I have no CD with my vivitar 7020, how can I put my pictures on my laptop?

Perhaps some sticky substance was spilled on this part of your camera. Try cleaning with a q-tip moist with alcohol

In switches sometimes things break. Or springs break. It is a clear mechanical defect, but I don't think it is worth repairing this. Half an hour in the repair shop and it will cost you 100 dollar.

The buttons are so close fitting the tiniest piece of dust or dirt could hold the button down.

I have found the local phone repair shops to be extremely useful in the matters of small digital cameras.

You don't need the Vivitar software.


The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.


Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program such as Picasa.


Picasa also gives you superior photo editing capabilities than the Vivitar software and will work with photos from any digital camera.

You will be able to download the manual at the link below:
http://www.vivitar.com/files_products/400/ViviCam_7022_Camera_Manual.pdf (the instructions are the same for vivitar 7020)

You can find the manual for the 7022 here, which is very similar in specs to the 7020:

http://www.vivitar.com/files_products/400/ViviCam_7022_Camera_Manual.pdf

Unfortunately, that's the way it is. The ViviCam 7020 does not record sound in video mode. You can add a soundtrack using video-editing software on a computer, but you cannot record one on the camera.

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

That is correct. The ViviCam 7020 does not record sound. You can add a soundtrack using video-editing software on a computer, but you cannot record one on the camera.

The 7020 uses SD cards up to 2GB in size and SDHC cards up to 8GB in size. You can use any brand as long as you stick to the major ones. The speed won't matter to the camera, though a faster card might download faster if you use a card reader instead of the camera.

The manual for the 7022 can be viewed/downloaded here. Based an appearance and basic specs it appears to be the same/similar to the 7020.

Hope this helps

Ray