USER MANUAL

VEHICLE VIDEO RECORDER

BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT, PLEASE RED THIS

MANUAL. PLEASE BE SURE TO TAKE CARE OF THE BOOK,

SO THAT YOU CAN INSPECT AT ANY TIME IN THE

FUTURE. PLEASE UNDERSTAND CONTENT, CORRECT USE.

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Contents Preface……………………………………………3

About the Manual…………………….......3 General precautions………………………3 Operational condition…………………….4 Battery……………………………………..5 Recorder Parts...…………………………..6

1. Brief Introduction of the Recorder…………..7 1.1 PC System Requirements…………….7 1.2 Features and functions……………......7 1.3 Recorder structure……………………8 1.4 About LED……………………………12

2. Getting Started……………………………….12 2.1 Inserting a SD card…………………..12 2.2 Installing the battery…………………12 2.3 Turning on your recorder……………12 2.4 Three status of the recorder…………13 2.5 Some Basic Settings…………………..13

3. Record Status…………………………………15 4. How to take pictures………………………….17 5. Playback Status……………………………….18

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5.1 Playing your MOVIE…………...........18 5.2 View your PHOTO…………………...19 5.3 AutoPlay………………………………19 5.4 Deletion………………………………..20 5.5 Protection……………………………..21

6. MENU Operations……………………………22 6.1 MENU………………………………....22 6.2 TV-Out Format………………………23 6.3 Format………………………………..23 6.4 Restore factory defaults……………..23 6.5 Flicker Frequency……………………23

7. Connecting……………………………………24 7.1 Connecting PC……………………….24 7.2 Connecting to TV............................….25 7.3 Connecting to HDTV.………………..25 7.4 Installation In the car………………..25

8. Technical Specifications……………………...26 9. Trouble shooting……………………………...27

Preface About the Manual We have tried our best to make sure that what in this manual is

right and updated. However, we can not guarantee that all the

content is correct without any errors. If there is a difference

between the manual and recorder, please take the recorder as

standard. We keep the right to change content or technical

regulations without informing you beforehand. In addition, the

manufacturer keeps the right to change technical specification

without informing you beforehand.

If the accessories are different from the ones inside the actual

product, please take the actual product as standard.

General precautions · Do not expose this product to dusty, dirty or sandy areas to

reduce the risk of damaging components.

· Do not expose the recorder to high temperature. High

temperature may shorten the life span of electronic device,

damage the battery and wind or melt specific plastic parts.

· Do not situate the recorder under cold environment. When the

product is preheated to its correct temperature, there will be

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moisture inside and damage the circuit.

· Do not try to disassemble or repair by yourself. Doing so may

lead to electric shock from the internal high-pressure

components.

· Do not drop or punch the recorder. Otherwise the internal

components will be damaged.

· Do not clean the recorder with chemicals, cleaning solution or

high concentration detergent. Please wipe it with slightly damp

soft cloth.

· Do not open the battery cover during recording. Otherwise the

image will not be saved and other saved image data will also be

damaged.

· Send the recorder or any other accessories to the professional

service center for maintenance when they do not work well.

Operational condition · According to the design, the recorder should be operated

within the temperature range from 0 degree to 40 degree（32℉to

104℉）

· Do not operate or expose the recorder under following

condition:

—Direct sunlight area

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—High temperature or dusty area

—Near air conditioner or heaters or any other extreme

temperature area

—In a closure car, especially parking in direct sunlight

—Violent vibration area

Battery · Use only the battery attached to the recorder. Other types of

battery would probably damage the recorder and the warranty

will be voided.

· Be sure that the battery is properly inserted. Otherwise it

would cause damage of the recorder or fire emergency.

· Remove the battery during long periods between usage in

case of battery leakage

· Remove the battery instantly if it is crushed or damaged in

case of battery leakage or diffusion

· Use only lithium-ion battery for this recorder.

