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Press the Menu Button. The on screen menus will
appear with the Menu Bar at the top and the
System Menu arranged to the left .
1.5 Battery
The Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera battery does not
charge while the Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera is in
use. To begin charging the battery, attach the DC
power adapter to the Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera
and press the Power Button. While the Blaster’s
Ranger II™ Camera is charging the Battery LED will
blink. When the battery is completely charged the Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera will fully power down, turning off all LEDs. Charging may
take up to 5 hours.
1.6 Record
1. Navigate to the Record Settings Sub-Menu and set the resolution and speed desired.
2. Navigate to the Record > Shutter Speed Sub-Menu and set the desired exposure.
3. Navigate to the Control Menu > Trigger Position Sub-Menu and set the desired Trigger point. Setting the Trigger point divides the
internal memory into two sections:
•A circular buffer reserved for pre-trigger frames (the Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera fills this buffer until it gets a trigger. If
the Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera’s memory gets full, it continues recording, discarding the oldest frame for each new frame
captured);
•A second buffer for post-trigger frames. The images recorded before the trigger are given negative frame numbers (oldest is
most negative, the newest is -1), the image taken at the time of the trigger is “frame 0,” and all frames taken after the Trigger are
given positive numbers.
4. Navigate to the Control Menu > Ext. Trigger, set to be Enabled.
5. Frame and focus the scene.
6. Press the Arm Button to begin recording pre-trigger frames. The Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera settings will be locked in. If you wish to
abort the recording to change settings, press the Arm Button again.
7. Trigger the Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera via the Trigger Button or a Trigger Switch cable button attached to the I/O cable to complete
the recording. The Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera will now enter Review Mode, unless it is set to AutoSave, in which case the Blaster’s
Ranger II™ Camera will download the recording, then revert to Armed Mode.
NOTE: With an “End” trigger, all frames will have negative numbers except for frame 0, which will be the last frame. With a
“Start” trigger the recording will begin at frame “0” and all subsequent frames will have positive numbers.
NOTE: The Blaster’s Ranger II™ Camera may remain Armed for an indefinate period of time because it is overwriting its Circular
Buffer, it never runs out of space, but only retains the newest images.
