Summary of HDV180
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
1 table of contents preface …………… . ……………………………………………………………………… .3 fcc statement ………………………………………………………… .. …………… .4 sd memory card basic information ……………………………………………………… ..5 system requirements …………………………………………………… .. …………… 7 features ………………………………………………………… .. …………… . ………… 7 accessories ……………………………...
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2 playback mode ………………………………………………………………………… 30 computer connection for photo/video download ……………………………………… 40 pc camera function ………………………………………………………………… ..41 operating pc camera ………………………………………………………………… 43 mediaimpression installation ………………………………………………………… 45 software installation ………………………………...
Page 4: Preface
3 preface thank you for purchasing this digital video recorder. Please read this manual carefully and keep in a safe place for further reference. Note: the product specifications and these operating instructions are printed based on latest available information and are subject to change without prio...
Page 5: Fcc Statement
4 fcc statement this device complies with part 15 of fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Caution: cha...
Page 6: Sd Memory Card
5 sd memory card basic information - your video recorder must have sd/sdhc memory card inserted to store recorded video, take photos and audio records. Sd memory card is not supplied and should be purchased separately. Sd/sdhc memory card with capacity up to 8gb may be used in your recorder. Sd memo...
Page 7: Inserting The Sd Card
6 • if your sd card has been used previously with other devices / cameras or is brand new – the card may require to be formatted – please ensure you save all valuable records before formatting. Inserting the sd card 1. Open the battery cover and slide in the card; aligning the card with orientation ...
Page 8: System Requirements
7 system requirements you may use the computer to download images and video from your recorder, edit images, email or post records over the internet. Make sure that you computer complies with (below) minimum requirements: system requirements operating system windows xp,vista,7 cpu intel piv 1gb or a...
Page 9: Accessories
8 accessories the following accessories are packed together with the video recorder: usb cable tv cable installation cd manual & qsg.
Page 10: Know Your Video Recorder
9 know your video recorder screen recording button busy indicator mode knob power button usb port tv connector wrist strap speaker.
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10 zooming button shutter button menu button up button left button right button down button ok button playback button delete button led light button.
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11 lens led support light microphone self-timer indicator battery cover tripod socket.
Page 13: Buttons/indicator
12 buttons and function indicators buttons/indicator function power button press to turn the video recorder on and off recording button press to start / stop video / audio recording shutter button press to take still photo zooming button tilt left or right to “ zoom ” the scene or enlarge/shrink pho...
Page 14: Basic Operation
13 (when the photo is enlarged and set at pan mode). Left button selects files and menu, moves photos to the left (when the photo is enlarged and set at pan mode) and presses to turn on / off icons and indicators displayed on the screen / turn off the screen. Right button selects files and menu, mov...
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14 before changing installed but exhausted batteries, first turn off the recorder. 2. Sd/sdhc memory card installation open the battery cover and insert the sd/sdhc memory card into the card slot. Follow the printed mark indicating sd card position with the metal connector facing inwards the slot. T...
Page 16: Select The Mode
15 notes ： l turn off the video recorder before inserting / changing the memory card; l insert the memory card correctly. Do not use force; otherwise you could damage the card or the recorder. If the card cannot be inserted easily please check card alignment and position; then repeat installation. L...
Page 17: Audio Recording
16 press the recording button to start recording a video clip, press it again to stop recording. Camera (still photo taking) select the still photo mode. Press the shutter button to take one still photo at a time. Keep video recorder steady when pressing the button. Audio recording select the audio ...
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17 buttons to move / select interesting part of the photo to review. 5. Turning video recorder off - when the recorder is turned on, press and hold the power button to turn off the recorder. Note that if video recorder is not used or is inactive, then the auto off feature will turn recorder off afte...
Page 19: Settings Date And Time
18 ▲ video recording menu ▲ internal setting menu ▲ camera menu ▲ playback menu - press right button to enter highlighted option / setting and use up / down buttons to select one from available setting options. - press ok button to execute setting. Settings date and time press the menu button to ope...
