HCO SG550 - Manual (Page 7)

HCO 2-Quick Start SG550/SG530
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Quick Start
If you are not familiar with the operation of this camera, the following instructions will help you get a
quick overview. Before doing any operation, please make sure you have loaded batteries and plugged
the SD card correctly. If the SD card is not inserted correctly or its write-protect is enabled, the device
will give you a long beep and turn off automatically.
2.1 Loading Batteries
The first thing to do is to load the batteries. There are two ways to supply the power:
•
4 or 8 AA batteries
•
External DC power supply
When you use 8 AA batteries, they are divided into two paralleled groups. Each group contains 4
batteries and can supply power to the camera alone (8 batteries will provide longer battery life time).
The power unit has four battery slots, as shown in Fig. 4(a). The bottom-cover of the battery cabinet is
shown in Fig. 4(b). Slot 1 and 2 makes one group and slot 3 and 4 makes the other group.
1 2 3 4
(a) Battery slots
(b) Battery bottom-cover
Figure 4: Loading the batteries
Please make sure that the battery polarity matches the mark on the battery cover. Ni-MH rechargeable
batteries can also be used, but they might have shorter life time. So it is recommended to use high
performance alkaline AA batteries or lead-acid secondary cell with 6V output.
To load the batteries please do the following:
1. Open the bottom cover by pushing it along the indicated direction
2. Open the battery cover by sliding the protruded locker towards the inner direction
3. Load batteries (4 or 8 batteries of the same capacity) according to the polarity mark on the