hohem iSteady XE - Stabilizer Manual

iSteady XE Overview

1. Magnetic Fill Light*
2. Phone Clamp
3. Folding Lock A
4. Folding Lock B
5. Working Mode Indicator (Battery Level Indicator)
6. Zoom Slider
7. Shutter Button
8. Tilt Motor
9. Knob
10. Pan Motor
11. Bluetooth Light
12. Joystick
13. Function Button
14. M Button(Power Button)
15. USB-C Charging Port
16. 1/4"-20 UNC Port
17. Roll Motor
18. Handle(Battery Built-in)
19. Lanyard Hole

iSteady XE Magnetic Fill Light

*Sold separately
Cold Light / Warm Light / Natural White Light (10-Level Adjustable Brightness)

1. M Button (Turn on/off fill light)
   Press and hold for 3s: Turn on/off the fill light Press once: Cold/warm/natural the white light switch
2. Plus "+" Button
   Single press to increase brightness in ten levels
3. Minus "-" Button
   Single press to decrease brightness in ten levels
4. Fill Light Indicator
   ("C" is short for cold; "W" is short for warm.)
   C indicator lighting alone: Cold light in use
   W indicator lighting alone: Warm light in use
   C&W indicators both lighting: Natural white light in use
5. Power Indicator
   Flashing red: Charging
   Solid red: Fully Charged

How to mount and balance a mobile phone on a gimbal?

1. Expand iSteady XE
   
2. Tighten the knob by turning it clockwise.
   

The gimbal would not function properly if the knob was not tightened.

3. Make sure that the phone camera is on the left side of the clamp. Insert your mobile device by putting it stuck in the bottom of phone clamp and pulling the top side of the clamp to clip it into place.
   
4. Slide the phone and keep it clamped and balanced centrally before powering on.
   

Ensure your phone is centrally clamped to the rubber pads, otherwise the gimbal would vibrate or turn off automatically.

Power on & Bluetooth Connection

1. Power on
   Press and hold the M Button(Power ON/OFF Button) for 3s
2. Bluetooth connection through the App
   Enable Bluetooth on your smartphone Launch the App Hohem Joy and follow the prompts to connect iSteady XE device.

Button Function

1. M Button(Power Button)
   Press and hold for 3s: Power on/off
   Press once: Switch between working modes (PTF-PF-L-POV)
   Press twice: Enter standby mode
   (Press once again to exit standby mode.)
   Press five times: Auto calibration
2. Joystick
   Up/Down:Tilt rotation control
   Left/Right: Pan rotation control
   (It is able to control the roll rotation through "Left/Right Joystick" Setting in Hohem Joy app)
3. Zoom Slider
   (Available in the Hohem Joy / Android 10.0 or later, please ensure the Bluetooth pairing.)
   Push up: Zoom in
   Push down: Zoom out
4. Shutter Button
   (Please ensure the Bluetooth pairing)
   Press once: Take photo; Start/End video
   Press twice: PHOTO/VIDEO switch
   Press three times: Front/Rear camera switch (Available in the Hohem Joy / Android 10.0 or later, please ensure the Bluetooth pairing.)
5. Function Button
   Press once: Landscape mode/Portrait mode switch
   Press twice: Recenter the gimbal
   Press three times: 180° inception mode/ 180° spin shot (auto rotation)
   Press seven times: Remote control* pairing
   When paired with a remote control*
   Press function button once: Cancel pairing
   Press function button twice: Clear the paired remote control*
   (The paired remote control will be unavailable and needs to be re-paired.)
   Press on function button: Check the gimbal battery level
   (Remote control is sold separately.)

Working Mode & Follow Speed

Working Mode

	To switch between working modes, please press the M button once.
	Pan Follow When you rotate the handle left/right, the camera will follow the handle movements. The tilt motor does not follow within the angle range of -45° ~+45° movement, if exceed this range, the gimbal will follow the tilt movement, and the roll motor is locked without following the movement.
	Pan&Tilt Follow This is the default working mode. When you rotate the handle left/right/tilt up/tilt down, the camera will follow the handle movements, and the roll motor is locked without following the movement.
	All Lock The roll and pan motors are locked without following the movement. The tilt motor does not follow within the angle range of -45 ° ~+45 ° movement, if exceed this range, the gimbal will follow the tilt movement.
	POV (All Follow) First person point of view Gives you 360 ° complete movement, you can pan, tilt and roll with it.

Follow Speed
For changing follow speed, please launch Hohem Joy App - Start Recording - Gimbal Parameter Settings (Bluetooth connection is necessary.)

How to fold iSteady XE?

How to calibrate iSteady XE?

If the gimbal is not level after turning on, or the pan axis is slight drift when the gimbal is still, please calibrate it.
Calibrate the gimbal on a flat surface and keep it stationary.

1. Turn on the gimbal and press function button five times.
2. Start calibration after a beep sound.
   
3. Alternating flashes of the first two battery lights and the last two battery lights.
4. The calibration is done after two beeps sound. (The calibration takes about 40 seconds)

Documents / Resources

References

• App Store - Apple
• Google Play
• Hohem - AI Tracking Smartphone Gimbal Stabilizer

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