Easypix LCD, User Manual

Page 1: ...Digital Video Camera User Manual ...

Page 2: ... Mode 7 Section 4 Playback Mode 33 Section 5 Viewing MPEG4 Movie on PC 46 Section 6 Viewing Pictures and Movies on a TV 47 Section 7 Video File Converter 48 Section 8 Burning the Recorded Clip into DVD 52 Section 9 Transferring Data to a Computer 55 Section 10 Specifications and System Requirements 62 ...

Page 3: ...n 8x digital zoom increases user control over the movies and pictures you take The camera is also ideally suited for using as a PC camera hooked up to your home computer via high speed USB 2 0 port Biuld in 32 MB memory allows you to take pictures and movies without memory card The memory card slot allows users to increase the storage capacity up to 2GB Note Partial memory of the built in 32MB mem...

Page 4: ...ad illustration Tele Wide Button Direction Buttons RECORD PLAY Button Picture Shutter Button TV Out Port Movie Shutter Button Enter Button Mini USB 2 0 port LCD Panel Power Button Flash Self Timer LED Lens SD card slot ...

Page 5: ...4 Side View Battery Cover Speaker Macro Switch Microphone ...

Page 6: ...tional SD or MMC memory card up to 2GB To insert a memory card refer to the figure as below 1 Insert the memory card into the right position 2 To remove an installed SD card press the card inwards to release it 3 When the card pops out gently remove it from its slot Note When a memory card is fitted movies and pictures are saved on card rather than on the built in memory Protecting Data on an SD C...

Page 7: ... Shutter Button Ö To record the voice press the Upper Button of Direction Buttons and press the Movie Shutter Button to start voice recording Ö To view stored movies pictures or listen to voice recordings press the RECORD PLAY Button once to switch to Playback Mode Press a second time to return to Record Mode Turning the Camera Off To turn off the Camera you can either press the Power Button for o...

Page 8: ...ORD PLAY Button functions 1 Switch between Record Playback Mode 2 Return to the previous page Tele Wide Button Digital Zoom in and out Movie Shutter Button 1 Start to take movie or record voice 2 To stop recording press it again Picture Shutter Button Start to take picture Macro switch Switch between Macro Mode Portrait Mode and Normal Mode Enter Button Up Button Right Button Down Button Left Butt...

Page 9: ...tion Stabilization Two in One Mode Photo Frame Multi Snap Mode Backlight Mode 2 Resolution Movie High Standard Low Picture High Standard Low 3 Number of images or recording time of movie that can still be taken at current resolution 4 SD card inserted 5 Macro Position Focusing 6 White Balance 7 Battery indicator full power medium power low power power empty 8 Auto Flash Flash Off ...

Page 10: ...s High Quality 640 480 1 Mbps 30 fps Standard Quality 320 240 500 Kbps 30 fps Low Quality Picture Recording Press the Picture Shutter Button to take a picture Press RECORD PLAY Button to view the picture Three resolution settings are available Resolution Image Quality 3720 2790 10M pixel High Quality 2048 1536 3M pixel Standard Quality 1024 768 800K pixel Low Quality Voice Recording 1 Press Upper ...

Page 11: ...lens ring to switch to Macro or Portrait positions In Macro Mode the macro icon will appear on the LCD monitor 2 Press the Picture Shutter Button to take the picture Note Remember to turn the macro switch back to Normal when you are not taking close up pictures Using Digital Zoom The digital zoom magnifies images when recording movies or taking pictures 1 To zoom in out press the Tele Wide Button ...

Page 12: ...z B W z Classic z Negative z Exit z Sound z Start up Screen z Time Setting z Format Memory z TV System z Language z Default Setting z Exit Operations for Record Mode Operation Screen 1 Press the Enter Button when in Movie Picture Record Mode 2 Use the Right Left Buttons to move between main menu options which are Movie Mode Camera Mode Voice Mode Effect and Set Submenu will pop out while move to e...

Page 13: ...ays High for Movie Standard for Picture Exposure One Time 0EV Sharpness One Time Level 5 White Balance One Time Auto Motion Stabilization Always Off Two in One One Time Off Photo Frame One Time Off Flash Always Off Self Timer One Time Off Multi Snap One Time Off Backlight Mode One Time Off Date Printing Always Off Effect One Time Normal Sound Always On Format Card One Time Off TV System Always Dep...

Page 14: ...tion 1 In Movie Picture Record Mode press Enter Button to switch to record menu screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to select Movie Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select Resolution then press Enter Buttons to switch to Resolution submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to move between three settings 5 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Sc...

Page 15: ...to record menu screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to select Movie Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to move to Exposure Option Press the Enter Button and then Exposure Submenu will pop out on the screen 4 Use Up Down Buttons to choose preferred EV value The change can be previewed immediately 5 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Scre...

