Safety Precautions Take and review some testing video initially to make sure the images were recorded correctly. Please note that manufacturer, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its distributors are not liable for consequential damages arising from any malfunction of main device accessory, including memory device that results in the failure of an image to be recorded or to be recorded in a way that is machine readable.
Index Features ......................1 Specification ...................... 2 Accessories ....................... 3 Record / Stop-Record..................6 System operating instruction ................7 Through IR Remote controller instruction ............7 System Interface and Operation ................ 9 Main menu page switch ................... 11 ...
A. Features ‧ Provide Video output for playing-back mode in mainframe. ‧ Recording format: D1 and CIF ‧ User friendly player software, easy to operation. ‧ Overall quick search event log. ‧ The full recording time and date can be showing in the monitor directly.
B. Specification Type 8CH Vehicle DVR Video Format NTSC/PAL Operating System Embedded Linux Video Input 8CH Input Max. Cam Power 12V/250mA/Each supplier Video Output 1CH Output Audio Input 1CH Input Audio Output 1CH Output Alarm Input 4 Alarm Input Control Mode Multi-Language English / Chinese / Others NTSC...
Backup Device USB Storage or through Carbox Player Search Function: Time / Event Playback Mode Full Screen LED Indicator 4 LED (LAN、REC、GPS、Power) Signal Loss Detector Buzzer Alarm Output RS485 MOUSE G-SENSOR Network optional WIFI optional IR Remote Control Yes Watchdog Extended Record Mode Power Supply...
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D. Product Appearance FRONT PANEL HD slot lock Power light Record light Network light Sim card slot USB connection GPS light HD slot Infrared receiver...
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REAR PANEL RS-485 Connection Hollow connection Video recorder USB Connection connectino 1-4 CH Audio output Hollow connection Video output 1 set of video/ audio output 4 set of alarm input Hollow connection Power Connection Video recorder connectino 5-8 CH Audio input 3G antenna connection G-Mouse...
E. Record / Stop-Record 1. Power on / Record Turn on the power, and it will take approximately 40 seconds to boot up. During the recorder booting up, the HDD indicator LED will start flashing as the recording is in progress. Light indicator: Green light: light on, means power on;...
F. System operating instruction Vehicle DVR can be operated through two methods: IR remote controller and PC software application. Through IR Remote controller instruction 1. As following is the key mapping table for IR Remote controller:...
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Select the options in the menu list. Arrow Open the main menu or back to Menu previous page. Enter the menu or save the setting Enter options. Select channel 1-8 under watching or review mode Channel 1-8 Separate the screen to quad divisions display Four parts switch Separate the screen to eight divisions...
G. System Interface and Operation (1) Live Monitoring Mode Display Live Monitoring Mode - 9 split display Live Monitoring Mode- Live Monitoring Mode- 4 Split Display (1~4Ch) 4 Split Display (5~8Ch) (2) Display Description: • Press Ch1~Ch8 button for single display. •...
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(3) Icon Description: • : Recording • : GPS Connecting • : Voice Recording On • : Manually Force Recording On • : G-Sensor Recording On • : 3G Connection On : Speed Display, need to be setup on PC (For complete details, please refer to setup of HDD format)
DVR OSD menu operation and IR Remote controller key mapping chart Main menu page switch Page1/5 setting Page 2/5 setting Page3/5 setting Page 4/5 setting Page 5/5 setting ◆ IR Remote controller Instruction (1) Select Item: [up/down/left/right] (2) Change setting for selected item: [up/down/left/right] (3) Change setting for Bar item:[Enter] (4) Full Screen display for each CH: [CH1~CH4] (5) Open OSD menu, back to previous page:[menu]...
System Setup instruction 1. Set Encode Parameter Recording Parameter Setup 5-10 fps NTSC 5-30 fps Frame 5-15 fps Rate 5-25 fps Recording Normal Better High Quality 2. Set Parking Mode To setup the recording frame rate after the vehicle power off, power management function must also be setup accordingly ...
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Item Setting (1) Brightness: (Left key→ to reduce)/ (Right key→ to increase) (2) Contrast: (Left key→ to reduce)/ (Right key→ to increase) (3) Hue: (Left key→ to reduce Hue)/ (Right key→ to increase Hue) 4. Set Time IR Remote controller operating instruction (1) Up key→...
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6. Delete All Record Data (Format Disk) Delete All Record Data Use right key or left key to select the selection then click “enter” to confirm. ★ Caution! All data will be deleted when you click “Yes”. 7. Default Live View Channel ...
