Vivitar VIVICAM T024, User Manual

Page 1: ...tal Camera User Manual 2010 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: ...amera Mode 9 Video Mode 30 Playback Mode 33 Install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software 44 Connect your camera to the computer 46 Get photos and videos from your camera to your computer 47 Get started 48 Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually Using Windows 49 Transfer media from my camera to my computer manually Using Macintosh 49 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera 50 Saka...

Page 3: ...t in order to get the most out of your digital camera Key Features 4X Digital Zoom 12 1 mega pixels camera 2 4 inch TFT LCD Auto Flash Red Eye Reduction Self Timer Anti Shake Pictbridge Ready Smile Face Detection 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 s Included Digital Camera...

Page 4: ...sk space 1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution 16 bit color or higher display adaptor CD ROM Drive QuickTime 6 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher Windows Media Player 10 or higher Internet connection required Computer System Requirements for Macintosh OS Macintosh with Intel processor running Mac OS X v10 5 or later 256 MB RAM 100 MB free disk space Display 1024 x 768 or higher r...

Page 5: ...4 A Quick Look at Your Camera ...

Page 6: ...ommended 1 Slide and open the battery door on the bottom of the camera 2 Insert the batteries correctly with the correct polarity facing up 3 Close the battery door 4 On powering on your camera the battery icon will appear on the bottom left of the LCD screen Full battery power Medium battery power Low battery power Note ...

Page 7: ...when the camera loses power and turns off or when the battery door is opened to replace the batteries Installing SD Memory Card An external memory card is required for normal use Your camera supports any compatible SD memory card up to 8GB Adding a memory card will allow you to increase the capacity of your camera before you have to transfer test photos to your PC 1 Locate the Memory Card slot on ...

Page 8: ...ted when the camera s power is turned off or if the batteries are removed Please download the photo before powering off 2 If there is a photo in the internal memory when you insert the card into your camera a Copy to card message will appear on the LCD with Yes or No options On selecting Yes the photo will now be copied to your card 3 Formatting will delete all data on the SD memory card including...

Page 9: ...omatically power off after a few seconds Mode selection Your digital camera has 3 main modes Camera mode Video mode and Playback mode The Camera mode is for you to take still photos adjust the camera settings and change the way the camera is setup You can shoot video files while in Video mode In Playback mode you can preview photos and videos as well as being able to delete rotate protect crop and...

Page 10: ...r button to take the photo 3 There will be a short delay while the camera saves the JPEG photo to memory After each photo is taken when the camera returns to icon mode the numbers of photos left to shoot at the selected resolution is displayed on the top right of the LCD screen When the camera s memory photo capacity is full the LCD screen will display a message Memory Full Insert a SD memory card...

Page 11: ...bject up to 4 times using the digital zoom Press the T button to zoom in on the object and press the W button to zoom back out The following icon will appear on your LCD screen Macro Far shooting The camera has a function that allows you to capture objects up close or very far distances per your request Macro shooting up to 80cm 1 Slide the Macro Far switch on the side of the camera near the SD ca...

Page 12: ...e The flash can only be use when the camera is in Far mode If you are in the Macro close up mode and try to use the flash a message will appear on the LCD to remind you that you are in Macro Mode Select the Macro setting option to change to the Far mode in order to use the flash 1 Press the Flash Up button 2 The icon appears on the LCD screen This will activate the automatic flash 3 The icon as we...

Page 13: ...s on the MENU dial The camera has 3 short cut buttons on the MENU dial to make for quick access to the following settings Scene Left button Self timer Down button and Delete Right button Pressing the relevant button will activate the setting options Scene the 9 scene options appear on the LCD for you to select Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach High Sensitivity Se...

Page 14: ...or you to take photos in almost any environment Scenes included with your camera are Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach or High Sensitivity Choose the scene in accordance with the light and environmental conditions prevailing at the time of taken the photo 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the Scene icon 3 The Scene menu appears in th...

Page 15: ... be saved and the amount of memory required for each photo The higher the photo quality the more memory it will take The image size and quality will also affect the maximum size you can effectively print your photo To set the Image size 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the icon 3 The Image Size menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down buttons to sele...

Page 16: ...has two HD 7M and 2M high definition image sizes Anti Shake Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a result of trembling or shaking when taking the photo You are not required to use a tripod in order to take good quality photos 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the icon 3 The Anti Shake menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Pres...

Page 17: ...pear on the bottom of the LCD screen Face Detect Your camera supports face detecting that allows you to take better portrait photos 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the icon 3 The Face Detect menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down button to select Face Detect On or Off ...

Page 18: ...ing this feature to delay the time between you pressing the Shutter button and when the photo is actually taken It is recommended that you use a tripod or place the camera on a flat and sturdy surface when using the self timer 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the icon 3 The Self Timer menu appears in the center of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down button to select one of t...

