Polaroid PDC 3150 User manual

Polaroid
Brand
Polaroid
Model
PDC 3150
Type
User manual
PDC 3150
Digital Camera
User Guide
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Product Overview
1. Flash
2. Self-timer LED
3. Lens
4. Exposure Sensor
5. Microphone
6. Viewnder
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1. Viewnder
2. Operation LED
3. LCD screen
4. Display button
5. Left/Self-timer button
6. Menu button
7. OK/Flash button
8. Down/Zoom out button
9. Right/Continuous mode button
10. Up/Zoom in button
11. Speaker
12. Power button
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1. Lens door switch
2. Port for USB/Video Cable/DC IN terminal
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1. Hand strap holder
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1. Shutter button
2. Mode selector
3. Tripod mount
4. Battery/SD card door
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Table of Contents
1 Getting Started .......................................................................... 6
• Camera Package Contents ....................................................... 7
• Attaching the Hand Strap ........................................................ 7
• Installing the Batteries ............................................................. 8
• Turning the Camera On and Off................................................ 8
• How to Navigate Menus .......................................................... 8
• Checking the Battery Level ...................................................... 9
• Connecting AC Adaptor (not included)....................................... 9
2 Camera Setting ........................................................................ 10
• Checking Camera Status........................................................ 10
• Camera Mode....................................................................... 11
• Setting the Current Date and Time.......................................... 12
• Turning the Beep Sound On and Off........................................ 13
• Power Save Setting .............................................................. 14
• Setting Quick View ............................................................... 15
• Setting the Display Language ................................................. 16
• Turning the Information Display LCD Screen Off ....................... 17
3 Taking and Managing the Pictures .............................................. 18
• Taking a Picture.................................................................... 18
• Taking Continuous Pictures.................................................... 20
• Setting the Flash Mode.......................................................... 20
• Setting the Picture Resolution................................................. 21
• Setting the Picture Quality ..................................................... 22
• Setting Self-timer.................................................................. 23
• Zoom in and out ................................................................... 23
• Setting Exposure Compensation ............................................. 24
• Setting White Balance ........................................................... 25
4 Recording Video Clips ............................................................... 26
• Recording Video Clips ........................................................... 26
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5 Playback Pictures and Video Clips............................................... 27
• Playback the Pictures ............................................................ 27
• Playing the Video Clip ........................................................... 28
• Protect the Pictures/Video Clip(s) Against Deletion.................... 29
• Deleting Picture(s)/Video Clip(s) from the Camera ..................... 30
6 Using the SD Card.................................................................... 31
• Using the SD(Secure Digital) Card ............................................... 31
• DPOF(Digital Print Order Format) ............................................ 35
• P.I.M.(PRINT Image Matching)................................................ 36
7 Installing the Software onto a Computer...................................... 37
• Installing the software........................................................... 37
• Software Included with Your Camera ...................................... 38
• Computer system requirements .............................................. 39
8 Transferring Pictures, Video Clips To Your Computer/TV ............... 40
• Before you transfer pictures ................................................... 40
• Connecting to Your Computer ................................................ 40
• Transferring and Viewing the Pictures and Video clips ............... 41
• Connecting to a TV............................................................... 42
• Viewing Picture and Video Clips on a TV ................................. 43
9 Troubleshooting Problems.......................................................... 44
• Troubleshooting ................................................................... 44
10 Getting Help ........................................................................... 48
• Polaroid Online Services ........................................................ 48
• ArcSoft Software Help .......................................................... 48
11 Appendix................................................................................ 49
• Technical Specications ........................................................ 49
• Capacity of SD Card ............................................................. 52
• Using your batteries .............................................................. 53
• Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance............................................ 53
• Uninstalling Polaroid PDC 3150 Driver ..................................... 54
• Regulatory Information .......................................................... 55
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1 Getting Started
The PDC 3150 camera provides you easy-to-use features. It can never be
easier and enjoyable. Go ahead and enjoy your operation. Here are a few
examples of what you can do with your camera.
Enjoy point & shoot operation. Take digital pictures in your
preferable detail, like size and white balance.
Store pictures, video clips to the internal memory or a SD card.
Playback pictures and video clips on LCD screen, TV or a
computer.
Send the pictures and video clips over the Internet to family and
friends.
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• Camera Package Contents
Warranty Card
Digital Imaging Products
201 Burlington Road
Bedford, MA 01730-1434
2 x AA Batteries
The CD-ROM includes
Polaroid PDC 3150 Camera Driver
ArcSoft PhotoImpression 4.0 (PC & Mac)
Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC & Mac)
User manual in PDF format
PDC 3150
USB Cable
Video CableHand StrapPouch
Quick Guide
PDC 3150
Quick Start Guide
Product Overview
1. Flash
2. LED
3. Lens
4. LED
5. LED
6. Viewnder
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1. Viewnder
2. Display button
3. LCD screen
4. Left/Self-timer button
5. Menu button
6. OK/Flash button
7. Down/Zoom out button
8. Right/Continuous mode button
9. Up/Zoom in button
10.Power button
11.LED
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• Attaching the Hand Strap
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• Installing the Batteries
2 x AA batteries are supplied with the product. For more guidelines on
battery usage, please see Using your batteries.
