Vivitar DVR-510 User manual

DVR510
Digital Video Camcorder
Owner’s Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................................2
Key Features..........................................................................................................................................2
What your camcorder includes...............................................................................................................3
Computer System Requirement for Windows XP ...................................................................................3
Computer System Requirement for Windows Vista ................................................................................4
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh......................................................................................4
A Quick Look at Your Digital Video Camcorder.......................................................................................5
Prepare Your Digital Camcorder for Use.................................................................................................7
Loading Your Camcorder into Water resistant Casing.............................................................................9
Starting Your Digital Camcorder............................................................................................................10
Video Mode..........................................................................................................................................13
Camera Mode ......................................................................................................................................14
Playback Mode.....................................................................................................................................16
TV out function.....................................................................................................................................19
Install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software........................................................................20
Connect your camcorder to the computer.............................................................................................23
Get photos and videos from your camcorder to your computer.............................................................24
Get started! ..........................................................................................................................................26
Transfer media from my camcorder to my computer manually (Using Windows) ..................................26
Transfer media from my camcorder to my computer manually (Using Macintosh).................................27
Sakar Warranty Card............................................................................................................................28
Technical Support.................................................................................................................................29
Technical Specifications .......................................................................................................................29
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................31

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Introduction
Thanks for purchasing the DVR510 Digital Video Camcorder. Not only can you shoot top quality Videos and
Photos but the internal Nand Flash memory enables you to also use it as a Removable drive that can store any
file formats. Please read this manual carefully before using.
Key Features
Digital Video and Photo resolution- 640x480pixels (VGA), 320x240pixels (QVGA).
1.8‟‟ LCD screen
8X Digital Zoom
Infrared Night Vision function
Internal Nand Flash 2GB
TV out function
Supports external SD memory card up to 8GB
Vivitar Experience Image Manager software for uploading and managing photos and videos to or from
the most popular photo sharing and social network websites

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What your camcorder includes
Digital Camcorder
TV cable
Strap
Built-in USB cable
Vivitar Experience Image Manager software Installation CD
Quick Start Guide
Water resistant casing
Computer System Requirement for Windows XP
To be able to download photos and videos to your PC, you will need the following minimum configuration:
Pentium 4 processor or above with Windows XP service pack 2
512 MB RAM, with 100MB of free disk space
1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution
16-bit color or higher display adaptor
CD-ROM Drive
QuickTime 6 or higher
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher
Windows Media Player 10 or higher
Internet connection required

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Computer System Requirement for Windows Vista
To be able to download photos and videos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration:
Windows Vista
800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
20GB hard drive with at least 15GB of available space
Support for Super VGA graphics
Available USB Interface
CD-ROM drive
QuickTime 6 or higher
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher
Internet connection required
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh
Macintosh with Intel processor running Mac OS X v10.4.6 or later
256 MB RAM, 100 MB free disk space
Display: 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor
QuickTime 6 or higher
Internet connection required

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A Quick Look at Your Digital Video Camcorder

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Icons on your LCD screen
Batterypower level
Full battery power
Medium battery power
Low battery power
Modes
Playback / Video
Playback / Photo
Digital Zoom
Infrared Night Vision (3 LED on)
Infrared Night Vision (6 LED on)

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Prepare Your Digital Camcorder for Use
Battery Installation
Your Digital Video Camera requires 4 AAAbatteries (alkaline batteries are recommended).
Note: Your Digital Video Camera has a 2GB Nand Flash memory, and therefore the data in your internal
memory will not be lost if your player is powered off or when the batteries need to be replaced.
Insert the batteries into your Digital Video Camera as directed below:
1. Slide the battery cover down then lift to open the cover.
2. Insert the batteries with the correct polarity (positive pole/negative pole) as appears in the battery
compartment.
3. Replace and slide the battery cover down to close.
Note:
1. Do not mix old and new batteries.
2. Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc), or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium metal hydride)
batteries.

