Iomega FotoShow Digital Image Center User manual

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FotoShow Digital Image Center
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Digital Image Center
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Instructions for use
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This manual covers everything you need to know about
using your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center with a TV set
or digital camera. For more information on using your
FotoShow Image Center as an external Zip
®
250 USB
drive, please view the Zip drive Manual on the Zip disk
that came with your FotoShow Digital Image Center.
To view the Zip Drive Manual, you must have Microsoft
®
Internet Exlplorer
®
4.0 or higher or Netscape Navigator
™
4.5 or higher installed on your system.
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™
, PocketZip
™
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®
, Jaz
®
, ZipCD
™
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™
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™
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®
, Jaz
®
, ZipCD
™
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Table of Contents
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
List of Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . 7
Back Panel Controls and Connectors . . . . 7
Connecting Your FotoShow
™
Image Center . . 8
Typical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the RCA Connectors. . . . . . . . . . 8
Other Types of Connections. . . . . . . . . . 10
Using an S-Video Connector . . . . . . . . 11
Using the FotoShow
™
Auto Adapter . . . 13
Viewing the FotoShow
™
Tutorial . . . . . . . 13
Copying Files to the FotoShow
™
Image Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Understanding the Copy Button
on your FotoShow
™
Image Center . . . . 15
Copy Selectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Copying Everything the Easy Way. . . . . . 16
Portable Downloads the Quick Way . . . . 17
Adding Photos from Your Computer . . . . 18
FotoShow
™
Image Center at a Glance . . . . . 19
Toolbar Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Understanding the Copy Button
on your FotoShow
™
Image Center . . . . 20
Using the FotoShow
™
Remote Control . . . 20
Using your FotoShow
™
Image Center . . . . . 21
Remote Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the FotoShow
™
Remote Control . . . 22
Using the FotoShow
™
Software . . . . . . . 23
Starting Your Fotoshow
™
Digital
Image Center for the First Time . . . . . 23
Setting the System Clock . . . . . . . . . 23
View the FotoShow
™
Image
Center Tutorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Before you Start Using the
FotoShow
™
Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understanding Grids. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understanding System Folders . . . . . . 25
Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Album Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Alternate Photo Album Views. . . . . . . 28
Using the Zoom Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Opening an Existing Album . . . . . . . . 29
Creating a New Album . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adding Photos to an Album . . . . . . . 29
Removing Photos From an Album. . . . 30
Rearranging Photos in an Album . . . . 30
Choosing a Theme for Your Album . . . 31
Deleting Unwanted Photos. . . . . . . . . 31
Deleting an Entire Album . . . . . . . . . 32
Using Album Info to Customize Your
Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Editing Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rotating Your Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Correcting Your Photo’s Color
Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing Red-Eye from Your Photo . . 34
Adding Effects to a Photo . . . . . . . . . 34
Available Photo Effects . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cropping a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Undoing Your Changes . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Saving Your Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding Captions or Changing
a Photo’s Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating and Viewing a Slideshow . . . . . 37
Creating a New Slideshow . . . . . . . . . 37
Turning an Album into a Slideshow . . 38
Opening an Existing Slideshow . . . . . 38
Running Your Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding Photos to a Slideshow. . . . . . 39
Removing Photos from a Slideshow . . 39
Rearranging the Photos in
a Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Choosing a Theme for
Your Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Deleting an Entire Slideshow . . . . . . . 41
Viewing and Editing the Slideshow
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Some of the Available
Transition Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Making Microsoft
®
PowerPoint
®
Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using Your FotoShow
™
Image Center to Give
PowerPoint
®
Presentations. . . . . . . . . 42
FotoShow
™
Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Inserting Zip
®
Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Inserting CompactFlash
™
Cards or IBM
®
Microdrives
™
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Inserting SmartMedia
™
Cards. . . . . . . . . 45
Ejecting Zip
®
Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ejecting Disks Without Power . . . . . . . . 46
Ejecting CompactFlash
™
Cards
and IBM
®
Microdrives
™
. . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ejecting SmartMedia
™
