HP M417/M517 - Manual

11 Getting Started 2. Install the Batteries 1. Open the Battery/Memory card door on the side of the camera by sliding the door toward the bottom of the camera. 2. Insert the batteries as indicated inside the door. 3. Close the Battery/Memory card door by pushing the door down and sliding the door to...

13 Getting Started 5. Set the Region After choosing a language, you are prompted to choose the continent where you live. The Language and Region settings determine the defaults for the date format and the format of the video signal for displaying camera images on a television (see TV Configuration o...

15 Getting Started 7. Install and Format a Memory Card (Optional) Your camera contains internal memory that allows you to store images and video clips. However, you can use a memory card (purchased separately) instead to store images and video clips. For more information about supported memory cards...

17 Getting Started 8. Install the Software The HP Image Zone software allows you to transfer images from the camera, and then view, edit, print, or e-mail them. It also allows you to configure the HP Instant Share Menu on the camera. NOTE: If you do not install the HP Image Zone software, you can st...

19 Getting Started Camera Parts Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names in the following tables for more information about those parts. Top of the Camera # Name Description 1 Shutter button (pages 31, 33) • Focuses and takes a picture. • Records audio clips. 2 Video button (page 33) S...

20 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Back and Right Side of the Camera # Name Description 1 Power light • Solid —Camera is on. • Blinking rapidly —Camera is shutting down due to lack of battery power. • Blinking slowly —Camera is charging the batteries using the optional HP AC power adapter. • O...

25 Getting Started Camera States Your camera has two main states that allow you to complete certain tasks. Each of these states has an associated menu that you can use to adjust camera settings or perform tasks in that state. See the following section, Camera Menus . • Capture —Allows you to take st...

26 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Camera Menus Your camera has five menus that, when accessed, appear in the Image Display on the back of the camera. To access the menus, press the button, then use the buttons to move to the menu you want. To select a menu option, use the buttons to highlight...

28 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual The Help Menu provides helpful information and tips on topics such as battery life, camera buttons, recording audio, reviewing images you have taken, and other useful topics. Use this menu when you do not have your User’s Manual with you. Camera Status Screen...

29 Getting Started Restoring Previous Settings The flash, shooting mode, and timer/burst settings, as well as some of the Capture Menu settings that you set, reset to their default values after you turn the camera off. However, you can restore your settings from the last time the camera was on by ho...

31 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips 2 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Taking Still Pictures You can take a picture almost any time the camera is on, regardless of what is being shown on the Image Display. For example, if a menu is currently displayed when you press the Shutter but...

32 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual You can also use Playback to review the pictures you have taken. See Using Playback on page 59. Recording Audio with Still Pictures There are two ways to attach an audio clip to a still picture: • Record the audio while you are taking the picture, as explaine...

33 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Recording Video Clips NOTE: Zoom is not available while recording video clips. 1. Frame the subject for your video in the viewfinder. 2. To start recording video, press and release the Video button on the top of the camera. If Live View is on, a video ico...

34 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Using Live View The Image Display allows you to frame pictures and video clips using Live View . To activate Live View from the menus or when the Image Display is off, press the Live View button. To turn off Live View , press the Live View button again. TIP: ...

35 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Focusing the Camera The focus brackets in the Live View screen show the focus region for the still picture you are taking or the video clip you are recording. When you press the Shutter button halfway down to take a still picture, the camera automatically...

37 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips If there is not enough contrast or light in the focus region, try using a technique called Focus Lock to focus on a higher- contrast or brighter object about the same distance away, and then, without releasing the Shutter button, point the camera at the s...

38 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Using Zoom The more you zoom in on the subject of your picture, the more small movements of the camera are magnified. This is called camera shake. So, especially at full telephoto zoom (3x), you must hold the camera steady in order to take a picture that is n...

40 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Setting the Flash The Flash button allows you to cycle through the flash settings on the camera. To change the flash setting, press the Flash button until the desired setting appears on the Image Display. The following table describes each of the flash settin...

