Vivitar VF332-GRP-TA User Manual

Digital Camera

VF332-GRP-TA (Rev: A00)

Please read this manual carefully
before using this unit and keep it for future reference

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Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................3

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

What your camera package includes ........................................................................................................4

Computer System Requirements for Windows XP ...................................................................................4

Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista ...............................................................................4

Computer System Requirements for Macintosh ................................................................ ............................5

A Quick Look at Your Camera....................................................................................................................6

Preparing Your Camera for Use ................................................................................................................. 7

Installing SD Memory Card ........................................................................................................................8

How to hold your camera correctly when capturing images ..........................................................................9

Starting Your Digital Camera ................................................................................................................... 10

Camera Mode ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Video Mode ............................................................................................................................................ 28

Playback Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 39

Install PhoTags Express Software ........................................................................................................... 48

Everything you need to get the most from your photos ........................................................................ 50

Download photos to your PC .................................................................................................................. 51

Photags Express software owner manual .............................................................................................. 55

Transferring photos and videos to your PC manually ........................................................................... 56

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Transferring photos and videos to your MAC manually ........................................................................ 57

Maintenance of Your Digital Camera ....................................................................................................... 58

Appendix A: Technical Specifications .................................................................................................... 58

Appendix B: Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. 60

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the 8.1 Mega-Pixel Digital Camera with Auto-Focus zoom lens. Everything you
need to take quality digital photos and videos is included with your camera.
Your digital camera can also be used as a removable disk when an SD card of up to 32GB is inserted into
the camera.
Please read this manual carefully first in order to get the most out of your digital camera.

Key Features

 Digital Video resolutions-640x480 Pixels (VGA), 320x240 Pixels (QVGA).
 8.1 mega pixels camera with choice of 8 digital camera resolutions -

(12M) 4000X3000 pixels ,(10M) 3648X2736 pixels, (8M) 3264x2448pixels, (7M HD) 3648x2048 pixels,
(5M) 2592x1944 pixels, (3M) 2048x1536 pixels, (2M HD) 1920x1080 pixels and (VGA) 640x480 pixels.

 2.7 inch TFT LCD
 5x Optical Zoom Function
 4x Digital Zoom Function
 Anti-Shake
 Face Detect
 Smile Capture
 Multi Snapshots
 SD memory card slot compatible with memory card up to 32GB.
 Built in Flash
 PhoTags Express software for managing and enhancing your photos, printing, sending

photos by e-mails and much more.

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What your camera package includes

 Digital Camera
 PhoTags Express software Installation CD

 USB cable
 User manual
 Strap

Computer System Requirements for Windows XP

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

 Pentium III process or above with Windows XP
 128 MB RAM, with 150MB of free disk space
 Available USB interface
 CD-ROM Drive
 1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution
 16-bit color or higher display adaptor

Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista

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

 Windows Vista

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 800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
 20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space
 Support for Super VGA graphics

 Available USB Interface
 CD-ROM drive

Computer System Requirements for Macintosh

 Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher
 Mac OS X version 10.5.x or later
 128 MB or more available system RAM (256 MB recommended), 150 MB free disk space
 800 x 600 or higher-resolution monitor displaying millions of colors

Note: The Photags Express software is not compatible on Macintosh computers. You may
however use the camera as a regular MSDC USB removable device.

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A Quick Look at Your Camera

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Preparing Your Camera for Use

Your digital camera needs 3 AAA batteries in order to operate. Slide and open the battery door on the right
side of the camera.

1. Insert the batteries correctly with the correct polarity facing up.

2. Close the battery door.

3. On powering on your camera the battery icon will appear on the bottom left of the LCD screen.

Full battery power Medium battery power Low battery power

Note:

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1. A “Low battery” message will flash on the LCD when the battery power is insufficient. Shortly
thereafter your camera will power off.

2. Please remove your batteries when you don’t intend to use your camera for a long time.

3. Test photos taken with the camera should be downloaded otherwise they will be lost when the camera

loses power and turns off or when the battery door is opened to replace the batteries.

Installing SD Memory Card

An external memory card is required for normal use. Your camera supports any compatible SD memory card
(up to 32GB).
Adding a memory card will allow you to increase the capacity of your camera before you have to transfer test
photos and videos to your PC.

1. Locate the Memory Card slot at the base of the camera.

2. Insert the Memory card into the slot in the correct direction. (see the sketch below)

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3. Push the card in until you feel it “click” into position. The top of the card should be flushed with the
surface of the camera. An icon SD will appear on the LCD screen after you turn on your camera.

4. Once the external memory card is inserted into the camera all the images taken with the camera will be
stored on the card.

5. Please make sure the card is not locked. No images can be transferred to the card if it is locked.

Note:

1. Limited internal memory is provided for test images. The images will be deleted when the camera`s
power is turned off or if the batteries are removed. Please download the images before powering off.