Cards . . . . . . . . . 47
Ejecting Memory Cards Without Power . . 47
Using FotoShow
™
Zip
®
Disks on
a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Drive Sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Compatibility with 100MB Zip
®
Disks . . . 48
JPEG Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using FotoShow
™
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Backing up With Zip
®
Disks. . . . . . . . . . 49
Formatting Zip
®
Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using Read/Write Protected Zip
®
Disks . . 51
Using Write Protected Files . . . . . . . . . . 52
Shutting Down the FotoShow
™
Image Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
FotoShow
™
Image Center Tips. . . . . . . . . . 53
Working with the Zip Drive . . . . . . . . . . 53
Working with the FotoShow
™
Software . . 54
Using with the FotoShow
™
Image
Center for Portable Downloads. . . . . . 55
Using the FotoShow™ Image Center
with Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Why Don’t I Get a Picture on My TV
After I connect the FotoShow
™
Image Center? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Why Doesn’t the FotoShow
™
Zip
®
Disk
I Created on My Macintosh Work?. . . . 56
Why Doesn’t My Write-Protected Zip
®
Disk Work on My FotoShow
™
Image Center? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Why Does My Digital Photo Look
Different When It is Printed Than
When It is on the Computer or
TV Screen? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Why Are My Pictures Cropped When
I View Them Full Screen? . . . . . . . . . 57
Why Doesn’t my FotoShow
™
Digital
Image Center Display the Pictures I
Take with my Digital Camera? . . . . . . 57
What Causes the Delay that Sometimes
Occurs When I Insert a Zip Disk? . . . . 57
Why Does My FotoShow
™
Image Center
Automatically Eject A Zip
®
Disk as
Soon as I Insert it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
What are the “Zip” Folder and
“All my Photos?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How Do I Delete Photos from
“All My Photos?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Why Doesn’t the FotoShow
™
Image Center
Respond When I Press the Buttons
on the Remote Control? . . . . . . . . . . 58
Why Can’t I Locate a Photo I saved in the
Edit Room Yesterday? . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Why Do Some of My Photos Appear
Sideways?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How can I save the Changes without
Losing the Original Photo? . . . . . . . . 59
How Can I Undo the Changes I’ve
Made to My Picture?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Why Doesn’t The Auto Fix Button
Seem to Do Anything? . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Where Do Pictures Go When I
save Them?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
How to I Get a Photo Back that I
Accidentally Deleted? . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
How Many Pictures Can I save on a
Zip
®
disk? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Why Am I Asked to Move My Photos
When I Delete an Album, But Not
When I Delete a Slideshow? . . . . . . . 60
What is the Difference Between
Zoom and Crop?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Why are Some of Items on the Toolbar
Grayed Out? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Why Don’t the Photos I Add to an
Album Automatically Appear in the
Slideshow I created from that Album? . 61
What Causes Photos to Disappear
from My Slideshow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Why Do the Album Names I Create with
the Album Info Tool Always Revert to
the Original? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Why Do Only Some of My Photos Have
Captions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
What is the “PictIQ” Folder That I
Found on My Zip
®
Disk? . . . . . . . . . . 62
What is the “Deleted_Albums” Folder
That I Found on My Zip
®
Disk? . . . . . . 62
Why Did My FotoShow
™
Image Center
Copy Duplicate pictures or Images
I Didn’t Take From My
Digital Camera? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
How to Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
USB Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover
Getting Started 5
Getting Started
List of Features
The FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center provides a digital workspace where you can organize,
edit, and present your digital photos and presentations. Your FotoShow Image Center can:
• Transfer digital film content (3.3v SmartMedia
™
or CompactFlash
™
memory cards or
IBM
®
Microdrives
™
) to inexpensive Zip
®
disks that can be read by your computer.
• Transfer existing JPEG images from your email, scanner, hard drive, or directly from
the internet to the FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center and organize them in your digital
photo album.
• Function as an external Zip
®
250 USB drive. (This manual discusses using your
FotoShow Image Center with a TV or as a portable device for downloading images
from your digital camera. For information on using this device with a computer,
please view the Zip Drive Manual contained on the FotoShow
™
Zip
®
disk..)
• Organize photos into digital photo albums that can be viewed on your TV.
• Create slideshows and presentations that can be displayed on any TV. Some TVs may
require a special adapter (sold separately).
• Rotate, crop, and correct your digital photos.
• Remove red eye from portraits.
• Add effects, such as sepia tone (antique) or black and white, to your digital photos.
• Display and edit JPEG graphics on your TV.
• Be used as an alternative to expensive computer projection systems.
