User manual AIPTEK MZ-DV

[. . . ] User's Manual Getting Started Knowing your camcorder parts Speaker Microphone Lens LED lights Battery cover Flash strobe Strap hook Bottom view Tripod socket SD/MMC card slot (inside the battery cover) Status LED (left) / Charging LED (right) Menu button Shutter button Previous button/ Fast backward button Play/Pause button Next button/ Fast forward button Macro mode switch Zoom (in/out) button Record button Earphone/AV-out connector USB connector * AV-in connector (optional) * Flash switch OK key/ 4:3/6:9 display switch White balance switch LED lights switch * inside the cover Mode button LCD monitor Power button Installing the battery 1. Slide the battery cover open as indicated. Place the accessory Li-Ion battery into the compartment. Note that the metallic contacts must be aligned with the contacts in the compartment. [. . . ] Enabling this setting allows you to take a photograph with a dark background. Since the shutter speed will slow down when taking photographs at a dark place, we recommend using a tripod to eliminate blurring from hand shake. Warning: Noise increases when Night Shot is enabled. This setting allows you to add customsized frames to photos. 10 background frames are available on the LCD monitor. This setting allows you to combine two images taken individually into one photo. Flash On Off Normal Effect B&W Classic -2~+2 Exposure Selftimer On/Off Icon On/Off 10 mega-pixel camcorder Video 11 mega-pixel camcorder On/Off NightShot 1 ~ 10 PhotoFrame 0 On/Off Two-in-One When resolution is set to 10M or above, the "Photo Frame" and "Two-inOne" options, as well as the "16:9 display" function, will not be available. 0 Menu items in Playback mode Power-on Press the Mode button Enter the Playback ( the Menu button. Item Option No/Yes Delete One No/Yes Delete All Slide Show One All Print Cancel The camera displays images in sequence. Only JPEG pictures and the first frames of MPEG files will be displayed. You can press the Menu button to stop the slide show. Print current image when connected to a PictBridge-ready printer. Print all images when connected to a PictBridge-ready printer. Delete all pictures and video/audio files stored in the memory. Description ) mode Press * If there are no files in the camera, no items will be seen. Before using the Print command in the menu, you need to connect the camera to a PictBridge compatible printer via the accessory USB cable. Menu items in Voice mode Power-on Press the Mode button Enter the Voice ( Menu button. Item Delete One Delete All Delete current voice recording. Empty battery life Note: To avoid sudden outage of power supply, you are recommended to replace the battery when the icon indicates low battery life. (white) 3 Battery Life Still picture Number of shots 130 * shoot every 30 seconds ** flash is off *** resolution is set to 5M (2560x1920) Video clip Recording time (minute) 110 * resolution is set to VGA (640x480 pixels) Note: This table is for your reference only. The actual battery life depends on your battery type and recharge level. Storage Capacity Memory SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (6MB) SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (GB) Video (min. ) D1 12 25 50 100 VGA 7 20 40 80 QVGA 40 85 175 350 Audio (min. ) Maximum 85 175 350 720 Memory SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (6MB) SD/MMC card (MB) SD/MMC card (GB) Still picture 1M 600 1200 2400 4800 3M 250 500 1000 2000 5M 160 320 640 1280 10M 80 160 320 640 11M 70 140 280 560 Note: The actual value of capacity may vary (up to ± 30%) depending on the color saturation and complexity of your subject and surroundings. 4 Advanced Instructions English Copying files to Your PC Installing the driver to your PC You need to install the camcorder driver to ensure that video clips can be played back on your PC. Then place the accessory CD into the CD-ROM drive. Do not connect the camcorder to your computer at this stage. Shut down all other applications running on your computer. If the autorun screen does not appear automatically, double-click on My Computer and then the CD-ROM drive. Then start the Setup. exe program manually. 2. Click on the icon to launch the installation of the driver. Notice for Windows 2000 users: During the installation process, a warning message regarding digital signature may appear twice or more. Please click on Yes to continue the process. The software is fully compatible with Windows 2000 operation system. 3. Install the driver. The Install Shield Wizard will then appear and automatically install the program. [. . . ] Check the "AutoPlay" box to start the playback automatically after you click a file. 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 above until all the files you want are added. In addition to using the above method, you can also drag-and-drop files directly to the file list in the program window. Removing files To delete a file from the list, highlight it and click the "X" icon. 12 Appendix: B Step 2: Select destination Click the "Select Destination" button to select the location where your converted files will be saved. The default save location is "C:\Documents and Settings\ [current user]\My documents". [. . . ]