Rollei Prego da6 User Guide

Gebrauchsanleitung
Instruction Manual

Rollei Prego da6

This manual is designed to assist you in using this 6 M ega Pixels Digital Camera. Information
in this document has been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to
the correctness of the contents. The information in this document is subject to change
without notice

Edition

First Edition, July 2004

Copyright

© Copyright 2004
This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are

reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical, electronic or other
means, in any form, without prior written permission of the manufacturer.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance

This equipment 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 the receiver.

• Connect the equipment to 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.

Warning: A shielded-type power cord is required in order to meet FCC
emission limits and to prevent interference to the nearby radio and television
reception. Use only shielded cables to connect I/O devices to this equipment.

You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by
the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate

the equipment.

Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference.

• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

Trademark Recognition

Windows, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP are registered
Trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation of the U.S. registered in the USA and other
countries. Windows in an abbreviated term referring to the Microsoft Windows Operation
System. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Corporation. Ulead is the trademark of Ulead
Systems, Inc.,.

Other companies or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the
respective companies.

Safety & Handling Precautions

Camera Information

• Do not take apart or attempt to service the camera yourself.

• Do not expose the camera to moisture, or extremes in temperature.

• Let the camera warm up when moving from a cold to a warm temperature.

• Do not touch the lenses of the camera.

• Do not expose the lens to direct sunlight for extended periods.

Battery Information

• Turn off the camera before installing or removing batteries.

• Use only AA NiMH batteries or CRV3 Lithium battery.

• Always replace batteries with two new or freshly charged batteries.

• Do not use batteries that are leaking, corroded, or damaged.

• Do not attempt to recharge non-rechargeable batteries.

• When charging rechargeable batteries, use a battery charger specifically designed

for the type of battery. If the charger is designed to accommodate multiple battery
types, be sure to adjust its settings to match the type of battery you are recharging.

• Download all pictures and remove the batteries from the camera if you are going to
store the camera for extended periods.

Contents

Unpack Your Camera............................................................................................................... 1

Package Contents............................................................................................................. 1

Optional Accessories ........................................................................................................1

System Requirements....................................................................................................... 1

Important Notes.................................................................................................................1

Getting Acquainted with Your Camera.................................................................................. 2

Top & Front View............................................................................................................... 2

Rear & Bottom View.......................................................................................................... 2

LCD Monitor Display.........................................................................................................3

Mode Dial Selector............................................................................................................ 4

LED St atus........................................................................................................................ 4

Navigation Switch .............................................................................................................5

Shutter Button...................................................................................................................5

Getting the Camera Ready...................................................................................................... 6

Installing Memory SD/MMC Card and Battery.................................................................. 6

Switching the Camera ON/OFF........................................................................................ 6

Viewing the Total/Remaining Shots Available................................................................... 6

Battery Low Alert...............................................................................................................6

Setting the Language and Date & Time............................................................................ 7

Setting Language............................................................................................... 7

Setting Date & Time........................................................................................... 7

Capturing Still Images............................................................................................................. 8

Full Auto Mode ..................................................................................................................8

Portrait Mode..................................................................................................................... 8

Landscape Mode ..............................................................................................................8

Close-up Mode.................................................................................................................. 8

Shooting with Scene Mode............................................................................................... 9

Sports Mode....................................................................................................... 9

Night Landscape Mode...................................................................................... 9

Night Portrait Mode............................................................................................ 9

Museum Mode................................................................................................... 9

Backlight Mode .................................................................................................. 9

Recording Videos.................................................................................................................. 10

Setting Self-Timer...................................................................................................................11

Playback Still Images............................................................................................................ 12

Playback a Still Image..................................................................................................... 12

Magnifying a Still Image.................................................................................................. 12

Playback Video Images ..................................................................................................13

Playback Video Images Frame by Frame....................................................................... 13

Playback Images in Slideshow ....................................................................................... 14

Setting the Slideshow Display Time Interval........................................................ 14

Setting the Single-loop/Endless-loop Slideshow .................................................14

