Sakar 24282 User Manual

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O w ner’s M anual

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Section One -Profile Overview

Thank you forpurchasing thisdigitalcam era.N otonlycan ittake photos butitalso has built-inPC cam erafunctions.This cam erais equipped with8MB SDRAM .In orderto dow nload photos from yourcam erato yourcom puter,you need only

the U S B cablefrom yourcom puter to yourcam era.You can also use the

connect built-inPC cam eratoholdavideo conference viathe internet,enabling face face online conversations.

Package Contents

*DigitalCam era * User’s M anual * N eck Strap * C am eraStand * Software CD * USB

System Requirements

¾ Window s98 S E /2000/M E /X P ¾ 125M B orm orefree harddisk space,32M B orm oreRAM. ¾ Available USB Interface and CD-ROM drive. ¾ ColorM onitor(R ecom m ended atleast800*600,24 bitorhigher)

Getting to Know your Digital Camera:

A. Cam era/C hargerselector B. View finder C. Lens D. U SB E. M ode Butt F. S hutter/C onfirmButton

Section Two - Lithium Battery

Beforeusing yourcam eraforthe firsttime,charge you rcam era’s battery. O n ce the batteryischarged,m ove the C am era/Chargerselectorto“Cam era”m ode.D o not move the selector back to“Charge” m ode untilyou have dow nloaded all yourphotos to yourcom puterand are ready torecharge the cam era.

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Switching to Charge mode will erase all the photos on your camera.

To recharge yourcam era’s battery,con ne ctthe cam eratoyourcomputerw iththe U S B cableand move the C am e ra/C hargerselectorto“Charge”m ode.W hen the batteries arerecharging,the LE D willb e red.O nce the batteries arefullycharged, turngreen (afterless than 3hours).The cam erawillfunction normallywhilecharging. We recom m end chargi up the fullm em orycapacityofthe cam era.

The camera batteries must be recharged for at least four hours on the

NOTE: first use.

Inorder to conserve battery pow er,ifthe cam erais notused for30 se con ds,the cam erawillautom atically enterenergy save m ode.

Section Three – S oftware and C am eraDriver Installatio n IMPORTANT:Beforeattem pting toinstallthe so f the cam eraattached to yourcom puter.Thiswillaffectthe installation process and couldcause yourinstallat the entireinstallation process has been com pleted.W e recom m end the step by step instructions thatw illappearon yourscreen during the installation process.

ng you rcam era’sbatteryevery 7 days orw hen yo u have used

tware,ensurethatyou do nothave

ion tofail.D o notconnectthe cabletothe com puteruntil

the LE D will

following

1. Insertthe C D intoyourCD-Rom drive.M ake surethatyourcam era

is not

connected tothe com puter.

2. ForW IN 2000 orW INXP operating system s -O n the “Install your camera software”screen,selectyourcam era m odelfrom the drop dow n listand click the “Install”button toinstallPhoTags Expre ss follow ed by the installation ofP hoTags W ebC am Express and your cam e radriver.

ForW IN 98SE operating system - On the “Install your camera

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software”screen follow these instructions:

1. Click the “DirectX ” button and follow the installation instructions, restartyourcom puterafterthe installation.

2. Insertthe C D intoyourCD-Rom drive.M ake suret is notconnected tothe com puter.

3. On the “Installyour cam erasoftware ” screen,selectyourcam era m odelfrom the drop dow n li PhoTags Express follow ed by the installation ofP hoTags W ebC am Express and your ca m e radriver.

4. On the “PhoTags Express" screen,click the “Next” button.

st,click the “Install”button toinstall

hatyourcam era

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5. Please review the license terms and click the “Agree” button to continue.

6. Letthe “P hoTags Expre ss” installercreatethe folderw herethe program willb e installed to,and then click “Install”

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7. Click “Finish”toletthe “P hoTags Expre ss” installerfinish the installation program .

8. Thiswillautom aticallylaunch the Installshieldforthe cam eradriver. Click “Next”to continue.

9. Once the program has finished installing you will

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have torestartyourcom puter.

10. C ongratulations!!You have successfullyinstalled the “P hoTags Express” software,the “P hoTags W ebC am Express”and the Cameradriver.

