Vivitar ViviCam 3355 Digital Camera
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1. 3 ViviCam 3355 Features 3 1 Buttons and Controls Power LED Shutter View finder Power on off LCD panel 00000 ELITI 600000 SOVOOSTD SD card Slot Mode Battery Compartment Select Shutter Flash Light Self Timer LED View finder Lens USB Connector 3 2 Status and Information LCD 7 Delete single image 11 Movie Mode 10 Battery Indicator 12 Self timer 9 SD Card Indicato Flash Mode 6 Delete all images 5 High Image Resolution 1 Image Counter 4 Low Image Resolution 2 USB Connection 3 Image Resolution Mode 1 Image Counter m G05 The number of images and movie clips you have captured Note When the counter indicates SEL you are in a feature selection mode 2 USB Connection m gt Indicates that the camera is connected to a PC by USB Note When the camera is connected to your PC in the mass storage mode for downloading images the Image Counter will indicate Sto for Storage mode 3 Image Resolution Mode E Indicating you are now able to set the still image resolution 4 Low Image Resolution is currently selected m L 640 x 480 pixel resolution for still images 5 High Image Resolution is currently selected m Hi 1280x 1024 pixel resolution for still images default setting 6 Multiple Image Delete E Delete all images and movie clips 7 Image Delete m W Deletea single image or movie clip 8 Flash Mode a2. computer Step 3 Downloading images and video clips 6 1 Connecting V3355 to PC Connect the USB cable to the computer s USB port and the USB connector of the V3355 1 Connect one end of the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer 2 Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB connector on the camera 3 Turn the camera on Your computers operating system will recognize the camera Lens USB Connector Computer s USB port USB Cable aes EO ON pe p p Fa my i iiss ae me Se USE Cable Pg tA s V3355 Computer ean ae 6 2 Finding your Images 1 From the Windows desktop double click on My Computer 2 Look for a new removable disk icon This removable disk is actually the memory or memory card in your camera Typically the camera will be assigned drive letter e or higher 3 Double click on the removable disk and locate the DCIM folder 4 Double click on the DCIM folder to open it to find more folders such as 100image 5 Your recorded images and video clips will be inside these folders 6 Copy amp Paste or Drag N Drop image and video files to a folder on your computer Mac users double click the unlabeled disk drive icon on our desktop iPhoto may automatically launch The volume label will vary depending upon whether you use internal camera memory or a memory card 6 3 Transferring downloading your Images When the camera is turned on and
3. Vivitar ViviCam 3355 INDEX General Precautions Introduction Features of the ViviCam 3355 Capturing Images Installing the driver and application Software Transferring Images To Your Computer Using The V3355 as a PC Web Camera Inserting a Memory Card Ne E ee eee FCC STATEMENT This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital devices pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures m Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and
4. choice of resolution is 640 x 480 This is called VGA resolution and is symbolized as Lo on the information display Hi resolution images are the best possible images from your camera Lo resolution images are noticeably smaller when you view them on your computer Lo resolution is not recommended for individual digital images The primary advantage to Lo resolution however is that you may store more images than Hi resolution m Press the button and look for the resolution icon amp E Press the SET button LO appears The camera is now set to low image resolution 640 x 480 pixels Repeat these steps to return to high resolution E The default camera resolution setting is high image resolution 1280 x 1024 pixels 4 5 Capturing a Movie mM Press the button Look for the movie icon W E Press the SET button once to begin capturing a movie clip m Press the Shutter button to stop capturing a movie 4 6 Deleting Images 1 Delete all images and Movie clips m Press the button Look for the delete all icon E Press the SET button twice to confirm the deletion of all images E The image counter will reset to 000 2 Delete the last image or movie clip m Press the button Look for the delete last icon amp E Press the SET button to confirm the deletion of the last image m The image counter will decrement by one e g 012 O11 4 7 Using the Flash Under low light conditions you may wi
