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USER MANUAL POCKET DV AHD 200 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. Safety Notice: Do nôt drop. puncture or disassemble {he camera; oherwise the warranty ll be voided AAvoié al contact ui water, and dry hands before using Do not expose lne camera lo high emperature or leave ii direct sunight. Doing so may damage 1he camera Use the camera with care, Avoid pressing hard on Ine camera body. For your oun say, avoid using {he camera when here is à storm or ighining Do not use batteries of different spécifications. Doing so may lead to the potential for serious damage. Remove le battery during long periods between usage, as a deteroraled batery may fect the functionality of ne camera Remove Ihe battery if shows signs of lsaking or distortion: Use only Ine accessories supplied by {he manufacturer.

12. Keep the camera out of he reach of infants

FCC Compliance Statement: SAT ON ee, This device complies with Part 15 of1ne FCC Rules. Operation is subjected lo the folowing lo conditions: (1) his device may not cause harmiulintererence, and (2) this device must accept any Iterference received, including interfsrence (hat may cause undesired operation

NotssŸ ‘This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed Lo provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generales, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference Lo radio communications, However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: -Reorient or relocale the receiving antenna -Move the equipment away from the receiver. Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that Lo which Ihe receiver is connected -Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. You are cautioned hat any change or modifications Lo the equipment not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate such equipment.

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Table of Contents Getting Started. Knowing your camcorder part Installing the battery. Charging the battery ... Inserting a memory card (optional) Tuming onfoff your camcorder Setting language…… Setting time... Reading LCD indicators: Basic Operations. Recording a video clip …. Taking a still picture … Recording a voice clip. Recording TV program … Playing back your recordings. Playing back your recordings on PG. Connecting the camcorder to TV. Advanced Operations . Menu operation. Menu items in Camera mode. Menu items in Playback mode Menu items in Setting mode Battery Life Indicator. Battery Life... Storage Capacity. Specifications..... System Requirements …. ner Appendix … @ instruction for ArcSoft Digital Theatre"... @ instruction for ArcSoft TotalMedia”" Studio MV 2

• For select model only. Please Tapod socket ackage printing for detailed specification.

» Installing the battery Slide the battery cover open as indicated Place ihe accessory Li-lon battery into the compartiment. Note that the metallc contacts must be aligned with the contacts in the compartment. After the battery is properly installed, replace the battery cover. » Charging the battery Please charge he battery at least 8 hours for first lime use. Connect the cable. Connect one end of the supplied AC adapter to the USB port ofthe camcorder and the other end to a wall outlet

Connect one end of the supplied USB cable to the USB port ofthe camcorder and the other end to a powered PC. Make sure the camcorder is powered of. The charging LED turns red and ihe charge starts. When the charging is interrupted or the battery pack is fully charged, the charging LED wi turn green. (© Wnen using a PC to charge the battery do not power on ne cameorder, or Ing charge Wil top.

» Inserting a memory card (optional) To insert a memory card, do the followings: {1) Open the LCD monitor. {2) Slide open the SD card cover.

8) Gent push the card 28 indicated uni the card

reaches Ine bottom of the slot. To remove the memory card, genly push the card and it will pop up. Then pull the card out of the slot. » Turning on/off your camcorder Open the LCD monitor or press and hold down the Power button for 1 second lo lu on the camcorder. ‘To tum off the camcorder, press and hold down the Power button for 1 - 3 seconds or close the LCD monitor. @ irtne camoorder is not turned on after pressing {he Power button, please check:

1. The battery pack is wel installed in the camcorder.

2. The battery pack has enough power le.

@ ire camcorder stays inactive fr a long period of üme, it may automalicallÿ shut doun due to the Auto-OM setting.

4. Power on he camcorder.

2. Press he MODE key to enter the MODE menu

and then Press OK to confirm. Move the Joystick up/down Lo select a language. When done, press OK 1o confirm the setting » Setting time Power on Ihe camcorder. Press ie MODE key to enter {he MODE menu.

3. Use the Joystick switch lo the Setting mode and press

OK to enter the menu screen.

4. Use the Joystick lo select the Date & Time item, and

then Press OK Lo confirm. Move the Joystick up/down to adjust value. Move the Joystick lefright Lo shif between fields. When done, press OK 1o confirm the setting

9 Reading LCD indicators

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Basic Operations » Recording a video clip Set he focus lo an appropriate seing. Normal}, you may set 1e focus Lo { 4j ) for most flming conditions. Select ( ) only for dosœups, Note: Please make aure your memory card is Insertod before recording. Bal] 5oem = (20° #æ | 30cm-500m (12°-20") Zoomin Move the Zoom button up or down to zoom in or zoom out the screen. The digital magnification is 4X. Press Ihe Record butlon to start recording. Zoom out © The 200m function is also available during recording @ 15 normal that the cameorder wil feel light warm with continuous use / recording due t is high performance. Press ihe Record button again Lo stop recording.

