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CONTENTS LIST AND PARTS IDENTIFICATION
BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH YOUR IR CONTROLLER
IR CONTROLLER
Power Indicator
Direction Stick
(LEFT/RIGHT)
IR Emitter
Trimmer Knob
Controller
Docking Port
Power Switch
(ON/OFF)
Controller USB Port
Throttle stick
(UP/DOWN)
Problems flying?
Do not return your
Air Hogs® to the store.
Call the Air Hogs®
flight training centre
at
1-800-622-8339
INSTRUCTION GUIDE
Instruction GuideCustom USB Cable
AIR HOGS® HAWK EYE™
Upper Rotor Blade
Fly Bar
Connecting Shaft
Lower
Rotor Blade
WARNING:
USB cord could be a strangulation
hazard.Not for Children under 3 years.
DANGER!
NEVER INSERT ANY SHARP OBJECTS,
PINS OR SCREWS INTO THE
HELICOPTER AS THIS MAY PUNCTURE
THE INTERNAL BATTERY!
ELECTRIC TOY.
Not recommended for children under 3 years of
age. As with all electrical products, precaution
should be observed during the handling and use
to prevent electrical shock.
CAUTION:
Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ IR Controller
Power Switch
(ON/OFF/CHG)
Camera
LED
HOW TO INSTALL YOUR BATTERIES
HOW TO CHARGE YOUR AIR HOGS® HAWK EYE™
TAKING VIDEOS OR PICTURES AFTER CHARGING
BATTERY INSTALLATION – IR CONTROLLER
1. Open the battery door with a screwdriver (pic.1). 2. If used batteries are present, remove these batteries from the unit by pulling up on one end of each
battery. 3. Install new batteries as shown in the polarity diagram (+/-) inside the battery compartment (pic.2). 4. Replace battery door securely (pic.3).
5. Check your local laws and regulations for correct recycling and/or battery disposal.
CONNECTING TO YOUR COMPUTER:
Ask your parents or legal guardian to help you with the next steps.
• Connect the larger end of the provided USB cord to your computer and the smaller end to the controller.
Ensure your computer is ON.
• Once your computer detects the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ it will recognize it as a drive and start charging its
battery through your computer. You will see the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye’s™ LED flashing green and
red alternatively.
• When the charge is complete, the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye’s™ LED will start flashing green only.
• To disconnect the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ from your computer, DO NOT simply un-plug the USB cable from your
computer and/or from the controller. Safely remove the USB drive as per your computer operating system’s
recommendation. For example, in Windows Me
®
, XP
®
, 2000
®
, Vista
®
or Windows 7
®
use the Safely Remove
Hardware feature; in Apple OS X™ eject the drive.
Things to remember:
1. The helicopter will have 4-5 minutes of flight time after a 35-55 minute charge.
2. Before you recharge the battery or take the next flight, wait 10-15 minutes to let the battery cool down.
• Turn on your Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™ helicopter. Turn on your controller. You are now
capable of taking videos or pictures, even before you start flying!
• To take videos, press the video button (left) once (pic.1). The Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™
LED will turn from its green standby color to a solid red indicating that video is
recording (pic.2). To stop video recording, press the video button again. The Air Hogs®
Hawk Eye™ LED will turn back to green stand-by mode.
NOTE: Do not turn off helicopter while the red light is on for video recording or else the
video cannot be saved. Be sure to stop the video recording by pressing the video button
again in order to save it.
• To take a picture, press the picture button (right) (pic.3). The Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™ will
automatically adjust focus, ISO setting and shutter speed to take your image. This
takes about 1.5 seconds, during which time the LED will turn from green to red (pic.2).
Once the LED has turned green again, you’re ready to take your next picture.
NOTE: If the picture button is pressed while a video is recording, the video is stopped
and a picture is taken. You can start the video recording again by pressing the video button.
• For best picture quality try to keep the helicopter flying straight and steady.
• Video quality is also best during straight flight. Keep turns to a minimum.
• Please respect the privacy of others. Proper consent of others and parents should be
taken before taking and/or distributing pictures and videos of other people.
• Ensure there is enough light in the room when you are taking videos or pictures. This
can affect the quality of the videos or pictures. Because of the size of the camera, it
cannot capture a lot of light in a dim room.
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pic.1 pic.3pic.2
Turn the controller off. Turn the helicopter to
the charge position.
Carefully connect the helicopter
docking port to the controller
docking port. The front of the
helicopter is nearest to the IR
Emitter. Ensure they are properly
connected. Ensure the helicopter
docking port is free of dirt,
especially when you are not using
it. Store it carefully and avoid
getting wet. The charging
connection will be affected if the
connection is rusted or full of dirt.
