JVC GC-XA2 manual

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    LY T 2 6 5 8 - 0 0 3 A Dea r Custom er s Thank you fo r purchasing this J VC produc t. Befo re use, be sure to read “ Read this b efo re using the cam era” (p. 2– 5) to use the produc t correc tly. A C TION CAME R A G C -X A 2 Deta il ed U ser Guide[...]

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    2 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era Read this before using the camera Safety Instructions • Befo reusingthepro duc tinwater ,besuretoreadp. 3andtousethep roduc tcorre c tly . • Malfu nc tionduetomisusebythecus tomerisnotcoveredbywa rrant y. • Do?[...]

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    3 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era W ater , Dust, and Shock Resista nce • Water re sis tan ce :  Thec ameraop eratesfo r30minutesatdepthsupto5m(1 6.4f t). Thisisequi valenttotheIECStan dardpublic ation529IP X8. • Dus t res ist ance :  Thisisequi[...]

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    4 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era Water , Du st , and Sho ck Res ista nce (continued) After Using   Af terunder w ateruseorex posuretodust ycond itions,pro mptlyrinseth ecamer awithfre sh waterandthor oughlydr yi t. 1 Pres s and ho ld Power f or 2 se con ds to t urn of f t he c am[...]

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    5 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era • Werecommendrep lacingthes ealannuallytomaintainw aterresistan ce.Contactyou rJVC Ser vi cerepresent ative.(C hargesapp ly .) • Alwayskeeptheb atte r ycoverclosedb eforeus e. Caut ions • Rem emb er t hat t his u nit is [...]

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    6 Contents Read t his befo re u si ng the cam era ......................................................................... 2 Gettingt oKnowY ourCame ra ................................................................................. 7 Recording ...........................................................................................[...]

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    7 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a Overview   Thisca merawi tha7 .99M egaPixelse nsorcant akeH. 264for matvide os.  TheH .26 4techno logya llowsforvid eore cordingatanHDreso lutionof1 9 20x1 080.H igh qualit y7 . 99me ga- pixelima ges,and16mega[...]

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    8 Ge tt in g to K now Y ou r Ca mera Check in g the A cc essor ies Bat ter y (BN-V H 105 ) USB cable W id e  exib le mo unt (Pod par t /Base par t) Not es • R em ov e any di r t or mois tur e be fo re at ta c hi ng a cc ess ori es . • O nce att ached, the  exib le m ount c an not b e rem ov ed . • T he k no b of the  exib le m ount i[...]

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    9 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a 1 Rem ove the k nob f rom t he ba se pa rt . T urn the k nob in the d irec tion ind icated. 2 Ins er t th e pod p ar t into t he k no b. 3 Att ach t he po d pa rt t o the b ase p ar t. Be care ful not to pin ch your f inger. 4 Fasten t he k nob f irm ly. 1 2 3 4 Assembling the F lexible Mount Whenyouf i x?[...]

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    10 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a < / – but to n + / > but to n Reco rd/S ET bu tt on Recordin gmode:s tar ts / stopsrecordin g Playbackmo de:star t sorpause splayback Power bu tt on LCD moni tor ME NU/DE LETE bu t ton Recordin g mode: displays the menu Playbackmo de: dele tes a fi le Strap h ook Usea?[...]

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    11 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a 1 Load t he b att er y. ~ Slid e th e por t /slot cover l atch i n the dir ec ti on ind ica ted . Ÿ Slid e and o pe n the c over in th e dir ec ti on ind ica ted w hile h old ing down t he la tch . ! Ins er t th e bat ter y i n th e corre c t dir ec ti on ( +/ –) while p ull ing t he b lue lever to t he l ef [...]

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    12 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a • Inser tase paratelyp urchasedSDc ardintothe SDslotf irmly,untilthecardislocked . • T oremovetheSDcard ,pushthecardino nce, and pull it ou t straig ht. • Whenusin ganewSDcard,for matthecardin [...]

