Sakar 24280 Owner's manual

Brand: Sakar

Model: 24280

Type: Owner's manual

This manual is also suitable for

24282

Sakar 24280 is a feature-rich digital camera that allows you to capture life's moments with ease. It features 8MB of built-in memory, so you can store plenty of photos without having to worry about running out of space. The camera also has a built-in PC camera function, so you can use it for video conferencing or online chats. The USB cable included with the camera makes it easy to connect to your computer and download your photos. With its compact size and lightweight design, the Sakar 24280 is perfect for taking with you wherever you go.

24280/24282

Digital

Camera

O w ner’s M anual

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Section One -Profile

Overview

Thank you forpurchasing thisdigitalcam era.N otonlycan ittake photos butitalso

has built-inPC cam erafunctions.This cam erais equipped with8MB SDRAM.In

orderto dow nload photos from yourcam erato yourcom puter,you need only

connect

the U S B cablefrom yourcom puterto yourcam era.You can also use the

built-inPC cam eratoholdavideo conference viathe internet,enabling face

face online conversations.

Package Contents

*DigitalC am era * User’s M anual * N eck Strap

* C am eraStand * SoftwareCD * USB

cable

System Requirements

¾ Window s98 SE/2000/M E /X P

¾ 125M B orm orefree harddisk space,32M B orm oreRAM.

¾ Available USB Interface and CD-ROM drive.

¾ ColorM onitor(R ecom m ended atleast800*600,24 bitorhigher)

Getting to Know your Digital Camera:

A. Cam era/C hargerselector

B. View finder

C. Lens

D. USB

S ocket

E. M ode Butt

F. Shutter/C onfirmButton

Section Two - Lithium Battery

Beforeusing yourcam eraforthe firsttime,charge your cam era’s battery. O n ce the

batteryischarged,m ove the C am era/Chargerselectorto“Camera”m ode.D o not

move the selector back to“Charge” m ode untilyou have dow nloaded all

yourphotos to yourcom puterand are ready torecharge the cam era.

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Switching to Charge mode will erase all the photos on your camera.

To recharge yourcam era’s battery,connectthe cam eratoyourcomputerw iththe U SB

cableand move the C am era/C hargerselectorto“Charge”m ode.W hen the batteries

arerecharging,the LE D willb e red.O nce the batteries arefullycharged,

the LED will

turngreen (afterless than 3hours).The cam erawillfunction normallywhilecharging.

We recom m end chargi

ng your cam era’sbatteryevery 7 days orw hen you have used

up the fullm em orycapacityofthe cam era.

NOTE:

The camera batteries must be recharged for at least four hours on the

first use.

Inorderto conserve battery pow er,ifthe cam erais notused for30 seconds,the

cam erawillautom atically enterenergy save m ode.

Section Three – Software and C am eraDriver Installation

IMPORTANT:Beforeattem pting toinstallthe sof

tware,ensurethatyou do nothave

the cam eraattached to yourcom puter.Thiswillaffectthe installation process and

couldcause yourinstallat

ion tofail.D o notconnectthe cabletothe com puteruntil

the entireinstallation process has been com pleted.W e recom m end

following

the step by step instructions thatw illappearon yourscreen during the installation

process.

1. Insertthe C D intoyourCD-Rom drive.M ake surethatyourcam era

is not

connected tothe com puter.

2. ForW IN 2000 orW INXP operating system s -O n the “Install your

camera software”screen,selectyourcam era m odelfrom the drop

dow n listand click the “Install”button toinstallP hoTags Express

follow ed by the installation ofPhoTags W ebC am Express and your

cam eradriver.

ForW IN 98SE operating system - On the “Install your camera

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software”screen follow these instructions:

1. Click the “DirectX”button and follow the installation instructions,

restartyourcom puterafterthe installation.

2. Insertthe C D intoyourCD-Rom drive.M ake suret

hatyourcam era

is notconnected tothe com puter.

3. On the “Installyourcam erasoftware”screen,selectyourcam era

m odelfrom the drop dow n li

st,click the “Install”button toinstall

PhoTags Express follow ed by the installation ofP hoTags W ebC am

Express and your cam eradriver.

4. On the “PhoTags Express" screen,click the “Next” button.

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5. Please review the license terms and click the “Agree” button to

continue.

6. Letthe “P hoTags Express” installercreatethe folderw herethe

program willbe installed to,and then click “Install”

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7. Click “Finish”toletthe “PhoTags Express” installerfinish the

installation program .

