Portable Handy Scanner with built-in rechargeable battery Instruction Guide • Application CD • Pouch • Mini USB Cable • Instruction Guide Package Contents • Scanner • Calibration Sheet • Cleaning Cloth Important Safety Instruction • Keep away from water or moisture and dusty areas. • Never store in hot and very cold areas. • The battery and inside of the scanner become hot during large volume scanning operation. Allow few minutes of cool-down before operating the unit again. • Ambient temperature ranges from 0°C to +40°C. • Only use attachments/accessories specifi ed by the manufacturer. • Avoid using the scanner in a dusty environment. Dust particles and other foreign objects may damage the unit. Place the scanner in the pouch if not in use. • Operate the scanner on a level, well-grounded work surface, free of excessive vibration. • Do not attempt to disassemble the scanner. There is danger of an electrical shock • The battery is not user-replaceable. Do not attempt to remove battery by yourself. • Batteries must never be short-circuited. • Never throw the scanner into a fi re as it will cause the danger of explosion. • Do not dispose of the scanner with household waste. Dispose of them in accordance with the local regulations. • Do not use the battery under high temperature or near heat sources. • The lifetime of the battery pack is limited. Power is slowly drained when not in use. • The battery used in this scanner may present a risk of fi re or chemical burn if mistreated. This symbol on the product or in the instructions means that your electrical and electronic equipment should be disposed at the end of its life separately from your household waste. There are separate collection systems for recycling in the EU. For more information, please contact the local authority or your retailer where you purchased the product. Product Overview 4 5 3 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1. Turn OFF the scanner and connect the mini USB cable to the scanner and a USB port on your desktop or laptop. 2. The red charge indicator will light up indicating that the scanner battery is now charging. 3. When the charge indicator is off, the battery is fully charged. Unplug the USB cable. Scanning Progress Indicator Green Orange Exclamation Mark Unsuccessful scan. Please re-scan. Good scan. Poor scan. Lower the scan speed. Inserting a microSD Card • Insert a microSD card into the card slot with the gold contacts facing up to scan and store the images. Note: The microSD card must be formatted by the scanner for the fi rst time use. Go to >FORMAT , then select Yes to proceed. SETTING > SYSTEM Turning on/off the Power button for a few • Press and hold seconds to turn ON/OFF. Note: no card is inserted while powering-on. message appears on the screen if Setting Up Date and Time • The scanner incorporates a built-in real time clock enabling each scan to be saved with a date and time information. You can keep track of the date and time of every scanned fi le on your computer. Playback • The fi les saved in Multipage PDF fi le format displays only the fi rst page during playback. Viewing the images 1. Select 2. Press 3. Press OK/ZOOM button repeatedly to zoom in the image until the desired (Playback), and then press OK/ZOOM button. Left or Right button to view the previous or next images. size is displayed. 4. Press the directional buttons ( to move around the image. Up/ Down/ Left / Right) 5. To exit the ZOOM mode, press OK/ZOOM button repeatedly until the zoom cycle is cancelled. MENU button. Note: To return to the main menu, press Delete 1. Select the image you want to delete in the 2. Press 3. Press DELETE button to bring up the DELETE menu. Right button to select DELETE ONE or Left / DELETE ALL, and then press OK/ZOOM button. (Playback) mode. 4. Select Yes, and then press OK/ZOOM button to delete. 5. To exit the DELETE menu, press MENU button. 1. Select 2. Press button. 3. Press 4. Press SETTING, and press OK/ZOOM button. Left / Right button to select SYSTEM and press OK/ZOOM Left / Left / Right button to select DATE and press OK/ZOOM button. Right button to set up Year/Month/Day and press OK/ ZOOM button to confi rm. 15 To return to the SETTING mode, press MENU button. 5. Press 6. Press Left / Left / Right button to set up Time and press OK/ZOOM button. Right button to set up Hour/Minute and press OK/ZOOM button to confi rm. Lights in RED when charging. Battery indicator 1 Charge Indicator 2 3 LCD Screen 4 Left button 5 Menu button 6 OK/Zoom button 7 button 8 Battery cover Playback 9 10 Setting Delete button 11 12 Right button 13 MicroSD card slot 14 Mini USB port 15 Alignment guides • Moves left in the menu. • Moves to the previous scanned image. • Moves up in the menu. • Brings up the Mode menu. • Press to make or confi rm the selections in the menu. • Zoom the scanned image. (Not available for Multipage PDF) • Press to end the multiplepage PDF fi le scanning. • Press and hold to turn the power on/off. • Press slightly to start the image scan. • Press slightly to stop the image scan for JPG and PDF fi le formats. • Press slightly to pause the image scan for multipage PDF fi le format. • Non-removable battery cover. Open is not allowed. • Select to view the scanned images. • Select to make the Scan and System Setting. • Brings up the Delete menu. • Moves down in the menus. • Moves right in the menus. • Moves to the next scanned image. • Accommodates a microSD card up to 32GB. • Connects to PC for fi le transfer. • Place your document between the guides. Charging • The battery is partially charged at shipment. Charge the battery to full for the indicator appears on the screen. fi rst time use when the low battery • It takes about 2.5 hours to charge fully (depends on the USB bus power condition). • The scanner scans approximately 550 color documents in A4 size at 300dpi when the battery is fully charged. OK ZOOM SCAN Scanning • Place the scanner fl at against the document with the scanning lens facing down. Make sure the area you want to scan is between the Alignment guides. • The default scan direction is DOWN. To select UP, go to SETTING > SCAN > DIRECTION > UP. • The default fi le type is JPG. To select PDF or Multipage PDF, go to SETTING > SCAN >FILE TYPE > PDF / Multipage PDF. Basic Scan for JPG/(single-page) PDF File Format 1. Press button to activate the Scan. A respective icon Scanning Scanning / JPG PDF appears (depends on the scan direction and fi le type setting). 