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ViviCam 5024 Digital Camera
Owner Manual
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Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 Key Features ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 What your camera includes .....................................................................................................................
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 5024 5.1 Mega-Pixel Digital Camera. Everything you need to take quality digital photos and videos is included with your camera. Your digital camera can also be used as a removable disk. It enriches your life. Please read this manual carefully first in order to get the most out of your digital camera. Key Features • Digital Image Resolution- 5M, 3M, 2M, VGA. • SD RAM 8MB. • Support s SD/MMC memory card (not included) up to 8GB. •
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128 MB RAM, with 150MB of free disk space Available USB interface CD-ROM Drive 1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution 16-bit color or higher display adaptor Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista To be able to download photos to your PC your will need the following minimum configuration: Windows Vista 800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory 20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space Support for Super VGA graphics Available USB Int
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A Quick Look at Your Camera 4
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Preparing Your Camera for Use Battery Installation Your camera requires 3 AAA batteries. To insert the batteries into the camera: 1. Slide and open the battery compartment at the bottom of the camera. 2. Please make sure that the batteries are inserted with the correct polarity facing up. 3. Close the battery door. When the “Low Power” is displayed on the LCD, this indicates that your camera has an insufficient battery power level and will be automatically powered off. You need to dow
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Note: 1. If you don’t intend to use your camera for an extended period of time, please remove the batteries to avoid battery leakage and corrosion. 2. Please don’t remove the batteries or power off your camera before downloading the testing photo when you have not inserted an SD card. The testing photo will be lost forever if they are not downloaded before the camera is shut down or powered off. 3. Do not mix old and new batteries. 4. We recommend you use Alkaline batteries. Do not mix al
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3. Push the card in until you feel it “click” into position. The top of the card should be flushed with the surface of the camera. An icon will appear on the LCD screen after you turn on your camera. 4. Once the external memory card is inserted into the camera all the images taken with the camera will be stored on the card. Note: 1. Limited internal memory is provided for test images. The image will be deleted when camera power is turned off. Please download the images before power off
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Starting Your Camera Press and hold the Power button to turn on your camera. The LCD screen will light up indicating that your camera is on and ready for use. To power off your camera, press and hold the Power button again for about 3 seconds. Camera Modes Taking photos Power on your camera, the default mode is Camera mode. A icon will appear on your LCD screen.. 1. Hold the camera steady and compose your object as appears in the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shutter button and wait a mom
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2. Press the Up button again to change from the auto flash to the red-eye reduction flash mode. The icon will appear on the LCD indicating that the red eye reduction function has been activated. 3. Press the Up button once more until you see the icon appear on the LCD screen. This indicates that the flash is forced on. 4. To turn off the flash function, press the Up button again until the icon is displayed on the LCD. Note: A “Low Power” message will appear on the LCD screen, if you
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3. Press the Menu/OK button. 4. Use the Up/Down button to select either: “On” - to activate and turn the anti-shake on. Icon will show on the screen. “Off” - to exit or turn the anti-shake off. Icon will appear on the screen. 5. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm. The Anti-shake icon appears on the top of the LCD screen. Change Image Resolution The build-in memory allows you to take one 3.1 Mega-Pixel testing photo without SD memory card, inserted a SD memory card to get more image s
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Setting Frequency Fluorescent lighting oscillation can affect the quality of your photos. Set the camera for the correct frequency for the country that you are in. Your camera has 2 Frequency settings, 60HZ for the U.S. and 50HZ for Europe and Japan. The default setting is 60HZ. To set the photo frequency: 1. Press the Menu/OK button. 2. Press the Up/Down button to select the FREQUENCY option. 3. Press the Menu/OK button again. 4. Press the Up/Down button to select either: 50 HZ 60 HZ
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Self Timer You can include yourself in a photo by using the Self Timer feature to delay the time between your pressing the shutter and when the photo is actually taken. It is recommended that you use a tripod or place the camera on a flat and secure surface when you use the self-timer. 1. Press the Down / Timer button in camera mode. 2. The timer icon will now appear instead of the camera icon on the top left corner of the LCD. 3. Press the Shutter button. 4. The camera will begin to emi
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Video Mode The Video Mode allows you to shoot high quality AVI movies. In order to use this mode an SD memory card required. 1. Insert a SD memory card. 2. Power on your camera. 3. Press the MODE button to select the video mode. The Video icon now appears in the top left corner of the LCD. 4. Press the Shutter button to start shooting the video. 5. Press the Shutter button to stop the recording. The video will be saved as an AVI file on the memory card. Note: 1. “Insert an SD Memory
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5. Press the Menu/OK button to confirm. Setting Video frequency Fluorescent lighting oscillation can affect the quality of your videos. Set the camera for the correct frequency for the country that you are in. Your camera has 2 Frequency settings, 60HZ for the U.S. and 50HZ for Europe and Japan. The default setting is 60HZ: 1. Press the Menu/OK button. 2. Press the Up/Down button to select the FREQUENCY option. 3. Press the Menu/OK button again. 4. Press the Up/Down button to select ei
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Preview photos In playback mode press the Right/Left buttons to select and view your photos and videos taken. “JPG” will appear on the LCD if you selected a photo. The resolution icon of the photo will appear on the bottom left corner of the LCD for each photo. “AVI” will appear on the LCD when you select an AVI video file. Playback AVI files In the playback mode, 1. Select an AVI file in your SD memory card by pressing the Right/Left button. 2. Press the Shutter button to play. 3. Pre
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Format This function will delete all of the files in your camera’s memory (internal memory or SD memory card, depending on the device selection). Please be certain that you wish to use this function. In the playback mode: 1. Press the Menu/OK button. 2. Press the Up/Down button to select the FORMAT option. 3. Press the Menu/OK button. 4. Press the Up/Down button to select either “Yes” or “No”. 5. Press the Shutter button again to confirm your selection. 6. A “Format OK” message will app
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Installing PhoTags Express Software NOTE: Before attempting to install the software, make sure that you do not have the camera’s USB cable attached to your computer. This will affect the install process and can cause a failed installation of the camera software and drivers. In order to install the Software and drivers to download and edit the photos and videos captured using this camera, you need to install the CD installation disk. Insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The
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3. Please review the license terms and click the “I Agree” button to continue. 4. Let the “PhoTags Express” installer create the folder where the program will be installed to, and then click “Install”. 18
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5. Please wait while the application is being installed on your computer. 6. Once the application has been installed on your computer, click the “Finish” button to let the “PhoTags Express” installer finish the installation program. 19