• Take your photos back to the PC for printing, e-mailing, posting on the internet, etc.
Contents
Unpack the FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center and accessories. Check to make sure you
have all of the parts shown in the picture below.
1. FotoShow
™
QuickStart Guide
2. User’s Manual—Instructions for use with your
TV or digital camera
3. FotoShow
™
Zip
®
Disk—includes a tutorial,
PowerPoint
®
templates, and a Zip Drive Manual
4. IomegaWare
™
Software CD (for computer use
only!)
5. FotoShow
™
Remote Control
6. RCA cable
7. FotoShow
™
Power Supply
8. FotoShow
™
Vertical Stand
9. USB Cable (for use when hooking your
FotoShow
™
Image Center to a computer only)
10. Batteries
11. FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center
Accessories
There are several FotoShow
™
accessories that are not included with your FotoShow Digital
Image Center. The FotoShow accessories listed below are available directly from Iomega’s
web site at http://www.iomegadirect.com.
S-Video Cable
Your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center can be connected to your TV or VCR using an S-
Video connector. S-Video carries a higher quality video signal than the RCA connector
included with your FotoShow Image Center; however, only high end TVs have S-Video
connectors.
NOTE: S-Video cables carry video only. You will still need to connect the red and white
connectors on the RCA cable included with your FotoShow
™
Image Center to hear any sound.
Auto Adapter
Your FotoShow
™
Image Center can be used to transfer digital photos from digital film
(SmartMedia
™
, CompactFlash
™
cards, and IBM
®
Microdrives
™
) when it is not connected to
either a TV or computer. The FotoShow Auto Adapter allows you to plug your FotoShow
Image Center into your car’s cigarette lighter or power outlet. This accessory allows you
to transfer your digital photos to a Zip
®
disk and reuse your camera’s digital storage
while you are away from home without having to buy expensive digital film cards.
RF Modulator
The RF Modulator allows you to hook your FotoShow
™
Image Center to TVs that do not
have either RCA or S-Video inputs. The RF Modulator hooks into your TV’s standard
antenna connector.
6 FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
Getting Started 7
Front Panel Controls and Indicators
1. Zip
®
Disk Slot
2. Power Light
3. CompactFlash
™
/Microdrive
™
Slot
4. Copy Button
5. 3.3v SmartMedia
™
Card Slot
6. Zip
®
Disk Eject Button
7. Infrared Sensor
Back Panel Controls and Connectors
1. Power Connector
2. USB Connector (For use with computers only)
NOTE: This port is only used when connecting the FotoShow
™
Image Center to a
computer. Do not use this port to connect other devices to your FotoShow Image
Center.
3. S-Video Connector
4. Composite (RCA) Video Out Connector
5. Emergency Disk Eject Button (recessed)
6. Left (Mono) Audio Channel Out Connector
7. Right Audio Channel Out Connector
Connecting Your FotoShow
™
Image Center
Typical Connection
Your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center can be hooked to an NTSC* TV, VCR, or AV receiver.
Your FotoShow Image Center includes a set of RCA cables. Most TVs have RCA connectors.
Check your TV’s user’s manual or the back of your TV to determine whether your TV has
an RCA connector (pictured below). If your TV does not have the connector pictured
below, skip to page 10.
Using the RCA Connectors
1. Connect the yellow RCA cable to the yellow RCA VIDEO IN connector on the back of
your TV, VCR, or AV receiver.
2. Connect the yellow RCA cable to the yellow RCA VIDEO OUT connector on the back
of your FotoShow
™
Image Center.
3. Connect the RCA audio connector to the AUDIO IN connector on the back of your
TV, VCR, AV receiver, or stereo system.
Make sure you match the white cable connector with the white (left, mono) AUDIO
IN connector on the back of your TV, VCR, AV receiver, or stereo system. If the
TELEVISION BACK
AUDIO/VIDEO
IN OUT
VIDEO
LEFT
AUDIO
RIGHT
AUDIO
S-
VIDEO
VHF/UHF
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™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
* NTSC is the television standard used in the United States, Japan, and parts of Canada. Your FotoShow
™
Image Center will
not work with PAL or SECAM TVs.
Connecting Your FotoShow
™
Image Center 9
device you are connecting to has stereo sound you will also find a red (right)
AUDIO IN connector. The red connector is optional.
