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    User Guide ARCHOS AVCam300 3.3 Megapix el Digita l Still Came ra and Digita l Cam corder for A RCHOS A V300 series User G uide for ARC HOS AV Cam 300 Digita l Still and Vid eo ca m cord er v1.0 (n o. 102 433) Please v isit our web s ite to download the m ost r ecent m anual and software for this product 2 Table of Contents 1 The AVCam300 ..........[...]

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    3 Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sol d with a limited warranty and specific remedies are available to the original purchaser in the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty. Manufacturer’s liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contract. In general, the manufacturer shall not be responsible[...]

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    5 1 The A VCam300 Dear Customer, We’ d like to thank y ou for y our choice of this AR CHOS c am era a dd-on module for your A V300 serie s Personal Vide o Playe r (PVP ). By adding this c amera to your AV300, y ou now have all the functiona lity of a 3.3 Meg apixel Digital still ca mera A ND a video c am corder. Please be careful to treat it l ik[...]

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    7 3 Taking a Photo (Camera) ! Select Ca mera from the ma in menu sc reen (use joy stick to select then click on ENTER ! ) " Look either through the v iewf inder or a t the A V300 scree n and aim the cam era at the s ubject to be photographe d. # Press the shutter button down half- way to tell the AV300 to se t the focus. You m ust wa it for ap[...]

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    9 4 Filming a Video Segment (Camcorder) ! Select Ca mcorde r from the main m enu screen (use the joystick to select, th en click on ENTER ! ) " Look either through the view finder or a t the AV300 scr een and a im the camera at the subj ect to be filmed. # Press the shutter button all the way down (or the START ! button ) to start the reco rdi[...]

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    11 5 View ing your photos and v i deos You w ill, no doubt, have m any f iles on your A V300 over time , and the bes t wa y to find them is to make a clear directory structu re and sto re them in an orderly fashion. For example, you m ight wa nt to use the path HD/Video/Cam corder/Spring -vacation f or all y our videos of your spring vacation in st[...]

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    13 P roblem : I cannot get the camera or cam corder to zoom in m ore than 3X. S oluti on: The camera can zoo m up t o 9.6 X only if the Image size param eter under Settin gs is set to 2048x1536. T he cam corder zoom s only up to 3X. P ro ble m : The AV 300 unit f reezes operation and none of the buttons d o anything. S oluti on: This is a rare case[...]

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    15 A RCHOS A VCam300 Technical Specifications Photo File form at: JP EG com pressed Basic/Normal/Fine ISO: Fixed a t 100 Im age sizes : 2048x1536, 1024x768, or 640x480 (Be twe en 1x and 3x) Auto f ocus range: 40 cm – infinity Focal le ngth 35mm equivalenc e: 41m m – 122mm Aut o fo cu s: Alwa ys on Exposure Value (EV): -2 to +2 ste ps of 1/3 Whi[...]