User manual ARGUS QC-3270DV Quick Start

[. . . ] Sealed vehicles or other places exposed to direct sunlight or subject to extreme temperatures. Do not open the battery cover when the power is on as this may cause a loss of images. If the camera has gotten wet, immediately turn the power OFF and remove the batteries. Do not attempt to dry it with an external heat source. How to Maintain Your Camera 1. [. . . ] LCD screen LCD display 4 Prepare Your Camera for Use Load Batteries and Memory Card Open the battery cover and insert three of the included AAA rechargeable batteries or three new alkaline batteries according to the polarity indicated on the battery door, then insert the memory card and close the cover. When the battery power is low, an icon will appear on the screen. You will need to select what kind of battery you are using. If you use alkaline batteries, you should select 1 and the battery capacity icon will display half full indicating that you will not be able to use the flash but you will still be able to take pictures until the icon displays empty; If you are using rechargeable batteries, select 2 and the battery capacity icon will display full indicating that you can take pictures until the icon shows that the battery capacity is empty. Turning the Camera ON/OFF To turn the camera on, press the ON/OFF button for 2 to 3 seconds until the operation LED is lit. To turn off the camera, press the ON/OFF button for 2 seconds. The camera will also power off automatically after 30 seconds of inactivity if not connected to the computer via the USB cable. The auto power off time can be manually set as described in the Auto Power Off section of this manual. Camera Setup Taking Pictures and Recording Options Image Capture Pressing the menu button will enter the capture select menu. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired capture mode, then press menu button to confirm. 5 Color Options From the Image Capture menu, press the RIGHT button to enter the Color Options menu. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item that you wish to adjust and the menu button to enter the selected item. Adjusting Exposure Value: Selecting the desired White Balance: Adjusting the Sharpness: Resolution Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired resolution and press the menu button to confirm. 6 Super: 2304X1728 High: 2048X1536 Middle: 1600X1200 Low: 1280X1024 Quality Press the UP or DOWN button to select the preferred quality level and press the menu button to confirm. Auto Power-Off Time Press the DOWN button to set the Auto Power-Off Time. Set the Date and Time Press the DOWN button to set date and time. If DISPLAY is selected, the date & time will show on the captured images. If you do not want the date and time on the pictures, select NO DISPLAY. Set Frequency Changing the frequency may help to reduce flicker if you use fluorescent lights. 7 Language Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired language and press the menu button to confirm. Playback Pressing the PLAYBACK button will put the camera in preview mode. Erase, Format, and Protect While viewing an image, you can press the menu button to enter the erase menu. From this menu, press the UP or DOWN button to select erase "One" frame or "All. " Selecting "All" will erase all images currently stored in memory or on the SD/MMC card. To install the camera drivers, please refer to the section on Installing Drivers. After the driver is installed, connect the camera to PC in while in preview mode and the computer will find a USB mass storage device and install the device driver automatically. After this process is complete, the camera will be recognized as a removable disk and the pictures can be copied to the computer. 11 Download Images to a Computer Driver Installation Insert the accompanying CD into the CD-ROM drive and the install dialogue box will appear automatically (shown below) Click on the OK button and then next screen will appear. The Arcsoft PhotoImpression 5. 0 Setup screen will appear. Click on the NEXT button to proceed to the next step. 12 Click on the YES button and the next screen will ask for the location where you want to save this program. By default, this program will be saved within C:1 Programs Files\Arcsoft\PhotoImpression5. Click on the Next button to proceed. 13 Continue to click on the Next button. . Once the installation is completed, click on FINISH and it will install the driver for the camera. 14 4-1 Installation of the Driver Click on the NEXT button to proceed to the next step. Click on the NEXT button. 15 This screen shows the progress of the installation of the driver. Click on the Finish button to complete the Driver installation for the camera. 16 Chapter 5: Specifications: *3 in 1 mode: Digital Still Camera mode: image Capture PC Camera mode: video Capturing / Conferencing Camcorder mode: Video clips *Sensor: CMOS sensor, 3 Mega pixel *Lens: F=3. 0 f=8. 35 *Focus Range: 1. 5M to infinity *Illumination: 100-16000(lux) *Shutter Speed: Electronic shutter 1/20-1/6000 s *Image Resolution: Super (2304X1728)/High (2048X1536)/ Medium (1600X1200)/ Low (1280X1024) for image Capture VGA (640X480)/QVGA (320X240) for PC camera mode QVGA (320X240)/QCIF(192X144) for Video Recording mode *Memory: Internal 16MB Flash External SD and MMC card compatible *Self Timer: 10 secs *ZOOM:8X Digital Zoom *Color LCD screen: 1. 5 inch TFT Display *Flash mode: On/Auto/Off *Battery: 3 AAA (alkaline/1. 5V) *Interface: USB 1. 1 Minimum System Requirements CPU: Pentium III 800MHz and higher OS: Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP Memory: 128MB and higher Disk Space: At least 250MB space free CD-ROM Drive Troubleshooting Camera will not turn on Battery is not properly installed- remove and reinstall the batteries. Insufficient battery voltage- Do not use old batteries or batteries with mixed battery life Flash will not fire Flash set to OFF -Set the flash to Auto or On. Flash has not been fully charged The flash takes a few seconds to charge up while the Operation LED is blinking. Flash light is fully charged when the Operation LED turns off. 17 Battery level is low - When the battery indicator does not show a fully charged battery, the voltage is too low for the flash to work. Image is blurred / out of focus Subject is out of focal range. Ensure that there is at least 1. 5m ( 5ft ) between the camera lens and subject. Camera moved during the shot- Hold the camera steady while taking the picture. [. . . ] For Windows 2000/ ME /XP, the camera is recognized as a plug -&-playable, removable flash disk without driver installation under MSDC mode. It is recommended that you disconnect your digital camera from your computer after use. Subject in recorded image is too dark Insufficient light for shooting Set the flash On, or adjust the exposure compensation to a positive (+) setting. Flickering on lcd screen or recorded image Incorrect frequency setting Check the correct anti-flicker frequency ( 50Hz or 60Hz ) under fluorescent light setting. [. . . ]