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ViviCam 38 Digital Camera
User Manual
© 2009-2011 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 2
Key Features............................................................................................................. 2
What‟s Included......................................................................................................... 2
Computer System Requirements for Windows ............................................................ 3
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh .......................................................... 3
A Quick Look at your Digital Camera .......................................................................... 4
Inserting Batteries ..................................................................................................... 4
Power On and Use Your Camera ............................................................................... 7
Mode Selection/Taking Photos................................................................................... 7
Installing the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software & Camera Driver .............. 16
Connect Your Camera to the Computer.................................................................... 17
Get Photos and Videos from Your Camera to Your Computer ................................... 18
Get Started! ............................................................................................................ 19
Sakar Warranty Card ............................................................................................... 20
Technical Support ................................................................................................... 21
Technical Specifications .......................................................................................... 21
Frequently Asked Questions .................................................................................... 22
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 38 Digital Camera. Everything you need to take quality digital photos and videos is included with your device. Please read this manual carefully
FIRST in order to get the most out of your digital camera.
Important Notice:
Please do not plug the camera into the USB port of your computer until you have installed the Vivitar Experience Image Manager software and the camera`s driver.
Plugging in your camera at this stage will cause the device to not be recognized by the computer and no images will be downloaded.
Key Features
Still Camera
–Holds Up to 120 Photos
1.5
” Preview Screen
Shoots Video Clips
8 MB Internal Memory
What’s Included
Digital Camera
Vivitar Experience software and driver Installation CD
USB cable
Wrist Strap
Quick Start Guide
Warranty Card
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Computer System Requirements for Windows
To be able to download photos and videos to your PC, you will need the following minimum configuration:
Microsoft® Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
Pentium ® 4 processor or above
512 MB RAM, with 250MB of free disk space
1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution
16-bit color or higher display adaptor
CD-ROM Drive
QuickTime® 6 or higher
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7 or higher
Windows Media Player 10 or higher
DirectX 9 or higher
Computer System Requirements for Macintosh
To be able to download photos and videos to your MAC your will need the following minimum configuration:
Macintosh with Intel Processor running Mac OS X v10.5.x or later
256 MB RAM, 250 MB free disk space
Display: 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor
QuickTime® 6 or higher
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A Quick Look at
your
Digital Camera
Inserting Batteries
Your camera requires three AAA batteries. Insert the batteries into the camera:
1. Open the cover of the battery compartment on the bottom of the camera.
2. Insert the batteries according to the polarities (+ and -) indicated on the inside of the battery cover
3. Close the battery cover.
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Important: Before installing the batteries make sure you are not near water and that your hands are dry.
WARNING: Opening the battery compartment and/or removing the batteries will
erase the photos currently stored in the camera. Download your photos as often as possible. Photos may be lost when the batteries run low.
A
“Low battery” message will appear on the “Preview” screen when your batteries are running low, in which case you will need to replace your camera‟s batteries. Please download any photos you have on the camera before opening the battery compartment.
Note: If you do not intend to use your camera for an extended period, remove the batteries to avoid battery leakage and corrosion.
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Battery Capacity Icons
An icon will appear on the top right corner of your Preview Screen, showing the amount of battery power available.
Once the battery indicator falls below 35% it is advisable to download the images to your computer as quickly as possible so as not to lose them.
Once the battery run low and the camera turns off, the images will be erased from the camera
‟s memory.
Removing the batteries and replacing them with new ones also erases the images from the camera
‟ memory.
more than
70% power
35%-70% power
5%-35% power less than
5% power
When the battery is running low, a
“low battery” message will appear on the Preview Screen and then automatically switch off. In this case you will need to replace the camera
‟s batteries before continuing to take photos.
Warning:
Do not remove the batteries before downloading the photos and videos from the camera. Doing so will erase everything in the camera‟s memory.
Note: We recommend downloading and saving your photos and videos often so as not to lose them if the battery power becomes too low.
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Power On and Use Your Camera
Note: In order to download the photos and videos captured with this camera you need to install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager software and camera specific driver for this device. See the “Install the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software” section of this manual to learn how to install the software before connecting the camera to your computer.
1. Press the Power/Menu button to start the camera.
2. The red LED ON indicator will light up and the color LCD panel will turn on to confirm that your camera is on and ready for use.