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9. Check MDVR ID Information (Only available when DVR with specific 3G module) If you need to check current MDVR ID information, please click MDVR ID and press enter key on remote controller. 10. 3G Network Press the right or left button, to select 3G Network on or off. ...
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★ Check the explanation of back panel, in order to facilitate triggering alarm information setting. ★ Alarm system works only after finishing both hardware and software setting. 12. G-Sensor Setting G_Sensor options:On、OFF. G_Sensor Mode:Sedan mode、Truck mode. G_Sensor sensitivity options:Min、Low、medium、High、Max. ★...
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16. Language Setting Only for the model without 3G function Language Setting: English/ Traditional Chinese / Japanese/ Korean / Russian /Spanish / German 17. Firmware Update Before execute, please save the firmware files to the USB device, and insert the USB device into DVR ...
H. Playback Playback Method: Live screen on the device or on PC On the device (1) Click play button on the remote control during live monitoring mode, to enter playback page. (2) Click play button on the remote control, to enter playback page.
Carbox Player on PC site 1. Through Carbox Player on PC site (1) Use HDD to playback directly Execute the CarBox2.exe from CD-ROM , the display as showing below. Click Play button to select HDD; or click open file to choose the files from hard disk, and then double-click the file you want to play.
Snapshot Configuration Disk backup Playback Tool, HDD format, language setting. Previous File Previous Frame Backward Play Pause Stop Play Next Frame Next file (1). Snapshot Capture:Screen shoot Click the icon to capture the footage screen. The Image will be save as .bmpfile format. ...
(2). Configuration Configuration: Setup the general setting. Before execute this function, please insert the HDD device into your computer. When finish all setting and click 『Save』, all the setting will save to the HDD device. When you insert the HDD device into your DVR, the DVR will read the setting and follow the setting to start recording.
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Image Choose the resolution: Quality High / Normal / Low Set the fps D1 resolution:5~15 CIF resolution:5~30 Image Two format: D1 / CIF Format Car License, Driver (For Company car, Taxi, or Information fleet) Encrypt the HDD device to prevent others who not permitted to access the HDD device.
Set the speed unit Speed Unit Km/hr Mile/hr Knot G-sensor sensitivity setting mode G-sensor Sensitivity setting: Sensitivity (Min/Low/Normal/High/Ma Audio Set Audio Recording off or Recording (3). Backup Backup folder: Choose the folder that backup file will save. You can backup the footage on the to your HDD device computer for data backup.
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Step1.Choose the Local Disk, Removable Storage or Backup File. Step2.Choose the file you want to backup on the HDD device Step3.Choose backup file audio and format Backup format: ● SD format *.sd ● AVI format .avi Note:*.sd format file contain image/ speed/ location and G-SENSOR data.
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Step4.You also can choose a period to backup the footage during the period. Step5.Choose the backup folder. Step6.Start to backup. Step7. Backup Completed.
(4). Playback Playback the footage: Choose the file in HDD device in the computer to playback. 1. Choose the Local Disk, Removable Storage or Backup File 2. Choose the file (5). Format Format:Format the storage and Restore the storage format to windows format. Language setting, Firmware version.
(6). Playback date selection Selecting by date Quick switching by minutes Selecting by Hours/Minutes (24-hours) (7). Latitude & Longitude Coordinates Position Latitude & Longitude (8). Speed meter Speed (9). G SENSOR G-sensor: Detect & record G-force data. G SENSOR X: The G-force from left & right of the car. Y: The G-force from front &...
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(10). Volume control Volume BAR: Click the left button of mouse control to adjust the volume degree. (11). Video Search Video Searching:You can use the mouse to drag the bar to search the video quickly. (12). Video Search & Play Speed Play Speed: Support 2x, 4x 8x fast forwarding and -1/2x, -1/4x - 1/8x slow play mode.
J. HDD Format When should you format the HDD? For brand new HDD or an used HDD which is used in other equipment before, it should be formatted before using. (1) Format in your computer Step1. Connect the storage device / hard disk to PC. Execute the CarBox2.exe software (bundle in our product CD)
Step 5. When the format procedure finish, the following pop window will show on your screen. (After format, re-plug the storage device, then you can set up related parameters and save. After setting, Install the HDD into the DVR and it can start to work. ) (2) Process to Format the HDD on DVR: 1.
K. Restore Storage Device Q. When you need to restore the Storage? A. If the storage device(HDD) will be used in other purpose., please back-up record footages to PC firstly and then restore it. Step1. Connect the storage device (hard disk) to PC. Execute CarBox.exe , one click to enter the following...
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Step3.The following window will pop up, Click 『Yes』to start restore the Storage. Step4.Now system will pop up the window to proceed the format procedure, please choose 『Quick format』, then click 『Start』.
