Concord Camera 6340z User manual

Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide
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FRANÇAIS
DEUTSCH
ESPAÑOL
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PORTUGUÊS
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6.0 Megapixels Digital Camera
Quick Start Guide
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This Quick Start Guide provides a quick reference for operating
your new Camera. Refer to the User’s Guide, which can be found
on the CD-ROM, for detailed instructions on how to use all of your
camera’s features. Before using the camera, make sure to read all
safety instructions and precautions outlined in the User’s Guide.
1 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK
The camera can use either the supplied 3.7V 900 mA Rechargeable Battery Pack or the Compact Power
Adapter as power source. Charge the Battery Pack before you use it.
1. Slide the Battery/Memory Card Door in the direction of the buttons.
2. Insert the battery pack in the direction of the button marked on the
battery pack.
3. Close the Battery/Memory Card Door.
2 CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK
1. Put the battery pack inside the camera body.
2. Connect the DC plug of the power adapter to the camera’s DC-IN in terminal. Plug the other end of the
adapter into a power outlet.
• While charging the battery pack, the green Self-Timer/Charge LED located at the front side of the
camera will light up. When charging is complete, the LED will turn off.
3. Unplug the adaptor from AC outlet first and then from the camera when charging is not needed.
Note: The camera can be used while charging.
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3 INSERTING AN SD CARD
The digital camera is equipped with a 16 MB internal memory. If no SD card
is inserted in the camera, all pictures/video clips recorded by the camera will
be stored in the internal memory. When SD card is inserted in the camera, all
pictures and video clips recorded by the camera will be stored on the SD card
1. Turn off the camera.
2. Slide the Battery/Memory Card Door in the direction of the button to open
the door.
3. Insert the SD card in the direction as shown in the figure aside.
4. Close the Battery/Memory Card Door.
4 TURNING THE CAMERA ON
Slide the Power Switch to the right side and hold it until the green status LED lights up. It takes about 2
seconds to power on the camera.
Note:
1. You may also press and hold the button for more
than 1 second to turn the camera on in Review mode to
review the stored pictures/video clips.
2. If the camera cannot be powered on, the batteries may be
drained. Recharge the battery and try again.
5 SETTING THE LANGUAGE
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Press the button to select the Setup Menu.
3. Press the or button to select the desired Language.
4. Press the or button to select a Language.
5. Press the MENU button to close the menu window.
Power switch
Status LED (green)
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6 SETTING THE DATE AND TIME
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Press the MENU button.
3. Press the button to select the Setup Menu.
4. Press the or button to select Date/Time and then press the OK
button.
5. Press the or button to select a field to change.
6. Press the or button to set the values.
7. Press the OK button.
8. Press the MENU button to close the menu window.
7 USING THE MODE DIAL
Use the mode dial to switch between the three shooting modes:
The A/S/M (advanced) mode include:
• A Mode: Aperture Priority Mode, that is, the Aperture value
can be set manually, while the shutter speed is set
automatically.
• S Mode: Shutter Speed Priority Mode, that is, the Shutter
speed can be set manually, while the Aperture will
be set automatically.
• M Mode: Both Aperture and Shutter Speed can be set
manually.
8 TAKING PICTURES
1. Turn the Mode dial to A mode or A/S/M mode.
2. Frame the subject in the LCD.
• For best result, stand at least 0.8 m (2.62 ft.) away from the subject in
normal mode.
3. Press T or W button to zoom in or out the subject.
4. Press the Shutter button down halfway and hold there for a few seconds.
• When the camera has finished focus, the blue Auto Focus indicator will
appear. If auto focus failed, the white AF frame will change from white into red. In this case, please
release the Shutter and recompose.
5. Press the Shutter button fully down.
Movie mode
Auto mode
A/S/M (Advanced) mode
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9 SETTING IMAGE QUALITY AND RESOLUTION
You can change the image quality and resolution settings to suit your shooting
purpose. Image resolution determines the size of a captured image. Higher
resolution images contain more details and have larger file sizes. Image quality
determines the amount of compression used to reduce the size of the stored
image file in order to economize space in the memory.
1. Press MENU button.
2. Press the or button to select image Resolution or Quality.
3. Press the or button to select a value.
4. Press the MENU button to close the menu window.
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SETTING THE FLASH
Press the button to switch between flash modes. The selected flash mode appears on the LCD monitor.
Auto The flash fires automatically according to the lighting condition.
Force On The flash always fires.
Force Off The flash does not fire.
Red-eye
reduction,
Force on
The flash always fires and will fire after a short delay to reduce red-eye
phenomenon.
