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USER MANUAL POCKET DV 8800 AIPTEK

Welcome Dear user, thanks for purchasing this product. Much investment in time and effort has gone into its development, and it is our hope that it will give you many years of trouble-free service.

1. Do not drop, puncture or disassemble the camera; otherwise the warranty will be voided. 2. Avoid all contact with water, and dry hands before using. 3. Do not expose the camera to high temperature or leave it in direct sunlight. Doing so may damage the camera. 4. Use the camera with care. Avoid pressing hard on the camera body. 5. For your own safety, avoid using the camera when there is a storm or lightning. 6. Do not use batteries of different speciﬁcations. Doing so may lead to the potential for serious damage. 7. Remove the battery during long periods between usage, as a deteriorated battery may affect the functionality of the camera. 8. Remove the battery if it shows signs of leaking or distortion. 9. Use only the accessories supplied by the manufacturer. 10. Keep the camera out of the reach of infants.

Copying Files to Your PC 32

Installing the driver to your PC 32 Connecting the camera to your PC 34 Copying ﬁles to the PC 35 Viewing/Playing ﬁles on your PC 37 File location 38

Knowing your camera parts Microphone

Speaker Flash strobe Front LED indicator

(inside the battery cover)

LCD monitor Shutter button Next button/ Fast forward button Direction buttons

Fast backward button

White balance button

Installing the battery

1 Open the battery cover.

Slide the battery cover open as indicated.

2 Install the battery.

Place the accessory Li-Ion battery into the compartment. Note that the metallic contacts must be aligned with the contacts in the compartment.

3 Replace the cover.

After the battery is properly installed, replace the battery cover.

Treat the Li-Ion battery with care:

• Keep the battery away from ﬁre or high-temperature environment (over 140ºF or 60ºC). • Do not drop the battery or try to disassemble it. • If the battery is not used for long periods, fully discharge and charge the battery at least once a year to maintain its lifecycle. Upon using the battery for the ﬁrst time, you are recommended to fully discharge and then charge the battery to ensure its lifecycle. Purchasing additional batteries: This camera uses one 8210 Li-Ion battery as power source. You can purchase the 8210 Li-Ion Rechargeable battery (3.7 volt; 850mAh) at your local shop.

The battery attached is not fully charged. Please charge the battery at least 4 hours for ﬁrst time use.

1 Connect one end of the supplied AC adapter to the charger stand and the other end to a wall outlet.

2 Place the depleted battery pack into the charger.

Note that the metallic contacts must be aligned with the contacts in the charger.

3 The charging indicator turns red and the charge starts.

4 When the charging indicator turns green, the battery pack is fully charged.

This charger can only be used to charge the accessory battery pack. Do not use it to charge other unknown batteries.

When in use, do not place the charger near ﬁre or in an enclosed area that retains heat.

Inserting a memory card (optional)

In addition to the built-in ﬂash memory, your camera can store data on a Secure Digital (SD) card or a MultiMedia card (MMC). To insert a memory card, do the followings: (1) Open the battery cover. (2) Gently push the card as indicated until the card reaches the bottom of the slot. To remove the memory card, gently push the card and it will pop up. Then pull the card out of the slot.

The SD card comes with a write-protect switch. When the write-protect switch is set to the Lock position, the card will become non-writable. To ensure that the camera can operate normally, you should set the write-protect switch to the Unlock position before inserting the SD card. Do not remove the memory card while the camera is processing data (when the LED is blinking). When a memory card is inserted, the camera will use the card as the main storage medium. Files stored in the camera’s built-in memory will become inaccessible until the card is removed.

Attaching the carrying strap

1 Thread one end of the strap into the strap hook.

2 Thread the strap as illustrated on the right.

Turning on your camera Open the LCD monitor and the camera will be automatically powered on.

OR When the camera is powered off with the LCD monitor open, press and hold down the Power button for 1 second to turn on the camera.

If the camera is not turned on after pressing the Power button, please check:

1. The battery pack is well installed in the camera. 2. The battery pack has enough power left.

Turning off your camera

Press and hold down the Power button for 1 ~ 3 seconds to turn off the camera.

