Sakar 89379 manual

1 89379 Digit al Camera Owner ’ s Manual © 2005 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows and the W indows logo are register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the propert y of their respective.[...]

2 Table of Content Table of Conten t ............................................................................................................... ................ 2 Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... .................... 3 What your came ra Incl udes: [...]

3 Introduction Thank you for purchasi ng the 89379 digital c amera. Everything you need to take qualit y Digital Photos is included with your camera. The key Features include- • 3.1 Mega pixel Camera with choice of 4 Resolu tions- 2048 x 1536 Pixels (QX GA) .1600 x 1200 Pixels (UXGA)1280*1024 Pixels(SXGA), 640 x 480 Pixel (VGA) • 1.5 Inch Color[...]

4 Computer System Requirements To be able to dow nload photos to your PC you w ill need the following mini mum configurati on • Pentium II 300 MHz, AMD Athlon 300 MHz, or a Celeron 400 MHz or higher • Windows98 SE/ME/2000/XP • 125MB free hard disk space or above, 32MB or more RAM • Available USB Interface • CD-ROM Drive • Color Display [...]

5 The LCD Monitor- LCD Screen LCD Screen LCD Screen PLAYBACK Mode Normal Mode Normal Mode[...]

6 The Normal Mode Menus[...]

7 The PLAYBACK Mode Menus[...]

8 Explanation of Icons that Appear on the LCD Monitor Ba tte ry p ow er l eve l Full battery power Medium batter y power Low battery power Photo quality Standard quality High quality Flash < > Auto < > Force Flash < > No Flash Shooting Mode Single shoot Video Self-timer ON Self-timer On Digital Zoom 4.00X 4 x Digital Zoom 3.00X 3 [...]

9 External SD Memory Card C An external memor y card in installed w hen the “C” is visible to the left of the batter y indicator. Picture Counter Number of remaining shots (Preview mode) Number of stored phot os (Playback mode)[...]

10 Navigation buttons The center MENU (na vigation buttons : up, down, right and left). Shutter- click to take pho tos On/Off- turn camera on or off. Memory slot- insert me mory card. Normal and PLAYB ACK Modes Display button- click to change displa y modes[...]

11 Setting up your Camera for Use Battery Installation Your camera requires three “ AAA” batteries. To inset t he batteries in the came ra: 1. Slide the battery bolt to open battery door. 2. Load three AAA batteries correctly as the polarity (+ and -) marked on the battery cover. 3. Close battery door. Note: When the camera is con nected to the[...]

12 2. Insert the Software CD that came with you r camera into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. 3. In a few seconds the “ Install your camera software ” screen, will appear Select your camera model from the drop down list and click the “ Install ” button to in stall PhoTags Express followed by the installation of PhoTags WebCam Express and your cam[...]

13 6. Let the “ PhoTags Express ” instal ler create the folder where the program will be installed to, and then click “ Install ”. 7. Click “ Finish ” to let the “ PhoTags Express ” installer finish the installation program. 8. This will automatically launch the Install shield for the camera driver. Click “ Next ” to continue. 9[...]

14 Congratulations!! You have successfully installed t he “PhoTags Express” software, the “PhoTags WebCam Express” and the Camera driver. Taking Photos- Set The Camera’s Frequency The camera has 2 Frequenc y settings; 50 HZ for the US and Asia and 60 HZ for Europ e and Japan. Press the Menu button , then press ◄ / ► button to selec t [...]

15 Setting date and time – Press the Menu button , then press ◄ / ► button to select Date Time mo de show n on LCD Monitor. Use the ▲ / ▼ to select your function you w ant and then press the Menu button again. 1. Set Time & Date: Press the Menu but ton and select “Set” . Use the ◄ / ► buttons to selec t YEAR, MONTH, DATE, HOUR[...]

16 Battery Saver- Auto Shut Off Settings Press the Menu butto n , then press the ◄ / ► buttons to select Auto Off mode on t he LCD Monitor. Use the ▲ / ▼ to select your function you w ant and then press the Menu button again. 1.Auto off after 60 seconds : Press the Menu bu tton and select “60 sec”. Th e camera will now shut off after it[...]

