AIPTEK V5Z5S, A-V5Z5S User Manual

Welcome:

Dear user, thanks for purchasing this product.
Much investment in time and effort has gone into its development, and it is our hope
that it will give you many years of trouble-free service.

Safety Notice:

1. Do not drop, puncture or disassemble the camera; otherwise the warranty will be voided.

2. Avoid all contact with water, and dry hands before using.

3. Do not expose the camera to high temperature or leave it in direct sunlight. Doing so may
damage the camera.

4. Use the camera with care. Avoid pressing hard on the camera body.

5. For your own safety, avoid using the camera when there is a storm or lightning.

6. Do not use batteries of different specications. Doing so may lead to the potential for serious

damage.

7. Remove the battery during long periods between usage, as a deteriorated battery may affect
the functionality of the camera.

8. Remove the battery if it shows signs of leaking or distortion.

9. Use only the accessories supplied by the manufacturer.

10. Keep the camera out of the reach of infants.

11. Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type.

12. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.

FCC Compliance Statement:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subjected to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause
harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential
installations. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if
not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Move the equipment away from the receiver.

-Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions.

You are cautioned that any change or modications to the equipment not expressly approved

by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate such equipment.

If the time arises to throw away your product, please
recycle all the components possible.

Batteries and rechargeable batteries are not to be
disposed in your domestic waste! Please recycle
them at your local recycling point.

Together we can help to protect the environment.

Table of Contents

Getting Started ................................................................ 1

Knowing your camcorder parts ............................................................. 1

Installing the battery.............................................................................. 2

Charging the battery ............................................................................. 2

Inserting a memory card (optional) ....................................................... 2

Turning on/off your camcorder .............................................................. 2

Setting language ................................................................................... 3

Reading LCD indicators ........................................................................ 3

Basic Operations ............................................................ 4

Recording a video clip ..........................................................................4

Recording a voice clip........................................................................... 4

Taking a still picture ..............................................................................5

Playing back your recordings................................................................ 6

Playing back your recordings on PC..................................................... 7

Connecting the camcorder to TV .......................................................... 8

Advanced Operations .................................................... 10

Menu operation ..................................................................................... 10

Menu items in Camera mode................................................................ 10

Menu items in Playback mode .............................................................. 11

Menu items in Setting mode ................................................................. 12

Battery Life Indicator ............................................................................. 13

Battery Life............................................................................................ 13

Storage Capacity .................................................................................. 14

System Requirements ..........................................................................14

Specications........................................................................................ 15

Getting Started

Knowing your camcorder parts

Speaker

External

Microphone

Battery cover

LCD monitor

Zoom (in/out) button

MODE button

Shutter button

Macro mode switch

Flash switch

Resolution switch

AF lock switch

MENU button

Record button

Flash strobe

Power button

Delete button

Play button

Internal
Microphone

Lens

Tripod socket

SD/MMC card slot

OK key/
Joystick 5-way

AV connector/
Earphone

USB connector

HD OUT

Strap hook

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Installing the battery

1. Press the Push button rst and slide the battery cover open.

2. Place the accessory Li-Ion battery into the compartment. Note
that the metallic contacts must be aligned with the contacts in the
compartment.

3. After the battery is properly installed, replace the battery cover.

Charging the battery

Please charge the battery at least 8 hours for rst time use.

1. Connect the cable.
Connect one end of the supplied AC adapter to the USB port of the
camcorder and the other end to a wall outlet.
OR
Connect one end of the supplied USB cable to the USB port of the camcorder and the other
end to a powered PC. Make sure the camcorder is powered off.

2. The charging LED turns red and the charge starts.

3. When the charging is interrupted or the battery pack is fully charged, the charging LED will
turn green.

When using a PC to charge the battery, do not power on the camcorder, or

the charge will stop.

Inserting a memory card (optional)

To insert a memory card, do the followings:
(1) Open the SD/MMC card cover.
(2) Gently push the card until the card reaches the bottom of the slot.

To remove the memory card, gently push the card and it will pop up. Then pull the card
out of the slot.

Turning on/off your camcorder

Open the LCD monitor or press and hold down the Power button for 1 second to turn on
the camcorder.

To turn off the camcorder, press and hold down the Power button for 1 ~ 3 seconds or
close the LCD monitor.

If the camcorder stays inactive for a long period of time, it may automatically

shut down due to the Auto-Off setting.

Setting language

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00:00:05

1. Power on the camcorder.

2. Press the MODE key to enter the MODE menu.

3. Use the Joystick switch to select the Setting mode and press OK to enter the menu
screen.

4. Use the Joystick to select the Language item, and then Press OK to conrm.

5. Move the Joystick up/down to select a language.

6. When done, press OK to conrm the setting.

Reading LCD indicators

Mode icon Zoom ratio indicator

Video resolution Flash

Picture resolution White balance

Continuous shot Remaining recordable time

AF lock NightShot

Focus Stabilizer

Internal memory/SD card inserted Recording time

Battery life

Digital zoom

Optical zoom

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Basic Operations

Recording a video clip

1. Adjust the focus:
Normally the camcorder can auto focus without adjusting focus. If you want to take close­up pictures, you can push the Up button to switch to Macro mode ( ).