OR If the camera stays inactive for a long period of time, it may automatically shut down due to the Auto-Off setting. See page

30 for more information.

Using the LCD monitor

The LCD monitor can be used to compose image settings for shooting, to review recorded ﬁles, or to change menu options. The LCD monitor can be rotated to the following positions:

1 Open the LCD monitor.

2 Rotate the LCD monitor.

The LCD monitor can be rotated up to 270 degrees as indicated. You can position the panel at any angle to serve your ﬁlming purpose.

When the LCD monitor is ﬂipped over, the previewed image on the

LCD will be automatically adjusted.

Reading LCD indicators

Digital Camcorder mode: Focus

Number of recordings

*1 This icon will change according to the storage medium you are using:

Current / Total recordings

Battery Life Storage medium

Setting time and language

When you power on the camera for the ﬁrst time, you are recommended to adjust the time and language settings.

1 Turn on the camera.

2 Press the Mode button and use the Direction buttons to select the Setting ( key to enter.

3 Use the Direction buttons to select the Date & Time

4 Press the OK key or move the Direction buttons toward right to enter the sub-menu.

between items. Move the Direction buttons up or down to adjust the value. Press the OK key or right key of the Direction buttons to conﬁrm the setting.

6 Press the Menu button or Mode button to return to the menu, and then use the Direction buttons to select the Language ( ABC ) item.

7 Press the OK key or move the Direction buttons toward right to enter the sub-menu.

8 Use the Direction buttons to select a suitable language and press the OK key to conﬁrm.

Recording a video clip

Set the Focus Switch to an appropriate setting. Normally, you should set the focus to

( ) for most ﬁlming conditions. Select ( ) only for close-ups. The focus is adjustable during recording. 70cm ~

Move the Direction buttons up or down to zoom in or zoom out the screen. The maximum magniﬁcation is 4X.

The zoom function is also available during recording.

Adjust other advanced settings if necessary. See the section “Advanced Operations” on page 22 for more information.

Recording a video clip (continued)

Press the Record button to start recording.

Press the Record button again to stop recording.

Taking a still picture

Set the Focus Switch to an appropriate setting. Normally, you should set the focus to ( ) for most ﬁlming conditions. Select (

) for scenery photos. Select ( ) only for close-ups. 70cm ~

Use the Zoom button or Up/Down key to zoom in or zoom out the screen.

Adjust other advanced settings if necessary. See the section “Advanced Operations” on page 22 for more information.

3 Press the Shutter button to take a still picture.

Recording a voice clip

1 Press the Mode button and use the Direction buttons to select the Voice ( key to enter.

2 Press the Record button to start recording.

Avoid blocking the microphone

Before or during recording, you can move the Direction buttons toward left or right to adjust microphone sensibility, thus setting the sound volume of the recording.

3 When you are done, press the Record button again to stop recording.

Recording TV program or DVD The advanced MPEG-4 digital video recording technology allowes you to record TV program via AV-IN cable.

1 Turn on your TV or DVD player.

2 Connect the AV cable to the AV-Out

terminal on the TV or DVD player.

(Normally, it’s not necessary to switch the mode, please refer to the User’s Manual of the TV or DVD player.)

3 Turn on the camera.

4 Connect the other end of the AV

cable to the camera’s AV-IN terminal.

Make sure that the images displayed on the TV or DVD player is also displayed on the camera’s LCD monitor.

5 Press the Record button to start recording.

6 Press the Record button again to stop recording.

There are two resolution settings available for recording videos: VGA

(640x480) and QVGA (320x240). VGA mode is suitable for displaying on the TV, but memory-consuming. The recording time for the 1GB memory card can last approximately 1 hour. QVGA mode is suitable for displaying on the small screen (such as the LCD monitor). The recording time for the 1GB memory card can last approximately 2 hours. For more information on VGA and QVGA’s settings, please refer to page 25.

Playing back your recordings

1 Press the Mode button and use the Direction buttons to select the Playback (

) mode. Then press the OK key to enter. Or press the Play/Pause button ( ) below the LCD monitor.

