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

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correctnam e ofyourcam era device selected inthe “Active devices”
listinthe “Express”m ode.C lick the “Next”button toproceed.
7. Onthe nextscreen,choose w here you w anttoplace yourphotos
and click the “Finish ” bu tton to copy the photos to yourcom puter.
8. Allofthe pictures you im ported willthen appearinthe “Select
photos”m ode’smainwindow .

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Everything you need to get the most out of your photos and MORE
Download photos instantlyfrom yourdigitalcam era,m ediacards,CDs
and storage devices to yourcom puter.
Manage your photos by creating countless unique photocollections
withoutduplicating any photos.BurnCDsofany foldersforbackup and
storage.
Enhance your photos;A uto E nhance,C rop and Corr
ectR ed Eye.
Add Active Captions-add TextC aptions,Fram es,Shapes,
Keywords… and m orethatcan be view ed orhidden any time.
Locate and Organize your photos and collections-Search by
C aptions,C ategory, K e yw o rdorDate-directlyfrom
the operating
system ofyourcom puter.
Share your photos viaE-mail,LocalPrint
ing and C reateHTMLweb
pages foruploading online.
Create Calendars, two-sided Greeting Cards and Postcards on
standard photo paper... You can purchase Album s and Video C D ,two
additionalw orkshop projects online atanytimeand these will

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be autom aticallyactivated in P hoTags Express.Create Photo Albums
and Slide Shows on CDsthatcan be view ed on yourP C and VC D ’sfor
view ing on yourTV using yourD V D player.
WebCam Express- Usethe W ebC am Express softwareto snap photos,
record and createvideos.
How to purchase additional “Workshop” projects
In addition tothe free C alendars,t
wo-sided G reeting Cards and
Postcards Workshop projects,you have the abilitytopurchase two
additionalW orkshop projects:"A lbum s"
and "Video CD"online,at
anytime.
1. To purchase the “Workshop Project”simplyclick the one
you w antand you willbe referred
to an online w ebsite
where you can purchase them .
2. Onceyou purchase the “Workshop projects” they willbe
autom aticallyactivated inthe software.
SectionEight–CapturingAVI

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Now thatyou have yourcam erainstalled you can use itto capture short
movies called AV Ifiles.The lengthoftimeyou can recordanAVIwhile
the cam erais connected to yourcom puterw illvary,depending on how
muchharddrive space you willuse t
o save the file.Please take notethat
these AVIfiles take up a lotofharddrive space.Thisis done through the
PhoTags W ebC am Express program .This nextsecti
on w illw alkyou
though capturing an AVIfile.
1. D ouble-click the “WebCam Express”icon thatis on your
desktop tolaunch the “PhoTags WebCam Express”program .
AdjustyourW ebC am tothe desired position.The screen w ill
display w hatthe W ebC am “sees”.
2. To add audioto yourvideo,plug a m icrophone into your
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3. Click the “Capture”button tostartrecording the video.The
recording elapse timewillappearunderthe video.
4. Click the “Pause”button to holdthe recording.To continue
recording click the “Capture”button again.
5. To f
inish recording click the “Stop”button.
6. The videos willbe autom atically saved into a defaultdirectory.
You
can view them inthe “Playback” w indow .
Note:
1. To learnhow to capture JPEG snapshotsfrom yourW ebC am or
from yourexisting AVImovies,go tothe “Take S napshots”section
inthe Q uick S tarthelp.
2. To learnhow to change the usersettings,go tothe “SetUser
Preferences”section inthe Q uick S tarthelp.
Video Conferencing
To use the cam eraasaPC cam erato conductim age transm ission orholdonline
video conferences:
1.C onnectthe cam erato yourcom puterU SB portusing the U SB cable.
2.R un the video conferencing software“MicrosoftN etM eeting”on