Playback on TV...................................................................................................................... 15

Display Image Properties...................................................................................................... 16

Rotating a Still Image............................................................................................................ 17

Deleting Images..................................................................................................................... 18

Deleting Single Image in QuickView............................................................................... 18

Deleting Single Image in Playback ................................................................................. 18

Deleting All Images......................................................................................................... 19

Formatting Memory Card or Internal Memory................................................................. 19

Settings Capture Mode .........................................................................................................20

Switching LCD Off between Shots.................................................................................. 20

Setting LCD Off When Camera Power On ..................................................................... 20

Setting Flash Mode.........................................................................................................21

Setting Drive Mode .........................................................................................................21

Setting Auto Focus (AF) Selection.................................................................................. 22

Setting Image Resolution................................................................................................ 22

Setting Image Quality...................................................................................................... 23

Setting Exposure Compensation .................................................................................... 23

Setting White Balance..................................................................................................... 23

ISO Speed .....................................................................................................................24

Setting Auto-Exposure (AE) Metering ........................................................................... 24

Setting Sharpness ......................................................................................................... 24

Setting Color Mode ....................................................................................................... 25

Setting DPOF Print ................................................................................................................ 26

Setting DPOF for Printing a Single Image...................................................................... 26

Setting DPOF for Printing All Images in the Memory .................................................... 26

Setting Protect Image .......................................................................................................... 27

Move Images from Internal Memory to Card ..................................................................... 28

Camera Setup......................................................................................................................... 29

Factory Default Settings.................................................................................................. 29

Reset Camera Settings................................................................................................... 30

Setting Digital Zoom........................................................................................................ 30

Setting Camera Sound Volume.......................................................................................31

Setting Image Storage.................................................................................................... 31

Setting Date Stamp......................................................................................................... 32

Setting Customize........................................................................................................... 33

Software Installation ............................................................................................................ 34

Installation Software/Hardware Driver............................................................................ 34

Automatic Installation ......................................................................................... 34

Custom Installation .............................................................................................35

Dowloading & Transfering Files to Computer.................................................................35

How to dowload Pictures via Ulead Photo Explorer ..................................................... 36

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................... 37

Specification .........................................................................................................................38

Unpack Your Camera

Package Contents

1. Digital Camera

2. Wrist Strap

3. USB Cable

4. AV Cable

5. 2 AA Ni-MH Batteries

6. Software CD containing

-Camera Driver for Windows 98SE

-Ulead Photo Explorer

-Ulead Video Studio

-Adobe Acrobat Reader

-Owner’s Manual (PDF)

7. Quick Start Guide

Optional Accessories

• Tripod

• AC adapter (3V, 2.5 A, center positive)

• SD/MMC card

• Charger

System Requirements

For optimal use of this camera, your computer should have the following minimum system
requirements:

• PC Pentium processor

• Microsoft Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE

• 128 MB RAM

• 90 MB of hard drive space

• USB interface

• CD-ROM drive

• VGA monitor

Important Notes:

- Due to varying compatibility among USB HUBS, com patibility is not guaranteed.

- Due to varying compatibility among USB interface c ards, compatibility is not

guaranteed.

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7 8

10

13

16

Getting Acquainted with Your Camera

Congratulations on your purchase of this digital camera. Your digital camera has been
designed with a 6 Mega Pixels CCD image sensor and 3X optical zoom lens, which allow you
to quickly and easily take high quality digital pictures.

Top & Front View

1. Shutter button

Rear & Bottom View

5

2

3

1

2. Mode Dial Switch

3. Power LED

4. Flash

5. Self-timer LED

6. Microphone

7. 3X Optical Zoom Lens

8. DC-in Jack, USB/AV connector
compartment

9. Speaker

1. Viewfinder

2. AF LED (green)

3. Flash LED (red)

4. Flash/Delete button (

6

9

5. Zoom-out button (

6. Zoom-in button (

7. Playback button (

/ )

, )

, )

)

8. Strap eyelet

11

9. Up-arrow/Self-timer button (c/

12

10. Right-arrow button (f)

)