2. If there is a photo in the internal memory when you insert the card into your camera, a “Copy to card”
message will appear on the LCD with Yes or No options. On selecting ‘Yes’ the photo will now be copied
to your card.

3. Formatting will delete all data on the SD memory card including protected data.

4. Don’t remove the SD card during formatting as this may damage the card and render it unusable.

5. When your card is full, download the media on the SD card to your PC and delete the photos and
videos from it in order to continue using your camera to capture more high quality photos and videos.

How to hold your camera correctly when capturing images

Turn on the Power button to activate the Auto- Focus zoom lens to open out like a periscope.
Hold the camera steady and correctly as shown is the diagram below.
Note: Do not touch or move the lens once it opens and in use. This will cause damage to the camera.

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Starting Your Digital Camera

Power on

Press the Power button on the top of the camera to turn on your camera. The LCD will light up and the
Auto-Focus zoom lens will extract out indicating that your camera is on and ready for use.

Power off

Press the Power button to turn off your camera. When there is insufficient battery power a red icon will

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appear on the LCD screen. Your camera will automatically power off after a few seconds.

Mode selection

Your digital camera has 3 main modes - Camera mode, Video mode and Playback mode.

 The Camera mode is for you to take still photos, adjust the camera settings and change the

way the camera is setup.

 You can shoot video files while in Video mode.
 In Playback mode you can preview photos and videos as well as being able to delete,

rotate, protect, crop ,print ,slide show and Vivilink for photos.

In order to select the mode, please follow the below steps:

1. By default the Camera mode appears first on powering on the camera.

2. Press the MODE button to toggle between the 3 modes.

3. The Camera mode will have a icon in the top left corner of the LCD screen. The Video mode will
have a icon and the Playback mode a icon will appear in the top left corner of the screen.

Camera Mode

This is the default mode when turning on your camera.

Taking Photos

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1. Compose your shot using the LCD screen.

2. Hold the camera steady and press the Shutter button to take the photo.

3. Keep your finger on the Shutter button and wait for the camera to focus in on the object.

4. Center your object with the white frame that appears on the LCD.

5. When the frame turns green the image will be captured.

6. There will be a short delay while the camera saves the JPEG photo to memory.

After each photo is taken (when the camera returns to icon mode) the numbers of photos left to shoot at
the selected resolution is displayed on the top right of the LCD screen.

 When the camera's memory (photo capacity) is full, the LCD screen will display a message -

“Memory Full, Insert a SD memory card to Transfer and Take More Photos!”

 Download the photos to your computer using the Photags Express software as described

below in the section “Download photos and videos to your PC” and thereafter delete them

from your SD card or insert another SD card to continue taking more photos.

Note: This camera needs a SD memory card to operate normally. The limited internal memory allows
you to take very few test photos that will be erased when the camera powers off.

Optical Zoom

You can magnify your subject up to 5 times using the optical zoom by pressing the T button or pres the W

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button to zoom back out.
Note: When using this function, the camera will automatically adjust the lens. Be careful not to touch the lens
while the camera is adjusting.

Digital Zoom

You can magnify your subject up to 4 times using the digital zoom. Press the T button to zoom in on the
object and press the W button to zoom back out.

The following icon will appear on your LCD screen.

Flash

In low light conditions it is best to use the built-in flash. You can also use the flash to compensate for
backlight conditions.
Force Flash, Auto, Red eye reduction, No Flash

To set the flash:
Note: The flash can only be use when the camera is in Far mode .

1. Press the Flash/Up button.

2. The icon appears on the LCD screen. This will activate the automatic flash.

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3. The icon as well as the red LED will begin to flash indicating that the flash is charging.

4. Press the Flash button again for the icon to appear on the LCD screen. This means the flash

function has been "forced on" (manual flash).
If the flash is not ready, a red LED will light up and the icon will flash repeatedly- wait until the
flash is ready before taking a photo.
Note: A “low battery” warning will appear on the LCD screen if there is insufficient battery power
to operate the flash.

5. Press the Flash button until the icon appears on the LCD indicating that the Red-Eye reduction

is on.

6. Press the Flash button until the icon appears again. This will turn off the flash function. This is

the default flash setting.

Short cut buttons on the MENU dial

The camera has 4 short cut buttons on the MENU dial to make for quick access to the following settings:

Scene (Left button), ViviLink (Down button) and Delete (Right button),flash (up button).

Pressing the relevant button will activate the setting options.

 Scene – the 9 scene options appear on the LCD for you to select:

Auto/ Scenery/Portrait/Night Scenery/Night Portrait/High Sensitivity/Sport/Beach/ Party

 Self-Timer – the 8 ViviLink options appear on the LCD for you to select for photos :

Facebook/Twitgoo/Twitpic/Photobucket/Flickr/MySpace/Picasa Albums/None.

the 4 ViviLink options appear on the LCD for you to select for videos:

YouTube/Photobucket/Flickr/None.

