Vivitar VIVICAM 5015, User Manual

Page 1: ...al Camera User s Manual 2009 Sakar International Inc All rights reserved Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies ...

Page 2: ...Camera 8 Camera Mode 8 Taking photos 8 Video Mode 13 Playback Mode 15 Install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software 18 Connect your camera to the computer 21 Get photos and videos from your camera to your computer 21 Get started 22 Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually Using Windows 23 Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually Using Macintosh 23 Maintenance of Y...

Page 3: ...lly first in order to get the most out of your digital camera Key Features Digital Image Resolution 5M 3M 2M VGA SD RAM 8MB Support s SD MMC memory card not included up to 8GB 1 5 inch TFT Color LCD Vivitar Experience Image Manager software for uploading and managing photos and videos to or from the most popular photo sharing and social network websites What your camera includes Digital Camera Viv...

Page 4: ...ickTime 6 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher Windows Media Player 10 or higher Internet connection required Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista To be able to download photos to your PC your will need the following minimum configuration Windows Vista 800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory 20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space Support for Super VGA gr...

Page 5: ... Macintosh Macintosh with Intel processor running Mac OS X v10 4 6 or later 256 MB RAM 100 MB free disk space Display 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor QuickTime 6 or higher Internet connection required A Quick Look at Your Camera ...

Page 6: ...se make sure that the batteries are inserted with the correct polarity facing up 3 Close the battery door When the No Power is displayed on the LCD this indicates that your camera has an insufficient battery power level and will be automatically powered off You need to download the sample photos and videos to your PC If there is no SD card inserted before it powers off the photos and videos will b...

Page 7: ...mend you use Alkaline batteries Do not mix alkaline standard carbon zinc or rechargeable nickel cadmium metal hydride batteries 5 In order to conserve battery power if the camera is on but not in use for 60 seconds it will automatically shut off Installing SD Memory Card Your camera has a memory card slot that enables you to insert any SD compatible memory card Adding a memory card will allow you ...

Page 8: ...mera all the images taken with the camera will be stored on the card Note 1 An external memory card is required for normal use Your camera supports any compatible SD memory card up to 8GB 2 Card inserted change to card will appear on the LCD screen when you insert the card indicating that photos and videos will now be stored on the SD memory card Reversely Card removed change to internal memory wi...

Page 9: ...a Press and hold the Power button to turn on your camera The LCD screen will light up indicating that your camera is on and ready for use To power off your camera press and hold the Power button again for about 3 seconds Camera Mode 1 Press the Menu button 2 Press the Up Down button and select Mode 3 Press the Shutter button 4 Press the Up Down button and select SINGLE 5 Press the Shutter button a...

Page 10: ...tos and videos to your computer as soon as possible or insert an SD memory card in order to take more images Flash Your camera has a built in flash function which enables you to take photos when the light condition is not good 1 Press the Up button 2 The icon will appear on the LCD indicating that the auto flash is turned on 3 Press the Up button again 4 The icon will appear on the LCD indicating ...

Page 11: ...lf Timer You can include yourself in a photo by using the Self Timer feature to delay the time between your pressing the shutter and when the photo is actually taken It is recommended that you use a tripod when you use the self timer 1 Press the Menu button 2 Press the Up Down button and select MODE 3 Press the Shutter button 4 Press the Up Down button and select SELF 5 Press the Shutter button ag...

Page 12: ...ing icon will appear on the LCD screen Note 1 Different image resolutions will affect the photo quality High resolution photos will be of better picture quality and therefore will take up more camera memory capacity than lower resolution photos 2 In order to change the image resolution setting to take high resolution photos an SD memory card needs to be inserted Frequency Settings Change the frequ...

Page 13: ...embling or shaking while the photo is being taken This function allows you to take good quality photos without the use of a tripod To set this function 1 Press the Menu button 2 Press the Up Down button and select the Anti shake option 3 Press the Shutter button 4 Use the Up Down button to select either Yes to turn the anti shake on No to leave or turn the anti shake off 5 Press the Shutter button...

Page 14: ...mory card 2 Power on your camera 3 Press the Menu button 4 Press the Up Down button to select MODE 5 Press the Shutter button 6 Press the Up Down button again to select the AVI option 7 Press the Shutter button again to confirm An icon will show on the upper left corner of the LCD 8 Press the Shutter button to start shooting the video The elapsed time will appear on the bottom right of the LCD For...

