Sakar 89379, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...ital Camera Owner s Manual 2005 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 ...

Page 2: ...us 7 Navigation buttons 10 Setting up your Camera for Use 11 Install PhoTags Express software and Camera Driver 11 Taking Photos 14 Starting Your Camera 21 Playback Mode 26 Installing An Optional Memory Card 30 Transferring Images to your PC 32 Using Camera as Web Cam 39 Maintenance of Your Digital Camera 41 Technical Support 41 Appendix A Technical Specifications 41 Appendix B Troubleshooting 42 ...

Page 3: ...nch Color LCD Monitor and photo viewer 4x Digital zoom 16MB internal memory SD Memory Card Slot accepts any size SD compatible memory cards Built in Flash Camera can be used as a Web Cam for Video Conferencing and Instant Messaging PhoTags Express software for managing and enhancing your photos printing sending photos by e mails and much more To get the most out of your camera please read this man...

Page 4: ...eed the following minimum configuration Pentium II 300 MHz AMD Athlon 300 MHz or a Celeron 400 MHz or higher Windows98 SE ME 2000 XP 125MB free hard disk space or above 32MB or more RAM Available USB Interface CD ROM Drive Color Display At least 800 600 resolution Parts of the Camera ...

Page 5: ...5 The LCD Monitor LCD Screen LCD Screen LCD Screen PLAYBACK Mode Normal Mode Normal Mode ...

Page 6: ...6 The Normal Mode Menus ...

Page 7: ...7 The PLAYBACK Mode Menus ...

Page 8: ... power Medium battery power Low battery power Photo quality Standard quality High quality Flash Auto Force Flash No Flash Shooting Mode Single shoot Video Self timer O N Self timer On Digital Zoom 4 00X 4 x Digital Zoom 3 00X 3 x Digital Zoom 2 00X 2 x Digital Zoom 1 00X 1 x Digital Zoom ...

Page 9: ...nal SD Memory Card C An external memory card in installed when the C is visible to the left of the battery indicator Picture Counter Number of remaining shots Preview mode Number of stored photos Playback mode ...

Page 10: ...ns The center MENU navigation buttons up down right and left Shutter click to take photos On Off turn camera on or off Memory slot insert memory card Normal and PLAYBACK Modes Display button click to change display modes ...

Page 11: ...era is connected to the computer you can t take photos Warning 1 To avoid loss of photos in the camera due to power loss please don t open the battery compartment unless necessary 2 Please download photos to your PC as often as possible 3 If the camera is idle for a long period of time please remove the batteries to avoid battery leakage and corrosion Install PhoTags Express software and Camera Dr...

Page 12: ...are screen will appear Select your camera model from the drop down list and click the Install button to install PhoTags Express followed by the installation of PhoTags WebCam Express and your camera driver 4 On the PhoTags Express screen click the Next button 5 Please review the license terms and click the Agree button to continue ...

Page 13: ...ed to and then click Install 7 Click Finish to let the PhoTags Express installer finish the installation program 8 This will automatically launch the Install shield for the camera driver Click Next to continue 9 Once the program has finished installing you will have to restart your computer ...

Page 14: ... Camera s Frequency The camera has 2 Frequency settings 50 HZ for the US and Asia and 60 HZ for Europe and Japan Press the Menu button then press button to select Frequency mode shown on LCD Monitor Use the to select either 50 HZ or 60 HZ and then press the Menu button again to Exit Choose EXIT to return to the Normal mode without making any changes ...

Page 15: ...ward or backward Press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu 2 Show Date Time stamp on Photos Press the Menu button and select Date on Photo Date and time appears on lower right of the photo Press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu 3 Turn off Date and Time stamp Press the Menu button and select Date off Photo The Date and Time will no longer be shown on the p...

Page 16: ...enu button to turn off the drop down menu 3 Auto off after 180 seconds Press the Menu button and select 180 sec The camera will now shut off after it is idle for 180 seconds Press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu 4 Disable Auto Shut Off Press the Menu button and select NEVER Select EXIT to return to turn off the Auto off menu 5 Exit Choose EXIT to return to the Normal mode w...

