GE DVX, User Manual

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Page 2: ...RECAUTIONS 9 Video camera notes 9 Memory card notes 9 LCD screen notes 10 Please read the following important information carefully before using this product 10 WATER DUST PROOF PRECAUTIONS 11 Water Dust Proof 11 Precautions Before Using 11 Precautions When Using 11 Maintenance Precautions After Using 12 GETTING STARTED 13 Accessories 13 ...

Page 3: ...tting Language and Date Time 18 Set Display Language 19 Set Date and Time 20 BASIC OPERATION 21 Recording Movies 21 Zoom Function 21 White Balance 22 Shooting 22 LCD Screen Display in Different Modes 23 Shooting Screen 23 Video Recording 24 Playback 25 DISP 26 PLAYBACK 27 Preview Photos and Videos 27 Video 27 ...

Page 4: ... SETUP 32 Photo Setup 32 Quality 33 Exposure Metering 33 HDR 34 Continuous Shot 34 Date Imprint 35 Movie Setup 36 Movie Resolution 37 Exposure Metering Modes 37 HDR 38 General Setup 39 Beep Setup 40 LCD Brightness 40 World Time 41 Power Saver 41 firmware Version 42 Format Memory 42 Reset 43 ...

Page 5: ...3 Playback Setup 44 Delete 45 Slide Show 47 Red Eye Removal 48 CONNECTION 49 Connecting to TV Output with HDMI 49 Connecting to a PC via USB 50 APPENDICES 52 Specifications DVX 52 Error Messages 55 Troubleshooting 57 ...

Page 6: ...ging Company Trademarks All trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and are properties of their respective owners About this manual This manual provides you with instructions on how to use your GE digital video camera Every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this manual are accurate however General Imaging Asia Company reserves the right to ma...

Page 7: ...ay not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation For customers in Europe CE mark indicates that this product complies with the European requirements for safety health environment and customer protection CE marked video cameras are intended for sales in Europe This symbol crossed out wheeled bin WEEE ...

Page 8: ...tion of Conformity Model Name DVX Trade Name GE Responsible Party General Imaging Co Address 1411 W 190th Street Suite 550 Gardena CA 90248 USA Telephone Number 1 800 730 6597 Outside U S Canada 1 310 755 6857 ...

Page 9: ...t for the camera to come to room temperature before turning on or using the video camera General Imaging is not responsible for any loss of data camera malfunction or non operation Memory Card Notes When using a new SD memory card or a SD memory card has been initialized by a PC you might have to format the card if the camera is not reading it However please back up any data on the card prior to i...

Page 10: ...eek immediate medical assistance If liquid from the LCD screen is swallowed flush your mouth thoroughly with water and try to induce vomiting Then seek immediate medical assistance Please read the following important information carefully before using the product Do not disassemble or attempt to service the video camera yourself Do not drop or knock the video camera Improper handling may damage th...

Page 11: ...ld be clean and free of foreign matter to insure a tight seal Units with damaged waterproof rubber seals should not be used in wet or damp conditions Don t use the video camera in a geothermal spring When using the video camera in water a wrist strap is recommended Precautions When Using Don t use the video camera below 5 meters approximately 15 feet underwater Don t use the video camera under wat...

Page 12: ...er foreign materials wash it thoroughly with clean water don t open the SD card cover or interface cover while when cleaning After cleaning wipe the video cam era with a clean dry lint free cloth To help maintain the camera s waterproof ability wipe off any dust sand or other foreign materials from the rubber gaskets and corresponding slot areas Do not use any chemical agents to clean the camera D...

Page 13: ...e Warranty Card Wrist Strap Quick Guide Your package should contain the video camera model you purchased along with the items below If anything is missing or appears to be damaged please contact our customer service department Power Adapter ...

Page 14: ...tatus Indicator 5 Left Button Disp lay 16 Lens 6 Down Button Zoom Out Button 17 Microphone 7 Right Button White Balance 18 USB HDMI Card Slot Switch 8 OK Button Record Button 19 USB lock 9 Wrist Strap Hole 20 HDMI Interface 10 Delete Button 21 USB Jack 11 Menu Button 22 Tripod Socket 23 Speaker 18 20 23 22 16 17 21 19 X 9 1 14 15 13 10 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 X ...

Page 15: ...rovided USB cable to connect the video camera to a PC see figure 2 3 Connect the camera s flip out USB connector to a PC directly see figure 3 1 2 3 X X x The DVX should charge for approximately 4 hours for the first time and the status indicator will turn green when the battery is fully charged If you use method 1 to charge the charging time is approximately 3 hours If you use method 2 or 3 to ch...

Page 16: ...e 1920X1080 1440X1080 to record video use High Speed Card above Class 4 When taking video if a Memory card accessing is slow message appears on the LCD screen change the SD card to a High Speed Card above class 4 or reformat the current card and re try taking video Write Protection Buckle After opening the buckle on the SD Card Cover according to the arrow direction shown in the figure SD Card Cov...

Page 17: ... power is off press the Power button to turn the video camera on When the power supply is on press the Power button to turn the video camera off If there is no response on the video camera press and hold the power button and the button for at least two seconds to reset and power off ...

Page 18: ...deo camera on for the first time Use the following procedures to set the camera to your preferences 1 Press the Power button to turn the video camera on 2 Press the button to select the settings 3 Press the button to confirm the settings Setting Language and Date Time ...

Page 19: ...he setting menu 2 Press to select menu Press to select the Language option 3 Press the button to enter the setting interface 4 Press to select language of choice Then Press the button to return to the menu or Press the button to return to the shooting screen ...

Page 20: ...buttontoreturntothemenu Press toselectthevalue OrPressthe buttontoreturntothe shootingscreen 5 Press the button to store the value Press the button to return to the shooting screen Date format is M D Y Time format is 24 hour format When selecting the option the screen will display the icons with the following Two colors White not selected Orange Current selection Set Date and Time ...

Page 21: ...ton to begin taking video 3 Press the button to end the video recording This function allows you to record movies Zoom Function Press the button to zoom in or zoom out Digital Zoom In Digital Zoom Out When the zoom function is engaged the zoom icon displayed on the screen will change from white to orange ...

Page 22: ...te Balance Fluorescent White Balance Incandescent White Balance Waterproof White Balance With White Balance users can adjust the color temperature under different light sources to adjust correct color During the process of recording a video simply press the button to take photos Shooting While Recording You can take photos while simultaneously recording video ...

Page 23: ...Battery status indicator 2 Memory card 3 Remaining number of pictures 4 image resolution 5 Image Quality 6 White Balance 7 Continuous Shot 8 WT Ratio 9 HDR 10 Histogram 11 Video Quality 12 Remaining video time 13 Face Detection 14 Shooting date and time LCD Screen Display in Different Modes ...

Page 24: ...ng 4 The number of available photos 5 The number of photos have been taken 6 Image Quality 7 White Balance 8 Continuous Shot 9 WT Ratio 10 HDR 11 Zoom out 12 Zoom in 13 Video Recording Indicator 14 Video shooting time during shooting 15 Shooting date and time Using this facility the number of shots is limited by the file size of the single frames ...

Page 25: ...Selected film image 4 Video file reminder display 5 Next photo video 6 Shooting date and time 7 Ranking order number of the current photos 8 Film length 2012 05 17 23 342 00 10 12 09 13 1 6 3 5 4 2 7 8 09 13 23 342 00 10 12 1 7 6 4 3 8 2012 05 17 Vertical Horizontal ...

Page 26: ...26 26 Display In shooting mode press the DISP button you can switch the screen between the following two screens Display One Display Two ...

Page 27: ...ode Video In the playback mode each button description is shown as follows 1 Pause 4 Fast Forward 2 Fast Backward 5 Increase Volume 3 Decrease Volume When playing videos the operation guides will appear on the screen Press the button to play or pause When viewing in horizontal mode the operation guides and time access will not automatically display Press to display them While the video is playing ...

Page 28: ...e screen press the button to return to the Playback screen In the Playback mode only the first frame of the video is displayed Fast Forward Display 2x 4x 8x 16x Fast Backward Display 2x 4x 8x 16x When the video camera is turned off press the button for 2 sec to turn it on and enter Playback mode ...

Page 29: ...n to magnify photos up to 4x See note below 4 Press the button to move the position of display area 5 Press the button again to return to the Playback screen the original size This zoom feature can only be used on still images It is not available in video playback The maximum zoom capacity is 4x in this mode In the Playback mode images can be magnified up to 4x by using the function button ...

