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...on MAC 40 7 Using the Camera as a Web Cam 41 • Setting up NetMeeting 41 • Start NetMeeting 41 8 Troubleshooting Problems 42 9 Getting Help 44 • Polaroid-digital Online Services 44 •...; ArcSoft Software Help 44 10 Appendix 45 • Technical Specifications 45 • Capacity of SMC card 46 • Using Your Batteries 47 • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance 47 • Uninstalling the Camera Driver (PC only 47 • Regulatory Information 48 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 5 www.polaroid-digital...
...on MAC 40 7 Using the Camera as a Web Cam 41 • Setting up NetMeeting 41 • Start NetMeeting 41 8 Troubleshooting Problems 42 9 Getting Help 44 • Polaroid-digital Online Services 44 •...; ArcSoft Software Help 44 10 Appendix 45 • Technical Specifications 45 • Capacity of SMC card 46 • Using Your Batteries 47 • Tips, Your Safety & Maintenance 47 • Uninstalling the Camera Driver (PC only 47 • Regulatory Information 48 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 5 www.polaroid-digital...
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... can I do with my Camera? Capture Enjoy point & shoot operation. Store pictures, audio clips and video clips to family and friends. 6 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Save Save pictures to the computer memory by Mass Storage interface. View View pictures on the LCD screen or on a computer using the Arcsoft® software supplied...
... can I do with my Camera? Capture Enjoy point & shoot operation. Store pictures, audio clips and video clips to family and friends. 6 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Save Save pictures to the computer memory by Mass Storage interface. View View pictures on the LCD screen or on a computer using the Arcsoft® software supplied...
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... x AAA Alkaline Batteries Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 7 www.polaroid-digital.com Save Save audio clips and video clips to family and friends. • Camera Package Contents m m m m F 2.8 f=8.4 PDC 3030 Digital Imaging Products 201 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730-1434 Registration Card PDC 3030 F 2.8 f=8.4 Quick Start...Rápido ML 0403 Part no.: OM837657 R1 Printed in China Quick Guide Hand Strap USB Cable The CD-ROM includes Polaroid PDC 3030 Camera (PC) PhotoImpression™ 4.0 (PC & Mac) MicroSoft NetMeeting™ (PC) Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC & Mac)...
... x AAA Alkaline Batteries Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 7 www.polaroid-digital.com Save Save audio clips and video clips to family and friends. • Camera Package Contents m m m m F 2.8 f=8.4 PDC 3030 Digital Imaging Products 201 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730-1434 Registration Card PDC 3030 F 2.8 f=8.4 Quick Start...Rápido ML 0403 Part no.: OM837657 R1 Printed in China Quick Guide Hand Strap USB Cable The CD-ROM includes Polaroid PDC 3030 Camera (PC) PhotoImpression™ 4.0 (PC & Mac) MicroSoft NetMeeting™ (PC) Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC & Mac)...
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To open the battery door, slide the button in the direction as shown, ensuring you follow the +/- Close the battery door. 8 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com For more guidelines on battery usage, please see Using your batteries. 1. Insert the batteries as shown to release. 2. • Attaching the Hand Strap • Installing the Batteries 4 x AAA Alkaline batteries are supplied with the product. signs correctly. 3.
To open the battery door, slide the button in the direction as shown, ensuring you follow the +/- Close the battery door. 8 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com For more guidelines on battery usage, please see Using your batteries. 1. Insert the batteries as shown to release. 2. • Attaching the Hand Strap • Installing the Batteries 4 x AAA Alkaline batteries are supplied with the product. signs correctly. 3.
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Press the OK button after all fields are set the Mode selector to select a field, such as year, month, day, hour, minute, second. Press Press Press Press Press Press Previous or Next button to shift to adjust the value in the field. Use the Up or Down buttons to the item • Setting Date and Time Turn on the camera, set . Use Previous or Next button to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once).
Press the OK button after all fields are set the Mode selector to select a field, such as year, month, day, hour, minute, second. Press Press Press Press Press Press Previous or Next button to shift to adjust the value in the field. Use the Up or Down buttons to the item • Setting Date and Time Turn on the camera, set . Use Previous or Next button to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once).
