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Vivitar Vivicam 20 Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 - Quickstart Guide Model :...
  • Page 2 CONTENTS 1. Camera Precautions ... 2 2. Vivicam Introduction ... 3 3. Meet The Vivicam ... 5 4. Ready To Take Pictures ... 9 5. Installing Vivicam Driver and Utility Software... 13 6. Transferring Pictures To Your Computer ... 26 7.
  • Page 3 1.Camera Precautions Follow these guidelines when using your Vivicam Keep camera away from the following: -High temperatures and excessive humidity. -Direct sunlight or other heat sources. -Dust. -Anywhere it will be subject to shaking. Do not use camera outdoors if it is raining or snowing. If the lens or the viewfinder becomes dirty, clean them with a lens brush or soft, clean cloth.
  • Page 4 Vivicam lntroduction 2.1 Specification Resolution choices : Digital Camera mode : 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) PC Camera mode : 640 x 480 pixels Focus : Standard mode : 0.9m to infinity from camera Macro mode : 25cm ~ 30cm...

  • Page 5: Quickstart Guide

    2.2 Accessories 1. Camera Cradle 2. Two AA alkaline batteries 3. Camera hand strap 4. Camera driver and utility software CD 5. USB cable 6. Camera pouch 7. Quickstart Guide Quickstart Guide...