2. Zooming:
Move the Zoom button up or down to zoom in or zoom out the screen.

3. Press the Record button to start recording.

4. Press the Record button again to stop recording.

The zoom function is also available during recording (except in macro mode).

The camcorder has built-in electronic stabilizer, which can only be activated in

HD 720P(60f) / WVGA(60f). In HD 1080P(30f) mode, this function is disabled.

It’s normal that the camcorder will feel slightly warm with continuous use /

recording due to its high performance.

AF lock

When recording in one spot without zooming in / zooming
out or moving around, you can activate the AF lock function
by moving the Joystick right. To disable this function, move
the Joystick right again.

AF lock switch

Recording a voice clip

1. Power on the camcorder.

2. Press the MODE key to enter the MODE menu.

3. Use the Joystick switch to select the Voice Recorder mode and press OK to enter the
menu screen.

4. Press the Record button to start recording

5. Press the Record button again to stop recording.

Taking a still picture

1. Adjust the focus:
Normally the camcorder can auto focus without adjusting focus. If you want to take close­up pictures, you can push the Up button to switch to Macro mode ( ).

2. Zooming:
Move the Zoom button up or down to zoom in or
zoom out the screen.

3. Press the Shutter button half way down and hold for
the camcorder to auto focus. When the focus frame
turns green, press the button fully down to take a still
picture.

Due to the sensor capture feature, the LCD preview and ratio of still picture
capture will vary depending upon different video resolution settings. The image
capture of the camera is set where as video resolutions are different.

Video resolution Preview

16:9 ratio

HD 1080P(1440x1080)

focus frame

Taking pictures

and focusing

4:3 ratio

HD 60f(1280x720)

WVGA 60f(848x480)

16:9 ratio

Continuous shot

While in preview mode you can capture continuous images
(at video resolution) by “clicking and holding down” the
Joystick. The camcorder will continuously snap shots (up
to 10 per second) until you release the Joystick, or until the
memory is full.

Continuous shot function is disabled in HD

1080P(30f) mode.

4:3 ratio

OK key / Joystick 5-way

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Playing back your recordings

1. Press the MODE button and use the Joystick to switch to “My Works” mode.

Or press the Play/Pause button ( ) on the left side of the LCD monitor.

2. There are three folders below My works: Video, Picture, and Voice. Select Video,
Picture or Voice, and then press the OK key to enter the index mode.

3. Operations in playback mode:

File type How to... Action

Index mode

Full-screen mode

Video & Audio

Picture

Shift between Index
mode and Full­screen mode

Shift between les

Start playing

Pause/Resume
playing

Adjust the volume
level

Stop playing During playing, press the MODE button.

Return to the
preview screen

Fast forward

Fast backward

Zoom in/out Use the Joystick to move up or down.

Lock/Release zoom
ratio

Browse the enlarged
picture

In Index mode, press the OK key to switch to Full­screen mode. In Full-screen mode, press the MENU
button to switch to Index mode.

1. In Index mode: Use the Joystick to move the
highlight box.

2. In Full-screen mode: Use the Joystick to move
left or right.

When selected (in full-screen mode), the le

automatically starts playing.

During playing/While paused, press the OK key.

During playing, use the Joystick to move up or down.

Press the Shutter button.

During playing, use the Joystick to move right. To
stop, press the OK key.

During playing, use the Joystick to move left. To stop,
press the OK key.

When the zoom ratio is greater than 1.0x, press the
OK key.

When the zoom ratio is locked, use the Joystick to
browse the picture.

Playing back your recordings on PC

Installing software

Please notice that the recorded videos are .mov format. So you need some special

programs to view the recordings on PC. For rst time use, please make sure you have

QuickTime 7.0 (or above) player on your PC. If not, please download the QuickTime
player from the website.

OR

Please install the software on the bundled CD.

Connecting to PC and Saving les

After the software is properly installed on your PC, please follow the procedures listed
below.

1. Turn on the camcorder.

2. Connect the camcorder (with SD card inserted) to your computer with the USB cable.

3. A dialogue window will appear automatically. Please select the item “Open folder to
view les” and click “OK”.

4. If the dialogue window does not appear automatically, you may double click on “My
computer” and open the “Removable Drive”.

5. Double-click on the DCIM le folder.

6. Double-click on the 100MEDIA le folder.

7. Copy the les you wish to keep and save them to the desired location on your

computer.

