CammPro 1826 Body Worn Camera Instruction Manual

CammPro 1826 Body-Worn Camera Product Overview

Body Worn Camera often utilized by law enforcement to record their interactions with public or gather video evidence at crime scenes.
Nowadays it’s also widely used in military, public service, citizen surveillance and personal life recording.
CammPro 1826 Body Camera is well designed with super Full HD 1296p video recording capabilities, and one-click recording and activation. When worn on the front of clothing, an ultra-wide 140° field-of-view lens captures what happens in the field as accurate information for further analysis. Featuring a 32GB (64GB/128GB} internal memory, pre-record buffering, importance tagging, and integrated Infrared LEDS for night vision, 1826 is equipped to perform in any conditions.
The footages can be viewed on 2 inch LCD color screen, PC, or on HDTV screen using a HDMI connector. Security protocols of the device are secure to prevent accidental deletion of evidence or modification of system settings. Video footage is also digitally watermarked with the user ID, time and date, ensuring the authenticity of collected video of the event. The internal GPS receiver provides real-time location tagging of video and still-captures, offering irrefutable substantiation of where and when the audio and video were recorded.
Box contents

• Body Camera
• Charging Dock
• USB cable
• Charger
• 360 Degree Rotatable Clip
• User Manual

Product Features

Quick Operation

• Long press to power one-off, short press it to tum screen on/of.
• Short press to sert voice recording and short press again to stop recording.
• Short pressto taka a photo.
• Short press to start video recording, and short press again to stop recording.
• Short press to turn on infrared light, and short press again to tum it off.
• Short press to playback the last photo, video or audio files.
• Short press M to set the function and parameter
• Pross to return the last screen when the camera in menu setting or playback mode.

Appearance and Key Description

Basic Operation Description

• Boot
  Press l!!J for 2 seconds, the camera will beep on with a green LED, and the camera turn to standby mode with the screen lighted on.

• Audio Recording
  Short press O , the camera will shake, then the LED flash to yellow and the camera start audio recording. Press O again when you want to end the audio recording, and the camera shakes again, with the yellow LED light off and the recording stored automatically.

• One-click Audio Recording
  When the camera is off, long press key O for 4 seconds to start audio recording directly.

• One-click to Change Video Resolution
  When the camera is in standby mode, long press key O for 4 seconds, the resolution can be changed between 1280720 30pfs and 840480 30pfs.

• Photo Taking
  Short press key m to take photo when the camera is in standby mode.
  Long press key m for 4 seconds to turn on the LED flashlight, and the light will flash under specific frequency.

• Video Recording
  When the camera is in standby mode, short press m , then the camera body will shake with voice Guide Law-enforcement, video recording start , and afterwards the red video light flash on, which indicates the video recording start.Press key m again to stop recording, and the camera body will shake again, with red video light off, and the recording is finished and saved. (Note: this function is closed in default)

• One-click Video Recording
  When the camera is off, long press m for 4 seconds to start video recording directly.

• Zoom In/Out
  Long press Ill to £I zoom in/out when camera is standby. (Note: When the resolution at 23041296 or 19201080, zoom in/out function is not available.)

• Laser Pointer
  Long press li3 for 4 seconds to open laser point light. Do it again to turn it off.

• Snapshot Under Video Recording
  Short press key m to take a photo in video recording mode.

• Switch Between IR Red Light and LED White Light
  Short press D to turn on IR red light. Press it again to shut down in video recording or standby mode. The IR red light can help to record video in the night
  or dark environment. Long press a to turn on LED white light. Long press for 4 seconds again to turn the LED off.

• One-click Playback
  Under standby mode, short press m to playback the last photo, audio or video.

Fast Forward and Fast Reverse

Short press m or II to fast forward or fast reverse at 2X, 4X, Bx, 16X, 32X ,64X , 12BX under playback mode.

OK Confirm

Short press GI to get into video, photo, audio folder and select a file to play. Long press GI for 4 seconds to open laser point light, do it again to turn off.

Menu Setting

Short press II to enter the menu setting. (When with the password function on, user should enter password before entering menu, default password is “000000”, which means pressing II six times.)

USB MODE ACCESS FILE DATA

To cater for a variety of uses, CammPro body worn camera can be set to password protection mode, or password-free mode in menu. (Password: ON, OFF)
In both modes, videos can be managed without driver software. Driver software is needed only if user’s computer doesn’t recognize the camera or when user want to change password.

• Connect camera with PC by original USB cable, then camera will power on automatically.

