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FCC STATEMENT
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 o r relocate the rece iving antenna.
■ Increase t he separation bet ween the equipmen t and receiver.
■ Connect th e equipment into an o utlet on a circuit di fferent from tha t to which the receiv er is connected.
■ Consult th e dealer or an experi enced radio/TV te chnician for help.
Use of shiel ded cable is requir ed to comply with Cla ss B limits in Subpart B of Pa rt
15 of the FCC ru les.
Do not make an y changes or modifi cations to the equi pment unless otherwi se specified
in the manua l. If such changes or m odifications should be made, you could be
required t o stop operation of t he 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.
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.
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
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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.
This product contains electrical or electronic materials. The presence of
these materials may, if not disposed of properly, have potential adverse
effects on the environment and human health.
Presence of this label on the product means it should not be disposed of as
unsorted waste and must be collected separately. As a consumer, you are
responsible for ensuring that this product is disposed of properly. To find out
how to properly dispose of this product, please go to www.polaroid.com and
click on "Company" or call the customer service number for your country
listed in the instruction manual.
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Trademark Information
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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,
memory cards, cables, pouches, and language support. Occasionally a retailer will
specify a unique product color, 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 batteries.
Continued use may cause an injury. Please call our friendly customer service for
assistance.
If the camera has been dropped or its case has been damaged, turn the power
off and remove the batteries.
Continued use may cause an injury. Please call our friendly customer service
for assistance.
There is no user serviceable parts; DO NOT DISSASSEMBLE!
For repair, please call our friendly customer service for assistance.
Do not use the camera in areas near water.
Take special care during rain, snow, on the beach, or near the shore.
Exposing the camera to these conditions may cause damage to it.
Do not place the camera on unstable surfaces.
This might cause the camera to fall or tilt over, causing damage.
Keep the batteries out of the reach of children.
Batteries should only be replaced by an adult. Children must be supervised by
an adult when they are replacing the batteries.
Do not use the camera while you are walking, driving or riding a motorcycle.
This might cause personal injury or result in traffic accident.
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Cautions
Load the batteries paying careful attention to the polarity (+ or -) of the terminals.
Loading the batteries with their 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 or contacts your eyes, rinse with fresh water.
If the fluid contacts you clothing rinse with water and seek medical attention immediately.
A camera is a precision instrument. Do not drop, strike, 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 batteries immediately after a long period of continuous use.
The batteries may become warm and possibly cause an injury.
Do not wrap the camera or place it in cloth or blankets.
This might cause heat to build up and deform the case. 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.
Before you move the camera, disconnect cords and cables.
Failure to do this might damage cords and cables.
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Using Your Batteries
Our laboratory testing has shown that our digital camera models comply with industry standard
battery consumption levels (Camera & Imaging Products Association commonly known as CIPA).
All digital cameras are high drain products. For the best performance and prolonged battery life,
we recommend the use of high capacity batteries designed for such applications.
Here are some helpful hints to extend battery life considerably by limiting the following activities:
Reviewing the pictures on the LCD Screen
Using the optical viewfinder (if your camera has one) to frame the subject when taking pictures
Excessive use of the flash
Remove batteries from your camera when not in use.
WARNING!
Batteries should be replaced by an adult.
Use recommended or equivalent type of batteries only.
Insert the batteries in the correct orientation.
Remove exhausted batteries from the camera immediately.
Do not short the supply terminals.
Please dispose of the batteries properly.
Questions?
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Or visit www. polaroid.com.
These instructions should be retained for future reference.
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CONTENTS
23 PLAYBACK MODE
23 Playing Back Still Images
24 Thumbnail Display
24 Slideshow Display
25 Protecting Images
26 Erasing Images
27 MENU OPTIONS
27 Capture Menu
29 Video Menu
30 Playback Menu
31 Setup Menu
33 TRANSFERRING FILES TO
YOUR COMPUTER
33 Downloading Your Files
34 EDITING SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION
35 DEFAULT SETTING
36 SPECIFICATIONS
37 APPENDIX
37 Possible Number of Shots
38 Troubleshooting
39 Connecting to a PictBridge
Compliant Printer
INTRODUCTION
8 Overview
8 Package Contents
9 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR
CAMERA
9 Front View
10 Rear View
11 LCD Monitor Display
13 GETTING STARTED
13 Preparation
14 Turning the Power On/Off
14 LED Indicators
15 Choosing the Language
15 Formatting the Memory Card or
Internal Memory
16 CAPTURE MODE
16 Capturing Images
16 Using the Flash
17 Using the Zoom Function
18 Setting Focus
19 Setting the Scene Mode
20 Adjusting the Exposure (EV
Compensation)
21 VIDEO MODE
21 Recording Video Clips
22 Playing Back Video Clips
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INTRODUCTION
Overview
Congratulations on your purchase of your new Polaroid digital camera.
