Audiovox DC400 User Guide

Audiovox DC400 - Digital Media Recorder Manual

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  • Audiovox DC400 | User Guide - Page 1
    DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER MODEL DC400 128-7078
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    Timer: Shutter Speed: Power: Dimensions: Weight: Specifications 4M Digital 2 Mega CMOS Sensor 2304 x 1728 (Hardware enhancement) 135 Camera) 2.8 25 cm (Macro) 70 cm-infinity (normal) USB/AV out/earphone 10-second delay 1/15th to 1/4000th second Rechargeable Li-ion battery DC-In Built-in charger
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    Table of Contents Getting Started List of Accessories 5 Getting to Know Your Digital Video 6 Using the Panel 8 Preparation 9 Power 1 2 Modes 13 Video Mode Taking Movies 17 Video Out 18 Camera Mode Taking Pictures 19 Voice Mode Recording Voice Messages 21 MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music 23
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    Table of Contents-Cont Main Functions Changing the Quality Setting 29 Using Macro Select Dial 31 Using Self-timer 32 Using AE Lock 33 Using Guide Line/The LCD Display 34 Using Hold 35 Volume Adjust 35 Advanced Functions Attention Icon 36 Menu 37 Notice for video clip playback on PC 43 En 4
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    CD • USB Cable • Strap • 32 MB MMC Card • User Manual • Ear Phone • Rechargeable Li-ion Battery • Tripod • AC/DC Adapter ** • VideoStudio SE • Photo Express SE • Photo Explorer • Cool 360 • Acrobat Reader • Camera Driver • Video Capture Driver * Software besides Driver is not supported by Audiovox
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    Getting to Know Your Audiovox DC400 Front View Strap Mount Shutter Speaker Zoom Power Button Lens Status LED Indicator Microphone Back View Power Indicator/ Charge Indicator AE-Lock Accessory Cover LCD Viewfinder Panel En 6
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    Getting Started Getting to Know Your Audiovox DC400-continued Side View DC IN jack USB port Earphone jack AV out Battery/SD/MMC Cover SD/MMC card Slot Battery Slot En 7
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    Getting Started Using the Panel Menu Display Video/Camera/Voice/MP3 Mode Switch Exit/ Stop Record/ Playback Mode Switch Play/Pause/ Enter Back/Down/Self-timer Volume/Hold(Press 2 Sec.) Next/Up/Resolution En 8
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    Getting Started Preparation Loading Battery 1 Slide door in the direction of arrow. 2 Insert the battery as shown below. Inserting the SD/MMC Card 1 Repeat STEP 1. mentioned above. 2 Insert SD/MMC card as shown right. En 9
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    Getting Started Preparation-continued Attaching the Carry Strap 1 Insert the thin end of the strap into the strap mount. 2 Insert the other end of the strap through the loop of thin cord and pull tight. Attaching the Strap connected to the lens cover 1 Insert the thin end of the strap into the
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    Serial Bus (USB), or by using the AC adapter (optional). To Charge this Digital Video by USB 1 Connect USB between the DC400 and a computer. 2 The Charge indicator will light in red and start charging. If the battery is fully charged, the charging indicator will be off. USB Cable USB port Note
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    on, the Power indicator lights green. Nudge it again to turn off the DC400. Power Low If your battery is low, you will see a battery icon ( ) on the top center of the LCD. If your battery is about to run out, you will see a blinking battery icon ( ) on the top center of the LCD. Your
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    Getting Started Selecting Modes Power On USB connected Video Record Mode (Still Camera) Camera Record Mode (Video) Voice Record Mode (MP3) MP3 Mode PLAYBACK Mode Press Mass Storage Mode button to switch between modes. PC Camera Mode En 13
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    in this DC400. The four main modes are Video Mode, Camera Mode, Voice Mode and MP3 Mode. 1.Video Mode: take videos with sound 2.Camera Mode: take between PLAYBACK modes to review your videos, pictures and voice messages. and record mode to make a recording. Video Mode/Camera Mode/Voice mode shares
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    Selecting Modes-continued Connected to PC(Mass Storage Mode/PC Camera Mode) COMPUTER USB Cable USB port DC400 Using Console (Not Available for MAC) By connecting your Digital Video to a computer, the Console opens. Meanwhile your Digital Video switches to Mass Storage, too. You may choose either
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    MP3 music) exactly the way you manipulate files under Windows user interface. Note: 1.Please do not copy any files into DC400. 3.Do not delete DCim, 100MEDIA, MISC, or MP3 folders. PC Camera Mode You can connect this Digital Video to a computer with its supplied USB cable and use it as a PC camera
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    Video Mode Taking Movies Taking Your First Movie 1 Press Power 2 Switch to Video Mode 2 Slide Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture (Note: You can still use ZOOM while recording.) 3 Adjust the focus by rotating the front lens (page 31). Zoom in or Zoom out 4 Press Shutter to start
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    the LCD. Before Recording Resolution* Total estimative recordable time While Recording The recording time Video Out Video Out The DC400 can output analog video to a home TV set. To configure the Digital Video, please refer to the section on NTSC/PAL (page 40). * See page 29 for more detail. En
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    Camera Mode Taking Pictures Taking Your First Picture 1 Press Power 2 Switch to Camera Mode 3 Press Zoom-in or Zoom-out to frame your picture 4 Adjust the focus by rotating the front lens (page 31). Zoom in or Zoom out 5 Press Shutter to take a picture En 19
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    Camera Mode Taking Pictures-continued The Picture Counter You can see the picture counter displayed on the top right corner of your LCD. First, it will show the number of the total recordable files of the DC400. For example, it shows “20” on the top right corner of your LCD; that is to
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    Voice Mode Recording Voice Messages Recording Your Voice Messages 1 Press Power 2 Switch to Voice Mode 3 Press Shutter to start recording 4 Press Shutter again to stop En 21