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SD card installation
Your Digital Camcorder has a memory card slot that enables you to insert any SD compatible memory card up
to 8GB. Adding a memory card will allow you to increase the capacity of your Digital Video Camcorder. After
you insert an SD memory card, all the videos and photos you shoot will automatically be stored to the SD
memory card.
Please follow these steps:
1. Locate the memory card slot on the side of your Digital Video Camcorder.
2. Insert the memory card correctly as directed on the side of the camera at the opening of the slot.
3. Press the memory card until you hear a “Click”sound. The memory card when properly inserted will be
flush with the surface of your camera.
Note: After you insert an SD memory card, the icon will appear on the LCD, indicating that your SD
memory card has been installed successfully, and the videos and photos you shoot will be stored on the card.

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Loading Your Camcorder into Water resistant Casing
The Water resistant casing is a special tool for you to shoot videos and photos under water. Insert the
camcorder into the water resistant casing in the following steps:
1. Unlock the water resistant casing as step 1 on diagram.
2. Open the upper cover as step 2 on diagram.
3. Place your camcorder into the water resistant casing as step 3 on diagram.
4. Close and lock the water resistant casing.
5. Now you can use your camcorder for shooting under water.

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Starting Your Digital Camcorder
Power on
Press and hold the Power button on the side of the camcorder for about 3 seconds. Your Digital Camcorder will
sound a beep to indicate that it has power on and the LCD will light up.
Power off
Press and hold the Power button for about 3 seconds to power off your camcorder. It will automatically power
off if idle for 60 seconds or there is insufficient battery power.
Setting
This function can set Language, Frequency, TV out and Default.
The setting menu will appear when the Up button is pressed and held for 2 seconds in the DV/DSC/Playback
mode.
Language setting
You can set the language of the menus that appear on your camcorder
1. Press the UP button and hold for 2 Seconds to enter the setting menu.
2. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the “Language”Option.
3. Press the OK button to enter the language option.
4. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the language you wish.
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Turkish and French

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5. Press the OK button to confirm and return to the setting menu
6. Press the Down button to select “Confirm”and exit the setting mode and revert back to the
DV/DSC/Playback mode
Frequency setting
Generally speaking, 60HZ is for the countries such as U.S. and 50HZ for countries such as Japan.
The default setting is 60HZ.
1. Press the UP button and hold for 2 Seconds to enter the setting menu.
2. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the “Frequency”Option.
3. Press the OK button to enter the frequency option.
4. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the frequency you wish
50Hz / 60 Hz
5. Press the OK button to confirm and return to the setting menu
6. Press the Down button to select “Confirm”and exit the setting mode and revert back to the
DV/DSC/Playback mode
TV out
Select the TV mode that is compatible to the TV you plug your camcorder to in order to use your TV
instead of the LCD screen of the camcorder.

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1. Press the UP button and hold for 2 Seconds to enter the setting menu.
2. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the “TV out”Option.
3. Press the OK button to enter the TV out option.
4. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the TV out option you wish
PAL / NTSC
5. Press the OK button to confirm and return to the setting menu
6. Press the Down button to select “Confirm”and exit the setting mode and revert back to the
DV/DSC/Playback mode
Default Setting
You can reset the camcorder to the default factory setting.
1. Press the UP button and hold for 2 Seconds to enter the setting menu.
2. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the “Default” Option.
3. Press the OK button to enter the Default option.
4. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the Default confirmation option
YES / NO
5. Press the OK button to confirm your choice.
6. If you selected „YES‟ the camcorder will be reset to the original factory settings.

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Video Mode
Shooting Videos
1. Turn on your Digital Camcorder.
2. The first mode to appear is the DV Video mode.
3. The amount of recording time available for the resolution selected will appear on the top right corner
of the LCD screen.
4. Compose your object with the LCD screen.
5. Press the OK/Shutter button to start shooting your video. The elapsed time will begin to appear on
the top right corner of the LCD screen.
6. For poor lighting conditions there is an in-built infrared feature that will be activated once you start
the recording.
7. An icon or will appear on the LCD (depends on the light conditions) to indicate that the
LEDs that surrounded the lens of the camcorder is activated (Infrared Night Vision function is on).
8. Press the OK/Shutter button again to stop shooting and save your video as an AVI video file in the
camera `s memory. You can shoot about 59 minutes of AVI video using all your internal memory in
QVGA mode.
9. The amount of time that you can capture videos on an SD card depends on the size of the card.

