Megxon TX4000 User Manual

Welcome
This camera is a high-quality yet affordable digital camera that allows you to
create, edit, share and send photos to friends and family.
It is not just a digital camera. It also lets you record short segments of video.
This easy-to-follow manual shows you how to use your new camera and install
all the software that is included in the Digital Camera CD. You’ll find clear
instructions on how to take pictures and record video. Guidelines on how to use
the software to transfer photos and video clips from the camera into your
computer are also provided.
Whether you want to send snapshots or short video clips via mails, create
exciting photo projects, produce movies, it gives you all the tools that you need.
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Contents
Know Your Camera ................................................................................................................ 3
Camera Controls .................................................................................................................... 3
Digital Interface Compartment ................................................................................................. 5
Preparing Your Camera .......................................................................................................... 6
Start Using Your Camera ........................................................................................................ 6
Formatting the SD Card .......................................................................................................... 7
Shooting Photos ...................................................................................................................... 7
Choosing Photo Resolution .................................................................................................... 8
Taking Close-ups, Portrait and Distant Pictures ...................................................................... 8
Previewing Photos ................................................................................................................. 9
Viewing Photos ...................................................................................................................... 9
Creating Slide Shows for your photos .................................................................................... 9
Deleting Photos ..................................................................................................................... 10
Camea Settings .................................................................................................................... 11
Printing Photos ...................................................................................................................... 12
Hooking Up to Your Computer .............................................................................................. 13
Hooking Up to Your TV/VCR ................................................................................................ 13
Recording Video ................................................................................................................... 14
Installing Software ................................................................................................................. 15
Downloading photos ............................................................................................................. 16
Appendix: Camera Specifications ........................................................................................ 17
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Know Your Camera
This is not your traditional camera. This
is a “digital camera”. A digital camera
allows you to take pictures without the
use of film.
Eliminate developing costs by
downloading the photos to your PC. You
can send your photos via email, upload
them to your web site.
Now, familiarize yourself with the camera
controls.
Camera Controls
Top of Digital Camera
Power
- Press the Power
button for one second to turn the
digital camera on and off. You will then
hear two beep sounds to remind you
the camera is on.
Playback / Still Capture / Video
Mode Switch - Switch between
Playback , Still Capture and Video
lets you
modes. Playback mode
view the photos or videos you have
taken on the LCD Display and erase
unwanted photos or videos; Still Capure
and Video modes
allow you
to take photos as well as record videos
with this camera.
Shutter Release - Press the Shutter
Release button to take the picture and
record videos. Press the Shutter button
half-way to lock in the auto focus.
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Front of Digital Camera
Viewfinder Window - The Viewfinder
window allows you to center on the
subject or scene you want to
photograph.
Self Timer LED - This LED will be on
when you select Self Timer Mode and
the 10-seconds countdown begins after
you press the Shutter Release button.
Flash - This is the camera flash. The
Flash has four settings: Auto, Force,
Off and Red Eye Reduction.
Lens - Auto Focus is activated when
camera is turned on and allows you to
take potrait and scenery. Adjust your
lens focus in Capture Menu to select
Macro Focus mode to shoot close-up
pictures.
Back of Digital Camera
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LCD Display - The LCD Display
(Liquid Crystal Display) is one way
used to view the photos you have
taken; indicate camera settings as
well as access the menu and info
options.
Power / Status LED - Turns green
when the camera is ready to take
pictures, while it becomes red when
battery is running low. And If camera
cannot detect SD Card inserted, it
starts blinking in orange.
Viewfinder - Look through the
Viewfinder to view the real life subject
you want to photograph.
LCD Display button
- Press
to turn On/Off the LCD display.
Note: It will be automatically shut off if
no operation in 30 seconds to save your
battery power.
Digital Zoom
- The camera
provides four times magnification
beyond the optical zoom. Press the
LCD Display button to activate Playback
mode and use the LCD display to frame
your subject. And press zoom button
once to magnify your object.
It does not function when you select 3M
and 4M Scale up for your photo quality.
Up & Down buttons
/
Flash button - Press Up and Down
buttons move up or down in the
camera menu. When in Playback
mode, press
to browse the
photos you have in the memory.
Menu / OK - Press this button to
open the camera menu on the LCD.
Press OK to select a menu option or
setting or reply to a screen message.
