Sakar 24280 User manual

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Digital
Camera
O w ner’s M anual
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SectionOne-Profile
Overview
Thank you forpurchasing thisdigitalcam era.N otonlycanittake photos butitalso
has built-inPC cam erafunctions.This cam erais equipped with8MBSDRAM.In
orderto dow nload photos from yourcam erato yourcom puter,you need only
connectthe U S B cablefrom yourcom puterto yourcam era.You can also use the
built-inPC cam eratoholdavideo conference viathe internet,enabling face
to
face online conversations.
Package Contents
*DigitalC am era * User’s M anual * N eck Strap
* C am eraStand * Software CD *USB
cable
System Requirements
¾Window s98 S E /2000/M E /X P
¾125M B orm orefree harddisk space,32M B orm oreRAM.
¾Available USB Interface and CD-ROM drive.
¾ColorM onitor(R ecom m ended atleast800*600,24 bitorhigher)
Getting to Know your Digital Camera:
A. Camera/C hargerselector
B. View finder
C. Lens
D. USB
S ocket
E. M ode Butt
on
F. Shutter/C onfirmButton
Section Two - Lithium Battery
Beforeusing yourcam eraforthe firsttime,charge your cam era’s battery. O n c e the
batteryischarged,m ove the C am era/Chargerselectorto“Cam era”m ode.D o not
movethe selector back to“Charge” m ode untilyou have dow nloaded all
yourphotos to yourcom puterand are ready torecharge the cam era.

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Switching to Charge mode will erase all the photos on your camera.
To recharge yourcam era’s battery,connectthe cam eratoyourcomputerw iththe U S B
cableandmovethe C am era/C hargerselectorto“Charge”m ode.W hen the batteries
arerecharging,the LE D willbe red.O nce the batteries arefullycharged,the LE D will
turngreen (afterless than 3hours).The cam erawillfunction normallywhilecharging.
Werecom m end chargi
ng your cam era’sbatteryevery 7 days orw hen you have used
up the fullm em orycapacityofthe cam era.
NOTE: The camera batteries must be recharged for at least four hours on the
first use.
Inorderto conserve battery pow er,ifthe cam erais notused for30 seconds,the
cam erawillautom atically enterenergy save m ode.
Section Three – Software and C am eraDriver Installation
IMPORTANT:Beforeattem pting toinstallthe sof
tware,ensurethatyou do nothave
the cam eraattached to yourcom puter.Thiswillaffectthe installation process and
couldcauseyourinstallat
ion tofail.D o notconnectthe cabletothe com puteruntil
the entireinstallation process has been com pleted.W e recom m end following
the step by step instructions thatw illappearon yourscreen during the installation
process.
1. Insertthe C D intoyourCD-Rom drive.M ake surethatyourcam era
is not connected tothe com puter.
2. ForW IN 2000 orW INXPoperating system s -O n the “Install your
camera software”screen,selectyourcam era m odelfrom the drop
dow n listand click the “Install”button toinstallPhoTags Express
follow ed by the installation ofP hoTags W ebC am Express and your
cam eradriver.
ForW IN 98SE operating system - Onthe “Install your camera

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software”screen follow these instructions:
1. Click the “DirectX”button and follow the installation instructions,
restartyourcom puterafterthe installation.
2. Insertthe C D intoyourCD-Rom drive.M ake suret
hatyourcam era
is notconnected tothe com puter.
3. Onthe “Installyourcam erasoftware”screen,selectyourcam era
m odelfrom the drop dow n li
st,click the “Install”button toinstall
PhoTags Express follow ed by the installation ofP hoTags W ebC am
Express and yourcam eradriver.
4. Onthe “PhoTags Express" screen,click the “Next” button.

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5. Please review the license termsand click the “Agree” button to
continue.
6. Letthe “PhoTags Express”installercreatethe folderw herethe
program willbe installed to,and then click “Install”

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7. Click “Finish”toletthe “PhoTags Express”installerfinish the
installation program .
8. Thiswillautom aticallylaunch the Installshieldforthe cam eradriver.
Click “Next”to continue.
9. Oncethe program has finished installing you will

