Curtis VR285 User Manual

Operation Manual of VR285 Digital Video Camera  
Appearance and Key Definition:  
Battery Installation:  
1. Open battery cover.  
2. Install three AAA (7#) batteries according to positive and negative pole  
instruction.  
3. Install battery cover.  
It is recommended to use high-quality alkaline battery.  
Step 1  
Shot mode  
Record Mode  
Install Memory Card:  
1.According to instruction beside memory card slot, fully insert SD card or MMC card into  
the slot.  
2. Slightly press the tail of memory card inwards, then the memory card will be popped up.  
3.After memory card is inserted into the camera, LCD of camera will display memory card  
icon.  
General Memory Card Icon  
Locked Memory Card Icon  
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Mode Icon (Record)  
White Balance  
Metering Mode  
Resolution (Record)  
Time (Record)  
Memory Card Icon  
Battery Capacity State  
Digital Zoom Indicator  
LED State (Enable)  
1 There is no built-in storage in the camera, so please insert memory card before shooting;  
2 The camera can support 8GB SDHC card to the great utmost.  
1. Mode Icon (Shoot)  
2. Auto-shoot (Enable)  
3. White Balance  
4. Metering Mode  
5. Exposure Mode  
6. Resolution (Picture)  
7. Picture Quality  
8. Number of Picture Taken  
9. Auto-shoot Timer  
10. Memory Crad Icon  
11. Battery Capacity State  
12. Digital Zoom  
Indicator  
13. LED State (Enable)  
Step 2  
Power On/Off:  
1. Power on: Press power key and hold on for about 2 seconds under power-off mode until LED screen is lighted, then  
the camera will be started up.  
Step 6  
Menu Setup  
2. Power off: Press power key under power-on mode (idle mode) to shut down the camera.  
3. Auto Off: The camera will be shut down automatically after being under idle mode for a certain time (1/3/5 minutes  
Press Menu/Ok key to enter main menu; Under main menu, press the key to exit menu mode again.  
can be set up) so as to save electric quantity.  
Step 3  
Press arrow key (/) to select menu item; press () key to enter setup menu or submenu; press () key to  
return main menu;  
Press Menu/Ok key to confirm setup.  
Mode Conversion:  
Press MODE to change mode.  
Pressing () key to return under submenu will not change last alteration.  
After power on, the camera will enter record mode and record mode icon (  
on LCD; press MODE key to switch over among the following three modes:  
) will display  
System setup mode (  
) menu can be invoked under all modes.  
Each mode setup refers to as follows:  
Record Mode Setup  
Resolution (Record)  
Play Mode  
Æ
Æ
640x480 / 320x240  
Record Mode  
Shot Mode  
Frame Rate (Frame/second)  
Metering Mode  
White Balance  
High/Low  
Central metering/ Multi spot metering/Spot metering  
Auto, Sunlight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten light  
Step 4  
Prepare to shot:  
Press the macro shooting switch on the top of the camera, then micro distance  
focus and general focus will be switched over.  
Micro distance focus: It is suitable for shooting object 15cm-25cm away from  
the camera lens. When application, please push macro shooting switch to the  
Camera Mode Setup  
Resolution (Picture)  
Image Quality  
1280x1024; 640x480  
Super Good, Good, Normal  
end of  
mark.  
Metering Mode  
White Balance  
Exposure  
Central metering/ Multi spot metering/Spot metering  
Auto, Sunlight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten light  
Step length of +2.0~-2.0 is 0.3EV  
General focus: It is suitable for shooting object 1.4 meters away from the  
camera lens. When application, please push macro shooting switch to the end of  
Press the right key of arrow key to turn on LED fill light.  
Under shot mode, press the left key of arrow key to turn on the 10 seconds’ auto-shot mode.  
mark.  
