Vivitar ViviCam 5018 manuale d’uso

V iviCam 5018 Digit al Camer a Owner Manu al CD310DV GF © 2009 Sakar International, Inc. All righ ts reserv ed. W indo ws and the W indow s logo are re gistered trade m arks of Mi crosof t Corporation. All other trade m arks are the prope rty of their respe cti ve comp anies.[...]

1 T ab le of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Key Features ................................................................................................................................................... 2 [...]

2 Introduction Thank you for pur chasing the ViviCa m 5018 5.1 M ega-Pixe l Digital Camera. Everything you need to take quality digital photo s and videos is included with yo ur camera. Y our digita l camera c an also be used as a removab le disk . It en riches your life. Please rea d this manual carefully f irst in order to get the mo st out of yo[...]

3 Computer Syste m Requ irements for Windows XP T o be able to dow nload photos to yo ur PC, you w ill need the fo llowing minimum configu ration:  Pentium III proce ss or above w ith W indo ws XP  128 MB RAM, w it h 1 50 MB of free d isk space  Available U SB interface  CD -ROM Drive  1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution  16 [...]

4  128 MB or more available system RAM (256 M B recommende d), 150 M B free disk sp ace  800 x 600 or higher- resolution monitor di splaying millions of color s A Quick Look at Y o ur Camera[...]

5 Prep a ring Y our Camera fo r Use Battery I nst all ation Y our camera re quires 2 AAA ba tteries. T o i nser t the batteries into the camera : 1. Slide and open the battery compa rt ment at the bo ttom of the camera. 2. Please m a ke sure that the batteries are in serted w ith the correct polarity fa cing up. 3. Close the bat tery door . W he n [...]

6 Note: 1. If you don ’ t intend to use y our ca mera for an ex tended p eriod of time, please r emove the ba t teries to avoid battery leakage an d corrosio n. 2. Please don ’ t re move the batteries or power off your camera before downloa ding t he tes t photo s or videos w hen you hav e not inser ted an SD card. The test image s will be lost[...]

7 3. Push the c ard in until you feel i t “ click ” into p osi tion. The top o f the card should be flushed w ith the surfac e of the camer a. An icon will appe ar on the LCD screen af ter you turn on your camera . 4. Once the ex ternal memory c ard is inserted in to the camer a all the images ta k en with t he camer a will be stored on the car[...]

8 3. If there are photos and videos in the internal memory when you insert the card in to your camera , “ copy SDRAM file to your c ard , plea se wa it …” w ill appear on the screen. The media will now be copied to your card. 4. W he n you ta ke out t he SD memor y card, “ C ard re moved, c hange to Internal RAM ” w ill appea r on the L C[...]

9 Powe r on your camera, the de fault mode is Camera m ode . 1. Hold the camera steady and comp ose your objec t as appears in the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shu tter button and wait a moment for the pho to to be is t aken. Note : W hen the internal memory is full, the LCD screen will display “ Memory Full! Insert a SD Memory Card to T ransf er and[...]

10 Note: A “ Low Power ” message w ill appear on the LCD screen, if you se lect the f lash function w hen the battery pow er is insu fficient . T o continue u sing the ca mera with the flash, please in stall new batteries. Digit al Zoom function Y ou can magni fy your subje ct usin g the digita l zoom. U se the T and W button s to adju st the z[...]

11 Change Image Resolut ion Please inser t a SD me mory card fir st for image resolu tion chang ing. 1. Press the Me nu button. 2. Press the Up/Do wn bu tton to sele ct t he R ESOLUTION op tion. 3. Press the Shu tter button. 4. Press the Up/Do wn bu tton to sele ct one of the follow ing resolution s 5M/3M /2M/VGA. 5. Press the Shu tter button again[...]

12 2. Press the Up/Do wn bu tton and sel ect MODE. 3. Press the Shu tter button. 4. Press the Up/Do wn bu tton and sel ect SELF . 5. Press the Shu tter button again to confirm. An icon will appe ar on the top lef t corner of the LCD. 6. Press the Shutter button t o begin taking the pho to . Y our camera will emit be eps and af ter a cou nt -do wn o[...]

13 Note : 1. “ Insert an SD Me m ory Ca rd ” w il l appear on the L CD screen w hen you press the s hutter button w here no SD memory was prev iously inserted . 2. Y ou can playba ck the A VI file by using Quick Ti me or W indow s Media Player once it has been dow nloaded to your compu ter . Play back Mode Y ou can prev iew you r photos in this[...]

14 5. Press the Shu tter button again to stop playing. Delete photo and/or videos Y ou may delete i mages direc tly from the memory card on your camera. The im ages can only be de leted w hile in the playba ck mode. 1. In playback mode, pre ss t he Menu button . 2. Press the Up/Do wn bu tton to sele ct one of the follow ing options: “ Delete One [...]

15 that appear on the scre en. Format This function w ill delete all of the fi les in your ca mera ’s memory (internal memory or SD memory card , depend ing on the device selection ) . P lease be certa in that you w ish to use this function: 1. Press the Me nu button. 2. Press the Up/Do wn bu tton to sele ct t he For m at option. 3. Press the Me [...]

