Muvi X-drone VXD-001-B User manual

User Manual
VXD-001-B
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1. What’s in the box? 4
2. Seng up the X-Drone and equipment baeries 6
 2.1X-Dronebaeryspecicaons
 2.2ChargingtheX-Dronebaery
 2.3InstallingtheX-Dronebaery
 2.4Baeryprecauons
3. Preparing the X-Drone 7
 3.1Flightindicators
 3.2microSDcardslot
 3.3On-boardcamera
4. X-Drone propellers 12
 4.1Installingthepropellers
 4.2Removingthepropellers
 4.4PropellerGuards
5. X-Drone controller 14
 5.1Switchingonthecontroller
 5.2Controllerantenna
 5.3Controlleroperanginstrucons
 5.4PairingthecontrollerandtheX-Drone’sreceiver
6. X-Drone smartphone range extender 19
 6.1Guidetothesmartphonerangeextender
 6.2WiFiindicator
 6.3Powerindicator
 6.4Pairing
 6.5Chargingthesmartphonerangeextender
7. Flying the X-Drone 21
 7.1Compasscalibraon
 7.2Starng/stoppingthemotor
 7.3Basicight
 7.3Basicight
 7.5Baerylevelalarmfuncon
8. Using the X-Drone app 27
 8.1GuidetotheApp
 8.2Videorecording
 8.3Photocapture
 8.4Fastshotphotocapture
 8.5Maximisethepreviewscreen
 8.6Sengs
9. Specicaons 31
Contents
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1. What’s in the box?
1. X-Drone x1
2. Propellers x4
3. PropellerGuards x4
4. Controller x1
5. SmartphoneRangeExtender x1
6. SmartphoneMount x1
7. X-DroneBaery x1
8. X-DroneBaeryCharger x1
9. SmartphoneRangeExtenderAdapter x1
10.ToolSet(ScrewdriverandWrench) x1
11.ScrewforSmartphoneRangeExtender x1
12.M3x12Screws x8
13. ControllerStrap x1
14. USBCable x1
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2. Setting up the X-Drone and
equipment batteries
Equipment Power Supply
Controller 4xAABaeries
Smartphone Range Extender Therangeextenderneedstobecharged
throughthebuiltinminiUSBchargingport
X-Drone X-DroneBaery(seebelow)
2.1 X-Drone baery specicaons
Capacity 5300mAh
Charging ambient temperature 0°C-50°C/32-122°F
Discharging ambient temperature -20°C-50°C/-4-122°F
Charge/discharge ambient relave humidity < 80%
2.2 Charging the X-Drone baery
ConnecttheX-DronebaerytotheX-Dronebaerychargerandthenconnectthecharger
toanACpowersource(100-240V,50/60Hz).WhilstchargingtheLEDonthechargerwill
turnred,whenfullychargedtheLEDwillturngreen.Aerthebaeryisfullychargedplease
removethebaeryanddisconnectthecharger.
2.3 Installing the X-Drone baery
EnsuringthattheX-Droneisswitchedo,insertthebaeryintothebaerycompartment
ontheX-Droneandlockthebaeryintoposion.Ifthebaerylockisnotfastenedthe
baerymaynotconnectcorrectlywhichmayaectightsafetyorstoptheX-Dronefrom
takingo.
2.4 Baery precauons
- DonotpulloutthebaerywhilsttheX-Droneisswitchedonasitmaydamagetheunit.
- Ifthebaeryisnotgoingtobeusedforalongmeitisrecommendedthatyou
dischargethebaerytoa40-50%chargelevelbeforestoring.Tomaintainbaerylife
dischargeandchargethebaeryevery3months.
- Donotconnuetouseorchargethebaeryifthereisanyexpansionordamagetothe
baery.
3. Preparing the X-Drone
1. Propellers
2. Motor
3. FrontIndicator
4. CameraLens
5. LandingGear
6. microSDcardslot
7. X-DroneBaery
8. TailIndicator
9. PowerSwitch
10.RearIndicator
11.BaeryLevelDisplay
12.BaeryLevelCheckBuon
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3.1 Flight indicators
TheX-Dronehasthreeindicatorsonthefront,rearandtail.WhentheX-Droneisswitched
ontheightindicatorswillturnon.Thefrontindicatorisgreenandtherearindicatorand
tailindicatorsarered.
Funcon Front Indicator Rear Indicator Tail Indicator
Low baery alarm – level 1 Slowash(1son,1so) Slowash(1son,1so) N/A
Low baery alarm – level 2 Fastash(twiceat1sintervals) Fastash(twiceat1sintervals)
Barometer abnormal state Solidon Slowash(onceevery3s)
GPS abnormal state Solidon Fastandslowashat3sintervals
Compass abnormal state Fastash Solidon
Compass needs calibraon Slowash Solidon
Accelerometer abnormal state Fastash Fastash
Accelerometer needs calibraon Switcheson,o,thenpermanentlyon Switcheson,o,thenpermanentlyon
Gyro abnormal state Solidon Fastash
Gyro needs calibraon Solidon Slowash
Controller paired to X-Drone   Flashfast
GPS ready   Alternatebetweenashingfastandsolidon
Frontindicator
Rearindicator
Tailindicator
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3.2 microSD card slot
BeforeusingtheX-DronepleaseinsertthemicroSDcardintothecardslotwhilstthepower
iso.TheX-DronecantakemicroSDandmicroSDHCcardsuptoa32GBcapacity.