4. Connect the RCA audio cable to the audio connectors on the back of your
FotoShow
™
Image Center.
Make sure you match the white cable connector with the white (left, mono) AUDIO
OUT connector on the back of your FotoShow
™
Image Center. If you connected the
Red (right) RCA connector in step 3, make sure that you connect the red cable
connector to the red (right) AUDIO OUT connector on the back of your FotoShow
Image Center. The red connector is optional
5. Connect the power supply to your FotoShow
™
Image Center and then plug it into an
outlet. Press the POWER button on the FotoShow remote control.
Ensure the green power light on the front of the FotoShow
™
Image Center comes on
after you have connected the power supply cable.
TELEVISION BACK
AUDIO/VIDEO
IN OUT
VIDEO
LEFT
AUDIO
RIGHT
AUDIO
S-
VIDEO
VHF/UHF
Connecting Your FotoShow
™
Image Center 9
6. Turn on your TV set and set it to the appropriate video input. Adjust the volume
level of your TV or stereo.
Most TVs will have either AUX (auxiliary) or VIDEO input channels. Many TV remote
controls have either a TV/VCR or a TV/VIDEO button that changes the video input.
Refer to the manual that came with your TV for more information on choosing the
appropriate video input channel. If you hooked the audio channel to a stereo or AV
receiver, turn it on.
NOTE: If you are connecting the FotoShow™ Image Center to a VCR or AV receiver,
you will need to turn on the VCR or receiver as well as the TV. You may also need
to adjust the video input on the VCR or receiver. See the user’s manual that came
with the VCR or AV receiver for more information.
7. Insert the Zip
®
disk that came with your FotoShow
™
Image Center and view the
FotoShow Image Center tutorial.
For more information on viewing the tutorial, see “Viewing the FotoShow
™
Tutorial”
at the end of this chapter.
Other Types of Connections
Your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center can be attached to almost any TV. If your TV does
not have the RCA connectors described above, you will need to determine which
connection type is appropriate for you. Refer to the manual that came with your TV, VCR,
or AV receiver or look at the back of the device to which you will be hooking your
FotoShow image Center to determine the type of connectors that are available. Select the
appropriate connector for your TV, VCR or AV receiver, pictured below.
S-Video Cable*
Your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center can be connected to your TV or VCR using an
S-Video cable. S-Video carries the highest quality video signal that your FotoShow Image
Center supports; however, only high end TVs have S-Video connectors. Your FotoShow
™
Image Center does not include an S-Video cable. For information on connecting your
FotoShow Image Center to a TV, VCR, or AV receiver using an S-Video connector, continue
to the next page.
RF Cable*
10 FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
* Your FotoShow
™
Image Center does not come with an S-Video cable or an RF modulator. To use these connection
options, you will need to purchase an S-Video cable or RF Modulator (available from your local electronics store or directly
from Iomega at http://www.iomegadirect.com). S-Video cables carry video signals only. You will still need to connect the
red and white connectors on the RCA cable included with your FotoShow
™
Image Center to hear any sound.
Connecting Your FotoShow
™
Image Center 11
Some TVs do not have either RCA or S-Video connectors. You will need an RF modulator
(not included with your FotoShow
™
Image Center) to connect to some TVs. In many cases
you can use your VCR instead of an RF modulator. Please check Iomega’s web site at
http://www.iomegadirect.com for recommendations on purchasing an RF modulator.
Follow the instructions included with the RF modulator to connect your FotoShow
™
Image
Center to your TV.
NOTE: Connecting the FotoShow™ Image Center will be similar to the RCA connector
instructions above, except the connections are to the RF modulator instead of the TV. Set
your TV to the channel that you set on the RF modulator (usually 3 or 4).
Using an S-Video Connector
1. Connect the S-Video cable to the S-VIDEO IN connector on the back of your TV
,
VCR, AV receiver
.
2. Connect the S-Video cable to the S-VIDEO OUT connector on the back of your
FotoShow
™
Image Center.
3. Connect the RCA audio connector to the AUDIO IN connector on the back of your
TV, VCR, AV receiver, or stereo system.
Make sure you match the white cable connector with the white (left, mono) AUDIO
IN connector on the back of your TV, VCR, AV receiver, or stereo system. If the
device you are connecting to has stereo sound you will also find a red (right)
AUDIO IN connector. The red connector is optional.
