GE Everest XLG3 VideoProbe User manual
ii GE Inspection Technologies XLG3 VideoProbe System
Copyright 2009 GE Inspection Technologies, LP. All rights are reserved. No one is permitted to reproduce or duplicate, in any form,
this manual or any part thereof without permission from GE Inspection Technologies, LP.
Software in this product is copyright GE Inspection Technologies, LP, or its vendors. All rights are reserved. The software is protected
by United States of America copyright and international treaty provisions applicable worldwide. Under such laws, the licensee is
entitled to use the copy of the software incorporated with this instrument as intended in the operation of the product in which it is
embedded. The software may not be copied, decompiled, reverse-engineered, disassembled, or otherwise reduced to human-
perceivable form. This is not a sale of the software or any copy of the software; all right, title, and ownership of the software remains
with GE Inspection Technologies, LP, or its vendors.
VideoProbe, ShadowProbe, and StereoProbe are registered trademarks of GE Inspection Technologies, LP. XL PRO, XLG3, iView,
All-Way, QuickChange, and Steer-and-Stay are trademarks of GE Inspection Technologies, LP.
NETGEAR is a registered trademark of NETGEAR, Inc. Firefox is a registered trademark of the Mozilla Foundation.
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.
GE Inspection Technologies, LP, assumes no responsibility for any injury to anyone, or for any illegal or improper use of the product,
that may result from failure to use this product in accordance with the information published in this manual.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation
FCC Statement
This product has been tested and complies with the specifications for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used according to the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio television reception, which is found by turning the equipment
off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the equipment or devices
• Connect the equipment to an outlet other than the receiver's
• Consult a dealer or an experienced radio/lV technician for assistance
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be
installed and operated with minimum distance 20 cm between the radiator and your body.
Safety Notices
Caution: To reduce the risk of fire, use only No.26 AWG or larger telecommunication line cord.
Do not use this product near water, for example. in a wet basement or near a swimming pool.
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Contact Information
Service
To obtain service for your system, call one of the service centers below. If the problem
cannot be corrected over the phone, you will be given a Return Materials Authorization
Number (RMA) for shipment to the service center.
Always contact a GE Inspection Technologies service center for an RMA prior to returning
any products for service or repair.
Web Site
www.ge.com/inspectiontechnologies
USA GE Inspection Technologies
Product Service Dept.
721 Visions Drive
Skaneateles, NY 13152
Phone: 888-332-3848
315-554-2000 ext. 1
Fax: 866 899 4184
Germany GE Inspection Technologies GmbH
Lotzenäcker 4
72379 Hechingen
Phone: +49 7471 98820
Fax: +49 7471 9882 30
Hong Kong GE Inspection Technologies (HK) Ltd.
Unit 1602, 16/F Sing Pao Building
101 King's Road
North Point
Hong Kong
Phone: +852 2877 0801
Fax: +852 2877 0868
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Contents
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
1 - Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Frequent Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About the Image Processing Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About the Network Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the Menu Directed Inspection Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Controls, Indicators, Connectors, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Navigating the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Restoring Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Informations sur la sécurité. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2 - Safe Powering and Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Overview of Safe Powering and Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Verifying AC Earth Ground Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Grounding With a DC Source (Battery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Special Grounding Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 - Setting Up and Putting Away the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting Up the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Changing the Optical Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Putting the System Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Communicating to a PC Through a Router or Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Manual Entry - Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4 - Setting Up the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Reviewing Settings for Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Reviewing Settings for Image Format and Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Reviewing the Setting for Video Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Reviewing Settings for Text Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reviewing Settings for a Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reviewing Settings for Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Reviewing Settings for the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reviewing Settings for Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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