Polaroid T737 manual

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    www.polaroid.com User Guide t737 7.0 Megapixel Digital Camera DIGITAL QUALITY, POLAROID SIMPLICITY™[...]

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    2 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 3 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Table of Contents Product Overview ........................................................................... 2 Table of Contents ...........................................................................3 1 Getting Started ......[...]

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    4 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 5 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Taking Pictures in Macro Mode ................................................ 33 • Taking Pictures in Different Scene Shooting Modes .................... 34 • Setting Flash Mode .............................................[...]

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    6 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 7 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 1 Getting Started Thank you for selecting the new Polaroid t737 digital camera for your imaging needs. The t737 comes equipped with a powerful 7.0 Megapixels CCD sensor, 3.0-inch bright color LTPS TFT LCD, high quality optics and ma[...]

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    8 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 9 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Attaching the Wrist Strap 1 2 • Installing the Batteries One Lithium rechargeable battery is supplied with the product. For a detailed guideline on battery usage, please see “Using Your Batteries” on page 9. 1. Open the ca[...]

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    10 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 11 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 2. Connect the plug to the charger as shown and connect the adapter to the household power outlet. Battery Charge LED in Red Charge is in progress. Battery Charge LED in Green Charge is complete. NOTE: • The AC adapter will stop[...]

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    12 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 13 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 2 Camera Settings • Checking Camera Status Turn on the camera, view the camera LCD screen to check which camera settings are active. Those particular features whose icons are not displayed are not activated. • Capture Modes St[...]

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    14 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 15 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Video Mode 640X480 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 No. Description Icon Ref. Page 1 Video Mode 54 2 Exposure 56 3 White balance 57 4 Record indicator 5 Recorded Time 00:00:03 6 Video Size 640 X 480 / 320 X 240 55 7 Battery Power Level 11 • Playba[...]

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    16 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 17 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Camera Modes The camera has three working modes, Capture mode, Playback mode and Video mode. Pressing the mode button switches among these modes. Menu Button Mode Button • How to Navigate Menus Menus are used to select captu[...]

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    18 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 19 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting the Date and Time 1. Access the setup menu. Date /Time Auto Power Off Beep Sound V olume Video System SETUP Off On LCD 1/3 . Date /Time 2006. 12.04 12:00:00 YY/MM/DD 2. Press or button to select (DATE / TIME). 3. Press[...]

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    20 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 21 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting the Beep Sound On / Off The beep sound can be turned on and off in the SETUP menu. When the beep sound is turned on, the camera will beep when you press any of the buttons. 1/3 SETUP Date /Time Auto Power Off Beep Soun[...]

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    22 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 23 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting the Date Stamp On / Off Use the date stamp setting to imprint the date on your pictures. Make sure the date is correct before setting the date stamp on. 1. Access the setup menu. SETUP Language Date Stamp LCD Brightnes[...]

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    24 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 25 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Restting to Default Settings Default setting can be restored by the following steps (For more guidelines, please see “Camera Default Settings” on page 110). 1. Access the setup menu. Default Setting Return Menu Setting T o[...]

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    26 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 27 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting Function LED 1. Access the setup menu. Default Setting Opening Front LED Setting Storage Media On Auto SETUP 3/3 2. Press the or to select ICON (Front LED Setting). 3. Press the button to enter. 4. Press the or button [...]

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    28 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 29 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Choosing the Media for Storage You can choose your preferred media for images or video clips storage. 1. Access the setup menu. Storage Media Auto Int. Memory SD Card SETUP Default Setting Opening Front LED Setting Storage Med[...]

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    30 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 31 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Video Mode Press Press Press Playback Mode Press Press Press 100-0012.JPG F 5.2 1/8 100-0012.JPG Press Press Press 100-0013.A VI 100-0013.AVI 640X480 3 Taking Pictures Before you take pictures, please read this note fi rst: NOTE:[...]

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    32 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 33 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com NOTE: • (Still Image) mode is the capture mode by default. • When the camera’s focus mark are in red, there is difficulty in focusing the subject. Release the Shutter button, recompose the scene and press the Shutter button [...]

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    34 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 35 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Taking Pictures in Different Scene Shooting Modes Select a mode that is suitable to your shooting conditions: Automatic For general picture-taking. Automatically set parameters for the scene S Button 1. Press the button to set[...]

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    36 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 37 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Neutral Used for taking pictures for a neutral scene Red Filterd Used for taking pictures to produce a reddish picture Green Filterd Used for taking pictures to produce a greenish picture Blue Filterd Used for taking pictures to p[...]