  • Page 6: General Guide

    3. Meet The Vivicam 3.1 General Guide Front Front Shutter Mode Flash Light Viewfinder Self-Timer LED Viewfinder Busy LED Macro Mode LED Power On/Off Select LCD panel Lens Battery Compartment Standard Mode Macro Switch Macro Mode USB Connector Back Back...
  • Page 7 3.2 LCD Panel lndicator Picture Counter :Total number of pictures you have captured Continuous Capture : Continuous capture mode lmage Resolution : 640 x 480 pixels (default setting) : 320 x 240 pixels...
  • Page 8 Shooting Environment : Outdoor 1 ( : Outdoor 2 (Sunny) : lndoor 1 (Bright) : lndoor 2 (Dark) Memory Full : Memory full icon Flash Mode : Auto mode : Off mode (default setting, no icon display) Picture Delete Cloudy, default setting Deletes all pictures Deletes last picture...
  • Page 9 Self-timer : Self-timer mode Low Battery Warning This icon will appear, blinking and beeping, indicating low battery power. lmportant Note: The camera will stop shooting function. Please replace both batteries as soon as possible. 3.3 Camera Function Selection Press Mode button to select the function you need. The function icon on the LCD panel will blink.
  • Page 10 4. Ready To Take Pictures 4.1 Turning Power On Power on : Press beep. Power off : Press Power button again and camera will beep. (The camera will be automatically turned off if inactive for about 60 seconds.) 4.2 Taking Pictures Select focus mode (switch on left of camera body) : Standard mode (0.9m ~ infinity) Normal mode.
  • Page 11 4.3 Self-timer Capture Press Mode select to Press Shutter The self-timer LED will blink and the camera will beep for 10 seconds. Camera will shoot the picture. If you want to leave " Self-timer capture " function just press Mode select to 4.4 Using Flash : Auto Flash mode (flash fires automatically when required by current exposure setting.)
  • Page 12 4.5 Continuous Capture Press Mode select to automatically switch to CIF mode) Press Shutter continuously to take pictures. Picture counter will continuously accumulate. STOP : When your finger leaves Shutter button or memory is full 4.6 Delete Pictures 1. Delete all pictures: Press Mode Press...
  • Page 13 Press Select until you hear 2 beeps The camera will delete last picture and the picture counter will show result. 4.7 Selecting the image resolution : 640 x 480 pixels (default setting) (The camera should take about 50 pictures) : 320 x 240 pixels (The camera should take about 160 pictures) 4.8 Selecting a shooting environment : Outdoor 1 (Default setting.
  • Page 14 5.Installing Vivicam Driver and Utility Software 5.1 Computer System Requirements Please check your PC system requirements before installing the software : 1. Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP 2. Pentium or higher CPU 3. CD-ROM drive 4. Mouse 5. USB port 5.2 Installation of Vivicam TWAIN Driver and AVI Maker on windows 98, ME and 2000 1.
  • Page 15 3. To display the list of languages available, click on the down arrow and highlight your selection. Click " OK " to proceed to next step. 4. Your computer will display as follows: Click " Next " and follow setup procedure.
  • Page 16 The TWAIN driver and AVI Maker installation is complete. Click " Finish " to finish installation. 5.3 Installation of Vivicam TWAIN Driver and AVI Maker on Windows XP 1.Insert the CD installation disk into your CD-ROM drive. 2.The Vivicam Installation Menu appears. Click Install Vivicam Twain Driver on the Software Installer dialog box.
  • Page 17 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installa- ation and it will finish installing all the necessary files on your computer. 4. Please plug-in your Vivicam 5. System will detect 6. When the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears, please select Install from a list or specific location [ Advanced], and click Next to continue.
  • Page 18 8. System copies files and the following screen appears: 9. Click Finish to continue the installation.
  • Page 19 10. The Found New Hardware Wizard window appears again. Please select Install from a list or specific location [Advanced], and click Next to continue. 11. When the following window appears, please select Search removable media [floppy, CD-ROM...] , and click Next to continue.
  • Page 20 12. System copies files and the following screen appears: 13. Click Finish to complete the installation...
  • Page 21 5.4 Installation of Vivicam TWAIN Driver and AVI Maker on Windows XP ( If you plug-in your Digital Camera first without installing drivers. Please follow the steps to complete of installation for Digital Camera. ) 1.Insert the CD installation disk into your CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 22 4.System copies files and then the following screen appears. Please click Finish to continue the installation. 5.The Found New Hardware Wizard window appears again. Please select Install from a list or specific location [Advanced], and click Next to continue.
  • Page 23 6. When the following window appears, select Search removable media [floppy, CD-ROM ...] , and click Next to continue. 7. System copies files and then the following screen appears. Please click Finish to continue the installation.
  • Page 24 8. Please double click the CD drive icon in My Computer and run InstallMgr.exe in the root directory of the CD. 9. Click Install Vivicam Twain Driver on the Software Installer dialog box, and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Setup will finish installing all the necessary files on your computer.
  • Page 25 11. System copies files and the following screen appears. Please click Finish to continue the installation 12. When the following window appears, please select Install the software automatically [Recommended], and click Next to continue.
  • Page 26 13. System copies files and the following screen appears. Please click Finish to complete the installation. 5.5 lnstalling Other Utility Software 1. Insert the camera software CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Menu will display as shown: Click the utility software you want to install.
  • Page 27 6.Transferring Pictures To Your Computer Once you have TWAIN driver and utility software installed, you may start downloading pictures from your 6.1 Connecting Vivicam Use the USB cable to connect camera to your computer. USB Connector USB cable Vivicam 6.2 Windows will complete the following USB device setup: - Dual-Mode DSC (Controller) - Dual-Mode DSC (Video Camera)
  • Page 28 Camera/Scanner 6. Click " Acquire " button and the software window opens. 7. The pictures you have taken will automatically display in the TWAIN window. 8. Choose pictures that you want or click " Select All " to select all pictures then click " Transfer " button. Select All acquire Select Source...
  • Page 29 6.5 Create AVI Video File from AVI Maker 1. Use the Continuous Capture Mode of take pictures. 2. Connect your Vivicam the AVI maker from Windows programs menu. 3. AVI Maker will automatically read the continuous pictures from Vivicam window: to PC with USB cable and start and will show the following Vivicam...
  • Page 30 4. Select the Compression Quality and click "Create". You will see the "Save As" window as shown below. Name the AVI file and chose the directory you want to save it under, and the AVI Maker will create a video file. 5.
  • Page 31 7.Using Vivicam as a PC Camera You can connect Vivicam it as a PC camera. 1. Connect USB cable to The LCD panel on the camera will show 2. Please refer to related instructions for using the camera as a PC camera if your PC already has PC camera soffware installed.

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