STEP ONE STEP TWO STEP THREE STEP FOUR
3. FLIGHT CONTROL (After Trimming)
Hover up and down:
When the helicopter flies steadily, you can slowly push the throttle stick up
to make the helicopter fly higher, or release the stick a bit to make the
helicopter fly lower. Only small amounts of stick position change are required
for smooth flying (pic.4 & pic.5).
Turn counterclockwise and clockwise:
Hold the helicopter at a height. Push the direction stick toward the left to
turn counterclockwise (pic.6), or push the direction stick toward the right
to turn clockwise (pic.7). Only a small amount of direction stick change is
required for turns.
Flying forward:
The helicopter will fly forward automatically to record your video and will accelerate when given a slight amount of throttle.
NOTE: Hovering is half the
battle. If you can maintain your
helicopter in a stable position
in the air you are on your way
to becoming a PRO.
• Put the helicopter on a smooth surface. Uneven floor surface will affect its lifting off.
• Slowly increase the throttle. NOTE: Once the helicopter leaves the ground it automatically flies forward slowly.
• DO NOT look at the controller but focus on the helicopter.
• As soon as the helicopter leaves the ground, reduce throttle slightly (in the worst case scenerio, the helicopter will drop back
to the floor, but that is better than crashing against the ceiling).
• VERY gently add throttle if the helicopter goes down.
• VERY gently reduce throttle if helicopter goes up.
• For turning, give short and small inputs to the direction stick (most beginners will easily over control the helicopter).
pic.4
Hover up
pic.5
Hover down
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HOW TO FLY YOUR AIR HOGS® HAWK EYE™
LED INDICATIONS
1. TRIMMING YOUR HELICOPTER:
2. FLYING INDOORS
Gently push the throttle up to raise your helicopter 1.5 ft. to 3.25 ft. high off the ground.
If your helicopter turns CLOCKWISE, continue to turn the trim to the left until the turning stops
and the helicopter flies straight.
If your helicopter turns COUNTERCLOCKWISE, continue to turn the trim button to the right until the turning stops
and the helicopter flies straight.
Keep turning clockwise
or
Spiral clockwise
Keep turning counterclockwise
or
Spiral counterclockwise
STEP
ONE
STEP
TWO
STEP
THREE
Location – Fly in a wide-open room [ideally over 10 ft. (W) x 16.5 ft. (L) x 8 ft. (H)], away from breakable items. Avoid flying near vents and/or fans, as these may
overpower the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ and make it difficult to control. NOTE: Always get permission to fly your Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ indoors.
CAUTION: Never fly near your face. Keep propeller away from your fingers, hair, eyes and other body parts. Always lift from a flat surface. Never hold the
flying toy in your hand when lifting off. Do not launch flying toy at people or animals.
WARNING: If rotor(s) become damaged or broken, do not fly. Flying with broken rotor(s)
may cause damage or lead to injury.
Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™ Helicopter:
• Off – LED off
• On – LED solid green
• Video recording mode – LED solid red
• Picture recording mode – LED red for approximately 1.5 seconds
• Charging mode on controller – LED flashing alternatively between
red and green
• Full charge reached – LED flashing green
• Low Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ battery – LED solid orange
• Memory full – LED flashing orange
IR Controller:
• Off/Download/Charging mode – LED off
• On – LED solid green
• Low controller battery – LED flashing green
TROUBLESHOOTING
Main rotor won’t move.
Suddenly stops and drops while flying.
Helicopter is not reacting to the controller.
Helicopter is losing control.
Helicopter is not holding a charge.
Helicopter will not lift off the ground.
Helicopter only turns in one direction.
Video is not being recorded.
Picture is not being taken.
Helicopter is not charging.
Videos/pictures are blurry.
PROBLEM
ON/OFF switch is set to OFF.
Weak battery.
Weak power.
Helicopter may be out of range from controller.
Helicopter or controller may not be turned ON.
May be another infrared (IR) device using the same
channel.
Bright lights may be affecting the IR control.
You may be too far away from the controller.
Helicopter might be turned ON while charging.
Controller is low on battery power.
Helicopter may not be fully charged.
Helicopter is not trimmed correctly.
NOTE: Helicopter only moves forward and sideways.
Memory is full. Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™ helicopter LED
is flashing orange.
Video and picture buttons were pressed at the
same time.
The helicopter is turned off or is not fully charged
during the video recording period, so the video clip
cannot be saved.
Memory is full. Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™ helicopter LED
is flashing orange.
Picture button is being repeatedly pressed too fast.
Computer is not turned on.
The helicopter or USB is not properly connected.
Video/picture viewing software set to higher than
100% zoom.
Pictures are being taken while the helicopter is
turning/spinning.
CAUSE
Set switch to ON.
Re-charge the helicopter using the charging port OR check batteries in the controller.
