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Operation; Fine Tuning Your System - X10 VT38A Owner's Manual

Indoor/outdoor color camera with built-in 2.4ghz wireless transmitter, motion sensor, and dual floodlight lamp holders
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O
PERATION
Set mode switch to Auto. After you first turn the power on, wait approx.
30 seconds for the motion detector to settle down before you test the unit.
When you first power up, the camera should be on and you will see a
picture on your TV. Walk past the unit. The camera turns on if it wasn't on
already, or stays on if it was already on. After a time period the camera
turns off. You set this time by adjusting the TIME DELAY dial on the unit,
Min. = 1 minute, Max. = 30 minutes approx. After the camera turns off, it
won't respond to motion again for about 30 seconds.
The floodlights also turn on when you walk past the unit. You set how dark
it needs to be for the floodlights to respond to motion by the setting on the
FLOODLIGHT control. Set the dial all the way towards DARK if you only
want the floodlights to come on when you walk past the unit when it's really
dark outside. Side the dial more towards LIGHT if you want the floodlights
to turn on when you walk past the unit at dusk. The camera always turns on
with motion regardless of the FLOODLIGHT control setting.
If you own any X10 remote controls, set the House Code and Unit Code
dials to the codes you want the unit to respond to. For example, if you set
the dials to A1, pressing A1-ON and OFF on any X10 remote control turns
the camera on and off. If it's dark outside, the floodlights also turn on and
off when the correct X10 command is received. You set how dark it needs
to be with the FLOODLIGHT control.
If you turn the camera and floodlights on using an X10 remote control, they
both stay on until you turn them off from an X10 remote control.
If you own more than one Motion Activated Camera (or other X10
cameras) set each one to a Unit Code within the group 1-4 or 5-8 or 9-12 or
13-16. Then when the Motion Activated Camera sees motion and turns on,
it sends a command to turn off the other cameras in its group of 4. (You
must not have more than one camera on at the same time or the picture on
your TV will be scrambled). Note, a Transceiver, Model TM751 or RR501
(sold separately) is required for multiple camera systems. If you turn any
other camera in the group of 4 on from an X10 remote control, the Motion
Activated Camera turns off.
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Camera Mode switch set to Manual: The camera turns on with motion
and stays on until you turn it off from an X10 controller. The camera turns
on from an X10 controller and stays on until you turn it off from an X10
controller. The camera turns off if you turn on any other camera in its group
of 4 (if you own multiple cameras). The floodlights respond to motion as
normal and turn off after the TIME DELAY you set. They also respond to
remote control commands. You set how dark it needs to be before they
respond to motion and remote controls by the setting on the FLOODLIGHT
control.
F
T
INE
UNING YOUR
The Wireless Motion Activated Camera usually works best with the flat
face of the antenna on the Receiver facing towards the location where you
installed the Camera (see diagram below). Sometimes, however, reflections
and other effects in the home may affect the signal so that some adjustment
of the Receiver antenna may be necessary to get the best picture.
The Motion Activated Camera's
antenna is inside the unit, facing in
the direction of the arrow, i.e.
pointing slightly downwards.
Outdoors
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S
YSTEM
Point the antenna on the
Receiver up towards the
Motion Activated Camera.
Antenna
Indoors

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