VTech Kidizoom Twist Plus User Manual

© 2013 VTech

Printed in China

91-001660-003UK

User’s Manual

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INTRODUCTION

Kidizoom® Twist Plus is a fun, durable and easy to use 2 megapixel
digital camera with a twisting lens: take photos or movies of your friends,
then take fantastic self portraits. You can also add a range of great photo
effects to make your pictures really stand out! Rotate the rotary ring on

the front of the camera to add cool colour lters! The camera features
a 4x digital zoom, built-in ash, 2.2” colour screen, 5 great games,
dual view nders and a great voice recording feature with 5 different

voice changing effects. There is also an editing feature allowing you
to enhance your photos with a variety of frames, stamps and wacky
effects. In addition, you can create your very own photo animations
using the new feature Animation Maker or make talking albums!

If you want more, connect your Kidizoom

®

Twist Plus to your

computer and download extra photo effects, apps and games from the
VTech Learning Lodge. Some new carnival effects will be available for
download as a free gift for registering your camera.

There is 256 MB of memory built into the camera, or you can use a

microSD card to expand the memory and store even more photos and
videos!

FEATURES

PRODUCT LAYOUT AND BUTTONS

Introduction / Features

Shutter button

On/off button

OK button

Zoom wheel

Magic button

Delete button

Home button

Playback
button

Volume button

Flash button

View nder

Twisting lens

4-Directional
cursor buttons

Flash

USB port

microSD
card slot

Mic

Rotary ring

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On/Off
Press this button to turn the camera on or off.

Shutter Button

Press this button to take a photo, start or stop the video recording.

Playback Button

Press this button to browse your photos or videos.

4-Directional Cursor Button

Press these buttons to move the cursor and make selections.

Home Button
Press this button to go to the main menu or go back to the previous

submenu.

OK Button

Press this button to conrm a choice or action.

Tips: The OK button can also be used to take a photo when in camera
mode.

Magic Button

Press this button to add effects to photos and video or to display the
effect menu in other modes.

Rotary Ring

Turn the Rotary Ring to add or change the colour lter effect in camera

or video modes.

Flash Button

When in camera mode, press this button to switch between auto-ash,
forced ash on and ash off.

Volume Button
Press the volume button and then the left or right cursor buttons to

adjust the volume.

Delete Button

Press this button to delete a photo, video or voice le.

Zoom Wheel

Push this button upwards to zoom in, push it downwards to zoom out.

USB Port

Plug the included USB cable into this port to connect to your computer.

Memory Card Slot

Insert a microSD card here for memory expansion.

Features

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INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE

• 1 VTech® Kidizoom® Twist Plus

• 1 USB cable

• 1 wrist strap

• 1 user’s manual

WARNING: All packing materials, such as tape, plastic sheets,

packaging locks and tags are not part of this toy, and
should be discarded for your child’s safety.

NOTE: Please keep user’s manual as it contains important
information.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Display 2.2” TFT colour LCD

Photo
Resolution

1600 X 1200 (2.0 MP) or 640 X 480 (0.3 MP)

Video
Resolution

320 X 240 pixel @15 fps

Video Length

limit per le

5 minutes when using internal memory

10 minutes when using SD card memory

Digital Zoom 4X

Focus Range 1.5 feet - ∞

Flash Range 3 – 9 feet

Internal Memory 256 MB built-in memory (shared with program

data, actually memory available for user storage
will be less)

File Format Photos: Standard Baseline JPEG

Videos: AVI (Motion JPEG)

Memory Card
Format And
Capacity

microSD / microSDHC card (not included) with

capacity from 1 GB to 32 GB are recommended

Connectivities USB 2.0 cable (included) for computer connection

Batteries 4 X AA (LR6) alkaline batteries

Operating
Temperature

0 - 40°C

Product Specifications

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STORAGE CAPACITY FOR REFERENCE

Memory size

2.0 MP
photos

0.3 MP
photos

Video in 320 X 240

(minutes)

Internal memory ~350 ~1400 ~10

Memory

card

2 GB ~4,000 ~16,000 ~100

4 GB ~8,000 ~32,000 ~200

8 GB ~16,000 ~64,000 ~400

16 GB ~32,000 ~128,000 ~800

NOTE: The above amounts are approximations, the actual capacity
depends on the shooting environments.

The video length limit is 5 minutes per le when using the internal
memory and 10 minutes per le when using a memory card.

GETTING STARTED

BATTERY INSTALLATION

Note: Adult assembly is required for battery installation.

• Make sure the camera is turned OFF.

• Locate the battery covers on the bottom of the camera. Open the

battery covers by separately pressing each trigger inwards.

• Install 4 new AA batteries (2 on each side) as illustrated.

• Replace each battery cover with the arrow on the trigger pointing

inwards and push down until they click into position.

Getting Started

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BATTERY NOTICE

• Use new alkaline batteries for maximum performance.

• Use only batteries of the same or equivalent type as recommended.

• Do not mix different types of batteries: alkaline, standard (carbon-

zinc) or rechargeable (Ni-Cd, Ni-MH), or new and used batteries.

• Do not use damaged batteries.

• Insert batteries with the correct polarity.

• Do not short-circuit the battery terminals.

• Remove exhausted batteries from the toy.

• Remove batteries during long periods of non-use.

