Sealife DC2000 - Preparing the Underwater Housing

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Preparingtheunderwaterhousing
Important:Ifpossible,loadthecameraintothehousinginadryenvironmentsuchasanair-
conditionedroom.Thiswillhelptoavoidtrappinghumidairinsidethesealedhousing,whichmay
causethehousinglensporttofogunderwater.TheMoistureMunchercapsulewillabsorbhumidair
trappedinthehousing,butthattakestimedependingonhowhumidtheenvironmentis,sotryto
avoidtrappingmoistureinsidethehousingintherstplace.
1) Opentheunderwaterhousingdoorbypushinginthelockingtab(A)andpullinguponthelatch
(B)untilitreleasesfromthehousingdoor(C).Squeezethehousingclosedtohelpreleasethe
latchfromthedoor.
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2) InspectO-ringandO-ringcontactsurfacesfordamage(cuts,scratches,tears,cracks,dentsand
anyotherimperfections.)ReplaceO-ringorhavewaterproofhousingservicediftheO-ringor
O-ringcontactsurfacesbecomedamaged.DonotuseunderwaterhousingifO-ringorO-ring
contactsurfacesaredamaged.Seepage94forinformationonreplacingtheO-ring
3) CleantheO-ringandO-ringcontactsurfacesusingadampened,lint-freecottonclothtoremove
sand,hairandotherdebris.AvoidstretchingtheO-ring.DonotlubricatetheO-ring.
4) Makesuretheinside/outsideoftheglasslensportisclean.Ifdirty,cleanthelensusingalint-
freecottoncloth.Uselenscleanerordampenedclothetoremovestubbornstains.
5) InsertoneMoistureMuncherdesiccantcapsuleintotherubberpocketontheinsideofthehousing
door.Insertoneendofthecapsule(A)andpushdownuntilthecapsuleissecurelyheldinplace.
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6) SettheModeDialoftheinnercameraandhousingtothesamemode,sothetwoareinsynch.
Note:Ifthemodedialsarenotsettothesamemodewhensealingthehousing,itisnotamajor
problembecausetheinnercamerawilldisplaythecurrentmodeontheLCDmonitor.
7) Insertthecamera[withcamerastrapremoved]intothehousing.