VistaQuest VQ200 User manual

VQ200
User’s Manual

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1. Camera and Buttons

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2. Using your digital camera
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged
Different types of batteries or new and used batteries are not to be mixd
Batteries are to be inserted with correct polarity according to the
direction shown on the compartment and cover.
Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the camera
The supply terminals are not be short-circuited
Do not disassemble the battery
This digital camera is not intended for children under 3 years old.
Please keep this packaging since it contains important information.
2.1 Changing function modes
Press the POWER/MENU button, the camera goes into menu interface, you can
press the UP button to select and then by pressing the SHUTTER button to enter
next menu, the screen will display the following symbols, and the interpretations are
as follows:

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Icon Mode
Take Photo
Self-Timer
AV I
Continuous
Capture
Camera

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Icon Mode
VGA,640*480
QVGA,320*240
Icon Mode
Non-Compression
Mode
Compression
Mode
Modifying
resolution
compression
rate

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Icon Mode
50Hz
60Hz
Anti
Flicker
Deleting all

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Battery Capability
Icon Mean
>70%
>35%
>5%
<=5%

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2.2 Inserting batteries
Open the camera’s battery compartment cover and insert 2 new AAA alkaline
batteries according to its polarity shown, then close it and press the Power/Menu
button to power on the camera.
After powered on, if you want to make changes to the camera’s default settings,
please read the instructions of this manual.
Note: Removing the batteries will result in loss of saved photos to the camera
memory , so do download photos before the batteries are removed and/or
batteries lose power.
2.3 Taking photos
After powered on, the camera is ready to take photos, just press the Shutter button,
a distinct beep can be heard and a photo is taken. Automatically the number
displayed on the screen will count by one.
Two quick beeps indicate:
1. there is not enough light to take a picture.
2. The memory is full,
Do not move the camera until you hear the beep. Moving the camera while
taking the picture will cause the photo to blur.

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If the brightness is too low, 2 quick beeps are heard indicating that the photo
cannot be taken.
2.4 Playback and deleting the current photo
After taking a photo, you can press the PLAY BACK button to review the saved
photo, and you can press the POWER/MENU and UP button to enter deleting the
current photo mode.
2.5 Sleep mode (automatic power-saving mode)
The camera goes into sleep mode automatically after about 30 seconds of inactivity
By pressing the Power/Menu button for 3 seconds, two beep will be heard at
the same time and the camera goes into a sleep mode manually.
In sleep mode, energy consumption is very low and the battery life is prolonged.
Your camera can remain in sleep mode to save power. To use your camera again
just simply press the Power/Menu button.
2.6 Timer / AVI / Continuous Capture mode
Press the Power/Menu button once, the first icon<camera> is selected, Press
the shutter button and the camera mode changes in turn <Take
photos-->Timer-->AVI-->Continuous Capture > ,Press the Power/Menu again to

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enter your desired mode.
Self-Timer AVI Continuous Capture
Note:
-- In AVI mode, be sure to have enough available light to effectively capture a
video image.
2.7 Modifying resolution
Press the POWER/MENU button and UP button, until the icon < Modifying
resolution > is selected, and then press the shutter button to change, then press
the Power/Menu again to enter your desired mode.
PS: The camera changes to high resolution mode and can take clear photos.
When you need to take a lot of photos at one time you can choose the low
resolution mode.

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2.8 Modify the compression rate
Press the POWER/MENU button and UP button, until the icon < Compression > is
selected, and then press the shutter button to change, then press the Power/Menu
again to enter the your desired mode.
PS: The camera changes to non-compression mode and can take clear photos.
2.9 Modifying frequency
Press the POWER/MENU button and UP button until the screen displays the < Anti
Flicker> , and press the shutter button to change, then press the Power/Menu
again to enter the your desired mode.
2.10 Deleting all the photos saved to memory(Format the memory)
Press the POWER/MENU button and UP button until the screen displays the "Clear
all " mode and then press the shutter button, you can press the UP button to select
and press the shutter button to confirm your choice.
3. Installation and Utilization of the software program
Insert the CD in your CD-ROM drive, and the application runs automatically.
An interface will appear. On the right of the interface there are four buttons.