TELEVISION BACK
AUDIO/VIDEO
IN OUT
VIDEO
LEFT
AUDIO
RIGHT
AUDIO
S
VIDEO
VHF/UHF
S-VIDEO
V
L
R
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™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
4. Connect the RCA audio cable to the audio connectors on the back of your FotoShow
Image Center.
Make sure you match the white cable connector with the white (left, mono) AUDIO
OUT connector on the back of your FotoShow
™
Image Center. If you connected the
Red (right) RCA connector in step 3, make sure that you connect the red cable
connector to the red (right) AUDIO OUT connector on the back of your FotoShow
Image Center. The red connector is optional
5. Connect the power supply to your FotoShow
™
Image Center and then plug it into an
outlet. Press the POWER button on your FotoShow remote control.
Ensure the green power light on the front of the FotoShow Image Center comes on
after you have connected the power supply cable.
6. Turn on your TV set and set it to the appropriate video input.
Most TVs will have either AUX (auxiliary) or VIDEO input channels. Many TV remote
controls have either a TV/VCR or a TV/VIDEO button that changes the video input.
Refer to the manual that came with your TV for more information on choosing the
TELEVISION BACK
AUDIO/VIDEO
IN OUT
VIDEO
LEFT
AUDIO
RIGHT
AUDIO
S-
VIDEO
VHF/UHF
Connecting Your FotoShow
™
Image Center 13
appropriate video input channel. If you hooked the audio channel to a stereo or AV
receiver turn it on.
NOTE: If you are connecting the FotoShow™ Image Center to a VCR or AV receiver,
you will need to turn on the VCR or receiver as well as the TV. You may also need
to adjust the video input on the VCR or receiver. See the user’s manual that came
with the VCR or AV receiver for more information.
7. Insert the Zip
®
disk that came with your FotoShow
™
Image Center and view the
FotoShow Image Center Tutorial.
For more information on viewing the tutorial, see “Viewing the FotoShow
™
Tutorial”
at the end of this chapter.
Using the FotoShow
™
Auto Adapter
The FotoShow
™
Auto Adapter (sold separately) allows you to hook your FotoShow Image
Center to the cigarette lighter or power outlet in your vehicle. Generally, the FotoShow
Image Center will be used for portable downloads without a TV when it is connected to
the auto adapter. When used for portable downloads, you can transfer the content of
your digital camera’s SmartMedia
™
or CompactFlash
™
card to the FotoShow Image Center’s
Zip
®
drive.
1. Connect the FotoShow
™
Auto Adapter to the power connector on your FotoShow
Image Center and then plug it into your vehicle’s cigarette lighter or power outlet.
2. Insert a Zip
®
disk and SmartMedia
™
card, CompactFlash
™
card, or IBM
®
Microdrive
™
.
Press the COPY button to transfer your digital photos to your Zip disk. For more
information on transferring images to a Zip Disk, see “Copying Files to the
FotoShow Image Center” on page 15.
Viewing the FotoShow
™
Image Center Tutorial
1. If the FotoShow
™
Image Center is not already on, press the POWER button on the
FotoShow
™
remote control.
2. Insert the Zip
®
disk that came with your FotoShow
™
Image Center.
3. The FotoShow
™
Image Center tutorial should start automatically. Press either the
BACK or SLIDESHOW button to exit the tutorial.
Connecting Your FotoShow
™
Image Center 13
14 FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
If the tutorial does not start:
1. Press the SLIDESHOW button on the FotoShow
™
remote control.
2. Use the right and left arrow buttons to select Open/Create Slideshow, then press GO.
3. Use the right and left arrow buttons to select Open Slideshow, then press GO.
4. Use the up and down arrow buttons to select the slideshow titled Auto, then press
GO.
5. Use the right and left arrow buttons to select Start Show Manual/Auto, then press GO.
6. Use the right and left arrow buttons to select Start Show Manual, then press GO.
7. Use the arrow buttons to navigate through the slideshow. Use either the down or
right arrow button to move to the next slide. Press either the up or left arrow
button to move to the previous slide. Press either the BACK or SLIDESHOW button
to exit the tutorial.