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    13 Recording Recording 1 Pres s and ho ld Power f or 2 se con ds to tur n the p ower o n. 2 Chec k th at th e vid eo mo de ic on ( ) is on t he sc ree n. If the ph oto mode icon ( ) is displayed onthescre en,sw itchtothevide omodeas foll ows: ~ Pres s ME NU. Ÿ Pres s < or > to se le c t “V ide o Mo de Opt io ns?[...]

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    14 Recording 1 Pres s and ho ld Power f or 2 se con ds to tur n the p ower o n. 2 Chec k th at th e pho to mo de ic on ( ) is on t he sc ree n. Ifthemovi emodeicon( ) is disp layed onthescre en,sw itchtothephotomod eas foll ows: ~ Pres s ME NU. Ÿ Pres s < or > to se le c t “Pho to Mo de Opt io ns?[...]

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    15 Recording 1 Pres s ME NU in r ecor din g mod e. 2 Vid eo mo de: Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo M ode Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . Photo mo de: Press < or > t o sel ec t “Ph oto M ode Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Vid eo mo de: Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo Ti me L aps e” , and p res s SET . Photo mo [...]

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    16 Recording 1 Pres s ME NU in r ecor din g mod e. 2 Pres s < or > to se le c t “V ide o Mo de Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Pres s < or > to se le c t “V ide o & Phot o” , and pre ss SE T . 4 Pres s Reco rd to s tar t re cor din g. PressRecordag aintostoprecordin g. Making Thumbna ils Duringth evide[...]

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    17 Recording 1 Pres s ME NU in r ecor din g mod e. 2 Pres s < or > to se le c t “V ide o Mo de Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Pres s < or > to se le c t “V ide o Ef fe c ts ” , and pre ss SE T . 4 Pres s Reco rd to s tar t re cor din g. PressRecordag aintostoprecordin g. Information • Y oucansp eci f[...]

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    18 Reco r di ng Pres s MEN U in re cor din g mod e. Pres s < or > to se le ct “ V ide o Mod e Opt ion s” , an d pre ss SET. Pres s < or > to se le ct “E ndl e ss R EC” , an d pre ss SE T . Pres s Reco rd to s tar t re cor din g. Press Record ag ai n to stop reco rdi ng . Endless Record in g ( v id eo mode o nl y ) The v id eo ?[...]

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    19 Recording 1 Pres s ME NU in r ecor din g mod e. 2 Pres s < or > to se le c t “Pho to Mo de Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Pres s < or > to se le c t “Bu rst ” , a nd pre ss S E T. 4 Pres s Reco rd to s tar t re cor din g. Information • Y oucansp eci f ythetimeinter v alsinthemenu scree n. (?[...]

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    20 Enjoy ing t he Playb ack M ode Enjo ying t he Pla yback Mode Stat us ico n (vide o mod e) :Playback :Pause :F astfor ward(Num ber :Spee d) :F astrewind(Numb er:Sp ee d) Playba ck cou nte r (vide o mod e) Vid eo ico n/ Phot o icon File cou nte r 1 Pre ss Play to sw itc h to t he pl aybac k mod e. Press[...]

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    21 Enjoy ing t he Playb ack M ode 1 Pre ss Play to sw itc h to t he pl aybac k mod e. PressPlaytoswitchbacktotherecordi ng mode. 2 Pres s < or > to se le c t the f il e you wis h to delete. 3 Pres s ME NU. 4 Pres s < or > to se le c t “Y es” , an d pre ss SE T . Deleting a F ile 1 3 24 Button operations dur i[...]

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    22 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting Y our C amera 1 Pres s ME NU in r ecor din g mod e. 2 Pres s < or > to se le c t the i tem yo u wis h to cha nge , and pr ess S ET . • PressMENUtoexi tthemenuscr een. • PressPlaytoswitchbacktotheprevi ous menu scre en. C onfiguring the C amera Settings 1 2[...]

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    23 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “Video“ Video Switchestothenor malvide orecordingm ode (“ V ideo Recording ” ,P . 1 3 ) End les s REC Switchestotheendlessre cordingmo de (“Endle ss Recordin g (videomo deonly)” ,P . 1 8 ) Vid eo Ti me L apse Switchestothetimela pse?[...]

