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WEEE Warning Message
Symbol for Separate Collection in European Countries
This symbol indicates that this product is to be collected
separately.
The following apply only to users in European countries:
This product is designated for separate collection at an
appropriate collection point. Do not dispose of as household
waste.
For more information, contact the retailer or the local
authorities in charge of waste management.

FCC STATEMENT

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
(1).
This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2).
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
Note:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital
devices, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected
Use of shielded cable is required to comply with Class B limits in Subpart B of Part 15
of the FCC rules. Do not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless
otherwise specified in the manual. If such changes or modifications should be made,
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  • Page 1: Fcc Statement

    Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Use of shielded cable is required to comply with Class B limits in Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC rules. Do not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless...
  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    This User Manual is a general reference guide for the product. The product and accessories that come with your camera may be different from those described in this manual. This is due to the fact that different retailers often specify slightly different product inclusions and accessories to suit their market requirements, customer demographics, and geographical preferences.
  • Page 3 This might cause damage to the person’s eyesight. Do not subject the LCD monitor to impact. This might damage the glass on the screen or cause the internal fluid to leak. If the internal fluid enters your eyes or comes into contact with your body or clothes, rinse with fresh water.
  • Page 4 The camera may feel warm after long period of continuous use. This is normal and not a malfunction. If the battery is not to be used for a long period of time, remove it from the camera to prevent leakage or corrosion.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Setup mode __________________________________________________________ 49 Section 4 How to record TV programs ______________________________________________ 51 Section 5 How to use USB Pen-Driver data copy function ______________________________ 53 Section 6 Video / Audio out _______________________________________________________ 55 Section 7 Transferring recorded images and videos to your computer ___________________ 56...
  • Page 6: Getting To Know Your Digital Video Camera

    This digital video camera not only functions as a digital camera for taking pictures, but is also able to record video and audio. You can also use it as an MP3 audio player or connected to a PC as a webcam; in additional to functioning as an FM radio.
  • Page 7: Top View

    USB cable Audio IN/OUT cable Video IN/TV OUT cable DC IN 5V Adapter Battery charger stand DC-IN Connector CD (includes drivers and NP-60 Li-Ion battery Quick Guide application software) NOTE Accessory and components may vary by different retailer. Top view:...
  • Page 8: Front

    PC, TV, and headphones. 1. USB port – Use the USB port to connect to a PC, you can transfer photos, video, or audio to and from the digital video camera and PC; or using the digital video camera as a PC web cam.
  • Page 9: Back

    English plug. 3. Audio plug – Use the audio plug to connect to a headphone, and you can listen to music on the digital video camera. At the same time, it can function as audio input/output plug. Note: if using the radio function, the headphones have to be plugged in to function as an antenna so it can receive radio channels.
  • Page 10: Right Side

    ) – Mainly used to confirm an operation, to confirm a Confirm button ( playback recorded audio, video files, and music functions. SD card slot – Opens the SD card slot, to insert and remove the SD card. Right Side 1. Battery compartment lock – Opens the battery compartment.
  • Page 11: How To Use Digital Video Camera

    ( + or -) and plug the battery into the Digital Video Camera. Close the battery/SD Card Cover firmly. Removing the Battery Open the battery/SD card cover and when the battery has come out a little; slowly pull it out the rest of the way. NOTE Always make sure that the digital still camera is off before removing the battery.
  • Page 12: Charging The Battery

    The Digital Video Camera comes with 32 MB built-in memory, which allows you to store pictures, movies, recorded voice and music. You can expand the memory capacity by using an optional SD or MMC memory card up to 2GB. To insert a memory card, refer to the figure below and: 1.
  • Page 13: Protecting Data On An Sd Card

    Protecting Data on an SD Card The SD card is read-only by locking the SD card. No pictures, movies and voice can be recorded when the SD card is locked. Make sure the lock is in write position before recording any media.
  • Page 14: Using Your Digital Video Camera