5. clips Every image must be electronically compressed squeezed so that a reasonable number of images may be stored in the available memory If you compress your images more you can store more images However when images are compressed they loose quality Too much compression reduces the visual quality of your digital images The ViviCam 3355 has two compression settings High compression symbolized by HT results in highly compressed images The camera can store twice the number of images using High cell compression Low compression symbolized by t 4 will offer better images The default camera setting is high image quality To change to low image quality m Press the button until SEL appears Mm Press the SET button to enter select mode E Press the button until H appears The default setting is high image quality 10 m Press the button select to L4 Image quality is now set to low m Press the button until 3 appears E Press the SET button to confirm and exit the selection mode 4 9 PC Web Camera mode Press the button until SEL appears Press the SET button to enter select mode Press the button until Sto appears Press the SET button until PLE appears Connect the USB cable to both camera and PC Start your favorite video application Note All Windows users must install the PC Web camera driver before connecting the Vivicam 3355 in PC Camera mode for the very first time 4 10 Selecti
6. connected to your computer it is considered to be a disk drive just like a floppy disk or CD You can download transfer images by copying them from the removable disk untitled disk on a Macintosh to your computer hard driver as described in the prior section For Computers Running Windows Open the removable disk and subsequent folders by double clicking on them Double click on the folder Your images are inside these folder s Select the images that you want then choose Copy from the Edit menu Open the destination location folder and choose Paste from the Edit menu You may also drag and drop image files from the camera to a desired location For Computers Running Mac OS and Desktop LX Open the untitled disk window and the hard disk or the destination location Drag and drop from the camera disk to the desired destination folder ay bg Note Memory card users may prefer to use a memory card reader highly recommended Memory card readers offer advantages in terms of convenience speed and cost savings While connected to your computer the batteries in your camera will be continue to be used A card reader which has no batteries and uses USB power from your computer will save considerably on batteries 7 Using V3355 as a PC Camera You can connect V3355 to your computer and use it as a PC camera All Windows users 98SE Me 200 and XP must first install the USB driver befor
7. e using the PC web camera feature The PC Web camera feature is only available on Windows based PCs E Set your V3355 to PC camera mode Refer to section 4 9 E Make sure that PEE appears on the LCD before connecting the USB cable E Connect USB cable to V3355 and to your computer s USB port E Double click the V3355 folder on your computer Start Programs V3355 PCCam E Double click the PCCam7 icon to activate the PC camera for video capture 8 Inserting a Memory Card To use a memory card you must first examne the card to make sure itis unlocked There is usually a small sliding tab on the edge of an SD memory card Make sure the card is unlocked Insert the unlocked memory card into the slot on the side of the camera pins first The colorful manufacturers label of the memory card should face the back of the camera The card will insert easily The card will not insert if it is upside down Push the card fully into the card slot and it will engage with a distinct click To remove the memory card press lightly on the card push it slightly further into the slot and there will be a distinct click as the card 1s ejected 1 Oe
8. kaging then click Next and follow the setup procedures InstallShield Wizard 5 The Ulead Photo Express 4 0 SE installation is complete Setup Complete Setup has finished installing Ulead Photo Express 4 0 5E on Your CoMmpuber d hi i N A a M a Click Finish to complete Setup b 1 Click Finish to finish installation 13 5 3 Read User Manual Click the User Manual to read the user manual Vivitar Vivicam3355 Digital Camera Install PC Camera Drives ead Photo EPxpress 4 1 SE For User manual updates refer to the Vivitar website at www vivitar com 16 6 Transferring Images To Your Computer You can share recorded images and video clips with your family or friends via e mail or post them on the Web Before doing those things you need to connect the camera to your computer by using the USB cable and then transfer the images and video clips The Vivicam 3355 is a Mass Storage Device MSD Windows Me 2000 and XP users can transfer images by simply connecting the camera and your computer with a USB cable without driver installation Windows 98 users must install the USB driver before connecting the cmaera to their PC for thefirst time To transfer images and video clips from the camera to your computer follow the steps below Step 1 Install the USB driver only for Windows 98 as described in the previous section Step 2 Connecting the camera to your
