Vantrue OnDash X4 (X4) - Dash Cam Manual

What's in the box

1. Car Charger with Built-in Mini USB Cable (10ft)
2. VANTRUE^® X4 Dash Cam
3. Suction Cup Mount
4. USB Data Cable (3ft)
5. X4 Dash Cam User Manual
6. Quick Start Guide
7. Warranty Card

Camera Overview

LED Indicator

Screen overview

Getting Started

Installing memory card

(Recommend Samsung Pro Endurance Card)
NOTE: To insert the card, power off the camera first, then push the card into the slot until it clicks again, otherwise the dash cam will say goodbye and shut off. To remove the card, power off the camera first too. Please use a genuine microSD memory card of from 8GB to 256GB with a speed rating of U3 higher. We recommend Samsung Pro Endurance cards. Samsung Micro SD cards would only be made in either Korea or the Philippians. Please be sure to buy a genuine Samsung card.
NOTE: When using a 64GB, 128GB or 256GB MicroSD card, please format it to FAT32 on the camera first.
Please insert the card into the camera. If it says 'NO SD Card Inserted!' or 'error card please format' here, please press the 0K button and then press the M button to access in to the menu, go 'system setup' and choose 'Format SD Card'. Then select the "Yes" and choose the 0K section and wait for few seconds. Then the card will be formatted successfully. (If you format it on computer, please search online on "How to format 64GB microSD card to FAT32".)

REMINDER:

1. The MicroSD card should be formatted every 2 weeks to maximize the lifetime of the memory card.
2. Please do not take the card out when the camera is recording in case that the important video files missing.

Installing the camera onto your windshield

1. Attach the Suction Mount to the camera's Mount Connector, pushing it in until it clicks
   
2. Thoroughly clean the windshield using water or alcohol, and wipe clean with a dry cloth.
3. Wipe the Suction Mounting Pad clean on the Suction Mount.
4. Securely attach the Suction Mount to the windshield, and rotate the locking clamp on the mount 90° upward until it clicks.
   
5. Carefully route the power cable around the windscreen and tuck it under the trim.
   
6. With the Mini USB Cable, connect the supplied Car Charger to the Camera Mount Base.
   
7. Insert the Car Charger into your vehicle's cigarette lighter port.
   
8. Start the car.
9. The camera will auto power on and start recording.

Basic Operation

Power ON/OFF

Once the car starts on, the camera will automatically turn on and start recording.
When you do not want to use the dash cam, please long press the power button to turn it off, and long press the power button to turn it on again when you want use that.
There are two ways to turn OFF the camera:

1. manually
   Long press the power button to power it OFF.
   
2. automatically
   The camera will power off if the charger cable is disconnected or if the vehicle is turned off.

NOTE:

1. If the dash cam has not been used for more than 20 seconds, it may couldn't save the current video successfully.
2. The "USB:Mass storage" on the screen means you can transfer the data from the camera to the device you connect it to. If you change to charge it via its USB port on the mount instead of on the camera, the message would disappear. And if you use it in your car via car charger, the message would disappear as well.

Menu Settings

After powering ON the camera, press the MENU button to enter the setup process.
(If the camera is recording video, press the 0K button to stop recording before pressing the MENU button.)

1. Record Setup
   Press the OK button to enter the settings, and use the UP/DOWN buttons to navigate the different options.
   • Resolution: Default setting is 3840X2160P/30FPS (fps: Frames per Second). Press up/down button to select between: 3840X2160P/30FPS; 2560X1440P/60FPS; 2560X1440P/30FP; 1920X1080P/60FPS; 1920X1080P/30FPS.
   • Loop Recording: This is set to 3 minutes per video clip. Press OK to change the duration: 1, 2, 3, and OFF.
   • G-Sensor Set: Set to Medium by default. Pressing OK gives the following sensitivity options: High, Medium, Low, Off.
   • Audio Recording: Default is ON. Press OK and DOWN button to toggle it OFF/ON.
   • Parking Mode: Default is OFF. Press OK and DOWN button to toggle it OFF/ON.
   • WDR: Default is on and cannot be turn off.
   • Exposure: Default is 0. Pressing OK gives the following options: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
   • PIate Number: Press UP/DOWN and 0K to set your car license number.
   • Stamp: Default is ON. Press OK to toggle it OFF/ON. Stamp shows the date/time, logo, car number, Speed and GPS Location information.
   • Rotate Display: Default is OFF. Press OK and DOWN button to toggle it OFF/ON.
   • Time Lapse: Default is OFF. Press DOWN followed by 0K to set time interval: 1 Sec, 5 Sec, 10 Sec, Off.
2. System Setup
   • Language: Default is English. Press OK and UP/DOWN button to select between English, Simplified Chinese, German, Japanese, Spanish, French, Russian and Italian.
   • Format memory Card: Press OK, navigate DOWN and select OK to format the microSD card.
   • Time & Date: Press UP/DOWN and OK button to set date and time. Press the MENU button to exit. the current
   • Auto LCD Off: If the setup is 3 min, the dash cam screen would auto turn off after 3 min it start recording. If the setup is off, the screen will stay on. Press the OK button to select the duration in minutes: 30 sec, 1, 3, or OFF to disable it.
   • Device Sound: Default is ON. Press the OK button to toggle it ON/OFF.
   • Non-use Auto Power OFF: A default setting of 3 MIN means the camera is ON but not in use, it will auto turn OFF after 3 minutes of inactivity. Press OK to choose between 1, 2 minutes or 3 minutes, or OFF to disable this feature.
   • Flicker Frequency: Default is Auto. Press Down button to select among 50Hz, 60Hz and auto.
   • System Info: Press OK to check the current firmware
   • Default Setting: Press OK and select OK to reset the device back to stock factory settings. version.
   • GPS: Default is ON. Press the OK button to toggle it ON/OFF.
   • Speed Unit: Press UP button to select KM/H or MPH.
     Press the MENU button to exit and complete the setup.

