Nero DV552SA Instruction Manual

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Instruction Manual Version 7.0 Giani

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Page 1 Instruction Manual Version 7.0 Giani...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents: General description of function……..…1 Camera mode……………………………15 Self timer………………………………….19 Precautions…………………………..….1 Voice Recording mode…………………..20 Playback mode…………………………..23 System requirements…………………..3 Description of buttons and controls.….4 Setup mode………………………………29 General Use.…………………….………7 Applications to PC……………………….33 Battery installation.……………………..7 Connect to PC……………………………33 SD Card..……………………………7 Trouble Shooting..…………………..……49 Power on and off………………..………9 Technical parameters……………………53 Choose Function Mode……………..10...
Page 4: General Description Of Function
General Description of Function The camera is able to take digital photographs up to a maximum of 5-mega pixels, and is also able to shoot AVI short film. The camera has auto adjust exposure and colour balance along with 4x digital zoom. The contents covered in the manual refer to the latest information available when the manual was compiled.
Page 5  It is required to operate camera regularly during long-term storage. Please check that the camera operates normally before using the camera again.  If dirt or stain has accumulated on the camera or lens, use a piece of soft, clean and dry cloth to wipe.
Page 6: System Requirements
System requirements System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 Central Processing Above Intel Pentium 166MHz or CPU of equal performance unit Memory 128 MB and above Sound Card, Display The sound card and the display card shall support DirectX8 or Card higher version.
Page 7: Description Of Buttons And Controls
Description of outline and buttons 1 Lens 2 Self timer LED light 3 LED light (for supply light) 4 Zoom in button 5 Zoom out button 6 direction key (Up/Down/Left/Right) 7 OK button 8 Display 9 MENU 10 TFT LCD screen 11 Mode indicator 12 Mode switch (Video, Still Photo & Playback) 13 Wrist strap loop 14 Wrist strap hole...
Page 8 15 Macro switch 16 Zoom switch 17 Shutter button 18 Tripod Hole 19 Memory card slot...
Page 9 20 Speaker 21 Battery cover 22 Battery cover release button 23 TV/USB port 24 Voice record button 25 Light switch 26 Busy light 27 Power button...
Page 10: General Use
General use 1. Install Battery 1. Press the battery release button to open the battery cover. 2. Insert 4 x AAA batteries, taking note of the correct polarity as indicated inside the battery compartment (incorrectly inserted batteries may cause irreversible damage to the camera).
Page 11 Note: This camera has no internal memory, therefore must always be used with the memory card to save images. 3. Choose Focus Mode 1. Macro: it is suitable for shooting objects 15cm ~ 25cm away from the lens; when using, push the macro switch to the end marked with 2.
Page 12: Power On And Off
4. Power on and off 1. Power on: press the power button for a while. 2. Power off: press the power button once while camera is idle state. Auto power off: The camera will automatically switch OFF if the camera is idle. The automatic power off time can be set to 1/3/5 minute in setup menu mode.
Page 13: Choose Function Mode
5. Function mode change over There are 3 mode settings, Video, Still Photo and playback. Move the switch to desired position for do operation of take video, take photo or playback them. 6. Date and Time Settings: You can enter Setup menu mode to set the system date and time:...
Page 14: Indicator Light
In the setting window, adjust the date or time by direction key: Up or Down for adjust, Right or Left key for move the cursor, OK key for confirm, MENU key for back or exit setup mode. 7. Indicator Light: Busy light: The light will be illumed while the camera is busy (e.g.
Page 15: Shooting
5 01:01:01: Time counter (Max 1 min 8sec) 6 SD card icon: Indicates that a memory card is in use. : Indicates the battery power 8 LED light icon; Indicated the LED light is ON. 9 Zoom icon: Indicates the zoom level (Max 4x) 10 Memory Full: Indicates that the memory card is full.
Page 16: Video
Video menu At video preview mode, press MENU key enter main menu:...
Page 18: Camera Mode
Press Menu key to go back or exit the menu mode. 9 Camera mode: Preview mode :Mode symbol, Indicates photo mode. :Self timer mode symbol. Auto: Indicates the White balance is auto mode. : Metering mode. : Exposure mode. : Image resolution. : Image quality mode.
Page 19 :Indicates the SD card is locked. :Battery icon. 12 :LED light icon 13 Zoom indicator. Shooting: Switch on the camera by pressing the power button. Move the mode switch to Camera. Press Shutter key once to snap one photo; Note: If the memory card is locked, the LCD will display “Card Locked!” while the Shutter key is pressed.
Page 22: Self Timer
Self timer: Set the timer mode to Self timer 2s or 10s at menu, then press Shutter button will time with beep, after 2 seconds or 10 seconds, the camera will snap one photo automatically. Continuously take three photos: Set the timer mode to Burst at menu, then press Shutter button will snap three photos continuously...
Page 23: Voice Recording Mode
10 Voice Recording mode: 1 Press Voice record button to enter voice record mode. 2 Press Shutter button once start recording. 3 Press Up key pause recording, press again to resume. 4 Press Shutter button again to stop recording. 1 Indicates voice record mode 2 Indicates remaining time 3 Indicates Memory card in use 4 Indicates recording timer 5 Battery icon...
Page 24: Playback Mode
11 Playback mode: Enter Playback mode Press mode button continuously to enter Playback mode or press it twice to enter Playback mode after pressing Power button on the camera. ? ? SELECT ? ? SELECT PLAY AVI file JPG file You can view other photos, AVI or wav files by direction key;...
