Curtis VR285 Operation Manual

Operation Manual for Curtis VR285 Camcorder (1 pages)

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124/124721-vr285_operation_manual.pdf file (05 Mar 2024)
  • Manufacturer: Curtis
  • Category of Device: Camcorder
  • Document: VR285, File Type: PDF Operation Manual
  • Updated: 05-03-2024
  • Count of Pages: 1
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Curtis VR285 Camcorder PDF Operation Manual (Updated: Tuesday 5th of March 2024 11:20:58 PM)

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Operation Manual of VR285 Digital Video Camera 
Appearance and Key Definition: 
 
 
 
 
Battery Installation: 
1. Open battery cover. 
2. Install three AAA (7#) batteries according to positive and negative pole 
instruction. 
3. Install battery cover. 
 
 
 
                 
 
 
 
 
                                
 
 
It is recommended to use high-quality alkaline battery. 
Step 1  Shot mode  Record Mode 
 
Install Memory Card: 
1.According to instruction beside memory card slot, fully insert SD card or MMC card into 
the slot. 
2. Slightly press the tail of memory card inwards, then the memory card will be popped up. 
3.After memory card is inserted into the camera, LCD of camera will display memory card 
icon. 
 
  General Memory Card Icon   Locked Memory Card Icon 
 
 
1 There is no built-in storage in the camera, so please insert memory card before shooting; 
2 The camera can support 8GB SDHC card to the great utmost. 
 
Step 2 
1.  Mode Icon (Shoot) 
2.  Auto-shoot (Enable) 
3.  White Balance 
4.  Metering Mode 
5.  Exposure Mode 
6.  Resolution (Picture) 
7.  Picture Quality 
8.  Number of Picture Taken 
9.  Auto-shoot Timer 
10. Memory Crad Icon 
11. Battery Capacity State 
12. Digital Zoom 
Indicator 
13. LED State (Enable) 
 
1.  Mode Icon (Record) 
2.  White Balance 
3.  Metering Mode 
4.  Resolution (Record) 
5.  Time (Record) 
6.  Memory Card Icon 
7.  Battery Capacity State 
8.  Digital Zoom Indicator 
9.  LED State (Enable) 
Step 6 
Power On/Off: 
1.  Power on: Press power key and hold on for about 2 seconds under power-off mode until LED screen is lighted, then 
the camera will be started up. 
2.  Power off: Press power key under power-on mode (idle mode) to shut down the camera. 
3.  Auto Off: The camera will be shut down automatically after being under idle mode for a certain time (1/3/5 minutes 
can be set up) so as to save electric quantity. 
Step 3 
Mode Conversion: 
Press MODE to change mode. 
After power on, the camera will enter record mode and record mode icon (
) will display 
on LCD; press MODE key to switch over among the following three modes: 
 
       
          Æ                 Æ         
      Record Mode         Shot Mode             Play Mode 
Step 4 
Prepare to shot: 
Press the macro shooting switch on the top of the camera, then micro distance 
focus and general focus will be switched over. 
Micro distance focus: It is suitable for shooting object 15cm-25cm away from 
the camera lens. When application, please push macro shooting switch to the 
end of    mark. 
General focus: It is suitable for shooting object 1.4 meters away from the 
camera lens. When application, please push macro shooting switch to the end of 
mark. 
Press the right key of arrow key to turn on LED fill light. 
Under shot mode, press the left key of arrow key to turn on the 10 seconds’ auto-shot mode. 
Step 5 
Shot 
Record: Under record mode, press the shutter on the top of camera to begin to record, then press the shutter again to stop 
recording. 
Shoot: Under shot mode, press the shutter on the top of camera to take a photograph or begin to take photograph 
automatically (auto-shot mode). 
Play: Under power-on mode, press MODE key to enter play mode, and pressing the left and right key of arrow key can 
select to play other pictures. 
Connect Camera to Computer 
Install driver (camera mode). 
There are two kinds of modes to connect camera to computer: Movable disk (MSDC) and camera mode (PC-CAM). 
Movable disk mode is default connection mode. It is not necessary to install driver for operating system above 
WINDOWS ME. 
All files recorded by camera will be saved in “DCIM\ 100MEDIA” list of SD/SDHC card. 
 
The camera driver can be found in attached installation disk. 
 