16 1. On the “Ins tall your camera sof tware” screen, select your camera model fro m the drop down list and click the “Ins tall” bu tton to ins tall the PhoT ag s Expr ess sof twa re. For more inst allation information click the “R ead Me First ! ” button . 2. On the “ PhoT ags Ex press" screen, clic k the “Nex t ” button.[...]

17 3. Please re view the lic en se terms a nd click the “ I A gree ” bu tton to continue. 4. Let the “Pho T ags Expr ess” insta ller create the f older whe re the pr ogr am w il l be installed to, and the n click “Inst all”.[...]

18 5. Please w ait wh ile the application is being ins talled on your co m pu ter . 6. Once t he application has been i nstalled on your computer , click the “Finish” button to let the “PhoT ags Exp ress” insta ller fi nish the installation program.[...]

19 If you s elec ted the opt ion for th e application to start after pre ssing the Finish button, t he applica tion w il l auto m atically launch. If not, then in order t o open the application you need to double c lick on the Photags Ex p ress icon on the desktop. 7. The W elco m e to Photag s Ex press Product Regi stration screen will op en. Thi [...]

20 If you choose to regis ter at a later time click the “Continue” bu t ton to o pen the Phot ags Ex press applica tion. Everything you ne ed to g et the most from your ph otos The “PhoT ags Expre ss” softw are that is installed on your computer allow s you to edit ex ist ing photo s that you have on your computer as we ll as the photos tha[...]

21 Manage y our photos by creat ing count less uniqu e photo collection s witho ut duplicating any pho tos. Burn CD’ s of any folde rs for ba ckup and stora ge. Enhance y our photos ; Auto Enh ance, Crop, Co rrect Red Eye , Manua lly Adjust and add S pecial Ef fect s. A d d A ctive Captions - add T ex t Captions, Frames, Shapes, Keywo rds… and [...]

22 Share y our photos via E- m ail, Local Printing and Cre ate HTML we b pages for up loading online . Work shop s feature allow s you to Create Calendars , t wo- sided Greeting Cards and Postcards on standar d photo p aper ... Create Photo A l bums and Slide Sho ws on CD s that can be view ed on your PC and VCD’s for viewing on your TV using you[...]

23 Dow nload photos and v ideos to your PC Transf er Photos and v ideo imag es from y our camera to y our PC u sin g PhoTags Express. Select the “Ge t Photos” bu tton fro m the top of the PhoTags Expre ss Main Men u screen. The Get Photo s W izard opens. Select the dev ice (re movable disk) option in the Activ e Devices w indow on the left and [...]

24 Choose w here to place your photos and v ideos. The default is to place all photos and v ideos in to a folder under the C:My Docu ments My Pictures folde r with the date w hen the photos w ere taken as the folder na me.[...]

25 Cl ick the “Finish” bu tton to start the dow nload process. A photos dow nload progress bar appears show ing the nu m ber of med ia (videos include d) dow nloading to you r computer.[...]

26 All the media – Photos and Videos on your ca mera are now dow nloa ded to your computer to the selected folde r. Open the “Se lect Photo s” mode of Photags Ex press to view t he thumbnai ls for all the media. You may now use PhoTag s Ex press to edit yo ur photos, crea te collection s and Burn CD `s. To learn m ore o f how to ge t the most[...]

27 The video w il l begin to play autom atically . T o replay the video, use the media controls. Once all the Photo s and Vide os hav e been dow nloaded to the compu ter it is re commended that you d elete them fro m the camera the reby pre par ing your ca m era to take more pho tos and video s. T ransferring photos and videos to your PC man ually [...]

28 Choose “ copy pictures to a folder on m y compu ter ” on the Rem ovable Disk (F :) window . After you click “ OK ” , there w ill be s how n so me w indow s on t he screen step by step, y ou are only require d to fol low the description an d click the buttons th at are defaul ted by the system to fi nish transferring . Alternatively you c[...]

29 M aintenance of Y o ur Digit al Camera The digital camera i s a delicate de vice. Please handle y our ca mera w ith care to avoid da m aging it. Sakar Warrant y Card This w arranty c overs for the original c onsu m er purcha ser only and is not trans ferable. Products t hat fail to function prope rly UNDER NORMA L USA GE, due to defect s in mate[...]

30 Attention: Serv ice Dep artmen t 195 Car ter Drive Edison, N J 08817 Y ou m ay also visit w ww .s akar .com for f ur ther assistance if ne cessary or c all our tech support dep artment toll free at (877) 39 7- 8200. A pp endix A : Specifications Sensor CMOS sen sor Image re solution 5M, 3M , 2M, VGA Lens f=7.23mm, F2.8 Internal memor y SD RAM 8 [...]

31 A pp endix B: T roubleshoo ting Q : I have ta k en pho tos but my computer says, “ No photo s in camer a. ” What do I do? A : Firs t ensure that you have in fact taken photos. P ress the Shutter/OK but ton a few time s to take s ome sample pho tos and then try down loading the m again. If you still get a “ no photos ” error this may mean[...]

32 3. Restar t the co m pu ter . 4. Once your computer is back up, pl ug the camera in to your computer ’ s USB port. 5. Right-clic k on the “ My Co m puter ” icon. Sele ct proper ties. If you are running W indows 2000 or X P: c lick on har dwa re and then De vice Manag er . If the camera is installed correctly , there will be a category list[...]