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SV2.book Page iii Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM PCSafety Precautions PCSafety Precautions Dear Users, Please read this manual thoroughly before you start to use your SV200(“SV2“ for short). In addition, please keep this manual properly, if there is any question about SV2 in the future, please help yourself to find the answer within. However, if you are still unclear about the answers obtained, please contact your retail for further assistance.
SV2.book Page iv Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM Introduction Introduction The Acer Multi-Functional 7-in-1 VideoCam integrated the functions of video recording (MPEG4 format), photo shotting, audio recording, MP3 playback, PC camera, and USB Storage Drive, SD/MMC card reader into a popular seven-in-one product. Its light weight, outstanding power efficiency, simple operation, long usage time, and high resolution provides the best companion and tool to the business person, students, and travelers.
SV2.book Page v Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM PCTable of Contents PCTable of Contents Safety Precautions ..................................................................... iii Introduction ............................................................................... iv T.O.C ............................................................................................ v 1 Preparations 1-1 Accessories ............................................................................
SV2.book Page vi Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM PCTable of Contents Video System / Media Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Auto Power Off / Storage Select / Set to default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2-8 Battery Recharge ................................................................ 20 3 Using Your SV2 3-1 Video Recording ................................................................. 21 Recording / Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SV2.book Page 3 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 1-2 Using AC power adaptor 1-2 Using AC power adaptor AC Adapter can provide necessary power to DC, it can also recharge the battery. Plug the AC end of the adaptor to the wall(1), and plug the DC end of the adaptor to the DC-in jack of the SV2 (2).
SV2.book Page 4 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 1-3 Using Battery 1-3 Using Battery Battery installation: Put SV2 on a desk, front face down. Gently push battery cover toward the bottom of the SV2 to remove it. (1,2) Put the metal contact end of the battery align with the metal battery contact within SV2. Slide the battery into the bay with 45° slant angle. (3) Then, push the entire battery into the bay.
SV2.book Page 5 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 1-4 Installing SD Memory Card(Optional) Battery removal: Put SV2 on a desk, front face down. Gently push battery cover toward the bottom of the SV2 to remove it. (1,2) Lift bottom end of the battery, about 45° (3) and take the battery out of the bay. When done, replace the cover, and push the cover toward the direction of the top of the SV2 until the cover is fully closed.
SV2.book Page 6 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 1-5 Installing the Hand Strap To remove the card, push the card firmly into the slot, then release. The card will be ejected from the slot. You can remove the card at that time. Note: When inserting and removing the SD memory card, please be sure you turned the power off. 1-5 Installing the Hand Strap 1. Put the thin end of the strap through the strap eyelet. 2. Put the longer end of the strap through the loop of the thinner end.
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SV2.book Page 8 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-2 Operation 10 Jog dial switch Rear panel 8 Status LED 13 Lens 12 Microphone Bottom 6 DC-in jack 11 SD memory card slot 2-2 Operation Power button: When turning on, press screen goes live. button at the right hand side of SV2 until When turning off, press button at the right hand side of SV2 for about three seconds until the screen shuts off. Then the SV2 is turned off.
SV2.book Page 9 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-2 Operation Control button: button can start/stop recoding/ playback button can switch the SV2 between recording and playback function or back to upper level of menu items. Note: The function of these two buttons varies with different modes. Jog dial switch: Located at right hand side of the SV2, under the power button, you can dial it upward, downward, or push it.
SV2.book Page 10 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-3 Headphone 2-3 Headphone When using headphone, simply plug it into the audio jack located at the left hand side of the unit. When the headphone is plugged in, stereo audio output switches to the headphone automatically. There will be no output from the built-in speaker of SV2. 2-4 Video/Audio Output All the video, photo, MP3, and audio recording of SV2 can be output to TV via its AV port. However, the audio output will be mono.
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SV2.book Page 16 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-6 Screen Indications 2-6 Screen Indications No 1 Description a. SD card remaining space: showing SD card available memory space in percentage form. Multiply SD card total memory space by shown percentage will get available memory. b. Zoom indication: Applied in video recording and photo taking modes. SV2 can zoom in the image 4 times bigger with smooth digital zoom. c. Enabled memory: Either built-in memory or SD memory card. d.