1. Open the battery door by pushing it outwards as illustrated.
2. Insert the batteries as shown, ensuring you follow the +/- signs
correctly.
3. Close the battery door by pushing it down and then slide it towards the
camera to lock.
You can use both 2 X AA batteries and an AC adaptor (DC3.3V, not
included) to supply power for the camera. We highly recommend the user
to use 1800mAh NiMH rechargeable or Lithium AA batteries.
• Turning the Camera On and Off
Fully press and hold the Power button until the
operation LED turns green and the LCD screen
is on. It takes about 2 seconds to power up the
camera. Press and hold the Power button again
to turn off the camera.
Power button
Operation LED
When turning on the camera in Auto/Manual/Video mode, the date will
display on the bottom right corner of the LCD screen for one second. Then
it changes to time for one second, after that the date and time indicator
will be off.
• How to Navigate Menus
Use the 4-way control to select on-screen menu items. Press and
to scroll up and down through menus. Press and to scroll left and
right.
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• Checking the Battery Level
Check the battery level by pressing the Display button before taking
pictures.
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Check the battery level that appears on the LCD
screen.
Batteries have adequate power.
Battery power is low.
Please note that when the batteries need to be replaced, a warning
“REPLACE BATTERY!” will show on LCD screen and the camera
will automatically turn off.
The battery level indicator only appears on the LCD screen for around 5
seconds each time. You can check the battery level anytime by pressing
the Display button.
• Connecting AC Adaptor (not included)
Be sure to turn off power before connecting or disconnecting the AC
Adaptor. Connect the adaptor into the DC IN terminal (DC IN 3.3V) as
shown to power the camera from a household power outlet.
NOTE:
• Please make sure that you use an AC adaptor
with the correct specication for the camera
(DC IN 3.3V).
• The camera automatically switches over to
AC adaptor powered operation whenever the
AC adaptor is plugged into the camera.
• We recommend using the AC adaptor to
power the camera whenever connected to a
computer.
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2 Camera Setting
• Checking Camera Status
Turn on the camera, view the camera LCD screen to check which camera
settings are active. If the feature icon is not displayed, it means that
particular feature is not activated.
10 Sec. self-timer
Video mode
Auto white balance
Flash mode on
Flash mode off
Auto ash mode
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Fine
Normal
The number of pictures
taken
Record mode
Continuous mode
2 Sec. self-timer
Red eye
SD card inserted
Economy
2048 X 1536
1600 X 1200
1024 X 768
640 X 480
Single picture mode
Pictures remained
Picture Quality
Resolution
Camera Status
Full
Low
Other Features
Playback mode
Auto mode
Manual modeVideo mode
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• Camera Mode
The camera has four working modes. You can
select the mode you prefer using the Mode
selector located on the top of the camera.
Mode selector
Auto mode
Under this mode, the camera will automatically judge the environment
conditions for you. It will set the Exposure and White balance automatically
according to the shooting environment.
Manual mode
Under this mode, you can set the Exposure and White balance base on
different environment conditions before taking pictures. (Further detail
refers to Setting Exposure Compensation and Setting White Balance on
page 24).
Playback mode
Playback or delete pictures/video clips from the camera.
Video mode
Using this mode to record video clips with sound.
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• Setting the Current Date and Time
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Press Menu button and use the Right button to select “SETUP MENU”.
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3. After the above operation, press Menu button to exit.
You can use Up and Down button to change the display of date as:
• YY/MM/DD
• MM/DD/YY
• DD/MM/YY
Use OK button to select a eld, such as year, month, day, hour, minute,
use Up or Down button to adjust the value in the eld. Press OK button
after all elds are set.
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• Turning the Beep Sound On and Off
You can turn the Beep sound on and off in any camera mode. When
the Beep sound is turned on, the camera will beep when you press the
button.
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Press Menu button and use the Right button to select “SETUP MENU”.
Press
Press
Press
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3. After the above operation, press Menu button to exit.
NOTE:
The default setting is “On”.
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• Power Save Setting
Your camera is designed to turn off the LCD screen and the camera
automatically after a period of inactivity to save battery life. You can
change Power Save Setting by the following steps.
1. Turn the camera on.
2. Press Menu button and use the Right button to select “SETUP MENU”.
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3. After the above operation, press Menu
button to exit.
The function for each setting is:
Off: This camera will not perform the power save function.
One minute: This camera will automatically turn off the LCD screen
after one minute of inactivity (the operation LED will
ash). Press any button will reactivate the LCD screen.