2 Operations in playback mode:

Shift between index mode and full-screen mode

1. In index mode: Use the Direction buttons to move the highlight box.

In index mode, press the OK key to switch to full-screen mode. In full-screen mode, press the

Menu button to switch to index mode. (When reviewing a picture, if you move the Direction buttons down when the zoom ratio is 1.0x, the screen will switch to index mode.)

2. In full-screen mode: Use the Direction buttons to move left or right.

Use the Direction buttons to move up or down.

Lock/Release zoom ratio

When the zoom ratio is greater than 1.0x, press the OK key.

Browse the enlarged picture

When the zoom ratio is locked, use the

Direction buttons to browse the picture.

When selected (in full-screen mode), the ﬁle automatically starts playing.

Pause/Resume playing

During playing/While paused, press the OK key.

Adjust the volume level

During playing, use the Direction buttons to move up or down.

During playing, press the Menu button.

Return to the preview screen

Press the Shutter button.

During playing, press the Next ( ) button. To stop, press the Play/Pause ( ) button.

During playing, press the Previous ( ) button.

To stop, press the Play/Pause ( ) button.

While paused/stopped, press the Next ( button.

Select the previous ﬁle

While paused/stopped, press the Previous (

Copy MP3 ﬁles to the camera Before you can play MP3 music, you need to copy MP3 ﬁles to the camera ﬁrst.

1 Connect the camera to your PC.

Turn on the camera, and connect the camera to a PC using the USB cable.

For details on connecting the camera to your PC, see page 34.

2 Copy ﬁles to the camera.

After the camera is connected to the PC, double-click on My Computer and you will ﬁnd a removable disk. Create a “MP3” folder in the removable disk, and then you can copy MP3 ﬁles into the folder for playing.

MP3 ﬁles must be placed in the “MP3” folder for playing.

To take advantage of the removable disk function, Windows 98SE users may need to install the accessory driver. See page 32-33 for details on the installation.

Playing MP3 music (continued)

Playing music in MP3 mode

1 Press the Mode button and use the Direction buttons to select the MP3 (

) mode. Then press the OK key to enter.

2 Operations in MP3 mode:

Shift between tracks

Use the Direction buttons to move up or down.

Or press the Next ( ) button or Previous ( ) button.

Press the OK key or the Play/Pause (

Pause/Resume playing

During playing/While paused, press the OK key or the

Play/Pause ( ) button.

Use the Direction buttons to move left or right.

During playing, press the Menu button or use the

Direction buttons to move up or down.

Connecting the camera to a TV Connect your camera and TV via the accessory AV cable for real-time display. You can display your video clips, still pictures, and audio recordings directly on your TV, sharing them with your friends and family.

1 Turn on your TV and switch the TV to AV mode.

The TV system is different across countries. To conﬁgure the TVout setting, please refer to page 29. (ex. Taiwan/America: NTSC; Europe/China: PAL)

2 Connect the audio and video ends of the AV cable to the TV.

3 Turn on the camera. 4 Connect the other end of the AV cable to your camera.

Menu operation The menu items provide several options for you to ﬁne-tune your camera functions. The following table gives details on menu operations. How to...

Use the Direction buttons to move up or down.

Press the Menu button (when in sub-menu).

Menu items in Camera mode

Power-on → Press the Menu button. Item

Set picture resolution to 2048x1536.

Set picture resolution to 2816x2112.

Set picture resolution to 2048x1536.

Set picture resolution to 2560x1920.

Set picture resolution to 3264x2448.

Print a date mark on each picture.

Set picture resolution to 1280x960.

Minimize blur caused by hand shake.

Menu items in Camera mode (continued)

The camera automatically adjusts white balance.

This setting is suitable for outdoor recording in sunny weather.

WB This setting is suitable for recording in cloudy weather or shady environments.

This setting is suitable for indoor recording with ﬂuorescent lamp lighting, or environments with high color temperature.

This setting is suitable for indoor recording with incandescent lamp lighting, or environments with low color temperature.

This setting allows you to add customsized frames to photos. 10 background frames are available on the LCD monitor.

The Photo-Frame function is disabled.

Image histogram displays on the screen.

The ﬂash automatically ﬁres when the lighting is insufﬁcient.

