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DVR 850W Underwater Digital Video Camcorder Owner’s Manual © 2009 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows and the Windo ws logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. ...
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1 Table of Contents Introduction.............................................................................................. 2 Key Features ........................................................................................... 2 What your digital vid eo camcorder includes ............................................ 2 Computer System Require ...
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2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the DVR 850W Unde rwater Digital Video Camcorder. With your camcorder you can shoot video clips and take individual photos. In addition, a SD compatible memory card of up to 8GB can be inserted in order to expand the memory of your DVR camcorder. Your camcorder can be used up to 3 meters underwater. Key Featu ...
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3 Computer System Requirements for Windows XP To be able to download photos and videos to your PC you will need the following minimum configuration: y Pentium 4 Processor (or above), 2.6 GHZ., with Windows XP Service Pack 2 y 512 MB RAM, 200MB free disk space. y Available USB Interface y CD-ROM Dr ive y Recommended screen resolution 1024 X 768 pi x ...
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4 A Quick Look at your Digital Video Camcorder 1. DC mode/Shutter 2. DV mode/Shutter 3. Up/Zoom in 4. Left 5. Right/Flashlight mode 6. OK/Menu 7. Down/Zoom out 8. DC/DV mode LED 9. Li-ion battery charging LED 10. LCD Color display 11. Battery/SD card/USB slot compartment 12. Playback 13. Power on/off 14. Speaker 15. Microphone 16. Lens 17. Flashlig ...
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5 Preparing Your Camcorder for Use Install lithium battery Your digital camcorder needs a lithium battery in order to operate. The batte ry is found separately in the packaging. To install it correctly see the diagram below: 1. Push the black battery cover lever up for the battery door to spring open. 2. Insert the battery in the battery compartmen ...
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6 LED will switch off when your camcorder is fully charged after approximatel y 4 hours. The camcorder should not be on while charging. 2. A red battery icon will flash on the LCD when the battery power is insufficient. Shortly thereafter your camcorder will power off. 3. Please remove your battery when you don’t intend to use your camcorder for ...
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7 1. Push the black battery cover lever up for the battery door to spring open. 2. Locate the SD card slot to the left of the battery compartment. 3. Insert the SD memory card correctly in the direction shown. 4. Press the memory card until you hear a “Click” sound. Note : After you insert an SD me mory card, the SD card icon will appear on the ...
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8 not leave the camcorder in extreme temperatures. • Do not try to open the case of the video camcorder or attempt to modif y this video camcorder in any way. Maintenance and repairs should be carried out only by authorized service providers. • Opening the cover of the Camcorder ma y cause electrical shock and will void your warranty. • Use o ...
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9 5. The Setup wizard will start to install the Snap ‘n Share Pro application on your computer. Click “ Next ” to continue. ...
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10 6. Please review the license terms and click the “I Agree” button to continue. 7. In the Installation options you can choose where to install this application on your computer. However, it is recommended to let the Snap ‘n Share Pro installer create the folder to where the program w ill be installed. Click “ Install ” and follow the in ...
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11 8. Click “ Finish ” to let the Snap ‘n Share Pro installer finish the installation program. 9. The Setup will now begin to silently install the Video Express software. This might take a few seconds to install depending on the operating system you are running. ...
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12 10. Click the “ Finish ” button to finish the installation. Congratulations !! You have successfully installed the Snap ‘n Share Pro and Video Express software on your PC. Powering on and setting DVR Function Control To power on the camcorder, flip open the LCD Screen. The camcorder automatically powers on. The Power button is situated on ...
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13 By default if the DVR camcorder is not in use or in an operation mode for 3 minutes(180 seconds) it will automatically switch off. When there is insufficient battery power, a red battery icon will appear on the LCD screen. The camcorder will automatically power off a few moments later . Setting the Langua ge When using the video camcorder for th ...
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14 Setting the Date and Time To set the time and date that will appear on the photos you capture. 1. Turn the Power on to enter the DV mode. 2. Press the OK/Menu button. 3. Press the Left/Right/Up/Dow n button on the OK dial to select the Setup Mode icon from the menu icons that appear. 4. Press the OK/Menu button. 5. Press the Left/Right/Up/Dow n ...
