What’s in the Package 1 Introduction to BenQ Digital Camera 1016 2 Touring Your Camera 3 Installing Digital Camera Software 5 Using the Camera 7 BenQ Digital Camera 1016 Electronic User’s Manual Taking Pictures 7 Other Modes of Operation 8 Managing Pictures in Camera 11 Service Information 19 Technical support 19
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What’s in the Package What’s in the Package Make sure all the following items are in the package: Battery USB cable Digital Camera 1016 Neck strap Craddle Documentation Digital camera software CD-ROM If you find any item missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immediately.
Introduction to BenQ Digital Camera 1016 Introduction to BenQ Digital Camera 1016 BenQ Digital Camera 1016 has the following features: • Compact and lightweight The compact size (86.2 x 40.2 x 21.5 mm with lens) and lightweight (40g without battery) allows you to take your Digital Camera 1016 everywhere.
Touring Your Camera Touring Your Camera Front View Shutter USB port Viewfinder LED indicator Lens Detach the USB port cover from the camera Bottom View Cradle installation hole Battery compartment cover
Touring Your Camera Rear View Neck strap holder Shutter LCD panel Battery compartment cover Viewfinder switch Function Mode button Move the viewfinder switch upward to open the viewfinder
Touring Your Camera 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. Click “Camera Driver” on the menu. Follow the on-line instructions to complete the driver intallation.
Touring Your Camera Click on other items on the menu to install the bundled application software. Software VideoImpression PhotoBase Description With VideoImpression you can edit and combine your video files. New videos can be created using existing video, animation, and image files. Quickly and easily create desktop video presentations for use at home, business or on the internet. You can use this application program to easily manage your pictures.
Using the Camera Using the Camera Taking Pictures Hold the camera and look through the viewfinder and set up your picture. When looking through the view finder, keep it approximately 30 cm from your eye. Adjust size of your composition by increasing or decreasing distance between camera and subject but not nearer than 1 meter. 30 cm (12 inches) 1m (40 inches) Press the Shutter button to take a picture of your subject.
Using the Camera Other Modes of Operation Shooting Mode This mode of operation allows you to take lower-resolution images. To set your camera into Shooting mode: Repeatedly press the Function Mode button until the " " icon is displayed on the LCD Display Panel. This indicates that the Shooting mode is ready and also shows the number of pictures you can take is between 100 and 199. Shooting mode is ready only when the LCD Panel displays the " " icon.
Using the Camera and 899. The “ ” icon means the number of pictures you can take is between 900 and 999. But please note that the “ take is larger than 1000. ” icon means the number of pictures you can Please note that if the “ ” icon appears, it means some “unknown errors” cause the camera unable to function nomally. There are two ways to solve this problem, you can press “Power” button to pass (ignore) it or you can also press “Shutter” button to format your camera memory.
Using the Camera Self-Timer Mode The Self-Timer mode of operation allows a 10 seconds shutter release delay after pressing the Shutter button. Mount the camera on the cradle when operating under Self-Timer mode. Self-Timer mode is ON when this LCD Panel displays the " Press the Shutter button to start the delay countdown. " icon. Repeatedly press this Function Mode button until the Self-Timer mode icon is displayed.
Using the Camera Managing Pictures in Camera Erasing the Last One Image from Camera Whenever you wish to discard the images you have already taken, you can erase them from the camera. You can choose to erase the last one image you took or erase all the images you’ve taken.. "Last-One-Frame-Erase" is ON when this LCD Panel Press the Shutter button to start the delay countdown, the displays the " icon will glimmer. When the icon glimmers, press the " icon.
Using the Camera The PC Camera Mode The PC camera mode allows you to use it as a PC camera. Using Digital Camera 1016 as a PC camera Enable the "PC mode" feature by repeatedly pressing the Function Mode select button until the " " icon is displayed on the LCD Display panel.
Using the Camera The USB Mass Storage Device Mode This mode allows you to use the camera as a USB mass storage device which makes it easier to save large files (not only pictures) or transfer them. Using Digital Camera 1016 as a USB Mass Storage Device Refer to the graphic 1on page 12 to connect the camera to PC using the USB cable. Enable the "USB mass storage device mode" feature by repeatedly pressing the Function Mode select button until the " " icon is displayed on the LCD Display panel.
Using the Camera Connect directly to the USB port Transferring the Pictures in Camera to Your PC After you connect the DC 1016 to your PC, a “new USB mass-storage device found” message will appear on the screen. Then, the DC 1016 becomes a mass-storage device and will be used as a new drive under your operating system. It’s capacity is 16 MB. By using this mass-storage device, you can transfer the pictures in camera to your PC and save files to the camera.
Using the Camera Transferring the Pictures in Camera to PhotoBase Open PhotoBase by selecting Programs, ArcSoft PhotoBase, then PhotoBase on Windows Start menu.
Using the Camera PhotoBase will be opened up. Select New from the Album drop-down listbox and click the Add icon . An Add to Album dialogue box will appear. Select the pictures you want and add them to your album.
Using the Camera Transferring the Pictures in Camera to VideoImpression Open VideoImpression by selecting Programs, ArcSoft VideoImpression, then ArcSoft VideoImpression 1.6 on Windows Start menu.
Using the Camera VideoImpression main screen will appear. Click New. Click Capture.
Service Information Service Information Technical support If you encountered problems using Digital Camera 1016 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: service@BenQ-eu.com Taiwan: service-tw@BenQ.com China: service_china@BenQ.com Asia and other countries: support@BenQ.