9. matically turn off if inactive after about 30 seconds when batteries are fully charged If the batteries are low the camera will power off in less than 30 seconds 4 2 Capturing Images E Press the Shutter button to capture an image The camera will beep E The LCD panel will increment by one after an image has been captured Uc Number of images or movie clips you have captured so far FUL When the memory is full you will see FUL 4 3 Self Timer If you would like to get into the image you may use the self timer feature to delay image capture by ten 10 seconds Place the camera on a tripod or a flat stabile surface Turn on the camera Press the Menu button until the icon appears in the upper left hand corner side of the information display m Press the button and look for the self timer icon mM Press the SET button to start the self timer E The self timer LED will blink and the camera will beep for 10 seconds E After ten seconds the camera will capture the image E The camera will exit the self timer mode after each self timed image 4 4 Selecting the Image Resolution Resolution is the size of a digital image measured in pixels dots expressed as the number of horizontal pixels x number of vertical pixels The ViviCam 3355 offers two resolution modes The highest best resolution is 1280 x 1024 This is called XGA resolution and is symbolized as Hi on the information display The second
10. nd Memory o Internal Memory 8MB SD RAM approximately 5 MB buffer memory and 3 MB image storage memory o Removable memory Secure Digital SD memory cards up to 128 MB optional Flash Modes Automatic On Fill Off Self timer 10 seconds Power 2 AA Alkaline batteries Interface USB mass storage device Power Management Automatically turns camera off if inactive for about 30 seconds Note Due to the rapidly changing world of digital imaging technology these specifications are subject to changed without notice 2 2 Product Components and Accessories Carefully unpack your ViviCam 33555 and ensure that you have the following items 1 Digital Camera 2 USB cable 3 Camera hand strap 4 2 AA Batteries 5 User Manual 6 CD ROM with PC camera driver and application software Note The components and accessories that come with your ViviCam 3355 may be different from those described in this manual This is due to the fact that different retailers often specify slightly different product inclusions and accessories to suit their market requirements customer demographics and geographical preferences Products very often vary between retailers especially with accessories such as batteries memory cards cables carrying cases pouches and language support Occasionally a retailer will specify a unique product color appearance and internal memory capacity Contact your dealer for precise product definition and included accessories
11. nd Status Indicator m Blinking Indicates that the flash capacitor is charging m On The flash is charged and ready 9 SD Card Indicator bal On when an SD card has been inserted E Off An SD card is not present Internal memory will be used Note Like most digital cameras the Vivicam 3355 has a memory card preference Whenever a memory card is present in the camera the memory card will be used in preference to internal memory 10 Battery Indicator m FA Two segments the batteries are good One segment the batteries are OK m FA Blinking the batteries are low Replace them immediately 11 Movie Mode E The camera is set to movie mode ready to capture short movie clips Note In the movie mode the resolution will always be 320 x 240 and the quality compression is not selectable as it 1s defined by the video codec 12 Self Timer E Self timer mode 3 3 Camera Function Selection m Press the Button to select the desired function The function icons will display on the status information LCD panel Press the SET button to confirm a selection m AS you press the Button the Function icons will be presented as follows ey DM Sh DJ SEL Ao O O 4 Capturing Images 4 1 Turning the Camera On and Off E Power On Press the button The camera will beep and the power LED illuminates E Power Off Press the button again and camera will beep and turn off The camera will auto
12. ng the Lighting Frequency When capturing images or movie clips under indoor lighting the image quality will be best if you set the camera to match the frequency of the room lighting In generally 60Hz frequency is used in United States and Asia 50Hz is most common in UK Japan and Europe To avoid flickering when capturing images with indoor lighting select the appropriate frequency as follows Press the button until SEL appears Press the SET button to enter select mode Press the button until 58 appears The default setting is 50Hz Press the SET button select to b The camera is now set to 60Hz Press the button until 3 appears Press the SET button to confirm and exit the selection mode ry i ee 5 Installing the V3355 PC Camera driver and U Lead Photo Express 5 1 Computer System Requirements Please check your PC system requirements before installing the software 1 2 Windows 98SE ME 2000 or XP Pentium 400 MHz CPU or higher CD ROM drive Available USB port Windows XP users with USB 2 0 should first install Service Pack 1 ActiveX version 9 is recommended 5 2 Installation on Windows 98 SE ME 2000 and XP l 2 Turn on your computer Insert the V3355 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive The CD ROM will run automatically The following welcome screen will appear Vivitar Vivicam3355 Digital Camera Install PC Camera Drives ead Photo Expres Click the Install PC Camera D
