MG CanCam User manual

CanCam User Manual
Product Accessories
●CanCam DVR
●Remote control
●USB cable
●User manual CD
●Charger
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Picture & Buttons
1. Power on/off (left: on/right: off)
2. USB slot
3. Camera
4. LED
5. Remote Control
6. Record/save button
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Technical Data
1) Video resolution: 640 x 480 @ 30fps (AVI format)
2) Internal memory:4GB
3) USB 2.0 interface
4) Charging time: 3-4 hours
5) Operating systems: Windows ME/ 2000/ XP/ VISTA or above (Windows 98 will require
drivers to be installed).
Operation
Switch on
Remove the cover on the bottom the bottle then push the power switch to the left side
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Recording video and audio by remote control
Press the Remote Control for 2 seconds and the green light will turn on, when the green light
begins to blink the device has begun recording. Press the remote control once more and the
green light will stop blinking and stay lit, the video file is then saved and the camera returns to
standby mode.
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Recording video and audio manually
Press the Record/save button for 2 seconds, the green light will turn on and then begin to
blink indicating it has begun recording. Press the Record/save button once, the green light
will stop blinking and remain steady, the video file is then saved and the camera returns to
standby mode.
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Switch off
Push power on/off button to the right side, all lights on the unit will turn off and the device will
stop working.
Attention: If you turn off the device in this manner while in the middle of recording, it will not
be able to save the current footage.
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Charging
Connect the device either to a charger or your PC via the USB cable while the unit is off, the
green light on the charger remains on while being charged. The green light turns off when it is
fully charged.
Attention: To get the most out of the included high-capacity Polymer Li-Ion battery, please
be sure to fully charge and let the battery fully drain before recharge, for the first 5 times that
you use it.
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Playback video
Connect the camera to your computer via the USB cable and you will be able to play back
video on the computer. You can either run the video directly off of the device, or move the
files to your PC to watch them and save them.

Setting time
1) Connect the camera with computer
2) Create a new “PHTIME.txt” file in the root directory
3) Enter the time into the file using the following format: 2009-12-12 12:12:12
4) When you start up the camera the next time, the time should be “stamped”onto the video
according to your file.
Attention
1) If the device does not receive any commands for 1 minute, it will turn itself off
automatically.
2) If the batteries in the unit are about to die, it will save the current footage before turning
itself off.
3) When taking video continually, the system will automatically generate a new video file after
each operation.
4) When recording in a bright environment, keep the camera vertical and stable.