8. Thiswillautom aticallylaunch the Installshieldforthe cam eradriver.

Click “Next”to continue.

9. Once the program has finished installing you will

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have torestartyourcom puter.

10. C ongratulations!!You have successfullyinstalled the “P hoTags

Express” software,the “P hoTags W ebC am Express”and the

Cam eradriver.

Section Four -Taking Photos

NOTE:TO ACHIEVE TH E MOST CLARITY,THE OPTIMAL DISTANCE

BETW EEN THE CAMERA AND TH E SUBJECT IS“5”FEET.

Please ensurethatthe batteryisproperly charged beforetaking photos.

1.Press the function button toturnon the cam era-the LCD atthe back ofthe

cam erawilllightup.

2.U se the view findertofram e yourshot.

3.H oldthe cam erasteady,and press the shutterbutton.

4.You willheara beep w hen

you have taken a photo,and the cam eraisready to

shootagain.

5.Ifyou press the shutterbutton w hen the cam eraisfull,the cam erawillem it

continuous beeps towarn you.

Tips:

1.W hen taking photos,hold yourcam erasteady.

2.Low lighting willreduce the quality ofyourpicture.

Section Five - Camera Functions

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Ifthe cam eraisin energy save m ode,press the function button once toswitch to

working m ode.

Turn Camera Off

1.Press the Function button toselect“

”show n on LC D display.

2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds toturn cam eraoff.

Auto-Shoot Mode

1.Press the Function button toselect“

”show n on LC D display.

2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds toactivatethe 10 second timer.

3.The cam erawillbeep once persecond.After10 seconds the photowillbe taken.

Continuous Shoot Mode

1.Press the Function button toselect“

”show n on the LC D display.

2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds toactivatecontinuous shootm ode.D o

notrelease the shutterbutton.

3.The cam erawillbeep once foreach phototaken untilthe shutterbutton is

released orthememoryisfull.

Note

1.W hilethe cam erais shooting inthis m ode,the incorrectexposuremay be

displayed.

2.The Continuous Shootis onlyinQVGA m ode.

3.Photos taken in C ontinuous Shootm ode can be dow nloaded individually.

Continuous Shoot Mode – 3 shots

1.Press the Function button toselect“

”show n on the LC D display.

2.H old dow n shutterw ithin 5 seconds and itw illtake 3photos continuously(saved

inVGA format).

Delete All Photos

1.Press the Function button toselect“

”show n on the LC D display.

2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,the photocounterw illflash.P ress the

shutterbutton againwithin 5 seconds and allphotos willbe deleted from the

cam era m em ory.

Note

Ifyou do notpress the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,no photos willbe deleted

and the cam erawillreturntothe normalworking state.

Delete Last Photo

1.Press the Function button toselectthe “

”icon show n on the LCD display.

2.Press the shutterbutton once within 5 seconds to deletethe lastphoto.

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Photo Resolution

C hoose eitherV G A orQ VG A mode.

1.Press the Function button toselect“Lo”shown on the LCD display.

2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,the m ode changes toQVGA m ode.

(InQVGA mode you can take up to102 photos).

3.Press the Function button to

select“HI”show n on the LCD display.

4.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds,the m ode changes toVGA mode.(In

VGA m ode,you can take up to25photos).

Photo Compression Ratio

You can choose the com pression ratioforyour photos -“Hd”high com pression or

“Ld”low com pression.The higherthe com pression,the more photos you can take

without having to dow nload them to your PC. Y ou can take up to 409 photos in

“Hd” m ode w ith the low resolution (Lo) setting preset on your cam era (see the

photoresolution section above).

Photo Storage

The num berofphotos t

hatcan be taken willvary according tothe r

esolution and

com pression ratioofthe photos.The LCD display willshow the currentresolution

and the how m any more photos you can take atthisresolution.The maximum

num bers ofphotos yourcam eracan storeis:

25 photos ---“Hi”resolution + “Ld”com pression

102 photos ---“Lo”resolution +“Ld”com pression

102 photos -

--“Hi”resolution +“Hd”com pression

409 photos ---“Lo”resolution +“Hd”com pression

Display

Press the shutter button to take a photo. The num ber of photos shot will be

displayed as adigit

on the LCD display.E ach consecutive phototaken willincrease

this num berby one as illustrated:

Fluorescent Lamp Frequency

1. Press the Function button to select “50”or“60”show n on the LCD displ

ay.

