BTC VQ2220 User manual

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Table of Content

Product Overview..................................................................................................................................... 5

Front View........................................................................................................................................... 5

Back View ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Side View ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Bottom View ....................................................................................................................................... 5

Top View .............................................................................................................................................. 5

Monitor ............................................................................................................................................... 6

1. Getting Started ..................................................................................................................................... 8

1-1 Check List ................................................................................................................................... 8

1-2 Installing the Batteries .............................................................................................................. 8

1-3 Installing the memory card ....................................................................................................... 9

1-4 Turning the Camera On and Off ............................................................................................. 10

1-5 Checking the battery level...................................................................................................... 10

1-6 Automatic power off function .................................................................................................. 11

2. Camera Setting .................................................................................................................................. 12

2-1 Checking Camera Status ......................................................................................................... 13

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2-2 Display Setting .......................................................................................................................... 13

2-3 Function Setting ........................................................................................................................ 14

2-3-1 Exposure Compensation Setting ................................................................................ 14

2-3-2 White Balance Setting .................................................................................................. 14

2-3-3 Setting ............................................................................................................................. 1 5

2-3-4 To Format a Memory Card.......................................................................................... 23

3. Taking and Managing the Pictures .................................................................................................. 24

3-1 Taking a Picture ........................................................................................................................ 24

3-2 Recording Macro Pictures ...................................................................................................... 25

3-3 Recording Continuous Pictures ............................................................................................. 2 6

3-4 Recording a Video clip ............................................................................................................. 27

3-5 Recording a Audio clip ............................................................................................................ 28

3-6 Previewing the Pictures........................................................................................................... 29

3-7 Using Digital Zoom ................................................................................................................... 30

3-8 Protect Picture(s) Against Deletion ...................................................................................... 31

3-9 Deleting Picture(s) from the Camera .................................................................................... 32

4. Installing the Software onto a Computer ....................................................................................... 33

4-1 Installing the Software ............................................................................................................. 33

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4-2 Computer system requirements ............................................................................................ 3 5

5.Viewing & Transferring Pictures ...................................................................................................... 36

5-1 Before you transfer pictures ................................................................................................... 36

5-2 Connecting to your computer ................................................................................................. 36

5-3 Transferring & Viewing the Pictures on a computer .......................................................... 37

6. Using your camera as a Web Cam ................................................................................................... 38

6-1 Specification for Web Cam Mode ........................................................................................... 38

6-2 Setting up ................................................................................................................................... 38

6-3 Making a call ............................................................................................................................. 39

7. Troubleshooting Problems................................................................................................................ 40

7-1 Troubleshooting on camera: ................................................................................................... 40

7-2 Error Message .......................................................................................................................... 42

8. Appendix.............................................................................................................................................. 43

8-1 Technical Specifications ........................................................................................................... 4 3

8-2 Operation, Safety and Maintenance ....................................................................................... 4 5

8-2-1 Operation ....................................................................................................................... 45

8-2-2 Safety ............................................................................................................................... 45

8-2-3 Maintenance .................................................................................................................. 45

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8-3 Using Your Batteries ................................................................................................................ 46

8-4 Regulatory Information ............................................................................................................ 46

8-4-1 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Radio Frequency Interference

Statement: ........................................................................................................................... 47

8-4-2 Attention ........................................................................................................................ 47

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Back View

Bottom View

Product Overview

Front View

Battery Cover

Tripod Socket

Mode Selector

Flash

ViewFinder

Macro Mode

Switch

Lens

Power button

Sutter button

USB connector

Multi Selector

DISP button

Monitor

MENU button

SETUP button

Strap Eyelet

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Monitor

Photo Mode

E x p o s u r e c o m p e n s a t i o n /

E x p o s u r e c o m p e n s a t i o n v a l u e

F o c u s M o d e

( M a c r o / N o r m a l )

B a t t e r y L e v e l

M e m o r y c a p a c i t y

( R e m a i n i n g n u m b e r o f

s t o r a b l e i m a g e s )

Z o o m f a c t o r

F l a s h M o d e

A u t o

F l a s h O n

F l a s h O f f

W h i t e B a l a n c e

A U T O

D A Y L I G H T

S H A D E

T U N G S T E N

F L U O R E S C E N T

I m a g e Q u a l i t y

F i n e

N o r m a l

I m a g e S i z e

L a r g e

M i d d l e

S m a l l

C o n t i n u o u s s h o o t i n g

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Audio Mode

Memory capacity (Remaining

time (second) of storable audio).

F o c u s M o d e ( M a c r o / N o r m a l )

B a t t e r y L e v e l

M e m o r y c a p a c i t y - R e m a i n i n g t i m e ( s e c o n d ) o f s t o r a b l e v i d e o

- D e p e n d o n c a m e r a ' s s t o r a g e m e m o r y

Video Mode Audio Mode

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1. Getting Started

1-1 Check List

1-2 Installing the Batteries

4 x AAA Alkaline batteries are supplied with the

camera. Please insert the batteries according to

the following steps:

Camera

User Manual

CD-ROM

USB Cable

Wr i st St r a p

4x AAA

Batteries

Soft Case

Protect Zoom factor

Playback Mode

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1. Open the camera battery door by pushing it

toward the OPEN direction.

2. Insert the batteries as shown, ensuring you

follow the +/- signs correctly.

3.Close the battery door by pushing it

backwards.