SV2.book Page 17 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-7 Setup for All Modes 2-7 Setup for All Modes Switch the mode switch to , and start all pre-operation setups. Dial the jog dial switch up and down can switch between modes. Set Clock: If date and time shown is incorrect, please push the jog dial switch and hence both of them can be adjusted accordingly. The screen shows in the sequence of hour: minute: second month: date: year.White letter indicates the item being chosen currently.
SV2.book Page 18 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-7 Setup for All Modes Video System: Switching between [NTSC] and [ PAL]. Default is NTSC. When setting is in [NTSC], the standard output resolution is QVGA(320x240), when setting is in [PAL], the standard output resolution is CIF (352 x 288). NTSC standard TV output is using in Taiwan, United States, and Japan, while PAL is using in most European countries, South America, and most Asian countries.
SV2.book Page 19 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-7 Setup for All Modes Auto Power Off: In order to save battery power, you can set SV2 to automatically power off after 1,3,5,10 minutes without any operation move. If [Disable] is selected, SV2 will not execute automatic power off. Storage Select: You can select to storing data to either 16MB built-in memory [internal] or SD memory card [SD Card].
SV2.book Page 20 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 2-8 Battery Recharge 2-8 Battery Recharge If you notice the battery life remains one slot only (as shown ), that is, your SV2 has remaining battery life below 30%. Please recharge your SV2 now. When recharging, the battery life indicator on the screen will flash, and the LED at the rear of LED flash red light simultaneously. If the battery is totally used up, there will be a red message in the middle of the screen displaying “BATTERY LOW!”.
SV2.book Page 21 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-1 Video Recording PC3 Using Your SV2 You can use to switch between Recording/Taking and Play function of video recording, photo taking, and audio recording functions. MP3 has play function only. This chapter will introduce all functions clockwisely according to the sequence on them on the mode switch. Note: When switching to video, photo, and audio mode, the default function is recording/taking. 3-1 Video Recording Recording (Video and Audio): 1.
SV2.book Page 22 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-1 Video Recording 3. Press button to start recording. Note: 1. If you wish to change focus, you can dial the jog dial switch upward or downward any time during recording. 2. When shows on screen, it is indicating SD card in use as your data storage. Otherwise, if shows, you are using internal memory. 3. Lower right corner of the screen displays the recording time. 4. The LED beside of the lens lights up in orange during recording. 4.
SV2.book Page 23 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-1 Video Recording White Balance: White objects may looks extremely white under sun shine, but may not be so white in other lighting conditions. In order to compensate the color change due to various lighting conditions, you can use [White Balance] to adjust. SV2 has four White Balance settings [Auto]: Automatic detect [Day Light]: Reduce sun light intensity and avoid over exposure due to strong sun light.
SV2.book Page 24 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-1 Video Recording Audio Quality: [High]: Recording in the best audio quality. [Good]: Recording in ordinary good audio quality. [Economic]: Recording in space saving audio quality. The better audio quality recorded, the more memory space will be taken. Please refer 4-4 for details of memory space taken by each mode. Playback (both Video and Audio) [High]: Recording in the best audio quality. [Good]: Recording in ordinary good audio quality.
SV2.book Page 25 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-1 Video Recording 2. And press button to switch to playback function. Note: 1. When button is pressed, SV2 will playback your latest recording automatically. During playback, you can push the jog dial switch upward and downward to conduct fast forward and backward. 2. The current file number/total file number is shown at the upper left corner of the screen. 3.The playback duration is shown at the lower right corner of the screen 3.
SV2.book Page 26 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-1 Video Recording File List: Displays all video files recorded. File names in red are files previously selected or currently playing. The name in white represents file being selected now. Press the jog dial switch to start playing this file. Delete Current: Select [Yes] to delete current file. Delete All: Select [Yes] to delete all files.
SV2.book Page 27 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-2 Photo Shooting Playback Repeat: There are three options: [Off]: Stop when finishes playing selected file. That is, the selected file will be played once only. [Current]: Play currently selected file repeatedly. [Sequential]: Play all files in sequence, repeatedly. 3-2 Photo Shooting How to take a photo: 1. Select on mode switch 2. If you need to set picture quality, please press jog dial switch to get menu.