Copying Files to the FotoShow
™
Image
Center
Your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center provides a simple way to copy your digital photos
from expensive digital film (SmartMedia
™
, CompactFlash
™
and, Microdrive
™
) to
inexpensive, portable Zip
®
disks. You can do selective copies when hooked to a TV set or
copy the entire contents of your digital film when you are away from home.
Understanding the COPY button on your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center
When the COPY button is pressed, the button will light up showing the status of the
digital film reader. The light will stay on until the status of the transfer changes or
another copy is started. For example, when a copy is completed successfully the green
light will stay on until the next copy begins. The COPY button is disabled when your
FotoShow
™
Image Center is connected to a computer that is powered on.
Flashing Green—Copy in progress.
Solid Green—Copy successful.
Flashing Red—Not enough space on the Zip
®
disk (no files copied).
Solid Red—Copy failed. Verify all media and try again.
Flashing Yellow—Reading your digital film. Wait until the flashing stops before
pressing the COPY button.
Copying Selectively
The FotoShow
™
Image Center provides a simple way to transfer only the photos you want
from your digital camera to your Zip
®
disk. You must have your FotoShow Image Center
connected to a TV to copy your photos selectively from your digital film. Follow these
steps to transfer your important data.
1. If your FotoShow
™
Image Center is off, turn it on by pressing the POWER button on
your remote control.
2. Insert your 3.3v SmartMedia
™
card, CompactFlash
™
card, or IBM
®
Microdrive
™
into
the appropriate FotoShow
™
digital film reader slot. See page 45.
3. The yellow light in the COPY button will flash momentarily, make sure it has quit
flashing before proceeding to the next step. If the light in the COPY button turns
solid red, eject the media and try again.
4. Insert a PC-formatted Zip
®
disk into the FotoShow
™
Zip drive.
5. Your FotoShow
™
Image Center must be hooked to a TV to perform this type of copy.
Press the Copy button.
6. When the Copy Photos dialog box appears, press the BACK button. If you wait more
than 10 seconds, your FotoShow
™
Image Center will automatically copy all of the
JPEG files on your memory card.
7. The Copy Grid will appear. By default all of the photos are selected.
Copying Files to the FotoShow
™
Image Center 15
16 FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
The Copy Grid is used to view and select those pictures you would like to copy. It
will display photos from your specified digital source—SmartMedia
™
,
CompactFlash
™
, or Microdrive
™
. It may take a moment for all of your photos to
appear on the screen. By default, all photos are selected for copying. For more
information on the Copy Grid, see “Understanding Grids.”
8. Press the arrow buttons to move between photos. Press C to deselect the photos
you don’t want to copy. Press PHOTO GRID to select/deselect all of the photos.
9. Press GO when you have finished marking the photos. Press BACK to cancel the
operation.
10. The light in the Copy button will flash green while your data is being transferred.
11. When the data transfer is complete the Copy button will glow green if the transfer
was successful, red if there was a disk or drive error, or flash red if your disk is full.
CAUTION! Your FotoShow
™
Image Center is compatible with 3.3v SmartMedia
™
memory
cards only. Using a 5v SmartMedia card with your FotoShow
™
Image Center may cause
irreparable damage to either the SmartMedia card or the FotoShow Image Center.
NOTE: There are two locations to which your files may be copied. JPEG files will be
copied to an album titled “Album <date>.” Any non-JPEG files will be copied to a folder
titled “Camera_Misc.” Non-JPEG files will not be visible on your FotoShow
™
Image Center.
You must have a computer to view the contents of the Camera_Misc folder.
Copying Everything the Simple Way
The simplest way to copy the entire contents of your digital film involves little more than
inserting your media and pressing the COPY button. You can do a simple copy with or
without a TV.
1. If your FotoShow
™
Image Center is off, turn it on by pressing the POWER button on
your remote control.
2. Insert your 3.3v SmartMedia card, CompactFlash card, or IBM
®
Microdrive
™
into the
appropriate FotoShow
™
card reader slot. See page 45 for more information.
3. The yellow light in the COPY button will flash momentarily, make sure it has quit
flashing before proceeding to the next step. If the light in the COPY button turns
solid red, eject the media and try again.
4. Insert a PC-formatted Zip
®
disk into the FotoShow
™
Zip drive.
5. Press the COPY button.
6. If your FotoShow
™
Image Center is hooked to a TV, You will see the Copy Photos
dialog box.
