Preface
Thanks for purchasing our digital camera. Please read the user
manual prior to using the camera and keep the manual in good
manner for future use.
Instructions stated in this user manual are the latest
information at the time when the manual was made Display or
illustration used in the manual are purposed to show camera
operation directly and comprehensively. Since the products
can be from different batches of production and development,
the display or illustration might be slightly different as what
you have in the hand.
Instruction
Please use the camera as per procedures below:
Check power
supply
Input and format
memory card
Video/photo
Connect computer
Attention: Please format the memory card through this
camera if it is new or was used by other digital
camera/video. Please backup the data by floppy disk,
hard-disk before format.
Use Tips
The camera supports SD memory card and MMC card
(multimedia memory card).
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SD memory has write-protect switch, which is designed to
protect data being deleted or formated.
Metal sheet of memory
card
Write-protect switch
Push the switch on SD card to the bottom, data will be
protected. Push the switch on SD card to the top, write-protect
is canceled. Push the switch on SD card to the top before
shooting photos.
Instructions of Memory Card
● Please format the memory card if it is new or has
unidentified data or photos made by other camera.
● Please switch off power before insert or remove the memory
card.
● Performance of memory card can be weakened after
repeated use. Please replace with new memory card if the
performance is down.
● As a precision electronic unit, do not fold, drop or squeeze
the memory card.
● Do not put the memory card at high electric field or
magnetic environment, such as near speaker or TV
receiver.
● Do not use or put the memory card in superheated or
supercooled environment.
● Please keep the memory card clean, and keep it away from
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any liquid. Use soft fabric to clean the memory card if it
has contact with liquid.
● Please put the memory card in the card sleeve when not in
use.
● Please be aware of that it is normal when the memory card
be warming after long-time use.
● Do not use memory card which was used by other digital
camera or video. Please format it with this camera before
using it.
● Do not use memory card which was formatted by other
digital video or card reader.
● Data can be damaged if the memory card suffers the
situations as below:
- Incorrect use.
- Switch off power or remove the memory card when
recording, deleting (formating) or reading the card.
● Recommend to copy important data by other medias, such
as floppy disk, hard-disk .
Camera Maintenance
Keep the camera at dry and dark place when not in use, and
get the battery out.
● Wear the wrist strap when use the camera to prevent
accident falling.
● Use proper protective casing to prevent shot and display
scratch.
● To clean the shot surface, please blew dust away then wipe
the shot lightly with fabric or paper special for optical
device. Shot cleanser can be used if necessary. Do not use
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organic solvent to clean the camera.
● Do not touch the shot with finger.
System Requirements
Please read the system requirements before use the camera. It
is strongly suggested to use the better computer system for the
camera to get the best effect.
See lowest system requirements:
System requirement
Operating system Microsoft Windows 7 2000, XP, VISTA
Above Intel PIII667 or same performance
CPU
CPU
Internal memory Above 128MB
Audio card,
Support DirectX8 or higher version
graphic card
Hard-disk
Above 1GB space
Others
One standard USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port
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Function & Feature
The camera has multiple functions and features:
Digital video (2.7K)
Digital camera (36 Mega pixels)
Mass storage (Removable disk)
16X powerful zoom
Remote control(optional)
3.0 inch touch screen
IR light(optional)
External hot shoe(optional)
Motion Detection
Time Lapse Recording
Time Lapse Photo
Slow Motion
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Appearance
Functions of Keys & Indicators
Key/indicator
Function
Switch on or switch off the camera.
Power/OK
Switch on or switch off IR light. Confirm
and return to previous menu.
Zoom in/out focus or photo (playback
Zoom(W/T)
mode)
Photo
Photo shooting
The blue light indicates working.
Red light indicates the charging state,
Red light is flashing when the battery is
Busy indicator
placed incorrectly; red light is on when
charging, light off when battery is full
charged.
START/STOP Record/stop video
Menu selection. Previous-photo(playback
Key-Up
mode). Move photo (zoom in photo).
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Key-Down
Menu
Mode
EV+
Menu selection. Back-photo(playback
mode). Move photo (zoom in photo). EVOpen/quit menu. Stop play (under video
playback)
Switch over working mode
(video/photo/Playback/Setup).
External hot
Connect external camera accessories
shoe(optional)
Come to Use
Place Battery
Original rechargeable lithium battery. Switch off power before
replacing battery.
Press electric lock, the battery will be popped up and to be get
out manually. Place the charged battery in battery box, push it
up until the battery is electric locked and the placement is well
done.
Place SD/MMC card
Open SD slot cap, insert the SD/MMC card (with its metal
sheet to outwards) in the slot as per guidance besides the slot.
