SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 1 PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS AND OVERVIEW 1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW SVC Mobile DVRs are a cost-effective and functional mobile digital video recorder specially designed for vehicle surveillance and remote monitoring, combined with high-speed processor and embedded operating system. The advanced H.264 video compression and decompression, wireless transmission, GPS location makes these DVRs to be a very powerful solution for vehicles.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 1.2 PRODUCT SOLUTION Camera Live view Station Announcement Playback software Passenger statistic GPRS CDMA EDGE CMS client Control center IR control Wireless transmission...
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 2 HANDHELD IR REMOTE CONTROL Numeric Input Keys Use the numbers to input values in the system setup screen or switch through the channels in live mode and playback. + and - buttons are used to increase setup values one by one. Navigation Arrows Use the ARROW keys to move between...
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual NUMERIC KEYPAD: [0-9] keys: During setup, number keys are used to input values. For viewing channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 use 1, 2, 3 and 4 on numeric keypad respectively. [+], [-] keys: During setup, plus and minus are used to select next or previous values. During real time view of individual camera, after you pressed key use plus and minus to make the color adjustments.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual frame. Press EXIT to return to normal playback speed Starts/Resumes playback from any other mode (FF, RR, Frame by ► PLAY Frame etc) Reduces playback speed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 modes. Press PLAY to SLOW return to normal playback speed Quick search mode within the file playing back.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual SYSTEM START UP After connecting the DVR to a vehicle power supply turn on the vehicle ignition and the unit will automatically start recording. Power is normally supplied to the DVR as long as the vehicle ignition is ON.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual DEVICE NO.: The identification number of DVR (you can set the ID in the GUI) PASSWORD: Enter the admin password or user password. User default password is 22222222, and Admin password is 88888888. OPERATOR PASSWORD CORRECT indicates permission is limited to video, sensor menu. ADMIN PASSWORD CORRECT indicates full access to DVR.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 5.1 SEARCH 5.1.1 ALL FILES You can search all the video files including normal files, alarm files by recorded time and file type. Please highlight the option ALL FILES and then enter into following screen. FILE TYPE: The type of the file including alarm file and normal file.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 00:00:00 to 23:59 on 14 , Apr, 2009. If the date is 2009_05_16 and the time is 12:56:00, then it indicates you want to search all the files from 12:25:00 to 23:59:00 on 16 , May, 2009. Please press SEARCH to enter into the next menu for listing out all the certain video files depends on the setting or the file type, date and time.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual TOTAL: total quantity for the files that you selected for back up No.: The file number that is currently being backed now After successful backup, then the following screen will pop up. If you do not connect external storage device or the storage device is defective, then the system will display NO THUMB DRIVE.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual Please enter into the OPTION GUI and change the video type to be PAL manually and then the video file can be viewed in playback 5.1.2 EVENT FILES Search for all the event files LOG, not video file. ...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual SEL: For selecting the LOG for backup. Please use arrow key on remote control to select the LOG files that need to be backed up and then √ will display. Please press REV. to select all the files for backup or not.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 5.2 SETUP Use ARROWS on the remote control to select SYSTEM and then press ENTER. The screen will show the menu as below: 5.2.1 SYSTEM...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual A) DATE/TIME DATE FORMAT(US or Int’s): Press ENTER to select different format (MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD) TIME FORMAT: 12H or 24H, Press ENTER to select different format. TIME SYNC SOURCE: The system allow have the time synchronizing via by either “GPS” or “NTP”. While selecting the “GPS”, the device must have GPS connection and its GPS signal must be in an area with good reception.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual B) GENERAL ON/OFF TYPE: ignition or timer. A) IGNITION: for shut down delay function. For example: If you make the shut down delay time is 5 min, then DVR will shut down after 5 min after the ignition off. B) TIMER : It will start up automatically at the time your setup.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual BUZZER SWITCH: ON means the buzzer will alarm when alarm happens IDLE TIME (SEC): The time for the operation interface remaining idle before switching to the live view. EVENT FILES AUTO-EXPORT (USB): Reserve Use For TIMER type, if the setting for boot up time is 6:00:00 and shut down time is 11:00:00.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual D) FORMAT Select the device you want to format, HDD, SD card or external USB storage device. DEVICE: Please press ENTER to select the target device for format. There are 3 options: HDD, SD and USB.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual E) UPGRADE Upgrade to new firmware or MCU. FIRMWARE: Upgrade the firmware. MCU: Upgrade the MCU. HOW TO UPGRADE THE FIRMWARE: Please create one folder named dvrupgrade in thumb drive and then copy the firmware upgrade file into this folder.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual Please do not cut off the power for the unit or remove the thumb drive during firmware upgrade. Please check the firmware version after the unit has rebooted up and make sure that the firmware upgrade is completely successful. If the firmware of the DVR is the latest, then you can not upgrade the firmware again.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual F) USER SECURITY Setup the password for user and admin. PASSWORD ENABLE: To active this function or not. Selecting “ON” will require a password in order to access the setup menu. Selecting “OFF” will not require a password in order to access the setup menu.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual G) CONFIG Restore the default setting and export and import the DVR configuration. EXPORT: Export the all configuration for the DVR to another DVR unit to make sure that two DVR have the same settings. Please insert the external USB storage device to the USB port and then press EXPORT, Then the configuration file will backup to external device.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 5.2.2 RECORD Setup the related configuration for Record A) OPTION Setup the basic parameters. VIDEO TYPE: PAL and NTSC optional (The default setting is NTSC) RECORD MODE: Record mode, three modes as following: GENERAL: When DVR is powered and starts up, the unit will start to record automatically.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual NORMAL REC RATE: normal record rate, two option: NORMAL: DVR will start to record according to the setup of RECORD SETTING. I FRAME: DVR only record at 1 frame in order to take less space of hard drive. BUT when event is trigged, DVR will record according to setup of RECORD SETTING.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual during the save time, the locked recording file won’t be deleted. Once pass lock time, the recording file LOCK identifier will be from L to U, and then can be deleted. B) OSD OVERLAY During Live view press ENTER on remote control to show DVR working status on live view. ...
