DIGITALas X8ELx1 Body Worn Camera User Manual
- June 15, 2024
- DIGITALas
Table of Contents
DIGITALas X8ELx1 Body Worn Camera
About this Guide
- The content in this document is for information purposes and is subject to change without prior notice. We have made every effort to ensure that this User Guide is accurate and complete.
- However, no liability is assumed for any errors or omissions that may have occurred.
- The manufacturer reserves the right to change the technical specifications and accessories without prior notice.
Caution
- Do not expose the battery being placed in a high-temperature environment. If the battery leaks or bulges, stop using it.
- Risk of explosion if the battery is placed by an incorrect type.
- Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.
- Never replace the battery on your own. Doing so may cause damage or explosion. Please have the dealer do it for you.
- Do not put the LCD or lens under the sunshine.
Note
- A specific emission frequency may influence the image quality.
- Please try a few times of video-taking tests before you formally use this product to become familiar with this product.
- Always fully charge the battery before use.
- Never dismantle, crush, or pierce the product, or allow the product to shortcircuit.
- Please ask for professional assistance if the product doesn’t work properly.
- Before you start using this product, it is assumed that you agree to the above statement.
This camera is a new-generation video recorder with efficient video coding (HEVC, H.265) and low power consumption. If you record videos by using the H.265 coding format, it is suggested to download the Media Player Codec Pack (check the below link) to assist in playing back H.265 videos on Windows Media Player. https://www.mediaplayercodecpack.com/.
Introduction
- Thank you for purchasing this product.
- This camera is specially designed for video recording, audio recording and photo shooting.
- Please read the user manual before you start to use it.
Important information: before you start to use this device, please connect it to the computer through an auxiliary USB cable, then the camera will require a password on the LCD screen. Please press the OK button six times to get access to camera storage, then Copy BodyCam PC software from the camera folder to your computer for camera setting purposes in the future. Without the software, you can also change the camera setting on the camera menu (Page 8). BodyCam PC software will be deleted if you format the camera storage. Please contact the vendor if it is lost.
Box contents
- Body Camera
- Charging Dock
- USB Cable
- Wall Charger
- Rotatable Epaulette Clip
- Rotatable Crocodile Clip
- User Manual
Product Overview
| Item | Description |
|---|
1. Status Indicator LED
| Still Green: camera is in standby mode (Power on but not recording)
Still Red: the camera is on pre-recording mode Flashing Red: the camera is recording video Flashing Yellow: the camera is recording audio only
2. Charging Indicator LED| Red: Charging Status
Green: Camera is fully charged
3. Pogo Pin| Connection port to the charging dock
4. Light Sensor| Detect changes of light and turn on/off IR for low-
light recording automatically
5. Infrared LED
| Providing infrared light compensation in low light conditions, to help the
camera record good quality video with clear face view up to 10 meters
6. Lens| Capture high-resolution images/videos
7. White Light| Hold the OK button to turn on/off the white light
8. Fn Button
| a) Press to mark video/audio as important when on video/audio recording.
b) Press to switch between video, photo and audio
when playing back files.
9. Audio / SOS Button| a) Press to start/stop audio recording
b) Hold to turn on/off SOS mode (flashing lights)
10. Power Button
| a) Hold 3 seconds to power on/off camera
b) In power-on mode, short press to turn on/off LCD.
c) Short press to exit to the previous interface when navigating settings or playing back files
11. LCD| View camera status and playback recorded files
Screen|
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12. Scroll Up Button
| a) Hold to switch 720P and 1080P resolution
b) In Menu or Playback mode, short press to scroll up to the previous page or file
c) In standby or video recording mode, hold to zoom out
d) In playback mode, press to rewind the video
13. OK Button/ White Light Button
| a) In menu set-up, short press to make a selection
b) In standby mode, press to review files
c) In playback mode, press to pause/resume video or audio playback
d) hold to turn on/off white lights.
14. Menu & Scroll Down Button
| a) In standby mode, short press to enter the menu set-up
b) In Menu or Playback mode, short press to scroll down next page or file
c) In standby or video recording mode, hold to zoom in
d) In playback mode, press to fast-forward video
15. USB Port
| USB port is for power charging or data transmission;
16. Video Recording Button
| a) In power-on mode, short press to start/stop recording
b) In power-off mode, hold for 3 seconds to power
on camera and execute the video recording function.
