User’s Manual

for
USB Digital Microscope

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 Introduction

Thank you for your choice of our product - it is a high-tech while easy to use Digital

Microscope. With this unit you will see a unique and “bigger” world.

It’s easy to zoom in on stamps, coins, paper currency, plants, insects, rocks and

minerals, and so much more.

We recommend reading this manual first to get the best out of this unit.

Computer System Requirements:

 Windows 2000/XP/VISTA/WIN7&Mac

 P4 1.8 or above

 RAM: 256M

 Video Memory: 32M

 USB port: 2.0

 CD-ROM Drive

Technical Specifications
Image Sensor High Resolution
Still capture resolution 1600x1200, 1280x1024, 1024x960, 1024x768, 800x600,
640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 160x120
Video Capture 1600x1200 (2M),
1280x1024, 1024x960, 1024x768, 800x600,
640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 160x120
Focus Range Manual focus from 10mm to 500mm
Frame Rate Max 30f/s under 600 Lus Brightness
Video format AVI
Photo format JPEG or BMP
Light source 8 LED (adjustable by control wheel)
Operation system Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win 7/Mac
OSD language English, German, Spanish, Korean, French, Russian

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 Install the software

Connecting the Microscope to Computer! It must connect the Microscope to

Computer before software installation.

Insert the driver CD into CD-ROM Drive and this will automatically display the

following interface:

1. Install the driver by clicking Install Driver

The Install Shield Wizard will walk you through the whole process.

Click on the “Next” button to continue.

2. Install the MicroView software

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 Click Install MicroView and then reboot the system when asked.

3. You can also browse the User’s manual in PDF format and the CD contents by

choosing the corresponding menus.

 Start Microscope

Connect your Microscope to your PC USB port, start the software by clicking the

icon generated on the desktop after installation and you will see the

following screen pop up.

1. When the Microscope is disconnected from your PC USB port, the screen will

display “No Device detected, please connect your Microscope directly to your PC

USB port.”
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 Change preview size

You can change the preview size.

Note: The size of the photo taken is equivalent to the preview size selected in

the Options menu/Preview Size.

 Rotate the output image angle

You can rotate the output image clockwise and counter-clockwise.

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 Date/Time

You can display or turn off Date/Time by the following operation:

 Language

You can choose On Screen Display language by the following operation:

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 Skin

You can choose to change the appearance of your MicroView screen by the

following operation:

 Full screen

1. You can enter & quit full screen mode by:

1) Double-clicking the preview area.

2) Clicking the full screen icon:

3) Choose Full screen mode from menu.

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 When in full screen mode, click on the Full screen icon to turn off and restore

toolbars and menus.

 Preferences

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Major operations under preferences include Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, white

balance etc.

 Capture

1. Photo capture

You can take photos by either of the following ways:

1) Click the camera button

2) Choose Capture and then click Photo

3) By pressing F11

Captured photos are saved automatically and image thumbnails will be available

on the right side of the MicroView screen for further editing. For editing photo,

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 please refer to later operations.

2. Video capture

You can record video by either of the following two ways:

1) Click the video camera button

2) Choose from the menu bar Capture and then click Video

When recording, there is a red dot flashing on the video camera button.

Video is saved in AVI format.

Stop capture:

1) Click the flashing video camera button

2) Choose Capture and then click Stop capturing

Note: Please note the best pixels for video capturing is 640x480.

 Edit photos

1. Preview photos

1) Clicking on an image thumbnail will display the image selected on the preview

area, with its size displayed on the left-bottom corner.

2) You can double click the image thumbnail and an independent preview box will

pop up as shown below:

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2. Save photos

You can save photo by right clicking on the thumbnail and then choose Save.

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The file can be saved in either jpeg or bmp. The jpeg size in which the photo is saved

is the maximum allowed for jpeg. You can choose to decrease the size by adjusting

quality. Click the Advanced button to view and select jpeg save options.

3. Delete photos

By right clicking and then choosing Delete, you can delete the selected photo. Or, at

the independent preview box you can choose delete icon to delete the previewed

photo.

4. Copy photos

Right click on the thumbnail and then choose Copy.

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 Edit videos

You can right click the video small icon listed on the right column and then choose

Play, Copy, and Delete etc.

 Quit MicroView

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 How to use measurement & calibration function

1. Point the microscope onto a target object e.g. a ruler; rotate the focus wheel to get

a clear focus.

