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CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations on the purchase of your new camera. Your camera has been carefully engineered and manufactured to give you dependable operation. Read this manual before operating the unit to become more familiar with it and obtain the performance that will bring you continued enjoyment for many years.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents...2 Important Information...3 FCC Information ...3 User Information ...3 Precautions ...4 Location of Controls...5 Front/Top/Right Side...5 Rear...5 Bottom ...6 Display...6 Getting Started...7 Software Installation ...7 Computer Connection ...10 Saving Your Pictures to Your Computer...10 Loading the Batteries ...12 Turning the Camera On and Off...13 Built-in Memory/Inserting a CompactFlash Setting the Flash ...14...
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FCC INFORMATION FCC WARNING: This equipment meets the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Only the cables supplied with the camera should be used. Operation with other cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception and could void the user’s authorization to operate this equipment.
Be sure to observe the following precautions when using the camera: • Never try to take pictures when operating a motor vehicle or while walking. • Never try to open the case of the camera or attempt your own repairs. Always leave service to authorized repair facilities. •...
LOCATION OF CONTROLS FRONT RIGHT REAR 10 11 14 15 1. Shutter Button 2. SELECT/Flash On/Off Button (Next Image/Slide Show in the TV mode) 3. MODE Button (Prev. Image/Info in the TV mode) 4. POWER Button 5. Flash 6. Lens 7.
GETTING STARTED SOFTWARE INSTALLATION WARNING: MAKE SURE TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE BEFORE CONNECTING THE CAMERA FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE COMPUTER. FAILURE TO DO IT WILL PREVENT YOU FROM RETRIEVING YOUR PICTURES FROM THE CAMERA. Microsoft® Windows® Users: 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM Drive. 2.
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GETTING STARTED (CONTINUED) install the camera driver to be able to connect your camera to your computer. You will be asked to select between the 50Hz/60Hz lighting frequency settings: • USA / Canada – 60Hz • Europe – 50Hz Creating a Desktop Icon: Double click on “My Computer”...
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GETTING STARTED (CONTINUED) 5. Double click the setup icon ‘Photopri.nte’ or ‘photostu.dio’. 6. Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete installation. A Brief Introduction to the ArcSoft Camera Suite Software: ArcSoft PhotoStudio ArcSoft Photostudio is a full-featured, easy to use digital image editing program that provides a complete set of photo editing and retouching tools, plus a wide selection of special effects and enhancements.
GETTING STARTED (CONTINUED) COMPUTER CONNECTION FOR PICTURE UPLOAD: WARNING: MAKE SURE TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE BEFORE CONNECTING THE CAMERA FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE COMPUTER. FAILURE TO DO THIS WILL PREVENT YOU FROM RETRIEVING YOUR PICTURES FROM THE CAMERA. The supplied USB cable allows you to upload images from the camera and/or CompactFlash connected to your PC (see figure below), it will draw power from the PC.
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GETTING STARTED (CONTINUED) Important notes about the batteries: 1. Please do not remove batteries while the camera is still on. The camera may still be processing your picture at this time. Removing the batteries at this time will result at losing your picture and affect the normal operation of the camera.
GETTING STARTED LOADING THE BATTERIES Before taking pictures, insert two (2) “AA” batteries into your camera's battery compartment, as follows: 1. Open the battery compartment by pushing the tab in as in Figure 1. 2. Insert two (2) “AA” batteries into the battery compartment, observing the polarity marks (+ / -) as indicated in Figure 2 .
GETTING STARTED (CONTINUED) TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF • To turn your camera on, press the POWER button ; the LCD screen will turn on and two beeps will be heard. • To turn your camera off, press the POWER button again;...
GETTING STARTED (CONTINUED) SETTING THE FLASH Your camera is equipped with two flash modes. To change the Flash mode, press the SELECT/Flash button until the Flash indicator lights or turns off as follows: Flash On (“ ” appears in the display): The auto flash is enabled. Whenever a picture is taken, and there is insufficient lighting, the flash will fire.
TAKING PICTURES To turn your camera on, press the POWER button screen will turn on and two beeps will be heard. Look through the viewfinder and position the camera on the object you want to capture. Press the Shutter button display will blink, the unit will beep and the picture will be taken.
FEATURE SETTING MENUS The MODE button is used to enter the Feature Setting menu; “FEA” will appear in the display. Pressing the MODE button will cycle through the Feature Setting menus as follows: Image Setting Self Timer Once in the Feature Setting menu, you can exit it by repeatedly pressing the MODE button until “FEA”...
OPERATION (CONTINUED) USING THE SELF-TIMER To turn your camera on, press the POWER button screen will turn on and two beeps will be heard. Press the Shutter button confirm the Self-Timer setting. Position the camera as desired and press the Shutter button again.
OPERATION (CONTINUED) TV FORMAT Select NTSC or PAL video format to correspond with your TV. To set the TV format, follow the instructions below: When the power is on, press the MODE button to enter the TV Format Feature Setting menu; “PAL” or “NTSC” will appear in the display.
OPERATION (CONTINUED) DELETING THE PICTURES FROM THE MEMORY When the camera’s internal memory and/or the inserted CompactFlash memory card are full, it is time to delete the pictures to free up storage space. It is recommended to transfer the pictures to your computer before deleting. To turn your camera on, press the POWER button screen will turn on and two...
TAKING A MOVIE CLIP To turn your camera on, press the POWER button screen will turn on and two beeps will be heard. Look through the viewfinder and press and hold the Shutter button ; the display will blink and the camera will capture the movie as long as the Shutter button is held.
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE POWER Display not on. Power is off. Batteries dead or weak. Batteries not installed correctly. PICTURES Poor lighting. Picture taken is poor quality. Lens is dirty. Subject too close. Subject or camera moved as picture was taken.
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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE (CONTINUED) SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE Subject is too far away. Flash picture taken is too dark. Flash is not set to Auto. Daylight picture The subject is in front of taken is too dark. bright light. Can’t take Memory is full. picture.
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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE (CONTINUED) SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE User not able to Camera was connected load images to to the PC BEFORE fully the PC. installing the software. The software was fully installed, but the camera was connected with the PC turned off. Batteries drain Please see WARNING too fast during...
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Technical Support Hot Line: Toll Free In the USA & Canada 1-866-522-6372 Toll Free In Europe UK: 0800-169-6482 BELGIUM: 0800-787-57 FRANCE: 0800-917-599 GERMANY: 0800-1800-563 SPAIN: 900-973-195 ITALY: 800-781-883 All Other Countries - Toll 31-53-482-9779...
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