Vivitar VF332-GRP-TA User manual

Digital Camera
VF332-GRP-TA (Rev: A00)
Please read this manual carefully
before using this unit and keep it for future reference

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................................3
Key Features...............................................................................................................................................3
What your camera package includes........................................................................................................4
Computer System Requirements for Windows XP...................................................................................4
Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista...............................................................................4
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh............................................................................................5
A Quick Look at Your Camera....................................................................................................................6
Preparing Your Camera for Use.................................................................................................................7
Installing SD Memory Card........................................................................................................................8
How to hold your camera correctly when capturing images ..........................................................................9
Starting Your Digital Camera ...................................................................................................................10
Camera Mode.........................................................................................................................................11
Video Mode ............................................................................................................................................28
Playback Mode.......................................................................................................................................39
Install PhoTags Express Software...........................................................................................................48
Everything you need to get the most from your photos........................................................................50
Download photos to your PC ..................................................................................................................51
Photags Express software owner manual ..............................................................................................55
Transferring photos and videos to your PC manually...........................................................................56

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Transferring photos and videos to your MAC manually........................................................................57
Maintenance of Your Digital Camera.......................................................................................................58
Appendix A: Technical Specifications ....................................................................................................58
Appendix B: Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................60

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the 8.1 Mega-Pixel Digital Camera with Auto-Focus zoom lens. Everything you
need to take quality digital photos and videos is included with your camera.
Your digital camera can also be used as a removable disk when an SD card of up to 32GB is inserted into
the camera.
Please read this manual carefully first in order to get the most out of your digital camera.
Key Features
Digital Video resolutions-640x480 Pixels (VGA), 320x240 Pixels (QVGA).
8.1 mega pixels camera with choice of 8 digital camera resolutions -
(12M) 4000X3000 pixels ,(10M) 3648X2736 pixels, (8M) 3264x2448pixels, (7M HD) 3648x2048 pixels,
(5M) 2592x1944 pixels, (3M) 2048x1536 pixels, (2M HD) 1920x1080 pixels and (VGA) 640x480 pixels.
2.7 inch TFT LCD
5x Optical Zoom Function
4x Digital Zoom Function
Anti-Shake
Face Detect
Smile Capture
Multi Snapshots
SD memory card slot compatible with memory card up to 32GB.
Built in Flash
PhoTags Express software for managing and enhancing your photos, printing, sending
photos by e-mails and much more.

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What your camera package includes
Digital Camera
PhoTags Express software Installation CD
USB cable
User manual
Strap
Computer System Requirements for Windows XP
To be able to download photos to your PC, you will need the following minimum configuration:
Pentium III process or above with Windows XP
128 MB RAM, with 150MB of free disk space
Available USB interface
CD-ROM Drive
1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution
16-bit color or higher display adaptor
Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista
To be able to download photos to your PC your will need the following minimum configuration:
Windows Vista

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800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space
Support for Super VGA graphics
Available USB Interface
CD-ROM drive
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh
Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher
Mac OS X version 10.5.x or later
128 MB or more available system RAM (256 MB recommended), 150 MB free disk space
800 x 600 or higher-resolution monitor displaying millions of colors
Note: The Photags Express software is not compatible on Macintosh computers. You may
however use the camera as a regular MSDC USB removable device.

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A Quick Look at Your Camera

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Preparing Your Camera for Use
Your digital camera needs 3 AAA batteries in order to operate. Slide and open the battery door on the right
side of the camera.
1. Insert the batteries correctly with the correct polarity facing up.
2. Close the battery door.
3. On powering on your camera the battery icon will appear on the bottom left of the LCD screen.
Full battery power Medium battery power Low battery power
Note:

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1. A “Low battery” message will flash on the LCD when the battery power is insufficient. Shortly
thereafter your camera will power off.
2. Please remove your batteries when you don’t intend to use your camera for a long time.
3. Test photos taken with the camera should be downloaded otherwise they will be lost when the camera
loses power and turns off or when the battery door is opened to replace the batteries.
Installing SD Memory Card
An external memory card is required for normal use. Your camera supports any compatible SD memory card
(up to 32GB).
Adding a memory card will allow you to increase the capacity of your camera before you have to transfer test
photos and videos to your PC.
1. Locate the Memory Card slot at the base of the camera.
2. Insert the Memory card into the slot in the correct direction. (see the sketch below)

