Vivitar Vivicam 8018 Users Manual

							ViviCam 8018 Digital Camera  
Owner Manual 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Table of Contents 
 
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 
Key Features ................................................................................................................................................... 2 
W hat your camera includes ............................................................................................................................. 2 
Com puter System Requirem ents for W indows XP ........................................................................................... 3 
Com puter System Requirem ents for W indows Vista ........................................................................................ 3 
Com puter System Requirem ents for Macintosh ............................................................................................... 4 
A Quick Look at Your Camera.......................................................................................................................... 5 
Preparing Your Cam era for Use ....................................................................................................................... 6 
Installing SD Mem ory Card .............................................................................................................................. 7 
Main Icons on the LCD .................................................................................................................................... 8 
Starting Your Cam era .................................................................................................................................... 1 1 
Cam era Modes .............................................................................................................................................. 1 1 
Taking photos ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1 
Video Mode ................................................................................................................................................... 23 
Playback Mode .............................................................................................................................................. 26 
Installing PhoTags Express Software ............................................................................................................. 33 
Everything you need to get the m ost from your photos .................................................................................. 37 
Download photos and videos to your PC ....................................................................................................... 40 
Viewing Videos .............................................................................................................................................. 44 
Transferring photos and videos to your PC m anually ..................................................................................... 44 
Transferring photos and videos to your MAC m anually .................................................................................. 46 
Maintenance of Your Digital Cam era ............................................................................................................. 46 
Sakar Warranty Card ..................................................................................................................................... 46 
Appendix A: Technical Specifications ............................................................................................................. 48 
Appendix B: Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................... 49  
						

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Introduction 
Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 8018 8.1 Mega-P i x e l Digital Cam era. Everything you need to t a k e 
quality digital photos and videos is included with your cam era. 
Your  digital  camera  can also b e   u s e d   a s  a  rem ovable  disk.  It  enriches  your  life. Vivitar  makes  capturing  those 
special m oments so easy. 
Please read this manual carefully first in order to get the most out of your digital cam era. 
 
Key Features 
 Digital Video resolutions-640x480  Pixels (VGA), 320x240 Pixels (QVGA). 
 8.1 m ega pixels cam era with choice of 6 digital cam era resolutions- 3264x2448pixels(8M), 3648x2048  
Pixels(7M),2592x1944  pixels(5M), 2048x1536  pixels(3M) ,1920x1080  pixels  (2M) and 640x480  pixels 
(VGA.). 
 1.8 inch TFT LCD 
 8x Digital Zoom  function 
 SD m emory card slot com patible w i t h m emory card up to 8GB. 
 Built in Flash 
 PhoTags Express software for m anaging and enhancing your photos, printing, sending  
   photos by e-m ails and much more. 
 
What your camera includes 
 Digital Cam era 
 PhoTags Express software Installation CD  
 USB cable  
						

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 Us er’s manual and Quick Start Guide 
 Strap  
Computer System Requirements for Windows XP 
To be able to download photos to your PC, you will need the following m inimum  configuration: 
 Pentium I I I  process or above with Windows X P 
 128 M B   R A M ,  with 150M B  o f  free disk space 
 Available USB interface 
 CD-ROM  Drive 
 1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution  
 16-bit color or higher display adaptor 
 
Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista 
To be able to download photos to your PC your will need the following m inimum  configuration: 
 W indows V i s t a 
 800MHz processor and 512 MB of system m emory 
 20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space 
 Support for Super VGA graphics 
 Available USB Interface  
 CD-R O M   d r i v e  
						

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Computer System Requirements for Macintosh 
 Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher 
 Mac OS X version 10.2.6 or later 
 128 MB or m ore available system RAM (256 MB recommended), 150 MB free disk space 
 800 x 600 or higher-resolution m onitor displaying m illions of colors 
 
Note: This hardware is plug and play com patible when used on a Mac, however, the included software can be 
used on W indows operating systems only. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

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A   Q uick Look at Your Camera 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

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Preparing Your Camera for Use 
Batter y Installation 
Your camera requires 3 AAA batteries. T o   insert the batteries i n t o   t h e   c a m e r a : 
1. Slide and open the battery com partm ent on the side of the camera. 
2. Please m ake sure that the batteries are inserted with the correct polarity facing up. 
 
 
3. Close t h e  battery door. 
Wh e n the “Low  Battery” m e s s a g e  is displayed o n   t he  LCD,  t h i s indicates that your  camera  has a n  insu f f i c i e n t  
battery power l e v el and will be autom atically powered o f f.   Yo u  need to download the sam ple photo to your PC.    
If there is no SD card inserted before it powers off the photo will be lost. 
Note: 
1. If you don’t intend to use your camera for an extended period of time, please rem ove the batteries to 
avoid battery leakage and corrosion. 
2. Please don’t rem ove the batteries or power off your cam era before downloading the test photo when 
you  have  not  inserted  an  SD  card.  The  test  im ages  will  be  lost  forever  if  they  are  not  downloaded  
						

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before the cam era is shut down or powered off. 
3. Do not mix old and new batteries. 
4. We  recommend  you  use  Alkaline  batteries.  Do not  mix  alkaline,  standard  (carbon-zinc),  or 
rechargeable (nickel-cadmium  metal hydride) batteries. 
5. In order to conserve battery power if the camera is on but not in use for 60s it will automatically shut 
off. In this case only the sam ple images will be lost. 
 
Installing SD Memory Card 
Your  camera  has  a  m em ory  card  slot  that  enables  you  to  insert  any “SD” compatible  mem ory  card. Adding  a 
m emory  card  will  allow  you  to  increase  the  capacity  of  your  cam era  before  you  have  to  transfer test photo t o  
your P C .   I n s t a l l the SD m emory card as below: 
1. Locate the Mem ory Card slot. 
2. Insert the Mem ory card into the slot in the correct direction. (see t h e  sketch below) 
 
3. Push the card in until you feel it “click” into position. The top of the card should be flushed with the surface  
						

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of the camera. An icon  will appear on the LCD screen after you turn on your cam era. 
4. Once the external  m emory  card  is  inserted  into the  camera  all  the  im ages taken with  the  camera will be 
stored on the card. 
Note:  
1. Lim ited internal m em ory is provided for test im ages. T h e   i m a g e  w i l l be  deleted when  camera  power is 
turned off. Please download the im ages before power off .SD m emory card is required for normal use. 
2. An  external  m em ory  card  is  required  for  norm al  use. Your  cam era  supports any  com patible  SD  m emory 
card (up to 8GB). 
3. If  there i s   a photo in  the  internal  m emory  when  you  insert  the  card into  your  camera, a   “Move  to  card” 
m essage  will  appear  on  the  LCD  with Yes  or  No  options. On selecting  ‘Yes’ the photo will  now  be  copied 
to your card.  
4. Form atting will delete all data on the SD mem ory card including protected data. 
5. Don’t rem ove the SD card during form atting as this may dam age the card and render it unusable. 
6. W hen  your  card  is full,  download the m edia  on the  SD  card to  your PC and  delete  the  photos  and  videos 
from  it in order to continue using your cam era 
 
 
 
 
Main Icons on the LCD  
						

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