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual C) CHANNEL SETTING Setup enables record function and live view for each channel. EN: Enable the record function. NAME: The name of the channel. For example, if you setup the name of CH1 is ABC, and you can see ABC three letters display on the live view (for channel 1) ...
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual D) RECORD SETTING Make configuration for Resolution, frame rate, image quality parameter setting for each channel. RES: Resolution, D1, HD1, CIF optional. For example: D1 resolution is 704x576, HD1 resolution is 704x288, and CIF resolution is 354×288. ...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual SUB-STREM is the video settings for CMS wireless transmission EN: Enable the channel or not. RES: Resolution, CIF, QCIF optional. FR: Frame rate, frames per second, (1-25 can adjust) When you have selected MODE2 and then press SURE, you will enter into the interface as follows: ...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual F) SCHEDULE Date: Press ENTER to change the period of time to control the recording schedule Single Day: Choose the name of a day to create a recording schedule Choose “Every” to apply a schedule to every day of the week Every Day: Weekday: Schedule will only apply Weekdays (weekday is from Monday to...
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual A) LOCAL Local IP is the IP setting for the DVR to make sure that unit can go online.Enter a fixed IP address to use the network capabilities (please consult with local Internet Service Provider for this information). Use NUMERIC keypad to enter the TCP/IP address information: ...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual VMS Server IP: While using the CMS (Center Management System) software, require assigned the IP address to allow DVR can sending the video and data to this destination. VMS server IP must be the same with the server IP of CMS. VMS is used in LAN by WIFI or local network, or via 3G wireless module.
SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual D) MOBILE NETWORK This interface is the network setup for wireless module, and SIM card, please select the corresponding mode for your SIM card, when you connect in LAN, please select NONE. Please check the setup as follow form.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 5.2.4 EVENT A) SENSOR EN: Enable, to active this function NAME: Press ENTER on the Name field to display the soft keyboard. Enter the text name to identify the source of each Sensor connected to the unit. ...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual ALARM: Press ENTER to select between OFF or ON: ON means when sensor triggered, alarm LED will flashing, until re-login the system with account, the flashing will disappear, also, if the security set as OFF, I.E no need enter password to re-login, just pressing ENTER can disappear the flashing.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual ALARM set as YES) until the driver slows down the speed LOW SPEED: If the vehicle exceeds the high speed limit, DVR will trigger the alarm signal (when the following option ALARM set as YES) until the Admin password is entered to acknowledge the alarm. ACCELERATION There are 3 values for G force inertial sensor: X, Y, and Z.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual Inspection for temperature, there are high and low two kinds temperature inspection. If the DVR working temperature is higher than the setting for HIGH TEMP DVR will alarm. If the DVR working temperature is lower than the setting for LOW TEMP DVR will alarm CAMERA Display the alarm information from camera.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 5.2.5 PERIPHERAL CHANNEL: The channel of PTZ connected. PROTOCOL: select the protocol of different PTZ, there are two protocols to switch, and the default is Pelco-D BAUD RATE: select the different baud rate for your PTZ, there are 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600 ...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual CARD READ The card read interface not finished yet. 5.3 INFORMATION 5.3.1 SYSTEM Display the MCU version, firmware version, HDD status and SD card information. NO HDD means No HDD installed or the HDD is defective and can not work. NO FORMAT means HDD installed but not formatted.
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual 5.3.2 HISTORY The data for history information...
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SVC400P/SVC800P - User Manual Press CLEAR to delete all the current data. 5.3.3 MODULES Display the module information (GPS, GPRS/CDMA/ EDGE/3G, and WIFI)
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