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Smarty BX4000 User Manual

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 Thank you for purchasing this Drive Recorder.
 Before using the Drive Recorder, please ensure that you
read and understand this USER GUIDE.
 Please store the USER GUIDE in an easily accessible location.
 Before connecting and installing this Drive Recorder, please
refer to the appropriate instruction manual for proper operation.
USER GUIDE
Model: BX4000
VER 2.0.1

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  • Page 1 USER GUIDE Model: BX4000 VER 2.0.1  Thank you for purchasing this Drive Recorder.  Before using the Drive Recorder, please ensure that you read and understand this USER GUIDE.  Please store the USER GUIDE in an easily accessible location.

  • Page 3: Information To The User

    INFORMATION TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 4: 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 5: Gps Reception

    GPS Reception Activate the product in an area without large buildings to improve GPS reception. The commercial purpose GPS has the average rage 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 GP S receiver in your car is -10 ~ 50°C.
  • Page 6 CONTENTS You should have a set of the following items with each BX4000 order. 1. Smarty BX4000 unit 2. 4GB SD memory card (The PC Viewer software is on the provided SD card.) 3. GPS Antenna module 4. Remote Controller 5.
  • Page 7 INTRODUCTION FRONT Audio/Video Output Camera 3 SD Door External MIC input SD Slot Input REAR BUZZER Internal Microphone Remote Control Input Power Input & GPS Input Alarm (Car Signal) Input Rear View Camera 1, 2 Input (Turn left, Turn right, Camera 4 Input Brake, Speed pulse)
  • Page 8 INTODUCTION REMOTE CONTROLLER Record LED BLUE LED SHUTTER BUTTON Overwrite LED RED LED PLAY BUTTON PANIC BUTTON Audio Video Output Cable Audio out 1 Video out 1 Video out 2 [Note] The same screen will be shown through the Video out 1 & 2.
  • Page 9 INTODUCTION Power & Car Signal Input Black (Ground) Red(+) Yellow (Alarm3) BLUE (Alarm1) FUSE 250V 3A White (Speed pulse) Green (Alarm2)
  • Page 10 FUNCTION (MAIN UNIT) Automatic start Make sure that peripherals, including cameras, are properly connected. Turn on the vehicle power, BX4000 will automatically start. (Use the power cable provided.) Notice : The unit will not start recording immediately after the power is turned on.
  • Page 11 Notice : PC Viewer software is pre-loaded on the SD card. Please ensure you have installed the software to your PC before you format the card. Built-in power backup (Super Capacitor) When power to the unit is interrupted, BX4000 creates the last file using the internal Super Capacitor. BLUE LED (RECORD) The blue LED shows the power is on.

  • Page 12: Operation

    2. Blue LED & Red LED will turn on and slowly blink simultaneously. After boot is complete, the Blue LED will remain on. Blue LED light means BX4000 is now ready for the event recording or has started the Normal recording (Continuous recording).

  • Page 13: Information Osd

    To turn off the live view, press [PLAY] button or [SHUTTER] button. LIVE VIEW Turn on the BX4000 and press [PLAY] button to turn on the INFORMATION OSD (the summery of setting) . To change the live display channel, press [PANIC] button to select the camera.
  • Page 14 Press any button or wait 30 seconds to reboot G-Sensor Calibration is failed Park vehicle on a flat surface with At least 5 meters of space directly ahead And press panic button once again This G-Sensor calibration is only needed at the first time the BX4000 is used.
  • Page 15 It will mark the panic area by [PANIC] button in the continuous recording file which can be easily searched for during playback. SNAPSHOT RECORD BY SHUTTER BUTTON Press [SHUTTER] button. Then BX4000 will take a snapshot of 1 image with 5seconds audio with one short “Beep” sound.
  • Page 16 OPERATION PLAYBACK Press and hold [PLAY] button for more than 2seconds. The latest recorded file will playback on the screen. [WARNING] Recording cannot be done during playback. Explanation of PLAYBACK control button Channel change: Press [PANIC] button. Move to the previous file: Press and hold [SHUTTER] & [PLAY] button. Move to the next file: Press and hold [PANIC] &...
  • Page 17 SOFTWARE USER GUIDE BX4000 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: Installing Procedures

    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 BX4000” Open the “Control Panel” Select [remove program] and remove [PC Viewer BX4000]...
  • Page 19 Connect SD memory card 1. Connect SD memory card in to the SD card reader. 2. Run “PC Viewer BX4000” 3. Select [File] and then click “Select Data Folder” or Click [OPEN] button [OPEN] button 4. Select SD memory card folder at the folder select window.