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Connecting the camcorder to TV

AV

HD OUT

HD TV

Component Audio in

Component Video in

<Component Video cable>

<AV cable>

(red)

(yellow)

(white)

(green)

(red)

(blue)

(Do not plug in Yellow Cable)

Please follow the below instructions to connect your camcorder and
TV via accessory AV cables for real-time display. You can display your
video clips and still pictures on your TV, sharing them with your friends
and family.

Connecting the camcorder to HDTV

HD TV hereby means the HDTV built-in component input ports, thus can perform
HD high resolution quality while connected.

1. Turn on your HD TV.

2. Turn on the Camcorder.

3. Plug one end of the component video cable into the (Component
Video IN) port on the HDTV and the other end into the (HD OUT) port
on the Camcorder.

4. Plug one end of the other AV cable into the (Component Audio IN) port
on the HDTV and the other end into the (AV) port on the Camcorder.
(Please do not plug in the yellow connector to the HDTV’s AV-IN.)

5. Press the input switch mode on the HDTV and select “Component
Input”.

If you record an HD resolution clip while connected to your HD TV, the TV
display video resolution will down size to WVGA resolution due to data bit

rate, but the recorded le will remain HD with no change.

The HD TV will display your video clips in 1080i (60 elds) resolution mode

although it is recorded in 1080P (30 frames) setting.

Connecting the camcorder to Standard TV

TV = Traditional CRT TV

AV mode

Video

AV-IN

Audio

AV cable

AV

1. Power on your TV and switch the TV to AV mode.

2. Connect the audio and video ends of the AV cable (yellow/white/red color)
to the TV “AV-IN” jacks.

3. Power on the camcorder.

4. Connect the other end of the AV cable to the “AV” port on your camcorder.
When the pop-up message appears on the screen, please select “AV-Out”.

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Advanced Operations

Menu operation

The menu items provide several options for you to ne-tune your camera functions.

The following table gives details on menu operations.

How to... Action

Bring up the menu Press the MENU button.

Move the highlight bar Use the Joystick to move up or down.

Enter sub-menu/Conrm an item Press the OK key.

Exit menu/Go back to upper menu Press the MENU button (when in sub-menu).

Menu items in Camera mode

Power-on → Press the Menu button.

Item Option Description

HD 1080P(30f) Set the video resolution to HD 1080P (1440x1080 pixels).

Video

Resolution

Flash Strobe

NightShot

Selftimer On/Off

HD 60f(720P) Set the video resolution to HD 60f (1280x720 pixels).

WVGA

60f(DVD)

On/Off

EV -2~+2

Set the video resolution to WVGA 60f (848x480 pixels).

On The ash is forced to re in every shot.

Auto The ash automatically res when the lighting is insufcient.

Off The ash is disabled.

Enabling this setting allows you to take a photograph with a dark
background. Since the shutter speed will slow down when taking
photographs at a dark place, we recommend using a tripod to
eliminate blurring from hand shake.

Warning: Noise increases when NightShot is enabled.
Warning: The stabilizer function is disabled when NightShot
is enabled.

Enabling this setting allows you to take a photograph with a dark
background. Since the shutter speed will slow down when taking
photographs at a dark place, we recommend using a tripod to
eliminate blurring from hand shake.

Warning: Noise increases when NightShot is enabled.

Enable/Disable the selftimer. After the selftimer is turned on, the
camera will have ten seconds delay before recording when the
Shutter button is pressed.

Menu items in Camera mode (continued)

Item Option Description

Continuous

Shot

(at video

resolution)

White

Balance

Effect

AF Lock On/Off Enable/Disable auto focus function.

Stabilizer On/Off

On/Off Enable/Disable continuous shot function.

Auto The camera automatically adjusts white balance.

Sunny This setting is suitable for outdoor recording in sunny weather.

Cloudy

Fluorescent

Tungsten

Normal Make recordings in natural color.

Black & White Make recordings in black and white.

Classic Make recordings in sepia-toned color.

This setting is suitable for recording in cloudy weather or shady
environments.

This setting is suitable for indoor recording with uorescent lamp

lighting, or environments with high color temperature.

This setting is suitable for indoor recording with incandescent lamp
lighting, or environments with low color temperature.

Enable/Disable stabilizer function. Stabilizer function can prevent
the image from blurring causing by hand shake.

Menu items in Playback mode

Power-on → Press the MODE button → Use the Joystick to switch to My Works mode
→ Select Video, Picture or Voice folder→ Press the OK button → Press the MENU

button.

Item Option Description

Delete One Yes/No Delete current le.

Delete All

Lock

Repeat All

* If there are no les in the camera, no items will be seen.

Yes/No

Delete all pictures and video/audio les stored in the memory.

Single, multiple, or all les can be locked. A locked le cannot

Yes/No

be erased by a delete function. While the formatting function will

erase all locked/unlocked les.

