Safety Basement SB-VAR3800 User manual

Brand: Safety Basement

Model: SB-VAR3800

Type: User manual

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Fidelis Dual Micro Recorder

SB-VAR3800

Revised: September 27th, 2013

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PRODUCT REFERENCE

VIDEO RECORDING/

ON/OFF

VOICE

RECORDING button

Reset

SD card slot

SD card

TOP

Status light

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BEFORE YOU START

You should fully charge your Fidelis recorder

before rst use.

Remove USB cap and plug into your

computer USB port. Please make sure that

your computer does not go to ‘sleep’ during

the charging.

Please charge for about 4 hrs for a full charge

SD CARD:

If you did not buy an SD card from us please

insert your own. is unit will not respond to

all directions in the manual if there is no SD

card to begin with. is unit can take up to

16GB SD card.

SD card slot

SD card

TOP

Partially (improperly) inserted SD card

Fully (Properly) inserted SD card

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VIDEO RECORDING

Before starting, PLEASE ensure SD card is

inserted in properly and ALL THE WAY!

(see previous page)

VIDEO:To record video begin by turning

unit on. Firmly press and hold the VIDEO

button. e status light will turn red and

remain a steady red. is is STANDBY

MODE.

Please note that you may have to cup your

hand over the status light to see it. It may be

faint!

Now quickly press and release the VIDEO

botton. button again. e LED light (blue

light) will blink slowly. You are now in

video recording mode. note that the light is

hard to see so be sure to look carefully.

STOP VIDEO: To stop video recording

quickly press and release same VIDEO

button. e status light will return to a

steady RED. You have now stopped video

recording and back in STANDBY MODE.

Repeat as necessary.

NOTE: Each time you start and stop

recording a new le is created.

ON/OFF

VIDEO RECORD

Status Light

IMPORTANT: To make sure you are recording video UPRIGHT (and not UPSIDE

DOWN), hold or lay down your recorder such that the STATUS LIGHT is on top. is will

allow your videos to be up right and not upside down when playing back!

UPRIGHT recording position

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AUDIO ONLY RECORDING

Before starting, PLEASE ensure SD card is

inserted in properly and ALL THE WAY!

(see previous page)

AUDIO:To record audio begin by turning

unit on. Firmly press and hold the VIDEO

button. e status light will turn red and

remain a steady red. is is STANDBY

MODE.

Please note that you may have to cup your

hand over the status light to see it. It may be

faint!

Now quickly press and release the REC

botton. e LED light will change from a

steady RED to a steady BLUE. You are now

recording AUDIO ONLY!

STOP AUDIO: To stop audio recording

quickly press and release REC button. e

status light will return to a steady RED.

You have now stopped audio recording

and back to STANDBY MODE. Repeat as

necessary.

NOTE: Each time you start and stop

recording a new le is created.

AUDIO RECORD

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PLAYBACK

You can listen to your recordings with the included by connecting your Fidelis recorder to

your computer USB port.

Once plugged in, an AUTOPLAY window will show up. Click OPEN FOLDER TO VIEW

FILES (see image below)

Aer clicking to open folder, you will see VIDEO and IMAGE les. Click the one you want

to pay either video or audio les.

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Your Windows PC or Mac has built-in soware that will play most of the les created by devices

like yours. However, if you are having problems playing your les, or need more options, please

download and try these programs.

is soware is free and can be downloaded directly from the links below. You can nd support

and tutorials for these programs on their respective websites. SafetyBasement can not provide

soware support for these programs

As with ANY les you download from the internet, be sure to scan them for viruses using your

particular virus scanner. While most users report no issues using this soware, we can not be

responsible for any damage caused by this soware. Please proceed carefully. Back up your PC

before installing any new soware.

VIDEO PLAYBACK - VLC

(http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html)

e VLC Media Player can play almost any video or audio le type. ere is

a version for Windows and for Mac OS X.

VIDEO EDITING for WINDOWS - MOVIE MAKER 2012

(http://windows.microso.com/en-US/windows/get-movie-maker-

download)

Movie Maker is a simple video editing program from Microso. Please go

to this link, and choose the download for your version of Windows. Please

note: Movie Maker is part of the Windows Essentials package.

VIDEO EDITING for MAC OS X - iMOVIE

(Visit the Apple Mac App Store for latest version)

iMovie is a simple video editing program from Apple. It comes installed with

your new Mac. e latest version is also available at the Mac App Store at

additional cost.

AUDIO PLAYBACK and EDITING - AUDACITY

(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)

Audacity is a popular audio editing program used by amateurs and

professionals to edit simple and complex audio projects. You can use

Audacity to convert your audio les to another format, such as MP3. ere

is a version for Windows and Mac OS X.

PHOTOS

Your Windows and Mac computers have the ability to do basic editing of

photos built in.

SUGGESTED SOFTWARE

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Audio Formats WAV

Audio Encoding 128 Kbps

WAV Bit Rate Mode Constant

WAV Bit Rate 128 Kbps

WAV Sampling Rate 16 Hz

DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS

Audio

Video resolution 720 x 480

Video

Photo

n/a

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Memory Built In 4 GB

Memory Expansion n/a

Battery Type Internal Rechargeable

Charger Type via USB port

DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS

Device Info

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Notes

File sizes shown are approximate.

Audio (10 min) 9 MB

File Sizes

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