Nero DV552SA Instruction Manual

General description of function……..…1 Camera mode……………………………15 Self timer………………………………….19 Precautions…………………………..….1 Voice Recording mode…………………..20 System requirements…………………..3 Playback mode…………………………..23 Description of buttons and controls.….4 Setup mode………………………………29 General Use.…………………….………7 Applications to PC……………………….33 Battery installation.……………………..7 Connect to PC……………………………33 SD Card........……………………………7 Power on and off………………..………9 Trouble Shooting..…………………..……49 Technical parameters……………………53 Choose Function Mode……………..10 Component List…………………………...54 Date and time settings………………...10 Indicator Light…………………..………11 Shooting...………………………………12 Video……………………………………13

The camera is able to take digital photographs up to a maximum of 5-mega pixels, and is also able to shoot AVI short film. The camera has auto adjust exposure and colour balance along with 4x digital zoom. The contents covered in the manual refer to the latest information available when the manual was compiled. They may differ slightly from your digital camera because of changes in technical development and production. Precautions Please read carefully the Precautions section before using the digital camera so as to ensure the accurate and safe application, bringing you the best capability of digital camera and lengthening the service life of the digital camera.  Never settle the camera under direct sunlight, nor to direct the lens toward the sun. Otherwise, the image sensor may be damaged.  It is required to take care of the camera and prevent water or sand from dropping into it when using the camera at a beach or near water, water, sand, dust or salt may damage the camera.  Please place the camera away from dust and chemicals, always store in a cool, dry and well-ventilated location. Never store it in a location of high temperature, humidity or dust to prevent failure.

that the camera operates normally before using the camera again.  If dirt or stain has accumulated on the camera or lens, use a piece of soft, clean and dry cloth to wipe.  If it is required to clean the lens surface, use a cloth suitable for optical equipment to wipe the lens lightly. Never use abrasives or solvents to clean the camera.  Never touch the lens surface.  When using a memory card for the first time in the digital camera, the memory card may require formatting before use.  The external SD and MMC memory cards are made with precise electronic components. The following conditions may cause the information loss or damage: 1. Inserting the memory card incorrectly. 2. Memory card is subjected to impact. 3. Heat, humidity and direct sunlight. 4. Static or electromagnetic field around the memory card. 5. Removal of the memory card whilst in use or while the camera is switched on. 6. Touching the metal contact surface of the card.

Central Processing unit Above Intel Pentium 166MHz or CPU of equal performance Memory 128 MB and above Sound Card, Display Card The sound card and the display card shall support DirectX8 or higher version. CD Driver 4 times of speed or above Hard Disk Surplus space above 500 MB Other One standard USB 1.1 interface or USB 2.0

1 Lens 2 Self timer LED light 3 LED light (for supply light) 4 Zoom in button 5 Zoom out button 6 direction key (Up/Down/Left/Right) 7 OK button 8 Display 9 MENU 10 TFT LCD screen 11 Mode indicator 12 Mode switch (Video, Still Photo & Playback) 13 Wrist strap loop 14 Wrist strap hole

24 Voice record button 25 Light switch 26 Busy light 27 Power button

1. Press the battery release button to open the battery cover. 2. Insert 4 x AAA batteries, taking note of the correct polarity as indicated inside the battery compartment (incorrectly inserted batteries may cause irreversible damage to the camera). 3. Replace the battery cover ensuring it is in the locked position. 2. Use SD Card 1. Insert the SD memory card into the slot, ensuring it is inserted the correct way up as indicated next to the SD memory card slot. 2. To eject the SD memory card, press the card end inwards and the SD memory card will eject.

memory card to save images. 3. Choose Focus Mode 1. Macro: it is suitable for shooting objects 15cm ~ 25cm away from the lens; when using, push the macro switch to the end marked with . 2. Normal focus: it is suitable for shooting objects 1.4m away from the lens; when using, push the macro switch to the end marked with .