The features and functions are introduced in this chapter. In

addition, PC system requirement, list of items and description of

the hardware components are included.

Recorder Parts See the following table:

Name Quantity (PCS)

Recorder 1

Car Adapter (Output: 5V) 1

USB cable 1

Battery (BL-5B) 1

Car Fixed Bracket 1

NOTE: Alterations reserved.

1. Brief Introduction of the Recorder 1.1 PC System Requirements

The PC system needs to meet the following requirements：

· Windows Vista/XP operating system

· Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz CPU or above (recommended

3GHz)

· At least 512 MB RAM or above (recommended 1GB)

· Standard USB2.0 port or above

· At least 64MB video card or above

1.2 Features and functions The features and functions of the recorder are as follows：

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· High definition digital recorder

· High pixel digital camera

· HDMI HD Audio-Video output

· USB Hard disk

· Multi-scene white balance compensation

· Exposure compensation

· Built-in Microphone and speaker

· PC camera (Optional according to customer

requirements), Driver software to be installed

· Lithium ion battery with high capacity

1.3 Recorder structure View 1:

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View 2:

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Table of Descriptions of each button

Button Name Functions

Power

button

·Power ON/OFF

Menu button ·Under the Standby status, Press the

button to display main Menu.

·Under the playback Video or Photos,

press the button to delete or protect

file.

Browse

button

·Under the standby status, press the

button to switch to Playback status.

Up button ·Under the Menu catalogue, press the

button to move the option.

Down button ·Under the Menu catalogue, press the

button to move the option.

·Under the record status, press down

to take photos(Record resolution

photo).

·Under the Standby status, press down

to take photos(2560x1920 resolution

photo)

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·Under the playing Video，press Down

button to play reverse

Left button ·Under the “Menu” catalogue, press

down to move left the option.

·Under the playing Video，press Left

button to reduce a level speed of

playing forward(or backward).

Right button ·Under the “Menu” catalogue, press

down to move right the option.

·Under the playing Video，press Right

button to add a level speed of playing

forward(or backward).

OK/Record

button

·Under the Standby status, press the

“OK/Record” button to Start or Stop

recording.

·Under the Playback status, press the

“OK/Record” to select video or photo

files to play or open.

·Under the Playing MOVIE, Press the

“OK/Record” button to Play or Pause

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1.4 About LED The table below explains the recorder LED:

LED COLOR MEANING

Blue Power on

Red Charging

Power/ Record

Yellow Green Charging Completed

2. Getting Started

Read this chapter to know how to operate the recorder. 2.1 Inserting a SD card

Inserting a SD card into the recorder, It provides the space

to store videos, images or other files. Please use high-speed

SD card (SDHC CLASS 4 or above), Ensure that the SD

card is not in write protected.

2.2 Installing the battery Install the battery into the recorder, Please pay attention the

positive and negative of battery (+ / -).

2.3 Turning on your recorder Turn On (Into Standby Status)：Without connecting USB

adapter, Press “Power” button, the Recorder is in Standby

Status. Turn On (Into Record Status)：Connecting USB

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adaptor, the recorder will automatically turn on, and enter

Record Status automatically.

2.4 Three status of the recorder There are 3 status including Standby status, Record status

and Playback status.

1. Standby status: Without connecting USB adapter, Press

“Power” button, the Recorder is in Standby Status.

2. Record status: In Standby status, Press the “OK/Record”,

the recorder is switched to Record status.

3. Playback status: In Standby status, Press the “Browse”

button to play videos and photos

2.5 Some Basic Settings Before using the recorder, it is necessary to do some basic

settings such as Date and Time, Language and Beep Tone.

Setting Date and Time 1. Power on the recorder. Press the “Menu” button first.

Then press the “Left/ Right” button to select Setting item,

Press the “Up/Down” button to select the highlighting

Date/ Time. Press the “OK/Record” button to enter.

