Megxon TX400 User Manual

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Welcome

MegaCam is a high-quality yet affordable digital camera that allows you to
create, edit, share and send photos to friends and family.

MegaCam is also not just a digital camera. It lets you record short segments of
video. What’s more, it can be used as a Web camera when you connect it to a
computer.

This easy-to-follow manual shows you how to use your new camera and install
all the software that is included in the Digital Camera CD. You’ll find clear
instructions on how to take pictures, record video, and use your camera as a PC
camera. Guidelines on how to use the software to transfer photos and video clips
from the camera into your computer are also provided.

Whether you want to send snapshots or short video clips via mails, create
exciting photo projects, produce movies, or meet friends and family face to face
over the Internet, MegaCam gives you all the tools that you need.

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Contents

Know Your Camera ................................................................................................................ 3

Camera Controls .................................................................................................................... 3

Digital Interface Compartment ................................................................................................. 6

Preparing Your Camera .......................................................................................................... 6

Start Using Your Camera ........................................................................................................ 7

Formatting the SD Card .......................................................................................................... 7

Shooting Photos ...................................................................................................................... 8

Viewing Photos ...................................................................................................................... 8

Taking Close-ups, Portrait and Distant Pictures ...................................................................... 8

Printing Photos........................................................................................................................ 8

Deleting Photos ....................................................................................................................... 9

Camera Settings ................................................................................................................... 10

Hooking Up to Your Computer .............................................................................................. 10

Hooking Up to Your TV/VCR ................................................................................................ 11

Recording Video ................................................................................................................... 12

Installing Software................................................................................................................. 13

Appendix: Camera Specifications ........................................................................................ 16

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Know Your Camera

This is not your traditional camera. This
is a “digital camera”. A digital camera
allows you to take pictures without the
use of film.

Eliminate developing costs by
downloading the photos to your PC. You
can send your photos via email, upload
them to your web site.

Now, familiarize yourself with the camera
controls of MegaCam.

Camera Controls

Top of Digital Camera

Power - Press the Power

button for one second to turn the
digital camera on and off. You will
then hear two beep sounds to remind
you the camera is on.

Shutter Release - Press the Shutter
Release button to take the picture and

record video.

Flash - The Flash button gives

you the options of choosing Auto

Flash

, No Flash or Force

Flash

.

Note: The default setting is “No Flash”.

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LCD Display - The LCD Display

(Liquid Crystal Display) is one way
used to view the photos you have
taken; indicate camera settings as
well as access the menu and info
options.

Viewfinder - Look through the
Viewfinder to view the real life subject
you want to photograph.

Controller - Use the Controller
button to open the camera menu and

change option settings:

• Menu

- Press Menu Button

to open the camera menu on the
LCD Display.

•

- Press to move up
or down in the camera menu when
in Preview mode. When in
Playback mode, press to
browse through the photos you
have in the memory.

Self-Timer - Use the Self-Timer

button when you need to shoot
photos of yourself. After you press
the Shutter Release button, a 10­second countdown, giving you time
to position yourself in front of the
camera before your photo is taken.

Photo Quality - The Photo
Quality button lets you choose: 1M,

2M, 3M and 4M Scale up.

At 1M

photos will be moderately
compressed to keep their file sizes
smaller. At 2M photos appear
clearer and sharper, and their file
sizes will be larger. And what’s more
is MegaCam allows you to scale the
resolution up to 3 and 4 megapixels
at and .

Front of Digital Camera

Viewfinder Window - The
Viewfinder window allows you to
center on the subject or scene you
want to photograph.

Flash - This is the camera flash.

Lens - Adjust the camera lens to take

close-up pictures (Macro mode )or
portrait/scenery (Normal / Infinity

mode

).

Back of Digital Camera

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• Digital Zoom / - MegaCam
provides four times magnification

beyond the optical zoom. Press the
Mode button to activate Preview
and use the LCD display to frame
your subject. And press Up/Down
button once to zoom in/ouut your
object. It does not function when
you select 3M and 4M Scale up for
your photo quality.

• OK - Press OK to select a menu

option or setting. Also press OK
when you are replying to screen
messages.

