Polaroid PDC 3350 User Manual

PDC 3350

Digital Camera

User Guide

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Product Overview

1. Self-timer LED

2. Flash

3. Microphone

4. Zoom Lens

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6. Viewnder

1. Operation LED

2. Viewnder

3. Up/ Flash button

4. Left/Self-timer button

5. Down/ Previous shot button

6. Right/Macro button

7. LCD screen

8. Zoom out (Wide Angle)
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9. Zoom in (Telephoto) button

10. Display button

11. Menu button

12. OK button

13. Hand strap holder

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1. USB Port/ Video Out/DC Jack

2. Battery and SD card door

1. Power button

2. Shutter button

3. Mode selector

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Table of Contents

1 Getting Started .......................................................................... 8

• Camera Package Contents ...................................................... 8

• Attaching the Hand Strap ....................................................... 9

• Battery Guidelines.................................................................. 9

• Installing the Batteries .......................................................... 10

• Turning the Camera On and Off and Setting the Date and Time 10

• How to Navigate Menus........................................................ 11

• Connecting AC Adaptor (not included) ................................... 11

2 Camera Setting ........................................................................ 12

• Checking Camera Status....................................................... 12

• Camera Mode ...................................................................... 13

• Low Battery ........................................................................ 13

• Setting the Current Date and Time......................................... 14

• Auto Power Save Settings .................................................... 15

• Setting the Beep Sound On/ Off ............................................. 16

• Setting LCD Conrm On/Off ................................................. 16

• File No. Reset Settings ......................................................... 17

• Setting Display Language ..................................................... 18

• Setting the Focus indicator On/Off ........................................ 18

• Resetting to Default Settings ................................................ 19

• Switching the Information Display/LCD Screen Off.................. 19

3 Taking and Managing the Pictures .............................................. 20

• Taking a Picture ................................................................... 20

• Taking Macro Pictures .......................................................... 21

• Set Flash Mode .................................................................... 22

• Setting Self-Timer ................................................................ 23

• Zoom Feature ...................................................................... 24

• Setting the Picture Resolution and Compression ..................... 25

• Setting Exposure Compensation ............................................ 27

• Setting White Balance .......................................................... 28

• Changing the ISO Speed ....................................................... 29

• Setting the Slow Shutter Mode ............................................. 30

4 Recording Video Clips ............................................................... 31

• Recording Video Clips .......................................................... 31

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5 Playback .................................................................................. 32

• Playback Picture(s) .............................................................. 32

• Playing the Video Clip........................................................... 34

• Protect the Picture(s) or Video Clip(s) Against Deletion ...........34

• Deleting One Picture or Video Clip ......................................... 35

• Deleting All Pictures and Video Clips ..................................... 36

• View Pictures and Video clips on a TV ................................... 37

6 Using the SD Card .................................................................... 38

• Using the SD (Secure Digital) Card...................................................38

• DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) .......................................... 43

• P.I.M. (PRINT Image Matching) ............................................. 44

7 Installing the Software onto a Computer ..................................... 45

• Installing the Software ......................................................... 45

• Software Included with Your Camera ..................................... 46

• Computer System Requirements............................................ 47

8 Transferring Pictures to Your Computer ...................................... 48

• Before You Transfer Pictures .................................................48

• Connecting to Your Computer ...............................................48

• Transferring Pictures/ Video Clips........................................... 49

9 Troubleshooting Problems ......................................................... 50

• Troubleshooting ..................................................................50

10 Getting Help........................................................................... 53

• Polaroid-digital Online Services ............................................. 53

• ArcSoft Software Help ......................................................... 53

11 Appendix ............................................................................... 54

• Technical Specications ....................................................... 54

• Capacity of SD Card............................................................. 57

• Uninstalling Polaroid PDC 3350 driver.................................... 58

• Camera Default Settings ....................................................... 59

• Using Your Batteries............................................................. 60

• Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance........................................... 61

• Regulatory Information ......................................................... 62

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The PDC 3350 camera provides you easy-to-use features. It can never
be any easier and enjoyable. Go ahead and enjoy your operation. Here
are a few examples of what you can do with your camera.

Enjoy point & shoot operation. Take digital pictures in your

• Camera Package Contents

preferable detail, like size, white balance and sharpness.

Store pictures, video clips to the internal memory or a SD

card.

Playback pictures and video clips on LCD screen, TV or a

computer.

Send the pictures and video clips over the Internet to family

and friends.

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Quick Start Guide

Product Overview

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5. SmartMedia™ Card Release Button

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Warranty Card

PDC 3350 CD-ROM includes

Polaroid PDC 3350 Camera Driver (PC & Mac)

Arcsoft® PhotoImpression™ 4.0 (PC & Mac),

Adobe® Acrobat® Reader (PC & Mac),

User Guide in PDF Format.

USB Cable

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Hand Strap

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• Attaching the Hand Strap

• Battery Guidelines

• Never use manganese batteries.

• Battery life differs greatly by manufacturers.

• Battery life is greatly affected by how much you use the ash, LCD screen

and other functions, and how long you leave the power turned on.

• To prolong battery life, use the Flash button to turn off the ash

whenever you are not using it.

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• Installing the Batteries

2 x AA batteries are supplied with the product.

1. Open the camera battery door by pushing it outwards as illustrated.

2. Insert the batteries as shown, ensuring you follow the +/- signs
correctly.

3. Close the battery door by pressing it downwards and then slide it
towards the camera to lock.

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You can use both 2 X AA batteries and an AC adaptor (DC 3V, 1.5A,
centre positive (not included) ) to supply power for the camera. We
highly recommend the user to use 1800mAh NiMH rechargeable or
Lithium AA batteries.