Re-charge helicopter or check battery power in controller.
Move closer to the helicopter with the controller or fly heli higher than controller.
Turn helicopter and/or controller ON.
Avoid these if possible, or choose another place to operate the helicopter.
Avoid flying near windows or bright lights or choose another place to operate the
helicopter.
Move closer to the helicopter with the controller.
Turn OFF the helicopter so that it is not flashing.
Replace batteries in the controller.
Charge helicopter fully, until green light starts flashing.
Refer to the TRIMMING section in the instruction sheet.
Ensure the memory in the Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™ is free. Refer to “Accessing your
video(s) and picture(s)”.
Press only the video button.
Make sure to stop video recording by pressing the video button. Do not turn
off the helicopter directly during video recording or the video clip cannot be saved
into memory.
Ensure the memory in the Air Hogs Hawk Eye is free. Refer to “Accessing your
video(s) and picture(s)”.
Wait approximately 1.5 seconds or until the Air Hogs® Hawk Eye™ LED turns back
green before taking the next picture.
Ensure your computer is turned on. If on, try a different USB port on your computer.
Ensure the helicopter is properly docked on the controller and the USB cord is well
connected to the controller and computer.
Consult your video/picture viewing software manual or online help section to
ensure you are viewing the pictures/videos at 100% zoom. The resolution of the
pictures/videos is QVGA (320 x 240 pixels).
Ensure your helicopter is properly trimmed. Try taking pictures when the helicopter is
flying straight.
SOLUTION
Spin Master Ltd., 450 Front Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 1B6 Canada
Spin Master Inc., PMB #10053, 300 International Drive, Suite 100,
Williamsville, NY 14221, USA
Spin Master Toys Far East Limited. Rm #1113, 11/F,
Chinachem Golden Plaza, 77 Mody Rd., Tsimshatsui E., Kowloon, HK
North American Consumer Information
Phone: 1-800-622-8339
Email: customercare@spinmaster.com
customercare@spinmaster.com
Air Hogs®, related trademarks & © 2010 Spin Master Ltd. All rights reserved. This
product conforms to safety requirements of ASTM F963. • Please retain this information
for future reference. • Please remove all packaging materials before giving to children.
• An adult should periodically check this toy to ensure no damage or hazards exist, if so,
remove from use. • Children should be supervised during play. • Keep addresses and
phone numbers for future reference. • The item inside this package may vary from the
photographs and/or illustrations. Patent Pending. MADE IN CHINA.
20027740, 20027741 REV 2
T44382_0001_20027740_IS_NEN_R3
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For further questions and problems, please visit our website www.airhogs.com.
Battery requirement for Controller:
Power Supply :
Rating : DC 4.5 V, 0.45 W
Requires 3 x 1.5 V "AAA" size batteries (not included)
Battery requirement for Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™:
Power Supply :
USB Rating : Input/Output rating: DC 5V, 1A
Batteries : 1 x 3.7 V Li-Poly Rechargeable Battery Pack
Requires 1 x 3.7 V Li-Poly Rechargeable Battery Pack (included)
BATTERY SAFETY INFORMATION:
- Requires 3 x 1.5-V AAA alkaline batteries (not
included).
- Batteries are small objects.
- Replacement of batteries must be done by adults.
- Follow the polarity (+/-) diagram in the battery
compartment.
- Promptly remove dead batteries from the toy.
- Dispose of used batteries properly.
- Remove batteries for prolonged storage.
- DO NOT incinerate used batteries.
- DO NOT dispose of batteries in fire, as batteries may
explode or leak.
- DO NOT mix old and new batteries or types of
batteries (i.e. alkaline/standard).
- DO NOT use rechargeable batteries.
- DO NOT recharge non-rechargeable batteries.
- DO NOT short-circuit the supply terminals.
Care and Maintenance:
- Always remove batteries from the toy when it is not
being used for a long period of time (controller only).
- Wipe the toy gently with a clean damp cloth.
- Keep the toy away from direct heat.
- Do not submerge the toy in water. This can damage
the electronic assemblies.
- Always helicopter and controller in a box away from
dirt and humidity when not being used.
Special Note to Adults:
- Regularly examine for damage to the plug, enclosure and other parts. In the event of any
damage, the toy must not be used with the controller until the damage has been repaired.
- This toy is not intended for children under 3 years old.
- This toy must only be used with the recommended controller.
- Do not try to charge other batteries with the controller.
Safety Precautions:
- Keep hands, hair and loose clothing away from the rotors when power switch is turned ON.
- Turn off controller and helicopter when not in use
- Remove battery from controller when not in use.
- Parental guidance is recommended for the flight.
- Keep your helicopter in your sight so that you can supervise it all the time.
