DVR510N Digital Camcorder Owner’s Manual © 2009 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Key Features .............................................................................................................................................. 2 What your camcorder includes ...................................................................................................................
Introduction Thanks for purchasing the DVR510N Digital Video Camcorder. Not only can you shoot top quality videos but the internal Nand Flash memory enables you to also use it as a Removable drive that can store any file formats. This camcorder is unique in that the software application is included in the built-in memory of the camcorder.
What your camcorder includes ¾ Digital Camcorder ¾ Owner Manual ¾ TV cable ¾ Strap ¾ Built-in USB ¾ Quickflix Companion software CD Computer System Requirement for Windows XP To be able to download photos and videos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration: y Pentium 4 Processor (or above), 2.6 GHZ., with Windows XP Service Pack 2 y 512 MB RAM, 200MB free disk space. y Available USB Interface y CD-ROM Driver y Recommended screen resolution 1024 X 768 pixels or higher.
Computer System Requirement for Windows Vista To be able to download photos or videos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration: y Windows Vista y 800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory y 20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space y Support for Super VGA graphics y Available USB Interface y CD-ROM Driver Computer System Requirements for Macintosh y Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher y Mac OS X version 10.2.
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Battery power level Full battery power Medium battery power Low battery power Modes Playback Video Digital Zoom Infrared Night Vision (3 LED on) Infrared Night Vision (6 LED on) 6
Prepare Your Digital Camcorder for Use Battery Installation Your Digital Video Camcorder requires 4 AAA batteries (alkaline batteries are recommended). Note: Your Digital Video Camcorder has a 2GB Nand Flash memory, and therefore the data in your internal memory won’t be lost if your player is powered off or when the batteries need to be replaced. Insert the batteries into your Digital Video Camcorder as directed below: 1. Slide the battery cover down then lift to open the cover. 2.
3. The icon will flash on your LCD screen when the battery power is insufficient and you need to change new batteries. SD card installation Your Digital Camcorder has a memory card slot that enables you to insert any SD compatible memory card up to 8GB. Adding a memory card will allow you to increase the capacity of your Digital Video Camcorder. After you insert an SD memory card, all the videos you shoot will automatically be stored to the SD memory card. Please follow these steps: 1.
Note: After you insert an SD memory card, the icon will appear on the LCD, indicating that your SD memory card has been installed successfully, and the videos you shoot will be stored on the card. Software Installation: Quickflix Companion and Video Express Software Installation There are 2 ways for you to install the software on your computer. 1. From the CD-ROM provided in the packaging 2. From the CDImage found on the third drive on the in-built memory of the camcorder.
2. Click the “Install Quickflix Companion” button to continue. 3. The Welcome to the Quickflix Companion Installation Wizard Setup screen will appear. Click the “Begin” button to begin the software setup and installation process.
4. The Setup wizard will start to install the Quickflix Companion application on your computer. Click “Next” to continue.
5. Please review the license terms and click the “I Agree” button to continue. 6. In the Installation options you can choose where to install this application. However, it is recommended to let the Quickflix Companion installer create the folder to where the program will be installed. Click “Install” and follow the instructions.
6. 7. Click “Finish” to let the Quickflix Companion installer finish the installation program. The Setup will now begin to silently install the Video Express software. This might take a few second to install depending on the operating system you are running.
Congratulations!! You have successfully installed the Quickflix Companion and Video Express software on your PC. Click the “Finish” button to open the Quickflix Companion application. Software installation from the CD Image found in the camcorder’s built-in memory 1. Push out the built-in USB connector on the side of the camcorder. 2. Connect the USB connector to a USB port on your computer. 3. The camcorder will automatically power on 4. Wait for the computer to recognize the camcorder 5.
Note: There is no need to restart your computer. You may begin to use your camcorder and thereafter download the images Starting Your Digital Camcorder Power on Press and hold the Power button on the side of the camcorder for about 1 second. Your Digital Camcorder will sound a beep to indicate that it has power on and the LCD will light up. Power off Press and hold the Power button for about 1 second to power off your camcorder.
5. Then Press the Down button to select “confirm” and enter DV/DSC/Playback mode Frequency setting: Generally speaking, 60HZ is for the countries such as U.S. and 50HZ for countries such as Japan. The default setting is 60HZ. 1. Press the MODE button and hold for 2 Seconds to enter setting menu. 2. Press the Down button to select “Frequency” option. 3. Press the OK button 4. Press the Up/Down button to select 60HZ or 50HZ. 5. Press the OK button and back to setting menu 6.
Resolution settings Your Digital Camcorder supports 2 resolutions – VGA and QVGA. Press the Delete/Resolution button to toggle and change between them. VGA or QVGA will appear on the LCD screen. Note: Videos captured in VGA are of a better quality than QVGA videos and therefore take up more of the camcorder’s memory. Shooting Videos 1. Turn on your Digital Camcorder. 2. The amount of recording time available for the resolution selected will appear on the top right corner of the LCD screen. 3.
