Hitachi HDC-1205E Instruction Manual

FCC STATEMENT

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject 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.

Note:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital devices, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.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 harmful interference to radio or television 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.  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Use of shielded cable is required to comply with Class B limits in Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC rules. Do not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless otherwise specified in the manual. If such changes or modifications should be made, you could be required to stop operation of the equipment.

Notice

If static electricity or electromagnetism causes data transfer to discontinue midway (fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the communication cable (USB, etc.) again.

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Trademark Information

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Microsoft® and Windows® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

 Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.  Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc.  SD™ is a trademark.  SDHC™ is a trademark.  Other names and products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their

respective owners.

Product Information

 Product design and specifications are subject to change without notice. This

includes primary product specifications, software, software drivers, and user’s manual. This User Manual is a general reference guide for the product.

 The product and accessories that come with your camera may be different from

those described in this manual. This is due to the fact that different retailers often specify slightly different product inclusions and accessories to suit their market requirements, customer demographics, and geographical preferences. Products very often vary between retailers especially with accessories such as batteries, chargers, AC adapters, memory cards, cables, pouches, and language support. Occasionally a retailer will specify a unique product colour, appearance, and internal memory capacity. Contact your dealer for precise product definition and included accessories.

 The illustrations in this manual are for the purpose of explanation and may differ

from the actual design of your camera.

 The manufacturer assumes no liability for any errors or discrepancies in this user

manual.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read and understand all Warnings and Cautions before using this product.

Warnings

If foreign objects or water have entered the camera, turn the power off and remove the battery.

Continued use might cause fire or electric shock. Consult the store of purchase.

If the camera has fallen or its case has been damaged, turn the power off and remove the battery.

Continued use might cause fire or electric shock. Consult the store of purchase.

Do not disassemble, change or repair the camera.

This might cause fire or electric shock. For repair or internal inspection, ask the store of purchase.

Use the supplied AC adapter only with the indicated power supply voltage.

Use with any other power supply voltage might cause fire or electric shock.

Do not use the camera in areas near water.

This might cause fire or electric shock. Take special care during rain, snow, on the beach, or near the shore.

Do not place the camera on inclined or unstable surfaces.

This might cause the camera to fall or tilt over, causing damage.

Keep the battery out of the reach of children.

Swallowing the battery might cause poisoning. If the battery is accidentally swallowed, immediately consult a physician.

Do not use the camera while you are walking, driving or riding a motorcycle.

This might cause you to fall over or result in traffic accident.

Please use battery with complete external seals.

Do not use battery from which the seals have been damaged or removed. This may cause leakage, explosion, or injury.

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Cautions

Insert the battery paying careful attention to the polarity (+ or –) of the terminals.

Inserting the battery with its polarities inverted might cause fire and injury, or damage to the surrounding areas due to the battery rupturing or leaking.

Do not fire the flash close to anyone’s eyes.

This might cause damage to the person’s eyesight.

Do not subject the LCD monitor to impact.

This might damage the glass on the screen or cause the internal fluid to leak. If the internal fluid enters your eyes or comes into contact with your body or clothes, rinse with fresh water. If the internal fluid has entered your eyes, consult a physician to receive treatment.

A camera is a precision instrument. Do not drop it, strike it or use excessive force when handling the camera.

This might cause damage to the camera.

Do not use the camera in humid, steamy, smoky, or dusty places.

This might cause fire or electric shock.

Do not remove the battery immediately after long period of continuous use.

The battery becomes hot during use. Touching a hot battery might cause burns.

Do not wrap the camera or place it in cloth or blankets.

This might cause heat to build up and deform the case, resulting in fire. Use the camera in a well-ventilated place.

Do not leave the camera in places where the temperature may rise significantly, such as inside a car.

This might adversely affect the case or the parts inside, resulting in fire.

Before you move the camera, disconnect cords and cables.

Failure to do this might damage cords and cables, resulting in fire and electric shock.