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3.1 Installation of Arcsoft
Click <Install Arcsoft Photo Impress 4.0>, and then follow the
step-by-step instructions to complete the installation.
Install Arcsoft (Select language)
3.2 Installation of driver
After completing the Arcsoft installation, the interface will appear, Click on <Install
Driver> and follow the step-by-step instructions to complete the installation.
After successful installation of driver, restart your computer.
Tip: Do not connect your camera to a computer while installation of driver.

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3.3 Downloading picture
Once the driver is installed, connect your camera to a computer with the USB cable
and run the shortcut
mode My DSC in the folder <Dual mode camera>= on your desktop. the interface
will appear on screen.
Click on <Download photos>=. The slides of the photos that you have taken appear
on the interface. By clicking with the right or left button of the mouse on one of the
slides you can zoom in and zoom out on the photo.

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Click the button "select all photos"; all the photos will be selected. Then click the
button "save photos" to transfer the photos to your PC.
After having saved the photos you can empty the memory of you camera (Delete
all photos which saved in the memory) and start taking pictures again.
3.4 Creating and saving a video
After having saved a video clip with the "AVI" mode, Just like item 3.3, Follow the
indication step by step to save. Then use Windows Media Player to watch the video.
3.5 Using Arcsoft Photo Impress 4.0
With the camera connected to your PC, run
the ArcSoft Photo impression 4™software
by clicking Start, All Programs, ArcSoft,
ArcSoft Photo impression 4, then Photo
impression 4
This "Get Photo" screen will appear. Take
a minute to familiarize yourself with this
and the other software interfaces as you work through these instructions.

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To access the on-line help, right-click on the grey area around the screen and select
Help.
To access the ArcSoft Photo Impression 4 Manual on the CD-ROM, you will need
Adobe PDF Reader software. This is available as a free download from
http://www.adobe.com
To transfer your photos, just click on the Camera/Scanner button at the bottom of
the screen. The bottom section of the screen will change to look like this.
Select the source Dual Mode Camera , select an album (or select [NEW]) to insert
your photos into and click the Acquire icon. This will run the driver (program) that
accesses the photos on your camera. This driver software is called “DualMode
Camera”
Acquire Options
Acquire
Video Camera

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The slides of the photos that you have taken appear on the interface. By clicking
with the <Download photos> button, then click “transfer photos” to transfer the
photos into the interface bottom of Arcsoft Photo Impress 4.0.
Photo management: with the new Photo Express interface it is very easy to
process your photos.
Editing: Photo Express has a wide range of editing options such as correcting
brightness and contrast that are all easily accessible.
4 Problem-solving
Here are the most commonly encountered problems:
When press the mode button the camera does not turn on:
--Battery level is low. You should replace new batteries.

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The camera cannot download photo or display “no photos”:
--Restart the computer and reconnect the camera.
-- To ensure driver and the software were successfully installed to your computer.
--If the camera driver and software were successfully installed, but still it does not
work to download photos or to use the PC camera/webcam function, please
UNINSTALL the software and after uninstalled, restart your computer.
At last, re-install the driver and software from CD again.
5 Technical Specifications
Resolution：300K Pixels (640X480) VGA
Lens：Non-spherical Lens
Aperture：1: 2.6
Focus：f=5.4mm
Image variation：0.5m –infinity
Illumination：100 --16000 (lux)
Storage Capacity：8MB
Photos:
=26 high-resolution (640X480 pixels)pictures
=79 compression high-resolution pictures
=106low-resolution (320X240 pixels)pictures
=319compression low-resolution pictures
piece of pictures is related to image in all mode.
Power supply：2AAA Battery or USB cable.
Interface：USB port
System compatibility：
Pentium II and above Personal Computers

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Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista
32 MB or above Memory (64 MB or above Recommended)
60 MB Hard Disk Capacity
CD-ROM Drive
Color Monitor (Not Lower than 800*600, 24 Bit)
USB interface
WARNING
1. We recommend before using your camera to take photos, please
sample some photos to check the camera works well or not. We are
not responsible for any loss of your photos resulting from failure of the
camera.
2. While using your camera, body static-electricity may power off your
camera or stop PC-CAM. If that happens, just restart the camera and
the unit will start working again.
3. Openning the battery cover will result in loss of all photo saved to the
memory, so do transfer the saved photos to your computer before
replacing the batteries and or before the battery power goes out. You
will have 20 seconds to replace your batteries before the photos are
lost.