7. Press the GO button to start transferring your photos or wait 10 seconds for the
copy to start automatically.
NOTE: This is the simple part, you don’t have to do anything and your copy will
still be completed.
8. The light in the Copy button will flash green while your data is being transferred.
9. When the data transfer is complete the Copy will glow green if the transfer was
successful, red if there was a disk or drive error, or flash red if your disk is full.
This copy may take a few moments. Your FotoShow
™
Image Center is not only
copying your digital film, but also preparing your photos to be viewed on the TV.
CAUTION! Your FotoShow
™
Image Center is compatible with 3.3v SmartMedia
™
memory
cards only. Using a 5v SmartMedia card with your FotoShow
™
Image Center may cause
irreparable damage to either the SmartMedia card or the FotoShow Image Center.
NOTE: There are two locations to which your files may be copied. JPEG files will be
copied to an album titled “Album <date>.” Any non-JPEG files will be copied to a folder
titled “Camera_Misc.” Non-JPEG files will not be visible on your FotoShow
™
Image Center.
You must have a computer to view the contents of the Camera_Misc folder.
Portable Downloads the Quick Way
The FotoShow
™
Image Center provides a quick way to transfer all of the contents of your
digital film from expensive IBM
®
Microdrives
™
, CompactFlash
™
cards or 3.3v SmartMedia
™
cards to inexpensive Zip
®
disks. This method is ideal, when you are away from home,
because it copies the content of your digital film. Using this method, the FotoShow Image
Center does not prepare the photos for display on TV which saves valuable time between
photos. Follow these steps to transfer your photos quickly.
1. If your FotoShow
™
Image Center is on, turn it off by pressing the POWER button on
your remote control. Make sure the power light on the front of your device is off.
NOTE: The POWER button enables and disables the software only. When the
software is active (the power light is on), your FotoShow
™
Image Center not only
copies the files but prepares them to be displayed on the TV. When the software is
inactive (the power light is off), your FotoShow Image Center will simply copy all of
the files from your SmartMedia
™
card, CompactFlash
™
card, or Microdrive
™
.
2. Insert your 3.3v SmartMedia
™
card, CompactFlash
™
card, or Microdrive
™
into the
appropriate FotoShow
™
card reader slot. See page 45 for more information.
3. The yellow light in the COPY button will flash momentarily, make sure it has quit
flashing before proceeding to the next step. If the light in the COPY button turns
solid red, eject the media and try again.
4. Insert a PC-formatted Zip
®
disk into the FotoShow
™
Zip drive.
5. Press the COPY button.
6. After a brief pause, the light in the COPY button will flash green while your data is
being transferred.
7. When the data transfer is complete the Copy will glow green if the transfer was
successful, red if there was a disk or drive error, or flash red if your disk is full.
NOTE: This copy method does not prepare your photos for display on the TV. There will
be a slight delay as the FotoShow
™
Image Center prepares your images for display the
next time you insert your Zip
®
disk.
Copying Files to the FotoShow
™
Image Center 17
18 FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
CAUTION! Your FotoShow
™
Image Center is compatible with 3.3v SmartMedia
™
memory
cards only. Using a 5v SmartMedia card with your FotoShow
™
Image Center may cause
irreparable damage to either the SmartMedia card or the FotoShow Image Center.
CAUTION! Like video tapes and floppy disks, your Zip
®
disks and digital film are
sensitive to light and heat. Keep your FotoShow
™
Image Center and media out of heat
and direct sunlight. Never leave the FotoShow device or media on your car’s dashboard.
NOTE: There are two locations to which your files may be copied. JPEG files will be
copied to an album titled “Album <date>.” Any non-JPEG files will be copied to a folder
titled “Camera_Misc.” Non-JPEG files will not be visible on your FotoShow
™
Image Center.
You must have a computer to view the contents of the Camera_Misc folder.
Adding Photos from Your Computer
For more information on using your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center with your computer,
please view the Zip
®
Drive Manual on the Zip disk that came with this device. The Zip
Drive Manual is standard HTML and can be viewed with Internet Explorer
®
4.0 or
Netscape Navigator
™
4.5 on either a Macintosh
®
or Windows
®
PC.
NOTE: You must save photos to the Zip
®
disk before they can be viewed.