Three minutes: This camera will automatically turn off the LCD screen
after three minutes of inactivity (the operation LED will
ash). Press any button will reactivate the LCD screen.
After the above one minute/three minutes power saving, if there is no
more operation in another one minute, the camera will automatically
power off. You need to press the Power button if you want to turn on the
camera again.
NOTE:
• Power save setting is available in all camera modes.
• Auto power off is automatically disabled while the AC adaptor is connected
to the camera or the camera is connected to PC.
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• Setting Quick View
This setting enables you to view the picture immediately on the LCD
screen right after it is taken. You can perform Quick View Setting in any
camera mode.
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Press Menu button and use the Right button to select “SETUP MENU”.
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Press
Press
3. After the above operation, press Menu button to exit.
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• Setting the Display Language
Under this setting, you can select the language you prefer for the LCD
screen. You may change the language setting in any camera mode.
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Press Menu button and use the Right button to select “SETUP MENU”.
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3. After the above operation, press Menu button to exit.
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• Turning the Information Display/LCD Screen Off
To turn the Information display icons off, just simply press the Display
button once, press it again will turn off the LCD screen. Press the Display
button one more time will turn on the information display and the LCD
screen.
Press Display
button
Press Display
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Press Display
button
LCD screen on,
Information display on
LCD screen on,
Information display off
LCD screen off,
information display off
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3 Taking Pictures
Before you take pictures, please read this note rst:
NOTE:
Never remove batteries, disconnect the AC adaptor from the camera, or unplug
the adaptor while a picture is being saved. Doing so will prevent the current
picture being saved and may corrupt other pictures already stored on the
camera’s internal memory or on a memory card.
• Taking a Picture
Before taking pictures, open the lens door by pushing the
Lens door switch downwards. Push the switch upwards to
close the lens door. Always close the lens door to protect
the lens when not using the camera.
Lens door switch
We recommend the user to take pictures from 7.8 inches
(20 cm) to innity.
1. Set the Mode selector to Auto or Manual mode.
2. Turn on the camera.
3. Frame your subject using the LCD screen.
4. Press the Shutter button half way to set auto focus, exposure and
white balance.
• Auto focus:
Icon Display
Framing Mark
A. Align the auto focus mark on the
subject you want to take, the framing
mark will turn green when the camera is
focused.
B. When the auto focus is not focused
on the subject or taking picture in dark
environment, the framing mark will turn
red. Release your nger, recompose the
scene and press the Shutter halfway to
reset the focus.
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• Exposure and white balance
A. When there are proper exposure and white balance value subject
to your current light condition for capturing, the icon display will
turn green.
B. When there are improper exposure and white balance value subject
to your current light condition for capturing, the icon display will
turn red.
• Operation LED turns red and blinks when setting auto focus, exposure
and white balance, it will stop blinking and turn red afterward.
• When ash is set to “OFF”, the LCD screen might show “PLEASE
OPEN THE LENS COVER OR TURN ON THE FLASH”, please turn on
the ash.
IMPORTANT!
• We highly recommend the user to take picture after framing mark and icon
display have turned green except taking picture in dark environment.
• When the camera’s exposure and white balance function are not ready or your
capturing condition is over the camera’s setting, the framing mark and icon
display on the LCD screen will turn red. Under the above condition, if you still
take the picture, the picture taken is in risk of over exposure or too dark.
Shutter button
5. Press the Shutter button completely down
to take a picture. Hold the camera steady. A
beep will sound when the picture has been
taken. Operation LED will turn green and
blink when processing picture, it will stop
blinking afterward.
When the ash mode is set to Off “ ”, the icon might appear on LCD
screen to remind you to hold the camera steady.
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• Taking Continuous Pictures
The camera will record pictures continuously 3 pictures when press
Shutter button.
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Set the Mode selector to Auto or Manual.
3. Press the Continuous Mode button to activate Continuous mode. The
icon
will appear on the LCD screen.
4. Press the Shutter button to take continuous pictures.
NOTE:
• The number of continuous pictures you can take will depend on the available
memory and the resolution settings.
• The ash does not re in the Continuous mode.
• Setting the Flash Mode
1. Turn on the camera.
2. Set the Mode selector to Auto or Manual.
3. Press the Flash button to cycle through the Flash Mode until the one
you want is shown on the LCD screen.
The camera has four ash modes. Different ash setting applied to
different situation:
Flash Mode on, the ash res for every picture. Use this setting in high
contrast situations to provide ll-light or use it indoors in low light.
Flash Mode off, the ash does not re. Use this setting for outdoor
pictures or where ash is prohibited or may be distracting. Also use
when shooting toward a reective surface, such as a window or
mirror. If you do not have enough light when using this setting, your
pictures will be too dark.
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Auto Flash Mode, the ash res automatically as needed. Use this
setting to take most pictures.
Red eye, use this setting to avoid red glare in your subject’s eyes.
The camera res a brief, preashash before the regular ash.
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