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    Voice Mode Recording Voice Messages-continued The recording timer While you are recording voice messages, the recording timer will show on the top right corner of your LCD. Before Recording Record Quality* Total estimative recordable time After Recording Total recording time * See page 30 for
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    MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music Listening To MP3 Music 1 Press Power 2 Switch to MP3 Mode 3 Press BACK or NEXT to select one track 4 Press to play MP3 music En 23
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    MP3 Mode Listening To MP3 Music-continued 5 Press to pause 6 Press to stop MP3 information While you are listening to MP3 music, the MP3 information will show on the LCD. The title of the selected track The track number/ The total tracks The time of the selected track NOTE: To adjust
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    PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback Basic Playback 1 Switch to PLAYBACK mode 2 The information of the selected file will show on the LCD. The Mode of the selected file 3 Press NEXT or BACK to navigate The selected file number/ The total files number The time of the selected file En 25
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    PLAYBACK Mode Basic Playback-continued The following step only works on Video and Camera files. 4 Press PLAY to start 5 Press PLAY again to pause Blink 6 Press NEXT or BACK to fast-forward or fast-backward 7 Press STOP to stop En 26
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    PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback Preview in Multiple view/Single view or Hide the information 1 Press to preview in Single view 2 Press again to hide the information 3 Press again to preview in Multiple view En 27
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    PLAYBACK Mode Advanced Playback-continued Quick Search (Back/Next) 1 Press for a second to Quick Search backward 2 Press for a second to Quick Search forward En 28
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    and “ “ is economic quality. Fine quality (Best) Normal quality (Better) Economic quality (Good) Camera Record Mode You can change the picture’s resolution setting whenever you want. 1. In Camera Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current picture’s resolution setting on the
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    Main Functuions Changing the Quality Setting-continued Voice Record Mode You can change the quality setting of voice messages whenever you want. 1. In Voice Mode, press the button. 2. The LCD will display your current quality setting on the top left corner. “ ” for standard quality, “ ” for less
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    Main Functuions Using Macro Select Dial (for Video and Camera modes) Using Macro select dial You can use the macro select dial (“ ” icon) when taking a movie or picture from a near distance. (For details, refer to
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    Main Functuions Using Self-Timer (for Video and Camera mode) The DC400 has a built-in 10 second self-timer. 1 Press Timer 2 Press Shutter to start 3 The timer starts to count down from 10 seconds. This icon will
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    Main Functuions Using AE Lock Using AE Lock (for Video and Camera mode) You could use AE Lock (Automatic Exposure Lock) to lock the exposure while taking a movie or picture. This is effective when the contrast is
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    horizontal and vertical scene. In Record Mode, press the button, the guide line will show on the LCD screen. The LCD Display To save energy, DC400 allows you to switch off the LCD panel. For Video and Camera mode LCD On 1X Guide Line 2X LCD Off 3X LCD On For Voice and MP3
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    Main Functions Using Hold Using Hold (Press 2 Sec.) By pressing for 2 seconds, the buttons on the panel will be locked. The buttons on the panel will not function while in HOLD function. To cancel the HOLD function, press for 2 seconds. buttons locked Volume Adjust (for Playback Mode and MP3 Mode)
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    Advanced Functions Attention Icon Memory Full If your Digital Video’s memory card is full, you can not take any MEMORY FULL” in the center. No Card If you don’t install a MMC card or SD card in this Digital Video, the LCD will display “NO CARD” in the center. Card Lock If you insert a SD memory
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    Advanced Functuions Menu 1 Press 2 Press NEXT or BACK to select 3 Press to change 4 Press to exit En 37
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    will appear on the right corner of the LCD screen. Note: An adequate light source is required for a good picture. Quick Review ON/OFF (for Camera mode) You can have a quick review on your pictures. If you choose Quick Review ON, the icon will appear on the LCD screen. Attach Voice ON/OFF (for
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    the information or hide the information. Attach Date/Time ON/OFF (for Camera mode) If you choose Attach Date/Time ON, date and time will attach on the picture that you recorded. Date You could set the correct date for your digital video. Time You could set the correct time for your
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    Advanced Functuions Menu-continued Auto-Off ON/OFF Under Auto-Off, if you leave your DC400 unused for certain times, the unit will power off automatically. There are three options: 1 minute, 2 minutes and 5 minutes. (Note: If you set Auto-off ON
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    whole tracks will playback repeatedly. repeat one repeat all Rotate ON/OFF (only for image files) You can choose to rotate your pictures on your Digital Video. Pressing or , you can rotate the picture every 90 degree in counter-clock direction. En 41
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    Advanced Functuions Menu-continued Del One/ Del ALL You can choose to delete one file or all files. Press to exit. to confirm. Press Ye s No Format your Memory Card* If you want to erase all movies, pictures, voice messages, MP3 and other files, you can select FORMAT under the menu and press
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    Advanced Functions Notice for video clip playback on PC Our video clip adopts Microsoft latest video technology(Direct X 8.1). Therefore user(Windows 98, 2000) needs to install our enclosed Direct X to playback the video clip files. Note: Direct X is a program to upgrade Microsoft’s Media Player
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    © 2004 Audiovox Electronics Corp., Hauppauge, NY 11788 Printed in China 128-7078 En 44
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DIGITAL VIDEO
CAMCORDER
MODEL
DC400
128-7078