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10. AVI Capture   
 
You can capture motion-video clips using the AVI capture feature. The image 
is stored in AVI format. The image counter increments by one after movie 
clips are stored. Video clips are captured at a resolution of 320 x 240. The 
movie-clip frame rate will be approximately six frames per second. Movie 
clips are silent. (No audio.) To use the AVI capture mode follow these steps:   
 
Step 1:
 Power on the camera. Press the Power/Mode button five times until   
the “        ” icon appears on the LCD display. 
 
Step 2:
 Once the Shutter
 button is pressed, the camera will beep and the 
  camera starts recording videos and the red LED will blink. 
 
Step 3:
 Press the Shutter
 button again to stop recording. The camera will 
  stop recording automatically when the built-in memory is full.    When 
  the built-in memory is full, the word “FUL“ will be shown on the LCD   
display.  
 
Note:
 When you download a movie-clip it will be in the popular AVI format.   
Use Windows Media Player or Apple Quick Time Player to view movies. 
 
 
 
   
						

							  
 
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11. Continuous Capture   
 
You can capture three images using the continuous capture feature.    When 
you use this mode the image resolution will be 640 x 480. To use the 
Continuous Capture mode follow these steps: 
 
Step 1: 
Power on the camera.    Press the Power/Mode button six times until 
 the “    ” icon appears on the LCD display. 
 
Step 2:
 When the Shutter
 button is pressed, the camera will capture three   
images continuously. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
						

							  
 
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12. Deleting Images   
 
You can delete the last image captured, or you may delete all images in 
memory. 
 
Delete the Last Image    
Step 1:
 Power on camera. Press the Enter button until the “        ” icon   
appears on the LCD display. Then press the enter button to   
delete the last picture in the camera. (Example: 020 will change to 019.) 
 
Delete All Images   
 
Power on the camera and press the button until the icon “        ” appears on 
the LCD display.    Press the enter button to delete all the pictures in the 
camera. 
Note: All Images will be deleted and the image counter will display 000. 
 
Techniques for Capturing the Best Images   
 
The camera can capture good images. Here are a few tips for getting the 
best possible images from your camera. 
1.  Use good lighting. The digital camera works best with adequate lighting.     
2.  Avoid uneven lighting and high contrast. Compose your scenes so that 
there are no deep shadows or bright backgrounds. The key to good 
images is balanced (even) scene lighting. Use the fill - flash for scenes   
						

							  
 
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3.  Minimum focus distance. Make sure your subject is not too close. The 
minimum focus distance is three to four feet (one meter.) 
4.  Position your primary subject in the center of the image. The camera 
focuses best in the center of the image. The edges of your images are 
softly focused, giving a nice soft perimeter effect to each image. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
						

							  
 
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13. 
Installing Camera Driver and Software 
 
a. Turn on your computer. 
b. Insert the installation CD-ROM drive and the installion CD menu should 
appear. If the menu does not appear, double-click the CD drive icon in my 
computer or run D:\Autorun.exe to open the setup screen (assuming that 
your CD-Rom drive is drive D:). 
 
c. When you see the following: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Camera Driver: 
Click on the “Camera Driver” button to install the camera driver and then 
follow the prompts to Start, progress through the intermediate steps, and 
then Finish.   
						

							  
 
22 User manual: 
Click “User Manual” to read the user manual. (You should have Adobe 
Acrobat Reader to open the file.). It is included on the CD. 
 
Adobe Acrobat: 
Click this box and follow the prompts to install Adobe Acrobat Reader only if 
it isn’t present on your system. 
 
Arcsoft Suite: 
Click this box then follow the prompts and click the next steps to complete 
the installation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
						

							  
 
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14. Uninstalling Software and Camera Driver 
The following instructions guide you to uninstall (remove) software from your   
computer. 
 
Uninstalling Software 
1. Click “Start” from the task bar and choose “Settings->”Control Panel”.   
2. (For Windows XP:”Start”->”Control Panels”) 
3. Double click “Add/Remove Programs”. 
4. Select the program to be uninstalled:”Arcsoft Software Suite”. 
5. Click “Remove Program” (For Windows 2000/XP:”Change/Remove”) and   
then click “OK”. 
 
Uninstalling Camera Driver 
1.  Click “Start” from the task bar and choose “Settings”-> “Control Panel”. 
2.  (For Windows XP:”Start”-> “Control Panels”). 
3.    Double click “Add/Remove Programs”. 
4.    Select the camera’s driver “Vivicam 2010” to uninstall. 
5.    Click “Remove Program” (For Windows 2000/XP:”Change/Remove”)   
and then click “OK”. 
 
 
 
 
 
   
						

							  
 
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15. Downloading Images to a Computer 
For Windows 98/ME customers: 
Please install the camera driver before connecting to your computer for the 
first time. 
1. Turn the camera and computer on, and then connect the camera to the 
computer with the included USB cable. 
2. “USB Mass Storage device” appears on the computer screen. 
 
For Windows XP: 
A dialogue box with options appears as 
shown on the Right side. 
The options are Play, Find/Fix/Share Images. 
Open folders to view files, take no action, 
Copy images to a folder on my computer, 
View a slide show of images, and etc. 
Please select one of them and click on “OK”. 
 
For Windows 2000/ME/98: 
Double click on “My computer”, and then double click on the new 
“Removable Disk”, the DCIM folder within, and the folders inside containing 
your images and videos.   
						

							  
 
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select all    files in the same window. Then press “Ctrl+C” to copy images and 
“Ctrl+V” to paste and save them to a folder on your computer. You may also 
“Drag and Drop them to a folder on your desktop to save them after   
highlighting as above. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
						

							  
 
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16. Arcsoft PhotoImpression 5 
Arcsoft PhotoImpression 5 is a complete digital image editing application   
designed with real people in mind. The Easy-to-Use HELP menu, 
user-friendly interface, and complete image editing functionality, give users 
the ability to organize view, enhance, edit, print and share photos. Click on 
“Start”Æ “Program”Æ “ArcSoft Software Suite” to PhotoImpression 5 and 
you will see a window as below. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Select the photo source. For example Click “Folder”        to acquire photos   
from your computer. Select the file path. You can start editing them now.