11. <Menu/OK> button (OK)

14

15

12. Down-arrow/Burst button (d/

)

13. Left-arrow/LCD on-off button (e/

14. Battery/Memory card compartment

15. Tripod socket

)

16. LCD Monitor

2

r

(

P

)

f

(P

)

LCD Monitor Display

Auto-Exposure (AE) Metering

Center-weighted

Color Mode

(no icon) Normal

Black & White

Sharpness

(no icon) Medium

6M 3:2 (2848x1904)

Flash Mode

Flash Of

Flash On

Red-eye Reduction

Image Resolution

6M (2848x2136)

4M (2272x1704)

2M (1600x1200)

VGA (640x480)

Image Quality

Total/Remaining Shots

Memory SD/MMC Card

Vivid
Sepia

(P.25)

High

Low

(P.24)

Auto

(P.21)

(P.22)

Good

Bette

Best

(P.23)

(P.6)

(no icon)

Not installed

(P.6)

Low Battery Alert

Auto-Focus (AF) Zone

Spot

Average

(P.24)

installed

(P.6)

Single-zone

Multi-zone

.22

ISO Speed

(no icon)Auto

100
200
400

(P.24)

Drive Mode

(no icon) Single
(P. 21)

Self-timer

(no icon) Off

Date Stamp

Off
Year-Month-Date

Month-Date-Year
Date-Month-Year

(P. 32)

Scene Mode

(no icon) Full Auto

Portrait
Landscape
Close-up
Sport
Night Landscape
Night Portrait
Museum
Backlight

(P.8-9)

White Balance

(no icon) Auto

Sunny
Cloudy
Tungsten

Fluorescent

(P.23)

EV Compensation

–2.0EV to +2.0EV
@ 0.3EV Step
(P.23)

Zoom Level Indicator

(P.30)

Burst (continuous shots)

10 seconds

2 seconds

.11

3

Mode Dial Selector

Icon Mode Function

LED Status

OFFOFF

SCENESCENE

OFF

SCENE

Off

Camera power off.

Full Auto

Portrait

Landscape

Close-up

Movie

Scene

Capture - Full Auto Mode
Capture - Movie mode.
Capture - Portrait mode.
Capture - Landscape mode.
Capture – Macro mode.
More Scene modes available for Capture.

(Refer to P. 8 to 9 for details.)

LED Type LED Status Camera Status

Power

Off

Power OFF

LED

Green Steady

Ready for taking pictures
Busy mode when camera in

Green Blinking

-Processing of image
reproduction

-PC link
Camera in error modes:

Red Steady

-Card/memory full

-Card corrupted

-Card protected

Red Blinking

Insufficient battery

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Self-timer

Off

Self-timer off.

LED

Red Steady
Red Blinking

Slow

Red Blinking

Fast

Flash LED

Off

Red Steady
Red Blinking

AF LED

LCD

OK

ON/OFF

Off

Green Steady

Video is recording.
Self-timer countdown for the

first 8 seconds

Self-timer countdown for the
last 2 seconds

Flash off
Flash will fire at next

shooting.
Flash is charging.
Shutter at released position

Auto Focus is achieved while
shutter is pressed down
halfway (S1 position).

Auto Focus is in progress

Green Blinking

while shutter is pressed
down halfway (S1 position).

4

OK

)

Navigation Switch

 Up-arrow (c) for

menu selection

 Self-timer On/Off

switch

 Left-arrow (e) for

review playback
images in backward
direction.

 LCD Monitor On/Off

control switch (

 <Menu/OK> button

to enter Menu mode
and apply selected
menu or function.

OKOK

Shutter Button

S0 Released position. Shutter is OFF.
S1 Focus position. Shutter is pressed down

halfway and the AF Green LED blinks
while camera is doing Auto Focus (AF),
Auto Exposure (AE) and Auto White
Balance (AWB).

S2 Capture position. When the AF Green

LED ceases to blink, Shutter is pressed
all the way down to capture the image.

 Right-arrow (f) for

review playback
images in forward
direction.

.

