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Questions? Need some help? This guide will help you enjoy your new product or visit www.polaroid.com For more information consult the user manual on the included CD-ROM Instant Digital Camera with ZINK ® Zero Ink ® Printing Technology Z340 ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 Preface 2 About this Manual 2 Safety and Handling Precautions 4 Using this Manual 4 Introduction 5 System Requirements 5 Main Features 5 Package Contents 5 Camera Views 6...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 This manual is designed to assist you in using your new digital camera. All information presented is as accurate as possible but is subject to change without notice. Preface EN-...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 Preface EN-3 • Product design and specifications are subject to change without notice. This includes primary product specifications, software, software drivers, and user’...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 Camera Information • Do not take apart or attempt to service the camera yourself. • Do not expose the camera to moisture, or extreme temperatures. • Allow the camera to ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 Introduction EN-5 Congratulations on your purchase of your Polaroid Instant Digital Camera. Capturing and printing high-quality digital images is fast and easy with this state-of...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Top View Bottom View Right View Left View Back View Front View Introduction EN-6 Camera Views 1 911 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 LCD release 2 LCD display 3 Power button 4 OK Button/4-way navig...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 Introduction EN-7 Your camera is equipped with different buttons for ease of use. But ton Description Power Press the Power button to turn the power on/off. Shutter Press to capt...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 Introduction The 4-way Navigation Control and the OK button allow you to access the various menus available from the On Screen Display (OSD). You can configure a wide range of s...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com EN-11 Introduction EN-9 Internal memory Your camera is equipped with 128MB of internal memory. If there is no memory card inserted in the memory card slot, all images, videos and audi...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Getting Started Follow these instructions to insert the rechargeable battery into the battery compartment. Please read "Battery Information" on page 4 before inserting/removi...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Getting Started Expand your camera’s storage by using an SD or SDHC memory card. 1 Open the Memory card/Power adapter/USB out compartment on the left side of the camera. 2 Inser...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Getting Started To turn on the camera, press the Power button. To turn off the camera, press the Power button. Turning the Power On and O When you turn on your camera for the first ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the LCD monitor The LCD monitor shows all important information regarding camera settings as well as the visual image of your image or video. The display on the LCD monitor is c...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the LCD monitor Movie Mode Screen Layout Playback Mode Screen Layout The Playback mode display varies depending on the type of image being viewed. Playback mode display of still ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the LCD monitor Playback mode of videos: No. Item Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Playback mode Protect Video clip Button intro File no./Total no. Battery Storage me...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the LCD monitor Playback mode of audio clips: No. Item Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Playback mode Protect Button intro File no./Total no. Battery Storage media Recording i...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the LCD monitor The type of information displayed on the LCD monitor can be changed using the button. Press the button repeatedly to change the LCD display from one...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Now that you are familiar with your camera, you are now ready to take your images. Taking images with your camera is very simple. 1 Turn on the ca...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices When taking pictures in difficult lighting conditions, use the Flash/Right button to get correct exposure. This function cannot be activated in rec...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices The Function Menu is used to adjust capture settings in Photo Mode. It contains Scene Mode, Photo Size, Quality, EV Compensation, White Balance, IS...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Icon It em Description Kids Night Scene LOMO Fireworks Snow Sports Party Candlelight Night Portrait Soft Skin Flowing Water Food Building Text Folia...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices This feature is most useful for novice users to capture great images even without basic knowledge of photography. Simply frame the shot with the he...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Tactically, kids are the most difficult to photograph. They tend to be highly animated and can be a real challenge to make them pay attention for ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices The LOMO mode applies the following effects on the photo: 1 Over-saturated colors 2 Off-kilter exposure 3 Blurring 4 Darkening around the edges of ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices When asking someone else to take images for you, but the images always don’t come up right? Pre-composition helps you get the background you want,...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Active D-Lighting mode preserves details in highlights and shadows, creating photos with natural contrast. Use for high contrast scenes, for exampl...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices It’s hard and sometimes wastes a lot of time to combine several images by software. Select Auction mode and choose a pattern, then take a few sho...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices If you’d like to save and print 2 or 4 identical images (passport or ID photos) on one photo use the 2-up or 4-up option. With one push of the s...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Images can be captured with the overall scene intentionally made brighter or darker. These settings are used when a suitable brightness (exposure)...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices This sets the sensitivity for capturing images. When the sensitivity is raised (and the ISO figure is increased), photography will become possible...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices The Color Mode function applies different colors or tones for a more artistic effect on the still images or videos. • As you move through the s...