Use and Care Manual

USING THE THREE CONTROL BUTTONS

To boost the intensity of the three LEDs normally providing camera lighting, press the

button. Doing so lights a red LED behind the button and improves the brightness of

video and images, as shown below.

BEFORE BOOST AFTER BOOST

This feature can help you cope with very low-light conditions. When recording with the

boost feature activated, you must hold the probe very steady or your videos and images

will be blurred.

To rotate the probe’s field of view, use the button. Pressing the button once

backlights the button red and rotates the frame clockwise by 90°. Pressing it a second

time rotates the frame by an additional 90°, in effect turning the original view upside-

down. Pressing the button a third time rotates the field of view yet another 90°.

Pressing the button a fourth time restores the original view and extinguishes the red

button backlight.

To remove glare, reflections or spots from the field of view, use the button. Pressing

the button adds a red backlight to it, just like the other two buttons on the probe

controller.

This anti-reflection feature of the P18HPART is most useful

for eliminating reflections of the three forward-facing LEDs

in the camera head from shiny surfaces. Note that pressing

the button extinguishes the three forward-facing LEDs

and shifts responsibility for camera lighting to the two side-

facing LEDs. The net effect, as shown in the two photos

at right, is a clearer and more-readable image.

You can also use the anti-reflection function to remove glare

created by the P18HPART’s mirrored viewing tip (see the

next section of this manual for installation and alignment

instructions). The pair of images below illustrates the net

positive effect.

MIRRORED VIEW MIRRORED VIEW

WITHOUT ANTI-REFLECTION WITH ANTI-REFLECTION

WITH ANTI-REFLECTION

WITHOUT ANTI-REFLECTION