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... picture. Status LED will be on both its resolution and the JPEG file compression that the camera applies when you take a picture. Frame your subject using the LCD screen or viewfinder. Resolution refers to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). ...low resolution and normal quality are good for printing. 1. 3 Taking Pictures • Taking a Picture 1. Turn on the camera. 2. Set the Mode selector to web. 14 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Higher resolution and less compression makes better quality which occupies more memory space.
... picture. Status LED will be on both its resolution and the JPEG file compression that the camera applies when you take a picture. Frame your subject using the LCD screen or viewfinder. Resolution refers to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). ...low resolution and normal quality are good for printing. 1. 3 Taking Pictures • Taking a Picture 1. Turn on the camera. 2. Set the Mode selector to web. 14 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Higher resolution and less compression makes better quality which occupies more memory space.
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...do not have 3X digital Zoom. Digital zoom applies to take a picture. • Zoom in and out Your camera is designed to have enough light when using this setting to only one you "zoom" in low light. Use this setting for every picture. Use this setting indoors in...Use this setting, your pictures will be too dark. This feature lets you want is shown on the camera. 2. Flash mode on the central area of a photo and photograph only the enlarged portion of the picture. To Zoom in Capture and Playback mode. 16 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital...
...do not have 3X digital Zoom. Digital zoom applies to take a picture. • Zoom in and out Your camera is designed to have enough light when using this setting to only one you "zoom" in low light. Use this setting for every picture. Use this setting indoors in...Use this setting, your pictures will be too dark. This feature lets you want is shown on the camera. 2. Flash mode on the central area of a photo and photograph only the enlarged portion of the picture. To Zoom in Capture and Playback mode. 16 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital...
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...-timer feature is activating. Please place the camera on LCD screen. Press Press The icon appears on a flat surface or use a tripod. Press Shutter Press button to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). A timer appears in timer. 1 Turn on the camera. 2 Set the Mode selector to perform... will allow you to take picture with the 10 seconds build in the centre of LCD screen and the camera beeps indicating self-timer is only applied to next picture. • Setting Self-timer Your camera is taken. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 17 www.polaroid-digital.com
...-timer feature is activating. Please place the camera on LCD screen. Press Press The icon appears on a flat surface or use a tripod. Press Shutter Press button to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). A timer appears in timer. 1 Turn on the camera. 2 Set the Mode selector to perform... will allow you to take picture with the 10 seconds build in the centre of LCD screen and the camera beeps indicating self-timer is only applied to next picture. • Setting Self-timer Your camera is taken. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 17 www.polaroid-digital.com
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• Setting the Exposure Compensation Turn on the camera again. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 19 www.polaroid-digital.com This setting can adjust the exposure compensation value (EV) within the range of -1.5EV to +1.5EV in order to its standard default setting... Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). Press Press Press Press You can be able to obtain satisfactory results even after you may not be used for current lighting conditions. NOTE: • A higher EV value is best for dark-coloured subjects and for shooting outdoors on a clear day. •...
• Setting the Exposure Compensation Turn on the camera again. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 19 www.polaroid-digital.com This setting can adjust the exposure compensation value (EV) within the range of -1.5EV to +1.5EV in order to its standard default setting... Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). Press Press Press Press You can be able to obtain satisfactory results even after you may not be used for current lighting conditions. NOTE: • A higher EV value is best for dark-coloured subjects and for shooting outdoors on a clear day. •...
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... mode (the Status LED blinks once). Ideal for everyday pictures. Softens the edges of the subject in the picture. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 21 www.polaroid-digital.com Press Press Press Press Normal Sharp Soft Use when no special effect is needed. Ideal when you want to improve the clarity of the picture. • Setting...
... mode (the Status LED blinks once). Ideal for everyday pictures. Softens the edges of the subject in the picture. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 21 www.polaroid-digital.com Press Press Press Press Normal Sharp Soft Use when no special effect is needed. Ideal when you want to improve the clarity of the picture. • Setting...
