ESP Sting User manual

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Table of Contents i
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................ 4
Box Contents ...................................................... 5
TECHNICAL SPECS ............................................ 6
STING COMPONENTS ........................................ 8
Top View ............................................................ 8
Left- and Right-Side View ..................................... 9
Accessories......................................................... 9
GETTING STARTED.......................................... 10
1. First-Ti e Charging ....................................... 11
2. Installing STING Media Center......................... 12
3. Setting Current Ti e...................................... 14
4. For atting Microdrive .................................... 15
5. Connecting the A/V Cable ............................... 16
6. Connecting Ca era / Microphone .................... 18
RECORDING WITH STING BUTTONS & LIGHTS ....... 20
Recording Readiness Indication ........................... 21
Setting Recording Mode & Quality........................ 22

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Starting and Stopping a Recording....................... 26
Me ory Status Indication................................... 28
RECORDING WITH REMOTE CONTROL ............ 30
Starting and Stopping a Recording....................... 31
Low Battery & Low Me ory Indication........................ 33
Alar Indication................................................ 33
ALARM TRIGGER SWITCH ............................... 35
VIEWING AND MANAGING RECORDINGS........ 37
To Connect STING or Microdrive to PC........................ 37
Accessing STING Files Directly ............................ 39
Starting the STING Media Center......................... 40
MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING ....... 41
Caring for the STING ......................................... 41
Troubleshooting ................................................ 41
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ............................... 44

About this Document iii
About this Document
This user‘s guide explains how to install, connect,
and use the STING, a portable digital recorder. It is
intended for users of the device, and does not
require special technical knowledge.
The STING ships with a Windows software progra ,
STING Media Center, used for playing and
anaging recordings. For ore details on using this
progra , press Help in its ain screen.

4Introduction
Introduction
The STING™ (patent pending) is the s allest
video/audio digital recorder in the world. It is a
wearable recorder, able to record video and audio,
or audio only, using MPEG-2 for at. Recordings are
stored on Microdrive or Co pact Flash plug-in
cards. The STING™ ships with a 4GB Microdrive.
The STING is designed ainly for surveillance
purposes by law-enforce ent and govern ent

Introduction 5
organizations, for portable video/audio recording
featuring the highest quality available.
The STING accepts co posite video input fro any
video ca era.
Box Contents
A/V cable
Vibrating re ote control cable
6-foot USB cable
5-inch USB cable
4GB Microdrive
PCMCIA adapter
Multi-standard universal battery wall charger
Car battery charger
STING Media Center installation CD
User‘s guide

6Technical Specs
Technical Specs
P ysical
dimensions
78 X 60 X 32
(3.07" X 2.36" X 1.26")
Weig t Recorder net: 98g (3.45 oz)
Recorder w/drive: 114g (4 oz)
Memory type Microdrive or Co pact Flash
plug-in cards.
Storage
capacity
Shipped with a 4GB Microdrive.
Accepts any Microdrive or
Co pact Flash card.
Video storage
format
Digital MPEG-2.
Recording time 2-8 hours video (depending on
quality) or 75 hours audio.
Video
download time
Approx. 15 inutes for 4GB,
with USB 2.0 connection.

Technical Specs 7
Memory erase
time
10 seconds.
Internal
battery
Lithiu -iron. Provides approx.
3 hours of operation.
External
c arger
Accepts 90-240 VAC.
Connectors for Europe, US, UK.
Camera power
source
5V, 500 A output for a 5-V
ca era (2 hours recording
ti e). 1.3 connector.
External power
input
7-12V ( in. 800 A), 1.7
connector (center +).
Video input PAL / NTSC std. co posite
video. RCA / 3.5 connector.
Audio Input Line-level audio. RCA connector.
PC interface USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 (USB 2.0
reco ended).
Video/audio
playback
MPEG-2 co patible players
(e.g. Windows Media Player).

8STING Components
STING Components
Top View