Capturing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of-the-art smart camera.
Equipped with a 9.0-megapixel sensor, this camera is capable of capturing images with a resolution
of up to 2560 x 1920 pixels.
Package Contents
Common Product Components:
Common (Optional) Accessories:
Carefully unpack your camera and ensure that you have the following items:
Digital Camera
Software CD-ROM
USB cable
2 x AA size batteries
SD/SDHC memory card (We recommend the use of a Polaroid memory card up to 4 GB.)
Accessor ies and component s may vary by retaile r.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA
Front View
1. Hand strap retainer
2. Shutter /OK
3. Power button
4. Flash
5. Self-timer indicator
6. Taking lens
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Rear View
7. Focus switch
Normal mode
Macro mode
8. LCD screen
9. LED indicator
10. USB interface
11. Tripod socket
12. SD card slot
13. Battery door
14. Up & zoom in button
15. Down & zoom out button
16. Left & Self-timer button
17. Right / flash light button
18. Mode
19. Menu / Delete
20. Playback button
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LCD Display Icons
1.Mode indicator
Auto Mode
Sports Mode
Night Scene
Portrait Mode
Landscape Mode
Backlight Mode
2.Flash mode
Auto Flash
Always On
Flash Off
3.Battery Power Level
Full battery power
Medium battery power
Low battery power
No battery power
4.Storage media
Internal memory (no card)
SD/SDHC memory card
5.Image size resolution
(FW interpolation)
(FW interpolation)
6.Image quality
Super Fine
Fine
7.Available number of shots
8.Main focus area
9.Self-timer icon
10 sec.
2 sec.
10. Zoom indicator
11. Focus setting
12. White Balance
[Blank] Auto
Daylight
Cloudy
Tungsten
Fluorescent
13. Metering
Exposure compensation
Average
Spot
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Video mode [ ]
1. Video indicator icon
2. Available recording time
3. Main focus area
4. Battery level
5. Storage media
6. Video resolution
7. Exposure compensation
8. White Balance
9. Focus setting
10.Zoom indicator
Playback mode [ ] --
Still image playback
1. Playback indicator
2. Battery level
3. Storage media
4. File number
5. Date / Time
Playback mode [ ]
Video playback
1. Playback indicator
2. Total recorded time
3. Battery level
4. Storage media
5. Video resolution
6. Playback indicator
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GETTING STARTED
Preparation
1. Open the battery door.
2. Load the batteries with correct orientation as shown.
3. Close the battery door and make sure it is locked securely.
4. Insert an SD/SDHC memory card (Optional)
The camera has 16MB internal memory, but you can use
an SD/SDHC memory card (SDHC memory card up to
4GB) to expand the camera's memory capacity
(We recommend the use of a Polaroid SD - not included).
Be sure to format the memory card with this camera
before its initial usage.
To prevent valuable data from being accidentally erased from
an SD/SDHC memory card, you can slide the write protect tab
(on the side of the SD/ SDHC memory card) to “lock”.
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.
Be careful not to drop the batteries when opening or closing the battery door.
Write protect tab Write protect state
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Turning the Power On/Off
LED Indicators
Indicators
State Description/Activity
LED indicator
LED indicator
Self-timer indicator
Blinking red
Reading/Writing files.
Charging the flash.
The self-timer function is
activated.
Blinking red
Blinking red
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Press the POWER button once to turns on.
To turn the power off, press the POWER
button until the camera turns off.
To extend batt ery life, the power i s turned off au tomatically when the c amera has not been op erated for a
fixed peri od of time. To resu me the operation co ndition, turn the powe r on again. Refer to se ction in this
manual tit led “Auto Off ” in the Setup Menu for f urther details.
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Choosing the Language
Specify in which language menus and messages are to be displayed on the LCD monitor.
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Select [Setup] menu with the button.
3. Select [Language] with the ▼ buttons, and press the SHUTTER
button.
■ The Language setting screen will be displayed.
4. Select the display language with the ▲ / ▼buttons, and press
the SHUTTER button.
■ The setting will be stored.
■ To exit from any menu selection, press the button.
Formatting the Memory Card or Internal Memory
This utility formats the internal memory (or memory card) and erases all stored images and data.
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Select [Setup] menu with the button.
3. Select [Format] with the ▼ buttons, and press the
SHUTTER button.
