Samsung Digimax U-CA 3 User manual

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1. SPECIFICATION ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
2. SYSTEM REQUIRMENT ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
3. LCD MONITOR INDICATOR ………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
4. CONNECTION DIAGRAM …………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
5. IDENTIFICATION OF FEATURES ………………………………………………………………………………… 9
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1. MAIN ASSEMBLY…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 40
2. BODY ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 42
3. BARREL ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 44
4. FRONT COVER ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………………… 46
5. BACK COVER ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 48
6. BARRIER AND FINDER ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………… 50
7. PACKING ITEMS …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 52
8. INITIAL PARTS LIST ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 54
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1. REPLACEMENT PARTS AND ADJUSTMENT ITEMS ……………………………………………………………56
2. ADJUSTMENT TOOLS ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 56
3. ADJUSTMENT FLOW ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 57
4. ADJUSTMENT ITEMS ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 57
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1. PARTS ARRANGEMENT FOR EACH PCB ASS’Y
1) MAIN PCB ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 58
2) POWER PCB ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………………… 60
3) LCD PCB ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 62
4) JACK PCB ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 64
2. BLOCK DIAGRAM ……………………………………………………………………………………………………65

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1. CHECK LIST FOR REPAIRING …………………………………………………………………………………… 66
2. VERSION CHECK…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 67
3. FIRMWARE UPGRADE……………………………………………………………………………………………… 68
4. PARTS EXPLANATION OF EACH PCB
1) MAIN PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP) …………………………………………………………………………………70
2) MAIN PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM) ……………………………………………………………………………71
3) POWER PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP)…………………………………………………………………………………72
4) POWER PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM)……………………………………………………………………………73
5) LCD PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP) ……………………………………………………………………………………74
6) LCD PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM) ………………………………………………………………………………75
7) JACK PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP) ……………………………………………………………………………………76
8) JACK PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM) ………………………………………………………………………………76
5. MODIFICATION……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 77
6. PRINCIPAL TROUBLESHOOTING
1) DOES NOT POWER ON ……………………………………………………………………………………… 78
2) FLASHING DEFECT …………………………………………………………………………………………… 86
3) CHARGING DEFECT …………………………………………………………………………………………… 87
4) IF IMAGES CAM BE SEEN ON LCD PANEL BUT BACK LIGHT IS NOT TURNED ON ……………… 88
5) IN CASE LCD BECOMES ALL WHITE ……………………………………………………………………… 89
6) AUDIO PART …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 90
7) ZOOM DEFECT. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 91
7. DISASSEMBLE THE CAMERA …………………………………………………………………………………… 92
8. DISASSEMBLE THE BARREL ……………………………………………………………………………………… 97
9. ASSEMBLE THE BARREL ………………………………………………………………………………………… 99