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    38 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 39 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting Self-timer Your camera is designed with a self timer function which will allow you to take pictures with a count down of 2 or 10 seconds. 1. Press the button to set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Press the button t[...]

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    40 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 41 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting the Picture Resolution and Compression Picture resolution refers to the number of pixels in a digital picture. Picture quality depends on the JPEG file compression that the camera applies when the picture is taken. Hig[...]

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    42 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 43 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com The chart below indicates the approximate numbers of pictures you can expect the camera to hold at different resolution and quality setting based on the 11MB memory card. You can expand the memory using a commercially available me[...]

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    44 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 45 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Zoom Feature There are two types of zoom in this camera: optical zoom and digital zoom. Optical zoom alters the focal distance , and its factor range is 1X to 3X. Digital zoom is activated after you reach the maximum optical z[...]

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    46 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 47 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Turning the Auto-Focus Assist Beam On and Off Under this setting, you can turn the Auto-Focus assist beam on or off. When it is turned on, the focus assistant lamp gives out a strong beam and helps the camera easily focus on t[...]

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    48 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 49 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Selecting Focus Area 1. Press the button to set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Press the button to enter menu bar. 3. Press the or to select ICON (Focus Area). 4. Press the button to enter. STILL Quick Review Focus Area Of[...]

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    50 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 51 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting the ISO This function enables you to change the camera’s sensitivity to light by selecting the different ISO values. ISO is a measure of how quickly your camera reacts to light. The higher the ISO value, the less lig[...]

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    52 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 53 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting Shutter Speed 1. Press the button to set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Press S button to set the camera to Manual Mode (see P34). Press the button to confirm. 3. Press the button once again. Shutter Speed 4. Press[...]

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    54 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 55 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 4 Recording Video Clips • Recording Video Clips Use the Video mode to record video clips with audio. The remaining time that can be recorded will decrease in seconds while recording. 1. Press the button to set the camera to (Vid[...]

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    56 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 57 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Setting Exposure Compensation for Video Clips You can adjust the exposure compensation value (EV) within the range of –2EV to +2EV in order to compensate for current lighting conditions. This setting can be used to obtain be[...]

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    58 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 59 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 5 Managing Pictures and Video Clips NOTE: The camera automatically saves the image as a new fi le after rotating, resizing and adding a voice memo to it. Make sure there is suf fi cient memory before editing an image. • Review[...]

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    60 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 61 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Protecting/Unprotecting Pictures and Video Clips 1. Press the button to set the camera to Playback mode. 2. Press button. 3 . Press the o r button to select “PROTECT”. 4. Press the button to enter. PLA YBACK Protect Slide [...]

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    62 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 63 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Copy to Card This setting allows you to copy pictures and video clips stored in the internal memory to a memory card. 1. Insert an SD card into the camera. 2. Turn on the camera. Set the camera’s storage media to internal me[...]

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    64 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 65 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Editing Pictures The editing pictures function enables you to edit all pictures stored in the current memory one by one on the LCD screen. 1. Press the button to set the camera to Playback mode. 2. Press the or button to selec[...]

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    66 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 67 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Rotating the Displayed Picture The currently displayed picture can be rotated for a better review angle on the LCD screen. 1. Press the button to set the camera to Playback mode. 2. Press the or button to select one picture yo[...]

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    68 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 69 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Color Enhancing the Image 1. Press the button to set the camera to Playback mode. 2. Press the or button to select one picture you want to manage. 3. Press the button. 4. Press the or button to select (Color Enhance). 5. Press[...]

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    70 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 71 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Red-eye Removal Under this setting, red-eye glare in your subject’s eyes may be removed from the image. 1. Press the button to set the camera to Playback mode. 2. Press the or button to select one picture you want to manage.[...]

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    72 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 73 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Deleting All Pictures and Video Clips 2. Press the button. 3. Press the or button to select “All”. Erase All Images & Videos ? Cancel OK This Image All 4. Press the button. 5. Press the button. 6. Press the or button to se[...]

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    74 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 75 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Connecting to a TV When the camera is connected to a TV, the LCD screen is not active and the TV screen now performs as the LCD screen. 1. Connect the camera to a TV via the video cable (supplied yellow cable for video and white c[...]

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    76 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 77 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Canceling Printing Press the button to cancel printing the print job. The printer will stop printing and eject the paper. Printing Errors If for some reasons an error occurs during or before printing, press button to exit and reco[...]