The ﬂash is forced to ﬁre in every shot.

The ﬂash is disabled.

Menu items in Camera mode (continued)

Make recordings in natural color.

Make recordings in black and white.

B&W Make recordings in sepia-toned color.

Manually adjust the exposure to gain better effect when the preview image appears too bright or too dark. A positive value indicates the image will be brighter than usual; while a negative value makes the image dimmer.

Enable the selftimer. After the selftimer is turned on, the camera will have ten seconds delay before recording when the Shutter button is pressed.

Enable OSD (on screen display) icons to display on the screen.

Set the video resolution to VGA

VGA Set the video resolution to QVGA

Menu items in Camera mode (continued)

This setting allows you to combine two images taken individually into one photo.

Disable the Two-in-One function.

This setting allows you to take a photograph with a dark background.

Since the shutter speed will slow down when taking photographs at a dark place, we recommend using a tripod to eliminate blurring from hand shake.

Disable the Night Mode function.

Menu items in Playback mode

Power-on → Press the Mode button → Enter the Playback ( mode → Press the Menu button. Item

Delete current ﬁle. Delete all pictures and video/audio ﬁles stored in the memory.

The camera displays images in sequence. Only

JPEG pictures and the ﬁrst frames of MPEG ﬁles will be displayed. You can press the Menu button to stop the slide show.

Print current image when connected to a PictBridgeready printer.

Print all images when connected to a PictBridgeready printer.

* If there is no ﬁles in the camera, no items will be seen.

Before using the Print command in the menu, you need to connect the camera to a PictBridge compatible printer via the accessory

USB cable. See page 31 for more details on connecting a printer.

Menu items in MP3 mode

Power-on → Press the Mode button → Enter the MP3 ( mode → Press the Menu button. Item Delete One Cancel

Delete current track. Cancel action.

Menu items in Voice mode

Power-on → Press the Mode button → Enter the Voice ( mode → Press the Menu button. Item Delete One Delete All

Delete current voice recording. Delete all voice recordings.

Menu items in Setting mode

Power-on → Press the Mode button → Enter the Setting ( mode → Press the Menu button. Item

Set ﬂicker frequency to 50Hz. For settings reference, see page 48.

Set ﬂicker frequency to 60Hz. For settings reference, see page 48.

NTSC Set TV system compatibility to NTSC. This option is suitable for America, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea areas.

PAL Set TV system compatibility to PAL. This option is suitable for Germany, England, Italy, Netherlands,

China, Japan, and Hong Kong.

Enable OSD icons to display on the screen.

Set LCD brightness. A positive value makes the

LCD brighter; while a negative value makes the LCD dimmer.

Format the storage medium. Note that all ﬁles stored in the medium will be gone.

Menu items in Setting mode (continued)

Disable Auto-off function.

The camera automatically shuts down when staying inactive for over 1 minute.

The camera automatically shuts down when staying inactive for over 3 minutes.

The camera automatically shuts down when staying inactive for over 5 minutes.

Lets you select the language used for OSD.

Restore factory defaults. Note that your current settings will be overridden. Cancel action.

When connected to a PC, the camera displays a menu for you to choose a desired connection mode.

When connected to a PC, the camera automatically enters Camera (PC camera) mode.

When connected to a PC, the camera automatically enters Disk (removable disk) mode.

When connected to a PC, the camera automatically enters Printer mode.

Enable Start Movie function.

Disable Start Movie function.

Menu items in Setting mode (continued)

To connect the camera to a PictBridge compatible printer, follow these steps: 1) Power on the camera.

2) Set the camera USB mode to Printer (page 30).

3) Open the connector cover and connect one end of the accessory USB cable to the camera.

4) Connect the other end of the USB cable to the printer.

5) Power on the printer.

Copying Files to Your PC Installing the driver to your PC You need to install the camera driver to ensure that video clips can be played back on your PC. To install the software:

1 Insert the driver CD.

Turn on your computer. Then place the accessory CD into the CD-ROM drive.

Do not connect the camera to your computer at this stage.

