Axon Body 3 Camera User Manual
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Operating the Axon Body 3 Camera
Before using an Axon Body 3 camera, ensure it is fully charged and properly configured. See
Charging the Battery
for more information.
Operating Modes
The Axon Body 3 camera has two operating modes:
• Ready (Buffering) – turning on the camera and starting pre-event buffering
• Recording (Event) - event recording
Turning on the Camera and Ready (Buffering) Mode
1. Press the Power button until you feel a short vibration. The camera starts, emits two
short rising-pitch tones with a long vibration and then enters Ready (Buffering) mode.
When the camera is in Ready mode:
• The Camera Display shows READY
• The Operation LED on top of the camera blinks green
• The camera will be capturing video but does not record to permanent memory while
in Ready mode.
Buffered video duration is 30 seconds by default (00:00:30).
When Recording (Event) mode is activated, the buffered video captured directly before
the event is saved and attached to the event in permanent memory. This feature is
intended to capture the video of an incident just before a recording begins.
With default settings, the camera does not capture audio during camera buffering, so
anything recorded in that mode will be video-only.
Ready mode starts only after the Axon Body 3 camera is turned on. The system does not
record when the camera is turned off.
Notes:
• An agency can turn off camera buffering. If your agency has deactivated camera
buffering, your Axon Body 3 camera will operate the same way as described in this
manual, but the camera will not record anything until you double-press the EVENT
button.