6
Getting Started
Right. So: you’ve got the
SportsCam
. It’s Friday afternoon, and you’re
headed out skating on Saturday morning and you want to get the
SportsCam
setup and ready to rock and/or roll.
1. Charge the battery.
Short version:
Plug the little end of the USB cable into the SportsCam,
and the big end into the included power adapter. Plug the power
adapter into a wall socket. Wait two to three hours. Bam!
Check out page 9 for the long version on getting yourself some power.
2. Jam a microSD card in it. Gently.
Short version:
Ensure there’s nothing on the microSD card you want
to keep, as we’ll be formatting it in a moment (that erases all the data
and preps it for recording video). The
SportsCam
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 8 for the long version regarding microSD cards.
3. Set up your Camera using the On-Screen Menus
Short version:
Connect the
SportsCam
to a television or monitor using
either the mini-HDMI output or the COMPOSITE VIDEO output (that’s
the weird USB to RCA cable - one end goes into the USB port on the
SportsCam
and the other to the VIDEO IN on a TV). Use the
Remote
Control
to access the menus see (“The Remote Control” on page 15).
We think the best course of action is to:
•
Choose
your recording format (PAL or NTSC).
•
Format
your microSD card.
•
Set
the Date and Time.
•
Choose
your Resolution (see page 11).
•
Choose
your Quality settings (check out page 18).
