Sakar 44090 Bedienungsanleitung

1 44090 MUSICAM Digital Camera and MP3 Player Owner’s Manual © 2007 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.[...]

2 Table of Contents Table of C ontents .......................................................... 2 Introducti on ................................................................... 2 Key Features ................................................................. 3 What your camera includes ........................................... 3 Computer Syst[...]

3 Key Features • 1.3 MegaPixel Digital and Video Camera 320 x 240 • 1.1 Inch Color LCD monitor • SD Memory Card Slot only for MP3 device which accepts SD and MMC compatible memory cards from 32MB up to 1GB. • PhoTags Express soft ware for downloading photos and videos from your Digital Camera, managing and enhancing your photos, printing, s[...]

4 the camera. • When you switch off the battery OFF-ON switch all the data in the built-in memory will be deleted. • After taken photos, we recommend always downloading your photos to your computer as soon as possible to prevent unintentional data loss. • We strongly suggest not to use mp3 player and camera at one time, as this will lead to u[...]

5 Charging Your Musicam for Use Built-in Batter y Your camera uses a built-in Lithium battery . When the Battery On/Off switch is O n. the USB por t serves as a charger for the battery. T o charge the battery, sim ply connect th e device via t he USB cable t o your PC, the camera scr een will light up . In the char ging period t he screen will cont[...]

6 period, leav e the switch in the Off positi on, this will sav e the ener gy left in the bat tery. Battery Capacity Icons: An icon will ap pear on the top r ight corner of your LCD sc reen, showing the amou nt of battery power availa ble. more than 70% power 35%-70% power 5%-35% power less than 5% power 1. the surface of the camera. Starting Your [...]

7 take photos and videos, download them to your PC, or use the device as a webcam. All MP3 f unctions will be disabled in this mode. MP3 mode: When the mode switch is set to MP3 (up), the device enters Mass Storage (MSDC) mode. All Digital Camera functions except for taking photos will be disabled, and you can now download music or other files onto[...]

8 Press the Menu button to enter the Main Menu, and press the Power/Shutter button to select the Camera Subm enus. Upon entering the Camera Submenu, you can choose bet ween the following options: Press the Shutter button to toggle through the vari ous options within this submenu, and the Menu button to select the mode of your choice. The LCD screen[...]

9 Press the Power/Shutter button to toggle between the different resolution options, and press the Menu button again to select and save the desired resolution. Options within the Resolution Modification Submenu are as follows: Note: Clearer photos will be taken at higher resolution, however low resolution will allow you to take many photos at one t[...]

10 Power/Shutter button to toggle between the frequ ency options, and the Menu button to select the desired frequency. Options within the Frequency Submenu are as follows: Note: 60Hz is suitable for the U.S. and Asia, and 50Hz for Europe and Japan. Delete All Submenu Press the Menu button to enter the Main Menu, press the Down button until the Dele[...]

11 Press the Shutter button on the left side of the camera. Press the “Preview” left dial arrow for the last photo taken to appear on the LCD screen. Now press the “Power Off/Menu” (up arro w on dial) mode button and the following screen will appear: Use the Down arrow to toggle between the Yes or No choices - Yes to delete the photo curren[...]

12 Your camera can be set up to take 3 photos in one continuous shot. Select the Continuous shot mode from the camera menu options on the LCD screen. Select the Menu (up arrow) mode. When the contin uous shot icon appears in the top left corner you can now take your shots. Press the Shutter button once and the camera will take 3 consecutive shots s[...]

13 Once in the Video mode, press the shutter button for the camera to start capturing an AVI video. A clock counter on the bottom right corner of the LCD screen will begin to count. The video is now being captured. To end the video capture press the shutter button again. The Video has now been captured and is ready to be downloaded from the camera [...]

14 “Music Express” section of this manual. The MP3 Player has a memory card slot that enables you to insert any “SD” compatible memory card. The amount of music that can be enjoyed while using this device depends on the capacity of the card inserted. The greater the memory of the card the more songs you can add. Adding a memory card will al[...]

15 memory Card. 6. After unlocking your memory card insert your SD/MMC memory card into the SD slot at the base of the device. 7. Press the On/Play/Pause button in the center of the dial for 4-5 seconds 8. A red LED light will begin to flash 9. You are now in MP3 mode and if you have music on the SD Card you should be able to hear it 10. Now open t[...]

