ViDi TY Series User Manual

ViDi Model TY

User manual

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Thank you for purchasing this video camera. The high-performance chip is adopted for this product which has
such advantages as high definition of video, strong in continuity of dynamic pictures, supporting the video
format AVI and taking clear pictures. The unique ultra portable design is adopted for this video camera and it
is applicable in various fields to enable your daily life convenient, safe and colorful. Make sure to read this
manual carefully and keep properly for reference in the future.

This user's manual has referred to the latest information during compiling. The screen display and illustrations
are used in this user's manual for the purpose of introducing details of this digital camera in a more specific and
direct way. Difference may arise between these displays and illustrations and the digital camera actually
available for you due to difference in technological development and production batch, under which case, the
actual functions of this video camera shall prevail.

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Please read the Announcements carefully before using this video camera for proper and safe operation, so as to
bring its optimum performance into play and extend its service life.

 Do not expose the video camera to sunshine directly, nor point its lens to sunlight. Otherwise, the image

sensor of the video camera may be damaged.

 Take good care of the video camera and prevent water or sand particles from entering the video camera

when it is used on the beach or near water, because water, sand particles, dust or component containing salt
may damage the video camera.

 Keep the video camera contaminated free of dust and chemical materials. Place it in a cool, dry and well

ventilated place. Do not place the video camera in a high temperature, moist or dusty place to avoid
failure of the video camera.

 Be sure to use the video camera regularly during its long time storage. Please check if the video camera can

operate normally before use.

 If dirt or stain is accumulated on the video camera or on its lens, use soft, clean and dry rag to wipe it away

gently. If the video camera or its lens is stained with sand particles, blow them away gently. Do not use
cloth to wipe arbitrarily. Otherwise, it may scratch the surface of video camera or its lens.

 If it is required to clean camera surface, firstly blow away the sand dust accumulated on this surface, and

then wipe the camera gently with rag or tissue applicable to optical equipments. Please use the cleaning
agent of video camera for wiping if necessary. Do not use organic solvent to clean the video camera.

 Do not touch the lens surface with fingers.
 Please back up the data if the memory card inside this digital camera is used for the first time. After that,

format the memory card of this video camera at one time.

 The externally installed SD and MMC cards are manufactured from precise electronic components. Data

may be lost or damaged under the following circumstances:

1. Improper use of the memory card

2. The memory card is bent, dropped or collided.

3. Place it under high temperature or moist environment or expose to sunshine directly.

4. Electrostatic or electromagnetic field exists around the memory card.

5. This memory card is taken out or power supply is interrupted when this camera or computer is
connected to the memory card (i.e. during reading, writing and formatting).

6. Touch the metal contact surface of the memory card with fingers or metal materials.

7. The service life of the memory card expires (please replace the memory card regularly).

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 This product is small in and eases for installation.

 The high-performance chip is adopted for this product which has such advantages as high definition of

video, strong continuity of dynamic pictures, video recording available under low illumination level and
supporting video format of AVI.

 Camera shooting can support VGA (640 x 480) and HD (1280 x 720) modes.
 Dimensions of 5M, 3M and 1M are available for taking pictures.
 This product supports the watermark function for time and date and the videotape can display current time

and date synchronously.

 Support high-speed USB2.0
 Support SD card of 32G to a maximum.
 The recording mode of circulating coverage is adopted for this product, which can cover original pictures

with new ones to keep rolling record in cycles.

 This product supports the video output and the in-situ playback function. The recorded video contents may

be inquired on the spot via vehicle-mounted displayer. Meanwhile, it supports the television and computer
playback.

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System Requirements

Operating System

Microsoft Windows2000, XP, Vista, 7

CPU

Intel Pentium III of more than 800MHz or other CPU with
equivalent performance

Internal Memory

Larger than 512MB

Sound Card and
Display Card

The sound card and display card shall support DirectX8 or higher
version.

CD Driver

Speed of 4 times or faster

Hard Disk

Free space of more than 500MB

Others

One standard USB1.1 or USB2.0 port

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Mode Switch:

-Taking Pictures

-Video Recording

-Vehicle-mounted Mode
Lens

Working Indicator
Light

Power Key

Shutter
Key

Indicator Light for
LCD TFT

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1. Charge the built-in lithium battery

USB Cable
Indicator Light for

charging is on.

Connect the camera with computer for charging in the shutdown state. The indicator light for charging is on
at this time and will be off after charging. In general, it can be fully charged after 2-4 hours.

2. Use of Memory Card

1. Push the TF card into the card slot according to the concave lettering beside the slot of memory card till it is
completely inserted.

2. To take out the TF card, gently press the end of the memory card inward and it will pop up.

Note: No built-in memorizer is available in this video camera. Make sure to insert memory card
before using.

3. Startup/Shutdown

3.1 Startup: Press the POWER Key for 3 seconds, the screen is displayed and the camera enters the startup
state.

3.2. Shutdown: Press the POWER Key once under idle condition, and the camera will be shut down. .

Automatic shutdown: when the idle time of the video camera reaches the time for automatic shutdown, it
will be shut down automatically to save power. The default time of this camera for automatic shutdown is
5 minutes.

3.3. Shutdown in case of power shortage: when the power of the battery is insufficient, the LCD display screen
will display the icon. Please charge it in time. When the icon turns into red and flickering, the video
camera will be shut down automatically.