Note: The Infrared illuminator LEDs will light up to assist you in shooting your video where the lighting conditions are too dark. Digital Zoom Your Digital Video Camcorder has 8x digital zoom function, which enables you to zoom in and enlarge your object up to 8 times. • • Press the Zoom-in right button to zoom in to your object Press the Zoom-out left button to zoom back out. Camera Mode Resolution settings Your Digital Camcorder supports 2 resolutions – VGA and QVGA.
camcorder’s memory. Taking Photos: 1. Turn on your digital camcorder. 2. Press MODE button to enter DSC mode. 3. The amount of recording time available for the resolution selected will appear on the top right corner of the LCD screen. 4. Press the OK/Shutter button to start taking your photo, the remain amount of photos will appear on the top right corner of the LCD screen Playback Mode In this mode you can playback, delete the photos and the AVI files or format the memory.
1. 2. 3. Press the Right/Left buttons to select a photo you want to play The number of photos and saved to memory (either internal or on the external SD Card) appears on the LCD screen. Press the MODE button switch taking photo mode. Playback AVI files Power on your camcorder and press the Mode button to enter the Playback mode. The following icon will appear on the LCD.
1. 2. 3. Press the Right/Left buttons to select a video file you want to play. The number of video files captured and saved to memory (either internal or on the external SD Card) appears on the LCD screen. The length of each video file appears on the top right corner of the screen. 4. Press the OK/Shutter button to play the selected AVI video file. 5. Press the OK/Shutter button again to stop the video.
Note: You will not be able to hear the sound-track associated with that video on the device. Delete You can only delete unwanted files in the Playback mode. 1. In the Playback mode, select an AVI video file by pressing the Right/Left buttons. 2. Press the Delete button. 3. A message screen will appear with 3 delete options: • Delete One - delete the current file you selected. • Delete All - delete all files in your camcorder.
on your device. Reminder: The Quickflix Companion build is conveniently included in the third internal memory drive of your player. This is so, so that you can install the Quickflix Companion to any computer wherever you are without having to use the installation CD. TV out function Your Digital Camcorder supports a TV out function. You can use any TV screen instead of your Digital Video LCD Screen to view your videos. Please follow the below steps: 1. Power on your Digital Camcorder. 2.
5. The LCD screen of your Digital Camcorder will now turn off and the image will now appear on the TV screen. 6. To see a video being captured in real time on your TV, point the camcorder at the object and begin to record as described in the Shooting Videos section above. 7. The image being recorded appears on your TV screen (instead of the camcorder’s LCD) 8. You can also use the TV screen instead of your camcorder screen to playback and view your videos.
Transfer Files manually Your Digital Video Camcorder has 3 built-in camcorder drives, the first two of which can also be used as Removable drives to copy and transfer media. The first drive is set aside for the SD Card when it is inserted into your camcorder to save videos captured. The second drive is where all the videos captured with the internal memory of the camcorder are saved. The third drive is set aside for the portable Quickflix Companion software application.
Use the “Quickflix Companion” program to import the videos from your camcorder. 1. Open the rubber USB cover. 2. Press and slide the USB out. 3. Connect your digital camcorder to PC. 4. Your camcorder will automatically power on. 5. Be sure to wait until the camcorder is recognized by your computer. Important: We recommend not opening the software until you see the “Your new hardware is installed and ready to use” pop-up box on the taskbar.
Note: 1. In order to complete the installation process you are required to register. Registering your product entitles you to discounts on upgrades as well as Free Customer Support. 2. You will not be requested to enter information other than you name, email and address. Once you have registered successfully you will be able to open and use the Quickflix Companion. If you choose to register at a later time click the “Continue” button. 3. The Quickflix Companion Main Menu screen appears.
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4. Click on the “Get Media” button to open the Get Media Wizard to begin transferring the videos captured with your camcorder to the computer. 5. Step 1 - Select the device (drive) where media is stored from the Active Devices window. • The first removable drive for this device is the SD Card. Selecting this drive will download the media stored on the SD Card to the computer if the SD card is inserted in the camcorder. • The second removable drive for this device is the internal memory.
Note: Selecting the “Express” copy option will automatically download all media from the selected device drive to the computer without the option of selecting the media items. 7. Step 2 - Select the media items you wish to download and click the “Next” button.
8. Step 3 - If you have photos on that drive that you transferred to your device manually, you can choose to batch these photos once they download. Add active captions to the picture - add a date, keywords and categories. Click the “Next” button to continue. 9. Step 4 - Choose where to place your media once it is downloaded to the computer. • You can also choose the website where you would like to upload your media.
