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There are 3 buttons, press and hold power button for 3 seconds to turn camera On or Off.
The Mode Button selects between sound activated recording and continuous recording.
The Stop/Start Button starts or stops a recording.
In standby mode the camera will shut off automatically after 35 seconds of non use.

Mode Button:

Press power button to start camera, a constant blue led will appear. Press the Mode button once to put camera into sound activation mode, red led will fast flash. When a sound activates recording the red led will slow flash. Note: In sound activation mode the camera will continuously record as long as sound is present, when sound is no long present the camera will record an extra 2 minutes then go back to sound standby mode waiting for another sound. To switch back to continuous recording press the mode button again (solid blue led)

Start/Stop Button:

Press power button to start camera, a constant blue led will appear. Press the start/stop button for continuous video recording, red led will slow flash during recording.
Push the start/stop button again to stop recording.

Camera Drive

When connecting the camera using the USB cable for the first time a box will pop up "installing drivers" which are the USB mass storage device and video camera USB device. A new drive will be listed on your pc, as example: Removable Disk (J;)

Videos

You should get about 1:20:00 minutes of constant recording time which will put you around 1.5 GB.
File names for all recorded media start with SUNPxxxx

Charging

During charging the blue led will slow flash, when fully charged the blue led will stop flashing. USB takes about 2 hours to charge if the battery is completely empty. If the red led does not blink and you know the battery is low try replacing the USB cable, in many cases this solves the problem.

Movie Maker 6 for Win 7

Windows live movie maker that shipped with windows 7 is more of a down graded movie maker 6. For those who want the better movie maker 6 for win7 -64 bit edition you can download it here, download also includes K-lite codec pack 64 bit. See how to: video

PIP Using Movie Maker 6
Make a picture in picture video using RehanFX transitions and effects for Vista movie maker.
See example video: RehanFx PIP

SD Cards

SD cards range from 2-32 GB. The cards used are the Micro SD/TF/SDHC with storage space 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB. Tip: TF = TransFlash, SDHC = Secure Digital High Capacity. Your local computer store may sell these cards but you will probably find them cheaper online. The higher the class number (2, 4, 6...) the faster the read/write speed. Transcend, Kinston, and SanDisk are popular brands. Class numbers will be circled, see pic below.

Class is the rate in which data flows to and from the card.
Example:
Class 2 = 2MB/second
Class 8 = 8MB/second
Class 10 = 10MB/second
This is the minimum data transfer for each card.

When inserting the SD card the brass pins on card will face towards back of camera.

To remove or insert SD card push card IN until you hear a "click" sound.

WebCam Mode

If you dont have the webcam drivers you can download the drivers here. Once the drivers are installed plug the camera into the USB then switch on the power. Push the "M' button once to enter webcam mode, a window will pop up saying "Installing Driver Software" once it has completed you can view the live capture with Programs/SPCA1528/amcap.exe"

Original Manual

Original manual that comes with camera.

Configuration Software

Windows software to configure settings using USB connection.
Ez_Configuration

Inside the Mate 808 1080P

Take a closer look at the internal parts of the D001

Pros / Cons

Pros: Same as #3 keychain cam so it has great sound/video quality. Comes with cam mounting equipment. Good in low light.

Cons: Sound activation you almost need to yell into mic to get it to come on.

This is what the time stamp looks like on the D001 cam.
Time/date located at the bottom right of each video/picture.