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DVR510N Digit al 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.[...]

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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 us e it as a Removable drive that can store any file formats. This camcorder is unique in that the sof tware application is included in the built-in memory of the camcorder . So yo[...]

What your camcorder includes ¾ Digital Camcorder ¾ Owner Manual ¾ TV cable ¾ S trap ¾ Built-in USB ¾ Quickflix Companion sof tware CD Computer System Requirement for Windows XP T o 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 Ser[...]

Computer System Requirement for Windows V ist a T o 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 l east 15GB of available space y Support for Super VGA graphics y Available USB Interface y CD-ROM Driver Com[...]

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B a t t e r y p o w e r l e v e l Full battery power Medium battery power L o w b a t t e r y p o w e r Modes Playback Video Digit al Zoom Infrared Night V ision (3 LED on) Infrared Night V ision (6 LED on) 6[...]

Prepare Your Digital Camcorder for Use Battery Installation Y our Digital Video Camcorder requires 4 AAA batteries (alkaline batteries are recommended). Note: Y our Digital Video Camcorder has a 2GB Nand Flash memor y , 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 repl[...]

3. The icon will flash on your LCD screen when the battery po wer is insufficient and you need to change new batteries. SD card installation Y our Digital Camcorder has a memory card slot that enabl es you to insert any SD compatible memory card up to 8GB. Adding a memory card will allow you to increas e the cap acity of your Digital Video Camcorde[...]

Note: After you insert an SD memory card, the icon will appear on the LCD, indi cating 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 . [...]

2. Click the “ Install Quickflix Companion ” button to continue. 3. The W elcome to the Quickflix Companion Inst allation Wizard Setup screen will appear . Click the “ Begin ” button to begin the software setup and installation process. 10[...]

4. The Setup wizard will start to inst all the Quickflix Companion application on your computer . C l i c k “ Next ” t o continue. 11[...]

5. Please review the license terms and click the “I Agree” button to continue. 6. In the Installation options you can choose wher e to install this application. However , it is recommended to let the Quickflix Companion inst aller create the fol der to where the program will be installed. Click “ Install ” and follow the instructions. 12[...]

6 . C l i c k “ Finish ” to let the Quickflix Companion installer finish the installation program. 7. The Setup will now begin to silently install the V ideo Express software. This might take a few second to install depending on the operating system you are running. 13[...]

Congratulations!! Y ou have successfully installed the Qui ckflix Companion and V ideo Express software on your PC. Click the “ Finish ” button to open the Quickflix Companion application. Software installation from the CD Image found in the camcor der’s built-in memory 1. Push out the built-in USB connector on the side of the camcorder . 2. [...]

Note : There is no need to restart your computer . Y ou ma y 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 fo r about 1 second. Y our Digital Camcorder will sound a beep to indicate that it has power on and the LCD will light up. P[...]

5. Then Press the Down button to select “confirm” and enter DV/DSC/Playback mode Frequency setti ng: Generally speaking, 60HZ is for th e 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[...]

Resolution setti ngs Y our Digital Camcorder supports 2 resolutions – VGA and QVGA. Press the Delete/Resolution button to toggle and change between t hem. VGA or QVGA will appear on the LCD screen. Note: Videos captured in VGA are of a better quality than QVGA videos and therefore t ake up more of the camcorder ’s memory . Shooting Videos 1. T [...]

Note: The Infrared illuminator LEDs will light up to assi st you in shooting your video where the lighting conditions are too dark. Digit al Zoom Y our Digital Vide o Camcorder has 8x digital zoom f unction, which enables you to zoom in and enlarge your object up to 8 times. • Press the Zoom-in right button t o zoom in to your object • Press th[...]

camcorder ’s memory . T aking Photos : 1. T urn on your digital camcorder . 2. Press MODE button to enter DSC mode. 3. The amount of recording time av ailable 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 [...]

1. Press the Right/Left buttons to select a photo you want to play 2. The number of photos and saved to memory (either internal or on the external SD Card) appears on the LCD screen. 3. Press the MODE button switch taking photo mode. Playback A V I files Power on your camcorder and press the Mode button to ente r the Playback mode. The following ic[...]

1. Press the Right/Left buttons to select a video file you want to play . 2. The number of video files captured and saved to memory (either internal or on the e xternal SD Card) appears on the LCD screen. 3. The length of each video file appears on the top ri ght corner of the screen. 4. Press the OK/Shutter button to play the selected A VI video f[...]

