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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting started 8 Camera parts 9 Setup 15 Attaching the wrist strap 15 Installing the batteries 16 Installing the memory card 16 Turning on power 17 Understanding the status screen ...17 Restoring previous settings 18 Choosing the language 18 Setting the date and time 18 Installing the software 19 Windows 19 Macintosh 20 Camera states and menus 21 Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips . . . .22 Taking still pictures 22 Recording audio with still pictures 23 Recording video clips...
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting started 8 Camera parts 9 Setup 15 Attaching the wrist strap 15 Installing the batteries 16 Installing the memory card 16 Turning on power 17 Understanding the status screen ...17 Restoring previous settings 18 Choosing the language 18 Setting the date and time 18 Installing the software 19 Windows 19 Macintosh 20 Camera states and menus 21 Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips . . . .22 Taking still pictures 22 Recording audio with still pictures 23 Recording video clips...
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... TV configuration 73 Language 74 Chapter 7: Troubleshooting and support 75 Problems and solutions 75 Resetting the camera 83 Error messages on the camera 84 Error messages on the computer 91 Getting assistance 93 HP accessibility website 93 HP photosmart website 93 Support process 93 Phone support in the United States 95 Phone support in Europe...
... TV configuration 73 Language 74 Chapter 7: Troubleshooting and support 75 Problems and solutions 75 Resetting the camera 83 Error messages on the camera 84 Error messages on the computer 91 Getting assistance 93 HP accessibility website 93 HP photosmart website 93 Support process 93 Phone support in the United States 95 Phone support in Europe...
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Appendix A: Batteries and camera accessories 100 Managing batteries 100 Extending battery life 101 Rechargeable batteries 102 Power conservation 102 Purchasing camera accessories 103 Appendix B: Specifications 105 Memory card capacity 110
Appendix A: Batteries and camera accessories 100 Managing batteries 100 Extending battery life 101 Rechargeable batteries 102 Power conservation 102 Purchasing camera accessories 103 Appendix B: Specifications 105 Memory card capacity 110
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... ever connecting to your computer. What a great way to keep others of this digital camera! The camera dock allows you may purchase an HP Photosmart 8886 camera dock (see page 103). NOTE A dock insert is included in your camera box which enables your camera (and others close while you capture precious memories! Please do not discard it. See...
... ever connecting to your computer. What a great way to keep others of this digital camera! The camera dock allows you may purchase an HP Photosmart 8886 camera dock (see page 103). NOTE A dock insert is included in your camera box which enables your camera (and others close while you capture precious memories! Please do not discard it. See...
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Camera parts NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names for more information about those parts. 13 1 2 12 3 4 11 5 10 9 8 76 # Name Description 1 ON/OFF Turns the camera power on and off switch (page 17) 2 Zoom lever with Zoom Out and Zoom In controls (page 35) Zooms out the lens to the wide angle position, and zooms in the lens to the telephoto position 3 Wrist strap Allows you to attach a wrist strap mount (page 15) Chapter 1: Getting started 9
Camera parts NOTE Refer to the pages in parentheses after the part names for more information about those parts. 13 1 2 12 3 4 11 5 10 9 8 76 # Name Description 1 ON/OFF Turns the camera power on and off switch (page 17) 2 Zoom lever with Zoom Out and Zoom In controls (page 35) Zooms out the lens to the wide angle position, and zooms in the lens to the telephoto position 3 Wrist strap Allows you to attach a wrist strap mount (page 15) Chapter 1: Getting started 9
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# Name 4 Power/Memory light (page 17) Description Solid-camera is on Fast blinking-camera is writing to the memory card Slow blinking-camera is off and is charging the batteries Off-camera is off 5 Memory card Allows you access to insert or remove door (page 16) the memory card 6 OK button (pages 36, 51) Allows... 28) Allows you to frame pictures and video clips using Live View and review them afterward in Playback, and to view all the menus 10 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
# Name 4 Power/Memory light (page 17) Description Solid-camera is on Fast blinking-camera is writing to the memory card Slow blinking-camera is off and is charging the batteries Off-camera is off 5 Memory card Allows you access to insert or remove door (page 16) the memory card 6 OK button (pages 36, 51) Allows... 28) Allows you to frame pictures and video clips using Live View and review them afterward in Playback, and to view all the menus 10 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
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...-video is recording Video and AF/ Auto Exposure/Auto Focus and Flash AF/ is solid green-after you pressed the Shutter button halfway down, the camera is ready (auto exposure and auto focus are locked, and the flash is ready) AF/ is blinking green-either a focus error occurred when you pressed... the Shutter button halfway down, the flash is charging, or the camera is processing a picture (see the following NOTE) Both and AF/ are blinking-an error has occurred, for example, the memory card is full or there...