17. Snapshot Button / Infrared Light Button| ****
a) Press to take a photo in standby mode or video recording mode
b) Hold to turn on/off infrared lights.
LCD Interface
Main Menu Optional Detail
To enter the settings menu:
- Press the Menu button and then enter the password.
- Enter the password by the following commands:
- Press the Scroll Up button to change the character to the previous letter or number.
- Press the Menu button to change the character to the next letter or number.
- Press the OK button to confirm and move to the next character PS: The default password is 000000.
- After selecting the last character, press the OK button to enter the settings menu.
To navigate the settings menu:
- Press the Scroll Down button to select the next setting or option.
- Press the Scroll Up button to select the previous setting or option.
- Press the OK button to move to confirm your selection or enter the submenu.
- Press the Power button to return to the previous menu.
Following is a list of the available settings and options
| Setting | Description | Options |
|---|
Video Resolution
|
The video resolution
| 2688×1512 30P
2560×1440 30P
2304×1296 30P
1920×1080 30P
1280×720 30P
864×480 30P
Coding Format|
The coding format of video files
|
H.264, H.265
Quality| The quality of the video.| S.Fine, Fine, Normal
Pre-record
| When on, a certain time (depending on video resolution) will be combined into the recorded video before the record button is pressed to start recording; When off, the video starts until the Record button is pressed to start recording.|
OFF, ON
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Post Record
| The amount of time the camera waits to stop recording video after you press the Record button.| OFF, 5 sec, 1 Min, 10
Mins, 20 Mins, 35 Mins
Dewarp
| When on, video distortion correction will be corrected, with more power consumption.|
OFF, ON
EIS| When on, electronic image stabilization is activated to avoid shaky video.| OFF, ON
CarDV Mode
| When on, the camera will power up automatically and start video recording when it is charged. The camera will power off as it normally does when it is disconnected from the power source.|
OFF, ON
Loop Recording
|
When on, the camera will overwrite the oldest video file with the most current video file once its memory is full.
|
OFF, ON
Split Time
| While recording video, the camera will automatically split its recording into files of this length.| 1 Min, 3Mins, 5 Mins,
10 Mins, 15 Mins,
30 Mins, 45Mins
Photo Resolution
|
The photo resolution
| 40M (8448×4752 16:9)
30M (7296×4104 16:9)
25M (6656×3744 16:9)
20M (5984×3366 16:9)
12M (4608×2592 16:9)
5M (3008×1692 16:9)
Burst| The number of images captured in a row when you take a photo.| OFF, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15,
20
Self Timer
| The time the camera waits until you take a photo after you press the Snapshot button.| OFF, 5 seconds, 10
seconds, 20 seconds,
30seconds, 1 Min
Slideshow
| When on, viewing the photo file will start a slideshow where each photo will be shown for around 5 seconds.|
OFF, ON
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Infrared
| When set to manual, you will need to hold the Snapshot button to turn IR LEDs on/off. When set to Auto, these lights will activate automatically based on the light sensor’s reading.|
Manual, Auto
Motion Detect| When turning on motion detection and then pressing the recording button, the camera will start recording when front movement is detected by the lens.|
OFF, ON
Record Warning
| When on, you will hear a voice confirmation when you start/stop recording. When off, voice confirmation is disabled.|
OFF, ON
Video Mute
| When on, there is no sound in the video. When off, there is sound in the video|
OFF, ON
Global Positioning| When GPS is on, the position of the video will be recorded and can be reviewed by the GPS player.|
OFF, ON
WiFi| WiFi mode| OFF,ON(STA),ON(AP)
G-sensor / G- G-sensor sensitivity| When the G-sensor is on, the camera
will detect an attack from external force and trigger video recording.| OFF,
High, Middle, Low
Time Zone| Adopt local time in a real-time zone| -12 to +12
Default 0
Language
|
The language of the text in the camera interface
| English ,
Portuguese, Español, Türk,український
Screen Saver
| The amount of time the camera can be idle before deactivating the display to conserve power.| OFF, 30 seconds, 1
Min, 3 Mins, 5 Mins
LCD
Brightness
|
Screen lighting to view
|
Low, Medium, High
Auto Power off
| The amount of time the camera can be idle before powering off.|
OFF, 30 seconds, 1
Min, 3 Mins, 5 Mins
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Led Light
| When on, the indicator LED will tell the status of the camera; When off, the camera enters a covert mode|
OFF, ON
White Led| White LED light to offer a light source|
OFF, ON
Key Tone
| When on, the camera will play a tone each time you press a button. When off, the tone is disabled.|
OFF, ON
Motor| Switch of vibration indication| OFF, ON
Volume
| The volume of the camera speaker. This affects the loudness of video playback, audio playback, the key tone, record warning, and any other sounds played by the camera. This doesn’t affect the volume of the recorded video or audio files themselves.|
0-12
Default 12
Time Setup| Adjust time to real location| I/mm/dd hh/mm
ID Setting| Users can set Device SN and Person SN| Alphanumeric
characters
Password
| If the password is on, the user needs to enter the password to get access to settings and connection to the PC|
OFF, ON
Change Password|
Password can be set or changed
| Alphanumeric characters
Default Setting| Use this to return the camera to its original settings.