Page 17: ...ize and Quality Settings Image Size Standard Quality High Quality 640 x 480 VGA 81 photos 40 photos 1280 x 1024 SXGA 15 photos 7 photos 1600 x 1200 UXGA 10 photos 5 photos 2048 x 1536 QXGA 6 photos 3 photos Note Your camera has a memory card slot built in Use an external SD compatible memory Card NOT INCLUDED to increase the photo taking capacity of your camera SD cards come in a variety of capaci...

Page 18: ...appear on the LCD MONITOR Press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu 4 640 x 480 VGA Press the Menu button and select High 640X 480 will appear on the LCD MONITOR Press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu 5 Exit Choose EXIT to return to the Normal mode without making any changes QUICK SET OPTION 1 Make sure your LCD Monitor is in the Icon Display mode You wil...

Page 19: ...n will appear on the LCD MONITOR 3 Exit Select EXIT to return to the normal mode QUICK SET OPTION 1 Make sure you LCD Monitor is in the Icon Display mode You will see the current Photo Quality indicated by 1 star for Standard and 2 stars for high displayed on the bottom center portion of the LCD Monitor to the right of the image size 2 When you are in the NORMAL Mode select the right arrow button ...

Page 20: ...a to enhance the image further Press the Menu button then press button to select Image Setting mode shown on LCD Monitor Use the to select your function you want and then press the Menu button again Auto This is the default setting of the camera Press the Menu button and select Auto to restore this setting Press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu ...

Page 21: ...arp Soft After you finish making your selection press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu Exit Choose EXIT to return to the Normal mode without making any changes Starting Your Camera Press and hold the Power button for 3 seconds to start the camera The LCD Monitor will light up and the camera will make a Beep sound This will confirm that your camera on and ready to use The Cam...

Page 22: ...e After selecting Still Image press the Menu button and icon will appears on the LCD MONITOR Every time you press the shutter one photo will be taken 2 Video After selecting Video press Menu button and icon appears on LCD MONITOR Then press Shutter button and it starts It stops when it is full or pressing Shutter button again 3 Exit Choose EXIT to return to the Normal mode without making any chang...

Page 23: ... you zoom in on the image that is shown in the LCD Monitor and then save the zoomed in image Use LCD MONITOR to frame the object and then press the button to provide up to 4x magnification The LCD MONITOR will display the zoom setting see below Press the button to capture the zoomed in image Digital Zoom 4 00X 4 x Digital Zoom 3 00X 3 x Digital Zoom 2 00X 2 x Digital Zoom 1 00X 1 x Digital Zoom Se...

Page 24: ...h button 3 times The icon will appear on upper right of the LCD MONITOR That indicates that the Flash is turned off Self Timer You can include yourself in the photo by using this feature to delay the time between when you press the shutter and the photo is taken It is recommended that you use a tripod when you use the self time Press the Menu button then press button to select the Self Timer mode ...

Page 25: ...ry in your camera can record up to 2 minutes video based on how much memory is available To take videos 1 Press the Menu button and select the Capture Mode shown on LCD MONITOR Then press the buttons and select Video Press and hold the menu button to turn off the drop down menu 2 You will now see the icon on the LCD MONITOR To begin taking a video press the shutter button Press the shutter button ...

Page 26: ...lider from the Normal Mode to the Playback Mode LCD Monitor Display Options In Playback Mode Press the Display button in the Playback mode to select the following options 1 Thumbnail View All the photos are displayed as Thumbnails Use the left right arrow buttons to select the image you want to view in full screen 10 Full Screen View The image you selected in the Thumbnail view will be displayed i...

Page 27: ...croll through thumbnails of all the images in memory 3 Select a Specific Image Press the Display Button to get to the Thumbnail view Use the and the buttons to scroll through thumbnails of all the images in memory When you find the image you want to view press the Menu button and the selected image will appear in the Full Screen view NOTE Each image saved is given a number and can be viewed if the...

Page 28: ...nable the deletion of photos 4 Exit Choose EXIT to return to the Normal mode without making any changes Deleting Still Images You can delete unwanted images at anytime to free up memory You can delete one image at a time or delete all the images that are currently recorded on the memory card all at once 1 In the PLAYBACK mode press the Menu button then press the buttons to select Erase mode shown ...

