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User Manual
Package Contents:
Bean Sprout Carabiner Camera
LiIon Rechargeable Battery
USB Cable
User Guide
Video Cable
ArcSoft PhotoImpression
and Driver Installation CD
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1. Camera description 1
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2. Using your camera 2.1 Charging battery Your camera uses a Lithium battery. The USB port serves as a charger for the battery. To charge the battery, simply connect the device via the USB cable to your PC. If the battery power is low, the LCD display will flicker and the device will power off. Should this occur, download your photos to your PC as soon as possible, and then charge the device. Charging time is around six hours. WARNING: · Before taking photos, please test th
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u You can turn the camera to sleep mode manually by pressing the MODE button, then the LCD screen shows “of.” Press the Trigger Button; you will hear a beep as the camera will go into sleep mode. u Press the MODE button to activate the camera. The digits on the LCD screen and the beep sound will confirm that camera has been activated. 2.3 Taking photos Press the MODE button to power up the camera. Slide the Viewfinder Button up to retract Viewfinder. Look through the len
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PS: Only 2 digits, the compression low resolution mode will display two times, 2&08 means 208,1&10 means 110. 2.4.1 “St” Selftimer mode Press the MODE button until the LCD screen displays “St”, then press the Shutter Button. Camera will “beep” ten times and automatically take a picture after ten seconds. 2.4.2 “d8” AVI mode Press the MODE button and select “d8,” then press the Shutter Button. Camera will continuously capture the scene, as long as you k
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Press the MODE button to select "CA". Press the Shutter Button to confirm your selection. The digits on the LCD screen will start to blink. Press the Shutter Button again to delete all images from the camera. 2.4.5 “CL” Clear last / Delete last taken picture Press the MODE button to select "CL". Press the Shutter Button, and the camera will beep and delete the last picture taken. The LCD screen will show a higher number. If the last photo taken was taken
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You can change the resolution at any time as needed. 2.4.7 “50 / 60” frequency Various countries use different frequencies of the electrical power; 50Hz or 60Hz. Select “50 / 60” mode to avoid flickering images. This setting depends on your current location. Press the MODE to select “50/60" mode, then press the Shutter Button to confirm your selection. 2.4.8“Hd / Ld” Compression rate You can select Hd (high density), or Ld (low density) compression rate modes. Note that
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Insert the CD in your computer’s CDROM drive, and follow the stepbystep installation on your computer screen. An interface will appear. On the right of the interface there are four buttons. 3.1 Driver Installation Insert CD in your CDROM drive, Click on Continue with its stepbystep instructions to finish the installation. Restart the computer. will appear on the desktop of your computer. 3.2 Photo Express installation 8
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Insert CD into the CDROM drive and select Follow the onscreen instructions and complete the installation. Restart your computer. 3.2 Transferring photos to your computer â Connect your camera to the computer with the USB cable. â Doubleclick the Photo Express icon and start the program â Click on "Get Photo" and select the Digital Camera â Select "data source": Dual Mode Camera â Click on "Acquire" in the bottom left corner. The photo transf
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Pictures folder, etc.) When you have pictures transferred / downloaded into the computer, then you can delete images from camera and take more pictures. Photo Management: with the new Photo Impression interface it is very easy to process your photos. Editing: Photoimpression has a wide range of editing options, such as correcting brightness and contrast that are all easily accessible. Please visit www.adobe.com if you need more information regarding Photo Express application s
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After downloading photos, click on the "Edit Image" button in the upload window and select "Increase Resolution", then click on the "OK" button to confirm. Select the “Transfer” button to transfer those photos to Arcsoft Photo Impression 4.0 Software, then photos will be uploaded with 400K pixels resolution. 3.4 Creating / saving video clips Video clips are saved with the "AVI capture" mode. Connect your camera to your computer and select “MyDSC.exe” loca
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4. Problemsolving Here are the most common problems: When pressing the mode button, the camera does not turn on: Battery level is low. You should charge the battery for more than 6 hours. The camera cannot download photos, or displays “no photos”: Restart the computer and reconnect the camera. Check that the folder Dual Mode Camera is in the Control Panel / System settings. If the device is not present, then disconnect the camera and reinstall the driver ag
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Focusing range: 0.5m –infinity Storage Capacity ： 2MB Photos: Highresolution (640X480 pixels), 26 pictures Compression, highresolution pictures, 52 pictures Lowresolution (320X240 pixels), 104 pictures Compression, lowresolution, 208 pictures Power supply ： Lithium battery (builtin) or USB cable Charge: By USB cable Interface ：USB port System compatibility ： Pentium II and above Personal Computers Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista Operating System 32 MB or above Memory (64 MB or
