Instruction Manual – Mini Hidden Spy Camera with Built-In DVR

Product features

·Compact design, portable handheld battery powered video camera

·Under low illumination, HD video recording can be performed

·Video format for: 1280X720P ·Video format for: 1920X1080P ·Motion detecting video: 720P and 1080P

·Mode for taking pictures:12M (4032X3024) ·USB 2.0 interface of high-speed transmission ·Max 32GB SD Card

·Built-in lithium battery life up to 60 minutes

Operation instruction charging: The camera has a built-in rechargeable lithium battery, first time using this machine, please charge the battery. You can charge the battery the following ways.

1. Connect to a USB port of the computer using the included cable.

2. You can charge the camera while recording. You can use a USB power adapter (Not Included) like from a cell phone charger to provide constant power to the camera during use or for charging.

3. When charging the Led light will flash red. When the camera is fully charged the red light will be solid.

4. The charging time will be 2-3 hours for a full charge. Please continue to charge the camera for 30 minutes after the light is solid.

This will make sure the camera has a full 100% charge.

Notes on operation:

1. When the battery is low, or the memory card is full. The red and blue LED lights will flash for 5 seconds and power off. Any recordings being made during this time would be saved and the unit will shut down.

2. You will need to charge the camera’s low battery.

3. If the memory card is full you will connect to a PC and copy or remove the video recordings from the memory card.

4. When the camera is in standby mode, the camera will automatically power off after 1 minute of no use.

One cable with two functions:

USB charging cable

1. Can insert USB into the computer for charging and data transmission.

2. Can insert USB into USB power adapter while recording to provide external power.

Power On/Off camera: Press and hold the ON/OFF button for 2 seconds to boot, when powered ON the blue light will appear solid.

This is the standby mode of the camera waiting for activation. If you do not press any button the camera will power off after 1minute. To manually power off you will press and hold the power button for 6-7 seconds. The LED will quickly flash blue and turn off.

720p video does not flash: When the camera is powered on in standby mode. You will press the power button once to activate 720p recording. The blue LED will flash three times and go off indicating the recording has begun. The video is saved every 5 minutes automatically when recording. To stop and save the video manually you will press the power button once, the blue light will come on solid and is in standby mode again.

1080p video does not flash: When the camera is powered on in standby mode. You will press the mode button once to change to 1080p recording mode. The blue and red LED will be lit at the same time. Now you will press the power button once to activate the recording. The red LED will flash three times and go off indicating the recording has begun. The video is saved every 5 minutes automatically when recording. To stop and save the video manually you will press the power button once, the blue light will come on solid and is in standby mode again.

Picture 12 million Pixel: When the camera is powered on and in standby mode, press mode button for 2 times and the light will change to be solid red for picture mode. You will press the power button once to take each image. The 12 million pixels photo (4032 x3024) is automatically saved.

Infrared LED: Infrared LEDs are built in and can be turned on to illuminate dark areas for recording.

Infrared LED on: Power on the camera and while in standby mode, press and hold the power button for 3 seconds and release. A red Led will flash and go off indicating the LED light will come on during your recordings. You can then start any recording type to have infrared LED lighting up the dark area you are recording. The Infrared LED will stay on until the camera is powered off or turned off manually.

Infrared LED off: Power on the camera and while in standby mode, press and hold the power button for 3 seconds and release. A red Led will flash and go off indicating the LED light has been disabled during your recordings.

Motion detecting mode (720P-1080P)

720p motion detecting: When in standby mode with the solid blue light on. You will press and hold the mode key for 4 seconds and the red LED will flash while the blue light is solid. Both lights will go off indicating that the camera has begun motion activated recording. The video is saved every 5 minutes automatically when recording. To stop and save the video manually you will press the power button once, the blue light will come on solid and is in standby mode again.

1080p motion detecting: When in standby model with the solid blue light on. You want to change the mode to be 1080p by pressing the mode button once. The lights will change to be both solid red and blue lights. You will press and hold the mode key for 4 seconds and the red LED will flash while the blue light is solid. Both lights will go off indicating that the camera has begun Motion Activated recording. The video is saved every 5 minutes automatically when recording. To stop and save the video manually you will press the power button once, the red and blue light will come on solid and is in standby mode again.

Accessing Recordings: You will connect the camera to the PC by using the included USB cable. Once connected the camera should come up and ask what you would like to do. You want to open to view the files/folders. Once this is opened you will see two folders, Photo which holds the still images you have taken. Video which holds the video recordings you have made. The third file is used for time setting which is explained below.

You can also remove the memory card and using an SD card reader connect to the PC to access the saved files.

Reset: If the camera ever starts to lock up or will not operate. There is a reset button that can be pressed with a paperclip to reset the unit and it will start to work normally again. The hole for the reset button is located right next to the USB port on the camera.

Time to change the setting on its own: The camera will create a TXT document in the main directory of the memory card when first powered on. The file will be named TIMEREST.txt, and this can be opened with the notepad program on a computer. You need to edit this file to adjust for the correct time and date. You want to edit the below format to be your local date and time.

Once the date and time have been updated you will save the file back to the camera’s memory. You then want to safely remove the camera from the PC and do a recording. This can be any video or image recording and during this first recording the time/date from the text file will be used to set the time for the camera’s recordings.

The watermark for the date and time can be added or removed from the recordings by changing the letter at the end of this time file to be Y for yes to show the date and time or N for not showing the date and time. The default is Yes, and you can leave this alone to keep the time on the recordings.

The format is Year, Month, Date, Hour, Minute, Seconds, and Watermark.

20190601235959 Y

Refer to the following format:

20190601235959 Y (time watermark display)

20190601235959 N (no time watermark display)

Reminder: If your video recordings are large you may need to connect the SD card to the computer using a card reader. This can make the data transfer from the camera’s memory faster and more reliable. This is only needed when transferring large amounts of data or many video clips at once.

When connecting the camera to the PC if you have trouble accessing the camera’s memory. You will want to remove the camera from the PC and reset it. Once the reset is done you can connect the camera to the PC again to access the memory.

Relevant parameter

Video format: AVI

Video coding: M-JPEG

Video resolution: 1280X720P or 1920X1080P

Video frame rate: 30 fps

Player software: We recommend downloading VLC media player to playback the video recordings

Picture format: JPG

Image proportion: 4:3

Support system: Windows OS

Battery capacity: 200mAh

Battery Life: About 60 minutes

Charging voltage: DC-5V

Interface type: Mini 8Pin USB

Storage support: Micro SD card

Infrared night vision: 3-5 meters

Battery type: High-capacity polymer lithium electricity

Working temperature: Please use under normal temperatures and store the camera in a cool dry place. There may be a spot on the camera that becomes warm during use. This is normal and there should not be any issue with using the product.