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Acer Digital Camera 300 Electr onic User’ s Manual Intro duction to Acer Digital Cam era 300 1 T ouring Y our Came ra 2 Pre paring the Came ra for Using 4 Install ing batte ries an d neck stra p 4 I.
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Introduction to Acer Digital Camera 300 1 Introduction to Ac er Dig ital Ca mera 300 Acer Digital Camera 300 is equippe d with the following features: • Small size for easy carriage and convenience .
Touring Your Camera 2 T ouring Y our Camera Viewfin der Shutter Flash light Self-timer activation indica tor Len s Macro switch USB conne ctor Front BUSY indi cator MACRO indicator Status displ ay MOD.
Touring Your Camera 3 elete all images in memory Enter self-timer mode Delete the last im age Image c ounte r Battery status T ur n off fl ash Enter auto fl ash mode The status dis play.
Preparing the Ca mera for Using 4 Pr eparing the Camera for Using Installing batteri es and neck strap Open the battery compartment cover and insert two AAA alkaline batteries into the compartment. Note the pola r ity of the batteries when you install.
Preparing the Ca mera for Using 5 Installing digital camera software Insert the digital camera software C D-ROM into your CD-ROM driv e. The following software installa tion menu will appear on computer screen automa tically . Note: If the s oftware installa t ion menu did not appear , open Window s Explor e and double-c lick the “Autorun.
Using Your Camera 6 Using Y our Camera Acer Digital Camera 300 provides 3 different operatio n modes: Digital came ra mode, PC camera m ode, and video c a mera mode. With these modes, you can not only use Digital Came ra 300 to take photos, but c apture and show imag es in various w ays.
Using Your Camera 7 : Indicates the battery status. If the battery power becomes low , the battery icon will bec ome empty . Look through the v iewfinder to determine t he object to be tak e n. Make the obje ct appea r i n the cent er o f th e vi ewf ind er .
Using Your Camera 8 Managing photos i n camera Deleting the last photo taken Press the MODE button 4 times. The icon flashes on the status display . Press and hol d the shutter for 1 second. The last photo taken wil l be deleted. Deleting all photos Press the MODE button 5 tim e s.
Using Your Camera 9 Downloading photos fr om cam era T urn on th e power of the camera by pressing the P OWER button. Refer to the illustration below to connect th e camera to PC using the USB cable. Wh en connected, the number of imag es in camera memory w ill appear on the status display .
Using Your Camera 10 The imag e preview window will appear on y our compute r screen a nd start creati ng thumbnails o f the photos in the camera. If there a re more than 20 photos in th e camera, the image thumbnails will appea r on dif ferent pages.
Using Your Camera 11 Deleting photos in camera in the image preview window Select t he photo(s) y ou want to de lete in the image p review window . Click on the Delete button.
Using Your Camera 12 Using the image browse r Click o n the Browser button in the image preview window . The Image Br owser win- dow show n below will appea r . Y ou can use it to brow se the ph otos in your c amera. In th e Image Browser window , you can: Click the button to go to the prev ious photo.
Using Your Camera 13 Options Using the flash light Y our camera is eq uipped with a flash light. It is recommended that you u se the flash within the b e st working rang e as illustrated below . T u r ni ng on /o ff the flas h li ght Press the MODE button.
Using Your Camera 14 Press the SELECT button to select from the follo w ing. The one selected will flash. Now you are ready to take pictures . Note: If the ma c r o function is turned on, the flash light will be disable d. It takes about 11 seconds for the flash light to recha rge for the nex t shot.
Using Your Camera 15 Using the ma cro function If you need to sh oot objects at a very close distance (from 8 inches to 2 f eet), turn on the macro function before shooting. T o turn on, slide the Macro switch to the “m acro on” position. The MACRO indica- tor will be on.
Using Your Camera 16 View picture count er The pic ture counter provides 2 di s play mo des. Y ou c an view pi c ture counter by the number of pi ctures taken or by the num ber of photos allowe d in the remaining m e m- ory sp ac e.
Using Your Camera 17 Enabling self-timer The self-timer function allows you to let the camera ta ke pictures 10 seconds a fter the shutter is pressed. T o enable self-timer: Press the MODE button 3 tim e s. The self-time r icon will flash. After10 secon ds, the camera w ill take picture automa t ically .
