AMKOV CDC3 User manual

Digital Camera
Please read this manual carefully
before using this unit and keep it for future reference

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Table of content
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Key Features..................................................................................................................................... 2
What Your Camera Includes ............................................................................................................ 2
Computer System Requirement for Windows 7/XP........................................................................ 3
Computer System Requirement for Windows Vista....................................................................... 3
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh.................................................................................. 3
Quick Look at Your Digital Camera ................................................................................................. 4
Main Icons on the LCD..................................................................................................................... 5
Prepare Your Camera for use .......................................................................................................... 7
Install battery.................................................................................................................................... 7
Charging your lithium battery ......................................................................................................... 7
Install a SD memory card................................................................................................................. 7
Starting Your Digital Camera ........................................................................................................... 8
Camera Mode.................................................................................................................................... 9
Taking Photos..................................................................................................................................... 9
Video Mode.......................................................................................................................................17
Playback Mode................................................................................................................................. 18
Install PhoTags Express Software................................................................................................... 21
Everything you need to get the most from your photos................................................................ 23
Download photos to your PC .......................................................................................................... 24
PhoTags Express software owner manual...................................................................................... 28
Transferring photos and videos to your PC manually................................................................... 28
Transferring photos and videos to your MAC manually................................................................ 30
Appendix A: Technical Specifications ............................................................................................ 30
Appendix B: Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................... 31

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Introduction
Thanks for purchasing this kind of Digital Camera, it can not only take good quality digital photos but also
can be used as removable disk, everything you need to take quality photos is included with your camera,
please read this manual carefully before using.
Key Features
Digital Video resolutions- 1280x720 HD, 640x480 VGA, 320x240 QVGA.
18 mega pixels camera with choice of 11 digital camera resolutions- 4896x3672 (18M),
4608x3456 (16M), 4416x3312 (14M), 4000x3000 (12M), 3648x2736 (10M), 3264x2448 (8M),
3648x2048 (7M HD), 2592x1944 (5M), 2048x1536 (3M), 1920x1080 (2M HD), 640x480 (VGA)
2.7 inch TFT LCD
4X digital zoom
Anti-shake function
Face detection
Smile Capture
Continue Shot
SD memory card slot accepts SD compatible memory card up to 32GB.
Built in Flash
PhoTags Express software for managing and enhancing your photos, printing, sending
photos by e-mails and much more.
What Your Camera Includes
Digital Camera
PhoTags Express software installation CD
USB cable
User’s manual
Strap
Camera bag
Li-ion battery
Charger

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Computer System Requirement for Windows 7/XP
To be able to download photos and videos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration:
Pentium processor or above with Windows 7, XP
128 MB RAM, more than 150MB free disk space.
Available USB Interface
CD-ROM Drive
Recommended screen resolution 1024 X 768 pixels or higher.
16-bit color or higher display adaptor.
Computer System Requirement for Windows Vista
To be able to download photos or videos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration:
Windows Vista
800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space
Support for Super VGA graphics
Available USB Interface
CD-ROM Drive
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh
Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher
Mac OS X version 10.5.X or later
128 MB or more available system RAM (256 MB recommended), 150 MB free disk space
800 x 600 or higher-resolution monitor displaying millions of colors
Note: This hardware is plug and play compatible when used on a Mac, however, the included software can
be used on Windows operating systems only.

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Quick Look at Your Digital Camera

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Main Icons on the LCD

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Battery power level
Full battery power
Medium battery power
Low battery power
Photo quality
Normal quality
Fine quality
Super quality
Flash
Force Flash
Auto
No Flash
Red eye reduction
Modes
Camera Playback
Video
Self-timer On 10 seconds
Self-timer On 5seconds
Self-timer On 2 seconds
Self-timer off
Digital Zoom
Protect
Protect
Anti-Shake
Anti-Shake on Anti-Shake off
Scenes
Auto Night Portrait Night Scenery
Portrait Scenery Sport
Party Beach High Sensitivity

