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BATTERY INSTALLATION – IR CONTROLLER
1. Open the battery door with a screwdriver (pic.1). 2. If used batteries are present, remove these batteries from the unit by pulling up on one end of each
battery. 3. Install new batteries as shown in the polarity diagram (+/-) inside the battery compartment (pic.2). 4. Replace battery door securely (pic.3).
5. Check your local laws and regulations for correct recycling and/or battery disposal.
STEP ONE
Turn the controller off.
Turn the helicopter to
the charge position.
CONNECTING TO YOUR COMPUTER:
Ask your parents or legal guardian to help you with the next steps.
• Connect the larger end of the provided USB cord to your computer and the smaller end to the controller.
Ensure your computer is ON.
• Once your computer detects the Air Hogs
battery through your computer. You will see the Air Hogs
red alternatively.
• When the charge is complete, the Air Hogs
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• To disconnect the Air Hogs
Hawk Eye™ from your computer, DO NOT simply un-plug the USB cable from your
computer and/or from the controller. Safely remove the USB drive as per your computer operating system's
recommendation. For example, in Windows Me
Hardware feature; in Apple OS X™ eject the drive.
Things to remember:
1. The helicopter will have 4-5 minutes of flight time after a 35-45 minute charge.
2. Before you recharge the battery or take the next flight, wait 10-15 minutes to let the battery cool down.
• Turn on your Air Hogs
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Hawk Eye™ helicopter. Turn on your controller. You are now
capable of taking videos or pictures, even before you start flying!
• To take videos, press the video button (left) once (pic.1). The Air Hogs
LED will turn from its green standby color to a solid red indicating that video is
recording (pic.2). To stop video recording, press the video button again. The Air Hogs
Hawk Eye™ LED will turn back to green stand-by mode.
NOTE: Do not turn off helicopter while the red light is on for video recording or else the
video cannot be saved. Be sure to stop the video recording by pressing the video button
again in order to save it.
• To take a picture, press the picture button (right) (pic.3). The Air Hogs
automatically adjust focus, ISO setting and shutter speed to take your image. This
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Air Hogs
Hawk Eye™ Helicopter:
• Off – LED off
• On – LED solid green
• Video recording mode – LED solid red
• Picture recording mode – LED red for approximately 1.5 seconds
• Charging mode on controller – LED flashing alternatively between
red and green
• Full charge reached – LED flashing green
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• Low Air Hogs
Hawk Eye™ battery – LED solid orange
• Memory full – LED flashing orange
HOW TO INSTALL YOUR BATTERIES
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HOW TO CHARGE YOUR AIR HOGS
STEP TWO
Carefully connect the helicopter
docking port to the controller
docking port. The front of the
helicopter is nearest to the IR
Emitter. Ensure they are properly
connected. Ensure the helicopter
docking port is free of dirt,
especially when you are not using
it. Store it carefully and avoid
getting wet. The charging
connection will be affected if the
connection is rusted or full of dirt.
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Hawk Eye™ it will recognize it as a drive and start charging its
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Hawk Eye's™ LED flashing green and
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Hawk Eye's™ LED will start flashing green only.
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, XP
, 2000
, Vista
TAKING VIDEOS OR PICTURES AFTER CHARGING
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Hawk Eye™
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Hawk Eye™ will
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HAWK EYE™
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or Windows 7
use the Safely Remove
takes about 1.5 seconds, during which time the LED will turn from green to red (pic.2).
Once the LED has turned green again, you're ready to take your next picture.
NOTE: If the picture button is pressed while a video is recording, the video is stopped
and a picture is taken. You can start the video recording again by pressing the video button.
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• For best picture quality try to keep the helicopter flying straight and steady.
• Video quality is also best during straight flight. Keep turns to a minimum.
• Please respect the privacy of others. Proper consent of others and parents should be
taken before taking and/or distributing pictures and videos of other people.
• Ensure there is enough light in the room when you are taking videos or pictures. This
can affect the quality of the videos or pictures. Because of the size of the camera, it
cannot capture a lot of light in a dim room.
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LED INDICATIONS
IR Controller:
• Off/Download/Charging mode – LED off
• On – LED solid green
• Low controller battery – LED flashing green
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STEP FOUR
Connect the small end of the
provided USB cord to the
small USB port located at the
bottom of the controller.
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