect your Digital Video to a computer, it will turn to Mass Storage Mode. In Mass Storage Mode, your Digital Video acts exactly like a hard disk. That means you can access it via the Windows user interface. You can copy, move or delete files (pictures, movies, voice messages or MP3 music) exactly the way you manipulate files under Windows user inter- face.
Taking Movies Taking Your First Movie Press Power Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture Press Shutter to start recording Press Shutter again to stop Switch to DV Mode Zoom in or Zoom out En 11...
Taking Movies -continued The recording timer While you’re filming, the recording timer will be displayed on the LCD. Before Recording While Recording Video Out Video Out This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set. To configure the Digital Video, please refer to the section NTSC/PAL.
Taking Pictures Taking Your First Picture Press Power Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture Press Shutter to take a picture Switch to DSC Mode Zoom in or Zoom out En 13...
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Taking Pictures The Picture Counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the top right corner of your LCD. First, it will show the number of the total recordable files of this Digital Video. En 14 -continued Total estimative recordable files...
Recording Voice Messages Recording Your Voice Messages Press Power Press Shutter to start recording Press Shutter again to stop Switch to DVR Mode En 15...
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Recording Voice Messages The recording timer While you are recording voice messages, the recording timer will show on the top right corner of your LCD. Before Recording While Recording En 16 -continued Total estimative recordable time Total recording time...
Listening To MP3 Music Listening To MP3 Music Press Power Press BACK or NEXT to select one track Press to play MP3 music Switch to MP3 Mode En 17...
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Listening To MP3 Music Press to pause MP3 information The title of the selected track NOTE: The title of the tracks will show ONLY in alphabet. If the title can’t show in alphabet, it will show in “TRACK 001”, “TRACK 002”, and “TRACK 003” and so on.
Basic Playback Basic Playback Switch to PLAYBACK mode The information of the selected file will show on the LCD. The Mode of the selected file Press BACK or NEXT to navigate The selected file number/ The total files number The time of the selected file En 19...
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Basic Playback -continued The following step only works in DV and DVR files. Press PLAY to start Press PLAY again to pause Press NEXT or BACK to fast-forward or fast-backward Press STOP to stop En 20 Blink...
Advanced Playback Preview in Multiple view/Single view or Hide the information Press to preview in Single view Press again to hide the information Press again to preview in Multiple view En 21...
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Advanced Playback Quick Search (Back/Next) Press for a second to Quick Search backward Press for a second to Quick Search forward En 22 -continued...
Changing the Quality Setting DV Record Mode You can change the movie’s quality setting whenever you want. 1. In DV Mode, press the 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner. “ ” is fine quality, “ ” is normal quality and “ quality.
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Changing the Quality Setting -continued DVR Record Mode You can change the quality setting of voice messages whenever you want. 1. In DVR Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner.
Using Self-Timer (for DV and DSC mode) This Digital Video has a built-in 10 second self-timer. Press Timer The timer starts to count down from 10 seconds. This icon will blink during count-down. (Note: You could press any button to cancel self-timer during the count- down.) Press Shutter to start The count-down number...
Using Guide Line/The LCD Display Using Guide Line (for DV mode and DSC mode) You can use guide line while taking movies or pictures. In Record Mode, press the button, the guide line will show on the LCD screen. The LCD Display To save energy, Digital Video allows you to switch off the LCD panel.
Using Hold Using Hold (Press 2 Sec.) By pressing for 2 seconds, the buttons on the panel will be locked. The buttons on the panel will not function while in HOLD function. To cancel the HOLD function, press for 2 seconds. buttons locked Volume Adjust You can adjust playback volume by using...
Attention Icon En 28 Memory Full If your Digital Video’s memory card is full, you can not take any new movie, picture or voice message. Memory Card Indicator Card Lock If you insert a SD memory card with the lock feature on, you will see a card lock icon in the left side of the LCD.
Menu Press Press NEXT or BACK to select Press to change Press to exit En 29...
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Menu -continued Digital Effect (for DV and DSC mode) This Digital Video offers four options to varify your movies and pictures. The four options are OFF (no effect), SEPIA, B&W and MOSAIC. Night Shot ON/OFF (for DV and DSC mode) Night Shot is long time exposure to let you take a movie or picture at night or in dim light.
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Menu -continued Information ON/OFF (for DV and DSC mode) You can choose show the information or hide the information. Attach Date ON/OFF (for DSC mode) If you choose Attach Date ON, date will attach on the picture that you recorded. Date You could set the correct date for your digital video.
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Menu -continued Auto-Off ON/OFF Under Auto-Off, if you leave your Digital Video unused for certain times, this Digital Video will be auto-off. There are three options: 1 minute, 2 minutes and 5 minutes. (Note: If you set Auto-off ON for 2 or 5 minutes; LCD will be off first after 1 minute.) NTSC/PAL NTSC/PAL are two incompatiable analog TV signal formats.
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Menu -continued Slide Show You can choose to playback your movies, pictures, voice messages or MP3 in Slide Show. The Slide Show playback time is 5 seconds for each movie, picture, voice message or MP3. To exit, press STOP. Repeat ON/OFF (only for MP3 files) You can choose to playback your MP3 repeatedly.
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Menu -continued Del One/ Del ALL You can choose to delete one file or all files. Press to confirm. Otherwise, press to exit. Format your Memory Card If you want to erase all movies, pictures, voice messages, MP3 and other files, you can select FORMAT under the menu and press to wipe out the memory completely.
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