17 effectively. We recommend that you set your camera to “VG A” image size and the “Standard” qualit y setting. This w ill allow you to make prints u p to 4x6 inches. Use the SX GA mode to make a pr int as large as an 8x10 (Inch). Your camera has 16 Megab ytes of internal mem ory. The follow ing table indicates how many photos ca n be taken[...]

18 Press the Menu button , then press ◄ / ► button to select Image Siz e mode show n on LCD Monitor. Use the ▲ / ▼ to select your function you w ant and then press the Menu button again. 1. 2048 x 1536 (QXGA): Press the Menu button and sel ect “High”, 2048 x 1536 ” will appear on the LCD MONITOR. Press and hol d the menu b utton to tu[...]

19 Setting Photo Quality Press the Menu button, then press ◄ / ► button to select Qualit y mode show n on LCD Monitor. Use the ▲ / ▼ to select your func tion you want and then press the Menu button again. 1.High Quality: Press the Menu button and sele ct “High”. The High quality Icon w ill appear on the LCD MONITOR. 2.Standard Qualit y:[...]

20 Photo Setting Options- Your Camera has a built in processor that auto matically determines w hat setting to us e when you take a photo. You can manually adjust your camera to enhance the i mage further; Press the Menu button , then press ◄ / ► button to select Im age Setting mod e shown on LCD Monitor. Use the ▲ / ▼ to selec t your funct[...]

21 Exposure: This setting c ontrols the brightnes s of the image. P ress the Menu butt on and select “Exposure”. The EV menu will appear. Use the ▲ / ▼ buttons to select an EV value. Select a positive value to increase the brigh tness of pho tos, or a negati ve value to make pho tos darker. Press the Menu button to exit th e EV menu. White [...]

22 Set The Image Capture Mode This mode lets you c hose what t ype you want to record w ith your camera. Your choices are : Still Image (Photo), Video a nd Audio. The defaul t of the camera is auto maticall y set for Still Image. Press the Menu button ,then press ◄ / ► button to select the CAPTURE mo de shown on LC D Monitor. Use the ▲ / ▼ [...]

23 2. The numbers of pho tos left to shoot i s displayed in the upper left corner of the LCD w hen you are in the Icon mode. When the ca mera is full of pho tos, and LCD MONITOR will display “0”. If you atte mpt to take a photo w hen the memory is full the ca mera will make “beep” contin uously. Setting the Digital zoom The Digital Zoom fea[...]

24 To set the Flash: 1.Manual Flash: Press the Flas h button < > once, The icon appears on upper right of the LCD MONITOR. That indicates t hat the Manual Flas h mode is in effec t.. This means t hat the flash will be use d for each photo taken. 2. Auto Flash: Press the Flas h button tw ice. The icon w ill appear on upper right o f the LCD MO[...]

25 2. Turn the Self Timer Of f.: Select “Off”, and then press the Menu button . This w ill disable the Self timer. 3. Exit : This menu w ill exit when you press Me nu button after selecting “Exit” . Taking Videos You can take video clips with your camera. The internal 16MB of memory in your camera can reco rd up to 2 minutes video based on [...]

26 Playback Mode You can use the LCD M onitor to review the Photos & Video files you recorded. To do so you will need to exit the Normal mode an d switch to the Pla yback mode. To enter the Playback Mode move the slider from th e Normal Mode to the Pla yback Mode LCD Monitor Display Options In Playback Mode Press the Display button in the Playb[...]

27 Playback Photos and Videos You have the follow ing options a vailable for view ing the Photos and Videos you have taken: 1. View photos and Videos In Order: ¾ Press the display button to get t o the Full Screen view. ¾ Use the ◄ / ► buttons to move back and forth between the images in the order you have taken them. ¾ When a video file is [...]

28 1.In the PLAYBACK mode press the Menu bu tton, then press ◄ / ► the butto ns to select Protect m ode shown on LCD MONI TOR. Use the ▲ / ▼ to select your function you want and then press the Menu button again. 2. Protect Photos: Select “ Lock”, to prevent th e deletion of ph otos. 3. Unlock Photos: Select “U nlock” to enable the d[...]

29 2. Delete the current still Ima ge: Select “This" and the i mage displayed in the LCD Monitor w ill be erased. You can use the repeat t his procedure for each image you want to eras e. 3. Delete all still Images: Select “All”. If you then choose “Yes ” all images in memor y will be erased. 4. Format Memor y: This function refor ma[...]

