Cheap digital cameras - at wholesale prices

Microsoft
Windows 98/ME/2000

Pentium 200 MHz processor
or higher

32 MB RAM (64 MB
recommended)

Video Card with 2MB of
RAM for minimum 16
bit High Color display

4x speed
CD-ROM

One available USB
Port

Macintosh PowerPC

PowerPC
processor

Mac OS version 8.6 ~
9.2.2 (also Classic in OSX)

Available USB
port

32MB RAM (64 MB
recommended)

5 MB Free disk
space

Color monitor

CD-ROM Drive

Buy a Digital Camera with these Technical Specification here:

Q: What can you use a digital camera for?

A. The DC-3X
digital camera offers users a quick and easy way to add
the impact of real life pictures to their letters,
reports, proposals, invitations, presentations, and much
more. Because DC-3X digital camera images can be stored
in variety image formats, they can be transmitted over
the Internet or easily imported into a variety of
software applications. Whatever the specific use, the
DC-30U digital camera's high quality images make
everything printed or displayed look great.

Q:
How does the DC-30U digital camera capture
images?

A. The DC-3X
digital camera uses a charge coupled device (CCD) to
"capture" an image. The CCD contains an array of
light-sensitive cells and circuitry that convert the
captured light into electronic signals which are then
processed and digitized. The images are saved in the
camera's 8mb of RAM memory until they are downloaded to
the computer.

Q:
How
to setup digital camera to work with your Mac or
PC?

A. Please follow
these steps to complete the connection.

Connect the USB cable to
the USB port on the back, front or side of the
PC

Lift the rubber side
cover and plug the other end of the USB cable into the
data transmission port of the camera. ( If the personal
computer is equipped with only the 25-pin or 9-pin serial
port, then you need a USB adaptor card or USB to 25-pin
or 9-pin female transmission adapter )

For device driver
installation, please check the driver CD-ROM.

For application software,
please refer to the included CD-ROM for detailed user's
guide

Q:
How to select TWAIN driver / source?

A. Once the TWAIN
driver is installed, you can select the TWAIN driver in
many image editing software programs to acquire the
images. It is usually included in the pull-down-menu of
File Import or you will see a "Get Pictures" button. You
can also select the TWAIN driver by using our bundled
software. If you have many TWAIN sources, please be sure
to select the right device. The device is called "STV0680
Digital Camera". STV0680 refers to the chipset inside the
DC-3X digital camera.

Q:
How do I make the batteries last longer?

A. There are
several ways to do this. The DC30 and DC32 have a battery
disconnect switch. On the DC30, the switch is located on
the side of the camera and is labeled on/off. On the
DC32, the switch is a microswitch located in the battery
compartment. The DC31 does not have a battery switch. The
best way to preserve batteries with the DC31 is by
removing a single battery from the battery compartment
and then shutting the battery compartment. Disconnecting
the batteries, either via a switch or removing one
battery, takes the camera out of stanby mode. When the
batteries are connected to the camera, the camera always
remains in standby mode, in order to preserve any
remaining pictures in the camera.

Always disconnect the
camera from the USB cable or disconnect the batteries
when the camera remains connected to the computer if the
computer is powered off. While the computer is on, the
camera is powered by the USB cable. When you turn the
computer off and the camera remains connected to the USB
cable, there will be a drain on the batteries and it will
shorten their life greatly.

New high quality
batteries should last for months if you faithfuly follow
the procedures above.

If you have the FG-3
flash included with model DC31, always disconnect the
flash module when the camera is not in use. Leaving the
FG-3 connected to the camera when not in use will drain
the single battery in the FG-3.

Q:
My camera picture blinks off and on during video
conferencing.

The
camera has an auto image conrtoller that is very
sensitive to low light conditions. If the forground (you,
the subject) is bright as when lit from a lamp, and the
rest of the room (background) is dark, the camera auto
image controller will attempt to average the light in the
scene and adjust the camera brighness accordingly. In a
low light situation it will repeat this over and over
again and the camera will go bright and then dark. The
solution is to also light the rest of the room so that
there is more even light in all parts of the video
frame.

Q:
I am using a Mac. Why can't my friends on Windows view
the pictures I send them?

When
the pictures are downloaded from the camera to the Mac,
they are in the Macintosh native graphics file format
which is PICT. To send them to Windows users or to use
them on the web, first you must change the format of the
pictures to .JPG. Many programs can do this;
GraphicConverter, Appleworks, Photoshop, PhototDeluxe to
name a few. We have included the GraphicConverter
application on our installer CD. Simply open your picture
in GraphiConverter and then save it as JPG.JPG is one of
the graphics file format options in the GraphiConverter
save dialogue box window. Be sure to put .jpg at the end
of the filename when you save the new file.

Q:
How to get further information about bundled
software?

A. All of our
bundled software programs have complete
°readme° files, user's manual, and on line
help. In addition we rcommend you go to each software
applications web site listed in the readme.html file on
the CD ROM to learn more about the features of our
bundled software.

Q:
How to acquire image from digital camera?

A Via Twain
Driver on a Windows PC

Once you have
installed our bundled software and driver properly,
you can call our twain driver from our bundled
software, and download the images to your PC.

