W8100
User Guide
I. Product Overview
1. Knob Cover for Mini USB Port
2. Camera Lens
3. Power Button
4. Green/Red Indicator Light
5. Time Adjustment Knob
6. Blue Indicator Light
7. Mode Button
8. Micro SD Card Slot
II. What’s in the Box
-1 × Watch Camera
-1 × USB Cable
-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, both blue and green indicator lights will be
illuminated for 4 seconds, then the green one will turn off and the blue one will flash for 3 seconds and
turn off. After that, the green one will come on and flash 3 times then 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. Both blue and
green indicator lights will be illuminated for 3 seconds and then the green one will turn off
while the blue one will 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 green indicator light will flash 3 times and turn off with the blue one.
[Note]:
1). If the camera is running low on batteries, the green indicator light will slowly flash for 30 seconds
and turn off. Then the camera will shut down automatically.
2). The camera will shut down automatically if it is in standby mode without any operation more than
3 minutes.
3.2. VIDEO RECORDING
3.2.1. Power on the camera by pressing the Power Button for 2 seconds. Both blue and
green indicator lights will be illuminated for 3 seconds and then the green one will turn off
while the blue one will 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
flash 3 times and turn off.
3.2.3. Press the Power Button once again to stop video recording. The blue indicator light
will come on and stay illuminated, indicating the camera is back to standby mode.
[Note]:
1). A video clip will be generated and saved every 5 minutes automatically.
2). The camera can record video for 100 minutes continuously on a full charge.
3). Each video clip takes up about 140MB storage space of the Micro SD card.
4). Video Resolution: 1920x1088, 1280x720P, 640x480 Optional 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. Both blue and green
indicator lights will be illuminated for 3 seconds and then the green one will turn off while the
blue one will stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode
automatically.
3.3.2. Press the Mode Button twice to enter into still photograph mode. Both green and blue
indicator lights will stay illuminated.
3.3.3. Press the Power Button once to take a photo. Every time you take a photo, both green
and blue indicator lights will flash once.
3.4. AUDIO RECORDING
3.4.1. Power on the camera by pressing the Power Button for 2 seconds. Both blue and
green indicator lights will be illuminated for 3 seconds and then the green one will turn off
while the blue one will stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby
mode automatically.
3.4.2. Press the Mode Button once to enter into audio recording mode. The blue indicator
light will turn off while the green indicator light will come on and remain solid.
3.4.3. Press the Power Button once to record audio only. The green indicator light will
flash 3 times and turn off.
3.4.4. Press the Power Button once again to stop audio recording. The green indicator
light will come on and remain solid.
[Note]:
1). An audio clip will be generated and saved every 30 minutes automatically.
2). Audio Format: WAV
IV. Video/Image/Audio 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 drive.
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:
[date]
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Y 1
For example:
[date]
2017-04-12 14:24:32 Y 1
Save this file.
5.6. If you need the camera to record video at a lower resolution, you can change 1 into
2 or 3 in the “TIME.TXT” file. 1 stands for 1920x1088, 2 for 1280x720P and 3 for 640x480.
5.7. If you don’t need the time stamp on the video footage, change “Y” into “N” in the
“TIME.TXT” file.
For example:
[date]
2017-04-12 14:24:32 N 2
5.8. 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. Both red and blue indicator lights will stay illuminated during the charging process.
6.3. It will take about 45 minutes to obtain a full charge.
6.4. The red indicator light will turn off while the blue one will stay illuminated 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 Mode Button
simultaneously once; the camera will shut down automatically. Then you can restart the
camera with factory default settings.
VIII. Time Setting
8.1. Pull the Time Adjustment Knob until you hear a click. Both hour and minute hands will be
stopped.
8.2. Rotate the Time Adjustment Knob to set time.
8.3. Push the Time Adjustment Knob back after the time set is completed.
