Bell and Howell S30 HDZ User manual
Contents
Safety Precautions................................................................................. 1
The Components Guide......................................................................... 2
Specifications......................................................................................... 4
User instruction.......................................................................................6
Operation Instructions.......................................................................... 12
Other functions.................................................................................... 21
Maintenance and security.................................................................... 23
Breakdown maintenance..................................................................... 25
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1. Safety Precautions
Ease stop operations the equipment if anything abnormal exists.
The user is going to the take the responsibility if not operate
according to the manual.
Do not allow the equipment to come into contact with, or become
immersed in, water or other liquids. Keep the equipment dry.
Do not touch the charger when there’s a thunderstorm
Stop operating the equipment if anything drops into the camera.
Do not put metal object or anything else into the camera, such as
the SD slot.
Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the camera.
Be careful not to cover the cameras with any cloth and put it in the
place where is draughty.
Disconnect the charger from the power outlet before using.
Take out the Li-battery if the camera is not used for long.
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2. The components guide
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3. Specifications
Picture definition
4480*3360 、4416*3312 、4000*3000 、
3648*2736 、3456*2592 、3264*2448 、
3072*2304 、2592*1944 、2048*1536 、
1600*1200 、1280*960 、640*480
Storage material External SD card（1GB – 32GB）
File format JPEG、AVI
Shooting model
photos：single, continuous shooting
Timing self-taking (2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10
seconds)
film: In the VGA \ QVGA mode, shooting time
depends on the storage medium capacity
Shutter speed Electronic shutter: 1/2 ~ 1/2000 seconds
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zoom 5 x optical zoom plus 4 times digital zoom
White balance Automatic, sunny, cloudy, tungsten lamp,
fluorescent lamp.
exposure control Exposure value (+ 3, + 2, + 1, 0, 1, 2 and 3)
Flash mode Automatic, anti- red -eye , flash, flash closed
Light sensibility automatic，100，200，400
PC interface USB2.0
TFT screen 2.7’TFT Color LCD screen
battery 3.7v lithium battery
OSD language English, Jane, numerous, French, German,
Spanish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese,
Japanese fifteen languages
Focal length f=6.2-31.0mm
lens F=3-5.6
Automatic 1-3Min
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Operating system WIN98/2000/ME/XP
4．User instruction
Installing the lithium battery
1) Open the battery cover by the direction of the arrow.
2) Insert the battery according to the instruction on it and close the
battery cover.
Warning: Take out the battery if the camera won’t be used for long.
The installation of SD memory card
1) Insert and remove SD memory cards (while no inserting SD card,
the camera can take only one photo.)
2) Insert the opposite face of the SD card comparing to the screen,
the put the SD card in the slot.
3) The built in memory stops working when using the SD memory.
To remove the memory card
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4) Push the SD card with a finger when you hear a click, then
release it.
Notice:
zinserting or pulling out the cards, in the process if you can hear
the” click" sound, namely that represents the SD card has been
installed or removed.
zThe camera may not be able to identify the substandard
configuration insert cards or in another device (such as
computer and so on) the formatting inserting cards. Before
using, please make sure it was formatted on this camera for
the insert cards.
Switch ON/OFF camera
1) Press the power button to power on and off the camera.
2) The camera will power off automatically when the time with no
operation is longer than it’s set before.
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Indicator instruction
1) When the camera opens, the red light is on. Entering into the
previewing interface, the red indicator will be off. When the camera
is in charging, the red indicator light will be flashing.
2) When the camera is shuttled, using the USB line to the computer
for charging, the red indicator light will be on, when the charging is
finished, the indicator light will be off or flashing.
3) Using the battery or the USB line to change while the camera
entering into the MSDC working state, the red indicator light will be
on all the time.
Model instruction:
When the camera is power on, pressing the previewing key to
swath between two models ；Previewing and Play back the
Previewing model is used to photograph and recording AVI format
images, Playback mode is to browse the photographs and AVI files.
You can switch between taking photos and video models, Camera
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