B Via the
"STVO680 camera driver" on a Mac

There is
an installation CD in the bottom of the box with the
camera. If not, the driver is on our website in the
support section. The "3-in-1 camera installer" is the
file you want. Once the driver is installed the Mac will
reboot and then it will be ready to receive your
pictures.

Put some
batteries in the camera and then just point and shoot as
fast as you can fire the shutter, if you have enough
light. If there isn't enough light, the camera will not
take a picture. Be sure to hold the camera nice and
still.

When you
are ready to put the pictures on your Mac, just plug in
the USB cable that is also in the box. The Mac will beep
and ask you where you want to save the pictures. Once you
have chosen a location on your hard disk, the driver will
save the pictures and then you can view them. You can
also choose to empty the camera of all pictures at this
time.

Be sure
to turn off the switch on the side of the camera that
disconnects the batteries once you have moved the
pictures on to your Mac.

Q:
What are fine resolution and standard
resolution?

A. All pictures
have 24-bit pixel depth, or 16 million colors at 72 dots
per inch. The fine resolution setting produces photos at
640 x 480 pixels. A photo at 320 x 240 pixels is produced
using the standard resolution setting.

Q:
What type of image compression does the camera
use?

A. The camera uses
AEL proprietary image compression for the best image
quality.

Q:
How are the images stored in the DC-3X digital
camera?

A. Images are
stored in the camera's memory as a BMP or PICT format
images.

Q:
Will pictures be lost if the camera's batteries are
exhausted?

A. Yes. Always keep
good batteries in the camera. The batteries will last up
to one year if you remember to turn off the batteriy
switch on the side of the camera, off when you are not
storing pictures in the camera.

Q:
What type of file does the camera transfer to the
computer?

A. On a PC, images
downloaded from digital camera can be saved in the format
of application software you are using to capture the
pictures. For example, BMP, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PDF,
PNG, or others. On a Mac the pictures are always saved in
PICT format when using the camera driver to download the
pictures. If you are using the supplied Photoshop
compatible plug-in to download pictures, they can be
saved in any format used by the application you have
chosen are using to access the plug-in.

Q:
How to download the images to your PC?

A. The camera uses
an industry standard TWAIN driver software interface to
allow you to easily download your pictures through your
standard USB port. After downloading your pictures, you
can save the files in BMP or JPEG format on your PC. For
more details, please consult your user's manual.

Q:
Does DC-30U digital Cameras Support
MS-NetMeeting

A. Our digital
cameras support Microsoft NetMeeting, Cuseeme, iVisit and
many other video conferencing applications.

Q:
What's the difference between "Picture Take" mode and
°Picture Download° mode in the TWAIN
driver?

A. In "Picture
Take" mode, the digital camera can act as a PC camera to
capture a Live Video image, and you are able to see it on
the PC monitor instantly. In "Download° mode, you
can download the images saved in memory that you had
taken beforepreviously.

Q:
Power Saving Features?

A. Our digital
camera features a power saving mode. The DC-3X digital
camera will automatically shut off when it is in stand-by
over for 90 seconds

Q:
Why can't my software find the camera?

A. If the software
is does not finding the DC-3X digital camera, the USB
port you are using to connect the DC-3X digital camera
may be disabled or may not be working properly. Try
connecting the DC-3X digital camera to the port that is
used for your mouse or any other USB device. If the
software finds the DC-3X digital camera while connected
to the USB mouse port, the other USB port should be
looked at by a service technician. Another suggestion is
to check your PC's CMOS settings to see if the port is
disabled. If it is disabled, change the setting and
enable the port.

Q:
Why do I get an "Camera is not responding" message when I
try to download my photos?

A. Your computer's
USB port may be disabled or configured incorrectly. Make
sure the port is enabled and there are no IRQ or device
conflicts. If possible try the camera on a known working
port, such as a USB mouse port.

Q:
Why can't I connect the DC-3X digital camera to my Gateway
computer?

A: Please consult
our trouble shooting check list first. Some Gateway
computers have their USB port disabled. For instructions
on freeing and enabling the USB port, please check the
user manual of your computer or contact Gateway's
Technical Support at 1-800-846-2301(USA).

Q:
Why don't the colors of my pictures look
right?

A. When taking
pictures under certain artificial lighting conditions,
the colors may be slightly distorted. You can use our
bundled software to adjust the colors.

Q:
Why are my DC-3X digital camera pictures displaying so
poorly on the screen or when I print them
out?

A. The DC-30U
digital camera captures images in 24-bit color (16.7
million colors). Your pictures will not display maximum
image quality if your monitor or your computer's video
controller does not support this color depth. You may
need to upgrade your system to achieve the best possible
image quality. The minimum recommended resolution is 640
x 480 with 16-bit high colors. 24-bit color is
ideal.

Buy a Digital Camera with these Technical Specification here:

Q:
The problem check list

Make sure the cable
connects properly and firmly between both ends

Make sure the camera
memory is free before you want try to take a picture
Make sure therethat ithe
batteries are not low Please make sure the
computer USB CMOS setting is right correct Try to reinstall the
driver and our bundled software again

Try to install your
operating system, driver, and bundled software
again.

If these solutions can not
solve your problem, please email our technical support staff
at websales@multi-cam.net

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Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000

Macintosh PowerPC

Microsoft
Windows 98/ME/2000