5.4 Se t ting the resolu tion
VIDEO reco rding mode
1. Press the MENU butt on in video mode, Select VIDEO and press OK to enter op tions
select ion.
2. Select RESOLUTION by pushing the Direction Key DOW N, then press OK to enter
resolution selec tion.
3. Select desired resolution by pus hing the Direction Key UP or D OW N;
Full HD (1920×1080), 1080P30(1440x108 0), 720P30 (1280 x 720), W V GA P60 (848 x 480)
W V GAP30 (848 x 480), V GA (640 x 48 0), QVGA(320 x 24 0)
then press OK to confirm sett ing.
PICTUR E taking mode
1. Press the MENU butt on in photo mode, Select PH O TO and press OK to enter option
select ion.
2. Select the SIZE by pushing t he Direction Key DOW N, pre ss OK to enter resolution
select ion.
3. Select desired resolution by pus hing the Direction Key UP or D OW N;
3M (2048 x 1536), 5M (2592 x 1944)
then press OK to confirm sett ing .
5.5 Tak i ng video or pictur es
1. Open screen / turn on your camera.
2. Press the MODE button t o select P I CTURES ( ) or VIDEO recording mode( )
3. Use the LCD screen as a viewfinder composing t he scene.
4. Press the REC button for t a king a PICTURE, or press this butt on to start / stop V I DEO
recording.
Note: 1. Keep camera and the object st eady when making records to avoid blurry images.
2. Max video file size is 4GB.The unit will stop recording aut omatically.
5.6 Zoo m IN and O UT
Your camera can zoom in up to 20 X (5 X optic al zoom and 4 X digital zoom).
Push the zoom butt on LEF T/ RIGHT for s electing des ired scene / view.
Note the zoom bar in screen showing t he zooming range.
5.7 Play back PICTU RES and V IDEO c l ips
1. Press the PLAYBACK butt on ( ) once to en t er PICTURES Playback mode, press i t
again to enter VIDEO Playback mode (PHOTO / VIDEO ic on will be showed on top of
screen).
2. Push the D irection Key UP / D O W N / LEFT / RIGHT to select desired PICTURE / VIDEO.
3. Press OK to confirm select ed V I DEO or see full size PICTURE.
4. W hen view ing a phot o, you may push (left) or (right) to zoom out or in .
5. Press OK again for starting the slide show.
6. W hen view ing video clips , Press OK to start playing the video and press again to pause.
7. W hen playing the video, push the Direction Key RI GHT / LEFT for fast forw ard or rewind
the VIDEO.
5.8 De lete pho tograph s and vide o clips
1. Press the PLAYBACK( ) button once to enter the PHOTO playback mode, or press
again to enter VIDEO clip play back mode.
Select the photo or video t o delete.
2. Press the MENU butt on to enter the delete mode.
3. Push the D irection Key LEF T or RIGHT for selec t delete current image or delete all images
and press OK to confirm.
4. Press the MOD E button to ex it .
6. Connecting the H D DV ca mera
6.1 Conn e ct to TV
W hen you wish to view on High D efinition (HD) T V, pleas e use supplied HDMI cable and
connect as s hown below:
Set y our HDTV t o c orresponding HDMI INP UT (review T V Manual if needed) and use camera
buttons in the same way as you use camera during PLAYBACK mode.
You may als o view PICTURES and recorded VIDEO clips on ty pical standard TV set . Make the
connect ion as shown below:
6.2 Con nect to Pe rsonal co m p uter
You may als o connect your HD camcorder t o P C for viewing P ICT URES and VIDEOS on y our
computer .
Uplo ad to Y ouT ube
Please install MEDIAIMPRESSION. This software enables uplo ad to YouTube. This will take you
directly t o Y ouT ube website for easy upload of videos.
Installing DirectX an d Ar cSoft M ediaImpres sion
1. Please insert provided CD int o computer‟s CD ROM and follow screen prompts to install
Direct X and MediaImpression in your computer
2. Use t he USB cable to connect HD camcorder to computer
3. Open M y Computer> Removable Disk and select image or video file
4. Clic k to open and watch High definition video played back.
You may als o install QuickTime (not bundled on supplied CD) or other suitable program s for
best video playback.
HD Video data is very complex ; us e Win XP , Vista, Mac9.x and newe r c omputers – older and
slower comput ers may not play your HD Video clips so well.
7. Remot e func t iona l parts (Optional)
Press this key to enter Playback PICTURE mode, press again
switching to Playback VIDEO mode.
