Microtek TAKE-IT 350 user guide

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Copyright © 2000 Microtek International Inc.
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Table of Contents

Package ContentsPackage Contents
Package Contents
Package ContentsPackage Contents FeaturesFeatures
Features
FeaturesFeatures Camera ComponentsCamera Components
Camera Components
Camera ComponentsCamera Components Getting ReadyGetting Ready
Getting Ready
Getting ReadyGetting Ready
Other Modes of OperationOther Modes of Operation
Other Modes of Operation
Other Modes of OperationOther Modes of Operation
Erasing All Images from CameraErasing All Images from Camera
Erasing All Images from Camera
Erasing All Images from CameraErasing All Images from Camera Connecting the Camera to PCConnecting the Camera to PC
Connecting the Camera to PC
Connecting the Camera to PCConnecting the Camera to PC Utility Software InstallationUtility Software Installation
Utility Software Installation
Utility Software InstallationUtility Software Installation
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A. Loading the Battery ....................................................................................4
B. Basic Picture T aking Operation....................................................................5
A. 107 Shots Mode.........................................................................................6
B. 26 Shots Mode...........................................................................................7
C. Continuous Shooting Mode........................................................................ 8
D. Self-Timer Mode ........................................................................................ 9
A. Installing Camera Driver .......................................................................... 12
B. Installing Other Bundled Software ............................................................. 13
Take-it 350 Digital Camera Interface..............................................................14
Zoom ....................................................................................................... 14
Acquire ..................................................................................................... 14
Acquire All................................................................................................ 14
Download .................................................................................................14
A VI Creator .............................................................................................. 14
Exit.......................................................................................................... 14
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Downloading Images to your PCDownloading Images to your PC
Downloading Images to your PC
Downloading Images to your PCDownloading Images to your PC
Using Adobe PhotoDeluxe ............................................................................15
Using Ulead PhotoExplorer 6........................................................................16
Using T rellix Web Microtek Edition ............................................................... 17
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A. Select Camera Source ................................................................................ 18
B. Send a Video Mail ...................................................................................... 19
AppendicesAppendices
Appendices
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Appendix A: T ake-it 350 Digital Camera Specifications................................... 20
Appendix B: FCC Statement .......................................................................... 21
Appendix C: Declaration of Conformity ......................................................... 22
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Package Contents

Take-it 350
Digital Camera Special USB cable
Mini-Tripod
Warranty and Quick
Reference Cards
(Alkaline is recommended)
(Contains digital camera driver,
software, and user's manual)
4 AAA Batteries
Digital Camera CD-ROM
Camera Pouch
Camera Safety Strap
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Features

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Compact and lightweightCompact and lightweight
Compact and lightweight
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Compact and lightweightCompact and lightweight
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Size
: 102 x 71 x 35 mm Weight
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Easy to operateEasy to operate
Easy to operate
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Easy to operateEasy to operate Fixed focus with only two-button (mode select and shutter) operation
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Three choices of picture taking modesThree choices of picture taking modes
Three choices of picture taking modes
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Three choices of picture taking modesThree choices of picture taking modes Continuous shooting mode (26 or 107 shots maximum) Self-Timer mode (10 seconds delay) VGA (26 shots) QVGA (107 shots) image recording mode (640x480 & 320 x 240 pixels respectively)
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VI Image ConversionVI Image Conversion
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Easily transfer "Still" images into "Moving pictures" using the A VI
(Audio Video Interlead) format application.
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Instant image frames erasureInstant image frames erasure
Instant image frames erasure
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Instant image frames erasureInstant image frames erasure
All images can be cleared instantly to start a new picture taking session.
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Low power consumption with auto energy-save modeLow power consumption with auto energy-save mode
Low power consumption with auto energy-save mode
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Low power consumption with auto energy-save modeLow power consumption with auto energy-save mode New batteries can take up to 1000 shots. Camera automatically enters into "sleep" (energy-saving) mode when it remains inactive for 30 seconds.
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Supports USB interfaceSupports USB interface
Supports USB interface
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Supports USB interfaceSupports USB interface With USB, download of images to your PC is accomplished at higher speed.
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Software package bundleSoftware package bundle
Software package bundle
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Software package bundleSoftware package bundle
Adobe PhotoDeluxe
Ulead Photo Explorer 6
EyeStar Mail Microtek Edition (PC camera software)
T r ellix Web Microtek Edition
Adobe Acrobat Reader
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: 84g (w/o batteries)
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Camera Components

GRIP
BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
LOCK
BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
LENS
TRIPOD MOUNT
POWER AND FUNCTION MODE
USB PORT
VIEWFINDER
LCD DISPLAY
PANEL
SELECTION BUTTON
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SHUTTER
BUTTON
STRAP MOUNT