Note: If you also selected a website, once the media is downloaded it can be viewed in the ‘Select Photos’ mode of your application and the application will jump to the ‘Upload’ mode and open the web browser of the site you chose. For more information please refer to the Quick Start Help Guide or Show Me How Tour tutorial from within the “Quickflix Companion” application.
• • Manage your photos by creating countless unique photo collections without duplicating any photos. Simply select the photos from the Thumbnail window and add them to the collection window at the bottom of the screen. Click the ‘Add’ button or drag the photo into the window. Play your videos – double click on the video that appears in the thumbnail screen in the Select Photos mode, or right click on the video and select the ‘Play’ option from the menu that appears.
• Burn CD’s of any folders for backup and storage by right clicking on the folder in the Directory tree and choose the ‘Burn to CD’ option. To burn a CD of your collection, select the collection you wish to burn and then open the Manage Collections drop down menu and choose the Burn to CD option. • Enhance your photos - Auto Enhance, Crop, Correct Red Eye, Manually Adjust and add Special Effects.
Video Express application The Quickflix Companion software installs a custom built Video Express application. This application is a convenient and powerful tool for creating your very own professional looking movies. Create movies on whatever theme you wish. Using all the media that you have on your computer as well as the videos that you capture with your camcorder you can edit, save, upload and burn your movies to CD or DVD to share with family and friends.
1. Create a Project • • • • A movie project is a movie that is still open for editing and revising. All of the source files and elements that make up your movie (videos, pictures, audio files) are arranged in a desired sequence with effects and transitions to create your very own movie. It is possible to create several unfinished projects at one time. Opening a new project in the ‘Manage’ mode is the first step in creating your movie. 2.
3. Find Media and Create Collections • The next step in creating a movie is finding the media files on your PC that you would like to use in your movie project. • A movie is made up of video and photo files that are places sequentially with accompanying audio and special effects. • Media on your PC can either be inserted directly from the “ Folder” (directory tree) of your computer into your movie project or placed in a "Collection".
• Putting a file in a "Collection" does not add the file to the movie project or obligate you to do so. It is just a convenient container for files that you think you might want to use at a later point. 4. Adding Media to your Movie Project • The next step is to actually add the media files to your movie project and begin shaping your movie.
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5. Creating and Saving a Completed Movie File • • • • When all of the arranging and editing is finished in the Timeline/Storyboard and your movie project is complete, you are ready to create a completed movie file. Completed movie files will be saved to your PC as a .WMV file The application gives you the choice of how to share your movie The completed movie once saved to your computer can be shared via email, uploaded to the web, copied to a CD or burn to a DVD.
For more detailed information of how to use all these features please refer to the Quick Start Help Guide and/or the Show Me How Tour tutorial from within the “Video Express” application. Auto Detect feature The “Quickflix Companion” application when installed on your PC will also install an Auto Detect application. This very useful application can be managed from the Window system tray. Click the • • • • icon on your Windows system tray to open the Auto Detect feature.
For more detailed information of how to use all the Auto Detect features please refer to the Help Guide by right clicking on the Auto Detect icon on your Windows system tray. Maintenance of Your Digital Camcorder Your digital camcorder is a delicate instrument- please handle it with care. Technical Support For all installation and software related technical support you can email your enquiries to cs@smithmicro.com. For all hardware and warranty related issue with the camcorder see the next section.
What To Do When Service Is Required: When returning your defective product (postage pre-paid) for service, your package should include: 1. Copy of original bill of sale 2. A detailed written description of the problem. 3. Your return address and telephone number (Daytime) MAIL TO ADDRESS BELOW: Sakar International Attention: Service Department 195 Carter Drive Edison, NJ 08817 For technical support issues please visit our website at www.vivitar.com.
Technical Specifications Product type Working temperature Digital Camcorder 0~40℃ Digital Video resolution 640*480 pixels ( 30fps) / 320*240 pixels( 30fps ) Image Sensor CMOS Sensor LCD Display 1.8” TFT Internal memory 8MB SDRAM,2G Nand flash External memory SD card (up to 8GB) Internal memory (2GB): about 59 minutes recording AVI video Storage capacity files in QVGA mode Lens f=4.8mm,F=2.
Window XP/Vista (Mac OS X (10.2.6 or higher) will recognize Computer system the camcorder as a removable disc) Troubleshooting Q: I have taken videos but my computer does not recognize my camcorder.
A: First, ensure that you have in fact taken videos. Press the Shutter button a few times to take some sample photos and then try downloading them again. It is also recommended that you have an SD card inserted in the camcorder. Secondly, the USB cable needs to be inserted in a free USB slot on your computer. Thirdly, give your computer time to recognize that the device is inserted. If need be, refresh the device options list until you see the removable devices appearing.