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2.Press the shutterbutton within 5 seconds.The frequency willbe togglebetw een

50H Z and 60H Z.

3. Please set the frequency of your cam era according to the standards of the

country you live in.Inthe United States and Asiause 60H z,in Japan and Europe

use 50H z.Ifyou use the wrong f

requency yourphotos orvideos may be distorted.

Section Six – Downloading Photos

Use the “PhoTags Express” program toim portthe photos from yourcam era

1. Plug one end ofthe USB cableintothe USB sloton yourcam era.

2. Plug the otherend ofthe USB cableintoaUSB porton your

com puter.

3. Make surethatyourcam erais connected and turned on.

4. D ouble-click the “PhoTags Express” icon thatison your

desktop to

launch the “PhoTags Express” program .

5. Click on the “G etPhotos”button on the MainMenu.

The “Getphotos”w izard w illappearw iththe

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correctnam e ofyourcam era device selected inthe “Active devices”

listinthe “Express”m ode.C lick the “Next”button toproceed

7. On the nextscreen,choose w here you w anttoplace yourphotos

and click the “Finish” button to copy the photos to yourcom puter.

8. Allofthe pictures you im ported willthen appearinthe “Select

photos”m ode’smainwindow .

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Everything you need to get the most out of your photos and MORE

Download photos instantlyfrom yourdigitalcam era,m ediacards,CDs

and storage devices to yourcom puter.

Manage your photos by creating countless unique photocollections

withoutduplicating any photos.B urn CDs ofany foldersforbackup and

storage.

Enhance your photos;A uto E nhance,C rop and Corr

ectR ed Eye.

Add Active Captions-add TextC aptions,Fram es,S hapes,

Keywords… and m orethatcan be view ed orhidden any time.

Locate and Organize your photos and collections-Search by

C aptions,C ategory, K e yw o rdorDate-directlyfrom

the operating

system ofyourcom puter.

Share your photos viaE-mail,LocalPrint

ing and C reateHTML web

pages foruploading online.

Create Calendars, two-sided Greeting Cards and Postcards on

standard photo paper... You can purchase Album s and Video C D ,two

additionalw orkshop projects online atanytime and these will

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be autom aticallyactivated in PhoTags Express.Create Photo Albums

and Slide Shows onCDs thatcan be view ed on yourPC and VC D ’sfor

view ing on yourTV using yourD VD player.

WebCam Express- Use the W ebC am Express softwareto snap photos,

record and createvideos.

How to purchase additional “Workshop” projects

In addition tothe free C alendars,t

wo-sided G reeting Cards and

Postcards Workshop projects,you have the abilityto purchase two

additionalW orkshop projects:"A lbum s"

and "V ideo CD" online,at

anytime.

1. To purchase the “Workshop Project”simplyclick the one

you w antand you willbe referred

to an online w ebsite

where you can purchase them .

2. Once you purchase the “Workshop projects” they willbe

autom aticallyactivated inthe software.

Section Eight – Capturing AVI

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Now thatyou have yourcam erainstalled you can use itto capture short

movies called AVIfiles.The lengthoftime you can recordanAVIwhile

the cam erais connected to yourcom puterw illvary,depending on how

much harddrive space you willuse t

o save the file.Please take notethat

these AVIfiles take up a lotofharddrive space.Thisis done through the

PhoTags W ebC am Express program .This nextsecti

on w illw alkyou

though capturing an AVIfile.

1. D ouble-click the “WebCam Express”icon thatis on your

desktop tolaunch the “PhoTags WebCam Express”program .

AdjustyourW ebC am tothe desired position.The screen w ill

display w hatthe W ebC am “sees”.

2. To add audioto yourvideo,plug a m icrophone into your

com puter.

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3. Click the “Capture”button tostartrecording the video.The

recording elapse time willappearunderthe video.

4. Click the “Pause”button to holdthe recording.To continue

recording click the “Capture”button again.

5. To f

inish recording click the “Stop”button.

6. The videos willbe autom atically saved into a defaultdirectory.

You

can view them inthe “Playback”w indow .

Note:

1. To learnhow to capture JPEG snapshotsfrom yourW ebC am or

from yourexisting AV I

movies,go tothe “Take S napshots” section

inthe Q uick Starthelp.

2. To learnhow to change the usersettings,go tothe “SetUser

Preferences”section inthe Q uick S tarthelp.

Video Conferencing

To use the cam eraas aPC cam erato conductim age transm ission orholdonline

video conferences:

1.C onnectthe cam erato yourcom puterU SB portusing the U S B cable.