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15 5. Press the Playback button situated above the Power button on the inside wall of the camcorder to preview all the images you have captured. 6. Press the OK button while in the DV or DC mode in order to open the main menu with Setting and Setup modes appearing for each respectively. 7. The Setup mode for the DVR can be accessed while in either ...
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16 4. Once they are downloaded to the PC view them using QuickTime and Windows Media Player. 5. As the internal memory of the camcorder is limited to 64MB the size of videos are limited. 6. Please insert a SD memory card of up to 8 GB to capture longer videos. 7. When the internal memory is full, a “F” icon will show on the LCD screen when you ...
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17 menu icon. 2. Press the OK button to open the Resolu tion submenu. 3. Press the Right/Left button to highlight and select the resolution opt ion: 320x240, 640x480 4. Press the OK button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Set ting menu. 5. Press the DV button to revert back to the Video capture mode to start capturing videos with the ne ...
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18 capturing videos with the new white balance setting selected. Note: After selecting your White Balance choice, the corresponding icon will appear on the top of the LCD screen. Exposure This setting allows you to manually compensate for unusual lighting conditions such as indirect indoor lighting, dark backgrounds, and strong backlighting. The ex ...
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19 1. Press the Right/Left/Up/Dow n button to select the Color Effect menu icon. 2. Press the OK button to open the Color Effect submenu. 3. Press the Right/Left button to highlight and select the Color Effect option icon you desire: Color/ Monochrome / Sepia 4. Press the OK button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Set ting menu. 5. Pres ...
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20 icons: 60 Sec/ 180 Sec/ Disable x Press the OK button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Setup mode submenu. x The camcorder will automatically power off if inactive for the time selected. Buzzer – activate or inactivate the beep sou nd that is emitted when pressing a button x Press the OK button. x Press the Right/Left button to hig ...
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21 the Setup mode submenu. TV output – You can use your bigger TV screen to pla yback and view the images and videos on the camcorder instead of using th e LCD screen. Before connecting the cable to your TV you need to select the TV system for the TV you are connecting to. x Press the OK button. x Press the Right/Left button t o highlight and sel ...
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22 the OK button. Date / Time – To set the Date and Time that will appear on images. x Press the OK button. x Press the Right/ Left button to select each of the date and time options: YEAR / MONTH / DAY / 24H / HOUR / MINUTE x Press the Up/Down button to adjust the digits per each date and time option selected. x Press the OK button to confirm, s ...
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23 default factory settings. x Press the OK button. x A “RESTORE DEFAULT ARE YOU SURE?” message appears on the LCD with 2 options. x Press the Up/Dow n button to select the default option: NO / YES x If you selected YES, the default factory setting will be reset on pressing the OK button. x If you selected NO, the camcorder will revert to the S ...
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24 DC camera mode. On turning on your camcorder the first mode to appear is the DV mode. To change bet ween the function modes on your DVR, press the DV or DC button. The camcorder has 64MB of built in memory. Use a compatible SD card of up to 8 GB to ex pand the memory capacit y to cap ture even mo re memorable photos than can be captured using in ...
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25 5. Please insert an SD memory card of up to 8 GB to capture more photos without having to download them to the computer to free up internal memory. 6. When the internal memory is full, a “ F ” icon will show on the LCD screen when you attempt to capture furth er photos. Photo Setting options In Photo capture mode there a re four photo resolu ...
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26 1. Press the Right/Left/Up/Dow n button to select the Flash Setup menu icon. 2. Press the OK button to open the Flash Set up submenu. 3. Press the Right/Left/Up/Dow n button to highlight and select the Flash Setup option icon you desire: Auto / Forced / Off 4. Press the OK button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Set ting menu. 5. Pre ...
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27 3. Press the Righ t/Left/Up/Dow n button to highlight and select the Quality Setup option icon you desire: Super / Fine / Normal 4. Press the OK button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Set ting menu. 5. Press the DC button to revert back to the Photo capture mode. 6. Press the DC Shutter button to capture photos using the qualit y op ...