Getting Ready

BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
LOCK
LIFT away from the camera to unlock

A . Loading the Battery

(4 AAA size batteries, Alkaline recommended) 1 Unlock the battery compartment cover by
lifting the lock toward "OPEN" position.
2 Slide compartment cover outward (as
indicated by the arrow shown on top of the cover) and open the cover.
Slide toward arrow direction to open battery cover
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Correct battery polarity at outer end of the compartment are indicated at the back of cover or as illustrated above.
3 Insert each of the 4 AAA batteries into its
chambers making sure that the positive (+) and negative (-) ends are properly oriented with the polarity indicated on top of each chamber and at the back of the cover.
4 Close and slide the battery compartment
cover back to its original position and lock the cover.
WARNING
starts to blink, it indicates that the batteries power is low. Stop taking pictures and transfer the images data to your PC within a week before the batteries completely lose its power. Otherwise, all the images will be erased.
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B .Basic Picture T aking Operation

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mode to control its power. If the camera is off, press the Function Mode button to turn the camera back on.
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1 With the camera strap looped around your wrist, hold the camera by its grip.
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Look through the viewfinder and set up your picture. Adjust size of your composition by increasing or decreasing distance between camera and subject but not nearer than one meter .
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2 Press the Shutter button to take a picture of
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your subject. A short beep sound emits at each click of the shutter to confirm that a shot has been taken and the camera is ready to take the next picture.
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with erase capability (see next page for details). After each shot, the LCD Panel will show the number of remaining shots available.
For the mode, the LCD screen will only show “99” pictures. However, when you start to take the first 8 shots -- the no. of pictures taken (in between these 8 shots) will not be deducted from “99” until you take the 9th shot.
WARNING
exposure is too dark for a normal picture taking. No image is taken when this condition occurs.
: A warning beep (longer and lower tone compared to normal beep) will emit if
: 26 or 107 shots mode is available
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Other Modes of Operation

A. 107 Shots Mode

This mode of operation allows you to take 107 shots of lower-resolution images in (320 x 240) QVGA format. To set your camera into 107 Shot mode-
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1 Repeatedly press the Function Mode button until the "
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LCD Display Panel.
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2 Press the Shutter button and the "
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that the 106 Shot mode is ready.
For the mode, the LCD screen will only show “99” pictures. However, when you start to take the first 8 shots -- the no. of pictures taken (in between these 8 shots) will not be deducted from “99” until you take the 9th shot.
NOTE:
Switching from 107 pictures mode to 26 pictures modes will not erase any images in the camera. If you attempt to continue shooting at the end of 107th shot, a repetitive beep will emit when you press the Shutter button.
107 Shots mode is
ready only when the
LCD Panel displays
Function Mode button
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the "
99" icon
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B . 26 Shots Mode

This mode of operation allows you to take 26 shots of images at higher resolution (640 x 480) VGA format. T o set your camera back to 26 Shot mode after operating in 106 shots mode-
1 Repeatedly press the Function Mode button until the "
LCD Display Panel.
HrHr
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26" which would indicate
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that the 26 Shot mode is ready.
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images in the camera. If you attempt to continue shooting at the end of 26th shot, a repetitive beep will emit when
you press the Shutter button.
26 Shots mode is
ready only when the
LCD Panel displays
Repeatedly press this
Function Mode button
until the "
Switching from 26 pictures mode to 107 pictures modes will not erase any
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C . Continuous Shooting Mode

This mode of operation allows you to take
Continuous Shooting mode is ON when this LCD Panel displays the " " icon
CLCL
CL
CLCL
Repeatedly press this Function Mode button until the Continuous Shooting mode icon is displayed
multiple frames of images when holding down the Shutter button while aiming at your subject. A maximum of 26 or 107 shots can be taken depending on which shooting mode you are in. Continuous shooting under 26 Shots mode takes about
1.5 seconds to fully consume the 26 frames, while it takes about 6.5 seconds under 107 Shots mode. If you release the Shutter midway, only part of the available frames will be loaded with images.
T o set camera into Continuous Shooting mode, repeatedly press the Function Mode select button until the " displayed on the LCD Display Panel.
CLCL
CL
CLCL
" icon is
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D . Self-Timer Mode

The Self-Timer mode of operation allows a 10 seconds shutter release delay after pressing the Shutter button. Mount the camera in a tripod when operating under Self-Timer mode.
1 Set camera into Self-Timer mode by repeatedly pressing the Function Mode
select button until the "
2 Then press the Shutter to start the 10 second countdown.
Self-Timer mode is ON
when this LCD Panel
displays the
Repeatedly press this
Function Mode button
until the Self-Timer
mode icon is displayed
" icon is displayed on the LCD Display Panel.
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Press the Shutter button to start the delay countdown
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Erasing All Images from Camera