Page 16: ...se Right Left Buttons to select Movie Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select Sharpness then press Enter Buttons to switch to Sharpness submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to move between nine levels The change can be previewed immediately 5 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Screen Change Sharpness Setting Enter Button ...

Page 17: ...ion To change White Balance Setting 1 In Movie Picture Record Mode press Enter Button to switch to record menu screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to select Movie Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select White Balance then press Enter Buttons to switch to White Balance submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to move between four settings The change can be previewed ...

Page 18: ...creen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select Motion Stabilization then press Enter Buttons to switch to Motion Stabilization submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to choose ON or OFF 5 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Motion Stabiization Motion Stabilization Option Note 1 The captured screen will be smaller when motion stabilization is enabled 2 Digital Zoom is disabled when motion stabilizati...

Page 19: ...2 Use Right Left Buttons to select Camera Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select Resolution then press Enter Buttons to switch to Resolution submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to move between three settings 5 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Screen Video Resolution Option Enter Button ...

Page 20: ...enu of Picture Mode will pop out on the screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to select Camera Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to move to Exposure Option Press the Enter Button and then Exposure Submenu will pop out on the screen 4 Use Up Down Buttons to choose preferred EV value The change can be previewed immediately 5 Press Enter Button to validate the set...

Page 21: ... Left Buttons to select Camera Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select Two in One then press Enter Buttons to switch to Two in One submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to choose ON or OFF 5 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Screen Two in One Option 6 Take a first picture 7 Take a second picture 8 Press the RECORD PLAY Button to view...

Page 22: ...c photo frame To enable Photo Frame 1 When in Camera Mode use Up Down Buttons to select Photo Frame option then press Enter Buttons to switch to Photo Frame submenu 2 Use Up Down Buttons to locate preferred photo frame Then select Set option and press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Screen Photo Frame Option Enter Button ...

Page 23: ...ces Use this mode when taking images in a place where flash photography is prohibited or when the subject is distant beyond the range of the flash To change Flash setting 1 When in Camera Mode use Up Down Buttons to select Flash Option then press Enter Buttons to switch to Flash submenu 2 Use Up Down Buttons to move between 2 settings 3 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Note z Th...

Page 24: ...ess You can soften and sharpen images to achieve different effects To change Sharpness setting 1 In Movie Picture Record Mode press Enter Button to switch record menu screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to select Camera Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select Sharpness then press Enter Buttons to switch to Sharpness submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to move b...

Page 25: ...on To change White Balance Setting 1 In Movie Picture Record Mode press Enter Button to switch to record menu screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to select Camera Mode Submenu of Camera Mode will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to select White Balance then press Enter Buttons to switch to White Balance submenu 4 Use Up Down Buttons to move between four settings The change can be previewed ...

Page 26: ...Snap Mode you can take five continuous pictures Display Screen Multi Snap Option Backlight Picture Record Mode Only With the camera set to backlight Mode you can take shots when bright light is behind the subject Display Screen Backlight Option Enter Button Enter Button ...

Page 27: ...ate Printing then press Enter Buttons to switch to Date Printing submenu 2 Use Up Down Buttons to choose On or Off 3 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Screen Date Printing Option Note Date would be shown on the printed picture once date printing is enabled Enter Button ...

Page 28: ...nu screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to move to Voice Option Then Voice Submenu will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to move between Enter and Exit Option 4 Choose Enter option to enable voice recording and press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Screen Voice Mode Option Enter Button ...

Page 29: ...icture Record Mode press Enter Button to switch to record menu screen 2 Use Right Left Buttons to move to Effect Option Then Effect Submenu will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to move between four settings The change can be previewed immediately 4 Press Enter Button to validate the setting and exit Display Screen ...

Page 30: ... Setting option then Setting Submenu will pop out on the screen 3 Use Up Down Buttons to move between settings Display Screen Setting Option z Sound operation sound z Start Up Screen z Time Setting z Format Card z TV System z Language z Default Setting z Sound Setting Enable or disable KeyPad tone and operation sound by using Up Down Buttons the press Enter Button to validate the setting Submenu D...

Page 31: ...p Screen Start Up Screen If you do not want to customize the start up screen press Left Right Buttons and select No Start Up Screen No Start Up Screen z Time Setting z Move between Date Time Set and Exit by using Left Right Buttons z Adjust date and time by using Up Down Buttons then select Set to validate each change z Select Exit to leave Time Setting without any change Submenu Display Screen Ti...

Page 32: ...t Card Options Format Card Yes Format the SD Card built in memory No Default Do not format SD Card built in memory Note z All the data will be erased if the SD card is formatted Make sure all the data are duplicated to PC before formatting SD card ...