    Section 3 Using your digital video camera Turning the Power On/Off Load the battery and insert an SD card before starting. Press the Power switch button, and the power indicator light will automatically light up. When the power indicator light is lit, release the power switch button.
  • Page 15 - Delete: playback delete menu: single/delet e all - Protect: protect single/unpro tect all - Playback Photo mode - Snapshot - Auto exposure setting - Digital zoom: 1.0x~4.0x - EV adjustment: +2EV~-2EV - Auto shutter:off/5sec/10sec/30sec - Flash light: off/auto/forced/red eye -15-...
  • Page 16: Mp3 Playback Mode

    English - Macro: normal/macro - Effects: normal/monochrome/retro - Photo menu: - White balance: auto/sun light/light bulb/florescent light/cloudy - Size: 4048x3040/3264x2448/2608x1952/2048x1536/ 1600x1200/640x480 - Image quality: good/standard - Date indicator: date/off - Photo playback: - Photo playback - Delete: delete menu: single/delete all...
  • Page 17 - MP3 count - Audio count - Remaining space - Factory default : confirm/cancel - TV standard: NTC/PAL - Light source frequency : 60Hz/50Hz - Auto shutoff: off/1 min/3 min - Video/audio setting: input/output - Copy to card : confirm/cancel -17-...
  • Page 18 - Record - Record playback - Playback/pause/stop - Next song/previous song - Volume adjustment - Audio playback menu: - Delete: delete single/delete all - Protect: protect single/unprotect all Radio mode - Auto tuning - Manual tuning - Delete station - Recording function...
  • Page 19: Video Mode

    Under movie mode, continuously press the confirm button left of the LCD screen to access the hotkey function selection; this can control the captured video such as: Image file size, exposure, video quality, white balance, file format, color effect setups. After pressing the confirm button , press the up button ▲...
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  • Page 21: Capturing Video

    Under the movie menu page, possible controls are as below: Select image size: 1. Press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the size option and press the confirm button 2. Use the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select your desired image size...
  • Page 22: Select Image Quality

    English Select image quality 1. Press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the image quality option and press the confirm button 2. Use the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select your desired image quality and press the confirm button Image quality options: Best, standard.
  • Page 23: Select Color Effects

    Select color effects 1. Press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the color effects option and press the confirm button 2. Use the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select your desired color effects and press the confirm button .
  • Page 24: Video Playback

    Video playback Under movie mode, press the playback button to return to video playback mode. 1. Press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the video to playback, then press the confirm button to begin playback (this camera supports MP4 video playback;...
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  • Page 26 (protected files cannot be deleted). Delete all video 1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select all to delete, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the...
  • Page 27: Photo Mode

    Under photo mode, continuously press the confirm button left of the LCD screen to access the hotkey function selection; this can control the captured video such as: Image file size, exposure, image quality, white balance, automatic, color effect setups. After pressing the confirm button , press the up button ▲...
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  • Page 29: Focus Locking

    English Focus locking When pressing the shutter button to the first stage, a green”[ ]” indicates the image is focused. Photo menu Setup the desired options before filming. Press MENU button to access the photo menu. The control procedures are as below:...
  • Page 30: Exposure Adjustment

    English Select image size 1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select image size option, then press the confirm button . There will be six photo size options. 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select your desired photo size,...
  • Page 31: Auto Shutter

    1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select date indicator option, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select whether to show the date indicator, press the confirm button Date indicator selection: on, off.
  • Page 32: Photo Playback

    1. Step one: Under photo mode press the down button ▼, the macro icon will appear on the LCD screen. You will be able to take a snapshot within the 12~40cm range. 2. Step two: Please follow the procedures on how to take pictures to take the photo.
  • Page 33: Photo Playback Menu

