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zPen-8 Manual
1. Overrview (D
Diagram
m A)
2. Introduction
n
Congratulations on
n your purrchase of the
t Zetron
nixTM zPen
n-8 Video Recording
g and
ecording Device
D
Sound Re
You are about to open up
p a revolution
nary spy devvice that less than 10 years ago only CIA
C and FBI agents could
d
use a device
e like this. Now
N
in your hand
h
you hold a device that is not only a functional writing pen
n but a video
o
recorder, sou
und recorderr, photo taker and 8GB off personal storage in you
ur very hand. Within thiss manual you
u
will find guid
dance for pro
oduct operatio
on, care and
d safety.
More information can alsso be found a
at www.zetro
onix.com
Please reg
gister you
ur Zetronix
x product online at www.zetronix.com//registration
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e
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3. Operration
A. Parrts Descrip
ption: (Ple
ease refer to
t Diagram
m A)
1 - Camera: Sony
S
ClearVid CMOS Ca
amera Imag
ge Sensor.
2 - Microphon
ne Used to record
r
sound.
3 - Operation Button Pre
ess the butto
on once to tu
urn the pen on and off.
4 - Light Indic
cator Blue liight is on du
uring recording mode. Yellow,
Y
mean
ns it’s on sta
andby.
5 - Reset Buttton If the pe
en stops ressponding, usse a non-me
etallic tool to push the re
eset button.
6 - USB Interfface This po
ort is to be used
u
to conn
nect to the computer or a charger.
7 - Video/Pho
oto, Audio Switch
S
Swittch used to record
r
audio
o only.
B. ON/OFF: To tuurn on the device
d
press
s and hold th
he button (3)) for 3 secon
nds. The yellow light
indicato
or will come on. This is the
t video reccording stan
ndby mode. To power off
o the devicce, leave it att
video standby
s
mod
de (yellow lig
ght), it will sh
hut itself off after
a
60 seconds. You
u can also po
ower it off byy
setting the device to
t photo stan
ndby mode (at blue lightt, see below
w) then press
s and hold th
he button forr
nds. Note: As
A an added
d feature to facilitate
f
usa
age under diiscrete situa
ations, the de
evice will
6 secon
automa
atically start recording 5 seconds affter being sw
witched on.
C. Cha
anging Mo
ode: Use thhe switch (7)) to change the
t device in
n between video
v
and ph
hoto standbyy
mode to
o audio reco
ording mode
e.
1.
Video Mo
ode: First make
m
sure the switch (7
7) is set on th
he left, when
n you see th
he yellow
light; it me
eans the pen
n is in video
o standby mo
ode. Click th
he button to record video
o. The light
will turn blue. Click the button aga
ain to stop recording,
r
th
he light will tu
urn back to yellow into
video stan
ndby mode.
2.
Photo Mo
ode: Also make sure the
t switch (7
7) is on the left. While in
n video stand
dby mode
(yellow lig
ght) press an
nd hold the button
b
for 3 seconds. The light willl turn blue in
nto photo
standby mode.
m
Click the
t button to
o take picturre. You will see
s the blue
e light quickly flash
yellow the
en back to blue. Press and
a hold the button for 3 seconds to
o switch bacck to video
standby mode.
m
3.
Audio Mo
ode Move th
he switch (7)) to the rightt to set the device
d
to Audio recordin
ng mode. Hitt
the button
n to start reccording audio
o. The light will
w turn blue
e and slowlyy flash on and off. Hit the
e
button aga
ain to stop recording.
r
The light will turn back to
o yellow.
Note
e: Keep the camera uprig
ght and stable. Object sh
hould be morre than 2 feet from the ca
amera. In
orde
er to ensure the
t safe stru
ucture of the video file and
d the size off the file, the device will automatically
save
e the file to memory
m
everry 50 minutes
s during reco
ording.
NOTICE
n in this manual is subject to change without no
otice. Zetronix Corporation
C
shalll not be liable fo
or technical or editorial
e
errors or
The information
omissions conta
ained herein; no
or for incidental or consequential damages furnishing from the
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D. Remov
vable Disk
k: Connect thhe pen to the computer USB port, within
w
10 sec
conds your computer
c
should dete
ect the devicce and install itself as a new
n
drive. You
Y may see
e an “AutoPlay” menu tittled
“Removable
e Disk (E:)” pop
p up prom
mpting your action,
a
here
e you may click on “Open Folder to view
v
files”.
You will also
o see a new
w drive in “Myy Computer”” named “Re
emovable Disk
D
(E:)” (d
drive letter may
m vary,
most likely, D, E, or F). To access
s the picture
es and video
o files in the device,
d
you may browse
e the folderss
E:\VIDEO\R
RECORD, E:\IMAGE\RE
ECORD or E:\AUDIORE
E
EC for video, pictures orr audio acord
denly. You
can transferr, copy remo
ove files to or
o from the device
d
just as
a any other drive. Oncce you’re rea
ady to
remove the pen, please
e click on the
e task bar on the bottom
m right corne
er of the icon
n to the man
nagement off
removable devices,
d
rem
move the insside removable storage devices, wh
hen the syste
em recognizzes the
hardware ca
an be safelyy pulled out, and then disconnect the device fro
om the comp
puter.
