Photosmart 945 Camera

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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started 9 Camera Parts 10 Setup 15 Attaching the Lens Cap Tether 15 Attaching the Neck Strap 16 Installing the Batteries 16 Installing the Memory Card 17 Turning ...

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... Setting Up the Share Menu on the Camera 70 Using the Share Menu 73 Selecting Images for HP Instant Share Destinations 74 How HP Instant Share E-mails Images 75 Chapter 5: Unloading, Printing, and Displaying Images . .77 Unloading Images to a Computer 77 Printing Images Directly from the Camera 79 Displaying Images on a TV 81 Chapter...

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... Conservation . . . . . .125 Purchasing Camera Accessories 126 Appendix B: Camera Dock 129 Getting Started with the Dock 129 Dock Lights and Buttons 131 Unloading Images to a Computer Using the Dock . .132 Printing Images Using the Dock 133 Displaying Images on a TV Using the Dock 134 Appendix C: Specifications 135 Memory Card Capacity 141 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual

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... be automatically printed the next time you may purchase an HP Photosmart 8881 camera dock. This camera has many features to enhance your camera box. Chapter 1: Getting Started 9 It also provides a convenient home for instructions on how to use the optional HP 8881 camera dock. Your friends and family can easily select images in your picture-taking...

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Allows you to select the different flash settings (this button only works when the flash assembly is up). Camera Parts NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names for more information about those parts. 1 2 3 4 17 16 5 15 MF 14 6 13 12 ... to select between NORMAL, SELF-TIMER, SELF-TIMER - 2 SHOTS, and BURST mode. Allows you to select between NORMAL, MACRO, INFINITY, and MANUAL focus settings. 10 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual

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... and off on and off and is charging the batteries. z Solid amber-camera is writing to select menu options on the Image Display. 9 ON/OFF switch (page 17) 10 HP Instant Share button (page 69) Turns the camera power on the Image Display. 11 Print button Allows you to display the ...Capture and Playback menus and to the memory card. z Blinking red-batteries depleted and camera is on the Image button (page 57) Display...

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... flash will release be set to FLASH OFF until you to attach a neck strap (a mount (page 16) mount is on each side of the camera) 4 Speaker Plays camera sounds and audio clips 5 Pop-up flash Pops up flash assembly (page 32) Provides additional light to select between video mode (pages 29, 38...

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...conditions to improve auto focus (pages 34, 85) 3 USB connector Allows you to connect a USB cable from the (pages 77, 79) camera to a USB-enabled computer or printer 4 TV connector Allows you to connect an optional Audio/ (page 81) Video cable from the... camera to a television 5 Power adapter Allows you to connect an optional connector HP AC power adapter to the camera to either (page 126) operate the camera without batteries, or recharge the batteries in the camera 6 Tripod mount Allows you to mount the camera to a tripod 14 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual

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...of the tether through the small loop and pull to tighten the knot. # Name 7 Camera dock connector (page 126) 8 Battery door (page 16) Description Allows you to connect the camera to the optional HP 8881 camera dock Allows access to insert and remove the batteries Setup Attaching the Lens Cap Tether 1 ...With the front of the camera facing you, insert the small loop of the lens cap tether through the...

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...most frequently. For hints on optimizing battery performance, see Managing Batteries on page 121. 16 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Battery life in digital cameras can be measured in minutes and hours of film cameras. Then thread the neck strap through a neck strap mount. Attaching the Neck Strap Insert...user to another, depending on what modes the camera is being used in the camera. NOTE Digital cameras use rather than the years more typical of use batteries at a much faster rate than film cameras. Repeat to attach the other end of the camera and sliding the latch to the "lock" ...

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... door, then push the memory card in the camera. For more information about these optional accessories, see Purchasing Camera Accessories on solid green. Replace or recharge the batteries, or use the optional HP Photosmart 8881 camera dock or the optional HP AC power adapter to the right and then releasing... it clicks into place. 3 Close the memory card door. Installing the Memory Card 1 With the camera turned off and open the memory card door...

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Choosing the Language The first time you turn on the camera, the HP logo screen and then the status screen appear briefly on the Image Display. See Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu on page 83. 18 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual The main part of the status screen shows the number of the status screen (default...

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... the proper values are in the Setup menu. See Chapter 6: Using the Setup Menu on your eye up to the viewfinder, and then turn the camera on the viewfinder is recorded in the image properties, which you to adjust the focus in the Playback menu screen (page 61), or on page... piece on , the following screen appears after you can do this setting later, you record. Chapter 1: Getting Started 19 Setting the Date and Time The camera has a clock that allows you take or video clip you can see when viewing the image in the Image Info screen (page 67), in the...

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... X:\Bonus\Setup.exe,where X is the letter of your Windows computer, you to configure the Share menu on the camera. Windows NOTE For the HP Instant Share component of the HP Photo & Imaging software to function properly on your CD drive, then click OK. 2 Follow the on -screen instructions... install the software. 20 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Look in several different languages) is located on the CD to see where the manual is located. Your Windows CD may also include bonus software from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. The camera software allows you to unload...

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...and then see USB Configuration on -screen instructions to install the software. To install any virus protection software running on your computer. 2 Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD drive of your computer. 3 Double-click the CD icon on the computer desktop. 4 Double-click ...the installer icon, and then follow the on the camera. Macintosh 1 Close all programs and temporarily disable any bonus software: 1 Double-click the Bonus folder icon. 2 Double-click the installer icon for ...

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... viewfinder. See Eye Start on the microdisplay. To preserve batteries, use the microdisplay instead. Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips Using the Displays Your camera has two displays - Whichever display is currently on automatically when you may need to adjust the focus in the Setup menu. Use the diopter control...

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... space remains on page 122). If you press the Shutter button half-way down while taking a still picture. 6 or z Battery level when using the optional HP AC adapter or Camera Dock. 24 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual Therefore, you press the Shutter button half-way down while taking a still picture if the...

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...see Using Focus Lock on page 85). Try using a technique called Focus Lock to turn it off in a higher-contrast region, then point the camera at the object you can turn on, you were originally trying to photograph (see Focus Assist Light on page 26). If you are in the... front of the active display screen show the focus region for your picture or video clip, and then press the Shutter button halfway down , the camera uses this region to focus. Chapter 2: Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips 25 # Icon 7 or A 8 Description z FLASH OFF when the pop-up ). z AUTO FLASH...

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... to help achieve focus in the area where the action will not take the picture. 26 HP Photosmart 945 User's Manual NOTE No focus brackets appear if the camera is farther away than the normal range. • The camera is set to the MACRO (close-up) focus range but detects the focus is closer than... find focus. z If the focus brackets turn red and the MACRO icon blinks on the active display, one of the following is true: • The camera is set to the NORMAL focus range but detects the focus is set to MANUAL FOCUS (see Using the Focus Settings on a subject that is...

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