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3. Push the card in until you feel it “click” into position. The top of the card should be flushed with the
surface of the camera. An icon SD will appear on the LCD screen after you turn on your camera.
4. Once the external memory card is inserted into the camera all the images taken with the camera will be
stored on the card.
5. Please make sure the card is not locked. No images can be transferred to the card if it is locked.
Note:
1. Limited internal memory is provided for test images. The images will be deleted when the camera`s
power is turned off or if the batteries are removed. Please download the images before powering off.
2. If there is a photo in the internal memory when you insert the card into your camera, a “Copy to card”
message will appear on the LCD with Yes or No options. On selecting ‘Yes’ the photo will now be copied
to your card.
3. Formatting will delete all data on the SD memory card including protected data.
4. Don’t remove the SD card during formatting as this may damage the card and render it unusable.
5. When your card is full, download the media on the SD card to your PC and delete the photos and
videos from it in order to continue using your camera to capture more high quality photos and videos.
How to hold your camera correctly when capturing images
Turn on the Power button to activate the Auto- Focus zoom lens to open out like a periscope.
Hold the camera steady and correctly as shown is the diagram below.
Note: Do not touch or move the lens once it opens and in use. This will cause damage to the camera.

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Starting Your Digital Camera
Power on
Press the Power button on the top of the camera to turn on your camera. The LCD will light up and the
Auto-Focus zoom lens will extract out indicating that your camera is on and ready for use.
Power off
Press the Power button to turn off your camera. When there is insufficient battery power a red icon will

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appear on the LCD screen. Your camera will automatically power off after a few seconds.
Mode selection
Your digital camera has 3 main modes - Camera mode, Video mode and Playback mode.
The Camera mode is for you to take still photos, adjust the camera settings and change the
way the camera is setup.
You can shoot video files while in Video mode.
In Playback mode you can preview photos and videos as well as being able to delete,
rotate, protect, crop ,print ,slide show and Vivilink for photos.
In order to select the mode, please follow the below steps:
1. By default the Camera mode appears first on powering on the camera.
2. Press the MODE button to toggle between the 3 modes.
3. The Camera mode will have a icon in the top left corner of the LCD screen. The Video mode will
have a icon and the Playback mode a icon will appear in the top left corner of the screen.
Camera Mode
This is the default mode when turning on your camera.
Taking Photos

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1. Compose your shot using the LCD screen.
2. Hold the camera steady and press the Shutter button to take the photo.
3. Keep your finger on the Shutter button and wait for the camera to focus in on the object.
4. Center your object with the white frame that appears on the LCD.
5. When the frame turns green the image will be captured.
6. There will be a short delay while the camera saves the JPEG photo to memory.
After each photo is taken (when the camera returns to icon mode) the numbers of photos left to shoot at
the selected resolution is displayed on the top right of the LCD screen.
When the camera's memory (photo capacity) is full, the LCD screen will display a message -
“Memory Full, Insert a SD memory card to Transfer and Take More Photos!”
Download the photos to your computer using the Photags Express software as described
below in the section “Download photos and videos to your PC” and thereafter delete them
from your SD card or insert another SD card to continue taking more photos.
Note: This camera needs a SD memory card to operate normally. The limited internal memory allows
you to take very few test photos that will be erased when the camera powers off.
Optical Zoom
You can magnify your subject up to 5 times using the optical zoom by pressing the T button or pres the W

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button to zoom back out.
Note: When using this function, the camera will automatically adjust the lens. Be careful not to touch the lens
while the camera is adjusting.
Digital Zoom
You can magnify your subject up to 4 times using the digital zoom. Press the Tbutton to zoom in on the
object and press the Wbutton to zoom back out.
The following icon will appear on your LCD screen.
Flash
In low light conditions it is best to use the built-in flash. You can also use the flash to compensate for
backlight conditions.
Force Flash, Auto, Red eye reduction, No Flash
To set the flash:
Note: The flash can only be use when the camera is in Far mode .
1. Press the Flash/Up button.
2. The icon appears on the LCD screen. This will activate the automatic flash.

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3. The icon as well as the red LED will begin to flash indicating that the flash is charging.
4. Press the Flash button again for the icon to appear on the LCD screen. This means the flash
function has been "forced on" (manual flash).
If the flash is not ready, a red LED will light up and the icon will flash repeatedly- wait until the
flash is ready before taking a photo.
Note: A “low battery”warning will appear on the LCD screen if there is insufficient battery power
to operate the flash.
5. Press the Flash button until the icon appears on the LCD indicating that the Red-Eye reduction
is on.
6. Press the Flash button until the icon appears again. This will turn off the flash function. This is
the default flash setting.
Short cut buttons on the MENU dial
The camera has 4short cut buttons on the MENU dial to make for quick access to the following settings:
Scene (Left button), ViviLink (Down button) and Delete (Right button),flash (up button).
Pressing the relevant button will activate the setting options.
Scene –the 9 scene options appear on the LCD for you to select:
Auto/ Scenery/Portrait/Night Scenery/Night Portrait/High Sensitivity/Sport/Beach/ Party
Self-Timer –the 8 ViviLink options appear on the LCD for you to select for photos :
Facebook/Twitgoo/Twitpic/Photobucket/Flickr/MySpace/PicasaAlbums/None.
the 4 ViviLink options appear on the LCD for you to select for videos:
YouTube/Photobucket/Flickr/None.