Page 30: ...ess the buttons to select the photo or video to be viewed Date Folder When in Thumbnail Mode press the button and the thumbnails will be sorted by shooting date or press the button to return to the Playback screen Date Folder Thumbnail With the Date Folder displayed on screen press the button to enter the Date Folder Thumbnails only photos in the Date Folder are displayed or press again to return ...

Page 31: ...to video to be deleted on the screen 4 Press the button to select Yes or Cancel Yes Deletes the current photo video Cancel Returns to the previous screen 5 Press the button to save the setting and return to the Playback mode Erased photos videos are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered In the Playback mode Playback screen Thumbnail Date Folder Date Folder Thumbnail press the button to delet...

Page 32: ...Shooting screen 3 Press the button to enter the options menu once you have selected an option within Photo Setup 4 Press the to select option 5 Press the button to select and return to the Photo Setup menu or press button to return to the menu or press button to return to the Shooting screen Mode Press the button to enter the Setup Menu ...

Page 33: ...ering There are three options for Exposure Metering Exposure Metering Spot this uses one point in the frame usually the center of the frame to determine correct exposure Exposure Metering Center this uses the center of the frame to determine correct exposure Exposure Metering AiAE this uses multiple areas of the frame to intelligently determine correct exposure This specifies the area of the pictu...

Page 34: ...sures of the same picture and overlaps them to lighten dark areas and darken light areas thereby correcting exposing the picture The Continuous Shot has two options Continuous Shot ON Continuous Shot OFF Continuously hold down button to perform continuous shooting to stop please release button Continuous Shot ...

Page 35: ...35 Date Imprint There are three options for Imprint Date Imprint Date Date Time Imprint Date Date Imprint Date OFF Saves the date and time data with the picture ...

Page 36: ...to enter the setting interface of the corresponding options in the Movie Setup Menu 4 Press the to select the value 5 Press the button to save the value and return to the Movie Setup Menu or press the button to return to the menu or press the button to return to the Shooting screen Movies cannot be recorded without a SD SDHC card in the camera Mode Press the button to enter the Setup Menu ...

Page 37: ...or Exposure Metering Exposure Metering Spot Exposure Metering Center Exposure Metering AiAE Exposure Metering is used to setup a target area for the exposure to be obtained The Movie Resolution setting has five options 1920X1080p 30FPS 1280x720p 60FPS 1280x720p 30FPS 1440X1080p 30FPS 640x480p 30FPS HD recording time is limited to less than 29 minutes ...

Page 38: ...There are two options for HDR HDR ON HDR OFF HDR High Dynamic Range takes several exposes and overlaps them This lightens darker areas of the photo and darkens lighter areas thereby correctly exposing the picture ...

Page 39: ...e menu of corresponding options in the General Setup menu 4 Press toselectfunctionoptionorselect press buttontosaveselectionandreturnto themenu press toselectthemenuoption orpress buttontoreturntotheshooting screen 5 Press button to save the menu option press button to return to the Shooting screen Mode Press button to enter Setup menu ...

Page 40: ...e volume of beep when buttons are pressed LCD Brightness In the LCD Brightness screen press button to select auto or different brightness ratio press button to save the menu option Press button to return to the Shooting screen Use LCD Brightness to adjust the brightness of your screen ...

Page 41: ...ime zone of the city nearest you Power Saver The Power Saver function has two options ON OFF When power saving function is turned on the screen will automatically turn off after one minute and the video camera will automatically turn off after three minutes Use the Power Saver function to prolong battery life between charges ...

Page 42: ...are update can t be completed if the battery is not sufficiently charged Use this option to view the current Firmware version of the video camera Format Memory There are two options in Format Memory Yes No When there is no memory storage card in the camera Format Memory will format the internal memory If there is a memory card in the camera Format Memory will only format the memory storage card Us...

Page 43: ... Yes No Use the Reset function to set the video camera to factory default values Copy to Card The Copy to Storage Card has two options Yes No Use Copy to Card function to copy the files stored in the internal memory card to storage card ...

Page 44: ...ect the options in the Setup menu The Playback Setup has three options Delete Slide Show Red eye Reduction In the Playback mode press button Note this function will only display in the horizontal mode Mode In Playback mode Press button to enter Setup menu ...

