DXG Technology DXG-328 manual

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    Ve rsio n 2.0 07/0 1/ 04 DX G - 3 2 8 User ’s Manual[...]

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    Chapter 1 Attention 1-1 Sa fety Preca utions… ……... .... ..... .... ..... …....… ..… ...2 1-2 Before Using Y our Came ra… …..............……..........2 1-3 Ope rating Pr ecauti ons.….. ..... ... .... ...... ..……. ..... ... 2 1-4 Packa ge Contents………. ..................... ..………..…...3 Chapter 2 Getting to Know[...]

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    1 Please read t h rough t his manu al ca refully be fo re u s ing the camera and follo w the instructi ons to avoid dama ge cau s ed by imp roper op era tion. 1-1 Saf ety P reca utio ns ● The so ftware C D-ROM package d with the came ra is designed for PC onl y . Using a s tereo or CD player may dama ge t he CD- ROM. ● This c amera is a p recis[...]

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    2 4. Locati ons full o f smoke, oil fumes or steam. 5. Locati ons subject to strong m agnetic fie lds. 6. Rainy or snowy en v ironments. Camera Do’ s and Don’ ts: ● Do not open the batter y cover when the powe r is on. ● If water gets i nto th e came ra, turn the power OFF and remove the batteri es immediately . ● Do m aintai n your cam e[...]

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    3 2-1 Feat ures Ov ervi ew Front View (1) Shut ter (2) Flash (3) Lens (4) P ower Sw itch (5) Str ap Holder (6) Battery Cover (7) Memory Card Slot (8) T ripod Socket 2. Getting to Know Your Camera[...]

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    4 Rear Vi e w (1) Ma cr o LED (2) St a t us LED (3) M ode Di splay Butto n (4) Mo d e Button (5) Se t Button (6) Fu ncti o n K ey (7) Ma cr o Lens S wit c h (8) USB P ort Co ver (9) USB P ort (10) L CD Monit or[...]

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    5 2-2 Sp ecifi c a ti ons ● Lens : f=8.34 1mm ● Image S e nsor: 1/2" CM OS wi th 3.0 me gapixel s ● Focus: F / 3.0 ● Sensit ivity : I SO 100 ● White Bal ance: Auto, Sunny , Bul b, Fluo resc ent. ● Shutter : E lectri cal ● Shutt er Speed: 1/4 sec. ~ 1/ 2000 sec. ● Storag e Medium: 16MB Internal Flash Memory SD Card Sl ot (sup p [...]

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    6 System requi rement (M acintosh Co mputer) OS Mac OS 8.6~9.2, Mac OS X 10.1 or abov e CPU P owerPC 6 01 processor or high er Memo ry 64 MB memo ry or above HDD Minimu m 10MB free disk sp ace on the hard drive Others One standa rd USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port and CD-ROM[...]

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    7 3-1 LE D Indi ca tors The m eanings of the L ED indi cators located o n the to p of the LCD mo nito r are: Macro L ED Standby /Busy (Green LED) ( Red LED) Macro ( Lef t Gre en LED ) The green LED tu rn s on when the Macr o key on the l eft hand side of the ca mera is switched to Macro m ode. Busy ( Right Re d L ED ) The red LED tu rns on when the[...]

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    8 3-3 P ow er S u ppl y ● Depre ss the po wer button u ntil a lo ng beep sounds. Power is on. ● Depre ss the powe r button so und u ntil a long be e p sounds. Power is off . ● Depress t he po wer button to tur n on the cam era. After th e camer a is on , the red LED will blink, and then the las t im age re cor ded wi ll appea r on the LCD mo [...]

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    9 3-5 Mode Selection ● Please pr ess a nd hold the ” ” button for 2 seconds to enter mo de sele ction me nu includi ng “Play Mode” “Setup Mode” “Movie Mode” “Rec ord M ode" and " Functi on S ele ction” . 3-6 F u ncti on Key s ● Use the Function Keys to navigate the display in its various modes (rotate i cons, chang[...]

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    10 4-1 Rec ord M ode ↑ Fo r more inform a tion, please ref er t o section 3- 2, "LCD M onito r Di splay ," page 8. Index fo r Quic k M enu: Pre ss MOD E to enter Press Mode again to Exi t 4. Navigating Mod es and Menus[...]

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    11 4-2 I m a ge/ M ovi e P la y Mo de (1) Image Num ber/T otal Im ages (2) R em aining Battery Power Index for Quick Menu: 1. Delete Pictures 2. Sl id eshow 3. DPO F ( Digi tal Pr int Or der Form at) Settings. DPOF (Digit al Print Order Format) allows for t agging of images on me mory c ards fo r p rinting . DPOF allows digi tal ca m er a use r s t[...]

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    12 DPOF Tip: ※ The DPOF f unction is only enabled wh en a memory card is insert ed. 4-3 M o vie M ode (1) Mo vie M ode (2) R ecorded Mo v ie Ti me (seco n d s ) (3) R ecordin g (4) R emainin g Batte ry Pow e r (5) Ti me/Da t e[...]