Page 33: ...ope China Australia Singapore and Hong Kong etc Submenu Display Screen TV System Option TV System z Selecting Interface Language Submenu Display Screen Language Option Language English German French Italian Spanish and Portuguese Korean Japanese Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese z Default Setting To restore the default factory setting select this option Submenu Display Screen Default Setting ...

Page 34: ...memory card Operation Display Screen Press RECORD PLAY Button to switch from Record Mode to Playback Mode Main Menu z There are four options in the Playback Mode movie picture and voice z Direction Buttons can be used to select the specific option Press Enter Button to view movies pictures or listen to voice Note When any recorded movie picture or voice is stored in the camera a folder will be sho...

Page 35: ...Down Button Information ON OFF Enter Button Enter to movie picture or voice option menu RECORD PLAY Button functions 1 Switch between Record and Playback modes 2 Return to the previous page Tele Wide Button Digital Zoom in and out Movie Shutter Button Start playing the recorded movie or voice Enter Button Up Button Right Button Down Button Left Button Enter Button Up Button Right Button Down Butto...

Page 36: ...ack Mode 2 Resolution Indicator High Resolution Standard Resolution Low Resolution 3 Indicate the selected movie picture is locked Indicate the single movie voice is being repeated Indicate all of the movies voices are being repeated Indicate the slide show is playing 4 Current Number Total number of movie picture or voice 5 Magnification Indicator ...

Page 37: ...t or last movie 4 Press Movie Shutter Button to play and press it again to pause 5 While playing movie press down Right or Left button to fast forward backward then release the button to stop 6 Use the Up or Down button to adjust volume 7 Press Enter Button to go to the movie option menu 8 Use Direction Buttons to select six options Delete Thumbnail Lock Repeat One Repeat All or Exit ...

Page 38: ...to delete single movie 5 Before a movie is deleted a confirmation screen will appear choosing Yes will execute the operation No will cancel the operation 6 Press Enter Button to exit Note If a memory card is fitted you can delete only those movies stored on the card Note Movies on a written protected memory card cannot be deleted Note The delete function will only erase unlocked movies Locked movi...

Page 39: ...ed This function can prevent the movies from being deleted accidentally Operation Display Screen 1 Use Direction Buttons to select the Lock option 2 Press Enter Button to go to the Lock menu 3 Use Right Left Buttons to select the movie 4 Use Up Button to lock unlock all movies and Down Button to lock unlock single movie 5 Before a movie is locked unlocked a confirmation screen will appear choosing...

Page 40: ...his function automatically repeats playing single movie or all movies in order Operation Display Screen 1 Use Direction Buttons to select the Repeat One option or Repeat All option 2 Press Enter Button to start repeating ...

Page 41: ... Playback Mode 3 Use Right Left Buttons to go to the next or last picture 4 While the picture is selected use Tele Wide Buttons to magnify 5 Use Direction Buttons to navigate the magnified picture 6 Press Enter Button to go to the picture option menu 7 Use Direction Buttons to select five options Delete Thumbnail Lock Slideshow or Exit ...

Page 42: ...elete single picture 5 Before a picture is deleted a confirmation screen will appear choosing Yes will execute the operation No will cancel the operation 6 Press Enter Button to exit Note If a memory card is fitted you can delete only those pictures stored on the card Note Pictures on a written protected memory card cannot be deleted Note The delete function will only erase unlocked pictures Locke...

Page 43: ...r all pictures can be locked This function can prevent the pictures from being deleted accidentally Operation Display Screen 1 Use Direction Buttons to select the Lock option 2 Press Enter Button to go to the Lock menu 3 Use Right Left Buttons to select the picture 4 Use Up Button to lock unlock all pictures and Down Button to lock unlock single picture 5 Before a picture is locked unlocked a conf...

Page 44: ...lide Show This function automatically repeats all pictures in order Operation Display Screen 1 Use Direction Buttons to select the Slide option 2 Press Enter Button to start the slide show Press it again to stop ...

Page 45: ...ice option 2 Press Enter Button to go to Voice Playback Mode 3 Use Right Left Buttons to go to the next or last voice recording 4 Press Movie Shutter Button to start playing back the selected voice Press it again to stop 5 Use Up Down Buttons to adjust the volume 6 Press Enter Button to go to the voice playback option menu 7 Use Up Button to select Delete option and Down Button to select Repeat op...

Page 46: ...while selecting Repeat One option and Repeat All option 11 To delete a voice use Right Left Buttons to select the voice 12 Use Up Button to delete all voice recordings and Down Button to delete single voice recording 13 Before a voice is deleted a confirmation screen will appear choosing Yes will execute the operation No will cancel the operation 14 Press Enter Button to exit ...

