Vivitar VIV-CV-1225V User manual

VIV-CV-1225V

Digital Binocular Camera

User Manual

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Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 2

What‟s Included ............................................................................................................................ 2

Computer System Requirements – WINDOWS OS ..................................................................... 3

Computer System Requirements – MAC OS ............................................................................... 3

Parts of the Camera ..................................................................................................................... 4

Initial Camera Setup ..................................................................................................................... 5

Powering ON/OFF Your Digital Camera ....................................................................................... 7

Camera Button Functionality ........................................................................................................ 8

Photo Capture (Shoot) Mode ....................................................................................................... 9

Menu Mode: Changing the Camera Settings ............................................................................. 10

Menu Mode: Changing the General Camera Settings ................................................................ 14

Playback Mode ........................................................................................................................... 17

Binocular Feature ....................................................................................................................... 17

Installing the Software ................................................................................................................ 18

Connecting the Camera to the Computer ................................................................................... 19

Getting Photos from your Camera to Your Computer ................................................................. 20

Get started!................................................................................................................................. 21

Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually (Using Windows) ............................ 22

Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually (Using Macintosh) .......................... 22

Camera Maintenance ................................................................................................................. 23

Sakar Warranty Card .................................................................................................................. 24

Technical Support ....................................................................................................................... 25

Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 25

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this Digital Binocular Camera. This device can be used as a digital camera as well as binoculars. Everything you need to take quality digital photos is included with your camera.

Vivitar makes capturing those special moments as easy as possible.

Please read this manual carefully first in order to get the most out of your digital camera.

Note: Your camera needs an SD Memory card (up to 8GB) for normal use. SD Memory cards are not included and need to be purchased separately.

What’s Included

1) Digital Binocular Camera

2) USB cable

3) Vivitar Experience Image Manager software Installation CD

4) Attached Neck Strap

Note: SD Memory Card and batteries not included.

Computer System Requirements – WINDOWS OS

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

 Microsoft® Windows XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 or Windows 7  Pentium® 4 processor (or above)

 250 MB available hard disk space  512 MB of RAM

 16-bit Color monitor  1024 X 768 Recommended screen resolution   CD ROM Drive  QuickTime® 6 or higher  Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7 or higher  Windows Media Player 10 or higher  DirectX 9 or higher

 Internet connection required

Computer System Requirements – MAC OS

 Intel processor running Mac OS X v10.5 or later  250 MB available hard disk space  256 MB RAM  Display: 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor  QuickTime® 6 or higher  Internet connection required

Parts of the Camera

Next Button

Preview/OK Button

Screen Button

MENU/Left Button

Shoot/Right Button

Power Button

Eyepiece Focus Knob

USB Slot / SD Card Slot

LCD Screen

Battery Compartment

Telescopic Funnel

Initial Camera Setup

INSTALLING THE BATTERIES

1) Slide Open the battery compartment, located on the bottom of the camera.

2) Insert 2 x AA (1.5V) batteries.

3) Alkaline batteries are recommended.

4) Close the battery compartment.

Battery Indictor

When your camera is powered on, an icon indicating how much battery power remains can be seen on the top left section of the LCD screen. There are 4 icons indicating your battery power consumption level:

Full Battery

Two lattice – battery half full

One lattice – battery ¼ full

Empty Battery – replace the batteries

INSTALLING THE SD MEMORY CARD

1) An SD Memory Card (up to 8GB) must be installed in the camera for normal use.

2) IMPORTANT: The camera will not capture photos without an SD card. SD Memory Cards are not included and must be purchased separately.

3) Flip open the SD Card Slot cover.

4) Insert the SD Memory Card until a click sound is heard.

5) Make sure the SD card is properly inserted.

 When the camera is powered on, and SD icon can be seen on the bottom right of

the LCD screen. This indicates that the SD card is properly inserted.

 If the SD card is not properly inserted, the SD icon is shown with a red „X‟ and in

the center of the LCD screen an alert icon appears .

 If the SD card is locked, an SD icon with a key appears in the center of the LCD

screen. In order to continue capturing images take the SD card out, unlock it then reinsert the SD card.

 If the SD card is full, an SD icon with a red rectangle appears in the center of the

LCD screen. This indicates that no further images can be captured. In order to continue capturing images you can:

- select images to delete using the Delete menu options in Playback Mode.

- save your captured images by copying the images from the SD card onto your computer then deleting them from your SD card (using the Vivitar Experience Image Manager or manually – see related topics in Manual).

- insert a new SD card with free space.

Note: When you insert or remove an SD card, the camera will shut off automatically.

Powering ON/OFF Your Digital Camera

 Make sure the batteries have been inserted properly into your digital camera.

Insert 2 AA Batteries (1.5V) in the battery compartment of your camera. Alkaline batteries are recommended.

 Make sure an SD Memory card has been inserted into your camera.

(SD card up to 8GB - SD Card not included)

POWERING THE CAMERA ON

1) Press and hold for 3 seconds the Power button to turn your camera ON.

2) The camera will emit a beep and the LCD monitor will light up.

Note: When there is an SD card inserted, it may take a bit longer for the LCD monitor to activate.

3) The camera will be in Photo Capture (Shoot) Mode to start.

POWERING THE CAMERA OFF

While the camera is on, you can press and hold for 2 seconds the Power button again at any point to turn your camera OFF.

AUTO POWER OFF FEATURE

Your digital camera also has an Auto Power Off feature that will automatically turn off your camera after three minutes of time that your camera is left idle. After sitting idle for 3 minutes, the camera will shut off completely and will need to be powered on again with the power button before the next use. The Auto Power Off settings can be set OFF or ON from the Auto Power Off settings in the camera Menu Mode options.

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