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Quick Guide
E INSTRUCTION MANUAL
9222-2721-11 SY-A308/ME-0308
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN Thank you for purchasing the DiMAGE Xt Biz digital camera. The Xt Biz provides great features of the DiMAGE Xt, renowned for its non-extending zoom and slim design, and new recording functions for image and audio annotation, and text image processing with the DiMAGE Biz Software. Please take the time to read through this instruction manual so you can enjoy all the features of your new digital camera. This document explains unique Xt Biz functions, and the basic procedures from d
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Names of parts.......................................................................................................................................4 Getting up and running...........................................................................................................................5 Camera setup ............................................................................................................................5 Using the custom recording menu..............
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NAMES OF PARTS * This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to keep these surfaces clean. Main switch (p.7) Shutter-release button Microphone (p. 12) Mode dial (p. 7, 8) AV-out-terminal/ Controller USB-port (p. 14) Battery/Card chamber door (p. 5) LCD monitor* Speaker Charger contacts* Display button (p. 13) Quick View / Delete button (p. 13) Menu button (p. 13) Manual reference page DiMAGE Xt - Names of parts, 12-13 4 NAMES OFPARTS / GETTING UP AND RUNNING
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GETTING UP AND RUNNING Camera setup 1. Charge the lithium-ion battery. The battery can be charged when installed in the camera or by itself. 2. Open the battery-chamber door as shown. 1 3. Insert the battery into the battery chamber. Read the safety warn- ings in page 3 in the Xt manual. 4. Insert a memory card into the card slot. Read the information about handling the card in the Xt manual. 5. Turn on the camera. 6. Turn the mode dial to the setup mode to set the date and time using the menu.
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Glossary Annotation: To link images, audio, or text to a specific image as comments. Comments: Images, audio tracks, or text in an .mdm file used in reference to a main image. Image and audio comments are created automatically from the linked image and audio tracks when camera annotation files are opened in the DiMAGE Biz Software (p. 15). Linked image, Linked audio track: Images or audio tracks linked to a main image as com- ments in the camera. Linked images can be recorded in the camera’s ima
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Using the custom recording menu The custom recording menu is the gateway to annotation and text recording. This menu accesses three custom recording modes: image annotation, audio annotation, and text recording. Turn the camera on by pressing the main switch near 1 the shutter-release button (1). Turn the mode dial to the recording position (2). The camera is set to the standard recording mode as described in the Xt camera manual. 2 Press and hold the center button of the controller for one sec
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FROM ANNOTATION TO MAILING Still images and audio tracks can be linked by the camera. This section explains the procedure, and introduces how to make an .mdm file and send it with the DiMAGE Biz Software. Camera operation Software processing Record main image (p. 8) Connect camera to computer Link images or audio in camera (p. 14) (p.8-13) Create .mdm file from camera Select main image (p. 9, 11) images (p. 15) Select area on main image (p. 10, 12) Add comments to .mdm file Capture images (p.
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Image annotation Images are linked to a main image in the image-annotation mode. Up to ten images can be attached. The main image must be recorded before being annotated. Continuous advance or voice memo can- not be used in the image-annotation mode. Select the image-annotation mode from the custom recording menu (p. 7). The main- image selection screen appears. Main-image selection screen Main-image indicator - image annotations are linked to Image-annotation mode this image. indicator Main-ima
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Notes on annotation The following files cannot be used as main images. Main images with ten linked images or audio tracks Images with voice memos or audio captions Movie clips Audio tracks E-mail Copy files A linked image can be selected as a main image for an annotation series; the linked-image indicator changes to a main-image indicator. The link to the first annotation series is not lost. The image will be used as a linked image in the first annotation series and the main image for the secon
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The main image is displayed again. The yellow marquee indicates the previ- ous marquee position. The red marquee is for the next linked image. Repeat the procedure to capture subsequent images. :size :enter To exit the image-annotation mode, press the center of the controller for one second. To return to the main-image selection screen, press the menu button. Audio annotation Audio is linked to a main image in the audio-annotation mode. Up to ten audio tracks can be linked. Up to ten minutes of
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The annotation screen with the selected main image is dis- Annotation screen played with a red area marquee. The subsequent audio track is linked to the area in the marquee. Use the left/right and up/down keys of the con- troller to move the area marquee. :size :enter Pressing the display button switches the marquee between the entire and local image areas. :size :enter Press the center of the controller to select the area. The audio stand-by screen is displayed. In the stand-by screen, press th
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Annotation controls Display button The display button changes the display format. Each time the button is pressed the display format cycles through the following formats. Main-image selection screen (p. 9, 11) Single-frame playback (full-display) Single-frame playback (image only) Main-image selection screen Annotation screen (p. 10, 12) Entire image-area marquee Local area marquee Quick View, Delete button Recorded images and audio tracks can be played back and deleted with the Quick View/Delet
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Creating .mdm files from camera images An annotation series captured by the camera can be converted automatically by the DiMAGE Biz Software to an .mdm annotation file. See the DiMAGE Biz Software manual for installation instruc- tions. Start up the computer. Insert the memory card containing the files into the camera (p. 5). Connect the camera to the computer. Insert the small plug of the USB cable into the camera, and attach the other end of the USB cable to the computer’s USB port. Make sure
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Select My computer > Removable Disk > DCIM > 10xMLT18 main win- dow folder tree. The name of the folder containing the image varies with camera settings.The images in the selected folder on the camera’s memory card are displayed. A message asking if you wish to Folder tree create an .mdm file appears. Click OK to create the .mdm file. If the message does not appear, an annotated file was not created on the camera or the .mdm files have already been created. Select a folder in the computer to sto
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Opening the annotation window To open the annotation window, select an image in the main window and click the annotation button or select the view-comment option from the file menu. Double-clicking on an .mdm thumbnail or dragging and dropping the image onto the annotation button also opens the annotation window. File display area Annotation button Annotation window Menu bar Tool bar Main image Title text box Comment text box Comment check box Text comment Comment display area Manual reference p
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Adding text comments Text comments can be added to the main image in the annotation window. Click the desired area marquee from the tool bar (1), Area marquees or select the area-marquee option in the view menu. Click and drag the mouse to place a red marquee over the area to be described with a comment (2). 1 To change the defined area, click and drag the mouse again; the previous marquee is canceled. Click the text tab. Click on the comment text box to place the cursor and enter a comment (3)
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Saving .mdm files After adding or editing comments, save the .mdm file. Save To save the .mdm file overwriting the original data, click the save button or select the save option from the file menu. When the save command is used with an existing .mdm file, a warning to replace the file will appear. Click the OK button to save changes to the file. Save as To save the .mdm file under a different name or in a different folder, select the save-as option from the file menu. In the save-as window, spec
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Printing .mdm files The print routine automatically lays out the images and text. In the annotation window, click the print button or select the print option from the file menu. The print-preview window opens. Select the appropriate parameters and settings in the dialog win- dow. Click the print button to open the print dialog box. Print-preview window Color-coded area marquees Header Date of printing Main image Title Image details Comments Footer Page number / Total number of pages Printer sett
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Set print options, and click the OK button to start printing. Sending .mdm files by e-mail .mdm files can be sent by e-mail. Only MAPI compatible e-mail applications can be used and must be installed on your computer. This allows mail to be sent from other applications. Microsoft Outlook Express can be used. With the file to be sent open in the annotation window, click the mail button, or select the mail option from the file menu. Manual reference page DiMAGE Biz Software - Sending by e-mail, 49
