DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA User Guide User Guide User Guide User Guide User Guide multi-lang cover.indd English Français Italiano Português Nederlands Deutsch Español 中文 82-197-00021 5/31/2005, 9:55 AM...
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Table of Contents Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video Camera... 3 Understanding the Control Panel..5 Power...6 Modes...7 DV Mode Taking Movies...10 Video Out... 11 DSC Mode Taking Pictures...12 DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages... 14 MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music...
Getting to know your Digital Video Camera Front View Shutter button Speaker Battery cover Front LED Back View Control Panel LCD Screen Getting Started Zoom Lever Power Button Focus Ring Lens Flash (Optional) Microphone MMC/SD card cover USB/Earphone cover En 3...
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Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video Side View Battery Slot Back View En 4 -continued MMC/SD card slot AV out/Earphone jack USB port...
Getting Started Understanding the Control 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...
Getting Started Power Power On/Off Press the power button to turn your digital video camera on and off. Power Low When the battery is running low, a battery icon ( ) will appear on the top of the LCD. When the battery is about to run out, a blinking battery icon ( ) will appear on the top of the LCD.
Getting Started Modes Power On DV Record Mode DSC Record Mode DVR Record Mode MP3 Mode USB connected PLAYBACK Mode Mass Storage Mode En 7...
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Getting Started Modes -continued DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR Mode/MP3 Mode/PLAYBACK Mode This unit provides 4 modes. These modes are: 1.DV Mode: take videos with sound 2.DSC Mode: take pictures 3.DVR Mode: record voice messages. 4.MP3 Mode: listen to MP3 music. You can switch among these four modes by pressing .
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Modes -continued Connecting to PC (Mass Storage Mode) USB Cable Using Console (Not applicable to MAC computers) Connect your Digital Video to a computer with an USB cable. Mass Storage Mode Connect your digital video camear to a computer. In Mass Storage Mode, it acts exactly like a hard disk.
DV Mode Taking Movies Press Power Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your video Press Shutter button to start recording Press Shutter button again to stop En 10 Switch to DV Mode Zoom in or Zoom out...
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 This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set. To configure the Digital Video, please refer to the NTSC/PAL section. DV Mode Total estimative recordable time...
DSC Mode Taking Pictures Press Power Press Zoom lever to adjust the magnification ratio. Press Shutter button to take a picture En 12 Switch to DSC Mode Zoom in or Zoom out...
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Taking Pictures -continued The Picture Counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the upper-right corner of your LCD. It will show the number of the total recordable files of this Digital Video. Total estimative recordable files Macro/Portrait Mode You may set your camera to (macro mode) for closeup focus or to (portrait mode) for normal range focus.
DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages Press Power Press Shutter button to start recording Press Shutter button again to stop En 14 Switch to DVR Mode...
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Recording Voice Messages -continued The recording timer While recording voice messages, the recording timer will display on the upper-right corner of your LCD. Before Recording While Recording DVR Mode Total estimative recordable time Total recording time En 15...
MP3 Mode Listening to MP3 Music Press Power Press UP or DOWN to select a track Press to play MP3 music En 16 Switch to MP3 Mode Press to pause...
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Listening to MP3 Music -continued Press to stop MP3 information The title of the selected track NOTE: The title of the tracks will display ONLY in alphabetical letters. Title with illegal characters will display in “TRACK001”, “TRACK002”, and “TRACK003” and so on. Playing MP3s with the displaying panel closed You may close the displaying panel while playing MP3s and use the Zoom lever to select sound and Shutter button to play or pause.
PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback Switch to PLAYBACK mode The information of the selected file will display on the LCD. The Mode of the selected file Press BACK or NEXT to navigate En 18 Current file number/ The total files number The time of the selected file...
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Basic Playback -continued The following steps are only applicable to 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 PLAYBACK Mode En 19...
PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback Preview in multiple/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 20...
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Advanced Playback -continued Edit the beginning and ending of a video clip (optional) This function is only available on certain model Press to bring up the menu Press to select “EDIT FILM” Press to advance to a position and press starting point of the video clip.
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PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback -continued Press to reverse to an ending position for the video clip. Press to enter the option menu Select CONTINUE to return to editing screen, PREVIEW to play the edited clip, SAVE AS to save the clip as a new file, or SAVE to save and overwrite the original file.
Changing the Resolution Setting DV Record Mode 1. In DV Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the upper-left corner. “ ” is normal resolution, “ economic resolution. Normal resolution Fine resolution DSC Record Mode 1.
Main Functions Using Self-timer (for DV and DSC modes) 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: Press any button to cancel self-timer during the count-down.) En 24 Press Shutter button to start...
Main Functions Using Guide Line/The LCD Screen You can use guide line while recording videos or taking pictures. In Record Mode, press , the guide line will show on the LCD screen. The LCD Screen To save energy, Digital Video allows you to switch off the LCD screen. For DV and DSC mode LCD Off LCD On...
Main Functions Using Hold Press and hold for 2 seconds to lock all buttons on the control panel. The buttons on the control panel will be locked while in HOLD function. To release the HOLD function, press and hold for another 2 seconds. buttons locked Volume Adjustment You can adjust playback volume by using...
Attention Icon Memory Full The Memory Full indicator lets you know to switch memory cards or transfer all files to your computer in order to continue taking videos or pictures. Memory Card Indicator Card Lock When you insert a SD memory card that is write protected, you will see a card lock icon on the upper-left side of the LCD.
Advanced Functions Menu Press Press NEXT or BACK to select Press to change Press to exit En 28...
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Advanced Functions Menu-continued Quality Settings (for DV mode) There are two quality selections for your movies: Fine and Normal. Please keep in mind that the higher the quality setting, the higher the file size. Fader (for DV mode) This function is only available on certain model This function lets you apply a fade effect to your videos.
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Advanced Functions Menu -continued Quick Review ON/OFF (for DSC mode) The Quick Review feature let’s you preview your video and picture files. When this feature is activated, an icon will appear on the LCD. Attach Voice ON/OFF (for DSC mode) You can attach voice messages to your pictures.
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Menu-continued Date Allows you to set the date. Time Allows you to set the time. Beep On/OFF If you choose Beep On, there will be a beep sound when you press the buttons. If you choose Beep Off, there will be no sound. Auto-Off ON/OFF This feature is designed to conserve battery power by letting you set the time increment in which you unit should power off.
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Advanced Functions Menu -continued 50Hz/60Hz Match the frequency of the main power supply in your country. Please refer to the following figures: 50 Hz : Europe, P.R.C.,Hong kong, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 60 Hz : America, Canada, Taiwan, Japan,and Korea. Slide Show You can choose to playback your movies, pictures, voice messages or MP3s in a Slide Show.
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Advanced Functions Menu -continued Single repeat All repeat Random repeat Rotate ON/OFF (only for image files) You can choose to rotate your pictures. Press to bring up the menu, select ROTATE and then use to select rotation degree. Del One/ Del ALL You can choose to delete one file or all files.
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