Shut down all other applications running on your computer. If the autorun screen does not appear automatically, double-click on My Computer and then the CD-ROM drive. Then start the Setup.exe program manually.

2 Start the installation.

Click on the driver icon to launch the installation of the driver.

Notice for Windows 2000 users:

During the installation process, a warning message regarding digital signature may appear twice or more. Please click on Yes to continue the process. The software is fully compatible with Windows 2000 operation system.

Installing the driver to your PC (continued)

3 Install the driver.

The Install Shield Wizard will then appear and automatically install the program. Click on Next and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

After the driver installation is completed, the program will prompt you to install Windows

Media Player Codecs. If you are not sure whether the codecs have been installed in your computer, please click on Yes and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

5 Install Direct X 9.0c or above.

After the codecs installation is completed, you will be prompted to install Direct X 9.0c or above if the program is not yet installed in your computer. Please click on Yes to continue.

Windows Media Player Codecs and Direct X 9.0c or above are necessary for viewing the video clips recorded by the camera.

6 Restart the computer.

After the installation is completed, you may need to restart your computer for the driver to take effect.

Connecting the camera to your PC

1 Connect the USB cable to your computer.

Turn on your computer, and then connect the accessory USB cable to the USB port of your computer.

Make sure the cable and the port are correctly aligned.

2 Turn on the camera.

3 Connect the USB cable to your camera

Connect the other end of the USB cable to your camera.

The default is set to “Disk” mode, if you would like to set other modes as default, please refer to “USB Mode” section on page 30 for more information.

Notice for Windows 2000/XP/ME users:

If you want to disconnect the camera from your computer, please follow these steps: 1. Double-click in the system tray. 2. Click (USB Disk), and then click Stop. 3. Select the camera when the conﬁrmation screen appears and click OK. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to safely disconnect the camera from your computer.

Copying ﬁles to the PC

1 This step varies depending on your operation system:

After the camera is connected to your computer, a dialogue window will appear automatically. Please select the item Open folder to view ﬁles using Windows

Explorer and click OK.

Double-click on My Computer. Then doubleclick on the icon of the removable disk that has just appeared.

Copying ﬁles to the PC (continued)

2 Double-click on the DCIM ﬁle folder.

3 Double-click on the 100MEDIA ﬁle folder.

4 Drag the target ﬁle into My Documents or the destination folder.

Viewing/Playing ﬁles on your PC

1 Double-click on My Documents or any other folder that stores your ﬁles.

2 Double-click on the desired ﬁle, and the ﬁle will be opened by the program matching the ﬁle type.

After connecting the camera to your computer, a removable disk will appear in your computer. The removable disk actually represents the storage medium of your camera. In the disk you can ﬁnd all of your recordings. Refer to the ﬁgure below to see where the ﬁles are stored.

For multimedia ﬁles.

Installing the software The PC camera software is included in the camera driver, and therefore you should install the driver before using the PC camera function. If you have not yet installed the driver, see page 32 for details on the installation.

Starting the application

1 Turn on the camera and connect the camera to your computer.

Turn on the camera, and then connect the camera to your computer using the accessory

USB cable. See page 34 for more details.

2 Switch to Camera mode.

Press the Menu button to bring up the options menu. Use the Direction buttons to select the Camera item and press the

OK key to conﬁrm. The default is set to “Disk” mode, if you would likt to set other modes, please refer to “USB Mode” section on page 30 for more information.

If you want to use the Video Conferencing function, please install programs such as Netmeeting to serve the purpose.

Starting the application (continued)

Notice for Windows ME users: When the indicated screen appears, please select Automatic search for a better driver and click Next to continue.

Notice for Windows 98SE users:

1. Click Next when the following screen appears.

2. When the following screen appears, select Search for the best driver for your device and click Next to continue.

3. During installation, some users may need to insert a licensed 98SE CD into the CD-ROM drive for copying the needed ﬁles.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Notice for Windows 2000 users:

When using the PC camera function for the ﬁrst time, the warning message regarding digital signature may appear twice or more. Please click Yes to continue the installation. The camera is fully compatible with Windows 2000 operation system.

