13 Handling the camera

13.1 Charging the battery

13.1.1 General

You must charge the battery when a low battery voltage warning is displayed on the screen.

Follow one of these procedures to charge the battery:

Use the combined power supply and battery charger to charge the battery when it is inside the camera.
Use the combined power supply and battery charger to charge the battery when it is outside the camera.
Use the stand-alone battery charger to charge the battery.

13.1.2 Using the combined power supply and battery charger to charge the battery when it is inside the camera

13.1.2.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Open the battery compartment cover.
Connect the power supply cable plug to the connector on the battery.
Connect the power supply mains-electricity plug to a mains socket.
Disconnect the power supply cable plug when the green light of the battery condition indicator is continuous.

13.1.3 Using the combined power supply and battery charger to charge the battery when it is outside the camera

13.1.3.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Put the battery on a flat surface.
Connect the power supply cable plug to the connector on the battery.
Connect the power supply mains-electricity plug to a mains socket.
Disconnect the power supply cable plug when the green light of the battery condition indicator is continuous.

13.1.4 Using the stand-alone battery charger to charge the battery

13.1.4.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Put the battery in the stand-alone battery charger.
Connect the power supply cable plug to the connector on the stand-alone battery charger.
Connect the power supply mains-electricity plug to a mains socket.
Disconnect the power supply cable plug when the green light of the battery condition indicator is continuous.

13.2 Inserting the battery

13.2.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Push the release button on the battery compartment cover to unlock it.
Open the cover to the battery compartment.
Push the battery into the battery compartment until the battery-locking mechanism engages.
Close the cover to the battery compartment.

13.3 Removing the battery

13.3.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Push the release button on the battery compartment cover to unlock it.
Open the cover to the battery compartment.
Push the red release button in the direction of the arrow to unlock the battery.
Pull out the battery from the battery compartment.

13.4 Turning on and turning off the camera

Push the button to turn on the camera.
Push and hold the button for less than 5 seconds to put the camera in standby mode. The camera then automatically turns off after 6 hours.
Push and hold the button for more than 10 seconds to turn off the camera.

13.5 Adjusting the angle of lens

13.5.1 Figure

13.5.2 Procedure

To adjust the angle,‎ tilt the lens up or down.

13.6 Adjusting the infrared camera focus

13.6.1 Procedure

To adjust the infrared camera focus,‎ do one of the following:

Push the focus button left for far focus.
Push the focus button right for near focus.
Push the Autofocus/save button halfway down to autofocus the camera.

13.7 Mounting an additional lens

13.7.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Push the lens release button to unlock the lens cap.
Rotate the lens cap 30° counter-clockwise (looking at the front of the lens)‎.
Carefully pull out the lens cap from the bayonet ring.
Correctly position the lens in front of the bayonet ring.
Carefully push the lens into position.
Rotate the lens 30° clockwise (looking at the front of the lens)‎.

13.8 Removing an additional infrared lens

13.8.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Push the lens release button to unlock the lens.
Rotate the lens counter-clockwise 30° (looking at the front of the lens)‎.
Carefully pull out the lens from the bayonet ring.
Correctly position the lens cap in front of the bayonet ring.
Carefully push the lens cap into position.
Rotate the lens cap 30° clockwise (looking at the front of the lens)‎.

13.9 Attaching the sunshield

13.9.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Align the two front tabs of the sunshield with the corresponding two notches at the top of the screen.
Push the front part of the sunshield into position. Make sure that the two tabs mate with the corresponding notches.
Carefully hold together the two rear wings of the sunshield.
Push the rear part of the sunshield toward the screen,‎ and then release your grip. Make sure that the two tabs mate with the corresponding notches.

13.10 Using the laser pointer

13.10.1 Figure

13.10.2 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

To turn on the laser pointer,‎ push and hold the laser pointer button.
To turn off the laser pointer,‎ release the laser pointer button.

13.11 Calibrating the compass

13.11.1 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Push the joystick to display the menu system.

Use the joystick to go to icon (Settings)‎.

Push the joystick to display the Settings menu.

Select Device settings and push the joystick.

Select Compass and push the joystick.

Select Compass. If the Compass check box is unchecked,‎ push the joystick to enable the compass.

Select Calibrate compass and push the joystick. Follow the on-screen instructions.

13.12 Calibrating the touchscreen LCD

13.12.1 Figure

13.12.2 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Push the joystick to display the menu system.
Use the joystick to go to (Settings)‎.
Push the joystick to display the Settings menu.
Select Device settings and push the joystick.
Select Set up camera and push the joystick.
Select Calibrate touchscreen and push the joystick.
Calibrate the touchscreen by tapping the five crosshairs that appear on the screen using a stylus pen specially designed for capacitive touch usage.
When completed,‎ push the joystick.

13.13 Using the camera lamp as a flash

13.13.1 General

The camera lamp can be used as a flash for the digital camera. When the flash function is activated,‎ the camera lamp will flash when an image is saved by pushing the Autofocus/Save button fully down.

13.13.2 Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Push the joystick to display the menu system.

Use the joystick to go to icon (Settings)‎.

Push the joystick to display the Settings menu.

Select Device settings and push the joystick.

Select Set up camera and push the joystick.

Select Lamp & laser and push the joystick.

Select Enable lamp & laser. If the check box is unchecked,‎ push the joystick to enable the camera lamp.

Select Use lamp as flash. If the check box is unchecked,‎ push the joystick to activate the flash function.