The camera displays images/video clips in sequence. You can

All

press the OK key to stop the slide show/video play.

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Menu items in Setting mode

Power-on → Press the MODE button → Select the Setting ( ) mode → Press
the OK button.

Item Option Description

Clock -

Language

Beep

Start Movie

Icon

LCD

Brightness

TV System

Flicker

Auto Off

Format

Default

Shutter On

Set date and time.

-

Let you select the language used for OSD.

Off

Disable beep sound.

On

Enable beep sound.

Disable beep sound, but keep Shutter sound.

On/Off

Enable/Disable start movie function.

On/Off

Enable/Disable OSD icons to display on the screen.

Set LCD brightness. A positive value makes the LCD brighter;

-2~+2
while a negative value makes the LCD dimmer.

Set TV system compatibility to NTSC. This option is suitable for

NTSC

America, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea areas.

Set TV system compatibility to PAL. This option is suitable for

PAL

Germany, England, Italy, Netherlands, China, Japan, and Hong

Kong.

50Hz

Set icker frequency to 50Hz*.

60Hz

Set icker frequency to 60Hz*.

Off

Disable Auto-off function.

The camera automatically shuts down when staying inactive for

1 min

over 1 minute.

The camera automatically shuts down when staying inactive for

3 min

over 3 minutes.

The camera automatically shuts down when staying inactive for

5 min

over 5 minutes.

Format the storage medium. Note that all les stored in the

Yes

medium will be gone.

No

Cancel action.

Restore factory defaults. Note that your current settings will be

On

overridden.

Off

Cancel action.

Menu items in Setting mode (continued)

* Flicker settings table:

Region England Germany France Italy Spain

Setting 50Hz 50Hz 50Hz 50Hz 50Hz 50Hz 50Hz

Region Portugal America Taiwan China Japan Korea Thailand

Setting 50Hz 60Hz 60Hz 50Hz 50/60Hz 60Hz 50Hz

Netherlands

Russia

Battery Life Indicator

Icon Description

Full battery life

Moderate battery life

Low battery life

* The ash strobe and the LED lights will be disabled.”

Empty battery life

Note: To avoid sudden outage of power supply, you are recommended to replace the

battery when the icon indicates low battery life.

Battery Life

Still picture Video clip

Number of shots Recording time (minute)

110 50

* shoot every 30 seconds

** ash is off

*** resolution is set to 5M (2592x1944)

Note: This table is for your reference only. The actual battery life depends on your battery

type and recharge level.

* resolution is set to 720P 60f
(1080x720 @60f)

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Storage Capacity

Memory

SD card (256MB) 3 7 145

SD card (512MB) 7 15 290

SD card (1GB) 15 30 580

SD card (2GB) 30 60 1160

SD card (4GB) 60 120 2320

Note: The actual value of capacity may vary (up to ± 30%) depending on the

color saturation and complexity of your subject and surroundings.

Video (min.) Still picture

HD 1080P 30f /

HD 720P 60f

WVGA 60f 5M

System Requirements

System requirements are different in different video resolution settings:

Video Resolution PC system requirements

HD 1080P (1440x1080)

@30fps

HD 60f (1280x720) @60fps

WVGA 60f (848x480) @60fps

OS = Windows XP SP2, Vista or above
CPU = Pentium 4 3.2GHz Core 2 Dual or above
System RAM = 1GB (2GB recommended)
Graphic card = 256MB of RAM

OS = Windows XP SP2, Vista or above
CPU = Pentium 4 3.2GHz or above
System RAM = 512MB (1GB recommended)
Graphic card = 256MB of RAM

Specications

Item Description

Model 5 Mega-pixel camera

Image sensor 5 Mega (2592x1944 pixels)

Still image: 5M(2592x1944)

Resolution

Lens Optical zoom lens

Digital zoom 4X (2X in 1080P mode)

File format MOV, JPEG, WAV

Video frame rate

Internal memory Yes

External memory SD/MMC card (up to 32GB SDHC)

LCD display 3” LCD

TV out HDTV Component out, NTSC/PAL system supported

Interface USB 2.0

Voice recorder Yes

Microphone internal (stereo); external mic jack

Speaker Yes

Nightshot Yes (both in still image and video modes)

E.I.S.

Battery NP60 compatible Li-ion rechargeable battery

Note: Specications are subject to change without notication.

1440x1080 (HD 1080P)
1280x720 (HD 60f)
848x480 (WVGA 60f)

1440x1080, up to 30fps (HD 1080P)
1280x720, up to 60fps (HD 60f)
848x480, up to 60fps (WVGA 60f)

Electronic Image Stabilization (Only available in 720P 60fps
and WVGA 60 fps, the video resolution mode)

For more information on camcorder details and more advanced operations, please
refer to the electronic manual included in the accessory CD.

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