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C1-C2-C3 Basic settings and how they work

 

LOOP RECORDING


When SD card becomes full it will loop back to beginning and over write previous videos. As example, say you have 3 videos on your SD card v1, v2, v3 and the card is now full. Loop recording will loop back to v1 and over write it to v4 and continue recording, next it will over write v2 to v5, then v3 to v6 and so on. The switch on side of camera needs to be set to loop recording (center position)
Also see: VIDEO CLIP LENGTH

 
VIDEO SOUND


Turns on or off sound in videos. When selecting video sound OFF the file sizes are no different than if sound was on so the audio must still be in the video, but is muted.

 
TIME LAPSE VIDEO
 
Takes picture automatically every "preset" number of seconds.

Note: This feature only works with C3 cameras.

 
TIME DELAY PHOTOS


Camera waits preset number of seconds before taking a picture.

 
MOTION DETECT


 If auto power on is set to ON, motion detection starts when camera is turned on.
If auto power on is set to OFF, motion detection starts when camera is turned on and shutter button is pressed.
 Motion detect records 1 minute clips. When motion is detected the camera records for 1 minute, at the end of 1 minutes if no motion is detected the camera goes back to standby mode waiting for next motion. To verify motion detect is working set recording indicator to ON, led will blink when recording. Motion detect has a max range of about 20 feet.

 
G-Sensor

A sudden force of motion (Shock or G-Force) starts a 1 minute recording.

Turning G-Sensor OFF the video will not auto self-rite when camera is rotated.
Turning G-Sensor ON the video will auto self-rite when camera is rotated.

Note: When G-Sensor is ON each time the camera rotates it will start a new clip with a 4-5 second gap between the clips as the video self rights.

 
AUTO POWER ON

When auto power ON is selected the camera will start recording when power is turned on.
When auto power OFF is selected the shutter button needs to be manually pressed to start recording.
 
TV VIDEO OUT

NTSC is the video standard used in North America. 30 frames are transmitted each second.
PAL is the video standard mostly used overseas. 25 frames are transmitted each second.
 
FREQUENCY Hz

Used to avoid artificial light flickering on your recordings. 60Hz is used in U.S.
 
POWER OFF DELAY

There are 4 settings for auto shut off. Off, 30s, 60s, 120s. This is the amount of time before the camera shuts off after being in standby mode with no activity. Set to OFF the camera will remain ON until its stopped or battery is depleted.
 
SATURATION

The amount of color in your videos.
Low decreases color, High increases color
 
CONTINUOUS SHOT

The number of pictures taken when shutter button is pressed.

Setting 1: will take 1 picture each time the button is pressed.
Setting 2: will take 2 consecutive pictures in a row.
Setting 3: will take 3 consecutive pictures in a row.
 
VIDEO CLIP LENGTH

With loop recording ON the video clip lengths are 1min, 3min, 5min, 10min, 30min.
With loop recording OFF the video clip length is 1 continuous video.
Also see: LOOP RECORDING
 
RECORDING INDICATOR

When set to ON LED will blink when recording. When set to Off LED will blink twice then not be visible.
 
PHOTO SIZE

Photo sizes are 1 mega pixel, 2 mega pixel, 3 mega pixel.

1 mega pixel the picture size will be 1280x720
2 mega pixel the pictures will be 4032x3024
3 mega pixel the pictures will be 2048x1536
 
VIDEO SIZE

1080P 30fps = 1920x1080 (Red Led)
720P 60fps = 1280x720  (Green Led)
 
EXPOSURE VALUE

Exposure value determines the darkness or lightness of video.
Selecting the + numbers adds brightness to videos, selecting - numbers darkens videos.
 
DATE STAMP

Set to OFF, No date/time in pictures or videos.
Set to ON, Displays date/time in pictures or videos.
Also see: DATE STAMP LOGO
 
DATE STAMP LOGO

Add your logo next date stamp. Must be all cap letters.
Also see: DATE STAMP