HIK VISION UD16527N User manual

Handheld Thermal Monocular
user manual
UD16527N

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Regulatory Informaon
FCC Informaon
Please take aenon that changes or modicaon not expressly
approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the
user’s authority to operate the equipment.
FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to
part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protecon against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instrucon manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communicaons. Operaon of this equipment in a residenal
area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user
will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
FCC Condions
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operaon is
subject to the following two condions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operaon.
EU Conformity Statement
This product and - if applicable - the supplied
accessories too are marked with "CE" and
comply therefore with the applicable
harmonized European standards listed under
the EMC Direcve 2014/30/EU, the RoHS
Direcve 2011/65/EU
2012/19/EU (WEEE direcve): Products marked
with this symbol cannot be disposed of as
unsorted municipal waste in the European
Union. For proper recycling, return this product
to your local supplier upon the purchase of
equivalent new equipment, or dispose of it at
designated collecon points. For more
informaon see: www.recyclethis.info
2006/66/EC (baery direcve): This product
contains a baery that cannot be disposed of as
unsorted municipal waste in the European
Union. See the product documentaon for
specic baery informaon. The baery is
marked with this symbol, which may include
leering to indicate cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), or
mercury (Hg). For proper recycling, return the
baery to your supplier or to a designated
collecon point. For more informaon
see:www.recyclethis.info
Industry Canada ICES-003 Compliance
This device meets the CAN ICES-3 (A)/NMB-3(A) standards
requirements.
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Warning
This is a class A product. In a domesc environment this product
may cause radio inter-ference in which case the user may be
required to take adequate measures.
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Symbol Convenons
The symbols that may be found in this document are dened as
follows.
Symbol Descripon
Danger Indicates a hazardous situaon which, if not avoided,
will or could result in death or serious injury.
Cauon
Indicates a potenally hazardous situaon which, if
not avoided, could result in equipment damage, data
loss, performance degradaon, or unexpected
results.
Note Provides addional informaon to emphasize or
supplement important points of the main text.
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Safety Instrucon
These instrucons are intended to ensure that user can use the
product correctly to avoid danger or property loss.
Laws and Regulaons
•The device should be used in compliance with local laws,
electrical safety regulaons, and re prevenon regulaons.
Transportaon
•Keep the device in original or similar packaging while
transporng it.
Power Supply
•Please purchase the charger by yourself. Input voltage should
meet the Limited Power Source (5 VDC, 2A) according to the
IEC61010-1 standard. Please refer to technical specicaons
for detailed informaon.
•Make sure the plug is properly connected to the power socket.
•DO NOT connect mulple devices to one power adapter, to
avoid over-heang or re hazards caused by overload.
Baery
•Improper use or replacement of the baery may result in
explosion hazard.
•The built-in baery cannot be dismantled. Please contact the
manufacture for repair if necessary.
•For long-term storage of the baery, make sure it is fully
charged every half year to ensure the baery quality.
Otherwise, damage may occur.
Maintenance
•If the product does not work properly, please contact your
dealer or the nearest service center. We shall not assume any
responsibility for problems caused by unauthorized repair or
maintenance.
•A few device components (e.g., electrolyc capacitor) require
regular replacement. The average lifespan varies, so periodic
checking is recommended. Contact your dealer for details.
•Wipe the device gently with a clean cloth and a small quanty
of ethanol, if necessary.
Using Environment
•Make sure the running environment meets the requirement of
the device. The operang temperature shall be -20°C to 55°C
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(-4°F to 131°F), and the operang humidity shall be 95% or
less.
•Do not expose the device to high electromagnec radiaon or
dusty environments.
•Do not aim the lens at the sun or any other bright light.
Emergency
•If smoke, odor, or noise arises from the device, immediately
turn o the power, unplug the power cable, and contact the
service center.
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1 Overview
1.1 Brief Descripon
The handheld observaonal thermal monocular is a handheld
device with funcons of observaon, highest temperature target
tracking, distance measurement, Wi-Fi hot spot, and so on. The
high-sensivity built-in thermal detector provides you with clear
view even in total darkness. The device is mainly applied to
outdoor scenarios such as patrolling, law enforcement, searching
and rescuing, drug enforcement, an-smuggling, criminal seizing,
hiking, travel, and hunng, etc.
1.2 Funcon
Distance Measurement
The device can detect the distance between the target and the
observaon posion.
Highest Temperature Tracking
The device can detect the highest temperature in the scene
and mark the spot.
Image Correcon
The device supports DPC (Defecve Pixel Correcon) and FFC
(Flat Field Correcon) which can opmize the image quality.
