® CV-5 8 x 42 Digital Camera Binocular
Contents Quick Start ................................................................................ 4 Features .................................................................................... 7 Introduction .............................................................................. 9 How to Use Your Binocular ......................................................10 Adjust Eye Relief, Adjust the Barrels ..................................10 Focus the Binocular ........................................
Quick Start How to start taking pictures... Left Button DSC Icon 1 2 3 4 4 Right Button Install 2 AA batteries. (Not included.) Menu Button Turn on camera. Press and hold down Menu button for 3 seconds. Shutter Button Select the Still Camera Mode. Press Menu button. Use Right and Left buttons to move the selection box over the DSC icon. Press the Menu button. Press the Shutter button to exit menu. Point at something interesting and press the Shutter button.
Quick Start How to use Flashback... Have you ever wanted to record just the play of the game (your daughter kicking the winning goal) or capture just the highlight of an event (your son receiving his diploma)? Use Flashback when you want to capture video of short activities like these—without using up all your memory.
Quick Start How to download your pictures... USB Cable 9 10 1 12 Plug in. Connect CaptureView to your PC or Mac (OS 9.0 or higher) using the included USB cable. Sit back and relax a minute. CaptureView automatically installs on your PC. No drivers are needed. Install Ulead Photo Express. Insert the CD, click on Ulead Photo Express and follow the on-screen instructions. 6 Enjoy your photos. Open Ulead Photo Express to view, edit and print your pictures.
Features j i 1! g h e f c 1@ Fig. 1: Top View 1. Diopter Scale (on underside of right eyepiece) 2. SD Card Port 3. Eyepiece 4. Menu Button 5. Shutter Button 6. Left Button 7. Right Button 8. LCD Screen 9. Objective Lens 10. Camera Lens (not visible, see Fig. 2) 11. Barrel 12. USB Port 13. Battery Compartment Lid (see Fig. 2) 14. Focus knob (not visible, see Fig. 2) d b Fig.
Features 1# 1$ b 1) Fig. 2 8 Fig. 2: Bottom View 1. Diopter Scale 10. Camera Lens (not visible) 13. Battery Compartment Lid (squeeze and pull back to remove) 14.
Introduction Congratulations on purchasing the Meade® CaptureView® CV-5. CV-5 is an 8 x 42mm full-featured binocular. It is integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to capture pictures or video. This manual is designed to quickly guide you through the operation of your CaptureView CV-5. For best results, take a few moments to become familiar with the operation of your device, and save the manual for future reference. A few of CaptureView’s many features: • • • • Fully functional binocular.
How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Adjust Eye Relief • If you wear eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and hold the eyepieces up against your glasses. Fold down Barrel Barrel Adjust the Barrels You need to adjust the barrels, as the distance between your eyes is usually different than the distance between another person’s eyes. 10 1. Hold CaptureView up to your eyes in the normal viewing position. Use both hands to hold each barrel firmly. 2.
How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Focus the Binocular 1. Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView at its center point between “+” and “-.” 2. Choose an object (such as a telephone pole) that is at least 50 feet (15m.) away. 3. Looking with only your left eye, rotate the Focus Knob until the object you are viewing is focused. 4. Looking with only your right eye, rotate the Diopter Scale until the object you are viewing is focused. 5.
Install Batteries CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. Take some time to practice capturing still pictures and video. Depending on the available light and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright or centered as viewed through the binoculars. CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus the camera manually) and takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus. If you want to...
Camera Modes CaptureView provides three modes: Menu, Preview (Still, Movie and Flashback) and Playback. If you want to... Do this... Use the Preview mode Left Menu Select the Menu mode Select the Playback mode Right Shutter When you first turn on the camera or when you exit the Menu mode, the Preview mode is operational and the LCD screen displays a live image. The Preview mode has three options to choose from: Still, Movie and Flashback. Use this mode to take pictures or movies.
Using Buttons and Moving Through Menus If you want to... Do this... Turn on the Camera Press and hold the Menu button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Display Menus Press the Menu button to display the menus. Move the Red Selection Box through the Menus Use the Right and Left buttons to move the red selection box right or left over menus or menu options. Select a Menu or Menu Option When the box is over a menu or a menu option you wish to select, press the Menu button.
Taking a Picture If you want to... Take a Still Picture Left Right Menu Shutter Note: When you are in the Preview mode, you can capture pictures or video. Note: When you take a picture, a beep sounds and “Saving...” displays. The counter in the upper right corner of the LCD increases by one. Do this... 1. Lift up the LCD to an upright position. Press and hold the Menu button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Point the binoculars and images will appear on the LCD. 2.
Capturing Video If you want to... Do this... Capture Video Note: The length of a movie depends on how much memory you have available. Audio recording is not available with this camera. Left Menu 16 Right Shutter 1. Lift up the LCD to an upright position. Press and hold the Menu button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Point the binoculars and images will appear on the LCD. 2. Press the Menu button again and a menu screen displays on the LCD.
Playback If you want to... Do this... Playback Images Note: A counter appears at the upper left. If the counter reads 3/5, for example, it means the third of five items. A movie counts as one item. Left Menu To playback your captured images: 1. To see the image(s) that you have captured, move the selection box to the Playback menu (the right pointing triangle icon) and press the Menu button. 2. The last image you captured displays.