1. Power on: press the power button for a while. 2. Power off: press the power button once while camera is idle state. Auto power off: The camera will automatically switch OFF if the camera is idle. The automatic power off time can be set to 1/3/5 minute in setup menu mode. 3. Low power: While the battery power is very low and LCD display icon “ ”, the camera will power off automatically

There are 3 mode settings, Video, Still Photo and playback. Move the switch to desired position for do operation of take video, take photo or playback them. 6. Date and Time Settings: You can enter Setup menu mode to set the system date and time:

Right or Left key for move the cursor, OK key for confirm, MENU key for back or exit setup mode. 7. Indicator Light: Busy light: The light will be illumed while the camera is busy (e.g. Recording movie, capturing photo, connecting to computer or TV etc). LED light: to reinforce light intensity for recording. Self timer light: to remind user the camera is doing the operation of self timer. 8 Video mode: Preview mode 1 : Mode symbol, Indicates video mode. 2 Auto: Indicates the White balance is auto mode. Can set it is Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/ Fluorescent/Tungsten. 3 :Indicates focusing mode. 4 640 : Indicates video resolution, it can be set is 640x480/320x240.

6 SD card icon: Indicates that a memory card is in use. 7 : Indicates the battery power 8 LED light icon; Indicated the LED light is ON. 9 Zoom icon: Indicates the zoom level (Max 4x) 10 Memory Full: Indicates that the memory card is full. Shooting: 1 Switch on the camera by pressing the power button. 2 Move the mode switch to Video. 3 Press Shutter button to start recoding movie, and the timer will time automatically; 4 Press Up key to pause during recording; press it again to resume recording. 5 To stop recoding, press Shutter key again; if the memory card is full, it will stop recoding automatically. 5 Zoom in or zoom out during recording by pressing the zoom button (Max 4 x for digital zoom). .

9 Camera mode: Preview mode 1 :Mode symbol, Indicates photo mode. 2 :Self timer mode symbol. 3 Auto: Indicates the White balance is auto mode. 4 : Metering mode. 5 : Exposure mode. 6 : Image resolution. 7 : Image quality mode. 8 : Image counter (remaining images). 9 : Self timer Indicate snap photo automatically after 10s. 10 : Indicates a memory card is in use.

11 :Battery icon. 12 :LED light icon 13 Zoom indicator. Shooting: 1. Switch on the camera by pressing the power button. 2. Move the mode switch to Camera. 3. Press Shutter key once to snap one photo; Note: If the memory card is locked, the LCD will display “Card Locked!” while the Shutter key is pressed. Camera mode menu: At camera preview mode, press MENU key enter main menu:

with beep, after 2 seconds or 10 seconds, the camera will snap one photo automatically. Continuously take three photos: Set the timer mode to Burst at menu, then press Shutter button will snap three photos continuously

1 Press Voice record button to enter voice record mode. 2 Press Shutter button once start recording. 3 Press Up key pause recording, press again to resume. 4 Press Shutter button again to stop recording. 1 Indicates voice record mode 2 Indicates remaining time 3 Indicates Memory card in use 4 Indicates recording timer 5 Battery icon

Enter Playback mode Press mode button continuously to enter Playback mode or press it twice to enter Playback mode after pressing Power button on the camera. AVI file JPG file You can view other photos, AVI or wav files by direction key; You can do operation of zoom for photo by press zoom key. ? ? SELECT OK PLAY ? ? SELECT T W

Note: : This icon indicates a voice (WAV) file : This icon indicates a video (AVI) media file. : This is photo with added voice memo file. Press direction key to choose the desired image file, and press OK key or Zoom in key to exit this thumbnail mode return full screen mode.

Press OK key to start play the selected AVI/WAV files at playback mode, press up to pause or press OK button again to stop playing. Stop mode(AVI) Playing mode(AVI) Stop mode(WAV) Playing mode(WAV) ◄►SELECT OK PLAY ▲ ׀׀ OK ■

Note: Locked files can not be deleted until unlocked. Protect This File? Yes No

Note: The menu character will be displayed in grey if its function can not be activated in current mode.

must be smaller than the size of current photo. Press Shutter key can stop the recoding; Add Voice Memo for image: The time of Voice Memo can be recorded about 30s only

1 Select the photo with added voice memo at playback mode by direction key; 2 Press OK key to start playing the selected jpg (with voice memo) file: 3 Press up key to pause/resume playing, Press OK key to stop playing, Note: A photo of your choice can be used as the start-up image; the “My Image” function in setup mode must be activated.

Press MENU key at preview or playback mode and then press direction of Right key once will enter Setup mode. You can choose the menu item by Up or Down key, Press OK key to confirm and press MENU key back or exit.

the data before formatting the memory card. 2 The “My image” menu can be activated while you had set “Start-up Image” function.

