ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD User Manual

ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD

-Patent pending-

User Manual

Version 1.01

Mar 2011

Index

I. Unpack Rollei DF-S 290 HD Professional Scanner...................2

II. Install film into the film holder..............................................3

III. Quick Start............................................................................6

IV. Operation Guide...................................................................9

Capture…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….………..9

Playback………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19

Film Type……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………22

USB Mode……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……….23

Setting Mode…………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..24

V. Specification.......................................................................27

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I. Unpack ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD

ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD Negative/Slide Film Holder User Manual

USB power core USB/TV/HDMI cable Rapid Slide Feeder Clean brush

Note

 We strongly suggest using a clean, dry, non-alcohol cotton

swab to clean the glass surface periodically to produce a
clear image during operation.

 Clean dust from FilmScanner back light, to use the clean

brush to wipe the dust.

 Dust or dirt from the negative, slide films and cover trays

may affect the scanned image quality, please make sure
the materials are cleaned before inserting into the
scanner.

 Please find recommend, processional purger from photo

store to clean the dust on films if any to avoid damaging
the only one copy of old films.

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II. Install film into the film holder

Install the Slide into holder

1. Open the slide holder as illustrated

2. Put slide into positive slide slot 3. Close the film holder

Install the Negative Film into holder

1. Open the film holder as illustrated

2. Install film into negative film slot 3. Close the film holder

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Figure 1

Level bar to eject slide

Install the Rapid Slide Feeder:

2. Put slides into slide slot, use

Note

 To avoid mirror image, follow the serial numbers (from left to right) on top of film when install

negative film into holder

 If the image is upside down [see fig.2], the image can be corrected by Flip function in hard key

of device before capture, or enter playback edit menu after capture [see fig.3 and fig.4].

1． Take out the Rapid Slide Feeder from package

3.Insert the Slide Feeder into the unit

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Figure 2

Down/Flip button

(Flip hard key)

Press hard key on top of device in live view

Figure 3

Down

Playback mode menu

Figure 4

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Film Slot

OK button

Power button

III. Quick Start

Up/Mirror button

Down/Flip button

Power status LED

SD card Slot

FULL HD TV OUT

TV out jack

USB port

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1. Put Film onto the film cartridge

2. Insert the film cartridge into ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD

3. Connect power adapter to ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD

4. Turn on Device by power button

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5. Press OK button to capture the image

6. Follow the menu on display for scanning

7. After finished the capture, take out the SD card which stored capture images

8. Or read picture from PC by MSDC mode

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Capture

Playback

IV. Operation Guide

Home: Main menu

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1. Capture

After welcome page, above menu will remains for 5 sec. User can press up/down button for desired
menu. Or system will auto enter Capture mode if there is no action during this 5 second period.

1.1 Capture: <Up>/<Mirror> (Hard Key)

Film Type

USB mode

Capture: capture mode (default)
Playback: playback mode
Film Type: define the film type which loaded in cartridge
USB mode: MSDC (Mass Storage Device Class) mode
Setting: TV out and format option

Capture

Up/ Mirror button

Down/ Flip button

Setting

<OK> Go Back to

1.1Capture
button

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< Down>

< Up >

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Press < Up > button to enter Mirror/Flip adjustment (see Chapter 1.2)

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Press < Down > button to enter Brightness/Color adjustment (see Chapter 1.3)

1.2 Capture: <Up>/<Mirror> - Flip / Mirror (Hard Key)

Down/ Flip button

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Press < Up > button to change image left to right

Up/ Mirror button

<Up>

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<OK> Go Back to

1.1Capture
button

Down/ Flip button

<Down>

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Press < Down > button to upside down image

1.3 Capture: <Up>/<Mirror> - Brightness/Color (Hard Key)

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Press < Up > button to enter Brightness adjustment (See Chapter 1.4)

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Press < Down > button to enter Color adjustment (See Chapter 1.5)

Up/ Flip button

<Up>

<Down>

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<OK> Go Back to

1.1Capture
button

<Up>

1.4 Capture: <Up>/<Mirror> - Brightness (Hard Key)

Down/ Flip button

Up/ Mirror button

<OK> Go Back to

1.1Capture
button

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Press <Up> button to increase Brightness with ranges of -3 to 3

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Press <Down> button to decrease Brightness with ranges of -3 to 3

1.5 Capture: <Up>/<Mirror> - Color Red (Hard Key)

<Down>

Up/ Mirror button

Down/ Flip button

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<OK> Go Back to

1.1Capture
button

<Down>

<OK>

<Up>

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Press <Up> button to increase red color with ranges of -3 to 3

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Press <Down> button to decrease red color with ranges of -3 to 3

