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SD4mX
Driver Safety Solution

User Manual

January 2013 Version 1.1
S top   D angerous   D riving   B ehavior   N ow  
 
     
Without   M onthly   C ellular   S ervice   C harges   &   M anaged   S olution   F ees
American Bus Video Inc.
sales@AmericanBusVideo.com
(770) 263-8118
DriverSafetyCameras.com
FleetDriverRiskManagement.com
25 Years of Fleet Driver Safety System Sales & Service Experience
All Rights Reserved. © American Bus Video Inc. 2013
 

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Without   M onthly   C ellular   S ervice   C harges   &   M anaged   S olution   F ees American Bus Video Inc. sales@AmericanBusVideo.com (770) 263-8118 DriverSafetyCameras.com FleetDriverRiskManagement.com 25 Years of Fleet Driver Safety System Sales & Service Experience All Rights Reserved. © American Bus Video Inc. 2013  ...
  • Page 2 Warning This device is NOT of waterproof; to prevent it from any accident of fire or electric shock, please do NOT put any container with water on the device or nearby. Do not expose the device to moisture, or extreme temperatures. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ..................5 2. PRODUCT FIGURES ....................7 2.1 F .................................. 7 RONT ANEL 2.2 R ..................................8 EAR PANEL 2.3 W ............................9 IRELESS EMOTE ONTROLLER 3. INITIAL SET UP....................10 3.1 T ............................. 10 AMPER PROOF OUNTING 3.2 P...
  • Page 4 6.3.3 Set Date and Time .............................. 30 6.4 C ..............................30 ONFIGURATION ETUP 6.5 U ..........................31 EVEL AND ASSWORD ETTING 6.6 N ................................. 32 ETWORK ETTING 6.7 MOTOR ..................................33 6.7.1 Set ““LICENSE ID”” and ““LINE””..........................33 6.7.2 Get Speed from GPS ............................34 6.7.3 Get Speed from Speedometer.

  • Page 5: General Introduction

    1. General Introduction The SDVR series mobile digital video recorder is a compact, full-featured recording system that uses a SD card as a storage device. The recorder unit and associated accessories are specifically designed for operation in a mobile environment. The SDVR system, used in conjunction with the cameras, records up to four channels of full-motion video and audio data to a Class 4 (minimum) SD card.

  • Page 6: Power Management

    Video And Audio H.264 High Profile video compression, real time recording (25 fps(PAL) / 30 fps(NTSC) for each channel. Frame rate adjustable for each channel. Audio compression: G.711 codec. This codec offers high compression with high quality audio. D1 resolution for each channel, which means each channel support 720x576(PAL)/720x480(NTSC). Support 4 channel real time D1 video and 4 channel audio recording.

  • Page 7: Product Figures

    2. Product Figures 2.1 Front Panel SD Card Slot Status Lights (Power, Run, Alarm, SD Card, Record Status) Stop Button: For stop recording. LANC Port: For connection to an Event Cable or a wired remote IR sensor harness (option) : Infra-Red receiver window. USB Port: Can be used as a secondary recording device, such as a flash memory card.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    2.2 Rear panel Power, Ground and ACC input. AV input 1(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power output for camera 1) AV input 2(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power output for camera 2) AV input 3(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power output for camera 3) AV input 4(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power output for camera 4) AV output (including audio output, video output and power output) 1x speed sensor, 3x sensors inputs, 2x RS232 port, 1x RS485 port and 1x 5V DC output.

  • Page 9: Wireless Remote Controller

    2.3 Wireless Remote Controller Power Alarm Digits Record Stop Play Audio Toggle Video Toggle 10. Left/Backspace 11. Menu/Enter 12. Right 13. ESC 14. Down 15. OK to confirm 16. Fast Forward 17. Next 18. Pause/Step 19. Fast Backward 20. Previous 21.

  • Page 10: Initial Set Up

    3. Initial Set Up 3.1 Tamper-proof Case Mounting Use a power drill and screws supplied to fix the bottom cover of the tamper-proof case in the right place inside the vehicle. Put the DVR system inside the bottom cover, and load a SD Card. NOTE: The lock jumper of SD Card should be in OFF position.

