MRC IR-CAM-B-70 User manual

Operation Manual for
Infrared Cameras
IR-CAM-B-70/I-75/B-90/I-95
PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY
BEFORE OPERATION
3, Hagavish st. Israel 58817 Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]
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MRC.VER.01-3.12

To Our Customer
Dear Customer:
Thank you for choosing this Infrared Camera!
Please read this user manual carefully before first use.
Also please keep in a safe place for reference in the
future.
Please operate with the recommended instructions in
user manual.
We reserve the right to change this user manual without
further notice.

N O T I C E
In order not to cause malfunction or even damage the device please
do not direct the lens towards strong high-temperature radiation
source (such as the sun) whether the power is on or off!
Avoid violent shock and impact during operation or transport.
Storage temperature is between -40OC and 60OC. The device must
be kept in original packing case during transport.
Typical storage place is cool, dry, ventilated, and without strong
electromagnetic field.
Keep the lens surface off grease or any chemical substance which
would damage the lens. Close the lid after operation.
Please regularly backup data on PC to prevent potential data loss and
format the internal FLASH memory duly to make it operate properly.
WARNING
DO NOT OPEN OR EXCHANGE PARTS!
REPAIR ONLY CAN BE CONDUCTED BY STUFF!

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Table of Contents
1. Product Summary.......................................................... 1
1.1 Standard Item List...................................................... 1
1.2 Optional Item List....................................................... 2
2. Battery and Charger...................................................... 2
2.1 Charging Battery........................................................ 3
2.2 Direct Charging .......................................................... 3
2.3 Attention for Using Battery Charger........................ 3
3. Panel Function Summary............................................ 3
3.1 Main Control Panel.................................................... 4
3.2 Side View.................................................................... 7
3.3 Bottom View................................................................ 8
3.4 Left Side View............................................................. 8
4. Quick Start Reference .................................................. 9
4.1 Battery Setting............................................................. 9
4.2 Quick Operations....................................................... 9
4.3 Measure Target Temperature................................. 10
4.4 Infrared Image and Voice Annotation................... 10
4.5 Infrared Image Playback......................................... 10
4.6 Telephoto and Wide-angle lens............................. 11
4.7 Connect to PC.......................................................... 12
4.8 Video and Audio output........................................... 12
5. Operation Menu............................................................ 12
5.1 Display Summary..................................................... 12
5.2 Main Menu................................................................ 14
5.2.1 File..................................................................... 16
Manage........................................................... 16
Save................................................................ 17
Record & Play................................................ 17
Delete.............................................................. 18
Format............................................................. 18
5.2.2 Measure............................................................ 19
Spot Measure................................................. 19
Line Measure................................................. 21
Horizontal Line Measure.......................... 21
Vertical Line Measure............................... 22

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Area (Rect) Measure................................. 23
Parameters................................................... 24
Emissivity.................................................... 25
Distance...................................................... 25
Adjust Ratio................................................ 25
Adjust Temp............................................... 25
Save Setting................................................... 26
5.2.3 Image................................................................ 26
Image Setup................................................... 26
Alarm Switch.............................................. 27
Alarm Temp................................................ 27
Alarm Color................................................ 27
Isotherm Color........................................... 27
Isotherm Temp .......................................... 27
Hot Superposition...................................... 28
Thermal Superposition Attribute.............. 29
Fusion......................................................... 30
Alarm Color................................................ 33
Analysis Setup............................................... 33
Temp Range.............................................. 34
IR Lens ....................................................... 34
Ambient Temp........................................... 34
Reference................................................... 35
Ref Temp.................................................... 35
Image Reverse .............................................. 35
Clear Screen.................................................. 35
L&S (Auto/Manual Mode)............................. 35
5.2.4 Setup................................................................. 35
System Setup................................................. 36
Language.................................................... 36
Auto Rectify................................................ 36
Auto Save................................................... 36
Video........................................................... 36
Transparence............................................. 37
Display Device........................................... 37
Screen Save .............................................. 37

