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Vivicam 3350B User Manual
English
Rev 041110 TP
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Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Overview 1 1.2. Warnings and Precautions 1 1.3. Package Contents 3 1.4. System Requirements 4 1.5. Vivicam 3350B Features 5 2. Installing the Battery 6 3. Installing the Software 8 3.1. Twain Driver 8 3.2. Ulead® Photo Explorer 8.0 SE 9 3.3. Ulead® COOL 360™ 9 3.4. In-A-Flash LE 9 3.5. Adobe® Reader® 6.0 10 3.6. User Manual 10 4. Capturing Images 11 4.1. Power On the Came
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4.7. Image Resolution 15 4.8. AVI Capture 16 4.9. Light Frequency 16 4.10. Deleting Images 17 4.10.1. Delete the Last Image 17 4.10.2. Delete All Images 17 4.11. Techniques for Capturing the Best Images 18 5. Downloading Images to Your PC 19 5.1. Transfer Images to your PC 19 5.2. Transferring Images to a Twain-aware application 21 5.2.1. Transferring your Images to PhotoExplorer 21 6. PC/Web Camera Video Function 23 6.1. Using the ViviCam
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1.0 Introduction - 1.1 Overview - Thank you for purchasing a Vivicam 3350B digital camera. It can capture digital images, short video-clips (continuous shooting mode), and it can also serve as a PC/Web camera. The V3350B is equipped with 8 MB of memory to store your images and movie clips. You may download your images and movie clips to your computer using the USB cable and included software. 1.2 Warnings and Precautions - 1.2.1 FCC STATEMENT - This device complies with Pa
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radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help Use of shie
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batteries. Wash your hands carefully if you touch the battery fluid. Please note that when you remove the batteries your images will be lost from the camera memory. WARNING: Handling the USB cable on this product may expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash your hands after handling. 1.2.3 TRADEMARK INFORMATION - Microsoft® and Windows® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Pentium®
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1.4 System Requirements - You must use a computer to download the images from your Vivicam 3350B. The computer that you use must meet the following minimum requirements: 1. Windows 98 Second Edition/2000/Me/XP 2. Direct X 8.0 3. 64 MB RAM 4. 60 MB hard disk space available 5. Available USB port 6. CD-ROM drive -4-
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1.5 Vivicam 3350B Features - Front Side: Viewfinder Shutter Button Lens Back Side: Info/Status Hand Strap Hole LCD Power/Menu Button Battery Door USB Port Tripod Socket -5-
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2.0 Installing the Batteries - Step 1: Open the battery door by lifting the tab on the door. Step 2: Insert two AAA batteries with the polarity as shown: Step 3: Close the battery cover. Warning: Do not open the battery door when the camera is powered ON. This will cause all images in memory to be lost immediately. If you open the battery door when the camera is OFF (when changing the batteries) you must close the door within thirty (30) seconds or your ima
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Notes: 1. Always download your images to your computer soon after you have captured them. Never assume your images will be retained for more than three or four days. If the batteries are depleted, your images will be lost. 2. If you must change the batteries, makes sure the cameras is OFF and then change the batteries in less than thirty (30) seconds. 3. If you will not use the camera for a long time (several days, or more) remove the batteries. The batteries will discharge slow
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3.0 Installing the Software - Install the camera software before connecting the camera to your computer for the first time. Place the Vivicam 3350B CD ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The CD will run automatically and present this welcome screen: There are six components on the CD ROM: 1. Twain Driver 2. Ulead Photo Explorer 3. Ulead COOL 360 4. In-A-Flash LE 5. Adobe Reader 6. User Manuals 3.1 Twain Driver – To use your Vivicam 3350B camera on your PC you must first
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3.2 Ulead® Photo Explorer 8.0 SE – You may wish to install Ulead® Photo Explorer 8.0. Although Photo Explorer is not required to operate the camera, it gives you everything you need to quickly get, manage, enhance and share digital photos, audio and video files. Photo Explorer is the perfect companion to digital cameras, WebCams, DV camcorders and scanners. 3.3 Ulead® COOL 360™ – You may wish install Ulead® COOL 360™. Although COOL 360™ is not required to operate the camera
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3.5 Adobe® Reader® 6.0 - You may wish install Adobe® Reader® 6.0. Adobe® Reader® is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on a variety of hardware and operating system platforms. 3.6 User Manual - Click on the “User Manual” button to go to the index of ViviCam 3350B User Manuals. The Vivicam 3350B User Manual is included on the CD ROM in PDF format. Note that you will need to install Adobe® Reader® on your PC to read the Us
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4.0 Capturing Images - Using your new Vivicam 3350B is fun and easy. There are two basic steps to capturing your first image. Step 1: Turn on the camera by pressing and hold the Power Button for 2 second. Step 2: Press the shutter button to capture an image. It is really that easy! The following sections will tell you about more features that are available on your camera. 4.1 Power On the Camera - To power on the camera press and hold the Power/Menu button for 2 seco
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4.2 Capture an Image - In film-photography we say: “Take a Photo.” In digital-photography we say: “Capture an Image.” Capturing an image with the Vivicam 3350B is easy. Step 1: Power on the camera and look through the viewfinder to frame your subject. Make sure your subject is no closer than three or four feet (one meter) or else it will not be in good focus. Step 2: Press the shutter button to capture an image. The camera will double-beep sound and the image counter will in
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4.3 Camera Information Display - Beyond the basics of capturing an image, the Vivicam 3350B has many other features. Turn on the camera and notice the many icons and symbols on the Information display: As you press the Power/Menu button the display will change in the following order. To learn more about each function refer to the referenced section in this User Manual. Display icon Function Refer to Section Self-Timer 4.5 Continuous capture 4.6 Image resoluti
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4.4 Power-Off the Camera - Press and hold the Power/Menu button for 2 second to turn-off the camera immediately. Note: The camera will automatically power-off after thirty seconds of inactivity. 4.5 Self-Timer - If you would like to get into the image you may use the self-timer feature to delay image capture by ten (10) seconds. Place the camera on a tripod or a flat, stabile surface. Turn on the camera. Press the Menu button until the “ ” icon appears on the information
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Step 2: Press the shutter button within three seconds into continuous capture. Press the Shutter button again and the camera will capture three images continuously. 4.7 Image Resolution - Resolution is the size of a digital image measured in pixels (dots), expressed as the number of horizontal pixels X number of vertical pixels. The ViviCam 3350B offers two resolution modes. The highest (best) resolution is 640 x 480. This is called VGA resolution. The second choice of resolu
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4.8 AVI Capture - You can capture motion-video clips using the AVI capture feature. The image is stored in avi-format and the image number only steps by 1 every time. When you use this mode the image resolution will be 320 x 240. The movie-clip frame rate will be approximately seven frames per second. Movie clips are silent. (No audio.) To use the AVI capture mode follow these steps: Step 1: Power on camera. Press the Menu button four times until the “ ” icon appears in the di
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To change the frequency, turn on the camera. Press the Menu button five times until “ 50 ” or “ 60 ” appears in the display. This is the other frequency setting. Press the shutter button within three seconds to change to this setting. 4.10 Deleting Images - You may wish to delete images from your camera. You can delete the last image captured, or you may delete all images in memory. 4.10.1 Delete the Last Image - Step 1: Power on camera. Press the Menu button six times until