• If password set to be OFF: the camera screen will show a PC image, user can access to camera’s data directly. If password set to be ON: once the password input interface showed up on screen, press six times “OK” button (which stands for the password 000000) to access the camera’s data.

• Find the removable disk or generic USB drive in your computer, then you can copy or delete the footages.
  Method 2

  • Please refer to page 19-24, “enter to LI-disk mode”.
  • Note: this method is only for the camera with Password ON.

Indicator Light

Standby Indicator Light (GREEN)
The light turns to green when the camera is powered on. Charge Indicator Light (RED)
The light turns red during charging, and turn green when it is full. Video Recording Indicator Light (RED)
The light turns red and flashes under video recording.
Audio Indicator Light (YELLOW)
The light turns yellow and flashes under audio recording.

KEY FUNCTION DESCRIPTION

• Reset Key Reset it when the camera freezes by some errors.

• Combination Key

  • One key play key
    In standby mode, press this key to playback the last audio or video file.

  • Page up key
    Go to menu, press this key can select object to up and left.

  • Focus adjustment function
    Long press this key can adjust BX focus change under standby or video recording mode. Press this key can fast reverse by 2X, 4X, BX, 16X, 32X, 64X , 12BX under video recording.(Note: Focus cannot be adjusted under HD 2304*1296 resolution )

•  Combination Key Cl

  • OK confirm key
    Press this key into video, photo, audio file browse mode and confirm it.
    Laser pointer key
    Long press Cl to open Laser Point light for the best positioning, and do it again to turn it off.

  • Combination Key rJ
    Walkie-talkie
    After connect with the walkie-talkie, press this key start to talk.

  • Add * on important file
    Short press this key, then a • mark for important file can be marked on the top left corner of the screen.
    Video classification key
    Traffic control, criminal investigation and public security can be selected when long press this key for 4 seconds. Short press QI or D to select the mode, and short press GI to confirm.

• Combination Key 0

  • Audio recording key
    Press this key to start audio recording, press it again to stop it.

  • One key audio recording key
    When the camera is under turn off status, 4 seconds long press this key to start audio recording, press it again to stop it.

  • Video resolution change key
    When the camera is under standby mode, long press this key for 4 seconds, the video resolution can be changed to 480 or 720.

• Combination Key m

  • Photograph key
  • Short press this key to take photo.
  • LED flash light key
  • Long press to turn on LED flash light function.

• Combination Key m

  • Video recording key
    When the camera is in standby mode, press this key to start video recording, and press it again to stop it.

  • One key video recording key
    Under turn off status, long press m for 4 seconds to start video recording, and press it again to stop it.

• Combination Key D

  • Menu key
    Press this key into system setting interface.

  • Page down key
    Also press this key to select file from up and left when browse the files.

  • Zoom lens key
    This key also has focus adjust function. Long press this key can adjust BX focus change under standby or video recording status. Press this can fast reverse by 2X, 4X, BX, 16X, 32X, 64X , 128Xunder video recording.(Note: Cannot adjust focus under HD 2304*1296 resolution)

• Combination Key II

  • No shadow IR night vision light key
    Short press it to open no shadow IR night vision light and help to calibrate the video object. Short Press it again to turn it off.

  • LED illumination light
    Long press this key for 4 seconds to open LED illumination function, Long press it again to turn it off.

• USB Port I

  • Using cable connect this port with computer to get the file and charge the camera.

• HDMI Port

  • High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port, use it to connect with HD TV.

• AVIN Port

  • Connect to external camera. Picture and voice from external camera will show on the screen.

• Power ON & OFF/ Turn ON & OFF Screen Key/Return Key GJ Long press this key to turn on/off camera. In home page, short press it to lock the screen, short press it again to unlock. In sub-page, short press it to return previous page.

• Abnormal Alarm
  Two kinds of abnormal alarms
  When the battery is weak, Battery life flashes on the screen , at the same time the camera body shake and alarm with alert when the battery is full, the screen will alert storage full, the camera body shake with Alert tone alarm.

• Power Saving Mode
  When no operation after 1 min, 3 min, 5 min (optional in menu), the LCD screen will close automatically to save power. Press any key to reopenthe LCD.
  Short press key GJ at a time to turn off LCD, short press any key LCD will reopen, and camera return to normal.
  Device added with MCU function, it can switch to deep standby mode when not any operation in 15mins, you can press any button to switch on the screen.