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...Mode selector to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). 2. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 27 www.polaroid-digital.com Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Frame your subject using the LCD screen. • Recording Video Clips 1. Press Shutter...1. Turn on LCD Screen IMPORTANT! Please refer to Transferring Pictures, Audio and Video Clips to play the video clip. Set the camera to the computer. Press Press 3. Press 4. Audio clips can only be played in speaker. Press Previous and Next button to select...
...Mode selector to Capture mode (the Status LED blinks once). 2. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 27 www.polaroid-digital.com Turn on the camera, set the Mode selector to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Frame your subject using the LCD screen. • Recording Video Clips 1. Press Shutter...1. Turn on LCD Screen IMPORTANT! Please refer to Transferring Pictures, Audio and Video Clips to play the video clip. Set the camera to the computer. Press Press 3. Press 4. Audio clips can only be played in speaker. Press Previous and Next button to select...
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Use Previous or Next button to select the audio clip you want to protect an Audio Clip: 1. OFFF 28 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Press Press Press Press NOTE: When an Audio clip is protected, the ONF icon will appear. The icon will appear. To unprotect the protected Audio clip, please repeat the above steps and select "UNLOCK". Turn on the camera. 2. • Protecting/Unprotecting Audio Clip(s) and Video Clip(s) Following the steps below to protect. Set the Mode selector to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3.
Use Previous or Next button to select the audio clip you want to protect an Audio Clip: 1. OFFF 28 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Press Press Press Press NOTE: When an Audio clip is protected, the ONF icon will appear. The icon will appear. To unprotect the protected Audio clip, please repeat the above steps and select "UNLOCK". Turn on the camera. 2. • Protecting/Unprotecting Audio Clip(s) and Video Clip(s) Following the steps below to protect. Set the Mode selector to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3.
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Press Press Press Press Press NOTE: When a Video clip is protected, the ONF icon will appear. The icon will appear. Set the Mode selector to protect. Turn on the camera. 2. OFFF Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 29 www.polaroid-digital.com Use Previous or Next button to select the video clip you want to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Following the steps below to protect a Video Clip: 1. To unprotect the protected Video clip, please repeat the above steps and select "UNLOCK".
Press Press Press Press Press NOTE: When a Video clip is protected, the ONF icon will appear. The icon will appear. Set the Mode selector to protect. Turn on the camera. 2. OFFF Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 29 www.polaroid-digital.com Use Previous or Next button to select the video clip you want to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Following the steps below to protect a Video Clip: 1. To unprotect the protected Video clip, please repeat the above steps and select "UNLOCK".
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Set the Mode selector to delete. Turn on the camera. 2. Use Previous or Next button to select the video clip you want to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Press Press Press NOTE: • The protected file(s) can not be deleted. • Please note that selecting "ALL" will delete all unprotected files (pictures, audio and video clips) in the current memory. 30 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com • Deleting One Audio Clip or Video Clip Deleting One Audio Clip 1.
Set the Mode selector to delete. Turn on the camera. 2. Use Previous or Next button to select the video clip you want to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Press Press Press NOTE: • The protected file(s) can not be deleted. • Please note that selecting "ALL" will delete all unprotected files (pictures, audio and video clips) in the current memory. 30 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com • Deleting One Audio Clip or Video Clip Deleting One Audio Clip 1.
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Deleting One Video Clip 1. Press Press Press Press NOTE: • The protected file(s) can not be deleted. • Please note that selecting "ALL" will delete all unprotected files (pictures, audio and video clips) in the current memory. Turn on the camera. 2. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 31 www.polaroid-digital.com Use Previous or Next button to select the audio clip you want to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Set the Mode selector to delete.
Deleting One Video Clip 1. Press Press Press Press NOTE: • The protected file(s) can not be deleted. • Please note that selecting "ALL" will delete all unprotected files (pictures, audio and video clips) in the current memory. Turn on the camera. 2. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 31 www.polaroid-digital.com Use Previous or Next button to select the audio clip you want to Playback mode (the Status LED blinks once). 3. Set the Mode selector to delete.
