Philips MIC4014SB-27 User Manual
VGA Retro Camera
LOCATION OF CONTROLS
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1. Shutter
4. USB connector
7. LCD display
1.0 GETTING STARTED
1. The device is operated by the built-in rechargeable battery. If the battery is low on the device,
please recharge the battery before operating the device.
2. The battery can be recharged through the USB cable connected to the computer. The LED
will turn on during the battery charge up take place. The recharging time takes approximately
5 hours. The LED will go off when the battery is fully charged.
3. Press the Mode button once, the camera will turn on. The camera will beep once and the
LCD will display the picture counter. The counter shows the number of images that are
stored in the camera. It will display "00” when the camera is first turned on.
2.0 TAKING A PICTURE
1. Verify the LCD is displaying the number of images taken. If the display is other than a
number, press the mode button until a number is displayed. If this is the first time the
camera has been activated, the LCD should display “00”.
2. Next, look through the camera Viewfinder. Hold the camera steady and press the Shutter
button until you hear 2 beeps. A photo was taken successfully.
3. The counter displayed in the LCD will be increased by one each time an image is captured.
4. If the counter did not increase by one it may be because the Shutter button was not pressed
properly.
5. Ultimately, “FL” will be shown on the LCD display indicating that the camera memory is full.
Viewfinder
Mode button
3.0 The BATTERY and AUTO STAND-BY MODE
1. The camera will switch to stand-by mode after 60 seconds of inactivity. The LCD will go
blank to help conserve battery power.
2. If the camera is in stand-by mode, pressing the Mode button once will bring the camera out
of stand-by mode. Any pictures taken will remain in the memory.
3. Any of the following indicates battery need to be recharged :
a. The LCD display keep flashing
b. When you press the “Mode" button, the LCD turns on once then goes off immediately.
c. When you press the “Mode" button, the LCD display does not turn on at all, it means
the battery power is running out and it is time to recharge the battery.
Note: Always upload all images to PC when the battery is low.
Low battery power will affect image quality & performance of the camera.
4.0 ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Press the mode button repeatedly until the desired features are shown on the LCD. Then press
the shutter button. If the desired feature is not selected in 5 seconds, the display will be
switched back to the Picture Counter.
00 : Picture Counter
: Self Timer
St
: Video Clip Recording
d B
: Continuous Shooting for 3 Images py . ^ 31^ Rggolution by Interpolation
L FI : Delete All Photos
L t_ • Clear Last Photo
Ud : Mass Storage Device Mode
PC ; PC Cam Mode
4,10 Self-Timer
1. Press the Mode button until “ ” appears on the LCD.
2. Press the shutter button to activate a 10 second self-timer.
3. The camera wiil issue a series beeping sounds and an image is taken successfuliy when
the beeping sound stops.
4. The picture counter will increase by one to indicate that the image has been taken.
5. The Self Timer mode cannot be selected when the camera memory is full.
(i.e. “FL" displayed on the LCD)
H I : High Resolution (VGA)
! ^ : Low Resolution (QVGA)
g : High Image Quality
L 9 : Standard Image Quality
SO :60Hz
SO
:50 Hz
4.20 AVI Video Clip
1. Press the Mode button until “ " is displayed on the LCD, then press the Shutter button
to start recording video.
2. The LCD will display a Timer in seconds, starting from “01”.
3. The camera allows to take video up to 10 seconds for each clip and maximum for 5 clips.
The video recording will stop when the LCD shows “10”. Then it will switch back to the
picture counter. The picture counter will be increased by one.
4. Video will be recorded in QVGA format (320 x 240).
5. If you want to stop the video recording, press the Shutter button once.
6. The video recording stops when the memory is full, or if the Shutter button is being
pressed during recording.
Note: During the AVI mode, the camera automatically adjusts the exposure.
4.30 Continuous Shooting for 3 Images
1. Press the “Mode” button until “is displayed on the LCD, then press the Shutter
button to begin Continuous mode.
2. The camera will take 3 images continuously and then stop. The Picture Counter will be
increased by one.
3. Continuous shooting stops when the memory is full.
4.40 Clearing the stored images
4.41 Delete All Photos
Press the Mode button until “ ^ appears on the LCD. Pressing the shutter button
once, you will hear one (1) beep and the picture counter will start flashing.
Press the Shutter button once and it will clear all the photos or AVI movies stored in the
camera and reset the picture counter to “00”.
4.42 Delete Single Photos
Press the Mode button until “ “ appears on the LCD. Press the shutter button once
and it will clear the last picture or the last AVI movie.
4.50 Image Resolutions
1. The camera is defaulted with the setting in “HI” - VGA resolution.
There are two resolutions available to select in the camera:
HI : High Resolution. This option will set the resolution to 640 x 480 VGA
Lo : Low Resolution. This option will set the resolution to 320 x 240 QVGA
PU ; 1.3M Resolution by Interpolation. This option will set the resolution to
1280x960 1.3M Pixels.
2. Press the Mode button until “HI” appears in the LCD display. Then keep pressing the
Shutter button will display the following sequence:
Lo ^ HI ^ PU
3. Select the desired resolution format then press Mode button to confirm the change.
5.0 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE AND UPLOADING IMAGES TO PC
Windows 98 Users
To upload the images to PC, install the camera driver first. After this has been done, the
stored images in the camera can be moved to the PC.
Note: Do NOT connect camera to USB port prior to installing software and drivers. -
4.60 Image Quality
High Quality and Standard Quaiity
1. The camera is defaulted with the setting in ^ High Quality.
2. To set to Standard Quality 1- 9, press the “Mode” button until “ 3»appears in the
LCD. Press the “Shutter” Button once and the LCD will display ^ 9 .
3. Press the Mode button once to confirm the mode change. The ^ 9 standard
Quality is being selected.
Below is a table to show the maximum number of images can be taken at different
resolutions with different Image Quality:
Resolutions
HI (VGA 640 X 480)
Lo (QVGA 320 x 240)
PU (1.3M bv interpolation)
4.70 Frequency Selection- when using as a Web camera (Video mode) or
Indoor Image Capturing
Hiqh Quality
70 imaqes
170 images
22 imaqes
Standard Quality
110 images
270 images
35 images
50Hz/60Hz Frequency mode
1. Select 50Hz or 60Hz according to the power frequency set in your living country to
avoid flickering under video mode or indoor image capturing.
2. The 60Hz frequency is set as a default. To select 50Hz frequency, press the Mode
button until “60” is displayed on the LCD, then press the Shutter button to confirm
selecting 50Hz.
1. Insert the CD into the CD-Rom drive. The installation window automatically appears.
Ensure the camera is not connected to your computer.
2. Close out of all programs and disable any background applications such as Anti-Virus
software.
3. If the installation window does not appear, click the Start button on the desktop and
choose Run.
4. When the Run dialog box appears, click the Browse button and navigate to your CDROM drive directory. Double-click the Setup.exe icon to begin the installation process.
5. An Install shield Wizard will be appeared. Click the “Next" button.
6. After the installation is completed, click the “Finish” button and restart the computer.
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