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Stuff and Where It’s At: Contents

Stuff and Where It’s At: Contents

Introduction

Where Stuff is At (The Layout)

Slots, Ports and Batteries

Pushing Buttons (a.k.a. an “Operating Guide”)

Taking it to the Depths (Waterproof Case)

Getting

Started

Your microSD Cards and You

You Got the Power: Charging the Battery

Resolution:

Choosing

Showing

your

Quality

Seeing how cool you are (Playback)

Playback on a Computer

HDMI & Composite Video Playback

Adjusting

the

Lens 18

Options, Options: The Onscreen Menus

Mounting

the

Camera

Shooting

Your

Troubles

(Important) Legal Mumbo Jumbo

Technically Speaking (Specifications)

Summary of Contents for Atom HD

Page 1: ...1 MSPORTM210612E English Atom HD ...

Page 2: ...f Case 7 Getting Started 8 Your microSD Cards and You 10 You Got the Power Charging the Battery 11 Resolution Choosing It 12 Showing your Quality 14 Seeing how cool you are Playback 15 Playback on a Computer 16 HDMI Composite Video Playback 17 Adjusting the Lens 18 Options Options The Onscreen Menus 19 Mounting the Camera 22 Shooting Your Troubles 24 Important Legal Mumbo Jumbo 25 Technically Spea...

Page 3: ...great for recording biking skating skiing or snowboarding surfing or throwing yourself out of a perfectly good aircraft Or just about anything else you can think of Strap it to your head arms legs butt bike board gear rigging or shoes Or you can think outside the box Use it to capture video to show your friends and share your videos online Don t talk big Show big Prove you did it with the Atom HD ...

Page 4: ...AtomHD will screw right on Port Cover Beneath this cover lies all the ports and microSD card slots Lens A bit of high quality glass used to focus all the stuff Light One does not simply shoot video at night unless one has light Which this does How about that LCD Screen Where you can see all the things the camera is up to Power Record Buttons All the controls you re going to need We ll deal with th...

Page 5: ...unless necessary or instructed to do so The battery is located here This is a rechargeable lithium polymer battery Handle with care Don t attempt to charge it any way other than INSIDE the camera Do NOT expose the battery to heat moisture or water Keep away from children Basically don t mess with it Mini HDMI Port Pure awesomeness in one output Push the locking tab down Slide the battery compartme...

Page 6: ...n has a few functions depending what the camera is up to Press and hold to open the menu system When in the menus pressing momentarily will access the next menu screen When in the menus press and hold to exit the menu system ESC Playback Initiates playback of video or stills In the menus this button acts as LEFT and RIGHT arrows It makes sense when you do it Photo Capture Takes a still photograph ...

Page 7: ... For use with the included mounting hardware see page 22 for more information about the mounting hardware Before you head out ensure that everything is secure Lens Cover For best results ensure that this is kept clean and scratch free Tripod Mount Like the camera s tripod thread this will attach the case to all manner of photographic mounts Through Case Button Extension You can continue to use the...

Page 8: ...eps it for recording video The Atom HD shoots high def video so grab yourself a decently big card we reckon that 8GB is a realistic minimum with 16GB or 32GB cards recommended Check out page 10 for the long version regarding microSD cards 3 Set up your Camera using the On Screen Menus Short version Using the buttons on the top of the camera open the on screen menus and set the important options Fa...

Page 9: ...ada Mexico or Japan Choose PAL 50Hz if you re in the UK Europe Africa or Australia Format To clean old data off the microSD card and get it ready to record video we suggest formatting it in the Atom HD Make sure there s no data on the card you want to keep you can t get it back Date and Time The time is represented in the following format YYYY MM DD We suggest getting this right before you head ou...

Page 10: ... D 4 D 6 Inserting a microSD card Hold the Atom HD so that the LCD screen is facing you Orient the microSD card so that the text is facing up Gently push a microSD card into one of the slots Be careful that it goes in correctly if it misses the slot or is inserted at an angle it could become jammed The card will click into place once fully inserted To remove the card simply push it in This will re...

Page 11: ... or cable to a USB port or USB charger up to 1000mA Under no circumstances ever connect the Atom HD to any power source supplying anything other than 5V Charging Status Indicator LEDs a k a Them there glowin things While the Atom HD is charging the red LED on the rear panel will light up It will turn green when the Atom HD is fully charged At least one LED will light up whenever the Atom HD is con...

Page 12: ...gle So if you want the widest view possible use 720p There s a really complex explanation for why this is the case see the next page Not everyone can playback 1080p many TV s even some marked HD can t playback 1080p most systems that can will claim Full HD or 1080p somewhere on the unit or the packaging most likely both 720p use less space than 1080p and are often less prone to artefacting so if y...

Page 13: ...ential to be played back at 50 speed without noticable loss of quality Use a program such as VLC Media Player and set the playback speed to 50 to preview the slow motion clip shot at 50 60fps Viewing Angles When the camera is in 720p mode the viewing angle will be a massive 170 degrees that s literally almost everything infront of the camera When in 1080p mode the viewing angle is 127 degrees whic...