SV2.book Page 28 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-2 Photo Shooting 3. If you wish to change focus, you can dial the jog dial switch upward (zoom in) or downward (zoom out). 4. Aim the target and press shutter button . Note: When shutter button is depressed, "Processing" message will be shown on the screen for about one second. Please keep the camera steady to ensure picture quality. Settings You can change some settings before taking the picture to get a better photo result.
SV2.book Page 29 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-2 Photo Shooting White Balance: White objects may looks extremely white under sun shine, but may not be so white in other lighting conditions. In order to compensate the color change due to various lighting conditions, you can use “White Balance” to adjust. SV2 has four White Balance settings¢w [Auto]: Automatic detect [Day Light]: Reduce sun light intensity and avoid over exposure due to strong sun light.
SV2.book Page 30 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-2 Photo Shooting Self Timer: [Disable]: Self timer disabled. [Enable]: Photo will be taken 10seconds later. When using self timer, the LED at the rear of the SV2 will flash orange. Date Stamp: [Disable]: no date stamp on photo. [Enable]: Imprint date at lower left corner of the photo with blue font. Playback: 1. Select on mode switch 2. Press button to switch to playback mode.
SV2.book Page 31 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-2 Photo Shooting Note: 1. When icon button is pressed, SV2 will display latest picture taken automatically. 2. The current photo number/total photo number is shown at the upper left corner of the screen. 3.The date of picture taken will be displayed at the lower right corner of the screen. 4.If time stamp is set, the date of that specific photo being taking will be displayed or printed at lower left corner in blue fonts.
SV2.book Page 32 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-2 Photo Shooting Delete All: Select [Yes] to delete all files. Note: There will be no further warning or confirmation message after you selected [Yes] in both “Delete Current” and “Delete All”. Please be careful on using these commands. DPOF Print: If [On] is selected means this photo can be printed from any printer that supports this protocol.
SV2.book Page 33 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-3 MP3 Playback 3-3 MP3 Playback Download MP3 files from you PC: 1. Use the USB cable in the package and plug it into the Mini USB port located at the left hand side of SV2. 2. If you are using Windows® XP or Windows® 2000 operating system, your PC will detect SV2 automatically. However, if you are using other version of Windows®, you will need to install the driver contains in the companion CD. So your PC will recognize SV2.
SV2.book Page 34 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-3 MP3 Playback The way of MP3 files duplication : Select the files you wish to duplicate, and hold the right key of your mouse. Right click “Copy” in the menu shown. Click on the designated folder (G:\DCIM\100MEDIA, for example), Right click, select “Paste” in the menu shown.
SV2.book Page 35 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-3 MP3 Playback Note: You can either repeat the above process several times to copy individual files or you can select multiple files and copy them at once. Detail about how to Copy and Paste, please refer to user’s manual of your operating system. 4. After finishing copy and paste process, execute “Remove Hardware” and stop SV2. 5. Remove USB cable from your PC and SV2. Keep it properly.
SV2.book Page 36 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-3 MP3 Playback Playback MP3: 1. Select on mode switch. 2. Within File List, you dial the jog dial switch upward or downward to browse the MP3 files stored in the SV2. When selected, press the switch to play. 3. When MP3 playback starts, SV2 will turn off the screen to save battery power. Press or the jog dial switch will resume screen display. During playback, you can dial jog dial switch upward or downward to change volume.
SV2.book Page 37 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-3 MP3 Playback Settings Delete Current: Select [Yes] to delete current file. Delete All: Select [Yes] to delete all files. Note: There will be no further warning or confirmation message after you selected [Yes] in both “Delete Current” and “Delete All”. Please be careful on using these commands.
SV2.book Page 38 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-4 Audio Recording Playback Repeat: There are three choices, [Off]: Stop when playback finishes. Selected MP3 plays once only. [Current]: Playback current MP3 repeatedly. [Sequential]: Playback all MP3 files in sequence, repeatedly. 3-4 Audio Recording Recording: 1. Select on mode switch. 2. If you need to change recording quality, please press the jog dial switch to activate Audio Quality menu.