Using Your Camera 18 The PC camera mode In PC ca mera mode, you can use Digita l Camera 300 as a mo tion image capturi ng device for your P C. Y ou can use it for video conferencing, ca pturing snapshots and so on. Using Digital Came ra 300 as a PC camera Refer to the illustration below to connect the camera to PC using the US B cable.
Using Your Camera 19 The PC Camera win dow will appear show ing the video. T aking snapshot s In th e PC Camera window , click the Sna pshot butto n. The image will be captured and a Snapshot Br owser window will appear showing the ca ptured image. If you want to capture multiple images, click the Snaps hot button several times.
Using Your Camera 20 Rotating video In the PC Camera windo w , click the Rotate button. The video will be rotated 90 degrees counte r-clockwise. This is conve nient for you to place th e camera in dif ferent angles and maintain the correct o rientation of vide o.
Using Your Camera 21 Video settings Vide o forma t Click the Video Format bu t ton in the PC C amera window . The following V ideo For- mat win dow will a ppear . Items Function/mean ing Resolution Click in the dr op-down listbox to select d i ffer ent reso lution for viewing in the PC Camera window .
Using Your Camera 22 Video sour ce Clic k th e Vide o So urc e bu tto n in t he PC Camera windo w . The following Video Source window will appear . Options in the Capture Sour ce tab This tab allo ws you to select a vid eo input source.
Using Your Camera 23 Options on the Device Settings tab On this tab, yo u can adjust the saturation, b r ightness, con trast and sharpness..., etc . of the image in PC mode. Drag the slide r of each item to adjust. Click Default button to reset the settings to d efault values.
Using Your Camera 24 Options in the Camera Controls tab On this tab, you are able to access other advanced video settings of your dig ital cam- era. Drag the slider of each item to adjust .
Using Your Camera 25 The video camera mode The vide o camera mode all ows you to capture mo t ion vide o and save it a s a video file. Note: Make sure the P resto! VideoW orks softwar e is installed.
Using Your Camera 26 Click Captur e and select Selec t image source in the su bmenu that appears. The Select Source di alogue box wil l appear . Click to highlight Acer DC300 V ideo Camera and click Se lect .
Using Your Camera 27 Click Captur e Video . The vide o capturing wind ow wil l appear on the center o f the screen. Click the icon to continue..
Using Your Camera 28 The fo llowing dialogue box will appear . Click in the Frame rate box to specify the number of frame ra te. The larger the num - ber of frame rate is set, the smoother the video is captured and p l ayed back. However , the file size also becom e s larger if you set high e r frame rate.
Using Your Camera 29 When ca pturing is in pr ogress, the status will appear on the bottom of the sc reen. The Capture wind ow will ap pear after video capturing is done. Y ou can click the b ut- ton to playba c k the vide o clip. Now you are rea dy to use VideoW orks to work on the vid eo clip (such as adding special ef fects to the clip.
Using the cradle 30 Using the cradle The cradle that comes with your digital camera a llows you to fix the camera on various surfaces for dif ferent applications. Installing the cradle Insert the screw on the cradle into cradle the installation hole on the bottom of the camera.
Using the cradle 31 Placing the camera on top of computer monitor Placing the camera on a notebook computer Pull the metal ring outward. Clip the c radle on the L CD screen of no t ebook comp uter .
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Troubleshooting Tips 33 T r oub leshooting Tip s The LCD panel r e mains blank when I press the POWER button and can't take picture s. Check th at the battery is correc tly inserted.
Troubleshooting Tips 34 In Windows 2000, when I unplug the camera from my computer while run- ning Acer Dgitia l Camera 300 dr iver , the computer freezes. Unplugging th e camera from your computer w hile running the Digital Ca mera 300 driver wil l cause the computer to bec ome unstable .
Service Informa tion 35 Service Informa t ion T echnical supp ort If you encountered problems using Digital Camera 300 and the ca mera driver program, please send an E-mail (containi ng detailed descriptions of t he problem you came upon, the hardware and software environment of your system) to the following addresses: USA: support-sc@apa.
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Acer DC 300 c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Acer DC 300 - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Acer DC 300, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Acer DC 300 va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Acer DC 300, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Acer DC 300.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Acer DC 300. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Acer DC 300 ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
