Argus DC1512 User Manual

Contents

Profile 1

Overview 1 Package Contents 1 System Requirements 1

To Know Digital Camera 1 Install Battery 1 Software Installation 2 Take Photos 3 Camera Functions Control 4

LCD Diagram Directions 4

Function Control 5

Compression Ratio Selection 6 Download Photos 7 PC Camera Functions 8

Browse Live 8

Video Conference 9 AppendixliSpecifications 10

Appendix2:Answers of frequent asked questions 11

Profile Overview

Thank you for purchasing the digital camera. It not only can take photos but also has the built-in PC camera functions. This camera is equipped with a 16MB SDRAM; if you want the photos in the camera to be download to your computer, you are only required to connect the USB cable to your computer and your camera; It is also possible to use the built-in PC camera to hold a video conference via the internet, enabling you to have a

face to face online conversation with others.

Product Package Contents

♦Digital Camera fUser's Manual ♦Software CD ♦USB cable

System Requirements

> Microsoft wio98f2000/ME/XP

125MB free hard disk space or above, 32MB or more RAM

Color Monitor (Suggest at least 800*600 24 bit or above)

Available USB Interface and CD-ROM ^ ’

To Know Digital Camera ^

Viewfinder

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Shutter Key

Lens USB Socket

StartTunetion key

LCD

Battery Box

Install Battery

1. open the battery box;

2. Load the batteries correctly: when you load the batteries, please place two batteries according to the pole direcuons for batteries on the battery box;

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Note: When you use the USB cable to connect the camera with a computer, is unnecessaiy to use the batteries because the camera use the power provided by the computer through the USB interface. Wamine

1. Don't open the battety box at will, and the power cut will cause the photos missing

in the camera

2. If you don’t use the camera for a long time, please take out of the batteries for fear of the discharging or corrosion of the batteries.

3. Please don’t put the battery into fire for fear of explosion to cause.

. The lowest operation power: When the power of the batteries is less than 2.4V, the

number counter will flash indicating power shortage. At that time, the camera can’t work normally.

5. Normally the pictures in the camera can be stored about 4S hours, please download photos to your computer in time.

Automatically enter the energy saving status If the camera is not used iu30s, the camera will auto enter the energy saving status.

Software Installation

Please put CD into CD-ROM, the dialog box will show out as follows:

1. Install Photoimpression 2. Install Funhouse 3, Install driver

4. Browse Contents of CD-ROM 5. Exit Pmmnt: For the details of Photolmpression and Funhouse, please refer to separate

instructions. You are required Ю install application and driver respectively. During the installation

period, you may select language according to your requirements. If the auto installation failed, you must install them manually.

1. Place the included CD into the CD-ROM driver

2. Enter E:\Setup. exe (If E is your CD-ROM letter)

3. Follow the directions of the installation wizard

Take photos

1. Press function button to open the camera and “Hi" will show on LCD at the back of

camera. The camera will give out two “beep" sounds indicating the camera having enter

into working state,

2. Select requued mode to take photo, (Please refer to the details of "Camera Function Operation)

3. Hold the camera steadily, and press the shutter button to take photos.

4. When you hear the buzzer beeps onoe, which indicates you have already taken a photo, and you can go on taking photos.

5. When the camera is fully loaded with photos,”0” will show on LCD, if you press shutter button again, the buzzer will give out continuous beeps sound for alarm. Prompt 1, When taking photos, the lower sound indicates the failure of shooting

2. Please hold camera steadily when you are taking photos

3. The storage of light will effort the quality of picture

Camera Functions Control

LCD Diagram Directions

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Press the Select button to select the functions of the digital camera. The function diagram will show on the LCD display on the back of the digital camera. As follows:

- Power off the camera,

- Auto shoot

- Continuous shoot.

- Deieie all photos in the memory

- Delele the last photo Mode - Hi means CIF mode (100k pixels resolution), Lo means QCIF mode (25K pixels resolution), “SO" or “60” - “50" or “60” to select the frequency of light used indoors. “SO" means 50Hz and “60"means 50Hz. “Hd” or “L4”- It is a photo compression ratio selection, “Hd" Means high

compression and “Ld” means low compression. Higher compression ratio means you may store more photos.

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Camera Function Control

Power off the camera

1. Press the Function button to select the “0^ " shown on the LCD display.

2. Press the Shutter button within 5 seconds to power off the camera. Auto-Shoot Mode

■ 1. Press the Function button to select shown on the LCD display.

2. Pres.s the Shutter button within 5 seconds lo activate the lOsecond timer. The digital camera will beep once every second.

3. After 10 seconds, the camera will beep twice indicate that the phoios has been taken. Continuous Shoot Mode

1. Press (he Function button to select " shown on the LCD display.

2. Press the Shutter button within 5 seconds to activate the continuous shooting mode and do not release the Shutter Button until you warst to stop shooting. The camera will beep once for each photo taken till the Shutter button relea,sed or the memory is full.

3. Under the continuous shooting mode, the photos are taken in CIF&QCIF modes and saved as a video format.

4. Under the continuous mode photo shooting, the shooting may fail due to poor lighting. If so the continuous shooting will Stop. Note: The photos taken by continuous mode will be saved as an AVI format in the appointed place. You may open it directly from the photo download software. Delete All Biotos

1. Press the Function button to select the “ft” icon shown on the LCD display.

2. Press the Shutter button the photo counter will flash. Press the Shutter Button again

within 5 seconds will delete all the photos stored in the memory. Delete Single Photo

1, Press the Function button to select the “ft" icon shown on the LCD display.

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