Pearl Mini User Guide
Next Steps
Start up the Pearl device for the first time
1. Turn on your camera or video source and connect the output to the back panel of Pearl device.
2. Connect the Ethernet cable to the Pearl device and to your network. Pearl Nano can power up using
the power from the Ethernet cable if your network supports PoE+ power. If you are using PoE+
power with a Pearl Nano, you can skip the next step.
3. Attach the power cable and plug it into a power source.
4. Turn on the system:
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- power button is on the back of the unit. Wait for the power-up cycle to
complete. The Grid view showing both channels appears on the touch screen. The video
source you connected to the HDMI-A port appears in channel HDMI-A, and the video source
connected to the HDMI-B port appears in channel HDMI-B.
5. (Required for recording on Pearl Mini and Pearl Nano) Install and format a storage solution. For
more information, see
Install and format an SD card for the Pearl Mini and Pearl Nano
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6. (Optional) Plug headphones into the 3.5 mm headphone jack at the front of the Pearl device to
monitor the video signal's embedded audio. For more about monitoring audio, see
7. (Optional) Start recording:
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- tap the red dot that appears in the top right corner of the screen to
start and stop recording the channel. The dot flashes while recording.
Recordings are saved to the SD card on Pearl Mini and Pearl Nano by default. When the SD card is
full, new recordings overwrite the oldest recordings. Do not eject the SD card while recording is in
progress as that may corrupt the SD card.
Next Steps
Now that you have a video source connected (and an SD card installed and formatted for Pearl Mini and
Nano), you can fine-tune Pearl device to your exact requirements. Take a look at topics such as:
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