General Tools and Instruments DCS800 - Manual (Page 12)

The two “vital signs” of the DCS800—remaining battery power (in white, at
lower left) and remaining SD card capacity (in green, at lower right)—will
appear for four seconds, superimposed on video being captured in real time by
the camera at the end of the probe. A fully charged set of batteries would be
represented by a completely white icon. The width of the bright-green area at
the left of the SD card icon reflects how much capacity is already used. A card
that is nearly full would be represented by a bar that is green almost to its right
edge.
After four seconds, both vital sign indications will disappear, leaving only the
system time at the top of the screen. You must manually enter the system time
(which includes the date) via the Date/Time submenu; see pages 19 and 20 for
instructions. Time and date settings are retained following battery changes and
system resets.
To increase the brightness of the display, press the button. To decrease
brightness, press the button. In a brightly lit room, changing the intensity of
the LEDs at the tip of a probe has only a small effect on the brightness of video
on the screen. The on-screen impact of changing brightness is more
pronounced in dark environments.
To horizontally “mirror” live video, press
the
button once. Horizontal mirroring
makes it easier to read equipment labels
and serial numbers, as shown at right.
An icon of a mountain with twin peaks will
appear at the lower right of the screen to indicate that horizontal mirroring is in
effect.
To vertically mirror live video, press the button twice. Vertical mirroring
makes it possible to “flip” (invert) video—so upside-down scenes appear right-
side up—without having to twirl the probe 180°. Note that changing from
horizontal mirroring to vertical mirroring vertically flips the mountain icon at the
bottom right of the LCD.
To mirror video horizontally and vertically at the same time, press the
button three times. Note that adding horizontal mirroring to vertical mirroring
horizontally flips the mountain icon, making the taller peak appear to the left of
the shorter peak.
To zoom in on a target, press the button. Pressing the button once
enlarges the target by 200% (a zoom level of 3.0X). Pressing the button twice
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