4. Select Internal Memory or SD card with the ▲ / ▼ buttons,
and press the SHUTTER button.
5. Select [OK ] with the ▲ / ▼ buttons, and press the
SHUTTER button.
■ To cancel formatting, select [Cancel] and press the
SHUTTER button.
Exit:
Set:OK
Form at
SD card
Internal Memory
Exit:
Set:OK
Form at
OK
All date will be delete d
Cancel
Exit:
Set:OK
Setu p
Beep sound
Auto Power off
Default
On
5 Minutes
Next
Languag e English
Format Next
Exit:
Set:OK
Setu p
Format
Beep sound
Auto Power off
Default
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Flash mode Description
Flash Off
Auto Flash
Always On
Use this mode in the environment that the flash use is prohibited or
under the situation that the distance to the subject is too far away for
the flash to have any effect.
The flash fires automatically according to suit the photographic
conditions.
The flash will always fire regardless of the surrounding brightness.
Select this mode for recording images with high contrast (backlighting)
and deep shadows.
CAPTURE MODE
Capturing Images
Your camera is equipped with a 2.4" full color LTPS-TFT LCD display to help you compose images,
playback recorded images/video clips or adjust menu settings.
1. Press the Power button to turn the power on.
2. Compose the image on the LCD display so that the main
subject is within the focus frame.
■ Pressing the ▲ T button zooms in on the subject, and
enlarges the subject on the LCD display.
3. Press the SHUTTER button to capture the image.
Using the Flash
The flash is designed to function automatically when lighting conditions permit the use of flash.
The camera has 3 flash modes: Flash Off, Auto Flash, and Always On. You can take an image using
a desired flash mode to suit your circumstances. The flash's effective range is
35.4” ~ 59.1”(0.9m~1.5m) (in Normal mode).
The flash function is disabled if the camera is set to Macro mode.
1. Press the Power button to turn the power on.
2. Toggle until your desired flash mode appears on the LCD monitor.
3. Compose your scene and press the SHUTTER button
to capture the image.
The table below will help you to choose the appropriate flash mode:
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Using the Zoom Function
This camera is equipped with 8x digital zoom. You can enlarge the subjects by pressing the ▲ / ▼
button.
A useful feature as it is, however, the more the image is magnified, the grainer the image may
become.
To capture a zoomed image, perform the following steps:
1. Press the Power button to turn the power on.
2. To activate the digital zoom, press the▲ / ▼ button.
■ The status of digital magnification is shown on the LCD display.
3. Compose your scene and press the SHUTTER button to capture
the image.
■ The digital magnifica tion ranges from 1. 0x to 8.0x.
■ Image colo r noise (grain) may o ccur in the recorde d image when using the dig ital zoom feature .
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The table below will help you choose the appropriate focus mode:
Focus mode Description
This mode is suitable for scenery and portrait shooting.
Setting Focus
Images can be captured by sliding the focus switch to set the focus modes: [ ] macro or [ ]
normal mode. The focus range of macro mode is 4.3”~7.0”(11cm ~ 18cm); normal mode is
20” ~ Infini ty (0.5m ~ Infinity ).
1. Press the P o w e r button to turn the power on.
2. Slide the focus switch to your desired focus mode.
3. Compose your scene and press the SHUTTER button.
Warning! : Your image(s) will be unsharp if you are not within the
macro focus range.
Select macro to capture close-up images. When the lens is zoomed
to its widest position you may focus objects as close as 11cm(4.3”).
■ If the camer a is set to Macro mode, t he flash function is dis abled.
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Sports
Night Scene
Portrait
Landscape
Auto
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Quality
Super Fine
Scene Auto
Exposure
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Setting the Scene Mode
You can select the scene mode according to image your wish to capture. There are 6 available
modes in this scene mode.
Auto: Select this mode for most picture taking situations.
Sports: Select this mode when you want to photograph fast-moving subjects.
Night: Select this mode when you want to capture dark scenes such as night views.
Portrait: Select this mode when you want to capture an image that makes the person
stand out against a defocused (blurred) background.
Landscape: Select this mode to capture an image with infinity focus, hard sharpness and
high saturation.
Backlight: Select this mode when you want to capture images as the light comes from
behind the object.
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Select [Scene] with the ▲ / ▼ buttons, then press the
SHUTTER button.
3.Select the desired scene mode with the▲ / ▼buttons,
then press the SHUT TER button.
4.To exit from the menu, press the button.
■ The [Still] menu is displ ayed.
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Effective Subjects and Set Values
+ (positive) compensation -(negative) compensation
Backlight correction
(+0.3 EV, fixed)
* Printed ma tter with black tex t on
white pape r.