  • Page 20: Pc Viewer Setting

    PC VIEWER SETTING 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: File Loading

    FILE LOADING Check the file from the list using mouse or click [All] button. And then click [Load] button. Check the file [All] Button [Load] Button All recordings and snapshot files will appear the file area under the tab: The Event file list recorded by G-sensor Motion detection, or Alarm1~3. The Panic file list recorded by pressing the [PANIC] button.

  • Page 22: Playback Screen

    PLAYBACK SCREEN [NOR]: Normal Recording [G-Sensor]: Event Recording Display frame/Total frames number Playback position indicator Event data search button is enabled when playing back Normal The Yellow mark indicates there is an recorded files. Event triggered by the G-sensor, Alarm1~3 or the [PANIC] button.
  • Page 23 PLAYBACK 6. Click [PLAY] button for playback. Playback speed CH1 CH2 CH3 Date & Time Volume 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 NOTE: PC Keyboard hot buttons Function PC keyboard hot buttons 1024x768 mode Enter Return to the previous mode: Enter Full screen mode Alt + Enter Return to the previous mode: Enter Playback speed control Ctrl + F 0.5 => 1 Reverse playback speed control Ctrl + B 0.5 =>...
  • Page 25 Google map (Event Recording File) The route taken will be displayed on the Google map at lower right corner of the software. To see the route & position on the Google map, the GPS data should be recorded with video. To see the map, the PC should be connected to...

  • Page 26: Thumb-Nail Function

    Thumb-nail Function 7. Click button for 4x4 multi view (Thumb-nail function) Click the thumb-nail image to change the playback position. Click right button of mouse to go back to single/Quad image playback mode. 8. Click [Close] button to quit the event playback. Click [Close] to finish the event playback.
  • Page 27 Save JPG file & AVI file 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: Print Images

    Print images 11. Pause the playback and click ‘Print Image’ icon. Print image icon Input [Print Title] & [Print Comment] using Keyboard. Total Print Comment window allows up to 7 lines total.
  • Page 29 Create & Print Reports 12. Click [Print] button in the print preview windows for printing. [Print Title] & [Print Comment] & G-sensor graph & map will be printed on the first page. Click [ 2x2 ] and then click [Print] to print 4 images in one page. To print CH1~3 together select 1frame only.

  • Page 30: Data Backup

    Data Backup 13. Click [Backup] icon to backup the files to the PC. [Backup] icon Check & Load [Event], [Normal], [Panic] [Log] & [Memo] data first, before clicking the [Backup] icon. The selected files will appear in the lists in the Backup windows.

  • Page 31: Drive Recorder Settings

    Drive Recorder Settings 14. Click [Setting Drive Recorder] icon for setup. [Setting Drive Recorder] icon Caution Backup SD card data first, before clicking initialize SD card button OR before changing the Record Mode from Normal Mode to Event Mode or vice versa.
  • Page 32 To record Audio, check “Record Audio” box. To use Motion Detection as an Event, check “Motion” box per camera. Record Mode Normal Mode: Continuous recording will automatically start after booting the BX4000. Event Mode: Recording by Motion Detection, G- sensor, Alarm1~3 or [PANIC] button. Motion Sensitivity Select Motion Detection Sensitivity from 1 to 5.
  • Page 33 Drive Recorder Settings Resolution PAL: 720x576, 720x288 NTSC: 720x480, 720x240 Frame Rate 1 Camera supports 1~25 fps@ 720x576, 1~25 fps @ 720x288 1 Camera supports 1~30 fps@ 720x480, 1~30 fps @ 720x240 2 Cameras supports 1~12 fps @ 720x576, 1~25 fps @ 720x288 2 Cameras supports 1~15 fps @ 720x480, 1~30 fps @ 720x240 3 Cameras supports 1 ~ 8 fps @ 720x576, 1~12 fps @ 720x288...
  • Page 34 Drive Recorder 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 open or Meter is on) set the Alarm configuration as below, G-Sensor setting If G-sensor sensitivity value is too high like 5, it becomes too sensitive, so it will detect even a light impact or light turn.
  • Page 35 Drive Recorder Settings Vehicle ID Type in your Vehicle ID Password Enter 4 numbers from 1000 to 9999 as a password [Search on system] function (Playback on a car) will not work after set the password. Buzzer “Beep” sound ON/OFF when Event recording starts Video Type This should be set by Camera Video type.
  • Page 36 If you don’t know the speed pulse type of your car, select “Reset” and drive for more than 30 minutes. The BX4000 will compare the speed pulse and GPS speed and automatically set your car pulse type.
  • Page 37 STEP3. Select [Tool] and then click [SD Initialize] We recommend the [SD initialize] at least once per month to prevent the BX4000 from any software errors. This is due to the nature of Flash memory storage, especially when a lot of data is being read & written on...
  • Page 38 Drive Recorder Settings 15. Click [About] icon to check the product information. About icon...

