Kobian VQ2220 Operating and safety instructions

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Table of Content
Product Overview..................................................................................................................................... 5
Front View........................................................................................................................................... 5
Back View ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Side View ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Bottom View ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Top View.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Monitor ............................................................................................................................................... 6
1. Getting Started ..................................................................................................................................... 8
1-1 Check List ................................................................................................................................... 8
1-2 Installing the Batteries .............................................................................................................. 8
1-3 Installing the memory card ....................................................................................................... 9
1-4 Turning the Camera On and Off ............................................................................................. 10
1-5 Checking the battery level...................................................................................................... 10
1-6 Automatic power off function .................................................................................................. 11
2. Camera Setting .................................................................................................................................. 12
2-1 Checking Camera Status ......................................................................................................... 13

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2-2 Display Setting .......................................................................................................................... 13
2-3 Function Setting ........................................................................................................................ 14
2-3-1 Exposure Compensation Setting ................................................................................ 14
2-3-2 White Balance Setting .................................................................................................. 14
2-3-3 Setting ............................................................................................................................. 15
2-3-4 To Format a Memory Card.......................................................................................... 23
3. Taking and Managing the Pictures.................................................................................................. 24
3-1 Taking a Picture ........................................................................................................................ 24
3-2 Recording Macro Pictures ...................................................................................................... 25
3-3 Recording Continuous Pictures ............................................................................................. 26
3-4 Recording a Video clip ............................................................................................................. 27
3-5 Recording a Audio clip ............................................................................................................ 28
3-6 Previewing the Pictures........................................................................................................... 29
3-7 Using Digital Zoom ................................................................................................................... 30
3-8 Protect Picture(s) Against Deletion ...................................................................................... 31
3-9 Deleting Picture(s) from the Camera .................................................................................... 32
4. Installing the Software onto a Computer ....................................................................................... 33
4-1 Installing the Software ............................................................................................................. 33

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4-2 Computer system requirements ............................................................................................ 35
5.Viewing & Transferring Pictures ...................................................................................................... 36
5-1 Before you transfer pictures ................................................................................................... 36
5-2 Connecting to your computer ................................................................................................. 36
5-3 Transferring & Viewing the Pictures on a computer .......................................................... 37
6. Using your camera as a Web Cam ................................................................................................... 38
6-1 Specification for Web Cam Mode ........................................................................................... 38
6-2 Setting up ................................................................................................................................... 38
6-3 Making a call ............................................................................................................................. 39
7. Troubleshooting Problems................................................................................................................ 40
7-1 Troubleshooting on camera: ................................................................................................... 40
7-2 Error Message .......................................................................................................................... 42
8. Appendix.............................................................................................................................................. 43
8-1 Technical Specifications ........................................................................................................... 43
8-2 Operation, Safety and Maintenance ....................................................................................... 45
8-2-1 Operation ....................................................................................................................... 45
8-2-2 Safety ............................................................................................................................... 45
8-2-3 Maintenance .................................................................................................................. 45

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8-3 Using Your Batteries ................................................................................................................ 46
8-4 Regulatory Information ............................................................................................................ 46
8-4-1 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Radio Frequency Interference
Statement: ........................................................................................................................... 47
8-4-2 Attention ........................................................................................................................ 47

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Back View
Bottom View
Product Overview
Front View
Battery Cover Tripod Socket
Mode Selector
Flash
ViewFinder
Macro Mode
Switch
Lens
Power button
Sutter button
USB connector
Multi Selector
DISP button
Monitor
MENU button
SETUP button
Strap Eyelet

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Monitor
Photo Mode
Exposure compensation /
Exposure compensation value
Focus Mode
(Macro/Normal)
Battery Level
Memory capacity
(Remaining number of
storable images)
Zoom factor
Fla sh M ode
Auto
Flash On
Flash Off
W hite Ba lan ce
AUTO
DAYLIGHT
SHADE
TUNGSTEN
FLUORESCENT
I ma ge Qu ality
Fine
Norm al
Im age Size
Large
Middle
Small
Continuous shooting

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Audio Mode Memory capacity (Remaining
time (second) of storable audio).
Focus Mode (Macro/Normal)
Battery Level
Memory capacity - Remaining time(second) of storable video
- Depend on camera's storage memory
Video Mode Audio Mode

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1. Getting Started
1-1 Check List
1-2 Installing the Batteries
4 x AAA Alkaline batteries are supplied with the
camera. Please insert the batteries according to
the following steps:
Camera
User Manual
CD-ROM
USB Cable
Wr i s t St r a p
4x AAA
Batteries
Soft Case
Protect Zoom factor
Playback Mode

