OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS – H16
VIEWING LIVE VIDEO ON THE CONSOLE
While the battery charges, General recommends becoming familiar with the H16’s controls,
indicators and menu options in Preview mode, before taking the unit out into the field. The H16
operates the same way whether powered by its battery or the AC adaptor.
To begin, power off the unit by pressing and holding the
button. Then press and hold the
button again to power the console back on. Each time the console is powered on, the screen
shown below right will appear briefly. The battery icon at left will be in white and the bars at right
will be in green, superimposed on live video captured by the camera probe. Together, the number
of bars and the color of the icon represent the H16’s two “vital signs”—available memory
capacity and battery charge, respectively.
The number of filled-in bars at the right of the screen reflects
the amount of data currently stored on the SD card. A full card
would produce four bars. The whiter the
icon at lower
left, the higher the current level of battery charge. A completely
white icon indicates a fully charged battery.
Next, get used to manipulating your probe. Instructions for
using the P16PIP probe and reel can be found beginning on
p. 14 of this manual.
Finally, note the dual function of the H16 console's
ESC
button in Preview mode:
•
Press the ESC button briefly
and targets will be enlarged by 50% as the camera’s field of
view is reduced by that amount. This represents a zoom level of 1.5X. The text
+1.5X
will
appear at the lower right of the LCD. Press the
ESC
button briefly again to increase the zoom
level to 2X and change the on-screen text to
+2.0X
.
•
Press and hold the ESC button
and
video will be mirrored horizontally, as
shown in the two photos at right. The
effect makes it possible to read text
or serial numbers“reversed” by an
attached probe with a mirrored
viewing tip—by undoing the reversal.
An icon of a mirror will appear at
the lower right of the LCD to indicate that video is being mirrored.
You can mirror and zoom videos at the same time by pressing the
ESC
button briefly, and then
pressing and holding the button.
VIEWING LIVE VIDEO ON A TV MONITOR
The DPS16 comes with a video cable for connecting the console to a TV or TV monitor that uses
either the NTSC or PAL analog broadcast standard. By making the connection, you can view live
video (or saved videos and pictures) on a screen larger than the H16’s.
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