  • Page 11: Power Connection

    3.2 Power Connection 3.2.1. Use Ignition Switch to Turn On/Off DVR System 3.2.2, Turn On / Off DVR System Automatically NOTE The DVR uses DC power input, please be very careful when connecting to the ““+”” and ““-”” of the power supply.

  • Page 12: Camera Connection

    3.3 Camera Connection Two different kinds of Audio & Video Cables for option: 4-pin threaded cable with male connector for each camera (Pin 1: 12V power, Pin 2: GND, Pin 3: Audio Input, Pin 4: Video Input). SD Video Recorder 12 -...
  • Page 13 With extension cable (3m, 5m and 10m option): NOTE: The camera should with 4-pin female connector to match this cable. The DVR system will provide stable 12V DC power to each camera, and record video and audio (if the camera is with microphone built-in).

  • Page 14: Sensor Harness Connection

    3.4 Sensor Harness Connection GPS Connection (Option) Description RXD2: Data receive GND: Ground +5V DC: Power output SD Video Recorder 14 -...

  • Page 15: Event Button And Cable Connection (Option)

    3.5 Event Button and Cable Connection (Option) SD Video Recorder 15 -...

  • Page 16: Main System Overview

    4. Main System Overview SD Video Recorder 16 -...

  • Page 17: Basic Operation And Menu System

    5. Basic Operation and Menu System 5.1 SD Card Formatting For a brand new SD Card of SDHC standard, it can be used directly. But with situations listed below, you’’re required to format it before using: If the SD Card is of SDXC standard (like a 64GB SD Card), the defaulted file format is exFAT, which will not be recognized by the DVR system.

  • Page 18: Choose Recording Mode

    The format process will take some time, please wait. You will see the capacity of SD card after formatting. 5.2 Choose Recording Mode Two recording modes for option: Composite Mode and Separate Mode. The defaulted recording mode is ““Separate Mode””. You can change to ““Composite Mode”” by steps given as below if needed: Press <MENU>...

  • Page 19: File Length

    5.3 File Length Options for file length: 5mins, 10mins, 15mins, 20mins, 30mins, 45mins and 60mins. The defaulted file length is 5 minutes. The maximum file length is 60 minutes. 5.4 Recording Quality Press <MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““RECORD”” and enter its sub-menu, go to ““RECORD SETTINGS””...
  • Page 20 Setting menu for Separate Mode: Parameters for image quality levels: Quality Resolution Still Image Movement Image Audio Bitrate File Capacity Bitrate Bitrate (Bit/s) (Bit/s) (Bit/s) BASIC 2/3 D1 350K 210K 198M/hour ( PAL: 480*384, NTSC: 480*320 ) NORMAL 1000K 600K 324M/hour ( PAL: 720*576, NTSC: 720*480 )

  • Page 21: Start Recording

    5.5 Start Recording Press <REC> by remote to start recording. A red dot will be shown up at the top left corner of each camera channel. In Separate Mode, by default the DVR system will record all channels. If you want to record a specific channel(s), use <...

  • Page 22: Playback Option

    5.6 Playback Option 5.6.1 Playback files on DVR system Play-back the latest record file(s) directly. In ““Separate Mode””, you can playback archive file when recording. Press <PLAY> by remote, it will playback the latest file of first camera channel (ch: 01). Use < ><...
  • Page 23 Playback a specific archive file. Press <MENU> by remote to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““STORAGE”” and enter its sub-menu, go to ““SEARCH BY TIME”” and press ““MENU”” to enter. All record directories will be listed for option. The directories will be listed by order of the date and hour. To take ““2011-04-27_14”” for an example, it means this directory contains all files recorded from 14:00:00 to 14:59:59 of April 27, 2011.

