HP (Hewlett-Packard) E217 manual

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    1 English HP Photo smar t E217/E317 Di gital C ame r a Quic k St ar t Guide Lee_Jackie_QSG.fm Page 1 Wednesday, Febr uary 16, 2005 6:5 8 AM[...]

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    2 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide Legal Notices © Cop yr ight 200 5 He wl ett-P ack ard De velopm ent C ompan y , L .P . The informati on contained herein is subject to change w ithout notice. T he only warr anties for HP products and services ar e set forth in the express w arranty statements accompany i ng such pr oducts and service s.[...]

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    3 English 1. Attac h the W r ist Str ap S Attach the w rist str ap to the wr ist stra p mount on the si de of the cam era as shown. Lee_Jackie_QSG.fm Page 3 Wednesday, Febr uary 16, 2005 6:5 8 AM[...]

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    4 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide 2 . Install the Bat ter ie s 1. Open the Battery/Memor y card door on the side o f the camera by sli d ing the door to war d the fr ont of the camer a. 2. Insert the batteries as indicated inside the door . 3. Close the Battery/Memory card door b y pushing the door dow n and sliding the door tow ard the b[...]

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    5 English 3 . T urn On the Camer a S T o turn the camer a on, sli de the lens cov er open until it cli cks , uncover ing the lens. The P o wer/Memory light on the back of the came r a turns on soli d green. The HP logo also display s on th e Image Display as the camera po wers up. CAUT I ON: When sliding the le ns co ve r , k eep your f ingers clea[...]

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    6 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide 4. Choo se the L anguage The f irst time y ou turn the camera on , y ou ar e pr ompted to cho ose a la ng uag e. 1. Scr oll to the language that you w ant by using the buttons on the Controller . 2. Pr ess the button to selec t the highlighted language . Lee_Jackie_QSG.fm Page 6 Wednesday, Febr uary 16, 2[...]

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    7 English 5 . Set the Date and T ime Y ou ar e now pr ompted to set the date and time. 1. The f i rst item hi ghlighted is the date and time format . If y ou w ant to change the date and time f ormat , us e the buttons . If the date and ti me for mat is corr ect, pr ess the button to mo ve to the Date . 2. Adj ust the v a lue of the highli ghted se[...]

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    8 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide 6 . Install and F ormat a Memor y Car d (Opti onal) Y our camer a contains internal memory that allo ws you t o store images and v ideo clips. Ho we ver , y ou can use a memory card (pur chased separ ately) instead to stor e images and video c l ips. 1. T urn off the camer a and open the Bat tery/Memor y [...]

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    9 English T o help pre vent cor rupted car ds and images, yo u should for mat memory cards bef or e yo u use them f or the first time . T o format the memory car d: 1. Pre ss the button, then use the button to mo ve to the Pl ayb a c k M e nu . 2. Pr ess the button to highli ght Del ete , and then pr ess the button to display the Delete sub-menu. 3[...]

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    10 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide 7 . T ak e a S till P i ctur e 1. Pr ess the Live View/ Playbac k button until the Live View icon appears in the upper left corner of the Image D isplay , then frame the subject for your picture in the Image Displa y . 2. Pr ess the Shutter button all the w ay do wn to tak e the pic ture . The camera bee[...]

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    11 English 8. R ecor d a V ideo Clip 1. Pres s the Liv e View /Playbac k bu tton until the Live View icon appears in the upper left corner of the Image Displa y , then f rame the su bject f or yo ur pi ctur e in the Image Displa y . 2. T o start recor ding vi deo, pr ess and release the Vide o button on the top of the camer a. 3. T o stop r ecordin[...]

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    12 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide 9 . R ev i e w Images and Vid e o C l i p s Y ou w ill use Play ba c k to re vie w images and video clip s. 1. Pr ess the Li ve V iew /Pla yback button until the Playb a ck i con appears in the upper left corner of the Image Displa y . 2. Use the buttons to scr oll through your images and vid eo cli ps. [...]

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    13 English 10. Install the S oft w ar e The HP Image Z one softwar e allow s you to tr ansfer images fr om the c amera , and then vie w , edit , print , or e-mail them. If y ou have tr ouble installing or using the HP Image Zo ne softwar e, se e the HP C ustomer Support w ebsite f or mor e infor mation: www . hp .com/support . Win d ows T o install[...]

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    14 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide the installati on w indo w does not appear , cli ck Start , cli ck Run , type D:Setup .exe , wher e D is the let ter of your CD dri ve , then clic k OK . 3. When the HP Image Zo ne software has f inished installing, r e -enable any v irus pr otection so ftware that y ou disabled in St ep 1. Mac into sh [...]

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    15 English 11. T r ansfe r Images to a Co mp u te r 1. T urn off the camer a, then connect the camer a to the computer thr ough the USB cable pr ov ided . 2. T urn on the camer a. 3. F ollow the on-scr een i nstr ucti ons to hav e the soft wa re transfer the images from the camera to the computer . 4. Disconnect the camer a fr om the computer . Lee[...]

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    16 HP Photosmart E217/E317 Quick Start Guide Getting Assist ance Vi ew the Use r’s Manual on CD Y our camer a has many mor e valua ble featur es that are cov ered in detail in the User's Manual . These featur es include in-ca mer a red-e ye r eduction , 5 shooting modes, direct pr inti ng capability , on-camera Help, camer a accessor ies, an[...]