» Taking a still picture

1. Set the focus lo an appropriate seting. Normaly, you may

Set the focus 10 { ÿ, for most flming conditions. Select ( ÿ } only for close-ups Note: Please make sure your memory card is inserted before recording

06m = = (20°- % | 300m-506m (12-207) Zoomin Move the Zoom button up or down to zoom in or zoom out à the screen, The digital magnification is 4X. ( @ Aciust ner acvanced settings i'necessany. ) Zoom out Press the Shutter button Lo Lake a sil picture. © Due to ie sensor capture feature, he LCD preview and rai of sul picture capture wi vary depending upon different video resolution settings. The image caplure of the cameras sel where as video resolutions are different. Taking pictures Video resolution Preview CEE T9 HD(1280x720) 16:9 ratio 43 ratio D1(720x480) 4:3 ratio CIF(B52x288)

1. Power on the camcorder.

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The digital video recording technology allows you to record TV program via AV-IN cable. AV mode AVIn Video ‘Audio AV cable Turn on your TV or DVD player. Connect the AV cable to the AV-Out terminal on the TV or DVD player. {Normally, it not necessary to switch the mode, please refer to the Users Manual of the TV or DVD player.) Power on the camcorder. Connect the audio and video ends of the AV cable (yellow/white/red color) to the TV *AV-OUT" jacks. Connect the other end of the AV cable to the “AV In” port on your camcorder. When the pop-up message appears on the screen, please select “AV-IN” Make sure that the images displayed on the TV or DVD player is also displayed on the camera's LCD. Press the Record button to start recording, Press the Record button again to stop recording,

» Playing back your recordings

1. Press he MODE button and use he Joystick lo switch to

“My Works” mode. Or press the Play/Pause button { }> ) on the left side of the LCD monitor.

2. There are three folders below My works: Video, Picture,

and Voice. Select Video, Picture or Voice, and inen press the OK key lo enter the index mode.

3. Operations in playback mode:

4. Index mode: Us the Joystick to move the

» Playing back your recordings on PC ® Installing software Please nolice that the recorded videos are mov format. So you need some special programs to viewr the recordings on PC. For fist time use, please make sure you have QuickTime 7.0 player on your PC. If not, Please follow the below instructions lo install the software first. Please download the QuickTime 7.0 player from the below website: htp:llwwapple.com/quicktimeldownload/in.htmi

Please install the HD-DV DECODER program on the bundled CD. {: HD-DV DECODER is designed for playing back he .mov files recorded by our camcorder with Windows Media Player 10 & 11.) ® Connecting PC and Save files After the software is proper installed on your PC, please follow below procedures. Turn on the camcorder. Connect the camcarder (with SD card inserted) to your computer with ihe USB cable. A dialogue window will appear automatically. Please select the item “Open folder to view files” and click “OK” the dialogue window does not appear automatically, you may double click on \y computer and open the ‘Removable Drive”. Double-click on {he DGIM fie folder. Double-click on {he 100MEDIA fie folder. Copy he files you wish to keep and save them Lo the desired location on your computer.

» Connecting the camcorder to TV Please follow the below instructions to connect your camcorder and TV via accessory AV cables for real-time display. You can display your video clips and st pictures on your TV, sharing them with your friends and family. ® Connecting the camcorder to HDTV HD TV hereby means {he HDTV buil-in component input ports, {hus can perform HD (720P) high resolution quality while connected. Kocen)

<Comporent Video cabe> - Turn on your HD TV. . Turn on the Camcorder.

. Plug one end of the component video cable into the (Component Video IN) port on the HDTV and the other end into îhe (HD OUT) port on Camcorder.

. Plug one end of the other AV cable into the (Component Audio IN) port on the HDTV and the other end into the (AV OUT) port on Camcorder. (Please do not plug in the yellow connector to HDTV'S AV-IN.) . Press the input switch mode on HD TV and select “Component Input”.

@ you record an HD resolution cp while connected to your HD TV. the TV display video resolution wi down size to D1 (4B0P) resolution due to data bitrate, but ie recorded fl wi remain HD (720P) with no change. © Wen connecting to TV, the Zoom function is not available.

