V.I.O. Adventure Cam User Manual

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Table of Contents

Welcome

Products

How To

Support

Notes

Support: Warranty/Returns

30-Day Return

Warranty

Lifetime Return

Welcome: A note from our President

A lithium ion (Li-Ion) battery is a rechargeable battery with twice the energy capacity of a
nickel-cadmium battery. It also offers greater stability and safety. The battery has no memory.

Lithium Ion Battery

A unit of illumination equal to the direct illumination on a surface that is everywhere one meter
from a uniform point source of one candle intensity or equal to one lumen per square meter.
Note: lower LUX value cameras work better in low light.

LUX

Viosport's 12-foot extension cable for Adventure Cam II, H20, 3, and S.C.O.U.T. models.

MD4 Extension

A type of camcorder recording media format. Implies recording, manipulating, storing and
playing back video images digitally.

Mini DV (Digital Video)

Device used to hold Viosport's Adventure Cams in a desired place.

Mount

Basically: Sun shades. Officially: A thin sheet or disc of glass, plastic or gelatin having plane and
parallel faces, toned to some uniform and specific shade of gray, and intended to be used over the
camera lens during exposure for the purpose of reducing the intensity of the exposing light
without changing its color.

Neutral Density Filter

Standard protocol for television (TV) broadcast transmission and reception in North America.
North American camcorders require NTSC version of Viosport Adventure Cams.

NTSC (National Television Standards Committee)

The analog television display standard that is used in Europe and certain other parts of the world.
If you are using a European model camcorder you would need a PAL-version Adventure Cam.

PAL (Phase Alternation Line)

A cable that is specific to Sony devices. The current Sony proprietary A/V cable has a half-moon
shape on one-end and RCA male and S-Video ends on the other.

Sony Proprietary Cable

This mode allows the camcorder to record from an external device such as Viosport Adventure
Cams.

VCR/VTR mode

Point of view.

POV

An RCA connector is designed for use with coaxial cable. The yellow connection is for video
and the red and the white are for audio. Viosport's cams offer only one channel of audio.

RCA

Resolution is the number of pixels (individual points of color) contained on a display monitor
expressed in terms of the number of pixels on the horizontal axis and the number on the vertical
axis. The sharpness of the image depends on the resolution and the size of the monitor. The
Adventure Cam II offers 380 TV lines of resolution. The Adventure Cam H2O offers 480 TV
lines of resolution. The Adventure Cam 3 and S.C.O.U.T. Cam both offer 520 TV lines.

Resolution

21 | Support

Products: Adventure Cam

Support: Glossary

Lens

12v (12 Volts)

A / V Input (Audio/Video)

AC (Alternating Current)

Adventure Cam

Camcorder

CCD (Charge Coupled Device)

Composite

DC (Direct Current)

Field of View

LANC (Lan-cee)

3.5mm Mini Plug

Products: Adventure Cam H2O

Products: S.C.O.U.T. Cam

Products: Adventure Cam II

Products: Mounts

Products: Power Sources

Products: Plug Types

Support: Cam Comparison

Support: Mounting Tips

Products: Lens and Filter Tool Kit

Products: Neutral Density Filters

Products: Lenses

How To: Change the Lenses

How To: Connect Cable to Cam

How To: General Connections

How To: Change the Neutral Density Filters

How To: Connect Cam to Television

How To: Connect Cam to Recording Device

How To: Connect LANC to Recording Device

How To: Connect Cam to Power Source

Viosport Cigarette Lighter

How To: Connect Cam to Power Source

Viosport Battery Holder

Viosport Rechargeable Battery Pack

Support: Customer Service

E-mail

Phone

Postal Mail

Welcome: Cam Care & Safety Precautions

Viosport 12v Rechargeable Battery Pack

Viosport Helmet Cam

How To: Focus the Lens

Support: Toubleshooting

Support: Videography Tips