Page 15: ... Down button to select the RESOLUTION option 3 Press the Shutter button 4 Press the Up Down button to select one of the following resolutions VGA or QVGA 5 Press the Shutter button again to confirm your selection 6 The corresponding icon will appear on the LCD screen Note 1 Different image resolutions will affect the video quality High resolution videos will be of better picture quality and theref...

Page 16: ... camera You can press the Shutter button to exit to the camera mode Preview photos Press the Up Down button to select and view your photos and videos JPG will appear on the LCD if you selected a photo AVI will appear on the LCD when you select an AVI file Playback AVI files 1 Select an AVI file in your SD memory card by pressing the Up Down button 2 Press the Menu button 3 Press the Up Down button...

Page 17: ...her Yes or No 5 Press the Shutter button again to confirm your choice If you choose Yes the currect file is deleted forever This action is irreversible Format This function will delete all of the files in your camera s memory internal memory or SD memory card depending on the device selection Please be certain that you wish to use this function 1 Press the Menu button 2 Press the Up Down button to...

Page 18: ...ect a photo you want to print out 2 Press the Menu button 3 Press the Up Down button to select the Print option 4 Press the Menu button 5 Press the Up Down button and select Yes 6 Press the Menu button again A Please connect your DSC to printer message will appear on the LCD 7 Connect your camera to any PictBridge compatible printer to continue with the printing 8 Press the Shutter button to start...

Page 19: ... the Vivitar Experience Image Manager software 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive The installation screen should automatically open 2 On PC The Vivitar Experience Image Manager Installer window appears If the window does not appear open the application s CD DVD drive and click on Setup exe to launch the installer 3 On Macintosh Click the icon to install the Vivitar Experience Imag...

Page 20: ...n Note If you do not have internet access you can still download media from the camera Click the How to transfer photos and videos from my camera to my computer button for instructions 5 If you have internet access the Choose your language window opens choose your language and click Next to open the next window 6 Select your camera model from the list and click Next to open the next window ...

Page 21: ...er installer create the folder to where the program will be installed and then click Install 11 Please wait while the application continues the installation process on your computer 12 On PC Click the Close button when the installation is complete On Macintosh Click the Quit button when the installation is complete 13 Click the Launch Vivitar Experience Image Manager to open the application or clo...

Page 22: ...connect the device to the computer you will have to wait a few seconds until the computer recognizes the device Get photos and videos from your camera to your computer An SD card needs to be inserted Do not disconnect the cable during transfer Doing so will cancel the transfer of any files on their way to your computer 1 Select the Get images button from the Main menu ...

Page 23: ...mputer A media download progress bar appears on the bottom left showing the number of media files downloading to your computer A message appears when the download is complete 9 The photo and video files that you selected are now downloaded to your computer to the selected folder and albums ready for your use Get started Using the Vivitar Experience Image Manager you can upload and manage photos an...

Page 24: ...it menu Then select a folder and choose Paste from the Edit menu 5 We recommend that you copy the images into the Pictures My Pictures folder and the videos into the Videos My Videos folder 6 Do not disconnect the cable during transfer Doing so will cancel the transfer of any files on their way to your computer Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually Using Macintosh 1 Use the USB cab...

Page 25: ...ing it Sakar Warranty Card This warranty covers for the original consumer purchaser only and is not transferable Products that fail to function properly UNDER NORMAL USAGE due to defects in material or workmanship Your product will be repaired at no charge for parts or labor for a period of one year What Is Not Covered By Warranty Damages or malfunctions not resulting from defects in material or w...

Page 26: ...Department 195 Carter Drive Edison NJ 08817 U S A Technical Support For technical support issues please visit our website at www vivitar com You can find manuals software and FAQ s at the website Can t find what you are looking for E mail us at support vivitar com and one of our technical support team members will answer your questions For phone support in the US please call 1 800 592 9541 in the ...

Page 27: ...7 23mm F2 8 Internal memory SD RAM 8MB External memory Support SD card up to 8GB Flash Auto force on red eye reduction off Self timer 10S Power saving 60S Printing PictBridge Battery 2 AAA batteries Transmission interface USB V1 1 Working temperature 0 40 Computer system Window XP Vista Mac OS X 10 4 6 or higher ...

Page 28: ...w do I make sure I don t lose important pictures Your camera uses SDRAM memory which requires a constant electric current to store your test photos Should your camera lose power for instance if the battery dies or run out of power all stored pictures will be lost This camera requires an SD card for normal use If the camera powers off nothing will happen to the images stored on the SD memory card W...