Press SD/MMC card to get it out.
Attention: Power off camera before replacing memory card.
Insert the card as correct direction. Do not insert
the card with too strong force to protect the card or
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camera units being damaged. If the insert is not
smooth, please check the insert direction.
Memory card needs to be formatted for first time
use or if the card was used by other camera.
Turn over Screen
Turn over LCD outwards to user.
Switch on
Press power for two seconds to switch on the camera.
Switch-over Mode
Press MODE key to switch Photo/Video and playback modes.
Under playback mode, press Mode key to enter system setting
interface, and press this button again to go back to photo/video
mode.
Normal Video/Photo
After the camera is turned on, press START/STOP button to
start recording a video and press the button again to finish the
video. Press PHOTO button to take photos.
Motion Detection
Under photo/video interface, press Menu button to enter the
setting interface, under “Video” item, choose “Motion
Detection” , press OK button, and the icon of motion detection
will be displayed in the upper right corner of the preview
interface, then press START/STOP button, the camera will
start recording when it detects something moving. If there is
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nothing moving in the lens range, the camera will delay
recording for twenty seconds, then enter the standby state. The
camera will not restart recording until it detects there are
something moving again.
Time Lapse Recording
Under photo/video interface, press Menu button to enter the
setting interface, under “Video” item, choose “Time Lapse
Recording” and press OK button, the icon of time lapse
recording will be displayed in the upper right corner of the
preview interface. Then press START/STOP button, after five
seconds countdown, the camera will turn off the display and
enter the time-lapse recording state. It will record the
time-lapse video according to the time-lapse recording time
setting and interval setting. To save power during time-lapse
recording, the camera display turns off. The working status is
displayed by the indicator light. The camera will not exit the
time-lapse recording mode until it is turned back on.
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Time Lapse Photo
Time lapse photo is a function that photos are taken according
to the shooting interval setting.
Under photo/video interface, press Menu button to enter the
setting interface, under “Video” item, choose “Time Lapse
Photo” and press OK button, then press START/STOP button
to take photos. Countdown five seconds later, the camera will
turn off the display to enter the timed photo mode. The camera
will take photos according to the time-lapse recording time
setting and interval setting. To save power during photo
shooting, the camera's display will turn off. The working status
is displayed by the indicator light. The camera will not exit the
time-lapse photo mode until it is turned back on.
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Slow Motion
Slow-motion photography is a function for capturing fast
moving objects and vividly showing the details of the motion
state of the object.
Under photo/video interface, press Menu button to enter the
setting interface, under “Video” item, choose “Slow Motion”
and press OK button, then press START/STOP button, the
camera will start recording. Press the START/STOP button
again to finish recording, and under playback mode, you can
press START/STOP button to play the video of slow motion.
The sound will not be recorded during slow motion recording.
HD Output
To output the photos, video to high definition TV, insert the
camera HD port with TV HD community port, and connect
HD input port with TV input port. Please be sure to stop video
playing before connecting or disconnecting HD.
MIC input(Part models)
Use an external high-sensitivity microphone, insert an external
microphone plug into the camera's MIC connector, making
video or recording, to obtain better audio performance.
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Switch off
Under switch-on status, press power button until the camera is
off.
Under idle mode, if no operation is done in the time beyond
auto off time, the camera will be switched off automatically
for energy saving.
Date & Time Setting
Under photo/video mode, press Mode key twice to open the
system menu setting, press T button to select “Date&Time”
setting, the selected item is highlighted, press OK to enter the
setting interface. Press T button to choose the last submenu,
press W/T button and Up/Down key to adjust the date and
time, Press OK to save the setting, or press Menu to cancel the
setting. Under “Date&Time” setting, you can choose that the
date stamp is on or off.
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Advanced Operation
Video/Photo Mode
The camera enters into Video/photo mode automatically after
switching on, press recording to start video, press Recording
again to stop video. Press PHOTO key to take photos. Press
Mode key to switch modes, Press T or W key to have digital
zoom.
Self-timer : Press Photo key for time delay, photo shooting
starts after 2s, 5s or 10s.
IR light: Press OK key to switch on or off the IR light. (IR
light can't be used under Playback mode)
Display information under Video/Photo mode:
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Icon name
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Photo mode
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Resolution
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SD card
Description
Press shutter to make photo
shooting under Photo mode
Photo resolution
Indicate that the current storage is
the SD card
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Face Detect
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Smile Capture
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Anti shake
Available
number of
photos
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Recording time
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Video mode
Video quality
Power volume
Menu
P
AWB
Image quality
Exposure
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ISO
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Sharpness
Effect
Automatically detect and track
faces in images
Smile capture function is on/off
Prevent camera shake from
affecting image clarity
Space for photo shooting
The current available recording
time
Press Video to start video
Quality of current video
Current battery status
Menu button
Mode set
Automatic white balance
Quality of current image
Current exposure
Automatically adjust the ISO
value.
