Operating The Camera - Minox DTC 550 Mode D'emploi

r) Language: Here you can select the desired language.
s) Format: The SD card can be formatted with the DTC
550. Warning: By formatting the SD card, ALL files will
be irrevocably deleted. Please make sure you have
backed you files up on a PC before formatting your
SD card.
t) Default: Here, all settings of the camera can be reset
to the predefined factory settings. Select YES and push
OK to save your setting.
u) System: Choose from two options: Select "FW Up-
date" to update the firmware. Select "FW Version" to
check the currently installed firmware version.
Further functions and settings found in the Playback
Menu are described later.
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6. Operating the camera

Switch your DTC 550 to "ON" mode (main switch right). In
this mode, your DTC 550 will automatically use the most
previous settings made while in the Settings Mode.
Note: The blue activation LED will blink several seconds
before the camera enters operational mode. When the
LED stops blinking, the camera is ready to record images
and videos in accordance with your settings.
Night mode:
For night-shots, the necessary lighting is provided by the
infrared LEDs on the front of the camera. The maximum
recording distance in the dark is about 15 meters (49 feet).
Due to the nature of the infrared lighting, night-shots are
in black and white.
Aligning the camera:
The wide angle of the camera lens makes aligning your
camera quite simple: a rough eye alignment is enough at
first. Then pay particular attention to the vertical tilt, i.e.
the correct inclination of the camera. This is especially
important when the camera is not mounted on straight,
vertical posts or surfaces. Once you have found a good
position, switch the camera to SETUP mode.
Now move in front of the camera from one side to the
other. The activated LED indicates that movement in front
of the camera has been detected. In operational mode, this
would mean that the camera would record an image. In this
way, you can roughly determine if your camera is properly
aligned, which is usually sufficient in most situations.
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