FAR 1x FAQs

FlipAlbum® Recorder does not auto-rotate your images from your Memory Card. You may, however, rotate the images individually using the following instructions:

1.	Flip to the page containing the image you wish to rotate.
2.	Press the MENU button on the Remote Control to display the Left/Right Menu.
3.	Press the Down, Up, Left, Right buttons on the remote control to select the angle and the direction of the rotation, as well as the page on which the image is located.
4.	Press OK button to complete the image rotation.

Can I use my Card Viewer that connects to a USB port?

The current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder does not come with a USB port. It is a standalone system, similar to a VCR or DVD-R player. You will have to plug your Memory Card in the FlipAlbum® Recorder directly.

Can FlipAlbum® Recorder play on PAL TVs?

The current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder supports NTSC format only. However, you may also play it on multi-system TVs that support both NTSC and PAL formats.

Does FlipAlbum® Recorder support mini CD-R/Ws?

FlipAlbum® Recorder supports mini-CDRs and mini-CDRWs, similar to the CDROM drive that works with personal computers. Hence, if you are able to play your mini-CDR/W on your computer, the mini CD-R/Ws should play on the FlipAlbum® Recorder as well.

What is the writing speed of FlipAlbum® Recorder?

The writing speed of FlipAlbum® Recorder is 4X.

If I create an Album CD using FlipAlbum® software, can I playback the Album CD on the FlipAlbum® Recorder?

If you have a copy of our PC or Mac version of FlipAlbum® Suite or Pro software, you may create a simple Album CD and play it on FlipAlbum® Recorder. To ensure full compatibility, you may want to note that FlipAlbum® Recorder currently supports JPG and BMP image file format and MP3 background music only. Content of other file formats will be ignored.

Will a slideshow created with other software, e.g., Microsoft Powerpoint, work with FlipAlbum® Recorder?

The current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder will only play a folder of images or Album CDs created from both PC and Mac versions of our software.

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Can the albums created in FlipAlbum® Recorder playback on DVD players?

The current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder creates Album CDs that playback on PCs only. However, if you have a DVD player that can read a folder of images from a CD-R or CD-RW and display the images in a slideshow format, you may use FlipAlbum® Recorder to archive the images from your memory card(s) to CD-Rs or CD-RWs and play the archived images on the DVD player in a slideshow format.

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Technical Assistance

Can I change the default music and album theme?

Yes, you may change the book theme and music by inserting the Themes & Music CD that comes with the FlipAlbum® Recorder package.

You may also include your own themes and music. Please do get permission from the source of the music and theme elements before using them.

To include your own music, simply insert a CD of mp3 files.

To include your own theme, simply insert a CD of theme files. Instructions on how to create themes are as follows:

1.	A FlipAlbum® theme contains the following elements or images:
	1 Front Cover (485x618 pixels @ 72 dpi) 1 Back Cover (485x618 pixels @ 72 dpi) 1 Left Page Background (434x552 pixels @ 72 dpi) 1 Right Page Background (434x552 pixels @ 72 dpi) 1 Centerfold Page Background (961x612 pixels @ 72 dpi) 1 Book Background (1024x645 pixels @ 72 dpi)
2.	Launch an image editing program, and create ".jpg" images of each of the above-mentioned theme element. Save the theme elements according to the following file names:
	xx Front Cover.jpg xx Back Cover.jpg xx Pg Left.jpg xx Pg Right.jpg xx Centerfold.jpg xx Book Bckgnd.jpg
	where xx refers to the name of the theme.
3.	Save the above-mentioned files in a folder named xx.
4.	Launch Notepad and create a new file with the following content. Do remember to replace "xx" with the name of the theme.
	[Theme] Title=xx No of Separators=0 Front Cover=xx Front Cover.jpg Back Cover=xx Back Cover.jpg Book Background=xx Book Bckgnd.jpg Page Background=xx Pg Left.jpg Right Page Background=xx Pg Right.jpg Centerfold Page Background=xx Centerfold.jpg
5.	Save the newly created file as "theme.ini" in the xx folder.
6.	Create as many themes as you require and burn the theme files on a CD-R or CD-RW.

Is there a way to change the title on the front cover of the album, instead of FlipAlbum® Recorder using the folder file name from the Memory Card?

The current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder does not have text editing capability. Hence, you cannot change the title on the front cover album. You may, however, want to check if your digital camera has the functionality to change folder names.

Can I change the order of images from within FlipAlbum® Recorder?

The current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder does not allow you to change the order of the images. You may, however, delete and rotate the images. And if you have a copy of the FlipAlbum® software, you may re-arrange the images there.

Where can I play the albums created by FlipAlbum® Recorder? Must they be played on a FlipAlbum® Recorder, or can they also be played on a Computer and/or TV?

With FlipAlbum® Recorder, you may create pop-and-play Album CDs for PC playback. The recipients of your Album CDs do not have to install any programs, not even FlipViewer®, to view your album. They may simply pop the Album CD in their PC CDROM drive, and your album will be automatically displayed.

You may also choose to copy the images directly from your Memory Card to a CD-R or CD-RW. This is known as image archiving. You may do so by using the 'Copy Memory Card Contents to CD' feature on the FlipAlbum® Recorder Options Menu or by pressing the 'Copy' button on the FlipAlbum® Recorder.

Is it possible for the FlipAlbum® Recorder to corrupt the files on the Memory Card?

No, the FlipAlbum® Recorder does not corrupt the files on the Memory Card. However, to avoid damages to your Memory Card, please do not remove the Memory Card when the 'Memory Card Status' indicator is lighted in red.

How long does it take to transfer 650MB of images to the CD Writer? How long does it take to burn an Album CD?

There are basically two modes of transferring your images from the Memory Card onto a CD-R or CD-RW using FlipAlbum® Recorder.

1. Image Archiving
This function allows you to archive the contents of your Memory Card onto a CD-R or CD-RW. You may then free up the space in your Memory Card for more photo-taking. You may archive your images from your Memory Card to a CD-R by simply pressing the 'Copy' button on the FlipAlbum® Recorder, or by selecting the 'Copy Memory Card Contents to CD' option on the FlipAlbum® Recorder Options Menu. The time taken to archive the images depends on the number and size of the images in your Memory Card. For images of size 650MB, the archiving process takes approximately 20 minutes.

2. Creating an Album CD
After you have removed, rotated or modified the images to your satisfaction, you may start creating an Album CD by selecting the "Burn Album onto CD" option on the FlipAlbum® Recorder Options Menu. The Album CD burning process depends on the number and size of the images, themes and music files applied to the Flipbook. Hence, the Album CD burning process takes slightly longer, by about 3 to 5 minutes, as compared to the image archiving process.

Errors

FlipAlbum® Recorder does not read the images on CF Card taken from Minolta 7Hi Camera, but the same CF Card with images from Nikon 950 works?

FlipAlbum® Recorder accepts JPG and BMP image files only. Hence, it is possible that the images captured on the Minolta 7Hi are not saved in one of the above-mentioned supported file format.

I'm not able to view the Album CDs created from FlipAlbum® software. The pages are blank.

There are two possible reasons why your pages appear blank, namely:

1.	Your Album CD is encrypted. Please note that the current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder does not support image encryption.
2.	The image format of the image(s) on your Album CD is not supported. The current version of FlipAlbum® Recorder supports images of JPG and BMP file format only.