Icons indicated in LCD
Display
No Flash
Force Flash
Red Eye Reduction
Self-timer
Self-timer On
Camera Modes
Compensation (EV)
Playback Mode
White Balance (WB)
Still Capture Mode
Zoom
Video Mode
Camera Lens modes
Macro mode
Battery power level
Full battery power
Medium battery power
Low battery power
Photo quality
1M
1x Digital zoom
2x Digital zoom
3x Digital zoom
4x Digital zoom
Picture Counter (on the left side)
Number of remaining shots
(Still Capture mode)
Number of stored photos (Playback mode)
Number of Remaining seconds (Video mode)
2M
3M
4M
TV/VCR output
NTSC / PAL
Flash setting
Auto Flash
Digital Interface
Compartment
Located on the left side of the camera are
the three ports for attaching the following
cables: Video Output, DC Power Adapter,
and USB. These ports will enable you to
attach the appropriate cables from the
camera to your computer, TV/VCR, and
AC power.
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• Step 2 Open the memory compartment
cover located at the right side of your
camera and insert the SD memory card.
When inserting, hold the memory card so
that its pin connector is pointing towards
the camera. Also, the back side of the
memory card should be facing the back
side of the camera.
USB Connection - used to connect
your camera to the computer through
the USB port. You can then transfer
photos and recorded videos from the
camera to your computer.
Video Output - used to hook your
camera to a TV/VCR for viewing
images taken with your camera.
DC Power Adapter - use an AC
outlet for power to unload or view
images, saving your batteries for
future use.
Preparing Your Camera
• Step 1 Insert the four AA batteries into the
battery compartment located at the right
side of your digital camera. When closing
the battery door, push the battery door
down and then slide it closed.
Then, push the memory card all the way
into the memory compartment and close
the cover.
Note: 1. This camera comes with built-in
8Mbyte internal NAND Flash memory.
You don’t necessarily add extra memory.
2. To remove the SD card, push the SD
card once and the card will be ejected
from the memory compartment.
• Step 3 Attach the wrist strap to the strap
holder at the side of the camera.
Start Using Your Camera
• Step 1 Press the Power
button to turn
on the camera. A green light just beside
the Viewfinder then lights up.
• Step 2 The LCD Display will be turned on
automatically.
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Formatting the SD Card
Wait for the formatting process to finish.
It is best to format your SD memory card
before using it to store pictures.
• Step 6 After the memory card has been
formatted, all the pictures in the memory
card will be deleted. And there is a
message appeared: No pictures in
memory.
• Step 1 First switch to Playback mode
and press OK Button to bring up the
Playback menu.
to move down to the
• Step 2 Press
Format Storage option.
Switch to Still Capture mode. You can
now begin taking pictures.
Shooting Photos
Taking pictures with your digital camera is
a snap. Just point and shoot!
• Step 1 Make sure that the camera is
turned on.
• Step 3 Press OK.
• Step 4 The message “Format the
storage?” then appears.
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To format the SD card, press
select Yes on the screen and then press
the OK button. You will hear a ring
sound when you press it.
If you do not want to continue with
formatting the memory card, select
Cancel on the screen and then press
the OK button.
• Step 5 The camera then begins
formatting the memory card.
• Step 2 Use the LCD display or the
Viewfinder to frame the subject you want
to photograph.
• Step 3 Press the Shutter Release
button half-way to lock in the Auto Focus
When focusing, the Power / Status LED
turns red.
• Step 4 After the object is focused,
Power / Status LED glows green. Press
the Shutter button completely down to
take the picture.
The picture will remain on the display and
LCD will display “Processing” until it is
stored in the memory. Now LCD Display
will resume, you may focus your next
target to take the next picture.
Tip: Unlike a traditional camera, if you
move the camera your image will not be
blurred at this time.
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Choosing Photo
Resolution
Photo resolution deals with the size of the
picture. One of the features available in this
camera is the ability to adjust the photo
output quality. You can select the specific
quality you need, by choosing the Qualtiy
option in Capture Mode.
Taking Close-ups,
Portrait and Distant
Pictures
The lens at the front of the digital camera
can be adjusted for taking close-up
pictures as well as people portrait and
distant pictures.
To take close-up pictures:
• Step 1 Change the Mode Switch to Still
Capture Mode.
• Step 2 Press the Menu button to bring
up the Capture Menu.