1. Connect the FotoShow
™
Image Center to your Computer. If your Computer is already
equipped with a Zip
®
drive, insert a Zip disk into the drive.
2. Save your JPEG photos or images to the Zip
®
disk.
NOTE: JPEG is the most common file format used by digital cameras. The FotoShow
™
Image Center is compatible with most JPEG formats; however, some less common
JPEG formats such as CMYK JPEG, progressive JPEG, motion JPEG, and JPEG 2000/JBIG
are incompatible. If you would like to view non-JPEG images (such as BMP, PICT, GIF,
PNG, EPS, or TIFF) on your FotoShow Image Center, you will need to use a computer
to convert them to a compatible JPEG format. For more information on converting
JPEG images on a computer, see “JPEG Guidelines” section on pg. 48.
3. Disconnect the FotoShow
™
Image Center from your computer and connect it to your
television. (If your computer already has a Zip
®
drive, remove the Zip disk and
insert it into the FotoShow Image Center connected to your television.)
NOTE: The COPY button and all video and audio connectors are disabled when your
FotoShow
™
Image Center is connected to a computer that is powered on. The EJECT
button may be disabled by some computer operating systems (i.e., Mac
®
OS or Linux).
CAUTION! Never connect your FotoShow
™
Image Center to a computer while you are
copying images from your digital film as this may result in an incomplete copy.
Connecting the FotoShow Image Center to a computer shuts down all of the Image
Center’s functionality, except for the Zip
®
drive, which may prevent your digital film from
being copied successfully.
FotoShow
™
Image Center at a Glance 19
Open/Create
Album
pg. 29
Open Album
Tool
pg. 29
Create Album
Tool
pg. 29
View As
pg. 28
Slideshow
pg. 28
Full Screen
pg. 28
Move Photos
In/Out
pg. 29
Move
Photos Out
pg. 30
Move
Photos In
pg. 29
Arrange
Photos
pg. 30
Choose Theme
pg. 31
Delete Photos
pg. 30
Album Info
pg. 32
Rotate
pg. 33
Rotate Right
pg. 33
Rotate Left
pg. 33
Auto Fix
pg. 33
Remove
Red-Eye
pg. 34
Add Effect
pg. 34
Crop
pg. 35
Save
pg. 36
Save a Copy
pg. 36
Save Over
pg. 36
Undo Changes
pg. 35
Revert to
Original
pg. 35
Undo Last
Change
pg. 35
Photo Info
pg. 36
Name
Photos
Caption
Name
Caption
Date
Size
Delete Albums
pg. 31
20 FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center User’s Manual
Open/Create
Slideshow
pg. 37
Open
Slideshow
pg. 38
Create
Slideshow
pg. 37
Start Slideshow
Manual/Auto
pg. 39
Start Show
Manual pg. 39
Start Show
Auto pg. 39
Add/Remove
Photos
pg. 39
Remove
Photos
pg. 39
Add Photos
pg. 39
Choose Theme
pg. 40
Delete Slideshow
pg. 41
Slideshow Info
pg. 41
Name
Photos
Delay
Transition
Create from
Album
pg. 38
Arrange Photos
pg. 40
Understanding the COPY button on your FotoShow
™
Digital Image Center
When the COPY button is pressed, the button will light up
showing the status of the digital film reader.
Flashing Green—Copy in progress.
Solid Green—Copy successful.
Flashing Red—Not enough space on the Zip
®
disk (no files
copied).
Solid Red—Copy failed. Verify all media and try again.
Flashing Yellow—Reading your digital film. Wait until the
flashing stops before pressing the COPY button.
Using the Remote Control
1. Power Button—activates the FotoShow
™
software.
2. A, B, and C Buttons—perform various tasks in
the FotoShow
™
software (depending on the
screen).
3. Back Button—Cancels the current task and
returns to the previous screen.
4. PHOTO GRID Button—accesses the Photo Grid
screen or marks all photos when in the Photo
Grid screen.
5. Directional Navigation (arrow) Buttons—used
to make on-screen selections.
6. GO Button—selects current option.
7. Menu Buttons—the EDIT, ALBUM, and
SLIDESHOW buttons change rooms in the
FotoShow
™
software.
8. Help Button—Accesses the FotoShow
™
software’s on-screen help system.
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