1 Connect to PC Please install the drive program first before connecting the camera to the computer. The camera default USB mode is MSDC,  Turn on the camera power.  Connect the 4PIN end of the USB line to the available USB port on the computer.  Connect the other end (5PIN) to the USB port on the camera. Download files from the camera to the computer: When the removable disc function of the camera is used, The Removable Disk icon will appear in the window of “My Computer”. The photos/video files you have shot are saved in the file folder \ DCIM\ 100MEDIA in the removable disc. Select the shot/recorded files in the file folder "100MEDIA". Copy (or drag by using the mouse) the files to the file folder in the hard disc in which you are going to save your files. Note: Windows ME or higher does not require the MSDC installation driver.

Note: Do not connect the camera and computer USB port before installing the driver to the computer to prevent driver installation error. ◎ Software installation interface 1. Insert the installation CD; 2. The system will run the installation program in CD automatically, and the screen will present the following window as shown below:

please directly click and run autorun.exe program located at the CD root directory.)  For Windows Vista, the following window will pop up when the system automatically executes the installer in the CD. Please click Run SoftwareInstaller.exe to continue.

the computer. Note: For Windows Vista, the following window will pop up when installing the software. Please click to continue.

The driver program is suitable to the operating system of Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP and Windows Vista. If the following window appears, please click “Yes” button to continue with the installation.

record, please install Video Impression first. With the help of the DirectX9 module in the Video Impression, the video shot by the camera will be successfully played on the computer.

Installation and Operation of Photo Impression 5: Installing the PhotoImpression5: Please put the installation CD contained in the accessories into the CD-ROM of the PC, windows will display below picture:

indications. Note: For Windows Vista, the following windows will pop up when installing the software. Please click to continue.

Running the PhotoImpression5: Double-click the icon on the desktop, or run Photo Impression 5 in “Start>Programs”. The following window will pop up when opening PhotoImpression5. Please left-click the center of the window to close it. Photo Impression can be opened after the window is closed.

displayed at the central area of the window. After that, you can select the image to edit. Detailed operation method of Photo Impression can be referred to "Help" of the program (as shown in the following figure).

Installing Video Impression 2: Click button and finish the installation step by step according to the indications. Note: For Windows Vista, the following windows will pop up when installing the software. Please click to continue.

Running the VideoImpression 2: Double-click the icon on the desktop, or open Video Impression 2 in “Start>Programs”.

(as shown in the following figure).

then please try the following: Please note that the Nero Digital Camera can be used without the software provided. 1. After installation of software, turn your computer off and then on again before uploading your data. 2. For Photos: If the ‘Camera/ Scanner’ icon is not highlighted in the ‘Get Photo from’ window (page 42 of the instructions) then the files may be opened by using the ‘Folder’ icon. If you click on this icon then go into ‘My Computer’ on the left side of the page, the camera will show as a ‘Removable Disk’. Click on this and a preview of your images will appear in the window. (Please see images below)

video, then click off of the error message and the videos from your camera will automatically appear in the window. If the videos do not appear then you can open your video files by going to the ‘file’ tab at the top of the page and opening ‘My Computer’

Photo & Video Editing software on your computer. 5. Images and video can be automatically uploaded to your PC by attaching the camera to your computer via the USB cable and switching the camera on. A window will appear which will allow you to open or save files from your camera. 6. If the Nero camera is being used with an Apple Mac, it is not necessary to use the CD-ROM to download images & video, just connect the camera via the USB cable as point. For Technical help and support please contact the manufacturer: Email: [email protected]

Function mode Video record, Shoot photo and Voice record, playback, Mass storage and PC camera Lens F2.8 f=9.3mm Focal distance 15cm~25cm (Macro) / 140cm~infinity (standard mode) Digital zoom 4× Shutter Electronic shutter LCD display screen 2.4〞TFT LCD(240x320dot) Picture resolution 2592x1944, 2048×1536, 1280x1024 Video record resolution VGA: 640x480(30/15fps), QVGA: 320×240(30/15fps) White balance Auto/manual: Daylight, cloudy, Tungsten and Fluoresce Exposure Automatic/manual (-2.0EV~+2.0EV, 0.3EV/step) Self-shoot timer 2/10 seconds delay File format Video AVI Photo JPEG Voice WAV Memory medium SD/MMC/SDHC card (maximum supports 16GB) USB interface High Speed USB 2.0 interface Power supply Battery: 4×AAA alkaline 1.5V

Weight Not including battery: 150 grams Standard packing Camera User’s Manual CD USB Cable TV cable Giani Ltd POST CODE: M34 5DW