HDTMINICAM Hidden Camera User Guide

General Operation

Charging: Connect the USB cable from the device to a USB power outlet. While the device is charging the Red LED flashes. Once the device is fully charged the Red LED will stay on. Prior to first use only, please ignore the LED indicator and continue to charge the device for an additional 2 hours. This device can also record while charging. Refer to Video and Photo Recording above.

SD Card: To save recordings install a Class 10 Micro SD Card maximum size 32gb. Please note the SD Card must be formatted as Fat32.

Standby Mode: Press the On/Off button until the blue LED illuminates. It will flash once and then stay on. The camera is now in standby mode.

Video Mode 720P: From Standby short press the On/Off button. The blue LED will flash 3 times and start recording. Once the recording starts the LED will go out. Short press the On/Off button will save the recording and return to Standby Mode. The blue LED will remain on. If the recording is not stopped manually the recordings will automatically be saved every 5 minutes. When the memory card is full the oldest recordings will be overwritten.

Video Mode 1080P: From Standby short press the Mode button. A blue and red LED will illuminate. Short press the On/Off button. The red LED will flash 3 times and start the recording. Once the recording starts the LEDs will go out. Short press the On/Off button will save the recording and return to Standby Mode. The blue and red LEDs will remain on. If the recording is not stopped manually the recordings will automatically be saved every 5 minutes. When the memory card is full the oldest recordings will be overwritten.

Photo Mode: From Standby short press the Mode button twice. A red LED will illuminate. Short press the On/Off button to take a photo. The red LED flash. Repeat to take additional photos.

Shutdown: Long press the On/Off button from any standby mode until the blue LED flashes several times quickly The LED will go out and your device is now turned off. The device will automatically turn off if left on standby for 1 minute.

Recording playback: Using the supplied USB cable connect the device to a Desktop Computer or Laptop. Your computer will automatically setup the device and allow you to view the stored recordings using your favourite image viewer or Media Player. Video format is AVI and the codec is M-JPEG. Photo’s are JPG.

Date and Time Setup: With the device connected to your computer use notepad to create a file time.txt and save it to the USB root directory. Open the text file and enter the date and time in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD,HH:MM:SS Y (The “Y” on the end means the time watermark is enabled. Change to “N” to disable.)

2020-12-31,23:59:59 Y

Factory Reset: Should the device become unstable please try a Factory Reset. Insert a small pin like object into the reset button.