This does not erase the memory|
O (Yes), X (No)
FW Name|
Firmware version
|
Operation
Power on/off
- Hold the Power button for 3 seconds to start up and enter standby mode; In any mode holding the Power button for 3 seconds, the camera will shut down.
- PS: in standby/video recording / audio recording mode, short press the power button, screen saver can be on/off.
Audio recording
- In standby mode, press the audio Recording Button for audio recording.
- The camera will beep, and vibrate once and the LED indicator on the top turns yellow and flashes.
- Press again audio Recording Button to stop the audio recording (the camera vibrates twice) and save the file.
- In audio recording mode, press the Fn button to remark the file as an important file, the yellow star icon will appear on the right side of the screen.
Photo shooting
- In standby mode, press the photo button to take photos.
Video recording
- In standby mode, press the video Recording Button to start video recording.
- The camera will beep, and vibrate once and the LED indicator on the top turns red and flashes.
- Press again video Recording Button again to stop video recording (the camera vibrates twice) and save the file.
- In video recording mode, press the Fn button to mark the file as an important file, and the yellow star icon will appear on the right side of the screen.
One-button video recording
- In power-off mode, hold the video Recording Button for three seconds to power on the camera and start video recording immediately.
PIV (picture in video)
- In video recording mode, press the photo button to capture the photo.
Zoom
In standby or video recording mode, hold the Scroll Up button and scroll down
button to zoom out and in the image.
IR night vision
- Under dark circumstances, the infrared LED will help to record clear images or videos.
- In standby mode, PRESS the Menu button to navigate. Find option【Infrared】, PRESS the OK button to enter the sub-menu: Manual & Auto, and press the OK button to select.
-
Auto infrared mode
In low light situations (1 Lux), 4 IR LEDs will be turned on automatically, the camera switches on the infrared filter lens, video image turns black and white. Otherwise, when the circumstance brightness grows, the IR LED turns off, and the image becomes colourful again. -
Manual infrared mode
When night vision is needed, hold the infrared light button to switch to Infrared mode, IR LEDs will be turned on, black and white image. Hold this button again to turn off IR LEDs, image becomes colourful.
White LED
- In standby or video recording mode, hold the OK button to turn on/off the white LED.
Playback
In standby mode, press OK button to enter playback mode. There are Video, Photo, and Audio options. Press the Fn button to select, and press the OK button to confirm the selection.
- In video file playback mode, PRESS the OK button to pause/resume playback; PRESS the scroll-up button to rewind, PRESS the Scroll-down button to fast forward, and then PRESS the OK button to play normally. You can fast forward or rewind 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x.
- In photo file playback mode, hold the scroll-up button and the Scroll-down button to zoom out and in the image. Adjustable is X1.0～X10.0. In the zoom-in and out image, short press the scroll-up button and Scroll-down button to move the image to the right or left side.
Reset
- In any case the camera is frozen, use a pin to reset and restart the camera.
- The reset button is inside the USB port.
Device ID/ User ID
- In standby mode, PRESS the Menu button to enter settings. Find [ID setting],
- PRESS the OK button to select, then the Device & Person SN interface will show up, 5 characters for device ID and 6 characters for person ID.
- PRESS the scroll-up button or Scroll-down button to choose a character, then PRESS the OK button to select.