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Prepare Your Camera for use
Install battery
Your camera supplied a lithium battery, please refer to the following illustration as correct installation
method:
1. Slide and open the battery compartment.
2. Insert the lithium battery correctly as the correct polarity facing up.
3. Close the battery compartment.
Note: Please uninstall your battery when you don’t intend to use your camera for a long time.
Charging your lithium battery
To charge your battery, you only need to connect your camera to PC with supplied USB cable correctly. The
LED light will light up and it will be off after full charge.
Install a SD memory card
This camera supports any compatible SD memory card up to 32GB. Limited internal memory is only for you
to take test photo, these photo will be lost when you turn off your camera or remove away the battery. So
that insert a SD memory card is normally for use. Please refer to the below diagram for correct installation.

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Locate the SD memory card slot, insert a SD memory card as above, until you hear a “Click” sound, it
indicates your SD card is installed with an icon “SD” appear on the LCD screen.
Note:
1. After the SD memory is inserted successful, the photos/videos you have taken will be stored on the SD
memory card.
2. Formatting will delete all data on the SD memory card including protected data.
3. Don’t remove the SD card during formatting as this may damage the card and render it unusable.
Starting Your Digital Camera
Your digital camera is included 3 modes-Camera mode, Video mode and Playback mode.
Camera mode is for you to take still photos. You can shoot video file in Video mode. And you can preview
photos/videos, delete, rotate, protect, crop and printing your photos in playback mode.
Power on
Press Power button once to turn on your camera. The LCD will light up and it will sound “beep”, this
indicates your camera is turned on and ready for use.

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Power off
Press Power button once to turn off your camera. When there is insufficient battery power, your camera will
show “Low Battery” on the LCD screen and power off automatically after a moment.
Camera Mode
After you power on your camera, icon will appear on your LCD screen, indicating your camera is in
Camera Mode.
Taking Photos
You can compose your shot using LCD screen. Hold the camera steady and press Shutter button to take
photo. There will be a short delay while the camera saves the photo to memory.
After each photo is shot (when the camera returns to icon mode) the numbers of photos left to shoot at this
resolution will be displayed on the LCD screen.
When the camera's memory is full, the LCD screen will display “Memory Full Insert a SD memory Card to
Transfer and Take More Photos!” when you attempt to press Shutter button to take photo, now you need
to download these photos to PC or delete them for taking more photos, alternatively you can insert a SD
memory card for expanding the memory.
Digital Zoom function
You can magnify your subject up to 4 times using the digital zoom. Press Multi-Function button A to zoom in
the object and press the Multi-Function button B to zoom back out. The icon will show on
your LCD screen.
Flash
In low light conditions it is best to use the built-in flash. You can also use the flash to compensate for
backlight conditions.
To set the flash:
Note: Please move the Macro/Far switch to Far mode, otherwise you will be reminded “Macro Mode No
Flash” indicating you can only use the flash function in Far shooting mode.
Press Flash button repeatedly. Select the icon shown on the LCD screen. This will activate the automatic
flash.

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Press Flash button repeatedly. The icon will appear on the LCD screen. This means the flash function
has been "forced on" (manual flash). If the flash is not ready, a red LED will light up beside the LCD screen
and the icon will flash repeatedly- wait until the flash is ready before taking a photo. A “low battery”
warning will appear on the LCD screen if there is insufficient battery power to operate the flash.
Press the Flash button until the icon appears on the LCD indicating that Red-Eye reduction is on.
Press the Flash button repeatedly until the icon appears. This will turn off the flash function.
Scene
Your camera supplies scenes for you to take photos in any environment nearly, there is abundant scene
included with your camera. Such as Auto, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Portrait, Scenery, Sport, Party,
Beach, High Sensitivity. You can choose your best scenery according to your light and environment
conditions.
Press Power button to turn on your camera – the icon will appear on the top left of your LCD screen.
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select:
Auto / Night Portrait / Night Scenery / Portrait / Scenery / Sport / Party / Beach / High Sensitivity.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm.
Note:
1. After you selected your scenery, the corresponding scenery icon will be appeared on the LCD.
2. You can press Left button for setting different scenes quickly:
a. Press Left button.
b. Press Up/Left/Right/Down button to select the scene and press Menu or Multi-Function button A to
confirm.
Image Size
The image size and quality settings determine the number of photos can be saved and the amount of
memory required for each photo. The higher quality photo will take the more memory. The image size and
quality will also affect the maximum size, you can print your photo effectively. To set the Image size:

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1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select: 4896x3672 (18M), 4608x3456 (16M), 4416x3312 (14M), 4000x3000
(12M), 3648x2736 (10M), 3264x2448 (8M), 3648x2048 (7M HD), 2592x1944 (5M), 2048x1536 (3M),
1920x1080 (2M HD), 640x480 (VGA).
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm. The image size icon will show on the LCD
screen.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Anti-Shake
Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents some blurry photos from trembling when taking photo.
Because of this function, you are not required to use a tripod for steady shooting photos. To set as below:
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select: On/Off.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm. The icon will appear on the LCD screen
if you select “On”.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Face Detect
Your camera supports face detecting that allows you to take best photos.
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select: On/Off.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm.

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Smile Capture
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select: On/Off.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm.
Continue Shot
You can take 6 photos continuously after pressing Shutter button only once with this function on.
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select: On/Off.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm.
Note: The image size will automatically become VGA when select continue shot on , if you try to change the
image size “Continue Shot Mode Off” information will remind you that you can only use continue shot
function when the image size is VGA.
Self Timer
You can include yourself in a photo by using this feature to delay the time between your pressing Shutter
button and when the photo is actually taken.
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select icon , the function menu as below:
3. Press Up/Down button to select 2, 5 or 10 seconds count down shooting or you can select Off to turn
off.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm.
Note: Press Shutter button to take a photo, the self timer LED indicator will flash 2, 5 or 10 seconds ( per
you selection) until the photo is taken.

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Setup
You can set Exposure, ISO, White Balance, Sharpness, Quality, Size, Date, Auto Power Off, Language,
Frequency, Beep Sound, Format, Default Setting and Cancel.
To operate it as below:
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select icon .
Exposure
This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Exposure option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Exposure submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select an exposure value (from+3 to -3).
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode. The corresponding icon of exposure will
appear on the LCD screen.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
ISO
This is a special function that allow you to compensate the light conditions when the light source is not good
and also you are not admit to use flash light or tripod. And you will know the flash light or a tripod is best to
compensate the light conditions for your primal choice, and then ISO. When you want to use ISO
sensitization, please choose the low value ISO to forbid mottles appears on your photo.
1. Press Up/Down button to select ISO in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the ISO option submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: Auto/100/200/400.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode. The corresponding icon of ISO will
appear on the LCD screen.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.

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White Balance
This setting allows the camera to adjust the color of your photos according to the color of your light source.
1. Press Up/Down button to select White balance option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the White Balance submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to choose the best option: Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/Incandescent/Fluorescent.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Sharpness
This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images, making edges more or less distinct.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Sharpness option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Sharpness submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: Normal/Sharp/Soft.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Quality
The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can take. The Super setting means you can
take fewer photos, but they will be better quality.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Quality option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Quality submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: Super Fine/Fine/Normal.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode. The corresponding icon of Quality will
appear on the LCD screen.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.

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Size
1. Press Up/Down button to select Size in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Size submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select video size: 1280x720 HD/640x480 (VGA)/320x240 (QVGA)/.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Date
This allows you to set system time which will be displayed on the photos if you selected date on.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Date option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Date submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: “On”-display date on the photo you take and LCD screen, “Off”- won’t
show date on photos and LCD screen, “Set Date”-set the system date.
4. Press Menu button to confirm.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Set date:
1. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Set date submenu.
2. Press Right/Left button select value, and press Up/Down button to set the Date, time and format.
3. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.
Auto Power off
The default setting will be automatically power off if your camera is idle for I minute.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Auto Power Off option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Auto Power Off submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: 1 Minute/3 Minutes/5 Minutes/None.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.