  • Page 39: Log File Playback

    LOG FILE PLAYBACK 16. Select [LOG] tab windows and then check the log from the log list using mouse or click [Check All] button. Then click [Load] button. Log data Log data will be recorded during driving even if there are no events.
  • Page 40 GPS LOG TO KML CONVERTER (for Google Earth) Google Earth icon To see the whole route on Google Earth, select a log file and click Google Earth button. STEP1. Install the Google Earth on your PC. It is free of charge. (http://earth.google.com/ STEP2.
  • Page 41 GPS LOG TO KML CONVERTER (for Google Earth) Google Earth lets you import the log data and save routes, add place marks (i.e. customer pick up locations, or other points of interest), add driving routes (to compare with the actual route taken, and it lets you save it all within Google Earth for easy and free data management! You can view and download Google Earth tutorials and user guides here: http://earth.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide_toc.cs...
  • Page 42 Copy “BX4000_X.X.X.bin” file in to the SD card [program] folder. 2. Upgrade BX4000 Insert the prepared SD card to BX4000 Series and turn on the power. The Blue & Red LED will be quickly blink while the unit is upgrading.
  • Page 43 APPENDIX (Software Upgrade) 3. Uninstall the old version PC Viewer from the PC PC Windows [Start] => [Control panel] And uninstall [PCViewer] 4. Install the new PC Viewer Run setup.exe and install the new PC Viewer X.X.X.X Note: After installation the new PC Viewer, initialize the SD card. The new software will automatically be copied to [pcsw] folder at SD card.
  • Page 44 Recording / Storage Time Table (NTSC) Note: This is a guideline only. Actual results may very depending on a variety of factors (Video signal, image, etc.)
  • Page 45 Recording / Storage Time Table (PAL) Note: This is a guideline only. Actual results may very depending on a variety of factors (Video signal, image, etc.)
  • Page 46 Buzzer / LED specification * Buzzer specification Condition Buzzer No. Buzzer On Buzzer Off Event 1 sec SHUTTER(Snap shot) 200 msec Press button and then 200 msec changed mode continuously 500 msec 500 msec SD card fail Stop by pressing [PANIC] button SD card full at [One time] continuously...

  • Page 47: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Model: BX4000 CH1- 5V camera in, CH2- 5V camera in, Video In CH3- 5V camera in, CH4- camera in Audio In 1CH (Internal / External Microphone) AV Out 1 Video out, 1 Audio out Continuous record NTSC: 720x480 (30fps) 720x240 (60fps)

  • Page 48: 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 49: Optional Item

    Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C Dimension : Φ9.7 x 5.0mm Plug: Φ3.5mm, mono straight shape, Wire : L=2600±10mm SLB-100 Steel housing / mount for BX4000 with numbered key lock and shock absorbing interior. Dimension : 4.0” x 5.875” x 1.5”...
  • Page 50 Optional Item (Safe Power Cable) Model name: DPWR-300 The safe power supply cable will allow you to hard wire the Drive Recorder series to the fuse box of your vehicle. Fuse: 250V 1A The safe power supply cable will automatically cut off the battery power when battery voltage dropped below 12V or 24V.
  • Page 52 0678 D-Teg America, LLC 600 Morse Ave., Unit A 877-601-9918 info@d-teg.com www.d-teg.us MADE IN KOREA...

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