General Tools and Instruments DCS1600 - Manual (Page 9)

the files it contains. Depending on your PC’s startup settings, your computer may fail to restart
following its next shutdown if the SD card remains inserted. The PC’s operating system may try to
reboot from the SD card and be unable to do so.
Another option for viewing inspection video and photos on a PC is to use the supplied USB cable to
link to the computer. The first time you connect the H16 to a computer in this way, you will be
prompted that “Driver Software is Being Installed.” The final Driver Software Installation dialog box
advises that “Your device is ready to use” and specifies the following:
USB Mass Storage Device ✓ Ready to use
Sunplus Sunplus SPCA436 USB Device ✓ Ready to use
As the notifications make clear, with the USB cable connected your computer will treat the SD card in
the H16 as an external disk drive named Sunplus SPCA436. While the connection is made, however,
you cannot view real-time videos on the H16’s LCD, a TV monitor, or your computer. You cannot even
record videos or take photos and store them on the SD card. Connecting the cable powers off the
H16. The only benefit of using the USB cable is that you do not have to remove the SD card to view its
content on a PC.
Details of the SD’s file structure are worth mentioning because assigned file names contain useful
information. The figure below illustrates the hierarchy. It shows that the SD card contains one folder
named “DCIM” and one subfolder named “100MEDIA”. The 100MEDIA folder contains all stored photo
and video files, identified by their.JPG and .ASF extensions. You should not rename the DCIM and
100MEDIA folders while the SD card is inside your PC or connected to it. If you rename either
folder, the H16 will fail to recognize the SD card the next time you plug it into the console.
The 8-digit file names identify the date and time when the file was created. The first two digits
represent the month and day, and the last six digits represent the hour, minute and second. For
example, the upper file name shown above identifies a photo file that was created on January 1 at
06:14:23 a.m. The lower file name identifies a video file that was created on the same day at
06:14:35 a.m.
The H16’s file-naming convention uses the letters A through C to represent the months October
through December, and the letters A through V to represent days of the month from 10 through 31.
For example, a file created on October 11 would begin with the letters AB (A for 10 and B for 11).
As another example, a file created on November 30 would begin with the letters BU (B for 11 and
U for 30.
Finally, the file-naming convention uses military (24-hour) time. For example, a name with the last six
digits 142531 would indicate a file created at 02:25:31 p.m.
NAVIGATING THE MAIN MENU
The main menu of the H16 provides access to the following housekeeping and operational functions:
• Bulk file erasure
• Video exporting
• Setting the date and time
• Choosing a display language
• Selecting a TV format and adjusting video atrtributes
• Enabling/disabling and adjusting the Auto Power Off function
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