3. Files
   Review and delete images/videos stored in the file folders.
   
   • Normal: Standard videos recorded.
   • Event: Critical event videos detected by G-Sensor activity or manually locked by user.
   • Photo: Standard images.

Set Date/Time

Open the MENU interface, navigate to"System Setup" "Time & Date", and press the 0K button to set the date/time. Navigate UP or DOWN to select date and time values. Press 0K to confirm and proceed. To finish setup, just press the MENU button to exit.
NOTE: Date default format is DD/MM/YY with the time in 24 hour format.

Loop Recording

After inserting a memory card, the camera will (by default) immediately start loop recording video when connected to a power source and powered ON. If the device is not connected to a power source, it will not immediately start on and record.
While recording, the Record indicator will blink and a red dot will flash on the top left of the screen. You can stop/start the recording at any time by pressing the OK button.

By default, the Loop Recording Time is 3 minutes. Please go to "Record Setup" "Loop Recording" to change it to 1 min, 2 mins, or 3 mins for your need.
The loop recording video file name formats "Date-Time-Serial-HI".
For example: "190214_175425_001_HI". Standard files are stored in the "Video/Normal" folder. When the MicroSD card is full, the camera will
write over older files.
When Loop Recording is turned off, the camera will record video in 3 minute clips, but will not overwrite old videos when the storage card is full.

Event Recording

Critical event detection is triggered by the G-Sensor (Gravity Sensor) and will auto-detect vehicle impacts and collisions. This will cause the camera to protect the current video clip from being overwritten by locking it and saving the footage in the "Video/Event" folder.
The vehicle driver can also manually lock the current video recording session by pressing the Emergency(Down) Button. A key icon will appear at the center of the screen.
The G-Sensor sensitivity is adjustable with 3 settings: Low, Medium, and High - it is set to Medium by default. The G-Sensor can also be deactivated in "Record Setup" "G-Sensor Set".

Event videos are stored in the "Video/Event" folder, and cannot be automatically overwritten.
NOTE: The camera will auto overwrite old Event videos once the Event folder has accumulated 30% of the card capacity. Please regularly transfer important videos to your PC or another storage location (e.g. external hard drive). To maintain good read/write performance, the microSD card should be formatted every 1-2 two weeks.

Voice Recording

By default, the voice recording is ON. It can be turned OFF using either of the following methods:

• Go to "Record Setup" "Audio Recording", press OK button and select OFF;
• While recording video, press the UP button to toggle voice recording OFF/ON.

When the voice recording has been turned OFF, the MIC icon at the bottom of the screen will turn white with a red line across it.

Parking Mode

Parking Mode operates as a sentry function under different situations. To activate Parking Mode, go to "Record Setup" "Parking Mode" press 0K and select ON.
When the Parking Mode has been turned on, and no movement is detected in front of the camera after 5 minutes of recording, then Parking Mode is activated. This is represented by an icon (P) at the center the screen. Full frame recording will be triggered by the motion detection sensor.

In Parking Mode, once the camera detects movement at the front, it will start auto-recording; it will stop recording after 10 seconds of inactivity.
To manually activate Parking Mode, press and hold the M button until the P icon appears on the screen.

The camera will exit Parking Mode if it detects it has been moved.
NOTE: To ensure the camera is able to function in Parking Mode, please keep it powered with a mobile power bank or hard wire it directly to the car battery. We do not recommend running the camera continuously for more than 10 hours.

