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Content of table Introduction..........................................................................................................................4 Overview .............................................................................................................................4 Features ..............................................................................................................................4 Package Content ......................................................................
Recording audio files .........................................................................................................29 Mp3 Player ........................................................................................................................30 PLAYBACK Mode .............................................................................................................31 Video Clip playback ......................................................................................................
Introduction Overview Thank you for purchasing the Cobra Digital Video Camera DVC5200. It can not only take video but can also be used as a Digital Still camera, audio recorder, MP3 player, MP4 player, webcam, media player, mass storage, TV out and card reader. Generally, this multi-functional DVC5200 camera will make your life more colorful and enjoyable. Features • Effective resolution: 2592 x 1944 Mega Pixels, interpolated up to 10M pixels.
Getting to know Your Camcorder 5
Preparation Battery Installation Your DV requires lithium battery (3.7V). To insert the battery in the camcorder: 1. Slide the battery bolt to open battery door. 2. Load the lithium battery correctly as the polarity (+ and -) marked on the battery cover. 3. Close battery door. Notes: If you do not intend to use the device for a long time, remove the battery from your DV.
Charging the Lithium Battery 1. Attach the battery pack to the camcorder. 2. Power off your DV and connect it to PC with USB cable correctly. 3. The charging indicator will be turned to blue, showing that the battery is charging. 4. When the battery is fully charged, disconnect the PC from the camcorder. Notes: When the battery is fully charged, the indicator will turn off. Inserting an optional Memory Card You can insert any “SD” compatible memory card before using.
How to use the LCD monitor 1. Open the LCD monitor. 2. Rotate the LCD screen carefully per your request.
Notes: 1. Over rotation may cause damage to the inside of the hinge that connects the LCD screen to the Camcorder. 2. Please don’t contact the surface of screen when you rotate the LCD. 3. When the LCD keeps same direction with digital lens, the image shown on LCD will be adjusted automatically. Power on/off your Digital Video Press the POWER button to start your DV, and the LCD Monitor will light up, showing your DV is ready to use. Under the DV is “ON”, press POWER again button to turn off the device.
The Mode Dial Menus 10
OSD in CAMERA mode 1. Capture Mode Single shoot 2. Resolution 10M (3648x2736) 3. Photo Quality Sequence 7M (3072x2304) Normal quality Fine 5M (2592 X1944) 3M (2048 X1536) Super quality 4. Number of video/audio files Taken 5.
6. Battery level Full 7. Self Timer 10s self timer Medium Low 20s self timer 8. White Balance AWB Auto Daylight Tungsten Fluoresce Cloudy 9.
System Setup Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. (The arrow points at “SET” position). Set Frequency 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. 2. Press 3. Press button to select “Frequency” and then press M button. button to set the frequency, and press M button to confirm. Date/Time Set 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “Time” and then press M button. 2. Press button to select the digit. 3. Press button to set the digit. 4. Press 5. Press M button to confirm.
Beep Sound Select a beep sound whenever you change a setup value. 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “Beep” and then press M button. 2. Press button to select “On” or “Off”, and press M to confirm. 3. Press Note: . The BEEP SOUND function works in CAMERA, PLAYER, M.REC, and M.PLAY modes. . When beep is on, you can hear a “beep” sound with your operating. Format 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode.
2. Press 3. Press button to select “Format” and then press M button. button to select “Yes” or “No”, and press M to confirm. Notes: 1. At step 3, select “Yes”, all files in flash memory will be erased; After inserting SD/MMC card, If you select “Yes”, either all files in flash memory or external card will be deleted, depending on your selection of media. 2. Formatting will erased all files, even if the files are locked. Media Select 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode.
Note: The photos will be stored in the device you have selected. The default is Internal Flash storage. Default Setting 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “Default Setting” and then press M button. 2. Press button to select “Yes” or “No”, and press M to confirm. 3. Press Language Select 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “language” and then press M button. 2. Press button to select the language what you want and press M to confirm. 3.
Power Save 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “Power Save” and then press M button. 2. Press button to select the time that power auto off (60Sec, 2min, or None) and press M button 3. Press to confirm. TV Mode 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “TV Mode” and then press M button. 2. Press button to select the TV mode (NTSC or PAL), and press M button to confirm. 3.
