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    ® DC1500 V ideo & Photo Software V ideo & Photo Software[...]

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    Digital Camera DC1500 User Guide Table of Contents Lincense Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Digital Camera DC1500 User Guide License Agreement ColorMOS is a trademark of VLSI Vision Ltd., UK. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, are registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. The TWAIN driver and the AVI Creator is developed by VLSI Vision Ltd.,UK. The Photo Fan[...]

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    In This Package • DC1500 Digital Camera • Digital Camera Software CD-ROM • USB cable • 9-pin (RS232) connecting cable • User Guide (Inside CD-ROM) Note: The AAA batteries needed for the Digital Camera are NOT included. Use alkaline batteries are recommanded. System Requirements • Multimedia PC Pentium 133 or higher • Windows 95 / 98 /[...]

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    Prepare to Upload the Photos Digital Camera DC1500 User Guide Batteries Installation 1. Open the battery door on the bottom of your camera. 2. Install 3 AAA batteries into Digital Camera, as shown. 3. Make sure to orient the positive (+) and negative (-) ends of the batteries exactly as shown. 4. Replace the door. CAUTION – To avoid battery leaka[...]

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    Digital Camera DC1500 User Guide Connecting Your Digital Camera to the PC • USB If your computer has a USB port, insert the USB plug of the camera cable into the USB port on your computer. If you success to connect the camera with the computer, the LED will light up and you’ll hear a beep, beep sound. • 9-pin (RS232) If your computer has a 9-[...]

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    Taking Photos Once your camera is connected to your computer and your Digital Camera Suite is installed, you’re ready to learn about taking photos. Holding the Camera Hold the camera as shown below when taking photos. • Press the mode button. • The LED will light up, a beep sound will play and the LCD panel will turn on indicating the camera [...]

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    Digital Camera DC1500 User Guide Changing the Capture Mode • Select the Low Resolution Mode • Press Mode button to select • Press Shutter button to change it then the frame counter will change to 80 . Note: If you want to change the resolution, it is needed to clear all photos by the function . • Select the Continuous Mode • Press Mode bu[...]

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    Getting Started with Digital Camera Suite PhotoFantasy This is a funny role play program. In just a few seconds, you can become a supermodel, a pro athlete, a caveman or even Santa Claus. Let’s go into the program now. • To Launch PhotoFantasy 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/ Digital Camera S[...]

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    1 Get Fantasy Button : opens the Get Fantasy Screen, so you can select the fantasy background for your photo fantasy. From this screen, you can also create your own fantasies. 2 Get Photo Button 1,2 or 3 : each of these buttons corresponds to a particular mask/ photo in a fantasy background. 3 Save As Button : opens the standard Windows Save As dis[...]

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    1 Fantasy Category Menu : provides a list of available fantasy categories. This list includes categories contained on your CD-ROM and a ‘My Fantasy’ category for adding your own fantasy backgrounds. TIP : Remember to insert your Software CD in your CD-ROM drive to access the full selection of fantasy backgrounds. 2 Fantasy Slides : small thumbn[...]

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    Get Photo Screen After you create the fantasy background, clicking the ‘Get Photo Button 1,2 or 3’ in the Main Screen takes you to the Get Photo Screen. You can choose the photos for your photo fantasy and create new category of photos. Digital Camera DC1500 User Guide 1 Photo Category Menu : provides a list of available fantasy categories. You[...]

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    PhotoPrinter This is a simple program for you to print the picture in several steps. Go into the program and upload the pictures from the camera. Select a feature to print the photo to your favor. • To Launch PhotoPrinter 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/Digital Camera Suite. 2. Choose PhotoPrin[...]

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    1 Get Photos Button : this button takes you to the Photo Album Screen where you can select photo(s) for printing. Here you will find buttons that make it easy to create new photo albums, delete thumbnails and acquire photos from Digital Camera . • Click Acquire button. • The Select Source dialog box that appears, choose ‘ Digital Camera ’ a[...]

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    PhotoStudio PhotoStudio is a powerful, easy-to-use, digital image editing program for PC’s running. It enables full-color images to be acquired, managed, enhanced, retouched, and output for publications, presentation, and the internet. • To Launch PhotoStudio 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/D[...]

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    • File : The File menu contains a number of commands to manage and manipulate image file. • Edit : The Edit menu contains commands for editing images. Selections can be controlled by cutting them out, copying them to or pasting them from the clipboard, or by filling them with other colors. • Mask : Add a mask for your photo. • Transform : T[...]

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    AVI Creator AVI Creator can transfer your CoolCam™ photos to AVI (Video) format. The total time is 8 seconds for QCIF (Low Resolution) photo and 2 seconds for CIF (High Resolution) photo. • To Launch AVI Creator 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/Digital Camera Suite/ AVICreator ’. Digital Cam[...]

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    Hints On Taking Quality Photos • If you want to take a photo of your friend, try to take at least half the body size. You will not get her eyes clearly if you take the whole body. • Take care of the background light intensity. It will affect the exposure of the main object. The camera can calculate the total light intensity of the picture to fi[...]

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    Trouble Shooting • If you disconnect the USB cable during operation, you need to close the Acquire dialog panel and then re-open it again for the PC to recognize the unit. • The file size of a photo (CIF size, save as BMP file) is 298KB. For 20 photos, the file size will be 5944KB (equal to the AVI file size). If the compression is set to on in[...]

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    Digital Camera DC1500 User Guide Product Specifications • Digital Camera 1. Resolution : 352x288 pixels (CIF), 176x144 pixels (QCIF) 2. Lens : Plastic, two elements, F 2.0, 35mm (Equiv.) 3. Memory : 2MB SDRAM 4. Number of Pictures : 20 for CIF, 80 for QCIF 5. View Finder : Yes. 6. LCD : 2 digits 7-segment display 7. Buzzer : Yes. Beep sound indic[...]