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Delete –Pressing this button will delete the last image (Photos or Videos) captured.
1. Press the Delete (Right) button .
2. A “This Image” delete confirmation message appears on the LCD with “Yes” or “No”
options.
3. Press the Left/Right button to choose “Yes” to delete the photo or “No” to cancel the
delete.
4. Press the MENU button to confirm.
If you selected Yes, the last image is deleted.
Flash
1. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon shows on the LCD screen. This
will activate the automatic flash.
2. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon appears on the LCD-++ screen.
This means the flash function has been "forced on" (manual flash). If the flash is
not ready, a LED will light up and the icon will flash repeatedly - wait until the
flash is ready before taking a photo.
3. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon shows on the LCD screen. The
red eye reduction is open.
4. Press the Up button repeatedly until the icon appears. This will turn off the
flash function.
Each setting will be explained in its own section below.

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Scene
Your camera comes supplied with many scenes for you to take photos in almost any environment. Scene
included with your camera are -Auto/ Scenery/Portrait/Night Scenery/Night Portrait/High Sensitivity/
Sport /Beach/ Party .Choose the scene in accordance with the light and environmental conditions
prevailing at the time of taken the photo.
1. Press the SET button.
2. Press the Left/Right button to select the Scene icon .
3. The Scene menu appears in the center of the LCD.
4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the scene you want to use.
5. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode.
6. The selected icon appears next to the camera icon on the top left of the LCD screen.
Image Resolution
The image resolution settings determine the quality and number of photos that can be saved and the
amount of memory required for each photo. The higher the photo quality the more memory it will take.
The image resolution and quality will also affect the maximum size you can effectively print your photo.
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1. Press the SET button.
2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.
3. The Image Resolution menu appears in the center of the LCD.
4. Press the Up/Down buttons to select the image resolution you want to use:
(12M)4000X3000, (10M) 3648X2736, (8M) 3264x2448, (7M HD) 3648x2048, (5M) 2592x1944, (3M)
2048x1536, (2M HD) 1920x1080 and (VGA) 640x480
5. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.
6. The selected image size icon will appear on the top of the LCD screen.
Note:
1. For Image Resolution higher than 3M a SD card need to be inserted into the camera. Because it
only can take one photo with 3M image size.
2. Your camera has two HD “7M” and “2M” high definition image resolutions.
Image Quality
The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can take. AHIGH setting means you can take
fewer photos, but they will be of better quality. The default value is Fine.
1. Press the SET button.
2. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the icon
3. Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Quality option from the SET that appears:

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4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.
5. The Quality icon for the option you selected appears on the top of the LCD.
Normal Fine Super fine
Self-Timer
You can include yourself in a photo by using this feature to delay the time between you pressing the
Shutter button and when the photo is actually taken. It is recommended that you use a tripod or place the
camera on a flat and sturdy surface when using the Self-Timer
1. Press the SET button.
2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon
3. Press the Up/Down button to select one of the Self-Timer options:
4. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the camera
standby mode.
5. The Self-Timer icon selected will appear on the left hand side of the LCD screen.
6. Press the Shutter button until you see the Self-Timer count down begin in the center of the green
frame that appears on the LCD. Your camera will count down 2,5 or 10 seconds as per your choice,
the LED will flash and then automatically take the photo

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Anti-Shake
Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a result of trembling or
shaking when taking the photo. You are not required to use a tripod in order to take good quality photos.
1. Press the SET button
2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon
3. Press the Up/Down button to selectAnti-Shake On or Off.
4. Press the SET button to confirm, save and Press MODE button to exit to the camera standby mode.
5. The anti-shake icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen.
Face Detect
Your camera supports face detect that allows you to take better portrait photos.
1. Press the SET button.
2. Press the Left/Right button to select the icon.
3. The Face Detect Menu appears in the center of the LCD.
4. Press the Up/Down button to select Face Detect On or Off.
5. Press the SET button to confirm, save your choice and Press MODE button to exit to the camera
standby mode.
6. The Face Detect icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen.