AIPTEK Pocket DV VGA Guide

E-Manual
Digital
Video Camera Manager

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Digital Video Camera Manager Installation
Place the CD into your CD-ROM and click on the Digital Video Camera
Manager Icon to begin the installation. If the CD does not automatically
launch, simply go to "Start" then "Run" and select the path "D:\Setup.exe".
You may need to replace "D" with the letter that corresponds to your CD-
ROM drive.
Digital Video Camera Manager
After the welcome screen appears,
click "Next".
Software Installation
Chapter 1: Installation

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The dialog box that appears asks if you
would like to restart your computer now
or later. Press "Finish" to complete
installation.
Connect the smaller end of the USB cable to
the USB port of your camera.
USB
Plug the larger end of the USB cable to
the USB port of your PC.
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Chapter2: How to Use Your Digital Video
Camera
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Introduction
The built-in memory of your camera is 128Mbits memory. It offers digital
camcorder digital still camera, self-portrait, voice recorder, PC camera
functions. It is able to take up to 450 VGA pictures and up to 2000 QVGA
pictures. In addition, your camera supports AVI Movie (QVGA) and provides
audio & video synchronized function. It allows up to 200 seconds audio &
video recording and is able to achieve around 30 minutes voice recording.
Besides, it's easy to capture still and AVI pictures and transfer all of them to
your PC.
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Installing batteries
Your camera is powered by 2 AA batteries or by a PC via a USB cable.
Please be very careful that when batteries are out of electricity or
are removed, all stored pictures will be erased. Therefore, please
upload picture or audio files to PC as soon as possible.
(Battery Capacity: continuous AV recording for 2 hours, standby for 7
days. )

Your camera
Shutter Switch
View Finder
Lens
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Mode Switch
LCD Display
Working Led
Mirror
Audio
Video
Microphone
USB port
Battery Cover

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Turning on / off your camera
Press the mode button to activate your camera.
Your camera will turn off the power when it is idled
over 30 econds.
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After activating the LCD display, press the shutter
button in 5 seconds to unlock your camera.
LCD Display
Self Timer
Battery Indicator
Image Quality
Digit Counter
AVI Movie
Still Image
Erase All
Erase Last
Second Counter
Voice Annotation
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Quality
Choosing the Quality
Press the mode button until star icons with H or L are shown.
To change "H" or "L" quality, press the shutter.
Select a function icon to take a picture, such as Still Image mode.
Press the shutter and a picture is taken.
Size
Quality
Maximum
Photos Up to 450 pic.
Up to2000 pic.
Still Image
AVI Movie
The AV recording video size is QVGA (320x240). As you click the
Video button, your camera will automatically select QVGA format.
Up to1000 pic.Up to250 pic.
QVGAVGA QVGAVGA
(640x480) (640x480) (320x240) (320x240)

Taking a picture
Press the shutter switch to take a picture. A high pitched beep indicates that a
picture is taken successfully and the counter increases as well. Three beeps
with a " Full" icon indicates that your camera memory is full.
Chapter 3: Taking Pictures
Press the mode button.
The LCD shows the Still Image Mode icon.
Press the shutter button to take a single picture.
Still Image Mode
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Adjusting Viewfinder Axis
After choosing the LCD functions,
left turn the viewfinder axis to locate
the viewfinder. Then aim at your
objects by putting the viewfinder
vertically or horizontally.
Self Portrait
There is a mirror in the front of the camera, which
reflects yourself. To take Self Portrait pictures, it's
better to adjust the focal length to 20 cm for short-
distance snapshot. Mirror
20cm
60cm

AVI Movie Mode
Press the mode button.
The LCD shows the Self Timer icon.
Press the shutter button.
Your camera starts a 10-second countdown and takes a picture.
Self Timer
Erase Last
Press the mode button.
The LCD shows the Erase Last icon.
Press the shutter button.
The Erase Last icon starts to blink.
Press the shutter button again and the last stored picture
or AVI Movie is cleared.
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Press the Video button and your camera starts to take AVI Movie
with audio. Your camera allows up to 200 seconds video recording.
To stop video recording, press the Video button again.
Self Portrait
Look at the mirror.
Adjust the distance.
Press the Video button to start recording and press it again
to stop.
!If you record for 3 minutes and 20 seconds or for minutes,
uploading AVI files to your PC may take several minutes .
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Battery Indicators
Digit Counter
It shows the total taken images and AVI Movies.
Your camera beeps with blinking LCD to remind you the
memory is full.
Press the mode button.
The LCD shows the Erase All icon.
Press the shutter button.
The Erase All icon starts to blink.
Press the shutter button again and all the stored picture
and AVI Movie are cleared.
Erase All
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When your camera enters low battery status, your camera will
beep for six times and the LCD will be locked. The standby time
is 7 days. Please upload files to PC before the batteries are out
of electricity or before removing the batteries.
Audio Recording
Audio
Press the Audio button to start audio recording.
To stop audio recording, press the Audio button
again.
Due to the limitation of digit counter, when the number of pictures is over 999,the
LCD will show a "sec" icon together with a "000" icon. This indicates you have
taken 1000 pictures. Meanwhile, when taking the next picture, the digit counter will
start from "1" with a "sec" icon. If the LCD shows a "sec" icon with "999", that means
you have taken 1999 pictures.
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Mode Selecting
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Press the "Live View" button to change the camera to PC Camera mode.
Press the "DSC Function" button to change the camera to DSC & Live
mode.
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Live View
(PC Camera Mode)
DSC Function
(DSC Mode)
To start using the Digital Video Camera Manager, simply click on the
"Start" menu and go up to "Programs" Then go to the folder named "Digital
Video Camera" and select it. This is the program where you can begin to
use your camera.
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Start Digital Video Camera Manager
Pictures can be transferred to your PC at all times. To connect your camera
with your PC, you need a USB cable and USB port. Your camera double
beeps when successfully connected with your PC. Your PC offers power for
your camera. When disconnecting the USB cable, your camera turns off
automatically.
Chapter 4: How to Transfer Pictures and
AVI files to PC