Section Four - Taking Photos

NOTE:TO ACHIEVE TH E MOST CLARITY,TH E OPTIMAL DISTAN CE BETW EEN TH E CAM ERA AND THE SU BJECT IS“5”FEET.

Please ensurethatthe batteryisproperly charged beforetaking photos.

1.Press the function button toturnon the cam era-the LCD atthe ba ck ofthe

cam erawilllightup.

2.U se the view findertofram e yourshot.

3.H oldthe cam erasteady,and press the shutterbutton.

4.You willheara beep w hen

shootagain.

5.Ifyou press the shutter button w hen the cam eraisfull,the cam erawillem it

continuous beeps towarn you. Tips:

1.W hen taking photos,hold yourcam erasteady.

2.Low lighting willreduce the quality ofyourpicture.

Section Five - Camera Functions

you have taken a photo,and the cam eraisready to

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Ifthe cam eraisin energy save m ode,pre ss the function button once toswitch to working m ode.

Turn Camera Off

1.Press the Function button toselect“

2.Press the shu tterbutton within 5 seconds toturn cam eraoff.

Auto-Shoot Mode

1.Press the Function button toselect“

2.Press the shu tterbutton within 5 seconds toactiva tethe 10 second timer.

3.The cam erawillbeep once persecond.A fter10 seconds the photowillbe taken.

Continuous Shoot Mode

1.Press the Function button toselect“

2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds toactivatecontinuous shootm ode.D o

notrelease the shutterbutton.

3.The cam erawillbeep once foreach phototaken untilthe shutter button is

released orthememoryisfull. Note

1.W hilethe ca m erais shooting inthis m ode,the incorrectexposuremay be

displayed.

2.The Continuous S hootis onlyinQVGA m ode.

3.Photos taken in C ontinuous S hootm ode can be dow nloaded individually.

Continuous Shoot Mode – 3 shots

1.Press the Function button toselect“

2.H old dow n shutterw ithin 5 seconds and itw illtake 3photos co ntinuously(saved

inVGA format).

Delete All Photos

1.Press the Function button toselect“

2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,the photocounterw illflash.Press the

shutterbutton againwithin 5 se con ds and allphotos willbe deleted from the cam era m em ory.

Note Ifyou do notpress the shutter button within 5 seconds, no photos willbe deleted and the cam erawillreturntothe normalworking state.

Delete Last Photo

1.Press the Function button toselectthe “

2.Press the shu tterbutton once within 5 seconds to deletethe lastphoto.

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Photo Resolution

C hoose eitherVG A or Q VG A mode.

1.Press the Function button toselect“Lo” shown on the LCD disp lay.

2.Press the shu tterbutton within 5 seconds,the m ode changes toQVGA m ode.

(InQVGA mode you ca n take up to102 photos).

3.Press the Function button to

4.Press the shu tterbutton within 5 seconds,the m ode changes toVGA mode.(In

VGA m ode,you can take up to25photos).

Photo Compression Ratio

You can choose the co m pression ratioforyourphotos -“Hd”high com pression or “Ld”low com pre ssion.The higher the co m pre ssion,the more photos you ca n take without having to dow nload them to your PC . You can take up to 409 photos in “Hd” m ode w ith the low resolution (Lo) se tting preset on your ca m era (see the photoresolutio n section above).

Photo Storage

The num berofphotos t com pression ratioofthe photos.The LCD disp lay willshow the currentresolution and the how m any more photos you can take atthisresolution.The maximum num bers ofphotos yourcam eracan storeis: 25 photos ---“Hi”resolution + “Ld”com pression 102 photos ---“Lo”resolution +“Ld”com pression 102 photos 409 photos ---“Lo”resolution +“Hd”com pre ssion

Display

Press the shutter button to take a photo. T he num ber of photos shot will be displayed as adigit this num berby one as illustrated:

--“Hi”resolution +“Hd”com pre ssion

on the LCD display.E ach consecutive phototaken willincrease

select“HI”show n on the LCD display.

hatcan be taken willvary according tothe r

esolution and

Fluorescent Lamp Frequency

1. Press the F unction button to select “50”or“60”show n on the LCD displ

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2.Press the sh utter button within 5 seconds.The frequency willbe togglebetw een

50H Z and 60H Z.

