Barska Point 'n View User manual

Binoculars
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Point ‘n View
Binocular & Digital Camera
with built in
VGA Digital
Camera
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BARSKA’s Point ’n View is a state-of-the-art integration of a high quality roof
prism binocular and digital camera that is equally at home on a nature outing,
sporting event, or on vacation. Instead of packing a separate binocular and digital
camera, Point ‘n View gives you the convenience of both in one compact device.
See, save, and share your special moments with friends and family, simply look
through the binoculars and capture or record the scene with the digital camera.
It’s that simple. Once the image is recorded, you can download it to your PC, and
print it or e-mail it to family and friends. You can even record video! Visit
BARSKA’s website www.barska.com to see our full line of binoculars,
riflescopes, spotting scopes, telescopes and more.
WARNINGS
Cautions
e Never immerse digital camera binocular into any fluid or liquid. Remove
dust or stains with a soft cloth dampened with water or neutral detergent.
Keep in a dry cool dust-free environment or a container when it is not
in use.
e Avoid dropping the digital caméra binocular. Do not disassemble digital
camera binocular.
Usage of the battery
- Please always use Alkaline Battery (AAA Alkaline Battery)
- Please remove batteries when not using your digital camera binocular
for long periods of time.
About usage
- To avoid damage do not use the digital camera binocular under the
following conditions.
1.Places in temperature higher that 100° F.(35°C)
2.Damp or dusty_places.
3.Places with strong electromagnetic field.
- Please do not disassemble or repair the product to avoid malfunction.
- Please do not drop the product on the ground to avoid malfunction.
Parts of the Binocular
1. Diopter Knob(on underside)
2. Center Focus Knob
3. Objective Lens
4. Power/Mode Button
5. Shutter/Set Button
Accessories Included
1. USB Cable
2. Carrying Case
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6. USB Port
7. Eyepiece
8. Camera Lens
9. LCD Screen
10. Battery Compartment Lid
11. Barrel
3. Neck Strap
4. PC Sofware CD
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WARNING !
Never use digital camera binocular to look at the sun !
Looking at or near the sun will cause instant and irreversible damage
to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to
the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point
the binocular at or near the sun. Children should always have adult
supervision while observing.
Adjustment of eye-relief for eyeglass wearers
Fold down the rubber eyecups and place them against your glasses to
get the best viewing result.
Adjusting the eyepieces
The distance between your eyes is called inter pupillary distance.
The inter pupillary distance is different from one person to another.
Itis important to adjust to your inter pupillary distance before using
your digital camera binocular:
- Hold digital camera binocular firmly in the normal viewing position.
- Adjust the barrels by pushing together or pulling apart until you see a
single circle field with both of your eyes.
Focusing the Binocular
These binoculars have individual focus system which means the focusing
knob is located individually in each eyepiece. Focus the left eyepiece to
your left eye and the right eyepiece to your right eye.
- Look at something in the distance. Close the right eye (or cover the
front of the right binocular), and focus the left eyepiece to your left eye until the
image is clear.
- Close the left eye (or cover the front of the left binocular), and focus the
right eyepiece to your right eye until the image is clear.
- Adjust each eyepiece as necessary.
- When looking at a different image you need to repeat this process.

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Attention!:
* Remove the batteries when not using the camera. Failure to do so will
result in losing pictures and dead batteries after several days.
* When batteries are removed, memory of pictures can maintain for 30
seconds. Batteries must be replaced within 30 seconds to avoid losing
pictures. Be sure the digital camera binocular is OFF before changing
the batteries.
Inserting Batteries
Lift the battery compartment lid and insert two AAA size alkaline batteries.
Taking Pictures w/Camera
Turn on the power
Press menu button wait for two seconds to turn on the power, and
then operate after beep. (Automatic power off after idling 30 seconds).
Photo taking
Adjust the camera binocular when the images are clear, Press shutter
button. Camera binocular will beep once after the image has been saved,
it means you have taken the picture successfully and the number on the
LCD display increases by 1. When pressing the shutter button, if you hear
it ring out twice this indicates that the digital camera is at full capacity.
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Power Off - oF
1. Press the menu button to select the icon oF shown on the
LCD screen.
2. Press the shutter button once and the camera will switch off.
Self-Timer - St
1. Press the menu button to select the icon St shown on the
LCD screen.
2. Press the shutter button to start a 10 second count down
(the camera will beep once a second).
3. After 10 seconds a photo will be taken automatically.
Continuous Shot Mode - cH (video)
1. Press the menu button to select the icon dB shown on the
LCD display.
2. Hold the shutter button down to shoot continuously.
3. The camera will continue to beep while the video is being taken.
Photos taken in Continuous shot mode may fail under poor lighting
conditions. Files are saved as video clips (AVI).
- LS (3 continuous still shots)
1. Press the menu button to select the icon LS shown on the
LCD display.
2. Press the shutter button once - 3 continuous shots are taken.
Note : The 3 photos taken in this mode will be downloaded individually.
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Delete (Last Photo) - LL
To delete the last photo taken:
1. Press the menu button to select the icon LL shown on the
LCD screen.
2. Press the shutter button within 5 seconds and the last photo
will be deleted.
3. The LCD counter will display the updated number of photos
that can be taken at the current resolution and compression.
Delete All - LH
To delete all photos on the camera.
1. Press the menu button to select the icon LH shown on the
LCD screen.
2. Press the shutter button and the photo counter will flash.
3. Press the shutter button again within 5 seconds and all photos in the
camera will be deleted.
4. The LCD counter will be reset to show the maximum number of
photos that can be taken at the current resolution and compression.
Photo Resolution Hi / Lo and Compression Hd / Ld
There are 2 photo resolutions to select from, high resolution - Hi
or low resolution - Lo
1. Press the menu button to select HI or LO shown on the
LCD display.
2. If the LCD displays Hi this means the present resolution is Lo .
In order to change to H}, click on the shutter button within 5 seconds.
3. If the LCD displays LO this means the present resolution is Hi .
In order to change to Lo , click on the shutter button within 5 seconds
4. All photos taken after changing resolution will be taken at the
new resolution.
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There are 2 photo compressions to select from, high density - Hd
or low density - Ld.
1. Press the menu button to select Hg or Ld shown on the LCD display
2. If the LCD displays Hg this means the present compression is Lo.
In order to change to Hd click on the shutter button within 5 seconds
3. If the LCD displays Lo this means the present compression is Ho .
In order to change to Log click on the shutter button within 5 seconds.
4. All photos taken after changing compression will be at the new
compression.
The photo resolution and compression settings determine the number of
photos that can be taken and the amount of memory required for each
photo. The following table tells you how many photos can be taken
based on the image resolution and compression:
78 photos
Lo
Ho About 312 photos
Lo
Frequency -60 / 60
The camera has 2 Frequency settings, 50HZ for Asia and Europe, and
60HZ for the U.S. and Japan. To set the camera for the correct frequency:
1. Press the menu button to select the icon SU) for 50HZ or the icon bU
for 60HZ shown on the LCD screen.
2. Press the shutter button to change the frequency setting.
Energy Save Mode:
To conserve battery power, if the camera is not used within 30 seconds,
it will automatically switch off.