Mode Selection/Taking Photos
Note: In order to download the photos and videos captured with this camera you need to
install the Vivitar Experience Software and camera specific driver for this device.
Press the Power/Menu button to power on the camera.
When you start the camera for the first time, the default settings are:
PHOTO MODE
HIGH RESOLUTION -2 Megapixel- 1600x1280
Higher Photo Quality- Higher image quality but uses more memory
60 HZ- For North America, Central America and certain regions in South America
You can immediately start taking photos if you are happy with the default setting.
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Follow these instructions to change the camera settings:
LCD DISPLAY LAYOUT
The camera has 5 mode options on the Main Menu
:
Quality
Select
Delete
Image
To select the mode and to change the settings in each mode:
1. Press the Power/Menu button, the Main Menu screen appears.
2. Use the UP/Down buttons to toggle between the menu icons on the screen.
3. Use the Shutter button to toggle and select the different submenu features within each menu.
4. Press the Power/Menu button to save your choice.
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CAPTURE MODE
The capture mode setting options are:
Photo
Self-Timer
Video
Continuous 3 shot
Taking Photos
1. Power on the camera. The camera mode is selected by default. The camera icon appears on top left of the Preview Screen.
2. Press the Shutter button to take a photo. The number that appears at the bottom left corner of the screen indicates how many photos you can take at the current setting.
3. Press the UP/Flash button to activate the flash options - Auto or Forced on. Press again to turn the flash off.
Note: After a photo is captured the number of photos that can still be taken will appear for a short time on the bottom left corner of the screen.
Using the Self-timer
Include yourself in the picture by setting the camera to the Self-timer mode.
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Place the camera on a flat or strudy surface or attach the camera to a tripod via the tripod socket on the base of the camera.
1. Press the Power/Menu button once to enter the menu.
2. Press the Shutter button until the of the Preview Screen.
icon appears in the Capture mode icon area
3. Press the Power/Menu button again to save the choice and exit the menu.
4. The Self-timer icon now appears in the top left corner of the Preview Screen.
5. The camera is now ready to take a photo after a 10-second count down.
6. Press the Shutter button to start the countdown. The camera will emit a beep for every second. After 10 seconds the photo will be taken automatically.
Taking Videos
1. Press the Power/Menu button once to enter the menu.
2. Press the Shutter button until the of the Preview Screen.
icon appears in the Capture mode icon area
3. Press the Power/Menu button again to save the choice and exit the menu.
4. The Video icon now appears in the top left corner of the Preview Screen.
5. Press the Shutter button to start shooting the video and again to stop the video capture. The video is saved as an AVI file in the came ra‟s memory.
6. During video capture the recording elapsed time will appear on the bottom right corner of the Preview Screen.
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Taking 3 Continuous Shots
1. Press the Power/Menu button once to enter the menu.
2. Press the Shutter button until the area of Preview Screen.
icon appears in the Capture mode icon
3. Press the Power/Menu button again to save the choice and exit the menu.
4. The 3 Continuous Shots icon now appears in the top left corner of the Preview
Screen.
5. Press the Shutter button. The camera will now automatically take 3 continuous photos one after the other.
Reminder: Download your images often to your computer. If the battery power runs low, all the images on the camera will be erased from the memory.
PLAYBACK MODE
The Playback Mode enables you to preview the image files (JPEG/AVI) stored on your camera using the Preview Screen.
1. Press the Playback button to enter the Playback mode.
2. The Preview Screen will open and show the last photo or video file that was taken.
3. The sequence number and the total number of images currently stored appears on the bottom left of the Preview Screen.
4. Press the UP/DOWN buttons to go to the previous or the next image.
5. Press the Playback button again to exit the Playback mode.
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Video Playback
Video clips (AVI) appear with the icon on the top left corner of the LCD Preview Screen.
Press the Shutter button to play the video and press it again to pause.
When playing the video file, the elapsed time will appear on the bottom right corner of the Preview
Screen.