16 seconds. Volume control To increase the volume press the up arrow on the dial, and to lower the volume press the down arrow on the dial. Sleep Mode (Pow er-Saving) The sleep mode uses low energy consumption in order to prolong the device`s battery life. In order to enter this mode while the MP3 player is playing music, simply press and hold down[...]

17 To Install the Software and Driver for the Digital Camera select the “Install PhoTags and WebCam Express software” button. This will begin the installation of the software. Please follow the instructions carefully to install this software to your computer. DO NOT PLUG YOUR C AMERA INTO THE USB PORT UNTIL THE SOFTW ARE INSTALLATION HAS BEEN C[...]

18 On the “PhoTags Express" screen , click the “Next” button. Please review the license terms and click the “Agree” button to continue. Let the “PhoTags Express” installer create the folde r where the program will be installed to, and then click “Install”.[...]

19 Click “Finish” to let the “PhoTags Express” installer finish the installation program. This will automatically launch the Install shield for the camera driver. Click “Next” to continue. Follow the Setup screens that appear to install the driver for this camera .[...]

20 Once the program has finished installing you will be asked to restart your computer. Please do so. Congratulations!! You have successfully installed the “PhoTags Express”, “WebCam Express” so ftware and the Camera Driver. To use the WebCam Express software see the “Using your Camera as a Webcam” section. To install the Music Express [...]

21 If the Camera is off it will automatically be turned on when the USB cable is properly connect ed and the Transfer mode icons will appear on the LCD screen. Click the “PhoTags Express” ic on that appears on your desktop to open the “PhoTags Express” Software. From the Main Menu screen that appears, select the “ Selec t Photos ”, “ [...]

22 Postcards on standard photo pa per... You can purchase Albums an d Video CD , two additional workshop projects online at anytime and these will be automatically activated in “PhoTags Express”. Create Photo Albums and Slide Shows on CDs that can be viewed on your PC and VCD’s fo r viewing on your TV using your DVD player. Add background mus[...]

23 Select the “Dual Mode Camera” option in the Active Devices window on the left. and select the “Custom” copy radial button in the Copy methods box. Click the “Next” button. Add Active Captions to your pictures. You can add a date, keywords, categories and more. Click “Next” to continue.[...]

24 Choose where to place your p hotos and videos. The default is to place all photos and video into a folder under the C:My Documents My Pictures folder with the date the photos where taken as the folder name. Click the “Finish” button to start the download process. A photos download progress bar appears showing the number of media (videos in[...]

25 transferred. For more information please refer to t he Quick Start guide in PhoTags Express. Viewing Videos Make sure that your camera is connected to your c omputer with the USB cable. Open any application that will enable you to view video files (for example Windows Media Player). Videos created and downloaded should be sitting in the C:My Do[...]

26 3. Adjust your Camera/Webcam to the desired position. The computer screen will display what the Webcam “sees”. 4. To add audio to your video, plug a microphone into your computer. 5. Click the “ Capture ” button to start recording the video. The recording elapse time will appear under the video. 6. Click the “ Pause ” button to hold [...]

27 Method 1 – Capture Mode: 1. Position the Webcam so that it is pointing in the direction of the object you wish to photograph. 2. The “image” appears in the application’s view screen. 3. Select the “ Capture ” mode button at the top of t he application screen 4. Click the “ Snapshot ” button on the top left of the view screen. 5. [...]

28 To learn more on how to capture JPEG snapshots from your Webcam or from your existi ng AVI movies, go to the “Take Snapshots” section in the Quick Start Help guide in the application. To learn how to change the User Settings, go to th e “Set User Preferences” section in the Quick Start Help. Webcam: You can use this Webcam to chat with f[...]

29 Note: Before you install the softw are please make sure that the device is NOT con nected to the computer by the USB cord. If your camera is conn ected please DISCONNECT it now. 1. Insert the Software CD that came with your Musicam Digital Camera and MP3 Player into the CD-ROM drive. Make sure that your Digital Music Player is NOT connected to t[...]

30 5. Please review the licens e agreement and click the “Agree” button 6. Let the “Music Express” installer create the folder where the program will be installed to, and then click “Install” 7. Click “Finish” to let the “Music Express” installer finish the installation program.[...]

31 8. Congratulations!! You have successfully installed the “Music Express” software. Digital Music Player Registration Make sure that your Digital Music Player is NOT connected to the computer. Note: The first time you open “Music Express” the wizard will open automatically requesting device installation. 1. To launch “Music Express”, [...]