There are 4 levels of qualities to choose
from: 1M, 2M, 3M and 4M . The
default resolution is 2M.
to Select Macro
• Step 3 Press
Focus from the menu:
The chosen quality will determine the
resulting picture size and the number of
picture counts that can be stored in the
8MB memory of the camera. (See Table
below)
Quality
Icons Picture Count
1M
2M
3M
25
15
10
4M
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• Step 4 Press Menu/OK button to select
On from the submenu options to activate
Macro Focus mode.
• Step 5 To take pictures, follow the steps
in the section, “Shooting Photos” on
page 7.
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Previewing Photos
After photo is taken, this camera allows
you to have a quick look at it and see if
you are satisified with the result. First
you need to go to Capture menu, choose
Quick View.
• Step 4 View the pictures one at a time
on the LCD Display. Press
to
move backward and forward through
the pictures.
Creating Slide Shows for
your photos
After you have taken a serial of wonderful
pictures for your families or friends, you’ve
got a another option to show them to them
besides printing them out. Just make your
own slide shows with the photos stored in
your memory. Here is how:
After you have pressed the shutter
release, a confirmation menu appeared:
"Press OK to Delete This? " Press OK
button to erase the current picture if you do
not like it within 2 seconds.
Now that you must have taken many of
photos, they are stored in camera
memory, let’s view them.
Viewing Photos
• Step 1 Switch to Playback mode.
• Step 1 Select Slide Show from the
selection menu.
• Step 3 Press the OK button.
• Step 4 Use the buttons to select how long
each picture is displayed on the LCD: 2,
4, 6, 8 and 10 seconds.
• Step 1 Turn on your camera.
• Step 2 After two beep sounds, the LCD
Display will be also turned on
automatically.
• Step 3 Turn the Mode Switch to
Playback Mode.
• Step 5 Press OK button to start creating
your own slide shows.
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Deleting Photos
You can choose to delete a single photo or
all the photos previously taken with the
digital camera.
Deleting a Single Photo
If you are not satisfied with some pictures,
you may delete them from the memory.
• Step 1 Make sure that the camera is
turned on.
• Step 2 Switch the camera to Playback
mode.
to move
• Step 3 Press
backward and forward through the
pictures.
Tip: When selecting pictures to delete,
it is best to use the power adapter with
your camera. Reserve the use of your
batteries for taking pictures.
• Step 4 When you see a picture that you
want to delete, press the Menu/OK
button.
• Step 6 Press the OK button to erase the
current picture.
If you change your mind and do not
want to erase the current picture, press
to select the Cancel option on the
menu screen, and then press the OK
button. The menu closes and the current
picture remains undeleted.
• Step 7 To continue taking pictures,
switch camera back to Still Capture
mode.
Deleting All Photos
You may also choose to delete all of the
photos if the memory is already full and
you want to free up the space to take
more photos. But before you remove all
photos, remember to transfer them first to
your computer.
• Step 1 Switch the camera to Playback
mode.
• Step 2 Press the Menu/OK button to go
to the Capture mode menu options.
to move down to the
• Step 3 Press
Erase All option.
• Step 5 Playback menu options then
appears. Press
to have Erase One
option highlighted.
• Step 4 Press the OK button.
• Step 5 When you see the message,
“Delete All Images?”, press to select
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Yes on the screen and then press the OK
button to erase all of your pictures.
If you change your mind and do not want
to continue deleting all the pictures, press
or
to select Cancel on the menu
screen. Then press the OK button. All
your pictures will be retained.
After the Date & Time Setup screen is
displayed, press
button to adjust
the date and time fields. And press OK
to confirm the above settings you adjust.
• Step 6 After all the pictures have been
deleted, there is a message appeared: No
pictures in memory.
Switch the camera to Still Capture mode to
take more photos.
• TV Mode - Choose the TV standard
NTSC / PAL that you use in your
country for the video you record.
Camea Settings
NTSC - Used in most countries except
Europe. USA and Japan use NTSC.
Using the default camera settings,
sometimes, the picture quality may not
come out the way you want it. Different
lighting environments usually produce
different results. To come up an ideal output
quality of your pictures, adjust the camera
settings to suit your needs.
Adjusting Personal Settings
This section shows you how to change the
camera settings according to your
prefereces with the following options before
start taking photos:
PAL - used in European countries and
Mainland China.
• Language - Let you to choose English
for your Camera menu.