* Back lit sce ne.
* Bright sce nes or strong refle cted
light such a s ski slopes or beach
scenes.
* When the sky a ccounts for a
large area o n the screen.
* People illuminated by a spotl ight,
in particu lar, against dark
backgrou nd.
* Printed ma tter with white tex t on
black pape r.
* Weak reflecting bodie s such as
trees or dar k leaves
* When the bac kground is bright
and the subj ect is dark.
* When subje cts (people) have a
light sour ce such as the sun to
their back s.
Adjusting the Exposure (EV Compensation)
You can manually adjust the exposure determined by the digital camera. Use this mode when the
proper exposure cannot be obtained, for example, when the contrast (different between light and
dark) between the subject and the background is extremely large.
The EV compensation value can be set in the range from-2.0EV to +2.0EV.
1. Press the MENU button.
■ The [Still] or [Video] menu is displayed.
2. Select [Exposure] with the ▲ / ▼ buttons,then press the
SHUTTER button.
3. Use ▲ or ▼ to set the range of EV compensation value from
-2.0EV to +2.0EV, then press the SHUTTER button.
4. To exit from the menu, press the button.
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Still
1.3MResolution
Quality
Super Fine
Scene Auto
Metering
Spot
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VIDEO MODE
Recording Video Clips
This mode allows you to record video clips at a resolution of VGA (640 x 480) /
QVGA (320 x 240) pixels.
1. Press the MODE button to set the camera mode to [ ].
2. Compose the image.
3. Press the SHUTTER button.
■ The recording of the video clip will start.
■ Pressing the shutter button one more time will end the
recording of the video clip.
■ The recording time depends on the storage size and the
subject of the image to be recorded.
■ When recording a video clip, the flash cannot be used.
■ If the write speed of your SD/SDHC memory card is not fast enough for recording video clips in
the currently selected size, the video recording will stop. In this case, select a video size lower
than the current one.
■ The maximum recordable time for one continuous video clip is 00:59:59.
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Playing Back Video Clips
You can play back recorded video clips on the camera.
1. Press the [ ] button
The last image appears on the screen.
2. Select the desired video clip with the / buttons.
3. Press the SHUTTER button to start video playback.
Press the / buttons during playback allows fast
forward play / fast reverse play.
To stop video playback, press the button.
This stops playback and returns to the start of the video clip.
To pause video playback, press the SHUTTER button.
This pauses video playback.
To cancel pause, press the SHUTTER button again.
Questions?
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■ Video clips cannot be dis played rotated or e nlarged.
■ This camera does not have a b uilt-in speaker s o that you can not play back s ound with the
camera. The sound recor ded with video clip s can only be played ba ck on computers.
■ QuickTime basic p layer is availabl e free of charge, compat ible with Mac and Win dows-computers
and can be dow nloaded from the App le web site at www.app le.com. For help using Q uickTime
Player usa ge, please refer to t he QuickTime on-line help for m ore information .
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PLAYBACK MODE
Playing Back Still Images
You can play back the still images on the LCD monitor.
1. Press the [ ] button.
■ The last image appears on t he screen.
2. The images can be displayed in reverse or forward
sequence with the / buttons.
3. Press the / button to adjust the zoom ratio.
The magnification factor is displayed on the LCD monitor.
4. To view different portion of the images, Press SHUTTER
once and press the / / / button to adjust the display area.
5. Press the SHUTTER button again to return the normal
playback view of the last image.
■ An [ ] icon is dis played with the vid eo data.
■ To view the previous image, press the button.
■ To view the next image, press the button.
■ The magnif ication factors r ange from 1x to 4x (within 4 s tages: 1.0x, 2.0x , 3.0x, and 4.0x).
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Thumbnail Display
This function allows you to view 9 thumbnail images on the LCD display simultaneously so you may
search for a particular image.
1. Press the[ ] button.
The last recorded image appears on the LCD monitor.
2. Press the W button.
Nine thumbnail images are displayed simultaneously.
For recorded video clips, the video playback mode icon [ ]
will be displayed.
3. Use the / / / button to move the cursor to select the
image to be displayed at regular size.
4. Press the SHUTTER button to display the selected image
on full screen.
Slideshow Display
The slideshow function enables you to playback your still images automatically in order one image
at a time.
1. Press the[ ] button.
2. Press the MENU button.
The playback menu is displayed.
3. Select [Slide Show] with the / buttons, then press the
SHUTTER button.
4. Select the desired interval time with the / buttons,
and press the SHUTTER button.
The slideshow starts.
