MRC IR-CAM-B-70, IR-CAM-B-90, IR-CAM-I-75, IR-CAM-I-95 Operation Manual

Operation Manual for

Infrared Cameras

IR-CAM-B-70/I-75/B-90/I-95

PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY

BEFORE OPERATION

3, Hagavish st. Israel 58817 Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]

[e-mail]

MRC.VER.01-3.12

To Our Customer

Dear Customer:
Thank you for choosing this Infrared Camera!

Please read this user manual carefully before first use.
Also please keep in a safe place for reference in the
future.

Please operate with the recommended instructions in
user manual.

We reserve the right to change this user manual without
further notice.

N O T I C E

 In order not to cause malfunction or even damage the device please

do not direct the lens towards strong high-temperature radiation
source (such as the sun) whether the power is on or off!

 Avoid violent shock and impact during operation or transport.

 Storage temperature is between -40OC and 60OC. The device must

be kept in original packing case during transport.

 Typical storage place is cool, dry, ventilated, and without strong

electromagnetic field.

 Keep the lens surface off grease or any chemical substance which

would damage the lens. Close the lid after operation.

 Please regularly backup data on PC to prevent potential data loss and

format the internal FLASH memory duly to make it operate properly.

WARNING

DO NOT OPEN OR EXCHANGE PARTS!
REPAIR ONLY CAN BE CONDUCTED BY STUFF!

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Table of Contents

1. Product Summary.......................................................... 1

1.1 Standard Item List...................................................... 1

1.2 Optional Item List....................................................... 2

2. Battery and Charger...................................................... 2

2.1 Charging Battery........................................................ 3

2.2 Direct Charging.......................................................... 3

2.3 Attention for Using Battery Charger........................ 3

3. Panel Function Summary............................................ 3

3.1 Main Control Panel.................................................... 4

3.2 Side View.................................................................... 7

3.3 Bottom View................................................................ 8

3.4 Left Side View............................................................. 8

4. Quick Start Reference .................................................. 9

4.1 Battery Setting............................................................. 9

4.2 Quick Operations....................................................... 9

4.3 Measure Target Temperature................................. 10

4.4 Infrared Image and Voice Annotation................... 10

4.5 Infrared Image Playback......................................... 10

4.6 Telephoto and Wide-angle lens............................. 11

4.7 Connect to PC.......................................................... 12

4.8 Video and Audio output........................................... 12

5. Operation Menu............................................................ 12

5.1 Display Summary..................................................... 12

5.2 Main Menu................................................................ 14

5.2.1 File..................................................................... 16

Manage........................................................... 16

Save................................................................ 17

Record & Play................................................ 17

Delete.............................................................. 18

Format............................................................. 18

5.2.2 Measure............................................................ 19

Spot Measure................................................. 19

Line Measure................................................. 21

Horizontal Line Measure.......................... 21

Vertical Line Measure............................... 22

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Area (Rect) Measure.................................23

Parameters................................................... 24

Emissivity....................................................25

Distance...................................................... 25

Adjust Ratio................................................ 25

Adjust Temp............................................... 25

Save Setting................................................... 26

5.2.3 Image................................................................ 26

Image Setup................................................... 26

Alarm Switch.............................................. 27

Alarm Temp................................................27

Alarm Color................................................ 27

Isotherm Color........................................... 27

Isotherm Temp.......................................... 27

Hot Superposition......................................28

Thermal Superposition Attribute..............29

Fusion......................................................... 30

Alarm Color................................................ 33

Analysis Setup............................................... 33

Temp Range.............................................. 34

IR Lens ....................................................... 34

Ambient Temp........................................... 34

Reference................................................... 35

Ref Temp.................................................... 35

Image Reverse.............................................. 35

Clear Screen.................................................. 35

L&S (Auto/Manual Mode)............................. 35

5.2.4 Setup................................................................. 35

System Setup................................................. 36

Language....................................................36

Auto Rectify................................................ 36

Auto Save................................................... 36

Video........................................................... 36

Transparence............................................. 37

Display Device........................................... 37

Screen Save.............................................. 37

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Power Save................................................ 37