  • Page 24: Playback The Files On Manufacturer’' S Pc Playback Software

    Use < > or < > to choose a file, and press <PLAY> to playback. By pressing <OK> or <MENU>, details of the specific file will be shown up: You can press ““Play”” to playback the file, or ““Save As”” to copy the file to an USB flash drive. To stop playback, press <STOP>...
  • Page 25 LABEL Color Description SENSOR1 Brown Sensor(Alarm) 1 SENSOR2 Brown Sensor(Alarm) 2 SENSOR3 Brown Sensor(Alarm) 3 SENSOR4 Violet Speed Sensor Press <MENU> by remote to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““ALARM”” and press <MENU> to enter its sub-menu. Go to ““ALARM ACTION”” and press <MENU> to enter. Taking ““01+02+03””...

  • Page 26: Post Event Record

    TIP: Information to be shown on screen. There is a dialog box for inputting the text. Maximum: 4 characters. There are four alarm sources: A01: Sensor1, A02: Sensor2, A03: Sensor3 and OSPD: Over Speed. LEVEL: HIGH / LOW; High means Alarm input voltage higher than 5V, and Low means lower than 3V. TOGGLE: It will toggle to the camera you set in full screen automatically when sensor(alarm) is triggered.

  • Page 27: Set Motion Detection Action

    5.9.2 Set Motion Detection Action Press <MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““ALARM”” to enter its sub-menu, go to ““MOTION ACTION”” and press <MENU> to enter, set the ““RECORD”” as ““ON””, press <OK> to save and exit. When motion detection is triggered, you will see a yellow dot flashing at the upper right corner.

  • Page 28: Video Lost Alarm

    6.0 Video Lost Alarm The buzzer can be set as ““ON”” to trigger the beeper when any video lost. Press <MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““ALARM”” and press <MENU> to enter its sub-menu, go to ““VIDEO LOST”” and set the buzzer as ““ON””, press <OK>...

  • Page 29: Video System Setting

    6.2 Video System Setting Press <MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, Choose ””System”” to enter its sub-menu, set the ““VIDEO FORMAT”” as PAL or NTSC, and press <OK> to save and exit. 6.3 Set Date and Time 6.3.1 Set Date Display Format Press <MENU>...

  • Page 30: Set Date And Time

    6.3.3 Set Date and Time Press <MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““SYSTEM”” and press <MENU> to enter its sub-menu, go to ““DATE/TIME”” and press <MENU> to set date and time, press <OK> to save and exit. 6.4 Configuration Setup Press <MENU>...

  • Page 31: User Level And Password Setting

    6.5 User Level and Password Setting The defaulted system enter is with no password. To set the user name and password, Press <MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““SYSTEM”” and press <MENU> to enter its sub-menu, set the ““LOGIN VERIFY”” to be ““YES””, press <OK> to save and exit. Escape from the DVR system menu, when enter again, you will be required for use name: SD Video Recorder 31 -...

  • Page 32: Network Setting

    The system is defaulted to be entered with no password. If password is required, go to ““NEW PASSWORD”” and set the password. Input the same password in both rows of ““New Pass”” and ““Pass Confirm””, press <OK> or <MENU> to save and exit. 6.6 Network Setting The system supports both Static IP and Dynamic IP.

  • Page 33: Motor

    After setting, please press <MENU> or <OK> to save and exit. If it is dynamic IP, the system will configure the IP address automatically. ””HOST NAME”” is used for setting the DVR system’’ s name. 6.7 MOTOR 6.7.1 Set “LICENSE ID” and “LINE” Press <MENU>...

  • Page 34: Get Speed From Gps

    6.7.2 Get Speed from GPS Pin No. Description Color Description GPS Connector TXD1 Vacant TXD, COM1, (GPS) TXD2 Vacant TXD, COM2 485A Vacant RS485 A, (PTZ) 5.0V +5 VDC Pin 9 SNR2 Grey Sensor 2 SPEED Violet Speed sensor RXD1 Vacant RXD, COM1, (GPS) RXD2...
  • Page 35 Connect GPS receiver to DVR system through the sensor harness: Press <MENU> to enter DVR system menu, choose “MOTOR” and press <MENU> to enter its sub-menu, set the “SPEED CHECK” as “From GPS”, and press “OK” to save and exit. 3) The speed will be displayed on the left bottom of the monitor.

