AIPTEK MPVR, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual User s Manual English ...

Page 2: ... or leave it in direct sunlight Doing so may damage the camera 4 Use the camera with care Avoid pressing hard on the camera body 5 For your own safety avoid using the camera when there is a storm or lightning 6 Do not use batteries of different specifications Doing so may lead to the potential for serious damage 7 Remove the battery during long periods between usage as a deteriorated battery may af...

Page 3: ...rning on your camera 9 Turning off your camera 9 Using the LCD monitor 10 Reading LCD indicators 11 Setting time and language 12 Recording a video clip 13 Taking a still picture 15 Recording a voice clip 16 Recording TV program or DVD 17 Playing back your recordings 18 Playing MP3 music 19 Connecting the camera to a TV 21 Advanced Operations 22 Menu operation 22 Menu illustration 22 Menu items in ...

Page 4: ...Connecting the camera to your PC 34 Copying files to the PC 35 Viewing Playing files on your PC 37 File location 38 Appendix A 39 Troubleshooting 39 Flicker Settings 42 System Message 42 Storage Capacity 43 Battery Life Indicator 44 Battery Life 44 Appendix B 45 Instruction for ArcSoft MediaConverter 45 Appendix C 53 Specifications 53 Appendix D 54 System Requirements 54 ...

Page 5: ... Microphone Speaker Strap hook Power button Direction buttons Earphone connector Next button Fast forward button LCD monitor Record button Menu button Mode button Shutter button Focus switch Previous button Fast backward button Play Pause button Zoom in button Zoom out button White balance button Flash button OK key USB connector TV OUT connector AV IN connector ...

Page 6: ...are Keep the battery away from fire or high temperature environment over 140ºF or 60ºC Do not drop the battery or try to disassemble it If the battery is not used for long periods fully discharge and charge the battery at least once a year to maintain its lifecycle Upon using the battery for the first time you are recommended to fully discharge and then charge the battery to ensure its lifecycle Pur...

Page 7: ...te that the metallic contacts must be aligned with the contacts in the charger Charging indicator Power indicator To a wall outlet Battery pack 3 The charging indicator turns red and the charge starts 4 When the charging indicator turns green the battery pack is fully charged This charger can only be used to charge the accessory battery pack Do not use it to charge other unknown batteries When in ...

Page 8: ...ion The SD card comes with a write protect switch When the write protect switch is set to the Lock position the card will become non writable To ensure that the camera can operate normally you should set the write protect switch to the Unlock position before inserting the SD card Inserting a memory card optional Do not remove the memory card while the camera is processing data when the LED is blin...

Page 9: ...8 Attaching the carrying strap 1 Thread one end of the strap into the strap hook 2 Thread the strap as illustrated on the right ...

Page 10: ...ning off your camera Press and hold down the Power button for 1 3 seconds to turn off the camera OR If the camera stays inactive for a long period of time it may automatically shut down due to the Auto Off setting See page 30 for more information If the camera is not turned on after pressing the Power button please check 1 The battery pack is well installed in the camera 2 The battery pack has eno...

Page 11: ...e rotated to the following positions 1 Open the LCD monitor 2 Rotate the LCD monitor The LCD monitor can be rotated up to 270 degrees as indicated You can position the panel at any angle to serve your filming purpose Using the LCD monitor When the LCD monitor is flipped over the previewed image on the LCD will be automatically adjusted 90 180 ...

Page 12: ...recordings Selftimer Zoom ratio Storage medium 1 Video resolution Mode icon Flash mode 1 This icon will change according to the storage medium you are using internal memory memory card Playback mode 0001 0009 MPEG Battery Life Storage medium Current Total recordings Image thumbnail Highlight box Mode icon File type Focus ...

Page 13: ...the Direction buttons toward right to enter the sub menu 5 Move the Direction buttons left or right to shift between items Move the Direction buttons up or down to adjust the value Press the OK key or right key of the Direction buttons to confirm the setting 6 Press the Menu button or Mode button to return to the menu and then use the Direction buttons to select the Language ABC item 7 Press the OK...

Page 14: ...r close ups The focus is adjustable during recording 70cm 28 50cm 70cm 20 28 2 Zooming Move the Direction buttons up or down to zoom in or zoom out the screen The maximum magnification is 4X The zoom function is also available during recording Adjust other advanced settings if necessary See the section Advanced Operations on page 22 for more information Zoom in Zoom out ...