Page 20: Computer Connection
19 menu . Press up / down button to select “ date & time ” option, and press ok key to enter settings window. In settings window, press left / right button to select item (date, time) to be adjusted (the background of selected item is displayed in blue). Then press up or down button to adjust and pr...
Page 21: Advanced Operation
20 advanced operation video recording mode the following icons / indicators are visible on the display when the video recording mode is selected: icon name of icon function 1 mode video recording mode is activated. 2 white balance white balance setting; auto-wb is selected 3 metering mode it indicat...
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21 vga (640 x 480 pixels) resolution. 5 recording time indicates the remaining recording time when recording is not activated and the elapsed recording time during recording 6 sd card sd card is installed sd card is write-protection lock-ed. 7 flash led flash support light is on. 8 zooming indicatio...
Page 23: Main Menu
22 ◆ menu setup / video recording mode press the menu button to enter available settings for the video recording mode. • video recording menu options main menu submenu description 1280x720 high definition (hd) format 640x480 mid (vga) resolution format movie size / video resolution 320x240 low (qvga...
Page 24: Internal Setting
23 • internal setting main menu submenu description shutter turn the shutter tripping sound on/off start-up set the main power on sound at the following options: no sound/1/2/3 beep turn the button activation sound on/off sounds volume set the volume of the built-in speaker at different levels: 0/1/...
Page 25: Camera
24 language english sets the menu language to english ntsc ntsc tv system is selected tv out pal pal tv system is selected msdc used as removable disk usb pc cam used as pc camera off no image on welcome screen. System default welcome screen displayed after main power on. Start-up image my image cus...
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25 - led support light: press led light button to enable or disable the led support light. ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── notes ： l hold video recorder steady while taking photos and ideally place on firm support like tripod to obtain sharpest result. L when pressing the shutte...
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26 icons name of icon description 1 mode indicates that camera mode is activated 2 white balance white balance set up 3 metering mode it indicates the metering mode; currently multi-metering mode. 4 exposure it indicates current selected exposure value. 5 photo size indicates the current still pictu...
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27 12 battery status indicates the current status of battery power and when displayed in red, it indicates imminent battery depletion when the device will shut down automatically. • ◆ menu setup / camera mode press the menu button to open the still camera menu and use down / up buttons to select men...
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28 fine good photo quality normal standard photo quality center spot metering the metering subjects to central area. Multi spot metering the metering subjects to multi spots. Metering spot metering the metering subjects to one spot. Auto suitable for most typical situations daylight suitable for sun...
Page 30: Internal Setting
29 negative photo image appears as negative film red photo image has slight reddish color green photo image has slight greenish color blue photo image has slight bluish color notes: use the left / right buttons to adjust the exposure compensation value when setting the exposure / ev value. The scree...
Page 31: Icon
30 icon name of icon description 1 audio recording mode indicates audio recording mode is activated 2 recording time indicate the amount of time still available for recording 3 sd card sd card is being loaded; card write-protection lock is activated 4 recorded time it indicates recorded time. 5 5 pa...
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31 - press the left / right buttons to browse or select through saved records. - when the video file is selected press ok button to start playing video; the time will appear in upper right corner on the screen. - you can “ pause ” the playback by pressing the up button or stop playing video by press...
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32 • press up, down, left or right button to browse through images, then press ok button to enlarge selected image for an instant review. • quickly tilt zoom button towards t position to view enlarged image in finer detail or continue browsing using left / right buttons. • tilt zoom button towards w...
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33 2 file number indicates the location of current file and the total number of files (timer appears while playing back video clips) play prompt to press ok button to playback video file. 3 34 select button prompt select previous or next photo/ video/ audio file with the left / right button 4 video ...
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34 icon name of icon description 1 playback mode indicates playback mode is activated. 2 file number indicates the location of current file and the total number of files (timer appears while playing back video clips) 3 movement prompt it indicates that the photo is enlarged and pan mode is activated...
