Genius DSC-1.3MTFT User Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Attention

1-1 Quick Installation Guide................…......……….…..….. .2

1-2 How to acquire images from the Camera ..………..…....2

1-3 How to use Web Camera....................…….……...…......2

1-4 Operation Caution…………....................…..……...…......3

1-5 Package Contents.……….................................…...…....3

Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your Camera

2-1 Names of Parts……….....................…….……...……......4

2-2 Specifications................................………..….…......…....6

2-3 System Requirement………………………….……………6

Chapter 3 Controls, Operation, and Display

3-1LED Indicators………....................…...…………….….....7

3-2 LCD Monitor Display………..........................…..............7

3-3 Power supply.…………………………………………........8

3-4 Shutter Button………...........................……..……….......9

3-5 Mode Dial.......……….….......…...…………………….......9

3-6 MENU/ENTER Button………………..…….…….………..9 3-7 Flash Button………………………..……………….………9 3-8 Mode Display Button…………………………….……….10 3-9 Macro Button…………………………….……….……….10

Chapter 4 Navigating Modes and Menus

4-1 Mode Selection……….......................………….…........11

4-2 Record Mode..........…….....…...……………..…...….....11

4-3 Play Mode.…………......……………….……….….........12

4-4 Movie Mode……….. .........................…………..............13

4-5 Setup Mode………...............................…………...........14

Chapter 5 Preparing Your Camera

5-1 Attaching the Strap…………...................………..…......16

5-2 Loading Batteries..............…………..........……….........16

5-3 Loading and Removing the Memory Card....……..…....17

5-4 Setting Up the OSD Language………..…………….......18

5-5 Setting Up the Date/Time………………………..…….....18

Chapter 6 Getting Started

6-1 Setup Mode………......…....……………………………....19

6-2 Record Mode.……......…....……………………………....19

6-3 Play Mode.………….........…………….…………….........20

6-4 Movie Mode……….. .........................…………..............21

6-5 PC Mode……………………………………………………21 6-6 TV-OUT Operation…………………..…………….………22

Chapter 7 Driver Installation

7-1 Installing the Camera Driver for PC.......……....………...22

7-2 Installing the Applications for PC………………………...23 7-3 Camera Setting on Windows XP…………………………25

Chapter 1 Attention

1-1 Quick Installation Guide

1.Insert the CD-ROM into your CD drive and software installation

menu will appear on the computer screen automatically.

2.Click Utility driver to install the digital camera software. Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed.

3.Once Setup finishes installing all the necessary files on your computer, Please restart your computer to complete Setup.

To select the PC Camera or Mass Storage items in the PC

Connection menu, perform the following.

Power on the camera and toggle the Mode Dial to PC. The

PC Camera and Mass Storage two menu items will appears on the

LCD Monitor.

Pressing the arrow buttons / on the MENU/ENTER

Button to move and and select the desired menu items. Pressing

the or button to confirm save the settings.

4.To select the PC Camera, Pressing the or button to confirm and save the settings.

5. If a “Connect USB” message pops up on the LCD Monitor, Please connect the USB cable to the camera and PC to complete the

configuration. Press the Shutter to confirm, and the system will configure the device automatically.

6. Unplug USB cable and re-power on the camera, then To select

the Mass Storage, Pressing the or button to confirm and save the settings.

7. If a “Connect USB” message pops up on the LCD Monitor, please connect the USB cable to the camera and PC to complete the configuration. Press the Shutter to confirm, and the system will configure the device automatically.

8.Installing the Applications for PC(Install Arcsoft Software)

1-2 How to acquire images from the camera

1.When selecting the Mass Sstorage mode, Press the Shutter to confirm, In my Computer, it will appear a Removable Drive. You can access the images recorded in the camera from the PC.

2. Installing the Applications for PC(Install Arcsoft Softw are as

PhotoImpression), The following is the instruction of how to get Images from Arcsoft PhotoImpression

(A).Open up Arcsoft PhotoImpression, select “From Folder” (B).Click on Browse, and then select the path “Removable Disk\ Dcim\100FSCAM” to Acquire images

1-3 How to use Web Camera

1. Installing the Applications for PC(Install Arcsoft Softw are as PhotoImpression or VideoImpression).

2. When selecting the PC Camera mode, Press the Shutter to

confirm, your computer software applications show real-time Video images. The camera can be used for Video conferencing or recording movies.

1-4 Operation Caution

This product consists of intricate electrical parts. To ensure the photography normally, do not drop or hit the camera when taking pictures.

●Avoid to use or place the camera in the following locations:

1.Damp and dusty places.

2. Sealed vehicles or places exposed to direct sunlight or

places subject to extremely high temperatures or heat.

3.Violently turbulent environment.

4.Locations full of smoke, oil fumes or steams.

5.Locations subject to strong magnetic field.

6.Raining or snowing environment.

●Do not open the battery cover when the power is on.

●If water has entered the camera, immediately turn the power OFF and remove the batteries.

●How to maintain your camera:

1.If lens, LCD monitor or viewfinder surface is dirty, please use lens brush or soft cloth to wipe clean instead of touching the lens with you fingers.