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 Delete – Pressing this button will delete the last image (Photos or Videos) captured.

1. Press the Delete (Right) button .

2. A “This Image” delete confirmation message appears on the LCD with “Yes” or “No”
options.

3. Press the Left/Right button to choose “Yes” to delete the photo or “No” to cancel the
delete.

4. Press the MENU button to confirm.
If you selected Yes, the last image is deleted.

 Flash

1. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon shows on the LCD screen. This
will activate the automatic flash.

2. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon appears on the LCD-++ screen.
This means the flash function has been "forced on" (manual flash). If the flash is

not ready, a LED will light up and the icon will flash repeatedly - wait until the
flash is ready before taking a photo.

3. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon shows on the LCD screen. The
red eye reduction is open.

4. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon appears. This will turn off the
flash function.

Each setting will be explained in its own section below.

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Scene

Your camera comes supplied with many scenes for you to take photos in almost any environment. Scene
included with your camera are - Auto/ Scenery/Portrait/Night Scenery/Night Portrait/High Sensitivity/
Sport /Beach/ Party .Choose the scene in accordance with the light and environmental conditions
prevailing at the time of taken the photo.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the Scene icon .

3. The Scene menu appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the scene you want to use.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode.

6. The selected icon appears next to the camera icon on the top left of the LCD screen.

Image Resolution

The image resolution settings determine the quality and number of photos that can be saved and the
amount of memory required for each photo. The higher the photo quality the more memory it will take.
The image resolution and quality will also affect the maximum size you can effectively print your photo.
To set the Image size:

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1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Image Resolution menu appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the image resolution you want to use:
(12M)4000X3000, (10M) 3648X2736, (8M) 3264x2448, (7M HD) 3648x2048, (5M) 2592x1944, (3M)

2048x1536, (2M HD) 1920x1080 and (VGA) 640x480

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

6. The selected image size icon will appear on the top of the LCD screen.

Note:

1. For Image Resolution higher than 3M a SD card need to be inserted into the camera. Because it
only can take one photo with 3M image size.

2. Your camera has two HD “7M” and “2M” high definition image resolutions.

Image Quality

The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can take. A HIGH setting means you can take
fewer photos, but they will be of better quality. The default value is Fine.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Quality option from the SET that appears:

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4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

5. The Quality icon for the option you selected appears on the top of the LCD.

Normal Fine Super fine

Self-Timer

You can include yourself in a photo by using this feature to delay the time between you pressing the
Shutter button and when the photo is actually taken. It is recommended that you use a tripod or place the
camera on a flat and sturdy surface when using the Self-Timer

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. Press the Up/Down button to select one of the Self-Timer options:

4. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the camera
standby mode.

5. The Self-Timer icon selected will appear on the left hand side of the LCD screen.

6. Press the Shutter button until you see the Self-Timer count down begin in the center of the green
frame that appears on the LCD. Your camera will count down 2,5 or 10 seconds as per your choice,
the LED will flash and then automatically take the photo

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Anti-Shake

Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a result of trembling or
shaking when taking the photo. You are not required to use a tripod in order to take good quality photos.

1. Press the SET button

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. Press the Up/Down button to select Anti-Shake On or Off.

4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

5. The anti-shake icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen.

Face Detect

Your camera supports face detect that allows you to take better portrait photos.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Face Detect Menu appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down button to select Face Detect On or Off.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the camera
standby mode.

6. The Face Detect icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen.

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Smile Capture

You can capture the smile face without pressing any buttons.

1. Press Menu button.

2. Press Left/Right button to select icon .

3. Press Up/Down button to select On or Off.

4. Capturing the smile face with your camera,and it will take and save the photo automatically if this
function is on.

Macro

The camera has the function that capture object in very near distance or very far distance per your
request.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Macro Menu appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down button to select On or Off.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the camera
standby mode.

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6. The Macro icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen.

White Balance

This setting allows the camera to adjust the color of your photos according to the color of your light source.

1. Press the SET button

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon.

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a White Balance option from the SET that appears:

Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent

4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

5. The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the White Balance option you selected.

Color Effect

This setting allows you to change image color.

1. Press SET button.

2. Press Left/Right button to select the icon .

3. The Color Effect SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down button to select Standard/Sepia/Monochrome/Vivid.

5. Press the SET button to confirm,save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

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Multi Snapshots

You can take 6 photos continuously after pressing the shutter button only once with this function on.

1. Press SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right to select the icon .

3. The Multi Snapshots SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press Up/Down button to select On or Off.

5. Press the shutter button,it will take 6 photos continuously if this function is on .

6. Press SET button again to confirm,save and Press MODE button to exit.

Image Sharpness

This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images, making edges more or less distinct.The more
you sharpen the image, the more distinct the images will be.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon.

