DXG Technology DXG-228 manual

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    Version 2.0 07 /01/04 DX G - 2 2 8 Use r ’ s Manua l[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Attentio n 1-1 Safety Precautions……….. ................... …....…..…...2 1-2 Befo re Using Y our Camer a… …... ......... ..……... .......2 1-3 Camera Care… ……………................. .....……...........2 1-4 Pack age Conte nts……….. ................ ......………..… ...3 Cha p ter 2 Getti ng to Kno[...]

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    2 Please re ad this m anual care fully before usi ng the camer a and follow t he instru ctions t o av oid damag e caused by improper oper ation. 1-1 Sa fet y P recaut i ons ● The so ftware CD-R OM package d wi th the cam era is design ed for PC only . It will not work on a s tereo or music CD pl ayer . ● This c amer a is a p recisio n electro n[...]

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    3 place s wi th extr eme hi gh tem perature s or heat. 3. Vi olent t urbule nt environme nt. 4. Locati ons full o f smoke, fumes or steam . 5. Lo cations subject to strong ma gnetic fiel d. 6. Rainy or s nowy envir onment. ● Do no t open the batter y cover w hen the powe r is on. ● If water has gott en into the cam era, turn the power OFF and r[...]

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    4 2-1 F eatures Overview Front View 2. Getting to Know Your Camer a (1) S hutter (2) Flash (3) Lens (4) Lens Cover/ P ower Sw itch (5) Str ap Holder (6) Battery Cover (7) Memory Card Sl ot (8) T ripod Socket[...]

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    5 Rear Vi ew (1) Ma cr o LED (2) St a t us LE D (3) M ode Di splay Button (4) Mo d e But ton (5) Se t Butto n (6) Fu nct io n K ey (7) M acro Butto n (8) USB C o v er (9) USB P ort (10) L CD Monit or[...]

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    6 2-2 Sp eci fica ti ons ● Lens: F=8. 5 mm ● Image Sensor: 1 /2" CMOS with 1.3 Mega pix els ● Focu s: F / 2.8 ● Sensiti vity : ISO 100 ● White Balance: Auto, Sunny , T ungste n, Fluorescent. ● Shutte r: El ectri cal ● Shutte r Spe ed: 1/4 sec. ~ 1/2000 sec. ● Storag e Medium: 16MB Internal Flas h Memory SD Card S lot (sup ports[...]

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    7 System requiremen t (Macintosh Comput er) OS MacO S 8.6~ 9. 2, Ma cOS X 1 0.1 or a b ov e CPU P o werP C 601 processor or high er Memo ry 64 MB m e mory o r abo ve HDD Minim um 10MB free disk space on the har d drive Others One standard USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port and CD-ROM[...]

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    8 3-1 L E D Indicat ors The m eanings of t he LED i ndicators l ocate d on the top of the LC D m oni tor ar e: Macro L ED Standby/Busy ( G r e e n L E D ) ( R e d L E D ) Feature F uncti on Macr o (Lef t Green LED) The green LED turn s on when the Ma cro key on the le ft hand side of th e camera is switched to M acro mode. Busy ( Rig ht Red LE D) T[...]

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    9 3- 3 P ow e r On ● Gently slide len s co v er open as illu st ra ted. A lon g beep sounds, a nd the came ra turns on. ● T o turn off the cam era, gently sl i de the le ns cover so the le ns is hi dden. ● Use the lens cover locate d on the f ront of t he cam era to turn t he cam era on and off . After the cam era is on, the red LED wil l bli[...]

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    10 3-5 Mo de Select ion ● Please press and hol d ” ” button for 2 se conds to ent er mode selec tion men u includin g “P la y Mode ” “Setup M ode” “Movie Mode” “Rec ord Mode" "PC Mode” . 3-6 F unct io n Keys ● Use the Function Keys to navigat e the disp la y in it s va ri o us modes (rotate icons, change selecti on[...]

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    11 4-1 R ec ord Mode ↑ For more informat ion, please refe r to section 3-2, “LCD M onitor Displ ay" on page 8. Index for Quick Menu: T urn on Camera. Press MODE once QUICK L Y to e nter th e Qui ck S etup. 4. Navigation M odes and Menus[...]

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    12 Press Mode again to E xit 4-2 P lay ba ck Mode (1) Sho t Numb er/T ota l Nu mber of Sh ots (2) R e ma ining Ba t ter y P ower Index for Quick Menu: 1. T o Delete Pictures use the S et B utton 2. Sl id esho w 3. DPO F (Di gital Print Orde r Format) Settings . DPOF (Digit al Print Order Format) allows for taggin g of images on memory cards for pri[...]

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    13 ● DPOF p rinter s etting s are a v ailable fo r imag es sav ed to a memory c ard. DP OF ca nn ot be u sed wit h ima ge fil es sa v ed t o in terna l memo ry . ※ The DPOF function is only ena bled when a memory card is in serted. Steps for DP OF Us e : 4-3 M o vie Mo de (1) Mo vie Mode (2) R ec ord ed Mo vie Ti me (sec o nds) (3) R ec ord ing[...]