Logo Display 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “Logo Display” and then press M button. 2. Press button to select “On” or “Off”, and press M button to confirm. 3. Press Version 1. Rotate dial mode to select “SET” mode. button to select “Version”. 2. Press 3. Press M button to check the current Version of your Digital Video 4. Press M button to exit Version menu.
Take a Video Rotate dial mode to select “Normal” mode of the DV. (The arrow points at “ ” position). Setup the parameter Set Resolution 1. In VIDEO mode, Press M button, the LCD will show as below. button to select “Resolution” and press M button. 2. Press button to select “640 X 480” or “320 X 240”and then press M button to confirm. 3. Press 4. Press button to exit the menu and return to the normal mode.
Frame Rate 1. In mode, Press M button, the LCD will show as below. button to select “Frame Rate” and press M button. 2. Press button to select “30fps”or “15fps”and then press M button to confirm. 3. Press 4. Press button to exit the menu and return to the normal mode. Set Audio 1. In mode, Press M button, the LCD will show as below. 2. Press button to select “Audio” and press M button. button to select “On” or “Off” and then press M button to confirm. 3. Press 4.
White Balance Please refer to the operation (white balance) in mode. Take a Video 1. Press the POWER button to start the DV. 2. Rotate the LCD monitor to best angle (The o o scope of rotation is 0 -270 ).
3. Rotate dial mode to select “ ” mode. 4. Use the LCD monitor to find the things. Hold the digital video steadily, and press the Shutter Button to start taking a video. 5. Press the Shutter Button again to stop taking a video. Zoom In /Out During shooting, you can press T button to zoom in up to 4x and W to zoom out. Notes: 1. The video clips will be saved as MPEG 4 format. 2. The shooting time varies depending on the available space of memory card.
Take Photos Rotate dial mode to select “Normal” mode of the camera. (The arrow points at “ Simply take a Photo 1. Press the POWER button to start the DV. ” position). 2. Rotate the LCD monitor to select best o o angle. (The scope of rotation is 0 -270 ).
3. Rotate dial mode to select “ ” mode. 4. Use the LCD monitor to find the things for which you desire to take photos. 5. Hold the digital video steadily, and press the Shutter button to take photos. Note: 1. You can press “T” button to zoom in up to 4x during taking photo. 2. When the DV is fully loaded with photos, if you press Shutter Button again, “No Space” will be shown on LCD monitor.
Advanced operation Flash Function In “Normal” mode of 1. Repeatedly press button to select the icon shown on LCD. The flash function is forced on. button to select the icon shown on LCD. The automatic flash function is 2. Repeatedly press activated. 3. Repeatedly press button to select shown on LCD. Flash function is not available. 4. Repeatedly press button to select the icon shown on LCD. IGBT function is ready. Meanwhile, you can also set flash function as the following operation 1.
runs for 10s before the photo is taken. 2. Repeatedly press button to select the icon runs for 20s before the photo is taken. button to select the icon 3. Repeatedly press photos will be taken at one time. shown on LCD. Press Shutter button, the timer shown on LCD. Press Shutter button, three Meanwhile, you can also achieve the above as below: 1. In CAMERA mode, Press M button. button to select “Capture Mode” and press M button. 2.
EV Set 1. In CAMERA mode, Press M button, the LCD will show as below. button to select “EV” and press M button. 2. Press button to set EV digit (-2.0 ~ +2.0) per your request. 3. Press 4. Press M button to confirm. 5. Press button to exit the menu and return to the normal mode. White Balance 1. In CAMERA mode, Press M button, the LCD will show as below. button to select “White Balance” and press M button. 2. Press button to select “Auto”, “Daylight”, “Tungsten”, “ Fluoresce” or “Cloudy” per your 3.
4. Press button to exit the menu and return to the normal mode. Image Quality 1. In CAMERA mode, Press M button, the LCD will show as below. button to select “Quality” and press M button. 2. Press button to select “Super”, “Fine”, or “Normal” per you request, and then press M 3. Press button. 4. Press button to exit the menu and return to the normal mode. Note: The resolution and quality will be shown on the LCD. Resolution 1. In CAMERA mode, Press M button, the LCD will show as below.