Whenever you wish to discard the images you have already taken, you can erase them from the camera. T ake note that this erase feature functions only as "All-Frame­Erase." No partial erasure is allowed.
1 Enable the "All-Frame-Erase" feature by repeatedly pressing the Function Mode
select button until the "
2 Press the Shutter button twice to start erasing all images in the camera.
NOTE
: If you do not press the Shutter a second time within 5 seconds, the erase function is
aborted.
"All-Frame-Erase" is ON
when this LCD Panel
displays the " " icon
Repeatedly press this
Function Mode button until the
"All-Frame-Erase"
icon is displayed
" icon is displayed on the LCD Display Panel.
CLCL
CL
CLCL
CLCL
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CLCL
Press the Shutter button to start the delay countdown
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Connecting the Camera to PC

NOTE
: It is assumed that you have already installed the bundled software into your computer. If not, install software as instructed in the section on "Utility Software Installation" of this manual.
T o transfer (download) the images data from the camera to your PC, connect the camera to your PC with the supplied USB cable.
1 Insert the smaller terminal of the USB cable
into the camera's USB port.
2 Plug the other end of the USB cable into the
USB port of your computer.
3 Perform downloads to your PC by referring
to the section on Downloading images later in this manual.
4 Operate the camera as web camera by
referring to the EyeStar Mail user's manual provided in the T ake-it 350 Digital Camera utility CD.
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Utility Software Installation

The Utility CD that accompanies your camera contains the T ake-it 350 Digital Camera Driver bundled with valuabe image-editing software.
Click this
Click this button to start camera driver installation
icon to view the User’s Manual
3 Connect one end of the USB cable
to your PC and the other end to your T ake-it 350’s USB port.
4 Install all the other software as set
on the next page.
A. Installing Camera Driver
1 Insert the utility CD into the CD-ROM
drive.
NOTE
: If the installer screen does not automatically display, click Start button, then click Run from Windows Start menu, and execute the file cdsetup.exe from the CD.
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Installer Installer
Installer screen appears, click the
Installer Installer Camera DriverCamera Driver
Camera Driver install button from the
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Click any of these buttons to start installing each software component.
Click "EXIT"
Click any of these icons to view the user's manual
2 A desktop shortcut of the program is
automatically created after successful installation. computer when you have finished installing all of the above software.
to close the Installer program.
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Restart Restart
Restart your
Restart Restart

B. Installing Other Bundled Software

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Installer Installer the order that it appears on the screen, follow the on-line instructions to complete the installation of all software components:
Adobe PhotoDeluxe
This is your Image-editing software for creating digital photo albums.
Ulead Photo Explorer 6Ulead Photo Explorer 6
Ulead Photo Explorer 6
Ulead Photo Explorer 6Ulead Photo Explorer 6 This is your Image-editing software that includes a free Photo-sharing site to instantly upload your images to the W eb.
EyeStar Mail Microtek EditionEyeStar Mail Microtek Edition
EyeStar Mail Microtek Edition
EyeStar Mail Microtek EditionEyeStar Mail Microtek Edition This is your PC and/or W eb Camera software.
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe Acrobat Reader Software for reading and printing manuals on your CD-ROM.
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downloading images from your digital camera to any of your image-editing software.
Zoom
Click the image interpolation application for
downloaded images.
Acquire
Double-click the image that you wish to send and process to an image-editing software, and then click the button.
ZoomZoom
Zoom button to enable/disable
ZoomZoom
AcquireAcquire
Acquire
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Exit
Click the T ake-it 350 Digital Camera Interface.
ExitExit
Exit button to close/quit
ExitExit
Acquire All
Click the and process all the thumbnail images on the panel to a selected application.
Download
Click the and/or download another set of images from your Take-it 350 Camera. Existing images will be overwritten.
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Acquire AllAcquire All
Acquire All button to send
Acquire AllAcquire All
DownloadDownload
Download button to tramsfer
DownloadDownload
Installation Under Windows 98
Downloading Images to your PC
Using Adobe PhotoDeluxe
For more details on how to enhance your images, please refer to the Help menu of
Adobe PhotoDeluxeAdobe PhotoDeluxe
Adobe PhotoDeluxe.
Adobe PhotoDeluxeAdobe PhotoDeluxe
1. Launch the You can also use any application with a TWAIN acquire menu item. (e.g. Photoshop, etc.)
2. Click the Get PhotoGet Photo
Get Photo tab, and then click the
Get PhotoGet Photo bottom half of the Camera button.
3. From the choose the sources, and then click
4. Click the Digital Camera interface appears. Double-click any of the thumbnail image(s) you wish to transfer to Adobe PhotoDeluxeAdobe PhotoDeluxe
Adobe PhotoDeluxe .
Adobe PhotoDeluxeAdobe PhotoDeluxe
5 Click
return to enhance the selected image(s).
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Adobe PhotoDeluxe.
Adobe PhotoDeluxeAdobe PhotoDeluxe
Get Photo Get Photo
Get Photo button; click the
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Select Data source Select Data source
Select Data source box,
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Photo Deluxe to further
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Using Ulead Photo Explorer 6