Red-eye
reduction,
Auto
The flash fires automatically according to the lighting condition, and the flash
will fire after a short delay to reduce red-eye phenomenon.
Slow sync. When the shutter speed is slow, the flash will fire after the shutter is full open
but before it closes.
Slow Red-Eye Combine the red-eye reduction function and slow sync. function.
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TAKING PICTURES WITH THE SELF-TIMER
Use the self-timer to set a delay from the time the shutter button is pressed to the time the image is shot.
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Press the or button to select Drive Mode.
3. Press the or to select or .
: Shoot image two seconds after the Shutter is fully pressed down.
: Shoot image ten seconds after the Shutter is fully pressed down.
4. Press the MENU button to close the menu window.
5. Shoot the image.
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RECORDING MOVIE CLIPS
The digital camera can shoot video clips with sound. The resolution can be set to either at L (640 x 480) or at
S (320 x 240) when using SD card as storage.
1. Turn the Mode dial to video mode.
The LCD monitor displays the maximum recording time (in seconds).
2. Press the Shutter button fully down to start record. The movie mode icon turns into red. The recording
time counter starts to count.
3. Press the Shutter button again to stop recording. Otherwise, the camera will stop recording automatically
when the memory limit has been reached.
Movie mode
Maximum recording time
Resolution (L/S)
Quality (F/N)
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REVIEWING THE STORED FILES
You can view the recorded pictures and video clips on the LCD monitor. The playback function is available in
each shooting mode.
1. Press to view the captured photo or video clip. The last recorded
image or video clip appears on the LCD monitor.
• If the file is video clip, the vide clip icon ( ) will be shown on the right
side of the LCD. Press OK to play the video clip. Press OK again to
pause or resume.
2. Press to move to the previous file and press to move to the next
file.
3. Press or the Shutter button to return to shooting mode.
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DELETING ONE FILE
1. In Review mode, press or button to search for the unwanted file.
2. Press the button to enter deleting menu.
3. Press or button to select Yes or No.
4. Press OK to confirm.
• If No is selected, no change will be made.
• If Yes is selected, the file will be deleted.
Note: Files deleted cannot be recovered.
Exercise caution before erasing a file.
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DELETING ALL FILES
1. In Review mode, press the MENU button the enter review menu screen.
2. Press the or to select Erase All.
3. Press OK to enter its sub-menu.
4. Press OK again to confirm. All unprotected files will be deleted.
• If you decided not to delete all the files, press the MENU button to exit
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PROTECTING YOUR FILES
You can protect important files from being accidentally erased.
1. Press to view the captured photo or video clip.
The last recorded image or video clip appears on the LCD monitor.
2. Press or button to search for the file to be protected.
3. Press button to protect the image. The protect icon ( ) appears
on the LCD monitor for all protected images.
To remove the protection, follow the steps 1 to 3 above to remove protection.
When the file is un-protected, the protect icon ( ) will disappear.
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COPYING FILES
The camera allows you to copy all files from the camera’s internal memory to an SD card or from an SD card
to the internal memory (if free memory space is enough).
1. Press the button to enter Review mode
2. Press the MENU button.
3. Press the or to select Copy card.
4. Press OK to enter its submenu.
5. Press the or to select copy direction: from internal memory ( )
to SD card ( ), or in reverse direction.
6. Press the OK button to confirm.
7. Press the MENU button to close the menu window.
Note: When the free memory is not enough to hold the transferred files, the remaining files will be kept at
their original place.
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DOWNLOADING FILES ONTO YOUR COMPUTER
Note for Windows 98 users: Install the camera driver first, otherwise you will not be able to download the
files.
Note for all Windows users: The Quick Time Player must be installed before proceeding to view the video
clips on your computer.
For Windows Users
1. Connect the camera to the computer.
2. Double click “My Computer”.
3. Double click “Removable Disk”.
4. Double click “DICM”.
5. Double Click “100_6340”.
• The pictures and video clips stored in the memory will be displayed.
6. Drag and drop the files you want to save in the computer.
• To select all files, click Edit > Select all.
For Macintosh Users
1. Connect the camera to the computer.
• After a few moments, the external hard drive will appear on the desktop.
2. Double-click the “Concord” removable drive that is on your desktop.
3. Double-click DCIM.
4. Double Click “100_6340”.
5. Drag and drop the files you want to save in the computer.
• To select all files, click Edit > Select all.
Note: You may also transfer the stored pictures and video clips on your memory card onto your computer
by using a memory card reader (sold separately).
Concord and the Concord logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Concord Camera Corp., in the United States and/or
other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries. Mac and Macintosh are registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. in the U.S.
and other countries. All other brands and product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
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