SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
CHARGE BATTERY
1. Locate the white box containing the AC adaptor/battery charger and open it.
2. Plug the prongs of the adaptor into an 110VAC power outlet.
3. Lift up the small rubber flap labeled
on the bottom right side of the console. Insert the plug at the end of the adaptor’s
cable into the unlabeled DC IN jack under the flap (see Fig. 1). The Battery Status LED at the bottom left of the front panel will
glow red and remain red until the plug is removed.
Continue charging the battery for at least 3 hours. You can operate the DCS2000 while the battery charges. To do so, power on the
console by pressing and holding the
button. If the battery is not fully charged, after the console powers on the Battery Status
LED will glow orange. In addition, the Battery Charge bar graph at the bottom of the DCS2000’s metadata panel on the left side of
the LCD (see photo at bottom of this page) will show green bars “moving” to the right to indicate that the battery is charging.
If you disconnect the adaptor before it charges the battery enough to power the DCS2000, the system will not power on when you
press and hold the
button. Once the battery has been charged sufficiently to power the system, when you disconnect the
adaptor and power on the DCS2000 the LCD will illuminate, the Battery Status LED will glow green, and the bars of the Battery
Charge Indicator will stop moving and change color from green to white.
ATTACH PROBE
Attach the included P16181HP probe (or another compatible VGA Resolution
probe from General) by plugging its connector into the probe connector at the
top of the DCS2000 console. The connectors mate in only one way, when the
two dots—one on the console’s connector and the other under the collar at
the end of the probe—are aligned. After you have lined up the dots, push the
two connectors together so the alignment keys on opposite sides of the
probe’s connector slide over the flats of the console’s connector (left image at
right). Slide the collar on the probe’s connector forward and tighten the collar by turning it clockwise.
You can now remove the protective red rubber cap from the camera-tipped end of the probe. It is good practice to replace the cap
whenever the probe will not be used for a while.
To disconnect the probe from the console later, turn the collar counterclockwise and pull the probe straight out and away.
INSERT SD CARD
1. Unlatch the door near the bottom of the right side of the console (see Fig. 1) and let it swing up to expose the SD card socket
as well as the USB and AV Out jacks.
2. Remove the supplied SD card or another card of up to 32GB capacity from its packaging. Discard the packaging but save the
plastic storage case.
3. Plug the SD card into the socket. Be sure the card’s gold contacts face the rear of the console and enter the socket first. Push
in the card until you feel it spring back and you hear a click.
To remove the card later, push it in gently until you hear a click and the card pops out far enough for your fingers to grab.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
VIEWING LIVE VIDEO ON THE LCD
If you followed the procedure for charging the
battery in the previous section, you have already
experienced powering the DCS2000 on. Each time
you power the unit on—or return to Preview
(live video) mode from Playback or Menu mode—
a screen similar to the one at right will appear on
the LCD.
ESC
ESC
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DATE
TIME
LIGHT
DIRECTION
SD CARD
STATUS
BRIGHTNESS
INDICATOR
BATTERY
INDICATOR
CHARGE
METADATA
PANEL