2. Press the “Up/Down” button to highlight every word.

3. Press the “Left/ Right” button to adjust value. Press the

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“OK/Record” button to save the setting.

4. Press the “Menu” button to quit.

Setting Language 1. Power on the recorder. Press the “Menu” button first.

Then press the “Left/ Right” button to select Setting item.

Press the “Up/Down” button to select the highlighting

Language. Press the “OK/Record” button to enter.

2. Press the “Up/Down” button to select the following

language: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

After the selection, press the “OK/Record” button to

confirm the setting.

3. Press the “Menu” button to quit.

Setting Beep Tone 1. Power on the recorder. Press the “Menu” button first.

Then press the “Left/ Right” button to select Setting item.

Press the “Up/Down” button to select the highlighting Beep

Tone. Press the “OK/Record” to enter.

2. Press the “Up/Down” button to choose OFF/ ON. Press

the “OK/Record” button to confirm the setting.

3. Record Status Recording a video file

1. Power on your recorder, Recorder is in the standby

status.

2. Select a view with the LED monitor.

3. Press the “OK/Record” button to start recording.

4. Press the “OK/Record” button again to stop recording.

5. The video file is automatically saved.

Attention：

1. Video recording can be carried out before the resolution,

quality, date and time, sound or silent setting, see the

specific record settings

2. Maximum length of each recorded video file is 3.66G.

When it reaches the maximum, the recording is

automatically split and saved as another file. When

the recording mode setting in “Auto” mode (SYSTEM

SETTINGS -- REC SETTING), if the space is full,

the previous files don’t be deleted; When the recording

mode setting in other mode, if the space is full,

the previous saved file will be automatically deleted.

3. With higher resolution, the file is bigger and recording

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time length is shorter.

4. Resolution1080p30, only some of the models supports.

5. When record resolution is 1080P30(Some models) /

720P30 / WVGAP60 / WVGAP30, then video ratio is 16:9;

When record resolution is VGA / QVGA, then video ratio

is 4:3.

6. REC SETTING: When it reaches the maximum, the

recording is automatically split and saved as another file.

When the recording mode setting in “Auto” mode (SYSTEM

SETTINGS -- REC SETTING), if the space is full,

the previous files don’t be deleted; When the recording

mode setting in other mode, if the space is full,

the previous saved file will be automatically deleted.

7. Recording mode is a silent video or audio recording

setting. (SYSTEM SETTINGS -- REC: VIDEO+AUDIO / VIDEO)

8. USB mode: (SYSTEM SETTINGS-- USB: MASS STORRGE)

You can use USB mode to connect with the host PC.

When the recorder is connected with the host PC, it appears

as a removable disk in the Windows explorer.

9. Under the Standby status press the “Down” button to

take pictures, the resolution is 5.0 Mega-pixel.

4. How to take pictures There are two ways to take pictures

The first method: Camera image 1. Power on your recorder, Recorder is in the standby

status.

2. Select a view with the LED monitor.

3. Press the down button is the camera shutter.

4. Photos are automatically saved with the only file name.

5. Take pictures of the resolution of this method is 5.0

Mega-pixel (2560x1920).

The second method: Capture image 1. Power on your recorder, Recorder during the recording

2. Select a view with the LED monitor.

3. Press the down button to capture images

4. Capture images saved with the same photos saved path.

5. The resolution established by resolution of record

(1080P, 720P, WVGA, VGA, QVGA).

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5. Playback Status

5.1 Playing your MOVIE

1. Power on your recorder, Recorder is in the standby

status.

2. Under the standby status, press the “Browse” button to

switch to Playback status.

3. Use the “Up/Down/Left/Right” button to select the video

files. Press the “OK/Record” button to select the video.

Press the “OK/Record” button again to play back the

video file.

4. When playing back, Press the “OK/Record” button to

play or pause.

5. Press the “Left/ Right” button to adjust the playing

speed, ( minimum value is “X 1/64”, maximum value

is “X 64”).