Storage Medium........................................................ 37

Time & Date................................................... 38

Factory Default.............................................. 38

System Information....................................... 40

Disc Information............................................. 40

6. Building Thermal Imaging Summary...................... 41

7. Technical Specifications............................................43

8. Technical Support........................................................45

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1. Product Summary

The Infrared Camera (equipped with Uncooled Focal Plane Array
Micro-bolometer) produces crisp thermal image and accurate temperature
reading to help increase system maintenance quality and efficiency in
many industries. The Infrared Camera is packed with advance features,
such as colored thermal images, multi-measurement methods, real-time
video, voice annotation, sound and color alarm, IR fusion, Built-in flash
and SD card storages.

Typical Application:

 Power Industry: Monitor and diagnose the condition of electrical

wire and equipment, detect power leak, and prevent system
malfunction.

 Petrochemical Industry: oil pipeline check, material interface detect,

heat leakage, insulation structure and power equipment detect.

 Fire Protection: forest fire protection and latent fire source search,

self-ignition prevention and detection of special material, electric fire
precaution detect.

 Medical Application: Accurately measure human body temperature

and analyze temperature field distribution.

 Building Industry: humidity, air leakage and insulation defects

detect.

 Other Applications: Civil engineering, scientific research, and

railway etc

1.1 Standard Item List

The infrared camera comes with the following standard items and
accessories:

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Name Quantity

Infrared Camera

1 SET

Li-Ion Battery

2 PCS

Charger

1 PC

SD Card

1 PC

SD Card Reader

1 PC

USB Cable

1 PC

Video Cable

1 PC

Converter cable

1 pc

User Manual

1 PC

IRSee Software CD

1 PC

Adapter

1 PC

Transport Case

1 PC

1.2 Optional Item List

  Wide-angle lens
  Telephoto lens

2. Battery and Charger

It is recommended to charge battery immediately when device indicates
low power, please read more about battery installation and removal
methods on Page 8.
Device comes with two sets of Li-Ion battery and one battery charger. It is

strongly recommended to operate only with the included battery and
charger. Use any other brand charger or Li-Ion battery may cause fire or
critical damage.

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2.1 Charging Battery

 Align the notch of the battery at the charger’s mount, press the

battery downward gently along the triangular arrow, and fit it to the
end.

 Connect the charger to an AC outlet, during charging, the red LED

will be on, and when charging is completed, the green LED will be on
instead.

: It is about 4 hour s to completely charge one battery.

2.2 Direct Charging

It is available to charge the built-in battery with the adapter; it is about 5
hours to fully charge a run-out battery. The indicator indicates orange in
charging and remains green when fully charged.

2.3 Attention for Using Battery Charger

 Battery Charging can only be conducted inside of a house.
 Do not short-circuit the battery.
 Do not put the battery in high temperature environment (≥60OC).

Never disassemble the battery or put it into fire, which may cause
explosion.

 Do not try to modify the battery or the charger.
 Li-Ion battery has no memory effect, charging can be conducted at

any time.

 Please remove the charger from AD socket as soon as charging is

completed.

3. Panel Function Summary

In this manual, “long press” means Long press button down for about 2
seconds, and “press” or “short press” means press and release.

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3.1 Main Control Panel

1. Power LED Light

After infrared camera is turned on, the indicator functions as a power
indicator in green; functions as a charging indicator in orange, indicating
the battery is being charged now.

2. HotKey button 1

Press to automatically focus, and Long press to turn on / off LED light.

3. HotKey button 2

Press to switch between measured objects (point, line and area), and
fusion zone, setting range of thermal superposing temperature, color
code, temperature upper and lower limits; and Long press to turn on / off
the laser.

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4, 5, 6,7 Direction buttons

Up ( ), Down ( ), Left ( ), and Right ( ) keys have different usages
in different modes.
In main menu, direction buttons are used for moving selected items or

changing slide-bar value. In real time Infrared view mode, directions
buttons provide one-click access.