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Power Save................................................ 37
Storage Medium........................................................ 37
Time & Date................................................... 38
Factory Default .............................................. 38
System Information....................................... 40
Disc Information............................................. 40
6. Building Thermal Imaging Summary...................... 41
7. Technical Specifications............................................ 43
8. Technical Support........................................................ 45

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1. Product Summary
The Infrared Camera (equipped with Uncooled Focal Plane Array
Micro-bolometer) produces crisp thermal image and accurate temperature
reading to help increase system maintenance quality and efficiency in
many industries. The Infrared Camera is packed with advance features,
such as colored thermal images, multi-measurement methods, real-time
video, voice annotation, sound and color alarm, IR fusion, Built-in flash
and SD card storages.
Typical Application:
Power Industry: Monitor and diagnose the condition of electrical
wire and equipment, detect power leak, and prevent system
malfunction.
Petrochemical Industry: oil pipeline check, material interface detect,
heat leakage, insulation structure and power equipment detect.
Fire Protection: forest fire protection and latent fire source search,
self-ignition prevention and detection of special material, electric fire
precaution detect.
Medical Application: Accurately measure human body temperature
and analyze temperature field distribution.
Building Industry: humidity, air leakage and insulation defects
detect.
Other Applications: Civil engineering, scientific research, and
railway etc
1.1 Standard Item List
The infrared camera comes with the following standard items and
accessories:

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Name Quantity
Infrared Camera 1 SET
Li-Ion Battery 2 PCS
Charger 1 PC
SD Card 1 PC
SD Card Reader 1 PC
USB Cable 1 PC
Video Cable 1 PC
Converter cable 1 pc
User Manual 1 PC
IRSee Software CD 1 PC
Adapter 1 PC
Transport Case 1 PC
1.2 Optional Item List
Wide-angle lens
Telephoto lens
2. Battery and Charger
It is recommended to charge battery immediately when device indicates
low power, please read more about battery installation and removal
methods on Page 8.
Device comes with two sets of Li-Ion battery and one battery charger. It is
strongly recommended to operate only with the included battery and
charger. Use any other brand charger or Li-Ion battery may cause fire or
critical damage.

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2.1 Charging Battery
Align the notch of the battery at the charger’s mount, press the
battery downward gently along the triangular arrow, and fit it to the
end.
Connect the charger to an AC outlet, during charging, the red LED
will be on, and when charging is completed, the green LED will be on
instead.
: It is about 4 hour s to completely charge one battery.
2.2 Direct Charging
It is available to charge the built-in battery with the adapter; it is about 5
hours to fully charge a run-out battery. The indicator indicates orange in
charging and remains green when fully charged.
2.3 Attention for Using Battery Charger
Battery Charging can only be conducted inside of a house.
Do not short-circuit the battery.
Do not put the battery in high temperature environment (≥60OC).
Never disassemble the battery or put it into fire, which may cause
explosion.
Do not try to modify the battery or the charger.
Li-Ion battery has no memory effect, charging can be conducted at
any time.
Please remove the charger from AD socket as soon as charging is
completed.
3. Panel Function Summary
In this manual, “long press” means Long press button down for about 2
seconds, and “press” or “short press” means press and release.

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3.1 Main Control Panel
1. Power LED Light
After infrared camera is turned on, the indicator functions as a power
indicator in green; functions as a charging indicator in orange, indicating
the battery is being charged now.
2. HotKey button 1
Press to automatically focus, and Long press to turn on / off LED light.
3. HotKey button 2
Press to switch between measured objects (point, line and area), and
fusion zone, setting range of thermal superposing temperature, color
code, temperature upper and lower limits; and Long press to turn on / off
the laser.

