Tekxon Technology MegaCam user manual

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Welcome
MegaCam is a high-quality yet affordable digital camera that allows you to
create, edit, share and send photos to friends and family.
MegaCam is also not just a digital camera. It lets you record short segments of
video. What’s more, it can be used as a Web camera when you connect it to a
computer.
This easy-to-follow manual shows you how to use your new camera and install
all the software that is included in the Digital Camera CD. You’ll find clear
instructions on how to take pictures,

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Contents Know Your Camera................................................................................................................3 CameraControls ....................................................................................................................3 DigitalInterfaceCompartment .................................................................................................6 PreparingYourCamera .................................................................................

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KnowYourCamera CameraControls This is not your traditional camera. This Top of Digital Camera is a “digital camera”. A digital camera Power - Press the Power allows you to take pictures without the use of film. buttonforonesecondtoturnthe digital camera on and off. You will Eliminate developing costs by then hear two beep sounds to remind downloading the photos to your PC. You you the camera is on. can send your photos via email, upload them to your web site. Shutter Release - Press the Shutter

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Front of Digital Camera Self-Timer - Use the Self-Timer button when you need to shoot photos of yourself. After you press the Shutter Release button, a 10-second countdown, giving you time to position yourself in front of the camera before your photo is taken. Digital Zoom -MegaCam providesfourtimesmagnification beyond the optical zoom. Press the Record mode button to activate Preview and use the LCD display to Viewfinder Window - The frame your subject. And press zoom Viewfinder window allows y

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•Erase - When in Play mode, Back of Digital Camera pressing the Erase button allows you to remove a picture from the memory. Note: Erase and OK are actually just a single button. Record/Play - Press to switch between Record and Play modes. Record mode allows you to take photos as well as record video with the camera. Play mode lets you LCD Display - The LCD Display view the photos or videos you have (Liquid Crystal Display) is one way taken on the LCD Display and erase used to view the photos yo

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Picture Counter LCDDisplayStatusicons Number of remaining shots Battery power level (Record mode) Full battery power Number of stored photos Medium battery power (Play mode) Low battery power DigitalInterface Photo quality Compartment Fine quality, 640x480 pix Locatedontheleftsideofthecameraare Best quality, 1280x1024 pix thetwoportsforattachingthefollowing cables: Video Output and USB. These 2M Scale up, 1600*1200 pix ports will enable you to attach the 3M Scale up, 1920*1440 pix appropriatecab

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PreparingYourCamera Note: 1. To remove the SD card, push the SD card once and the card will be ejected from the memory compartment. 2. MegaCam comes with built-in 8Mbyte internal NAND Flash memory. You don’t necessarily add extra memory for it. • Step3 Attach the wrist strap to the strap holder at the side of the camera as illustratedinthepicturebelow. • Step1 Insert the two AA batteries into the batterycompartmentlocatedatthebottom of your digital camera. When closing the battery door, push the

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•Step 6 After the memory card has been FormattingtheSDCard formatted, all the pictures in the memory It is best to format your SD memory card card will be deleted. And there is a beforeusingittostorepictures. message appeared: No pictures in memory. • Step 1 First switch to Play mode and press OK Button to bring up the Erase menu. • Step 2 Press to move down to the Format SD Card option. Press to switch to Record mode. You can now begin taking pictures. ShootingPhotos • Step 3 Press OK. Taking p

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Now that you have taken the photos, they • Step 1 Turn the lens all the way to the are stored in camera memory, let’s view left. This sets the digital camera to them. Macro mode , allowing you to take pictures at close range. ViewingPhotos • Step 2 To take pictures, follow the steps • Step 1 Turn on your MegaCam. in the section, “Shooting Photos” on page 8. • Step 2 After two beep sounds, the LCD Display will be also turned on To take portrait and distant pictures: automatically. • Step 1 Turn t

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• Step 6 Press theOK button to erase the DeletingPhotos currentpicture. You can choose to delete a single photo or all the photos previously taken with the digitalcamera. If you change your mind and do not want to erase the current picture, press Deleting a Single Photo to select the Cancel option on the menu screen, and then press the OK If you are not satisfied with some pictures, button. The menu closes and the current you may delete them from the memory. pictureremainsundeleted. • Step 1 Mak

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• Step 4 Press the OK button. ChangingCameraSettings • Step 5 When you see the message, Access the Camera Setup menu in your “Delete All Images?”, press to select digital camera to change camera settings. Yes on the screen and then press the • Step 1 Press to bring up the OK button to erase all of your pictures. camera’s menu screen. If you change your mind and do not wanttocontinuedeletingallthepictures, press or to select Cancel on the menu screen. Then press the OK button. All your pictures w

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• WB (White Balance) - Allows the The USB Port is located in the Digital cameratoadjusttolightconditions InterfaceCompartmentontheleftsideof using preset selections (auto, sun, the camera. shade,tungsten,fluorescent). • Step 1 Connect • TV Mode - Choose the TV standard thesmallerend that you use in your country for the oftheUSBcable video you record. intotheUSBport ofyourdigital • Language- Letyoutochoosedifferent camera. languagesforCameramenu. • Step 5 Press OK to select a menu • Step 2 Connec

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Press Move to Exit to exit the menu. sequences of video at a rate of twenty frames per second. The camera stores • Step 5 Connect video in *.AVI format. oneendofthe videooutput Before recording, first set the camera cable(theblack to video recording mode. coloredplug) • Step 1 Press to bring up the Main intothevideo Menu. outportlocated intheDigital • Step 2 Press to move down to the Interface Capture option, then press the OK Compartmenton buttontoselectit. the left side of the camera. • Step 3

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• Step 3 And while you are recording, A • Step 2 Press to move down to PC red text “REC” appears on the upper Mode. right side of the LCD Display. And disappearsafteryouterminatethe recording process. And the remaining seconds will be counted down as you continueshooting. • Step 4 To stop recording, press the ShutterReleasebuttonagain. • Step 3 Press the OK button. • Step 4 There are two options in the list: UsingtheDigitalCam- WEB Cam and Storage. Select WEB Cam. eraasaWebCamera When you connec

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InstallingAllSoftwareand Installing Selected Soft- Driver ware To install the digital camera driver and all To choose the software to install: the software in the MegaCam CD: • Step 1 Place the MegaCam CD into • Step 1 Place the MegaCam CD into your CD-ROM drive. The Software your CD-ROM drive. Installationscreenappears. • Step2 The Software Installation screen • Step 2 Deselect the Install All appears, with the Install All the Software and Driver item. Then Software and Driver option selected.

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Simply follow the on-screen instructions Click Next. tocompletetheinstallation. • Step3 The Setup program then starts copying files to your computer. Wait for Note: At the end of each software theinstallationtobecompleted. installation, “Setup Complete” appears and prompts you to restart your • Step4Wheninstallationofthe computer. If you have not yet finished MegaCam Driver is complete, “Setup installing the other software, click Complete” appears. Select Yes, I want Cancel. Click Yes and restar

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Appendix:CameraSpecifications ImageSensor 1.3M CMOS Image sensor OpticalViewfinder Built-in LCD Display 1.5" color TFT LCD, Field of View 80% LEDBacklight Resolution: 288 x 220 LCD Frame Rate: Min. 30 frame per sec. Image size (HxV) 640 x 480 pixels (Fine) 1280 x 1024 pixels (Best), 1600 x 1200 pixels (2M scale up) 1920 x 1440 pixels (3M scale up) Color 24-bitRGB Memory Comes with 8MB Nand Flsah Memory Card : About 90 pictures (Fine quality) About30pictures(Bestquality) About 19 pictures (2M Sca