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CV-4 8 x 30 Digital Camera Binocular
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Contents Quick Start ........................................................................................ 4 Features ............................................................................................ 7 Introduction........................................................................................ 9 How to Use Your Binocular ..............................................................10 Adjust Eye Relief, Adjust the Barrels............................................10 Focus
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Quick Start How to start taking pictures... DSC Icon Install 2 AAA batteries. (Not included.) Battery Menu compartment. 1 Button Shutter Turn on camera. Button Left Press and hold down the Right Button 2 Menu button for 3 seconds. Button Select the Still Camera Mode. Press the Menu button. Use the Right and Left buttons to move the selection box over the DSC (Digital Still Camera) icon and press the Menu button—this will allow you to take still pictures. Press the Shutter button to exit menu. 3
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Quick Start How to use Flashback... Have you ever wanted to record just the play of the game (your daughter kicking the winning goal) or capture just the highlight of an event (your son receiving his diploma)? Flashback Use Flashback when you want to capture icon video of short activities like these—without using up all your memory. You’ll begin recording, but with Flashback selected, you’ll only save the last 10 seconds of video (or if you prefer, you can also select 5, 15 or 20 sec- onds of r
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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 9 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 10 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 11 the on-screen
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Features 1$ 1@ 1% 1) 1! Fig. 2 1^ Fig. 1: Top View 1. Eyepieces j 2. Up Button I 3. Down Button 4. Left Button 5. Right Button 6. Shutter 7. Menu Button (Power) 8. LCD c h 9. Barrel 10. Camera Lens 11. Focus Ring 12. Objective Lens 13. Diopter Scale e f Fig. 2: Rear View d g 14. Battery compartment tab 15. Battery Compartment 16. Binocular Focus Knob (on b Fig. 1 1# underside) 7
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Features Fig. 3 1* 1& 1! 1) Fig. 3: Front View 10. Camera Lens 2) 1( 11. Focus Ring 17. Far Focus indicator 18. Near Focus indicator Fig. 4: Inside Battery Compartment 19. USB Port 20. SD Card Port 21. Slots for Batteries (battery polarity indicated) Fig. 4 2! 8
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Introduction ® ® Congratulations on purchasing a Meade CaptureView CV-4. CV-4 is an 8 x 30mm full-featured binocular. It is integrated with a waterproof 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-4. For best results, take a few moments to become familiar with the operation of your device, and be sure to save this manual for future reference. A few of CaptureView’s many features inc
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Using Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Fold down Adjust Eye Relief If you wear eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and hold the 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 will need to adjust the barrels as 2. Pull the barrels apart or push the the distance between your eyes is barrels together until you see a usually different than the distance single ci
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Using Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Focus the Binocular 1. Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView at its center point Diopter scale between “+” and “-.” 2. Choose an object (such as a 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, looking with both e
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Seal Your Camera CV-4 is waterproof and seals in the electronics, batteries, memory card and USB port. However, this means that you will need to install the batteries and SD or MMC card, and carefully seal the compartment to ensure waterproofing. If you want to... Do this... Insert Batteries, 1. To open the battery compartment: Install SD or MMC Card and Press the tab down and push the Seal waterproof compartment battery compartment lid forward to open. Note: If you do not press any of 2. In
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Camera Modes CaptureView has three modes: Menu, Preview (Still, Movie and Flashback) and Playback. If you want to... Do this... Use the Preview mode When you first turn on the camera or when you exit the Menu mode, the Preview mode is operational and the Down Shutter LCD screen displays a live image. The Up Preview mode has three options to Menu choose from: Still, Movie and Left Flashback. Use this mode to take pic- tures or movies. See TAKE A PICTURE, Right CAPTURE VIDEO and USE FLASHBACK, pa
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Moving Through the Menus If you want to... Do this... Press and hold the Menu button for 3 Turn on Camera seconds to turn on the camera. Press the Menu button to display the Display Menus menus. Press the Left button to turn off the display screen. Press the Right button to turn the display back on. Move the Red Selection Box Use the Right, Left, Up and Down but- through the Menus tons to move the red selection box right or left over menus or menu options. Select a Menu or Menu Option When th
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Near and Far Focus If you want to... Do this... Select Near or Far Focus 1. Press and hold down the Mode button for 3 seconds to turn on the camera. 2. The binocular can be focused using the focus knob. However, the camera can be set to Near or Far focus using the focus ring, and is not affected by the focus knob. 3. To set the Near focus: Position CaptureView so that you are looking at the front lens and focus ring. Rotate the focus ring to the “man” Focus Ring icon. You will feel a click. Co
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Taking Pictures and Video CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. Take some time to practice capturing still pictures and video. If you want to... Do this... Take a Still Picture 1. Press and hold the Menu button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Point the binoculars and images will appear on the LCD. 2. Press the Menu button again and a Down Shutter menu screen displays on the LCD. Use the Right or Left button to move Up Menu the red selection box over the Left Dig
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Taking Pictures and Video If you want to... Do this... 1. Press and hold the Menu button for Capture Video 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Point the binoculars and images will appear on the LCD. 2. Press the Menu button again and a Down Shutter menu screen displays on the LCD. Up Use the Right or Left button to move Menu the red selection box over the Left Movie option. Press the Menu button to select the Movie option. You will Right exit the menu mode and automati- cally enter the Previe
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Other Menu Options If you want to... Do this... Use Flashback For example, you may want to record a baseball pitcher throwing a pitch: This feature is very useful when you 1. Select the Settings menu and press wish to capture a short activity, but the Menu button. are not sure when it will begin. 2. Select the Flashback Period sub- menu and press the Menu button. This feature captures video for a user- Select 10 seconds and press the selected period of time (5, 10, 15 or 20 Menu button. seco
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Other Menu Options Some suggestions for using Flashback Let’s say your daughter is on the varsity basketball team. And right now, she’s dribbling down the court. You’d like to capture her patented hook shot on video. This is a job for Flashback. Select Flashback with a recording period of 10 seconds and press the shutter button as she sets off down court. The ball is passed back and forth, and is kicked out of bounds. But don’t touch the Shutter button just yet to stop the recording. Keep follow
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Playback If you want to... Do this... Playback Images To playback your captured images: 1. To see the image(s) that you have captured, move the selection box to Note: A counter appears at the the Playback menu (the right upper left. If the counter reads 3/5, pointing triangle icon) and press the for example, it means the third of Menu button. five items. 2. The last image you captured A movie counts as one item. displays. Use the Right or Left button to scroll through your captured images
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Playback Options If you want to... Do this... Use the Zoom Function • While in Playback mode, press the Up and Down down buttons to Note: The Zoom feature only zoom in on a still image on the works with still images. display. • Once the zoom level is greater than “1,” press the Right or Left button to activate the panning mode. The zoom level indicator Down Shutter displays in the lower right-hand Up corner of the LCD when you are in Menu the zoom mode. Left • Once the panning mode has been