3. The Image Sharpness SET appeas in the center of the LCD

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Image Sharpness option from the SET that appears:Soft/
Normal/Sharp

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

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6. The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the Image Sharpness option you selected.

Light Exposure

This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon.

3. The Light Exposure SET appeas in the center of the LCD

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Light Exposure value (from 3 brightest to -3 darkest) from the
SET that appears.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

6. The Light Exposure icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom of the LCD.

ISO

This is a special function that allows you to compensate the light conditions when the light source is not good
and you also specifically do not wish to use a flash or tripod. When using ISO sensitization, please choose
the low value ISO to prevent spots or blotches appearing on your photo.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

3. The ISO SET appeas in the center of the LCD

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4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an ISO value from the SET that appears:ISO Auto/ISO 100/ISO
200/ISO 400.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

6. The ISO icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom of the LCD.

Metering

This setting allows the user to select the most appropriate one for use in a variety of lighting conditions.

1. Press the SET button

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. The Metering SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select Center/Multi/Spot..

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit.

Language

Your camcorder supports many kinds of languages for you to select.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Language SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the language you want.

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5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit.

Date/Time

This allows you to set the system time which will be displayed on the photos.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

3. The Date/Time SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Date/Time option from the SET that appears.

 On selecting “On” the date will appear on the photo once it is taken.
 On selecting “Off” no date will appear on the photo.
 On selecting “Date Setup” the Date Setup settings screen will appear. You will be able to change

the date/time settings that will appear on the photo once it is taken.

To Set the date/time

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

5. The Date/Time SET appears in the center of the LCD.

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select “Date Setup” option from the SET that appears.

4. Press the Left/Right button to select and highlight the Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second and

Date Format type. Press the Up/Down button to set the Date, time and format.

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5. Press the SET button to confirm, save the changes and Press MODE button to exit.

Silent Mode

This is for you to set the beep emitting or not when you operate your camera.

1. Press the SET button.,

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Silent Mode SET appeas in the center of the LCD

4. Press the Up/Down button to select Silent Mode Yes or No.

5. Press the SET button to confirm and Press MODE button to exit the SET .

Auto Power Off

By default, if your camera is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off. Use the Auto Power Off
option to change this setting:

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Auto Power Off option from the SET that appears:60

seconds/180 seconds/5 minutes/Disable

4. Press the Up/Down button to select a time that the camera will automatically power off if inactive.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

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Note: If you select Disable, the camera will not be powered off until the battery power is depleted or the
camera is turned off manually.

Frequency

Select the light frequency for the local environment. Generally, 60HZ is for the U.S. and 50HZ for Europe

and Japan. The default setting is 60HZ

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Frequency SET appears on the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Frequency option from the SET that appears: 50HZ/60HZ.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

Format Memory Card

This function will format the memory card and will erase all files in memory including files that have been
protected.
important: Please use this function with caution. Once formatted all the images stored in the memory will be
erase. This process is irreversible. Please download all images to the PC before formatting the card.

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1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. The Format Memory Card SET appears on the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down button to select “Yes” to format, “Cancel” to exit.

5. Press the SET button to confirm.

6. Once the SD card is formatted all the images sitting on the card will be erased and the camera will

revert to the camera standby mode.

Firmware v1.0.12

You can restore your camera to the original factory settings.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Firmware SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the SET button to confirm and reset the camera to the original factory settings

Video Mode

Press the MODE button to select the Video mode.
Note: You must insert a SD memory card for shooting videos.

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When the icon appears on the top left corner of the LCD screen this indicates that you are in Video
mode.

1. Prepare the object or subject you wish to record.

2. Press the Shutter button to begin shooting the video.

3. The elapse time will appear on the top right of the LCD screen and the icon will flash on the
LCD screen.

4. Press the Shutter button again to stop the recording and save this file in AVI format.

Note:

1. You can preview the AVI files in Playback mode or once downloaded to your computer by using
Quick Time and Windows Media Player.

2. The camera has Audio function. When the camera record video, the voices will be recorded. You
can play the recording voice on your computer.

Scene

Your camera comes supplied with many scenes for you to shoot videos in almost any environment.
Scene included with your camera are —Auto/Scenery/Portrait/Night Scenery/Night Portrait/High
Sensitivity/ Sport/Beach/Party .Choose the scene in accordance with the light and environmental
conditions prevailing at the time of shooting videos.

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1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the Scene icon .

3. The Scene SET will appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the scene you want to use.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the video a
standby mode.

6. The selected icon appears next to the camera icon on the top left of the LCD screen.

Image Size

Your camera supports 2 video resolutions- 640x480 (VGA) pixels, 320x240 (QVGA) pixels.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the option for the Size SET to appear.

