User manual AIPTEK POCKET DV4100M

[. . . ] Battery life Available shots and time when using batteries Battery indicator 42 42 42 43 2 2. Your camera parts Knowing your camera parts well before using it will help you operate it more easily. 1 20 2 3 4 5 6 7 21 14 15 16 17 18 13 12 11 10 9 8 19 1 2 3 4 5 Shutter button Record button Up button (Zoom in) Down button (Zoom out) MENU/OK button (Power button) USB port Card slot A/V out connector LED indicator 11 CF card eject switch 12 Viewfinder 13 LCD display 14 Focus switch 15 Lens 16 Microphone 17 Self-portrait mirror 18 Battery cover 19 Tripod port 20 Speaker 21 Strap hook 6 7 8 9 10 LCD on/off switch 4 2. Loading the battery Please use two AA batteries. 1 2 3 Slide the battery cover in the direction of the indication to open it. 1 Getting Started Follow the indication to load batteries into the battery section with the correct + and - ends. 2 Slide the battery cover in the direction of the indication to lock it. 3 1. We recommend you to use rechargeable 1. 2 V Ni-MH batteries as this will increase time of usage. [. . . ] For details, please refer to the "More on flicker" section on page 44. 23 Display On Off This item determines whether the small icons for illustration appears on the LCD display. Default Yes This item allows you to override your current settings. Delete All Yes This item allows you to quick erase all files in the card or internal memory. Format Yes This item allows you to format the storage and thus erase all files in the card or internal memory. *The storage media illustration on the LCD display as below: Internal memory CF card The camera will use the card as the main storage media. To format the files in the card, please insert the card; to format the files in the internal memory, please remove the card. 24 Enjoying your Images and Audio Clips on the Computer 1. Installing DV 4100M driver You need to install DV 4100M driver before connecting your camera to your computer for the first time to ensure that video clips can be played back on your computer. Please follow the steps to complete the installation. Enjoying your Images and Audio Clips on the Computer 1 2 3 Turn on your computer. !Turn off other applications running on your computer. Place the supplied CD into the CD-ROM drive. Move the mouse to the icon (DV 4100M Driver) and click it. If no title appears on the screen, please follow the steps. 1. The name of CD-ROM drive changes depending on how your computer is set up. Browse to the "\DV 4100M driver" folder and start the Setup. exe program manually. 25 4 The "Install Shield Wizard" dialogue box is occurring and the automatic installation begins. Then follow the on-screen instructions to continue. Fig 1 Notice for Windows 2000 users 1. The "Digital Signature Not Found" dialogue box might show twice. Follow the on-screen instructions and click "Finish". ! Do not restart your computer at this step. 26 5 After the driver installation is completed, the program will prompt you to install Windows Media Player Codecs. If you are not sure if the codec has been installed in your computer, please click "Yes" and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Enjoying your Images and Audio Clips on the Computer Fig 2 6 After the codec installation is completed, the program will prompt you to install Direct X 8. 0 or above. If you are not sure if this program has been installed in your computer, please click "Yes" to continue. Fig 3 7 The driver will be available after restarting your computer. Windows Media Player Codecs and Direct X 8. 0 or above are necessary for viewing the video clips recorded by the camera. 27 2. Connecting your camera to your computer 1 2 Turn on your computer. Insert the USB cable to the USB port on your computer. 3 Insert the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on your camera. 4 28 Set your camera to the Disk Mode_ MENU/OK button to confirm. item. Copying images and audio clips to your computer 1 For Windows XP users After connecting your camera with the computer, a window will automatically appear (as Fig 4). Select the "Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer" item and then click "OK". Enjoying your Images and Audio Clips on the Computer 1 Fig 4 2 For Windows 2000/ME/98SE users Double-click "My computer", then double-click the new "Removable Disk" icon. 1 2 Some users may find two removable disks appear under "My computer", that is because the OS detects two storage media in the camera (the internal memory and the CF card). If you can not find your files in one of the disks, please try to find them in the other disk. 29 2 3 4 Double-click the "DCIM" file folder. Double-click the "100MEDIA" file folder. Drag the file to the "My Documents" file folder to copy your image or audio clip to the computer. For Windows XP users For Windows 2000/ME/98SE users The storage position of the files You can find the files of your pictures, movies and audio clips as Fig 5. Fig 5 30 4. Playing on your computer 1 Double-click "My Documents". For Windows XP users For Windows 2000/ME/98SE users Enjoying your Images and Audio Clips on the Computer 2 Select the desired file and double-click it to view. Notice on disconnecting the camera from the computer for Windows 2000/ME users To disconnect your camera from the computer, please follow these steps. Click on the task bar. (USB Disk), then click "Stop". 3. Select the camera (DV 4100M) on the confirmation screen and click "OK". [. . . ] In addition, you can manually set the LCD on/off switch to off to converse batteries power. LCD on/off switch On Off 43 3. Storage capacity Still picture Video clip 1600x1200 640x480 Audio clip Memory 2304x1728 2048x1536 Maximum 2-4 mins 5-10 mins 10-20 mins 20-40 mins 40-80 mins 80-160 mins Maximum 45 mins 2 hrs 4 hrs 8 hrs 16 hrs 32 hrs Flash memory (13MB) CF card (32MB) CF card (64MB) CF card (128MB) CF card (256MB) CF card (512MB) 8 20 40 80 160 320 16 40 80 160 320 640 24 60 120 240 480 960 39 96 192 384 768 1536 Notes: 1. Actual number of pictures stored may vary (up to + 30%) depending on the resolution and color saturation. More on flicker The default flicker setting of your camera depends on your country. [. . . ]