• Do not dispose of batteries in re.

• Do not charge non-rechargeable batteries.

• Remove rechargeable batteries from the toy before charging

(if removable).

• Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult supervision.

Disposal of batteries and product

The crossed-out wheelie bin symbols on products and
batteries, or on their respective packaging, indicates they
must not be disposed of in domestic waste as they contain
substances that can be damaging to the environment and
human health.

The chemical symbols Hg, Cd or Pb, where marked, indicate

that the battery contains more than the specied value of
mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) or lead (Pb) set out in Battery
Directive (2006/66/EC).

The solid bar indicates that the product was placed on the

market after 13th August, 2005.

Help protect the environment by disposing of your product or
batteries responsibly.

For more information, please visit:

www.recycle-more.co.uk

www.recyclenow.com

Battery Notice

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MEMORY CARD INSTALLATION

• Kidizoom® Twist Plus supports the below memory cards for memory

expansion.

• Make sure the camera is turned OFF.

• Locate the memory card slot at the bottom of the camera.

• Pull up the rubber cover.

• Insert the memory card (not included)

as illustrated. Once the memory card is
detected and can be used, the default
memory will set as the memory card
automatically.

• To remove the memory card from the

slot, push the card once and it will eject.

NOTE: If the memory card is being used, data stored in the internal
memory cannot be seen in the camera unless the memory card
is removed. To prevent accidental data loss, make sure you have
backed up all important data from your memory card before using.

TO BEGIN USING
KIDIZOOM® TWIST PLUS

• Press the ON/OFF Button to turn on the camera.

• If it is the rst time that you are turning on the camera, the Try-me
demo movie will start playing. Press the Shutter Button

to exit the
Try-me demo mode. The Try-me demo will be disabled and will not
play again on start-up.

• After the camera exits demo mode, you can set the time and date.

Press the Up

or Down Cursor Button to select the correct day,

month, year, hour and minute. Press the Left or Right Cursor

Button to jump to the previous or the next settings item. Finally press
the OK Button to conrm that setting. If you wish to change the

date & time later, please go to Settings.

• After the Try-me demo mode has been disabled, when turning the

To Begin Using Kidizoom

®

Twist Plus

microSD Logo and microSDHC Logo are trademarks of SD-3C, LCC

microSD

microSDHC

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camera on, it will go directly into the preview screen of the camera
mode and you can start taking photos.

• Press the Home Button

to go to the main menu where you can

enter other activities.

• Press the ON/OFF Button

again to turn the camera off.

BATTERY STATUS

When the screen shows a Low Battery icon , we recommend installing
a fresh set of batteries as soon as possible.The unit will not work properly
when it shows the Batteries Exhausted icon . New batteries should be
inserted before further use.

AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF

To preserve battery life, Kidizoom® Twist Plus will automatically turn
off after 3 minutes without operation in the Camera or Movies modes.
In other modes, the auto-off time is 2 minutes. While using Wacky Slide

Show, the auto-off time is 15 minutes.

CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER

You can connect Kidizoom® Twist Plus to a PC or Mac computer using

the included USB cable. Once connected, you can transfer les between

the camera and computer. Please follow the below steps to make the
connection.

• Turn the camera OFF before connecting to a computer.

• Pull up the rubber cover of the USB port at the bottom of your camera.

• Insert the USB cable (small end) into the USB port on the camera.

• Insert the larger end of the USB cable into a USB port on the computer.
A USB port is usually marked with this symbol

.

• Two removable drives called VTech 1408 and VT SYSTEM will
appear. VTech 1408 is for storage of your data, VT SYSTEM is for

storage of system data and cannot be accessed. If there is a memory
card in the camera, the removable drive will show the content on the
memory card only.

Connecting To A Computer

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To avoid any potential damage to your Kidizoom® Twist Plus

• When the USB cable is not connected to the unit, ensure the USB
rubber cover is fully covering the USB port of the camera.

• Please ensure the microSD card slot rubber cover of the camera is
tted in place.

NOTE:
Once the camera is connected to your computer, do not insert or
remove the memory card and do not disconnect the camera while

les are uploading or downloading. After you have nished, remove

the camera by following the steps to safely remove hardware from
your computer. You can then physically unplug the camera from
the computer.

To back up photo or video les taken by the camera:

• Locate and open the DCIM folder in the removable drive VTech 1408.

• Your photos or video les will be placed in the subfolder 100VTECH.
Drag and drop the les to a location in your computer for back up.

To back up voice les recorded by the camera:

• Locate and open the VOICE folder in the removable drive VTech

1408.

• Drag and drop the recorded voice les to a location in your computer

for back up.

To transfer photo or video les to the camera:

• Select the photo or video les you would like to upload from your
computer rst.

• Locate and open the DOWNLOAD folder in the removable drive
VTech 1408, drag and drop the photo les into the PHOTO subfolder,
or VIDEO subfolder for video les.

NOTE:

• Do not transfer photo or video les created by other cameras to

Kidizoom

®

Twist Plus, as these le formats may not be compatible.

• To download extra fun effects, applications or games to the camera,

please refer to the Download section in this manual.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPUTER CONNECTION:
Microsoft

®

Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7 or Windows® 8

Operating System or Macintosh Computer with Mac OS X version 10.5,

10.6, 10.7 or 10.8.

Connecting To A Computer