Page 29: ...ory including files that have been protected Select Format If you then choose Yes all files in memory will be erased 5 Exit Choose EXIT to return to the Normal mode without making any changes Rotate the photo You can rotate your photos that you while they are still in the camera for easier viewing of the photos you have taken In the Playback mode select the photo to rotate then press Menu button a...

Page 30: ...ount you want to zoom in on the image up to a maximum of 2x magnification Installing An Optional 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 to increase the number of photos you can take at a time before you have to transfer them to a PC ...

Page 31: ...rd the C will no longer appear on the monitor Using An Optional Memory Card Once an external memory card is installed in the camera you will see the following message on the LCD Monitor Copy to Card yes no This messages gives you the option to Move the images that are already stored in the internal memory of the camera to the external memory card If you say YES then all the images from the interna...

Page 32: ...other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer 3 Make sure that your camera is connected and turned on 4 The Camera memory card auto detect window will automatically appear 5 The number of pictures on the camera or memory card will appear on the window 6 Click OK if you want to transfer the photos and save them to your computer The PhoTags Express application you installed will open i...

Page 33: ...nd categories and click Next to continue 8 On the next screen choose where you want to place your photos and click the Finish button to copy the photos to your computer 9 All of the pictures you imported will then appear in the Select photos mode s main window ...

Page 34: ... end of the USB cable into the USB slot on your camera 2 Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer 3 Make sure that your camera is connected and turned on 4 Double click the PhoTags Express icon that is on your desktop to launch the PhoTags Express program 5 Click on the Get Photos button on the Main Menu ...

Page 35: ...ode will appear Both your camera and memory card will appear in the Active devices list as a Removable disks Toggle between the two devices to select pictures The Custom Copy method to manually select the photos you want to copy ...

Page 36: ...Select the Custom copy method Click the Next button to proceed 2 Select your photos and click Next to continue 3 Add Active Captions to your pictures a date keywords and categories and click Next to continue ...

Page 37: ...o the PC without the option to select which photos you want to transfer In this mode you will not see a preview of the images transferred For more information please refer to the Quick Start guide in PhoTags Express Transfer Images Directly From Windows 1 Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB slot on your camera 2 Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer 3 Make sur...

Page 38: ...ges are stored in subfolder DCIM 100MEDIA 8 You can now copy and paste the images to any directory you choose Viewing videos Make sure that your camera is connected via the USB cable to your PC Double click the Webcam Express icon that is on your desktop to launch the PhoTags WebCam Express program Select the Playback tab and double click on a video in the Media list window The video will appear i...

Page 39: ... to your computer will vary depending on how much hard drive space you will use to save the file Please take note that these AVI files take up a lot of hard drive space This is done through the PhoTags WebCam Express program This next section will walk you though capturing an AVI file 1 Make sure that your camera is connected via the USB cable to your PC 2 Double click the WebCam Express icon that...

Page 40: ...he Capture button again 5 To finish recording click the Stop button 6 The videos will be automatically saved into a default directory Note To take snapshots to learn how to capture JPEG snapshots from your WebCam or from your existing AVI movies go to the Take Snapshots section in the Quick Start help To learn how to change the user settings go to the Set User Preferences section in the Quick Star...

Page 41: ...oking for Fill out an online ticket and one of our technical support team members will answer questions or call 877 397 8200 or 732 476 5098 to access our technical support information on the phone For question on warranty information please email warranty sakar com Appendix A Technical Specifications Product Type Digital camera Electronic Coupling Element CMOS Sensor 3 1M Pixels Image Resolution ...

Page 42: ...nd in the General Computer Information section If you have determined that you have pictures in your camera and you meet the system requirements follow the steps below to reinstall the software Software Reinstallation 1 First uninstall the software and drivers Click on Start Settings Control Panel then Add Remove programs There are two programs you will need to remove PhoTags Express and your VGA ...

Page 43: ...evice and select uninstall If a warning pops up press OK 6 Restart your computer again Your camera is now successfully installed How do I make sure I don t lose important pictures Your camera uses flash memory which requires a constant electric current to store your photos Should your camera lose power for instance if the batteries die or are removed all stored pictures will be lost We recommend a...