User manual ARGUS DC-3190

[. . . ] Caution The software CD-ROM packaged with the camera is designed to be used with a personal computer only. Do not attempt to play this CD-ROM on a stereo or CD player as this may cause damage to both the disc and the CD player. Opening or removing the cover may expose you to dangerous voltages or other risks. Further, avoid exposing this camera to direct sunlight as doing so could cause a fire. [. . . ] LCD screen 4 LCD display Prepare Your Camera for Use Load Batteries and Memory Card Open the battery cover and insert the batteries according to the polarity indicated on the battery door and close the cover. If you use alkaline batteries, you should select 1 and the battery capacity icon will display half full indicating that you will not be able to use the flash but you will still be able to take pictures until the icon displays empty; If you are using rechargeable batteries, select 2 and the battery capacity icon will display full indicating that you can take pictures until the icon shows that the battery capacity is empty. 5 Turning the Camera ON/OFF To turn the camera on, press the ON/OFF button for 2 to 3 seconds until the operation LED is lit. To turn off the camera, press the ON/OFF button for 2 seconds. The camera will also power off automatically after 30 seconds of inactivity if not connected to the computer via the USB cable. The auto power off time can be manually set as described in the Auto Power Off section of this manual. Camera Setup Taking Pictures and Recording Options Image Capture Pressing the menu button will enter the capture select menu. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired capture mode, then press menu button to confirm. Color Options From the Image Capture menu, press the RIGHT button to enter the Color Options menu. Press the UP or DOWN button to select the item that you wish to adjust and the menu button to enter the selected item. 6 Adjusting ExposureValue: Selecting the desiredWhite Balance: Adjusting the Sharpness: Resolution Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired resolution and press the menu button to confirm. Super: 2304X1728 High: 2048X1536 Middle: 1600X1200 Low: 1280X102 4 Quality Press the UP or DOWN button to select the preferred quality level and press the menu button to confirm. 7 Auto Power-Off Time Press the DOWN button to set the Auto Power-Off Time. Set the Date and Time Press the DOWN button to set date and time. If DISPLAY is selected, the date & time will show on the captured images. If you do not want the date and time on the pictures, select NO DISPLAY. Set Frequency Changing the frequency may help to reduce flicker if you use fluorescent lights. Language Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired language and press the menu button to confirm. 8 Playback Pressing the PLAYBACK button will put the camera in preview mode. Erase, Format, and Protect While viewing an image, you can press the menu button to enter the erase menu. From this menu, press the UP or DOWN button to select erase "One" frame or "All. " Selecting "All" will erase all images currently stored in memory or on the SD/MMC card. Press the main button to confirm file deletion. Selecting the format mode will format the memory card inside camera. Formatting the memory card will erase all images stored on it. Selecting the protected mode will protect the frame selected from deletion. If you want unprotect an image, select go to the protected picture, enter "Erase" mode as previously described, and select "Unprotect" by pressing the right button and pressing the menu button to confirm. 9 DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) By using DPOF, you can select an image for printing and set the quantity that you want to print. Rotation Press UP or DOWN button to select the rotation angle, and menu button to enter the selected angle. ZOOM/PAN In picture preview mode, you can ZOOM in on an image and use the PAN function to move the display range of the image. After entering the ZOOM / PAN menu, press the DOWN button to enter PAN mode and the menu button to confirm. Press the UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT buttons to view the entire display range of the picture. To cancel the PAN PAN function, press the MENU button followed by the DOWN button to Cancel. 10 Using Your Digital Camera Taking Pictures To take a picture, frame your subject in either the LCD display or the viewfinder and press the shutter button. You will here a beeping sound to indicate that the snapshot is finished. Simultaneously, the number of available images on the LCD display will decrease by one. Use the Self-Timer To include yourself in a captured image, you can set this camera to pause 10 seconds before taking a picture. To enter the SELF-TIMER mode, press the menu button and select SELF-TIMER, then press the menu button to confirm. After you press the shutter button, the self-timer LED will blink for 10 seconds and then take a picture. Record Video Your digital camera can be used to take short video clips without sound. [. . . ] To install the camera drivers, please refer to the section on Installing Drivers. After the driver is installed, connect the camera to PC in while in preview mode and the computer will find a USB mass storage device and install the device driver automatically. After this process is complete, the camera will be recognized as a removable disk and the pictures can be copied to the computer. Driver Installation Insert the accompanying CD into the CD-ROM drive and it should automatically open a Menu screen (shown below) 13 Click on Install Camera Driver. Click on the NEXT button to proceed to the next step. 14 Click on the Next button to install the driver for the camera. Once the installation is completed, click on FINISH and it will close the window. 15 Software Installation On the Main menu, click on Install Arcsoft Photo Impression 4 and the Choose Setup Languare screen will appear. Click on the OK button to proceed with the software installation. Click on the NEXT button to proceed to the next step. 16 Click on the YES button and the next screen will ask for the location where you want to save this program. By default, this program will be saved within C:\Programs Files\Arcsoft\PhotoImpression4. [. . . ]