® Connecting the camcorder to Standard TV TV = Traditional CRT TV

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

2. Connect the audio and video ends of the AV cable (yellow/white/red

color) to the TV “AV-IN" jacks.

3. Power on the camcorder.

4. Connect the other end of the AV cable to the “AV out” port on your

camcorder. When the pop-up message appears on the screen, please select “AV-Out”.

Advanced Operations » Menu operation The menu items provide several options for you to fine-tune your camera functions. The following table gives details on menu operations. Howrto. Action Bring up the monu Press the MENU burton Move ne highight bar Use he Joystick 1o move up or don. Enter sub-menu/Confim an em | Press the OK key. Exit menu/Go back to upper menu | Press the MENU button (uen in sub-menu) » Menu items in Camera mode Power-on —+ Press the Menu button. Tom Option Description Ho Setihe video resolu 1 HD (1280720 pheis) , Di Satthe ioo ro D (720480 pra GF Setihe video resolu o CIF (3523240 pres] ET Sorpieureresouton 1 3 moga pires Dre E Sat piaure resoluion 1 5 maga pis a Sat pieureresouton 1 8 mage pres Enabng this sating alows you to lake a pholograph with 2 dark background. Since he shuiter speed vil slow dou ont hen taking pholographs al a dark place, we recommend NightShot using a pod 9 eliminale bring fm hand shake. Waming: Noise increases when NightShot is enable Au The camera automatcaly adjusts white balance Say This sating is subie or outdoor recording in sunny weather. Cou This sating is suitable or recording in doudy weather or ve shady environments. This sating is suitable or indoor recording win fluorescent Fuorescent "| lamp ighing, or eironments with high color temperature This sating is suitable or indoo recoraing WA Tungsten incandescontlamp lighting, or environments with low color temperature.

» Menu items in Camera mode (continued) em Option. Description on Th Bas or 1 ren ever OL Heu Au Te flash automaicaly res when Ie Hgning 5 insuficient. on The Ras date Forma aka rcorngs in naar Ena saw Make rcorgs 1 lack and ve Casse [Mate rocorings in sai toned color, Manual agust the exposure 1 gain beltr effect ven he preview image appears Lo brighl or 190 dark À poslive Exposure 22 Value indicates the Image il be brighter than usual, while a negative value makes (he mage dimmer. ÆEnablelDisable ie safimer. Aer (he safimeris Lumeg on. Seitimer ont the camera vil have ton seconds delay before recording shen the Shuter bution is prassed Hstogam On EnablelDisable mage Nstogram display on he screen. on onor EnablelDisable OSD (on screen display icons to display on the screen. » Menu items in Playback mode Power-on —+ Press the MODE butlon + Use the Joystick lo switch to My Works mode _+ Select Video, Picture or Voice folder-+ Press the OK button + Press {he MENU button. om Option Description. vesNo | Deiote current fl: Deiete One Yesno | belote al picures and videolautio les stored in the memory. PDelete A The camera displays imageshideo cips in sequence. You can press Side Showr the OK Koÿ L stop the side shomivideo play. Video play Single. multiple, or al fles can be locked. A locked fle cannot be Vesno | arased by à dote function. White formating function vil rase ai Lock lockediunlocked fes.

• Ifthere are no files in the camera, no items will be seen.

» Menu items in Setting mode Power-on — Press the MODE button + Select ine Seting ( 4, ) mode —> Press the OK button: tem Option Description Date & Time - Set date and üme. Boop Onof | EnabielDisabie boop sound SH2 | Sectickerrequency lo 50H27 Ficker GHz | Settickerrequency to 60H27 Set TV system compatblt to NTSC. This option is suitable for NTSC | America, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea areas. Tour Set TV system compatbilt to PAL. This opion is suitable for PAL | Germany, England, la, Netherlands, China, Japan, and Hong Kong. icon Onof | EnabielDisabie OSD icons Lo display on the screen. on Set LCD brighiness. À posiive value makes the LCD brghter; LCD Bright le a negative value makes the LCD cimmer mn Forma the storage medium. Nota that al les store in the Format medium sil be gone. he Cancai action. on Disable Auto-f function. min | The camera automatically shuts doun vien staying inactive for ver 1 minute, Auto ON 3 min | The camera automatically shuts doun vien staying inactive for 3 ver 3 minutes. min | "9 camera automatcaly shuts down when staying inactive for mi over 8 minutes. Language - Lets you select the language used for OSD. & Restore factory defaults. Note that your current satings wi be " overidéen: Detautt on Cancaï action.