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4, 5, 6,7 Direction buttons
Up ( ), Down ( ), Left ( ), and Right ( ) keys have different usages
in different modes.
In main menu, direction buttons are used for moving selected items or
changing slide-bar value. In real time Infrared view mode, directions
buttons provide one-click access.
In Fusion or Superpose imaging mode, press Right ( ) to make better
overlaying between visual and infrared images.
Press Left ( ) and Right ( ) to select preview images.
Press Left ( ) to freeze Infrared image and press again to unfreeze.
Press Up ( ), or Down ( ) to switch between normal view and 1-8x
zoom continuous
After press Hotkey button 2 in area measure(in yellow flashing) :
Select measured spots: press Up ( ), Down ( ), Left ( ), and
Right ( ) button to move the spot in the same direction.
Select the measure line and sampling line; press Up ( ), Down
( ), Left ( ), and Right ( ) button to move the line in the same
direction.
Select area box: in move menu, press Up ( ), Down ( ), Left ( ),
and Right ( ) buttons to move area box, and in size menu, press Up
( ) and Down ( ) to resize the vertical direction area box, press
Left ( ) and Right ( ) buttons to resize horizontal area box.
Select Fusion area: in fusion imaging mode, press Up ( ), Down
( ), Left ( ), and Right ( ) buttons to move infrared image area at
same direction; press Up ( ), Down ( ) buttons to resize vertical
fusion area; and press Left ( ) and Right ( ) buttons to resize
horizontal fusion area.
Select and set thermal superposing temperature range: in thermal
superposing imaging mode, press Up ( ) and Down ( ) buttons
to select slide-bar, and press the Left ( ) and Right ( ) keys to set
the superposing temperature upper or lower limit, as well as the
temperature values above or below the superposing temperature.

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Select Color Palette or temperature measurement limit: Press Left
( ) and Right ( ) to change Color Palette; and Press Up ( ) and
Down ( ) buttons to change temperature limit.
8. (Menu / Enter) button
This button has different functions under different conditions:
1).In real time Infrared view mode, press this button to open the main
menu.
2).In the menu mode, press the key to confirm operation.
3).In real time Infrared view mode, long press this button to manually
rectify measurement result, LCD screen will display the word “rectifying.”
4).In image viewing mode, long press this button to exit.
 ： After auto rectifying, if device has abnormal noise, long press
button to perform manual rectifying usually solves such issues.
9, 10, Manual Focus (T / W) button
Press T/W button to manually focus to get better thermal image when
auto-focus thermal image is not good enough.
11, 12, CW / CCW imaging mode switch
Press the button to switch image models among infrared, visible, fusion,
superpose, and picture in picture (P-I-P).
13. Shutter key
Press the button to save the current image.

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3.2 Side View
14. Power ON/OFF button
Long press this button to power on/ off the device.
15. Multifunctional interface for audio output or video output
Please insert converter cable. It can be connected to headphones to listen
the playback audio notes as analog audio output interface; It can be
connected to the monitor to play videos as a video output interface.
16. SD card interface
MICRO 2G SD card can be inserted into the interface to expand storage
volume.
17. USB Interface
Standard USB interface can be connected to the computer for data
transmission.

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3.3 Bottom View
18. External DC In
External DC requirement is DC 5V.
19. Screw nut on tripod
Size of screw nut on tripod 1/4” _20.
3.4 Left Side View
20. 3.2" Color 270°tiltable LCD

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4. Quick Start Reference
4.1 Battery Setting
Insert and move in the lithium battery as indicated direction, user can
easily insert and move the battery.
Battery Installation
Battery Removal
4.2 Quick Operations
Insert the battery correctly.
Long press Power button until the LED light is on, and wait until
system finishes initialization.
Slide IR Lens lid down, point to target, and adjust focus to get crisp
thermal image.
Long press the button to rectify thermal image.