    English Photo playback menu Under photo playback mode, press the MENU button to display the photo playback menu. Control procedures are as below: -33-...
  • Page 34 English Delete single photo 1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the single photo to delete, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the...
  • Page 35: Auto Playback

    English Auto playback Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the auto playback option, select start option and then press the confirm button . Unit will enter the auto playback mode. Under auto playback mode each photo will be displayed for a set period of time.
  • Page 36 1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the “DPOF” option, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to set the hide date option, then press the confirm button to hide the date on all printed photos.
  • Page 37: Print Date

    1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the “DPOF” option, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to set the all option, then press the to set to print one single copy of all photos.
  • Page 38: Mp3 Player

    − Print: press the confirm button to begin printing. Print all 1. At the print menu, Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select to print single and then press the confirm button to go to the print all interface.
  • Page 39: How To Playback Mp3 Music

    English How to playback MP3 music Under MP3 mode, use the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select a song and then press the confirm button to play the MP3 (if there are no songs on the camera, please first connect the camera to a PC as a removable drive (refer to section: 8.
  • Page 40: Pause Playback

    English Pause playback During music playback, press the REC button to pause playback, press the REC button again to continue playback. Stop playback During music playback, press the confirm button to stop music playback. Control procedures are as below: -40-...
  • Page 41 English MP3 Player menu When playback is stopped, press the MENU button to display the menu. -41-...
  • Page 42: Return To Mp3 Player Interface

    English Delete single track 1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the single track to delete, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the...
  • Page 43: Radio

    Press the MUSIC button (press the MUSIC button again to return to previous mode) and then press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to the left of the LCD screen to select FM option and press the confirm button...
  • Page 44: Manual Tuning

    Turn off LCD screen During radio listening, to conserve the battery the LCD screen will automatically turn off after 1 minute of tuning in to the radio. Press the DISP/SET button to turn the LCD screen back on. Delete station If the user does not like a specific radio station, press the playback button during tuning in to delete that station.
  • Page 45: Audio Mode

    Under audio mode, press the playback button to go to the recording playback mode. Under the playback mode, use the up button ▲ and down button ▼ to select the audio file. After selecting the audio file, press confirm button...
  • Page 46: Volume Adjustment

    Delete single audio 1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select the single audio choice to delete, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the...
  • Page 47 Delete all audio 1. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select all to delete, then press the confirm button 2. Press up button ▲ or down button ▼ to confirm or cancel, press the...
  • Page 48: Exit Audio Playback Menu

    English Exit audio playback menu Under the audio playback menu interface, press the MENU button to exit audio playback menu interface; press the playback button to return to audio mode. -48-...
  • Page 49: Setup Mode

    9. Video setting 10. Light source frequency 11. Copy to card Setup ooptions Under the setup mode, press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to modify the options, and press the confirm button to perform setup. 1. Date/time: yr/mo/date/hr/min/sec 2.
  • Page 50: Exit Setup

    English Setup Exit setup To exit setup mode, press the DISP/SET button to return to the interface before pressing MENU button; then press MENU button to return to the interface before that. -50-...
  • Page 51: How To Record Tv Programs

    4. Press the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select “video setup” option from page 2 “camera setup”, and then press confirm button 5. Use the up button ▲ or down button ▼ to select “input” option and press . Entering to this menu while under other modes has no...
  • Page 52 8. To exit this mode, directly press the MENU button and then select “video setup” “output” to rotate the mode selection dial to switch modes and quit. 9. The recorded TV programs can be played back on the camera and on the PC as well.
  • Page 53: How To Use Usb Pen-Driver Data Copy Function

    , up button ▲, down button ▼ to choose whether to copy files or not. If you choose not to copy files, then you should remove the USB disk or MP3 player.
  • Page 54 Control procedures are as below: If copying files from the NAND FLASH to SD/MMC card: 1. Enter the last option in setup mode “copy to card” and select “confirm” to execute file copying. If there is no SD/MMC card inserted or it contains no contents, and there is not enough space on SD/MMC card to copy to, then there will be a notification message.
  • Page 55: Video / Audio Out