Page 25 Thumbnail mode Press Zoom out key can enter thumbnail mode at playback mode: Note: : This icon indicates a voice (WAV) file : This icon indicates a video (AVI) media file. : This is photo with added voice memo file. Press direction key to choose the desired image file, and press OK key or Zoom in key to exit this thumbnail mode return full screen mode.
Page 26 Play AVI/WAV file Press OK key to start play the selected AVI/WAV files at playback mode, press up to pause or press OK button again to stop playing. ◄►SELECT ‫׀׀‬ PLAY ▲ ■ Stop mode(AVI) Playing mode(AVI) Stop mode(WAV) Playing mode(WAV)
Page 27 Playback menu: At Playback mode, press MENU key enter main menu: Protect This File? Note: Locked files can not be deleted until unlocked.
Page 29 Add effect to an image Note: The menu character will be displayed in grey if its function can not be activated in current mode.
Page 30 Resize function: The image size selected must be smaller than the size of current photo. Press Shutter key can stop the recoding; Add Voice Memo for image: The time of Voice Memo can be recorded about 30s only...
Page 31 Play JPG (with voice memo) file 1 Select the photo with added voice memo at playback mode by direction key; Press OK key to start playing the selected jpg (with voice memo) file: 3 Press up key to pause/resume playing, Press OK key to stop playing, Note: A photo of your choice can be used as the start-up image;...
Page 32: Setup Mode
12 Setup mode: Press MENU key at preview or playback mode and then press direction of Right key once will enter Setup mode. You can choose the menu item by Up or Down key, Press OK key to confirm and press MENU key back or exit.
Page 35 Note: 1 The files stored in card will be lost due to format operation, please backup the data before formatting the memory card. 2 The “My image” menu can be activated while you had set “Start-up Image” function.
Page 36: Applications To Pc
Application to PC 1 Connect to PC Please install the drive program first before connecting the camera to the computer. The camera default USB mode is MSDC,  Turn on the camera power.  Connect the 4PIN end of the USB line to the available USB port on the computer. ...
Page 37 Driver Installation Install the software driver program according to the following steps before application. Note: Do not connect the camera and computer USB port before installing the driver to the computer to prevent driver installation error. ◎ Software installation interface Insert the installation CD;...
Page 38  (If your optical driver has no auto execution or close auto execution function, please directly click and run autorun.exe program located at the CD root directory.)  For Windows Vista, the following window will pop up when the system automatically executes the installer in the CD.
Page 39 Driver installation Click “Driver” button, and complete the installation as per the wizard. Then, reboot the computer. Note: For Windows Vista, the following window will pop up when installing the software. Please click to continue.
Page 40 Please restart the PC after installation. The driver program is suitable to the operating system of Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP and Windows Vista. If the following window appears, please click “Yes” button to continue with the installation.
Page 41 Hint: In Windows 98SE operation system, if it is required to play the video record, please install Video Impression first. With the help of the DirectX9 module in the Video Impression, the video shot by the camera will be successfully played on the computer.
Page 42 3 Operation instructions on attached software Installation and Operation of Photo Impression 5: Installing the PhotoImpression5: Please put the installation CD contained in the accessories into the CD-ROM of the PC, windows will display below picture:...
Page 43 Click button and finish the installation step by step according to the indications. Note: For Windows Vista, the following windows will pop up when installing the software. Please click to continue.
Page 44 Please restart your PC after installation. Running the PhotoImpression5: Double-click the icon on the desktop, or run Photo Impression 5 in “Start>Programs”. The following window will pop up when opening PhotoImpression5. Please left-click the center of the window to close it. Photo Impression can be opened after the window is closed.
Page 45 After opening the Photo Impression, “Get Photo” window will appear.
Page 46 Select the desired image from “Get Photo” window, and you will find the image is displayed at the central area of the window. After that, you can select the image to edit. Detailed operation method of Photo Impression can be referred to "Help" of the program (as shown in the following figure).
Page 47 Installation and Operation of Video Impression 2: Installing Video Impression 2: Click button and finish the installation step by step according to the indications. Note: For Windows Vista, the following windows will pop up when installing the software. Please click to continue.
Page 49 Please restart your PC after installation. Running the VideoImpression 2: Double-click the icon on the desktop, or open Video Impression 2 in “Start>Programs”.
Page 50 Detailed operation method of Video Impression 2 can be referred to “Help” of the program (as shown in the following figure).
Page 52: Trouble Shooting
Trouble Shooting If you problems installing the software or trouble uploading your photographs and videos then please try the following: Please note that the Nero Digital Camera can be used without the software provided. After installation of software, turn your computer off and then on again before uploading your data.
Page 54 For Video: If the ‘Capture from Device’ icon does not work when creating a new video, then click off of the error message and the videos from your camera will automatically appear in the window. If the videos do not appear then you can open your video files by going to the ‘file’...
Page 55 If the Nero camera is being used with an Apple Mac, it is not necessary to use the CD-ROM to download images & video, just connect the camera via the USB cable as point.
Page 56: Technical Parameters
Technical Parameters Image sensor 5.0 Mega Pixels(CMOS) Video record, Shoot photo and Voice record, playback, Mass Function mode storage and PC camera Lens F2.8 f=9.3mm Focal distance 15cm~25cm (Macro) / 140cm~infinity (standard mode) Digital zoom 4× Shutter Electronic shutter LCD display screen 2.4〞TFT LCD(240x320dot) Picture resolution 2592x1944, 2048×1536, 1280x1024...
Page 57: Component List
Dimensions 114mm × 42mm ×62mm (L×W×H) Weight Not including battery: 150 grams Standard packing User’s Manual Camera USB Cable TV cable Giani Ltd POST CODE: M34 5DW...