Sakar 15097 User Manual

15097 Digital Camera

Owner’s Manual

© 2006 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

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Table of Contents

Key Features ............................................................................................................ 3

What your camera includes:.....................................................................................3

Computer System Requirements .............................................................................4

A Quick Look at Your Camera.................................................................................. 4

Preparing Your Camera for Use ............................................................................... 5

Starting Your Camera............................................................................................... 6

The Camera Modes.................................................................................................. 6

Installing Girl Gear Photo Manager Software ........................................................... 9

Software & Camera Driver Installation ..................................................................... 9

Downloading Photos .............................................................................................. 14

Everything you need to get the most of your photos and MORE............................ 17

WebCam Express – capturing AVI files.................................................................. 18

Viewing Videos.......................................................................................................20

Maintenance of Your Digital Camera...................................................................... 21

Technical Support .................................................................................................. 21

Appendix A: Technical Specifications..................................................................... 22

Appendix B: Troubleshooting ................................................................................23

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a 15097 digital camera. This camera can be used as a web cam (camera to use to chat over the Internet) and as a digital camera. To download photos to your computer, you need only connect the USB cable from your computer to your camera. Girl Gear Photo Manager software lets you edit your photos to share with friends and family. Everything you need to take quality digital photos is included with your camera. Please read this manual carefully FIRST in order to get the most out of your digital camera. Note: In order to speak with your friends over the Internet, you will need a PC headset and microphone. Any standard PC headset will operate with this digital camera and is available at your local computer retailer.

Key Features

 WebCam  2 camera resolutions - 640 x 480 Pixels (VGA), 352 x 288 Pixels (CIF)  4 x 16 Megabytes Built-in SDRAM Memory  Girl Gear Photo Manager software for managing and enhancing your photos, printing,

sending photos by e-mails and much more

What your camera includes:

 Digital Camera With 3 faceplates  Girl Gear Photo Manager and driver software installation CD  USB cable  Strap  User’s Manual

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Computer System Requirements

To be able to download photos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration:

 Pentium processor or above with MS Windows 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP  32 MB RAM, 80 MB free disk space  Available USB Interface  CD-ROM Drive  Color display (16 bit or higher recommended)

A Quick Look at Your Camera

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Preparing Your Camera for Use

Battery Installation

Your camera requires two AAA batteries. Insert the batteries into the camera:

1. Slide the cover of the battery compartment open.

2. Insert batteries according to the polarities (+ and -) indicated on the inside of the battery cover.

3. Close battery compartment.

WARNING: Opening the battery compartment and/or removing the battery will erase the photos currently stored in the camera. Download your photos as often as possible. Photos may be lost when the batteries run low.

The LCD will flash when your batteries are running low, you will need to replace your camera’s batteries, please download any photos you have on the camera before opening the battery compartment. When the battery voltage drops to 2.2V the LCD will display “Lo” and the camera will turn off automatically.

Note: If you do not intend to use your camera for an extended period, remove the batteries to avoid battery leakage and corrosion.

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Starting Your Camera

Press the mode button to start the camera. The camera will sound a beep to confirm that your camera is on and ready for use.

Taking Photos

Compose your shot using the view finder. Hold the camera steady and press the shutter button to take photo. The camera will beep when a photo is taken. The number of photos taken is displayed on the LCD screen. If you attempt to take a photo when the memory is full the camera will beep continuously.

The Camera Modes

Photo Resolution

There are 2 photo resolutions to select from, Hr (VGA = 300k resolution) or Lr (CIF =100k resolution)

1. Press the mode button to select "Hr" or "Lr" shown on the LCD display.

2. If the LCD displays “Hr” this means that the present resolution is “Lr” and in order to change to “Hr”, click on the shutter button within 5 seconds.

3. If the LCD displays “Lr” this means that the present resolution is “Hr” and in order to change to “Lr”, click on the shutter button within 5 seconds.

4. All photos taken after changing resolution will be at the new resolution.

The photo resolution settings determine the number the number of photos and the amount of memory

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required for each photo. The following table tells you how many photos can be taken based on the image resolution and light conditions:

Resolution Indoors Outdoors

Hr (VGA) About 55 photos About 32 photos Lr (CIF) About 256 photos About 117 photos

Continuous Shoot Mode

1. Press the mode button to select shown on the LCD display.

2. Press the shutter button and do not release the shutter button until you wish to stop shooting. The camera will beep once for each photo taken until the shutter button is released or the camera’s memory is full. Continuous photo shooting may fail under poor lighting conditions.

Self-Timer

You can include yourself in a photo by using this feature to delay the time between your pressing the shutter and when the photo is actually taken. It is recommended that you use a tripod when you use the self timer.

1. Press the mode button to select the

2. Press the shutter button to start a 10 second count down (the LCD will flash once a

Delete (Last Photo)

To delete the last photo taken:

1. Press the mode button to select the

second). After 10 seconds a photo is taken.

icon shown on the LCD screen.

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2. Press the shutter button, the photo counter will flash.

3. Press the shutter button again within 5 seconds. The LCD counter will now display one less

photo than before.

Delete All

To delete the last photo taken:

1. Press the mode button to select the

2. Press the shutter button, the photo counter will flash.

3. Press the shutter button again within 5 seconds. All photos in the camera will be deleted and the The LCD counter will be reset to 00.

Frequency: Using the incorrect frequency setting under fluorescent lighting could result in poor images or video flickering (when using the WebCam). Set the camera for the correct frequency for the country that you are in. Your camera has 2 Frequency settings, 50HZ for the U.S. and Asia and 60HZ for Europe and Japan. The default setting is 50Hz.

1. Press the mode button to select the

2. Press the shutter button to change the frequency setting.

icon shown on the LCD screen.

or F5 icon shown on the LCD screen.

Power Off

1. Press the mode button to select

2. Press the shutter button and the camera will switch off.

shown on the LCD screen.

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