Preview / Video / Playback

mode button Press the mode

button to switch among Preview,
Video and Playback mode. Preview
mode allows you to take photos while
Video mode lets you record video
with the camera. Playback mode lets
you view the photos or videos you
have taken on the LCD Display.

LCD Display - Press to
turn On/Off the LCD display.

Note: It will be automatically shut off if
no operation in 30 seconds to save your
battery power.

LCD Display Status icons

Battery power level

Full battery power

Medium battery power

Low battery power

Photo quality

2304 x 1728 pix, 4 pictures

2048 x 1536 pix, 8 pictures

1600 x 1200 pix, 12 pictures

1280 x 1024 pix, 35 pictures

TV/VCR output

NTSC / PAL

Flash setting

Auto

Force Flash

No Flash

Self-timer

Self-timer On

Zoom

4x Digital zoom

3x Digital zoom

2x Digital zoom

1x Digital zoom

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Preparing Your Camera

• Step 1 Insert the two AA batteries into
the battery compartment located at the
bottom of your digital camera. When
closing the battery door, push the battery
door down and then slide it closed.

• Step 2 Open the memory compartment
cover located at the bottom of your
camera and insert the SD memory card.

When inserting, hold the memory card
so that its pin connector is pointing
towards the camera. Also, the front side
of the memory card should be facing the
front side of the camera.

Then, push the memory card all the
way into the memory compartment and
close the cover.

Video Output - used to hook your
camera to a TV/VCR for viewing
images taken with your camera.

USB Connection - used to connect
your camera to the computer through
the USB port. You can then transfer
photos and recorded videos from the
camera to your computer, or use the
digital camera as a Web camera.

Picture Counter

Number of remaining shots

(Playback mode)

Number of stored photos

(Preview mode)

Digital Interface
Compartment

Located on the left side of the camera are
the two ports for attaching the following
cables: Video Output and USB. These
ports will enable you to attach the
appropriate cables from the camera to
your computer and TV/VCR.

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Note: 1. To remove the SD card, push
the SD card once and the card will be
ejected from the memory compartment.

2. MegaCam comes with built-in
8Mbyte internal NAND Flash memory.
You don’t necessarily add extra
memory for it.

• Step 3 Attach the wrist strap to the strap
holder at the side of the camera as
illustrated in the picture below.

Start Using Your Camera

• Step 1 Press the Power button to turn
on the camera. A green light just beside
the Viewfinder then lights up.

• Step 2 The LCD Display will be turned
on automatically.

Press Mode button to switch to Preview
mode. You can now begin taking pictures.

Formatting the SD Card

It is best to format your SD memory card
before using it to store pictures.

• Step 1 First switch to Playback mode
and press Menu Button to bring up the
Erase menu.

• Step 2 Press

to move down to the

Format SD Card option.

• Step 3 Press OK.

• Step 4 The message “Format the
storage?” then appears.

To format the memory card, press

to
select Yes on the screen and then press
the OK button. You will hear a ring
sound when you press it.

If you do not want to continue with
formatting the memory card, select
Cancel on the screen and then press
the OK button.

• Step 5 The camera then begins
formatting the memory card. Wait for the
formatting process to finish.

• Step 6 After the memory card has been
formatted, all the pictures in the memory
card will be deleted. And there is a
message appeared: No pictures in
memory.

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Taking Close-ups,
Portrait and Distant
Pictures

The lens at the front of the digital camera
can be adjusted for taking close-up
pictures as well as people portrait and
distant pictures.

To take close-up pictures:

• Step 1 Turn the lens all the way to the
left. This sets the digital camera to

Macro mode

, allowing you to take

pictures at close range.

• Step 2 To take pictures, follow the steps
in the section, “Shooting Photos” on
page 8.

To take portrait and distant pictures:

• Step 1 Turn the lens all the way to the
right. This sets the digital camera to

Normal mode

, allowing you to

take pictures of people or sceneries.

• Step 2 To take pictures, follow the steps
in the section, “Shooting Photos” on
page 8.

Printing Photos

By selecting DPOF optionin in Erase
menu, camera can directly send your
selected photo to the compatible printers
that read DPOF (Digital Print Order
Format).