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DSC Function
(DSC Mode)
Work area
Upload images from
camera
Transfer pictures
to the album
Exit
Minimize
Create AVI file
Send Mail
Select All
Delete
Album Manager Album
Image
DSC Mode
Transferring pictures to the work area
Click" Grab Image" or the shutter
button to take a picture. Then click
"Update"to display the next picture.
Update
Click " Apply format" to choose
"VGA" or " QVGA" format.
First, the total taken pictures in the
camera are displayed .Click
"Upload" to transfer
pictures to the work area.
Upload
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Preview & Slide Show
You can play any picture file you want by double clicking the picture icon to
execute Slide window. To display Slide, click " Go to the next
picture" or " Go to the previous picture". Then adjust Slide Show Timer and
click "OK". Pictures in the work area are displayed in order. To stop Slide
show, simply click " Stop".
Picture icon
Go to the next picture
Go to the previous picture
Stop
Exit
Slide Show Timer
WAV icon
AVI icon
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Making AVI file
Select JPG (BMP) pictures and
click " Create AVI " icon to make
an AVI file. It fails to make an AVI
file while you select AVI picture.
Picture sequence and frame
rate are adjustable
Playing Video
Double click the " AVI" icon on the work
area to launch your default media player
and play the file.
Setting
When the screen shows banding disturbance, please adjust
the setting from 50 Hz to 60Hz or from 60Hz to 50 Hz to
conform to the setting standard of your country.

Transferring pictures to the Album
Click a JPG(BMP) picture or an AVI picture . Then click " Transfer
pictures to the album" button. Pictures are transferred from the
work area to the album. To delete a picture, select it and click
"Delete".
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Editing Photos
Pictures can be edited in image editing
software, such as PhotoExpress,
CorelDraw, etc.
Deleting files
To delete JPG(BMP), AVI or audio files, select the file and click the " Delete "
button on your keyboard, thereby deleting the files you are not satisfied with.
Playing Audio
Double click the " WAV " icon on the work
area to launch your default media player
and play the file.

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Mail Function
Clicking the " Mail" button will launch your default
E-mail software. Please create a new E-mail
document, and attach the pictures or AVI files in
this E-mail.
Album
Delete
Select All
Making Your Album Folders
Click the button. All the files you select in the
album window are cleared forever.
Click the button. You select all the files in the
album window.
Click the button and key in your file name.
Then you'll have a new album folder, which
can store lots of pictures or AVI files. If you
want to cancel any of the album folders, just
select the album and click the delete button
below.
Therefore, you should be very careful with the delete
button.
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PC Camera Mode
In this mode, your camera is used as a standard PC camera.
The current view is displayed in the "preview" window.
Live View Mode
Live preview
Video Record
Snapshot
Set Video Format
Set Video Source
Video Recording
If you wish to change the
recording speed, adjust the
Frame rate from 1 to 30.
The recording time is also
adjustable. Press " Start to
record" to record.
Press "Video Record button"
to record a video clip to the
work area.
Press " Stop" button to
stop video recording.

Press "Snapshot" button to capture
a picture to the work area.
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Press "Video Format" button to set
picture size.
Press "Video Source" button to adjust
advanced settings.
Go to " Output size" to change resolution and video quality.
QVGA is the standard setting of video recording.
!While selecting Live View mode, camera will automatically
lock the functions of the icons on the LCD. The LCD is
unlocked if you switch to DSC mode.

TWAIN Manager
To start using the TWAIN Manager, simply click on the "Start" menu and
go up to "Programs" Then go to the folder named "Imaging" and select it.
Go to "File" and choose "Select scanners"
Choose " TWAIN scanners " and click "OK"
Go to "File" again and select " Scan New "
How to enter TWAIN Manager
After connecting USB cable with your
PC, pictures are transferred to the
preview window automatically.
Preview Window
Work area
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Press "SNAPSHOT" button to capture a picture
Select a single picture and transfer it to the
work area
Select all pictures and transfer them to the work
area
Select an AVI or a WAV file and click "Save AVI
or WAV"
Transfer
Transfer All
Save AVI
Snapshot
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