Overview

Press the Info icon to see the camera's Firmware Version and Serial Number.

From the Settings Menu, press the Network settings icon to navigate to the “Network Settings” screen.

• To network iSTAR with an Ethernet cable, make sure the cable is connected.
• If connected to a DHCP enabled router the Automatic IP should be enabled in iSTAR to obtain its network settings.
• To use manual network settings, touch the “Automatic IP” button to toggle between Automatic and Manual settings.

From the Settings Menu, press the Wifi settings icon to navigate to the “WiFi Settings” screen. You can choose to connect to a device (Adhoc Mode), or connect iSTAR to a wireless network (AP Mode).

• To connect iSTAR to a WiFi enabled device, select Adhoc mode then in the WiFi settings on your device, select “iSTAR” as the device.
• From an internet browser, enter the IP address 10.0.0.52 in the address bar. The iSTAR capture screen will then display in your browser window.

• Press the SSID button to locate a WiFi network.
• Once selected, press the Password button to display the keypad and enter the WiFi password.
• Press OK to save the password and return to WiFi settings.

To change the IP settings within AP mode, Press the “Automatic IP” button to switch on automatic IP. To enter manually, un-tick the button if it is ticked and enter the settings by clicking on the IP, Netmask, and Router buttons.

From the main Capture Settings menu, press the   icon to navigate to the “Capture Settings” screen.

HDR (exposure settings): For HDR the default is Off or you can select Auto or HDR 3. In Auto mode, iSTAR will calculate the correct exposure range (EV) for the environment. In HDR 3 mode, iSTAR will capture three exposures.

Countdown Timer: Tap the Countdown timer button to select the capture delay time. (Options: 5, 10, 30 seconds, 1, 5 minutes)

From the main Capture Settings menu, press the icon to navigate to the “TimeLapse Settings” screen.

Use the arrows onscreen to set the time delay in between images captured. For example setting the time delay to 00:02:00 will capture an image every two minutes. TimeLapse can capture a sequence in single and HDR exposures.

From the main Capture Settings menu, press the icon to navigate to the “Image Settings” screen.

ISO: By default the ISO is set to 400. The range is ISO 100 to 25,600 - set according to conditions. Lower settings require longer exposures but give higher quality results. Higher settings require shorter exposure times but give lower quality results.

Exposure: There are five exposure options:

1. Outdoors: Use when capturing exterior scenes. Exposure is calculated by averaging the overall lighting from all 4 lenses.
2. Indoors: Use when capturing interior scenes. Exposure is calculated by averaging the overall lighting from all 4 lenses.
3. Front Outdoors*: Use when capturing exterior scenes, but where exposure is critical in one direction. Similar to “spot metering” exposure is calculated by pointing the “front lens” towards the object of interest. Exposure is calculated from the front lens only.
4. Front Indoors*: Use when capturing interior scenes, but where exposure is critical in one direction. Similar to “spot metering” exposure is calculated by pointing the “front lens” towards the object of interest. Exposure is calculated from the front lens only.
5. Manual: This allows you to set the shutter speed manually as required (range 120s to 1/8000).

* For Front Indoors and Front Outdoors options, the front-facing lens is the one opposite the small NCTech logo on the top of the device:

Colour Balance Levels: By default the colour balance is set to Red: 100%, Green: 100% and Blue: 100%. Tap the colour buttons to change the percentage settings.

From the main Capture Settings menu, press the icon to navigate to the “Storage Settings” screen. By default the output format is set to RAW. This can be changed to JPG format.