Page 15: ...14 Recording a video clip continued 3 Press the Record button to start recording 4 Press the Record button again to stop recording 2 0 0008 00 00 07 Timer ...

Page 16: ... conditions Select for scenery photos Select only for close ups 70cm 28 50cm 70cm 20 28 2 Zooming Use the Zoom button or Up Down key to zoom in or zoom out the screen Adjust other advanced settings if necessary See the section Advanced Operations on page 22 for more information 3 Press the Shutter button to take a still picture Zoom in Zoom out ...

Page 17: ...OK key to enter 2 Press the Record button to start recording Before or during recording you can move the Direction buttons toward left or right to adjust microphone sensibility thus setting the sound volume of the recording 3 When you are done press the Record button again to stop recording Avoid blocking the microphone ...

Page 18: ...e sure that the images displayed on the TV or DVD player is also displayed on the camera s LCD monitor 5 Press the Record button to start recording 6 Press the Record button again to stop recording There are two resolution settings available for recording videos VGA 640x480 and QVGA 320x240 VGA mode is suitable for displaying on the TV but memory consuming The recording time for the 1GB memory car...

Page 19: ...ttons to move left or right Picture Zoom in out Use the Direction buttons to move up or down Lock Release zoom ratio When the zoom ratio is greater than 1 0x press the OK key Browse the enlarged picture When the zoom ratio is locked use the Direction buttons to browse the picture Video Audio Start playing When selected in full screen mode the file automatically starts playing Pause Resume playing D...

Page 20: ...ur PC see page 34 2 Copy files to the camera After the camera is connected to the PC double click on My Computer and you will find a removable disk Create a MP3 folder in the removable disk and then you can copy MP3 files into the folder for playing MP3 files must be placed in the MP3 folder for playing To take advantage of the removable disk function Windows 98SE users may need to install the accesso...

Page 21: ... tracks Use the Direction buttons to move up or down Or press the Next button or Previous button Start playing Press the OK key or the Play Pause button Pause Resume playing During playing While paused press the OK key or the Play Pause button Adjust sound volume Use the Direction buttons to move left or right Stop playing During playing press the Menu button or use the Direction buttons to move u...

Page 22: ...ring them with your friends and family Video Audio AV Mode TV USB TV OUT 1 Turn on your TV and switch the TV to AV mode The TV system is different across countries To configure the TV out setting please refer to page 29 ex Taiwan America NTSC Europe China PAL 2 Connect the audio and video ends of the AV cable to the TV 3 Turn on the camera 4 Connect the other end of the AV cable to your camera 2 3 ...

Page 23: ...rations How to Action Bring up the menu Press the Menu button Move the highlight bar Use the Direction buttons to move up or down Enter sub menu Confirm an item Press the OK key Exit menu Go back to upper menu Press the Menu button when in sub menu Advanced Operations Menu icon Information bar Highlight bar Menu item Menu illustration Menu title ...

Page 24: ...M Set picture resolution to 2048x1536 6M Set picture resolution to 2816x2112 8 Mega pixel Camera 3M Set picture resolution to 2048x1536 5M Set picture resolution to 2560x1920 8M Set picture resolution to 3264x2448 Date Stamp On Print a date mark on each picture Off Disable date mark Stabilizer On Minimize blur caused by hand shake Off Disable stabilizer ...

Page 25: ...ng or environments with high color temperature Tungsten This setting is suitable for indoor recording with incandescent lamp lighting or environments with low color temperature Photo Frame 1 10 This setting allows you to add customsized frames to photos 10 background frames are available on the LCD monitor 0 The Photo Frame function is disabled Histogram On Image histogram displays on the screen O...

Page 26: ...or too dark A positive value indicates the image will be brighter than usual while a negative value makes the image dimmer Selftimer On Enable the selftimer After the selftimer is turned on the camera will have ten seconds delay before recording when the Shutter button is pressed Off Disable selftimer Icon On Enable OSD on screen display icons to display on the screen Off Disable OSD icons Video V...

Page 27: ...en individually into one photo Off Disable the Two in One function NightShot On This setting allows you to take a photograph with a dark background Since the shutter speed will slow down when taking photographs at a dark place we recommend using a tripod to eliminate blurring from hand shake Off Disable the Night Mode function ...