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Notes on Battery Usage

When you use the battery, carefully read and strictly observe the Safety Instructions and the notes described below:

 Use only the specified battery (3.7V).  Avoid extremely cold environments as low temperatures can shorten the battery

life and reduce camera performance.

 When you are using a new rechargeable battery or a rechargeable battery that has

not been used for an extended period of time (the battery that passed the expiry date is an exception), it may affect the number of images that can be captured. Therefore, to maximize its performance and lifetime, we recommend that you fully charge the battery and discharge it for at least one complete cycle before use.

 The battery may feel warm after a long period of continuous use of the camera or

the flash. This is normal and not a malfunction.

 The camera may feel warm after a long period of continuous use. This is normal

and not a malfunction.

 If the battery is not to be used for a long period of time, remove it from the camera

to prevent leakage or corrosion and store it after no battery power is left. Stored for a long time in a fully charged condition, its performance may be impaired.

 Always keep the battery terminals clean.  There is a risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by an incorrect type.  Dispose of used battery according to the recycle instructions.  Charge the rechargeable!battery fully before using for the first time.  To prevent short-circuiting or fire, keep the battery away from other metal objects

when carrying or storing.

This symbol mark [crossed-out wheeled bin] indicates separate collection of waste batteries in the EU countries. The batteries provided with this product shall not be treated as household waste. Please use the return and collection systems available in your country for the disposal of the waste batteries.

If a chemical symbol is printed beneath the symbol mark, this chemical symbol means that the batteries contains a heavy metal at a certain concentration. It is indicated as follows: Hg: mercury, Cd: cadmium, Pb: lead.

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CONTENTS

7 INTRODUCTION

7 Overview 7 Package Contents

8 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR

CAMERA

8 Front View 8 Rear View 9 LCD Monitor Display

11 GETTING STARTED

11 Preparation 11 Charging the Battery 12 Initial Settings

14 CAPTURE MODE

14 Capturing Images 15 Setting the Scene Mode 16 Taking Images with Intelligent Scene

mode 17 Setting the Panorama Mode 17 Taking Images When the Smile

Feature Is On 18 Recording Shots using Face

Detection Technology 18 Self-portrait Function

19 VIDEO MODE

19 Recording Video Clips 19 Playing Back Video Clips

20 PLAYBACK MODE

20 Playing Back Still Images 20 Playback Display 21 Removing Red-eye 21 Dynamic Lighting Feature 22 Protecting Images 23 DPOF Settings 24 Erasing Images

25 MENU OPTIONS

25 Capture Menu 27 Video Menu 28 Playback Menu 30 Setup Menu

32 TRANSFERRING FILES TO

YOUR COMPUTER

32 Downloading Your Files

32 USING THE CAMERA AS A PC

CAMERA

33 EDITING SOFTWARE

INSTALLATION

34 SPECIFICATIONS

35 APPENDIX

35 Possible Number of Shots 36 Troubleshooting

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INTRODUCTION

Overview

Congratulations on your purchase of the new digital camera. Capturing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of-the-art smart camera. Equipped with a 12.0-megapixel CCD, this camera is capable of capturing images with a resolution of up to 3968 x 2976 pixels.

Package Contents

Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items:

Common Product Components:

 Digital Camera  Quick Start Guide  Software CD-ROM  USB cable  AV cable  Camera strap  Camera pouch  Rechargeable lithium-ion battery  AC/DC adapter

Common (Optional) Accessories:

 SD/SDHC memory card

 Accessories and components may vary by retailer.