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Setting the Instant Print Mode Your camera has the capability to print every image after it is captured. To set the Instant Print Mode 1 From the R...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Setting the AEB AEB stands for Automatic Exposure Bracketing. It permits 3 consecutive images in the order of standard exposure, under exposure and...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Setting Sharpness This function allows you to enhance or soften finer details of your images. To set Sharpness 1 From the Record menu, select Shar...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices EN-35 Setting Contrast This function allows you to adjust the contrast of your images. To set Contrast 1 From the Record menu, select Contrast. 2 ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Setting the Date Stamp The date of recording can be printed directly on the still images. This function must be activated before the image is captu...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices You can record videos with the camera, the available recording time depends on the capacity of the memory card. Videos can be recorded until the ma...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Recording Images, Videos and Voices Internet Mode The Internet Mode allows you to record videos with predefined video settings for easy upload to the Internet website. The Internet su...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback You can playback the still images, video and audio clips on the LCD monitor. Viewing in Single Navigation The Single navigation mode displays the image one by one on the LCD m...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback Thumbnail icons: When you view the thumbnails, some images may contain icons. These icons indicate the type of file or recording. Zooming images The zoom view function works ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback To capture screenshot image from a video clip 1 During playback of video, press the key to pause playback on your desired video frame to capture. 2 Press the Shutte...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback Deleting an Image/Video/Audio There are two ways to delete an image/video/audio: • Using the Delete button. • Using Playback Menu Delete settings. See "Delete" ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback Delete The Delete function allows the removal of unwanted files in the internal memory or on the memory card. Protected files cannot be erased, to delete, unprotect the file ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback 7 Press the OK button to delete marked files. Slide Show The slide show function enables you to playback your still images automatically in order one image at a time. To vie...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback Set the data to read-only to prevent images from being erased by mistake. A protected file has a lock icon when viewed on Playback mode. To protect files: 1 From the ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback The Red-eye Correction function is used to reduce red eye in captured images. This function is only available for still images. Red-eye correction can be applied to an image ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback The Polaroid Color Mode function lets you edit still images to apply different colors or tones for a more artistic effect. Edited images in this function are saved as a new f...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback The Trim function allows you to trim an image to another image size. This function is only available for still images. To trim an image: 1 Set the camera to Playback mode ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback Resizes a previously saved image and only resizing to a smaller size is available. To resize an image: 1 Set the camera to Playback mode . 2 Use the or key...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Playback DPOF is the abbreviation for Digital Print Order Format, which allows you to embed printing information on your memory card. You can select the images to be printed and how m...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Printing The Print Mode is used to print images from your camera to the ZINK ® enabled printer embedded in the camera. To print images: 1 Press the Print button to launch the...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Printing 7 Press the OK button to apply changes. A menu selection appears. Select whether to: • Overwrite & Print. Save and replace the old file with the new one, and then prin...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Printing This feature allows the printing of the Polaroid Cassic Border Logo Format with all images selected to print. Available options are On or Off (Default.) When the Polaroid Ca...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Printing 3 Press the Print button to launch the Print Mode. 4 Use the or keys to scroll and select an image to add the border to. 5 Press the MENU button to launch t...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the Setup Menu You can access the Setup menu whether you are in Record or Playback mode. The Setup menu allows to configure general camera settings. To go to Setup Menu: 1 Press ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the Setup Menu Enable the LCD Save function to automatically decrease the LCD brightness to conserve battery power. When the camera is idle for 20 seconds, the LCD darkens. Pres...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Using the Setup Menu EN-57 Select a brightness level for the LCD monitor. Available settings are: • Auto. Auto detects the LCD brightness. • Bright. Enhance the LCD brightness. ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Making Connections You can connect your camera to a computer or a printer. You can transfer images, videos and audio files to your PC. 1 Connect one end of the USB cable to an availab...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Making Connections You can print your images directly using a PictBridge compatible printer. 1 Turn on your Printer. Check that the printer is turned on, there is paper in the prin...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Appendix Your camera automatically creates specific directory of folder in the internal memory cards to organize captured images, videos and audio files. File Naming File names begin ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Troubleshooting EN-61 Problem Cause and/or Action Camera does not turn on. Camera turns off automatically. LCD turns dark. Empty battery icon is displayed on the LCD, and then the ...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Z340 Technical Specifications Sensor Sunplus 14MP CCD Lens 7.53 ± 5% mm; 5x digital zoom LCD monitor 2.7" Color LCD, 4:3 Aspect Ratio Focusing Range Normal: Wide: 80cm ~ Infinit...

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Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera User Manual www.polaroid.com Z340 Technical Specifications Microphone Built-in Speaker Built-in Dimensions 65 x 155 x 127.5 mm Weight 620g (including battery) Paper Type and Size 3” x 4” Polaroid ZINK ® Pap...