3. Press 4. Press button to select the image size, and then press M button. button to exit the menu and return to the normal mode. Other Function In CAMERA mode, you can set some others function excluding the above: “Scenery”, “Color”. Please refer to the above operation. Recording audio files 1. Press POWER button to start digital video. 2. Rotate dial mode to make the arrow point at “ ” position. 3. Press Shutter button to start recording, and press Shutter button again to stop recording.
Notes: 1. The recording time varies depending on the available space of memory. 2. The audio file that you record will be saved as WAV format. 3. When playing these audio files under PLAYBACK mode, you can press per your request. button to adjust volume Mp3 Player Before playing, please download some Mp3 files from your PC to this device. 1. Press POWER button to open digital video. 2. Rotate dial mode to make the arrow point at “Mp3” position.
PLAYBACK Mode Rotate dial mode to select “PLAYBACK” mode. (The arrow points at “ ” position). Video Clip playback In PLAYBACK mode, the video clip with audio can be played. 1. Power on your digital video. ” position). 2. Rotate dial mode to select “PLAYBACK” mode. (The arrow points at “ button to select the clip that you want to play. 3. Press 4. Press Shutter button to play the video clip. Press Shutter button again to pause playing, and then press this button to continue playing.
3. Press button to select the photo that you want to view. . Digital Zoom: You can press T to zoom in the photo up to 4 x; button to make all files in memory shown in thumbnails, press M button to exit . Thumbnail Mode: Press thumbnail view mode. button to select“Slide show”. . Slideshow: 1. Press M button. Press 2. Press M button. 3. All photos will be played in slideshow mode, press Shutter button to pause and press to exit. button to select” Rotate” and then press M .
Note: You can press to adjust volume of audio files per your request when playing. Delete All/Single 1. In PLAYBACK mode, press M button. button to select “Delete” and press M button. 2. Press button select to “Delete Current”, and then press M button. 3. Press button select to “Yes” and then press M button, the current file is deleted; If you 4. Press the select “Delete All”, all files (exclude the locked files) in memory will be deleted at one time.
Protect Video clips/Photos 1. In PLAYBACK mode, press M button. button to select “Lock” and press M button. 2. Press button select to “Lock Current”, and then press M button. The current file is locked; If 3. Press you select “Lock All”, all files in memory will be protected. 4. Press button to exit the menu and return to the Playback mode. Notes: . At step 3, if you select “Unlock Current” or “Unlock All”, the relative protection will be canceled. Crop the Photo 1. In PLAYBACK mode, press M button.
Software Installation Please put the software CD in your computer. Choose the right language per your request. This will launch the Video impression software installation. Follow the directions appear on your screen. NOTE: • Do not connect the DV to your computer during installing software. • Please check the “Install DirectX”，which support playing video files. If your computer can’t install automatically, please install manually as the following steps. 1. Place the CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2.
Downloading Before downloading, please rotate mode dial to select select” Mass Storage”. (PC mode), and then press button to Transfer still images/video files from DV to your PC Connect the DV to computer with the USB cable. 1. Double-click the icon My Computer. 2. Double-click the icon MASS STORAGE. 3. Double-click DCIM icon. 4. Double-click 100NVTIM icon. 5. You can now copy and paste the images to any directory you choose.
Copy Mp3 files from PC to your DV 1. Double-click the icon My Computer. 2. Double-click the icon MASS STORAGE. 3. Double-click MP3 icon. You can now copy and paste mp3 files to it.
Video impression Application Video impression software is a tool for producing custom movies and slide shows using your own video clips, picture, and sound tracks. There are 6 steps to achieve producing wonderful movies. 1. Media 1. On the main interface of this software, click the icon 39 to select files.
2. To our DV, there are two ways to get the video clips, audio files or photos. Select files directly from the DV For your DV, In PC Mode, you select “Mass Storage”, and then connect DV to PC with USB cable. The flash memory will be used as a movable hard disk on your computer, and you can select files from it. Select files from memory card You can also select files directly from a memory card. 3. Add items from your albums to the Storyboard, and they will combine to create your final movie or slide show.
2. Edit This step is only available for video projects and not slide shows. It lets you adjust the brightness and contrast of still images and videos on the Storyboard. You can also set the display time for still images and "trim" audio and video files to play only the sections that you want.