After a photo is selected for printing with
DPOF option, the DPOF icon will show on
the photo when previewing the image in
Preview mode.

Shooting Photos

Taking pictures with your digital camera is a
snap. Just point and shoot!

• Step 1 Make sure that the camera is
turned on.

• Step 2 Use the LCD display or the
Viewfinder to frame the subject you want
to photograph.

• Step 3 Press the Shutter Release button
to take the picture.

The picture will remain on the display and
LCD will display “Processing” until it is
stored in the memory. Now LCD Display
will resume, you may focus your next
target to take the next picture.

Tip: Unlike a traditional camera, if you
move the camera your image will not be
blurred at this time.

Now that you have taken the photos, they
are stored in camera memory, let’s view
them.

Viewing Photos

• Step 1 Turn on your MegaCam.

• Step 2 After two beep sounds, the LCD
Display will be also turned on
automatically.

• Step 3 Press the Mode button to
switch the camera to Preview mode.

• Step 4 View the pictures one at a time
on the LCD Display. Press

to
move backward and forward through the
pictures.

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• Step 7 To continue taking pictures,
press the Mode button to switch the
camera to Preview mode.

Deleting All Photos

You may also choose to delete all of the
photos if the memory is already full and
you want to free up the space to take
more photos. But before you remove all
photos, remember to transfer them first to
your computer.

• Step 1 Press the Mode button to
switch the camera to Playback mode.

• Step 2 Press Menu button

to bring

up Erase menu.

• Step 3 Press the to move down to
the Erase all option.

• Step 4 Press the OK button.

• Step 5 When you see the message,

“Delete All Images?”, press to select

Yes on the screen and then press the
OK button to erase all of your pictures.

If you change your mind and do not
want to continue deleting all the pictures,
press

or to select Cancel on the
menu screen. Then press the OK
button. All your pictures will be retained.

• Step 6 After all the pictures have been
deleted, there is a message appeared:
No pictures in memory.

Press Mode button to switch the
camera to Preview mode to take more
photos.

Deleting Photos

You can choose to delete a single photo or
all the photos previously taken with the
digital camera.

Deleting a Single Photo

If you are not satisfied with some pictures,
you may delete them from the memory.

• Step 1 Make sure that the camera is
turned on.

• Step 2 Press the Mode button to
switch the camera to Playback mode.

• Step 3 Press

to move
backward and forward through the
pictures.

• Step 4 When you see a picture that you
want to delete, press Menu button
to bring up Erase menu.

• Step 5 A menu then appears, with the
Erase one option highlighted.

• Step 6 Press the OK button to erase the
current picture.

If you change your mind and do not
want to erase the current picture, press

to select the Cancel option on the
menu screen, and then press the OK
button. The menu closes and the current
picture remains undeleted.

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Camera Settings

Using the default camera settings,
sometimes, the picture quality may not
come out the way you want it. Different
lighting environments usually produce
different results.
To have more control over the quality of
your pictures, adjust the camera settings
to suit your needs.

Changing Camera Settings

Access the Camera Setup menu in your
digital camera to change camera settings.

• Step 1 Press Menu button

to

bring up the camera’s menu screen.

• Step 2 Press OK on the Setup option.

• Step 3 The Camera Setup menu then

appears on the LCD display.

• Step 4 Press

to move up or

down in the Camera Setup menu.

The Camera Setup menu lists the
following options:

• EV (Compensation) - Sets the
exposure setting to control the
brightness of photos. Choose a
positive value to have brighter photos,
or a negative value to have darker
photos.

• WB (White Balance) - Allows the
camera to adjust to light conditions
using preset selections (auto, sun,
shade, tungsten, fluorescent).

• TV Mode - Choose the TV standard
that you use in your country for the
video you record.

• Language - Let you to choose different
languages for Camera menu.

• Sound - Select to have the beep sound
whenever you press the buttons of the
camera.

• Step 5 Press OK to select a menu
option. The selected option will be
highlighted.

• Step 6 Press

to cycle through

the available settings.

• Step 7 Press OK to choose a setting.

• Step 8 Press

to move down the
menu screen and choose Exit. Then,
press OK to exit the menu screen.

