F5000
User Guide
I. Product Overview
1. Mini USB Port
2. Micro SD Card Slot
3. Blue/Red Indicator Light
4. Camera Button
5. Power Button
6. Flashlight
7. Lanyard Hole
8. Camera Lens
II. What’s in the Box
-1 × Mini DV Camcorder
-1 × USB Cable
-1 × Lanyard
-1 × AC110-230V to DC 5V Power Adapter
-1 × 8GB Micro SD Card (fitted into the Micro SD card slot already)
III. Operation
>> Before using, please make sure your camera is fully charged.
>> Please make sure the Micro SD card has been formatted already and is securely fitted
into the camera’s SD card slot, or it will not work. We recommend you use a SDHC Class
10 Micro SD card.
[Note]:
If no Micro SD card is fitted into the camera, the blue indicator light will be illuminated for
2 seconds, then keep flashing for 1 minute and turn off. The camera will shut down automatically.
3.1. POWER ON/OFF
3.1.1. Power on the camera by pressing the Power Button for 2 seconds. The blue indicator
light will come on and stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode
automatically.
3.1.2. Power off the camera by pressing the Power Button for 2 seconds again in standby
mode. The blue indicator light will flash twice and turn off.
[Note]:
1). The camera will shut down automatically if it is in standby mode without any operation more
than 3 minutes.
2). If the camera is running low on batteries, the blue indicator light will flash for 5 seconds and
turn off. Then the camera will shut down automatically.
3.2. VIDEO RECORDING
3.2.1. Power on the camera by pressing the Power Button for 2 seconds. The blue indicator
light will come on and stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode
automatically.
3.2.2. Press the Power Button once to start video recording. The blue indicator light will
keep flashing.
3.2.3. Press the Power Button once again to stop video recording. The blue indicator light
will stay illuminated, indicating the camera is back to standby mode.
[Note]:
1). A video clip will be generated and saved every 3 minutes automatically.
2). The camera can record video for 60 minutes continuously on a full charge.
3). Each video clip will take up about 360MB storage space of the Micro SD card.
4). Video Resolution: 1280x720P Video Format: AVI
5). Loop recording is supported.
3.3. CAMERA/STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
3.3.1. Power on the camera by pressing the Power Button for 2 seconds. The blue indicator
light will come on and stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode
automatically.
3.3.2. Press the Camera Button once to take a photo. The blue indicator light will flash once
and turn off. The flashlight will be turned on automatically in darkness and flash once with the
blue indicator light when a photo is taken.
IV. Video/Image File Uploads
4.1. Power off the camera, remove the Micro SD card and insert it into a card reader.
4.2. Insert the card reader into a proper PC computer USB port.
4.3. The camera will be recognized as a removable disk drive.
4.4. All the files can be accessed in the “DCIM” folder.
V. Setting Time/Date Stamp
5.1. Power off the camera, remove the Micro SD card and insert it into a card reader.
5.2. Insert the card reader into a proper PC computer USB port.
5.3. The camera will be recognized as a removable disk drive.
5.4. Click on the drive in the root directory and inside the root directory, open the file
named “time.txt”.
5.5. Write the current date and time in the “time.txt” file with the correct format:
YYYY.MM.DD HH:MM:SS (For example: 2017.04.12 14:24:32). If you don’t need the time
and date stamp on the video footage, you can add an “N” in the “time.txt” file. (For
example: 2017.04.12 14:24:32 N). Save this file.
5.6. Restart the camera and the system will upgrade the program automatically.
VI. Charging
6.1. Power off the camera and connect the camera to an outlet AC power supply using the
DC5V power adapter and the USB cable provided.
6.2. The red indicator light will stay illuminated during the charging process.
6.3. It will take 4 hours to obtain a full charge.
6.4. The red indicator light will turn off when the camera is fully charged.
VII. Resetting
If for any reason, the camera stops responding or isn’t working properly, a quick reset will
restore it back to normal operation.
Operation:
When the camera is powered on, press the Power Button and Camera Button
simultaneously once; the camera will shut down automatically. Then you can restart the
camera with factory default settings.
