I have a polaroid a530 and when i hook it up to my pc it geives an option caled pc cam i hit and nothing happens please help

Sounds like you have a bad LCD screen, hook up a computer monitor on the video output located on the back of your Laptop, if the monitor produces a nice clean picture, suspect the LCD screen on your Laptop.

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Try double-clicking the pics. Or open them in Quicktime...it's a free download from Apple.

For one thing, you can't charge this camera via usb. pc hooks it up as a flash drive. pc cam makes it a web-cam but you have to install drivers for it. printer is for hooking up to printers that have usb host mode and can be connected directly to the printer.

Buy an inexpensive card reader to download your pictures to a folder you create on your desktop.

I contacted Polaroid help desk and they were clueless. They said there is no way to set the time after messing around with the camera for 10 minutes.

When you pull the photos off the camera it does record a date and time. I believe they forgot to add the option in the setup menu so you cannot get to it. I asked for them to send me a differant camera and the help desk rep laughed.

I guess thats what I get for buying a cheap camera.

if you are trying to used it as a web cam there is no way you can used this camera as one.

but i would consider looking though the manual
http://www.polaroid.com/service/userguides/digital/cameras/a530_ug_en.pdf

hi my girlfiend had the same problem, you can download the driver here:::

http://polaroid.com/service/software/digcams/t_series/t730driver.exe

(note that this is a direct download, and will not navigate you to a new page)

send me an e mail at [email protected] and i will get it for you. send me the exact model number with your telephone number so i can geive you the exact cost and eta.

look for cam cable loose connection, or the cable itself is bad!( it's the common problem, check the cable end tips!) uninstalling, installing and reinstalling any software and driver is useless too. The pc must recognize first your webcam, if the connection is not good theres no way it can be detected by the pc.