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Note: The Infrared illuminator LEDs will automatically light up to assist you in shooting your video where the
lighting conditions are too dark.
Resolution settings
Your Digital Camcorder supports 2 resolutions –VGA and QVGA.
Press the DOWN (Delete/Resolution) button to toggle and change between them.
One or two stars will appear on the LCD. Two stars are for VGAmode and one star is for QVGAmode.
Note: Videos captured in VGA are of a better quality than QVGA videos and therefore take up more of the
camera`s memory.
Digital Zoom
Your Digital Video Camcorder has 8x digital zoom function, which enables you to zoom in and enlarge your
object up to 8 times.
Press the Zoom-in RIGHT button to zoom into your object
Press the Zoom-out LEFT button to zoom back out.
Camera Mode
Taking Photos:
1. Turn on your digital camcorder.
2. Press the UP button to enter the DSC Camera mode.

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3. The following icon will appear on the LCD.
4. The amount of photos that can be captured with the available memory and as per the selected resolution
will appear on the top right corner of the LCD screen.
5. Compose your object with the LCD screen.
6. Press the OK/Shutter button to capture your photo. The amount of photos remaining to capture appears
on the top right corner of the LCD screen
Resolution settings
Your Digital Camcorder supports 2 resolutions –VGA and QVGA.
Press the DOWN (Delete/Resolution) button to toggle and change between them.
One or two stars will appear on the LCD. Two stars are for VGA mode and one star is for QVGAmode.
Note: Taking photos in VGA are of a better quality than QVGA photos and therefore take up more of the

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camcorder‟s memory.
Digital Zoom
Your Digital Video Camcorder has 8x digital zoom function, which enables you to zoom in and enlarge your
object up to 8 times.
Press the Zoom-in RIGHT button to zoom into your object
Press the Zoom-out LEFT button to zoom back out.
Playback Mode
In this mode you can playback, delete and/or format the AVI files that you captured.
Playback AVI files
Power on your camcorder and press the UP button to enter the Playback mode.
The following icon will appear on the LCD.
1. Press the Right/Left buttons to select a video file you want to play.

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2. The number of media files captured and saved to memory (either internal or on the external SD Card)
appears in the bottom left corner of the LCD.
3. The length of each video file appears on the top right corner.
4. Press the OK/Shutter button to play the selected AVI video file.
5. Press the OK/Shutter button again to stop the video.
Note: You will not be able to hear the sound-track associated with that video on the device.
Playback Photos
Power on your camcorder and press the UP button to enter the playback mode.
The following icon will appear on the LCD for photos

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1. Press the Right/Left buttons to select a photo you want to v
2. The number of photos saved to memory (either internal or on the external SD Card) appears on the
bottom left corner of the LCD screen.
3. Press the UP button to return to the photo capture mode to continue taking more photos.
Delete
You can only delete unwanted files in the Playback mode.
1. In the Playback mode, select an AVI video or JPEG photo file by pressing the Right/Left buttons.
2. Press the DOWN Delete button.
3. A message screen will appear with 3 delete options:
Delete One - delete the current file you selected.
Delete All - delete all files in your camera.
Format - Format your internal memory (if no SD card is inserted) or
format the external SD memory card if inserted.
4. Press the Up/Down button to select your choice.
5. Press the OK/Shutter button.
6. A Yes/No screen will appear for you to confirm your choice of either deleting (Yes) or cancelling the delete
(No).
7. Press the Right/Left button to choose the option.
8. Press the OK/Shutter button to execute the command.
9. Press the UP button to exit this mode and revert back to the Video mode.
Note:
The Format option will delete all data on your camera or your SD card. Videos that you have not
downloaded to your computer will be erased forever. Please be sure of your choice before using this
function.

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TV out function
Your Digital Camcorder supports a TV out function.
You can use any TV screen instead of your Digital Video LCD Screen to view your videos.
Please follow the below steps:
1. Power on your Digital Camcorder.
2. Turn on your TV.
3. Ensure that your camera and TV are set to the same mode –PAL or NTSC.
4. Connect your Digital Camcorder to the TV with the special TV cable supplied.
5. Connect the White cable to the Audio slot and the Yellow cable to the Video slot.