Orion STARSHOOT 58125 User Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Orion® StarShoot™ LCD-DVR

#58125

The Orion StarShoot LCD-DVR is a highly portable
viewing and recording device for video cameras (&
other devices) with composite output video signals
(NTSC or PAL).

With this device astronomers can easily attach a video camera to a
telescope to view and record color images and movies on its high
resolution 2.5" TFT true color LCD screen.

Images and movies can be recorded to SD Cards up to 32G (2G
SD Card included).

Movies and Images can be played back on the device itself, played
back through a TV (NTSC or PAL), copied via SD Card or copied
directly to computer using the Included USB cable.

Please read this instruction manual before attempting to use
the device.

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IN 434 Rev. A 12/11

Parts List

LCD-DVR

Figure 1. Included items.

• StarShoot™ LCD-DVR

• Leather case

• IR Remote Control

• AV Cable

• Mains AC->DC Power Adapter

• Wired Control Button

• Rechargeable Lithium battery

• USB Cable

• 2G SD card

• Velcro strip to optionally attach device to telescope

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1. Power On/Off

2. Charge LED

3. Internal Microphone

4. AV Input & DC Out jack

5. Low Power LED

6. Record / Stop Button

7. Power On/Record LED

8. DC5V In Jack

9. USB Port

10. AV Out /
Control Button In Jack

Figure 2.The Orion Starshoot LCD-DVR.

11. Reset Button

12. Lock Switch

13. Internal Speaker

14. SD Card Socket

15. IR Sensor

16. Down Button

17. Up Button

18. Select Button

19. Esc Button

20. Menu Button

IR Remote Control

Figure 3. IR Remote control.

Basic Operation

Please charge the internal mobile battery for over 3 hours before you begin
recording.

Turn on the LCD-DVR by pushing the Power On/Off switch in the

direction of arrow and holding until the red LED turns on. You will briefly
see the startup screen (Figure 4) before entering the Camera Manager Screen
(Figure 6).

Turn off the LCD-DVR by pushing the Power On/Off switch in the direction of
arrow and holding until the shutdown screen appears before turning itself off
(Figure 5).

1. Record/Stop button

2. Up Button

3. Select Button

4. Down Button

5. LCD/TV Button

6. Exit Button

7. Menu Button

8. LCD Off Button

Figure 4.

Use the navigation buttons below to make menu selections.

Startup Screen. Figure 5. Shutdown Screen.

Navigation buttons

Press Menu button for Main Menu

Press Up/Down buttons for selection / Volume

Press Esc button to exit

Press Select button to select choice

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Camera Manager Screen

1. Image Size

2. Resolution

3. Overwrite On/Off

4. In/Out Microphone

5. Vibration On

Figure 6. Camera Manager Screen.

6. SD card info

7. Battery Capacity

8. Date and Time Stamp

9. MODE

Recording Methods

Manual

Push the Record / Stop Button on the side of the LCD-DVR to “Rec” to start
recording.

Push the Record / Stop button to “Stop” to stop recording.

IR Remote Control

Press the Record / Stop Button on the IR Remote to Start / Stop recording.

Push Button

Plug the Wired Control Button into the AV Out port on the LCD-DVR.

Press and hold Red button to automatically turn on LCD-DVR and start
recording.

Press and release Red button again to stop recording and turn LCD-DVR off.

Motion

Automatically start recording when motion is detected according to sensitivity
setting.

For more information see Recorder Settings  Motion Detect.

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Playback Methods

On Device (LCD)

Playback movies, stills and audio via the high resolution 2.5", TFT true

color LCD screen.

For more information see Playback Settings  Video Playback section of this
manual.

TV Out

Playback movies, stills and audio on a TV (NTSC or PAL)

For more information see System Settings  Video Output section of this
manual.

USB

Copy movies, stills and audio from the LCD-DVR directly to computer hard
drive for playback on laptop / PC or for further processing.

Plug USB cable into computer and LCD-DVR in order for password protection
window to appear.

Enter correct password to be able to access recordings directly from computer.

The default password is 00000 for connecting to PC.

The LCD-DVR will be powered off automatically when you disconnect the USB
from PC.

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