Page 14: ...ideo as 1080p on high quality So say you ve got a 32GB microSD card in the Atom HD or two 16GB cards how much can you actually record Even though a card claims to be 32GB you ll actually only get about 28 30GB of useable space The overhead is lost to the file allocation table the FAT it s a bit like an index which tells the camera where to record data So we re going to have to be a little vague be...

Page 15: ...RCA cable can be used to connect the Atom HD to an old school television with RCA inputs These are often labeled as Video In Composite In AV or similar The composite video out puts out a standard definition signal 480 lines for NTSC 576 lines for PAL so there is a noticable drop in quality Also due to the analog nature of the technology there s the chance of some noise or distortion However it s a...

Page 16: ...drive The Atom HD will charge while connected as a USB drive Removing the microSD card Remove the port cover of the Atom HD Push the microSD card in to remove it Be careful the spring that pushes it out is pretty powerful Use a USB card reader connected to your computer to access the files on the card You may need an SD to microSD card converter if your card reader doesn t support the microSD form...

Page 17: ...he Atom HD on press and hold the power button for about three seconds Playback via Composite Video Out Remove the port cover from the Atom HD Connect the included USB to RCA cable to the mini USB port on the side panel of the Atom HD Connect the Video Out plug the yellow one to a Video Input on your television monitor or recording device as applicable It will most likely also be yellow If you want...

Page 18: ... to compensate for the different way light moves through water as opposed to air You ll need to rotate the lends 95 degrees counter clockwise as shown in the diagram If you look closely near the lens there are two markings The red marking at the 0 degree point indicates normal focus whereas the white mark at 95 degrees marks the optimal focus for underwater The outer adjustment ring on the lens ha...

Page 19: ...increases the chance of capturing the right moment Auto Shooting Off The camera will take photographs only when the button is manually pressed 3 5 10 30 or 60 sec Automatically takes a photo at the preset interval This is similar to but different from a time lapse video function as the output will be individual image files Time Stamp On or Off Whether the time and date will be printed onto your ph...

Page 20: ...d systems Microphone On Off Whether the internal microphone is enabled When OFF there will simply be no sound on your recordings Settings Menu Language Multiple Options Choose the language you d like the camera s menu system to be displayed in You can choose from English French German Spanish Italian Dutch Norwiegen Russian Date YYYY MM DD Sets the current date Time HH MM Sets the current time Aut...

Page 21: ...alian and UK users should choose 50Hz Video System PAL NTSC Choose the appropriate VIDEO STANDARD for your location North American users should choose NTSC whereas European Australian and UK users should choose PAL OSD On Off Turns the on screen display on or off If you re previewing images in realtime turning the OSD off makes the overall composition a little easier to see LED Indication On Off W...

Page 22: ...ill be when you re actually in the moment you want to capture For example cyclists who line up the camera for facing forward might get a lovely shot of the road when they ve got their head down working those pedals like a boss Permanent Mounts and Adhesive Pads Thetwopermanentmountingpoints theFlatMountingPlateandthe Curved Mounting Plate can be permanently well semi permanent the adhesive will we...

Page 23: ...t out it s kinda simple The Helmet Mount Like the handlebar mount which can totally be attached to things other than handlebars don t ask who will let you ask who s going to stop you you can use the helmet mount to attach the camera to any slightly curved surface Off the top of our heads we can t really think of anything but a hemet but we re sure you re more creative Peel the protective layer fro...

Page 24: ...pretty sound proof too You can use this to your advantage in many high wind situations anything 65mph 100km h or faster it can actually make the audio quality better If you re not using the Atom HD in or around water not using the waterproof case will dramatically improve sound quality However the camera won t be as resiliant to bumps and knocks so be careful Q The audio sounds distorted weird too...

Page 25: ... more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help IMPORTANT NOTE Prohibition against eavesdropping Except for the operations of law enforceme...

Page 26: ...n based on 2GB micro SD approx 1080p High 16 min Medium 20 min Low 24 min 1080pS High 18 min Medium 22 min Low 26 min 720pH High 18 min Medium 26 min Low 40 min 720p High 28 min Medium 40 min Low 60 min Recording format File types MP4 MOV Codec Type MPEG 4 AVC Video Record Resolution 1080p 1920x1080 25fps PAL 30fps NTSC 720p 1280x720 25fps or 50fps PAL 30fps or 60fps NTSC Photo Resolution Snapshot...

Page 27: ...sumption Approx 500mA 3 7V varies by environment and recording type s Lithium Battery 800mAh Record Time 90 min Storage temperature 4 F 140 F 20 C 60 C Operating temperate range 4 F 122 F 20 C 50 C Operating humidity range 15 85 RH 100 inside waterproof case Due to product improvements specifications are subject to change without notice For the latest version of this manual visit www swann com ...

Page 28: ...use or abuse of the device will render all warranties void By law some countries do not allow limitations on certain exclusions in this warranty Where applicable by local laws regulations and legal rights will take precedence For Australia Our goods come with guarantees which cannot be excluded under Australian Consumer Law You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and for co...

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