Digital Video User Guide
Table of Contents Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video............................................... 4 Using the Panel............................................................. .......... 6 Preparation........................................................................... 7 Power..................................................................................10 Modes..................................................................................11 DV Mode Taking Movies..............
Main Functions Changing the Quality Setting.....................................................27 Using Macro Select Dial............................................................ 29 Using Self-timer......................................................................30 Using AE Lock........................................................................ 31 Using Guide Line/The LCD Display............................................... 32 Using Hold.......................................................
Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video Front View Shutter Strap Mount Zoom Power Button Speaker Lens Status LED Indicator Microphone Back View AE-Lock Power Indicator/ Charge Indicator LCD Viewfinder En 4 Panel
Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video-continued Side View DC IN jack Earphone jack USB port AV out Battery/SD/MMC Cover SD/MMC card Slot Battery Slot En 5
Getting Started Using the Panel Display Menu DV/DSC/DVR/MP3 Mode Switch Record/ Playback Mode Switch Exit/ Stop Play/Pause/ Enter Back/Down/Self-timer Volume/Hold(Press 2 Sec.
1 Slide door in the direction of arrow. 2 Insert the battery as shown below. Getting Started Preparation Loading Battery Inserting the SD/MMC Card 1 Repeat STEP 1. mentioned above. 2 Insert SD/MMC card as shown right.
Getting Started Preparation-continued Attaching the Carry Strap 1 Insert the thin end of the strap into the strap mount. 2 Press the other end of the strap through the loop of thin cord and pull tight. Attaching the Strap connected to the lens cover 1 En 8 Insert the thin end of the strap into the strap mount. 2 Press the other end of the strap through the loop of thin cord and pull tight.
You have two ways to charge this Digital Video. One is to charge this Digital Video by USB, the other is to charge it by AC adapter(optional). To Charge this Digital Video by USB 1 Connect USB between this Digital Video and a computer. 2 The Charge indicator will light in red and start charging. If the battery is fully charged, the charging indicator will be off.
Getting Started Power Power On/Off Nudge the Power slider to activate your Digital Video. When Power is on, the Power indicator lights in green. Nudge it again to turn this Digital Video off. Power Low If your battery is low, you will see a battery icon ( )shown on the top center of the LCD. If your battery is about to run out, you will see a blinking battery icon ( ) shown on the top center of the LCD. Your Digital Video will turn off itself in several seconds.
Power On DV Record Mode Getting Started Modes DSC Record Mode DVR Record Mode MP3 Mode USB connected PLAYBACK Mode Mass Storage Mode PC Camera Mode En 11
Getting Started Modes-continued DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR Mode/MP3 Mode/PLAYBACK Mode There are four main modes and PLAYBACK mode in this Digital Video. The four main modes are DV Mode, DSC Mode, DVR Mode and MP3 Mode. 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 . By pressing , you can switch to PLAYBACK mode to review your videos, pictures and voice messages.
Connected to PC(Mass Storage Mode/PC Camera Mode) Getting Started Modes-continued USB Cable USB port Using Console (Not Available for MAC) By connecting your Digital Video to a computer, the Console opens. Meanwhile your Digital Video switches to Mass Storage, too. You may choose either to transfer the camera data through Console program or through Mass Storage Mode.
Getting Started Modes-continued Mass Storage Mode Connect your Digital Video to a computer, it will turn to Mass Storage Mode. In Mass Storage Mode, your Digital Video acts exactly like a hard disk. That means you can access it via the Windows user interface. You can copy, move or delete files (pictures, movies, voice messages or MP3 music) exactly the way you manipulate files under Windows user interface. Note: 1.Please do not copy any files into the DCIM folder of your Digital Video.
DV Mode Taking Movies Taking Your First Movie 1 Press Power 2 2 Switch to DV Mode Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture (Note: You can still use ZOOM while recording.
DV Mode Taking Movies-continued The recording timer While you’re filming, the recording timer will be displayed on the LCD. Before Recording Total estimative recordable time While Recording The recording time Video Out Video Out This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set. To configure the Digital Video, please refer to the section NTSC/PAL.
DSC Mode Taking Pictures Taking Your First Picture 1 Press Power 2 3 Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture Switch to DSC Mode Zoom in or Zoom out 4 Press Shutter to take a picture En 17
DSC Mode Taking Pictures-continued The Picture Counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the top right corner of your LCD. First, it will show the number of the total recordable files of this Digital Video. For example, it shows “20” on the top right corner of your LCD; that is to say, there are “20” recordable files for you to take pictures. If you have taken 1 picture, your LCD will display “19”.
DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages Recording Your Voice Messages 1 Press Power 3 Press Shutter to start recording 4 Press Shutter again to stop 2 Switch to DVR Mode En 19
DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages-continued The recording timer While you are recording voice messages, the recording timer will show on the top right corner of your LCD.
MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music Listening To MP3 Music 1 Press Power 2 3 Press BACK or NEXT to select one track 4 Press Switch to MP3 Mode to play MP3 music En 21
MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music-continued 5 Press to pause 6 Press to stop MP3 information While you are listening to MP3 music, the MP3 information will show on the LCD. The title of the selected track The track number/ The total tracks The time of the selected track NOTE: The title of the tracks will show ONLY in alphabet. If the title can’t show in alphabet, it will show in “TRACK O1”, “TRACK 02”, and “TRACK 03” and so on.
PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback Basic Playback 1 Switch to PLAYBACK mode 2 The information of the selected file will show on the LCD.
PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback-continued The following step only works in DV and DVR files.
