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Fat Shark Scout MODEL FSV1132 USER MANUAL Revision D 05/21/2019 For more product information, please visit: www.fatshark.com All Rights Reserved...
Fat Shark Introduction Congratulations on purchasing the Fat Shark Scout FPV Headset. The Scout is a goggle packed with the latest technology including a built-in diversity receiver, a 60 FPS DVR, and everything necessary for amazing flights. To ensure your get the most out of your experience, please take the time to read through this operating manual thoroughly before using.
Fat Shark Modes Scout is a multi-function device and has multiple different modes depending on what the user is trying to accomplish. The modes are powered off, RF input, the options menu, AV/Aux input, and DVR playback. Powered Off: The device is off. This allows the user to leave the Scout without draining the battery. While the device is off, the user is also able to change the battery or recharge the headset via the USB port.
Fat Shark Detailed Inputs There are several user inputs on the device, the power button, the band and channel buttons, and the rocker switch. Power Button: Short Press (less than 0.5 seconds) Cause the LED to indicate currently battery life when the headset is turned off...
Fat Shark Up/Down Navigate the options in the sub-menus Left/Right Switch between the high-level menu options 5-Way Button: for DVR playback Long Press center joystick Exit file list interface or player interface Short Press Enter Key Play back recorded video by the unit...
Fat Shark Detailed Operation Power Management The Scout uses a single of lithium ion 2600 mAh 18650 battery cell as the primary battery for the device. A fully charged battery should provide more than 2 hours of operation without needing replacement or recharging.
Fat Shark General Lithium Polymer safety and handling instructions: • NEVER balance charge this battery. • NEVER leave a LiPo battery unattended while being charged or discharged • ALWAYS monitor the battery and charger during the entire charging process. • ALWAYS charge LiPo batteries in a fireproof location.
Fat Shark Flight OSD and Controls The OSD: Band: The abbreviation for the radio frequency band that the headset is currently on. Band Channel Race Band E Band B Band A CH1 (MHz) 5740 5658 5705 5733 5865 CH2 (MHz)
A long press on the Band button will cycle through the different RX bands in the following default order. Fat Shark to Race Band to Band E to Band B to Band A and then back to Fat Shark Band.
Fat Shark DVR Operation SD card MUST be formatted with a FAT32 file system before use to ensure stable recording. DVR is able to record from the selected input only and supports standard formats. Do not place alternative files that you want to keep into the DVR. The DVR may not recognize the file space and write over your files.
Fat Shark If the DVR is unable to record, it will display an error message that corresponds to the problem. Supported Formats The Scout DVR supports both NTSC and PAL and is designed to support the *.MOV video formats Playback DVR Playback is accessed by selecting Playback from DVR in the options menu.
AUX: selects the auxiliary cable as the input Band: allows the user to add / remove bands from the selection interface FS: adds / removes the Fat Shark band from the RX input options Race: adds / removes Race Band from the RX input options...
Fat Shark Specifications Optics: FOV (field of view): 50 degrees diagonal Type: Plastic optics Display: 4.0 inch Resolution 1136 X 640 NTCS/PAL auto selecting Audio: Stereo User Controls: Channel Selection Band Selection Display Control Volume Control Beep Control RX set...
Note support should be attempted in the following manner. Initial enquiries to Fat Shark support will expect you to have exhausted the online and retailer resources: 1) Research Fat Shark helpdocs. 2) Contact retailer for support. 3) email Fat Shark support...