5. To stop the slide show during playback, press the
SHUTTER button.
The image is displayed on screen when you press the
SHUTTER button.
■ The Auto Off functio n does not operate du ring slide show.
■ All still ima ges in the folder are a utomatically pl ayed back.
■ Video files are display ed first frame imag e, and they are not played b ack.
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Protect
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Protecting Images
Set the data to read-only to prevent images from being erased by mistake.
1. Press the [ ] button.
2. Select the image in the nine thumbnail that you want to
protect with the / / / .
3. Press the MENU button.
4. Select [Protect] with the / buttons, and press the
SHUTTER button.
5. Select [ Lock Current ] / [ Lock all ] / with the /
buttons, and press the SHUTTER button.
■ [ Current ]: Protects the selected image.
■ [ All ]: Protects all of the images.
6. The protect icon [ ] is displayed with protected images.
■ When [All] h as been selected, [ ] i s displayed with
all the imag es.
Canceling the Protection
To cancel protection for only one image, display the image on which you want to remove the image
protection.
1. Select [Protect] with the / buttons from the playback
menu, and press the SHUTTER button.
2. Select [ Unlock Current ] / [ Unlock All ] with the / buttons,
and press the SHUTTER button.
■ [Current ]: Unlock the selec ted image.
■ [ All ]: Unlock a ll of the image.
Questions?
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■ Formatti ng an SD/SDHC memor y card or internal memory overrides prote ction, and erases a ll
images reg ardless of their pr otected status.
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Set:OK
Erase Thi s?
OK
Cancel
Exit:
Set:OK
This Image
All
Exit:
Set:OK
Copy to Card
Slide Show
Unlock AllProtect
Playback
This Image
2 Seconds
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Erasing Images
Erasing single image / Erasing all images
1. Press the [ ] button.
The last image will be displayed on the screen.
2. Select the image in the nine thumbnail that you want to
erase with the / / /
3. Press the SHUTTER button, The image will be displayed
on the screen.
4. Press the MENU button, Select [Delete] with the /
buttons and press the SHUTTER button.
5. Select [ This Image ] or [All] with the / buttons, and
press the SHUTTER button.
[This Image]: Erases the selected image .
[All]: Erases all of the images except for the protected images.
6. Select [ OK ] with the / buttons, and press the
SHUTTER button.
To not erase, select [Cancel], and press the SHUTTER button.
Deleting a n image will not affect sequenti al image numberin g. For example, if you del ete image number
240, the nex t captured image wi ll be numbered 241 ev en though 240 no longer ex ists. In other word s,
an image-n umber is retired wh en an image is delete d and will not be reused or re assigned to anoth er
subseque ntly captured ima ge.
Delete Next
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Exit:
Set:OK
ISO
Auto
Color Normal
Sharpness
Normal
Saturation
High
White Balance
Exit:
Set:OK
Still
Quality
Super Fine
Scene Auto
Metering
Spot
Exposure
-2/3
1.3MResolution
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MENU OPTIONS
Capture Menu
This menu is for the basic settings to be used when capturing still images.
1. Press the MODE button to set the camera mode to STILL CAMERA.
2. Press the MENU button.
3. Select the desired option item with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button to enter its
respective menu.
4. Select the desired setting with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button.
5. To exit from the menu, press the button.
Resolution
This sets the size of the image that will be captured.
* [12m ] 12M (4032 x 3024 pixels) (FW interpolation)
* [ 9m ] 9M (3427 x 2604 pixels) (FW interpolation)
* [ 5m ] 5M (2560 x 1920 pixels)
* [ 3m ] 3M (2048 x 1536 pixels)
* [1.3m] 1.3M (1280 x 960 pixels)
* [VGA ] VGA (640 x 480 pixels)
Quality
This sets the quality (compression) at which the image is captured.
* [ ] Super Fine
* [ ] Fine
* [ ] Normal
Scene
Refer to section in this manual titled
Cloudy
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Exposure
Refer to section in this manual titled
Metering
This sets the metering method for calculating the exposure.
* [ ] Center: The entire area of the screen is measured, and the exposure is calculated.
* [ ] Spot: A very small portion of the center of the screen is measured, and the exposure is
calculated.
White Balance
This sets the white balance for a variety of lighting conditions and permits images to be captured
that approach the conditions that are seen by the human eye.
* [ Blank ] Auto
* [ ] Daylight
* [ ] Cloudy
* [ ] Tungsten
* [ ] Fluorescent
ISO
This sets the sensitivity for capturing images. When the sensitivity is raised (and the ISO figure is
increased), photography will become possible even in dark locations, but the more pixelated
(grainier) the image may appear.