13. receiver m Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected m Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Use of shielded cables is required to comply with Class B limits in Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC rules Do not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless otherwise specified in the manual If such changes or modifications should be made you could be required to stop operation of the equipment 1 General Precautions and Warnings Following these guidelines when using your V3355 Protect your camera away from the following High temperatures and excessive humidity Direct sunlight or other heat sources Dust Excessive vibration Do not use camera outdoors if it is raining or snowing If the lens or the viewfinder becomes dirty clean them with a lens brush or soft clean cloth Avoid touching the lens with your fingers If water or a foreign substance should get in the camera turn the camera off immediately and remove the batteries Do not open the camera case or attempt your own repairs High voltage internal components may create risk of electrical shock or fire Do not open the battery compartment when the camera power is on Transfer important images to your computer as soon as possible to avoid losing image data Note Images and movie clips can be stored and retained in camera memory only as long as a battery is p
14. resent and in good condition If the battery goes dead or is removed your images and movie clips will be lost Make sure to download your images as soon as possible Remove the batteries if the camera will not be used for an extended period of time The batteries may leak and soil the battery compartment If the batteries leak clean and wipe the battery compartment carefully and install new batteries Wash your hands carefully if you touch the battery fluid WARNING Handling the USB and AV cables on this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm Wash hands after handling For drivers revisions to this manual and manuals in other languages please updates refer to our website TRADEMARK INFORMATION Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Other names and products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owner 2 V3355 Introduction 2 1 Specifications Resolution Digital Still Images o 1280 x 1024 pixels o 640 x 480 pixels Movie clips o 320 x 240 pixels PC Camera mode o 640 x 480 pixels o 320 x 240 pixels o 160 X 120 pixels Still Image Quality compression selections High and Low quality Range of Focus 3 feet to infinity from camera 24 bit full color File formats o Still images JPG o Movie clips AVI without sou
15. river 12 3 Your computer will display as follows insili Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wiad for W319 The Iretsl Sei Wiz fall raal Yim on yar campul Tocontiram chek Hel Click Next and follow setup procedure 4 The PC camera software installation is complete InstallShield Wizard Complete The mid Ehel yi ead hes suceesshullp insislled Y J352 aiya VOL Car Lee Ihe piaraan you met redat youl computer C Hol ell nechert my comper laler Remora ery dicks from hal dires snd hen chk Fine bo compla 2etun 7 Em Click Finish to finish installation 5 Open the folder V3355 on the desktop to access the PCCam lt 13 5 2 Installation of Ulead Photo Express 4 0 SE Windows 98 SE ME 2000 XP 1 Click the Install Ulead Photo Express 4 0 SE Vivitar Digital Camera Vivicams355 Install P Camera Driver 2 Your computer will display as follows To display the list of languages available click on the down arrow and highlight your selection Click OK to continue 3 The installation will display as follows InstallShield Wizard Welcome bo jend Phobo Express 4 0 SE Setup Thig piagam val inaa Ulead Photo Express 4056 on our comter Ibis snore i recommended ihal pou erk all Weirde proglame befions nnniag tis Setuo payan Click Next and follow the setup procedures _14 4 If requested enter the serial number provided in the pac
16. sh to use the integral three mode flash strobe The flash will perform best when your subject is six to eight feet from the camera Try the flash several times at different ranges to become accustomed to its capabilities Fill flash is a mode where the flash will alwasy fire even if there is anple lighting This is good for conditions of high contrast or deep shadows 1 Flash Off Press the button until SEL appears You are in Selection mode Press the SET button until Sof appears Press the button until 5 appears Press the SET button to confirm your selection and exit 2 Automatic Flash Press the button until SEL appears You are in Selection mode Press the SET button until SH appears Press the button until 5 appears Press the SET button to confirm your selection and exit 3 Flash On Fill flash Press the button until SEL appears You are in Selection mode Press the SET button until Sn appears Press the button until ESk appears Press the SET button to confirm your selection and exit When capturing images with the flash the icon on the LCD panel will blink while the flash recharges in preparation for the next flash shot When full charged the flash icon will display without flashing 4 8 Selecting the Image Quality Image compression is a technique that allows digital images to be stored efficiently in the cameras memory The camera has 3 MB of internal built in memory space for images and movie
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