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4.3 Measure Target Temperature
Point device to measurement target, and press HotKey button 1 to
auto-focus. On the upper-right LCD corner, *=×× displays the spot
measurement result. For better accuracy, long press button to
perform manual rectify.
Select Area (Rect) Measurement to measure max, min, and average
temperature within a rectangle box.
It is recommended to press button to freeze thermal image first,
and then apply different and detailed analysis. Press button one
more time to unfreeze.
When measure result is outside standard temperature range, screen
display changes to indicate either below or above temperature range.
E.g.: 175/395 is with -20 ~ 250 ℃
℃℃
℃ , then the Camera Will Display>
250.0 ℃
℃℃
℃ or <-20.0 ℃
℃℃
℃ to Prompt Users.
4.4 Infrared Image and Voice Annotation
Each thermal image can save up to 40 seconds voice annotation
data. Image and voice annotation can later be reviewed on PC by
bundled IRSee software. To save infrared image, press the Shutter
button while accessing the target image, then a “Voice” dialog box
appears, select “Cancel”, then press the Enter key, the image file
has been saved; select the “Record”, then press the Enter key, both
image and voice files have been saved.
In main menu, press the Enter key to File Save provides the same
function.
: Select Cancel during voice recording to exit.
4.5 Infrared Image Playback
Press the Enter button to enter the main menu.
Select the Main Menu →File →Manage, and then select the file
directory and file name, the thumbnail image of the stored image is
displayed, then press the Enter button to enter the viewing state.
When viewing thermal image, press the Left ( ) or Right ( ) button
to switch thermal image in the same folder.

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The icon indicates voice annotation attached to current thermal
image. Press Enter button to enter File →Voice, then select “Play”
to play back.
Long press the Enter button to return the real-time imaging mode.
4.6 Telephoto and Wide-angle lens
The device can be equipped with telephoto lens or wide-angle
lens. Put lens in accord with the dots (Figure 1) in line, then turn lens
in clockwise direction till to the two dots in line (Figure 2).
Figure 1
Figure 2
Enter →Image→Analysis Setting →IR Lens menu, press the
or button to adjust the corresponding lens.
The dot on the lens
The dot on the device front
part
The dot on the lens
The dot on the device
body

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Operate Image Save and Image Playback according to the steps
mentioned in 4.4 and 4.5 here in above.
4.7 Connect to PC
Connect device to PC using included USB cable. it’s available to to export,
delete, and format the data saved in the built-in FLASH memory or on the
SD card.
4.8 Video and Audio output
Insert Converter cable to Multifunctional interface for audio output or
video output, connect Monitor to Converter cable using Video cable,
Enter →Setup →System Setup →Display Device,
Press the Left ( ) or Right ( ) to switch to Monitor in the Display
Device, then get thermal image in the Monitor.
Insert Converter cable to Multifunctional interface for audio output or
video output, then insert Common earphone to Converter cable,
finally tune voice annotation according to 4.5.
5. Operation Menu
5.1 Display Summary
All items can be selected by short pressing HotKey 2 button

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(Note: Long press Hotkey 2 button will turn on/off laser sight). The
selected item is flashing in yellow color. If no operation in 2 seconds after
selection, Hotkey mode will exit automatically.
Real-time Thermal Image Interface
1. Auto-focus: Press Hotkey 1 button for auto focus.
2. Area Measure Box: 3 areas can be selected in area measure box;
enter the Main Menu →Measure →Rect to operate.
3. AF Area: objects need focused can be displayed in the area to
achieve Auto focusing effect.
4. Horizontal measuring line: Horizontal sampling line, Enter the Main
Menu →Measure →Line to select the function.
5. Temperature distribution curve: sample temperature distribution
curve of the measure line.
6. Point measure cursor: 4 measure points can be selected. Enable
the Main Menu →Measure →Spot to operate.
7. Symbol for 1-8X digital zoom: display the multiple of digital zoom,
under the real-time measurement mode or the preview mode, click
the or key to change infrared images step-by-step in the
multiple of 0.1.
8. Point measure: 1, 2, 3 and 4indicates temperature
value of point 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.