* Auto / 50 / 100 / 200 / 400
Color
This sets the color of the image that will be captured.
* Normal / Sepia / Black & White
Saturation
This sets the saturation of the image that will be captured.
* High / Normal / Low
Sharpness
This sets the sharpness of the image that will be captured.
* Strong / Normal / Soft
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Video Menu
This menu is for the basic settings to be used when recording video clips.
1. Press the MODE button to set the camera mode to [ ].
2. Press the MENU button.
3. Select the desired option item with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button to enter its
4. Select the desired setting with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button.
5. To exit from the menu, press the button.
Resolution
This sets the size of the video clip that will be captured.
* [VGA] 640 x 480
* [QVGA] 320 x 240
Exposure
Refer to section in this manual titled.
Exit:
Set:OK
Resolution
Vid eo
VGA
Exposure
-2/3
White Balance Auto
respective menu.
White Balance
Refer to section in this manual titled “White Balance” in Capture Menu for further details.
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Playback Menu
In the [ ] mode, choose which settings are to be used for playback.
1. Press the [ ] button.
2. Press the MENU button.
3. Select the desired option item with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button to enter its
respective menu.
4. Select the desired setting with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button.
5. To exit from the menu, press the button.
Delete
Refer to section in this manual titled.
Copy to Card
Allows you to copy your files from the camera's internal memory to an SD/SDHC memory card.
Of course, you can only do this if you have a memory card installed and some files in internal
memory.
* This Image / All Image
Slide Show
Refer to section in this manual titled.
Protect
Refer to section in this manual titled.
Exit:
Set:OK
Playback
Next
Slide Show
Delete
Copy to Card
2 Seconds
This Image
Unlock AllProtect
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Setup Menu
Choose how you want your camera to work:
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Select the [Setup] menu with the button.
3. Select the desired option item with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button to enter its
respective menu.
4. Select the desired setting with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER button.
5. To exit from the menu, press the button.
Format
Refer to sec tion in this manual t itled “Formatting th e Memory Card or Inte rnal Memory” for furth er details.
Beep Sound
This sets wh ether or not to mute th e camera sound each time y ou press the camera 's buttons.
* On / Off
Language
Refer to sec tion in this manual t itled “Choosing t he Language” for furth er details.
Auto Power O ff
If no operat ion is performed fo r a specific period of tim e, the power to the cam era is automatically turned off.
This featu re is useful for redu cing battery consump tion.
* 1 Minute / 3Mi nutes / 5Minutes / Off
Exit:
Set:OK
Setup
60Hz
Frequency
Date/Ti me
Date Stamp
Next
On
Exit:
Set:OK
Setup
NextFormat
Beep Sound
Language
On
English
Auto Power Off Off
Default
Next
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Default
This returns all basic settings to the camera's default settings.
* Cancel / OK
Frequency
The function allows to change the light frequency of environment to 60Hz or 50Hz.
* [60Hz]: The light frequency of environment is 60Hz like the US.
* [50Hz]: The light frequency of environment is 50Hz like the UK.
Date / Time
Date and Time setting.
* YY / MM / DD & DD / MM / YY & MM / DD / YY
Date Stamp
Show the date and time on the picture.
* On / Off
Questions?
Call our tol l-free customer s ervice number. Loo k for the insert with this i con:
Or visit www. polaroid.com.
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TRANSFERRING FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER
System Requirement
Downloading Your Files
1. Connect one end of the USB cable t o an
available USB port on your comp uter.
2. Connect the other end of the USB c able to the USB terminal
on the camera.
3. Select [PC Mode] using the / buttons, and press the
SHUTTER button.
4. From the Windows desktop, do uble click on
6. Double click on the removabl e disk and locate the DCIM folder.
7. Double click on the DCIM folde r to open it to find more folders .
Your recorded image s and video clips will be inside these f olders.
8. Copy & Paste or Drag-N-Drop im age and video files to a folder o n your computer.
■ Pentium III 800 or equivalent
■ Windows 2000/XP/Vista
■ 256MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
■ 150MB available hard disk space
■ CD-ROM drive
■ Available USB port
■ PowerPC G3/G4/G5
■ OS 9.0 or later
■ 256MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
■ 128MB available hard disk space
■ CD-ROM drive
■ Available USB port
5. Look for a new “removable disk” icon.
■ This “removable disk” is actually the memory (or memory
card) in your camera.
Typically, the camera will be assigned drive letter “e” or
higher.
Mac users: Double-click the “untitled” or “unlabeled” disk drive icon on your desktop.
