A digital photo keychain is a convenient device to store digital images. These keychains come in various colors and shapes such as silver square frames or red or pink heart-shaped frames as an attractive accessory. Digital photo keychains serve as small electronic storage devices and require a USB cable for charging and for transferring images. Digital photo keychains can be packaged with a separate CD containing a driver and photo software or the device can have these utilities preloaded. Each device uses proprietary drivers for compatibility with computers, but the features are similar across the brands.
Setup and Installation
Initialize your digital photo keychain by connecting it to a computer to load the drivers and photo management software. A USB cable is supplied with the device, often using a micro-USB plug. If a CD is included with the digital keychain, be sure to install the drivers and software on your computer before connecting the device to ensure that the hardware is properly recognized by the computer. If no CD is included, the digital keychain will usually have the drivers and utility installed on the device so these essential files will be transferred to the computer as part of the hardware setup.
Photo Management
The computer will recognize the connected digital photo keychain as an external drive, like a USB jump drive. All images need to be resized and transferred to the device using the photo management software included, sometimes called photo viewers. Images can either be dropped into the open window of the photo viewer or added to the image library maintained by the photo viewer. New images can be cropped to fit the screen settings for the device before being resized to an optimum resolution. Images can also be deleted from the device using the photo viewer.
Charging
The digital photo keychain has a nonremovable rechargeable battery installed which must be charged through the USB connection. The device will automatically charge whenever the device is connected to the computer, and the screen on the keychain will display the charging status.
Buttons
Each digital keychain has at least three buttons, usually located on the side or back of the frame. Buttons marked "up" and "down" allow the user to toggle or to scroll through the pictures. The "Mode" or "Menu" button enables users to access basic settings on the device such as date and time, slide show, automatic shutoff and activate PC connection. Once the menu has been activated, the settings can be selected using the up and down buttons.
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