• Sound - Select to have the beep sound
whenever you press the buttons of the
camera.
Customize Your Own Photo
Settings
The camera settings in Capture menu allow
you to customize your camera for more
control of your picture results.
• Step 1 Switch the camera to Capture
mode.
• Step 2 Press Menu button to bring up the
Capture menu screen.
• Date & Time - Choose the format of
date and time for the photos you takes.
• Step 3 The Camera menu then appears
on the LCD display.
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The Camera menu lists the followings:
Printing Photos
• Flash Mode - There are four different
options availablet: Auto, On, Off and Red
Eye Reduction. Select Red Eye
Reduction to remove the “red eye”
created by camera flashes in your photo.
By selecting DPOF option in Playback
Menu, camera can directly send your
selected photo to the compatible printers
that read DPOF (Digital Print Order
Format).
• EV (Compensation) - Sets the exposure
setting to control the brightness of
photos. Choose a positive value to
have brighter photos, or a negative
value to have darker photos.
• Step 1 First of all, press
button
until you see the photo you want to print.
• Step 2 Press Menu/OK button to
activate the Playback Menu.
Step 3 Choose DPOF Current to print
the selected photo or DPOF ALL to print
all the photos stored in the memory.
• Step 4 To cancel printing the selected
photo, choose Cancel Current DPOF.
Cancel All DPOF disregards the print
order for all photos in the memory card.
• WB (White Balance) - Allows the
camera to adjust to light conditions using
preset selections (Auto, Daylight,
Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten).
• Step 5 Press OK to choose a setting.
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Notes: Either DPOF All or Cancel All
DPOF is selected, a meesage: "Set All
DPOF" or "Clear All DPOF" will be
shown on the screen.
Hooking Up to Your
Computer
Hooking Up to Your TV/
VCR
You need to connect the camera to your
computer’s USB port to transfer photos into
your computer. This section shows how
you can connect the camera to your
computer.
Connect your camera to a television set if
you want to have a larger view of your
photos.
You must install the Dual Camera Driver
from the Digital Camera CD before
connecting in order for your computer to
function properly using the USB. See the
section, “Installing Software” on page 15
for details on how to install the driver.
The USB Port is located in the Digital
Interface Compartment on the left side of
the camera.
To view your images on television
set:
• Step 1 Press the Power
button to
turn your camera on. Wait for the
indicator light to signal that the camera is
ready.
• Step 2 Press Menu/OK button to bring
up the camera’s menu screen.
• Step 3 Press OK on the Setup option.
to move down the
• Step 4 Press
menu until the TV Mode option is
highlighted and select the TV standard
that use in your country.
• Step 1 Connect
the smaller end
of the USB cable
into the USB port
of your digital
camera.
Press
• Step 2 Connect the
other end of the USB
cable to the USB port
located on the back of
your computer.
Move to Exit to exit the menu.
• Step 5 Connect
one end of the
video output cable
(the black colored
plug) into the
video out port
located in the
Digital interface
Compartment on
the left side of the
camera.
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• Step 6 Connect
the other end of
the video output
cable (the yellow
plug) to the video
in plug on your
TV/VCR.
Note: TV/VCR manufactures vary.
Locate the audio/video ports on your
individual TV/VCR and insert the video
output connector into the Video port.
You will now see an icon
in the
window. Meaning the camera is ready for
you to start recording short video clips.
• Step 3 Press once the Shutter Release
button to start recording video. You will
see on the LCD Display live view of the
subjects or scenes you are recording.
A Video icon REC appears on the LCD
Display and a status bar indicates the
remaining time you have for your video.
• Step 7 Turn on your TV and VCR.
• Step 8 On your television, select the
channel for auxiliary video input (not TV
Channel).
Note: .You are not allowed to change
TV mode setting of this Camera when
connecting to TV or VCR.
Recording Video
With your camera, you can record short
sequences of video at a rate of twenty
frames per second. The camera stores
video in *.AVI format.
Before recording, first set the camera
to video recording mode.
• Step 1 Turn the Mode Switch to Video
Capture Mode.
• Step 2 Press the LCD Display button to
activate Preview and use the LCD
display to frame your subject that you
want to record.
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• Step 3 Press Shutter Release again to
terminate the recording process.
• Step 4 Switch back to Playback mode
to view your recorded video.
Installing Software
The CD includes software for downloading
photos and recorded video from the
camera to the computer, touching up
photos.