TIME LAPSE

If TIME LAPSE is selected, the camera will take static photos at the set time interval - either 1, 5,10 seconds - to create a video montage. For example, if you set Time Lapse Isec, the camera will take one photo every second, and then stitch the photos together into a 1 fps video. With a maximum recording frame rate of 30fps, recording 8 hours of video with Time Lapse 1 Sec will generate a time lapse video lasting just 16 minutes (=8 x 60 x 60/30/60). This Eco Mode is recommended for storage cards with smaller capacities.
[Normal Recording Time= Time Lapse Recording Time (Sec) x Recording Frame Rate FPSx Time Lapse Option]

Taking a Picture

• When the camera is recording video, Please press the OK button to stop recording then pressing the Down button and OK button will capture a photo.
  

Connecting External GPS Receiver

(Optional Accessory)
To use the camera's GPS function, please purchase an external GPS receiver mount. This can be purchased from Amazon.

1. Install the External GPS Mount onto the camera instead of the original mount.
2. Plug the Mini USB Connector into the GPS Mount to power it.
3. Once charged, the camera will power on. Recording will commence if a microSD card has been inserted, just press the Confirm Button to stop recording.
4. Press the MENU button to enter setup, go to "System Setup" "GPS" to activate the camera's GPS function.
5. The GPS receiver will start to search for a GPS signal, the GPS icon will keep flashing on the screen. Once the GPS signal has been received and locked, the icon will stop flashing.
   
   
6. You can include GPS tracking and vehicle speed on the video footage, go to "Record Setup" "Stamp" "GPS Location Stamp" and "Speed Stamp" to set.
7. You can review recorded video using the VANTRUE^® GPS Viewer
   (available for download on www.vantrue.net).

Viewing Video/Photos on the Camera

Press MENU and go to "Files", press OK and UP/DOWN button to navigate to "Normal" or "Event" or "Photos"file folders to view and playback videos or photos on the camera display. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to select the file and press Confirm to playback/pause. During playing back, press UP to slow forward and press DOWN to fast forward.

Press the power button to delete a single video/photo or all the files.

Viewing files on a computer

1. Connect the camera to your computer using the supplied USB cable.
2. "USB:Mass storage" will be displayed on the camera screen.
3. Depending on your computer OS, the device will appear either as a removable drive or a removable volume.

NOTE:

1. When connected to your computer under "USB:Mass storage" status, standard camera setup and operations will be disabled.
2. If the videos are recorded in 4K, the file sizes are very large and older computers will struggle to play them.

View on a TV

The camera has a mini HDMI port for connecting an external display such as a monitor or TV. Please note that the product doesn't come supplied a mini HDMI to HDMI cable.

1. Use a USB charger to charge the camera.
2. Insert the mini HDMI connector into the camera's HDMI port.
3. Insert the HDMI connector end into your TV or monitor's HDMI port.
4. Adjust your display settings to detect the HDMI input source.
5. Once connected to your TV, the camera's screen will turn black and be Output to your TV screen.

NOTE:

1. To use the HDMI Output Mode, the camera requires a constant power connection via USB.
2. When connected to an external display, the camera's video recording function is disabled.

Delete Videos on the Dash Cam

Delete Normal Files
Go to Normal file, choose a video on the dash cam, press the Power button, then press the OK button to select "Delete This File" section, press Down button to select Delete.

Delete Event Files
Go to Event file, choose a video on the dash cam, press the Power button, then press the OK button to select "Delete This File" section, press Down button to select Delete.

Auto LCD Off

This feature avoids any chance of the screen being a distraction in the vehicle, especially at night when the illumination from the LED screen can be a nuisance or even a hazard to the driver. If you set the Auto LCD Off to 3 minutes, the camera's LCD will light off after 3 minutes but recording will continue with blue light blinks on the lndicator light. You can press any button to light on the screen.

Please go to System Setup to adjust this time to 30 sec, 1, 3, or OFF to disable it so the LCD can always stay on.

Upgrading the Firmware

The system will automatically update if the microSD card contains the firmware upgrade file. The camera will restart once the upgrade has been completed.

Always stay up-to-date
The latest firmware version is always available at the official VANTRUE website (www.vantrue.net). We strongly recommend registering your product (www.vantrue.net/register) to receive a notification email when a new firmware update is available.

Working Temperature

The camera is designed to operate in temperatures from -4 - 140°F (-20°C - 60°C), temperatures outside this range risk degrading the camera's performance work and causing damage.

To avoid damage

• In hot weather, do not expose the camera directly to the sun when the car is parked.
• In extreme winter conditions, i.e. -4°F (-20°C) or lower, detach the camera from the windshield when not in use, and store in the glove box.

Specifications

The specifications of this product may change without prior notice due to product improvements.

Support
If you have any questions regarding your product, please do not hesitate to contact us via Amazon or drop us an email at support@vantrue.net. Queries are typically answered within 12-24 hours.

Your opinion matters
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