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    78 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 79 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Selecting PictBridge Mode 1. Press the button to set the camera to Playback mode. PRINT SETTING DPOF Pictbridge 2. Press the button and press the button to enter print setting. 3. Press or button to select th e PICTBRIDGE option. [...]

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    80 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 81 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com NOTE: • To print a single image, select the image before enabling PictBridge. • Print settings are con fi gured for images only. Make sure there are no video clips or other fi le besides images in the memory before printing.[...]

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    82 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 83 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Setting the Date Stamp On/Off 1. Press the or button to select “DATE STAMPING”. 2. Press the or button to select “DEFAULT”, “ON” or “OFF”. Date Stamping 01 Default Default Default Default DEFAULT Print settings dif[...]

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    84 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 85 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 7. Press the or button to select the desired setting. Print 05 Images? 8. Press the button. 9. Specifying the number of printing copy using the or button. 10. Press the button. 11. Remove the memory card from the camera and insert[...]

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    86 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 87 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com IMPORTANT! • Make sure you turn off the camera before inserting or removing a memory card. • Be sure to orient the card correctly when inserting it. Never try to force a memory card into the slot when you feel resistance. • [...]

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    88 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 89 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Formatting a SD card Formatting a memory card erases all data stored on it, including the protected ones. Removing the SD card during formatting may damage the card. 1. Insert an SD card into the camera. 2. Turn on the camera.[...]

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    90 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 91 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 1. Before you begin, close all other software applications open on your computer. 2. Insert the CD supplied into the computer CD-ROM Drive. 3. The CD User Interface Screen will automatically launch. 4. With the mouse, click on eac[...]

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    92 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 93 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com ArcSoft Panorama Maker® 4 Pictures Stitching Software Like magic, ArcSoft Panorama Maker® 4 turns any series of overlapping photos into a gorgeous panoramic image in just seconds. The program does most of the work for you by aut[...]

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    94 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 95 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 4. ArcSoft Panorama Maker® 4 is processing in just seconds. 5. A panoramic image was stitched, but you may use Crop and Straighten functions to fine-tune the panorama. 5. Then save or print out the gorgeous panoramic image as fol[...]

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    96 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 97 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Computer System Requirements For acceptable picture transferring and editing performance, we recommend the following minimum requirements; For Windows ® Users PC • Compatible with Microsoft® Windows® 98SE, Me, 2000, XP or[...]

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    98 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 99 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Transferring Pictures and Video Clips to a Computer NOTE: The Mass Storage mode is the default setting when the docking is connected with a TV set or a computer. For Windows® Users PC NOTE: You can transfer pictures and video[...]

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    100 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 101 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 10 Troubleshooting Problems The troubleshooting guide is designed to help you. If problems continue, please contact customer support. Details are provided under “Getting Help”. Symptom Problem Solution I receive an error mes[...]

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    102 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 103 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Symptom Problem Solution Colour of the playback pictures is different from the picture on the LCD screen during recording. Sunlight or light from another source is shining directly into the lens during recording. Position the ca[...]

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    104 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 105 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 12 Appendix • Technical speci fi cations Sensor • Sensor: - 1/2.5 inch - 7.0 Megapixels CCD Lens • Aperture: f 3.3~5.67 • Focal Length: 6.48 ~ 18.87 mm • Focal Distance - Normal Focus: 0.33 ft to ∞ (10 cm to ∞ ) ([...]

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    106 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 107 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Storage Capacity of SD Card The charts below indicate the approximate numbers of pictures and length of video clips the camera can hold at each setting based on the internal memory and different capacities of SD card. Record[...]

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    108 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 109 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com Recordable Video Length Resolution Video clips can be taken 11MB Internal Memory 43” 1’12” 32MB SD 43” 1’55” 64MB SD 1’25” 3’53” 128MB SD 2’58” 8’08” 256MB SD 5’56” 16’16” 512MB SD 11’52” [...]

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    110 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 111 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Camera Default Settings Camera Mode Description Default Still Image Mode Image Resolution 3072 X 2304 Compression Super Fine Sharpness Normal Digital Zoom Off AF-Assist Beam Off Quick Review 2 Sec Focus Area Single AF Shake [...]

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    112 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 113 Polaroid t737 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance Your Camera should only be operated within the following environment. • 32 - 104º Fahrenheit; 0 - 40º Celsius • 15% - 90% relative humidity, non condensing The battery life or image [...]

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    Shielded cable must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class B FCC limits. Under the environment with electrostatic discharge, the product may malfunction and require user to reset the product. US 0407 Part No.: OM3568US003[...]