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    24 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “Setup“ Bright ne ss   Thec ameraa djuststheb rightnessautom atically.Inaddition,manua lset tingsareavailab le. Aut o Adjuststheim agetothest andardbr ightness +6 - + 1 Records b righter – 6 - – 1 Records dar ker White Balanc e   The?[...]

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    25 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Video Time Lapse   Y oucansp eci f ythetimeinter v alofthetime lapserecordi ng. 0. 2 Sec ond Records1fram eever y0. 2seconds 1 Sec ond Records1f rameever y1s econd 5 Sec ond Records1f rameever y5s econds 1 0 Seco nd Records1f rameever [...]

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    26 Set t in g Y ou r Cam era Time Stamp ■ Y ou can ch oose w hether you ad d a tim est am p or not, and th e fo rmat of the tim estamp. (Y ou cannot de lete the tim e stamp af te r reco rdi ng .) OFF D ea c tivates the tim e st am p f unc t io n YEA R/MO NTH/ DA Y Records the time st am p in th e fo rmat of year/ m onth/ day MON TH/DA Y / YE AR R[...]

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    27 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “More“ LC D A uto Of f   The disp lay automatically tur ns of f 5 secon ds af ter the st ar t of recordin g. The disp lay turns on automaticall y at any operatio n or the end of r ecording. OFF De ac tivatesthisfunc tio n ON Activ atesthisfunc tion V olume   Y oucana dju[...]

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    28 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Default Setting   Y ou can r eset all se tti ngs to the fac tor y de fault . Update   Y oucanu pdatetheinterna lsof t ware. Formorede tails,pl easerefe rtothefollowin gwebsite. (Noinform ationispos teduntiltheup daterisprovide d.) http:/ /ww w3.jv[...]

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    29 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “Wi- Fi Menu“ OFF De ac tivatestheWi - Fifunc tionofthec amer a ON Activ atestheWi -Fifu nc tionoftheca mera Usethisset tingwh enyoumonito rthecame raviewusingA ndroidori OS devices.(“M onitoringth eCamer aView ?[...]

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    30 Conne c tin g to a PC Con necting to a PC Information • Thefo lderlayoutintheSDc ardisshownbe low. DCIM ***M E D I A * * * * * * * * . MP4 – Vid eo CLIP * * * * . T HM – Thu mbn ail f il e ( used fo r camer a display) PIC T* * * * . JPG – Ph oto (“ * ” indicates a numeric cha rac ter .) T ransferr ing Fi[...]

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    31 Usin g Wi- Fi Using Wi-Fi A vailable Wi-Fi F unctions Monitori ng the camera view   Y oucanch eckthec amerav iewandop eratethecam erafr omanAndroido riOSdevice. Broadcasting using U STREAM (* 1 )   Y oucanb roadc astcam erafo otageinre al-tim eusingUSTR EA M. Upload[...]

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    32 Usin g Wi- Fi Monitor ing the Ca mera Vie w 1 Down loa d the a ppl icat io n. T omonitorth ecamer aview,Y oumustdown load“ ADIXXI ONsy nc.“(freeware)toyour Androidori OSdevice. Downlo adtheapp licationf romGo oglePlay(Playstore)ortheAppStore. Required operating [...]

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    33 Usin g Wi- Fi Andr oid d evice: ~ T ou ch “S et tin gs” o n th e app lic ati on list. Ÿ Set t he W i- Fi fun ct ion o f your d evice to on . ! Pres s the h ome b ut ton t o go ba ck to th e home s cre en . Notes • Thedisp layandprocedurem aydif fer depe ndingonth edeviceyouuse. 3 Set t he W i- Fi fun ct[...]

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    34 Usin g Wi- Fi iOS dev ice: ~ T ou ch “S et tin gs” . Ÿ T ou ch “ Wi- Fi ” . ! T ou ch “ Wi- Fi ” to tu rn t he Wi -Fi o n. ⁄ T ou ch th e Cam era ID ( JVC -*** *) on the list. @ Ente r th e KE Y . $ Pres s the h ome b ut ton t o go ba ck to th e home s cre en . Notes • Thedisp layandprocedurem aydif fer depe[...]