3.3 On-board camera
Theon-boardcamera’spowerissuppliedbytheX-Dronebaery.Thecamerawillturnon
whenyouturntheX-Droneon.Youcantakephotosandvideosthrougheitherthecontroller
orthroughtheapp.
Camera Specicaons
Resoluon 1080pat30fps(NTSC)/1080pat25fps(PAL)
Image resoluon 4608x3456
Video format MOV(H.264compression)
Storage microSD/microSDHCupto32GB
Photo modes Singleshotandfastshot
Camera funcon keys on controller
 Startvideorecording
 Photocapture
 Stopvideorecording
Status indicators on controller
Therearethreestatusindicatorsonthecontroller:
Controller power indicator
Red LED–Solidonwhenthecontrollerisswitchedon.
Photo capture indicator
Green LED–Flashesoncewhenaphotoiscaptured,otherwiseitremainso.
Video recording indicator
Green LED–Turnson,thenowhenthecontrolleristurnedon.Flashesslowlywhilst
recordingvideoandissolidonwhilstpairing.
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TheX-Droneuses10inchpropellers,twowithgreyrotorbladecapsandtwowithblack
rotorbladecaps.
Propeller Grey Black
Lock Turnclockwisetolock Turnanclockwisetolock
Unlock Turnanclockwisetounlock Turnclockwisetounlock
4.1 Installing the propellers
Aachthepropellerswiththegreycapstothemotorsha swithout“P”marksandaach
thepropellerswiththeblackcapstothemotorshaswith“P”marks(circledbelow).
Tightenthepropellersasperthelockdirecon(seeabove).
PLEASE NOTE: Thepropellersaredesignedforautomacturning,thereforedonotghten
excessivelyduringinstallaon.
4.2 Removing the propellers
Whilstholdingthemotorwithyourhandorthesuppliedwrench,holdandrotatethe
propellerintheunlockingdirecon(seeabove).
4.3 Precau ons
-Beforeeachightcheckthatthepropellers
arecorrectlyandrmlyinstalled.
-Ensureallpropellersareintactbeforeeach
 i g h t .
-Keepyourdistancefromrotangpropellers
andthemotorstoavoidcutsandinjury.
-Onlyusepropellersthathavebeenprovided
byVehotoensureopmalperformance.
4.4 Propeller Guards
YoucanprotectyourX-Drone’spropellersfrombeingdamagedduringightsbyinstalling
thepropellerguards.ToinstallapropellerguardremovethetwoM3x8screwsattheendof
eachmotor,thenplacethepropellerguardinposionandaachusingtheM3x12screws
provided.Tightenthescrewsasrequired.PleasekeeptheM3x8screwsinasafeplaceand
replacewhennotusingthepropellerguards.
4. X-Drone propellers
Unlockdirecon
Wrench
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5. X-Drone controller
Joysck and S1-S4 switch funcons
Le joysck UpandDown–Throle/LeandRight–Yaw
Right joysck UpandDown–Pitch/LeandRight–Roll
S1 1NormalFlight2Notallocated3Notallocated
S2 1JoysckCalibraonOK2X-DroneandWiFiRangeExtenderPairing
 3CalibrangJoysck
  (Tiltup)
S3 RelatedControltoServo Stop(Medium)
  (TiltDown)
S4 1GPSMode2NormalMode3Null(Reserved)
5.1 Switching on the controller
- Insert4AAbaeries(notprovided)intothebaerycompartmentasperposiveand
negavedirecons
- Ensurethatthetwojoyscksareinthecentreposion.PushswitchesS1andS2tothe
topposion.
- Pushthepowerswitchonthecontrollertoon.Thepowerindicatorwillturnonandstay
solidred.
Beforeeachusemakesurethecontrollerhassucientbaery.Ifthebaeriesarelowthe
controllerwillmakeasoundtoindicatelowpower.Pleaseremovethebaeriesifyoudonot
intendtousethecontrollerforalongme.
5.2 Controller antenna
TomaintainastrongcommunicaonbetweenthecontrollerantennaandtheX-Drone
receiverantennapleasekeepthecontrollerantennapoinngtowardstheskyandensure
thattherearenoobstaclesbetweenthecontrollerantennaandtheX-Dronereceiver.You
maylosecontroloftheX-Droneiftheantennaisobstructed.Makesurethatthesmartphone
rangeextenderandsmartphone(ifapplicable)donotblocktheantenna.
1.Antenna
2.Repeater
3.Smartphonemount
4.S23posionswitch
5.S13posionswitch
6.S3Cameraanglecontrol
7.S43posionswitch
8.Remotecontrolpowerindicator
9.Photocaptureindicator
10.Videorecordingindicator
11.Baerycompartment
12.Lejoysck
13.Rightjoysck 
14.Straphole 
15.Stopvideobuon
16.Startvideorecordbuon
17.Photocapturebuon
18.Remotecontrolpowerswitch
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5.3 Controller opera ng instruc ons
Controller X-Drone Direc on Control Method
  ThelejoysckcontrolstheX-Drone
e l e v a  o n . 