2.Do not use any solid object to hit the camera to avoid scratching the lens, LCD monitor or viewfinder surface.

3.Do not use any detergent or volatile solution, which will subject the camera case and paint to solving or distortion. Use soft cloth only.

1-5 Package Contents

Please check if the following items are in the package wh en purchasing this product.

CD-ROM 2 x AA Alkaline (incl. Camera Driver) Pouch Wrist Strap Batteries

USB Cable TV –OUT Cable This User's Manual

●CD-ROM (incl. Camera Driver)

●Pouch

●Wrist Strap

●2 x AA Alkaline Batteries

●USB Cable

●TV –OUT Cable

●This User's Manual

Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your Camera

2-1 Names of Parts

Front View

(1) Flash (2) Lens Cover/ Power Button (3) Lens (4) Shutter Button (5) Self-timer LED (6) Red-eye Reduction LED (7) Macro Button (8) Terminator Cover

TV-OUT

Port

USB Port

Rear View

(1) LCD Monitor (2) Mode Display Button (3) Mode Dial (4) Status LED (5) Macro Mode LED (6) ENTER Button (7) Multi-Select Button (8) Strap Holder (9) Flash Button (10) Battery Cover

Memory Card Slot

2-2 Specifications

●Lens: F=8.5 mm

●Image Sensor: 1/2" CMOS with 1.3 mega pixels

●Focus: F=3.5

●Sensitivity: ISO 100

●White Balance: Auto, Sun, Tungsten, Fluorescent.

●Shutter: Electrical

●Shutter Speed: 1/4 sec. ~ 1/2000 sec.

●Storage Media: 8MB Internal Flash Memory

SmartMedia™ Card (MMC compatible) Slot

●Image File Format: Still Image for JPEG

●Image Resolution: FINE: 1600 x 1200

●Digital Zoom: 10-Step 2X Digital Zoom

●Focal Range – Standard: 60cm ~ Infinity

●Focal Range – Macro: 20 ~ 25cm

●Self-timer: 10 sec. delay

●PC-CAM Mode: CIF (320 x 240) 20〜30 fps

●Flash Mode: Auto, Red-eye reduction, Off

●TV-OUT: NTSC / PAL system selectable

●PC Connector: USB (Ver. 1.1)

(support 4/8/16/32/64/128MB)

Motion Image fro JPEG

(Fireware Interpolation Technology) MED: 1280 x 1024 LOW: 640 x 480

VGA (640 x 480) 15〜25 fps

●Movie File: Recording 60 sec. Continuous movie file with CIF (320 x 240) format (8MB internal memory)

●Recordable Image Numbers (8MB): (640 x 480) Approx. 65 images (1280 x 1024) Approx. 20 images (1600 x 1200) Approx. 15 images

●Power Supply: 2 x AA Alkaline Batteries or supports CRV-3 USB 5V (PC-CAM Mode)

●Dimensions: 93 x 56 x 38 mm

●Weight: About 120g (batteries excluded)

2-3 System Requirement

Please refer to the minimum system requirements for the digital camera. We recommend that you use a computer system that exceeds the minimum requirements in order to utilize the camera at its optimum efficiency. The minimum system requirements for the digital camera is as the following:

System Requirement OS Microsoft Windows

CPU Intel Pentium 166MHz or higher Memory Minimum 64 MB memory or above CD-ROM 4X or above HDD Hard drive with 10 MB free disk

Others One standard USB 1.1 port

98SE/Me/2000/XP

space minimum

Chapter 3 Controls, Operation, and Display

3-1 LED Indicators

The meanings of the LED indicators located on the top of LCD monitor are:

Standby/Busy (Red LED)

LED Status Description

Red On The camera is busy, please

Blinking Camera is powered on and

Green On Macro mode

Macro Mode (Green LED)

continue to perform the operation after the camera restore to be blinking

standby

Off Basic Mode for photography

3-2 LCD Monitor Display

(1) Image resolution (2) Image quality (3) Current working mode (4) Memory card loaded symbol (5) Possible number of shots (6) Self-timer photography (7) White balance display (8) Morning/Afternoon display (9) Time display (10) Date display (11) Remaining battery power (12) Zoom lever (13) Flash status

3-3 Power Supply

●Slide the lens cover toward left gently and turn on the camera

after two beeps sound.

●Slide the lens cover toward right gently and turn off the camera.

●Using the lens cover located on the front of the camera to turn

n/off camera. After turn on the camera, the red LED will be blinking, and then the last image recorded appears on the LCD monitor.

※If no operation is carried out for a fixed amount of time

(default: about 1 minute), the power is turned OFF to prevent battery wear. This is called "Auto Power OFF".

You can press the “Mode Display Button” to restart the camera.

※The following features will automatically save the

configuration before turn off the camera unless you ever selected "Reset Default" to restore its factory anticipated settings.

1.Resolution

2.Quality

3.OSD Language

4.White Balance

5.EV Compensation

6.TV-Out

7.Light Frequency

8.PC Mode

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