42 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Using the Shooting Modes Shooting modes are pre-defined camera settings that are optimized for taking still pictures of certain scene types to give you better results. In each shooting mode, the camera selects the best settings, such as the ISO speed, F-numbe...

44 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Using the Self-Timer Settings 1. Secure the camera to a tripod or set it on a stable surface. 2. Press the Timer/Burst button until Self-Timer or Self-Timer - 2 Shots appears in the Image Display. The icon for the self-timer setting will appear in the Live Vi...

46 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Using the Burst Setting Burst allows you to take up to 4 still pictures as quickly as possible. The camera then continues taking burst pictures at a slower rate until you release the Shutter button or the camera runs out of memory. 1. Press the Timer/Burst bu...

47 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Using the Capture Menu The Capture Menu allows you to adjust various camera settings that affect the characteristics of the images and video clips you capture with your camera. 1. To display the Capture Menu , press the Live View button, and then press th...

53 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Color This setting allows you to control the color in which your images will be captured. For example, when you set Color to Sepia , your images will be captured in brown colors to make them look aged or old-fashioned. NOTE: After you have taken a picture...

55 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips EV Compensation In difficult lighting conditions, you can use EV (Exposure Value) Compensation to override the automatic exposure setting that the camera makes. EV Compensation is useful in scenes that contain many light objects (like a white object again...

56 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual White Balance Different kinds of lighting conditions cast different colors. For example, sunlight is more blue, while indoor tungsten light is more yellow. Scenes dominated by a single color may require an adjustment of the white balance setting to help the c...

57 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips If the setting is anything other than the default Auto setting, the icon for the setting (in the previous table) will appear in the Live View screen. The new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off. The White ...

59 Reviewing Images and Video Clips 3 Reviewing Images and Video Clips You can use Playback to review the images and video clips stored in your camera. When reviewing images in Playback , you can use the Zoom lever to view thumbnails of images, or to magnify images so you can take a closer look at t...

62 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Total Images Summary Screen When you press the button while viewing the last image, the Total Images Summary screen appears showing the number of pictures taken, and the number of pictures remaining. Counters indicating the total number of images selected for...

63 Reviewing Images and Video Clips Viewing Thumbnails Thumbnail view allows you to view the still images you have taken and the first frames of the video clips you have recorded, arranged in a matrix of nine thumbnail images and video clip frames per screen. 1. While in Playback (page 59), press Th...

64 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Magnifying Images This feature is for viewing purposes only; it does not permanently alter the image. 1. While in Playback (page 59), press Magnify (same as Zoom In on the Zoom lever ). The currently displayed image is automatically magnified 2x. The center p...

65 Reviewing Images and Video Clips Using the Playback Menu The Playback Menu allows you to view and delete still images or video clips, undelete images, and format the camera's internal memory or optional memory card. Additionally, you can remove red eyes from the subjects in still images taken wit...

68 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual NOTE: With the Undelete Last option, you can recover only the most recent delete operation. When you proceed to another operation, for example, powering off the camera or taking another picture, the last delete operation you performed becomes permanent, and t...

69 Reviewing Images and Video Clips Rotate In the Playback Menu (page 65), when you select Rotate , the camera displays a sub-menu that allows you to rotate the image in 90-degree increments. 1. In the Playback Menu , select Rotate . 2. Use the buttons to rotate the image clockwise or counter-clockw...

71 Using HP Instant Share 4 Using HP Instant Share This camera has an exciting feature called HP Instant Share . With it, you can easily select still images in your camera to be automatically sent to a variety of destinations or to a printer the next time you connect the camera to your computer or p...

72 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Using the HP Instant Share Menu The default HP Instant Share Menu lets you select images for printing automatically the next time you connect your camera to your computer or printer. You can add destinations such as e-mail addresses (including group distribut...

76 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Sending Images to Destinations You can send one or more still images to any number of HP Instant Share destinations. You cannot send video clips. 1. Turn on the camera, and then press the HP Instant Share/ Print / button to display the HP Instant Share Menu ....

