Sky ZONE SKY04O PRO/04X PRO FPV Steady view Receiver User Manual

: August 8, 2024
: SKY ZONE

Sky ZONE SKY04O PRO/04X PRO FPV Steady view Receiver

USER MANUAL

MODEL: SKY04O PRO/04X PRO

Specifications

BAND/CHANNEL table

Package Included

1. Goggles1
2. Receiver Module1
3. Faceplate2(wide and narrow)
4. Sponge with velcro1
5. Zipper case1
6. Power cable1
7. Headtracker cable1
8. 5.8GHz 2dB antennas2
9. Video/Audio Cable1
10. USB-C Cable1
11. User Manual*1

Diagram

1. DC PORT(5.5*2.1mm)
2. Head tracker port
3. USB C port
4. IPD Slider
5. Focus adjustment wheel
6. HDMI input
7. SD card slot
8. AV IN/OUTPUT
9. Earphone jack
10. Volume/ Mode
11. Record/Delete
12. System Menu/Headtracker
13. CH/BAND/Search
14. Power/Fan

Introduction

The SKY04 Series is First skyzone goggle with focus adjustment, the high resolution screen have vivid color and high contrast ration, pilot can see more details in the racing .
With steadyview receiver , the receiver merge two signals to one, avoid image tearing and rolling, make image more stable and clear in challenging condition.

The new designed optics have focus adjustment feature and huge degree Field of view, give pilots more immersive FPV experience.

The new OS with 10 languages to set select, pilot have no trouble with the menu system, with shuttle wheel and new user interface, pilot can set all the settings just by rolling the wheel without taking oﬀ the goggle.

DO NOT EXPOSE THE LENS DIRECT TO SUNLIGHT, OTHERWISE THE SCREEN WILL BURN IN.

Quick Start Guide

1. Install the antenna and faceplate.
2. Use power cables to connect battery to the goggles, goggles can power by 2~6cell lipo battery, hold the power button to turn on.
3. Focus adjustment: move the focus adjustment wheel to focus, close one eye to adjust the focus, you can pop up the OSD menu as the template, when the image is clear, repeat the process with the other eye.
4. IPD adjustment: move the IPD slider until there is no double vision of the image.

Band /Channel / Receiver mode setting

1. Press the right wheel, then roll right wheel to change channel, press the wheel again switch to Band setting mode, then roll the wheel to change the Band. Press wheel again to select diversity or Mix mode .
2. No wheel operation for 3 seconds，RF setting will quit the channel setting mode.
3. Hold the right wheel to pop up search menu, press the right wheel to start auto search, after searching all the frequency, receiver will work on the strongest signal. Roll the right wheel to manually select the channels, hold the right wheel to quit searching.

Receiver Mode

MIX1: Mix1 mode provides basic fusion processing to reduce excessive intervention of the circuit on the picture
MIX2: Mix2 mode improves synchronization stability, especially under weak signal to maximize synchronization and lock video
MIX3: Mix3 mode enhances the synchronization signal on the basis of Mix2, maximizes the stability of the video image, and maximizes compatibility with other display devices. In this mode, the brightness of the video signal will be reduced

DIV: Â Div mode, the fusion processing will be turned oï¬€, and the receiver will work in the traditional diversity receiving mode, and the audio and video signal output corresponding to the channel with the highest RSSI intensity will be selected.

Sometime the auto search channel is not accurate, user may need manually select the channel.

Volume Setting

In all mode preview mode, roll the left wheel to adjust the volume.
Volume setting is only eﬀective on earbud. Not eﬀective on AV OUT volume.
System didn’t save the volume setting, in case of the volume is too high in AVIN or RF mode.

Drone Finder Mode

Install a patch antenna on RX, long press the left wheel to enable drone ﬁnder function(long press again to disable), the buzzer frequency will synchronize with RSSI, the strongger the RSSI is, the rapider of sound the buzzer.

