User manual AIPTEK POCKETDV 6800

[. . . ] User's Manual English Welcome Dear user, thanks for purchasing this product. Much investment in time and effort has gone into its development, and it is our hope that it will give you many years of trouble-free service. Safety Notice 1. Do not drop, puncture or disassemble the camera; otherwise the warranty will be voided. Do not expose the camera to high temperature or leave it in direct sunlight. [. . . ] For details on connecting the camera to your PC, see page 34. After the camera is connected to the PC, double-click on My Computer and you will find a removable disk. Create a "MP3" folder in the removable disk, and then you can copy MP3 files into the folder for playing. For MP3 files MP3 files must be placed in the "MP3" folder for playing. To take advantage of the removable disk function, Windows 98SE users may need to install the accessory driver. See page 32-33 for details on the installation. 19 Playing MP3 music (continued) Playing music in MP3 mode 1 Press the Mode button and use the Direction buttons to select the MP3 ( ) mode. Then press the OK key to enter. MP3 mode 2 Operations in MP3 mode: How to. . . Shift between tracks Start playing Pause/Resume playing Adjust sound volume Stop playing Action Use the Direction buttons to move up or down. Press the OK key or the Play/Pause ( ) button. During playing/While paused, press the OK key or the Play/Pause ( ) button. During playing, press the Menu button or use the Direction buttons to move up or down. 20 Connecting the camera to a TV Connect your camera and TV via the accessory AV cable for real-time display. You can display your video clips, still pictures, and audio recordings directly on your TV, sharing them with your friends and family. TV AV-Mode 1 Video 2 Audio 3 4 TV OUT USB 1 Turn on your TV and switch the TV to AV mode. The TV system is different across countries. Taiwan/America: NTSC; Europe/China: PAL) 2 Connect the audio and video ends of the AV cable to the TV. 4 Connect the other end of the AV cable to your camera. 21 Advanced Operations Menu operation The menu items provide several options for you to fine-tune your camera functions. Bring up the menu Move the highlight bar Enter sub-menu/ Confirm an item Exit menu/Go back to upper menu Action Press the Menu button. Press the Menu button (when in sub-menu). Menu illustration Menu title Menu icon Highlight bar Menu item Information bar 22 Menu items in Camera mode Power-on Press the Menu button. Item Option Description Set picture resolution to 1280x960. 1M 6 Mega-pixel Camera 3M Set picture resolution to 2048x1536. Resolution 6M Set picture resolution to 2816x2112. 3M 8 Mega-pixel Camera Set picture resolution to 2048x1536. 5M Set picture resolution to 2560x1920. 8M Set picture resolution to 3264x2448. Date Stamp On Print a date mark on each picture. Off Disable date mark. Stabilizer On Minimize blur caused by hand shake. Off Disable stabilizer. 23 Menu items in Camera mode (continued) Item Option Description The camera automatically adjusts white balance. This setting is suitable for outdoor recording in sunny weather. This setting is suitable for recording in cloudy weather or shady environments. This setting is suitable for indoor recording with fluorescent lamp lighting, or environments with high color temperature. This setting is suitable for indoor recording with incandescent lamp lighting, or environments with low color temperature. The Photo-Frame function is disabled. Image histogram displays on the screen. Disable histogram. Auto Sunny WB Cloudy Fluorescent Tungsten 1 ~ 10 PhotoFrame 0 On Histogram Off Auto Flash The flash automatically fires when the lighting is insufficient. The flash is forced to fire in every shot. On Off The flash is disabled. 24 Menu items in Camera mode (continued) Item Option Description Normal Effect Make recordings in natural color. B&W Make recordings in black and white. Classic Make recordings in sepia-toned color. Exposure -2~+2 Manually adjust the exposure to gain better effect when the preview image appears too bright or too dark. A positive value indicates the image will be brighter than usual; while a negative value makes the image dimmer. Selftimer On Enable the selftimer. After the selftimer is turned on, the camera will have ten seconds delay before recording when the Shutter button is pressed. Off Disable selftimer. On Icon Off Enable OSD (on screen display) icons to display on the screen. Disable OSD icons. Set the video resolution to VGA (640x480 pixels). Video VGA QVGA Set the video resolution to QVGA (320x240 pixels). 25 Menu items in Camera mode (continued) Item Option On Two-in-One Off Description This setting allows you to combine two images taken individually into one photo. Since the shutter speed will slow down when taking photographs at a dark place, we recommend using a tripod to eliminate blurring from hand shake. Disable the Night Mode function. On NightShot Off 26 Menu items in Playback mode Power-on Press the Mode button Enter the Playback ( mode Press the Menu button. Item Option Description ) One Delete All Delete current file. Delete all pictures and video/audio files stored in the memory. Slide Show - The camera displays images in sequence. [. . . ] (Refer to page 54 for more information. ) System requirements To install and run the MediaConverter, your system must meet the following minimum requirements: Microsoft Windows 98 SE/ME/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 98 SE/ME/2000/XP (Home or Professional) Apple QuickTime 6. 5 (for converting MOV files) 51 Appendix:B Supported file formats Video Video files are converted and copied to the selected location as MPEG4 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) 52 Appendix:B Converting files 53 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. [. . . ]