2.R un the video conferencing software“MicrosoftN etM eeting”on

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yourcom puter.

3.Inputthe IP address thatyou wish to connecttointhe address barand dial.

4.Select[Tool]\[Video]\[A ccept]and [Transfer]options.O nce yourcallhas been

accepted,you can holdavideo conference.

Appendix 1:Specifications

ProductType:D igitalC am era

Electronic C oupling Elem ent:C M O S Sensor300K Pixels

Im age Resolution:640x480 Pixels(VG A )320x240 Pixels(QVGA)

Devices:B uilt-in8MB (SDRAM )

MemoryCapacity:25(VG A)(Hi) 102(QVGA)(Lo)

102(VGA)(Hi) 409(QVGA)(Lo)

View finder:Built-i

Auto shoot:10s

ShutterSpeed:1/6-1/15000 s

ShootM odes:S ingle/Continuous Shoot/Continuous ShootM ode –3shots/

Autom atic shoot/PC

Cam era

Autom atic Energy Saving: autom aticallyentersenergy save

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m ode after30s idle

Im age Process:Autom atic Exposure/Autom aticW hiteBalance

Transm ission Interface:U SB Interface

Working Tem perature:0-40ഒ

O peration S ystem :W indow s98 S E /2000/M E/XP

Appendix 2 : Troubleshooting

Q :Ihave taken photos,butm y com putersays "N o photos in cam era." W h a t d o I

do?

A:First,ensurethatyou have taken photos with yourcam era.Press the shutter

button a few times totake som e sam ple photos and try again.Ifyou stillget

ano

photos error,thisindicates thatthe driver isnotinstalled (ornotinstalled correctly)

oryou may notm eetthe minimum system

requirem ents.You willneed toreinstall

the driver.

System R equirem ents:

Fir

st,ensurethatyou have atleasta P entium II300 MHz,AMD Athlon 300 MHz,or

aCeleron 400 MHz orhigheras wellas atleast64 MB ofR AM .Please notethat

the olderA M D K6 processorswillnotw ork.M oreinformation aboutdetermini

yourcom puter'sspecifications can be found inthe G eneralC om puterInfor

mation

section.Ifyou have determined thatyou have pictures in yourcam era and you

m eetthe system requirem ents,follow the steps below toreinstallthe software.

Sof

twareRe-installation

1.Firstinstallthe software and drivers.C lick on S tart,Settings,C ontrolP aneland

Add/Remove program s.Therearetwo program s you willneed tor

em ove –

PhoTags Express and yourcam eradriver.A fterrem oving

these program s,restart

yourcom puter.Ifyourcam erais connected,disconnectit.

2.N ow reinstallthe software.Insertthe CD thatcam e with yourcam era-itshould

autom aticallyrun the installation.

3.R estart

the com puter.

4.O nce yourcom puteris back up, plug the cam erainto yourcom puter's

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USB port.

5.R ight-click on the "M y C om puter"icon.SelectP roperties.

Ifyou arerunning Window s 98,98S E ,orM E :C lick on D evice M anager.

Ifyou arerunning Window s 2000 orXP:Click on hardw are and then Device

M anager.

Ifthe cam eraisi

nstalled correctly, therewillbe a categorylisted for"Imaging

Devices" and clicking on the "+ " nexttoitshouldrevealyourcam era.Ifnot

,you will

probablysee "D igitalStillC am era" under"O therD evices" withabright

lycolored

marking nexttoitindicating thatitisnotfunctioning correctly.

Ifyou arerunning Window s 98,98S E ,orM E :R ightclick on the non functioning

device and selectrem ove.

Ifyou arerunning Window s 2000 orXP:Ri

ghtclick on the non functioning device

and selectuninstall.Ifa w ar

ning pops up,press OK.

6.R estartyourcom puteragain.Yourcam erais now successfullyinstalled.

Q:How do Im ake sure Idon'tlose im portantpictures?

A:Yourcam era uses sdram memorywhich requires aconstantelectriccurrentto

store yourphotos.Should yourcam eralose pow er(forinstance ifthe batterydies

orisrem oved)allstored pictures willbe lost.W e recom m end always dow nloading

yourphotos to yourcom puteras soon

as possibletopreventunintentionaldata

loss.

Q :Ihave aMAC.W illthis cam erawork?

A:Unfortunately, the system requirem entsforourcam eras requireaWindow s

operating system .

Thereisno Mac driver available and

currentlynoplans to develop one.

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