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1. Open the camera battery door by pushing it
toward the OPEN direction.
2. Insert the batteries as shown, ensuring you
follow the +/- signs correctly.
3.Close the battery door by pushing it
backwards.
1-3 Installing the memory card
Turn the camera off, open the battery cover, and
gently insert the memory card into the bottom
until it is fully seated.
The label on the
memory card should
face the back side of
the camera and make
sure the card edge is
inside the slot.
The 8M onboard
memory and estimated capacities (Recordable
Images, Audio and Video) shown as below:
Use 8M Onboard Memory
Fine Normal
2048 x 1536 9 12
1600 x 1200 1216
800 x 600 37 51
Video 63 sec. at 320 x 240
Audio about 29 min.
+
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+
- -
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1-4 Turning the Camera On and Off
Press the power button for about 3 seconds to
turn the camera on. The the Power LED will keep
“Red” about for 3 seconds then change to
“Green”.
You can start to take pictues or set up the camera
when LED becomes “Green”. Press the power
button again to turn the camera off.
1-5 Checking the battery level
Check the battery power level before taking
pictures. Turn the camera on and check the bat-
tery power level on the bottom left of the LCD
monitor.
You can see the battery level sign on the follow-
ing mode: Manual photo mode, Auto photo
mode, Video mode and Audio mode.
When the battery power level is low, you will see
the camera screen shows as below.
Battery is full
Battery power is low
(Please change batteries)
Battery is extreme low
(Change battery as soon as
possible. And the camera will
show it the under screen)

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1-6 Automatic power off function
Your camera is designed to switch to power sav-
ing status automatically and save battery life af-
ter one minute or two minutes of non use. Press
any button to reactivate the camera or power turn
off after 60 seconds in power saving status.

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2. Camera Setting
Before we start to introduce how to set up the camera, please see the structure of the setting and you can quickly
familier with your camera:
Manual Photo mode
Auto Photo mode
Audio mode
Video mode
EXPOSURE
WB
SETTING
FORMAT
-2,-1.7,-1.3,-1.0,-0.7,-0.3,0.0,0.3,0.7,1.0,1.3,1.7,2.0
(Manual Photo Mode Only)
AUTO DAYLIGHT SHADE
TUNGSTEN FLUORESCENT
DATE & TIME
DATE STYLE
BEEP
IMAGE SIZE
QUALITY
SELF TIMER
LANGUAGE
POWER SAVING
2001.01.01.00:00
ON, OFF
NORMAL, FINE
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
1 Min, 2 Min, OFF
NO, YES
LARGE, MIDDLE, SMALL
(Manual Photo Mode Only)

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LCD Display Features
Macro
Auto Flash
Flash On
Flash Off
Burst Sanpshot
Zoom factor
Self-Timer
Audio
White Balance Battery
Auto
Daylight
Shade
Tungsten
Fluorescent
Full
Low
Extreme Low
Image Size Image Quality
Large
Middle
Small
Fine
Normal
1.Turn on the camera, you will see the
display shows the active features
2.Press one time
to clean the feature icons
3.Press one more
time to change to LCD off
3.Press one
more time to return to
the original display
2-1 Checking Camera Status
Power the camera on, browse the LCD monitor in the
back side of the camera to check which settings are
active. If feature icon is not displayed, it means that
the particular feature is not activated.
2-2 Display Setting
Press to set up the LCD display On/Off

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4.Press up or down to
choose the setting:
AUTO, DAYLIGHT,
SHADE, TUNGSTEN,
FLUORESCENT.
5.Press
to confirm.
6.Set up completed.
1.Turn on the camera.
3.Press one time to
2.Press ,choose function
from the buttom of LCD display
4.Press
to confirm.
5.Set up completed.
1.Turn on the camera.
3.Press up or down to choose
from -2 to +2 EV compensation.
2.Press
2-3 Function Setting
Press , and choose the functions ( ,,,
) you want to set up from the LCD monitor
2-3-1 Exposure Compensation Setting
2-3-2 White Balance Setting

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2-3-3 Setting
There are 8 different settings included in Auto Phot mode/ Manual Photo Mode/Video Mode/Audio Mode.
Please choose the items you would like to set up and see the following instruction to complete the settings.
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zDate and Time Setting
5. Press / to set "Year",
and / to move to the
next.
6. Repeat the same steps to
set "DAY" & "TIME"
step by step.
1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)
4.Press
to "DATE & TIME"
7. Press
to return main frame
2.Press 3.Press
two times
to

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1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)
4.Press one time to
" DATE STYLE" and
press
5.Press to
select and press
to
confirm
6. Press
to return main frame
3.Press
two times
to
2.Press
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zDate Style Setting

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1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)
2.Press
4.Press two times
to " BEEP" and
press
5.Press to
select and press
to
confirm
6. Press
to return main frame
3.Press
two times
to
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zBeep Setting

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3. Press
two times
to .
2. Press
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zImage Size
4. Press 4 times to
“IMAGE SIZE” and
press .
1. Turn on the camera (in Auto Photo Mode)
5. Press to
select and press
to
confirm.
6. Prss
to reture main frame.

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zQuality
1. Turn on the camera (in Auto Photo Mode)
5. Press to
select and press
to
confirm.
2. Press
6. Prss
to reture main frame. 4. Press 5 times to
“QUALITY” and
press .
3. Press
two times
to .

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6.Press to choose
from 2 to 10 seconds.
1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)
2.Press 3.Press
two times
to
7.Press
to confirm.
8. Press
to return main frame
4.Press 6 times to
"SELF TIMER"
5.Press
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zSelf Timer