Philips Keychain Digital Camera manual

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    1 Keychain Digital Camera The camera is capable of taking and s toring up to 20 CIF (3 52 x 288) Images; or 60 Compressed CIF Image s; or 81 QCIF (176 x 144) Images; or 243 Compressed QCIF Image s, or recording up to 10 secon ds of AVI video. These ma y be uplo aded to a PC via a USB port. The camera is powered by o ne (1) AAA alkaline battery or t[...]

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    2 3.0 TAKING A PIC TURE 1. Verify the LC D (#2 from Location of Controls ) dis plays the number of pictures re maining. If the display is other th an a number, press the mode button until a num ber is displayed. If this is the first time the camera has been ac tivated, the LCD should read “20”. This number represents the number of images the ca[...]

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    3 5.10 Normal Mode 1. The first time the camer a is turned on a “20” w ill appear in the LCD display. 2. Pressing the Shutter button once and you will hea r a short beeping sound , which indicates that a photo has bee n taken. 3. The number on the LCD display will automatically decrement by one. 4. If the memory is full, th e number “00” wi[...]

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    4 3. Using Compressed mode while in Low Resolution format allows you take a maximum of 243 photos (see table b elow). 5.52 Non-compressed mode 1. Press the Mode button until “ ” (while camera is in Compressed mode) is d isplayed on the LCD, then press the Shutter B utton to confirm the mode change . 2. Using Non-Compressed mode while in High Re[...]

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    5 5.82 Low Resolut ion format 1. Press the Mode button until “ ” is displayed on the LC D, then press the Shutter button. 2. Using Non-Compressed mode while in Low Resolution format allow s you take a maximum of 8 1 photos (s ee table #1 a bove). 3. Using Compressed mode while in Low Resolution format allows you take a maximum of 243 photos (se[...]

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    6 4. Choose “I accept” on the License agreement wizard and click next. 5. The program will be saved to a de fault path at C:Program FilesAvailaSoft Photo2Album. If you would like to save at a different location, c lick browse to change the path. Click next and start the so ftware installation. .[...]

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    7 6. After the AvailaSoft installation is complet ed, click “FIN IS H” . The sy stem will ask you to install the camera driv er, then click “ OK ” . 7. When it comes to the following License agreemen t wizard, choos e “I accept” and click and next. 8. Follow the instructions on the computer screen. Click “Finish” in the last Wizard [...]

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    8 2. If the system pops up an “Add N ew Hardw are Wizard” as follow, select “ Specify a location” and click the “Brow se” button. Make sure the Software CD is in the CD-Rom Drive: On the next screen, navigate to your CD-Rom Drive directory to specify the location, the n select and double click the “Camera _Driver” folde r, then clic[...]

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    9 7.0 UPLOADING PICTURES Images m ay be upl oaded to a PC at any t ime whethe r or not t he came ra memory is f ull. Follow steps to i nstall soft ware in sect ion 6. 0 before a ttempting a ny uploa ds. Afte r the appr opriate applicati o n/ driver s oft w are is installed, attach the USB connect or to the cam era and PC and follow these step s 7.1[...]

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    10 4 . Click the “S top” Bu tton when you want to capture a still image while video camera mode is active. 5. From the Option menu, select “Tran sfer” to load the captured image. 7.40 Using AvailaSoft Softwar e to Creat e you own Ph oto Al bum 1. Double click the “Photo 2Album” icon on your desktop, (or from Windows Tas kbar Start->P[...]

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    11 "File Management" Section (on the right h and side): -Different Photo Organizing Tools appear b y just usi ng Select and Right-Click. [Refresh], [Edit], [Rename], [Copy], [Delete], [Cut], [Paste], [Selec t All], [Copy to Desktop] and so on are available in the right-click menu. - Organize and manage your .JPG photo files. All rela ted [...]

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    12 · Exit - For exiting from Pho to2Album. Display Panel" Section (on the bottom). - For providing Photo Preview, Album Page Pre view and Description of a selected photo. - By double-clicking the Photo Preview, the se lected photo can be edited by Photo2Album Image Editor. By double-clicking the Album Page Preview, the selected Album Page c a[...]

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    13 9.0 HINTS ON SOFTWARE INSTALLAT ION The camera driver mig ht share same resource files with other imaging de vice. In case user encounter difficulties in software installati on, uninstall driver of other imaging devic e and reinstall the camera driver from beginning. Helpful Hints and Camera Maintenance Troubleshooting: 1. The camera does not wo[...]

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    14 Then uninstall the driver program named “Camera Driver” under the “Add/ Re move program” from the Windows Control Panel and restart the computer. Reinstall the driver again. 4. After installing the camera softw are, the camera is not detected by the softw are: x Some PC's have been s hipped without the USB por t mode enabled. To ena[...]

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    15 8.0 ACCESSORIES Your kit contains the following: * In st all atio n C D * USB Cable * Instruction manual * Key chain * 1 x AAA Alkaline Battery Note: Your computer needs a USB port to use your digital camera. 9.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT S • PC with Processor Speed at 200MH z or higher • Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP • 64MB of RAM • 200MB [...]

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    16 Limited One-Year Warra nty Philips warrants tha t this product shall be free from defects in material, w orkmanship and assembly, under normal use, in acc ordance with the specifications and warnings, for one year from the date of your purchas e of this product. This warranty extends only to the original purchaser of the produc t, and is no t tr[...]