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    35 Usin g Wi- Fi 4 Star t “ADIXX ION s ync .” . ~ T ou ch “ ADIX XI ON sy nc .” on th e app lic ati on lis t. Ÿ T ou ch th e det ec te d cam era . • Ifthecam eraca nnotbefo und,conf irm thattheWi -Fise t tingissettoonan d touch “R efresh” . ! Ente r th e KE Y . Th e ca mer a v [...]

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    36 Usin g Wi- Fi Z oo m T o th e mon ito r scr ee n (this sc re en) T o th e alb um sc ree n T o th e set up sc re en Reco r din g/s ho ot in g Switc h bet we en mul tip le ca mer as* 1 Use this when multip le camer as ar e connec ted. Contr ol t he ca mera f ro m th e app lica tio n. Mon ito r sc ree n Y ou can d o t hi ngs such as monito r the ca[...]

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    37 Us in g Wi - Fi V id eo in dex P hot o ind ex Del ete Album sc re en Y ou can ch eck or de lete imag es. (*) It is displayed in the following cases . ・ If the thumbnails has been deleted . ・ If video les has been split by a long time r ecording . ・ If video les has been split by the "Endless r ecording" . No thumbnail (*)[...]

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    38 Usin g Wi- Fi Setup s cre en Y ou can ch ange the se t tings of the cam era. Came ra se tt ing s ID /Pas sword Changesthecam eraIDandth epassword Date & T ime Adjuststhecl ock .T ouch toe xpo r tthetimese tonthedevi ce to the came ra Op erat ion S oun d Switchesthebe epsoun d?[...]

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    39 Usin g Wi- Fi Ope rations 1 to 3 are onl y require d the f irs t time. Go to 4 (p age42 )i ftheseop eratio nshave already b een c arrie d out. 1 Conne c t the c ame ra an d the s mar t pho ne/ tab le t via a wi rel ess L AN r out er . See“M onitorin gtheCame raView ”onp age 32 . 2 Reg ist er an a ccess [...]

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    40 Usin g Wi- Fi ! T ou ch in “ Access Po int Se tt ing ” . ⁄ Sel ec t t he acce ss po int you w ish t o use and e nter t he p asswo rd . @ T ou ch to re tur n.[...]

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    41 Usin g Wi- Fi 3 Reg ist er t he acco unt you w ish t o use. ~ Ente r your “ USTR EA M” Use rna me and Passw ord. Ÿ T ou ch “S ave to Came ra” . Information • Accesshttp:/ / w w w .ustream.t v/toregisteran accou nt.[...]

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    42 Usin g Wi- Fi 4 Star t br oad cas tin g usi ng th e cam era . ~ Pres s ME NU in r ecor din g mod e. Ÿ Pres s < or > to se le c t “W i- Fi Me nu” , and p res s SET . ! Pres s < or > to se le c t “USTR EA M” , and pre ss SE T . ~[...]

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    43 Usin g Wi- Fi ⁄ Pres s < or > to se le c t “Y es” , an d pre ss S E T. Broad castingv iaUSTR EAMs tar ts . PressSETorPlay/Recordtostop broadcasting. Notes • Broad castingf ootag eviaUSTR EA Mand maynotbeallowe ddepe ndingonth earea, net work ,etc .[...]

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    44 Usin g Wi- Fi Ope rations 1 to 3 are onl y require d the f irs t time. Go to 4 (p age47)iftheseope rationshave already b een c arrie d out. 1 Conne c t the c ame ra an d the s mar t pho ne/ tab le t via a wi rel ess L AN r out er . See“M onitorin gtheCame raView ”onp age 32 . 2 Reg ist er an a ccess p o[...]

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    45 Usin g Wi- Fi ! T ou ch in “ Access Po int Se tt ing ” . ⁄ Sel ec t t he acce ss po int you w ish t o use and e nter t he p asswo rd . @ T ou ch to re tur n.[...]

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    46 Usin g Wi- Fi 3 Reg ist er t he acco unt you w ish t o use. ~ Ente r your “ Y ou T u be ” User name a nd Passw ord. Ÿ T ou ch “S ave to Came ra” . Information • Accesshttp:/ / w w w . you tube.com/tore gister an account.[...]