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. SPECIFICATION
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Type 1/2.7″CCD
Effective Pixels Approx. 3.2 Mega pixels
Total Pixels Approx. 3.3 Mega pixels
SHD Lens f = 5.8 ~ 17.4mm
(35mm film equivalent : 38 ~ 114mm)
Lens F No. F2.8 ~ F4.8
Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 3.0X
Play mode : 1.0X ~ 5.0X (depends on image size)
Optical Viewfinder Real image optical viewfinder
LCD Monitor 1.5″color TFT LCD
Type TTL auto focus
Focusing Normal : 80cm ~ infinity
Macro : Wide- 5cm ~ 80cm, Tele- 50cm ~ 80cm
Type Mechanical and Electronic shutter
Speed Normal : 2 ~ 1/2,000 sec.
Night : 15 ~ 1/2,000 sec.
Program AE
Metering : Multi, Spot
Exposure Compensation ±2.0EV (0.5EV steps)
ISO Auto, 100, 200, 400
Manual Exposure Electronic shutter : 1/8 ~ 16 sec. (1EV steps)
Mode Auto/ Red-eye reduction/ Fill-in flash/ Slow sync/ Flash off
Normal - Wide : 0.8 ~ 3.0m, Tele : 0.8 ~ 2.0m
Macro - Wide : 0.2 ~ 0.8m, Tele : 0.5 ~ 0.8m
Recharging Time Approx. 7 sec.
Sharpness Soft/ Normal/ Vivid
Effect Normal/ B&W/ Sunset/ Sepia/ RGB
White Balance Auto/ Daylight/ Cloudy/ Fluorescent/ Tungsten/ User set
Voice recording
Voice memo (Max. 10 sec. : Still Image)
Imprint Off/ Date/ Date&Time (user selectable)
Modes : Auto , Night , Myset
Self-timer : 2 sec, 10 sec.
Shooting With Voice
Movie Clip Size : 320x240, 160x128 (user selectable)
(15, 24 frames/sec, Recording time : memory capacity dependent)
Media Memory Stick Duo (up to 256MB guaranteed)
Still Image : JPEG(DCF), EXIF 2.2, DPOF
File Format Movie Clip : MOV(MPEG4)
Voice : WAV(G.711)
Image Size 2048: 2048x1536, 2048P: 2048x1360, 1600: 1600x1200
(pixels) 1024: 1024x768, 640: 640x480
Image
Sensor
Viewfinder
Shutter
Storage
Voice Recording
Flash
Focal Length
Digital Zoom
Range
Control
Range(AUTO)
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PC with processor better than MMX Pentium 233MHz (XP : Pentium II 300MHz)
Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP
Minimum 32MB RAM (XP : 128MB)
For Windows 140MB of available hard-disk space
USB port
CD-ROM drive
800x600 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor
(24-bit color display recommended)
PowerMac G3 or later
MacOS 9.x ~ 10.2
Minimum 64MB RAM
For Macintosh 110MB of available hard-disk space
USB port
CD-ROM drive
QuickTime 4.0 or later (for Movie Clip)
2048 :Super fine 17, Fine 33, Normal 50
2048P :Super fine 27, Fine 54, Normal 82
1600 :Super fine 27, Fine 54, Normal 82
1024 :Super fine 63, Fine 132, Normal 198
640 :Super fine 169, Fine 336, Normal 501
* These figures are measured under Samsung’s standard conditions
and may vary depending on shooting conditions and camera settings.
Image Play Single image/ Thumbnails/ Slide show/ Movie clip
Digital output connector : USB
Audio : Mono
Video output : NTSC, PAL (user selectable)
DC power input connector : 3.3V
Included : Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery (1000mAh, 3.7V)
Power Source Optional: Duracell CP-1 battery, AC adapter (DC 3.3V, 2A)
* Included battery may vary depending on sales region.
Dimensions (WxHxD) 102 x 53.8 x 31.6mm
Weight Approx. 119g (without batteries and card)
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40 ℃
Operating Humidity 5 ~ 85 %
Camera Driver Storage Driver (Windows98/98SE/2000/ME/XP, Mac OS 9.0~10.2)
Application MGI PhotoSuite, Digimax Viewer 2.0
Special Function Avatar Start Screen, MPEG-4 Movie clip, 7 Colors Function lamp, RGB Color Effect
Software
Interface
Capacity
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■ Recording mode
No. Description Icons
1 Battery
2 Recording mode
3 Camera shake warning
4 Flash
5 Self-timer
6 Voice memo
7 Macro
8 Metering
9 Auto focus frame
10 Time 01:00 PM
11 Date 2003/01/01
12 Exposure compensation
13 White Balance
14 ISO
15 Sharpness
16 Image quality
17 Image size 2048, 2048P, 1600, 1024, 640
Number of available shots remaining 25
Remaining time( Movie clip/ Voice recording) 00:05:00
19 Digital Zoom rate X3.0
20 Optical Zoom
[ Image & Full Status ]
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■ Play mode
No. Description Icons
1 Battery
2 Play mode
3 File type
4 Voice memo
5 Protect indicator
6 DPOF indicator
7 Stored image number 9
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SIZE : 2048x1536 Image size
AV : F2.8 Aperture value
TV : 1/60 Shutter speed
ISO : 100 ISO sensitivity
FLASH : OFF Whether or not the
flash is used.
DATE : 03/01/01 Recording date
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Mode switch
Shutter button
Flash
Function lamp
Viewfinder
PLAY mode button
LCD monitor
Power button
Viewfinder
Speaker
Auto Focus lamp
Microphone
Strap eyelet
Lens
Autofocus indicator lamp (Green)
Flash indicator lamp (Red)
TELE/ Digital zoom button
WIDE/ THUMBNAIL button
+&-/ DELETE button
USB/ AV connection terminal
DC input connection point
LCD button Tripod socket

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Flash/ LEFT button
Menu/ OK button
Macro/ Play/ Pause button
Self-timer/ RIGHT button
Voice memo/ UP button
Memory card slot
Battery chamber
Battery holder
Battery chamber cover

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. INSTALLATION
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▶ USB Storage Driver
This enables images to transfer between the camera and PC.
This camera uses the USB Storage Driver as the camera driver. You can use the camera as a USB
card reader.
▶ QuickTime Player
The program for playing back QuickTime movies (.mov). It can also play video files compressed
with MPEG4 codec.
▶ Digimax Viewer 2.1
This is a program for viewing stored images.
You can see the stored images in the memory directly on a PC monitor. You can also copy, move
or delete the images and enlarge /downscale the image sizes with Digimax Viewer. This software is
only compatible with Windows.
▶ MGI PhotoSuite Ⅲ SE
You can edit or store still images that you download from the camera.
This software is only compatible with Windows.
▶DigiStudio: Software for creating 3D avatars.
You can store 3D avatar files on the camera and use one of the avatar as the startup image.
Please be sure to check the system requirements for the software before installing. This software is
only compatible with Windows.
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▶ For Windows
PC with processor better than MMX Pentium 233MHz (XP : Pentium II 300MHz)
Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP
Minimum 32MB RAM (XP : 128MB)
140MB of available hard-disk space
USB port
CD-ROM drive
800x600 pixels, 16-bit colour display compatible monitor
(24-bit color display recommended)
▶ For Macintosh
Power Mac G3 or later
Mac OS 9.x ~ 10.2
Minimum 64MB RAM
110MB of available hard-disk space
USB port
CD-ROM drive
QuickTime 4.0 or later for Movie Clip