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ARGUS QC-3195B
USER MANUAL
Package Contents:
Argus QC-3195 3.2MP Digital Camera
Battery Charger with 4 Rechargeable
AAA Batteries
Camera Pouch
Mini Tripod
Cleaning Cloth
Driver and Software CD
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Table of Contents Safety and General Information..........................2 Getting to Know Your Camera............................4 Camera Setup........................................................6 Driver Installation...............................................12 Specifications.......................................................18 Troubleshooting..................................................18 Battery Charger..................................................20 Safety and General In
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product (such as costs of photography or loss of benefit generated by the photography) is not the responsibility of Argus Camera Company and no compensation will be given for it. Copyright Information Unless agreed by the rightful owner, pictures taken with this digital camera cannot be used in violation of copyright law. Moreover, when there is a “No Photography” restriction in place, you cannot record any performance, improvisation, or exhibit even for personal use. Any transfer of pi
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Getting to know Your Camera Camera Components Guide 11. Battery/Card slot cover 1. Flash 12. Up button 2. Self-timer LED 13. Right button 3. Lens 14. Menu button 4. Viewfinder 15. Down button 5. USB 16. Flash button 6. Tripod mount 17. Playback button 7. Flash LED 18. Display button 8. Shutter button 19. Left button 9. ON/OFF button 20. LCD screen 10. Strap bar LCD display 4
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Prepare Your Camera for Use Load Batteries and Memory Card Open the battery cover and insert three of the included AAA rechargeable batteries or three new alkaline batteries according to the polarity indicated on the battery door, then insert the memory card and close the cover. When the battery power is low, an icon will appear on the screen. You will need to select what kind of battery you are using. If you use alkaline batteries, you should select 1 and the battery capacity icon will
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Color Options From the Image Capture menu, press the RIGHT button to enter the Color Options menu. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item that you wish to adjust and the menu button to enter the selected item. Adjusting Exposure Value: Selecting the desired White Balance: Adjusting the Sharpness: Resolution Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired resolution and press the menu button to confirm. 6
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Super: 2304X1728 High: 2048X1536 Middle: 1600X1200 Low: 1280X1024 Quality Press the UP or DOWN button to select the preferred quality level and press the menu button to confirm. Auto Power-Off Time Press the DOWN button to set the Auto Power-Off Time. Set the Date and Time Press the DOWN button to set date and time. If DISPLAY is selected, the date & time will show on the captured images. If you do not want the date and time on the pictures, select NO DISPLAY. Set Frequency Changing the fr
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Language Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired language and press the menu button to confirm. Playback Pressing the PLAYBACK button will put the camera in preview mode. Erase, Format, and Protect While viewing an image, you can press the menu button to enter the erase menu. From this menu, press the UP or DOWN button to select erase “One” frame or “All.” Selecting “All” will erase all images currently stored in memory or on the SD/MMC card. Press the main button to confirm file
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If you want unprotect an image, select go to the protected picture, enter “Erase” mode as previously described, and select “Unprotect” by pressing the right button and pressing the menu button to confirm. DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) By using DPOF, you can select an image for printing and set the quantity that you want to print. Rotation Press UP or DOWN button to select the rotation angle, and menu button to enter the selected angle. ZOOM/PAN In picture preview mode, you can ZOOM in on
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range of the picture. To cancel the PAN function, press the MENU button followed by the DOWN button to Cancel. Using Your Digital Camera Taking Pictures To take a picture, frame your subject in either the LCD display or the viewfinder and press the shutter button. You will here a beeping sound to indicate that the snapshot is finished. Simultaneously, the number of available images on the LCD display will decrease by one. Use the Self-Timer To include yourself in a captured image, you can
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turns on, charging is completed and the flash is ready. The FLASH ON function will always use the flash, while the FLASH AUTO function will use the flash only when required by the camera. Digital Zoom Feature In the image/capture modes you can use the digital zoom feature which will allow you to take close-up images of your subject. While in capture mode, press the UP button to zoom in and the DOWN button to zoom out. Playback Pressing the Playback button enters Preview mode which will al
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Driver Installation Insert the accompanying CD into the CD-ROM drive and the install dialogue box will appear automatically (shown below) Click on the OK button and then next screen will appear. The Arcsoft PhotoImpression 5.0 Setup screen will appear. Click on the NEXT button to proceed to the next step. 12
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Click on the YES button and the next screen will ask for the location where you want to save this program. By default, this program will be saved within C:1 Programs Files\Arcsoft\PhotoImpression5. Click on the Next button to proceed. 13
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Continue to click on the Next button. . Once the installation is completed, click on FINISH and it will install the driver for the camera. 14
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4-1 Installation of the Driver Click on the NEXT button to proceed to the next step. Click on the NEXT button. 15
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This screen shows the progress of the installation of the driver. Click on the Finish button to complete the Driver installation for the camera. 16
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Chapter 5: Specifications: *3 in 1 mode: Digital Still Camera mode: image Capture PC Camera mode: video Capturing / Conferencing Camcorder mode: Video clips *Sensor: CMOS sensor, 3 Mega pixel *Lens: F=3.0 f=8.35 *Focus Range: 1.5M to infinity *Illumination: 100-16000(lux) *Shutter Speed: Electronic shutter 1/20-1/6000 s *Image Resolution: Super (2304X1728)/High (2048X1536)/ Medium (1600X1200)/ Low (1280X1024) for image Capture VGA (640X480)/QVGA (320X240) for PC camera mode QVGA (320X240)/QCIF(192
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Battery level is low - When the battery indicator does not show a fully charged battery, the voltage is too low for the flash to work. Please change batteries. Image is blurred / out of focus Subject is out of focal range. Ensure that there is at least 1.5m ( 5ft ) between the camera lens and subject. Camera moved during the shot- Hold the camera steady while taking the picture. When flash is on, hold the camera steady until flash has fired twice( The first flash is to reduce red-eye and to det
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in the network, you need to reassign the name for the removable flash disks: Right click Manage Disk Management Right click blue bar of removable disk which is on line Change Drive Letter & Paths Change Assign the Following Drive Letter (assign an unused drive name) OK Open the new renamed removable flash drive to download recorded pictures Operating Instructions: 1. GP PowerBank has 2 charging channels. It can charge 2 or 4 AA /AAA NiMH batteries and 1 or 2 9V NiMH batter
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full condition. 7. It is always safe to continuously charge GP NiMH batteries with GP PowerBank because of low charging rate. 8. GP PowerBank is equipped with a night light function. The night light can operate individually or during batteries’ charging. To turn on the night light, push the switch on the top of the charger to the right.(Fig.3) Attention: 1. For new or long stored batteries, 2 to 3 times of charging and discharging are required to optimize the battery per
