Vivitar 5018 Bedienungsanleitung

V iviCam 501 8 Digit al Camera Owner Manual CD310DV GF © 2009 Sakar In ternational, Inc. All right s reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are re gistered trademarks of M icrosoft Corpor ation. All other trade m arks are the property of their respe cti ve comp anies.[...]

1 T able of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Key Features ................................................................................................................................................... 2 W[...]

2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Vi viCam5018 5.1 Mega-Pixel Digit al Camera. Everything you need to take quality digital ph otos and videos is included with your camera. Y our digital ca m era c an also be us ed as a removable disk . It enriches your life. Please read thi s manual carefully first in order to get the mo st out o f your d[...]

3 Computer System Requirements for Windows XP T o be able to download photos to your PC, you will need the following minimu m configur ation:  Pentium III process or abo ve with Windows XP  128 MB RAM, w ith 1 50 MB of free disk space  Available USB interface  CD -ROM Driv e  1024 x 768 Recommend ed screen resolution  16 -bit colo[...]

4  128 MB or more ava ilable system R AM (256 MB recommended ), 150 MB free disk sp ace  800 x 60 0 or higher-resolution monitor di splaying millions of color s A Quick Look at Y ou r Camera[...]

5 Prep aring Y our Camera fo r Use Battery Installation Y our camera requires 2 AAA batte ries. T o insert the bat teries into the camera : 1. Slide and open the battery compar tment at the bottom of the camera. 2. Please make sure that the batteries are in serted with the corre ct polarity facing up. 3. Close the battery door . When the “ No Pow[...]

6 Note: 1. If you do n ’ t intend to use y our camera for an ex tended period of time, please remove the batteries to avoid battery leakage and corrosio n. 2. Please don ’ t remove the batteries or power off your camera before down loading the t est photos or videos when you have not inserted an SD card. The test images will be lost forever if [...]

7 3. Push the card in until you feel it “ click ” into posi tion. The top of the card should be flushed w ith the s urfac e of the camera. An icon will appe ar on the LCD scree n after you tur n on your camera. 4. Once the external memory c ard is inserted in to the camera all the images taken with the camera will be stored on the car d. Note: [...]

8 3. If there are photos and videos in the internal memory when you insert t he c ard in to your c amera , “ copy SDRAM file to your card, please wait …” will appear on the screen. The media will now be copied to your card. 4. When y ou ta ke out the SD memor y card, “ Card re moved, cha nge to Internal RAM ” w ill appear on the LCD scree[...]

9 Power on your camera, the default mode i s Camera mode. 1. Hold the ca m era steady and compose your objec t as appears in the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shu tt er button and wait a moment for the pho to to be is ta ken. Note : When the internal memory is full, the LCD screen will di splay “ Memory Full! Insert a SD Me mory Card to T ransfer and [...]

10 Note: A “ Lo w Power ” m essage w ill appear on the LC D screen, if you se lect the flash function w hen the battery power is insu fficient. T o continue using the camera with the flash, ple ase install new batteries. Digita l Zoom function Y ou can magnify your s ubjec t usin g the digital zoo m. Use the T and W buttons to adju st the zoom.[...]

11 Change Image R esolution Please insert a SD memory card first for i mage resolution changing . 1. Press the Menu button. 2. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the RESOLU TION option. 3. Press the Shutter bu tton. 4. Press the Up/Dow n button to select one of t he follow ing resolutions 5M/3M /2M/VGA. 5. Press the Shutter bu tton again to con fi[...]

12 2. Press the Up/Dow n button and select MODE. 3. Press the Shutter bu tton. 4. Press the Up/Dow n button and select SELF . 5. Press the Shutter bu tton again to con firm. An icon will appear on the top lef t corner of the LCD. 6. Press the Shutter bu tton to begin taking the photo . Y our camera will emit beep s and af ter a cou nt -down of 10 s[...]

13 Note : 1. “ Insert an SD Memory Car d ” will appear on the LCD screen when you pr es s the shutter button wh ere no SD memory w as previously inserted. 2. Y ou can playback the A VI file by using Quick Ti m e or W indows Media Player once it has been down loaded to your compu ter . Playbac k M ode Y ou can preview your photos in this mode. 1[...]

14 5. Press the Shutter bu tton again to stop p laying. Delete photo and /or videos Y ou may delete images directly from the memory card on your camer a. The im ages can only be deleted w hile in the playback mode. 1. In playback mode , pre ss the Men u button. 2. Press the Up/Dow n button to select one of t he follow ing options: “ Delete One ?[...]

15 that appear on the screen. Format This function w ill delete all of the files in your ca mera ’s memory (inter nal memory or SD me m ory car d, depend ing on the device selection) . P lease be c erta in that you wish t o use this function: 1. Press the Menu button. 2. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the For mat option. 3. Press the Menu bu[...]

