PenRecorderPro HD500 User manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Key Features
How to operate
1. Charging
2. Turn on/o
3. Recording Video
4. Taking Photos
5. Auto Power O
6. Reset
Time/Date Stamp
1. Turn on/o time/date stamp
2. Setting current time/date
Video Settings
1. Change Video Settings
2. Default Settings
3. Settings Explained
Detailed Specs
Caution
Legal Information
1-Year Warranty
KEY FEATURES
- Superior image sensor for low light video
recording, quickly responds to changes in
lighting.
- Full HD 1080P at 30fps; amazing HD video
- 720P at 60fps; uid fast action recording
- H.264 compression
- Easy one button operation
- No ashing light while recording

- MAC/Windows, direct USB plug design
HOW TO OPERATE
1. CHARGING
Before using for the rst time, we recommend
giving the device a full charge. It has an internal
rechargeable battery. The battery can be charged
the following ways:
a. Plug into computers USB port
b. Plug the pen into one of our optional charging
accessories (wall/car/portable charger) If you use
your own charger, make sure is no more than 5V
and 1000mAH output (most standard cell phone
chargers will work)
c. While charging, the light will ash blue; when

charging is complete the light will stop ashing and
turn a solid blue.
2. TURN ON/OFF
Power on: press and hold the top function button
until the blue indicator light appears and release
(NOTE: if you continue to hold the button down
while the green light is ickering, the pen will not
begin to record, but enters “standby” mode which
is indicated by a solid blue light). After a second
the green light will icker several times while pen is
loading. The green ickering light will turn o and
the pen will begin to record video. The indicator
light will remain o while it is recording.
Power o: Push and hold the button until all indica-
tor lights turn o.
3. RECORDING VIDEO
a. Power on the Pen as in step 2. The pen will
automatically begin to record video.
b. Quick press button to stop recording. The pen
will enter standby mode and the indicator light will
be solid blue.
c. Quick press button again to begin recording.
Indicator light will icker green to let you know
recording has started.
NOTE: In order to avoid large le sizes that may
cause the pen or your computer to freeze, recording
is divided into 10 minute intervals.

NOTE: Be sure to open lens cover before recording.
4. TAKING PHOTOS
a. Enter standby mode (indicated by a solid blue
light). From o position press and hold button and
release while the green light is ashing, the green
light will icker again and turn solid blue
b. While in standby mode, double click the button
to go into photo mode and the green light and blue
light will start ashing alternately.
c. Click the button once to take a picture, the blue
light blinks twice to indicate that the picture was
taken successfully
d. To quit photo mode, double-click the button
again, the device will go back to standby mode.
5. AUTO POWER OFF
a. When the battery is about to run out, the blue
light will blink for a few seconds, and the pen will
shut down.
b. When the memory is full, both the blue and green
light will blink for a few seconds and the pen will
shut down.
c. If the pen is in standby mode for over 3 minutes,
it will shut down.
6. RESET
If you pen is malfunctioning, we recommend

resetting it. Use a thin object to press the reset
button (located inside indicator light hole). After
resetting the pen should work normally. NOTE:
reseting the pen only resets the software within the
pen, but does not delete any les.
TIME/DATE STAMP
NOTE: We have included universal instructions that
work for both MAC and Windows. However, if you are
a windows user, you can use the le located in the
root folder of the pen called “setup.exe” to change
time/date. Screetshot below:
After you have changed the time/date stamp. Click
“Create Conguration File” and close the program.
Unplug the pen from the computer. The next time you
record a video the updated time/date will take aect.

1. TURN ON/OFF TIME/DATE STAMP (MAC &
Windows)
a. Connect your Pen to the computer while turned
o.
b. Open “setting.txt” from the root folder of the
glasses.
c. First change “UPDATE:N” to “UPDATE:Y” then
refer to line item “RTCDisplay”. Set to “0” to turn
o time stamp or set to “1” to turn on time stamp.
2. SETTING CURRENT TIME/DATE (MAC &
Windows)
a. Connect your Pen to the computer while turned
o.
b. The Pen will automatically connect to your
computer as a removable drive.
c. Open Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac) and
create a new text le.
d. Input the local true time according to the
following form- For example: The present time is:
09:08:07, October 6th, 2014, so the input would be:
20141006090807 (no spaces between the numbers)
e. Save the new document as “settime.txt” in the
root folder of the Pen. Make sure it is a plain text
le.

VIDEO SETTINGS
NOTE: We have included universal instructions that
work for both MAC and Windows. However, if you are
a windows user, you can use the le located in the
root folder of the pen called “setup.exe” to change
the video settings. (See screen shot under “Time/
Date Stamp” instructions). Change to your desgired
settings and click “Create Conguration File” and
close the program. Unplug the pen from the computer
and the next time you record a video your settings will
take aect.
1. CHANGE VIDEO SETTINGS (MAC & WINDOWS)
a. Connect the Pen to the computer while turned
o. The pen will mount as a drive. Open up the drive
and you will see 3 les in the root folder of the pen:
(don’t delete)setting.txt
setting.txt
setup.exe
b. Open the le titled “(don’t deleted)setting.txt”
this le contains a list of settings and below a
description of the settings. Change your desired
settings, and make sure “Y” is displayed next to the
wording “Update:” if “N” is displayed you settings
won’t take aect. Save the le as “setting.txt” on
the root folder of the pen, go ahead and say yes to
overwrite/replace the existing “setting.txt” le.

c. Unplug the pen from the computer and the
settings will take aect the next time you record a
video.
2. DEFAULT SETTINGS
EV:6
AWB:0
CTST:100
SAT:100
SHARPNESS:100
QUALITY:1
AudioVol:1
RTCDisplay:1
VideoSwitch:0
LIGHTFREQ:1
3. SETTINGS EXPLAINED
a. Exposure (EV): 1-21
Adjust exposure down in bright/sunny conditions.
Adjust exposure up in dark/cloudy conditions.
b. White Balance (AWB): 0-4
Changes the white balance and is used for
color correction. 0=Auto, 1=Daylight, 2=Cloudy,
3=Tungsten Filament, 4=Fluoresent

c. Contrast (CTST): 1-100
Increase or decrease the degree of dierence
between tones.
d. Saturation (SAT): 1-100
Increase or decrease the vibrance of colors.
e. Sharpness (SHARPNESS): 1-100
Increase or decrease the sharpness.
f. Quality (QUALITY): 0-2
Change the video quality. 0=High, 1=Middle, 2=Low
g. Audio Volume (AudioVol): 0-2
0=Min, 1=Mid, 2=Max
h. Time Stamp Display (RTCDisplay): 0-1
0=O, 1=On
i. Video Mode (VideoSwitch): 0-1
0=1080P, 1=720P
j. Light Frequency: (LIGHTFREQ): 0-1
0=60Hz, 1=50Hz