What is “white-balance compensation”?

If you are shooting indoors without a flash, or in other unusual lighting conditions, your digital photos may be tinted with strange colors (such as orange, green, or blue). Many Polaroid digital cameras use white-balance compensation to fix this problem. If your camera includes this feature:

Use the camera’s automatic white-balance setting for most lighting conditions.

If flash is prohibited or not being used indoors, you may want to try the camera’s fluorescent, or tungsten setting, depending on the source of the prevailing lighting.

How do I install my software CD?

To install the software:

1Turn your computer on.

2Check that your computer meets the following requirements: a 200 MHz Pentium processor or equivalent

b Compatible with Microsoft Windows 98, Me, or 2000 c 32 MB RAM

d 195 MB available hard disk space

e Available USB port (Windows 98, Me, or 2000)

f High-color display with 800 x 600 DPI resolution or higher g 2x or faster CD-ROM drive

hMouse

3Insert the software CD into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. If the installation program does not start automatically: a Select Run from the Windows Start menu.

b Click Browse and select your CD-ROM drive. c Select Setup.exe from the CD-ROM.

dClick Open.

eClick OK. The installation program begins.

4Follow the instructions on your computer screen.

5At the final prompt, click Finish.

Caution: You must restart your computer after installing the software.

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