Samsung Digimax U-CA 3 User manual

CONTENTS

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1. SPECIFICATION ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4

2. SYSTEM REQUIRMENT ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5

3. LCD MONITOR INDICATOR ………………………………………………………………………………………… 6

4. CONNECTION DIAGRAM …………………………………………………………………………………………… 8

5. IDENTIFICATION OF FEATURES ………………………………………………………………………………… 9

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1. MAIN ASSEMBLY…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 40

2. BODY ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 42

3. BARREL ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 44

4. FRONT COVER ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………………… 46

5. BACK COVER ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 48

6. BARRIER AND FINDER ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………… 50

7. PACKING ITEMS …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 52

8. INITIAL PARTS LIST ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 54

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1. REPLACEMENT PARTS AND ADJUSTMENT ITEMS ……………………………………………………………56

2. ADJUSTMENT TOOLS ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 56

3. ADJUSTMENT FLOW ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 57

4. ADJUSTMENT ITEMS ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 57

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1. PARTS ARRANGEMENT FOR EACH PCB ASS’Y

1) MAIN PCB ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 58

2) POWER PCB ASSEMBLY ……………………………………………………………………………………… 60

3) LCD PCB ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 62

4) JACK PCB ASSEMBLY ………………………………………………………………………………………… 64

2. BLOCK DIAGRAM ……………………………………………………………………………………………………65

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1. CHECK LIST FOR REPAIRING …………………………………………………………………………………… 66

2. VERSION CHECK…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 67

3. FIRMWARE UPGRADE……………………………………………………………………………………………… 68

4. PARTS EXPLANATION OF EACH PCB

1) MAIN PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP) …………………………………………………………………………………70

2) MAIN PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM) ……………………………………………………………………………71

3) POWER PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP)…………………………………………………………………………………72

4) POWER PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM)……………………………………………………………………………73

5) LCD PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP) ……………………………………………………………………………………74

6) LCD PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM) ………………………………………………………………………………75

7) JACK PCB ASSEMBLY(TOP) ……………………………………………………………………………………76

8) JACK PCB ASSEMBLY(BOTTOM) ………………………………………………………………………………76

5. MODIFICATION……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 77

6. PRINCIPAL TROUBLESHOOTING

1) DOES NOT POWER ON ……………………………………………………………………………………… 78

2) FLASHING DEFECT …………………………………………………………………………………………… 86

3) CHARGING DEFECT …………………………………………………………………………………………… 87

4) IF IMAGES CAM BE SEEN ON LCD PANEL BUT BACK LIGHT IS NOT TURNED ON ……………… 88

5) IN CASE LCD BECOMES ALL WHITE ……………………………………………………………………… 89

6) AUDIO PART …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 90

7) ZOOM DEFECT. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 91

7. DISASSEMBLE THE CAMERA …………………………………………………………………………………… 92

8. DISASSEMBLE THE BARREL ……………………………………………………………………………………… 97

9. ASSEMBLE THE BARREL ………………………………………………………………………………………… 99

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. SPECIFICATION

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Type 1/2.7″CCD

Effective Pixels Approx. 3.2 Mega pixels

Total Pixels Approx. 3.3 Mega pixels

SHD Lens f = 5.8 ~ 17.4mm

(35mm film equivalent : 38 ~ 114mm)

Lens F No. F2.8 ~ F4.8

Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 3.0X

Play mode : 1.0X ~ 5.0X (depends on image size)

Optical Viewfinder Real image optical viewfinder

LCD Monitor 1.5″color TFT LCD

Type TTL auto focus

Focusing Normal : 80cm ~ infinity

Macro : Wide- 5cm ~ 80cm, Tele- 50cm ~ 80cm

Type Mechanical and Electronic shutter

Speed Normal : 2 ~ 1/2,000 sec.

Night :

15 ~ 1/2,000 sec.

Program AE

Metering : Multi, Spot

Exposure Compensation ±2.0EV (0.5EV steps)

ISO Auto, 100, 200, 400

Manual Exposure Electronic shutter : 1/8 ~ 16 sec. (1EV steps)

Mode Auto/ Red-eye reduction/ Fill-in flash/ Slow sync/ Flash off

Normal - Wide : 0.8 ~ 3.0m, Tele : 0.8 ~ 2.0m

Macro - Wide : 0.2 ~ 0.8m, Tele : 0.5 ~ 0.8m

Recharging Time Approx. 7 sec.

Sharpness Soft/ Normal/ Vivid

Effect Normal/ B&W/ Sunset/ Sepia/ RGB

White Balance Auto/ Daylight/ Cloudy/ Fluorescent/ Tungsten/ User set

Voice recording

Voice memo (Max. 10 sec. : Still Image)

Imprint Off/ Date/ Date&Time (user selectable)

Modes :

Auto

Night

, Myset

Self-timer : 2 sec, 10 sec.