32 3. Select your Digital Music Player model from the drop down list and click the “Next” button. 4. Insert a name for the Digital Music Player device and click the “Next” button. 5. Make sure that the button on the right side of the device is in the MP3 (up) position, and press and hold down the Power/On/Off/Play button for 4-5 seconds to [...]

33 6. Once the computer recognizes that you plugged your device, an “Install now” button will show, press it. 7. When the installation is done, a message will come up saying that the device has been successfully registered. You are now ready to use Music Express and all its features![...]

34 The next time you plug in your Digital Music Player device, it will automatically open “Music Express” and display its contents in “My music player” mode. (For more information please refer to the help file in the software.) Device Auto-Detect The Device Auto-Detect detects your Digital Music Player as soon as you plug it into the USB po[...]

35 To reset the Auto-Detect to launch at s ystem start up do one of the following: Right click on the Auto-Detect icon in the notification area, press "Preferences" and check the check box. Click the "Preferences" button on the "Music Express" main window, choose the Auto-Detect tab and check the check box. Press the &[...]

36 Rip an Audio This feature requires Windows XP. Rip music from a music CD, copy it to your computer and add it to your music library. 1. Click the “Rip CD” button in the “Get music” mode. 2. Click the “Load CD” button to load the CD from the CD drive. Note: The default name of the CD can be changed. 3. Mark the songs you want to rip ([...]

37 Copy music from remo vable drive Copy music files from any removable drive connected to your computer and add them to your music librar y. 1. Make sure the removable drive is connected to your computer. 2. Click the “Copy music from removable driver” button in the “Get music” mode. 3. Select the removable drive from the drives list. 4. C[...]

38 3. The new playlist will now be listed in the “My playlists” window. Add music files to a Playlist 1. Select the music file/files you wish to add from the “All music” playlist or another existing playlist. 2. Click on the “Add music to playlist” button and choose the playlist you want the song to be in or drag the selected music file[...]

39 6. Previous- play the prev ious song on the playlist. 7. Next- play the next song on the p laylist. Change the order of s ongs in your playlist Change the order of the songs by using the arro ws: 1. Move song up- move a selected song up in the playlist. 2. Move song down- move a selected song down in the playlist. Remove songs from playlist Remo[...]

40 Delete a playlist 1. Choose the playlist you wish to remove. 2. Click the “Delete playlist” button. 3. A window will appear asking you to confirm your wish to permanently delete the playlist. If you wish to delete the playlist press “Yes”, if not press “Cancel”. The “All Music” Playlist The top playlist in the “My pl aylists”[...]

41 4. Make sure you have a blank CD in the drive befo re pressing the “Begin burn” button. 5. Once CD is ready a message will come up saying “Your CD has been successfully created”. My Music Player Mode The "My Music Player" mode lets you view, listen, upload, download and remove music files and playlists from and to your Digital [...]

42 Save songs as Playlist After you transferred the selected songs to the Digital Music Player you can save the songs as a new playlist. 1. Press the “Save as playlist” button. 2. Insert a new playlist name. 3. The new playlist will appear in the “My playlists” window. Play songs transferred to your Digital Music Player Play a song that has[...]

43 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera Your 2 in 1 Digital Camera and MP3 Player is a delicate instrument- please handle it with care. Sakar Warranty Card This warranty covers for the or iginal consumer pu rchaser only and is not transferable. Products that fail to function properl y UNDER NORMAL US AGE, due to defects in material or workmanship. Yo[...]

44 Appendix B: Troubleshooting Q: I have taken photos, but my computer says "No photos in camera." What do I do? First, ensure that you have taken photos with your camera. Press the shutter button a few times to take some sample photos and try again. If you still get a no photos error, this indicates that the software was not installed co[...]

45 Athlon 300 MHz, or a Celeron 400 MHz or higher a s well as at least 128MB of RAM. Please note that the older AMD K6 processors will not work. More information about determining your computer's specifications can be found in the General Computer Information section. If you have determined that you have pictures in your camera and you meet th[...]

46 Unfortunately, the system requirements for our digital cameras andwebcams require a Windows operating system. There is no Mac driver available and no current plan to develop Q: If the w ebcam does not work: Make sure you have connected the webcam correctly into an available USB port or hub.[...]