Polaroid PDC 2030 User manual

PDC 2030
Digital Camera
User Guide
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Product Overview
Front View
1
2
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5
6
7
1. Shutter button
2. Flash
3. Power/Self-timer LED
4. USB port
5. Lens
6. Viewnder
7. Status LCD
1. Select button
2. Mode button
3. Viewnder
4. Power switch
5. Flash button
Back View
1
2
3
4
5
Side View
1
2
1. Hand strap holder
2. Battery door
1. Tripod mount
Bottom View
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Table of Contents
1 Getting Started ....................................................................... 5
• Camera Package Contents ..................................................... 5
• Installing the Batteries ........................................................... 6
• Turning the Camera On and Off.............................................. 6
• Checking the Battery Level .................................................... 7
• Automatic Power Off Saves Battery Life.................................. 7
2 Camera Setting ....................................................................... 8
• Checking the Camera Status .................................................. 8
3 Taking and Managing the Pictures ............................................. 9
• Taking a Picture.................................................................... 9
• Using the Flash..................................................................... 10
• Setting the Image Resolution.................................................. 11
• Setting Self-timer.................................................................. 12
• Deleting the Last Picture........................................................ 12
• Deleting All Pictures.............................................................. 13
4 Recording Video Clips .............................................................. 14
5 Installing the Software onto a Computer..................................... 15
• Installing the Software .......................................................... 15
• Software Included with Your Camera ...................................... 16
• Computer System Requirements ............................................. 17
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6 Transferring Pictures and Video Clips to a Computer .................... 18
• Before Transferring Pictures ................................................... 18
• Connecting to Your Computer ................................................ 18
• Transferring the Pictures and Video Clips to PC ........................ 19
• Transferring the Pictures and Video Clips to MAC ..................... 19
7 Using your Camera as a Web Cam (PC only) ............................... 20
• Change the driver type to the PC-Camera mode........................ 20
• Setting up NetMeeting™......................................................... 20
• Start NetMeeting™ ................................................................ 21
8 Troubleshooting Problems......................................................... 22
9 Getting Help ........................................................................... 24
• Polaroid Online Services ........................................................ 24
• Customer Support................................................................. 24
• Arcsoft Software Help........................................................... 24
10 Appendix................................................................................ 25
• Technical Specications ........................................................ 25
• Using Your Batteries ............................................................. 26
• Tips, Your Safety and Maintenance......................................... 27
• Uninstalling Polaroid PDC 2030 Camera Driver (PC only)............ 27
• Regulatory Information .......................................................... 28
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1 Getting Started
The PDC 2030 camera provides you easy-to-use features. It has never
been any easier or more enjoyable to take digital pictures and record video
clips. Here are a few examples of what you can do with your camera.
Point & shoot operation or adjust image resolution.
Store pictures, video clips to the internal memory.
Playback pictures and video clips on a computer.
Send the pictures and video clips over the Internet to family and
friends.
• Camera Package Contents
Pouch
User’s Guide
Hand strap
USB Cable
2 x AA Alkaline
Batteries
PDC 2030 CD-ROM includes:
Polaroid PDC 2030 Driver
PhotoImpression™ 4.0 (PC & Mac)
Microsoft® Netmeeting™ (PC)
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader (PC & Mac)
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PDC 2030
Digital
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User Guide
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• Installing the batteries
2 x AA Alkaline batteries are supplied with the product.
1. Press down and push outward to open the battery door.
2. Insert the batteries as shown, ensuring you follow the +/- signs
correctly.
3. Close the battery door by pressing down and pushing it back in
position.
1 2 3
• Turning the Camera on and off
To turn on the camera, slide the Power switch following the arrow and
then release. In about ve seconds, you will hear a beep sound and the
camera is ready to take pictures. Slide the Power switch again to turn the
camera off.
Power switch
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• Checking the battery level
Check the battery power level before taking pictures.
1. Turn the camera on.
NOTE:
To turn on the camera, slide the Power switch
following the arrow and then release. In about
ve seconds, you will hear a beep sound and the
camera is ready to take pictures. Slide the Power
switch again to turn the camera off.
2. Check the battery status level that appears on the camera status
LCD.
Batteries has adequate power.
The battery power is low.
Battery power is exhausted. The batteries need to be replaced.
• Automatic Power Off Saves Battery Life
Your camera is designed to turn off automatically to save battery life after
60 seconds of inactivity.
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2 Camera Setting
• Checking Camera Status
Turn on the camera and view the camera Status LCD screen to check
which camera settings are active. If the feature icon is not displayed, it
means that particular feature is not activated.
Picture Resolution Camera Status
Full Exhausted
Other Features
Self-timer
Low
High
1600x1200
Picture counter (Number
of pictures taken) / Video
counter (Length of video
clip recorded) Flash on
Flash off
Auto ash
A
Delete the last picture
Delete all pictures
USB Indicator
Mass storage mode
PC-camera mode
Low
800x600
Video mode
Erasing the last picture
Erasing all pictures
Medium
1024X768
MED
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3 Taking and Managing the Pictures
• Taking a Picture
This camera is designed to take pictures of subjects as close as 3 feet
(0.9 meters) to innity.
1. Turn the camera on.
NOTE:
To turn on the camera, slide the Power switch following the arrow and then
release. In about ve seconds, you will hear a beep sound and the camera is
ready to take pictures. Slide the Power switch again to turn the camera off.
2. Frame your subject using the Viewnder.
3. Press the Shutter button to take a picture. When
you press the shutter button, a beep sounds.
Hold the camera steadily until another beep
sounds. The picture counter on the status LCD
will increase by one, displaying the total number
of pictures taken.
Shutter button
NOTE:
• Outdoor pictures : Take pictures in sunlight, bright or heavy shadows. Avoid
intense sunlight that may cause sun spots in pictures. Always make sure that
the sun or other light source is behind the person taking the picture.
• Indoor or night pictures : Take pictures at night or indoors using the Flash.
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• Using the Flash
Use the Flash when you take pictures at night, indoors, or outdoors in
heavy shadows.
Flash Range: 3 feet ~ 4.9 feet (0.9 meters ~ 1.5 meters)
Press the button repeatedly to scroll through the ash options. The ash
icon that is displayed on the Status LCD screen is the active option. The
default setting is Flash off.
Press
button
Press
button
Press button
Flash Off. The ash does not re. Use this setting for outdoor
pictures, or where ash is prohibited or may be distracting, or
when shooting toward a reective surface, such as a window or
mirror. If there is not enough light when using this setting, your
pictures will be too dark.
A Auto Flash. The ash res automatically as needed. Use this
setting to take most pictures.
Flash On. The ash res for every picture. Use it indoors in low
light.
NOTE:
• When the camera is set to Flash on and Auto Flash, the icons on the Status
LCD will blink, which indicates the ash is charging, and they will stop blinking
when the ash has charged.
• When the battery power level is low and unable to charge the ash, there will
be a low beep tone when you press the ash button.
• When the ash is charging, you are not able to take pictures. There will be two
short beeps if you press the shutter button.
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