Page 45: ...e options press button to save the setting value and enter function selection interface 3 Pres button to select Yes or Cancel to return to the menu 4 Press button to save the menu option and return to the Playback Setup menu press button to return to the Shooting screen Using this function will delete the photos videos stored in the internal memory or storage card ...

Page 46: ...enu press button to return to the Shooting screen Delete Date Folder 1 Press button to select Delete option press button to enter the setup interface 2 Select Date Folder option press button to enter Date Folder selection interface 3 Press button to select the Date Folder to be deleted press button to display the deleted information on the screen 4 Pres button to select Yes or Cancel to return to ...

Page 47: ...menu 3 Press the button to start playing Only Horizontal mode is used for slide show playback 4 Press the button again to stop playing 5 Press the button to select Continue to Start Return to the Playback screen The default slideshow interval time is preset to 3 seconds This function displays images in sequence at regular intervals from the SD memory card or from the internal memory ...

Page 48: ...Cancel to return to the menu press the button to select a photo 3 After pressing the button the original file will be overwritten Red eye reduction does not work for video files If the camera s software does not detect red eye effect in the image red eye is not detected will appear on the screen Use the Red Eye Removal function to remove red eye effect in your photos ...

Page 49: ...y If 1080i is supported the images will display on the TV when connection is successful If 1080i is not supported the highest resolution supported by the TV will be selected automatically The video camera will turn off automatically after disconnecting the HDMI cable Enter the Playback screen Press the button to select the previous next photo video Photo Video Press the button to start stop play W...

Page 50: ... press the button to start stop video play When playing video the functions of and are the same as playing video in the video camera refer to P27 When playing video press the button to pause first then press the button to return to the Single Playback screen ...

Page 51: ...wing steps 1 Open the USB HDMI port cover 2 Press the yellow tab to release the pop up USB interface connector 3 Use the USB cable to connect the video camera to a PC 1 or connect the USB connector to a PC directly 2 This video camera supports Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 1 2 X x ...

Page 52: ...ent 4P Focusing Range 1 5m Anti Handshake Digital Image Stabilization Digital Zoom 4x Digital Zoom Number of Recording Pixels Movie 1920 1080pixels 30fps 1280 720pixels 60fps 1280 720pixels 30fps 1440x1080pixel 30fps 640x480pixel 30fps Still Image 5MP 2592x1944 4 3 3MP 2560x1440 16 9 Still Image in video The resolution of still photo captured while video recording is same as video resolution Image...

Page 53: ...0 400 pixels Auto Adjust Brightness LCD ISO Sensitivity Auto 100 800 Exposure Metering Method Artificial Intelligence AE Ai AE Face detection AE Center weighted Average Spot Fixed to center of frame Exposure Control Method Program AE AE range LV5 LV16 Playback Modes Movie Single Photo Index Date Photo Slide Show Zoom Approx 4x Audio Histogram Display FF REW 2x 4x 8x 16x each frame ...

Page 54: ...ages Jacks Internal USB2 0 HDMI Jack Power Internal Rechargeable Lithium ion Battery GB 50A 880 mAH Approx battery life Still Approx 260shots based on CIPA Standards Video Approx 70min 1080p 30fps Operation Environment Temperature 32 104 F 0 40O C Humidity 0 90 Dimensions W x H x D 2 2 4 1 0 8in 55 0 105 0 20 1mm Mass Approx 5 1oz 145g Body only Supplied Accessories AC adapter USB extension cable ...

Page 55: ...ou have safely disconnected the hardware on your system Connection failed Camera is not properly connecting to TV or computer USB mode may be incorrect or USB port may be damaged Please try again File can t be recognized Camera can t recognize such file format Warning Don t power off when upgrading Please don t power the video camera off when upgrading software Software update failed Update for so...

Page 56: ...tion of memory card Memory card lock is switched to protection mode Take out the memory card and unlock it File can t be edited The file has already been edited and can t be edited again Memory card error The memory card is not recognized or failed Replace with a new memory card or format this card again The memory card is not formatted Format the memory card as described on page 42 Battery exhaus...

Page 57: ...e takens Suggest using a tripod Can t take photos Internal memory or memory card is full The memory card is not formatted Still in Playback mode Insert a new memory card or copy files to PC and delete from memory card Format the memory card Return to the shooting mode Can t record video No memory card or memory card is full Still in Playback mode Insert a new memory card or copy files to PC and de...

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