Installing All Software and
Driver
To install the digital camera driver and all
the software in the CD:
• Step 1 Place the CD into your CD-ROM
drive.
• Step 2 The Software Installation screen
appears, with the Install All the
Software and Driver option selected.
Note: The section, “Installing Drivers”
on page 16 provides details on installing
the digital camera driver.
• Step 4 After installing everything, select
Yes, I want to restart the computer
now, and click Finish to reboot your
computer.
Installing Selected Software
To choose the software to install:
• Step 1 Place the CD into your CD-ROM
drive. The Software Installation screen
appears.
• Step 2 Deselect the Install All
Software and Driver item. Then
choose the software that you want to
install.
• Step 3 When selecting software to
install:
Click Install to start the installation.
• Step 3 All the other software will be
installed one after the other. Simply
follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the installation of the camera
driver and all the software.
First, click on the Driver item. This
option must be selected if you want to
connect the digital camera to your
computer and download photos, transfer
recorded video clips.
Note: The next section, “Installing
Drivers”, provides details on installing
the digital camera driver.
• If you want to install the multimedia
application programming interfaces
software, select the Microsoft
DirectX item.
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• If you want to install the photo editing
software, select on MGI PhotoSuite.
• Step 4 The other software you selected
will be installed one after the other.
Simply follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the installation.
Note: At the end of each software
installation, “Setup Complete” appears
and prompts you to restart your
computer. If you have not yet finished
installing the other software, click
Cancel. Click Yes and restart your
computer only when you have finished
installing the last software.
Installing Drivers
The Driver option in the installation screen
installs two drivers into your computer:
the camera driver and MSDC Driver. The
camera driver allows you to connetct the
camera to your computer. And MSDC lets
you copy photos and recorded video clips
from the camera into your storage driver.
To install Camera Drivers:
• Step 1 In the “Application Softwares
dialog box, click Next.
• Step 2 In the “Choose Destination
Location” dialog box, specify the folder
location in your computer where you
want to install the camera drivers.
Click Next.
• Step 3 The Setup program then starts
copying files to your computer. Wait for
the installation to be completed.
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• Step 4 When installation of the driver is
complete, “Setup Complete” appears.
Select Yes, I want to restart the
computer now, and click Finish.
After your computer reboots and starts up
Windows, continue installing the other
software.
Downloading photos
Here is the exciting time! After you have
finished taking photos, you must like to
see how the result is. Simply follow the
steps below you will realize how easy
downloading photos can be:
• Step 1 Connect your camera to a
computer with the USB cable.
• Step 2 There will be a DSC Storage
folder soon appeared in your Windows
explorer. This folder is for storing your
photos in camera’s memory card.
Double click this folder, you will see the
photos that you just took.
• Step 3 Now, there is a removable disk
folder (ex. D:\) and you can see your
photos stored in D:\Dcim\100dc210\.
Then you will be able to quickly copy
photos from that folder to your local hard
drive and share them wth your friends
and families!
Appendix: Camera Specifications
Image Sensor
Optical Viewfinder
LCD Display
2.0 CCD Image sensor
Built-in
1.5" color TFT LCD, Field of View 80%
LED Backlight
Resolution: 288 x 220
LCD Frame Rate: Min. 30 frame per sec.
Image size (HxV)
1280x 1024pixels (1M)
1600 x 1200 pixels (2M)
2048 x 1728pixels (3M scale up)
2304x 1728 pixels (4M scale up)
Video size
320x 240pixels
Color
24-bit RGB Color 24-bit RGB
Memory
Comes with 8MB Nand Flsah Memory
About 25 pictures (1M)
About 12 pictures (2M)
About 8 pictures (3M Scale up)
About 5 pictures (4M Scale up)
Support SD Card (Security Digital Card)
Exposure Control
Gain: Auto
Compensation: Auto
Shutter control: Auto
Focus Type
Auto Focus
Focus Range
10cm to infinity
Flash Mode
Auto, Off, Force and Red Eye Reduction
Self-timer
10 sec. delay
White Balance
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, and Tungsten
Exposure Compensation +1.8EV ~ -1.8EV in 0.3 EV increment
Compression method
JPEG/EXIF 2.1
Connection
Type B, mini USB 1.1
Dimension
105 x 66.5 x 48 (mm)
Weight
167g (without batteries)
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