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Step5. Click 「Yes」 to start formatting the Storage Step6. Click "OK" to finish restore HDD device Step7.After finished, press 『OK』。Then the Storage format is normal windows format.
L. 3G Internet Setting (1) SIM card setting During using SIM card, the protected pin code must be turned off, please refer to the following steps. (For example like HUWEI CHT-E180 model, 3.5G USB wireless adaptor) Step1. Plug in SIM card into 3G dongle then connect 3G dongle to PC, the system will automatically execute Mobile Partner Step2.
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Step3. Input the correct PIN numbers, Default Setting: 0000 Step4. After input PIN numbers, it will have a pop-up message to complete disable PIN numbers...
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Step5. After complete these steps, reinsert SIM card to the socket on the device to activate. (2) 3G-Network Setting Setup the relative parameter of 3G-Network. 1.1 Please double click and open the setting page as below: 2.2 The explanation for setting up:...
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UserName: No need in common Password: No need in common Server Address: Enter Server IP address setting----Default Server IP Address is 61.221.66.200 Server Port: Default Sever Port is 13579, Not recommend to change the original setting). ...
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(Once the configuration is done, it will show the information on the screen)
M. 3G client software for viewing directly(select models with 3G modules) Executive Playback software “3G ClientApp.exe ” , the playback screen shown as below. Enter the username and password and then press “Login” button to login screen. ★ Note: To perform this software will require DirectX 9.0 or more. User Name User Account Name Password...
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(1) Live view Equipments list display all the connecting equipments. Be able to play real-time image form all channels. Lift click mouse to open equipment channel than click on chennel to view the real-time image. Device List...
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Live View-Single Channel Display Live View- Quad Channels Display...
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Live View Function buttons Recording Signle snapshot as AVI file Snapshot Snapshot Auto-flip Auto flip to next page Stop auto-flip Stop auto-flip to next page Save the current live viewing Monitoring channels to be able to retrieve it Status next time Go to Manually go to previous page...
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Snaptshot: To take the snapshot of the selected channel, it will automatically go to the saving directory. Start Auto-flip: Once auto-flip is triggered, it will go to next page in a period of time. Stop Auto-flip: Auto-flip function will stop. Auto-flip time setting, please go to Setting->Page 1->Auto flip period Page-Once the time is up, it will automatically go to next page...
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Manually select page: Manually select the previous or next page Live View Interface To select different display mode: Event/Dev List/Map to show different status. Event Dev List...
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(2) Electronic Map ※ G-Mouse must equiped with Device to have GPS function to provide positioning information Once positioning is done, you could use the mouse to click the device for current position. Device Positioning Without GPS function. With GPS function Device Positioning.
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Electronic Map Select the positioned device on the list, then it will show its position on the map. Live View Interface To select different display mode: Event/Dev List/Map to show different status. Event Dev List...
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(3) Route ※ G-Mouse must equiped with Device to have GPS function to provide positioning information To display the positioned device at the track, you can notice the traveling route of the vehicle. Device Positioning Information Select the positioned device on the list, then it will show its current position and traveling route on the map.
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Tracking Route Search Choose Date and Car Name/ID to search the data Remote Live View Message Interface Mode: Event/Dev List/Map/Live View Event...
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(4) Set Page 1 Setting the FPS, recording function, auto turn over page, and language. Video Buffer Setting Real-Time-> Higher frame rate Smooth-> Higher video resolution...
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Recording Setting Record Path, Record Duration (Seconds), and Disk Free Space(MB) are the relative options. Snapshot Path Set the path after snapshot Auto-Change Duration (Seconds) Set the duration in seconds of auto-change page. Language Set language display...
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Page 2 Setting 3G function, recording, and e-mail. 3G Setting Unit of Speed, Auto Disconnect Time, Read Device functions are available. • Speed Unit: Speed unit of E-map and tracking route display • Auto Disconnect Time: During live video playing, once it is set, the video image will be Close at the setup time.
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• Read Device: To read all the devices or all available online devices. (If too many devices in this server, we recommend to select “only read online device”to have better PC performance.) Event Record Setting To set the video recording channel and duration, once the alarm is triggered.
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• Attach File when email (Remark: E-mail setting: Once the alarm is triggered, the e-mail will be sent to all of online device; hence, if there are too many devices in this server, we recommend to close this functio to occupy unnecessarily the space of the e-mail account.) SMTP list table...
N. Capacity Evaluation of Continuous Recording Storage Device Assumption of the minimum record time for Mobile DVR: 8Ch/15FPS , Statics Recording and different capacity of Hard Disk. The following recording table is evaluated by 1TB.
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