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Smart Witness SVC300GPS User Manual

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SVC300GPS!
3 CAMERA VEHICLE JOURNEY RECORDER!

USER GUIDE!

!! Thank you for purchasing this Journey Recorder.
!! Please ensure that you read and understand this USER GUIDE
and use it before connecting and installing this Recorder.
!! Please store the USER GUIDE in an easily accessible location.
VER 1.0.0 1
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  • Page 1: User Guide

    SVC300GPS! 3 CAMERA VEHICLE JOURNEY RECORDER! USER GUIDE! !! Thank you for purchasing this Journey Recorder. !! Please ensure that you read and understand this USER GUIDE and use it before connecting and installing this Recorder. !! Please store the USER GUIDE in an easily accessible location.

  • Page 3: Safety Advice

    SAFETY ADVICE CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. Please make sure you follow the safety advice/instructions given in the user guide. Caution RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE.

  • Page 4: Gps Reception

    GPS RECEPTION Activate the product in an area without large buildings to improve GPS reception. The commercial purpose GPS has the average range error of more than 15 meters and the range error could be more than 100 meters due to environmental conditions like buildings, roadside trees etc. The temperature range for optimum operation of the GPS receiver in your car is -10 ~ 50°C.
  • Page 5 CONTENTS Smart Witness SVC300GPS Receiver & Recording Unit Smart Witness SVC300 Remote Controller GPS Antenna Unit 4GB SD memory card USB SD Card Reader (Note: Analysis Software is on this SD card) Sticker for mounting Wire Splice clips (x5) (double sided 3M tape x1)
  • Page 6 CONTENTS AV Output Cable Power Cable 2x Camera Input Cable...

  • Page 7: Identifying Parts

    IDENTIFYING PARTS SVC300GPS JOURNEY RECORDER FRONT AV Output SD Door SD Slot External MIC input REAR Speaker Internal Microphone Remote Control Input Power Input & Alarm GPS Input (Car Signal) Input Camera Input 1, 2 Rear View Camera Input...

  • Page 8: Remote Controller

    IDENTIFYING PARTS REMOTE CONTROLLER Snap Shot Button Play Button Overwrite LED (Red) Record Button Record LED (Blue) AV OUTPUT CABLE Audio Output Video Video Output 1 Output 2...
  • Page 9 IDENTIFYING PARTS POWER & CAR SIGNAL INPUT Power (+) Ground (Red) (Black) Alarm 1 (Blue) Fuse Alarm3 250V 3A (Yellow) Car pulse (speed) (White) Alarm 2 (Green)
  • Page 10 FUNCTION (MAIN UNIT) Automatic start Turn on the vehicle power, SVC300GPS will be automatically started. (Use the power cable provided). NOTE: The unit will not start recording immediately after the power is turned on. It takes around 1 minute for the built-in power backup system to charge. Thereafter, the internal flash memory will be ready to record.
  • Page 11 FUNCTION (MAIN UNIT) Built-in power backup (Super Capacitor) If power to the unit is interrupted, SVC300GPS creates the last file using the internal battery. Blue LED (RECORD) The Blue LED shows the power is on. It will flash during event recording.

  • Page 12: Operation

    1.! Make sure that the power cable is properly connected and turn on the car power. 2.! Blue LED & Red LED will turn on and flashing slowly simultaneously and then the Blue LED will remain on. Blue LED light means SVC300GPS is now ready for recording. NOTE: Recording Modes •!
  • Page 13 The INFORMATION OSD will be turned off automatically after 30 seconds. LIVE VIEW Turn on the SVC300GPS and press the PLAY button to turn on the Information OSD (On Screen Display). To change the live display channel, press the RECORD button to select the camera then press the STOP button.

  • Page 14: G-Sensor Calibration

    G-SENSOR CALIBRATION G-Sensor Calibration is needed after installing the SVC300GPS. It detects the installed direction of the SVC300GPS for it to accurately record the journey direction. 1.! Press and hold the PLAY & STOP buttons together and then turn on the power.
  • Page 15 ‘Beep’ sound and the Blue LED will be flash during the recording. The SVC300GPS will not make a separate event file during the continuous recording. It will mark the Event area as ‘Record button’ in the continuous recording file which can be easily searched for during playback.

  • Page 16: Playback Control Button

    OPERATION PLAYBACK Press and hold the PLAY button for more than 2 seconds. The latest recorded file will playback on the screen. Note: Recording cannot be done during playback. If Event Recording is on, the PLAY button will not work. Playback Control panel PLAYBACK CONTROL BUTTON Channel change: Press the RECORD button.

