Connecting the camera to your helmet:

1. Decide where you want to position the camera on your helmet;
2. Slide the helmet camera into the velcro mount provided with the package. The camera should fit snugly in the mount;
3. Position the helmet camera at the desired angle for recording. In most cases, the best mounting position for the camera is to have it parallel to the ground; however, since most of your filming will be done while you are in an action-forward position (example: riding a mountain bike, or skiing), the camera may point slightly upward when your helmet is resting on a flat surface. Take time to find out the best position for the camera;
4. Ensure that vision is not obscured by the front of the helmet or any other object;
5. Ensure that the helmet you are attaching the Velcro to is clean, dry and not oily. Stick the hook side of the Velcro to the clean helmet surface;
6. The Velcro mount including the camera can now be pushed against the Velcro strip on the helmet, ready for recording;
7. When finished with your helmet camera, it can simply be pulled off from the Velcro and stored away.

Connecting the AV cable to your camcorder:

1. Double check again that your camcorder does have AV-In i.e. the ability to be used as a VCR to record external images onto it. You will not be able to record helmet camera footage onto your camcorder if it does not have this; and
2. Check that you have got a 3-plug phono connecting cable. This normally is supplied with the camcorder and is used when playing camcorder images onto a TV. The jack on one end of the cable connects into your camcorder's AV IN socket. The other end should have three phono plugs (white, yellow and red). The yellow plug is for video and the white and red for audio).
3. Plug the AV-In cable into the AV socket on your camcorder.

Where to start with connecting and powering your camera:

1. The helmet camera has two connectors at the end of its cable, a yellow phono socket (X) and a red 12v power socket (Y).
2. The microphone has four endings to it: A) A phono socket; B) a 12v power socket; C) a 12v power plug; and D) the mini microphone itself with windshield foam cover.

Connecting your microphone:

1. Connect the A ending on the microphone to the single ending of the 2-to-1 phono adaptor (see image);
2. The take the red and white audio plugs from the camcorder AV cable and connect them into the other two sockets on the 2-to-1 phono adaptor.

Connecting your helmet camera:

1. Take the yellow phono socket at the end of the helmet camera cable and connect it into the yellow (video) plug of your camcorder AV cable. Your AV cable should now have all three (red, yellow and white) plugs connected;
2. Take the battery pack and attach the include battery snap. This connection may be tight;
3. Connect the 12v power plug at the end of the battery snap into socket B on the microphone (this is the only one currently not connected). The microphone is now powered by the 12v battery pack and simultaneously powers the camera;
4. Put your 8 AA batteries (not included) into the battery pack.

What you should now have in front of you:

1. You should now have the battery pack and snap, the mini microphone and the helmet camera connected together, ending in the AV cable into your camcorder;
2. Next, ensure that the camera is properly and securely mounted on your helmet in the Velcro mount;
3. Set your camcorder to the Play/VCR mode. (If the camcorder is not in this mode, it will merely record the images from its normal lens). The exact process to get your camcorder to record through the AV cable depends from camcorder to camcorder. We would advise that you check your camcorder manual for details. The process will be detailed in a section showing how you can record from TV or old VCRs onto your camcorder;
4. You are now ready to record;
5. Before setting off, ensure that the camcorder and battery pack are stored in a convenient and safe place (e.g. a rucksack or waistpack). Make sure that your camcorder will not be bouncing around too much during your activity as constant movement may damage the connectors and cables.
6. That's it…up to you now…