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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual
Argus DC2700
Digital Camera User Manual
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual Table of Contents Introduction __________________________________________ 3 Chapter 1 1.1 Specifications and PC requirements_________________________________________ 3 1.2 Physical Descriptions _____________________________________________________ 4 1.3 Camera Accessories Checklist _____________________________________________ 5 Chapter 2 Recording_____________________________________________ 6 2.1 Turning the Power On_______________________________________
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction The DC2700 Digital Camera is a state of the art VGA resolution digital camera with a complete set of sophisticated features. 1.1 Specifications · HP 640X480 CMOS Sensor with · ARM7 48MHz Processor with 10 bit A/D integral 8KB Cache · Three Record Modes · USB Interface · Still Frame · Composite Video Out · Video with Sound · NTSC/PAL Selection · Sound · 4 AA battery power supply · 320X240X24 bit Color Micro · Batter
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual 1.2 Physical Descriptions The DC2700 is shown below: Page 4 of 28
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual 1.3 Camera Accessories Checklist 1.3 Camera Accessories Checklist Page 5 of 28
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual Chapter 2 Recording Chapter 2 Recording The operation of your camera is controlled through three Feature Buttons and a Shutter Release Button. In general, Feature Up Button causes the selection to increase, the Feature Down Button causes it to decrease and the Feature Select Button causes a selection to occur. Your camera can operate in any of three record modes or a playback mode. The record modes include: Still frame, Sound and Movie with Sound. The playback
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual To turn the power off, press the Power button. Or, power will turn off automatically when the Power Off Timeout occurs with no user action. You can change the Power Off Timeout SETUP MENU through the . When power is first applied, the camera always starts with the Live Viewfinder running. If the camera is attached to a USB port, then, the power is obtained from the USB and the power will not turn off automatically. 2.2 Using the Live Viewfinder The Live Viewfi
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual Note: While in TV mode, Cyber Display may turn off. 2.4 Recording a Still Picture While in the Live Viewfinder Mode, if you momentarily press the Shutter Release Button you will capture a single Still image. After the image is captured, a Freeze Frame presentation of the captured image will appear in the Viewfinder. This Freeze Frame accurately represents the image that you have captured and therefore gives you the ability to decide immediately if another shot
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual 2.5 Make a Video with Sound You can take a short Quick Time ( Please see APPENDIX II for the download and operation of Quicktime applications ) movie ( maximum 10 seconds ) with your camera by pressing and holding the Shutter Release button down. At first, your camera will take a Still Picture. But, if the Shutter Release still being held down, Quick Time Movie will then be acquired. The movie will continue to be acquired until either you release the Shutter Rel
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual - Make sure your PC support Quicktime applications, please see APPENDIX II for details - Connect the Camera to PC by USB cable - Launch “My Camera” application - By double clicking the .mov video files, Quicktime application will be activated automatically. Page 10 of 28
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual 2.6 Make a Sound Recording only A sound recording can be made by pressing and holding the Record Button. Note that the Viewfinder will display the Filename followed by a time counter, in seconds, that shows the current recording length. Releasing the Record Button, or consuming the remaining Compact Flash memory will stop the recording. Sound Recording consumes 16kBytes per second of Compact Flash Memory. They are stored as .WAV files in your camera. Su
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual - Speak to the Microphone (on camera) - Cyber Display Viewfinder shows incrementing counter SVI_0003.WAV 00:00:03 - Release “Rec” button when completed How to play back ? On TV - Power on the camera - Establish connection between camera and TV via RCA cable - Select “REVIEW” from “MAIN MENU” on the Viewfinder Display - Select “TV”, the display will then be transferred to the TV ( Note that Cyber Display will go off at this moment ) Page 12 of 28
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual - Sound file ( .wav format ) can be played back in the REVIEW mode, THUMBNAIL, FULLSCREEN or DIRECTORY. On PC - Power on the camera - Establish connection between camera and PC by USB cable - Launch “My Camera”, double click the xxxxx.wav icon will bring up windows’ default player (e.g. Windows Media Player ) automatically. Page 13 of 28
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual Chapter 3 Using the Menu System Chapter 3 Using the Menu System 3.1 The Main Menu Pressing the Feature Select Button will cause the display of MAIN MENU the Main Menu. From this menu, you can review captured images and sounds and change the various camera settings TIMER and features. REVIEW INFO One of the menu items will be highlighted to Green, PROCESS indicating that it is selected. Using the Feature Up and SETUP feature Down Buttons will scroll throu
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual Directory Mode The Directory Mode of Review shows the individual file SVI_0001.JPG SVI_0002.JPG names in time order. Note that there are three different types SVI_0003.WAV of files that are commonly found in your camera memory: DONE JPG – JPEG Compressed Image Files WAV – Sound Files MOV – Quicktime Movie Files The Up and Down Buttons will Scroll between the Files. Done will return you to the Review Menu. File Info for Images FILE INFO Pressing the Select Bu
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual the word "MOVIE." Thumbnail The Thumbnail Presentation shows four images at a time. Individual images (or Sound files or Movies) can be selected for more information (see File Info above). The Up and Down Buttons will scroll between the pages. Done will return to the prior menu. TV Selecting TV will transfer the display output to the NTSC/PAL Video source. Note that the Viewfinder Display will go blank and if you're not attached to a TV, you will see nothing.
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual 3.1.4 PROCESS – Setting the Picture Taking Features PROCESS The Record Menu offers you the ability to modify the way that still images are captured. Various settings can be EXP AUTO modified including the exposure level, flash usage (optional FORMAT FINE for some cameras), the resolution quality, white balance JPEG 70 settings and the digital zoom factor. Selecting Done will CONTRST AUTO return you to the Main Menu. SAVE EXP – Exp
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual A JPEG setting of 70 is recommended for most applications. Contrast The user can select between three Contrast Settings: High, Normal and Low. This setting changes the gamma of the lookup table that is used to convert the raw sensor data to viewed image data. The following table summarizes the settings: Setting Gamma AUTO Automatic High 0.8 Normal 0.65 Low 0.5 3.1.5 SETUP – Changing the Basic Camera Settings SETUP There are two Setup Menu Screens that l
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual NTSC PAL B PAL M PAL N PAL CN SLIDE SHOW The SLIDE SHOW controls the amount of time that each slide will be shown when using the Slide Show feature of the camera. LANGUAGE The Language can be changed from: English French German Spanish Chinese RESTORE DEFAULTS This selection allows the user to force all of the settings back to the factory defaults. FORMAT Format allows you to re-format a storage media. This can be applied to either the internal NVRAM (this will n
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Argus DC2700 Camera User Manual 3.2 Loading New Camera Firmware New Firmware can be loaded into your camera with the following procedure: First, turn the power off or allow to automatically power down. Second, Insert a Compact Flash card that contains a new file MAIN.BIN and does NOT contain a file called LOADED. Third, note that when the camera starts, you should see the message: "Loading New Program" followed by "Done" when it is complete. Fourth, Turn off the power and re-start. The new Fir