...-video is recording Video and AF/ Auto Exposure/Auto Focus and Flash AF/ is solid green-after you pressed the Shutter button halfway down, the camera is ready (auto exposure and auto focus are locked, and the flash is ready) AF/ is blinking green-either a focus error occurred when you pressed... the Shutter button halfway down, the flash is charging, or the camera is processing a picture (see the following NOTE) Both and AF/ are blinking-an error has occurred, for example, the memory card is full or there...
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12 3 4 8 7 6 5 # Name Description 1 Focus button (page 30) Allows you to select the Macro focus range setting (to take close-up pictures), or the Infinity focus range setting (to take pictures of distant objects and landscapes) 2 Focus lights: Lights solid when you select the Macro and Macro or the Infinity focus Infinity focus range setting (page 30) 3 Speaker Plays camera sounds and audio clips 4 Shutter button Takes a picture and records audio (pages 22, 25) 5 Video button (page 24) Starts and stops recording a video clip 12 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
12 3 4 8 7 6 5 # Name Description 1 Focus button (page 30) Allows you to select the Macro focus range setting (to take close-up pictures), or the Infinity focus range setting (to take pictures of distant objects and landscapes) 2 Focus lights: Lights solid when you select the Macro and Macro or the Infinity focus Infinity focus range setting (page 30) 3 Speaker Plays camera sounds and audio clips 4 Shutter button Takes a picture and records audio (pages 22, 25) 5 Video button (page 24) Starts and stops recording a video clip 12 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
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When set to On - 2 shots, blinks during the 10-second countdown before taking Allows you to connect a USB cable from the camera to On or On - 2 shots. 12 3 4 5 8 7 6 # Name 1 Microphone (page 23) 2 Self-Timer light (page 25) 3 Flash (page 33) 4 USB connector (pages 67, 68) Description Records audio clips Blinks during the additional time between the first and second shots. Provides additional light to improve picture-taking a picture when Self-Timer in the Capture menu is set to a USB-enabled computer or printer 14 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
When set to On - 2 shots, blinks during the 10-second countdown before taking Allows you to connect a USB cable from the camera to On or On - 2 shots. 12 3 4 5 8 7 6 # Name 1 Microphone (page 23) 2 Self-Timer light (page 25) 3 Flash (page 33) 4 USB connector (pages 67, 68) Description Records audio clips Blinks during the additional time between the first and second shots. Provides additional light to improve picture-taking a picture when Self-Timer in the Capture menu is set to a USB-enabled computer or printer 14 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
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# Name 5 Power adapter connector (page 104) 6 Tripod mount 7 Camera dock connector (page 103) 8 Battery door (page 16) Description Allows you to connect an optional HP AC power adapter to the camera to either operate the camera without batteries, or recharge the batteries in the camera Allows you to mount the camera to a tripod Allows you to connect the camera to the optional HP 8886 camera dock Allows access to insert and remove the batteries Setup Attaching the wrist strap Attach the wrist strap to the wrist strap mount on the side of the camera as shown. Chapter 1: Getting started 15
# Name 5 Power adapter connector (page 104) 6 Tripod mount 7 Camera dock connector (page 103) 8 Battery door (page 16) Description Allows you to connect an optional HP AC power adapter to the camera to either operate the camera without batteries, or recharge the batteries in the camera Allows you to mount the camera to a tripod Allows you to connect the camera to the optional HP 8886 camera dock Allows access to insert and remove the batteries Setup Attaching the wrist strap Attach the wrist strap to the wrist strap mount on the side of the camera as shown. Chapter 1: Getting started 15
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...door. Installing the memory card 1 With the camera turned off . You can also use an optional HP AC power adapter to the right. 2 Insert the memory card, making sure that it will spring outward from the connector. 16 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual Open the memory card ...door, then push the memory card in the camera. NOTE For more information about batteries, see Purchasing camera accessories on page 103. Installing the batteries 1 Open the battery...