• Turning the Camera On and Off and Setting the Date and Time

Press and hold the Power button until the
green LED is ashing. It takes about three
seconds to turn on the camera. The zoom
lens will extend when you turn on the
camera under Auto/Manual/ Video mode.
Press the Power button again to turn off
the camera, the zoom lens will retract.

The rst time the camera is turned on, it will directly enter the interface
for setting the Current Date and Time. Please refer to Set the current date
and time on page 14 for further detail.

Power button

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• How to Navigate Menus

Use the 4-way control to select on-screen menu items. Press and

to scroll up and down through menus. Press and to scroll left

and right.

• Connecting the AC Adaptor (not included)

Turn off the camera before connecting or
disconnecting the Adaptor. Connect the
adaptor as shown to power the camera
from a household power outlet. The camera
automatically switches over to AC adaptor
powered operation when AC adaptor is
connected.

IMPORTANT!

• Only use DC 3V output adaptor (See page 56 ).

• We recommend the user to use AC adaptor to power the camera whenever
connected to a computer.

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• Checking Camera Status

Turn on the camera, view the camera LCD screen to check which
camera settings are active. If the feature icon is not displayed, it means
that particular feature is not activated.

Picture Quality Camera Status Other Features

Fine

Normal

2048 X 1536

1600 X 1200

1024 X 768

640 X 480

Resolution

Auto Record mode

Manual Record
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Video mode

Number of pictures can
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The length of video clip
can be recorded

Low Battery

10 SEC. self-timer

2 SEC. self-timer

Macro Mode

Auto Flash

Red eye

Flash On

Flash Off

SD card Inserted

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• Camera Mode

SET

The camera has ve working modes.
You can select any mode by turning the
Mode selector located on the top of the
camera.

Auto mode

Under this mode, the camera will automatically judge the environment
conditions for you. It will set the Exposure and White balance
automatically according to the shooting environment.

Manual mode

Under this mode, you can set the Exposure and White balance based
on different environment condition before taking pictures. Further detail
refer to Setting Exposure Compensation on page 27 and Setting White

Balance on page 28.

Playback mode

Playback or delete pictures/video clips from the camera.

Video mode

Using this mode to record video clips.

SET mode

Under this mode, you can access the Set-up menu to change the camera
settings to customize your camera.

Mode selector

• Low Battery

When battery power is low, the red battery icon

warning “BATTERY LOW” will show on the LCD screen. Batteries need
to be replaced or the camera will soon automatically turn off.

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• Setting the Current Date and Time

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The date and time menu will appear the rst time the camera is turned
on or if the battery is removed for more than 2 minutes.

Turn on the camera and set the Mode selector to SET.

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Use the or buttons to select a eld, such as year, month, day, hour,
minute. Use the or buttons to adjust the value in the eld. Press
the OK button after all elds are set.

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• Auto Power Save Settings

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The camera performs the following power save operations to conserve
battery power.
1/3/5 minute(s): The camera is designed to switch off automatically

Off: The power save function is not activated.
You can change the Power save setting according to the following steps:
Turn on the camera and set the Mode selector to SET.

to save battery life after one/three/ve minute(s) of
inactivity. Default setting is three minutes.

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NOTE:

Auto power off is automatically disabled under any one of the following
conditions.

• While a slideshow is playing.

• While the camera’s USB port is connected to a computer or other external
devices, or while the camera is being controlled by an external device.

• While the AC adaptor is connected to the camera.

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• Setting the Beep Sound On/Off

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You can turn the Beep sound on and off in SET mode. When the Beep
sound is turned on, the camera will beep when you press the buttons.
Turn on the camera and set the Mode selector to SET.

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• Setting LCD Conrm On/Off

This setting enables you to view the picture on the LCD screen right
after it is taken.
Turn on the camera and set the Mode selector to SET.

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• File No. Reset Settings

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The camera automatically created a directory of folders in its internal
memory or on a memory card to store pictures/video clips. Each folder
can hold up to 999 pictures. If a picture is taken when the current folder
contains a picture le numbered 0999. Your camera will create a new
folder by adding one to the current folder number. In the new folder,
the picture le numbering starts over from 0001. (For example, if the
current folder is “100P3350”, the new folder will be “101P3350”). The
maximum folder number is 999.

For example: 1 0 0 - 0 0 11

Number of pictures taken and
stored in 100P3350 folder

Folder number (e.g.100P3350)

You can set the File no. Reset to On or Off according to the following steps:
Turn on the camera and set the Mode selector to SET.

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ON: When this option is selected, if the memory card is formatted or a

new card is inserted in the camera, the picture le number starts
from 0001.

OFF: When this option is selected, if the memory card is formatted or

a new card is inserted in the camera, the picture le number will
continue from the last number used.

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• Setting Display Language

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Under this setting, you can select the language you prefer for the LCD
screen.
Turn on the camera and set the Mode selector to SET.

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• Setting the Focus Indicator On/Off

Focus indicator helps you to gain a better focus while you are capturing
a picture.
Turn on the camera and set the Mode selector to SET.

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• Resetting to Default Settings

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You can easily change all the settings you made back to the camera
default settings by the following steps.
Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to SET.

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Please refer to the Appendix on page 54 for detail camera default settings.

• Switching the Information Display/LCD Screen Off

NOTE:

This feature is available in Video, Auto and Manual mode.

To turn the information display off, just simply
press the Display button, press it again will turn
off the LCD screen. Press the Display button
one more time will turn on the information
display and the LCD screen.

LCD screen on,
Information display on

LCD screen on, Information
display off

Display button

LCD screen off,
information display off

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