30 Zoom Function In the playback mode, set the displa y to the Full Image view . Use the ▲ / ▼ (up/down butto ns to increase or decrease the amount you want to zoom in on the image up to a ma ximum of 2x ma gnification. Installing An Optional Memory Card Your camera has a memor y card slot that enables you to insert an y “SD” compatible mem[...]

31 To Install a memory card: 1. Locate the Memor y card Slot 2. With the back of the camera facing you, insert the memor y card as illustrated . 3. Push the card in until you feel the card “click in to positi on” If the card in ins talled properl y the top will be flush w ith the surface of the camera. 4. If the External memor y card is install[...]

32 Once an external memor y card is inserted in th e camera all the image s taken will be stored on the external memory card. Transferring Images to your PC Set camera to Playback mode Transfer Images Using PhoTags Express Auto Detect- get ph otos automaticall y 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB slot on your camera. 2. Plug the other en[...]

33 7. Add Active Captions to your pictures: a date, keywords and categories and click “Next” to continue. 8. On the next screen, choose where you want to place your photos and click the “Finish” button to copy the photos to your computer. 9. All of the pictures you imported will then appear in the “Select photos” mode’s main window.[...]

34 Manual- Get photos manually using “PhoTags Express” Use the “PhoTags Express” pr ogram to import the photos from your camera. 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB slot on your camera. 2. Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB por t on your computer. 3. Make sure that your camera is connected and turn ed on. 4. Double-cli[...]

35 6. The “ Device Selection ” mode will appear. Both your camera and memory card will appear in the “ Ac t i ve devices ” list as a “ Remo vable disks ”. Toggle between the two devices to select pictures The Custom Copy method : to manually select the photos you want to copy.[...]

36 1. Select the “Custom” copy method. Click the “Next” button to p roceed. 2. Select your photos and click “ Next ” to continue. 3. Add Active Captions to your pictures : a date, keywords and categor ies and click “ Next ” to continue.[...]

37 4. On the next screen, choose where you want to pla ce your photos and click the “Finish” button to copy the photos to your computer. 5. All of the pictures you imported will then appear in the “Select photos ” mode’s main window . The Express Copy Method- Select this option if you want to ha ve all the images transferr ed to the PC w [...]

38 6. Both your camera and memory card will appear as 2 REMOVEABLE STORAGE DEVICES: a. One device is allocated for the i16MB internal memor y b. The second which will appear as the next drive is allocated of the external memory card. 7. Click on each drive to view the images. The images are stored in subfolder- DCIM/100MEDIA. 8. You can now copy an[...]

39 Using Camera as Web Cam Connect Camera to PC Open Web Cam enabled ap plication i.e. Instan t messenger, Net Meetin g Position camera Web Cam Express Now that you ha ve your camera installed you can use it to capture short movies called AVI files that can be saved directly to the PC. The length of time you can record an AVI while the camera is co[...]

40 3. To add audio to your video, plug a microphone into your computer. 4. Click the “Capture” button to start recording the vid eo. The recording elapse time will appear under the video. Click the “Pause” button to hold the recording. To continue recording click the “Capture” but ton again. 5. To finish recording click the “Stop” b[...]

41 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera The digital camera is an ac curate device, pleas e preserve and use it properly to avoid damag ing to it. Technical Support For technical suppor t issues please visit our w ebsite at www.sakarhelp.com . You can fi nd manuals, software , dri vers, and FAQ’s at the website. Can’t find w hat you are looking f [...]

42 LCD Monitor- 1.5 Inch TF T color Appendix B:Troubleshooting I've taken photos, bu t my computer sa ys 'No Photos In Came ra' - what do I do? First, ensure that you have taken photos w ith your camera. Pr ess the shutter butto n a few times to take some sample photos and tr y again. If you still get a no photos error, this indicate[...]

43 device manager. If th e camera is installed corre ctly, there will be a categor y listed for "Imaging De vices" and clicking on the "+" next to it should re veal your camera. If not, you will likely see "Digita l Still Camera" under "Other De vices" with a brightl y colored marking nex t to it indicating i[...]