| If you were trying to download the HDV-188 user guide/manual from Jazz Camera website, you will not be able to find any. In fact, what you find on the website is just a single big Shockwave swf file. No download link whatsoever.
After much googling and searching high and low from various AV and online gadget forums, finally I managed to locate a copy of the manual. The manual for HDV-188 is in PDF format so you may want to download a PDF reader to view it.
I hope the manual is meant for HDV-188 because frankly speaking I could not find a single word inside the PDF manual mentioning HDV-188. However judging from the list of features/specification as well as the pictures inside the manual, compare to the actual images from Jazz Camera website, I am pretty sure this is the correct manual for HDV-188.
The HDV-188 user manual is 69 pages long and I must say is pretty well-written. There are 12 sections in the manual:
- Section 1 Getting to Know Your Camera
- Section 2 Getting Started
- Section 3 Record Mode
- Section 4 Playback Mode
- Section 5 Listening to MP3 Music
- Section 6 Viewing Movie on PC
- Section 7 Viewing Pictures and Movies on a TV
- Section 8 Video File Converter
- Section 9 Burning the Recorded Clip into DVD
- Section 10 Uploading Video Files to YouTube
- Section 11 Transferring Data to a Computer
- Section 12 Specifications and System Requirements
Feature for HDV-188 11.0 MP High Definition Digital Video Camera
- Digital Still Camera
- PC Camera
- MPEG 4 Video Recording
- Voice Recording
- Mass Storage (Using SD card)
- SD Card Slot up to 4GB
- 64MB Internal Memory
- JPEG/AVI (MPEG 4)/MP3
- 3-inch LTPS TFT LCD
- 8X Digital Zoom
- TV Out using provided HDMI cable
- Self Timer
- Motion Detection/Night Mode
- Li-Ion Battery
- Software, Cables, HDMI cable included
Specification for HDV-188 11.0 MP High Definition Digital Video Camera
| Item |
Specification |
| Image Sensor |
5 Mega Pixel Sensor / Maximum 11Mega Pixel Resolution |
| Operation Modes |
Movie Record / Picture Record / Voice Record / MP3 Player / PC Camera / Mass Storage Device |
| Lens |
F3.2 (f = 7.0mm) |
| Focus Range |
200cm~infinite (Normal Mode) Center: 20 cm (Macro Mode) |
| Digital Zoom |
8X |
| Shutter |
Electronic |
| LCD monitor |
3 inch LCD |
| Storage Media |
Built-in Memory (partial memory is used for Firmware code); SD/MMC Card Slot support / up to 8GB |
| Image Resolution |
Still image 3744x2808 (11M Pixels) 2592x1944 (5M Pixels) 1600x1200 (2M Pixels) |
| Movie Resolution |
HD 1280 x 720 pixels 30 fps D1 720 x 480 pixels 30 fps VGA 640 x 480 pixels 30 fps QVGA 320 x 240 pixels 30 fps |
| White Balance |
Auto/Manual (Daylight / Fluorescent / Tungsten) |
| Exposure |
Auto/Manual |
| Self-Timer |
10 second delay |
| Flash |
ON/Off/Red Eye Reduction/Light ON/Auto |
| File Format |
Picture: JPEG Movie: AVI (H.264) Voice: WAV Music: MP3 |
| Image play |
Single Image/Thumbnails/Slideshow |
| PC Interface |
Mini USB 2.0 Port |
| TV out |
HDMI / NTSC/PAL Selectable |
| Battery |
Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery |
| Dimension |
108(H) * 65(W) * 25(D) mm |
| Weight |
140g (without battery) |
Credit goes to Kristofer Brozio and QCJN from testfreaks.com for the link. Thank you. |