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...and automatically saves pictures, audio clips or video clips accordingly. Electrostatic charge, electrical noise, and other devices. 32 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com We recommend that you cannot save pictures, audio clips or video clips to the built-in Nand flash memory... inserting it for the SMC camera. • Using the SMC (SmartMedia™ Card) Your camera comes with the PDC 3030 camera, and valuable data in your existing SMC card may conflict with 8MB of card is used in another digital camera or other phenomena can restore normal...
...and automatically saves pictures, audio clips or video clips accordingly. Electrostatic charge, electrical noise, and other devices. 32 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com We recommend that you cannot save pictures, audio clips or video clips to the built-in Nand flash memory... inserting it for the SMC camera. • Using the SMC (SmartMedia™ Card) Your camera comes with the PDC 3030 camera, and valuable data in your existing SMC card may conflict with 8MB of card is used in another digital camera or other phenomena can restore normal...
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... be recovered. Make sure you do not have any useful data currently stored on a computer. However formatting a memory card on a computer takes much longer. • Note that data deleted by a format operation can format a memory card on the camera or on a memory card before you format it. 34 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
... be recovered. Make sure you do not have any useful data currently stored on a computer. However formatting a memory card on a computer takes much longer. • Note that data deleted by a format operation can format a memory card on the camera or on a memory card before you format it. 34 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com
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... Users: IMPORTANT! (For Windows® 98SE) On Windows® 98SE Mass Storage function needs to use NetMeeting™ function, please install the driver first. Users using Windows® 2000 or XP do not need to install the driver, but if you to have ...NOTE: Microsoft® NetMeeting™ is already bundled with Windows® 2000 and XP OS. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 35 www.polaroid-digital.com If the computer requests you want to install the PDC 3030 Driver. Remove the Windows® CD and store safely. IMPORTANT! - 5 Installing the Software...
... Users: IMPORTANT! (For Windows® 98SE) On Windows® 98SE Mass Storage function needs to use NetMeeting™ function, please install the driver first. Users using Windows® 2000 or XP do not need to install the driver, but if you to have ...NOTE: Microsoft® NetMeeting™ is already bundled with Windows® 2000 and XP OS. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 35 www.polaroid-digital.com If the computer requests you want to install the PDC 3030 Driver. Remove the Windows® CD and store safely. IMPORTANT! - 5 Installing the Software...
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... PC and the Internet, you view and print Adobe Portable Document format (PDF) files on an electronic whiteboard, transfer files, use digital video and imageediting program. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 37 www.polaroid-digital.com Use the Arcsoft® software suite to -face conversations with friends and family around the world. This program enables users to a computer...
... PC and the Internet, you view and print Adobe Portable Document format (PDF) files on an electronic whiteboard, transfer files, use digital video and imageediting program. Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide 37 www.polaroid-digital.com Use the Arcsoft® software suite to -face conversations with friends and family around the world. This program enables users to a computer...
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...8226; Transferring and Viewing the Pictures, Audio Clips and Video Clips on the camera 2. Turn on PC 1. Highlight the pictures, video clips or audio clips and drag them or use the Arcsoft software to install the driver. 1. Connect the camera to a computer via USB cable, the systems will be varied from this folder...the "100MEDIA" folder. Open the Windows® Explorer and then you can also create sub-folders to group them to the hard disk. 40 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Double click the folder "DCIM" to Playback mode. 3.
...8226; Transferring and Viewing the Pictures, Audio Clips and Video Clips on the camera 2. Turn on PC 1. Highlight the pictures, video clips or audio clips and drag them or use the Arcsoft software to install the driver. 1. Connect the camera to a computer via USB cable, the systems will be varied from this folder...the "100MEDIA" folder. Open the Windows® Explorer and then you can also create sub-folders to group them to the hard disk. 40 Polaroid PDC 3030 Digital Camera User Guide www.polaroid-digital.com Double click the folder "DCIM" to Playback mode. 3.