Digital Video User Guide
Table of Contents Getting Started Getting to Know Your Digital Video...............................................3 Using the Panel............................................................. ..........4 Power.................................................................................. 5 Modes.................................................................................. 6 Mode Switch Button..................................................................7 Movie Mode Taking Movies................
Shutter/Set Zoom Power Button (Note: Shutter button is equal to “SET” in setup menu.
Getting Started Using the Panel Back/Self-timer REC/PLAY sub-mode switch Movie/Camera Mode Switch Play/ Pause MENU Stop Delete/LCD(On/Off) Volume/Night Shot NEXT/Quality En 4
Power On/Off Nudge the Power slider to activate your Digital Video. Nudge it again to turn this Digital Video off. Getting Started Power If you leave your Digital Video unused for 3 minutes, the Power will turn off. (Only if the Auto-Off is on, see the section AutoOff.) Power Low If your battery is low, you will see a battery icon ( )shown on the top center of the LCD. If your battery is about to run out, you will see a blinking battery icon ( ) shown on the top center of the LCD.
Getting Started Modes Power On Recorder Sub-Mode Playback Sub-Mode Movie Mode Recorder Sub-Mode USB connected Playback Sub-Mode Camera Mode Mass Storage Mode PC Camera Mode Before connected to PC(Movie Mode/Camera Mode) Before connected to PC, Digital Video has two modes: Movie Mode and Camera Mode. Movie Mode lets you take sound videos.Camera Mode lets you take pictures.Each mode has a recorder sub-mode and a play-back sub-mode.
Connected to PC(Mass Storage Mode/PC Camera Mode) Mass Storage Mode Connect your Digital Video to a computer, it will turn to Mass Storage Mode. In Mass Storage Mode, your Digital Video acts exactly like a hard disk. That means you can access it via the Windows user interface. You can copy, move or delete pictures or movies exactly the way you manipulate files. (Note: Please do not copy any files into the DCIM folder of your Digital Video. Otherwise it may cause Digital Video unstable or crash.
Getting Started Mode Switch Button Press the Mode Switch button to switch between two primary modes: Movie Mode When powering on your Digital Video, it will be in Movie Mode. Camera Mode You can press the Mode Switch button to shift to Camera Mode. Press the Mode Switch button again to return to Movie Mode.
Movie Mode Taking Movies Taking Your First Movie 1 Press Power 2 Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture Zoom in or Zoom out 3 4 Press Shutter to start recording Press Shutter again to stop En 9
Movie Mode Playback Movies Playback a Movie 1 Switch to Playback sub-mode 2 Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to preview When press Zoom-in, it will show 1 movie on the LCD. When press Zoom-out, it will show movie thumbnails on the LCD.
3 Press Next or Back to navigate 4 Press Play to start 5 Press Play again to pause 6 Press Stop to stop Movie Mode Playback Movies En 11
Movie Mode Video Format/Video Out Video Format This Digital Video uses Motion JPEG as its digital video format. Motion JPEG (different from MPEG) is a compact video format supported by both Microsoft’s Windows Media Player and Apple Computer’s QuickTime. You can play it on most Windows and Mac OS computers. There are a lot of freeware or shareware programs that supports playing or editing in Motion JPEG format. Video Out This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set.
Taking Your First Picture 1 Press Power 2 3 Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture Switch to Camera Mode Camera Mode Taking Pictures Zoom in or Zoom out 4 Press Shutter to take a picture En 13
Camera Mode Night Shot Taking a night shot Night shot is 1 second exposure to let you take a picture at night or in dim light.
Camera Mode Playback Pictures Playback a picture 1 2 Switch to Playback sub-mode Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to preview When press Zoom-in, it will show 1 picture on the LCD. When press Zoom-out, it will show picture thumbnails on the LCD.
Main Functions Changing the Quality Setting Movie Recorder Sub-Mode You can change the movie’s quality setting whenever you want. 1. In Movie Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner. Which could be “ ” for fine quality, “ ” for normal quality. Fine quality Normal quality Camera Recorder Sub-Mode You can change the picture’s resolution setting whenever you want. button. 1. In Camera Mode, press the 2.
the last video number While you’re filming, the last video’s number and recording timer will be displayed on the LCD. Main Functions The Video Number and Recording Timer The Recording Time of video 10 The Picture Counter Picture counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the top right corner of your LCD. If you have taken thirty pictures, your LCD will display “30”.
Main Functions Using Self-Timer This Digital Video has a built-in 10 second self-timer. 1 2 Press Timer Press Shutter to start The LCD Display LCD On/Off To save energy, Digital Video allows you to switch off the LCD panel. In Playback Mode, the LCD will always be on. In Recorder Mode, press the button to turn the LCD on or off. Volume Adjust(only for Movie Mode) You can adjust playback volume by using En 18 or .
Delete one 1 Switch to Playback sub-mode 2 Press Next or Back to select one, then press 3 Press Shutter to confirm Main Functions Delete En 19
Main Functions Delete Delete All 1 Follow the same steps as “Delete one”, then press could directly press Del one 2 again. Or you twice in Playback submode. Del All Press Shutter to confirm Note: You can press Menu to exit “Delete One” or “Delete All”.
Memory Full If your Digital Video’s memory card is full, you can not take any new picture. So when you press the Shutter to take a picture, the LCD will display a huge icon in the center. The icon will be shown for 2 seconds to remind you of it, then it will be hidden unless you press the Shutter again. Advanced Functions Attention Icon No Card If you don’t install a MMC card or SD card in this Digital Video, the LCD will display “NO CARD” in the center.
Advanced Functions Setup 1 Press Menu 2 Press Next or Back to select 3 4 Press Menu again to quit Press Shutter to change Under the menu, you can setup the BEEP ON/OFF, AUTO-OFF, FORMAT the memory card, analog video output format (NTSC/PAL) and 50Hz/60Hz (power supply). Beep On/Off If you choose Beep On, there will be beep sound when you press the button. If you choose Beep Off, there will be soundless when you press the button.
YES Advanced Functions Format your Memory Card If you want to erase all movies, pictures and other files, you can select FORMAT under the menu and press SET to wipe out the memory completely. If you want to keep your memory contents, press MENU to quit. NO NTSC/PAL NTSC/PAL are two incompatiable analog TV singal formats. You can toggle between NTSC and PAL to your TV set’s preference. NTSC: North America and Japan PAL: U.K.
Advanced Functions Notice for video clip playback on PC Our video clip adopts Microsoft latest video technology(Direct X 8.0). Therefore user(Mindows 98, 2000) needs to install our enclosed Direct X to playback the video clip files. Note: Direct X is a program to upgrade Microsoft’s Media Player codec.
