Vivitar Vivicam X327 Users Manual

							   
Exposure 
         This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images. 1.  Press the MENU button. 
2.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Exposure  value (from 3 brightest to -3 darkest) from the 
Menu that appears: 
3.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
4.  The Exposure icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom of the LCD.   
ISO  This is a special function that allows you to co mpensate the light conditions when the light source 
is not good and you also specifically do not wish  to use a flash or tripod. When using ISO 
sensitization, please choose the  low value ISO to prevent spots or blotches appearing on your 
photo.    
1.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select the ISO option in the Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select an ISO value from the Menu that appears: 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
5.  The ISO icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom of the LCD.    
						

							        White Balance 
                  This setting allows the camera to adjust the color of your photos according to the color of your light 
source. 
  1.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select the White Balance option in the Setup menu 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select a White Balance option from the Menu that appears: 
                
 Auto 
 Daylight  
Cloudy 
 Incandescent
 Fluorescent   
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
5.  The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the White Balance option you selected.  
         Sharpness 
         This setting allows you to adjust the sharpness of your images, making edges more or less  distinct.  
1.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select the Sharpness option in the Setup menu 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Sharpness option from the Menu that appears: 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
5.  The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the Sharpness option you selected.  
						

							          Quality The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots you can take. A HIGH setting 
means you can take fewer photos, but they will be of better quality. The default value is Fine. 
 
1.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select the Quality option in the Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Quality option from the Menu that appears: 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
5.  The Quality icon for the option you selected appears on the bottom left corner of the LCD. 
           
  Super quality     
 Fine quality     
 Normal quality           
 
         Digital Zoom  You can set the digital zoom function On or Off. 
1.  Press the Up/Down button to select the Digital Zoom option in the Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down button to select On or Off. 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
 
  
						

							Date This allows you to set the system time which will be displayed on the photos. 
 
1.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select the Date option in the Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Date option from the Menu that appears: 
•  On selecting “On” the date will appear on the photo once it is taken. 
•   On selecting “Off” no date will appear on the photo. 
•   On selecting “Set Date” the Set Date settings screen will appear. You will be able to 
change the date settings that will appear on the photo once it is taken. 
 
To Set the date: 
1.  Press the Up/Down button to enter Set date option. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Right/Left button to select and highlight the Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, 
Second and Date Format type. Press the Up/Down button to set the Date, time and 
format. 
                 
  
						

							4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save the changes and exit. 
 
         Auto Power Off  By default, if your camera is idle for 60 seconds it will automatically be powered off.    Use the 
Auto Power Off option to change this setting: 
 
1.  Press the Up/Down button to select the Auto Power Off option in Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Auto Power Off option from the Menu that 
appears: 
4.  Press the Up/Down button to se lect a time that the camera will automatically power off if 
inactive.  
Note: If you select None, the camera will not be powered off until the battery power is 
depleted or the camera is turned off manually. 
5.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
 
           Frequency 
                        Select the light frequency for the local environment. Generally, 60HZ is for the U.S. and 50HZ  for Europe and Japan. The default setting is 60HZ 
  
						

							1.  Press the Up/Down button to select the Frequency option from the Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Frequency option from the Menu that appears: 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
 Format This function will format the memory card and will  erase all files in memory including files that 
have been protected. 
Important:  Please use this function with caution.  Once formatted all the images stored in the 
memory will be erase. This process is irreversible. Please download all images to the PC 
before formatting the card. 
 
1.  Press the Up/Down button to select the Format option from the Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down button to select OK. 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm. 
5.  A Format confirmation message appears. 
    
 
6.  Press the Right/Left button to select “Yes” to format, “No” to exit.  
						

							7.  Press the MEN button to confirm and begin the format. 
8.  Once the SD card is formatted all the images sitting on the card will be erased and the camera will revert to the camera standby mode. 
 Default Setting You can restore your camera to the original factory settings. 
1.  Press the Up/Down button to select Default Setting in the Setup menu. 
2.  Press the MENU button. 
3.  Press the Up/Down button to select OK 
4.  Press the Up/Down button to select OK to set to default setting or Cancel to exit. 
5.  Press the MENU button to confirm. 
6.  If you selected OK, a Default Setting confirmation message will appear: 
 
7.  Press the Right/Left button to select Yes to reset to the default setting or No to exit the  menu. 
8.  Press the MENU button to confirm and reset the camera to the original factory settings. 
 
  
						

							Video Mode Press the MODE button to select the Video mode.   
Note: The camera has limited internal memory allowing you to record up to 20 seconds in QVGA. An SD 
card (up to 8GB) needs to be inserted in order to use the video mode normally. 
 
When the 
  icon appears on the top left corner of the LCD screen this indicates that you are in Video 
mode.  
 
1.  Prepare the object or subject you wish to record. 
2.  Press the Shutter button to begin shooting the video. 
3.  The elapse time will appear on the top right of the LCD screen and the icon 
  will flash on the 
LCD screen. 
4.  Press the Shutter button again to stop the recording and save this file in AVI format.   
Note:   1.  You can preview the AVI files in Playback mode or once downloaded to your computer by using 
Quick Time and Windows Media Player. 
2.  When the cameras memory is full, the “Memor y Full Insert a SD Memory Card to Transfer and 
Shoot More video!” message will appear on the LCD screen when you attempt shoot more videos. 
Download the test file from the internal memory to the PC or delete them to shoot more videos.  
						

							Alternatively, you can insert a SD memory card to expand the memory to record longer videos. 
3.  The LED will light up when the light condition is not good. 
 
 
In Video mode there are 3 setup options -  White Balance, Size and Macro 
 
White Balance You can select 5 different White Bal ance light conditions for shooting videos. 
 
1.  Press the MENU button. 
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
 option. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select a White Balance option from the Menu that appears: 
                
 Auto 
 Daylight  
Cloudy 
 Incandescent
 Fluorescent   
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the video standby mode. 
5.  The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the White Balance option you selected. 
 Size Your camera supports 2 video resolutions-  640x480 (VGA) pixels, 320x240 (QVGA) pixels. 
 
1.  Press the MENU button.  
						

							2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
  option for the Size menu to appear. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select an Image Size option from the Menu that appears:  VGA 640x480 
QVGA 320x240 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the video standby mode. 
5.  The Image Size icon selected will appear at the top of the LCD screen. 
 
Macro The camera has the function that allows you to capture  objects either at very near or very far distances.   
Use the Macro close up for shooting up to 80cm:  1.  Press the MENU button 
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
  option for the Macro menu to appear. 
3.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select a Macro option from the Menu that appears   
  : Macro shooting - On   : Far shooting - Off 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save y our choice and exit to the video standby mode.   
5.  The selected Macro icon appears on the top of the LCD screen.