Page 19: ...he self timer count down begin in the center of the green frame that appears on the LCD Your camera will count down 2 5 or 10 seconds as per your choice the LED will flash and then automatically take the photo Setup You can adjust the way your camera is setup with 10 setup options Exposure ISO White Balance Sharpness Quality Date Auto Power off Language Format and Default Setting 1 Press the MENU ...

Page 20: ...nter of the LCD 4 Press the Up Down button to select one of the setup options Exposure This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Up Down buttons to select an Exposure value from 3 brightest to 3 darkest from the Menu that appears ...

Page 21: ...mpensate the light conditions when the light source is not good and you also specifically do not wish to use a flash or tripod When using ISO sensitization please choose the low value ISO to prevent spots or blotches appearing on your photo 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the ISO option in the Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select an ISO value from the Menu...

Page 22: ...te Balance This setting allows the camera to adjust the color of your photos according to the color of your light source 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the White Balance option in the Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a White Balance option from the Menu that appears Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent ...

Page 23: ...White Balance option you selected Sharpness This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images making edges more or less distinct 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the Sharpness option in the Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Sharpness option from the Menu that appears ...

Page 24: ... The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can take A HIGH setting means you can take fewer photos but they will be of better quality The default value is Fine 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the Quality option in the Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Quality option from the Menu that appears ...

Page 25: ...on the bottom left corner of the LCD Super quality Fine quality Normal quality Date This allows you to set the system time which will be displayed on the photos 1 Press the Up Down buttons to select the Date option in the Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select a Date option from the Menu that appears ...

Page 26: ...een will appear You will be able to change the date settings that will appear on the photo once it is taken To Set the date 1 Press the Up Down button to enter Set date option 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Right Left button to select and highlight the Year Month Day Hour Minute Second and Date Format type Press the Up Down button to set the Date time and format ...

Page 27: ...a is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off Use the Auto Power Off option to change this setting 1 Press the Up Down button to select the Auto Power Off option in Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select an Auto Power Off option from the Menu that appears ...

Page 28: ...ll not be powered off until the battery power is depleted or the camera is turned off manually 5 Press the MENU button to confirm save and exit to the camera standby mode Language Your digital camera supports only English for this version Format This function will format the memory card and will erase all files in memory including files that ...

Page 29: ...all images to the PC before formatting the card 1 Press the Up Down button to select the Format option from the Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down button to select OK 4 Press the MENU button to confirm 5 A Format confirmation message appears 6 Press the Right Left button to select Yes to format No to exit 7 Press the MENU button to confirm and begin the format ...

Page 30: ... your camera to the original factory settings 1 Press the Up Down button to select Default Setting in the Setup menu 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Up Down button to select OK 4 Press the Up Down button to select OK to set to default setting or Cancel to exit 5 Press the MENU button to confirm 6 If you selected OK a Default Setting confirmation message will appear ...

Page 31: ...ton to select the Video mode Note An SD card up to 8GB needs to be inserted in order to use the video mode normally When the icon appears on the top left corner of the LCD screen this indicates that you are in Video mode 1 Prepare the object or subject you wish to record 2 Press the Shutter button to begin shooting the video 3 The elapse time will appear on the top right of the LCD screen and the ...

Page 32: ...nd Shoot More video message will appear on the LCD screen when you attempt shoot more videos Download the test file from the internal memory to the PC or delete them to shoot more videos Alternatively you can insert a SD memory card to expand the memory to record longer videos 3 The LCD will not light up when the light condition is not good In Video mode there are 3 setup options White Balance Siz...

Page 33: ...ncandescent Fluorescent 4 Press the MENU button to confirm save and exit to the video standby mode 5 The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the White Balance option you selected Size Your camera supports 2 video resolutions 640x480 VGA pixels 320x240 QVGA pixels 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the option for the Size menu to appear ...

Page 34: ...s on the top left corner of the LCD screen this indicates that you are in Playback mode Here you can preview the photos and videos you have captured and recorded In Playback mode you can rotate protect delete and crop your photos and you can protect and delete video clips You can also print photos directly from your camera using PictBridge Note The message No File Exist will appear on the LCD scre...

Page 35: ...Out of the Photo 1 Select a JPEG photo 2 The icon will display on the top left corner of the LCD screen 3 Press the T button to 8x zoom in to the photo 4 Press the Up Down Left Right button to navigate around the photo 5 Press the W button to zoom back out it Operation functions for still photos Select the still photo you want by either selecting it in the thumbnail view first before viewing to fu...