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    13 4-4 Set up Mo de 1. Image R esolution 2 9 7 6 x 2 2 3 2 2 0 4 8 x 1 5 3 6 1 2 8 0 x 9 6 0 1 6 0 0 x 1 2 0 0 2. Image Qu ality (Fine Qua lity) ( Basic Quality ) 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 b ) 4. EV C o mpens ation[...]

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    14 5. OSD Langu age 6. Date/Time 7. Light Frequency Sele ct the c orr ect fre quency type (50Hz or 6 0Hz) accordi ng to your region. 8. For mat Media ※ If a me mo ry car d h as been inserte d, only t he memo ry car d is fo rm atted, a nd not th e inte rnal memor y . 9. Reset to Def ault F actory Se ttings[...]

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    15 4-5 P C Mod e[...]

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    16 5-1 At t a c hing t he St ra p ● Insert the thin e n d of the s trap into the strap holder . . ● Pass the other e nd of the strap t hr ough the loo p. ● Pull the strap tight. 5-2 L oadi n g Batt eries ● Tu r n t h e c a m e r a o f f . ● Insert 2 x AAA alkaline batteri es or recharge able batteries. Please mak e sure th e batteries are[...]

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    17 ● Close and lo ck the ba ttery c over . NOTE: Ope n the c over gentl y to avoid dama ging the battery compartment cover . Battery Tips : ※ If the batte ry po wer indi cator shows onl y one bl ack block, the flas h lig ht is di sabled. ※ When the ba ttery i ndic ator tu rns re d, you can no longer r ecord stil l pict u res and mo vies. ※ [...]

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    18 ● The memor y ca rd should pop up automat ically . Remov e the me mory card in direction indi cated by the ar row (s ee il lustrati on). Attention: Befor e using t he camer a, p lea s e reme mber to in sert the me mory ca rd i nto the sl ot. If th e memor y card is full or contains unwanted images/files, you can press the Mode Button to the Se[...]

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    19 6-1 Set up Mo de In Setup Mode , you can adjus t setting s, incl uding Image Siz e, Image Qualit y , White balan ce, and EV Com pensati on; fo rmat a nd facto ry de faul t setti ng. Setup l anguage , da t e/ time , and light fr eque ncy as follows: 1. T urn the camera on. 2. Press Mode Button for two seconds and use the Function keys to m ove to[...]

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    20 hand side of the cam era is togg le d to Macro M ode. ※ If the ba tter y ico n indi cate s low power , c hange the batteri es im medi ately to mai ntain norma l ope ration. ※ The co untdown f or th e Self-timer is 10 sec onds. ※ There are 4 basic resolutions offered by t h e camer a: 2048x1536 , 1600x1200 , 1280x960 , and 800x600 , from hi[...]

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    21 5. The green LE D is on when the Macro key is to ggle d to Macro Mode. 6. Y ou can use Display button to toggl e between display m odes while recording movie picture s. ※ When the LCD m oni tor di spl ays “ Memory Full ” record in g will stop. ※ When rec ording mo vies, t he maximu m record ti me depends on the amount of free space avail[...]

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    22 disk” and press Function key to conf ir m storage. 6. Conne ct the USB ca ble to the came ra and the PC when the USB Con nection icon appears. 7. Y ou ca n o perate the PC cam era with the softwar e that com es w ith the co mpani on CD, or webcam softw are. Please ref er to the relev ant softw are progra m for instruct ions on use.[...]

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    23 7-1 In stalling th e Camera Driv er for PC The camera’ s Mass Storage and PC C amera functi ons are use d in conjunc ti on with a pe rson al com puter . T o inst all the camer a dr iv er: 1. Insert the softwar e CD-ROM suppli ed by the package into the CD- ROM drive. 2. The softw are installation menu screen appears: (If t h e screen abov e do[...]

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    24 7-2 In stalling th e PC A pplica tions Arcsoft ap plication i nstallat ion (Exampl e given: Ph oto Impression) 1. Insert the softwar e CD-ROM supplie d by the package into the CD- ROM drive. 2. The softw are installation menu screen appears: (If the scre en above do es not appear , it may be because your CD-ROM drive doesn't suppo rt auto -[...]

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    25 7. F o llow the in s tallatio n wiz ard inst ructions t o select the f older locat ion an d app lication co mponent s. 8. Se lect the fo lde r wher e you want to i nstall the progra m.[...]

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    26 9. Aft er ins tallati on the f ollowing win dow wil l appear . Press Finish to complet e the app lication insta llation.[...]

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    27 8-1 How to Transfer Files Use the Mass Stor a g e functi on in the PC Conne ction menu to co nnect and trans fer f iles via USB. N o te: Wi ndows XP and Windo ws 20 00 users do not need t o i nstall the ca mera driver to transfer file s. 1. T urn the came ra on. 2. Press the M ode Butto n for two seconds. 3. Navigate to the PC i con. Pre ss Se t[...]

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    28 icon appe ars on the di splay . 6. Connect the US B cable betwe e n the cam era and the compute r . 7. A.) W eb Camer a: Open your web chat software (not in cluded). Cli ck on the appropri ate i con o r menu selecti on to start the camera and use the web chat software to broadcast images via the Int ernet. B.) Image capture. A lte rnati vely , o[...]