Still Photo Mode Settings; Connecting To A Computer - Cobra CDR 840 User Manual

Adjusting Camera Settings
Your Dash Cam

Still Photo Mode Settings

While in Still Photo mode, press the MENU button to enter the menu selection
screen. Verify that Still Settings is selected, then press OK to confirm.
Press the UP and DOWN arrows to select the setting you'd like to modify, then
press the OK button to confirm.
A window on the right edge of the screen will display the available options.
Use the UP and DOWN arrows to make your selection, then press OK to
confirm.
Still Photo Mode Settings
Still Image Size This sets the level of detail in the photo. Higher M indicates more
megapixels, which will give you a sharper image, but take up more
memory. Options between 1M and 14M are available.
Still Quality Select between Super High Quality (SHQ) and High Quality (HQ)
Scene
Select between Auto, Sport, Portrait, Landscape, Snow, Beach, and Fire-
works.
Exposure
In very bright environments, use a positive EV. In dark environments
use negative EV. Options between -2 and +2 are available.
White Balance You can adjust the white balance based on the ambient lighting. Op-
tions include: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Flourescent 1, Flourescent 2, and
Flourescent 3.
ISO Sensitivity Increasing ISO will make the camera more sensitive to light. Try
increasing ISO in low-light conditions, or leave it set to "Auto"
Color
Adjusts color saturation. Options include: natural, bright, and grey.
Effect Photo effects include: Normal, retro, black and white, relief, negative,
drawing, painting, crayon.
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Connecting to a Computer

Your Dash Cam
To connect your camera to a Computer
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Connect the camera to your computer using the
included USB to Mini-USB Cable.
By default, your device connects to your
computer in Mass Storage mode, and acts like
a flash drive. Videos can be viewed with any
standard video player that supports .avi files.
NOTE: Quicktime, the native video
player for Mac, only supports specific
types of .avi files and cannot playback
this camera's videos. For links to
third party players that will work on
Mac, visit www.cobra.com/support/
software-downloads.
Movies that are locked begin with "SOS_" and
movies that are not locked begin with "MOV_".
Note that if the Memory card gets too full,
videos that are not locked will be overwritten
to make room for new videos. If you want to
save any videos that begin with "MOV_" you
should copy them to your computer, or Lock
the files.
To switch the camera's USB function
If you prefer to connect your camera to your PC as
a web or video camera, you can change this set-
ting in the settings menu.
Disconnect the camera from your PC, enter General
Settings, and change the USB Function to PCAM.
Then, when you reconnect your camera to your PC,
it will use this function.
NOTE: Start your web cam application before
connecting the camera.
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If you want to review the
videos alongside the GPS
position on a map, then
you'll need to download
Cobra's Video player
from:
www.cobra.com/
dashcamsoftware
See the next page for
how to use this software.
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