Page 28: ...e first frames of MPEG files will be displayed You can press the Menu button to stop the slide show Print One Print current image when connected to a PictBridge ready printer All Print all images when connected to a PictBridge ready printer Cancel Cancel action If there is no files in the camera no items will be seen Before using the Print command in the menu you need to connect the camera to a PictB...

Page 29: ... the Menu button Item Description Delete One Delete current track Cancel Cancel action Menu items in Voice mode Power on Press the Mode button Enter the Voice mode Press the Menu button Item Description Delete One Delete current voice recording Delete All Delete all voice recordings ...

Page 30: ...ee page 42 TV out NTSC Set TV system compatibility to NTSC This option is suitable for America Taiwan Japan and Korea areas PAL Set TV system compatibility to PAL This option is suitable for Germany England Italy Netherlands China Japan and Hong Kong Icon On Enable OSD icons to display on the screen Off Disable OSD icons LCD Bright 2 2 Set LCD brightness A positive value makes the LCD brighter whi...

Page 31: ... inactive for over 5 minutes Language Lets you select the language used for OSD Default Yes Restore factory defaults Note that your current settings will be overridden No Cancel action USB Mode Menu When connected to a PC the camera displays a menu for you to choose a desired connection mode Disk When connected to a PC the camera automatically enters Disk removable disk mode Printer When connected...

Page 32: ...dge compatible printer follow these steps 1 Power on the camera 2 Set the camera USB mode to Printer page 30 3 Open the connector cover and connect one end of the accessory USB cable to the camera 4 Connect the other end of the USB cable to the printer 5 Power on the printer ...

Page 33: ... down all other applications running on your computer If the autorun screen does not appear automatically double click on My Computer and then the CD ROM drive Then start the Setup exe program manually 2 Start the installation Click on the driver icon to launch the installation of the driver Notice for Windows 2000 users During the installation process a warning message regarding digital signature...

Page 34: ...decs have been installed in your computer please click on Yes and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 5 Install Direct X 9 0c or above After the codecs installation is completed you will be prompted to install Direct X 9 0c or above if the program is not yet installed in your computer Please click on Yes to continue Windows Media Player Codecs and Direct X 9 0c or above ...

Page 35: ...e USB cable to your camera The default is set to Disk mode if you would like to set other modes as default please refer to USB Mode section on page 30 for more information Notice for Windows 2000 XP ME users If you want to disconnect the camera from your computer please follow these steps 1 Double click in the system tray 2 Click USB Disk and then click Stop 3 Select the camera when the confirmatio...

Page 36: ...ter the camera is connected to your computer a dialogue window will appear automatically Please select the item Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer and click OK For Windows 2000 ME XP users Double click on My Computer Then double click on the icon of the removable disk that has just appeared ...

Page 37: ...36 Copying files to the PC continued 2 Double click on the DCIM file folder 3 Double click on the 100MEDIA file folder 4 Drag the target file into My Documents or the destination folder ...

Page 38: ... Viewing Playing files on your PC 1 Double click on My Documents or any other folder that stores your files 2 Double click on the desired file and the file will be opened by the program matching the file type ...

Page 39: ...ter a removable disk will appear in your computer The removable disk actually represents the storage medium of your camera In the disk you can find all of your recordings Refer to the figure below to see where the files are stored For multimedia files For MP3 files ...

Page 40: ...o reactivate the display Can not take pictures or video clips when pressing the Shutter or Record button Out of memory Free some space from the SD MMC card or the internal memory The camera is recharging the flash strobe Wait until the flash strobe is fully charged Using a protected SD card Set the SD card to be writable The LCD monitor displays MEMORY ERROR or CARD ERROR message Or the camera canno...

Page 41: ...action during operation The camera encounters software failure Remove the battery pack and replace it into the compartment Then power on the camera The recorded pictures appear too blurred The focus is not correctly set Adjust the focus to an appropriate position The recorded pictures or video clips appear too dark The environment of shooting or recording does not have adequate light Use flash stro...

Page 42: ...ected to the PC via the USB cable before installing the driver Install the driver before plugging in the USB cable The TV screen does not display after connecting the camera to the TV The camera is not correctly connected to the TV Reconnect the camera to TV correctly A conflict with other installed camera or capture device occurred The device is not compatible with the camera If you have any other...

Page 43: ...s message will show up Please Change Battery The battery life of the camera is low You should replace the battery with a new one immediately Memory Full The storage memory is full and can not store any more files Please change the SD MMC card or delete some files to free some memory space Card Error The inserted card is not compatible with the camera Please change the card or try formatting the card...

