ACT-1301 Quick Start Guide
ENG-1
Appearance and key introduction
Power the camera on or off. When opening the
menu, switch over between normal (effect
parameters and replay of image, video) and
setup menu.
In recording video mode, it is used to start/stop
recording. In capture mode, it is used as a
shutter. In replay mode; it is used to play the
video. When operating the menu, it is used to
confirm the selection.
Digital zoom in (capture/video mode); menu
selection (after opening the menu); pause,
continue playing (when playing and recording
video in replay mode).
Open/exit from menu. Stop playing (when
replaying video).
Digital zoom out (capture/video mode); menu
selection (after opening the menu).
Switch over among modes of capture, video and
replay.
The upper one is
a charging
indicator.
In power-off state, it keeps
constant lighting when the
charger is connected for
charging.
The lower one is
an operation
indicator.
It flashes once during
capturing, and it keeps
constant lighting when
connected with computer
portable disk.
Start Use
1. Charge built-in lithium battery
In power-off state, when the camera is connected with computer,
charging begins. At this time, the charger indicator lights and it
turns off when charged full. Generally, it costs 2-4 hours to charge
full.
2. Use memory card
1. Follow the instructions carved by slot of the memory card, it is to
insert FT card into the card slot till entirely inserted.
2. To take the FT card out, after gently pressing the end of the
memory card inwards, the card will reject out.
Note: The camera is not equipped with a built-in memory,
and thus a memory card is required.
3. Power On/Off:
3.1 Power-on: If to press and hold POWER key for 3 seconds,
the screen starts up and the camera enters startup state.
3.2 Power-off: In idle state of the camera, if to click POWER key,
the camera turns off.
Automatic power-off: When idle time set for the camera
reaches, it automatically turns off to save power. The default
time of the system automatic power-off is 5 minutes;
3.3 Power-off due to low battery: In case of extremely low battery,
the icon “ ”appears on the LCD screen. Please
timely charge the battery. When the icon turns red and
flashes, the camera will automatically power off.
4. Functional mode switchover
The camera is equipped with three modes: capture, video and
replay mode. After power-on, the modes can be switched over
with MODE switch.
5. Indicators
Operation indicator: When the camera works (e.g. recording
video, capturing or automatic screen
turn-off), the operation indicator lights.
Charger indicator: Constant lighting is to remind user that the
camera is being charged.
6 Video mode
( With maximum 29 minutes video recording and then stop.
Must be started manually on the camera again.)
When pushing Mode switch to video mode, click shutter in
preview state to start recording video; to stop video
recording, it is to click it again. It will also automatically
stop recording in case that you reach 29 minutes video
records, no free room left in the memory card or the battery
is over low:
1 00:00:01: time-meter, indicating 1 second left for recording
(indicating 1 second recorded during recording).
2 : mode icon: indicates the current mode is video
recording.
3 : loop recording video time icon: indicates the current
loop video recording time is 3 minutes.
4 : movie size: indicates the current movie size is 720P.
5 : indicates currently a memory card is inserted.
6 : magnification of digital zoom: press Up and down
key to
adjust zoom among 1x-4x.
7 : battery icon: indicates current battery level.
8 : white balance icon: indicates the current white
balance mode is automatic.
9 :metering icon: indicates it is currently the pan overall
perspective metering.
Capture mode: Take pictures.
Video mode: Record video and
driving (5min, 3min and 1min).
Replay mode: Picture and video
file playback.
Mode switch:
-Photograph
-Video
-Replay