...door. Installing the memory card 1 With the camera turned off . You can also use an optional HP AC power adapter to the right. 2 Insert the memory card, making sure that it will spring outward from the connector. 16 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual Open the memory card ...door, then push the memory card in the camera. NOTE For more information about batteries, see Purchasing camera accessories on page 103. Installing the batteries 1 Open the battery...
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... remaining count. The status screen is also displayed for a few seconds any time you change the focus range, exposure mode, or flash settings on the camera. (See Setting the focus range on page 30, Setting the exposure mode on page 31, and Setting the flash on the Image Display. The lens... light turns on by sliding the ON/OFF switch to the right and then releasing it. Understanding the status screen When you turn on the camera, the HP logo screen and then the status screen display for a few seconds on page 33.) Chapter 1: Getting started 17 The main part of the status...
... remaining count. The status screen is also displayed for a few seconds any time you change the focus range, exposure mode, or flash settings on the camera. (See Setting the focus range on page 30, Setting the exposure mode on page 31, and Setting the flash on the Image Display. The lens... light turns on by sliding the ON/OFF switch to the right and then releasing it. Understanding the status screen When you turn on the camera, the HP logo screen and then the status screen display for a few seconds on page 33.) Chapter 1: Getting started 17 The main part of the status...
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The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears and prompts you to choose a language. 1 Scroll to the language that you want by using the buttons. 2 Press the buttons to move to the other selections. 18 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual Restoring previous settings... Some of the status screen. (See the previous section.) Choosing the language The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears after you can restore the ...
The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears and prompts you to choose a language. 1 Scroll to the language that you want by using the buttons. 2 Press the buttons to move to the other selections. 18 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual Restoring previous settings... Some of the status screen. (See the previous section.) Choosing the language The first time you turn the camera on, the following screen appears after you can restore the ...
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... share on page 59 for information about configuring the Share menu on the camera, and Chapter 5: Unloading and printing images on the HP Photo & Imaging software CD. Installing the software The camera software allows you to see where the manual in the \docs\Readme file on the CD to configure the ...Share menu on Windows 98, 98 SE, or Me. 1 Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD drive of this User's Manual are located on page 67 for information about connecting the camera to unload images from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. Look in your ...
... share on page 59 for information about configuring the Share menu on the camera, and Chapter 5: Unloading and printing images on the HP Photo & Imaging software CD. Installing the software The camera software allows you to see where the manual in the \docs\Readme file on the CD to configure the ...Share menu on Windows 98, 98 SE, or Me. 1 Insert the HP Photo & Imaging software CD into the CD drive of this User's Manual are located on page 67 for information about connecting the camera to unload images from the camera, view them, print them, and e-mail them. Look in your ...
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...1 Double-click the Bonus folder icon. 2 Double-click the installer icon for the bonus software. 3 Follow the on the camera. NOTE Before you can unload images from the camera to a Macintosh computer, you must first change the USB Configuration setting to Disk Drive in the Open box, type X:\Bonus\... CD icon on the computer desktop. 3 Double-click the installer icon, and then follow the on -screen instructions to install the software. 20 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual NOTE If the installation window does not appear, click Start, and then click Run. Your Macintosh CD may also include...
...1 Double-click the Bonus folder icon. 2 Double-click the installer icon for the bonus software. 3 Follow the on the camera. NOTE Before you can unload images from the camera to a Macintosh computer, you must first change the USB Configuration setting to Disk Drive in the Open box, type X:\Bonus\... CD icon on the computer desktop. 3 Double-click the installer icon, and then follow the on -screen instructions to install the software. 20 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual NOTE If the installation window does not appear, click Start, and then click Run. Your Macintosh CD may also include...
