AMPHIBICO HD Wave WAVH0760 Operating Manual - Page 8
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Print PageUSING THE HOUSING
Whenever changing ports or O-rings, it is highly advisable to perform a simple seal test without the camcorder inside. Strap-
ping a weight to the housing and lowering the unit to a depth of 30 to 50 feet of water for at least 10 minutes will assure you
that the seating of the new port or o-ring is proper. This test, though time consuming and often considered unnecessary, may
save your camera equipment from irreparable water damage. The housing is now ready for the dive.
CAUTION: Never jump into the water with the housing. It is best to have the system handed to you after you have made your
entry, or have it lowered to you on a rope. Make certain that ropes of other equipment stay clear of the system.
When videographing, be sure to respect the environment. Avoid damaging marine life or manipulating sea creatures to ob-
tain a pleasing scene. The housing is slightly negatively buoyant so that you can lay it down on the bottom, but avoid laying
it on living coral or other delicate marine life.
TRANSPORTING THE AMPHIBICO HOUSING
Store the Amphibico Digital HD Video housing in a sturdy, shock proof container. When travelling by air, remove or loosen
the port. This allows for equalization of the air pressure inside the housing to the external air pressure. Failure to do so
may cause serious damage to the lens port. Avoid travelling with the camcorder mounted in the housing. If you must do so,
remove the lens as external pressure can damage the camera.
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Of the housing:
After each and every salt water dive, your housing system should be soaked or rinsed in fresh water. The housing system
should soak in fresh water for at least 30 minutes. During this soaking period reach into the water and operate all the con-
trols several times.
Be sure to remove the housing's main o-ring and clean it after every use. Refer to Maintenance: Of the O-rings. To ensure
that the hand grips won't fuse on to the housing due to the exposure to salt water, it is also a good practice to occasionally
remove the hand grips. Clean and lubricate the bolts with a small amount of WD-40.
WARNING: Use WD-40 carefully, sparingly and only on metal to metal surfaces. WD-40 can damage the acrylic on the lens
port, the optical surfaces on lens as well as the O-rings.
Of the Ports:
Care should be taken with the Lens Port to avoid scratches on the lens surface. The acrylic port is softer than glass so minor
exterior scratches are often unavoidable. However, since the indices of refraction for acrylic and water are almost equal the
scratches will not seriously impair image quality. Internal scratches(air side) must be avoided as they do not fill in with water
and will affect the quality of the image.
Clean the dome using only products recommended for cleaning acrylic and a soft lint free cloth. Dust on the interior surfaces
of the port can be removed with a soft camel hair brush or a blower brush. Caution must be taken when using aerosol de-
vices as not to spray the lens material with the liquid propellant as this may seriously affect the optical properties of the port.
Use of pressurize air from a dive tank is not recommended, the force of the air stream may easily dislodge a port or O-ring,
It is advisable that ports should be removed and serviced after every dive.
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