6. Press the Down button to Play Reverse.

7. When playing, Press the “OK/Record” button to play or

pause.

8. Press the “Browse” button again to switch to the

recording status.

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5.2 View your PHOTO

1. Power on your recorder, Recorder is in the standby

status.

2. Press the “Browse” button to switch to Playback status,

at this time in the video Thumbnail.

3. Use the “Up/Down/Left/Right” button to select the

PHOTO.

4. Use the “Up/Down/Left/Right” button to scroll

thumbnail photo. Press the “OK/Record” button to full

screen view.

5. Press the “Browse” button back to the thumbnail

interface. Press the “Browse” button again back to Standby

status.

5.3 AutoPlay This recorder can AutoPlay and automatically replay all the

videos or photos in order.

1. Power on your recorder, under the Playback Status. Preview thumbnails, press the “Menu” button to pop up

options, choose open AutoPlay, press the “OK/Record”

button to confirm.

2. Press the “Menu” button to Exit.

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3. Thumbnail preview window. Press the “OK/Record”

button to confirm the selected object, then press the

“OK/Record” button again to into the AutoPlay.

5.4 Deletion Use the “Menu” button to delete files.

1. Power on your recorder, Recorder is in the standby

status.

2. Press the “Browse” button to enter the video thumbnails

or preview photos and images thumbnail preview, Select

the object you want to delete, then the object is highlighted

then press the “Menu” button to Remove option to select

the screen display

3. Use the “Up/Down” Move button to select FILE

DELETE or DELETE ALL, then press the “OK/Record”

button to remove the pop-up tips

4. Use the “Left/Right” Move button to select

NO/YES/ALL items, press the “OK/Record” button again

to deleted successfully

5. If you are playing files or view photos and images, you

can also press the “Menu” button to delete a file, use the

left button to move Yes or No, press the “OK/Record”

button to delete or not delete. Press the “Menu” button

to quit. 6. If you delete one picture at one time, thumbnail screen

will be displayed again, use the “Up/Down/Left/Right”

Move button to find which picture to delete, and press the

“Menu” button to delete.

5.5 Protection Use this function to lock the files in case they are

accidentally deleted.

1. Power on your recorder, Recorder is in the standby

status.

Press the “Browse” button to select MOVIE or PHOTO,

Video thumbnails in the movie name or the name

of the thumbnail pictures.

2. Press the “Menu” button to use the “Up/Down” button to

select the file protection, press the “OK/Record” button

to confirm the Save option, select to PROTECT ONE,

PROTECT ALL and UNPROTECT ALL, then press the

“OK/Record” button to confirmation. Press the “Menu”

button to quit. The files with are protected.

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Attention：To unlock the files, repeat the steps above. After

being unlocked, no files are with

6. MENU Operations Read this section to understand how to configure the recorder set

up and use advanced features

6.1 MENU

VIDEO SETTINGS RESOLUTION：1080P30 / 1080p30-2(Some models) / 720P30 /

WVGAP60 / WVGAP30 / VGA / QVGA

Note: 1080P30 (1920x1080); 1080P30-2(1440x1080) (Only some

models support 1080P30); 720P30 (1280x720); WVGAP60

(800x480); WVGAP30 (800x480); VGA (640x480); QVGA

(320x240).

QUALITY: NORMAL / FINE / S.FINE

SHOOTING SETTINGS

LIGHT FREQUENY: 50HZ / 60HZ

SCENE: AUTO / NIGHT SCENE / SPORTS / LANDSCAPE /

PORTRAIT / SUNSET / SAND SNOW / SKIN / SPOTLIGHT

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WHITE BALANCE (WB): AUTO / INCANDESCENT / SUNNY /