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35 5 exit button prompt prompt to press ok button to exit pan mode. 6 still photo icon it indicates the currently selected file is still photo file. 7 file protection it indicates the current file is protected. - screen information, selected audio file in the playback mode 4 5.
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36 icon name of icon description 1 playback mode indicates playback mode is activated. 2 file number indicates the location of current file and the total number of files (timer appears while playing back video clips) 3 playback timer displays playback time of audio file. Play prompt to press ok butt...
Page 38: Main Menu
37 main menu submenu description lock/unlock one lock/unlock current file lock all lock all files lock unlock all unlock all files one delete one file delete all delete all the files start starts playing slides interval 1sec ~10sec selectable slide show repeat yes/no b & w photo image is black & whi...
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38 h-pinch photo has horizontally pinched effect. H-punch photo has horizontally punched effect. V-pinch photo image has vertically pinched effect. V-punch photo image has vertically punched effect. H-stretch photo has horizontally stretched effect. H-shrink photo has horizontally shrunk effect. V-s...
Page 40: Internal Setting
39 cancel cancel setting image as welcome screen picture. Print activate direct printing function of the displayed photo. After connecting the video recorder via usb cable to a printer that supports pictbridge standard (printer with icon attached), press ok button to start printing. - internal setti...
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40 computer connection for video / photo download your recorder will function as “ removable disc ” when it is connected to the computer. The removable disc icon appears in my computer; all your records are stored inside the dcim\100media folder. Downloading video / photo file when the video recorde...
Page 42: Pc Camera Function
41 use supplied av cable and connect video recorder to the av input on your tv. Turn the recorder on, and set tv to av input mode. Press the playback button on the recorder and select video, photo or recorded audio file. Use recorder buttons to play. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────...
Page 43: Install Driver
42 click the install driver button and follow steps to finish installation. Install driver install mediaimpression browse cd exit.
Page 44: Spca1528 Pc Driver
43 restart computer when installation completed. The installed driver will be indicated as the “ spca1528 pc driver ” with an icon inside computer ’ s start → all programs list. Now you can connect video recorder to the computer using usb cable and activate pc web-cam mode. Operating pc camera click...
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44 enable the preview option..
Page 46: Software Installation
45 mediaimpression installation you may install mediaimpression software into your computer from installation cd. Software installation click “ install mediaimpression ” button and complete the installation as per the following steps.
Page 47: Using Mediaimpression
46 please restart the computer when prompted to complete the installation, computer will install mediaimpression shortcut / icon on the desktop. Using mediaimpression this program will allow you to import / store all, or selected records from your video recorder (when connected) to your computer. Th...
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47 after starting mediaimpression , click “ import ” to import the media. Choose the video recorder storage and choose the output location..
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48 choose require file and click “ import ” - selected file will be stored in the indicated output location. Click “ go to start page ” to return the main screen; click the “ video ” or “ all media ” to get the “ youtube ” access..
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49 choose file and click “ upload to youtube ” enter your username and password to login to youtube, execute upload / post selected video. Note that when software installation is over, please reboot the computer for the first time operation..
Page 51: 5. Specifications
50 5. Specifications video resolution hd 1280 × 720pixels vga 640 × 480pixels qvga 320 × 240pixels photo resolution 12 megapixels (4,000 × 3,000), 5mp (2,592 × 1,944) 3mp (2,048 × 1,536), 1.3mp (1,280 × 1,024), vga (640 x 480 pixels) memory sd card slot: sd memory card is required for storing record...
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51 menu language english lens focal length f=6.5mm lens aperture f 3.1 auto-off options 1 minute / 3 minutes / 5 minutes operating system compatibility windows xp,vista,7 weight 9ozs or 254grams (excluding batteries and sd card) dimensions 4.9 x 2.6 x 2 inches (125 × 67 × 51 mm) note: the product sp...
Page 53: Troubleshooting
52 troubleshooting condition cause/ remedy insufficient power, please install new batteries. The video recorder can not be turned on batteries installed incorrectly. Reinstall batteries, note correct polarity alignment. The sd card is not inserted. Insert the sd card for photo taking / video recordi...