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2 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 3 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Product Overview 1. Shutter button 2. Flash 3. Power button 4. Self-timer LED 5. Lens 6. Microphone PO LA RO ID DIGITAL CA M ER A Front View 7. Zoom in button 8. Zoom out/ Thumbnail button 9. P...
2 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 3 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 21. Tripod mount 22.USB port 23.Battery / SD card door 21 22 23 Bottom View
4 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 5 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Table of Contents 1 Getting Started ................................................................................ 7 • Camera Package Contents....................................................
4 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 5 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting the White Balance for Video Clips.................................... 35 5 Reviewing and Managing Pictures and Video Clips............................. 36 • Reviewing the Pictures.......
6 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 7 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 1 Getting Started Your camera has easy-to-use features. It has never been easier and more enjoyable to take digital pictures. Here are a few examples of what you can do with your camera. • Enjo...
8 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 9 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Camera Package Contents PO LA RO ID DIGITAL CA M ER A Wrist Strap 4 A A A Batteries USB Cable Digital Camera The CD -ROM includes Polaroid Digital Camera driver ( PC) ArcSoft® PhotoStudio® 5....
8 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 9 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Attaching the Wrist Strap
10 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 11 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Using Your Battery Limit the following activities that reduces battery life: • Reviewing your pictures on the LCD screen. • Excessive use of the flash. WARNINGS! • Batteries should be repla...
10 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 11 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Turning the Camera On and Off To turn on the camera, fully press and hold the Power button until the LCD Screen comes on. Press and hold the Power button again and the camera will power off...
12 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 13 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • How to Navigate Menus Menus are used to adjust capture and play settings, as well as other camera settings like the date/time and auto power off. M 1. Press the button to enter the menu bar...
12 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 13 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 2 Camera Setting • Checking Camera Status Turn on the camera, view the camera’s LCD screen to check which camera settings are active. Those particular features whose icons are not displayed a...
14 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 15 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Video mode X2.0 Video Mode White Balance For Video Clips Auto* Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent Resolution 640 X 480 * 320 X 240 Remaining Time Recording Indicator 640 X 480 00: 00:28 * D...
14 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 15 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Camera Modes The camera has two working modes, Capture mode and Playback mode. You can switch between them by pressing the Capture/ Playback mode button on the back of the camera. Capture M...
16 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 17 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Drive Mode The camera has two modes for taking pictures and video clips. Still Image Mode Video Mode You may switch between these two modes according to the following steps. 1. Set the came...
16 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 17 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setup Menu Setup menu can be accessed in both Still Image and Video modes. 1. Set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Press the button. 3. Press the or button to select (SETUP). 4. Press the...
18 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 19 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting the Current Date and Time 1. Set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Access the Setup menu. 3. Press the or button to select “DATE/ TIME”. 4. Press the button. SETUP : SET FORMAT DAT...
18 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 19 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Auto Power Save Setting The camera performs the following power save operations to conserve battery power. OFF The power save feature is not activated. 1/3/5 MIN The camera is designed to s...
20 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 21 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting the Beep Sound On/Off You can turn the beep sound on and off. When the beep sound is turned on, the camera will beep when you press the buttons. 1. Set the camera to Still Image mod...
20 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 21 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting Display Language Under this setting, you can select the language you prefer for the LCD screen. 1. Set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Access the Setup menu. 3. Press the or butt...
22 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 23 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Resetting to Default Settings You can easily change all the settings you made back to the camera default settings by the following steps. Please refer to “Camera Default Settings” on page 7...
22 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 23 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Switching the Information Display and LCD Screen On and Off Pressing the button each time switches the LCD screen to the next display mode in the following sequence. Capture mode Press Pres...
24 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 25 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 3 Taking Pictures Before you take pictures, please read this note first: Outdoor Pictures Without the Flash • Never take pictures directly into the sun as they may cause spots in your picture...
24 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 25 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting Flash Mode 1. Set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Pressing the Flash button cycles through the flash modes in the following sequence. When you press the Flash button, the icon (a...
26 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 27 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com The camera has two flash modes (default setting is Auto Flash). Use the flash when you take pictures at night, indoors, or outdoors in heavy shadows. When shooting under these conditions: Sel...
26 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 27 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting Self-timer Your camera is designed with a self-timer function, which allows you to take pictures with a count down of 2 or 10 seconds. 1. Set the camera to Still Image mode. self-ti...
28 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 29 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Zoom Feature Your camera is designed with 4X digital zoom. This feature lets you zoom in on the central area of a photo and photograph only the enlarged portion of the picture. 1. Set the c...
