Hamilton Electronics DC2 User manual

Hamilton Electronics
CAMERA-DC2
User’s Manual
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1. PARTS OF THE DIGITAL CAMERA............................................5
2. PREPARING FOR USING............................................................6
INSTALLING THE BATTERY ............................................................... 6
CHARGE THE BATTERY.................................................................... 7
INSERTING THE MEMORY CARD....................................................... 9
FORMAT THE MEMORY CARD...........................................................11
SETTING THE LANGUAGE ...............................................................11
SETTING THE DATE AND TIME......................................................... 12
MONITOR SCREEN DISPLAY ........................................................... 13
3. USING THIS DIGITAL CAMERA...............................................16
TURNING THE DIGITAL CAMERA ON AND OFF .................................. 16
CHANGE THE RECORD MODE......................................................... 17
TAKING STILL IMAGES.................................................................... 18
USING THE SELF-TIMER ................................................................ 19
USING THE FLASH ........................................................................ 20
RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP.............................................................. 21
4.USING THE MENU IN RECORD MODE ....................................22
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MENU IN CAPTURE MODE .............................................................. 22
MENU IN VIDEO MODE ................................................................... 24
SETUP MENU................................................................................ 25
5. PLAYBACK................................................................................28
PLAYBACK STILL IMAGE ................................................................. 28
PLAYING BACK MOVIE CLIPS .......................................................... 29
OTHER FUNCTION IN PLAYBACK MODE............................................ 29
6. MAKING CONNECTIONS..........................................................31
CONNECTING THE DIGITAL CAMERA TO A PC .................................. 31
7. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ....................................................34
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE .......................................................... 34
8. TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................38
9. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS................................................40
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Thank you for purchasing this product. Please read these operating
instructions carefully in order to use the digital video camera correctly. Keep
the instructions in a safe place after reading so that you can refer to them
later.
Precautions
Before using the digital camera, please ensure that you read and
understand the safety precautions described below.
• Do not try to open the case of the digital camera or attempt to modify this
digital camera in any way. Maintenance and repairs should be carried out
only by authorized service providers.
• Keep the digital camera away from water and other liquids. Do not use the
digital camera with wet hands. Never use the digital camera in the rain or
snow. Moisture creates the danger of electric shock.
• Use only the recommended power accessories. Use of power sources not
expressly recommended for this equipment may lead to overheating,
distortion of the equipment, fire, electrical shock or other hazards.
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1. Parts of the digital camera
1:Self-timerLED 13:Handstrap
2:Shutterbutton 14:Playbackbutton
3:Powerbutton 15:Battery/SDcardcover
4:Flashstrobe 16:Up/Displaybutton
5:Microphone 17:Right/Flashbutton
6: Lens 18: Ok button
7:USBjack 19:Down/Modebutton
8: Left/self-timer button 20: Delete Button
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9: Busy LED 21: Menu button
10: Charging LED 22: TFT monitor screen
11: Zoom out button 23: Tripod sock
12:Zoominbutton
2. Preparing for using
Installing the Battery
1: Push the lock button (1) down to open the battery cover.
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2: Insert the battery with the positive (+) and negative (-) poles matching
the directions indicated inside the battery compartment.
3: After the battery is properly installed, replace the battery cover until a
clearly click is heard.
Charge the battery
Please charge the battery when the indicator shows the icon.
1: Power OFF; connect the camera to the computer’s USB-port with
supplied USB cable.
2: Charging starts when charge indicator LED turns RED. The charge
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indicator light turns OFF when charging is completed.
3: Disconnect the camera.
Note:
1. DO NOT power on the camera when the battery is charging. The
camera will not work normally if you power on it.
2. When the battery is charging by the USB-cable, long press the shutter
button to get the camera into PC camera mode. Or, get it into mass
storage mode. The charge will be stop.
zWhen charging is completed be sure to disconnect the power supply
device from the electrical outlet.
zCamera becomes warm during charging – that is normal.
zBattery is exhausted after being charged when left for a long time.
zBattery can be re-charged even when it has some power left, but it is
not recommended; better is to re-charge it when it is empty.
zBattery has characteristics that will reduce its operating duration and
cause the battery to swell up.
zWhen the operating time of the camera becomes extremely short
even after proper battery-charging, the life of the battery may be
expired. Buy a new battery.
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zDO NOT leave any metal items (such as clips) near the contact areas
of the power plug. Otherwise a fire and/or electric shocks may be
caused by short-circuiting or the resulting heat generated.
Inserting the Memory Card
1. Turn off the digital camera.
2. Push the lock button (1) down to open the battery cover. And then you
will see the SD card slot.
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3. Insert the memory card to the card slot with the label against the LCD
screen. Check the right direction before insert the memory card.
• To release the memory card open the battery cover firstly and then
press the edge of the card gently.
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