79 Transferring and Printing Images 5 Transferring and Printing Images Transferring Images to a Computer TIP: You can also perform this task using either a memory card reader (see Using a Memory Card Reader on page 100) or the optional HP Photosmart M-series dock (see the dock User’s Manual). 1. Con...

81 Transferring and Printing Images Printing Images Directly from the Camera You can connect the camera directly to any PictBridge-certified printer to print images. To determine if your printer is PictBridge-certified, look for the PictBridge logo on your printer. 1. Check that the printer is turne...

85 Using the Setup Menu 6 Using the Setup Menu The Setup Menu allows you to adjust a number of camera settings, such as the camera sounds, date and time, and the configuration of the USB or TV connection. 1. To display the Setup Menu , first display any other menu (see Camera Menus on page 26) and t...

86 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Display Brightness This setting allows you to adjust the brightness of the Image Display for the viewing conditions. You can use this setting to increase the brightness for harsh lighting environments, or reduce the brightness to extend battery life.The defau...

87 Using the Setup Menu Camera Sounds Camera sounds are the sounds that the camera makes when you turn it on, press a button, or take a picture. Camera sounds are not the audio sounds recorded with images or video clips.The default Camera Sounds setting is On . 1. In the Setup Menu (page 85), select...

88 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Live View at Power On This setting allows you to have the camera automatically display Live View every time you turn the camera on, or to have the Image Display turned off every time you turn the camera on.The default Live View at Power On setting is Live Vie...

90 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual USB Configuration This setting determines how the camera is recognized when connected to a computer. 1. In the Setup Menu (page 85), select USB . 2. In the USB Configuration sub-menu, highlight one of these two choices:• Digital Camera —Causes the computer to...

91 Using the Setup Menu TV Configuration This setting allows you to set the format of the video signal for displaying camera images on a television (TV) that is connected to the camera with an optional HP Photosmart M-series camera dock.The default TV Configuration setting depends on the language an...

93 Using the Setup Menu Move Images to Card This option allows you to move images from the internal memory to an optional memory card that you have installed (see Install and Format a Memory Card (Optional) on page 15). This option is available in the Setup Menu if an optional memory card is install...

95 Troubleshooting and Support 7 Troubleshooting and Support This chapter contains information on the following topics: • Resetting the camera (page 96) • HP Image Zone software, including system requirements and HP Image Zone Express (page 96) • Using the camera without installing the HP Image Zone...

99 Troubleshooting and Support Using Your Camera without Installing the HP Image Zone Software If you do not, or cannot, install the HP Image Zone software (neither the full version nor HP Image Zone Express), you can still use your camera to take pictures and video clips. However, some of the thing...

100 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Transferring Images to a Computer without HP Image Zone Software NOTE: If you have a Windows Me, 2000, or XP system, or a Mac OS X system, you do not need to read this section. Simply connect the camera to your computer with the USB cable, and the operating ...

103 Troubleshooting and Support • If no application launches automatically, or if you want to copy the images manually, look on the desktop for a disk drive icon which represents the memory card, then copy the images from there to your local hard drive. For more information about how to copy files, ...

105 Troubleshooting and Support Problems and Solutions Problem Possible Cause Solution The camera does not turn on. The batteries either are functioning incorrectly, are over- discharged, are installed incorrectly, are missing, or are the wrong type. • The charge in the batteries could be low or com...

120 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Error Messages on the Camera Message Possible Cause Solution BATTERIES DEPLETED. Battery power is too low to continue operation. Replace or recharge the batteries, or use an optional HP AC power adapter. Batteries are non- rechargeable. The batteries are not...

134 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Error Messages on the Computer Message Possible Cause Solution Cannot Connect To Product The computer needs to access files in memory during HP Instant Share setup. But either the internal memory is full, or if an optional memory card is installed, the card ...

136 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Getting Assistance This section contains support information for your digital camera, including support website information, an explanation of the support process, and support phone numbers. HP Accessibility Website Customers with disabilities can get help b...

