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Your HD Sonic Drone helicopter comes equipped with an onboard digital camera that takes both video and
still Photographs. Now you can have hours of fun creating aerial photography and videos for family and
friends.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED USING YOUR CAMERA
1. One Micro SD card (not included)
2. One Micro SD card reader (included)
3. One Computer with USB port and Windows Media Player or other Media player that can play AVI files
(not included).
FORMATTING YOUR MICRO SD CARD
Before you can begin to take videos or digital photographs you must first format your Micro SD card. To format
your Micro SD card simply place the Micro SD card into the included USB SD card reader and plug it into your
computers USB port (See diagram 1 and 2 below). After a few moments an icon will appear on your Desktop.
Right click on the Icon and follow instructions to format your Micro SD card.
INSTALLING THE MICRO SD CARD IN YOUR HD SONIC DRONE
• Pop out the battery from the HD Sonic Drone.
• Place the formatted SD card into the back of the helicopters digital camera port. ( see diagram 3 below) Push
gently and consistently until you hear and feel the micro SD card “click” into the digital camera slot.
• Turn the HD Sonic Drone on and make sure that it is both fully charged and properly synced to the Controller
(see HOW TO SYNC YOUR HELICOPTER on page 4 ).
• When you have successfully installed your micro SD card and your HD Sonic Drone battery, you will see a
solid red LED light on the camera unit belly(see camera indicator light diagram 4 below).
NOTE: If you see a continuous flashing light in red and blue this means you have not installed your Micro SD
card correctly or there is a problem with your SD card. If this happens first make sure that the product is not
in Video Record mode and if not then please reformat and try again. If you continue to encounter problems
call our customers service line at 949.566.9573 Ext 1 for assistance.
TAKING DIGITAL PHOTOS
To take photographs simply press and release the Camera Snap button on the front of the controller (refer to
CONTROLLER DIAGRAM on pg. 3), when you push the button you will here a "beep" and the red LED lights will
flash in blue color one time indicating that a picture has been taken. When the camera ready light becomes
solid red again you are ready for your next photograph.
RECORDING VIDEOS
To record a video first make sure that your HD Sonic Drone is fully charged and that you have correctly
installed the micro SD card in the camera port. Begin recording a video by pressing and hold the VIDEO
RECORD button on the front of the controller (see CONTROLLER DIAGRAM on page 3), you will here a long
"beep" and the red LED light on the HD Sonic Drone will flash in blue color constantly to indicate that you are
in video mode and the camera is recording. To stop the video recording, press and hold the VIDEO RECORD
button a second time. The blue indicator light on the belly of the camera will change to solid red indicating
that video recording has stopped and the Camera is in ready mode again.
USING YOUR ON BOARD CAMERA AND VIDEO RECORDER
Red LED Light
micro SD card facing down
micro SD card
goes in back slot
Diagram 4
Diagram 3
Diagram 2
Diagram 1
IMPORTANT NOTICE : You can not take photos and videos at the same time. When you are in video mode
your camera/ photo button is disabled. If you want to take photos you must first turn off video mode.
REMOVING YOUR MICRO SD CARD
To remove your Micro SD Card push in gently on the back of the SD card with your thumb or forefinger until
you hear and feel a “clicking sound”. The Micro SD card will “pop out” slightly and is ready for removal.
Simply grab and pull gently away from the helicopter camera port to remove the card. Always store your
Micro SD card in a clean, safe and cool environment.
DOWNLOADING AND CLEARING SPACE ON YOUR MICRO SD CARD
Plug your micro SD card into micro SD card reader and connect to your computer. It is best to always
download all your videos and pictures on to your computer and not store this data on your Micro SD card.
After downloading your photos and videos , follow your computers instructions to “delete” files on your
Micro SD card.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: When your Micro SD card is full the indicator light on the bottom of your helicopter
will not flashing when you press the photographs or video record button. This indicates that its time put a
new SD card in your helicopter or download files and clear space for future photos and videos.
