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CV-1 8 x 22 VGA Digital Camera Binocular
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Contents Quick Start ................................................................................ 4 Features.................................................................................... 6 Introduction .............................................................................. 8 How to Use Your Binocular ...................................................... 9 Adjust Eye Relief .................................................................. 9 Adjust the Barrels ..................
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Quick Start How to start taking pictures... Install 2 AAA batter- ies 1 (not included). Turn on camera. Press and hold down 2 Mode for 3 seconds. Point at something interesting. 3 Press the Shutter. You’ve taken a picture! 4 4
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Quick Start How to download your pictures... USB Cable Plug in. Connect CaptureView to your PC or Mac (OS 9.0 5 or higher) using the included USB cable. Sit back and relax a minute. If using Windows 98ME or higher, CaptureView automatically installs on your PC. No drivers are needed. If 6 using Windows 98SE or lower, drivers must be installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD-Rom. Install Ulead Photo Express. Insert the CD, click on Ulead Photo Express and follow 7 the on-screen in
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Features f f e g g c d b Fig. 1: Top View 1. Eyepieces 2. Mode Button h 3. Shutter Button 4. LCD Panel 5. Objective Lens 6. Barrel Fig. 2: Front View 7. Camera Lens 6
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Features i j 1) Fig. 3: Bottom View 8. Diopter Scale (on right eyepiece) 9. Focus knob 10. Battery 1! Compartment Lid (push forward and lift to remove) Fig. 4: Rear View 11. USB Port 7
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Introduction ® ® Congratulations on purchasing the Meade CaptureView CV-1. CV-1 is an 8 x 22mm full-featured binocular. It is integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to capture pictures or video. This manual is designed to quickly guide you through the operation of your CaptureView CV-1. For best results, take a few moments to become familiar with the operation of your device, and save the manual for future reference. CaptureView has the following features: • Fully functional
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How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Adjust Eye Relief If you wear eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and hold the Fold down eyepieces up against your glasses. Adjust the Barrels 1. Hold CaptureView up to your eyes in the normal viewing position. Use both hands to hold each barrel firmly. You need to adjust the barrels, as the 2. Pull the barrels apart or push the distance between your eyes is usually barrels together until you see a different than the distance between
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How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Focus the Binocular 1. Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView at its center point between “+” and “-.” 2. Choose an object (such as a Focus knob Diopter scale telephone pole) that is at least 50 feet (15m.) away. 3. Looking with only your left eye, rotate the Focus Knob until the object you are viewing is focused. 4. Looking with only your right eye, rotate the Diopter Scale until the object you are viewing is focused. 5. Now, loo
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How to Use Your Camera CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. Take some time to practice capturing still pictures and video. Depending on the available light and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright or centered as viewed through the binoculars. CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus the camera manually) and takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus. If you want to... Do this... Insert Batteries 1. Ma
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Taking Pictures and Video If you want to... Do this... Take a Still Picture 1. Press and hold down the Mode button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. The camera will beep and the camera icon displays on the LCD. The counter, battery life and resolution icons also display. 2. Point the binoculars at an object. You may use the focus knob to focus the image in the binocular, but keep in mind that the camera has a fixed focus and is not affected by the focus knob. Mode Shutter 3. Hold Captu
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Taking Pictures and Video If you want to... Do this... 1. Press and hold down the Mode but- Capture Video ton for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. 2. Press the Mode button once and the Video mode icon displays. 5. Point the binoculars at the scene you wish to capture. 4. Press the Shutter button. The camera now captures video. 5 The counter keeps counting (in seconds) as you capture video. Mode Shutter Press the Shutter button again to stop recording video. Note that the counter stops
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Operations If you want to... Do this... • Press and hold the Mode button for 3 Use the Mode and Shutter Buttons to 5 seconds to turn the camera on or off. • Use the Mode button to cycle through the operation icons. As you press the Mode button, the operation icons display on-screen in the following order: Camera Mode Shutter Video Resolution Self-timer Note: If you do not perform an Erase Last Image operation for 60 seconds, the camera Erase All Images automatically switches off. The n
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Operations If you want to... Do this... • Keep pressing the Mode button until Use the Camera Mode the Camera icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to take a still picture. Camera Icon • Select a Resolution setting before Change the Camera Resolution taking a still image: 1. The first time you turn on the * * * camera, it displays the High High Resolution Low Resolution Resolution icon. This is the default Icon Icon setting. 2. To change the resolution, keep H: High Resolution mode (6
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Operations If you want to... Do this... Use the Video Mode • Keep pressing the Mode button until the Video icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to begin recording a movie. Press the Shutter button Video Icon again to stop recording. Note: The length of a movie depends on how much memory you have available. Audio recording is not available with this camera. Erase (delete) Pictures or Video • Erase Last. Keep pressing the Mode button until the Erase Last Image icon displays and then pr
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Operations If you want to... Do this... • Check out the LCD Counter. The Find Out How Many Pictures You Have Taken counter displays the number of pictures or videos taken, from 0 to 999. 888 Counter Display Note: If you take more than 999 pictures, the camera counter returns to 001. The camera icon flashes, indicating that the number of pictures is 999 plus the number displayed on the counter. • Keep pressing the Mode button until Use the Self-timer the Self-timer icon displays and press the S
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Operations If you want to... Do this... Find Out How Much Power is Left • Check the battery indicators on the in the Batteries display. Full Power Indicator Low Power Indicator Find Out Why CaptureView Listen for the following patterns: is Beeping Power on: Two short high beeps. Wake up: One long high beep. Sleep: One short high beep. Note: When the battery is low, Takes a picture: One short high CaptureView sends out six short beep. high beeps. It is recommended you download the pictures or
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Operations If you want to... Do this... If using Windows 98SE or lower, Download Pictures drivers must be installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD-Rom. If using Windows 98ME or higher, CaptureView automatically installs on your PC. No drivers are needed. Your PC considers the camera as a mass storage device and displays it USB Port like a hard drive. You can then copy your still pictures or video to your computer or even copy files to the memory on the camera. 19
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Operations If you want to... Do this... 1. Using the provided USB cable, plug Download Pictures (continued) the one end of the cable into the camera's USB port and the other end into your PC's USB port. 2. If using Windows 98SE or lower, drivers must be installed on your PC. See the included CD-Rom. If using Windows 98ME or higher, CaptureView automatically installs on your PC. No drivers are needed. 3. After setup is complete, using Windows Explorer, you can browse the camera's memory as i
