W8500
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
>> Please make sure the camera is fully charged and the Micro SD card has been formatted
already and is securely fitted into the camera’s SD card slot, or it will not work. You are recom-
mended to 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 stay illumi-
nated for 3 seconds, then the green one will turn off while the blue one will keep flashing for 3 seconds
and turn off, next, the green one will flash 3 times 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. Both blue and green
indicator lights will be illuminated for 2 seconds and then the green one will turn off while the
blue one will stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode automati-
cally.
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). 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 green indicator light will keep flashing for 30 seconds
and turn off. 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. Both blue and green
indicator lights will be illuminated for 2 seconds and then the green one will turn off while the
blue one will stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode automati-
cally.
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 65 minutes continuously on a full charge.
3). Video Resolution: 1920x1080P, 1280x720P, 640x480 Optional Video Format: AVI
4). Loop recording is supported.
5). Each video clip takes up about 700MB at 1920x1080P, 300MB at 1280x720P, 120MB at 640x480.
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 2 seconds and then the green one will turn off while the
blue one will stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode automati-
cally.
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 2 seconds and then the green one will turn off while the
blue one will stay illuminated, indicating the camera has entered into standby mode automati-
cally.
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). The camera can record audio for 60 minutes continuously on a full charge.
3). Audio Format: WAV
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 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 1920x1080P, 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 it to an outlet AC power supply using the DC5V power
adapter and the USB cable provided.
6.2. Both blue and red indicator lights will stay illuminated during the charging process.
6.3. It will take 1 hour to obtain a full charge.
6.4. The red indicator light will turn off and 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 simul-
taneously 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.