1.6 Capture: <Up>/<Mirror> - Color Green (Hard Key)

Down/ Filp button

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Press <Up> button to increase green color with ranges of -3 to 3

Up/ Mirror button

<Up>

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Go Back to

1.1Capture
button

<Up>

<OK>

<Down>

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Press <Down> button to decrease green color with ranges of -3 to 3

1.7 Capture: <Up>/<Mirror> - Color Blue (Hard Key)

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Press <Down> button to decrease blue color with ranges of -3 to 3

Down/ Flip button

Press <Up> button to increase blue color with ranges of -3 to 3

<Down>

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Up/ Mirror button

Go Back to

1.1Capture
button

Save

Rotate +90

Cancel

Rotate -90

Home

Selected image

1.8 Capture mode

Once enter capture mode, there will be a red indicator on left top corner to indicate it is in live view
mode. When the film cartridge is inserted into the scanner slot, the image always shows the positive
image according to previous defined Film Type (after power on. the Film Type is default to negative
film). Reconfirm the film position through the display before press OK button.

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(this is for adjusting the user who took the portrait picture)

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Live view indicator

(flashing at 0.5sec rate)

1.9 Capture: Edit Menu

Save: save captured image
Rotate +90: continue rotate +90 degrees
Rotate -90: continue rotate -90 degrees

Cancel: cancel any editing with this image
Home: Back to main menu

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OK

OK

Save

OK

1.10 Live View -> Capture/Edit Menu

Live View Capture/Edit Menu

Once press OK button in live view, the edit menu will be appeared. When user press OK button again,
the current image will be saved into SD card. The display will return to live view again.

1.11 Capture: Save

Once user press OK button on top of ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD, preview (live view) image will be selected
and shown on the TFT which will take between 3-4 second with 4 icons shown on the left side of the
screen. Save icon will be highlighted for user to confirm the saving by OK button. After the above
step, display goes back to live view mode (preview).

1.12 Capture: Rotate +/-90 degrees

User can apply the up/down button for further editing (rotate +90/-90). Once user confirm rotate

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OK

+90 degrees, they can press the OK button, the image will be rotate +90 degrees and cursor will
remain at Save. Press OK button again will save the rotated image to SD card and screen will return
to live view. For continuously rotate +90 degrees, move cursor to rotate again and press OK.

1.13 Capture: Cancel

Playback
/captured image

Or select Cancel and press OK button to cancel any of the editing step with present selected image
and ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD goes to live view mode (nothing will be saved onto the SD card).

1.14 Capture: Home

Go back to main menu, press OK button when select Home icon.

1.15 Exit from Edit mode back to Capture mode (Live View)

Next image in
film cartridge

Once User presses OK button for save or cancel option, display will return to capture mode/live view.
Then, user can move the film cartridge to next target film to capture.

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OK

1.16 Memory full

Once the internal memory or SD card is full, user can see a SD card full once press OK button. User
has to down load the images to PC or replace another SD card for continue capture.

1.17 SD card locked

If the SD was locked, once press the OK button, a SD Card locked icon displays on screen. Please do
slide the switch of SD card to unlock before insert into device.

SD card locked
indicator

1.18 SD card error

If scanner cannot detect SD card in good condition, a warning icon with question mark will be shown
on display. Please try to format the SD card or replace another proper SD card for continue further
operation. (Refer to Setting section on page 25.)

SD card error
indicator

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Playback

Slide show mode

Save

Home

Rotate +90

Delete

Flip

2. Playback

Press Down button to Playback mode when power on ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD or access the main menu
by Home icon if during operation. Press OK button to confirm the selection.

2.1 Playback: Auto Slide Show

Once user enter playback mode (default to slide show), 3.0 TFT will auto display all images stored in
SD card with 2 seconds interval from previous captured image. User can also stop the slide show
mode by press OK button.

2.2 Playback: Edit Menu

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Rotate -90

Mirror

Rotate +90: captured image rotate +90 degrees
Rotate -90: captured image rotate -90 degrees

Mirror: change image left to right
Flip: upside down image

Exit

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Single picture mode

Use Up/Down button to scroll picture to be modified

OK

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2.3 Playback: Slide mode -> Edit mode

User can interrupt (stop) the slide show mode to stand alone playback mode (single picture playback)
by press OK button. (Pause slide show) Then user is able to scroll each picture by up/down button.
Once user select the picture stored in SD card which intended to be modified, then use OK button
again to bring out the edit mode for modification

2.4 Slide Show -> Single picture -> Edit mode

Slide show mode Edit mode

2.5 Playback: Rotate/Mirror/Flip/Save

Exit: returns to Slide show
Delete: delete this picture stored in SD card
Save: save the modified image onto SD card
Home: returns to main menu

Pausse

OK

OK

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OK

OK

If user wants to Rotate +90 degrees by OK button, the image will be rotate +90 degrees and cursor
will remains at Save. Press OK button again to save modified result and next picture will be shown
(N+1). For continuously Rotate +90 degrees, move cursor to Rotate again and press OK. (Same for
Rotate -90, Mirror, and Flip function)

2.6 Playback: Exit

Once user select the EXIT function in edit menu, the display will go back to slide show starting with
the current picture in internal memory or SD card without saving any change of present picture

2.7 Playback: Delete

OK

Delete will delete the present selected picture and next picture will be shown (N+1). Cursor goes to
Exit icon. If user intend to process continuously delete, just move to delete icon again and press OK
to confirm.