    (such as: TV), as below: Step one: Insert the black plug of the TV cable to the TV port on the back of the digital video camera, and the yellow plug to the video in of the TV.
  • Page 56: Transferring Recorded Images And Videos To Your Computer

    You can share recorded images/video clips with your family or friends via e-mail or post them on the Web. Before doing these things, you need to connect the camera to your computer using the USB cable and then transfer the images/video clips.
  • Page 57: System Requirements

    SD/MMC card reader on the digital camera, and you may begin to use the function. If you selected web cam, you can use the web cam function to video conference with friends over the Internet (see Section 9).
  • Page 58 One standard USB 1.1 port For Microsoft Windows98SE/Me users, please connect the larger USB plug to the PC USB port and the other end to the digital video camera USB port after installing the drivers and application software. When the camera enters the “connection to PC”...
  • Page 59: Pc Cam Mode And Software Applications

    Computer as removable storage. Drag and drop files normally as you would for any general disk drives. PC cam You must install the camera drivers to be able to use the camera as a PC cam on all Windows operating systems (Windows XP/ME/2000/98SE). NOTE All operating systems can accept and install this driver version.
  • Page 60: Presto! Video Works 6

    Install Presto! Video Works 6: 1. Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM. 2. If the CD does not auto-run, use Windows file manager to run the executable InstallMgr.exe under the root directory on the CD. 3. Press the install button and follow the on screen instructions.
  • Page 61: Xvid Codec For Pc

    Insert the Software CD supplied into the CD-ROM drive Double click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop. Then double click the CD-ROM drive icon and click the setup file of Xvid in the root directory. Click "XviD.exe" to start the installation. The setup screen will appear, please click "Next"...
  • Page 62 English Click "Browse" to select the folder location and click "Next" to continue. Click "Browse" if you want to select a different program folder or click "Next" to continue. Enter the additional tasks setup screen and press "Next" to continue.
  • Page 63 English Enter the main program setup screen and press "Install" to start the installation. During the installation, press "Cancel" if you want to stop setup. The following screen will appear after the installation is completed. Click "Finish" to complete the installation.
  • Page 64: Specifications

    Image resolution 2048 x 1536 1600 x 1200 640x480 Still image JPEG, video MEPG 4 (AVI, ASF), audio File format recording: WAV Digital zoom PC Cam mode 640 x 480 / 30 fps, 320 x 240 / 30 fps -64-...
  • Page 65 English Item Description Flash light modes Off/auto/force/red-eye TV-OUT output NTSC / PAL Power NP- 60 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery Dimension Approx. 132(L)*54(W)*73(H)mm (excluding protruding (WxHxD) parts) Weight Approx. 245 g (without the battery & SD memory card) -65-...
  • Page 66: Troubleshooting

    The camera was left unattended and unused, so Turn the power back on. The power cuts out the auto power off cuts it during use. off. Recharge or use the AC The battery is exhausted. power adapter.
  • Page 67 English Cause Measure Symptom camera feels warm. use of the camera or the flash. Shooting Symptom Cause Measure Recharge or use the AC The battery is running low. power adapter/charger. The power is not on. Turn the power on. The camera is not in Slide the mode switch to shooting mode.
  • Page 68 The flash does not fire. The flash cannot The flash is set to no flash. Set the flash to auto flash. recharge. Even though the The distance to the subject...
  • Page 69 English Symptom Cause Measure It is not set to playback Toggle to playback Cannot playback. mode. mode. You played back a The contents of the Load a card that was memory card that was memory card cannot be formatted and stored on by not formatted by this played back.
  • Page 70: Other Problems

    Measure Check whether the hard disk has a space for running The free space on the Windows, and if the drive for hard disk in your loading image files has a computer may be capacity at least that of the insufficient.

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