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Quick Start Guide
Vivicam 3730 Quick Start Guide
Front
Back
Battery Installation
1. Turn camera upside-down.
2. Open the battery cover by pushing and sliding into
the side.
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Lens
Viewfinder
Flash
Microphone
Self-timer lamp
Viewfinder
Operation lamp
/ Continuous shutter /
Right button
/ Zoom Out /
Down button
LCD Monitor screen
Power button
/ /Stop button
/ Self-timer /
Left button
/ / Flash
/ Play
/ Pause button
button
/ Zoom In /
Up button
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3. Check inscription on battery chamber for correct
negative/positive installation.
4. Install 2-AA alkaline batteries.
5. Close battery cover.
Camera Working Mode
You can select the camera’s working mode by using the Mode dial located on the
top of the camera. There are 4 working modes
in this camera.
Auto Photo Mode ( )
In this mode, the camera will automatically
set the exposure and white balance according to your shooting environment.
Manual Photo Mode ( )
You can manually set the exposure and white balance before shooting.
Playback Mode ( )
1. Replay or delete images from the camera memory storage.
2. Download and display image at your computer.
3. Print images directly to a connected printer.
Video Mode ( )
1. Use this mode to record movies.
2. You can also manually set the exposure and white balance before recording
the video.
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Align point
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Taking Pictures
There are two Camera Working Modes for you to take a picture. In the Auto Mode,
all you have to do is to press the shutter button and let the camera judges the
environment conditions for you. In the Manual Mode, you can manually adjust the
exposure and set the white balance based on different environment condition.
1. Select the Mode dial to Auto ( ) or Manual ( ).
2. Press the POWER button to power on the camera.
3. Press Shutter button half way and align the auto
focus mark on the subject you want to take. When
the focus is locked, the auto focus mark turns into
green.
4. Take a picture by pressing the shutter button
further. When it makes a sound, the image has
been taken and will be recorded on the card or
on board memory.
Adjusting the Exposure And Setting the White Balance
You can manually set the exposure value (EV value) and the white balance mode
to match different type of light source. Please refer to Page 22 of user’s manual.
Exposure Compensation:
EV Value Range: -2EV to +2EV
Steps: 1/3V
White Balance Modes:
· AUTO - Normal conditions
(camera adjusts white balance automatically)
· - Outdoor daylight
· - Shade
· - Indoors, illuminated by tungsten lighting
· - Indoors, illuminated by fluorescent lighting
· - converts images to black and white
Changing the Picture Resolution and Quality (Compression)
You can change the resolution and quality setting of images you will record.
Please refer to page 24 of user manual.
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Auto
Manual
Mode
Video
: Available
X
X
X
X
: Not Available
X
Using Digital Zoom
When the LCD screen is on in Auto or Manual Mode, you can zoom in the subject by
using UP/DOWN button ( / ) before the image is taken. Please refer to page
26 of user’s manual.
Recording Video images
This camera performs video-recording function.
Please refer to page 28 of user’s manual.
Flash available in each shooting mode
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Resolution
Display
Icon
2048 x 1536 (Large)
1600 x 1200 (Medium-1)
1024 x 768 (Medium-2)
640 x 480 (Small)
Icon
Display
Quality
Economy
Normal
Fine
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Reviewing Your Pictures and Videos
Viewing Pictures
Select the Mode dial to Playback ( ) to view pictures and images.
1. You can view up to 9 images at a time by using the THUMBNAIL function ( ).
Please refer to page 31 of user’s manual.
2. In Playback mode, use RIGHT/LEFT button to scroll the images.
3. When viewing a single image in Playback Mode, you can magnify the image you
selected by using UP/DOWN button. The scale of magnification is x1.0 ~ x4.0.
Please refer to page 32 of user’s manual.
Deleting Pictures
You can delete single or all images in Playback mode. Please refer to page 33 of user’s
manual.
Running a Slide Show
View your pictures on the camera LCD screen by using the Slide Show feature. The
pictures appear for a period of 5 sec. or 10 sec. upon the time you set. Please refer to
page 37 of user’s manual.
Downloading Images to a Computer
There are two ways to download images taken with the camera to a computer.
1. Directly from the SD card. Please refer to page 45 of user’s manual.
2. Connect the camera to a computer via the USB cable. Please refer to page 46 of
user’s manual.
A. If operating system is Windows 98/98SE, make sure that you install the USB
driver that comes on the bundled CD-ROM first. Please refer to Page 45 and 48
of user’s manual.
B. Connect the supplied USB cable to the computer’s USB port.
C. Turn on your camera, and your computer will detect the camera and then auto-
matically complete the camera installation.
D. A “ Removable Disk” will be displayed under “ My Computer”.
E. Double-click the “ Removable Disk” and you will see a “DCIM” folder.
F. All the images stored on your camera memory storage are transferred to the “
DCIM” folder.
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