In Fusion or Superpose imaging mode, press Right ( ) to make better
overlaying between visual and infrared images.

Press Left ( ) and Right ( ) to select preview images.
Press Left ( ) to freeze Infrared image and press again to unfreeze.

Press Up ( ), or Down ( ) to switch between normal view and 1-8x
zoom continuous

After press Hotkey button 2 in area measure(in yellow flashing) :

 Select measured spots: press Up ( ), Down ( ), Left ( ), and

Right ( ) button to move the spot in the same direction.

 Select the measure line and sampling line; press Up ( ), Down

( ), Left ( ), and Right ( ) button to move the line in the same
direction.

 Select area box: in move menu, press Up ( ), Down ( ), Left ( ),

and Right ( ) buttons to move area box, and in size menu, press Up
( ) and Down ( ) to resize the vertical direction area box, press

Left ( ) and Right ( ) buttons to resize horizontal area box.

 Select Fusion area: in fusion imaging mode, press Up ( ), Down

( ), Left ( ), and Right ( ) buttons to move infrared image area at
same direction; press Up ( ), Down ( ) buttons to resize vertical

fusion area; and press Left ( ) and Right ( ) buttons to resize
horizontal fusion area.

 Select and set thermal superposing temperature range: in thermal

superposing imaging mode, press Up ( ) and Down ( ) buttons
to select slide-bar, and press the Left ( ) and Right ( ) keys to set

the superposing temperature upper or lower limit, as well as the
temperature values above or below the superposing temperature.

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 Select Color Palette or temperature measurement limit: Press Left

( ) and Right ( ) to change Color Palette; and Press Up ( ) and
Down ( ) buttons to change temperature limit.

8. (Menu / Enter) button

This button has different functions under different conditions:

1).In real time Infrared view mode, press this button to open the main
menu.

2).In the menu mode, press the key to confirm operation.

3).In real time Infrared view mode, long press this button to manually
rectify measurement result, LCD screen will display the word “rectifying.”

4).In image viewing mode, long press this button to exit.

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：

After auto rectifying, if device has abnormal noise, long press

button to perform manual rectifying usually solves such issues.

9, 10, Manual Focus (T / W) button

Press T/W button to manually focus to get better thermal image when
auto-focus thermal image is not good enough.

11, 12, CW / CCW imaging mode switch

Press the button to switch image models among infrared, visible, fusion,
superpose, and picture in picture (P-I-P).

13. Shutter key

Press the button to save the current image.

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3.2 Side View

14. Power ON/OFF button

Long press this button to power on/ off the device.

15. Multifunctional interface for audio output or video output

Please insert converter cable. It can be connected to headphones to listen
the playback audio notes as analog audio output interface; It can be
connected to the monitor to play videos as a video output interface.

16. SD card interface

MICRO 2G SD card can be inserted into the interface to expand storage
volume.

17. USB Interface

Standard USB interface can be connected to the computer for data
transmission.

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3.3 Bottom View

18. External DC In

External DC requirement is DC 5V.

19. Screw nut on tripod
Size of screw nut on tripod 1/4” _20.

3.4 Left Side View

20. 3.2" Color 270° tiltable LCD

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4. Quick Start Reference

4.1 Battery Setting

Insert and move in the lithium battery as indicated direction, user can
easily insert and move the battery.

Battery Installation

Battery Removal

4.2 Quick Operations

 Insert the battery correctly.
 Long press Power button until the LED light is on, and wait until

system finishes initialization.

 Slide IR Lens lid down, point to target, and adjust focus to get crisp

thermal image.

 Long press the button to rectify thermal image.

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4.3 Measure Target Temperature

 Point device to measurement target, and press HotKey button 1 to

auto-focus. On the upper-right LCD corner, *=×× displays the spot
measurement result. For better accuracy, long press button to

perform manual rectify.

 Select Area (Rect) Measurement to measure max, min, and average

temperature within a rectangle box.

