Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SWSAC-SPORTSCAM Swann
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1 MSAC140910E www .swannsecurity .com SportsCam™ Personal V ideo Recor der Operating Instructions ™ ™ Advanced security made easy.
2 2 2 FCC V erification: NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable pr otection against harmful interfer ence in a r esidential installation.
3 Contents ( s tu f f y o u ’ l l r e a d a f t e r t h i s ) (Important) Legal Mumbo Jumbo 2 Contents (stuff you’ll r ead after this) 3 Stuff you Alr eady Know About 4 Bits (what’ s in the pack.
4 4 4 Stuf f you Already Know About Y ou’ve gone and done it now . Really taken the cake. Y ou’ve bought a SportsCam - the miniature, waterproof, easy to use, personal action video r ecorder fr om Swann . Kudos to you! Can’ t say we’re not envious.
5 Bits (what’ s in the pack) 2 1 3 10 5 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 W aterproof Case 1. SportsCam 2. Arm Strap 3. USB Cable 4. Elastic Strap 5. Silicon Sleeve 6. Adhesive Fabric Straps 7. Double-pin Clip 8. Double-pin Clip for Case 9. Accessories (Adhesive fabric 10.
6 6 6 6 Where Stuf f is At (t h e l ay o u t of t h e t h i n g ) USB Port (Bottom) MicroSD car d slot VOX Switch Lens Microphone and Indicator LEDs Record Video Button Power ON/OFF Switch Record VIDE.
7 7 The waterproof case will pr otect the SportsCam from bumps, knocks and high winds in addition to providing waterproofing at depths up to 65ft/20m.
8 8 8 Preparing the SportsCam The SportsCam is almost good to go right out of the box. Y ou won’t need to configure anything or fiddle with confusing settings - that’ s all automatic. All you’ll need to do before the SportsCam can start recor ding is: Insert a microSD car d.
9 Charging the SportsCam Charging the built-in battery: Y ou can charge the battery via the USB slot on the base of the camera using the supplied power adapter , or using a computer’ s USB port and the supplied USB adapter or cable. Charging the battery will take approximately 60 ~ 80 minutes.
10 10 10 Pushing Buttons (an “Operating Guide”) So, how do you make the SportsCam do things (like recor d video) and how do you know what it’ s doing? It all comes down to two switches, two buttons and two LEDs. Switches The power switch tur ns the camera on and off.
11 LEDs and what they mean The two LEDs, one red and one green, ar e the primary way that the SportsCam lets you know what it’ s doing. RED LED Constantly On Power On Goes Out Power Saving Standby M.
12 12 12 Making it do things with a computer T o access and playback the videos and pictures you grab with the SportsCam , you’ll need to connect it to a computer .
13 Seeing how cool you are (Playback) Install the drivers and software on the mini CD. See page 15. Run • MDPlayer . Connect the • SportsCam to your computer (page 14). Click the • Open button. Locate the drive associated with the SportsCam .
14 14 14 T ime T ravel (Setting the Date) So, the date stamp on the video you took this mor ning indicates that you were skating along sometime in 1987.
15 Installing the Drivers for a PC Let’ s start at the start. Y ou’ll need a computer running Microsoft Windows XP , Microsoft W indows Vista or Microsoft Windows 7 . If you don’t use one of these operating systems (90-odd-percent of folks do, but if you’re one of the die-har d 10%) then you’ve got two options.
16 16 16 W earing the Camera Y ou’ve almost certainly already noticed that there are about a billion (long-scale) accessories in the pack for mounting the SportsCam . Okay , maybe not quite a billion, but there’ s more than our humble manual writer can count on one hand.
17 HelmetCam Y ou know where’ s a great place to mimic what your eyes can see? Right near your eyes. If you’r e doing anything die-hard cool , chances are you’ll be wearing a helmet (heads are fragile things, after all, and are worth pr otecting ).
18 18 18 When you’re using the waterproof case, you’ll need a dif ferent approach to mounting the camera. Sometimes it’ll be pretty similar to the methods covered over the last couple of pages, sometimes it’ s pretty dif ferent. The most common way you’ll mount the waterproof case is using the two case clips provided.
19 Mounting the W aterproof Case on your Head or Helmet Put the • SportsCam into the waterproof case. Connect the clip on the head strap to the slots in the rear of the • waterproof case. Wrap the head strap ar ound your head, helmet, arm, leg.
20 20 20 Strappin’ it to Something Else Altogether So, you want to strap your SportsCam to something completely differ ent? Y ou’ve got a [insert crazy item/sport/vehicle here] and none of the mou.
21 Sticking it to your Surfboard So, you want to mount the SportsCam onto your surfboard? No problems - you can jump onto our website (addresses below) and grab yourself a surfboar d mount. Or three, if you happen to have three surfboar ds. We sell these separately for a couple of reasons.
22 22 22 T roubleshooting Q: It won’t turn on! A: Has the camera been left on for a while? If so, it’ s in Standby mode, and will turn on again when you pr ess a button. If that doesn’t work, try tur ning it on and of f again. Is the SportsCam charged? If not, follow the instructions on page 9 to charge the camera.
23 T echnical Specifications 23 Video Video Format Resolution 640 x 480 Frame Rate 30fps Video Bit Rate V ariable (500 ~ 800KB/s) Amount of video per GB 15 ~ 20 minutes Overlays T ime & Date Stam.
24 24 24 © Swann Communications 2010 Advanced security made easy™ Swann Communications warrants this product against defects in workmanship and material for a period of one (1) year from it’s original purchase date. Y ou must present your receipt as proof of date of purchase for warranty validation.
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