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Digital Camera
User Guide
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M S E T Product Overview 1. Shutter button 2. Flash 3. Viewfinder 4. Power button 5. Lens 6. Self Timer LED 1. Viewfinder 2. Saving LED 3. LCD screen 4. Menu / Left button 5. Down button 6. Flash / Battery charge LED 7. Capture / Playback mode button 8. LCD screen on/off button 9. Up button / 10. Set / Right button 11. Reset button 11 2 3 Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com www.polaroid.com
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1. USB port 2. SD card slot 1. USB port 2. USB plug Docking Station 2 3 Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com www.polaroid.com
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Table of Contents 1 Getting Started ................................................................................ 7 • Camera Package Contents............................................................ 8 • Attaching the Hand Strap............................................................. 9 • Using the Docking Station............................................................ 9 • How to Use the Tether (Optional).................................................10 • Charging the Batter
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3 Taking Pictures................................................................................29 • Taking a Picture..........................................................................29 • Taking a Picture with the LCD Screen Off .....................................29 • Setting Flash Mode.................................................................... 30 • Setting Self-timer .......................................................................32 • Zoom Feature................
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9 Transferring Pictures and Video Clips To Your Computer .................... 65 • Before You Transfer Files............................................................ 65 • Changing the Driver Type Between Mass Storage Mode and PC Camera Mode............................................................................ 65 • Connecting to Your Computer..................................................... 66 • Transferring Pictures and Video Clips ..........................................
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1 Getting Started The izone300™ camera has easy-to-use features. It has never been easier or more enjoyable to take digital pictures. Here are a few examples of what you can do with your camera. • Enjoy point & shoot operation. Adjust the resolution for print or email. • Store pictures and video clips to the internal memory or a SD card. • Playback of pictures and video clips on the LCD screen or on a computer. • Send the pictures and video clips over the Internet to family and friends
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• Camera Package Contents First Class Postage Required Post Offi not deliver ce will without proper postage Digital Imaging Products 201 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730-1434 The CD-ROM includes izone300™ Registration Card Polaroid izone300™ Camera driver (PC) izone PhotoBase (PC & Mac) Microsoft® NetMeeting™ (PC) PDC iZONE Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ (PC & Mac) User Guide (in PDF format) Quick Start Guide Guide de Démarrage rapide Schnellanleitung Guida Rapida Guía Rápida de Inicio Guia de Iníci
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• Attaching the Hand Strap • Using the Docking Station 8 9 Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com www.polaroid.com
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• How to Use the Tether (Optional) A rubber tether is included in the accessory kit of the camera. It offers a quick, simple, and secure connection between the USB connector and the AC adapter for battery charge. AC Adapter (Optional) Tether (Optional) USB Connector (Optional) Connecting USB Connector with AC Adapter 1. Put the jack of USB connector through one ring of the tether. 2. Put the plug of AC adapter through the other ring of the tether. 3. Connect the AC adapter with the USB con
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• Charging the Battery There are four ways to charge the battery. Please fully charge the battery for four hours before using the camera for the first time after purchase, and about three hours for subsequent recharging. NOTE: • It is normal for the camera to be slightly warm while charging the battery. • Electric current varies for different computers. Some computers may not provide a sufficient charging current. For a full battery charge or when you use the camera away from your compute
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1. Using the USB cable via the computer • Plug the labelled end of the USB cable into the socket marked on your computer. • Plug the other end of the USB cable into the USB port on the camera. The battery begins charging and the battery charge LED on the camera blinks. The LED stops blinking and remains on when battery is fully charged. USB Series “A” Plug connects to USB Series “Mini B” Plug connects to your your PC izone300™ Camera or Docking Station 12 13 Polaroid izone300™ Digital C
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2. Using the USB cable via the docking station. • Place the camera into the docking station. For further details, refer to “Using the Docking Station” on page 9. • Plug the labelled end of the USB cable into the socket marked on your computer. • Plug the other end of the USB cable into the USB port on the docking station. The battery begins charging and the battery charge LED on the camera blinks. The LED stops blinking and remains on when battery is fully charged. 3. Using an AC ada
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If your camera comes with an AC adapter like the diagram below, use method B for battery charging. B. Using an AC adapter, via the camera (optional) • Plug the labelled end of the AC adapter into the USB port on the camera. • Connect the adapter to the household power outlet. The battery begins charging and the battery charge LED on the camera blinks. The LED stops blinking and remains on when battery is fully charged. The internal battery should last for the life of the camera, but as
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• Turning the Camera On and Off To turn on the camera, fully press and hold the Power button until the LCD Screen is activated. Press and hold the Power button again and the camera will power off. NOTE: • Make sure that the Flash / Battery charge LED remains lighted before shooting. • The camera is designed with an automatic power-off feature to conserve battery life. After a specified period of inactivity, the camera automatically powers off. Pressing the Power button can deactivate
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M S E T • Reset Feature In the rare situation that the camera locks up (usually in a very low power situation), we have incorporated a Reset button on the back of the camera that allows the camera processor to be reset without losing any images. To use the Reset button, simply depress the Reset button gently (holding for around 5 seconds) using a paper clip or ball point pen. The camera will power off automatically. It is important to note that the camera probably needs to be recharged im
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M S E T • How to Navigate Menus Menus are used to adjust capture and M play settings, as well as other camera settings like the date/time and auto power off. / M 1. Press the button to enter the menu bar. Press it again to exit. DRIVE MODE 2. Press the or button to select a menu item. D STILL Press the button to enter the submenu. VIDEO M Press the button to return to the menu SETUP 3. Press the or button to select the desired FORMAT DATE/TIME setting. AUTO OFF BEEP SETUP FREQU
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2 Camera Setting • Checking Camera Status Turn on the camera, view the camera LCD screen to check which camera settings are active. Those particular features whose icons are not displayed are not activated. Still Image mode White Balance Auto* Daylight Cloudy Self-timer On Tungsten Fluorescent Image Resolution 2048 X 1536* Flash Mode 1600 X 1200 Flash Off 640 X 480 Auto Flash* Number of remaining Forced On pictures Capture Mode 2048 X 1536 0007 Still Image* Exposure Compensation Video +0.3
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Video mode Resolution 640 X 480 Video Mode 640 X 480* 00:00:28 Recording Indicator 320 X 240 Remaining Time White Balance For Video Clips Auto* Daylight X2.0 Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent * Default Setting Playback Mode 1600 x 1 200 Picture Looked File 07:55 Time Histogram Date 08/10/04 File Number 0024-0023 Video Clip 02:10 Video Length Play Pause 07:55 08/10/04 0024-0023 18 19 Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide Polaroid izone300™ Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com www.polar
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M S E T • Camera Modes The camera has two working modes, Capture mode and Playback mode. You can switch between them by pressing the Capture/Playback mode button at the back of the camera. / Capture Mode Under this mode, you can select the image and video settings according to shooting preference, and take pictures and video clips under the settings you have selected. For more details, please refer to “Taking Pictures” on page 29 and “Recording Video Clips” on page 38. Playback Mode Th