Starting the application (continued)

3 Launch the PC Camera program.

Double-click the icon (

) on the Desktop to start the program. After the program starts, you can begin to use the PC camera function.

If you cannot ﬁnd the program shortcut on the desktop, you can start the program from the Programs menu.

Start recording a video clip

Start/Stop preview window

To view pictures taken by the PC Camera, please click on to open the photo album. Or, as an alternate option, go to the “Work

Temp” folder to ﬁnd the ﬁles.

Using the PC Camera (continued)

Recording an AVI movie 1. Click on the icon. 2. Press to specify the path and name of the AVI ﬁle. 3. Set the frame rate and recording time according to your needs. 4. Press the Start to Record button to begin recording. 5. To stop recording, click on the icon.

icon to take a snapshot.

Conﬁguring format options

Color Space: Select one of the following functions according to your needs. - RGB 24: This item is for retaining better quality. - MJPG: This item indicates the AVI movie will be more compressed to gain the advantage of faster processing speed. Output Size: Set output size to change the size of the preview window. The default size is 320x240. Select larger pixels when you need a larger preview window.

Using the PC Camera (continued)

Conﬁguring source options Device Control: - Brightness: You can check the “Auto” item and let the program adjust image brightness for you, or uncheck the “Auto” item and slide the bar to adjust image brightness manually. - Quality: If the network bandwidth is congested when using PC Camera, slide the bar toward “Faster Video” to avoid this problem.

Conﬁguring ﬂicker options

If you take your camera abroad, and find the screen of your computer flickers when using PC Camera function, please check the Cancel Flicker item to prevent noises from appearing on the screen. Or, you can refer to the Flicker Settings table on page 48 for proper flicker value that suits the country you are staying.

The camera can not be powered on normally.

The camera is still powered on, but the

LCD monitor does not display.

Can not take pictures or video clips when pressing the Shutter or

The LCD monitor displays “MEMORY ERROR” or “CARD ERROR” message.

Or the camera cannot read the memory card.

The battery is out of power.

Replace the battery.

The battery is incorrectly installed.

Re-install the battery.

If the camera stays idle over one minute, the LCD monitor will automatically shut down to save power.

Press any button except the power button to reactivate the display.

Free some space from the

SD/MMC card or the internal memory.

The camera is recharging the ﬂash strobe.

Wait until the ﬂash strobe is fully charged.

Using a “protected” SD card.

Set the SD card to be writable.

The format of the memory card is not compatible with the camera.

Use the camera “Format” function to format the card.

The memory card is corrupted.

Replace the memory card with a new one.

I did not delete the pictures and video clips, but can not

ﬁnd them in the memory card.

The lost recordings are saved in the internal memory.

It happens when you insert a memory card after taking a few pictures or video clips.

You can access those ﬁles after removing the memory card.

Cannot use the ﬂash strobe.

If the battery icon indicates low battery, the ﬂash strobe may be disabled due to insufﬁcient voltage.

Replace the battery.

The camera does not respond to any action during operation.

The camera encounters software failure.

Remove the battery pack and replace it into the compartment. Then power on the camera.

The recorded pictures appear too blurred.

The focus is not correctly set.

Adjust the focus to an appropriate position.

The recorded pictures or video clips appear too dark.

The environment of shooting or recording does not have adequate light.

Use ﬂash strobe when taking pictures. Add extra light sources when recording video clips.

Noises occur when viewing images on the LCD monitor or on the computer.

The ﬂicker setting does not match the standard of the country you are staying.

Adjust the ﬂicker setting. For more information, please refer to the “Flicker Settings” table on page 48.

Appendix:A When connecting the camera to the computer or TV:

Driver or software is not installed on the computer.

Install Direct X 9.0c or above and Windows Media

9.0 Codecs to solve this problem. See page 32 for details on installing the software, or go to http://www. microsoft.com to download the required ﬁles.

The installation is terminated abnormally.

Remove the driver and other related programs. Follow the installation steps in the manual to re-install the driver.

The camera has been connected to the PC via the USB cable before installing the driver.

Install the driver before plugging in the USB cable.

The camera is not correctly connected to the TV.

Reconnect the camera to TV correctly.

A conﬂict with other installed camera or capture device occurred.