PHOT RESOLUTION AND QUALITY
Resolutions Selection
There are 3 photo resolutions to select from:
3.1M (2048 x 1536)
2.0M (1600 x 1280)
1.3M (1280 x 1024)
To Select the desired photo resolution:
1. Press the Power/Menu button once to enter the menu.
2. Press the UP/DOWN button to select the resolution setting icon.
3. Press the Shutter button to select the desired resolution: o
The icon with 3 stars means 3.1M (2048 x 1536)
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o
The icon with 2 stars means 2.0M (1600 x 1280) o
The icon with 1 star means 1.3M (1280 x 1024)
4. Press the Power/Menu button to save the setting and exit to the Photo mode.
Photo Quality Selection
There are 2 photo quality options to select from:
Higher quality - large file size, less photos stored in memory
Normal quality - smaller file size, more photos stored in memory
To select the desired quality setting:
1. Press the Power/Menu button once to enter the menu.
2. Press the UP/DOWN button to select the quality setting icon.
3. The icon means the current quality is higher quality.
4. To change to normal quality, press the Shutter button until the icon appears on the Preview Screen.
5. Press the Power/Menu button to save the setting and exit to the previous mode.
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Memory Usage Reference Table
Photo
Resolution
3.1M
Photo Quality
Higher Quality
Total Number of Photos
Available
12 photos
3.1M
2.0M
2.0M
1.3M
1.3M
Normal Quality
Higher Quality
Normal Quality
Higher Quality
Normal Quality
24 photos
15 photos
30 photos
43 photos
120 photos
FREQUENCY
The camera has 2 Electric Current Frequency settings:
60 Hz
–US, Canada
50 Hz
– UK, Europe
Set the camera for the correct frequency according to the electric current frequency in the area you are located:
1. Press the Power/Menu button once to enter the menu.
2. Press the UP/DOWN buttons to select the frequency setting icon.
3. If the icon appears this means the current frequency setting is 60Hz.
4. To change to 50Hz, press the Shutter button until the icon appears.
5. Press the Power/Menu button to save the setting and exit to the photo mode.
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Delete Photos & Videos
To Delete A Single File
1. Press the Playback button once to enter the Playback mode.
2. Press the UP/DOWN buttons to select the file to be deleted.
3. Press the Power/Menu button once for the delete selected file confirmation screen to appear.
4. Press the UP/DOWN buttons to select “Yes” or “No”.
5.
If „Yes‟, press the Shutter button to confirm the deletion. This will erase the selected file stored on the camera.
6.
If „No‟, the camera will revert to the main menu icons screen.
To Delete All images on the camera
1. Press the Power/Menu button once to enter the menu.
2. Press the UP/DOWN buttons to select the Delete All icon .
3. Press the Shutter button once for the delete confirmation screen to appear.
4. Press the UP/DOWN buttons to select
”Yes” or “No”.
5. If
„Yes‟, press the Shutter button to confirm the deletion. This will erase all the image files stored on the camera.
6. If
„No‟, the camera will revert to the main menu icons screen.
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Important: Please use the delete options with caution. The delete process is irreversible and the files will be erased without recovery.
Turning Off The Camera
Press the Power button to switch the camera off.
Energy Save Mode:
To conserve battery power, if the camera is not in use for 60 seconds, it will automatically switch off.
Installing the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software &
Camera Driver
Warning: Do not plug your camera into the computer until the Vivitar Experience
Image Manager Software installation is complete.
1. Insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The Vivitar Experience Image
Manager will begin to install the camera driver and software.
2. Please review the license terms.
On PC and Macintosh: Click the “I accept the terms of this license agreement” and then click “Next” to continue.
3. O n PC only: Let the “Vivitar Experience Image Manager” installer create the folder to where the program will be installed, and then click “Install”.
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4. Please wait while the application continues the installation process on your computer.
5. Follow all instructions.
6.
On PC: Click the “Close” button when the installation is complete.
The application automatically opens.
7.
On Macintosh: Click the “Quit” button when the installation is complete.
8.
Click the “Launch” button to open the application.
9. If you closed the application, click on the Vivitar Experience Image Manager desktop icon or run and open the application from the Start\Programs or Applications menu on your computer.
Connect Your Camera to the Computer
1. Use the USB cable that came with your camera to connect your camera to your computer.
2. Plug the one end of the USB cable into the USB slot on the side of the camera and plug the other end into an available USB port on your computer.
3. Your camera will automatically turn on.
4. On a Windows PC the first time you connect the device to the computer you will have to wait a few moments until the computer recognizes the device.
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Get Photos and Videos from Your Camera to Your Computer
Do not disconnect the cable during transfer. Doing so will cancel the transfer of any files on their way to your computer.
1.
Select the “Get Images” button from the Main menu.
2.
The “Get media from device” window opens.