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA

Front View

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1. Shutter button

2. Self-timer LED

3. ON/OFF Power button

4. Flash

5. Microphone

6. Lens

Rear View

4 5 6 7 8

E F

A. LCD monitor B. Status LED C. Strap holder D. Battery / Memory card cover

E. Tripod socket F. USB and AV OUT terminal

Item

Capture Mode Video Mode Playback Mode

1. Shutter button Record button Still image: to capture mode

Function

Video clip: to capture mode

2. :Zooms out :Zooms in :Zooms out :Zooms in:Zooms out :Zooms in

3. Switches to: Video mode > Capture mode

Switches to: Capture mode > Video mode

Still image: to capture mode Video clip: to capture mode

4. Focus Focus Next 10th image

5. Compensation s>P -- Previous Image

6. Flash -- Next Image

7. If any scene mode is set: switches to scene mode selection screen

Still image: to display image Video clip: to play video clip

8. Self-timer Self-timer Previous 10th image

9. Playback mode Playback mode Still image: to capture mode

Video clip: to capture mode

10. Capture menu Video menu Playback menu

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LCD Monitor Display

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1. Zoom status

2. Available number of shots

3. Storage media [r] Internal memory (no card) [ ] SD/SDHC memory card

4. Battery condition [l] Full battery power

[o] Medium battery power [n] Low battery power [m] No battery power

5. Focus setting [

K] Auto

[ ] AF Tracking [ ] Face Detect [O] Macro [Q] Infinity

6. Flash mode [

b] Auto

[a] Flash On [d] Flash Off [c] Red-eye [`] Slow Sync [_] Pre-flash

7. [s] Exposure compensation (It can not be used in below modes: Smile

Detection, Portrait Man & Portrait Lady. ) [P] Backlight correction (It can only be used in Portrait Man and Portrait Lady.)

8. Self-timer & Self-portrait icon [

i] Off

[ ] Self-portrait [f] 2 sec. [g] 10 sec. [h] 10+2 sec.

9. [ ] Histogram

10. Image size resolution [ ] 3968 x 2976 [ ] 3264 x 2448 [ ] 2304 x 1728 [ ] 1600 x 1200 [x] 640 x 480

11. Shortcut

12. Date and time

13. Quick shot

14. Capture mode icon

[] Single

[T] Continuous [U] AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) [-] Album Shot [/] Burst [.] Cont.flash [+] Pre-shot [,] Coupl.shot [ ] Burst 30fps

15. White balance [@] Auto [$] Incand. [&] Fluoresc.1 [*] Fluoresc.2 [%] Daylight [#] Cloudy [(] Manual WB

16. Image quality

[ ] Fine [ ] Standard [ ] Economy

17. ISO [

2] Auto

[5] ISO 100 [7] ISO 200 [9] ISO 400 [0] ISO 800 [;] ISO 1600

18. Slow shutter warning

19. Mode icon / Scene mode [ ] Auto []  Intelligent Scene [ ] Smile Detection [ ] Anti-shake [ ] Panorama [ ] Portrait Man [ ] Portrait Lady [ ] Landscape [ ] Sports [ ] Night Portrait [ ] Night Scene [ ] Candlelight [ ] Fireworks [] Text [ ] Sunset [ ] Sunrise [ ] Splash Water [ ] Flow Water []Snow []Beach []Pets [ ] Natural Green [ ] Program AE

20. Main focus area

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1. Zoom status

2. Storage media

3. Battery condition

4. Focus setting

5. Flash off

6. Self-timer icon

7. Video resolution

8. Available recording time/Elapsed time

9. Date and time

10.Video quality

11.Audio off

12.Mode icon

13.Main focus area

Playback mode

Still image playback

1. DPOF icon

2. Protect icon

3. Folder / File number

4. Storage media

5. Battery condition

6. Image size resolution

7. Date and time

8. Histogram

9. Shutter speed/Aperture value

10.Exposure value

11.Image quality

12.ISO

13.Mode icon

Playback mode

Video playback

1. Protect icon

2. Folder / File number

3. Storage media

4. Battery condition

5. Volume mode

6. Total recorded time

7. Video status bar

8. Video condition icon

9. Elapsed time

10. Set key: Play/Pause hint icon

11. Down key: Stop hint icon

12.Mode icon

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GETTING STARTED

Preparation

1. Attach the camera strap.

2. Open the battery/memory card cover.

3. Insert the supplied battery with correct orientation as shown. (label side back)

4. Insert an SD/SDHC memory card (Optional). The camera has



you can load an SD/SDHC memory card to expand the camera’s memory capacity.