Page 47: ...ovie on PC When playing an MPEG4 movie for the first time MPEG4 Video Codec Xvid should be installed in PC To do this 1 Insert the CD ROM into the computer s CD ROM drive Click Install Device Driver Install MPEG4 Video Codec Xivd and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 2 Start video player such as Widows Media Player to view MPEG4 AVI Movies Share MPEG4 Movie You can sha...

Page 48: ... Out port 2 Connect the other end of the cable to a television 3 The option menu of Earphone TV pops out on the LCD Screen 4 Choose TV option and press Enter Button to validate the setting 5 The steps for viewing stored pictures and movie on a TV are exactly the same as for viewing them on the LCD monitor Note The LCD monitor does not work when the camera is connected to a television ...

Page 49: ...t with your camera In this way you can convert any format of video files and playback your favorite movies on your camera To convert a video file 1 Install Ulead VideoStudio Refer to section 11 2 Click StartÆ Select ProgramsÆ Ulead VideoStudio 8 0 3 VideoStudio 8 0 main Screen will appear on your desktop 4 Click Tools menu on the right side of the screen then choose Batch Converter ...

Page 50: ...49 5 Click Add to add the video file you want to convert 6 Select Save as type to choose output video format and click Convert to start file converting ...

Page 51: ...50 7 Task Report window will pop out after the task is completed ...

Page 52: ...amera then the converted file has to be renamed to clip0002 avi 9 Connect your camera to PC and transfer the converted video to My Computer Removable Disk DCIM 200Movie in your camera Refer to Section 10 Transferring Data to a Computer 10 After transferring the converted video to the camera press RECORD Play Button to enjoy your favorite movie ...

Page 53: ...DVD Bundled software CD contains Ulead VideoStudio 8 0 SE DVD also feathers burning the movie clip into DVD You can preserve your precious movies on DVD to share with family and friends To create a DVD 1 Select Share Option and click Create Disc ...

Page 54: ...53 2 Create Disc window pops out and click Add Video to add video file you want to burn into DVD Then click Next button and follow on screen instruction ...

Page 55: ...54 3 Click Output icon and start to burn DVD ...

Page 56: ...ils to friends or post them on websites To do this you should 1 Install the camera driver on your computer 2 Connect the computer and camera with the supplied mini USB 2 0 cable 3 Default mode is Mass Storage Mode when the camera connects to PC 4 Transfer pictures or movies or voice recordings Mass Storage Device Mode The RED LED will light up when the camera is connected to the computer Movies pi...

Page 57: ...er s Manual Many computer users will find they already have this software installed on their computer Ö MPEG4 Video Codec Xvid this decode software has to be installed for correctly viewing the movies you record The detail information can be found in online help of all the bundled software To install the bundled software 1 Insert the CD ROM into your computer s CD ROM drive The autorun screen appe...

Page 58: ... 0 main Screen will appear on your desktop Viewing Images stored in the Camera through Photo Express 5 0 To view images stored in the camera you must switch to Mass Storage Device Mode 1 Select the image you want to open in the workspace from the browse bar on the left hand side 2 Double click selected picture ...

Page 59: ...reen you must switch to PC Camera Mode Press RECORD PLAY Button to Switch to PC Camera Mode Under this mode you can capture videos or pictures through Photo Express 5 0 Click the Get Photo button Click the Import button Click the Capture button and then choose your images Click the Insert button and click Exit button to leave the screen ...

Page 60: ...59 Getting Started With Video Studio 8 0 z Click StartÆ Select ProgramsÆ Video Studio 8 0 z The Video Studio main Screen will appear on your desktop ...

Page 61: ...a through Video Studio 8 0 To view images stored in the camera you must switch to Mass Storage Device Mode 1 Click the folder on the right hand side of the screen 2 Select the image stored in the camera and press Open button to view Folder ...

Page 62: ... Press RECORD PLAY Button to switch to PC Camera Mode Under this mode you can view camera video through Video Studio To capture a video picture from the camera Click the Capture item Click the Capture Video button Click the Capture Image button ...

Page 63: ...rtial memory is used for Firmware code SD MMC Card Slot support up to 2GB Image Resolution Still image 3720x2790 10M Pixels 2048x1536 3M Pixels 1024x768 800K Pixels Movie Resolution VGA 640x480 pixels 30 fps QVGA 320X240 pixels 30 fps White Balance Auto Manual Daylight Fluorescent Tungsten Exposure Auto Manual Self Timer 10 second delay Flash Auto Off File Format Picture JPEG Movie AVI Xvid Voice ...

Page 64: ...63 System Requirement Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP Pentium MMX Celeron or AMD Athlon CPU 64MB RAM CD ROM 500MB free HDD space Available USB port 16 bit Color Display ...