3. Ple ase set the frequency of your cam era according to the standards of the

country you live in.Inthe United States and Asiause 60H z,in Japan and Europe use 50H z.Ifyou use the wrong f

Section Six – Downloading Photos

Use the “P hoTags Express” program toim portthe photos from yourcam era

1. Plug one end ofthe U SB cableintothe USB sloton yourcam era.

2. Plug the otherend ofthe USB cableintoaUSB porton your com puter.

3. Make surethatyourcam erais connected and turned on.

4. D ouble-click the “P hoTags Express” icon thatison your launch the “P hoTags Express” program .

requency yourphotos orvideos may be distorted.

desktop to

5. Click o n the “G etPhotos”button on the MainMenu.

The “Getphotos”w izard w illappearw iththe

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correctnam e ofyourcam era device selected inthe “Active devices” listinthe “Express”m ode.C lick the “Next” button toproceed

7. On the next screen,choose w here you w anttoplace yourphotos and click the “Finish ” bu tton to copy the photos to yourcom puter.

8. Allo fthe pictures you im ported willthen appearinthe “Select photos”m ode’smainwindow .

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

Download photos instantlyfrom yourdigitalcam era,m ediacards,CDs and storage device s to yourcom puter. Manage your photos by creating countless unique photocollections withoutduplicating any photos.Burn CDs ofany foldersforbackup and storage.

Enhance your photos;A uto E nhance,C rop and Corr Add Active Capt io ns-add TextCaptions,Fram es,Shapes,

Keywords… and m orethatcan be view ed orhidden any time. Locate and Organize your photos and collections-S earch by C aptions,C ategory, K e y w ordorDate-directlyfrom system ofyourcom puter. Share your photos viaE-mail,LocalP rint pages foruploading online.

Create Calendars, two-sided Greeting Cards and Postcards on standard photo paper... You can purchase Album s and V ideo C D ,two

additionalworkshop projects on line atanytime and these will

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be autom atica llyactivated in PhoTags Expre ss.Create Photo Albums and Slide Shows on CDs thatcan be view ed on yourPC and V C D ’sfor view ing on yourT V using yourD V D player. WebCam Express- Use the W ebC am Expre ss softwareto snap photos, record and createvideos.

How to purchase additional “Workshop” projects

In addition tothe free C alendars,t Postcards Workshop projects,you have the abilityto purchase two additionalW orkshop projects:"A lbum s" anytime.

1. To purchase the “Workshop Project”simplyclick the one you w antand you willbe referred where you can purchase them .

2. Once you purchase the “Workshop projects” they willbe autom aticallyactiva ted inthe software.

Section Eight – Capturing AVI

wo-sided G reeting Cards and

and "V ideo CD" online,at

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Now thatyou have yourcam erainstalled you can use itto capture short movies called AVIfiles.The lengthoftime you can recordanAVIwhile the cam erais connected to yourcom puter w illva ry,depending on how much harddrive space you willuse t these AVIfiles take up a lotofharddrive space.T hisis done through the PhoTags W ebC am Express program .This nextsecti though capturing an AV Ifile.

1. D ouble-click the “WebCam Express”icon thatis on your desktop tolaunch the “PhoTags WebCam Express”program . AdjustyourW ebC am tothe desired position.T he screen w ill display w hatthe W ebC am “sees”.

2. To add audioto yourvideo,plug a m icrophone into your com puter.

o save the file.P lease take notethat

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3. Click the “Capture”button tostartrecording the video.The recording elapse time willappearunderthe video.

4. Click the “Pause”button to holdthe recording.To continue recording click the “Capture” button again.

5. To f

inish recording click the “Stop”button.

6. T he videos willbe autom atically saved into a defaultdirectory. You

can view them inthe “Pla yba ck” w indow .

Note:

1. To learnhow to capture JPEG snapsho tsfrom yourW ebC am or from yourexisting AV I

movies,go tothe “Take S napshots” section

inthe Q uick S tarthelp.

2. To learnhow to change the usersettings,go tothe “SetUser Preferences” section inthe Q uick S tarthelp.

Video Conferencing

To use the cam eraas aPC cam erato conductim age transm ission orholdonline video conferences:

1.C onnectthe cam erato yourcom puterU SB portusing the U SB cable.

2.R un the video conferencing software“MicrosoftN etM eeting”on

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yourcom puter.