SV2.book Page 39 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-4 Audio Recording [High]: Recording in the best audio quality. [Good]: Recording in ordinary good audio quality. [Economic]: Recording in space saving audio quality. The better audio quality recorded, the more memory space will be taken. Please refer 4-4 for details of memory space taken by each mode 3. Press button to start recording, press once more to stop. Playback: 1. Select on mode switch. 2. Press button to switch to playback function.
SV2.book Page 40 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-4 Audio Recording Delete Current: Select [Yes] to delete current file. Delete All: Select [Yes] to delete all files. Note: There will be no further warning or confirmation message after you selected [Yes] in both “Delete Current” and “Delete All”. Please be careful on using these commands. Playback Repeat: There are three choices, [Off]: Stop playing when finishes. Selected file will be played only once.
SV2.book Page 41 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-5 PC Camera 3-5 PC Camera 1. Plug the USB cable packaged with SV2 into the Mini USB port located at the left hand side of SV2. Note: When USB cable is plugged in, the screen display will disappear. The display will resume when USB cable is removed. 2. Please use the companion CD to install PC camera driver of SV2. Thus, your PC will be able to recognize your SV2 as a PC camera.
SV2.book Page 42 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 3-6 USB Storage Drive 3-6 USB Storage Drive Except when using SV2 as a PC camera, all the rest modes allows you to connect SV2 with your PC via USB cable, and use SV2 as an USB removable disk. 1. Plug the USB cable packaged with SV2 into the Mini USB port located at the left hand side of SV2. When the USB cable is plugged in, the screen shows “USB STORAGE” first, and turns off immediately. The screen display will resume when USB cable is unplugged.
SV2.book Page 43 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-1 Taking Care of Your SV2 PC4 Miscellaneous 4-1 Taking Care of Your SV2 About SV2: Be aware of where you store your SV2. Keep SV2 and its accessories out of children’s reach. Keep SV2 dry--rain and moisture may damage the electronic parts within SV2. If there is water splashes onto the body of SV2, please use dry soft cloth to wipe water drops away. If SV2 is wetted by seawater, please use wet soft cloth to wipe seawater away.
SV2.book Page 44 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-2 Write Protection and File Structure of SD Memory Card(Optional) About the battery Please use certified battery. Please refer to 4-6 for battery specifications. Duration of operation - Temperature may affect the duration of battery operation. Higher temperature or lower temperature may both shorten the duration of operation. Battery life may also influence the duration of operation.
SV2.book Page 45 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-3 Software Installation and Use Using CD to install There are two major steps: Step 1, insert companion CD into your PC CD drive. Do not connect your SV2 to PC for now. Step 2, connect your SV2 to PC and, If your PC uses Windows 98 operating system, ® 1. The PC will initiate InstallShield Wizard. Click "USB Driver" in menu. 2.
SV2.book Page 46 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-3 Software Installation and Use 4. Connect your SV2 to PC. The PC will detect the new hardware. Then "Insert Disk" message shows, click "OK" button. 5. The "Insert Disk" warning message will show up again for consecutively three times. Click "Skip" in all occasions. Then you can finish the installation. Note: Sometimes the OS will request for Windows 98 Installation CD, please make sure the Windows 98 CD is handy for use.
SV2.book Page 47 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-3 Software Installation and Use 2. In both dialog boxes showing "Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Digital Camera" and "Information", click on the "Next" button. 3. The driver installation will then start and proceed automatically. 4. In the following two "Hardware Installation" dialog windows, please select "Continue Anyway" to continue the installation.
SV2.book Page 48 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-3 Software Installation and Use 5. When installation completes, click on "Finish" to finish installation process. 6. Remove companion CD from optical drive and connect your SV2 to PC. When PC detects it, the "Hardware Installation" dialog windows will appear twice. Select "Continue Anyway" in both occasions, and you will be able to finish the driver installation for PC camera and USB removable drive modes.