Shooting With Voice

Movie Clip Size : 320x240, 160x128 (user selectable)

(15, 24 frames/sec, Recording time : memory capacity dependent)

Media Memory Stick Duo (up to 256MB guaranteed)

Still Image : JPEG(DCF), EXIF 2.2, DPOF

File Format Movie Clip : MOV(MPEG4)

Voice : WAV(G.711)

Image Size 2048: 2048x1536, 2048P: 2048x1360, 1600: 1600x1200

(pixels) 1024: 1024x768, 640: 640x480

Image

Sensor

Viewfinder

Shutter

Storage

Voice Recording

Flash

Focal Length

Digital Zoom

Range

Control

Range(AUTO)

Still Image

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PC with processor better than MMX Pentium 233MHz (XP : Pentium II 300MHz)

Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP

Minimum 32MB RAM (XP : 128MB)

For Windows

140MB of available hard-disk space

USB port

CD-ROM drive

800x600 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor

(24-bit color display recommended)

PowerMac G3 or later

MacOS 9.x ~ 10.2

Minimum 64MB RAM

For Macintosh

110MB of available hard-disk space

USB port

CD-ROM drive

QuickTime 4.0 or later (for Movie Clip)

2048 :Super fine 17, Fine 33, Normal 50

2048P :Super fine 27, Fine 54, Normal 82

1600 :Super fine 27, Fine 54, Normal 82

1024 :Super fine 63, Fine 132, Normal 198

640 :Super fine 169, Fine 336, Normal 501

* These figures are measured under Samsung’s standard conditions

and may vary depending on shooting conditions and camera settings.

Image Play Single image/ Thumbnails/ Slide show/ Movie clip

Digital output connector : USB

Audio : Mono

Video output : NTSC, PAL (user selectable)

DC power input connector : 3.3V

Included : Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery (1000mAh, 3.7V)

Power Source Optional: Duracell CP-1 battery, AC adapter (DC 3.3V, 2A)

* Included battery may vary depending on sales region.

Dimensions (WxHxD) 102 x 53.8 x 31.6mm

Weight Approx. 119g (without batteries and card)

Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40 ℃

Operating Humidity 5 ~ 85 %

Camera Driver Storage Driver (Windows98/98SE/2000/ME/XP, Mac OS 9.0~10.2)

Application MGI PhotoSuite, Digimax Viewer 2.0

Special Function Avatar Start Screen, MPEG-4 Movie clip, 7 Colors Function lamp, RGB Color Effect

Software

Interface

Capacity

(32MB)

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■ Recording mode

No. Description Icons

1 Battery

2 Recording mode

3 Camera shake warning

4 Flash

5 Self-timer

6 Voice memo

7 Macro

8 Metering

9 Auto focus frame

10 Time 01:00 PM

11 Date 2003/01/01

12 Exposure compensation

13 White Balance

14 ISO

15 Sharpness

16 Image quality

17 Image size 2048, 2048P, 1600, 1024, 640

Number of available shots remaining

Remaining time( Movie clip/ Voice recording)

00:05:00

19 Digital Zoom rate X3.0

20 Optical Zoom

[ Image & Full Status ]

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■ Play mode

No. Description Icons

1 Battery

2 Play mode

3 File type

4 Voice memo

5 Protect indicator

6 DPOF indicator

7 Stored image number 9

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SIZE : 2048x1536 Image size

AV : F2.8 Aperture value

TV : 1/60 Shutter speed

ISO : 100 ISO sensitivity

FLASH : OFF Whether or not the

flash is used.

DATE : 03/01/01 Recording date

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Memory Stick Duo

3.2

U-CA 3

Lithium-Ion SLB-1037

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Mode switch

Shutter button

Flash

Function lamp

Viewfinder

PLAY mode button

LCD monitor

Power button

Viewfinder

Speaker

Auto Focus lamp

Microphone

Strap eyelet

Lens

Autofocus indicator lamp (Green)

Flash indicator lamp (Red)

TELE/ Digital zoom button

WIDE/ THUMBNAIL button

+&-/ DELETE button

USB/ AV connection terminal

DC input connection point

LCD button Tripod socket

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Flash/ LEFT button

Menu/ OK button

Macro/ Play/ Pause button

Self-timer/ RIGHT button

Voice memo/ UP button

Memory card slot

Battery chamber

Battery holder

Battery chamber cover

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. INSTALLATION

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▶ USB Storage Driver

This enables images to transfer between the camera and PC.

This camera uses the USB Storage Driver as the camera driver. You can use the camera as a USB

card reader.

▶ QuickTime Player

The program for playing back QuickTime movies (.mov). It can also play video files compressed

with MPEG4 codec.

▶ Digimax Viewer 2.1

This is a program for viewing stored images.

You can see the stored images in the memory directly on a PC monitor. You can also copy, move

or delete the images and enlarge /downscale the image sizes with Digimax Viewer. This software is

only compatible with Windows.

▶ MGI PhotoSuite Ⅲ SE

You can edit or store still images that you download from the camera.

This software is only compatible with Windows.

▶DigiStudio: Software for creating 3D avatars.

You can store 3D avatar files on the camera and use one of the avatar as the startup image.

Please be sure to check the system requirements for the software before installing. This software is

only compatible with Windows.

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▶ For Windows

PC with processor better than MMX Pentium 233MHz (XP : Pentium II 300MHz)

Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP

Minimum 32MB RAM (XP : 128MB)

140MB of available hard-disk space

USB port

CD-ROM drive

800x600 pixels, 16-bit colour display compatible monitor

(24-bit color display recommended)

▶ For Macintosh

Power Mac G3 or later

Mac OS 9.x ~ 10.2

Minimum 64MB RAM

110MB of available hard-disk space

USB port

CD-ROM drive

QuickTime 4.0 or later for Movie Clip

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