 It is recommended to press button to freeze thermal image first,

and then apply different and detailed analysis. Press button one
more time to unfreeze.

 When measure result is outside standard temperature range, screen

display changes to indicate either below or above temperature range.
E.g.: 175/395 is with -20 ~ 250

℃℃℃℃

, then the Camera Will Display>

250.0

℃℃℃℃

or <-20.0

℃℃℃℃

to Prompt Users.

4.4 Infrared Image and Voice Annotation

 Each thermal image can save up to 40 seconds voice annotation

data. Image and voice annotation can later be reviewed on PC by
bundled IRSee software. To save infrared image, press the Shutter
button while accessing the target image, then a “Voice” dialog box
appears, select “Cancel”, then press the Enter key, the image file
has been saved; select the “Record”, then press the Enter key, both
image and voice files have been saved.

 In main menu, press the Enter key to File  Save provides the same

function.

: Select Cancel during voice recording to exit.

4.5 Infrared Image Playback

 Press the Enter button to enter the main menu.
 Select the Main Menu → File → Manage, and then select the file

directory and file name, the thumbnail image of the stored image is
displayed, then press the Enter button to enter the viewing state.

 When viewing thermal image, press the Left ( ) or Right ( ) button

to switch thermal image in the same folder.

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 The icon indicates voice annotation attached to current thermal

image. Press Enter button to enter File → Voice, then select “Play”
to play back.

 Long press the Enter button to return the real-time imaging mode.

4.6 Telephoto and Wide-angle lens

 The device can be equipped with telephoto lens or wide-angle

lens. Put lens in accord with the dots (Figure 1) in line, then turn lens
in clockwise direction till to the two dots in line (Figure 2).

Figure 1

Figure 2

 Enter →Image→ Analysis Setting →IR Lens menu, press the

or button to adjust the corresponding lens.

The dot on the lens

The dot on the device front
part

The dot on the lens

The dot on the device
body

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 Operate Image Save and Image Playback according to the steps

mentioned in 4.4 and 4.5 here in above.

4.7 Connect to PC

Connect device to PC using included USB cable. it’s available to to export,
delete, and format the data saved in the built-in FLASH memory or on the
SD card.

4.8 Video and Audio output

 Insert Converter cable to Multifunctional interface for audio output or

video output, connect Monitor to Converter cable using Video cable,
Enter → Setup → System Setup → Display Device,

Press the Left ( ) or Right ( ) to switch to Monitor in the Display
Device, then get thermal image in the Monitor.

 Insert Converter cable to Multifunctional interface for audio output or

video output, then insert Common earphone to Converter cable,
finally tune voice annotation according to 4.5.

5. Operation Menu

5.1 Display Summary

All items can be selected by short pressing HotKey 2 button

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(Note: Long press Hotkey 2 button will turn on/off laser sight). The
selected item is flashing in yellow color. If no operation in 2 seconds after
selection, Hotkey mode will exit automatically.

Real-time Thermal Image Interface

1. Auto-focus: Press Hotkey 1 button for auto focus.

2. Area Measure Box: 3 areas can be selected in area measure box;

enter the Main Menu → Measure → Rect to operate.

3. AF Area: objects need focused can be displayed in the area to

achieve Auto focusing effect.

4. Horizontal measuring line: Horizontal sampling line, Enter the Main

Menu → Measure → Line to select the function.

5. Temperature distribution curve: sample temperature distribution

curve of the measure line.

6. Point measure cursor: 4 measure points can be selected. Enable

the Main Menu → Measure → Spot to operate.

7. Symbol for 1-8X digital zoom: display the multiple of digital zoom,

under the real-time measurement mode or the preview mode, click
the or key to change infrared images step-by-step in the
multiple of 0.1.

8. Point measure:

1, 2

,

3

and 4 indicates temperature

value of point 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

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9. Imaging mode: Infrared, visual, fusion, PIP, and Superpose can be

switched by pressing the or button.

10. Line measure: the temperature value in the crossing of measure line

and cursor line.