The device is not compatible with the camera.

If you have any other camera or capture device installed in your computer, please completely remove the camera and its driver from the computer to avoid the conﬂict.

Noises occur on my computer screen when using Video

The ﬂicker setting does not match the standard of the country you are staying.

Adjust the ﬂicker setting. For more information, please refer to the “Flicker Settings” table on page 48.

I cannot view the video clips on my computer.

Driver installation failed.

The TV screen does not display after connecting the camera to the TV.

Note: The ﬂicker setting is based on the frequency standard of your local power supply.

The camera is recording a ﬁle.

Please Unlock SD Card

If you insert a SD card and the card is set to “Protected”, this message will show up when the camera tries to write data into the card.

When the camera is set to Playback mode without any existing ﬁle to play, this message will show up.

Please Change Battery

The battery life of the camera is low. You should replace the battery with a new one immediately.

The storage memory is full and can not store any more ﬁles. Please change the SD/MMC card or delete some ﬁles to free some memory space.

The inserted card is not compatible with the camera. Please change the card or try formatting the card.

The camera can not access data in the internal memory.

Please format the medium to solve this problem.

The ﬂash strobe is charging.

The ﬁle being played is not compatible with the camera.

The camera is performing ﬁle deletion.

The camera is formatting the storage medium.

The camera is performing a setting action.

Appendix:A Storage Capacity

Flash memory (16MB for storage)

1M Flash memory (16MB for storage)

Note: The actual value of capacity may vary (up to ± 30%) depending on the color saturation and complexity of your subject and surroundings.

Appendix:A Battery Life Indicator

Moderate battery life

* If the indicator turns red, ﬂash strobe is disabled.

Note: To avoid sudden outage of power supply, you are recommended to replace the battery when the icon indicates low battery life.

Recording time (minute)

* shoot every 30 seconds

** ﬂash is on *** resolution is set to 2816x2112 pixels

* resolution is set to VGA (640x480 pixels)

Note: This table is for your reference only. The actual battery life depends on your battery type and recharge level.

Appendix:B Instruction for ArcSoft MediaConverter™

Introduction ArcSoft MediaConverter is a powerful all-in-one multimedia ﬁle converter. This utility quickly and effortlessly converts photo, video, and music ﬁles into formats optimized for use on your portable device. Multiple ﬁles and ﬁle types can be converted at the same time. It’s easy! Three simple steps are all it takes. (Refer to page 54 for more information.)

To install and run the MediaConverter, your system must meet the following minimum requirements: Microsoft Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP (Home or Professional) 50 MB free hard drive space 256 MB RAM DirectX 9 (DirectX 9c recommended) Microsoft Windows Media Player 9.0 (for converting WMA and WMV ﬁles) Microsoft Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP (Home or Professional) Apple QuickTime 6.5 (for converting MOV ﬁles)

Appendix:B Supported ﬁle formats

Video Video ﬁles are converted and copied to the selected location as MPEG4 encoded AVI ﬁles, WMV ﬁles or MPEG-4 encoded ASF ﬁles (Default). Supported ﬁle types for conversion - AVI (Microsoft Video 1 format, Cinepak, Intel Indeo, uncompressed, etc.) - MPEG-1 in MPEG, MPG, MPE - DAT (VCD MPEG1) - MPEG-4 in AVI format - MPEG-4 in ASF - WMV - QuickTime MOV QuickTime 6.5 and Windows Media Player 9.0 or above are required for QuickTime MOV and WMV file conversion, respectively. Supported ﬁle types for export - AVI (MPEG-4 SP) - WMV - ASF(MPEG-4 SP)

Appendix:B Converting ﬁles

Appendix:B Step 1: Select media

Adding ﬁles for conversion 1 Click the “Select Media” button. 2 An “Open” window will appear. Navigate to the folder that contains the ﬁles you’d like to convert. a. Use the “Files of type” pull-down to ﬁlter the ﬁle types you’d like to display. b. Preview highlighted ﬁles to be sure that they’re the ones you want. Check the “AutoPlay” box to start the playback automatically after you click a ﬁle. 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 above until all the ﬁles you want are added. In addition to using the above method, you can also drag-and-drop ﬁles directly to the ﬁle list in the program window.