137 Troubleshooting and Support Support Process The HP support process works most effectively if you perform the following steps in the order specified: 1. Review the troubleshooting section of this User’s Manual (see Problems and Solutions on page 105). 2. Access the HP Customer Care website for su...

139 Troubleshooting and Support Phone Support in the United States and Canada Support is available both during and after the warranty period.Within the period of your warranty, telephone support is provided free of charge. Call 1-(800)-474-6836 (1-800-HP invent) . HP Total Care phone support is avai...

142 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual Other Phone Support Worldwide HP Customer Care phone numbers and policies may change. Visit the following website to check the details and conditions of phone support in your country/region: www.hp.com/support . Argentina (54)11-4778-8380 or 0-810-555-5520 A...

145 Managing Batteries A Managing Batteries Your camera uses two AA batteries. For best results, use Energizer Lithium AA or rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) AA batteries. Alkaline batteries provide far less battery life than Lithium or NiMH batteries. If you must use Alkaline batteries, use...

146 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User’s Manual • Never use batteries of different chemistries (for example, a Lithium and NiMH battery), brands, or ages. This can cause erratic camera behavior, as well as battery leakage. Always use two identical batteries of the same chemistry, brand, and age. • The per...

147 Managing Batteries • Minimize unnecessary power cycling. If you expect to average more than two pictures every five minutes, leave the camera on with the Image Display off, rather than turning off the camera after each shot. This minimizes the number of times the lens must extend and retract. • ...

149 Managing Batteries Number of Shots per Battery Type The following table shows the approximate number of shots under heavy, light, and average use conditions for Alkaline, Lithium, and rechargeable NiMH batteries. In the table above, please note that, in all cases, four pictures are taken per ses...

151 Managing Batteries Recharging NiMH Batteries NiMH batteries can be recharged in the camera when the camera is connected to an optional HP AC power adapter or HP Photosmart M-series dock. NiMH batteries can also be recharged with the optional HP Photosmart Quick Recharger. For information about t...

153 Managing Batteries • NiMH batteries discharge when not in use, whether they are installed in a camera or not. If they have not been used for more than two weeks, recharge them before using them again. Even if you are not using your batteries, it is a good idea to charge them every six months to ...

155 Purchasing Camera Accessories B Purchasing Camera Accessories You can purchase additional accessories for your camera.For information on your HP M417 or HP M517 camera and compatible accessories, go to: • www.hp.com/photosmart (US) • www.hp.ca/photosmart (Canada) • www.hp.com (all other countrie...

159 Caring for Your Camera C Caring for Your Camera Taking some basic precautions when using your camera will enhance your digital camera experience. Basic Camera Care You should take some basic precautions to ensure that your camera continues to perform optimally. • Store your digital camera in a c...

161 Caring for Your Camera Cleaning the Camera Lens Do the following to remove any lubricant that has seeped from the lens wink mechanism onto the camera lens, as well as fingerprints, dust, and so forth that have accumulated on the lens. 1. Turn the camera on to open the lens wink mechanism and to ...

163 Specifications D Specifications Feature Description Resolution Still pictures:• 5.36 MP (2690 by 1994) total pixel count • 5.19 MP (2620 by 1984) effective pixel count Video clips: • 320 by 240 total pixel count Sensor Diagonal 7.194 mm (1/2.5-inch, 4:3 format) CCD Color depth 36 bit (12 bits by...

169 Specifications Memory Capacity The following tables list the approximate number and average size of still images that can be stored in the 16MB of internal memory in the HP Photosmart M417 and in the 32MB of internal memory in the HP Photosmart M517 when the camera is set to different Image Qual...

171 Index A AC power adapter connector on camera 25 purchasing 156 accessories for camera 155 Action mode, setting 43 Adaptive Lighting, setting 51 AF viewfinder light 23 arrow buttons on Controller 21 audio clips, record 32 , 69 automatic exposure, override 42 B batteries door on camera 21 extend l...