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2) The tether should be neatly coiled and made ready to deploy. It must be free of tangles,
knots, and other obstructions.
3) Inform swimmers, divers, boaters and others in the area that you are about to deploy the
VideoRay and that a tether that will be in the water as well.
4) Avoid dropping or throwing the VideoRay into the water. Rather, use the tether to
lower the VideoRay to the water surface. This method will prevent potential of impact
of the VideoRay against the pier or vessel from which you are launching.
5.5 MANEUVERING THE VIDEORAY
VideoRay is relatively easy to fly... and fun! Initially, a new operator should spend a few
minutes controlling the VideoRay within sight near the surface in order to become familiar
with VideoRay's reaction to its controls.
Flying the VideoRay in open water is not difficult and is quickly mastered. Operating the
VideoRay in and around obstacles such as boats, pilings, and anchor lines will require a
little more practice. In these conditions, it is advisable to go slow and consider the possible
effects of any maneuvers.
Basic VideoRay operating instructions:
1) The operation of VideoRay is intuitive and simple. The joystick controls variable
speed forward and reverse thrust. Push the joystick forward to move VideoRay
forward. Pull the joystick back to back up.
2) Steering VideoRay is accomplished by moving the joystick left or right. Additionally,
the joystick rotates (third axis control) to enhance control capabilities, but it is not
necessary to use these capabilities on your first dive. See Section 6 for more details
about the third axis control.
3) The Depth Control knob on the left-hand side of the controller controls the vertical
thruster. Rotating the knob from the center detent position controls the depth of the
dive. Rotating the knob toward "Down" increases the depth. Rotating the knob
toward "Up" causes the VideoRay to move toward the surface. VideoRay should be
ballasted to always float upwards slowly, so continuous downward thrust is necessary
to dive or to maintain a constant depth. When using Automatic Depth Control, the
default mode, the controller will maintain a constant depth for you. See Section 6.2.2
for more information about using Auto Depth Control and manual depth control.
Note: Inadequate ballast will cause VideoRay to float high in the water. When this
happens the vertical thruster may not be sufficiently submerged to provide adequate
downward thrust, and a rather impressive "water fountain" effect will result.
more weight to the ballast if this is a problem.
adjusting the ballast.
4) The camera may be tilted up or down by engaging the Tilt "Up" / "Down" switch in
the desired direction. Releasing the switch causes the camera to hold its orientation.
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