To delete a ﬁle from the list, highlight it and click the “X” icon.

Appendix:B Step 2: Select destination

Click the “Select Destination” button to select the location where your converted files will be saved. The default save location is “C:\ Documents and Settings\[current user]\My documents”. However, you’ll most likely want to save the files to your portable device. In this case, make sure your device is connected, and then click “Select Destination” and choose the device.

Various program settings can be accessed by clicking the “Settings” button. Each section lets you select one of two settings: “Optimize for the selected device,” and “Use custom conversion settings.”

Appendix:B Optimize for the selected device

This is the default setting. The program will automatically set the conversion parameters according to your selected device. Use custom conversion settings If you decide to use this option, you can set the various conversion parameters manually.

When converting a video ﬁle, there are several different parameters: - Resolution (Options include QVGA (320 x 240) [default] and VGA (640 x 480)) - File Format (MPEG-4 encoded AVI ﬁles, WMV ﬁles or MPEG-4 encoded ASF ﬁles) - Video Bitrate (Options include 500KB, 1.0MB, 1.5MB, 2.0 MB [default], 2.5 MB, and 3.0 MB) - Audio Bitrate (Options include 96 KB, 128 KB [default], 192 KB) - Frame Per Second (Options include [in fps] 15.00, 20.00, 24.00, 25.00 [default], and 29.97) Selecting “Optimize for the selected device” uses the default values above, where applicable. After viewing/modifying the various settings, select either “Save” or “Cancel” to return to the main screen. Click “Save” if you’d made changes that you’d like to keep. Otherwise, click “Cancel.”

Appendix:B Step 3: Convert

When you’re ready, select (highlight) the files you’d like to convert from the list, and then click the “Convert” button.

A progress bar will display the current status. Various popups may appear asking for speciﬁc conﬁrmation. A popup will appear and inform you once all the ﬁles have been converted and stored to the location you selected.

Playing the converted ASF ﬁles in your camera

To play the video clips or movies (MPEG-4 in ASF format only) converted by ArcSoft MediaConverter in your MPEG-4 digital camera, please follow the steps below.

Insert a SD/MMC card in the card slot of the camera and connect the camera to PC via the USB cable. You could follow the instructions of “Connecting the camera to your PC” on page 34 for more information.

Save the ASF files converted by MediaConverter on PC to your camera. 1 Copy the converted ASF ﬁles. 2 Open Windows Explorer to ﬁnd a “Removable Disk” appeared in My Computer. 3 Double-click on the icon of Removable Disk. 4 Double-click on the DCIM ﬁle folder. 5 Double-click on the 100MEDIA ﬁle folder. 6 Paste the ﬁles into 100MEDIA ﬁle folder. 7 Change the ﬁle names to CLIP****.ASF. **** could be any 4-digit number from 0001 to 9999. The ﬁle name must follow the naming principle of your camera, so that the camera could identify the ﬁles saved on 100MEDIA.

Now you can use the Playback ( movies on the large LCD monitor!

) mode to enjoy the video clips or

The ArcSoft MediaConverter in this package is a customized version for your digital camera. You may visit the website http:\\www.arcsoft.com for more product information.

Appendix:C Speciﬁcations

Still image: 3M/5M/8M Movie: 640x480 (VGA)

Still image: 1M/3M/6M Movie: 640x480 (VGA)

4X digital zoom lens F2.8~F5.3

4X digital zoom lens F3.0

640x480, up to 30fps;

320x240, up to 30fps

32MB ﬂash memory (16MB for storage)

NTSC/PAL system supported

Yes (both in still image and video modes)

Supports PictBridge compatible printer

8210 Li-ion rechargeable battery (3.7V 850mAh)

Note: Speciﬁcations are subject to change without notiﬁcation.

Appendix:D System Requirements

Operating System: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP CPU: Pentium III or above System RAM: 128MB or above Graphic Card: 64MB, 24 bit true color CD-ROM speed: 4x or above Software: Direct X 9.0c or above and Windows Media Player Codecs Other: USB connector