Other Menu Options If you want to... Use Flashback This feature is very useful when you wish to capture a short activity, but are not sure when it will begin. This feature captures video for a userselected period of time (5, 10, 15 or 20 seconds). Select the Flashback menu icon and press the Menu button to activate recording. You can record for as long as you like, but you will only save a recording for the period of time you have selected.
Other Menu Options Some suggestions for using Flashback Let’s say your daughter is on the varsity basketball team. And right now, she’s dribbling down the court. You’d like to capture her patented hook shot on video. This is a job for Flashback. Select Flashback with a recording period of 10 seconds and press the shutter button as she sets off down court. The ball is passed back and forth, and is kicked out of bounds. But don’t touch the Shutter button just yet to stop the recording.
Other Menu Options If you want to... Use Other Playback Options Besides playing back images and video, the Playback menu provide other options: Delete Last Image, Delete All Images and Format. Do this.... • While in Playback mode, press the Menu button once to display Playback setting submenus. • Select “Back” to exit to Preview mode. Delete Last Image • Select the "Delete Last Image" menu to erase the last image or movie displayed in Playback mode.
Other Menu Options If you want to... Change Resolution CaptureView provides four resolution settings (displayed as 3M, 2M, 1M or VGA in the menus or as stars in the viewing mode). You can take more pictures in the VGA mode than in the 1, 2 or 3 megapixel modes. (4 Stars) 3 megapixels mode (2048 x 1536). This mode interpolates images to 3 megapixel resolution. (3 Stars) 2 megapixels mode (1600 x 1200). Default. (2 Stars) I megapixel mode (1280 x 960). Do this... 1.
Other Menu Options If you want to... Change the Exposure Setting The Exposure menu provides two options: Auto and Backlight. 22 Do this... • Select Auto to allow CaptureView to automatically select dark-light exposure of the image. Normally, you will use this setting. • Select Backlight to choose an exposure that has less contrast than the Auto setting. Note: Experiment with these setting to find the exposure that works for you.
Other Menu Options If you want to... Use the Setting Menu Options Do this... • Move the selection box over the Settings Menu icon and press the Menu button to display the Settings submenus. The Settings menu provides the following options: Time and Date, Beep, Info Display, Date Stamp, Flicker, Flashback Period and Default. Set the Current Time and Date The year, month, day, hour, and minute settings are displayed in this menu. 1. Choose the Time and Date icon to set the current time and date.
Other Menu Options If you want to... Adjust the Beep Turn Menu Display Icons On or Off Record the Date Stamp 24 Do this... • Choose this icon to turn the beep on or off. • Choose the Info Display icon and select On to display the icons of the menu options you have chosen on the LCD when in viewing mode. • Choose the Info Display icon and select Off to turn off menu icons on the LCD (giving you a more unobstructed view on the LCD).
Other Menu Options If you want to... Do this... Select the Flicker Rate • Choose the Flicker icon and then select the flicker rate setting (50Hz or 60Hz) for your country. The flicker rate for the United States is 60Hz. Set the Flashback Period Note: See USE FLASHBACK, page 18, for more information. • Choose the Flashback Period icon and then select the length of time you wish the Flashback feature to record: 5, 10, 15 or 20 seconds.
Other LCD Icons This icon displays... Mass Storage Card Present Note: You cannot load to a Unix system using the camera's USB port—this port only can download to Windows OS or Mac OS 9.0 or higher. Note: If you wish to copy files to or from your flash card, make sure you change the Read-Write setting on the flash card to "Write." Note: You may have to change the drive letter using your PC's Disk Management function if the flash card tries to use a drive letter that is already in use (e.g., E:).
Installing Software If you want to... Install Image Editing Software (Ulead Photo Express) Note: If you are connected to the internet and you click on the Meade logo on the splash screen, you will go to meade.com. Do this... 1. Insert supplied CD Rom into your PC’s drive. 2. A splash screen displays. Click on “Ulead Photo Express.” 3. Follow on-screen instructions. 4. After you click “Finish,” the Ulead Photo Express icon appears on your desktop. 5. Double-click the icon to launch the program.
Other Software The included CD ROM contains other software programs by Ulead that will assist you in editing your images, allow you to transfer images to email, and provide you with other useful functions. Ulead Photo Express®, Photo Explorer, and Cool 360™, and CaptureView Manager are proprietary programs, and may not be sold, licensed or distributed without the express written consent of Ulead. For more information about Ulead Photo Express, visit the Ulead website at www.ulead.com/pe.
Maintenance Care of Your CaptureView 1. Never immerse CaptureView in liquid. Remove dust or stains with a soft cloth dampened with water or neutral detergent. Keep in a dry, cool dust-free environment or a container when it is not being used. Do not spray liquid cleaners directly onto LCD. Using only gentle pressure, wipe the LCD with a slightly dampened cleaning cloth. 2. To conserve battery life, remove batteries after downloading images to a computer.
Specifications Binocular power Binocular objective lens diameter Binocular optical design Binocular close focus Camera Angle of view (diagonal) Binocular field of view Image capture resolution Number of images at each resolution (Built-in Memory, average subject matter) Max length of movie Camera aperture Camera optimum range 35mm lens equivalent Memory (Built-in) Memory (External) Operating Environment Operating system requirements Interface type Preview display Weight Product dimensions Battery (user su
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