 Down-arrow (d) for

menu selection

 Drive mode (single

and Burst shooting)

 AF Area Selection

S0 Released position
S1 Pressed halfway

S2 Pressed all the

way down

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Auto Focus (AF)
Green LED

5

Getting the Camera Ready

Installing Memory SD/MMC Card and Battery

1 Open the battery/memory card cover and slide the

memory SD/MMC card (optional) and two new AA
Ni-MH batteries or one CRV3 Lithium battery into
compartments.

+

Batteries

–

2 Close cover securely until it clicks shut.
3 Battery level is shown in 3 stages, Full Battery, Low

Battery, and Insufficient Battery. Only Low Battery and
Insufficient Battery are indicated on LCD screen.

NOTE

 Be sure the correct orientations of the batteries and SD/MMC card.
 Remove batteries if camera is not used.
 Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or

equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries properly.

Switch Mode Dial to

Switching the Camera ON/OFF

“Full Auto” mode

SD Card Slot

1 To switch ON, turn Mode Dial from OFF to the desired

shooting mode
mode if it’s your first time to use. Green power LED
lights up when power is ON.

2 To switch OFF, simply return the Mode Dial back to

“Off” position and the Green Power LED light s OFF.

( ). Use “Full Auto” ( )

SCENESCENESCENE

OFFOFFOFF

Power LED

Note: The camera will power off automatically if camera inactivity for 8 minutes from

the LCD time out.

Viewing the Total/Remaining Shots Available

1 Turn ON the camera.

Image Quality & Resolution

2 The total/remaining shots number of internal memory

is displayed. If a memory SD/MMC card is installed,
the LCD will display the total/remaining shots number
of the SD/MMC card.

Note: The displayed remaining shots number will vary

according to the set of image resolution and quality.

Battery Low Alert

When the battery becomes low, a low battery icon will display
and the red Power LED will blink. Replace batteries when
power is low.

AF Zone

Low Battery Alert

Total/Remaining Shots

6

OK

Setting the Language and Date & Time

The Language selection will display the first time you power on the camera. After selecting
the language, the Date & T ime Menu will bring up automatically.

Setting Language

Left-arrow Button

1 Press Up or Down arrow ( / ) button to select the

desired language.

2 Press <Menu/OK> button to setup.

Up-arrow Button

<Menu/OK> Button

OKOK

Right-arrow Button

Down-arrow Button

Setting Date & Time

1 Press Left-arrow ( ) and Right-arrow ( ) to select the “Y ear”, “Month”, “Date”, “Hour”

and “Min.”.

2 Use Up-arrow ( ) and Down-arrow ( ) to change the values.
3 Press <Menu/OK> button to apply the settings.

7

OFF

SCENE

r

OFF

SCENE

Capturing Still Images

Full Auto Mode < >

Recommend to use Full Auto Mode for beginners. While in Full Auto mode, you just shoot on
your subject.

Portrait Mode < >

Use this mode to take a distinctive portrait with a blurred background.

Landscape Mode < >

Use this mode to take a scenic photograph.

Close-up Mode < >

Use this mode to take a close-up picture of small objects.
The focus range is 15cm to 50 cm.

1 Switch Mode Dial to Full Auto, Portrait, Land scape, or

Close-up mode

( ).

2 Frame the subject on the LCD monitor or look through

the viewfinder. Press the Zoom-in

(

) to adjust the focus.

( ) or Zoom-out

3 Press Shutter button halfway to get the best focus.
4 When the Green AF LED ceases to blink, press

Shutter button down fully to capture the image.

5 The LCD Monitor will have a QuickView

of the just captured image for about 3 seconds.

Full Auto Mode

SCENESCENE

OFFOFF

Shutter Button

Mode Dial

Delete Button

AFAF FLASHFLASH

Viewfinde

Green AF LED

Zoom-out Button

Zoom-in Button

PORTRAIT Mode

LANDSCAPE Mode

FULL AUTO Mode

Power LED

OFFOFF

8

SCENESCENE

CLOSE-UP Mode

SCENE Mode