FLIR LS Series Quick Start Manual

LS-Series Quick Start Guide

Power

Zoom

White hot/

Display Brightness /

Black hot/

Eyepiece

Laser Pointer On/Off

Adjustable
Diopter

Instalert

Laser Aperture

USB/Charging/
Analog video out
of USB port

Charging
Indicator

Power Button – The LS-Series camera has three power states:

On, Off, and Auto Shutdown.

• On – Takes approximately 4 seconds (during bootup the FLIR
splash screen is shown on the eyepiece display).

• Off – Push the power button to turn the camera off.

• Auto Shutdown - If no buttons are pushed for about five minutes,
Auto shutdown 30s, is shown in the display and after counting
down for 30 seconds the camera will turn off.

Important: Read the Laser Safety guidelines in the User Manual before
operating the camera.

Display Brightness – If camera is On, press to toggle through five
brightness settings. Press and hold to turn on Laser symbol in
viewfinder, followed by Laser turning on ~1 second later. If camera is
Off, press and hold to turn on the Laser Pointer.

White/Black Hot/Instalert – In White Hot, hotter items appear as
white or light grey. In the Black Hot, hotter items appear as black or
dark grey. In Instalert, hot items in a scene are highlighted in red.

Zoom – Quick press causes the image to zoom in or out. Press and
hold to turn on Continuous E-zoom feature (LSXR models only);
camera will zoom in or out gradually until the button is released. Press
any other button to disable Continuous E-zoom mode.

Diopter Controls – The diopter adjustment knob allows adjustment of
the eyepiece for optimal viewing.

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Charging the Camera – The battery in the camera should be fully

FullyCharging

correctly charged

full charge

half charge

plugged in

Battery Status

charged prior to use. The initial charge time is approximately 4 hours.
The cameras should be turned OFF throughout the charging cycle.

Caution!

Cameras should be turned OFF throughout the charging cycle.
Charging MUST only be done at temperatures from 0 °C to 40 °C
(32 °C to 104 °F), or battery damage may occur.

To charge the camera, lift the
cover from the USB port, plug in
the USB cable provided with the
camera, and also plug it into a
USB power source.

• Charging correctly – indicator
lit orange.

• Fully charged – indicator lit
solid green.

• While the camera is On, a battery status indicator is always shown
in the corner of the display image. This indicator provides an
estimation of the remaining battery charge.

• When fully charged, the charging indicator will light solid green.
The initial charge time is approximately 4 hours.

USB/Video Adapter Cable

To obtain analog video out, insert the
adapter cable into the USB connector.
the camera will detect the adapter
cable and provide the video stream.
Use an RCA cable to connect to a
monitor or a video recorder.

Diopter Controls

The diopter adjustment lever
allows you to adjust for optimum
image sharpness in the eyepiece.
When the diopter adjustment lever
is pointing straight away from the
front of the camera, it is in the
neutral position. Adjust the diopter
setting for the sharpest image in
the viewfinder.

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