Time Setting
In standby mode, PRESS the Menu button to enter settings. Find the Time bar,
for example, 2008/02/02 07:40. PRESS the OK button and enter the password, and
then users can change the date and time. Press the scroll-up button or Scroll-
down button to choose a character, then PRESS the OK button to select.
Video/Photo/Audio files can only be deleted on PC/laptop
After being connected to the PC, the password interface shows up, please enter the password (default password is 000000) Press the (ok) button 6 times, and the camera will be recognized by the computer as an Extra drive. Users can go to the camera folder and delete those files not needed.
Charging
When the camera battery is low, the battery icon will flash in the display,
and you will hear an alert tone. When this happens, charge the camera. While
the camera is charging, the indicator light turns red and will turn green
after the camera is fully charged. It will take approximately 4 hours to fully
charge the camera.
Charging methods
- Attach the device to the charging dock. Use the original USB cable to connect the charging dock to the following:
- The original wall charger (connected to a power outlet)
- Use the original USB cable to connect the device’s USB port to the following:
- The original wall charger (connected to a power outlet)
WiFi
- AP mode – used for single-device real-time video review and control.
- Android phone: Scan below QR code
- Apple iPhone: Search ”Eeyescam pro” in App Store
-
Go to the camera menu and Turn on “WiFi”. You will see a GREEN WiFi icon on top of the screen.
-
Go to phone/tablet WiFi setting. Find out your body camera’s WiFi SSID (H22_WIFI_AP as default) and select, then input the WiFi password (12345678 as default) and connect.
- Open Eyescam Pro and tap “connecting device” to enter the camera interface.
- Tap the resolution window to change the video resolution.
- Tap the setting icon to enter the simple setting menu.
- Tap the RED button to start/stop video recording.
- Tap the PHOTO button to make a snapshot.
- Tap “Recorder File” to view the video and photo files.
- STA mode – used to view and control multiple cameras inside the internal network.
Operation is as below
- Set “WiFi” to “ON (STA)” on the menu.
- Connect the camera to the Cam Manager program and set the WiFi parameter to the same as the WiFi router (enter WiFi router info and then click “Set”).
- Go to the WiFi router setting to check the body camera IP address distributed by the router. (If needed, please check with the router vendor on how the IP address is distributed).
- Open the VLC player and click “Ctrl+N”, then enter rtsp://IP Address/live or rtsp://192.168.1.5/live. You can view real-time streams from a camera.
Camera setting through Camera Manager
- The device setting can be changed in the menu or via Camera Manager (Please find it in the BodyCam PC Software file).
- Please check page 3 to get access to it.
- Please refer to the steps below when doing the device setting via Camera Manager.
- Copy the BodyCam PC Software file on the PC and find Camera Manager.
- Choose “Password On” in the menu of the device.
- Install the driver (Read the instructions in the BodyCam PC Software file to install it).
- Connect the device to the PC.
- Open Camera Manager and enter password 000000, connect and log in.
- Click “Get” to show the device’s original settings. Choose the target setting and click “Set” to change the setting.
- Click “Enter U Disk” (in the upper right corner) to make the device recognized by the PC as U Disk. All files can be checked in U Disk.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The clips and attachment studs rotate 360 degrees
The crocodile clip, epaulette clip, chest harness and shoulder harness
attachment studs ALL turn 360 degrees. Slot the clip into the back of the
camera then turn the clip vertically. Or you can slot the clips into the back
of the body camera first, then attach the body camera to the chest or shoulder
harness, and then turn the body camera vertically.
Reset device
To reset the device, use a small needle to jab the reset button. The reset
button is located next to the USB port.
Delete files
You can only delete the recorded files from a computer. This is to stop people
from getting rid of the evidence straight from the device itself. To delete
the files from your computer, right-click, and then delete them.
Product Warranty
We offer a 12-month warranty on the body camera. This warranty covers faults
that were caused by the manufacturer. If the fault was caused by the customer,
then the warranty will be void.
USB cable
Please only use the USB cable provided in the product box. Using other USB
cables might cause damage to the body camera.
Attention
- Please charge the camera fully after the camera is left without working for a long time.
- Please keep the camera bottom away from water to avoid short circuits or oxidation.
- Please don’t disassemble the camera without authorized instruction.