To power the camera down you need to press the Power button for 3 seconds. The device is
off when the indicator LED’s switch off.
3.6 Auto power off function
MDV 100 will save the file and turn off automatically if one of the following occurs:
a. When you shoot a video without enough power.
b. If there is not enough disk space to record anymore.
c. If the camera is in standby mode for 45 seconds without operation. This only works if the
sound control mode is disabled.
3.7 Connecting computer
The camera can connect to a computer under power off mode, standby mode or video mode.
It is recognized by the computer as an external drive, which you can use just like any other
drive on your computer (both LED’s are on).
Notice:
a. When you connect the camera to the computer and it is not recognized, just try to
reinsert it again.
b. The performance for viewing videos is better if you copy the file to a local disk on your
computer. Otherwise the video won’t play smoothly, because it is not possible to stream that
much data via USB.
3.8 PC Camera
If you want to use the device as a PC camera, please install the drivers first. The driver
name is SPCA1528_V2220_M…Setup.exe, which is placed on the attached CD. After the
installation there will be an AMCAP icon on the computer desk.
Use the USB cable to connect the camera to the computer, the camera is in disk mode. To
switch to the PC camera mode please press the MODE button. To use the PC camera
double click the AMCAP icon on the desktop.
3.9 Reset
When the camera works abnormal, it needs to be reset.
This can be done by using a slim pole to press the Reset button.