User manual AIPTEK MZ-DV

[. . . ] User's Manual Getting Started Knowing your camcorder parts Speaker Microphone Lens LED lights Battery cover Flash strobe Strap hook Bottom view Tripod socket SD/MMC card slot (inside the battery cover) Status LED (left) / Charging LED (right) Menu button Shutter button Previous button/ Fast backward button Play/Pause button Next button/ Fast forward button Macro mode switch Zoom (in/out) button Record button Earphone/AV-out connector USB connector * AV-in connector (optional) * Flash switch OK key/ 4:3/6:9 display switch White balance switch LED lights switch * inside the cover Mode button LCD monitor Power button Installing the battery 1. Note that the metallic contacts must be aligned with the contacts in the compartment. After the battery is properly installed, replace the battery cover. Charging the battery Please charge the battery at least 8 hours for first time use. Connect one end of the supplied AC adapter to the USB port of the camcorder and the other end to a wall outlet. [. . . ] Only JPEG pictures and the first frames of MPEG files will be displayed. Description ) mode Press * If there are no files in the camera, no items will be seen. Before using the Print command in the menu, you need to connect the camera to a PictBridge compatible printer via the accessory USB cable. Menu items in Voice mode Power-on Press the Mode button Enter the Voice ( Menu button. Item Delete One Delete All Delete current voice recording. Empty battery life Note: To avoid sudden outage of power supply, you are recommended to replace the battery when the icon indicates low battery life. (white) 3 Battery Life Still picture Number of shots 130 * shoot every 30 seconds ** flash is off *** resolution is set to 5M (2560x1920) Video clip Recording time (minute) 110 * resolution is set to VGA (640x480 pixels) Note: This table is for your reference only. The actual battery life depends on your battery type and recharge level. Storage Capacity Memory SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (6MB) SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (GB) Video (min. ) D1 12 25 50 100 VGA 7 20 40 80 QVGA 40 85 175 350 Audio (min. ) Maximum 85 175 350 720 Memory SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (6MB) SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (GB) Still picture 1M 600 1200 2400 4800 3M 250 500 1000 2000 5M 160 320 640 1280 10M 80 160 320 640 11M 70 140 280 560 Note: The actual value of capacity may vary (up to ± 30%) depending on the color saturation and complexity of your subject and surroundings. 4 Advanced Instructions English Copying files to Your PC Installing the driver to your PC You need to install the camcorder driver to ensure that video clips can be played back on your PC. Then place the accessory CD into the CD-ROM drive. Do not connect the camcorder to your computer at this stage. If the autorun screen does not appear automatically, double-click on My Computer and then the CD-ROM drive. Click on the icon to launch the installation of the driver. Notice for Windows 2000 users: During the installation process, a warning message regarding digital signature may appear twice or more. The software is fully compatible with Windows 2000 operation system. 3. Install the driver. The Install Shield Wizard will then appear and automatically install the program. Click on Next and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 1 Copying files to Your PC (continued) 4. After the driver installation is completed, the program will prompt you to install Windows Media Player Codecs. If you are not sure whether the codecs have been installed in your computer, please click on Yes and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. After the codecs installation is completed, you will be prompted to install Direct X 9. 0c or above if the program is not yet installed in your computer. Please click on Yes to continue. Windows Media Player Codecs and Direct X 9. 0c or above are necessary for viewing the video clips recorded by the camcorder. 6. After the installation is completed, you may need to restart your computer for the driver to take effect. 2 Connecting the camcorder to your PC 1. Turn on your computer, and then connect the accessory USB cable to the USB port of your computer. Connect the USB cable to your camcorder. Connect the other end of the USB cable to your camcorder. The default is set to "Disk" mode, if you would likt to set other modes as default, please refer to "USB Mode" section for more information. USB mode: Power-on Press the Mode button Enter the Setting ( Menu USB Mode Disk ) mode. When connected to a PC, the camcorder displays a menu for you to choose a desired connection mode. When connected to a PC, the camcorder automatically enters Disk (removable disk) mode. Notice for Windows 2000/XP users: If you want to disconnect the camcorder from your computer, please follow these steps: 1. Select the camcorder when the confirmation screen appears and click OK. Follow the on-screen instructions to safely disconnect the camcorder from your computer. 3 File location After connecting the camcorder to your computer, a removable disk will appear in your computer. The removable disk actually represents the storage medium of your camcorder. [. . . ] (Please refer to "Converted files" section for more information. ) System requirements To install and run the MediaConverter, your system must meet the following minimum requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Home or Professional) 50 MB free hard drive space 256 MB RAM DirectX 9 (DirectX 9c recommended) Microsoft Windows Media Player 9. 0 (for converting WMA and WMV files) Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Home or Professional) Apple QuickTime 6. 5 (for converting MOV files) 9 Appendix: B Supported file formats Video Video files are converted and copied to the selected location as MPEG-4 encoded AVI files, WMV files or MPEG-4 encoded ASF files (Default). Supported file types for conversion - AVI (Microsoft Video 1 format, Cinepak, Intel Indeo, uncompressed, etc. ) - MPEG-1 in MPEG, MPG, MPE - DAT (VCD MPEG1) - MPEG-4 in AVI format - MPEG-4 in ASF - WMV - QuickTime MOV QuickTime 6. 5 and Windows Media Player 9. 0 or above are required for QuickTime MOV and WMV file conversion, respectively. Supported file types for export - AVI (MPEG-4 SP) - WMV - ASF(MPEG-4 SP) 10 Appendix: B Converted files 11 Appendix: B Step 1: Select media Adding files for conversion 1 Click the "Select Media" button. Navigate to the folder that contains the files you'd like to convert. [. . . ]