28 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 29 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting the Image Size and Quality Picture resolution refers to the number of pixels in a digital picture. Picture quality depends on the JPEG file compression that the camera applies when ...
30 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 31 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Quality Setting 1. Set the camera to Still Image mode. 2. Press the button. 3. Press the or button to select (QUALITY). 4. Press the button. D HIGH NORMAL LOW QUALITY 5. Press the or button t...
30 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 31 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting Exposure Compensation You can adjust the exposure compensation value (EV) within the range of -2.0EV to +2.0EV in order to compensate for current lighting conditions. This setting c...
32 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 33 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting the White Balance for Pictures Selecting the right type of white balance can help to make the color of a subject in a picture appear more natural under the type of lighting that is ...
32 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 33 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 4 Recording Video Clips NOTE: Change the drive mode from Still Image mode to Video mode before recording video clips, since Still Image mode is the default capture mode. Please refer to “Driv...
34 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 35 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting Video Resolution Video resolution refers to the number of pixels in a digital video clip. Video clip quality depends on the file resolution that the camera applies when the video cl...
34 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 35 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Setting the White Balance for Video Clips Selecting the right type of white balance can help to make the color of a subject in the video clip appear more natural under the type of lighting ...
36 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 37 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 5 Reviewing and Managing Pictures and Video Clips NOTE: Change the camera mode from Capture mode to Playback mode before reviewing pictures and video clips. Please refer to “Camera Mode” on p...
36 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 37 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Auto Play The Auto Play function enables you to view all the picture and video clip files stored in the camera one by one forward or backward on the LCD screen. You can activate the Auto Pl...
38 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 39 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Setting Auto Play Interval 7. Press the or button to select “INTERVAL”. 8. Press the button. AUTO PLAY DIRECTION INTERVAL : SET 9. Press the or button to select the desired setting. 10. Press...
38 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 39 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Playing the Video Clip 1. Set the camera to Playback mode. 2. Press the or button to select the video clip you want to play. 3. Press the button to start playing video clip. Press it again ...
40 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 41 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Once the images or video clips are protected, an icon will appear on the LCD screen, indicating it is locked when you review it. NOTE: To protect one picture or video clip or to remove protec...
40 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 41 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 6 Print Settings • About PictBridge PictBridge is a new industry standard that allows you to print images directly from a PictBridge enable digital still camera to a PictBridge compatible pri...
42 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 43 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Cancelling Printing Press the button to cancel printing the print job. The printer will stop printing and eject the paper. PRINT SETTING PROGRESS 001/ 002 PRINTED 000 CANCEL Printing Errors I...
42 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 43 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Camera/Printer Connection Connecting with the USB Cable. 1. Plug Series A of the USB cable into the marked socket on your printer. Location of USB socket will vary from printer to printer. 2....
44 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 45 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Selecting Print Settings 1. Press the or button to select the print mode. PICTBRIDGE THIS IMAGE ALL IMAGESALL INDEX : SET 2. The following options are available. ALL IMAGES THIS IMAGE Print t...
44 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 45 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 3. Press the button to select the print settings. NO. OF COPY 0 1 1 DEFAULTDEFAULTDEFAULT Number of CopiesPrint LayoutFile Name On/ OffDate Stamp On/ OffPaper Size Select a setting item using...
46 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 47 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Selecting Print Layout 1. Press the or button to select (N-UP LAYOUT). 2. Press the or button to specify the number of printed images on a page. N-UP LAYOUT 0 1 1 DEFAULTDEFAULTDEFAULT DEFAUL...
46 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 47 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Selecting Paper Size 1. Press the or button to select “SIZE”. 2. Press the or button to select the paper size. The following paper sizes are available: 8” x 10”, 4” x 6”, A4 and default. SIZE...
48 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 49 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) ”DPOF” stands for “Digital Print Order Format”, which is a format for recording on a memory card or other medium which captured images and how many copies ...
48 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 49 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 1. Insert an SD card into the camera. 2. Turn on the camera. 3. Set the camera to Playback mode. 4. Press the button. 5. Press the or button to select (PRINT SETTING). 6. Press the button. PR...
50 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 51 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 13. Remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into the printer’s card slot (as illustrated). Location of the card slot may vary from printer to printer model. NOTE: Make sure you t...
50 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 51 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 7 Using the SD (Secure Digital) Card • Using the SD Card Your camera comes with built-in flash memory for storing pictures and video clips. You can expand the memory using a commercially avai...
52 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 53 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com IMPORTANT! • Make sure you turn off the camera before inserting or removing a memory card. • Be sure to orient the card correctly when inserting it. Never try to force a memory card into the ...