Close:  
shots  
2
seconds,; Auto-shoot: 10 seconds; Auto-shoot: continuous  
Camera Mode  
Special Effect  
Normal, Black & White, Classic, Negative film: Green and Blue  
Step 5  
Shot  
Record: Under record mode, press the shutter on the top of camera to begin to record, then press the shutter again to stop  
recording.  
Shoot: Under shot mode, press the shutter on the top of camera to take a photograph or begin to take photograph  
automatically (auto-shot mode).  
Play: Under power-on mode, press MODE key to enter play mode, and pressing the left and right key of arrow key can  
select to play other pictures.  
Play Mode Setup  
Lock Picture  
Delete Picture  
Slide Display  
Lock/unlock file; Lock all, Unlock all  
Delete the file; Delete all  
Start, Interval, Loop  
Normal, Black & White, Classic, Negative film: Red, Green and Blue;  
Binarization, Sunset; Warm, Cool, Solarization  
Rotation, Save and Back  
2048x1536 ; 1280x1024; 640x480  
Add; Delete  
Special Effect  
Connect Camera to Computer  
Install driver (camera mode).  
There are two kinds of modes to connect camera to computer: Movable disk (MSDC) and camera mode (PC-CAM).  
Movable disk mode is default connection mode. It is not necessary to install driver for operating system above  
WINDOWS ME.  
Rotation  
Zoom-in  
Sound Memorandum  
Set up as Startup Interface  
Yes/No (only valid for picture)  
All files recorded by camera will be saved in “DCIM\ 100MEDIA” list of SD/SDHC card.  
System Setup  
Sound  
Power Frequency  
Auto-off  
Date and Time  
Language  
TV  
USB  
Stratup-screen  
Format  
The camera driver can be found in attached installation disk.  
Set up shutter/power-on/off sound, key sound and volume  
50Hz / 60Hz  
1minute/3minutes/5minutes  
Set up date, time and display mode  
Select language type  
Install Driver  
PAL/TNSC  
1.  
2.  
Place installation disk into CD-ROM drive of computer;  
WINDOWS window will pop up installation interface  
automatically. Click “Install Driver” to install camera driver.  
Finish installation according to installation hint window.  
Reboot computer after installation is finished.  
Movable Disk/Camera  
Close; System; Custom  
Yes/No  
3.  
4.  
Default  
Yes/No  
Appendix:  
System Request  
Microsoft Windows 98 SEMe2000XPVista  
Camera Function  
OS  
CPU  
Memory  
Sound Card/Display Card  
CD Drive  
Intel Pentium III above 667MHz or CPU with same performance  
Above 128MB  
Support DirectX8 or higher version  
4 times speed or quicker speed  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
Install camera driver according to the above-mentioned method.  
Install attached software “Video Impression 2”.  
Set up USB mode as “camera mode” through camera menu.  
Connect camera to computer.  
Hard Disk  
Other  
Technical Parameters  
Image  
Sensor  
Residual space above 500MB  
1 standard USB1.1 or USB2.0 interface  
5.  
Start up program “Video Impression 2”, and click  
and  
right figure.  
. Then, camera function can be realized as shown in  
Video  
(pixel)  
Resolution  
Resolution  
JPG: 1280x1024(1.3 mega)  
640x480(0.3 mega)  
0.3 mega pixels (CMOS)  
AVIVGA(0.3 mega) --- 30/15 FPS  
Video  
(pixel)  
Lens  
Fix: F3.0, f=4.5mm  
1.44 inch TFT  
QVGA(0.1 mega) ---30/15FPS  
LCD  
Display  
Screen  
White Balance  
Digital Zoom  
Auto/Manual  
4 times  
If there is no image, please check whether the camera driver is installed correctly and check whether  
the device name selected on window is  
SD/SDHC(not include)  
(128MB~8GB)  
Memory  
Medium  
USB  
Interface  
Size  
94.6mm × 57.1mm ×40.5mm  
76g (excluding battery)  
USB2.0, TV Out  
3
AAA alkaline battery  
Weight  
Power  
(not include)  

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