Note: A
According to a computer o
or system co
onfiguration differences,
d
t time to id
the
dentify removvable disk willl
vary on system, plea
ase be patient.
Please do not use th
he camera device
d
during
g this time to avoid impact
of the ccomputer harrdware identiification. If the computer does
d
not iden
ntify a removvable disk forr a long time,,
try remo
oving the device from your computer and re-conn
necting.
If still
s unable to identify the hardware,
make sure that yourr operating system,
s
drive
er, USB interfface cable arre all working
g; do not rem
move the
while files arre being transsferred, or th
his may corru
upt all the file
es in the devvice.
device w
F
install the
t webcam
m in your com
mputer by insserting the device
d
in the
e USB port,
E. Webcam Mode: First
wait a few sseconds for the
t system tto detect it, it will first install itself ass a drive (“re
emovable Device”, see
previous section, “F. Re
emovable Disk”), once it is at the “R
Removable disk”
d
mode, press and hold
h
the
button on th
he device forr 4 seconds. Your system will auto
omatically in
nstall the we
ebcam driverrs within 10
seconds. Ne
ext disconne
ect the devicce from your computerss’ USB port. The next tim
me you inserrt the device
e
in your com
mputer again simply presss and hold the
t button fo
or 4 seconds
s again to sttart the webcam.
Note: According to
o the computter system co
onfiguration, the compute
er may not detect
d
a came
era mode forr
e computer cannot enter the
t camera m
mode, but yo
ou see it as a USB drive, please
the firsst time, if the
removve the Pen an
nd connect th
he Pen to the
e computer a
again.
F. Chargin
ng: Connecct to computter USB interface or chaarger. Duringg charging, the
t yellow lig
ght will flash
h
slowly. Whe
en the batterry is fully reccharged, the
e yellow light will stop fla
ashing.
Note: The re
ecorder has a built-in hig
gh-capacity litthium polyme
er battery. The
Th battery ha
as no memory effect; it
can be used
d and charged at anytime
e. For the firs
st initial five charges,
c
plea
ase charge battery
b
to 100
0% full level
after the batttery is completely emptyy. This activitiies the batterries maximum
m capacity and
a maintains the
standard wo
orking time. In
n order to ma
aximize the capacity
c
of storage
s
battery, please co
ontinue to ch
harge for 30
minutes to 1 hour after th
he indicator light
l
turns an
nd stays bright.
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otice. Zetronix Corporation
C
shalll not be liable fo
or technical or editorial
e
errors or
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omissions conta
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and Time setup: folloow the stepss below to change or remove the video timestaamp.
G. Date a
1.
Connect the
t device to
o your comp
puter’s USB port.
2.
Ensure th
hat you comp
puter detectts the device
e as a drive. Open “My Computer”
C
a hit F5 to
and
o
refresh an
nd look for a new drive, most likely something named
n
“Rem
movable Disk (E:)”. Take
e
note of the drive letter associated
d with the de
evice. Most likely D:, E:,, F: or G: de
epending on
how manyy other drive
es your syste
em has.
3.
Open a te
ext editor succh as Notep
pad.
4.
Enter the current date
e and time, or
o the desire
ed date and time in the following
f
forrmat:
YYYY.MM
M.DD HH.MM
M.SS Y
YYY = year, MM = montth, DD = dayy, HH = hourr, MM = minute and SS = seconds
Where YY
For examp
ple:
The date
d
July 4thh, 2009 - 9:15:00 AM wo
ould be writte
en: 2009.0
07.04 09.15.00 Y
The last character
c
“Y”” specifies whether
w
or not to show the
t timestam
mp. To removve the
timestamp
p, simply change the lasst character “Y” to “N”.
5.
Save the text
t
file as “ttime.txt” to the
t device. (drive
(
letter on
o step 2).
Ch
hanges will go
g in effect the
t next time
e a video is recorded.
H. Trou
ubleshootting:
Problem
m playing video:
v
If the
e video imag
ge is blank or
o black, or only
o
sound plays
p
back, you
y may
have a p
problem with
h the video playback
p
software. So
ome versionss of Window
ws Media Pla
ayer or
Quicktim
me player ma
ay not be ab
ble to play media
m
from th
his device. Try
T using a different
d
med
dia player orr
you can download a freeware version
v
of VL
LC at the folllowing URL
L: http://www
w.videolan.orrg/vlc/
Device is not responding: Wh
hen using th
he buttons on
n the device
e, wait 3 to 5 seconds in
n between
actions tto give more
e time for the
e microproce
essor to respond. If the indicator light fails to ch
hange colorss
or state regardless of action, tryy resetting th
he device. To reset, ca
arefully inse
ert a pin or needle in the
e
hole below the light indicator ho
ole (5). The
ere’s a hidden micro sw
witch inside. Poke around until fell a
click or the
t device shuts
s
off.