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28 This setting is used to adjust the color of your photos as per your light source. 1. Press the Righ t/Left/Up/Dow n button to select the White Balance menu icon. 2. Press the OK b utton to open the White Balance s ubmenu. 3. Press the Righ t/Left/Up/Dow n button to highlight and select the White Balance option icon you desire: Auto /Daylight /Cl ...
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29 4. The Exposure effect selected automatically appears on the LCD. 5. Press the OK button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Set ting menu. 6. Press the DC button to revert back to the Photo capture mode to start capturing photos with the new EV exposure setting selected. Note: After selecting your Exposure choice, the corresponding ico ...
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30 icon. 2. Press the OK b utton to open the Selftimer submenu . 3. Press the Lef t/Right buttons to select the selftimer setting: Off / 5 S / 10 S 4. Press the OK b utton to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Set ting menu. 5. Press the DC but ton to revert back to the Photo capture mode to start capturing photos with the new self timer set ...
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31 icon. 2. Press the OK button to open the Color Effect submenu. 3. Press the Right/Left button to highlight and select the Color Effect option icon you desire: Color/ Monochrome / Sepia 4. Press the OK button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the Set ting menu. 5. Press the DC button to revert back to the Video capture mode to start captur ...
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32 7. Press the OK button to save the date and time you selected and exit to the Setting menu. 8. Press the DC button to revert back to the Photo capture mode. 9. Press the DC Shutter button to capture photos with date and time stamps appearing on the photos when viewing the photos in Playback mode or when downloaded to the computer. Setup Mode The ...
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33 6. The number of the images will appear on the bottom right corner of the thumbnail. 7. Press the OK button for the images to appear in full screen. 8. Press the Right/ Left button to toggle through the images in full screen. Zoom In and Out of still im ages: 9. Press the Up/Dow n button to Zoom In and Out of images in full screen. 10. Press the ...
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34 5. If Delete is selected the following submenus appear: Delete Current / Delete All 6. To Delete the selected image, press the Left/Right button to select the Delete Current icon and then press the OK but ton. 7. A “DELETE CURRENT FI LE?” message appears on the LCD with NO and YES choices. 8. Press the Up/Down button to select the option and ...
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35 AV mode – Using your TV to view images You can use your TV to playback and view the images on the camcorder. 1. Plug the camcorder into your TV. 2. Make sure the Display format mode setting on the camcorder is the same as the TV system (NTSC or PAL) you are using. 3. Turn you TV on and turn to Video In (AV mode) 4. Connect the yellow terminal ...
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36 4. Press the Right/Left /Up/Down button to highlight and select the icon you desire, press the OK button to active this mode, or wait for around 10 seconds to active this mode automatically. MSDC (Mass storage) Printing function is disabled . When enter into this mode, a icon will appear on the screen, after 3 seconds, camcorder revert back to f ...
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37 4. Turn your camcorder on. 5. The four icons will appear on the camcorder screen. In this mode, only Print function is enabled. 6. Press the Right/Left /Up/Down button to highlight and select the Print icon, press the OK button to active this function. “Connect Printer” will appear on the screen. 7. press the Right button to select the photo ...
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38 1. Plug one end of the provided USB cable into the USB slot on the back of your camcorder. 2. Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer. 3. Turn your camcorder on. 4. Make sure your camcorder is in MSDC (Mass Storage) mode 5. Be sure to wait until the camcorder is recognized by your computer. Important : We recommend n ...
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39 Once you have registered successfully you will be able to open and use the Snap ‘n Share Pro application . If you choose to register at a later time click the “ Contin ue ” button. a. The “Snap ‘n Share Pro” Main Menu screen appears. Click on the “ Get Media ” button to open the Get Media Wizard to begin transferring the photos a ...
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40 3. Step 1 - Select the device (drive) where media is stored on your camcorder from the Active Devices window. Select the “ Custom ” copy method option to preview and choose the photos and videos you wish to download from the camcorder to you r PC. Note : Selecting the “ Express ” copy option will automatically download all media from the ...