  • Page 17: Pc System Requirement

    SOFTWARE USER GUIDE SVC300GPS PC Viewer Guide PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENT Recommended PC specifications for PC Viewer software Windows 2000, Windows XP Windows Vista, Windows 7 Pentium4 2.6GHz or higher 512MB or higher Interface SD Memory Card Reader Install 20MB or higher...

  • Page 18: Software Installation

    3. Double click SETUP.EXE in the ‘pcsw’ folder. 4. Select the language and then follow the dialog box. 5. The “PCViewer” icon will be displayed on your desktop. NOTE: To Un-install the PC Viewer Open the ‘Control Panel’. Select ‘Remove Program’ and remove Smart Witness Analysis Software.
  • Page 19 Connect SD memory card 1. Connect SD memory card in to the SD card reader. 2. Run ‘Smart Witness’ 3. Select FILE and then click ‘Select Data Folder’ or click the OPEN button [OPEN] button 4. Select SD memory card folder at the folder select window.
  • Page 20 PC VIEWER SETTINGS To set PC Viewer select FILE and then click ‘PC Viewer Setting” This setting is for the PC Viewer software itself. To set the recorder, refer to page 27. The ‘date’ formats and ‘speed’ unit will be set automatically according to the PC Windows setting.

  • Page 21: Select File For Playback

    SELECT FILE FOR PLAYBACK 5. Check the file from the list using mouse or click the ‘All’ button and then click the ‘Load’ button. Check ‘G-Senor’ means the event(s) recording was individually Activated by Impact; ‘Switch’ means recording was activated by a button OR Check ‘All’...

  • Page 22: Playback Screen

    PLAYBACK SCREEN [NOR]: Normal Recording Event data in [G-Sensor]: Event Recording the Playlist. Display frame/Total number of frames Playback position indicator The Yellow Mark indicates there is Check box for continuous playback An Event triggered by the G-Sensor This button is enabled when playing back recorded file(s).
  • Page 23 PLAYBACK 6. Click (PLAY button) for playback. Playback speed CH1 CH2 CH3 Volume Date & Time Drag & Move the white line to move the playback position. Playback buttons X2, 4, 8, 16 X0.5, 1 X0.5, 1 X2, 4, 8, 16 Fast Reverse Reverse Play...
  • Page 24 PLAYBACK PC KEYBOARD HOT BUTTONS FUNCTION PC KEYBOARD HOT BUTTONS Enter 1024x768 mode (Return to the previous mode: Enter) Alt + Enter Full screen mode (Return to the previous mode: Enter) Ctrl + F Playback speed control 0.5 => 1 Ctrl + B Reverse playback speed control 0.5 =>...
  • Page 25 GOOGLE MAPS (for ‘Event’ Recording Files) The route taken will be displayed on the Google map at lower right corner of the software. Note: •! To see the route and position on the Google map, the GPS data should be recorded with video. •! To see the map, the PC should be connected to the Internet.

  • Page 26: Thumbnail Function

    THUMBNAIL FUNCTION 7. Click button for 4x4 multi view (Thumbnail function) Click the CLOSE button to Click the thumb-nail image to finish the event playback. Change the playback position. The ‘PlayList’ window will changed to its initial status. Shortcut: Click the right mouse button of to go back to single image playback mode.
  • Page 27 SAVING JPG FILE & AVI FILES Pause the playback and click ‘Save Image’ icon to make a JPG file. ‘Save Image’ icon Pause the playback and Click ‘Save AVI’ icon to make a AVI file. ‘Save AVI’ icon...

  • Page 28: Printing An Image

    PRINTING AN IMAGE Pause the playback and click ‘Print Image’ icon. ‘Print image’ icon Input the file name (Print Title) & any notes (Print Comment) using Keyboard. The Print comment window allows up to 7 lines in total.

  • Page 29: Generating A Report

    GENERATING A REPORT Click the PRINT button in the print preview windows for printing. The file name (Print Title), any notes (Print Comment), G-Sensor graph & map will be printed on the first page. The second page will print the images selected. Click ‘2x2’...
  • Page 30 BACKING UP EVENT/LOG FILES Click the ‘Backup’ icon to backup the files to the PC. ‘Backup’ icon Select and Load ‘Event’, ‘Normal’, ‘Panic’, ‘Log’ & ‘Memo’ data first, before clicking the ‘Backup’ icon. The selected files will appear in the lists in the Backup window.
  • Page 31 SETTING THE DRIVE RECORDER Click the ‘Setting Drive Recorder’ icon for setup. ‘Setting Drive Recorder’ icon IMPORTANT Backup SD Card data first, before clicking the ‘Initialize SD card’ button OR before changing the Record Mode from Normal Mode to Event Mode or vice versa.