Software Installation
Driver Installation (For Windows 2000/ XP/Vista/7)
Insert installation disk into the Disk Driver
1. Click twice on “My Computer” and then click twice on the path for
CD-ROM. You will see “setup”.
2. Double click on “setup” and “Welcome to Install Dual mode camera”
will appear. Click “Next” to continue and install the software as per
instructions on screen. It will take a few minutes while the software
searches for installed components.
3. After process of installation, click “Finish”.
4. At this time, your computer will restart soon and the folder
“Dual mode camera’ will appear on your PC desktop.
IMPORTANT: Before installing CD Driver,make sure that you do
not have the camera or USB cable attached to your computer.
This will affect the install process and will cause your installation
to fail. Do not connect the camera and cable to your computer
until the entire installation process has been completed.
Note: In XP operating system, when the camera is connected to the
computer with USB cable, “Found new Hardware” dialog appears.
While installing hardware you may get a message that the software
has not passed Windows logo testing, please click “Continue anyway”
and click “Finish” and the new device can be used.
Note : If you have installed this software before “Confirmed file deletion”
dialog will appear when you attempt to reinstall the same software.
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4) Click the camera icon in the above dialog (the third icon(download)
from left to right at bottom of screen) and photos stored in the camera
will appear in the boxes. When there are no photos in the camera,
the following message will appear “There are no photos in the camera”.
right-click to zoom in or
left-click to zoom out
5) You can better view each photo by right-clicking on each photo to
enlarge photo and the left-click on photo to bring back to smaller size.
To get back to screen, click on “X” at end of page.
6) To save an individual photo > right-click click on the photo > a red frame will
appear around the photo > then click the save button (fifth button from the
left on bottom of screen). A screen will appear to save the photo to your
“My Documents” or “My Pictures” folder. You also can choose to save as
a “Jpeg” or save as “Bmp” Name the photo and click Save. The photo
will be saved to your “My Documents” or “My Pictures” folder> click “X”
to exit. You also have the option to save all photos. Just click on
yellow icon (sixth button from left on bottom of screen).
Click “Save” all photos and all photos will appear> then click save.
Uploading Video
. Connect camera and computer with USB cable.
. Click the “Dual mode camera” folder
. When it opens, click on “MyDSC” icon.
. Blue screen with white boxes will appear.
. White box with photo will have red Avi in it.
. Right click on that Avi photo to put red line around the photo.
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Uploading Video cont.
. Scroll down to first button on bottom of screen and click on “download”.
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Note : The functions of the icons at the bottom of the above dialog
are as follows: (from left to right) previous, next, photo download,
save and select all pictures and video set.
select all
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Uploading Images
1) Connect camera and computer with enclosed USB cable, your
computer can identify new hardware and install it automatically
without any other operations. The photos from the camera can be
downloaded to the computer at any time.
2) Double click “Dual mode camera” on your PC desktop.
3) Double click “My DSC” the following blue box interface will appear
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8. Scroll to fifth button from the left on bottom of screen and Save
the Avi photo.
9. Save to “My Documents” or “My Pictures” name the file and
press Save.
To Play the Saved VIDEO:
1. Go to your Windows Media Player > then click Start > Programs >
accessories > entertainment > Windows Media Player.
2. Windows Media Player opens. Go to top left of page and click on
“File”.
3. Click open and click on your Saved Avi file to open.
4. View video on screen.
PC Camera Function
1. Connect camera and computer with enclosed USB cable.
2. Double click the “Dual mode camera” folder on your PC desktop,
then double click on the PCCam shortcut > then PCCAM image box
will appear on your screen.
3. Select “preview” under menu “Option”, then PC Camera will stream
live (point camera at yourself)
4. Under menu “Option” you can make setting for “video capture filter”
Video capture pin.
5. Click “file” to choose “set Captured File” for set the file name as
E:123.avi and click “open”. “Set file size” Dialog appears then
clicks “OK” after set the capture file size.
6. Select “Start capture” under Menu “capture” and click “ OK” in ready
to capture dialog.
7. Without time set, the process of video capture will be continued until
you click “Stop Capture” and then exit PC Cam dialog window.