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    47 Usin g Wi- Fi 4 Star t up loa din g usi ng th e cam era . ~ Pres s ME NU in r ecor din g mod e. Ÿ Pres s < or > to se le c t “W i- Fi Me nu” , and p res s SET . ! Pres s < or > to se le c t “Y ou T ube ” , and pre ss SE T . ~[...]

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    48 Usin g Wi- Fi ⁄ Press < or > to s ele ct t he f ile to up loa d, and p res s SET . Uploa dingtoY ou T ubes tar ts . PressPlay / Recordtos topuploa ding. Notes • Uploa dingf ilestoY o u T ub emaynotbe allowedde pendin gonthearea,n et work ,etc. • Thepr ivac yopti [...]

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    49 Us in g Wi - Fi req uir e d Applica tions fo r Wi nd ow s/Mac O S PCs By inst alling the app licat io n, you ca n per fo rm the same o perat io ns as o n the Android /iOS applic at io n on Wi nd ows or M ac OS PCs. Not es • D ownloa d the applic at io n at the follow ing website. http: / / ww w3.jvckenw oo d.com/ english/download/gc -xa2/ i nd[...]

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    50 Prec aut ion s on Usi ng Wi - Fi Caution s on the Wi-Fi F unct ion • Ope rationisnotguar anteedo nalldevices. • Thisfun cti onisnotdesign edfordis asterorcr imeprevention . • Communicationm aynotbecar riedou tprope rlynearr adioe quipmentorb roadc asting[...]

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    51 Prec aut ion s on Usi ng Wi - Fi Radio W av es Used b y this Produ ct This p rod uc t make s use o f radi o waves in t he ISM b and (2 .4 G Hz). Alt hou gh a rad io st ati on li cens e is no t req uir ed to u se t his pr odu ct , p lea se ta ke note o f th e foll owin g. Do no t use t his p rod uc t nea r th e foll owin g pla ces: • Industr[...]

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    52 Specif ications Specif ications Specif ications Ima ge se nsor 1 /3.2 ”7 .99M egapi xelCMOSsenso r Lens F2.4f= 2.46m m(FixedFocus) Zoom Digi talzoo m:upto5 x LCD moni tor 1 .5”0. 1 1M egapi xelcolorLCD Stora ge me dia SD/ SDHC /SD XCcardslotsuppor t upto1 28GB Vid eo re [...]

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    53 Specif ications Recordable T ime/Num ber of Images Appro ximate video recording time   Vid eo resolution SDH C/SDXC card 4 GB 8 GB 1 6 G B 32 GB 48 GB 64 G B 1 28 G B 19 2 0 x 1 0 8 0 / 60p (50p) 1 5min. 35 min. 1hr. 1 0min . 2 hr . 30 min. 3 hr . 40min . 5 hr . 1 0hr . 19 2 0 x 1 0 8 0 / 30p (25p ) 40min . 1hr .[...]

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    54 T roubleshooting T roub leshooting Ifthecam eraf ailstofunc tionase xpe cte d,followth eprocedure sbelow. 1 Chec k th e tr oub les hoo ti ng be low. 2 The c ame ra may not wo rk pro pe rly du e to th e noi se or s tat ic el ec t rici ty, etc . In t his cas e, re move the b at ter y an d res et t he ca mer a. 3 If[...]

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    55 T ro ubl es hoo t in g P ro ble m Che ck T he re is a black or colo red spot in the LCD monitor This is not a mal func tion. The LCD s cr een is manu fac tur ed usin g ex tr eme ly high -pre c is io n techn ol og y, so ov er 99. 9 9% of the p ixels ar e ope rat io nal fo r e ec tive u se. H ow ev er , so me tiny black a nd/ or bright dots ( w[...]

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    56 T roubleshooting FC C: Federal Communication Commission Interfe rence Statement Thisequ ipmenthasb eentes tedandfou ndtocomplywithth elimitsfo raClassBdigitald evice, pursuanttoPar t1 5oftheFCCRules.T heselimit saredesign edtoprovid ereasonab lepro[...]

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