16 1. On the “Inst all your camera sof tware” screen, select your camera mo del from the drop down list and click the “Inst all” button to inst all the PhoT ags Ex press software. For more in stallation info rm ation click the “Read Me First ! ” button. 2. On the “PhoT ags Ex press" screen, click the “Nex t” button.[...]

17 3. Please review the license terms a nd click the “ I A gree ” button to continue. 4. Let the “ PhoT ags Ex press” installe r create the folder wher e the pr ogram will be installed to , and then click “Install” .[...]

18 5. Please w ait while the application i s being installed on your computer . 6. Once the application ha s been in stalled on y our co mputer , cl ick the “Fini sh” but ton to let the “PhoT ags Express” insta ller fi nish the installation program.[...]

19 If you selected the option for t he application to start after pressing t he Finish button, the app lication will automatically lau nch. If not, then in order to open the application you need to double click on the Photags Express icon on the desktop. 7. The Welcome to Photag s Express Product Regi stration screen will o pen. This screen will ap[...]

20 If you choose to register at a later tim e click the “Continue” button to open the Photags Express application. Everything you need to g et the most from your pho tos The “PhoT ags Expr ess” softwa re that is installed on your computer allow s you to edit exist ing photos that you have on you r computer as well as the pho tos that you ha[...]

21 Manage your photos by creating countless unique photo collections without duplicating any pho tos. Burn CD’s o f any folde rs for backup and stor age. Enhance y our photos ; Auto Enhan ce, Crop, Co rrect Red Eye, Manu ally Adjust and add Spe cial Effe cts. A d d Act ive Captions - add T ext Captions, Frames, S hapes, Keywords… and m ore that[...]

22 Share y our photos via E- m ail, Lo cal Printing and Create HTM L web pages for upload ing online. Workshop s feature allows you to Create Calendars , two-sided Greeting Cards and Postcards on standard pho to paper .. . Create Photo A lbum s and Slide Sho w s on CDs tha t c an be view ed on your PC and VCD’s for viewing on your TV u sing your [...]

23 Download ph otos and v ideos to your PC Transfer Photos an d video images from y our camera to y our P C using PhoTags Express . Select the “Get Pho tos” button fro m t he top of the PhoTags Exp ress Main Menu screen . The Get Photos Wizard opens. Select the device (removable disk) option in t he Act ive Devices window on the left and then s[...]

24 Choose w here to place your photos and video s. The default is to place all photos and v ideos into a folder under the C : My Docu ments My Pictures folder with the date w hen the photos were t aken as the folder name.[...]

25 Cl ick the “Finish” but ton to start the dow nload process. A photos dow nload progress bar app ears showing the number of media (videos include d) down loading to your computer.[...]

26 All the media – Photo s and Videos on your camera are now downloaded to your computer to the selected folder. Open the “Selec t Photos” mode of Photag s Express to view the thumbnails for all the media. You may now use PhoTags Exp res s to edit y our photos, create colle ctions and Burn CD`s. To learn more o f how t o get the most out of y[...]

27 The video w ill begin to play automa tic ally . T o replay the video, use the media controls. Once all the Photos and Video s have been dow nloaded to the compu ter it is recommended t hat you d elete them from the camera thereby prep aring your camera to take more p hotos and videos. T ransferring photos and video s to your PC manual ly Tu rn o[...]

28 Choose “ copy pi ctures to a folde r on m y compu ter ” on the Removable Disk (F :) window . After you click “ OK ” , there w ill be shown so m e w indows on the s creen step by step, you a re only required to follow the description and click the buttons tha t are defaul ted by the system to finish transferring. Alternatively you can: 1.[...]

29 Maintenan ce of Y our Digital Camera The digital c amera is a deli cate device. Please handle your camera with care to avoid damaging it. Sakar Warranty Ca rd This warran ty covers for the origin al consumer pur chaser only and is not transferable. P roduct s that fail to function properly UNDER NORMA L US A GE, due to defects in material or wor[...]

30 Attention: Servi ce Department 195 Carter Dr ive Edison, NJ 08817 Y ou may also visit www .sakar .com for further assistance if necess ary or call our tech support depart m ent toll free at (877) 397- 8200. Appendix A : Specificatio ns Sensor CMOS sensor Image resolution 5M, 3M, 2M, VGA Lens f=7.23mm, F2.8 Internal memory SD RAM 8 MB External me[...]

31 Appendix B: T roubleshoo ting Q : I have ta ken photos but my computer says, “ No photos in camera. ” What do I do? A : First ensure that you have in fact taken photos. Press the Shutter/OK button a few tim es to take s ome sample photos an d then try downloa ding them again. If you still get a “ no photos ” error this m ay mean t hat yo[...]

32 3. Restart the computer . 4. Once your co mputer is back up, plug t he ca m era into you r computer ’ s USB port. 5. Right-click on the “ My Co mputer ” icon. Select prope rties. If you are runn ing Windows 2000 o r XP: click on hardw are and then Device Manager . If t he camera is instal led correctly , there will be a category listed f o[...]