General Tools and Instruments DCS800 - Manual (Page 3)

INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing General Tools & Instruments’ (General’s) DCS800
Rugged High-Performance VGA Recording Video Borescope System. Please
read this user’s manual carefully and thoroughly before using the instrument.
The DCS800 is a complete system that combines a handheld VGA resolution
(640 x 480 pixel) recording video borescope console with General’s
P16181SR-M flexible-obedient QVGA resolution probe. The included probe is
39 in. (1m) long and has a camera head diameter of 0.22 in. (5.5mm). The
DCS800 console is also compatible with dozens of other high-performance
VGA and QVGA resolution (320 x 240 pixel) probes from General; a complete
list can be found on p. 25.
The system is notable for its IP55 water ingress protection rating and its impact
resistance of 1m (39 in.).
The DCS800 has three operating modes: Preview, Playback and Menu:
• In Preview mode, live video framed by the camera’s field of view is
displayed on the console’s LCD. The DCS800 automatically enters this
mode when powered on. Separate front-panel buttons allow you to
increase and decrease the brightness of the four camera lighting LEDs.
Another front-panel button allows you to enlarge a target by 200% (a zoom
level of 3.0X) or 400% (5.0X). Yet another button allows you to “mirror”
video horizontally, vertically, or horizontally and vertically at the same time.
Horizontal mirroring makes it possible to read serial numbers seen and
reversed by a probe with a mirrored viewing tip. Vertical mirroring makes it
possible to “flip” (invert) video without having to twirl the probe 180°.
With the addition of an optional VGA resolution probe from General, the
DCS800 can record VGA resolution inspection videos and photos on a
standard-size SD memory card with a single push of a button. While you
are recording a video or before you take a photo, you can adjust the
brightness of the scene or mirror or enlarge the target and these actions
will be reflected in the stored file—in other words, what you see is what
you save. Analog versions of stored files and raw and manipulated
(zoomed and/or mirrored) real-time probe video can be exported through
an included video cable to any NTSC- or PAL-format TV monitor with an
RCA input jack.
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