Use and Care Manual

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
VIEWING LIVE VIDEO ON THE CONSOLE
Continue charging the console and probe batteries until both are fully charged. To
determine whether the console's battery is fully charged, either power the console off
and then on again, or press the ▲ or ▼ button, followed by the Esc button. A battery
charge status icon will briefly appear at the lower left of the LCD, as explained and
shown below on this page.
The charge of the probe’s battery is indicated by the color of the LED on the side of the
controller (Fig. 2, Callout 15). Table 2 on p. 7 correlates the LED's color with the probe’s
charge level.
While the batteries continue to charge, General recommends that you become familiar
with the DCS1800 console's controls, indicators and menu options before taking the unit
out into the field. The system operates the same way whether powered by batteries or
the AC adapter.
To begin, power off the unit by pressing and holding the button on the console. Then
press and hold the button again to power the console back on. Each time the console is
powered on, the screen shown below will appear briefly, superimposed on live video
captured by the camera probe. Together, the number of bars in each icon represent the
DCS1800 console’s two “vital signs”—battery charge and available memory capacity.
The number of filled-in bars at the bottom of the screen
reflects the amount of data currently stored on the SD
card. A full card would be indicated by four bars. The
more filled-in bars in the icon, the higher the
current level of battery charge. Four bars indicate a fully
charged battery.
Finally, note the dual function of the Esc button in Preview
(live video) mode:
• Press the Esc button briefly and the size of targets will be doubled as the
camera’s field of view is reduced by that amount. A magnifying glass icon and the
text +2.0x will appear on-screen and remain there after the available memory
capacity bars and the battery charge icon make a brief appearance.
• Press and hold the Esc button and video will be mirrored horizontally, as shown in
the two photos below right. The effect makes it possible to read text or serial
numbers “reversed” by an attached probe with a mirrored viewing tip—by undoing
the reversal. A mirror icon will appear on-screen to indicate that video is being
mirrored.
You can mirror and zoom videos at the
same time by pressing the Esc button
briefly, and then pressing and holding
the button. In this case, a magnifying
glass icon, the text +2.0x and a mirror
icon will appear on-screen together.
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