GFM TDC-5502C Instruction Manual

User Manual

TDC-5502C

5M PIXEL DIGITAL CAMERA

CONTENTS

I. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR

CAMERA............................................

1.CONFIGURATION & INSTALLATION........ 2

2. MONITOR SCREEN DISPLAY................ 3

3. PREPARATION BEFORE CAPTURE ....... 3

4. SHOOTING........................................ 4

5. VIDEO & AUDIO RECORDING:.............. 9

6. AUDIO INPUT & OUTPUT....................11

7. IMAGE REVIEW................................ 12

8. OTHER SETTINGS............................ 17

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II. SOFTWARE & DOWNLOAD........

1. PC-CAM DRIVER INSTALLATION ...... 22

III. MAINTENANCE ..........................

1. CAMERA......................................... 24

2. BATTERY ........................................ 25

3. MEMORY CARD ............................... 27

4. SECURITY ...................................... 29

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Ⅳ. LIMITED WARRANTY：.............32

Ⅴ. FCC.............................................

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I Getting to know your camera

1. Configuration
& installation

1 SHOOT/OK button

2 POWER button

3 Flash light

4 MACRO button

5 USB jack

6 Lens

7 MACRO light

8 BUSY light

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10 MENU button

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13 MODE button

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15 TFT monitor screen

16 Tripod socket

17 SD card slot

18 Battery cover

LEFT/flash

RIGHT/DISP

UP

DOWN

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2. Monitor screen display

3. Preparation before capture

3.1 Battery

It’s optional to use AAA alkaline batteries or

rechargeable batteries.

Open the battery cover and load the batteries

according to the polarity indicated on the

battery door.

3.2 Insert the memory card

Insert the memory card to the card slot

carefully. Check the right direction before

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insert the memory card.

Attention: If you can not insert the SD card,

take it out and insert again.

4. Shooting

1): Move the slide cover to display the lens;

2): Press POWER button to enter default
capture mode;

3): Press the shutter button to take pictures.

Note:

z Do not take the memory card or battery

out when camera is saving the image,
otherwise, the image won't be saved
completely.

z The screen will power off automatically if

the camera is not in working status for
30 minutes. Press any key to restart the
screen.

In capture
menu for 2 options: ”Image” mode and “Setup”
mode:

mode, press “MENU” to enter main

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Select “Image”, the following settings are:
Resolution, Quality, White Balance, Color
Effect, Exposure, Date Stamp, Self timer, and
Burst Snapshot

A. Resolution:

a) Press the DOWN button

“resolution” mode, then press RIGHT
button
2048*1536 ， 1600*1200 ， 1280*960 ,
640*480；

Press the UP/DOWN button
select the resolution;

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

B. Quality:

a) Press the DOWN button
“Quality” and press the RIGHT button
options: “Super”, “Fine”, “ Normal”.

b) Press the UP/DOWN button
select the image quality.

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

for 5 options : 2592*1944，

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to select

to

to select

for 3

to

C. White Balance:

a) Press the DOWN button
“White Balance”, press the RIGHT button
for 5 options: Auto, Day Light, Tungsten,
Fluorescent and Cloudy;

b) Press the UP/DOWN button
select the proper mode;

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

D. Color Effect:

a) Press the DOWN button
“Color Effect”, press the RIGHT button

options: “Color”, “Sepia”, “Monochrome”.;

b) Press the UP/DOWN button
select the color you desired;

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

E. Exposure:

a) Press the DOWN button
“Exposure”, press the RIGHT button

b) Press the LEFT/RIGHT button to

to select

to

to select

for 3

to

to select

;

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adjust the exposure from -2.0 to +2.0; then
press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

F: Date Stamp:

The date will be showed at the lower right
corner of the image when viewing the image

.

a) Press the UP/DOWN button
select “Date Stamp”, press the RIGHT
button

b) Press the UP/DOWN button to
select “Enable” or “Disable”;

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

G: Self timer:

a) Press the UP/DOWN button
select “Self timer”, press the RIGHT button
to select: “Disable”, “10SEC”, “20SEC”;

b) Press the UP/DOWN button
select the time you desired;

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

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Note: set “Disable” if you want to
cancel the self timer..

H: Burst Snapshot:

a) Press the UP/DONW button to
select “Burst Snapshot”, press the RIGHT
button

b) Press the UP/DOWN button to

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

Flashlight

select “Single” or “Burst”;

Auto: Automatically turn

on/off according to the
light

Flash on: Force on the

flash

Flash off: Force off the

flash

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In capture mode, press the LEFT button
enter above three modes in cycle.

● Flash will be charged automatically between
shooting and the screen turn into black
when charging. The next image can be
shot only the charge is completed.

●If shooting with flash under a bright

environment, the facular in the image will
cause the incorrect exposure.

Note: The flash does not work in “Burst
snapshot” mode.

Digital zoom

To view the zoom effected by LCD.

Note: digital zoom may affect the quality of
image. The higher digital zoom multiples, the
lower of the image quality, maximum 4X digital
zoom available.

In the camera/video mode, press the
UP/DOWN button
zoom;

to select digital

to

5. Video & audio recording:

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1): Press “MODE” till the icon ” “appears

on the upper left of screen;

2): Press shutter to start recording;

3): Press shutter again to stop recording the

video.

4): In the video mode press “MENU” to enter

the main menu for 2 options: “video” and
“setup”.

5): There are 4 Options available for “video”

mode: “ Resolution”, “Frame rate”, “White
balance” and “Audio”.

A: Video Resolution:

a) Press the UP/DOWN button
select “Resolution”, press the RIGHT button

for 2 options: 640*480 or 320*240;

b) Press the UP/DOWN button to
select resolution.

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

B: Frame rate:

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to

a) Press the UP/DOWN button
select “Frame rate”, press the RIGHT button

for 2 options: 30 fps or 15 fps;

b) Press the UP/DOWN button to
select the frame rate you desired;

c) Double Press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

C: White balance

Same as the setting under the capture mode
(See page 4).

D: Audio Recording: .

a) Press “MENU” under video mode, press the
UP/DOWN button
press the RIGHT button
or “Disable”;

b) The video with voice recorded when select”
Enable” the video without voice recorded
when select “ Disable”;

c) Double press “MENU” to confirm and exit.

6. Audio input & output

to select “Audio”,

to select “Enable”

to

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6.1 Audio input

a): Power on;

b): Press “MODE” to select Audio record
Mode ( )

c): Press shutter to start recording, the time of
recording will display on the screen;

d): Press shutter again to stop record.

6.2 Audio playback

Please note that this camera do not support

the speaker; the volume is only available

when connecting with TV or PC to playback

7. Image review

7.1 Still image review

a): Press “MODE” to playback mode.

b): Press the LEFT/RIGHT button
review the images.

c): Press the LEFT/RIGHT button
show previous or next image or video file.

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7.2 Play video

a): Power on and press “MODE” to playback
mode.

b): Press the LEFT/RIGHT button to
select video files;

c): Press shutter to play video file and press
shutter again to end playing;

d): Press LEFT/RIGHT button
show previous or next image or video file.

7.3 Play video file on TV

You can play video file on TV by connecting
the cable：

a): Power on and connect the camera and TV
by the AV cable;

b): Power on TV and switch to AV mode;

c): Press LEFT/RIGHT button

to play, FF or SP to watch video file.

Note:

z The camera screen will automatically

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to select