Short press the left wheel to pop up mode menu.
RF normal: this mode is normal 48 CH receive mode.
RF Racing: this mode will make receiver only work on RaceBand.
RF Third-Party: in this mode, the goggles button cant control the external receiver, also the OSD of the goggles cant read the band/channel of the receiver.
AVIN: When enable the AV IN mode . The NTSC and PAL system format can be supported to be automatically switched. The receiver module will be automatically turned oﬀ to save the power.
HDMI IN：the receiver module and the video recording module will be automatically turned oﬀ to save the power.
Playback: in this mode, customer can review the DVR ﬁles.

PLAYBACK

In playback mode, roll right wheel to choose the DVR, short press right wheel to play and pause.
Left wheel to adjust the volume.
When playing the DVR, roll the right wheel to fast forward or fast backward.
Press the Right button to quit DVR .
Press the Left button to delete DVR.

Setting

Head Tracking

The head tracking button is on the right side of the goggles.
The gyro required for an initialization time. When it is powered on, goggles must be kept horizontal and stable as long as possible. When hearing the sound of a “beep”, the initialization is done.
Hold HT button to reset the PPM signal to the center, goggles will beep when press the button.

Disable the Headtracker can save the gyro initialization time to speed up goggles boot time.

Image

In image setting menu, customer have standard, bright, vivid, soft and 3 customized ﬁles to select. Customer can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Sharpness to suit diﬀerent environment . in 3 user 1/2/3, the image setting can not change in 4 pre-set ﬁles.

DVR

Left button is record button and stop button.
Build in DVR H264 encoding, SD card recommend Class10, SD card can support up to 128GB.
SD card must be formatted into FAT32 , user can get into system menu to select the Format SD .
The video recording function can be used in both the RF Mode and the AV IN Mode.
By default, when recording the video (including: Recording the sound), the “sound recording” function can be turned oﬀ in the system menu, then the video signal can be recorded only.
Automatic recording: enable this function , if the video signal has been detected, the recording will be activated automatically. The recording function can also manually be stopped by press the REC button.

<Auto&Follow> on, the DVR will auto start recording when video signal is on, and stop recording after 30s when signal is cut, if signal is on again, DVR will start recording again.

Press the REC button to manully start recording，DVR will stop recording after 30s when signal is cut, but it will auto start recording when signal is on. press REC button agian can manully stop rec to save SD card space.

Cyclic recording：Overwriting of older recordings on or oﬀ (in case of storage space is wasted).
The video recording File will be automatically divided into the multiple Files. In the menu system, the video length can be set as: 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes and 30 minutes. The default video length can be set as 30 minutes / each File.·If the power has been suddenly disconnected in the video recording process, the DVR will be damaged.
The goggles have repairing function. After entering into the Playback mode, the last DVR ﬁle will be automatically checked. If it has been damaged, the DVR ﬁle will be automatically repaired.

Display

I n Display setting menu, customer can set the topbar OSD time, disable OSD time out, the OSD always on.
I n Display menu, customer can set the RSSI icon: Icon + percentage, Icon, Percentage, Disable, also adjust the vertical position of the RSSI.
The Luminance of the LCOS screen and be adjust in the menu (8 stage, default is 5).Normally do not set the brightness too high unless the image is dim.
Sleep MODE: To prevent screen burn out, the goggles have sleep mode, The sleep mode can be set in the menu( 1minute 3minutes 5 minutes, default 3 minutes.) When sleep mode is enabled the goggles will detect the movement of the goggles (via headtracker gyro), when the goggles stay still to the preset time , the buzzer will beep , after 10 seconds, the goggles will switch to sleep mode , the screen will turn oﬀ, move the goggles to quit sleep mode.
I n Display setting menu, customer can change the aspect ratio(4:3 or 16:9), default is 4:3. also user can switch to small fov mode, image will cut at the edge on screen.
When sleep mode is triggered, the rest functions of goggle is still working (receiver ,DVR etc).

To quit Sleep mode: Move the goggles when hearing beep.