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Note: If you select “None”, the camera will not be powered off until the battery power using up or turn off it
manually.
You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Language
You can select your language per your request.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Language option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Language submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select the language you want.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Frequency
1. Press Up/Down button to select Frequency option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Frequency submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: 50Hz/60Hz.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Beep sound
Sets the button sound on/off.
1. Press Up/Down button to select beep sound option in Setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Beep sound submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select on/off.
4. Press Menu button to confirm and return to the Camera mode.
Format
This function reformats the memory card and will erase all files in memory including protected files, please
operate it cautiously.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Format option in Setup menu.

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2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Format submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: OK/Cancel.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm.
5. Press Up/Down button to select “Yes” to format or “No” to exit if you select OK.
6. Press Menu button to confirm.
Default Setting
If your camera setting is in a confused status, you can execute this function to your camera original setting.
1. Press Up/Down button to select Default Setting option in setup menu.
2. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to enter the Default Setting submenu.
3. Press Up/Down button to select: “OK”-set to default setting, “Cancel”- to exit.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to confirm.
5. Press Up/Down button to select:
Yes: set to default
No: exit the menu
6. Press Menu button to confirm.
Cancel
This is for you to exit the menu manually, select it in setup menu and press Menu button to exit.
Video Mode
Note: The camera has limited internal memory and does not allow recording videos without a SD card
inserted. A SD card (up to 32GB) needs to be inserted in order to use the video mode normally.
Press Down button to enter the Video mode and start shooting videos, an icon will appear on the
LCD screen and a red spot will be flashing on the LCD screen.
Press Shutter button to stop shooting and exit to the Camera mode, the elapsed time will be shown on the
LCD screen.
1. You can play this AVI file in playback mode or Quick time and Windows Media player.
2. You can adjust the zoom during shooting videos.

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Note:
1. The file you recorded will be saved asAVI format.
2. When the camera's memory is full, the “Card Full” message will appear on the LCD screen when you
attempt shoot more videos. Download the test file from the internal memory to the PC or delete them to
shoot more videos. Alternatively, you can insert a SD memory card to expand the memory to record
longer videos.
Playback Mode
Press Right button to enter Playback mode. You can playback the photos and videos in your camera. In
Playback mode you can rotate, protect, delete and crop your photos and you can play, protect and delete
video clips. You can also print photos directly from your camera using PictBridge.
NOTE:
1. The message, “No File Exist” will be displayed on the LCD screen if there are no photos/videos in the
camera. Press Multi-Function button B to return to the camera mode.
2. Please go to the camera mode for setting video parameters for shooting videos, such as Video size,
White balance and so on.
Thumbnail display
When the camera is in the Playback Mode, press Down button will take you to the thumbnail display.
Select a JPG file, Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to display the files in full screen.
In full screen display mode, you can press up/down button to enter zoom in/out mode:
1. Press Multi-Function button A/Multi-Function button B repeatedly to zoom in/out the photo.
2. Press Menu button.
3. Press Up/Down/Left/Right button to preview the photo more clearly.
4. You can press Multi-Function button B to zoom back out it.
Note: when you select a file is JPEG file, then the icon will display on the LCD screen.

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Operation for still photos
Select a still photo (an icon will show on the LCD) you can rotate, protect, delete, crop or print.
Rotate
1. Press Menu button in playback mode .
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select:90°/180°/270°/Cancel
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button A.
Note: 1. a “Saving” will show on the LCD after you pressed Menu button or Multi-Function button A to
confirm.
2. You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Protect
You can protect your photos/videos from accidental deletion.
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon .
3. Press Up/Down button to select: Lock/Unlock.
4. Press Menu button or Multi-Function button Ato confirm. Alock icon will be shown on the LCD
if you select “Lock”.
At step 3, select “Unlock” and press Menu button or Multi-Function button A to unlock the current file.
Note: You can press Multi-Function button B to exit in each menu.
Delete
Delete unwanted photos and videos at any time to free up memory. You can delete one image or video clip
at a time or delete all the unprotected photos and videos that are currently recorded on the memory card at
once.
1. Press Menu button.
2. Press Right/Left button to select the icon