• Charging ( Li-ion Rechargeable Battery)
  Battery will be full after 4 hours charging under the camera is power off (Using charger equipped). During the charging, indicator light will turn red, and turn green when it is full.
  While using multifunctioal base charger, plug the camera into the base, and connect the power, the red power light on the charger turn on, and camera boot automatically.You need to turn the camera off manually, and red indicator light on the camera body will turn on, which will turn green when the battery is full.

• Charging Ways

  • Use charger to connect with 220V power supply.
  • Use USB to connect with PC system.
  •  The camera plug to docking station (another product).

Attention

Two ways of charging. First one, charging in power off mode with 1A charging electricity, 4 hours to get full. Second one, charging in standby mode with 300mA charging electricity, 1 Ohours to get full. (This way is to protect the circuit board and battery life)

• If the camera will be out of use for a long time, please charge it full at first.
• Please don’t disassemble or repair the camera privately or by an unauthorized organization.
• Please use a pin to press the reset key Im to reboot the camera when running hang or abnormal.
• If the camera prompts “Excess fragments! Please format memory on PC” or “card fragment fail”, please connect it to computer and delete all data from camera.

Camera Management System

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Driver and Management System may not be needed for some users, because the data in camera can be managed directly at USB MODE, and camera menu already included all settings on software. They’re needed only if user’s computer doesn’t recognize the camera or when user want to change password.
Instruction Video of Data Management/Delete: https://youtu.be/Qf4r7V0EcDk
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SOFTWARE IS FOR WINDOWS OS ONLY.
Installation
Please download software from CD or website.
https://www.cammpro.com/download/
Before installing the software, you’d better close the firewall first. Double click the software to install, then always go next step until finish them all.

1. Choose the language.
2. Click ‘Next’.
3. Click ‘Install’.
4. AmbaUSB installation, click ‘OK’.
5. Click ‘next’.
6. Choose the disk that you want to save the drive, then click ‘Install’ to continue;
7. Click ‘Install’
8. After installation, desktop shortcuts will be shown as below: ‘AmbaUSB’ is the driver, you don’t need to open it. ‘Body_Camera_Managemnt’ is the managment software.

Notes: If the PC with firewall and trying to forbid the installation, please choose ‘allow this operation’ or ‘always allow install this driver software’ .

Login the Management Software
Connect camera with computer by original USB cable, camera will turn on automatically and shows password entering interface, remember DO NOT enter password on camera. (Beofre login the software, please make sure camera’s password is on)
There are Administrator and User roles for login. User can read the camera information, calibrate time and enter to camera disk. Administrator has the highest authority to manage the cameras and revise password.
Login steps: Enter password on software – click ‘connect device’ – click ‘login’
Default password: 000000
Settings
Time setting Click ‘calibration time’, camera time will be synced with computer.
Parameter setting
Click ‘read’, you can check the camera’s current resolution and the remaining battery capacity.
ID setting

Click ‘read’, you can check the current camera ID, police ID, department, user name and department name, if need to revise those information, type them directly to the corresponding columns, then click ‘setting’.(Camera ID must be 7 digits, user ID must be 6 digits)
Wi-Fi/ 4G Net work Setting
The network function in software is for other models, please ignore.
Password Setting
User can revise common user login password only; Admin can revise all passwords; Please do remember to click “Setting” after any revise to save all changes.
Enter to U-disk mode
Click ‘enter to U-disk’, the connection of management software with camera will be cut off, then camera will enter U-disk , data transfer or deletion will be allowed in this mode.
Page up/Exit
Click ‘page up’, system will back to login interface. Click ‘exit’, it will cut off connection and exit system directly.

User’s Instructions

We provide 1 year warranty and RMA service. In order to protect user’s rights and avoid some unnecessary problems, please read the details below :

1. Please send back warranty card with order number, model, and problem clearly together with returned products during RMA service.
2. Any man-made damage such as: water, moisture, improper use or damage by no authorized organization as well as exceed 1 year warranty, only paid service is available and no guarantee to fix it up.
3. For serious man-made damage (such as water or fall down), a repair contract is necessary to sign up.
4. No man-made damage and still within 1 year’s warranty, the camera can be changed, but not for the accessories.
5. As the product involves upgrading or improvement, the company reserves the right to change the specifications of the software and hardware described in this manual at any time without prior notice. The product specifications and information mentioned in this manual are for reference only, the actual delivered goods shall prevail.

Warranty Card

References

• Police Camera, Body Worn Camera, Police Body Worn Camera, Body Cam, Body Camera, 4G Body Worn Camera Factory, Body Camera Manufacturer OEM ODM | CammPro

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