2. When the focus at the clearest point, take a snapshot.

3. Adjust the light control wheel to make the right lightness suitable to the object.

4. Open the captured photo double clicking on the thumbnail. A preview window

will open:

5. Input the magnification ratio noted down into the box indicated at the top right
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 corner of the preview window. (Please note it is necessary to input the

magnification ratio noted down on step3; otherwise the measurement is

meaningless.)

6. Now you can measure the size of the whole or part of the object you have taken

using the available options. Click on the icons on top of the window. Following are

the options:

1) Direct line: click , left-click mouse to choose a start point and drag mouse to
an end point, Notice that the measurement is displayed. Release the mouse when

done.

2) Multi-line: click , left-click mouse to choose a start point and drag to an end
point. Notice that the measurements are displayed as you go along. Release mouse

when done. You can continue measuring from the previous end point to a next

point and so on.

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3) Circle-radius: click , left-click to choose a start point for a circle; draw the
circle to an end point, release the mouse, and the radius of the circle will be

displayed.

4) Circle-diameter: click , left-clicking to choose a start point for a circle; draw

the circle to an end point, release the mouse, and the radius of the circle will be

displayed.

5) Angle: click , left-click to choose a start point for an angle, draw the line to

another point and then release the mouse to create one line for an angle. Move

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 your mouse to bring out another line of the angle, left-click when the angle is ok.

The angle value will then display.

7. Unit: click , you can choose the unit at which the measured values display.

Units available include: pixels / inches / km / mt / mm /cm / micro

8. Other operations you can carry out on the photo taken include:

1) : make notes on the photo taken

2) : select font, font style, font size etc

3) : draw line, box etc on the photo

4) : line color

5) : line thickness

6) : line type

7) : undo operation

Note:

1. The magnification ratio you are allowed to input is according to the microscope.

Do not input any value beyond that.

2. The measurement value worked out by the software is only for reference; it may

not be 100% correct.

5. The measurement function is only available on Windows Operating System.

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 Instructions for Mac software

Part I How to Install the Software

Open mac folder from the disc and copy MicroCapture onto your desktop for daily

use.

Part II How to use MicroCapture

1. Plug your Microscope into PC USB port.

2. Double click MicroCapture icon to open the MicroCapture window.

The microscope is now ready to use.

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3. Preview

At the central window, you can preview the magnified subject.

4. Change preview resolution

From Options, you can choose the preview resolution. The current resolution will

be displayed at the left bottom corner of the preview window.

Please note that the preview window size always remains at 640x480 but the current

resolution will show at the left bottom corner.

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5. Date/Time

From Options, you can turn the date/time on or off.

6. Photo capture

You can capture photo by:

1) Choosing Capture/Photo

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 2) clicking photo capture icon

The captured photos will appear as thumbnails on the right side of the preview

window.

7. Video capture

You can capture video by:

1) choosing Capture/Video

2) clicking video capture icon

Note: After clicking on the icon, the video capture icon will turn red to indicate

video clip recording. Click the red icon again, to stop recording!!

The captured videos will be appeared as thumbnails on the right side of the preview

window under Video tab.

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8. Photo & Video editing

Captured photo & video appear as thumbnails on the right side of the preview

window.

1) photo

Double click a photo thumbnail to open in the main preview window

You can then carry out operations as you normally do on Mac system.

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2) Video

Clicking a video clip thumbnail, the video will play automatically.

9. Help info

By choosing About MicroCapture, you can get help info from your local agent.

[Link] MicroCapture

Choosing Quit MicroCapture as follows, you can quit the software.

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Safety:
 The Microscope is not waterproof, so please keep it dry.

 Do not use it in a humid place like bathrooms. A dry environment can maintain

its life to maximum.

 Use the Microscope only at -5℃-50℃.

 Sudden temperature changing may form dew inside the Microscope like entering

a warm room in cold winter. Put it inside a handbag or plastic bag to slow down

the temperature changes.

 Do not point Microscope lens to the sun or strong light for a long time.

Powerful light may hurt the light-sensitive electronics.

 Avoid touching the lens.

 The white LEDs which illuminate the Microscope target field are very bright. Do

not stare directly into these LEDs as it may damage your eyes.

 The clear plastic distance shell sometimes picks up dirt or toxic material from a

microscopically observed surface. Be careful that this doesn’t get in contact with

the human skin. Always wash carefully or disinfect as needed.

 Do not unplug the Microscope from USB port when LEDs are on. This may cause

information loss or circuit damage. Please always close MicroCapture and then

unplug the Microscope.

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