1 Launch
2 From the Menu Bar, select
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Explorer from the panel.
Explorer Explorer
5 Click
to the selected images.
For more details on how to enhance and incorporate special effects/filters to your images, refer to menu.
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ExitExit
Photo Explorer Photo Explorer
Photo Explorer to further enhance
Photo Explorer Photo Explorer
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Using the Take-it 350 as a PC/Web Cam

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EyeStar MailEyeStar Mail
The
EyeStar Mail is a complete consumer video package for recording audio and
EyeStar MailEyeStar Mail
EyeStar Mail EyeStar Mail
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EyeStar Mail is required only when the camera is used as a PC camera.
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EyeStar Mail EyeStar Mail
video clips that you can send to your family and friends. This package includes all the software you will need for capturing, creating personalized cards, and sending messages on-line.
A. Select Camera Source 1 Launch
EyeStar MailEyeStar Mail
EyeStar Mail b y:
EyeStar MailEyeStar Mail
a) Double-clicking the
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click the
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video options button, and
video video then select CameraCamera
Camera from the
CameraCamera
send a video mailsend a video mail
3 To
send a video mail, follow the steps
send a video mailsend a video mail
ProgramsPrograms
Start,
Programs,
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EyeStar MailEyeStar Mail
EyeStar Mail panel appears,
EyeStar MailEyeStar Mail
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as described on the next page.
CAUTION
Photo Express, Ulead PhotoExplorer, Trellix Web etc.) from the camera before using it as a PC/Web cam under EyeStar Mail. Otherwise, you will lose all the images you have taken.
: Be sure to download images to any image-editing software (Ulead
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B. Send a Video Mail 1 Launch your
EyeStar Mail EyeStar Mail
EyeStar Mail, and adjust your camera to the desired view that you
EyeStar Mail EyeStar Mail
want to capture.
2 Click 3 Click 4 Click
RecordRecord
Record to start capturing video and audio data.
RecordRecord Stop Stop
Stop to end recording.
Stop Stop Send MailSend Mail
Send Mail t o run the
Send MailSend Mail
Send Mail Send Mail
Send Mail program with the captured data in order to
Send Mail Send Mail
automatically attach the video image to your E-mail message. For a more detailed operation and information on
User’User’
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User’
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Appendices

Appendix A:
Take-it 350 Digital Camera Specifications
Dimensions in mm:
Weight with battery:
Memory and Storage:
Memory type:
Platform(s):
Sensor:
Resolution:
Interface(s):
Indicator:
Lens type:
View angle:
Distance:
Battery:
Driver:
PC 1/3” CMOS 350K pixels USB 2 Digit LCD 102 x 71 x 35 mm 84 g (without batteries) Fixed Lens
56.5º 50 - INF cm 26 Pictures (VGA) or 107 Pictures (QVGA)
Internal 8MB SDRAM AAA x 4 (Alkaline batteries recommended) TWAIN and WDM (Windows 98, 2000, and Me)
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Appendix B:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This equipment (Trade name: Digital Camera, Model: MN-350M) has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, 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.
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Appendix C:
Declaration of Conformity
Supplier: Name: Microtek International Inc.
Address: No. 6, Industry East Road 3
Declares that:
Type of Equipment: Digital Camera Model Number: MN-350M
Complies with the following:
Standards Directive EN 50081-1/1992 EN 55022/B(1997)
EN 50082-1/1997 EN 61000-4-2/1995
Person responsible for making this declaration:
C.T. Youe (Name, Surname) R & D Center, Vice President (Position/Title) Hsinchu (Place)
Science-based East Road 3 Hsinchu 30077, Taiwan
EN 61000-3-2/1995 EN 61000-3-3/1995
EN61000-4-4/1995 EN61000-4-5/1997 EN61000-4-6/1997 EN61000-4-11/1997 ENV50204/1995
May 5, 2000 (Date)
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