Hik-Connect APP Connecon
The device can capture snapshots, record videos, and set
parameters by Hik-Connect APP aer being connected to your
phone via Wi-Fi or hot spot.
Storage
The built-in memory module supports video recording and
snapshot capturing.
1.3 Appearance
1.3.1 Buon
Figure 1-1 Buons on The Device
Table 1-1 Funcon of Buon
Icon Buon Funcon
Power Press: standby mode
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Icon Buon Funcon
Hold: power on/o
Capture Press: capture
Hold: recording
Mode Press: palees
Hold: menu
Zoom Press: digital zoom
Hold: FFC
1.3.2 Interface
Figure 1-2 Overview of Interfaces
•Lens Cover: protect the lens from dust or scratch.
•Diopter Adjustment Knob: adjust the view according to your
degree of myopia.
•USB Interface: charge the device or export les with the
supplied USB cable.
•Tripod Screw: connected to tripod.
2 Preparaon
Take out the device and accessories. Check them with the
packaging list to conrm device and accessories are included and
available for use. Read the user manual to learn the usage
methods and cauons.
2.1 Packaging List
Refer to the packaging list to check whether the accessories along
with the device are included.
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USB Cable × 1 User Manual × 1 No-Dust Cloth × 1
Wrist Strap × 1 Thermal Camera × 1
2.2 Charge Device
Aer the device starts up, the OSD (on-screen display) shows the
baery status. When the baery is low, charge the device and
ensure it works properly.
Before You Start
•The charging temperature should be from 0 °C to 45 °C (32 °F
to 113 °F).
•Charge the device with the delivered USB cable.
Steps
1. Li the USB cover.
2. Plug in the USB cable and charge the device.
Figure 2-1 USB Interface
•Flashing Red & Green: error occurred.
•Solid Red: baery is properly charged.
•Solid Green: baery is fully charged.
•O: baery is not charged.
2.3 Power On/O
Power On
When the device is connected to USB cable or the baery is
enough, press to power on the device.
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Power O
When the device is turned on, hold for 2 seconds to power
o the device.
2.4 Menu Descripon
When the device powers on, hold to display the menu.
Figure 2-2 Menu Descripon
•Press to move the cursor up.
•Press to move the cursor down.
•Press to conrm and hold it to exit the menu.
3 Image Sengs
You can set palees, brightness, scenes, FFC (at eld
corrrecon), and DPC (defecve pixel correcon) to display the
best image eect.
3.1 Adjust Diopter
Make sure the eyepiece covers your eye and aim at the target.
Adjust the diopter adjustment knob unl the OSD text or image is
clear.
Note
When adjusng diopter, DO NOT touch the surface of lens to
avoid smearing the lens.
Figure 3-1 View the Target
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Figure 3-2 Adjust Diopter
3.2 Adjust Brightness
Select and press to adjust brightness. In white hot mode,
the higher the value of brightness is, the brighter the image is.
The image eect in white hot mode is showed as picture below
and eect in black hot mode is opposite.
Figure 3-3 Adjust Brightness in White Hot Mode
3.3 Adjust Contrast
Select and press to adjust image contrast.
3.4 Select Scene
You can select proper scene according to environment
temperature to improve the display eect.
Steps
1. Hold to go to the menu.
2. Select and press to switch scene.
- refers to summer mode and is recommended in high
temperature environment.
- refers to winter mode and is recommended in low
temperature environment.
3. Hold to save sengs and exit.
3.5 Set Palees
You can select dierent palees to display the same scene in
dierent eects. Press to switch palees.
White Hot
The hot part is light-colored in view. The higher the
temperature is, the lighter the color is.
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Black Hot
The hot part is black-colored in view. The higher the
temperature is, the more black the color is.
Red Hot
The hot part is red-colored in view. The higher the temperature
is, the redder the color is.
Fusion
From high temperature to low temperature, the image is
colored in from white, yellow, red, pink to purple.
3.6 Adjust Digital Zoom
You can zoom the image by using this funcon.
Press in the view mode, the live view switches between 1 ×, 2
×, and 4 ×.
3.7 Flat Field Correcon
This funcon can correct non-uniformity of display.
Steps
1. Hold to go to the menu.
2. Select and press to switch FFC mode.
-Manual: Hold in live view to correct the non-uniformity
of display.
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-Auto: The device performs FFC automacally according to
the set schedule when switching on the camera.
-External: Cover the lens cover, then hold in live view to
correct the non-uniformity of display.
Figure 3-4 Flat Field Correcon
3. Hold to save the sengs and exit.
3.8 Correct Defecve Pixel
The device can correct the defecve pixels on the screen which
are not performed as expected.
Steps
1. Hold to show the menu.
2. Select .
3. press to select the oset. The oset refers to the moving
length of cursor.