2.8 Playback: Home

Go back to main menu, press OK button when select Home icon

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B&W Negative

2.9 Playback: No Picture

If there’s no picture inside internal memory or SD card when enter playback mode, a No picture
symbol will show on display.

3. Film Type

Change film type definition by enter Film Type menu when power on ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD or access
the main menu by Home icon if during operation. Press down button for Film Type and press OK to
confirm.

3.1 Film Type: Select Film Type

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Negative film: select Negative film when cartridge loaded with negative film

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Slide: select Slide type when load slide in holder

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B&W film: select B&W when cartridge loaded with Black&White negative film

Film Type

Color Negative film

Slide film

OK

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USB mode

3.2 Film Type: Example

Color Negative
film

B&W
Negative film

Loaded

Into

Cartridge

Slide

4. USB Mode

After finished capture, user can download the stored images from internal memory or SD card to PC
by selecting USB mode. Press OK button when connect USB cable to PC, ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD
becomes a mass storage device. User can review or edit images once PC detected the external
storage device. Or just take out the SD card from device into PC to read the images directly.

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Setting

TV out

Format

Exit

Interpolation

4.1 USB Mode: Status

Once user select USB mode, ROLLEI DF-S 290 HD becomes a mass storage device and then a status
icon shows on display, then user can find an external USB disk device from my computer and review
the images in internal memory or SD card with PC.

5. Setting Mode.

The setting mode covers TV out and format option. User can connect the device to TV and finish the
operation with TV display. Moreover, the scanned images can be playback on TV display to share
with family.
If the SD card was formatted by the other devices and not readable by scanner, user can apply the
format function in scanner to correct required format.

5.1 Setting Mode menu

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Interpolation:Turn ON and OFF interpolation to 3600dpi resolution

TV out: select NTSC or PAL according to required interface
Format: format internal memory or SD card
Exit: returns to main menu

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OK

Interpolation on

Interpolation off

5.2 Setting: Interpolation

User can have the option to use the interpolation method to increase the picture
resolution to 3600dpi. Use Up and Down key to the interpolation selection and press OK
button to interpolation menu. NOTE: the capture mode takes a few second longer in
image processing while the interpolation function is turned on.
In the interpolation menu, user can turn on and off the function by using the Up and
Down key to the selection and press OK button to proceed.

5.3 Setting: TV out

When user want to switch the display from on device LCD to TV display, user can connect device to
TV and select PAL or NTSC as required in TV out menu by OK button. Then, the TV display will show
the same option for scanning operation. Or directly enter playback mode to slide show captured
images on TV.

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5.4 Setting: HDMI output

Connect on end of the HDMI cable to the scanner's HDMI port and the other end of the HDMI

cable to TV's HDMI port. The TV now becomes the display for preview and playback, in full HD
1080p resolution.

Note: when both the HDMI cable and AV cable connect to TV, the HDMI output signal will override
the AV output.

5.5 Setting: Format

If the internal memory or SD card requires format by scanner, user can enter format mode by press
OK button. The default setting will be cancel format. User can press OK button again to cancel the
format or select confirm icon to confirm format the memory.

Note

If there’s no SD card inside device, the internal memory will be formatted once process Format.
Instead, if SD card is inserted in device, SD card will be formatted.

Good bye page

OK

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Image Sensor:

9 mega CMOS sensor

Focus Range:

Fixed focus

Color Balance:

6 levels of control

Scan Method:

Single pass

Interface:
HDMI(Type A)

Power:

5V adapter, or USB power

Weight:

0.41kg

V. Specification

Lens: Precision TM Glass Element Fixed Focus
LCD: 3.0’’ Color TFT LCD
Internal memory: 24MB NAND Flash (for saving images)

Exposure Control: 6 levels of control

Scan Quality:
Data Conversion: 10 bits per color channel

Light Source: Back light (3 white LEDs)

USB Configuration: Mass Storage Device Class/MSDC

Dimensions: 82x86x152mm

External memory: SD/MMC compatible

2,400 dpi；3,600 dpi (interpolation)

USB 2.0, TV-out (video 3.5mm jack)，

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