  Pushthelejoysckupwardsoverthe
centreposiontomaketheX-Dronetake
ofromtheground.(Pleasepushthele
joysckslowlytopreventtheX-Drone
fromsuddenlyandunexpectedlyrising).
  Pushthejoysckup,theX-Dronerises.
Pullthejoysckdown,theX-Drone
descends.Keepthejoysckatthecentre
posionandtheX-Dronewillhoveratthat
parcularheight.
  Thelejoysckalsocontrolsthe
X-Dronerotaon.
  PushthejoysckleandtheX-Drone
rotatescounterclockwise.Pushthejoysck
rightandtheX-Dronerotatesclockwise.
Ifthejoysckiscentred,theX-Dronewill
yinthesamedireconwithoutrotang.
  Thejoysckcontrolstherotangangular
velocityoftheX-Drone.Movethe
joyscktoincreaseX-Dronerotaon
velocity.
  TherightjoysckcontrolstheX-Drone’s
front&backlt.
  PushthejoysckupandtheX-Drone
willltandyforward.Pullthejoysck
downandtheX-Dronewillltandy
backwards.TheX-Dronewillkeeplevel
andstraightifthejoysckiscentred.
  Movethejoysckfastertoincreasethe
ltangle(maximumis30degrees)and
forfasterightvelocity.
Controller X-Drone Direc on Control Method
  Therightjoysckalsocontrolsthe
X-Dronele&rightlt.
  PushthejoysckleandtheX-Drone
willltandyle.Pushthejoysckright
andtheX-Dronewillltandyright.The
X-Dronewillkeeplevelandstraightifthe
joysckiscentred.
  Movethejoysckfastertoincreasethe
ltangle(maximumis30degrees)and
fasterightvelocity.
  S2isusedtocalibratetheleandright
joyscks.
  MoveS2toposion3,andturnonthe
controller.Thenmovebothjoyscks
clockwiseandcounterclockwisetwice,
ensuringeachrotaonreachesthe
maximumdegrees.Aerwards,release
thejoyscksandmoveS2toposion1.
  Thevideorecordingindicator(green)
willlightupfor3secondstoindicate
thecompleonofthecalibraon.
  S4switchistheightmodetoggle
switch.
  Posion1-GPSmode
  Posion2-NRM(normal)mode
  Posion3-NULLisreservedfuncon
  S2isusedtocalibratetheleandright
  MoveS2toposion3,andturnonthe
  S4switchistheightmodetoggle
  Posion1-GPSmode
  TherightjoysckcontrolstheX-Drone’s
  Thelejoysckalsocontrolsthe
  PushthejoysckleandtheX-Drone
Posi on 1
Posi on 1
Posi on 2
Posi on 2
Posi on 3
Posi on 3
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- InGPSmode,whenbothjoyscksareintheneutral(centre)posion,theX-Drone
willhoverataxed-point.
- Innormalmode,whenalljoyscksareintheneutral(centre)posion,theX-Drone
willremainlevel,butmaydriinahorizontaldirecon.
- WheninGPSmodetheX-DronemotorscannotbeturnedonunltheGPSisready.
5.4 Pairing the controller and the X-Drone’s receiver
ThecontrollerandX-Dronehavealreadybeenpairedtogetherpriortoshipping.Youonly
needtofollowtheinstruconsbelowifthecontrollerorreceiverhavechanged.
MakesurethatthecontrolleristurnedoandthenturnontheX-Drone.Thefront,rear
andtailindicatorswilllightup.Whenyouheara‘beep’soundturnonthecontroller.The
videoindicatorwilllightupindicangthatpairinghascommenced.Whenthetailindicator
connuouslyashesfastthelinkbetweenthecontrollerandtheX-Dronereceiverhasbeen
successfullyestablished.
TheX-Dronesmartphonerangeextenderisawirelesscommunicaondevicethatworksin
the2.4GHzfrequencybandandisusedtoincreasetheeecvecommunicaondistance
betweenthesmartphoneandtheX-Drone.Thecommunicaondistanceisaectedbythe
surroundingenvironment,suchasblockagesduetotrees,signalreeconbybuildings,
interferencebyothersamefrequencybands.
6.1 Guide to the smartphone range extender
1.Powerindicator 4.Powerswitch 7.Base
2.WiFiindicator 5.Chargingport
3.Lockingscrew 6.Pairingbuon
6.2 WiFi indicator
WiFi Indicator (Blue) Descripon
Solid on Rangeextenderstartupcompleted
Flashing fast Rangeextendernotpairedwithonboardcamera
Flashing slowly Successfullypairedsmartphonerangeextenderwithonboardcamera
6.3 Power indicator
Power Indicator Descripon
Red light solid on Rangeextenderison
Red light ashes Rangeextenderischargingorlowbaery,pleasechargeasap
Red light solid on Chargingiscomplete
6. X-Drone smartphone
range extender
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