BENQ Digital Camera 1300 Electronic User’s Manual Introduction to Benq Digital Camera 1300 1 Touring Your Camera 2 Preparing the Camera for Using 5 Installing batteries and strap 5 Installing Digital Camera Software 6 Using Your Camera 8 The digital camera mode 8 Taking pictures 8 Managing photos in camera 11 The continuous shooting mode 13 The video camera mode 14 The sound recording mode 15 The PC camera mode 16 Options 18 Troubleshooting Tips 25 Service Information 26
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Benq Digital Camera 1300 .....................................1 2. Touring Your Camera ........................................................................2 3. Preparing the Camera for Using ......................................................5 3.1. Installing batteries and strap ....................................................................... 5 3.2. Installing Digital Camera Software ............................................................. 6 4.
5. Troubleshooting Tips .......................................................................25 6. Service Information ..........................................................................
1. Introduction to Benq Digital Camera 1300 1. Introduction to Benq Digital Camera 1300 Benq Digital Camera 1300 is equipped with the following features: • Small size for easy carriage and convenience of use • High resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels in digital camera mode • Onboard 16 MB memory • Mode selectable flash light • Built-in self-timer • Fixed focus : 40 cm for macro mode, and 1.
2. Touring Your Camera 2.
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3. Preparing the Camera for Using 3. Preparing the Camera for Using 3.1. Installing batteries and strap Open the battery compartment cover and insert two AAA alkaline batteries into the compartment. Note the polarity of the batteries when you install. Refer to the illustration below to install the strap.
3. Preparing the Camera for Using 3.2. Installing Digital Camera Software The CD that accompanies your camera contains the digital camera driver bundled with valuable image-editing software. To install digital camera software: Insert the utility CD into the CD-ROM drive. The software installation menu will appear automatically. 1. If the software installation menu does not automatically display, open Windows Explore and double-click the “Autorun.exe” icon in the CD-ROM directory. 2.
3. Preparing the Camera for Using Click “Camera Driver” on the menu. Follow the on-line instructions to complete the driver intallation. Click to install digital camera driver Click to install Video Impression Click to browse User’s Manual Click to install NetMeeting Click to install Photo Base Click to install Acrobat Reader Click to install DirectX 8.1 Click to close the menu and exit You may be prompted to restart the computer at this point.
3. Preparing the Camera for Using Click on other items on the menu to install the bundled application software. Software DirectX 8.1 Acrobat Reader VideoImpression PhotoBase NetMeeting Description DirectX gives developers the tools to create amazing games for the Windows operating system and allows users the multimedia power to run the latest cutting-edge games. Install this software program to open document files in .pdf format. With VideoImpression you can edit and combine your video files.
4. Using Your Camera 4. Using Your Camera Benq Digital Camera 1300 provides 5 different operation modes: Digital camera mode, Continuous shooting mode, video camera mode, Sound recording mode, PC camera mode. With these modes, you can not only use Digital Camera 1300 to take photos, but capture and show images in various ways by connecting to your PC. 4.1. The digital camera mode In digital camera mode, you can take photos, view and download them from your camera and save them as files. 4.1.1.
4. Using Your Camera : The counter that indicates the number of photos taken. You can choose to let the counter display in another way. : Indicates the battery status. If the battery power becomes low, the battery icon will become empty. : This icon indicates the DC 1300 is in digital camera mode. You can change the mode setting by pressing the Power/ Mode button. : This icon indicates the flash mode is set to flash off mode. You can change the flash mode setting by pressing the Flash/ Enter button.
4. Using Your Camera Press the shutter. The image will be taken with a beep sound and the BUSY indicator will flash, indicating that the camera is saving the image to memory. When the indicator becomes off, you are ready to take the next photo. Note: Do not press the POWER button when the BUSY indicator flashes. After the shutter is pressed, hold the camera still until the BUSY indicator becomes OFF to prevent blurred images.
4. Using Your Camera 4.1.3. Managing photos in camera 4.1.3.1. Deleting the last photo taken Press the “Power/ Mode” button 4 times. The icon will appear on the status display. It indicates the camera is in Erase mode. Press the “Flash/ Enter” button, the camera will beep once and the BUSY indicator will flash, then the last photo taken will be deleted. 4.1.3.2.
4. Using Your Camera After choosing to delete all the photos saved in camera memory, press the “Flash/ Enter” button. The camera will beep once and the Busy indicator will flash, then all photos saved in camera memory will be deleted. 4.1.3.3. Downloading photos from camera Turn on the power of the camera by pressing the “Power/Mode” button. Refer to the illustration below to connect the camera to PC using the USB cable.
4. Using Your Camera 4.2. The continuous shooting mode In continuous shooting mode, you can take 3 photos a time by simply pressing the shutter button once. Taking pictures Press the POWER button for 3 seconds to turn on the power of the camera. The camera beeps once and enters camera mode. Then press the “Power/ Mode” button 1 times. The icon will appear on the status display. It indicates the camera is in continuous shooting mode. The status of camera will appear on the status display as follow shows.