  • Page 32: Camera Settings

    SETTING THE DRIVE RECORDER CAMERA SETTINGS If you want to use CH2 or CH3 check this box. Normal Mode Continuous recording will automatically start after booting the SVC300GPS. Event Mode Recording by G-Sensor, Alarm1~3 or [RECORD] button. RECORD SETTINGS Resolution D1(720x480), Half-D1(720x240)

  • Page 33: Alarm Settings

    SETTING THE DRIVE RECORDER ALARM SETTINGS To record the car signal with video, set the Alarm configuration as below: To use the Alarm as an Event trigger, (i.e: so Event recording will start when a door is opened or a Meter is on) set the Alarm configuration as below: G-SENSOR SETTINGS If G-Sensor sensitivity value is too high (like 1), it may be too sensitive, so it will detect even a light impact or light turn.

  • Page 34: System Settings

    SETTING THE DRIVE RECORDER SYSTEM SETTINGS Vehicle ID Type in your Vehicle ID Buzzer Set the ‘Beep’ sound ON/OFF when Event recording starts Video Type This should be set to PAL Search on system To use the playback function on the recorder. DATE/TIME SETTINGS TimeZone: GMT This setting will allow you to set the Time Zone and...
  • Page 35 1.! Insert new SD memory card into the PC. 2.! Run “PC Viewer SVC300GPS” 3.! Select TOOL from the menu and then click ‘SD Initialize’ We recommend you initialize the SD Memory Card at least once per month to prevent the SVC300GPS from getting any software errors.
  • Page 36 SETTING THE DRIVE RECORDER ABOUT PRODUCT INFORMATION Click the ‘About’ icon to check the product information. ‘About’ icon...

  • Page 37: Log File Playback

    LOG FILE PLAYBACK Select the LOG tab window and then check the log file from the list using mouse or click the ‘Check All’ button. Then click the ‘Load’ button. Journey Log data will be recorded during driving even if there are no events. The total log data size can not exceed 48MB.
  • Page 38 GPS LOG TO KML CONVERTER (for Google Earth) To see the whole route on Google Earth, select the log file and click the Google Earth button. 1.! Install the Google Earth on your PC. (http://earth.google.com/) 2.! Check the log file 3.! Click Google Earth in the Tool menu We recommend to use Google Earth...
  • Page 39 ACCESSORIES CAMERAS HIGH RESOLUTION COLOUR CAMERA. INCLUDES BRACKET FOR FLUSH/SURFACE MOUNTING !"#$"% &'$()* ON A BUMPER OR MOUNTING ON A WING MIRROR See diagram below for connection to the SVC300GPS unit: SVC300GPS Rear 02&0$'"21 #&!$+ #&!$, .(120 #&! Video Camera Input Cable !"#$"%...

  • Page 40: Additional Accessories

    ACCESSORIES MONITORS 5” or 8” LCD MONITOR CAN BE USED WITH THE SVC300GPS TO VIEW IMAGES FROM THE CAMERAS, PLAYBACK RECORDINGS AND ALSO AS A REAR VIEW MONITOR WHEN REVERSING. See diagram below for connection to the SVC300GPS unit: SVC300GPS Front !"#$"%...

  • Page 41: Specification

    SPECIFICATION SVC300GPS Video CH1 (Front), CH2 (Interior), CH3 (Rearview) Audio Internal / External Microphone Continuous/Event 720x576 (25fps) Recording Speed 720x288 (50fps) Snapshot Record Still Image with 5 seconds Audio Backup SD Memory Card Memory 4GB SD memory card (supports SDHC cards of up to 32GB)

  • Page 42: Technical Support And Warranty

    TECHNICAL SUPPORT & WARRANTY TECHNICAL SUPPORT For Technical Support, please contact your local distributor. LIMITED WARRANTY This product is supplied with 1 year warranty. The Warranty excludes products That have been misused, (including accidental damage) and damage caused by normal wear and tear. In the unlikely event that you encounter a problem with this product, it should be returned to the place of purchase.
  • Page 43 Manufactured exclusively for:! www.smartwitness.com! Smart Witness is a Division of Xvision!

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