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INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Vello FreeWave allowing you to see what your lens sees. Maintaining a view from the camera when the camera is in a hard-to-access Viewer Wireless Live-View Remote. The The CCTV mode allows for a wider-angle location.
KEY FEATURES 2.4GHz Radio Frequency: Provides Power Options: Transmitter and Receiver Your Vello FreeWave Viewer contains: improved signal quality with reduced can be powered by using 4 alkaline, Canon Kit Nikon Kit interference. lithium or Ni-MH AA batteries or by connecting to a USB power source.
OVERVIEW OF TRANSMITTER 10. Channel Selection Switch Power LED Indicator 11. Code-Matching Button Status LED Indicator 12. 5V DC Power Input Shooting LED Indicator 13. Power-Switch Audio Video/Microphone Input (1/8” mini) 14. Antenna Remote Shutter-Release 15. CCTV Camera Output (sub-mini) USB Power Input Battery Door Shoe-Mount Locking Collar...
OVERVIEW OF CAMERA VIDEO CABLES 10. Volume Up/Navigate Up (When in Enlarge mode) CVC-10 – Canon 5D Mark II 11. Increase Screen Brightness/Navigate CVC-20 CVC-30 CVC-40 Right (When in Enlarge mode) CVC-10 CVC-20 – Canon G11, G12, G1 12. OK Button X, Rebel XS, Rebel XSi, 40D, 13.
SAFETY WARNINGS • Confirm the FreeWave Viewer and • This electronic device is NOT • Do not expose the FreeWave Viewer camera are powered OFF before waterproof. Exposure to moisture to extreme temperatures, high installing the device. and immersion in water can humidity, or direct sunlight. permanently damage the FreeWave • External environmental frequencies • Do not use flammable gases when Viewer. may hinder the overall performance operating this electronic device.
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CHANNEL battery door. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 2. Slide and open the battery door on the FreeWave Viewer FreeWave Viewer Wireless Live-View Remote Wireless Live-View Remote Receiver and insert 4 alkaline, lithium or Ni-MH AA batteries as specified by the diagram within the battery compartment.
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SETTING UP 3. Mount the Transmitter to your camera’s hot shoe, a cold shoe or to a FreeWave Viewer Wireless Live-View Remote ¼”-20 threaded stud on any mounting adapter or support device. a. For shoe-mounting, loosen the locking b. For mounting to a ¼”-20 threaded stud collar by turning it counterclockwise –...
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SETTING UP 4. Insert the transmitter side of the Note: Ensure that all devices are turned off Remote Shutter Release Cable into when making connections, that cables are the transmitter’s Sync port, and insert seated properly and that battery doors are the camera side of the cable into your securely closed.
The Receiver will display at the bottom of the screen. Transmitter power is on, the Power will show the FreeWave Viewer Make sure the Transmitter is on and LED Indicator shines red. start-up screen graphic and then seek that the Transmitter and Receiver are out a signal.
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SYNCHRONIZING TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER 4. If a signal is still not found, Sync-Code 5. When the signal of the Transmitter is Matching is necessary. Press the Menu found, the Receiver LCD screen will button on the Receiver, and use the show the real-time view of either the Left and Right selection buttons to Transmitter’s camera or the DSLR...
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2 seconds to put the MENU to select a channel for each Transmitter Receiver to sleep. Press any button (1, 2, 3, or 4). FreeWave Viewer CCTV / AV on the Receiver (besides the Shutter FreeWave Wireless Live-View Remote...
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VIDEO SOURCE SELECTION ENLARGING VIDEO coming into your field of view such as wildlife, children, or moving vehicles. 2. Enables live-view abilities for cameras You can choose between AV and CCTV In CCTV mode only, you can enlarge the that don’t possess live view. modes by pushing the CCTV/AV button picture that the Receiver’s LCD displays on the front of the unit.
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REMOTE SHUTTER TRIGGERING 1. To trigger your camera’s shutter remotely from the Receiver unit, make sure the DSLR camera is on and the Sync cable is connected to the Transmitter and to the DSLR camera. 2. Depress the Shutter/Auto Focus button halfway to engage the camera’s auto focus.
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REMOTE SHOOTING MODES The FreeWave Viewer Receiver has four Continuous Shooting: Set the Menu will open the shutter; pressing it again remote shooting modes. All of these selection to Continuous, and set the will close the shutter and the image will are selectable via the Drive screen in DSLR camera’s shutter to continuous...
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SLEEP FUNCTIONS You can put the Receiver to sleep 3. Use the Navigate Up and Down buttons to select among 1 minute, 3 minutes, immediately or set it to sleep after a 5 minutes, and 7 minutes. Press the certain amount of time. OK button, and the Receiver will go to sleep automatically after being idle for the selected amount of time.
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SECONDARY DISPLAY OUTPUT To view the Receiver’s screen signal on another display, you can use the included Video Output Cable to send audio and video to a second monitor with a composite video input. 1. Connect the Video Output Cable’s 3.
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RCC-O1 – Olympus E520 / E510 / E420 / E410 / E400 shutter-release cables, you can use a single E450 / E620 / E-P2 / E-PL2 / SP-570UZ FreeWave Viewer Receiver with many SP-560UZ / SP-550UZ / SP-510UZ / XZ-1 RCC-O2 – Olympus E-1 / E-3 / E-5...
TROUBLESHOOTING Problems with the FreeWave Viewer can Make sure that the Receiver and a. Select a single point of focus in the camera. usually be traced to the following most Transmitter are on the same channel common causes. Perform the following b.
1. This device may not cause harmful installed and used in accordance with reception, which can be determined by interference. the instructions, the FreeWave Viewer turning the equipment ON or OFF, the may cause harmful interference to radio user is encouraged to try to correct 2.
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Limited One-Year Warranty Vello provides a limited warranty that this product is free from defects in materials and workmanship to the original purchaser under normal use for a period of one (1) year from the original purchase date or thirty (30) days after replacement whichever occurs later.
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