1-3 Installing the memory card

Turn the camera off, open the battery cover, and

gently insert the memory card into the bottom

until it is fully seated.

The label on the

memory card should

face the back side of

the camera and make

sure the card edge is

inside the slot.

The 8M onboard

memory and estimated capacities (Recordable

Images, Audio and Video) shown as below:

Use 8M Onboard Memory

Fine Normal

2048 x 1536 9 12

1600 x 1200 18 38

800 x 600 78 159

Video 63 sec. at 320 x 240

Audio about 29 min.

+

- -

--

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1-4 Turning the Camera On and Off

Press the power button for about 3 seconds to

turn the camera on. The the Power LED will keep

“Red” about for 3 seconds then change to

“Green”.

You can start to take pictues or set up the camera

when LED becomes “Green”. Press the power

button again to turn the camera off.

1-5 Checking the battery level

Check the battery power level before taking

pictures. Turn the camera on and check the bat-

tery power level on the bottom left of the LCD

monitor.

You can see the battery level sign on the follow-

ing mode: Manual photo mode, Auto photo

mode, Video mode and Audio mode.

When the battery power level is low, you will see

the camera screen shows as below.

Battery is full

Battery power is low

(Please change batteries)

Battery is extreme low

(Change battery as soon as

possible. And the camera will

show it the under screen)

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1-6 Automatic power off function

Your camera is designed to switch to power sav-

ing status automatically and save battery life af-

ter one minute or two minutes of non use. Press

any button to reactivate the camera or power turn

off after 60 seconds in power saving status.

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2. Camera Setting

Before we start to introduce how to set up the camera, please see the structure of the setting and you can quickly

familier with your camera:

Manual Photo mode

Auto Photo mode

Audio mode

Video mode

EXPOSURE

WB

SETTING

FORMAT

-2,-1.7,-1.3,-1.0,-0.7,-0.3,0.0,0.3,0.7,1.0,1.3,1.7,2.0

(Manual Photo Mode Only)

AUTO DAYLIGHT SHADE

TUNGSTEN FLUORESCENT

DATE & TIME

DATE STYLE

BEEP

IMAGE SIZE

QUALITY

SELF TIMER

LANGUAGE

POWER SAVING

2001.01.01.00:00

ON, OFF

NORMAL, FINE

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

1 Min, 2 Min, OFF

NO, YES

LARGE, MIDDLE, SMALL

(Manual Photo Mode Only)

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LCD Display Features

Macro

Auto Flash

Flash On

Flash Off

Burst Sanpshot

Zoom factor

Self-Timer

Audio

White Balance Battery

Auto

Daylight

Shade

Tungsten

Fluorescent

Full

Low

Extreme Low

Image Size Image Quality

Large

Middle

Small

Fine

Normal

1.Turn on the camera, you will see the

display shows the active features

2.Press one time

to clean the feature icons

3.Press one more

time to change to LCD off

3.Press one

more time to return to

the original display

2-1 Checking Camera Status

Power the camera on, browse the LCD monitor in the

back side of the camera to check which settings are

active. If feature icon is not displayed, it means that

the particular feature is not activated.

2-2 Display Setting

Press to set up the LCD display On/Off

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4.Press up or down to

choose the setting:

AUTO, DAYLIGHT,

SHADE, TUNGSTEN,

FLUORESCENT.

5.Press

to confirm.

6.Set up completed.

1.Turn on the camera.

3.Press one time to

2.Press ,choose function

from the buttom of LCD display

4.Press

to confirm.

5.Set up completed.

1.Turn on the camera.

3.Press up or down to choose

from -2 to +2 EV compensation.

2.Press

2-3 Function Setting

Press , and choose the functions ( , , ,

) you want to set up from the LCD monitor

2-3-1 Exposure Compensation Setting

2-3-2 White Balance Setting

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2-3-3 Setting

There are 8 different settings included in Auto Phot mode/ Manual Photo Mode/Video Mode/Audio Mode.

Please choose the items you would like to set up and see the following instruction to complete the settings.

zz

z Date and Time Setting

5. Press / to set "Year",

and / to move to the

next.

6. Repeat the same steps to

set "DAY" & "TIME"

step by step.

1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)

4.Press

to "DATE & TIME"

7. Press

to return main frame

2.Press

3.Press

two times

to

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1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)

4.Press one time to

" DATE STYLE" and

press

5.Press to

select and press

to

confirm

6. Press

to return main frame

3.Press

two times

to

2.Press

zz

z Date Style Setting

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1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)

2.Press

4.Press two times

to " BEEP" and

press

5.Press to

select and press

to

confirm

6. Press

to return main frame

3.Press

two times

to

zz

z Beep Setting

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3. Press

two times

to .

2. Press

zz

z Image Size

4. Press 4 times to

“IMAGE SIZE” and

press .

1. Turn on the camera (in Auto Photo Mode)

5. Press to

select and press

to

confirm.

6. Prss

to reture main frame.

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zz

z Quality

1. Turn on the camera (in Auto Photo Mode)

5. Press to

select and press

to

confirm.

2. Press

6. Prss

to reture main frame.

4. Press 5 times to

“QUALITY” and

press .

3. Press

two times

to .

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6.Press to choose

from 2 to 10 seconds.

1.Turn on the camera. (in Auto Photo Mode)

2.Press

3.Press

two times

to

7.Press

to confirm.

8. Press

to return main frame

4.Press 6 times to

"SELF TIMER"

5.Press

zz

z Self Timer

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