Press this k ey to select mode: PICTURE tak ing or VIDEO
recording.
In M ENU mode, push the key up for UP select ion / In VIDEO
or PHOTO mode, push the key UP to ent er AF mode se tti ng .
Press to Set PICTURE / VIDEO rec ording options.
In M ENU mode, push the key left for LEF T selection / In
PHOTO m ode, pus h the k ey LEFT f or flash opt ions selection.
In MENU mode, push the key down for DO W N selection / I n
VIDEO or PH OTO mode, pus h the key DOW N to enter Whi te
Ba la nce se tt in g .
Press it to delete the photo or video clip in playback mode.
During video playing, press t he button for fast back ward, press
this key again to return normal playback.
Press this k ey to increase volume during video clip playback.
In DC playback, P ICTURE t aking or video recording mode,
press the key to zoom in the picture
Press this k ey to decreas e volum e during video c lip playback.
In DC playback, PICTURE t aking or video recording mode,
press the key to zoom out the picture
Selecting and setup confirm
In M ENU mode, push the key right for RI GHT selection / In
VIDEO or P HOTO mode, pus h t he key RIGHT to ent er
exposure value set ting.
Press the key to stop during playing
During play ing, press the k ey to pause, Press this key again to
play c ontinuously.
During video playing, press t he button for fast forward, press
this key again to return normal playback
8. S pecification
5.0 M ega pix el C MOS sensor
Full HD (1920×1080) up to 30fps
1080P 30 (1440x 108 0), up to 30fps
720P 30 (1280 x720), up to 30fps
W V GAP60 (848x 480), up to 60fps
W V GAP30 (848x 480), up to 30fps
VGA (640x480), up to 30fps
QVGA (320x240), up to 30fps
5.0 Mega pix el (2592x1944)
3.0 Mega pix el (2048x1536)
Macro mode: 3cm~ 1M(W ide,3cm~ 20cm; T ele, 0.8M ~ 1M);
Normal mode: 20cm~∞(W ide , 20cm~ ∞;T ele, 1M ~ ∞) ;
Full mode: 3cm~∞( W ide , 3cm~ ∞;T ele, 0. 8M ~ ∞);
Zoom in up to 20 times (5 X Optical Zoom and 4 X digital Zoom)
3.0” fine grade LTPS color LCD display
Auto / Sunny / Cloudy / Fluorescent / Incandescent
Support up to 32GB SD memory c ard ( card is required to store video &
pictures, class 4 or above SD card is recommended )
VIDEO: MOV ; PICTURE: JPEG
3.7V 1700mAh Li -ion rechargeable batt ery (supplied)
High Definition VIDEO: HDMI
Standard TV (NTSC or PAL) output: AV standard port
9. PC s y stem min requiremen t
W indows 7 / Vista / XP
Mac 10.4.9 or above
Pentium II I/ 1GHz (minimum)
Pentium 4 / 3. 0GHz or above process or (recommended)
At least 256MB (minimum ) 1G B (recommended)
nVidia Geforce 7600 or ATI X 1600 or above
10. Troubleshooting
Cannot turn the camcorder
ON
Low battery power.
Battery not ins erted
properly.
Charge t he battery
Check t hat battery correctly aligned
when installed
VIDEO or PICTURES
cannot be saved when you
are tak ing them.
1. SD c ard has not been
installed
2. The SD c ard has not
been formatted properly .
3. M emory is full. Display
shows „M EMORY FULL‟.
1. I nstall SD card
2. Format the SD card at SETUP
mode of the c amera. Please refer
to s ection 5.3.
3. D ownload the pictures and
videos from the c amera to the
computer t o create storage
space.
Computer does not
recognize your camcorder
when connect ed. (You
cannot find removable disk)
Make sure all cable connect ions are
secured. R estart the computer if
necess ary.
The battery life is very
short.
Incorrect or old, used up,
battery
Replace with new 3.7V Li-ion
rechargeable bat tery
1. The HD camera is not
held st eady during
recording
2. The lens of HD DV
camera is dirty.
3. Inc orrect Lens focus
sett ing
1. Hold t he HD DV camera steady
when taking pictures, wait to hear
the beep sound
2. C lean the lens with soft dry cloth.
3. Set the Full Macro / Normal lens
focus according to the proper
camera to subjec t distance. Use
“Normal” setting as appropriate
for typic al situations.
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