Macam AM-M81 User Manual - page 17
AMACAM AM-M81
USER MANUAL
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8.
FURTHER OPERATIONS
8.1.
Indicator light
Item 15 on the camera is the indicator LED. This will shine BLUE when the camera
is switched on. When the battery is charging this light will shine RED, and will not
shine at all when the camera is fully charged, or disconnected from the power
source. See also Section 5 of this manual.
8.2.
External power supply/Charging the battery
The internal battery is charged by connecting the camera through the USB
connection socket (6) to any of the following power sources.
-
Car lighter socket using the cable supplied
-
USB 2.0 socket on a personal computer using the cable supplied
-
240V or 110V Mains to USB adapter plug. This must have a 5v Output. . (Not
supplied)
IMPORTANT NOTE. The mains frequency setting in the Main Menu must be
set to the correct frequency for the mains supply used.
8.3.
Protecting Files
Files may be protected. This will prevent them from being deleted on the camera.
Thus when loop recording is being used, protected files will NOT be overwritten.
Files are protected automatically when the G sensor senses an acceleration higher
than the setting established in the Set Up menu. Thus if the car is involved in a
collision the file will be automatically protected.
Files can be protected manually during recording by making a short press on the
DOWN button (6) during recording. All protected files will display the protected file
icon on the screen to signify that they are protected.
Protected files can be unprotected by going to the playback menu.
scroll dow
n to ‘Protect File’ and press select this option
then scroll down to ‘None’ and select by pressing OK (5) button.
This will unprotect
all
protected files on the camera
– not only the selected one.