4. Press or to select the moving direcon.
5. Press to move the cursor to the posion of dead pixel. Hold
to correct the dead pixel.
Note
If the menu blocks the dead pixel, hold to perform mirror
display.
4 Measure the Distance
The device can detect the distance between the target and the
observaon posion.
Before You Start
When measuring the distance, keep the hand and the posion
steady. Otherwise, the accuracy may be aected.
Steps
1. Hold to show the menu.
2. Select and press to go to the seng interface.
1) Press or to select the target from Deer, Wolf, Bear,
and Custom.
2) Set the target height.
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Note
The available height ranges from 0.1 m to 9.9 m.
3) Press to conrm.
3. Align the center of top mark with the edge of target top. Press
.
Figure 4-1 Set the Edge of Target Top
The cursor blinks on the top edge of the target.
4. Align the center of boom mark with the edge of target
boom. Press .
Figure 4-2 Set the Edge of Target Boom
Result
The le top of the image displays the distance measurement
result and the height of the target.
Figure 4-3 Measurement Result
Note
Go to distance measurement interface, and press to view the
result of the previous measuring target.
5 Highest Temperature Tracking
The device can detect the highest temperature spot in the scene
and mark it on display.
In the menu, select and press to mark the spot of highest
temperature.
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When the funcon is enabled, displays in the spot of highest
temperature. When the scene changes, the moves.
6 Picture and Video
You can manually record video or capture picture when displaying
live view.
6.1 Capture Picture
On the main live view page, press to capture picture.
Note
•When capturing succeeds, the image freezes for 1 second and
a prompt shows on the display.
•For exporng captured pictures, refer to Export Files.
6.2 Record Video
Steps
1. In the main live view, hold and start recording.
Figure 6-1 Start Recording
The le top of image displays the informaon of recording
me.
2. Hold again to stop recording.
What to do next
For exporng recording les, refer to Export Files.
6.3 Export Files
This funcon is used to export recorded videos and captured
pictures.
Steps
1. Connect the device and PC with USB cable.
2. Open computer disk and select the disk of device. Go to DICM
→ 100EZVIZ .
3. Select and copy the les to PC.
4. Disconnect the device from your PC.
7 Hik-Connect APP Connecon
Connect the device to the Hik-Connect APP via hot spot, then you
can capture picture or record video on your phone.
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Before You Start
Install the Hik-Connect APP on your phone rst.
Steps
1. Hold to show the menu of device.
2. Press to enable hot spot funcon.
3. Turn on the WLAN of your phone and connect to the hot spot.
•Hot Spot Name: Wlan-IPTS Serial No.
•Hot Spot Password: the last 9 digits of serial No.
4. Open the APP and connect your phone with the device. You
can view the interface of device on your phone.
Note
The hot spot funcon will be turned o automacally when
power is less than 15%.
8 Maintenance
This part introduces the operaon of checking device
informaon, upgrading device, and restoring to defaults, etc.
8.1 View Device Informaon
Steps
1. Hold to show the menu of device.
2. Select , and press . You can view the device informaon
such as version, and serial No.
8.2 Upgrade Device
Before You Start
Please get the upgrade package rst.
Steps
1. Connect the device to your PC with USB cable.
2. Open the detected disk, copy the upgrade le and paste it to
the root directory of the device.
3. Disconnect the device from your PC.
4. Reboot the device.
Result
The device upgrades automacally. The upgrading process will be
displayed in the main interface.
8.3 Restore Device
Steps
1. Hold to show the menu of device.
2. Select , and press to restore the device to defaults
according to the prompt.
9 Frequently Asked Quesons
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9.1 Why does the charge indicator ash
improperly?
Check the following items.
1. Check whether the device is charged with standard power
adapter and the charging temperature is above 0 °C (32 °F).
2. The device is equipped with built-in charging protecon
module. Charge the device in power o status.
9.2 Why is the power indicator o?
Check whether the device is o-baery. Check the indicator aer
charging the device for 5 minutes.
9.3 The image is not clear, how to adjust it?
Adjust the diopter adjustment knob unl the image is clear. Refer
to secon Adjust Diopter.
9.4 Capturing or recording fails. What's the
problem?
Check the following items.
•Whether the device is connected to your PC. Capturing or
recording is disabled in this status.
•Whether the storage space is full.
•Whether the device is low-baery.
9.5 Why the PC cannot idenfy the device?
Check the following items.
•Whether the device is connected to your PC with supplied USB
cable.
•If you use other USB cables, make sure the cable length is no
longer than 1 m.
•Whether the hot spot funcon is turned on. If so, go to OSD
menu and turn o hot spot.
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