User manual ACER CE-6430

[. . . ] Contents 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Package Contents 5 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA 5 6 7 8 Front View Rear View Mode Dial LCD Monitor Information 10 PREPARING THE CAMERA 10 Installing the Batteries 11 Using the AC Adapter (Optional Accessory) 12 Inserting and Removing an SD Memory Card (Optional Accessory) 13 GETTING STARTED 13 13 14 15 16 Turning the Power On/Off Choosing the Screen Language Setting the Date and Time Formatting an SD Memory Card or Internal Memory Using the LCD Monitor 17 PHOTOGRAPHY MODE 17 18 19 20 21 Shooting Images Setting Image Resolution and Quality Using the Zoom Function Using the Flash Setting Focus 22 Capture Mode 22 23 24 25 Burst Self-Timer Adjusting the Exposure (EV Compensation) Setting White Balance 26 USING THE MODE DIAL 27 PLAYBACK MODE - THE BASICS 27 Viewing Images 28 Magnifying Images 29 Thumbnail Display EN-1 30 MOVIE MODE 30 Recording Movie Clips 31 Playing Back Movie Clips 32 PLAYBACK MODE - ADVANCED FEATURES 32 Playing Back Still Images/Movie Clips on TV 33 Deleting Images/Movie Clips 34 Connecting to a PictBridge-Compatible Printer 38 TRANSFERRING FILES FROM YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA TO COMPUTER 38 Step 1: Install the USB driver 39 Step 2: Connect the digital camera to your computer 40 Step 3: Download images or movie clips 41 EDITING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 41 Installing NTI Photo Suite (Optional) 42 USING THE DIGITAL CAMERA AS A PC CAMERA 42 Step 1: Install the PC camera driver 43 Step 2: Connect the digital camera to your computer 43 Step 3: Run your application software (i. e. Windows NetMeeting) 44 MENU OPTIONS 44 49 50 53 Camera Menu Movie Menu Playback Menu Setup Menu 57 SPECIFICATIONS EN-2 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the new digital still camera!Equipped with a 6. 36 Mega pixels CCD sensor, your camera delivers high quality, 2816 x 2112 resolution images. Other features provided by the camera include the following: 6. 36 Mega pixels A high-resolution CCD sensor provides 6. 36 mega pixels for high quality of images. [. . . ] The zoom factor displayed on the screen shows the current magnification ratio. To view different portions of the images, press the four-way controller to adjust the display area. The magnification factors range from 1. 5X to 4X (within 6 stages: 1. 5X, 2. 0X, 2. 5X, 3. 0X, 3. 5X and 4. 0X). EN-28 Thumbnail Display This function allows you to view 9 thumbnail images on the LCD monitor screen simultaneously so you may search for a particular image. Use the four-way controller to move the cursor to select the image to be displayed at regular size. Press the or / button to display the selected image on full screen. 3 6 9 EN-29 MOVIE MODE Recording Movie Clips This mode allows you to record movie clips with sound via built-in microphone. Rotate the mode dial to (Movie Mode) and turn your camera on by pressing the power switch. To stop recording, press the shutter release button again. 00:49 Select this mode to record video clips. Video The optical zoom function (3X) can be activated before you start recording the movie clips The digital zoom function can be activated before and during the recording. Each time you Pressing the / button, the display changes in the following order: Normal Display No press the Icons LCD Off. To enable/disable Mode-dial Help function, set the [Option-Mode-dial Help] to [On]/[Off] in all modes. EN-30 Playing Back Movie Clips You can play back the recorded movie clips on the LCD monitor screen. However, the sound recorded with movie clips can only be played back on a TV or on a computer. Use the four-way controller to go through the images until the movie clip you want to play back is displayed. To pause or resume movie playback, press the button again. 100-0001 00:05 1/7 01/01/2006 12:01 The index number, date and time indicators displayed on the LCD monitor screen will disappear after a few seconds. To playback the movie clips on the computer, we recommend you to use Windows Media Player 9. 0 or later (WMP 9. 0 or later). You can download WMP version from the website at www. microsoft. com. EN-31 PLAYBACK MODE - ADVANCED FEATURES Playing Back Still Images/Movie Clips on TV You can also playback your images on a TV screen. Before connecting to any device, make sure to select NTSC/PAL system to match the video output system of the video equipment you are going to connect to the digital camera, then turn off all devices to be connected. Connect one end of the AV cable to the AV terminal of the digital camera. The method of operation is the same as playing back still images and movie clips on the digital camera. PC/AV terminal The sound recorded with movie clips can only be played back on a TV or on a computer. EN-32 Deleting Images/Movie Clips Use this function to delete one or all images/movie clips stored in SD memory card or the internal memory. Please note that the deleted images or movie clips cannot be recovered. Rotate the mode dial to , , , , , or and turn your camera on by pressing the power switch. Use the four-way controller to select the image/movie clip you want to delete. Use the four-way controller to select [This Image] or [All Images] by your preference, then press the button. When the delete message appears, use the four-way controller to select [Yes], then press the button to confirm the deletion. If you wish to cancel the deletion, select [No]. Delete This Image his Im Images All Im ges Image Cancel : Select : Delete Yes Yes No Select : Protected images cannot be deleted with the delete function. EN-33 Connecting to a PictBridge-Compatible Printer Even if you do not have a computer, you can connect the camera directly to a printer that supports PictBridge to perform image selection and printing using the camera screen and controls. [. . . ] Press the four-way controller to select the [Setup] / [Option] / [System] menu. Use the four-way controller to select the desired option item, then press the button. (4) To exit the setup menu, rotate the mode dial to another mode. Setup Format Beeper te Time Date & Tim Language Langu Louder m/d/y English Englis En lish Select : Option System Setup Option System PC NTSC USB Mode TV CD Brightness LCD Brightnes Auto Shut D uto Down 3 Min. Select : Setup Option System On Mode-dial Help Select : Setup Option System Reset Numbe eset Number Set To Default o De ault Defaul Version Versio sion Select : EN-53 [Setup] settings Item Format Functional Description Erases all images and reformats the SD memory card loaded in your camera. [. . . ]