It will take several hours to fully charge the console and probe handle/controller
batteries the first time.
You cannot replace either battery
, which can only be replaced
by General-authorized service personnel.
Do not open the case of either component
in an attempt to change the battery yourself
. Doing so creates a potentially fatal
electrical hazard (and voids the warranty as well) with the AC adapter plugged in.
With proper care (charging the batteries often, and never allowing them to completely
discharge), you can expect each battery to last four or five years. Fully charged batteries
should power at least four hours of operation.
SYNC CONSOLE AND PROBE
It’s important to realize that the DCS1800 console is now showing video only because
the probe is physically attached to it. For most inspection applications, you will want to
detach the probe handle/controller from the console and use its built-in transmitter to
send probe video to the console’s LCD wirelessly. Detaching the two components frees
up both of your hands. You can then use one hand to feed the probe into the area you
want to inspect, and the other hand to adjust video brightness using the probe
handle/controller's thumbwheel, and zoom and/or mirror video by using the console’s
Esc
button.
The probe handle/controller and console can communicate wirelessly only if both
components are operating on the same channel. Four channels centered on 2.4GHz are
available. Both components may have already been set to the same channel at the
factory. To discover whether that is the case, detach the probe handle/controller from
the console. If the console’s LCD resumes showing probe video after a brief delay, the
two units are already operating on the same channel and there is no need to sync them.
If detaching the probe handle/controller from the console causes the video to disappear,
leaving static on the screen, you must sync the two components.
To synchronize the transmitting frequency of the probe handle/controller with the
receiving channel of the console
, you can either change the channel of the probe or
the channel of the console. In either case, you will use the small flat-blade screwdriver
included in the case. The channel selector switch of the console is on the rear of the
unit, in the center near the top. The channel selector switch of the probe
handle/controller is also on the back of the unit.
Since there are only four available channels, the fastest way to sync the two
components is to use the screwdriver to move the channel selector switch of
either
component through all four of its possible positions. When probe video appears on the
console, you have succeeded in syncing the two units.
INSERT SD CARD
This final setup step enables storage of video clips and photos. Remove the supplied
4GB SD memory card from its packaging. Discard the packaging, but save the plastic
storage case.
Push the SD card into the socket on the right side of the console (Fig. 1, Callout 8). Be
sure the card’s gold contacts are facing the rear and enter the socket first. Push in the
card until you feel it spring back and you hear a click.
Note that when you inserted the SD card, the advisory “
SD CARD INSERTED
” briefly
appeared on the bottom line of the LCD and a new icon with four bars appeared briefly
on the bottom right. This icon indicates the used capacity of the memory card. Four
green bars indicate a full SD card. No green bars indicate an empty card.
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