52 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 53 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Removing the SD Card To remove the SD card, turn off your camera. Gently push the SD card inwards until you hear a click, then release it for the card to eject from the card slot. 1 2 IMPORTA...
54 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 55 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Formatting the SD Card Formatting the SD card erases all files stored in it, including the protected ones. Removing the SD card during formatting may damage the card. 1. Insert an SD card int...
54 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 55 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • To Copy Pictures and Video Clips from Internal Memory to a Memory Card 1. Insert an SD card into the camera card slot. 2. Turn on the camera. 3. Set the camera to Playback mode. 4. Press th...
56 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 57 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 8 Installing the Software onto a Computer • Installing the Software For Windows® Users: PC IMPORTANT! • Please backup all the necessary data before any driver and software installation. • The...
56 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 57 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 1. Before you begin, close all other software applications opened on your computer. 2. Insert the CD supplied into the computer CD-ROM Drive. 3. The CD User Interface Screen will automaticall...
58 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 59 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Software Included with Your Camera Your Camera Driver Plug & Play removable disk Easy to use, just plug the camera to a computer and use it as a removable disk. Use the PhotoBase softwa...
58 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 59 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Microsoft® NetMeeting™ Web Cam software NetMeeting™ provides the most complete conferencing solution for the Internet and corporate intranet. Powerful features let you communicate with both a...
60 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 61 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Computer System Requirements For acceptable picture transferring and editing performance, we recommend the following minimum requirements; For Windows® Users PC • Compatible with Microsoft®...
60 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 61 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 9 Transferring Pictures and Video Clips to Your Computer • Before You Transfer Files IMPORTANT! BEFORE YOU CONNECT YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA TO THE COMPUTER, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE S...
62 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 63 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com For Windows® and Macintosh Users: PC Mac • Connecting to Your Computer Connecting with the USB Cable. USB Series “Mini B” Plug connects to your Camera USB Series “A” Plug connects to your PC ...
62 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 63 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Transferring Pictures and Video Clips For Windows® Users: PC NOTE: You can transfer pictures and video clips in any mode. 1. Turn on the camera 2. Connect the camera to a computer via the U...
64 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 65 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 10 Using the Camera as a Web Cam IMPORTANT! Before using the Web Camera function, make sure that your camera has been switched to PC Camera mode. (Please refer to “Changing the Driver Type Be...
64 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 65 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Start NetMeeting ™ NOTE: For Windows® XP / 2000 users who use NetMeeting for the first time , go to Start -> Run ->type in “conf” ->click “OK” and then follow the on-screen set up ...
66 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 67 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 11 Troubleshooting Problems The troubleshooting guide is designed to help you. If problems continue, please contact customer support. Details are provided under “Getting Help”. Symptom Proble...
68 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 69 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com AVI file cannot be played. DirectX version is lower than 9.0. Or Windows Media player not installed in the computer Install directx 9.0 or above. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/ directx for m...
68 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 69 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 12 Getting Help • Polaroid Online Services Website: http://www.polaroid.com • ArcSoft Software Help For United States For Latin America ArcSoft HQ Support Center E-mail:latinsupport@arcsoftsu...
70 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 71 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com 13 Appendix • Technical Specifications Sensor • Sensor: - 1/2.0 inch - 3.2 Mega Pixels CMOS Lens • Type: 5 elements plus IR filter • Aperture: F 3.5 • Focal Length: 8.66 mm • Focal Distance -...
72 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 73 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Storage Capacities The charts below indicate the approximate numbers of pictures and length of video clips the camera can hold at each setting based on the internal memory and different cap...
74 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 75 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com Recordable Video Length Resolution Video clips can be taken 16MB Internal Memory (11MB for data storage) 640 x 480 30 secs 320 x 240 52 secs 32MB SD 640 x 480 1 min 20 secs 320 x 240 2 mins 1...
74 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 75 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Uninstalling Polaroid Digital driver (PC Only) For Windows® 98SE Users: PC NOTE: The following driver uninstall procedure is for Windows 98SE users only because only Windows 98SE needs to i...
76 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 77 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Camera Default Settings Camera Mode Still Image Mode Video Mode Setup Mode Description Image ResolutionQualityExposure CompensationWhite Balance for PicturesFlash ModeVideo ResolutionWhite ...
76 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid.com 77 Polaroid Digital Camera User Guidewww.polaroid.com • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance Your camera should only be operated within the following environmental conditions; • 32 - 104º Fahrenheit; 0 - 40º Celsius • 20% - 85% relative humidity,...
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