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CONTENT........................................................................................................................2 
IN THE BOX.....................................................................................................................3 
REQUIRED ITEMS............................................................................................................3 
SYMBOL LEGEND ............................................................................................................3 
1. PHANTOM 2 AIRCRAFT ...............................................................................................4 
1.1 BUILT-IN FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS..................................................................4 
1.2 CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER DJI PRODUCTS...........................................................................4 
1.3 LED FLIGHT INDICATORS DESCRIPTION .................................................................................7 
1.4 NOTES FOR PHANTOM 2USING WITH OTHER DJI PRODUCTS ..................................................8 
2 PROPELLERS.................................................................................................................9 
2.1 ASSEMBLY.......................................................................................................................9 
2.2 DISASSEMBLY ..................................................................................................................9 
2.3 NOTES ...........................................................................................................................9 
3 REMOTE CONTROLLER ...............................................................................................10 
3.1 POWER ON THE REMOTE CONTROLLER ...............................................................................10 
3.2 REMOTE CONTROLLER POWER LED INDICATOR STATUS ..........................................................10 
3.3 ANTENNA ORIENTATION ..................................................................................................11 
3.4 REMOTE CONTROLLER OPERATION ....................................................................................11 
3.5 LINKING THE REMOTE CONTROLLER&BUILT-IN RECEIVER ........................................................13 
4 INTELLIGENT BATTERY ...............................................................................................14 
4.1 CHARGING PROCEDURES..................................................................................................14 
4.2 INSTALL THE BATTERY ......................................................................................................15 
4.3 BATTERY USAGE.............................................................................................................15 
4.4 DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR...................................................................16 
4.5 CORRECT BATTERY USAGE NOTES ......................................................................................17 
5 CALIBRATING THE COMPASS......................................................................................18 
5.1 CALIBRATION WARNINGS .................................................................................................18 
5.2 CALIBRATION PROCEDURES ..............................................................................................18 
5.3 WHEN RECALIBRATION IS REQUIRED ..................................................................................18 
6 FLIGHT .......................................................................................................................19 
6.1 FLYING ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................19 
6.2 STARTING THE MOTORS ...................................................................................................19 
6.3 TAKEOFF/LANDING PROCEDURES.......................................................................................19 
6.4 FAILSAFE FUNCTION........................................................................................................20 
6.5 LOW BATTERY CAPACITY WARNING FUNCTION.....................................................................21 
7 ASSISTANT SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ....................................23 
7.1 INSTALL DRIVER AND PHANTOM 2ASSISTANT SOFTWARE ....................................................23 
7.2 USING THE PHANTOM 2ASSISTANT SOFTWARE ON A PC.....................................................24 
7.3 FIRMWARE UPGRADE OF PHANTOM 2 .............................................................................25 
7.4 PHANTOM RC ASSISTANT SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION............................................................26 
8 APPENDIX ..................................................................................................................27 
8.1 SPECIFICATIONS..............................................................................................................27 
8.2 LED FLIGHT INDICATORS DESCRIPTION ...............................................................................27