Current sharpness
Current effect
◆ System Menu Settings:
Under photo/video mode, press Mode key twice to open
system menu(the interface shown below), press W/T button or
Up/Down key to select submenu, press OK key to enter into
submenu. Press W/T button or UP/DOWN button to set. Then
press OK to save the setting, or press MENU button to cancel
the setting. Selected menu will be highlighted after selection.
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▲System Menu
◆ Video and Photo Menu setting
Under video/photo mode, press MENU button to enter the
video/photo menu setting. The methods of video and photo
menu setting are as same as that of System menu setting.
▲Photo/video menu
Attention: Please hold the camera stably when photo
shooting. To make photo with best quality, it is
better to put the camera on support like tripod.
BUSY light be on after use shutter for photo, do
not move the camera at the moment until the BUSY
light is off,to ensure no unsharp photos.
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◆ Playback
1.Under photo/video mode, press mode key to enter playback
interface, press MENU key to playback menu settings(the
interface shown below), video files can be deleted or protected,
and photo files can be deleted, protected, rotated, and played
as a slide show. Press Up/Down or W/T to select the menu,
press OK to get in submenu. After setting is complete, press
OK to save the setting, or press MENU button to cancel the
setting. Selected menu will be highlighted after selection.
2.After choosing a Video, press START/STOP button to play
the video. Press it again to stop playing. Playing timer will be
displayed at the top right corner on screen.
When viewing a photo, press W/T key to zoom in/out the
photo.
Download photo/video to computer
Connect the camera with computer, skip to "My Computer" to
check the new removable disk, the photo or video made by the
camera are saved under DCIM, user can copy the data from
this file to computer.
Attention: Do not disconnect the camera with computer when
downloading files. To prevent data loss, do not insert
or remove the memory card in the camera when USB
connecting with computer.
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Specification
Image sensor
Movie Size
Resolution
ratio of image
Memory card
8 mega pixel CMOS image sensor
2688 × 1520 2.7K; 1920 × 1080 HD;
1280×720 HD; 640×480; 320×240
36M(7936 × 4480 HD); 24M(5600 ×
4200); 20M(5200×3900);
16M(4608×3456); 12M(4000×3000);
10M(3648 × 2736); 7M-Wide(3648 ×
2048 HD);5M(2592 × 1944);3M(2048 ×
1536); 2M-Wide(1920×1080 HD);
Supports SD memory card and MMC
card (4GB to 128GB)
File format
Self-timer
Digital zoom
White
balance
Exposure
compensation
JPG, AVI
2s/5s/10s
16×
Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/Fluorescent
/Tungsten
USB port
USB2.0
Display
3.0 inch IPS LCD(16:9)
Power
Rechargeable lithium battery
Menu
language
Focal
-3.0 ~ +3.0
Multi-Languages
f=7.36mm
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distance
Aperture
Auto Off
Operating
system
requirements
F/3.2
1minutes/3minutes/5minutes/No
shutdown
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows
7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Mac 10.2
Attention: Product specification is the latest information at the
time when this use manual is made. No further notice will be
made for any variation. Specific operating methods are subject
to the real camera that you purchased.
Frequent Asked Questions
The power may be too low, new battery
The camera
is needed.
fails to work
Battery package may be not removed.
after battery
Battery may be placed reversely. Ensure
placement
correct placement of battery.
Memory card may be full. Please save
Shutter is not
the data with other memory card.
working to
SD card may have write-protect. Get out
make video or
SD card and unlock the write-protect
photo.
switch.
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Unsharp
photos
Dark photos
or videos
Auto off
File can not
be deleted in
the camera.
The video
camera
crashes or
shows blurred
screen
May be caused by shaking hands when
photo shooting. Please hold the camera
stably or use other supports like tripod.
Do not shake the camera when photo
shooting.
Shooting environment may be too dark.
Please make the shooting at bright place,
or use light to brighten the shooting
place.
Battery may have too low power. Please
change new battery.
To save energy, the camera will be off
automatically if not in use for 3m (5m or
10m, subject to the setting).
SD card has write-protect. Get out SD
card and unlock the write-protect switch.
Or file protection function of the camera
is activated, which can be switched off in
the menu.
SD card format error, please format the
SD card within the video camera or on
the computer before use it.
NO: HDV-305LTRM-2.7K 200227
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