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Image Size option from the SET that appears:
VGA 640x480
QVGA 320x240

4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

5. The Image Size icon selected will appear at the top of the LCD screen.

Image Quality

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The quality of your videos also affects the number of shots you can shoot. A high setting means you can
shoot fewer videos, but they will be of better quality. The default value is Fine

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Quality option from the SET that appears:

4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and exit to the video standby mode.

5. The Quality icon for the option you selected appears on the top of the LCD.

Normal Fine Super fine

Anti-Shake

Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a result of trembling or
shaking when shooting the video. You are not required to use a tripod in order to take good quality
photos.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. Press the Up/Down button to select Anti-Shake On or Off.

4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

5. The anti-shake icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen.

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Macro

The camera has the function that capture object in very near distance or very far distance per your
request.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Macro Menu appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down button to select On or Off.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby

mode.

6. The Macro icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen.

White Balance

This setting allows the camera to adjust the color of your photos according to the color of your light source.

1. Press the SET button

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon.

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a White Balance option from the SET that appears:

Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent

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4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.

5. The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the White Balance option you selected.

Color Effect

This setting allws you to change image color.

1. Press SET button.

2. Press Left/Right button to select the icon .

3. The Color Effect SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down button to select Standard/Sepia/Monochrome/Vivid.

5. Press the SET button to confirm,save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

Image Sharpness

This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images, making edges more or less distinct.The more
you sharpen the image, the more distinct the images will be.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon.

3. The Image Sharpness SET appeas in the center of the LCD

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Image Sharpness option from the SET that appears:

Soft/Normal/Sharp

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5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

6. The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the Image Sharpness option you selected.

Light Exposure

This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon.

3. The Light Exposure SET appeas in the center of the LCD

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Light Exposure value (from 3 brightest to -3 darkest) from the
SET that appears.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

6. The Light Exposure icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom side of the LCD.

ISO

This is a special function that allows you to compensate the light conditions when the light source is not good
and you also specifically do not wish to use a flash or tripod. When using ISO sensitization, please choose
the low value ISO to prevent spots or blotches appearing on your photo.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

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3. The ISO SET appeas in the center of the LCD

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an ISO value from the SET that appears:ISO Auto/ISO 100/ISO

200/ISO 400.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

6. The ISO icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom of the LCD.

Metering

This setting allows the user to select the most appropriate one for use in a variety of lighting conditions.

1. Press the SET button

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. The Metering SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select Center/Multi/Spot..

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit.

Language

Your digital camera supports many kinds of languages for you to select.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. The Language SET appears in the center of the LCD.

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4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select language from the SET that appears.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit.

Date/Time

This allows you to set the system time which will be displayed on the photos.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

3. The Date/Time SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Date/Time option from the SET that appears.

 On selecting “On” the date will appear on the photo once it is taken.
 On selecting “Off” no date will appear on the photo.
 On selecting “Date Setup” the Date Setup settings screen will appear. You will be able to change

the date/time settings that will appear on the photo once it is taken.

To Set the date/time

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon

3. The Date/Time SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select “Date Setup” option from the SET that appears.

5. Press the Left/Right button to select and highlight the Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second and

Date Format type. Press the Up/Down button to set the Date, time and format.

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6. Press the SET button to confirm, save the changes and Press MODE button to exit.

Audio

Your digital camera has a function that recording the audio when shooting videos.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Audio option On or Off.

4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

Auto Power Off

By default, if your camera is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off. Use the Auto Power Off
option to change this setting:

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Auto Power Off option from the SET that appears:60

seconds/180 seconds/5 minutes/Disable

4. Press the Up/Down button to select a time that the camera will automatically power off if inactive.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

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Note: If you select Disable, the camera will not be powered off until the battery power is depleted or the

camera is turned off manually.

Frequency

Select the light frequency for the local environment. Generally, 60HZ is for the U.S. and 50HZ for Europe

and Japan. The default setting is 60HZ

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Frequency SET appears on the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Frequency option from the SET that appears:50HZ/60HZ.

5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the video standby mode.

Format Memory Card

This function will format the memory card and will erase all files in memory including files that have been
protected.
important: Please use this function with caution. Once formatted all the images stored in the memory will be
erase. This process is irreversible. Please download all images to the PC before formatting the card.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon

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3. The Format Memory Card SET appears on the center of the LCD.

4. Press the Up/Down button to select “Yes” to format, “Cancel” to exit.

5. Press the SET button to confirm.

6. Once the SD card is formatted all the images sitting on the card will be erased and the camera will

revert to the video standby mode.

Firmware v1.0.12

You can restore your camera to the original factory settings.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.

