Mattel Vidster, Manual

2. Set the slide switch to Playback mode and turn on your Vidster™. 

    Your Vidster™ cannot be used as a camera or a video camera while  

    it’s attached to your computer. The Vidster™ will show up as a  

    ‘removable drive’ on your computer once it’s plugged in. You can then  

    move the images off and/or delete them, just as you would from any  

    other storage drive.

3. Before removing or turning off your Vidster‘ camera, follow your  

    computer’s standard procedure for stopping & removing USB mass  

    storage device. Then turn–off your Vidster and disconnect it from  

    your computer.

Recommended minimum system configuration 

• 550 MHZ Pentium III, AMD K-6, or equivalent processor with  

   MMX support 

• 128MB RAM or more 

• 16MB video RAM or more 

• Microsoft DirectX 9.0 installed 

• 7200 RPM or faster hard disk 

• Operating System: Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP 

VIDSTER‘ FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS

Features

• 2x Digital Zoom Vidster™

• 32MB Memory

• Expandable memory via SD/MMC card

• Composite Video Out

• MJPEG video format

• QVGA Video resolution

Specifications

• SD/MMC card support up to 512MB

• DCIM nomenclature for picture directory

• Automatically detects video cables

• Quality: For Scene mode QVGA (320x240) video at 15 FPS

• MJPEG format

•  1.3 Megapixel photo resolution

• Screen: Internal LCD or TV selected via hardware. If nothing is 

plugged into the A/V out connection, all screen data is channeled to 

the LCD.  If something is plugged into the A/V out connection, all data is 

sent in NTSC format.

TIPS & TROUBLESHOOTING

Tips for the New User

Try and keep whatever 

you’re shooting well lit 

from the front. And always 

have adequate light!

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