3. Both photos and videos (if you have captured any) will get downloaded.
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4. Select your camera model from the device window. If your camera is the only device connected then it will be selected automatically.
5. Select a location on the computer where to place the new photo and video files.
6. Add the new photo and video files to albums if desired.
7. Select to remove the media files from the selected device after the import.
8.
Click the “Get Media” button to transfer the photos and videos from your camera to your computer.
9. A media download progress window appears in the middle of the screen showing the number of media files downloading to your computer. A message appears when the download is complete.
10. The photo and video files that you selected are now downloaded to your computer to the selected folder and albums ready for your use.
Get Started!
Using the Vivitar Experience Image Manager application you can:
Get photos and videos from your camera
Manage and organize your images by creating albums
Edit the images using automatic and manual tools
Easily transfer photos and videos between social networks and your computer
Use autom atic “Geotagging” with built in Google Maps and more…
For more details on how to use the Vivitar Experience Image Manager, open the Help file or
click the “Take a Tour” button on the application`s Home page.
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Sakar Warranty Card
This warranty covers for the original consumer purchaser only and is not transferable. Products that fail to function properly UNDER NORMAL USAGE, due to defects in material or workmanship will be repaired at no charge for parts or labor for a period of one year.
What Is Not Covered By Warranty:
Damages or malfunctions not resulting from defects in material or workmanship and damages or malfunctions from other than normal use, including but not limited to, repair by unauthorized parties, tampering, modification or accident.
What To Do When Service Is Required:
When returning your defective product (postage pre-paid) for service, your package should include:
1)
2)
3)
Copy of original bill of sale
A detailed written description of the problem.
Your return address and telephone number (Daytime)
MAIL TO ADDRESS BELOW:
Sakar US
Sakar International
Attention: Service Department
195 Carter Drive
Edison, NJ 08817
Sakar UK/Europe
Attention: Service Department
2D, Siskin Parkway East
4020 Middlemarch Business
Park
Coventry, CV3 4PE
Sakar Australia
Return faulty camera to the Refund Counter at the store where purchased
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Technical Support
For technical support issues please visit our website at www.vivitar.com. You can find manuals, software and FAQ‟s at the website. Can‟t find what you are looking for? E-mail us at
[email protected] and one of our technical support team members will answer your questions.
For phone support in the US please call 1-800-592-9541, in the UK call 0800 917 4831, in Australia call 1800-006-614. If you would like to call from anywhere else, please visit www.vivitar.com for your local toll free number.
Technical Specifications
Image Resolution
File Format
Memory
Storage capability
3.1M (2048 x 1536), 2.0M (1600 x 1280),1.3M
(1280 x 1024)
JPEG/AVI
8MB SDRAM
Resolution
Higher
Quality
Normal
Quality
(2048 x 1536) 12 24
(1600 x 1280) 15 30
Interface
Power Supply
Operating Systems
(1280 x 1024) 43
USB1.1
3AAA Battery or USB cable
Windows XP SP3,Vista SP1, 7
Mac X 10.5.x (or higher)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I have taken photos, but my computer says "No photos in camera." What do I do?
First, ensure that you have taken photos with your camera. Press the shutter button a few times to take some sample photos and try again. If you still get a no photos error, this indicates that the driver was not installed correctly or your computer may not meet the minimum system requirements (see the Computer System Requirements section of this manual).
Reinstall the software and follow all the instruction.
Q: How do I make sure I don't lose important pictures?
Your camera uses SDRAM memory, which requires a constant electric current to store your photos.
Should your camera lose power (for instance if the battery dies or run out of power) all stored pictures will be lost. We recommend always downloading your photos to your computer as soon as possible to prevent unintentional data loss.
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Table of contents
- 3 Introduction
- 3 Key Features
- 3 What‟s Included
- 4 Computer System Requirements for Windows
- 4 Computer System Requirements for Macintosh
- 5 A Quick Look at your Digital Camera
- 5 Inserting Batteries
- 8 Power On and Use Your Camera
- 8 Mode Selection/Taking Photos
- 17 Installing the Vivitar Experience Image Manager Software & Camera Driver
- 18 Connect Your Camera to the Computer
- 19 Get Photos and Videos from Your Camera to Your Computer
- 20 Get Started!
- 21 Sakar Warranty Card
- 22 Technical Support
- 22 Technical Specifications
- 23 Frequently Asked Questions