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Power Button:
Press power button for 3 seconds to turn camera ON/OFF. Turning camera ON automatically starts recording 1080P video, LED will slow blink when recording. Default start up mode 1080P.

When turning on camera avoid holding the power button longer than 3 seconds.
The red led will flash once and camera shuts off.

Shutter Button:
Pressing the shutter button Starts/Stops recording. Using optional AV Out cable to TV the shutter button also acts as the Next button to scroll thru pre-recorded videos.

Mode Button:
The mode button selects the different resolutions and frame rates. When camera is first turned ON it starts recording in 1080P 30fps (blinking red light) To switch modes click the shutter button to stop any recording (solid light). Pressing the mode button will switch to 720P 60fps (Green light) pressing again will switch to 720P 30fps (Orange light). Continue recording in selected mode by pressing the shutter button. Using optional AV Out cable to TV the Mode button also acts as the record button to record live videos. See mode colors shown below.

Camera Drive

When connecting the cam using the USB connector for the first time a box will pop up "installing drivers" which are the USB mass storage device and video camera USB device. A new drive will be listed on your pc, as example: Removable Disk (J;)

Pictures and Videos

All media files will be saved to the "DCIM/100MEDIA folder on the camera drive. Right click any of the media files you created in the folder for options like Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete. What I do is highlight all media (or edit, select all), cut and paste them to a folder on my pc, this removes them off camera SD card and saves them to pc.

25 minutes of recording time will put you around 2.2 GB.
This cam can do around 60 minutes of video on full charge.

Charging

USB takes about 70 minutes to fully charge if the battery is completely empty. When charging the yellow led will remain solid, when fully charged the led will shut off.

Using the car charger the camera will automatically start/stop recording when power is detected or not detected. Car charger can also charge and record at same time.

Note: There are 3 cables for this camera, the RCA cable with red & yellow ends used for A/V out, the single wire data cable that charges or transfers data, the longer 2 wire car charger cable used with car charger.

Movie Maker 6 for Win 7

Windows live movie maker that shipped with windows 7 is more of a down graded movie maker 6. For those who want the better movie maker 6 for win7 -64 bit edition you can download it here, download also includes K-lite codec pack 64 bit. See how to: video

PIP Using Movie Maker 6
Make a picture in picture video using RehanFX transitions and effects for Vista movie maker.
See example video: RehanFx PIP

SD Cards

SD cards range from 2-32 GB. The cards used are the Micro SD/TF/SDHC with storage space 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB. Tip: TF = TransFlash, SDHC = Secure Digital High Capacity. Your local computer store may sell these cards but you will probably find them cheaper online. The higher the class number (2, 4, 6...) the faster the read/write speed. Transcend, Kinston, and SanDisk are popular brands. Class numbers will be circled, see pic below.

Class is the rate in which data flows to and from the card.
Example:
Class 2 = 2MB/second
Class 8 = 8MB/second
Class 10 = 10MB/second
This is the minimum data transfer for each card.

When inserting the SD card the brass pins on card will face towards top of camera.
To remove or insert SD card push card IN until you hear a "click" sound.

WebCam Mode

With USB data cable connected (charging mode) press and hold both power and shutter buttons together, when red light starts to flicker release buttons. If this is the first time using web cam mode drivers will automatically download to your PC. After drivers have installed (Repeat) In charging mode press both power and shutter buttons again to start web cam mode. Open your favorite web cam software such as AMCap to view the live video. 640x480

Original Manual

Original manual that comes with camera.
PDF Manual
TroubleShooting

Firmware

Last firmware update
July 2013

Configuration Software

Windows software to configure settings using USB connection.
SetOut Tool
Using SetOut Tool

TV OUT

Using the optional Audio/Video cable connect camera to TV or Monitor. The RED and YELLOW cable leads plug into matching RED (audio) and YELLOW (video) video inputs on TV. Pressing the power button starts camera in "play back mode" recorded videos automatically start playing. Press the shutter button to scroll thru recorded videos. Pressing the Mode button starts a live recording with sound (blinking LED), to stop a recording press the shutter button. With the camera in standby mode (solid LED), each press of the Mode button will change the LED color (resolution) to your preference. To continue recording in selected resolution (Red, Green or Orange) press the shutter button. (blinking LED)

Pros / Cons

Pros: Sharp clear video with options to switch between 1080P 30fps, 720P 60fps or 720P 30fps. The 500mA battery can record around 70min in 1080P with full charge. You can add a logo to time stamp. Aluminum case.

Cons: Camera gets very warm during charging or extended periods of use. Camera is little bigger and heavier than other 808 cams.

This is what the time stamp looks like on the 808 #26 HD cam.
The time/date have a clear background located at the top right of each video (if time is used).