CLOUDY / FLUORESCENT / D4000 / D5000

DIGITAL EFFECT (DE): OFF / SEPIA / NEGATIVE /

BLACK/WHITE / VIVID

CONTRAST: STANDARD / HARD / SOFT

SHARPNESS: STANDARD / HARD / SOFT

AE (Auto Exposure) METER: CENTER / AVERAGE / SPOT

AE (Auto Exposure) ISO: AUTO / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200

/ 6400

SYSTEM SETTINGS

TV TPYE: NTSC / PAL

DATE/TIME: YEAR / MONTH / DAY / HOUR / MINUTE

DISPLAY: OFF / DATE / DATE/TIME

FORMAT

DEFAULT SETTING

LCD CONTROL: BRIGHTNESS / CONTRAST

DATE/TIME STAMP: OFF / DATE / DATE/TIME

AUTO POWER OFF: OFF / 1MIN / 3MIN / 5MM

REC SETTING: AUTO / SETTING / 5 MIN / 10 MIN / 15 MIN

REC: VIDEO+AUDIO / VIDEO

LANGUAGE (LAN): ENGLISH / S. CHINESE / T. CHINESE

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BEEP: OFF / ON

USB: MASS STORRGE / USB CAMERA

6.2 TV-Out Format Use the TV option to set the TV-out format of your area.

6.3 Format Use this function to Format the storage medium. Note that

all the data stored in the medium will be gone.

6.4 Restore factory defaults This function will restore all the settings to the factory

defaults.

6.5 Flicker Frequency Use this function to set the flicker frequency in your area.

7. Connecting

7.1 Connecting PC Power on your recorder, Connect the recorder to your

computer with the USB cable included，the computer will

appears two disks, one is stored in the hard disk that comes

with the camera, the other is SD card storage-hard drive.

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7.2 Connecting to TV Connect your recorder and Standard TV via Accessory AV

cables.

7.3 Connecting to HDTV When connecting to HDTV, you can use high resolution to

display video files or pictures.

Use HDMI cable to connect the recorder video or audio

signal to HDTV.

Attention：

When connected to HDTV, shuttering, recording are

available!

7.4 Installation In the car

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8. Technical Specifications

Image Sensor 1/2.5″CMOS 5.0Mega-pixel sensor

Effective pixels 5.0 Mega-pixel

External memory SD card, SDHC card (class 4 or the high-speed

card above)

Sensitivity Auto

Lens Fixed Focus

Still images Format：JPEG (EXIF2.2), DCF, DPOF

Quality：Auto

Videos Format：H.264 (MOV)

Resolution：1080P30 (1920x1080),

1080P30-2(1440x1080) (Only some models

support 1080P30);

720P30 (1280x720); WVGAP60 (800x480);

WVGAP30 (800x480) VGA (640x480);

QVGA (320x240).

Quality：Auto

TFT Display 2.0″TFT (640X240pixels)

White Balance Auto/Tungsten/D4000/D5000/Daylight/Cloudy

/Fill light/Fluorescent

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Exposure

compensation

-2.0EV~+2.0EV

PC Interface USB2.0 (High-speed)

AV Output Format NTSC/PAL

Down button is Shutter Electronic Shutter

1/16~1/10000 Second

Auto Power Off On/ Off, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes

Battery Lithium ion battery (BL-5B)

9. Trouble shooting

Question Possible reasons

Unable to turn

on the

recorder

Battery is improperly

installed. Low battery

·Install the battery

properly

·Replace the battery

The recorder

is suddenly

turned off

Auto Off Function is On.

Low battery

·Turn on again the

recorder

·Replace the battery

Captured

images are not

saved into

memory

Power is off before the

images are saved.

·Replace the battery

instantly.

·To charge the battery

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Memory card

can not be

used

Memory card is

protected.

Memory card contains

non-DCF images from

other cameras.

·Unlock the memory

card.

·Format the memory

card. Before formatting,

make sure to backup files

first.

All the buttons

are invalid.

Short-circuit when

connecting the recorder

with other equipments.

·Remove the battery first

and then reinstall.