IPhoto may automatically launch.
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EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
ArcSoft MediaImpression™:
Manages your media for you, and gives you tons of fun and exciting ways to create and share
projects featuring your photo, video, and music files. Edit, enhance and add creative effects to your
photos.
Create your own movies or photo slide shows, complete with soundtrack. Upload your files easily to
YouTube™! Or share them through simple email attachments or popular photo printing.
■ For Window s 2000/XP/Vista users, pleas e make sure to install and u se the software in “A dministrator”
mode.
■ The software is not suppo rted on the Mac.
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DEFAULT SETTINGS
Resolution
9M
Quality
Super Fine
Scene
Auto
Exposure
+0.0
Metering
Center
White Balance Auto
ISO
Auto
Color
Normal
Saturation
High
Sharpness
Normal
Questions?
Call our tol l-free customer s ervice number. Loo k for the insert with this i con:
Or visit www. polaroid.com.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Item Description
Image sensor
Effective pixels
Image resolution
Recording media
File format
Lens
Focus range
Shutter speed
LCD monitor
Self-timer
Exposure
compensation
White balance
Interface
Power
Dimensions
Weight
5.0 Mega pixels
Still image
12M: 3648 x 2736 (FW interpolation),
9M: 3264 x 2448 (FW interpolation),
5M: 2560 x 1920,
3M:2048x 1536,
1.3M: 1280 x960,
VGA: 640x480
Video clip
VGA: 640 x 480 (24 fps),
QVGA: 320 x 240 (30 fps)
64MB internal memory
Supports SD/SDHC memory card (up to 4GB) (optional)
Image format: JPEG; video format: AVI
F-no.: f 3.0
Focus Length: 6.47 mm (equivalent to 39mm on a 35mm camera)
1 - 1/1000 sec.
10 sec delay, 2 sec delay
-2.0EV~ +2.0EV (in 0.3EV increments)
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent
Auto, 50,100, 200,400
USB connector
2 x AA size batteries (Alkaline or Ni-MH rechargeable batteries)
Approx. 90 x 55 x 18 mm (without protruding parts)
Approx. 82g (without batteries and memory card)
* Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.
Macro: 4.3”~7.0”(11cm ~ 18cm)
Normal:20” ~ infinity (0.5m ~ infinity)
2.4” full color LTPS-TFT LCD (153.6K pixels)
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QVGA
VGA
640x480
64M 128M 256M 512M
1GB 2GB
4GB
SDHC
01:26
01:42
02:55
03:28
05:53
07:01
23:44
28:16
47:33
56:36
95:12
113:19
11:51
14:06
640x480
Norm al
Norm al
Norm al
Norm al
Norm al
Fine
Supe r Fi ne
Norm al
12M
403 2x302 4
( )FW inte rp ola ti on
9M
347 2x260 4
5M
256 0x192 0
3M
204 8x153 6
1.3M
128 0x960
QVGA
640 x480
SD/S DH C memory card c ap acity
64M 128 M 256M 512M
1GB 2GB
4GB
SDHC
34
41
45
47
52
60
33
68
88
47
87
107
94
145
177
190
261
301
70
84
92
95
106
122
69
140
180
98
179
219
194
297
361
389
533
614
143
172
192
199
215
246
141
283
364
199
362
443
392
601
730
786
1077
1240
290
348
387
403
435
496
284
570
734
401
730
892
790
1210
1469
1582
2166
2494
583
700
778
810
890
1002
572
1145
1473
805
1464
1790
1586
2426
2947
3173
4343
5001
1169
1403
1559
1620
1800
2020
1146
2294
2950
1613
2933
3586
3177
4860
5902
6356
8698
1001 6
2811
3123
3250
3610
4060
2296
4594
5907
3230
5874
7180
6362
9731
11816
1272 6
1741 4
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APPENDIX
Possible Number of Shots
Supe r Fi ne
Fine
Fine
Supe r Fi ne
Fine
Supe r Fi ne
Fine
Supe r Fi ne
Fine
Supe r Fi ne
( )FW inte rp ola ti on
( )FW inte rp ola ti on
( )FW inte rp ola ti on
( )FW inte rp ola ti on
( )FW inte rp ola ti on
Size
Quality
SD/S DH C memory card c ap acity
Size
■ Possible number of shots (still image)
The table shows the approximate shots that you can capture at each setting based on the capacity
of the internal memory and the SD/SDHC memory card.
■ Possible r ecording time / sec ( video clip)
■ The above data shows the st andard testing re sults. The actua l capacity varies a ccording to the sho oting
conditio ns and settings.
