SHUOYING DV288 User Manual

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It is able to use the camera for a digital photo of maximum 8 mega pixels picture, and is
able to shoot AVI short film. The camera is able to auto adjust exposure and color
balance. The product can be used as a PC camera when connecting with computer.

The contents covered in the manual were referred to the latest information when the
manual was compiled. The screen display and illustration, etc. adopted in the manual are
for elaboration of the digital camera in a way of much more detail and straight. They may
differ slightly from your practical digital camera because of the different batch of technical
development and production.

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Please read carefully the Precautions section before using the digital camera so as to
ensure the accurate and safe application, bringing you the best capability of digital
camera and lengthening the service life of the digital camera.

 Never settle the camera under direct sunlight, nor to direct the lens toward the sun.

Otherwise, the image sensor may be damaged.

 It is required to take care of the camera and prevent water or sand from dropping

into it when using the camera at a sandy beach or near water. The water, sand drop,
dust or salty component may damage the camera.

 Please put the camera far from the dust and chemical subject, and it is required to

put it in a cool, dry and well ventilated location. Never deposit it in a location of high
temperature, humidity or dust to prevent failure.

 It is required to operate camera regularly during long time storage. Please check

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whether the camera operates normally or not before using the camera again.

 If dirt or stain is accumulated on the camera or lens, it is required to use a piece of

soft, clean and dry cloth to wipe it out lightly. If the camera or lens is stained with
sand grain, it is available to blow it away lightly. Never use cloth to wipe. Otherwise,
it may scrape the camera or lens surface.

 If it is required to clean the lens surface, blow away firstly the sand dust

accumulated on the surface, and then use dish cloth or paper towel suitable for the
optical equipment to wipe the lens lightly. If there is such requirement, please use
the lens cleaning compound. Never use organic solvent to clean the camera.

 Never touch the lens surface with finger.
 If it is the first time to use a memory card in the digital camera, please carry on

information backup for the card first. Then format the memory card once at the
digital camera.

 The external SD card and MMC card are made with precise electronic components.

The following conditions may cause the information lost or damage:

1. Use the memory card incorrectly.

2. Memory card is subjected to bend, fall or impact.

3. Heat, humidity and direct sunlight.

4. Static or electromagnetic field around the memory card.

5. Take out the memory card or interfere the digital camera power supply when
the digital camera or computer is accessing the memory card (i.e. read, write
and format, etc.)

6. Touch the metal contact surface of the card with finger or metal subject.

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7. The memory card outruns its service life (please purchase regularly a new

Sound Card, Display

The sound card and the display card shall support DirectX8 or

memory card.)

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System Requirements

Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista
Central Processing
unit
Memory Above 128 MB

Above Intel Pentium 166MHz or CPU of equal performance

Card
CD Driver 4 times of speed or above
Hard Disk Surplus space above 500 MB
Other One standard USB 1.1 interface or USB 2.0

higher version.

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1. Install Battery

1. Open the battery lid

2. Put 4 pieces of AAA (7#) batteries in according to the polarity instruction.

3. Insert the front end of the battery lid into the battery stack, press the back end of the
battery lid and then push the battery lid inwards to allow the battery lid to closely attach
the body.

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2. Use SD Card

1. Push the SD card into the slot until it is completely inserted according to instructions.

2. Lightly press the card end inwards and the SD card will eject.

3. Power on and off

1. Power on: press the power key for a while, light the screen and the unit will be power

on.

2. Power off: press the power key once while camera is idle state, it will be power off.
Auto power off: While the camera is idle for 1 minute, it will be power off automatically.

The automatically power off time can be set to 1/3/5 minute in setup mode.

3. Low power: While the battery power is very low and LCD display icon “ ”, The

camera will power off automatically

4. Date and Time Settings:
You can enter Setup menu mode to set the system date and time:

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At setting window, adjust the date or time by direction key: Up or Down for adjust,

Right key for move the cursor, OK key for confirm, Left for exit setup mode.

5 Video mode:

Preview mode
1 :Mode symbol, Indicate is video mode.

2 Auto: Indicate the White balance is auto mode.
Can set it is Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/

Fluorescent/Tungsten.

3 Metering mode: Center/Multi/Spot

4 01:01:01: time counter, It is indicate can

recoding 1 minute 8 seconds movie.

5 It is indicator AVI size: 640x480

6 Battery icon: That is indicate the battery power.

7 LED light icon; that is indicate LED is on state.
8 4.00: indicate is 4X digital zoom;

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Shooting:

1 Switch on the camera by press Power key to enter preview mode;
2 Press Shutter key to start recoding movie;
3 If you want to stop recoding, press Shutter key again; and if the memory card full, It

will stop recoding automatically.

4 You can do zoom in or zoom out operation during recording by Zoom key.

The max. window is 4X for digital zoom.

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Video menu

At video preview mode, press OK key enter main menu:

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6 Camera mode:
Preview mode

1 :Mode symbol,

Indicate is video mode.
2 :Self timer mode symbol.
3 Auto: Indicate the

White balance is auto mode.
4 : Metering mode.
5 : Exposure mode.
6 : Image resolution mode.
7 : Image quality mode.
8 : Image counter(default is reduce).
9 :SD icon, it will be display while there is SD/MMC card was plug in.

10 :Battery icon. 11 :LED light icon

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Shooting:

1 Switch on the camera by press Power key to enter video preview mode;
2 Press Mode key once to switch to Camera preview mode;
3 Press Shutter key once to snap one photo;

Camera mode menu:

At camera preview mode, press OK key enter main menu:

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