3. The Firmware SET appears in the center of the LCD.

4. Press the SET button to confirm and reset the camera to the original factory settings

Playback Mode

Press the MODE button to enter the Playback mode.
When the icon appears on the top left corner of the LCD screen this indicates that you are in

Playback mode.
Here you can preview the photos and videos you have captured and recorded. In Playback mode you can

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vivilink,rotate, protect, delete ,crop and slide show your photos and you can protect and delete video clips.
You can also print photos directly from your camera using PictBridge.
Note: The message “No File Exist” will appear on the LCD screen if there are no photos or videos in your
camera. Press the MODE button to return to the camera or video mode and begin to take photos or videos.

Full screen to Thumbnail display

When the camera is in the Playback Mode and an image appears on the LCD screen:

1. Press the W button.

2. This will open up the thumbnail display.

3. Press the Up/Down/Left/Right buttons and select a thumbnail of a photo or video.

4. Press the SET button to display the photo or video in full screen.

Zoom In or Out of the Photo

1. Select a JPEG photo.

2. The icon will display on the top left corner of the LCD screen.

3. Press the T button to zoom in the photo.

4. Press the Up/Down/Left/Right button to navigate around the photo.

5. Press the W button to zoom back out it.

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Operation functions for still photos

Select the still photo you want by either selecting it in the thumbnail view first before viewing to full screen or
view the images one by one in your camera by pressing the Right/Left buttons to toggle through the images
that appear on the LCD.

Select the photo you wish to ViviLink,rotate, crop, protect/lock, delete,print or slide show.

ViviLink

Your photos can be tagged for the selected social sharing site when downloaded to the computer.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the ViviLink option.

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the ViviLink option from the SET that appears.

4. Press the SET button to confirm and Press MODE button button to exit.

Rotate

The rotate feature will only work for images on the SD card that is inserted.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the rotate option.

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the Rotate option from the SET that appears.

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4. Press the SET button to confirm how many degrees you want to rotate the photo

5. A “Rotate & Saving” message will appear on the screen. Please wait while the photo is rotated as per
your choice.

6. The photo will now be rotated and saved.

Note:

1. You cannot rotate a protected file. On attempting to rotate a protected file a “This File is
Write-Protected” message will appear on the screen.

2. “No card inserted” will appear on the screen if no SD card is insert. Please insert an SD memory card to
use this function.

Crop Image

Crop your photos to show and save a specific portion of an image or to highlight certain focal points. The
Crop feature lets you zoom in on an image and then save that part of the image as a new photo.
Note: Only photos on the SD Card can be cropped.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the Crop option.

3. Press the Up/Down button to select Crop or Cancel.

4. Press the SET button.

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5. A blue crop rectangle appears on the photo in the LCD screen.

6. Press the W or T buttons to determine the size of the area to crop.

7. Press the Up/Down/Right/Left buttons to navigate the area of the photo you wish to crop.

8. Press the Shutter button for the crop confirmation icons to appear or press the SET button to exit.

9. Press the Shutter button to confirm and save the crop or press the SET button to exit.

10. A Saving screen appears before the cropped photo is saved as a new photo to your camera`s memory
card.

Protect/Lock

You can protect your photos from accidental deletion by selecting the “Lock This Photo” or “Lock All Photos”
feature.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the protect option.

3. Press the Up/Down button to select the Protect options that appear in the SET.

4. Press the SET button.

5. If you select Lock This Photo, a lock icon will appear at the top of the LCD for the photo or video
selected.

Note: To “Unlock This Photo” the current file follow steps 1 through 4. Select “Unlock This Photo” and

press the SET button to unlock the current file.

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Delete

Delete unwanted photos at any time in order to free up memory. You can delete one image at a time or
delete all except the protected photos and videos that are currently stored and saved on the memory card.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the Delete option.

3. Press the Up/Down button to select “Delete This Photo” to delete the current photo you selected. Select

the “Delete All Photo” option to delete all unprotected images. Press Cancel to exit the Delete option if

you do not wish to delete anything at this stage.

4. Press the SET button to confirm.

5. A Delete confirmation message appears.

6. Press the Right/Left button to select “Yes” or “No”.

7. Press SET button to confirm and delete the photo(s).

Note: You cannot delete files that are locked.
Caution: If you choice the“Delete All Photo” option, all the unprotected photo images on your SD card will

be deleted.This process is irreversible and all your images will be lost forever unless you have
saved them or downloaded them to your computer previous to the deletion.

Print This Photo

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You can print the photos directly from the camera with a Pictbridge compatible printer.

1. In playback mode, select the photo you wish to print by pressing the Left/Right button..

2. Press the SET button.

3. Press the Right/Left button to select the icon

4. Press the Up/Down button and select Print This Photo to print photos or press Cancel to exit the SET.

5. Press the SET button to enter the Pictbridge mode.

6. A message will appear on the LCD to “Please connect to device”.

7. Connect your camera to a compatible printer with the USB cable provided to begin printing.

8. “Please wait” will appear on the LCD screen for a moment.Then the print menu will appear on the LCD.

