Vivitar Vivicam V15 Users Manual

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You may also delete single photos in the Playback 
mode.
  
Select the present photo you wish to delete. 
Press the Power/Menu button. 
A  Delete single photo icon will appear on the LCD 
screen with 2 options. 
Press the Up button to move between the options, 
“Yes” to Delete the present photo, or “No” to Cancel. 
Press the Shutter button to confirm your choice. 
The photo is deleted from your camera’s memory. 
 
Note:
 If you delete photos from your camera before 
downloading them to your computer the photo is 
completely erased from your camera’s memory and will 
be lost with no recovery.  
SLEEP MODE 
(Automatic Power-Saving) 
The digital device will go into Sleep Mode automatically 
after approximately 30 seconds of inactivity. This mode 
uses low energy consumption in order to prolong the 
device’s battery life. To reactivate the device, simply  
						

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. 
(Manual Power-Saving) 
Press and hold the Power/Menu button for 3 seconds. 
After hearing two beeps the camera will go into a sleep 
mode manually.  
In sleep mode, energy consumption is very low and the 
battery life is prolonged. Your camera can remain in 
sleep mode to save power. To use your camera again 
just simply press the Power/Menu button.  
For information on how to work with your photos, please 
see the Software Installation section in this manual. 
 
Capturing Video  
In order to capture Videos with this Camera the camera 
has to be set to the Video mode. Select the Video mode 
from the camera menu options on the LCD screen. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Press the Power/Menu button. Toggle between the  
						

							 22 camera modes by pressing the Shutter button until the 
video icon appears in the top left corner. Press the 
Power /Menu button to save your choice. When the 
video icon appears in the top left corner you can now 
prepare your shot. 
 
Once in the Video mode, press the shutter button for 
the camera to start capturing an AVI video. 
A clock counter on the bottom right corner of the LCD 
screen will begin to count. The video is now being 
captured. 
To end the video capture, press the Shutter button 
again. 
The Video has now been captured and is ready to be 
downloaded from the camera to your computer. 
 
Warning: In AVI mode, the camera checks the 
brightness before capturing the video. If the light 
conditions change and becomes darker after the 
capture has begun, the resulting AVI file when played 
back on your computer will play back very fast.  
See the “Get Photos” section of the software installation 
for using your Photags Express software application to 
download photos in JPEG format and videos in AVI 
format from your camera to your PC. 
 
Webcam Mode 
Photags WebCam Express software allows you to use 
your camera as a webcam.  
This application is installed together with the Photags 
Express software.  
						

							 23 To use the WebCam Express software see the “Using 
your Camera as a Webcam” section further on in this 
guide. 
 
Everything you need to get the 
most from your photos  
The “PhoTags Express” software that is installed on 
your computer allows you to edit existing photos that 
you have on your computer as well as the photos that 
you have captured and downloaded with your camera. 
 
Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of the 
camera.   
Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on 
your computer. 
 
Important:
  Do not open the software until you 
see the “Your new hardware is installed and 
ready to use” pop-up box on the taskbar. If you 
do not see this message before you open the 
software, the camera will not function properly. 
  
						

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If the Camera is off it will automatically be turned on 
when the USB cable is properly connected.  
Click the “PhoTags Express” icon that appears on your 
desktop to open the “PhoTags Express” Software. 
 
 
 
From the Main Menu screen that appears, select the 
“Select Photos”, “Enhance Photos” or “Add 
Captions” buttons. You can use these features to edit 
your photos:  
  
  
						

							 25 Manage your photos by creating countless unique 
photo collections without duplicating any photos. 
Burn CD’s of any folders for backup and storage. 
Enhance your photos; Auto Enhance, Crop, Correct 
Red Eye, Manually Adjust and add Special Effects. 
Add Active Captions- add Text Captions, Frames, 
Shapes, Keywords… and more that can be viewed or 
hidden any time.  
Locate and Organize your photos and collections- 
Search by Captions, Category, Keyword or Date - 
directly from the operating system of your computer. 
Share your photos via E-mail, Local Printing and 
Create HTML web pages for uploading online.  
 
Create Calendars, two-sided Greeting Cards and 
Postcards on standard photo paper... You can 
purchase Albums and Video CD, two additional 
workshop projects online at anytime.  
Create Photo Albums and Slide Shows on CDs 
that can be viewed on your PC and VCD’s for 
viewing on your TV using your DVD player. Add 
background music to your slideshow. 
  
						

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How to purchase additional “Workshop” projects 
In addition to the free Calendars, two-sided 
Greeting Cards and Postcards Workshop projects, 
you have the ability to purchase two additional 
Workshop projects: Albums and Video CD 
online, at anytime.  
 
1.  To purchase the “Workshop Project” 
simply click the one you want and you will 
be referred to an online website where you 
can purchase them. 
2.  Once you purchase the “Workshop 
projects” you will receive an email verifying 
your purchase and explaining how to easily 
activate them in the software. 
Download photos to your PC 
Transfer Photo and Video images from your camera  
						

							 27 to your PC using PhoTags Express.
 
 
Select the “Get Photos” button from the top of the 
PhoTags Express Main Menu screen. 
The Get Photos Wizard opens. 
 
 
Step 1 - Select the “Dual Mode Camera” option in the 
Active Devices window on the left and then select either 
the “Custom” or “Express” copy radial button in the 
Copy methods box.  
 
CUSTOM COPY METHOD
 
Step 2 - Select the “Custom” copy radial button. Click 
the “Next” button. 
  
						

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Add Active Captions to your pictures. You can add a 
date, keywords, categories and more. Click “Next” to 
continue. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step 3 - Choose where to place your photos and videos. 
The default is to place all photos and videos into a 
folder under the C:\My Documents My Pictures folder 
with the date when the photos were taken as the folder  
						

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name.  
Click the “Finish” button to start the download process. 
 
 
 
A photos download progress bar appears showing the 
number of media (videos included) downloading from 
you camera to your computer. 
 
All the media – Photos and Videos on your camera are 
now downloaded to your computer. 
Open the “Select Photos” mode of Photags Express to 
view the thumbnails for all the media. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
You may now use PhoTags Express to edit your photos, 
create collections and Burn CD`s. 
To learn more of how to get the most out of your