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Operator’s Manual
™
microEXPLORER
Digital Inspection Camera
WARNING!
Read this Operator’s Manual
carefully before using this
tool. Failure to understand
and follow the contents of
this manual may result in
• Français – 21
electrical shock, fire and/or
• Castellano – pág. 45
serious personal injury.
• Additional Languages – 69
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Table of Contents Safety Symbols ....................................................................................................2 General Safety Information Work Area Safety...............................................................................................2 Electrical Safety.................................................................................................2 Personal Safety ..................................................
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera microEXPLORER™ Digital Inspection Camera Record Serial Number below and retain product serial number which is located on nameplate. Serial No.
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Safety Symbols In this operator’s manual and on the product, safety symbols and signal words are used to communicate important safety information. This section is provided to improve under- standing of these signal words and symbols. This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death. DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Personal Safety operations different from those intended could result in a hazardous situation. • Stay alert, watch what you are doing and use common sense. Do not use Service electrical devices when tired or under the • Electrical device service must be per- influence of drugs, alcohol, or medica- formed only by qualified repair person- tions. A moment of inattention while oper- nel. Service or maintenance performed ating an electrical device may resul
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera contain moving parts. This increases the Specifications risk of entanglement injuries. Recommended Use ...Indoor • Do not use this device for personal in- Viewable Distance.....1" to 12" spection or medical use in any way: (2.5 cm – 30 cm) This is not a medical device. This could cause personal injury. Power Supply.............Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery • Always use appropriate personal pro- tective equipment while handling and Pack (3.7 Volt) us
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Lithium Do not make any changes or modifications to Imager Head Cord Ion Battery and Cable the equipment unless otherwise specified in Organizer Hand Held the manual. If such changes or modifications Accessory Display Unit Mirror should be made, you could be required to stop operation of the equipment. Tool Assembly WARNING To reduce the risk of serious injury dur- ing use, follow these procedures for Accessory Battery proper assembly. Hook Charger Acce
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera 3. Battery removal and installation. A. To remove the battery pack, tilt unit slightly to slide battery into other hand. B. To install the battery, Insert contact end of rechargeable battery pack into Figure 6 – Installing Accessories the microEXPLORER inspection cam- era, as shown in Figure 3. 4. Replace battery cover (Figure 2) and To install an SD Card snap into place by sliding the lock button Using the tab on the port cover (Figure 7), lift to the
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera 7. Check that the warning label is present, firmly attached and readable. Do not op- Port Cover erate the microExplorer Digital inspec- tion camera without the warning label. ON\OFF Button Figure 8 – ON/OFF Button Figure 9 – Warning Label Tool Inspection 8. Check to make sure the expansion bay door is fully closed. WARNING 9. With dry hands re-install the battery mak- ing sure to properly close the battery door. 10. Turn the power on (Figure 8) and mak
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera • Clear, level, stable, dry place for opera- vent the parts from moving during the tor. Do not use the inspection camera inspection. while standing in water. If the microEXPLORER inspection camera 2. Examine the area or space that you will is not the correct piece of equipment for the be inspecting and determine if the micro- job, other inspection equipment is available EXPLORER inspection camera is the from Ridge Tool. See the Ridge Tool catalog correc
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera 8. Prepare the camera for inspection. The 10. Remove the batteries and refer servicing camera cable may need to be pre-formed to qualified service personnel under any or bent to properly inspect the area. Do of the following conditions. not try to form bends less than 2" radius. • If liquid has been spilled or objects have This can damage cable. If inspecting a fallen into product. dark space, turn the LEDs on before in- • If product does not operate no
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Icons Battery Life Indicator – Fully charged battery. Battery Life Indicator – Less than 25% of battery charge remains. SD SD Card – Indicates an SD card has been inserted into the device. Still Camera – Indicates device is operating in still camera mode. Video Camera – Indicates device is operating in video camera mode. Playback Mode – Pressing select on this icon allows you to view and delete previously saved images and video. Mode – Pausing on this
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Icons (continued) Language – Choose between, English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, etc. Save – Indicates image or video has been saved to memory. On Screen Navigation indicator bar will be displayed on the screen as you adjust brightness. Splash Screen When the microEXPLORER inspection cam- era is powered on, the first screen displayed is referred to as the splash screen. This screen tells you the device is booting up. Once the product is fu
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Change From Still Image Capture ing to the internal memory or SD card. The to Video time at the bottom right hand portion of the screen will begin counting down. This indi- The microEXPLORER inspection camera de- cates how much video you can collect on the faults to still image capture when powered internal memory or SD card. Press the shut- ON. To switch to video mode, enter the pri- ter button again to stop the video. It may mary settings screen, use
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera category will be highlighted with a bright silver background. Once the desired category is reached, press select . You will notice the up and down arrows on the screen switch from gray to red. The red ar- rows indicate you can now scroll through the different settings. Use the up and down arrows to switch between settings. Once on a setting, use the right and left arrows to turn a setting on or off or adjust to the required level. Press- ing back
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera 8. Fill in the name for this group of pictures and choose a location to save the files. To select an alternate saving location, click browse and select a drive and folder. Press next. Figure 20 – Copy Pictures Window NOTE! This will only happen provided you have pictures saved on the hand held. Figure 23 - Save Location Window 6. The following screen will be displayed. 9. The pictures and the videos will save to the chosen location. 10. Click next when
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Manually Saving Images to Your Computer’s Hard Drive. 1. Use the USB cable to connect the microEXPLORER inspection camera to the computer as shown in Figure 19. 2. Place the small side of the USB cable into the mini USB port in the micro- EXPLORER inspection camera (Figure 7), and the larger end into an open USB Figure 28 – DCIM Folder port in your computer. 8. Open the 100SNAKE folder. 3. Turn the microEXPLORER inspection camera’s power ON. 4. A splash
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera • Use only alcohol swabs to clean the con- Storage nections. WARNING The microEXPLORER inspec- • Wipe the hand held display unit down with tion camera must be stored in a dry secure a clean dry cloth. area between -4 degrees F and 158 degrees F. Store the tool, battery, battery charger and all cables in its case in a locked area out of the Accessories reach of children and people unfamiliar with vi- sual inspection equipment. WARNING Only the following
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera Troubleshooting SYMPTOM POSSIBLE REASON SOLUTION Display turns ON, but Loose cable connections. Check cable connections, clean if re- does not show image. quired. Re-attach. Imager head covered by debris. Visually inspect imager head to make certain it is not covered by debris. LEDs on imager head Battery low on power. Charge battery. are dim at max bright- ness, display switches between black and white, color display turns itself OFF after a brief peri
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™ microEXPLORER Digital Inspection Camera • Do not insert the battery with cracked Cooling.......................Passive Convention case into charger. Damaged batteries Cooling (No Fan) increase the risk of electrical shock. NOTE! This charger and batteries are not com- patible with any of RIDGID Li-Ion Bat- • Never disassemble battery. There are teries and chargers. See Accessories no user-serviceable parts inside the battery section for batteries compatible with pack. Disassembling batteries