9. If you select the “This Image”, Press the SET button and select “Print” to start printing.

10. The photo you select is printing successfully

Slide Show

You can play back all images recorded on your SD memory card successively.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the Slide Show option.

3. Press the Up/Down button to select the Slide Show options that appears.

4. Press the SET button to confirm.

5. Press the Up button to play back photos and press it again to stop.

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Playing the AVI video file

1. In Playback mode, press the Left/Right buttons to select an AVI video file you wish to play.

2. Alternatively, press the W button to enter the thumbnail mode and select a video. Press the SET button
for the selected video to appear in full screen.

3. Press the Shutter button to play the current AVI file.

4. Press the Shutter button to pause and press it again to continue playing.

5. Press the Up button to stop playing the AVI and revert back to the Playback mode.

Note: Just as with Photos so too Videos can be protected from accidental deletion as well as can be deleted.

ViviLink

Your photos can be tagged for the selected social sharing site when downloaded to the computer.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the ViviLink option.

3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the ViviLink option from the SET that appears.

4. Press the SET button to confirm and Press MODE button button to exit.

Protect/Lock

You can protect your videos from accidental deletion by selecting the “lock” feature.

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1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the protect option.

3. Press the Up/Down button to select the Protect options that appear in the SET.

4. Press the SET button.

5. If you select Lock This Video, a lock icon will appear at the top of the LCD for the video

selected.

Note: To “Unlock This Video” the current file follow steps 1 through 4. Select “Unlock This Video” and

press the SET button to unlock the current file.

Delete

Delete unwanted videos at any time in order to free up memory. You can delete one video clip at a time or

delete all except the protected images that are currently stored and saved on the memory card.

1. Press the SET button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the Delete option.

3. Press the Up/Down button to select “Delete This Video” to delete the current video you selected or

select the corresponding “Delete All Video” option to delete all unprotected images. Press Cancel
to exit the Delete option if you do not wish to delete anything at this stage.

4. Press the SET button to confirm.

5. A Delete confirmation message appears.

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6. Press the Right/Left button to select “Yes” or “No”.

7. Press the SET button to confirm and delete the image(s).

Note: You cannot delete files that are locked.

Caution: If you choice the “Delete All Video”option, all the unprotected images on your SD card will be

deleted.This process is irreversible and all your images will be lost forever unless you have
saved them or downloaded them to your computer previous to the deletion.

Install PhoTags Express Software

NOTE: Make sure that your camera is not connected to the computer.
Insert software CD to your computer. After a few seconds, there will be shown an installing main window on
the screen.
You can “install AP”, “Install DirectX”, “Browse CD”, and “Exit” in this installing main window.

Install Photags Express
Click on the “Install AP” to start installing process. The language window will be shown on the screen and

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you can choose the language you want to use.

And then the installer window will be shown as below.

After you click “Install Photags Express” button, there will be showing some windows that help you to finish

the installing. You are only required to follow the description and click the buttons that it’s defaulted by the

software.
Register online
Click “Register online” button to have a registration. Or you can directly click “Continue” for registration next
time.

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After this step, the main window will appear on the screen.

Everything you need to get the most from your photos

1. Select photos

Select the photos that you download from your camera. And edit it in the software.

2. Edit photos

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Click the “Enhance photos”, “Add captions” from the main window to edit your ideal photos.

3. Share photos

Share your photos via “E-mail”, “Printing”, and “Create HTML web” to uploading online.

4. Workshop

Create “Calendars”, two sides “Greeting cards” and “Postcards” on

standard photo paper. You can purchase “Album” and “Video CD”.

Two additional workshop project online at any time and create
Photo Album and slide shows on CD that can be viewed on your
PC and VCD for viewing on your TV using your DVD player.

Download photos to your PC

Turn on your camera, connect your camera to the computer correctly with USB cable, a “MSDC” will show on
the LCD screen. The screen of PC will be shown a window (Removable Disk H:) as below:

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NOTE: Now you can copy the photos to your computer with two method as below:

1. Download photos directly from windows

Choose “copy pictures to a folder on my computer” on the Removable Disk (H:) window. After you click

“OK”, there will be shown some windows on the screen step by step, you are only required to follow the

description and click the buttons that are defaulted by the system to finish transferring.
Or you can:

1. Click on the START button in Windows.

2. Click on the MY COMPUTER Icon on the desktop.

3. Your memory card will appear as a REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE.

4. Click on the REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE to view the images. The images are stored in the

subfolder called DCM100.

5. You can now copy and paste the images to any directory you choose.

2. Download photos using Photags Express

Double click the Photags Express icon on the desktop to launch the application.

Click the “Get Photos” button on the main window.

The “Get Photos” wizard mode will appear on the screen, you can select “custom copy” to download photos

with your individuation.
Or you can select “Express” option to download all photos to the computer without the option of selecting

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photos. In this mode you will not see a preview of the photos transferred.
Custom copy

This mode is used to manually select the photos you wish to copy to your computer.