Note: Y ou will not be able to hea r the sound-track associated with that video on the device. Delete Y ou can onl y delete unwanted files in the Playback mode. 1. In the Playback mode, select an A VI 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 - de[...]

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 inst all the Quickflix Companion to any computer wherever you are without having to use the installation CD. TV out function Y our Digital Camcorder supports a TV out function. Y ou can use[...]

5. The LCD screen of your Digit al Camcorder will now turn off and the image will now appear on the TV screen. 6. T o see a video being captured in real time on your TV , point the ca mcorder 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 cam[...]

Transfer Files manually Y our 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 camcorde r to save videos captured. The second drive is where all the videos captured with the inter[...]

Use the “Quickflix Companion” program to im port 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. Y our camcorder will automatically power on. 5. Be sure to wait until the camcorder is re cognized by your co mputer . Important: We recommend not opening the[...]

Note : 1. In order to complete the installation proce ss you are required to register . Registering your product entitles you to discounts on upgrades as well as Free Customer Support. 2. Y ou 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[...]

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4. Click on the “Get Media” button to open the Get M edia Wizard to begin transferring the videos captured with your camcorder to the comput er . 5. S tep 1 - Select the device (drive) where medi a is stored from the Active Devices w indow . • The first removable drive for this device is the SD Card. Selecting this drive will download the med[...]

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. S tep 2 - Select the media items you wish to download and click the “ Next ” button. 30[...]

8. S tep 3 - If you have photos on that dr ive that you transferred to your device manually , you can choose to batch these ph otos once the y download. Add active captions to the picture - add a date, keywords and categories. Click the “ Next ” button to continue. 9. S tep 4 - Choose where to place your media once it is downloaded to the compu[...]

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 St art Help Guide or Show Me How T our tutorial from within the [...]

• 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 . • Pla y yo u r vi de o s – double click on the video that appea[...]

• Burn CD ’s of any folders for backup and storage b y right clicking on the folder in the Directory tree and choose the ‘Burn to CD’ option. T o burn a CD of your collection, select the collection you wish to burn and then open the Manage Collec tions drop down menu and choose the Burn to CD option. • Enhance your photos - Auto Enhance, [...]

Video Express application The Quickflix Companion sof tware installs a custom built Video Express application. This application is a convenient a nd powerful tool for creating your very ow n professional looking mo vies . Create movies on whatever theme you wish. Using all the media that you have on your computer as well as the videos that you capt[...]

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 on[...]

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 effect s. • Media on your PC can either be inserted directly from the ?[...]

• 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 f iles to your movie project and begin shaping yo[...]

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5. Creating and Saving a Completed Movie File • When all of the arranging and edit ing is finis hed in the T imeline/S toryboard 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 ?[...]

For more detailed information of how to use all these features please refer to the Quick St art Help Guide and/or the Show Me How T our tutorial from within th e “Video Express” application. Auto Detect feature The “Quickflix Companion” application w hen installed on yo ur PC will also install an Auto Detect application. This very useful ap[...]

For more det ailed information of how to use all t he Auto Detect features please refer to th e Help Guide by right clicking on the Auto Detect icon on your Windo ws system tray . Maintenance of Your Digital Camcorder Y our digital camcorder is a delicate instrument- please handle it with care. Technical Support For all installation and sof tware r[...]

What T o Do When Ser vice Is Required: When returning your defective product (postage pr e-paid) for service, your package should include: 1. Copy of original bill of sale 2. A detailed w ritten description of the problem. 3. Y our retu rn address and telephone number (Da ytime) MAIL T O ADDRE SS BELOW: Sakar International Attention: Service Depart[...]

Technical Specifications Product type Digital Camcorder Digital Video resolution 640*480 pixels ( 30fps) / 320*240 pixels( 30fp s ) Image Sensor CMOS Sensor LCD Display 1.8” TFT Internal memory 8MB SDRAM,2G Nand flash External memory SD card (up to 8GB) S torage capacity Internal memory (2GB): abo ut 59 minutes recording A VI video files in QVGA [...]

Computer system Window XP/Vist a (Mac OS X (10.2.6 or higher) will recognize the camcorder as a removable disc) Troubleshooting Q : I have taken videos but my computer does no t recognize my camcorder . What do I do? 45[...]

46 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[...]