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CV-5 8 x 42 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 the Binocular ............................
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Quick Start How to start taking pictures... Left Button DSC Icon Right Button Install 2 AA batteries. (Not included.) 1 Menu Button Shutter Button Turn on camera. Press and hold down Menu 2 button for 3 seconds. Select the Still Camera Mode. Press Menu button. Use Right and Left buttons to move the selection box over 3 the DSC icon. Press the Menu button. Press the Shutter button to exit menu. Point at something interesting and press the Shutter button. You’ve taken a picture! 4 4
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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 video icon of short activities like these—without using up all your memory. You can enter the record mode for as long as you like, but using Flashback, Left you’ll only save the last 10 seconds of video (or Button if you prefer, you can als
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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. CaptureView automatically installs on your PC. 10 No drivers are needed. Install Ulead Photo Express. Insert the CD, click on Ulead Photo Express 1 and follow the on-screen instructions. Enjoy your photos. Open Ulead Photo Express to view, edit 12 and print your pictures. 6
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Features j i Fig. 1: Top View 1. Diopter Scale (on 1! underside of right eyepiece) 2. SD Card Port g h 3. Eyepiece 4. Menu Button 5. Shutter Button e f 6. Left Button 7. Right Button 8. LCD Screen 9. Objective Lens 10. Camera Lens (not visible, see Fig. 2) 11. Barrel 12. USB Port 13. Battery Compartment c 1@ Lid (see Fig. 2) 14. Focus knob (not visible, see Fig. 2) d b Fig. 1 7
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Features 1# 1$ b Fig. 2: Bottom View 1. Diopter Scale 10. Camera Lens 1) (not visible) 13. Battery Compartment Lid (squeeze and pull Fig. 2 back to remove) 14. Focus knob 8
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Introduction ® ® Congratulations on purchasing the Meade CaptureView CV-5. CV-5 is an 8 x 42mm 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-5. For best results, take a few moments to become familiar with the operation of your device, and save the manual for future reference. A few of CaptureView’s many features: • Fully functional b
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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. Barrel Barrel 1. Hold CaptureView up to your eyes in Adjust the Barrels the normal viewing position. Use both hands to hold each barrel firmly. 2. Pull the barrels apart or push the You need to adjust the barrels, as the barrels together until you see a distance between your eyes is usually single circular fiel
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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 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 eyes, ro
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Install Batteries 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... Battery Insert Batteries
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Camera Modes CaptureView provides 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 LCD screen displays a live image. The Left Right Preview mode has three options to choose from: Still, Movie and Flashback. Use this mode to take pic- Menu Shutter tures or movies. See TAKE A PICTURE, CAPTURE VIDEO and USE FLASHBACK, pages
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Using Buttons and Moving Through Menus If you want to... Do this... Press and hold the Menu button for 3 Turn on the Camera to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Press the Menu button to display the Display Menus menus. Use the Right and Left buttons to move Move the Red Selection Box the red selection box right or left over through the Menus menus or menu options. Select a Menu or Menu Option When the box is over a menu or a menu option you wish to select, press the Menu button. Go Back to the L
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Taking a Picture If you want to... Do this... Take a Still Picture 1. Lift up the LCD to an upright position. Press and hold the Menu button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on Left Right the camera. Point the binoculars and images will appear on the LCD. 2. Press the Menu button again and a Menu Shutter menu screen displays on the LCD. Use the Right or Left button to move the red selection box over the Digital Still Camera (DSC) option. Press the Menu button to select Note: When you are in the Previ
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Capturing Video If you want to... Do this... 1. Lift up the LCD to an upright Capture Video position. 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 Note: The length of a movie menu screen displays on the LCD. depends on how much memory you Use the Right or Left button to move have available. Audio recording is the red selection box over the Movie not available with this camer
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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 o
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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 submenu 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. seconds).
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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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Other Menu Options If you want to... Do this.... Use Other Playback Options • While in Playback mode, press the Menu button once to display Besides playing back images and Playback setting submenus. video, the Playback menu provide other options: • Select “Back” to exit to Preview mode. Delete Last Image, Delete All Images and Format. Delete Last Image • Select the "Delete Last Image" menu to erase the last image or movie dis- played in Playback mode. Delete All Images • Select "Delete All Image
