On February 7th, after the camera entered the digital age, the periodicity of products quickly shortened, and prices were the same as all electronic products. Under the low gross margin and the pressure of the appreciation of the yen, Japanese brand camera brands are almost exclusively focused on DSLRs and monocular non-mirror models, while portable and single-eye models are accelerating. In addition, even Matsushita, which had insisted on not to appoint subcontractors in the past, finally ceased to insist. The first order was won by Canon.

After years of development in digital cameras, portable models have grown from 100-200 megapixels in 2000 to over 20 million pixels. However, due to the accelerated product cycle and fierce price competition, coupled with the appreciation of the Japanese yen, Japanese companies have had to keep orders for portable cameras, and even Sanyo, a special foundry, can not stand the competition of Taiwanese factories. Therefore, this is also the current global portable digital camera sales of about 110 million units a year, but the three Taiwanese factories including Canon, Hua Jingke and Hon Hai shipments totaled more than 60 million units.

Originally, Japanese companies still had Canon and Panasonic insisting on self-control, but recently the market was reported to suffer a loss from the Panasonic television department. The company also began to release orders for Taiwanese factories. According to reports, the first batch of orders was made by Canon, so it is only left. The Canon family is not yet entrusted. It's worth noting that although Canon's camera shipments are new and high, they can't keep up with the profits. It has led to adjustments by top organizations some time ago. It will be worth watching continuously in the future.

From the brand point of view, the digital camera industry in addition to Samsung (Samsung) and Kodak (Kodak), the top 10 are the Japanese industry world. Kodak recently announced bankruptcy, almost declared that this brand will eventually shrink, and Samsung's performance in the field of digital cameras compared to mobile phones, LED TVs and tablet computers, there is a long gap, there is still no strong threat in the short term.

Therefore, Japanese brands including Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, Pentax, Olympus, Fuji, Casio, and Ricoh are still the mainstream of the digital camera market, while GE, led by Yaguang, is one of the few Taiwanese color brands.

For the foundry, Kodak is a customer of Hua Jingke and Yaguang, and Kodak declared bankruptcy. In addition to listing losses on bad debts, it also means that there is less important revenue source, and Olympus's high-level hidden losses make the city full of storms. , for the brand image can not help but hurt, for the foundry Hon Hai (formerly Pu Lier) and Yaguang is also unfavorable.

It is worth noting that the digital camera generation industry model is very different from TVs, laptops, etc. Digital cameras are terminal and the products are almost completely different from each other. Therefore, a large number of R&D teams and development time are required. After Hon Hai’s merger with Purule, it not only failed to meet the expectations of the original sweeping the market, but also caused the decline in market share.

Digital Timer Switch Socket

Instruction Manual

1. Features

Clock display, 10 sets of adjustable timed power control, randomized power control, manual switch and optional DST setup.

2. First time charging

This timer contains a rechargeable battery. It is normal that the new/old model runs out of battery if it wasn`t being charged for a long period of time. In this case, the screen will not turn on.

To charge : simply plug the timer to a power outlet. The charging time should take at least 15 minutes.

If the screen doesn`t light up or displays garbled characters, simply reboot the system by pressing the [RESET" button.

3. Set clock


Hold [CLOCK" button and [WEEK" button to adjust week.

Hold [CLOCK" button and [HOUR" button to adjust hour.

Hold [CLOCK" button and [MINUTE" button to adjust minute.

Hold [CLOCK" button and [TIMER" button to select 12 hour/24 hour display.

Hold [CLOCK" button and [ON/AUTO/OFF" button to enable/disable DST (daylight-saving-time).

4. Set timer

Press [TIMER" button, select and set timer. Setting rotation : 1on, 1off, 2on, 2off, ...... , 10on, 10off.

Press [HOUR" button to set hour for timer.

Press [MIN" button to set minute for timer.

Press [WEEK" button to set weekday for timer. Multiple weekdays can be selected. ex: if selected [MO", the timer will only apply on every Monday; if selected [ MO, WE, FR", the timer will apply on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.


Press [RES/RCL" button to cancel the selected on or off timer. The screen will show "-- -- : -- --" , the timer is canceled.

Press [RES/RCL" button again to reactivate the timer.


When timers are set, press [CLOCK" to quit timer setting and return to clock.

5. Random function


Press [RANDOM" button to activate random function, press again to cancel function.

System only runs random function when [AUTO" is on.

Random function will automatically start the timer from 2 to 32 minutes after the setting.

ex : if timer 1on was set to 19:30 with the random function on, the timer will activate randomly between 19:33 to 20:03.

if timer 1off was set to 23:00 with the random function on, the timer will activate randomly between 23:02 to 23:32.

To avoid overlapping, make sure to leave a minimum of 31 minutes gap between different sets of timer.

6. Manual control

Displayed features:

ON : socket turns on.

OFF : socket turns off.

AUTO : socket turns on/off automatically via timer.

Manual ON setting

Press [ON/AUTO/OFF" button to switch from [AUTO" to [ON".

This mode allows socket of the device to power up. Power indicator will light up.

Manual OFF setting

Press [ON/AUTO/OFF" button to switch from [AUTO" to [OFF".

This mode turns socket of the device off. Power indicators will turn off.

7. Electrical parameters

Operating voltage : 230VAC

Battery : NiMh 1.2V

Power consumption : < 0.9W

Response time : 1 minute

Power output : 230VAC/16A/3680W

Q&A

Q: Why won`t my timer turn on?

A: It`s out of battery, you can charge the timer by plugging onto any power outlet. Charge the device for at least 15 minutes. Then press [RESET " button to reset the device.

Q: Can I set seconds of the timer?

A: No, the smallest time unit is minute.

Q: Does my timer keeps old settings without being plugged onto a power outlet?

A: Yes, the timer has an internal battery, it allows the timer to save settings without a power outlet.

Q: Is the battery rechargeable?

A: Yes, the battery is rechargeable. We recommend to charge it for 4 hours so the battery is fully charged.

Q: Does the timer needs internet connection?

A: The timer does not need internet.

Q: Does the screen have back light function?

A: It doesn`t support back light.

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