Page 44: ...till picture 8 Mega pixel camera 6 Mega pixel camera 8M 5M 3M 6M 3M 1M Flash memory 16MB for storage 20 30 50 25 50 170 SD MMC card 128MB 130 210 300 170 300 1000 SD MMC card 256MB 260 420 600 340 600 2000 SD MMC card 512MB 520 840 1200 680 1200 4000 SD MMC card 1GB 1040 1680 2400 1360 2400 8000 Note The actual value of capacity may vary up to 30 depending on the color saturation and complexity of...

Page 45: ... are recommended to replace the battery when the icon indicates low battery life Battery Life Indicator Still picture Video clip Number of shots Recording time minute 290 90 shoot every 30 seconds flash is on resolution is set to 2816x2112 pixels resolution is set to VGA 640x480 pixels Note This table is for your reference only The actual battery life depends on your battery type and recharge level...

Page 46: ...d at the same time It s easy Three simple steps are all it takes Refer to page 48 for more information System requirements To install and run the MediaConverter your system must meet the following minimum requirements Microsoft Windows 98 SE ME 2000 XP Home or Professional 50 MB free hard drive space 256 MB RAM DirectX 9 DirectX 9c recommended Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 0 for converting WMA ...

Page 47: ... Supported file types for conversion AVI Microsoft Video 1 format Cinepak Intel Indeo uncompressed etc MPEG 1 in MPEG MPG MPE DAT VCD MPEG1 MPEG 4 in AVI format MPEG 4 in ASF WMV QuickTime MOV QuickTime 6 5 and Windows Media Player 9 0 or above are required for QuickTime MOV and WMV file conversion respectively Supported file types for export AVI MPEG 4 SP WMV ASF MPEG 4 SP ...

Page 48: ...47 Appendix B Converting files ...

Page 49: ...e types you d like to display b Preview highlighted files to be sure that they re the ones you want Check the AutoPlay box to start the playback automatically after you click a file 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 above until all the files you want are added In addition to using the above method you can also drag and drop files directly to the file list in the program window Removing files To delete a file from t...

Page 50: ...rent user My documents However you ll most likely want to save the files to your portable device In this case make sure your device is connected and then click Select Destination and choose the device Settings Various program settings can be accessed by clicking the Settings button Each section lets you select one of two settings Optimize for the selected device and Use custom conversion settings ...

Page 51: ...A 320 x 240 default and VGA 640 x 480 File Format MPEG 4 encoded AVI files WMV files or MPEG 4 encoded ASF files Video Bitrate Options include 500KB 1 0MB 1 5MB 2 0 MB default 2 5 MB and 3 0 MB Audio Bitrate Options include 96 KB 128 KB default 192 KB Frame Per Second Options include in fps 15 00 20 00 24 00 25 00 default and 29 97 Selecting Optimize for the selected device uses the default values ab...

Page 52: ...nce all the files have been converted and stored to the location you selected Playing the converted ASF files in your camera To play the video clips or movies MPEG 4 in ASF format only converted by ArcSoft MediaConverter in your MPEG 4 digital camera please follow the steps below Step 1 Insert a SD MMC card in the card slot of the camera and connect the camera to PC via the USB cable You could follo...

Page 53: ...er 6 Paste the files into 100MEDIA file folder 7 Change the file names to CLIP ASF could be any 4 digit number from 0001 to 9999 The file name must follow the naming principle of your camera so that the camera could identify the files saved on 100MEDIA Step 3 Now you can use the Playback mode to enjoy the video clips or movies on the large LCD monitor The ArcSoft MediaConverter in this package is a cus...

Page 54: ...rmat ASF JPEG WAV MP3 Video frame rate 640x480 up to 30fps 320x240 up to 30fps Internal memory 32MB flash memory 16MB for storage External memory SD MMC Max 2GB LCD display 2 4 TFT LCD TV out NTSC PAL system supported AV in Yes Interface USB 2 0 Microphone Yes Speaker Yes Night shot Yes both in still image and video modes Stabilizer Yes Direct print Supports PictBridge compatible printer Battery 82...

Page 55: ...E 2000 XP CPU Pentium III or above System RAM 128MB or above Graphic Card 64MB 24 bit true color CD ROM speed 4x or above Software Direct X 9 0c or above and Windows Media Player Codecs Other USB connector System Requirements Appendix D ...

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