 Be sure to format the memory card with this camera before its initial usage.

5. Close the battery/memory card cover and make sure it is locked securely.



To prevent valuable data from being accidentally erased from an memory card SDHC

 To save, edit, or erase data on an SD/SDHC memory card, you must

unlock the card/

 To prevent damaging of an SD/SDHC memory card, be sure to turn off

the power when inserting or removing the SD/SDHC memory card. If inserting or removing the SD/SDHC memory card with the power on, the camera will automatically turn off.

, you can slide the write protect tab (on the side of the

memory card) to “LOCK”.

Charging the Battery

The battery is not fully charged at the time of purchase. Before use, be sure to charge the battery until the status LED lights red.

1. Connect camera to AC/DC adapter with USB cable.

2. Insert the plug into a wall outlet.

 The status LED blinks red when charging has started and

lights red when charging is completed.

 If the status LED does not light, the camera is not

correctly connected or the battery, camera or AC/DC adapter may be damaged.

 Charging time varies according to the ambient temperature and the status of

battery.

32MB internal me

mory

(10MB available for image storage),

SD/SDHC

SD/

but

 The included AC/DC adapter differs depending on the region where you purchased the camera.  User can also charge the battery by connecting camera to computer with USB cable.

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Initial Settings

Setting the Date and Time

The date/time needs to be set if and when:

 The camera is turned on for the first time.  The camera is turned on after leaving the camera without the battery for an

extended period of time. When the date and time information is not displayed on the LCD monitor, follow these steps to set the correct date and time.

1. Press the

mode to [ ] or [ ]; or press the 7

2. Press the

3. Select the [Setup] at the end of the Menu with

the c / d buttons, and press the

4. Select [Date/Time] with the c / d buttons, and

press the

5. Select the date format with the c / d buttons,

and press the SET button.

 Select the item’s field with the e / f buttons



6. To exit from the [Setup] menu, press the MENU

button.

MODE button, and set the camera

button

MENU button.

SET button.

and adjust the value for the date and time with the c / d buttons. The time is displayed in 24-hour format. After confirming all settings are correct, press the SET button

Off

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Choosing the Language

Specify in which language menus and messages are to be displayed on the LCD monitor.

Press the MODE button, and set the camera

button

mode to [ ] or [ ]; or press the 7

2. Press the

MENU button.

3. Select the [Setup] at the end of the Menu with the c / d buttons, and press the

SET button.

4. Select [Language] with the c / d buttons and press the SET button

5. Select the displayed language with the e / f / c / d buttons and press the

SET button.

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 The setting will be stored.

6. To exit from the [Setup] menu, press the

MENU button.

Formatting the Memory Card or Internal Memory

This utility formats the memory card (or internal memory) and erases all stored images and data.

1. Press the mode to [ ] or [ ]; or press the 7

2. Press the

MODE button, and set the camera

button

MENU button.

3. Select the [Setup] at the end of the Menu with the c / d buttons, and press the

SET button.

4. Select [Format] with the c / d buttons, then

the SET button

press

5. Select [Execute] with the press

the SET button



To cancel formatting, select [Cancel] and

the SET button

press

e / f

buttons, and

6. To exit from the [Setup] menu, press the MENU button.

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CAPTURE MODE

Capturing Images

Your camera is equipped with a 2.36” full colour TFT LCD monitor to help you compose images, playback recorded images/video clips or adjust menu settings.

1. Press the

2. Press the

3. Compose your image in the LCD monitor.

 Turn the zoom lever to side to zoom in on the subject, and enlarges the

 Turn the zoom lever to side to zoom out on the subject, and provides a wider

4. Press the shutter button.



 The focus area frame turns green when

 When the focus is not suitable, the frame

ON/OFF button to turn the power on. MODE button, and set the camera mode to [ ].

subject on the LCD monitor.

angle image.

Pressing the shutter button down halfway automatically focuses and adjusts the exposure, and pressing the shutter button down fully captures the image.

the camera is in focus and the exposure is calculated.

of the focus area turns red.

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