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Table of Contents Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video Camera..................................... 3 Understanding the Control Panel....................................... .......... 5 Power...................................................................................6 Modes...................................................................................7 DV Mode Taking Movies........................................................................10 Video Out............................
Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video Camera Front View Shutter button Zoom Lever Power Button Speaker Focus Ring Lens Battery cover Front LED Flash (Optional) Microphone Back View Control Panel MMC/SD card cover USB/Earphone cover LCD Screen En 3
Getting Started Getting to know your Digital Video-continued Side View Battery Slot Back View MMC/SD card slot AV out/Earphone jack USB port En 4
Getting Started Understanding the Control Panel Display Menu DV/DSC/DVR/MP3 Mode Switch Record/ Playback Mode Switch Exit/ Stop Play/Pause/ Enter Back/Down/Self-timer Volume/Hold(Press 2 Sec.
Getting Started Power Power On/Off Press the power button to turn your digital video camera on and off. Power Low When the battery is running low, a battery icon ( ) will appear on the top of the LCD. When the battery is about to run out, a blinking battery icon ( ) will appear on the top of the LCD. Your digital video camera will shutdown automatically in a few seconds.
Getting Started Modes Power On DV Record Mode DSC Record Mode DVR Record Mode MP3 Mode USB connected PLAYBACK Mode Mass Storage Mode En 7
Getting Started Modes-continued DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR Mode/MP3 Mode/PLAYBACK Mode This unit provides 4 modes. These modes are: 1.DV Mode: take videos with sound 2.DSC Mode: take pictures 3.DVR Mode: record voice messages. 4.MP3 Mode: listen to MP3 music. You can switch among these four modes by pressing . By pressing , you can switch to PLAYBACK mode to review your videos, pictures and voice messages. DV Mode/DSC Mode/DVR mode shares the same PLAYBACK mode.
Getting Started Modes-continued Connecting to PC (Mass Storage Mode) USB Cable USB port Using Console (Not applicable to MAC computers) Connect your Digital Video to a computer with an USB cable. Mass Storage Mode Connect your digital video camear to a computer. In Mass Storage Mode, it acts exactly like a hard disk. You can now drag and drop your pictures, movies, voice messages and MP3 files between the computer and your digital video camera. Note: 1.Please do not copy any files into the DCIM folder.
DV Mode Taking Movies 2 1 Press Power 2 Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your video Switch to DV Mode Zoom in or Zoom out En 10 3 Press Shutter button to start recording 4 Press Shutter button again to stop
DV Mode Taking Movies-continued The recording timer While you’re filming, the recording timer will be displayed on the LCD. Before Recording Total estimative recordable time While Recording The recording time Video Out This Digital Video can output analog video to a home TV set. To configure the Digital Video, please refer to the NTSC/PAL section.
DSC Mode Taking Pictures 1 3 Press Power 2 Switch to DSC Mode Press Zoom lever to adjust the magnification ratio.
DSC Mode Taking Pictures-continued The Picture Counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the upper-right corner of your LCD. It will show the number of the total recordable files of this Digital Video. Total estimative recordable files Macro/Portrait Mode You may set your camera to (macro mode) for closeup focus or to (portrait mode) for normal range focus. Turn the focus ring to switch between modes.
DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages 1 3 4 En 14 Press Power 2 Switch to DVR Mode Press Shutter button to start recording Press Shutter button again to stop
DVR Mode Recording Voice Messages-continued The recording timer While recording voice messages, the recording timer will display on the upper-right corner of your LCD.
MP3 Mode Listening to MP3 Music En 16 1 Press Power 3 Press UP or DOWN to select a track 4 Press to play MP3 music 2 5 Switch to MP3 Mode Press to pause
MP3 Mode Listening to MP3 Music-continued 6 Press to stop MP3 information Current track/ Total tracks The title of the selected track NOTE: The title of the tracks will display ONLY in alphabetical letters. Title with illegal characters will display in “TRACK001”, “TRACK002”, and “TRACK003” and so on. Playing MP3s with the displaying panel closed You may close the displaying panel while playing MP3s and use the Zoom lever to select sound and Shutter button to play or pause.
PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback 1 Switch to PLAYBACK mode 2 The information of the selected file will display on the LCD.
PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback-continued The following steps are only applicable to DV and DVR files.
PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback Preview in multiple/single view or hide the information En 20 1 Press to preview in single view 2 Press again to hide the information 3 Press again to preview in multiple view
PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback-continued Edit the beginning and ending of a video clip (optional) This function is only available on certain model 1 2 3 Press Press Press to bring up the menu to select “EDIT FILM” to advance to a position and press to set it as the starting point of the video clip.
PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback-continued 4 Press 5 Press 6 Select CONTINUE to return to editing screen, PREVIEW to play the edited clip, SAVE AS to save the clip as a new file, or SAVE to save and overwrite the original file. to reverse to an ending position for the video clip. to enter the option menu Notes 1. You may encounter a “MEMORY FULL” message while saving over the original file or as a new file to a storage media that is nearly full.
Main Functions Changing the Resolution Setting DV Record Mode 1. In DV Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the upper-left corner. “ ” is normal resolution, “ ” is fine resolution and “ ” is economic resolution. Normal resolution Fine resolution Economic resolution DSC Record Mode 1. In DSC Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current picture’s resolution setting on the upper-left corner.
Main Functions Using Self-timer (for DV and DSC modes) This Digital Video has a built-in 10 second self-timer. 1 Press Timer 3 The timer starts to count down from 10 seconds. This icon will blink during count-down. 2 Press Shutter button to start The count-down number (Note: Press any button to cancel self-timer during the count-down.
Main Functions Using Guide Line/The LCD Screen You can use guide line while recording videos or taking pictures. In Record Mode, press , the guide line will show on the LCD screen. The LCD Screen To save energy, Digital Video allows you to switch off the LCD screen.
Main Functions Using Hold Press and hold for 2 seconds to lock all buttons on the control panel. The buttons on the control panel will be locked while in HOLD function. To release the HOLD function, press and hold for another 2 seconds. buttons locked Volume Adjustment You can adjust playback volume by using En 26 or .
Advanced Functions Attention Icon Memory Full The Memory Full indicator lets you know to switch memory cards or transfer all files to your computer in order to continue taking videos or pictures. Memory Card Indicator Internal Memory Indicator Card Lock When you insert a SD memory card that is write protected, you will see a card lock icon on the upper-left side of the LCD.
Advanced Functions Menu 1 En 28 Press 2 Press NEXT or BACK to select 3 Press to change 4 Press to exit
Advanced Functions Menu-continued Quality Settings (for DV mode) There are two quality selections for your movies: Fine and Normal. Please keep in mind that the higher the quality setting, the higher the file size. Fader (for DV mode) This function is only available on certain model This function lets you apply a fade effect to your videos. Digital Effects (for DV and DSC mode) You can apply SEPIA, B&W, and a NEGATIVE effect to your videos and pictures.
Advanced Functions Menu-continued Quick Review ON/OFF (for DSC mode) The Quick Review feature let’s you preview your video and picture files. When this feature is activated, an icon will appear on the LCD. Attach Voice ON/OFF (for DSC mode) You can attach voice messages to your pictures. If you choose Attach Voice ON, the icon will appear on the LCD screen. Taking a picture with Attach Voice ON After taking a picture with Attach Voice ON, “ATTACH VOICE!” will appear on the center of the LCD screen.
Advanced Functions Menu-continued Date Allows you to set the date. Time Allows you to set the time. Beep On/OFF If you choose Beep On, there will be a beep sound when you press the buttons. If you choose Beep Off, there will be no sound. Auto-Off ON/OFF This feature is designed to conserve battery power by letting you set the time increment in which you unit should power off. There are 3 options: OFF, 2 minutes and 5 minutes.
Advanced Functions Menu-continued 50Hz/60Hz Match the frequency of the main power supply in your country. Please refer to the following figures: 50 Hz : Europe, P.R.C.,Hong kong, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 60 Hz : America, Canada, Taiwan, Japan,and Korea. Slide Show You can choose to playback your movies, pictures, voice messages or MP3s in a Slide Show. The Slide Show playback time is 5 seconds for pictures, 10 seconds for videos, voice messages and MP3. To exit, press STOP.
Advanced Functions Menu-continued Single repeat All repeat Random repeat Rotate ON/OFF (only for image files) You can choose to rotate your pictures. Press to bring up the menu, select ROTATE and then use to select rotation degree. Del One/ Del ALL You can choose to delete one file or all files. Select DEL. ONE from the menu to delete a single file and then use to select a file. Otherwise, to confirm or select DEL. ALL from menu to delete all files. Press press to exit.