Page 36: ...rted 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the rotate option 3 Press the Up Down buttons to select the Rotate option from the Menu that appears 4 Press the MENU button to confirm how many degrees you want to rotate the photo 5 A Rotate Saving message will appear on the screen Please wait while the photo is rotated as per ...

Page 37: ... the screen 2 No card inserted will appear on the screen if no SD card is insert Please insert an SD memory card to use this function Protect You can protect your photos videos from accidental deletion by selecting the lock feature 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the protect option 3 Press the Up Down button to select the Protect options that appear in the menu ...

Page 38: ...Select Unlock and press the MENU button to unlock the current file Delete Delete unwanted photos and videos at any time in order to free up memory You can delete one image or video clip at a time or delete all except the protected photos and videos that are currently stored and saved on the memory card 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the Delete option ...

Page 39: ...at this stage 4 Press the MENU button to confirm 5 A Delete confirmation message appears 6 Press the Right Left button to select Yes or No 7 Press MENU button to confirm and delete the image s Note You cannot delete files that are locked Caution If you choice the All option all the unprotected photo images on your SD card will be deleted This process is irreversible and all your images will be los...

Page 40: ... Only photos on the SD Card can be cropped 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the Crop option 3 Press the Up Down button to select Crop or Cancel 4 Press the MENU button 5 A blue crop rectangle appears on the photo in the LCD screen 6 Press the W or T buttons to determine the size of the area to crop 7 Press the Up Down Right Left buttons to navigate the area of the ph...

Page 41: ... photo is saved as a new photo to your camera s memory card Print with Pictbridge You can print the photos directly from the camera with a Pictbridge compatible printer 1 Select the photo you wish to print 2 Press the MENU button 3 Press the Right Left button to select the Pictbridge menu 4 Press the Up Down button and select Pictbridge to print photos or press Cancel to exit the menu 5 Press the ...

Page 42: ...ct a video Video have an icon on the thumbnail Press the MENU button for the selected video to appear in full screen 3 Press the Shutter button to play the current AVI file 4 Press the Up button to pause and press it again to continue playing 5 Press the Shutter button to stop playing the AVI and revert back to the Playback mode Note Just as with Photos so too Videos can be protected from accident...

Page 43: ...lock the current file follow steps 1 through 4 Select Unlock and press the MENU button to unlock the current file Delete Delete unwanted videos at any time in order to free up memory You can delete one image or video clip at a time or delete all except the protected videos that are currently stored and saved on the memory card 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the Right Left button to select the Del...

Page 44: ...thing at this stage 4 Press the MENU button to confirm 5 A Delete confirmation message appears 6 Press the Right Left button to select Yes or No 7 Press the MENU button to confirm and delete the image s Note You cannot delete files that are locked Caution If you choice the All option all the unprotected video images on your SD card will be deleted This process is irreversible and all your images w...

Page 45: ... 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 bat to launch the installer 3 On Macintosh Click the icon to install the Vivitar Experience Imag...

Page 46: ...he 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 7 Click Next to confirm your camera model selection and to install the application 8 Please wait whil...

Page 47: ...uter 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 close the window and run the Vivitar Experience Image Manager from your computer Connect your camera to the computer 1 Use the USB cable that came with your camera to connect your ...

Page 48: ...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 2 The Get media from device window opens 3 You can select to download photos videos or both ...

Page 49: ...uter 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 and videos to and from the most popular photo sharing and social networking sites Facebook Flickr MySpace Picasa Photobucket...

Page 50: ... 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 cable that came with your camera to connect your camera to your computer 2 The camera s device icon appears on the desktop 3 Click on the device icon and open the DCIM folder and the folder in...

Page 51: ...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 workmanship and damages or malfunctions from other than normal use including but limited to repair by unauthorized parties tampering modification or accident What To Do When Service Is Required When returning your defective product postage pre p...

Page 52: ...For phone support in the US please call 1 800 592 9541 in the UK call 0800 917 4831 in Australia call 1800 006 614 If you would like to call from anywhere else please visit www vivitar com for your local toll free number Sakar US Sakar International Attention Service Department 195 Carter Drive Edison NJ 08817 Sakar UK Europe Attention Service Department 2D Siskin Parkway East 4020 Middlemarch Bus...

Page 53: ...T Lens f 7 45mm F3 0 with Mechanical Shutter Zoom 8X Digital Zoom Exposure 3 0EV 3 0EV White Balance Auto Daylight Cloudy Incandescent Fluorescent ISO Auto 100 200 400 Scene Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery Portrait Scenery Sport Party Beach High Sensitivity Flash Auto Force Red Eye Reduction Off Self timer 2 5 or 10 sec delay Anti Shake Yes PictBridge Yes Face Detect Yes Interface USB 2 0 System...

Page 54: ...o 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 the photo 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 We recommend a...