Cobra DC4330 Digital Camera User’s Guide
Preface Please read this manual carefully before any operation This Manual covers all proper way of operation of the camera and relevant important notes. We sincerely hope that you read this manual carefully so as to operate the camera properly. 20 minutes’ reading may save you a lot of time. Special attention: Taking compatibility of SD/MMC card into consideration, you must carry this camera to test the SD/MMC card should you need to buy extra SD/MMC card from thirty parties.
C. a) b) c) d) e) f) Special Attention: Before you can use MP3 player function, please let the camera build a directory of “MP3”. Simply move the function switch to the position of “MP3” when the camera is on. You must follow the installation steps of this manual to complete the driver installation. Then follow the instruction of “Image downloading” section of this manual to set the driver mode to “mass storage”. Please store MP3 files under directory of “MP3” of the mass storage.
Contents 1. Brief Introduction ……………………………………………………………… 4 Outlook TFT Screen Definition of buttons Storage medium 2. Preparation before use ………………………………………………………… 5 Loading battery Loading SD/MMC card 3. Features and specifications …………………………………………………..… 6 Image / video clips Main Menu Playback image / video clips MP3 Others 4. Operations ……………………………………………………………………..…7 Power on / off Battery level Inspection Take photos / video clips Setting of main menu 5. Software Installation …………………………………………………………...
1. Brief Introduction 1. Outlook As per Figure-1 Lens Flash lamp Figure-1 2. TFT Screen As per Figure-2 1) Shooting mode 2) Battery level Indicator 3) Image resolution mode 4) Flash mode 5) Self-timer mode 6) Focus Frame 7) White balance mode 8) Indicator of free space left in number of image AWB Figure-2 3. Definition of buttons 1) 2) 3) 4) Power button: On/Off Function button: toggle of capture, playback and MP3 function.
5) Arrow button: Left arrow (“ ”): In playback mode, it is used to select image; In menu mode, it is used for selecting menu; In MP3 mode, it is used to select previous song. Right arrow (“ ”): In playback mode, it is used to toggle white-balance mode; in menu mode, it is used to select menu; In MP3 mode, it is used to select next song. Up arrow (“ ”): In play mode, it is used to zoom in TFT display; in menu mode, it is used to select menu; In MP3 mode, it is used to increase volume.
2. Loading SD/MMC 1) 2) 3) Open the battery tank cover Insert the SD/MMC card into the slot in the indicated direction Close the battery tank cover 3. Feature and specifications of camera 1. Shoot of images / video clips 1) 2) 3) 4) Single Shoot: Shoot of single image Video Shoot: Shoot of video clips Continuous Shoot: Continuous shoot of 3 images Flash: Force no flash, force flash, auto flash 2.
4. Operations 1. Power on/off Make sure that you have loaded the batteries. Press and hold the power button for 1~2 seconds, the camera is powered on with flash of power indicator and TFT screen on. Please press and hold the power button for 1~2 seconds again to power off. The camera will be powered off with flash of power indicator and TFT screen off. (Notes: you should get the batteries out of camera for long time storage, otherwise the camera may be damaged by possible leakage of battery) 2.
3) Flash Mode Under browser mode, press “OK” button to toggle flash mode (“ ”, “ ”and “ ”): : Force No Flash : Auto Flash : Force Flash The default mode is Force No Flash 4) White Balance Mode Under Browser mode, press arrow button (“ white balance mode: AWB: Auto White Balance ”) to toggle SETUP QUALITY EXPOSURE SOUND AUTO OFF LANGUAGE DRIVER EXIT : Sunny : Cloudy Figure-7 : Fluorescent : Tungstenic The default mode is AUTO 4.
move the pointer to “Exposure compensation” and press confirm button to pop up sub-menu: +1.5 → For low brightness environment. compensation increases by 1.5 units Exposure +1.0 → For low brightness environment. compensation increases by 1.0 units Exposure +0.5 → For low brightness environment. compensation increases by 0.5 unit Exposure 0 → Brightness is normal and no exposure compensation is needed (Default) -0.5 → High brightness. Exposure compensation less 0.5 units. -1.0 → High brightness.
EXIT Use up and down button to move the pointer to select the desired language and press OK button to confirm. The sub-menu will close automatically and the setting is saved. Driver Setting Digital camera driver: 2 different download methods are available to download the images from the camera.
Notes: Video clip can not record voice . 2）Delete and Format： Use “left” and “right” key to select“ ”，and press OK button or “down” button，TFT screen display interface as per figure-14： Delete method DELETE THIS → Delete the current file in memory or SD/MMC card. DELETE ALL → Delete all files in memory or SD/MMC card. Figure-14 FORMAT → Format EMS memory or SD/MMC card. EXIT → Exit menu Use “ ” 、 “ automatically. ” button to move pointer, and confirm.
5. Software Installation 1. WIN98/2000 1）Driver for PC camera mode Connect with power, and turn it on. On the menu screen, select “driver settings”, press menu button to trigger main menu. Use up and down button to select “driver settings” from the advanced setting menu. Then select “PC camera mode” in the sub-menu. The camera has been set to PC camera mode. Connect camera to PC through USB cable. Figure-18 Figure-19 A window pops up. Click “Next” continue.
Figure-22 Figure-23 2）Driver of removable disk Set driver of camera as removable disk, and rest operation is same as above. Note：WINME, WIN2000 and XP can upgrade driver for removable disk automatically, so it does no need driver. 2. WINME/XP 1）Driver for PC camera mode Turn on camera. “Main menu” “advance settings” “driver settings” “PC camera mode”, the camera has been set to PC camera mode. Connect camera to PC through USB cable. A dialogue window will pop up.
Figure-26 Figure-27 Figure-28 2）Driver of removable disk Set driver as removable disk driver, and rest operation is same as point 1. Note：WINXP system can upgrade driver for removable disk automatically. So it does not need driver under WINXP. 6. Image downloading 1. Select “driver settings” from menu by arrow buttons and confirm, then submenu will appear 2. On submenu screen, select driver and click “YES” to close menu. Connect camera to computer via USB cable. 2.
7. Features and specification 1. Maximum pixels: 2432 X 1824 2. Actual pixels: 1600 X 1200 3. Color: 24 Bits 4. Sensitivity of Light: ISO100-400 5. Shutter: 1/10~1/1000 6. Self-timer: 10s 7. Digital zoom: 4X 8. Flash index: GN4 9. Flash restore time: 5s 10. Focus of lens: 9.8mm(Equal to 43.3mm focus of 35mm camera lens) 11. F number: F/2.8 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Field: 55° Range: 1.2m~∞ Optical capture rate: 0.