4. Conversion between Function Modes

Three modes are available for this video camera, i.e. picture taking mode, video recording mode and
vehicle-mounted mode. Conversion is available via the mode switch after startup.

Picture taking mode: pictures can be taken;
Video recording mode: video can be recorded in high definition

Vehicle-mounted mode: extended video can be recorded in standard definition
(One section every 5 minutes)

5. Indicator light

Busy light: when the camera is busy (such as, recording a film, taking photos, automatic off-screen), the

busy light will be on.
Charging light: when the light is on for a long time, it prompts the user that the camera is charging.

Picture

taking

Video

recording

Vehicle­mounted
mode

Mode Switch

6. Video recording mode

When the mode switch is turned to video mode, press the shutter button once or click the LCD center once
to begin videoing under previewing state; press the shutter button once again if you want to stop videoing,
and the camera will also stop videoing automatically when the memory card is full or the power is
insufficient during videoing period:

1 00:12:18: Timer means that videoing can still last for 12 minutes and 18 seconds.
2 : mode icon represents that the camera is in videoing and recording mode at present.
3 : videoing size clicks this icon and you can choose 720P/VGA.
4 : means that the memory card is inserted at present.
5 : digital zoom icon, click it and enlarge it.
6 : digital zoom icon, click and minify it.
7 : visual shutter, click this icon for taking photos or

recording.

8 : battery icon represents the present power of the

battery.

9 : represents digital zoom times.
10 : click this icon to switch to the playback mode.

7 Photo mode:

Switch the mode switch into the photo mode, press the shutter button or click the LCD center once
under the previewing state to take a photo:

1 0/1234: Counter, indicating current number of photos taken already /number of photos to be taken.
2 : mode icon, indicating that the camera is in photo

taking mode at current.
3 : video size, click this icon to select 1M/3M/5M.
4 : means that the memory is been inserted at present.
5 : digital zoom icon, click it to enlarge.
6 : digital zoom icon, click it to minify.
7 : visual shutter, click this icon for taking photos or

videoing.
8 : battery icon, indicates the power of the battery at present.
9 : indicates digital zooming times.

10 : click this icon to switch to the playback mode.

8 Vehicle-mounted mode:

Turn the mode switch to vehicle-mounted mode, press the shutter button or click the LCD center once under
the preview state to begin recording, save a segment for recording every 5 minutes, then start to record the
next segment of video. When the storage card is full, the earliest segment of video will be deleted to release
the corresponding space for continuous recording, and so the cycle.

1 00:12:18 timer, indicating that the camera can still record for 12 minutes and 18 seconds.
2 : mode icon, representing that the camera is in vehicle-mounted mode at present.
3 : video size, click this icon to select 1M/3M/5M.
4 : represents that the memory card is been inserted at

present.
5 : digital zoom icon, click it to enlarge.
6 : digital zoom icon, click it to minify.
7 : visual shutter, click it for taking photos and

recording.
8 : battery icon, representing the current power of the

battery.

9 : indicates the digital zooming times.
10 : click this icon to switch into the playback mode.

Note: the screen will be off automatically during recording process in order to save power; user can
press the power button shortly to start the screen and restore display.

9 Playback mode:

9.1 After starting up and entering the previewing state click the playback icon ( ) at the lower right corner of

the LCD to switch to the playback mode:

Click
1 : represents that the current file is an AVI video file.
2 : represents that there is one file in the current folder/one

file in total.
3 : current folder name (such as: I:\DCIM\100MEDIA

I: is the hard disk of the device).
4 : Means that clicking can select files frontwards.
5 : Means that clicking can select files backwards.

6 : Means that clicking can activate to confirm the deletion of the current file picture.
7 : Means that clicking can play the current movie clips.
8 : Means that clicking can switch back the previous photo mode (video mode).

9.2 Movie clips playing:

Click to pause playing, click to play quickly, and click to play slowly.

9.3 File deletion:

Click YES to delete the current file immediately, or click NO to cancel the deletion operation.

Apply on the personal computer

1. Connect to personal computer
The camera is provided with the plug and play function. Connect the device to the computer with USB

cable under turning-on state, then it will be switched into the movable hard disk mode.

Icon of movable disk will appear on the window of “my computer”. Photos/videos you have taken are saved

in folder I:\DCIM\100MEDIA (I is the hard disk of this device) in the hard disk. Files recorded in
vehicle-mounted mode are saved in I:\DCIM\RECORDER.

Note: if hard disk function is used in windows 2000 or windows operating system with a higher edition, it is
unnecessary to install drivers.

Technical parameters

Image sensor

1.3 million pixel (CMOS)

Function mode

videoing, taking photos, vehicle-mounted mode, hard disk, PC cam

Camera lens

F3.1 f=9.3mm

Digital zooming

4 times

Shutter

Electronic shutter

LCD display screen

2.0-inch touch screen

Image resolution

5M (2592×1944), 3M (2048×1536), 1M(1280×1024)

Video resolution

VGA: 640x480 (60 frames/second), 720P:1280x720 (30 frames/second)

White balance

Automatic

Exposure

Automatic

File formats

Image

JPEG

Storage medium

TF card (Supporting up to 32GB), (without build-in flash memory)

USB interface

High-speed USB 2.0 interface

Power Supply

Built-in 3.7V rechargeable lithium

Dimension (length ×
width × height)

67*48*29mm

Weight

about 46.5 grams