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    14 4-4 Set up M ode 1. Ima ge Resolution 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 3 6 1 6 0 0 x 1 2 0 0 8 0 0 x 6 0 0 1 2 8 0 x 9 6 0 2. Ima g e Qual ity (F ine Qualit y) (Basic Qua lity) 3. Whit e Balan ce ( A u t o ) ( S u n ) ( F l u o r e s c e n t ) ( B u l t ) 4. EV C o mpen sat ion[...]

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    15 5. OS D Langua ge 6. Da t e /T ime 7. Light Frequency Sele ct the c orr ect freque ncy type ( 50Hz or 60H z) accordi ng to your region. 8. Fo rmat Media ※ With the memo ry card i nserted, t he for mat comm and will format o nly the mem ory card, and not the in ternal memo ry . 9. Reset to D efaul t F actory S etti ngs[...]

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    16 4- 5 P C Mod e[...]

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    17 5-1 At t ac hing the St rap ● Insert the thin end o f the s trap into the strap ho lde r . . ● P ass th e other end of the str ap through the loop. ● Pull the strap tightl y . 5-2 L oadi n g Ba tteri es ● Tu r n t h e c a m e r a o f f . ● Insert 2 x AA A alkalin e batt eries or r echargeable batteri es. Ple ase make sure the batter ie[...]

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    18 ● C l ose a nd lock the battery cover . NOTE: Gentl y open the cover to avoid dam aging the batter y compar tment cover . ※ If the batter y power indicato r displays onl y one bla ck bloc k, the re i s insuff icie nt powe r for the flash. ※ W hen the batte ry indic ator tur ns red, the powe r level is too low t o r ecord imag es. ※ The c[...]

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    19 to Format in t he Setup Mode to fo rma t the me mory card. ● There is 16 MB intern a l memory bu ilt in t o the digit al camer a for image st o r age. If th e memory card is inser ted, the card t akes top prio rity fo r saving da ta. ※ T his cam era uses Se cure Digi tal (S D) mem o ry . ※ Alwa ys t urn off the camer a first before inserti[...]

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    20 6-1 Set up M ode In Setup Mode , you can adjus t basi c came ra settings, includ ing Image Size, Imag e Quality , W hite balance, and EV Compensation; Gene ral setting form at and factory defaul t setting. S etup for l anguage, da te/ time an d light frequency is as follows: 1. T urn th e camer a on by slidin g t he lens co v er . 2. Pre ss Mode[...]

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    21 left h and side of the cam era is toggl ed to Macro Mode. ※ If the ba ttery l ow i con appear s on the LCD Mo nitor , plea se change the batter ies imm edia tely to mai nta in operatio n norm ality . ※ T he countdo wn f o r the Self-timer i s 10 seconds . ※ Ther e are 4 basic re solutio ns offe red by the cam era: 2048x1536 , 1600x1200 , 1[...]

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    22 scree n , the LCD monit or will then displ ay the menu. 4. The top le ft hand co rner wi ll displ ay the reco rded tim e in red while y o u are record ing the mo v ie. 5. Th e green LE D is on when the Macro key on th e left hand side of the came ra is toggled to Macro Mode. 6. Y ou can use Disp lay but ton to toggl e betwe en di splay modes wh [...]

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    23 7. A new it e m—rem o vable d is k —wil l be ad d ed int o My Compu ter on your Window s-base d computer after t he syst em installat ion i s completed. 8. Y o u can now use the removable disk f eature (S D devi ce). ● PC Cam era Use the PC Came ra connectio n mode for PC came ra or We b C a m : 1. If you have not a lre ady done so, instal[...]

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    24 7-1 In stalling th e Camera Driver for PC The ca mer a ’s PC Camera and Mass Storage functi ons are fo r usi ng you r camera in conjuc ti on with a PC. T o install t he proper ca mera dr iver , perfor m the foll o w in g : 1. Insert the software CD-R OM supplie d by the package into t he CD-RO M driv e. 2. The Auto- run pr ogram will execute a[...]

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    25 7-2 In stallin g PC Applic ation s Arcsof t applica tion i nstalla tion (E xampl e given : Phot o Impre ssion) 1. Inse rt the so ftwar e CD-R OM i nto the CD-R OM dri ve. 2. The Auto- run pr ogram will execute a nd the we lcom e scre e n will present the follo wing me ss age : (If your CD- ROM drive doesn 't suppor t auto -run , doub le c l[...]

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    26 7. Follow the install ation wizard instr uctio ns to sel ect the folder location and ap p lication co mp onen ts. 8. Sel ect the fo lder where you wan t to instal l the progra m.[...]

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    27 9. After in stallat ion the f oll ow ing diagr am will appear . Pr ess Finish to co mple te the applic ation inst allation .[...]

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    28 8-1 How to Tra nsfer Files Use the Mass Stor age functio n in t he PC Connection menu to connect and tr ansfe r files via USB. Note : Win dows XP and Windows 2000 users do not nee d to i nstall th e came ra driver to transfer files. 1. T urn the camera on. 2. Press the Mode Bu tton for two se conds. 3. Na v igate to the PC icon. Press Set. 4. On[...]

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    29 appea rs on the displ ay . 6. Conn ect th e USB cab le between the c a me r a and the com puter . 7. A.) W eb Ca mer a: Open you r web chat softw are (not in cluded ). Clic k on th e ap propriat e icon or menu sel ection to start the cam era and use the web chat sof t ware to broadcast imag es via t h e Interne t. B.) Alte rnative ly , open your[...]