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...information on using Capture, see Chapter 4: Using hp instant share on page 22. Camera states and menus Your camera has three main states that will be automatically processed later when the camera is connected to your computer or to a compatible, USB-enabled HP printer. For information on using Share, see ... perform tasks in that you to adjust a number of these states has an associated menu you can use the HP Instant Share technology to select images in the camera that allow you to take still pictures and record video clips. Chapter 1: Getting started 21 z Playback-Allows you...
...information on using Capture, see Chapter 4: Using hp instant share on page 22. Camera states and menus Your camera has three main states that will be automatically processed later when the camera is connected to your computer or to a compatible, USB-enabled HP printer. For information on using Share, see ... perform tasks in that you to adjust a number of these states has an associated menu you can use the HP Instant Share technology to select images in the camera that allow you to take still pictures and record video clips. Chapter 1: Getting started 21 z Playback-Allows you...
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...picture. After the picture is taken, the image is being shown on the Image Display. See Using playback on page 49. 22 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual The camera measures and then locks the focus and exposure. 3 Press the Shutter button all the way down . You can delete the image...Review by pressing the OK button. Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips Taking still pictures You can take a picture almost any time the camera is on, regardless of what is displayed for your picture in Instant Review on the Image Display. For example, if a menu is currently ...
...picture. After the picture is taken, the image is being shown on the Image Display. See Using playback on page 49. 22 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual The camera measures and then locks the focus and exposure. 3 Press the Shutter button all the way down . You can delete the image...Review by pressing the OK button. Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips Taking still pictures You can take a picture almost any time the camera is on, regardless of what is displayed for your picture in Instant Review on the Image Display. For example, if a menu is currently ...
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... viewfinder light turns on the Image Display. A video clip includes audio and can delete the image and the audio clip that is on when the camera starts recording, REC and a video counter appear on page 28. 3 Press and release the Video recording video. button again to the image during Instant Review... pressing the OK button. See Delete on page 49. See Using live view on the Image Display. If Live View is attached to stop 24 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
... viewfinder light turns on the Image Display. A video clip includes audio and can delete the image and the audio clip that is on when the camera starts recording, REC and a video counter appear on page 28. 3 Press and release the Video recording video. button again to the image during Instant Review... pressing the OK button. See Delete on page 49. See Using live view on the Image Display. If Live View is attached to stop 24 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual
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.... See Using the capture menu on page 36, and then see page 38), the camera will hold these settings for your picture in the viewfinder. 4 Press the Shutter button halfway down instead, the camera locks focus and exposure just before the end of the 10-second countdown. appear on .... Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips 25 This is useful when one video clip. See Using playback on the Image Display. The camera will start recording 10 seconds after you press the Video button. After recording has stopped, the first frame of the video clip and Processing... ...
.... See Using the capture menu on page 36, and then see page 38), the camera will hold these settings for your picture in the viewfinder. 4 Press the Shutter button halfway down instead, the camera locks focus and exposure just before the end of the 10-second countdown. appear on .... Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips 25 This is useful when one video clip. See Using playback on the Image Display. The camera will start recording 10 seconds after you press the Video button. After recording has stopped, the first frame of the video clip and Processing... ...
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... light continues to blink after several tries, the lighting may be too low, or there may not be enough contrast in the middle of the camera blinks slowly for 7 seconds and then quickly for a few more seconds until the second picture is taken. However, the focus brackets turn green in ... green when the image is unable to focus. A 10-second countdown appears on page 27. 26 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual Try using Focus Lock. 5 Press the Shutter button all the way down , the camera uses this focus region to measure and then lock the focus. When you press the Shutter button...
... light continues to blink after several tries, the lighting may be too low, or there may not be enough contrast in the middle of the camera blinks slowly for 7 seconds and then quickly for a few more seconds until the second picture is taken. However, the focus brackets turn green in ... green when the image is unable to focus. A 10-second countdown appears on page 27. 26 hp photosmart 930 series user's manual Try using Focus Lock. 5 Press the Shutter button all the way down , the camera uses this focus region to measure and then lock the focus. When you press the Shutter button...