3.Inputthe IP addre ss thatyou wish to connecttointhe addre ss bar and dial.

4.Select[Tool]\[Video]\[A ccept]and [Transfer]optio ns. O nce yourcallhas been

accepted,you can holdavideo conference.

Appendix 1:Specifications

ProductType:DigitalC am era Electronic C oupling Elem ent:C M O S Sensor300K Pixe ls Im age Resolution:640x480 Pixels(VG A )320x240 Pixe ls(QVGA) Devices:B uilt-in8MB (SDRAM) MemoryCapacity:25(VG A)(Hi) 102(QVGA)(Lo)

View finder:Built-i Auto shoot:10s Shutter Speed:1/6-1/15000 s ShootM odes:Single/Continuous Shoot/C ontinuous S hootM ode –3shots/ Autom atic shoot/PC Autom atic E nergy Saving: autom atica llyentersenergy save

102(VG A)(Hi) 409(QVGA)(Lo)

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m ode after30s idle Im age Process:A utom atic Exposure/Autom aticW hiteBalance Transm ission Interface:U S B Interface Working Tem perature:0-40ഒ O peration System :W indow s98 S E /2000/M E/X P

Appendix 2 : Troubleshooting

Q :Ihave taken photos,butm y com puter says "N o photos in cam era." W h a t d o I do? A:First,ensurethatyou have taken photos with yourcam era.P ress the shutter button a few times totake som e sam ple photos and try again.Ifyou stillge t photos error,thisindicates thatthe driverisnotinstalled (or notinstalled correctly) oryou may notm eetthe minimum system the drive r. System R equirem ents:

st,ensurethatyou have atleasta P entium II300 MHz,AMD Athlon 300 MHz,or

Fir aCeleron 400 MHz orhigher as wella s atleast64 MB ofR A M .P lease notethat the olderA M D K6 processorswillnotw ork. M oreinformation aboutdetermini yourcom puter'sspecifications ca n be found inthe G eneralC om puterInfor section.Ifyou have determined thatyou have pictures in yourcam era and you m eetthe system requirem ents, follow the steps below toreinstallthe so ftware.

twareRe-installation

Sof

1.Firstinstallthe software and drivers.C lick on Start,S ettings,ControlPaneland

Add/Rem ove program s.Therearetwo program s you willneed tor PhoTags Express and yourcam eradriver.A fterrem oving yourcom puter.Ifyourcam erais connected,disconnectit.

2.N ow reinstallthe so ftware.Insertthe CD thatcam e with yourcam era-itshould

autom atica llyrun the installation.

3.R estart

4.O nce yourcom puteris b ack up, plug the cam erainto yourcom puter's

the co m puter.

requirem ents.You willneed toreinstall

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USB port.

5.R ight-click o n the "M y C om puter"icon.SelectP roperties.

Ifyou arerunning Windows 98,98S E ,orM E :C lick o n D evice M anager. Ifyou arerunning Windows 2000 orXP:Click on hardw are and then Device M anager. Ifthe cam eraisi Devices" and clicking on the "+ " nexttoitshouldrevealyourcam era.Ifnot probablysee "D igitalStillCam era" under"O therD evice s" withabright marking nexttoitindicating thatitisnotfunctioning correctly. Ifyou arerunning Window s 98,98S E ,orM E :R ightclick o n the non functioning device and selectrem ove. Ifyou arerunning Windows 2000 orXP:Ri and selectuninstall.Ifa w ar

6.R estartyourcom puteragain.Yourcam erais now su ccessfullyinstalled.

Q:How do Im ake sure Idon'tlose im portantpictures? A:Yourcam era u ses sdram memorywhich requires aconstantelectriccurrentto store yourphotos.S hould yourcam eralose pow er(forinstance ifthe batterydies orisrem oved)allstored pictures willbe lost.W e recom m end always dow nloading yourphotos to yourcom puteras soon loss.

Q :Ihave aMAC.W illthis cam erawork? A:U nfortunately, the system requirem entsforourcam eras requireaW indow s operating system . Thereisno Mac drive r available and

nstalled correctly, therewillbe a categorylisted for"Imaging

,you will

lycolored

ghtclick on the non functioning device

ning pops up,press OK.

as possibletopreventunintentionaldata

currentlyno plans to develop one.

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