3. Effects Here you may add special effects that occur as one component on the Storyboard changes to the other. You may either add these “transitions” manually, or apply a "theme" to your entire project.
4. Text You can add text to any video or still image on the Storyboard. Text can appear stationary or move about the screen in various ways. This step is only available for video projects. Meantime, you can set the font, size, color, and shadow of text.
5. Narrate This step is labeled as "Audio" when working on a slide show project. Here you may record audio tracks and add them to the Storyboard. You can include as many audio tracks as you like, with two playing back simultaneously at any given time. Because your videos may already have sound, you may actually have a total of three tracks playing at once.
6: Produce The final step saves your project. When you're finished with this step, everything on the Storyboard will be combined into your video or slide show. Options here will vary depending on the type of project you make. Video projects will have more save options (tabs) than slide show projects. Some versions of the program will allow you to save to DVD.
Web Cam Video Conference Your DV can be used as a PC camera to conduct image transmission or hold online videoconference 1. Connect the camera to your computer with USB cable correctly. 2. Select\\\, and then run the videoconference software Microsoft NetMeeting on your computer according installation instruction.
Chat with MSN Your DV can be used as a PC camera when you are chatting with your friends with MSN 1. Rotate mode dial to select PC mode, and then press button to select“PC Camera”. 2. Run and sign in the MSN software on your computer. 3. Connect the camera to your computer with USB cable correctly. 5. Select the person who you want to chat and then press “OK”. 4. On the main interface of MSN, you select [Actions]\Voice/Video]\ [Start a Video Conversation] in sequence.
6. Press “Next” to continue. 7. You can select speaker and adjust speaker volume, and then press “Next” to continue.
8. You can select Microphone and adjust Microphone volume, and then press “Next” to continue. 9. Press “Finish” to finish setting. Now, you can chat with your friends with webcam.
Print Photos If there is a printer, which supports PictBridge function in home or office, you can connect DV to your printer with USB cable directly. 1. Power on your printer. 2. Power on your DV. mode to select a photo you want to print. 3. Rotate your DV to to select Print on LCD. 4. Press M button and then 5. Connect DV to your printer with USB cable directly. to cancel and to start printing. 6. Press to have a setting relative to the printing. 7.
Troubleshooting Relative parts Symptom Taking video/photos The DV can’t take video/photos after you press Shutter button. Explanation/Solution Auto Power off The camcorder goes off automatically. Battery pack The battery pack is quickly exhausted. .The atmospheric temperature is too low. .The battery pack has not been charged fully. .The battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be recharged, Use another battery pack. . You take too many photos with flash in black.
SD card SD card Time Set Downloading Video file You can’t format a SD card You can’t insert an memory card correctly Date/Time shown on LCD is incorrect Clips/ still image/ mp3 can’t be downloaded from DV to PC. Can not play video in your computer . It is locked. You can cancel protection. . The direction of inserting card may be incorrect. . The set is wrong. Please re-set Date/Time. . There may not install the drive of DV in your PC. Please install drive before downloading. .
Specifications Image Sensor Image Resolution LCD Display 2592 x 1944 Mega Pixels CMOS Sensor DigitalCamera: 3648*2736(10M),3072*2304(7.0M),2592*1944(5.0M),2048*1536(3.0M),1280 *960(1.3M) Video: 640*480 (VGA) / 320*240 pixels (QVGA) PC CAM: 640*480 pixels (VGA), 320*240 pixels (QVGA) 2.0” TFT (270degree eddy) Internal Memory Internal DDR (16MB),32M NAND flash memory External Memory SD/MMC card for optional SD cards Lens f=7.45mm, F3.
128 MB SD card: 1. Photos (JPEG format): Normal quality: about 636pcs (1M); 248pcs (3M); 154pcs (5M); 109pcs Storage capability (128MB SD card) (7M); 77pcs (10M) Fine quality: about 423pcs (1M); 165pcs (3M); 102pcs (5M); 72pcs (7M); Note: any size SD card can be used up 51pcs (10M) to 2 GB, which can be purchased at most Super quality: about 338pcs (1M); 131pcs (3M); 82pcs (5M); 58pcs (7M); consumer Electronic retail stores. 41pcs (10M) Please use a good quality card 2.
