Vivitar ViviCam - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 2

Well after looking at the manual, it is of no help but the pictures show it hinging open. Try pressing down and sideways along the compartment door from hinge line to outer edge. It it slides, it should unlock. Read reviews that indicated Vivitar customer support told an owner to visit a camera shop. Manual is on the CD included with the camera. Good luck.

Hi,

The reason you get no sound on playback of videos is that this camera has no Microphone. This is one of the most disappointing features of the camera as whilst it has video capability it has no ability to record Audio.

Vivitar have omitted this feature on several models to keep costs down and unfortunately there is nothing you can do about it in terms of adding audio.

If you have a video editing program on your computer you may be able to add a voice over or a soundtrack to the video by using this method but no original audio can be recorded.

Hope this clarifies the issue. Thanks for using FixYa.

Yes, it's possible to recover photos from camera, the best way is to use a camera recovery software like asoftech photo recovery, you can follow this tutorialRecover deleted photos from camerahope this helps.

Mass Storage Device Class: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDC If your camera is saying this then it's either connected to your computer or thinks it's connected. With most cameras this is not an error but simply a notification that the camera is connected and can be used as a storage device but not as a camera.

i have the same camera and the same problem but i have found out msdc means mass storage device, for the camera to work you have to have a memory card inside it. im getting one tomorrow for mine, so hopefully that should solve the problem :)

The ViviCam records no audio, having no microphone. It's just putting an empy soundtrack into the video file.

I realize that wasn't the answer you wanted to see, but there it is.

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Possibly either- or Take it back to the shop and ask them to check by inserting another card or card into another camera Get which ever it is play up replaced

Why would you put music onto a camera ?

What information is given in the manual ? BTW, AFAIK, 2gb SD cards and 2gb SDHC cards are not interchangeable - do you have the correct one ?

You can try formatting it as a fat 32 card with a computer.

On the side of the SD card, there is a very small lever that locks the card. The label on the card will indicate the position of the lever to place it in the unlocked position.

You should be able to format the card in the camera. 8 gig may be too large for the camera.

most Vivitar cameras don't have speakers so if you want to hear the sound you either have to download the video onto your PC with the USB cable or play it directly from the camera using the USB cable and Vivitar software.

A new battery might solve the problem

The cable is not causing any trouble by simply being connected to the PC end. Remove all the camera drivers prior to reinstalling the software you downloaded.

Format in the camera, never with a PC

Can you put the SD card in an external card reader and see any files? Did you format the sd cards in the camera? You should never format the cameras sd card with a pc.

Try a different USB cable or in a different USB port on the PC. All USB cables are not alike. There are charge only and data only cables. Other cables will do both.

Did you format the card in the camera ?