Hooking Up to Your
Computer

You need to connect the camera to your
computer’s USB port to transfer photos into
your computer. This section shows how
you can connect the camera to your
computer.

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You must install the Dual Camera Driver
from the Digital Camera CD before
connecting in order for your computer to
function properly using the USB. See the
section, “Installing Software” on page 13
for details on how to install the driver.

The USB Port is located in the Digital
Interface Compartment on the left side of
the camera.

• Step 1 Connect
the smaller end of
the USB cable into
the USB port of
your digital
camera.

• Step 2 Connect the
other end of the USB
cable to the USB port

located on the back of
your computer.

Hooking Up to Your TV/
VCR

Connect your camera to a television set if
you want to have a larger view of your
photos.

To view your images on television
set:

• Step 1 Press the Power

button to
turn your camera on. Wait for the
indicator light to signal that the camera is
ready.

• Step 2 Press Menu button

to

bring up the camera’s menu screen.

• Step 3 Press OK on the Setup option.

• Step 4 Press

to move down the
menu until the TV Mode option is
highlighted and select the TV standard
that use in your country (NTSC/PAL).

Press

Move to Exit to exit the menu.

• Step 5 Connect
one end of the
video output
cable (the black
colored plug)
into the video
out port located
in the Digital
Interface
Compartment on
the left side of the camera.

• Step 6 Connect the
other end of the video
output cable (the
yellow plug) to the
video in plug on your
TV/VCR.

Note: TV/VCR manufactures vary.
Locate the audio/video ports on your
individual TV/VCR and insert the video
output connector into the Video port.

• Step 7 Turn on your TV and VCR.

• Step 8 On your television, select the

channel for auxiliary video input (not Ch
or 4).

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Note: Channel may vary by
manufacturer; refer to your VCR’s
operating manual.

Recording Video

With your camera, you can record short
sequences of video at a rate of twenty
frames per second. The camera stores
video in *.AVI format.

Before recording, first set the camera
to video recording mode.

• Step 1 Press Mode Button to switch

your camera to Video Mode.

A Video icon then appears on the
LCD Display.

Now you can start recording short
video clips with the camera.

• Step 4 To stop recording, press the
Shutter Release button again.

Using the Digital Cam­era as a Web Camera

When you connect MegaCam to your
computer, you can use it as a Web
camera. You can then join video
conferencing sessions on the Internet with
your camera. You need to install the Dual
Camera Driver and the Microsoft
NetMeeting software from the Digital
Camera CD before you can start use it as
a Web camera. See the next section,
“Installing Software”, for installation
instructions.

When functioning as a Web camera, your
camera also lets you capture video
directly into your computer and edit or
enhance your video clips through the MGI
VideoWave software. See the next
section, “Installing Software”, for
installation instructions.

Setting Your Web Camera

• Step 1 Press Mode Button to bring up
the camera’s menu screen.

• Step 2 Press

to move down to PC

Mode.

• Step 1 If the camera is not in Video

mode, press Mode Button to switch to
this mode.

• Step 2 Press once the Shutter Release
button to start recording video. You will
see on the LCD Display live view of the
subjects or scenes you are recording.

• Step 3 And while you are recording, A
red text “REC” appears on the upper
right side of the LCD Display. And
disappears after you terminate the
recording process. And the remaining
seconds will be counted down as you
continue shooting.

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• Step 3 Press the OK button.

• Step 4 There are two options in the list:
WEB Cam and Storage. Select WEB
Cam.

• Step 5 Press OK button to go back to

the menu.

Your camera is now able to function as a
Web camera.

Installing Software

The MegaCam CD includes software for
downloading photos and recorded video
from the camera to the computer, touching
up photos, editing video, and video
conferencing.

Installing All Software and
Driver

To install the digital camera driver and all
the software in the MegaCam CD:

• Step 1 Place the MegaCam CD into
your CD-ROM drive.

• Step 2 The Software Installation screen
appears, with the Install All the
Software and Driver option selected.

Click Install to start the installation.

• Step 3 All the other software will be
installed one after the other. Simply
follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the installation of the camera
driver and all the software.

Note: The section, “Installing MegaCam
Driver” on page 14 provides details on
installing the digital camera driver.