SV2.book Page 49 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 1. Your PC will detect a new device automatically. An “Add New Hardware Wizard” will appear. Click on the “Next” button. 2. Select “Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended)”, and click on the “Next” button. 3. In the next window, Windows will search for new drivers in its driver database on your hard drive, and in any of the following selected locations”. Select “Specify a location” and then click on the “Next” button.
SV2.book Page 50 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4. Windows will find the SV2’s USB driver in the companion CD. Click on the “Next” button to start installation. When completes, click on the “Finish” button to finish the driver installation. ® 5. When driver installation completes, restart your PC. You will see two removable drives in the Explorer. That is, you have installed the driver successfully. Then you can start to use SV2 and conduct file access works.
SV2.book Page 51 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM Using Windows 98 operating system ® 1. Your PC will detect your SV2 and pop up an “Add New Hardware Wizard”. Click on the “Next” button. 2. Please select “Display a list of all...” . 3. The system will find an unknown USB composite device for installation. Please select “Have Disk”.
SV2.book Page 52 Friday, December 5, 2003 4. Please insert your companion CD into the CD-ROM drive, then select the CDROM drive as the source . Click on “OK”. 5. When system finds the hardware to be installed, please click on the “Next” button. 6. Click on Next to start installation. When completes, click on “Finish” to exit.
SV2.book Page 53 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 7. Another installation window will appear, click on “Next” button. 8. Select “Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended)”, and click on the “Next” button. 9. Select ”Specify a location” and finds the drivers path, click on the “Next” button.
SV2.book Page 54 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 10. Click on the Next button to start installation. When installation completes, click on the “Finish” button. 11. Last step of installation is exactly the same as step 7 through 10. When finishes, restart PC and you will be able to use SV2 as a PC camera. Note: During the installation process, if a dialogue box shows up and requesting a Windows 98 CD-ROM, please insert a Windows 98 CD-ROM and click OK to continue installation.
SV2.book Page 55 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM Using Windows® XP operating system: 1. Your PC will detect SV2 automatically, please select “ Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and click on “Next” button. 2. Insert the companion CD into CD-ROM drive and click on “Search removable media” and click on Next” button. 3. When the hardware installation window as show right appears, please click on “Continue Anyway”.
SV2.book Page 56 Friday, December 5, 2003 4. The file duplication will then start. When completes, the following dialog box will appear. Click on “Finish” and start the next step of installation. 5. The second step of installation is the same as the first step. Please select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and click on “Next”. 6. When the dialog box as show below appears, click on “Continue Anyway”.
SV2.book Page 57 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 7. The file duplication will then start. When completes, the following dialog box will appear. Click on “Finish” and finish the installation. Using PC Camera When driver is installed, you can start use your SV2 as a PC camera. There are many software can be used on a PC camera, such as Windows Movie Maker NetMeeting...etc. We hereby use Windows Movie Make as an example to explain the operation of PC camera.
SV2.book Page 58 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-4 Memory Space Consumption of Each Mode 4-4 Memory Space Consumption of Each Mode Each mode will consume different size of memory due to their corresponding quality settings. The higher the quality set, the more memory space will be taken. The following chart shows a reference value of various scenarios. The first column is the memory capacity, and other cells are corresponding values.
SV2.book Page 59 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-5 Message List Voice Recording Mode High (22k/s) Normal (16k/s) Economic (12k/s) 16 MB 12 min 17 min 23 min 32 MB 25 min 34 min 46 min 64 MB 50 min 1 h 8 min 1 h 31 min 128 MB 1 h 39 min 2 h 17 min 3 h 2 min 256 MB 3 h 19 min 4 h 33 min 6 h 5 min 512 MB 6 h 37 min 9 h 6 min 12 h 8 min. * The times listed in the above table are approximations.
SV2.book Page 60 Friday, December 5, 2003 2:04 PM 4-6 Specification 4-6 Specification 60 Resolution 4 Mega Pixel (Using Software Interpolation resolution) Video Sensor CMOS Sensor (2 Mega Pixel resolution) Display Panel 1.5 inch Color TFT LCD (280x220 color resolution) Expansion Memory SD/MMC Card(Optional) I/O Port Mini USB (Support USB1.
