Sakar 16380 User Manual

16380 Digital Camera

Owner’s Manual

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Table of Contents

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

What your camera includes:.....................................................................................4

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

A Quick Look at Your Camera.................................................................................. 5

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

Starting Your Camera............................................................................................... 7

The Camera Modes.................................................................................................. 7

Installing Kids Cam Show and Share Creativity Center Software........................... 11

Software & Camera Driver Installation ................................................................... 12

Downloading Photos .............................................................................................. 16

About Kids Cam Show and Share Creativity Center .............................................. 18

WebCam Express – capturing AVI files.................................................................. 20

Viewing Videos.......................................................................................................22

Maintenance of Your Digital Camera...................................................................... 22

Technical Support .................................................................................................. 22

Appendix A: Technical Specifications..................................................................... 23

Appendix B: Troubleshooting ................................................................................24

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing your 16380 digital camera. This camera can be used as a webcam and as a digital

camera. To download photos to your computer, you need only connect the USB cable from your computer to

your camera. Kids Cam Show and Share Creativity center will help you get the most out of your camera.

Packed with powerful, yet easy to use features, “Show and Share” will lets you manage, enhance, turn your

photos into Active Images and share your photos 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

 Kids Cam Show and Share Creativity center software for managing and enhancing your

photos, printing, sending photos by e-mails and much more

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What your camera includes:

 Digital Camera

 Kids Cam Show and Share Creativity center and driver software installation CD

 USB cable

 Strap

 User’s Manual

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 2000/XP

 128 MB RAM, 150 MB free disk space

 Available USB Interface

 CD-ROM Drive

 Color display (16 bit or higher recommended)

 VGA resolution 1024 X 768

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A Quick Look at Your Camera

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.

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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.

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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

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) 55 photos 32 photos
Lr (CIF) 256 photos 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.

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