11. Area measure: measure points within the area (maximum, minimum

or average temperature is optional)

12,18. Lower or upper limit temperature: the lower and upper limit

temperature of the color code at the same time.

13. Storage medium: IN indicates built-in FLASH, SD means SD card;

enter the Main menu → Setup → System Setup → Storage

Medium to adjust the storage medium.

14. USB symbol: USB0 means file transmission, USB1 means video

transmission; enter the Main menu → Setup → System Setup →
USB to switch.

15. Color Code: color palette. Any kind of color code is available in

the palette.

16. Time Display: it displays the default date and time.

17. Battery condition: indicates current battery power condition.

19. Temperature unit: there are three options: 、、K. enter the Main

Menu → Image → Analysis Setup →Temp unit to switch.

5.2 Main Menu

Menu and sub-menu items:

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Enter the Main Menu:

Long press Enter button (when not in Hotkey mode) to enter main menu
as shown below, not if press Enter button too long, instead of enter main
menu, triggers manual rectify.

Main Menu

Using or button to select menu item, and selected item is
highlighted with white background. Press Enter or button to enter

sub-menu, press button to return to the previous menu or exit. (The

key is unavailable to switch under a sub-menu consisting of left or right

switchable options).

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5.2.1 File

Using File menu to save, playback, and delete thermal image, or add voice
annotation or format disk.

File Sub-menu

Manage

Select Manage to preview thermal image, add or edit voice annotation, or
delete thermal image.

File Manage

Folder is automatically created if not exist when saving thermal image.
Folder name is MYYMMDD, and YYMMDD is year, month, and date. For
example, Jan 2nd, 2009 folder is M090102. All thermal images taken in this
day is saved in this folder. Thermal image file name is Phhmmss, and

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hhmmss is hour, minute, second (according to system time). For example,
P080502 in folder M090102 means the thermal image taken at 8:05:02
time in Jan 2nd, 2009.

In File Manage window, press and button to select items. Press

or button to switch folder or file when highlighted. After selecting
thermal image, press Enter key to Open to view thermal image or press
Enter key to delete it, and press Exit to exit File Manage window.

Thermal Image preview

Save

Save real-time thermal image. The operation method is the same as
Shutter button.

Record & Play

The Voice menu is used for recording, playing back, save and cancel
operations.
The icon indicates voice annotation data with current thermal image. If
voice annotation already exists, press Record will record new voice
annotation and erase previously saved one. Press Cancel first to stop
recording then press Save to save.

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Voice Annotation

Delete

Enter the delete menu, a dialog box pops up prompt, select the “Ok”
option and press the Enter key to delete the thermal image.

Delete saved thermal image

Long press the Enter key to exit the preview mode.

Format

Format the built-in FLASH or SD card. When Press Enter button to Main
Menu → Setup → System Setup → Storage Medium to select the

“Internal”, then format the built-in FLASH; to select the “SD” to format the
SD card. After the option is selected, a dialog box pops up prompt
“whether to format the disk?” press the “Ok” option to immediately format
saved data, press “Cancel” option to exit.

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Format saved thermal image

： Once FLASH or SD card is formatted, all saved data will be
permanently deleted, please ensure that the data has been transferred to
PC before format.
： If the system fails to save images, please search and kill viruses, and

if no virus is found, please backup data before formatting.

5.2.2 Measure

There are 5 items: Spot, Line, Area (Rect), Parameters, and Save Setting
in Measure menu.

Measure Sub-menu

Spot Measure

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Press or button to select or deselect. Selected spot is check
marked. Up to 4 spots can be selected at the same time.

Spot Target Selection

Spot Measure

Measure result on upper-right LCD corner is temperature reading at
location marked with . Up to 4 spots can be selected.

Spot Measure Attribute

Press Hotkey button 2 until spot marker is flashing in yellow, and then
press Up ( ), Down ( ), Left ( ) and Right ( ) buttons to move spot

location to different directions, press Enter button to enter Attribute Menu
to set the emissivity and reference point. After 2 seconds with no operation,
system will exit to real time Infrared view screen.