  • Page 36: Get Speed From Speedometer

    6.7.3 Get Speed from Speedometer. Connect the speed sensor harness (in Violet color) to speedometer. If the speedometer already has a signal output wire (showed as SIG output in the following diagram), you can connect ““Speed sensor input”” wire to the SIG output wire directly. If the speedometer does NOT have a signal output wire, please connect to the output of speed sensor.

  • Page 37: Manage The Power

    Press <MENU> to enter DVR system menu, choose ““MOTOR”” and press <MENU> to enter its sub-menu, set the ““SPEED CHECK”” as ““From Sensor””, and press <OK> or <MENU> to save and exit. Calculate the pulse number the speed sensor generates for one kilometer. Usually the speed sensor will generate 8 or 16 pulses if the wheel goes one round and you need to calculate the number of the pulse that the speed sensor will generate if the car runs for one kilometer.

  • Page 38: 2, Turn On / Off Dvr System Automatically

    If the OFF DELAY option is enabled, the DVR will continue to record for the prescribed number of seconds. When the off-delay expires, the camera and DVR system shut off. Set OFF DELAY. Press <MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““POWER”” and press <MENU>...

  • Page 39: Use Ptz

    Go to ““POWER ON”” and set the time you would like the DVR system to be turned on. Go to ““POWER OFF”” and set the time you would like the DVR system to be turned off. If turning on/off automatically is not required, leave the ““POWER ON”” and ““POWER OFF”” time as ““00 00””...

  • Page 40: Rename The Camera

    ““PTZ CONTROL””. Key buttons for PTZ control: Key Buttons on Remote Function VIDEO Select camera channel (CH:01, CH:02, CH:03, CH:04 Move camera direction Zoom - / Zoom + Focus + / Focus - PAUSE/OSD Iris+ / Iris- 6.9.2 Rename the camera Press <MENU>...

  • Page 41: Gps Setting (Option)

    NOTE: With the consideration of PTZ control is few used in mobile application. The DVR system does NOT support PTZ by defaulted. Please inform your sales person before mass production if you need this function. 6.10 GPS Setting (Option) Press<MENU> to enter the DVR system menu, choose ““GPS”” to enter its sub-menu. The DVR system will check the GPS device automatically.
  • Page 42 Choose ““ALARM”” and press <OK> or <MENU> to enter its sub-menu; Go to ““POST EVENT RECORD”” and set the time, press <MENU> or <OK> to save and exit. NOTE: The time you set will reflect to the recording time once Event Button is pressed. To take the defaulted “15s”...

  • Page 43: Firmware Update

    camera channel is CH 01. In Composite Mode, the quad mode will be regarded as ““CH 01””. You can also set up the text you want to display in the "TIP" of ““ALARM ACTION””. The text you set will be displayed if the event is triggered. Connect the Event Cable to front panel of the DVR unit.
  • Page 44 Insert the SD card into the SD card slot on front panel of the DVR system, press <MENU> by remote to enter the DVR system menu. Choose "SYSTEM" and press <MENU> to enter its sub-menu. Choose ““SYSTEM INFO””, go to ““APP UPDATE”” and press <MENU> to get ready for system update. Press ““YES””...

  • Page 45: Using Wi-Fi Module (Option)

    NOTE: Do not turn off the power while updating! ““Upgrade Success”” will be shown up to remind you when update is successful, press <MENU> by remote to restart the application. 6.13 Using Wi-Fi Module (Option) Debug the Wi-Fi module on PC a) Connect Wi-Fi module to a PC’’...
  • Page 46 b) Run ““autorun.exe”” included on CD with the Wi-Fi module. If the operation system of your PC is Win 7 or Vista, please choose ; If the operation system is WinXP, please choose , then go with ““NEXT”” to finish the installation. c) After that, you will find on your desktop.
  • Page 47 For an example, if you select the ““ES_LINK_TENDA”” to connect to, press ““Next””, input the ascii code of your password in hex format. You can look up the ascii code of your password in the ascii table (Appendix A). For an example, if your password is "hello", you should input 68656c6c6f in ““Key1””, then press ““Next””...