Power supply menu, user can choose battery type(2S~6S) to make sure goggles show real capacity of the battery
Voltage calibration gives user ±0.9V range to adjust the voltage, when calibrate the voltage, use multimeter to measure the loaded voltage of the battery, then use shuttle wheel to adjust voltage.
RSSI Calibration: use can calibrate the RSSI in this menu, to calibrate the RSSI, user need remove the antenna, and turn oﬀ the VTX, then select yes, when calibration is done, the goggle will beep.
System Language can select in to: English,French, German, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
The built-in fan can not only be mainly used for defogging, but also can be used to dissipate the heat . the speed of fan can be set in the system menu, press the POWER button to start up/stop the fan.
Factory Reset : User can reset all the functions and settings in this menu.
DVR FW upgrade:User can upgrade DVR Firmware from SD card in this menu.
Firmware version :Goggles Firmware , DVR Firmware version and Serial Number will show in this menu.

The function of the wheel and buttons can be swapped from left side to the right side , make to adapt left handed user. when rotary switch is enabled, all the functions in manual are changed from left to right.

Firmware Update

Goggles

The goggles have 3 different hardware due to global chip shortage, before flashing the firmware, user must check their hardware version of the goggles in the system menu.

V1 orignail
V2 60FPS DVR, if user bought the 60FPS DVR kit, the V1 goggles will upgrade to V2, and ﬁrmware also need ﬂash to V2.
V3 new MCU due to chip shortage. due to the performance is same, we didnt name the goggles V3, only

if FW1: Start with V1.3.9, means V1 hardware
If FW1: Start with V2.3.9, means V2 hardware,
If FW1: Start with V3.3.9, means V3 hardware

1. Connect goggles to the computer.
2. Hold the left wheel then turn on the goggles, the usb cable will power the goggles, release the left wheel, computer will automatically install the driver , computer will show a new removable storage .
3. copy the Firmware(A/B) File to stortage. goggles will installing the update at the same time.

DVR

1. Take a SD card and format the card to FAT32.
2. Copy the DVR Firmware to the SD card , insert it in the goggles and turn it on.
3. Go to the system menu and choose DVR FM upgrade.

Receiver Firmware

1. Take the receiver out, hold the boot button when connect the receiver to the computer.
2. Computer will automatically install the driver , computer will show a new removable storage .
3. Copy the Firmware File to the folder(Not the SD card). goggles will installing the update at the same time. when the copying is done, the firmware upgrade is done.

Specifications

Screen Resolution: OLED 1024768 (SKY04O), OLED 1280720 (SKY04O PRO), OLED 1920*1080 (SKY04X PRO)
Field of View: 38 (SKY04O), 42 (SKY04O PRO), 52 (SKY04X PRO)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3/16:9
Focus Range: -6 to +2
IPD Range: 58~71mm
Receiver: 5.8Ghz 48CH Steadyview Receiver
DVR: 60FPS H264 (SKY04O), 60FPS MJPEG (SKY04O PRO), 60FPS H264 (SKY04X PRO)
Voltage Input: 2S LiPo 7.4V
HDMI IN: 720P 100FPS
Language: 10 Languages
Head Tracker: 3-axis Accelerometer, 3-axis Gyroscope

Quick Start Guide

Install the antenna and faceplate.
Use power cables to connect a battery (2~6 cell LiPo) to the goggles. Hold the power button to turn on.
Focus Adjustment: Move the focus adjustment wheel to focus.
Close one eye to adjust the focus. Pop up the OSD menu as a template. When the image is clear, repeat the process with the other eye.
IPD Adjustment: Move the IPD slider until there is no double vision of the image.

Band / Channel / Receiver Mode Setting

Press the right wheel, then roll the right wheel to change the channel. Press the wheel again to switch to Band setting mode. Roll the wheel to change the Band. Press the wheel again to select diversity or Mix mode.
No wheel operation for 3 seconds will quit the channel setting mode.
Hold the right wheel to pop up the search menu. Press the right wheel to start auto search. After searching all the frequency, the receiver will work on the strongest signal. Roll the right wheel to manually select the channels. Hold the right wheel to quit searching.

Receiver Mode

MIX1: Basic fusion processing to reduce circuit intervention on the picture.
MIX2: Improves synchronization stability, especially under weak signals.
MIX3: Enhances synchronization signal and maximizes compatibility with other display devices.
DIV: Traditional diversity receiving mode with no fusion processing.