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41 5. Step 3 - If you have photos you can choose to batch these photos once they download. Add active captions to the picture - add a date, keywords and categories. Click the “ Next ” button to continue. 6. Step 4 - Choose where to place your media once it is downloaded to the computer. x You can also choose the website where you would like to ...
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42 Note : If you also selected a website, once the media is downloaded it can be viewed in the ‘Select Photos’ mode of your application and the application will jump to the ‘Upload’ mode and open the web browser of the site you chose. For more information please refer to the Quick Start Help Guide or Show Me How Tour tutorial from within th ...
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43 Transferring photos and videos to your MAC manually The Snap n Share Pro software is not compatible and will not install on a Mac. In order to transfer photos, videos from your c amcorder to your Macintosh computer: 1. Plug the camcorder into an available USB port 2. A new drive should mount on the desktop which stores any photos, videos and aud ...
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44 x Manage your photos by creating countless unique photo collections without duplicating any photos. Simply select the photos from the Thumbnail window and add them to the collection window at the bottom of the screen. Click the ‘Add’ button or drag the photo into the window. x Pl a y yo u r vi de o s – double click on the video that appear ...
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45 x Locate and Organize your photos and collect ions - Search by Captions, Category, Keyword or Date directl y from the operating system of your computer. x SlideShow – View all the photos in your collection and add background music to your slideshow x Share your photos via E-mail, Local Printing and Create HTML web pages for uploading online. x ...
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46 Create movies on whatever theme you wish. Using all the media that you have on your computer as well as the videos that you capture with your camcorder you can edit, save, upload and burn your movies to CD or DVD to share with family and friends. The movie is saved in highly compressed wmv format with excellent picture quality. To open the Video ...
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47 x It is possible to create several unfinished projects at one time. x Opening a new project in the ‘ Manage ’ mode is the first step in creating your movie. 2. You are now ready you create your o wn movie by using the ‘Prepare’, ‘Effects’ and ‘Text’ mode features. 3. Find Media and Create Collections x The “ Prepare ” mode is ...
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48 x “Collections” are unique compilations of video, picture and a udio files that are saved on your PC that you think you might want to use in your movie project. x Putting a file in a " Collection " does not add the file to the movie project or obligate you to do so. It is just a convenient container for files that you think you mig ...
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49 x Files that have been placed in the ‘Timeline/Storyboard’ can be easily moved, arranged and added to or removed. x Use the “ Effects ” mode to add various special effects and transitions between files can also be inserted to give your movie a smooth, professional look and feel. x You can add ‘ Text ’ either as Titles or Credits to t ...
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50 5. Creating and Saving a Completed Mov ie File x When all of the arranging and editing is finished in the Timeline/Storyboard and your movie project is complete, you are ready to create a completed movie file. x Completed movie files will be saved to your PC as a .WMV file x The application gives you the choice of how to share your movie x The c ...
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51 Technical Support For all installation and software related technical support you can email your enquiries to cs@smithmicro.com . For all hardware and warranty rel ated issue with the camcorder see the next section. Your DVR camcorder is a delicate instrument- please handle it with care. Sakar Warranty Card This warranty covers for the original ...
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52 For technical support issues please visit our website at www.sakarhelp.com . You can find manuals, software, drivers, and FAQ’s at the website. Can’t find what you are looking for? Fill out an online ticket and one of our technical support team members will answer your questions or call our tech support department toll free at (877) 397 -820 ...
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53 Storage Temperature Normal Temperature Working Temperature 0 - 40 ° C Trouble Shooting Power does not turn on. 1. The Battery is inserted in the wrong di rection. Ϫ Reload battery in the correct direction. 2. The Battery has insufficient power to power on. Ϫ Replace or recharge the battery. The camcorder does not take pictures. 1. The Memory ...
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54 Important Note: Using Camcorder Underwater The DVR 850W can also be used to capture photo s and videos underwater up to a depth of 10 feet/ 3 meters. x Before using the camcorder underwater make sure you know ho w the camcorder works. Reading through the User Manual will help you get to know your camcorder. x Insert the SD card with dry hands be ...
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