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C8890-90001 Quick Success HP PhotoSmart 215 digital camera 1 Unpack your camera The HP PhotoSmart 215 digital camera comes with everything you need to take digital photos and transfer them to your computer. • HP PhotoSmart digital camera • USB cable • PhotoImpression software on CD-ROM • Wrist strap with CompactFlash memory card extractor tool • CompactFlash memory card • 4 AA alkaline batteries • Documentation-HP PhotoSmart 215 digital camera User's Guide and Quick Success poster 2 Attach the wrist strap 1. Thread the short loop of the wrist strap through the wrist strap attachment. You might need to use a paper clip to thread the end of the loop through. 2. Pull the strap through the loop, then pull the knot tight. The clip is used to remove the memory card. memory flash card door USB connection memory card slot Camera description shutter button self-timer light viewfinder status LCD lens camera icon mode switch playback icon battery compartment cover wrist strap attachment menu dial image LCD image LCD on/off switch 3 Set up your camera Install the batteries Choose the language 1. Unlock the battery compartment (slide the lever to the unlock position) and open the compartment door (slide it down). 2. Insert the 4 AA alkaline batteries (supplied), making sure that the +/electrodes match the indicators on the inside of the camera's battery compartment. 3. Close and relock the battery compartment. 1. Slide the mode switch up to the camera icon to turn the camera on. 2. Turn the menu dial to highlight your language, then press the menu dial. The Date & Time menu appears on the image LCD. Set the camera date and time 1. Turn the menu dial to choose the date, then press the menu dial to select. 2. Turn the menu dial to change the month, then press the menu dial to set. Change the day, year and time in the same manner. 3. Turn the menu dial to select Exit, then press the menu dial to return to Capture mode. 4 Take a photo 1. With the mode switch up at the camera icon, you are ready to take a photo. The status LCD displays the approximate number of photos available and the battery level. Be sure to move your fingers away from the camera lens before taking a photo. 2. Take your photo. Press the shutter button half way down. When you see the green light next to the viewfinder, press the button all the way down. The photo will show on the image LCD while it is being saved. Note: You can change the photo quality, adjust the flash and focus settings, or use the self-timer and digital zoom. See the User's Guide for details. 5 Review your photos After you have taken some photos and they are stored on the CompactFlash memory card, you can view them using the image LCD. Tip: To preserve battery life, connect the AC power adapter while using the image LCD to review your photos. See the User's Guide for details. 1. Slide the mode switch down to the playback icon. The last photo taken displays on the image LCD. 2. Use the menu dial to scroll through your photos. 3. Press the menu dial to display the Review menu for more reviewing options. See the User's Guide for details.

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Unpack your camera
HP PhotoSmart digital camera
USB cable
PhotoImpression software on
CD-ROM
Wrist strap with CompactFlash
memory card extractor tool
1.
With the
mode
switch up at the camera icon, you are ready to
take a photo.
The status LCD displays the approximate number of photos available
and the battery level. Be sure to move your fingers away from the
camera lens before taking a photo.
2.
Take your photo.
Press the
shutter
button half way down. When you see the green
light next to the viewfinder, press the button all the way down. The
photo will show on the image LCD while it is being saved.
Note:
You can change the photo quality, adjust the flash and focus
settings, or use the self-timer and digital zoom. See the User’s Guide for
details.
After you have taken some photos and they are stored on the
CompactFlash memory card, you can view them using the
image LCD.
Tip:
To preserve battery life, connect the AC power adapter
while using the image LCD to review your photos. See the
User’s Guide for details.
1.
Slide the
mode
switch down to the playback icon. The
last photo taken displays on the image LCD.
2.
Use the
menu
dial to scroll through your photos.
3.
Press the
menu
dial to display the Review menu for
more reviewing options. See the User’s Guide for
details.
Take a photo
Review your photos
The HP PhotoSmart 215 digital camera comes with everything you
need to take digital photos and transfer them to your computer.
CompactFlash memory card
4 AA alkaline batteries
Documentation—HP PhotoSmart
215 digital camera User’s Guide
and Quick Success poster
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Quick Success
HP PhotoSmart 215 digital camera
Camera description
shutter
button
image LCD
on/off
switch
battery
compartment
cover
image
LCD
self-timer light
flash
lens
mode
switch
menu
dial
USB
connection
Set the camera date and time
1.
Turn the
menu
dial to choose the
date, then press the
menu
dial to
select.
2.
Turn the
menu
dial to change the
month, then press the
menu
dial to
set. Change the day, year and time in
the same manner.
3.
Turn the
menu
dial to select Exit,
then press the
menu
dial to return to
Capture mode.
Set up your camera
Install the batteries
1.
Unlock the battery compartment
(slide the lever to the unlock
position) and open the compartment
door (slide it down).
2.
Insert the 4 AA alkaline batteries
(supplied), making sure that the +/-
electrodes match the indicators on
the inside of the camera’s battery
compartment.
3.
Close and relock the battery
compartment.
Choose the language
1.
Slide the
mode
switch up to the
camera icon to turn the camera
on.
2.
Turn the
menu
dial to highlight
your language, then press the
menu
dial.
The Date & Time menu appears on the
image LCD.
3
wrist strap
attachment
2
1.
Thread the short loop of the wrist strap through
the wrist strap attachment. You might need to use
a paper clip to thread the end of the loop
through.
2.
Pull the strap through the loop, then pull the knot
tight.
The clip is used to remove the memory card.
Attach the wrist strap
memory
card slot
memory
card door
camera
icon
playback
icon
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viewfinder
status LCD
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