Install Driver 
 
1.  Place installation disk into CD-ROM drive of computer; 
2.  WINDOWS window will pop up installation interface 
automatically. Click “Install Driver” to install camera driver.   
3.  Finish installation according to installation hint window.   
4.  Reboot computer after installation is finished. 
Camera Function 
 
1.  Install camera driver according to the above-mentioned method. 
2.  Install attached software “Video Impression 2”. 
3.  Set up USB mode as “camera mode” through camera menu. 
4.  Connect camera to computer. 
5.        Start up program “Video Impression 2”, and click   
and . Then, camera function can be realized as shown in 
right figure. 
 
If there is no image, please check whether the camera driver is installed correctly and check whether 
the device name selected on window is                   
 
Menu Setup 
Press Menu/Ok key to enter main menu; Under main menu, press the key to exit menu mode again. 
Press arrow key (/) to select menu item; press () key to enter setup menu or submenu; press () key to 
return main menu; 
Press Menu/Ok key to confirm setup. 
Pressing () key to return under submenu will not change last alteration. 
System setup mode (
) menu can be invoked under all modes.   
 
Each mode setup refers to as follows: 
 Record Mode Setup 
Resolution (Record)  640x480 / 320x240 
Frame Rate (Frame/second)  High/Low 
Metering Mode  Central metering/ Multi spot metering/Spot metering 
White Balance  Auto, Sunlight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten light 
 
  Camera Mode Setup 
Resolution (Picture)  1280x1024; 640x480 
Image Quality  Super Good, Good, Normal 
Metering Mode  Central metering/ Multi spot metering/Spot metering 
White Balance  Auto, Sunlight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten light 
Exposure  Step length of +2.0~-2.0 is 0.3EV 
Camera Mode 
Close: 2 seconds,; Auto-shoot: 10 seconds; Auto-shoot: continuous 
shots 
Special Effect  Normal, Black & White, Classic, Negative film: Green and Blue 
 
 Play Mode Setup 
Lock Picture  Lock/unlock file; Lock all, Unlock all 
Delete Picture  Delete the file; Delete all 
Slide Display  Start, Interval, Loop 
Special Effect 
Normal, Black & White, Classic, Negative film: Red, Green and Blue; 
Binarization, Sunset; Warm, Cool, Solarization 
Rotation  Rotation, Save and Back 
Zoom-in  2048x1536 ; 1280x1024; 640x480 
Sound Memorandum  Add; Delete 
Set up as Startup Interface  Yes/No (only valid for picture) 
 
  System Setup 
Sound  Set up shutter/power-on/off sound, key sound and volume 
Power Frequency  50Hz / 60Hz   
Auto-off 1minute/3minutes/5minutes 
Date and Time  Set up date, time and display mode 
Language  Select language type 
TV PAL/TNSC 
USB Movable Disk/Camera 
Stratup-screen Close; System; Custom 
Format Yes/No 
Default Yes/No 
 
Appendix:                                                                           
System Request 
OS 
Microsoft Windows 98 SE、Me、2000、 XP、Vista 
CPU  Intel Pentium III above 667MHz or CPU with same performance 
Memory Above 128MB 
Sound Card/Display Card  Support DirectX8 or higher version 
CD Drive  4 times speed or quicker speed 
Hard Disk  Residual space above 500MB 
Other  1 standard USB1.1 or USB2.0 interface 
Technical Parameters 
Image 
Sensor 
0.3 mega pixels (CMOS) 
Video Resolution 
(pixel) 
JPG: 1280x1024(1.3 mega) 
640x480(0.3 mega) 
Lens 
Fix: F3.0, f=4.5mm 
Video Resolution 
(pixel) 
AVI:VGA(0.3 mega) --- 30/15 FPS 
QVGA(0.1 mega) ---30/15FPS 
LCD 
Display 
Screen 
1.44 inch TFT 
White Balance 
Auto/Manual 
Memory 
Medium 
SD/SDHC(not include) 
(128MB~8GB) 
Digital Zoom 
4 times 
USB 
Interface 
USB2.0, TV Out 
Size 
94.6mm × 57.1mm ×40.5mm 
Power 
3 AAA alkaline battery 
(not include) 
 
Weight 
76g (excluding battery) 
 
 

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