- New alkaline batteries are recommended for use in controller to obtain maximum performance.
- Users should keep strict accordance with the instruction manual while operating the product.
- Your controller is tailor-made for the Li-Poly rechargeable battery used in your Air Hog
®
Hawk Eye™.
Do not use it to charge any battery other than that in the helicopter.
This product complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause undesirable operation. This equipment has been
tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital devices pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference to radio
communications. Because this toy generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, there can be no
guarantee that interference will not occur. If this toy does cause interference to radio or television reception
(you can check this by turning the toy off and on while listening for the interference), one or more of the
following measures may be useful: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna • Increase the separation
between the toy and the radio or the TV • Consult the dealer or an experienced TV-radio technician for help.
NOTE: Changes, adjustments or modifications to this unit, including but not limited to, replacement of any
transmitter component (crystal, semiconductor, etc.) could result in a violation of FCC rules under part 15
and/or 95 and must be expressly approved by Spin Master Ltd. or they could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment.
Your Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ is equipped with a
Lithium Polymer battery.
SPECIAL LiPO BATTERY INSTRUCTIONS:
- Never charge battery unattended.
- Charge battery in isolated area. Keep away from
flammable materials.
- Do not expose to direct sunlight. There is a risk of the
batteries exploding, overheating, or igniting.
- Do not disassemble, modify heat, or short circuit the
batteries. Do not place them in fires or leave them in hot
places.
- Do not drop or subject to strong impacts.
- Do not allow the batteries or connectors to get wet.
- Only charge the batteries with the specified Spin
Master™ battery charger.
- Only use the batteries in the device specified by
Spin Master™.
- Only use the USB cable specified by Spin Master™.
Only use the cable which is provided with this
product.
- Carefully read the instruction guide and use the
batteries correctly.
- In the unlikely event of leakage or explosion use sand
or a chemical fire extinguisher for the battery.
- Batteries must be recycled or disposed of properly.
NOTE: If normal function of the product is disturbed or interrupted, strong electro-magnetic
interference may be causing the issue. To reset product, turn it completely off, then turn it
back on. If normal operation does not resume, move the product to another location and try
again. To ensure normal performance, change the batteries, as low batteries may not
allow full function.
ACCESSING YOUR VIDEO(S) AND/OR PICTURE(S)
Picture Capture
Button
Video Capture
Button
Minimum Throttle position
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Helicopter
Docking Port
Connect the small end of the
provided USB cord to the
small USB port located at the
bottom of the controller.
VIDEO CAMERA HELICOPTER
Note: - Parental guidance is recommended when
installing or replacing batteries.
- In an environment with electrostatic discharge, the
toy may malfunction. This requires the user to reset
the toy by unplugging then re-plugging the USB
Cable.
12
+
EXPERT
YRS
• With parental supervision, follow the steps for charging your
Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ until your computer recognizes your Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ as a drive.
NOTE: You can charge and access your picture and video files at the
same time.
• Once your computer detects the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ as a drive you
can access this drive to copy the picture(s) and/or video(s) you have
taken. The files will be in standard JPEG format for the pictures and
standard AVI format for videos. You can view the pictures in this drive
using your preferred software.
• If you wish to save your pictures to your computer, you can copy the
files to your computer. Afterwards, to free up memory space on your
Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ for your next mission, you will have to remove the
files that are on the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ by transferring the files to
your computer.
• Once you have finished accessing your picture(s) and/or video(s) and the
Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ is fully charged you may disconnect the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ as per the charging instructions.
• Please note that the Air Hogs
®
Hawk Eye™ does not record sound.
CAUTION: It is rare but possible for a seizure to be triggered by
light flashes or patterns such as those on the computer screen. To reduce
exposure to this potential hazard, sit in a well-lit room, sit an appropriate
distance from the screen and take 10 to 15 minute breaks every hour.
PRODUCT BATTERY REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Internal battery is factory installed, product disassembly and battery removal must be
performed by an adult. Do not use any tools for disassembly. Pulling, tearing, and deforming
of the product during disassembly, while necessary, should be as limited as possible. Do not
compress the product at any time. Ensure product is turned off. Find a point where the two
body halves meet; the nose of the aircraft or where the wing meets the body. Start to peel the
halves apart, separating them where they are glued together; remove any tape as necessary.
Separate product body halves to expose internal electronics. To separate battery from product
use scissors to cut a single battery wire, immediately wrap the cut wire end with tape to
isolate it, repeat until all battery wires are cut and isolated. Dispose of battery in accordance
with your local battery recycling or disposal laws. NOTE: Opening of product and/or removal
of battery will render product inoperative and voids manufacturer warranties, dispose of
remaining product components in accordance with local laws.
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and share them with
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to register and access
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