■ The maximum recordabl e time for one contin uous video clip is 00:59 :59.
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Troubleshooting
Refer to the symptoms and solutions listed below before sending the camera for repairs.
If the problem persists, contact Polaroid customer service.
Symptom Cause Solution s / Corrective Actio ns
The power d oes not come o n.
1. The batter ies are not lo ade d.
2. The batter ies are exha ust ed.
1. Load the b atteries c orrectly.
2. Replac e with a new set o f
batteri es.
Please us e only Alkali ne or Ni-MH
recharg eable batt eries.
The batte ries or came ra feels
warm.
Long peri od of contin uous use of th e
camera or t he flash.
The start -up screen b links afte r
powerin g up.
The recha rgeable ba tteries ha ve
reached t he end of thei r useful lif e.
Replace w ith a new set of r echargea ble
batteri es.
Even if I pre ss the shutt er button,
the camer a does not tak e a
picture .
The shutt er button is n ot pressed a ll
the way dow n.
Press the s hutter but ton all the wa y down.
The inter nal memory o r memory car d
does not ha ve any free ca pacity.
The flash i s charging .
The memor y card is writ e-protec ted.
Wai t unt il the statu s LED turns re d.
Remove th e write-pr otection .
Insert a ne w memory car d, or delete f iles.
The camer a cannot foc us or
images ar e fuzzy.
The lens is d irty.
The dista nce to the sub ject is smal ler
than the effe ctive rang e.
Wipe clea n with a soft, d ry cloth or le ns
paper.
Get your su bject with in the effecti ve fo cus
range. Ma ke sure the le ns setting i s in the
proper po sition.
Files can not be delet ed.
The file is p rotected
The memor y card is writ e-protec ted
Cancel pr otection .
Remove th e write-pr otection .
Cannot do wnload ima ges. The free sp ace on the har d disk in
your comp uter may be in suffi cient.
Check whe ther the har d disk has a spa ce
for runni ng Windows , and if the dri ve for
loading i mage files h as a capacit y at least
that of the m emory card i nserted in t he
camera.
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Images
Select
All
Next Menu
Next
Set:OK
Pictbridge
Images
Size
Default
Default
Next
N-up Layout
Print
Set:OK
USB
PC Mode
Pictbridge
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Connecting to a PictBridge Compliant Printer
Read this section if the model you purchased is included with the PictBridge functions.
If a printer that supports PictBridge is available, images can be printed by connecting the digital still
camera directly to the PictBridge-compatible printer without using a computer.
Connecting the camera to the printer
1. Connect one end of the USB cable to your camera.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on
the printer.
3. Select [Pictbridge] with the / buttons, and press the
SHUTTER button.
Printing images
When the camera is properly connected to a Pict-Bridge compliant
printer and set to [Pictbridge], the Pict-Bridge menu is displayed on
the monitor.
1. Select the item you want to configure with the / buttons,
and press the SHUTTER button.
■ [Images]: Select whether you want to print specific image
or all images. You may also select printing
number for specific image.
■ [Size]: Select the desired paper size according to the
printer type.
■ [Layout]: Select the desired printing layout according to
the printer type.
■ [Print]: After all settings are configured, select this item to
start printing.
2. After you select [Images] in the previous step, and press
the SHUTTER button to enter its respective menu. Select
[Select Images], [All Images] with the / buttons, and
press the SHUTTER button.
■ [Select Images]: Select to print one specific image.
■ [All Images]: Select to print all images.
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3. If you select [Select Images] in the previous step, and press
the SHUTTER button ,the last image appears on the screen .
■ Select the image that you want to print with the / buttons.
■ Select the [Print Num] (up to 99) with the / buttons.
■ After selecting the desired image and printing number,
press the SHUTTER button to confirm.
■ To exit from the menu, press the button.
4. Select [Print] with the / buttons, and press the SHUTTER
button to start printing.
5. The printing starts.
■ The [COMPLETE] will be displayed temporarily, reminding
you that the printing procedure is finished.
■ If a print error is detected, the [PRINTERROR] will be
displayed.
■ The image printing may be f ailed if the power to t he camera is cut off.
■ For servic e, support and warr anty information vis it www.polaroid. com.
■ "Polaroi d" and “Polaroid an d Pixel” are tradem arks of Polaroid Corpo ration, Wa ltham, MA, USA .
Pictbridge
Page
Printing
Cancel
Set:OK
Exit:
Pictbridge
Press OK to Print
OK
Cancel
Pictbridge
Images
Size
Default
Default
Next
N-up Layout
Print
Set:OK
Select
NO.of copy
75
100-0001
Set:OK
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