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microEXPLORER
™
DigitalInspection Camera
Change From Still Image Capture
to Video
The microEXPLORER inspection camera de-
faults to still image capture when powered
ON. To switch to video mode, enter the pri-
mary settings screen, use the down arrow to
select the mode icon and use the right
and left arrow buttons to switch between still
image capture and video capture .
Turn Up-Is-Up Self Leveling On or Off
The microEXPLORER inspection camera fea-
tures Up-is-Up self leveling, which always
ensures the picture on the screen is right side
up. To turn this feature ON and OFF, enter the
primary settings screen, use the down arrow
to select the Up-is-Up icon and use the
right and left arrows to toggle between ON
and OFF.
Pan
The microEXPLORER inspection camera
has the ability to shift the image up, down,
left and right. This allows you to get better
views of objects that may be just off the
screen in its original setting. The pan function
works best when operating at maximum
zoom. To switch from zoom and LED control
to pan, enter the primary settings screen,
use the down arrows to select the arrow
control icon and use the right and left
arrow on the microEXPLORER inspection
camera to toggle between zoom/LED and
pan .
Capturing a still image
While in the live screen, make sure the still
camera icon is present at the top left portion
of the screen. Press the shutter button to
capture the image. The save icon will
momentarily appear on the screen. This indi-
cates the still image has been saved to the
internal memory or SD card. You will also no-
tice that the number at the bottom of the
right hand portion of the screen has ad-
vanced to 1/25. This means you have one
image saved out of a total capacity of 25.
The number to the right will increase or de-
crease as different capacity SD cards are
used or the image quality is adjusted.
Capturing a Video
While in the live screen, make sure the video
camera icon is present at the top left portion
of the screen. Press the shutter button to
start capturing video. The video camera icon
will start to blink. This indicates video is sav-
ing to the internal memory or SD card. The
time at the bottom right hand portion of the
screen will begin counting down. This indi-
cates how much video you can collect on the
internal memory or SD card. Press the shut-
ter button again to stop the video. It may
take several seconds to save the video if
saving to the internal memory.
Reviewing and Deleting Saved Images
Pressing select while on the playback icon
will take you to playback mode. The last
image or video that was captured will be
displayed on the screen. Use the right and
left arrow keys to move from image to image.
Figure 15 – Primary Settings Screen
While in the playback screen, the up and
down arrow can be used to zoom in and out
of images.
Pressing the trash can button while on an
image will bring up a text box asking you if you
are sure you want to delete the image. If you
want to delete the image, highlight the check
mark , and press select. If you do not want
to delete the image, highlight the , and
press select.
Pressing the back button will take you to
the primary settings screen. Pressing the
back button again will take you to the live
screen.
Reviewing and Deleting Images and
Video in Thumbnails View
While in playback mode, press select . This
will bring up the icon for the thumbnails
(Figure 16)
. Pressing select while on the
thumbnails icon will take you to a thumbnails
view where multiple images can be reviewed
at one time
(Figure 17)
.