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yourcom puter.
3.Inputthe IP address thatyou wish to connecttointhe address barand dial.
4.Select[Tool]\[Video]\[A ccept]and [Transfer]options.O nce yourcallhas been
accepted,you can holdavideo conference.
Appendix 1:Specifications
ProductType:D igitalC am era
Electronic C oupling Elem ent:C M O S Sensor300K Pixels
Im age Resolution:640x480 Pixels(VG A )320x240 Pixels(QVGA)
Devices:B uilt-in8MB(SDRAM)
MemoryCapacity:25(VGA)(Hi)102(QVGA)(Lo)
102(VGA)(Hi)409(QVGA)(Lo)
View finder:B uilt-i
n
Auto shoot:10s
ShutterSpeed:1/6-1/15000 s
ShootM odes:Single/Continuous Shoot/Continuous S hootM ode –3shots/
Autom atic shoot/PC
Camera
Autom atic Energy Saving: autom aticallyentersenergy save

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m ode after30s idle
Im age Process:Autom atic E xposure/Autom aticW hiteBalance
Transm ission Interface:U SB Interface
Working Tem perature:0-40ഒ
O peration S ystem :W indow s98 S E /2000/M E /X P
Appendix 2 : Troubleshooting
Q :Ihave taken photos,butm y com putersays "N o photos in cam era." W h a t d o I
do?
A:First,ensurethatyou have taken photos with yourcam era.P ress the shutter
button a few timestotake som e sam ple photos and try again.Ifyou stillgetano
photos error,thisindicates thatthe driver isnotinstalled (ornotinstalled correctly)
oryou maynotm eetthe minimum system
requirem ents.You willneed toreinstall
the driver.
System R equirem ents:
Fir
st,ensurethatyou have atleasta Pentium II300 MHz,AMD Athlon 300 MHz,or
aCeleron 400 MHzorhigheras wellas atleast64 MB ofR A M .P lease notethat
the olderAM D K6 processorswillnotw ork.M oreinformation aboutdetermini
ng
yourcom puter'sspecifications can be found inthe G eneralC om puterInfor
mation
section.Ifyou have determined thatyou have pictures in yourcam era and you
m eetthe system requirem ents,follow the steps below toreinstallthe software.
Sof
twareRe-installation
1.Firstinstallthe software and drivers.C lick on S tart,Settings,C ontrolPaneland
Add/Rem oveprogram s.Therearetwo program s you willneed tor
em ove –
PhoTags Express and yourcam eradriver.A fterrem oving these program s,restart
yourcom puter.Ifyourcam erais connected,disconnectit.
2.N ow reinstallthe software.Insertthe CD thatcam e with yourcam era-itshould
autom aticallyrun the installation.
3.R estartthe com puter.
4.O nce yourcom puteris back up, plug the cam erainto yourcom puter's

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USB port.
5.R ight-click on the "M y C om puter"icon.SelectP roperties.
Ifyou arerunning Window s 98,98S E,orM E :C lick on D evice M anager.
Ifyou arerunning Window s 2000 orXP:Click on hardw are and then Device
M anager.
Ifthe cam eraisi
nstalled correctly, therewillbe a categorylisted for"Imaging
Devices" and clicking on the "+ " nexttoitshouldrevealyourcam era.Ifnot
,you will
probablysee"D igitalStillC am era"under"O therD evice s" withabright
lycolored
marking nexttoitindicating thatitisnotfunctioning correctly.
Ifyou arerunning Window s 98,98S E,orM E :R ightclick on the non functioning
device and selectrem ove.
Ifyou arerunning Window s 2000 orXP:Ri
ghtclick on the non functioning device
and selectuninstall.Ifa w ar
ning pops up,press OK.
6.R estartyourcom puteragain.Yourcam erais now successfullyinstalled.
Q:How do Im ake sure Idon'tlose im portantpictures?
A:Yourcam era uses sdram memorywhich requires aconstantelectriccurrentto
store yourphotos.Should yourcam eralose pow er(forinstance ifthe batterydies
orisrem oved)allstored pictures willbe lost.W e recom m end alwaysdow nloading
yourphotos to yourcom puteras soon
as possibletopreventunintentionaldata
loss.
Q :Ihave aMAC.W illthis cam erawork?
A:Unfortunately, the system requirem entsforourcam eras requireaW indow s
operating system .
ThereisnoMacdriver available and
currentlynoplans to develop one.