4. Using Your Camera 4.3. The video camera mode In video camera mode, you can shoot video by pressing the shutter button. Shoot videos Press the POWER button for 3 seconds to turn on the power of the camera. The camera beeps once and enters camera mode. Then press the “Power/ Mode” button 2 times. The icon will appear on the status display. It indicates the camera is in video camera mode. The status of camera will appear on the status display as follow shows.
4. Using Your Camera 4.4. The sound recording mode In sound recording mode, you can record sounds by pressing the shutter button. Record sounds Press the POWER button for 3 seconds to turn on the power of the camera. The camera beeps once and enters camera mode. Then press the “Power/ Mode” button 3 times. The icon will appear on the status display. It indicates the camera is in sound recording mode. The status of camera will appear on the status display as follow shows.
4. Using Your Camera 4.5. The PC camera mode In PC camera mode, you can use Digital Camera 1300 as a motion image capturing device for your PC. You can use it for video conferencing, capturing snapshots and so on. 4.5.1. Using Digital Camera as a PC camera Turn on the power of the camera by pressing the “Power/Mode” button. Refer to the illustration below to connect the camera to PC using the USB cable.
4. Using Your Camera The motion images captured by camera will appear on the motion image display of the DC 1300 monitor frame. This means you are using your DC 1300 as a PC camera. It is shown as follows: Motion Images Captured Motion Image Display 4.5.2. The function of the DC 1300 monitor frame There are 5 buttons on the buttom of the DC 1300 monitor frame.
4. Using Your Camera 4.6. Options 4.6.1. Using the flash light Your camera is equipped with a flash light. It is recommended that you use the flash within the best working range as illustrated below. 4.6.1.1. Turning on/off the flash light Turn on the camera power and the default flash icon appears on the status display.
4. Using Your Camera Press the Flash/ Enter button, the camera will beep as the flash icon changes in the sequence as follow illustrated: Flash light OFF Forced flash light ON Auto flash light Now you are ready to take pictures. Note: If the macro function is turned on, the flash light will be disabled. It takes about 11 seconds for the flash light to recharge for the next shot. During charging, the Flash indicator blinks. Charging is completed when the Flash indicator becomes off.
4. Using Your Camera 4.6.2. Using the macro function If you need to shoot objects at a very close distance (from 8 inches to 2 feet), turn on the macro function before shooting. To turn on, slide the Macro switch to the “macro on” position. Slide the switch to the . position marked To turn off the macro function, slide the switch to the position marked .
4. Using Your Camera 4.6.3. White Balance Setting Under different environments, you can adjust white balance settings to get the best color registration image effect. The DC 1300 provides 5 white balance settings to modify white balance under different situations. Turn on the camera power and the default flash icon appears on the status display.
4. Using Your Camera 4.6.4. Enabling self-timer The self-timer function allows you to let the camera take pictures 10 seconds after the shutter is pressed. To enable self-timer: Press the Power/ Mode button 5 times. The self-timer icon will appear on the status display. Press the shutter and the camera will start generating beep sound. The self-timer activation indicator on the front panel and the busy indicator on the rear panel will both blinks simultaneously.
4. Using Your Camera 4.6.5. Pixel Setting The pixel setting function allows you to let the camera take pictures in different compression and resolution. To adjust the pixel settings: Turn on the power. The default pixel setting icon will appear on the status display as illustrated below. Press the Pix/ _ button, the camera will beep as the pixel icon changes in the sequence as follow illustrates: Pixel Settings: 1. Compression: Fine: Image with low compression. Normal: Image with high compression.
4. Using Your Camera 2. Resolution: 1280 X 1024 Resolution: Image with 1280 X 1024 resolution. 1024 X 768 Resolution: Image with 1024 X 768 resolution. 640 X 480 Resolution: Image with 640 X 480 resolution. Now you are ready to take photos in different compression and resolution.
5. Troubleshooting Tips 5. Troubleshooting Tips 1. The LCD panel remains blank when I press the POWER button and can't take pictures. Check that the battery is correctly inserted. If it is old, replace it. 2. The camera can not take a picture. When the FLASH indicator is on, it takes up about 15 seconds to charge the flash light for the next shot. During this time the camera is busy and cannot take pictures. Wait until the indicator becomes OFF. 3. Cannot download all my images from my camera to PC.
6. Service Information 6. Service Information Technical support If you encountered problems using Digital Camera 1300 and the camera driver program, please send an E-mail (containing detailed descriptions of the problem you came upon, the hardware and software environment of your system) to the following addresses: USA: support-sc@benq.com Europe: support@benq-eu.com Taiwan: service-tw@benq.com China: service@benq.com.cn Asia and other countries: IMGservice@benq.