Preview in Multiple view/Single view or Hide the information 1 Press to preview in Single view 2 Press again to hide the information 3 Press again to preview in Multiple view PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback En 25
PLAYBACK Mode En 26 Advanced Playback-continued Quick Search (Back/Next) 1 Press for a second to Quick Search backward 2 Press for a second to Quick Search forward
DV Record Mode You can change the movie’s quality setting whenever you want. button. 1. In DV Mode, press the 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner. “ ” is fine quality, “ ” is normal quality and “ “ is economic quality. Fine quality Normal quality Main Functuions Changing the Quality Setting Economic quality DSC Record Mode You can change the picture’s resolution setting whenever you want. 1. In DSC Mode, press the button. 2.
Main Functuions Changing the Quality Setting-continued DVR Record Mode You can change the quality setting of voice messages whenever you want. 1. In DVR Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner. “ ” for standard quality, “ ” for Long Time.
(for DV and DSC mode) Using Macro select dial You can use the macro select dial (“ ” icon) when taking a movie or picture from a near distance. (For details, refer to the Specification.) Main Functuions Using Macro Select Dial Note: When taking a movie or picture from normal distance, set the dial to the normal focus range (“ ” icon).
Main Functuions Using Self-Timer (for DV and DSC mode) This Digital Video has a built-in 10 second self-timer. 1 Press Timer 3 The timer starts to count down from 10 seconds. This icon will blink during count-down. 2 Press Shutter to start The count-down number from 10 to 1. (Note: You could press any button to cancel self-timer during the countdown.
Using AE Lock (for DV and DSC mode) You could use AE Lock (Automatic Exposure Lock) to lock the exposure while taking a movie or picture. Main Functuions Using AE Lock This is effective when the contrast is too strong between the subject and background or when a subject is backlit. How to use AE Lock? Focus on the subject on which you wish to lock the exposure setting, then press AE LOCK button, and you can lock the exposure setting.
Main Functuions Using Guide Line/The LCD Display Using Guide Line (for DV mode and DSC mode) You can use guide line while taking movies or pictures. In Record Mode, press the button, the guide line will show on the LCD screen. The LCD Display To save energy, Digital Video allows you to switch off the LCD panel.
Using Hold (Press 2 Sec.) By pressing for 2 seconds, the buttons on the panel will be locked. The Main Functions Using Hold buttons on the panel will not function while in HOLD function. To cancel the HOLD function, press for 2 seconds. buttons locked Volume Adjust (for Playback Mode and MP3 Mode) You can adjust playback volume by using or .
Advanced Functions Attention Icon Memory Full If your Digital Video’s memory card is full, you can not take any new movie, picture or voice message. So when you press the Shutter to take a movie, picture or voice message, the LCD will display “MEMORY FULL” in the center. No Card If you don’t install a MMC card or SD card in this Digital Video, the LCD will display “NO CARD” in the center.
Advanced Functuions Menu 1 Press 2 Press NEXT or BACK to select 3 Press to change 4 Press to exit En 35
Advanced Functuions Menu-continued Digital Effect (for DV and DSC mode) This Digital Video offers four options to varify your movies and pictures. The four options are OFF (no effect), SEPIA, B&W and MOSAIC. Night Shot ON/OFF (for DV and DSC mode) Night Shot is long time exposure to let you take a movie or picture at night or in dim light. If you choose Night Shot ON, the icon will appear on the right corner of the LCD screen. Quick Review ON/OFF (for DSC mode) You can have a quick review on your pictures.
Information ON/OFF (for DV, DSC and DVR mode) You can choose show the information or hide the information. Advanced Functuions Menu-continued Attach Date/Time ON/OFF (for DSC mode) If you choose Attach Date/Time ON, date and time will attach on the picture that you recorded. Date You could set the correct date for your digital video. Time You could set the correct time for your digital video. Beep On/OFF If you choose Beep On, there will be beep sound when you press the button.
Advanced Functuions Menu-continued Auto-Off ON/OFF Under Auto-Off, if you leave your Digital Video unused for certain times, this Digital Video will be auto-off. There are three options: 1 minute, 2 minutes and 5 minutes. (Note: If you set Auto-off ON for 2 or 5 minutes; LCD will be off first after 1 minute.) NTSC/PAL NTSC/PAL are two incompatiable analog TV signal formats. You can toggle between NTSC and PAL to your TV set’s preference. NTSC: North America and Japan PAL: U.K.
Slide Show You can choose to playback your movies, pictures, voice messages or MP3 in Slide Show. The Slide Show playback time is 5 seconds for each movie, picture, voice message or MP3. Advanced Functions Menu-continued To exit, press STOP. Repeat ON/OFF (only for MP3 files) You can choose to playback your MP3 repeatedly. If you choose to Repeat One, the selected track will playback repeatedly. If you choose to Repeat All, the whole tracks will playback repeatedly.
Advanced Functuions Menu-continued Del One/ Del ALL You can choose to delete one file or all files. Press Otherwise, press to confirm. to exit. Yes No Format your Memory Card If you want to erase all movies, pictures, voice messages, MP3 and other files, you can select FORMAT under the menu and press to wipe out the memory completely. If you want to keep your memory contents, press to exit.
Our video clip adopts Microsoft latest video technology(Direct X 8.1). Therefore user(Windows 98, 2000) needs to install our enclosed Direct X to playback the video clip files. Advanced Functions Notice for video clip playback on PC Note: Direct X is a program to upgrade Microsoft’s Media Player codec.