® Menu items in Setting mode (continued)

• Flicker settings table: Region | England | Germany | France | ay | Spain |Neheants | Russia Sotting | oz | SsoHz | soz | somz | som | som | sokz Region | Ponugal | America | Taiwan | China | Japan | Korea | Thaïand Sotting | SoHz | 6oHz | Goz | soz | soonz | som | sokz ® Battery Life Indicator Ful battery life Moderate battery life Low battery fe

• The flash strobe and the LED lights will be disabled." Empty battery life

© Battery Life St picture Video clip Number of hots Recording time (minute)

• shoot every 30 saconds * resolution is set to HD (1280x720 pixels)

• flash is off resolution is set to SM (2592x1944) © Storage Capacity Video (min.) Memory SD card (256MB) SD card (512M8) SD card (168) SD card (268) SD card (468)

Item Model 5 Mega-pixel camera image sensor 5 Mega (2592x1944 pixels) til image: SM/SW/EM 1280x720 (HD) Resolution 720x480 (+) 3522240 (CIF) Lens Fixed lens (F3.0; f=7 45mm) File format MOV, JPEG, WAV Video frame rate 1280x720, up to 30fps 720x480, up to 30fps 352x240, up to 30ips External memory SDIMMC card (up to 3268 SDHC) LCD display 24 LCD Digital zoom 4x TVout HDTV Component out, NTSC/PAL system suppoñed Intorace US820 Microphone Yes Spasker Yes Nighishot es (boih inst image and video modes) Battery NP60 compatible Li-ion rechargeable Battery Note: Specifications are subject to change without notification.

© Instruction for ArcSoft Digital Theatre" Introduction AreSoft Digital Theatre is a high-quality media playback application that enhances your movie- viewing experience. Using the Program Here you can find a summary of all available buttons and controls. You can also Right-clicking the video screen to access many of {he same controls in menu format Deasic Controls PR ET M Too! 8ar

@ Instruction for ArcSoft TotalMedia"" Studio MV Introduction Welcome to ArcSoft TotalMedia”* Studio MV, a fun and easy-to-use program that lets you make amazing, customized DVD movies! Get Medi The fist step in making your movie invoives chaosing and/or creating the media you want to include. insert Media Files By clicking the relevant button, you can browse your system for video clips and add them to your movie. Each fll you select is added as a separate chapter. To input a custom chapter name, simply double-click on the chapter till. HA Cuting Authorng Room This area allows you lo trim he beginning and he end of each video clip added to your project. You can also import video frames and use them as chapter thumbnails. Standard playback controls can be used when trimming your video:

1. Use ihe preview controls (Le. play/pause/fonvardbackward) lo move Lo 1he

beginning of the part that you'd like to trim. Note: For videos longer than 10 minutes, a “seek” bar will appear beneath he time bar to indicate {he current position of {he video.

he part you'd Ike to trim.

4. Click the ‘Mark Ouf” button Lo define the area to be timmed from your video.

Note: You can remove multiple sections of a video by repeating steps 1-4. ‘e Use the Undo/Redo button when you make a mistake. Press the “Clear AI button to remove all timmed areas and restore the video Lo its full length ‘e The “Go lo” buttons can be used to jump to the previous or the next edit on the timer. - Set as Menu Button Using the Play/Pause controls, click “Pause” when you come lo 1e scene that you want lo use for your chapler button, and then click on he arrow icon next lo lhe preview area.

- Merging ‘This function allows you lo merge several video clips. = Export ‘This function provides options for video parameter settings and then save as one file. D Create New Media Files Here you can add a new submenu or text layer to the selected media il. - Submenu Creale a new submenu within selected menus. - Text Add a text layer to the selected slide. You will have the same text options as you do when entering the menu title. ign In this step, you can change how you want your movie menu Lo look. This includes changing the background design, inputtng your own movie and chapter lies, and rearranging the layout of the chapter buttons. PreviewlProdu When you're finally ready to bum your creation to dise, follow these steps: DPreview Use the preview controls at the botom of the screen lo preview your movie before burning it to disc. EProduce When you're ready lo create your disc, please click the “Burn” button, and the “Produce” window will appear: ‘e Input a name for the disc. ‘e Choose a TV standard you wish to use (NTSC for US or Japan, or PAL for Europe or China). ‘« Choose a destination Lo save the movie you compiled, select either a disc bumer or your hard drive.

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