The “Device selection” mode will appear. Both your camera and the memory card will each appear in the
“Active Devices” list
Select “Custom copy” click “Next” to continue.
Note: At this moment, you can select “Express” option to copy all photos to your computer.

Select your photos click “Next” to continue.

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Add active captions to the picture. With this feature you can add a date, keywords and categories. Click

“Next” to continue.

Choose a position where you want to place the photos. Click “Finish” to copy the photos to the location you

selected.

Note:

All of the picture you imported will appear in the “Select Photos” main window. And now, you can edit your

photos per your idea, and then download it to your computer. For how to edit the photos, you can refer to the

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Quick Start guide in the Photags Express.

Photags Express software owner manual

You can edit, printing, sharing photos with Photags Express. You can operate it as following step to know
how to use Photags Express:
Launch the Photags Express.
Click “tour” button on the main window to view how to use the photags Express in detail.
Attention：
If Photags Express can not upgrade the DirectX automatically, you can manually install the DirectX in
the CD before using the
Camera, otherwise ,if the edition of DirectX in the windows operation is less than 8.1,then the AVI file can
not be played.

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Transferring photos and videos to your PC manually

Turn on your camera, Change your camera mode to Playback and connect your camera to the computer

correctly with USB cable, the screen will be shown a window (Removable Disk F:) as below:

Click here

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NOTE: Now you can download the photos and videos to your computer with two methods as below:

1. Download photos directly from windows

Choose “copy pictures to a folder on my computer” on the Removable Disk (F:) window. After

you click “OK”, step by step instructions will appear. Follow the description and click the buttons that are
defaulted by the system to finish transferring.

2. Alternatively you can:

1. Click on the MY COMPUTER Icon on the desktop.

2. Your memory card will appear as a REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE.

3. Click on the REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE to view the images. The images are stored in the
subfolder called DCM100.

4. You can now copy and paste the images to any directory you choose.

Transferring photos and videos to your MAC manually

The Photags Express software is not compatible and will not install on a Mac.
In order to transfer photos and videos from your camera to your Macintosh computer:

1. Plug the camera into an available USB port

2. A new drive should mount on the desktop which stores any photos or videos that have been

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taken.

Maintenance of Your Digital Camera

The digital camera is a delicate device. Please handle your camera with care to avoid damaging it.

Appendix A: Technical Specifications

Image Sensor

CMOS Sensor

Image Resolution

4000x3000(12MP)3648x2736(10MP),3264x2448(8MP),
3648x2048(7MP) HD, 2592x1944(5MP),
2048x1536(3MP),1920x1080(2MP) HD, 640x480(VGA)

Video Resolution

640X480(30fps),320X240(30fps)

File Format

JPEG/AVI

External Memory

SD Card (up to 32GB)

LCD Display

2.7 Inch TFT

Lens

F3.0~5.5

Zoom

5X Optical Zoom; 4X Digital Zoom

Exposure

-3.0EV ~ +3.0EV

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White Balance

Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Incandescent , Fluorescent

ISO

Auto/100/200/400

Scene

Auto/Night Portrait/Night
Scenery/Portrait/Scenery/Sport/Party/Beach/High Sensitivity

Flash

Auto /Force/Red Eye Reduction/Off

Self-timer

2, 5 or 10 sec delay

Anti-Shake

Yes

PictBridge

Yes

Face Detect

Yes

Interface

USB 2.0

System Requirements

Window 7/2000/ XP/ Vista/ Mac

Battery

3*AAA(1.5V)

Working Temperature

0~40 ℃

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Appendix B: Troubleshooting

Q: I have taken photos but my computer says, “No photos in camera.” What do I do?
A: First ensure that you have in fact taken photos. Press the Shutter button a few times to take some sample

photos and then try downloading them again.
If you still get a “no photos” error this may mean that your computer may not meet the minimum system
requirements:

At least a Pentium III 300Mhz, AMD Athlon 300Mhz or a Celeron 400MHz or higher as well as at least 128
MB ram. Please note that the older AMD K6 processors will not work. More information about determining
your computer’s specifications can be found in the General Computer Information section.

Q: How do I make sure I don't lose important pictures?
In order to use your camera properly you will need to insert a SD card of up to 8GB. All your images will be
stored on this card. It is recommended to download the images from the card as often as possible, so as to
free up space on the card. This also is a backup if your card gets lost or damaged.
The test photos are saved in limited SDRAM, which requires a constant electric current to store your photos.
Should your camera lose power (for instance if the battery dies or run out of power) the test pictures will be
lost. We recommend always downloading your photos to your computer as soon as possible to prevent
unintentional data loss.
Q: If I have a MAC, will the device work?

The device will work as a removable drive on Mac OS X (10.5.x or higher). And images can be accessed
manually.