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have torestartyourcom puter.
10. C ongratulations!!You have successfullyinstalled the “P hoTags
Express”software,the “PhoTags W ebC am Express”and the
Cam eradriver.
SectionFour-TakingPhotos
NOTE:TO ACHIEVE TH E MOSTCLARITY,TH E OPTIMALDISTANCE
BETW EEN THE CAM ERA AND THE SUBJECT IS“5”FEET.
Please ensurethatthe batteryisproperly charged beforetaking photos.
1.Press the function button toturnonthe cam era-the LCD atthe back ofthe
cam erawilllightup.
2.U se the view findertofram e yourshot.
3.H oldthe cam erasteady,and press the shutterbutton.
4.You willheara beep w hen
you have taken a photo,and the cam eraisready to
shootagain.
5.Ifyou press the shutterbutton w hen the cam eraisfull,the cam erawillem it
continuous beeps towarn you.
Tips:
1.W hen taking photos,hold yourcam erasteady.
2.Low lighting willreduce the quality ofyourpicture.
SectionFive-CameraFunctions

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Ifthe cam eraisin energy save m ode,press the function button once toswitch to
working m ode.
Turn Camera Off
1.Press the Function button toselect“ ”show n on LC D display.
2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds toturn cam eraoff.
Auto-Shoot Mode
1.Press the Function button toselect“ ”show n on LC D display.
2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds toactivatethe 10 second timer.
3.The cam erawillbeep once persecond.After10 seconds the photowillbe taken.
Continuous Shoot Mode
1.Press the Function button toselect“ ”show n on the LC D display.
2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds toactivatecontinuous shootm ode.D o
notrelease the shutterbutton.
3.The cam erawillbeep once foreach phototaken untilthe shutterbutton is
released orthememoryisfull.
Note:
1.W hilethe cam erais shooting inthis m ode,the incorrectexposuremaybe
displayed.
2.The Continuous Shootis onlyinQVGAm ode.
3.Photos taken in C ontinuous S hootm ode can be dow nloaded individually.
Continuous Shoot Mode – 3 shots
1.Press the Function button toselect“ ”show n on the LC D display.
2.H old dow n shutterw ithin 5 seconds and itw illtake 3photos continuously(saved
inVGAformat).
Delete All Photos
1.Press the Function button toselect“ ”show n on the LC D display.
2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,the photocounterw illflash.P ress the
shutterbutton againwithin 5 seconds and allphotos willbe deleted from the
cam era m em ory.
Note:
Ifyou do notpress the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,no photos willbe deleted
and the cam erawillreturntothe normalworking state.
Delete Last Photo
1.Press the Function button toselectthe “ ”icon show n on the LCD display.
2.Press the shutterbutton once within 5 seconds to deletethe lastphoto.

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Photo Resolution
C hoose eitherVG A orQ V G A mode.
1.Press the Function button toselect“Lo”show n on the LCD display.
2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,the m ode changes toQVGAm ode.
(InQVGAmodeyou can take up to102photos).
3.Press the Function button to select“HI”show n on the LCD display.
4.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,the m ode changes toVGAmode.(In
VGA m ode,you can take up to25photos).
Photo Compression Ratio
You can choose the com pression ratioforyourphotos -“Hd”high com pression or
“Ld”low com pression.The higherthe com pression,the more photos you can take
withouthaving to dow nload them to your PC.You can take up to 409 photos in
“Hd”m ode w ith the low resolution (Lo) setting preset on your cam era (see the
photoresolution section above).
Photo Storage
The num berofphotos t
hatcan be taken willvary according tothe r
esolution and
com pression ratioofthe photos.The LCD display willshow the currentresolution
and the how m any more photos you can take atthisresolution.The maximum
num bers ofphotos yourcam eracanstoreis:
25 photos ---“Hi”resolution + “Ld”com pression
102 photos ---“Lo”resolution +“Ld”com pression
102 photos -
--“Hi”resolution +“Hd”com pression
409 photos ---“Lo”resolution +“Hd”com pression
Display
Press the shutter button to take a photo. The num ber of photos shot will be
displayed as adigiton the LCD display.E ach consecutive phototaken willincrease
this num berby one as illustrated:
Fluorescent Lamp Frequency
1.Press the Function button to select “50”or“60”show n on the LCD displ
ay.

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2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds.The frequency willbe togglebetw een
50H Z and 60H Z.
3. Please set the frequency of your cam era according to the standards of the
country you live in.Inthe United States and Asiause60H z,in Japan and Europe
use 50H z.Ifyou use the wrong f
requency yourphotos orvideos maybe distorted.
Section Six – Downloading Photos
Usethe “PhoTags Express”program toim portthe photos from yourcam era.
1. Plug one end ofthe USB cableintothe USB sloton yourcam era.
2. Plug the otherend ofthe USB cableintoaUSBporton your
com puter.
3. Makesurethatyourcam erais connected and turned on.
4. D ouble-click the “P hoTags Express”icon thatisonyourdesktop to
launch the “PhoTags Express”program .
5. Click on the “G etPhotos”button on the MainMenu.
6. The “Getphotos”w izard w illappearw iththe