Not recording or shuts
s
off au
utomatically
y: Either the storage spa
ace is insufficient, or the
e battery is
running low. Try mo
oving some files
f
out of th
he device orr recharging
g the batteryy. Full charge
e will take
approxim
mately 5-7 hours.
h
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otice. Zetronix Corporation
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e
errors or
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omissions conta
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4. Spec
cifications
Item
Parameters
Video format
AVI
Video encoding
Xvid MPEG
G-4
Video resolution
640x480
Video frame rate
e
30fps ± 1 fps
f
Media playing so
oftware
Attached software
s
of the operating
g system or Mainstream
m audio and
video med
dia playing software, reccommend Km
mplayer
Pictu
ure format
JPG
Pictu
ure pixels
8 Mega Pixxels (8MP)
The ratio of imag
ge
4:3
Supp
porting syste
em
Windows me/2000/xp/
m
/2003/vista；Mac OS10.4；
Charrger voltage
DC-5V
Interrface type
USB
Stora
age support
NAND flas
sh
Batte
ery type
High-capa
acity lithium polymer
p
Batte
ery Capacityy
280mAh
Workking Time
Aprox. 90 - 100 Minute
es
5. Warn
ning:
 Ap
pplication: Please
P
stricttly abide rele
evant regula
ations and la
aws. This product should not be
used for any illegal purposes. The
T user is fully
f
responssible for its using
u
purpos
se.
 Ba
attery: If do not use thiss recording mode
m
after lo
ong time, ple
ease charge
ed it fully beffore using.
 Fille security: This producct is not a prrofessional storage
s
deviice. It does not
n guarante
ee the
integrityy and securitty of saved files.
f
Please
e back up yo
our importan
nt documents on the com
mputer or
other sttorage devic
ce timely.
 Vid
deo quality: This produ
uct is not a professional
p
video recorrding device. It Does nott guarantee
the effect of the video file to have the profe
essional qua
ality
 Op
perating tem
mperature: 0—40°C. Fo
or the extension of life, it is best use
ed at room te
emperature.
 Op
perating humidity: 20%
% -80%. Thiss product do
oes not have
e the waterproof mode. So
S it can nott
work un
nder the hum
mid environm
ment,。
 Sh
hooting brig
ghtness: Do
o not expose
e the camera
a directly to strong light, such as the
e sun light,
to avoid
d damage to
o optical devices.
 Cle
eaning: Do not use it un
nder the envvironment wiith high dustt density to avoid
a
any co
ontamination
n
of came
era or other componentss.
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shalll not be liable fo
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e
errors or
The information
omissions conta
ained herein; no
or for incidental or consequential damages furnishing from the
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6. Limitted Warrranty frrom Zettronix Corp.,
C
Zetronix Corporration (“Zetronixx”) warrants thiss product againsst defects in ma
aterial or workma
anship as follow
ws:
PRODUCT: Ze
etronix will repaiir this product with
w new or refu
urbished parts, free of charge, for a period off one (1) year from
f
the date of
original purchasse in the event of
o a defect in ma
aterials or workmanship. REPA
AIRS: Zetronix will
w repair or replace defective parts
p
used in the
e
repair or replacement of this prroduct with new or refurbished parts,
p
free of charge, for a perio
od equal to the remainder
r
of the
e original limited
d
d on the origina
al product, or for 60 days after the date of the
e repair or repla
acement, whiche
ever is longer. This
T
warranty iss
warranty period
extended only tto the original pu
urchaser. Proof of purchase in the form of a billl of sale or rece
eipted invoice, which
w
is evidencce that the unit is
s
within the warra
anty period, musst be presented to obtain warra
anty service. To obtain warrantyy service, you must
m
take this pro
oduct, or deliver
the product freiight prepaid, in either its original packaging orr packaging affo
ording an equal degree of prote
ection, to Zetron
nix Corporation.
See below for a
additional inform
mation. This warrranty only cove
ers failures due to defects in materials
m
and wo
orkmanship, whiich occur during
g
normal use. The warranty does not cover dam
mages which occcurred in shipm
ment, cosmetic damage,
d
damag
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utable to acts of
God, failures w
which are caused
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or failures which
h result from acc
cident, misuse, abuse, neglectt,
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nance, alteration, modification,, introduction of
sand, humidityy or liquids, line power surge,
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imprope
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upply, lightning
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o
operating/enviro
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ditions in excesss of the max
ximum values or
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m
value
es set forth in the applicable
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specifications, or
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arranty is invalid
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consumable pa
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Corpora
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