  • Page 48: Connection & Installation Cables

    debugged well. You may remove the Wi-Fi module from your PC, and connect to DVR’’ s USB and LAN ports, power on the DVR. Meanwhile, please find a PC within the same LAN, start to Ping the DVR, and see whether the DVR could be connected to the same wireless network or not. Note: After connecting the Wi-Fi module to DVR, normally it takes 6~7 minutes to ping through the PC.

  • Page 49: Video & Audio Input / Output Cable

    Mark Color Description ““+”” of power supply (you can connect to Battery ““+””) YELLOW Ignition signal. Connect this wire to ““+”” of power supply if you don’’t use ignition to control the power. BLACK ““-”” of power supply (you can connect to Battery ““-””) 7.2 Video &...

  • Page 50: Sensor Harness

    Mark Color Description BNC Connector, in Yellow Video output RCA Connector, in White Audio output DC Connector, in Black Power output for camera(+12 VDC, Maximum current 1A) Ground 7.3 Sensor Harness Pin No. Description Color Description GPS Connector TXD1 Vacant TXD, COM1, (GPS) TXD2 Vacant...
  • Page 51 Description RXD2: Data receive GND: Ground +5V DC: Power output SD Video Recorder 51 -...

  • Page 52: Specification

    8. Specification SPECIFICATION ITEM 1CH SDVR 2CH SDVR 4CH SDVR VIDEO INPUT 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels VIDEO OUTPUT 1 channel, 1.0V, p-p, 75 , BNC VIDEO FORMAT Support PAL/NTSC VIDEO COMPRESSION H.264 High Profile VIDEO 720x576(PAL)/ 1280x512(PAL)/ 1280x1024(PAL)/ RECORD RESOLUTION 720x480(NTSC) 1248x416(NTSC)

  • Page 53: List Of Standard Accessories

    9. List of Standard Accessories Item Description Quantity SD Video Recorder 1 pc Tamperproof &Lock Case 1 pc Lock case key 2 pcs AV input cable 1 pc for one channel SDVR, 2 pcs for two channel SDVR, 4 pcs for four channel SDVR AV output cable 1 pc Signal cables...

  • Page 54: Trouble Shooting

    10. Trouble Shooting. 1. Q : After connecting the DVR power, no video output, No.1 and No.2 indicators lights on panel flashing alternately. A: The No.1 and No.2 indicator light is ““Power”” and ““Run”” . If the 2 indicators lights are flashing alternatively, the DVR missed the ignition signal, please check if the yellow line of the input power lines has connected with the power positive level, or if it’’...
  • Page 55 8. Q: Do your SD Card DVR support the capacity of 64G and above SDXC card? A: The DVR support the capacities of 64G and above SDXC cards, but currently, DVR doesn’’t support for ExFAT file system completely, we suggest that you format the SDXC card to FAT32 file system under Windows system before using.
  • Page 56 the" ignition delay ", DVR off automatically. Flashing slow flash Light-off DVR off. At this point, press”” Power”” button on the remote control, DVR The third red indicator light on the panel: Alarm indicator light red Description light Light-on DVR with alarm (such as over speed) Light-off DVR without alarm The fourth red indicator light on the panel is SD card operation indicator light, this indicator...
  • Page 57 your control functions in accordance with the following: 1, Exchange the two lines of 485A and 485B, to see if they are connected wrong; 2, Confirm if the PTZ Protocol is right; 3, Confirm if the PTZ Address is right, our default is 1, trying to adjust to 0 or 2; generally the PTZ address code is 1.
  • Page 58 22. Q: what is “Power OFF Delay”? A: Users who need to install DVR often want the DVR to record the images inside and outside the car for a while after the driver turn the engine off. That is, DVR cannot be turned off after engine is shutdown, it should be off after record continuously for the specified period of time.

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