• Step 5 After installing everything, select
Yes, I want to restart the computer
now, and click Finish to reboot your

computer.

Installing Selected Soft­ware

To choose the software to install:

• Step 1 Place the MegaCam CD into

your CD-ROM drive. The Software
Installation screen appears.

• Step 2 Deselect the Install All
Software and Driver item. Then

choose the software that you want to
install.

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• Step 3 When selecting software to
install:

First, click on the MegaCam Driver
item. This option must be selected if you
want to connect the digital camera to
your computer and download photos,
transfer recorded video clips, or use the
camera as a Web camera.

Installing MegaCam Driver

The MegaCam Driver option in the
installation screen installs two drivers into
your computer: the MegaCam Driver and
MSDC Driver. The PC Cam Driver allows
you to connect the camera to your
computer and download photos as well as
use the digital camera as a Web camera.
MSDC lets you copy photos and recorded
video clips from the camera into your
storage driver.

To install MegaCam Driver:

• Step 1 In the “Application Softwares”
dialog box, click Next.

• Step 2 In the “Choose Destination

Location” dialog box, specify the folder
location in your computer where you
want to install the MegaCam Driver.

The location, “C:\Program
Files\Digital\Digital Camera”, is the
default location chosen for installing the
driver.

Click Next.

• Step 3 The Setup program then starts
copying files to your computer. Wait for
the installation to be completed.

• Step 4 When installation of the
MegaCam Driver is complete, “Setup
Complete” appears. Select Yes, I want
to restart the computer now, and
click Finish.

After your computer reboots and starts up
Windows, continue installing the other
software.

Note: The next section, “Mega Cam
Driver”, provides details on installing the
digital camera driver.

• If you want to install the multimedia
application programming interfaces
software, select the Microsoft

DirectX item.

• If you want to install the video

conferencing software, select the

Microsoft NetMeeting item.

• If you want to install the photo editing
software, select on ARCSoft
PhotoImpression.

• Step 4 The other software you selected

will be installed one after the other.
Simply follow the on-screen instructions
to complete the installation.

Note: At the end of each software
installation, “Setup Complete” appears
and prompts you to restart your
computer. If you have not yet finished
installing the other software, click
Cancel. Click Yes and restart your
computer only when you have finished
installing the last software.

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Downloading photos

Here is the exciting time! After you have
finished taking photos, you must like to
see how the result is. Simply follow the
steps below you will realize how easy
downloading photos can be:

• Step 1 Go to PC Mode options in your
MegaCam Setup menu and select

Storage Mode.

• Step 2 Connect your camera to a

computer with the USB cable.

• Step 3 There will be a DSC Storage
folder soon appeared in your Windows
explorer. This folder is for storing your
photos in camera’s memory card.
Double click this folder, you will see the
photos that you just took.

• Step 4 Now, you will be able to quickly
copy photos from DSC Storage folder to
your local hard drive and share them
with your families!

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Appendix: Camera Specifications

Image Sensor 1600 X 1200, 2.0M pixel COMS sensor
Optical Viewfinder Built-in
LCD Display 1.5" color TFT LCD, Field of View 80%

LED Backlight
Resolution: 288 x 220
LCD Frame Rate: Min. 30 frame per sec.

Imgae Size & Memory Comes with 8MB Nand Flsah Memory

2304 x 1728 pixels (4M), 4 pictures
2048 x 1536 pixels (3M), 8 pictures
1600 x 1200 pixels (2M), 12 pictures
1280 x 1024 pixels (1M), 35 pictures

Supported with SD Card (Security Digital Card)
Color 24-bit RGB
Exposure Control Gain: Auto

Compensation: Auto

Shutter control: Auto
Lens Fixed lens with switchable Macro/Normal mode
Focus Length 2 steps, (Macro: 55cm to 80cm, Normal: 160cm to infinity )
Flash Mode Auto, Off, Force
Self-timer 10 sec. delay
White Balance Auto, Sun, Shade, Tungsten, and Fluorescent
Compression method JPEG
USB Connection USB Connector Type B

USB 1.1
PC Camera Frame rate: About 20 fps CIF

USB connection