User manual VIVITAR DVR-508

[. . . ] DVR 508 Digital Video Camcorder User‟s Manual © 2010 Sakar International, Inc. Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Key Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What your digital video camcorder includes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Computer System Requirements for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Computer System Requirement for Windows Vista / Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Computer System Requirements for Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A Quick Look at your Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Inserting Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Inserting an SD Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Starting Your Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Capturing Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Video Setting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 13. Note: After selecting your lock preference, the corresponding lock side of the LCD for the file(s) selected. icon will appear on the left hand Delete You can delete unwanted photos, videos and audio files at any time to free up memory. You can delete one at a time or delete all the unprotected files that are currently saved on the memory card. 35 4. Press the Up/Down button to highlight and select one of the delete options: One; All 5. If you selected One and press the OK button a “Delete Current?” confirmation message will appear with “Yes” and “No” options. Press the Up/Down button to select „Yes‟ to delete or „No‟ to exit. If „Yes‟, press the OK button to confirm, save and delete the selected file. If the selected file is locked a “File Locked!” message will appear. To unlock the file follow Steps 1 to 6 in the Lock section above. 6. 8. 9. If you selected All and press the OK button a “Delete All?” confirmation message will appear with “Yes” and “No” options. Note: The Delete „All‟ option will delete all the files saved on the SD card not only the photo files. 11. Press the Up/Down button to select „Yes‟ to delete or „No‟ to exit. If „Yes‟, press the OK button to confirm, save and delete all the unprotected images. 36 Slide Show You can have all the photos appear one after the other as a Slide Show. Press the Up/Down button to highlight and select one of the Slide Show options: Start; Interval; Repeat 5. Press the OK button to exit the Slide Show 8. If you select Interval, press the Left/Right button to increase or decrease the interval between images when playing the Slide Show by 1 to 10 seconds. 9. Press the OK button to save the time interval and exit. 10. Press the Left/Right button to toggle between the „Yes‟ and „No‟ options if you wish the Slide Show to automatically repeat itself or not. Press the OK button to save your choice and exit the Slide Show submenu. Note: On selecting the Start option again in the Slide Show submenu the Slide Show will now play according to the new settings selected. Press the Up/Down button to highlight and select the Effect option you wish to use: Normal , B&W, Sepia, Negative, Red, Green, Blue 4. A “Waiting…” message appears while the new Effect is saved. The new Effect now appears on the selected image in the Playback mode Rotate You can rotate photos on the SD card inserted in the camcorder. 1. Press the Up/Down button to highlight and select the Rotate options: Rotate, Save, Back 4. Press the OK button to begin rotating the image each time 90 degrees to the right (clockwise). Press the Up/Down button to select the Back option to undo the last rotate before it is saved. [. . . ] Click on the device icon and open the DCIM folder and the folder inside to view the media files. Optionally, select the files and choose Copy from the Finder‟s Edit menu. We recommend that you copy the photo imags into the Pictures folder and the videos into the Movies folder. Doing so will cancel the transfer of any files on their way to your computer. [. . . ]