2. Follow the arrow indication on the LCD screen to gently slide up or down the scanner over the document and keep your hand stable to get the best quality. 3. Press button again to stop scanning. The scanned image will show on the screen and be saved to the memory card automatically. To start a new scan, repeat the steps above. Advanced Scan for Multipage PDF File Format • Multipage PDF can save up to 50 pages in one fi le. 1. Follow the above steps 1~2. 2. Press button to pause scanning and save the current scanned document as the fi rst page of the multipage PDF. 3. Slide up or down again to continue for the next pages until all the pages are scanned. 4. To stop and end the scanning, press OK/ZOOM button. The fi rst page of the scanned document will show on the screen and the fi le will be saved to the memory card automatically. Note: In the above step 2, your PC will also recognize the scanner as a removable disk, you may click “Open folder to view fi les” instead and use the drag and drop method to transfer the scanned images. Disconnect the scanner from a PC • Double click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Windows to remove the scanner. Note: The above steps may vary in different Windows versions. A glance at ezScanPal V2.0 ezScanPal V2.0 is an easy-to-use image processing application which enables the direct communication between the scanner and the PC. Toolbar Thumbnail Window Note: ezScanPal V2.0 does not support PDF display. For detailed information on how to use each function, please refer to its ?Help. Cleaning and Calibrating • To get high image quality and good recognition results, please perform the steps below from time to time. before use. • Make sure the cleaning cloth and calibration paper are clean and free of dust Cleaning the scanner • Wipe the scanner lens lightly using the supplied cleaning cloth. • Do not use any solvent to clean the scanner. • Do not use rough material such as nylon scouring pad to wipe the scanner. Calibrating the scanner 1. Place the calibration paper on a fl at surface with the white side facing up. 2. Turn on the scanner. 3. Select CALIBRATION by following the steps below: SETTING > SCAN > CALIBRATION> Yes. 4. Hold the calibration paper fi rmly by one hand with the other hand slide forward/backward the scanner slowly against the paper. The calibration starts. 5. When the calibration is done, a message "Complete" appears and the scanner will shut down automatically. Helpful Hints Cannot turn on the scanner • Low battery. Cannot save images after scanned • The microSD card was not formatted properly, or the memory is full. Image is blur • Clean the lens of the scanner. My computer cannot charge the battery • Ensure the scanner is powered off when charging the battery. • Ensure the USB cable is fi rmly plugged into the computer's USB port. The removable device window did not launch when connecting to a PC • Go to “My Computer” and fi nd the device under removable disk. • Ensure the scanner is powered on and the microSD card is inserted. Cannot turn off the scanner during USB connection • Unplug the USB cable, then press the power button to turn off. Specifi cations Scanner Type: A4 CIS Hand-held Scanner Display:1” Color STN LCD (96 x 64 pixels) Scan Length: JPG: 50" at 300 dpi ; 20" at 600 dpi Single page PDF: 11.69" Multipage PDF: 11.69" per page, up to 50 pages per fi le Scan Mode: Color / Gray Scan Resolution: 300 / 600 dpi Scan Speed: 5 seconds for a A4 color at 300dpi ;10 seconds for a A4 color at 600dpi Auto Power Off: 2 minutes Memory Card Slot: MicroSD (Up to 32G) I/O Ports: USB mini-B (for USB power charging and mass storage) Power Supply: Lithium Polymer Battery (800mAH @3.7V) File Format: JPG/PDF/Multipage PDF Dimensions: 258 x 32.9 x 30.7 mm ; 10.2" x 1.3" x 1.2" Weight: 176g/0.38lbs Supported OS for Mass Storage: Windows XP / Vista / 7 ; Mac OS X (10.4 ~ 10.7) SETTING, and then press OK/ZOOM button. Right button to select either or and then press OK/ and then press OK/ZOOM button. Right button to select the option you wish to make change 4. Press Left / Right button to make the setting and then press OK/ZOOM Note: To return to the button. SETTING mode for more tasks, press MENU Settings 1. Select 2. Press Left / ZOOM button. Left / 3. Press button to activate. MENU SUB-MENU DESCRIPTIONS Select COLOR or GRAY mode for the scanning. COLOR MODE RESOLUTION Select 300 dpi or 600 dpi for the scanning. Sets the scanning direction to Down or Up. DIRECTION Select JPG or PDF or Multipage PDF fi le format for FILE TYPE the scanning. CALIBRATION Calibrates the scanner. Refer to Calibrating the LANGUAGE FORMAT DATE TIME FACTORY DEFAULT scanner for details. Select a screen display language. Formats all the data stored in the memory card. Date/Time setting applies to the time/date shown in the fi le property when you upload the scanned documents to a PC. Restores the current settings to the factory presets. Software Installation • The software contained in this CD is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7. 1. Insert the application CD into your CD/DVD drive. The CD will auto-run. 2. Choose ezScanPal V2.0 from the screen. The installation starts. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Note: You must install ABBYY FineReader and Adobe Acrobat Reader to enable the functions associated with ezScanPal V2.0. Connecting to a PC Transferring the Scanned Images to PC 1. Connect the mini USB cable to the Scanner and then to a USB port on your desktop or laptop which already has ezScanPal V2.0 installed. 2. A message prompts asking if you want to open ezScanPal V2.0 (along with a removable disk message). 3. Click "Open ezScanPal V2.0". Then ezScanPal V2.0 will launch with your scanned images displayed on its main screen.