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SmartWitness SVC400GPS User Manual

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SVC400GPS
VEHICLE JOURNEY RECORDER
USER GUIDE
l  Thank you for purchasing this Journey Recorder.
l  Please ensure that you read and understand this USER GUIDE
and use it before connecting and installing this Recorder.
l  Please store the USER GUIDE in an easily accessible location.
VER 2.0

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  • Page 1 SVC400GPS VEHICLE JOURNEY RECORDER USER GUIDE l  Thank you for purchasing this Journey Recorder. l  Please ensure that you read and understand this USER GUIDE and use it before connecting and installing this Recorder. l  Please store the USER GUIDE in an easily accessible location.
  • Page 2 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 design ed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residentia l installation.
  • Page 3 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: Table Of Contents

    Contents GPS Reception ………………………………………………... Box Contents ………………………………………………………... Identifying Parts …………………………………………………….. Function …………………………………………………………..….. Operation ………………………………………………………..…… Software User Guide ……………………………………………….. Software Installation ……………………………… Connecting the SD Memory Card ………………. SW Analysis Software Setting …………………... Select File For Playback …………..……………... Playback Screen ………..……………………….… Playback …………………………………………..…...

  • Page 5: Gps Reception

    GPS RECEPTION 1.  Activate the product in an area without large buildings to impr ove 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.

  • Page 6: Box Contents

    CONTENTS Smart Witness SVC400GPS Smart Witness SVC400 Receiver & Recording Unit GPS Antenna Unit SD Memory Card Remote Controller (* dependent on model purchased. SD card includes Analysis Software) Velcro Sticker Wire Splice clips (x5) Sticker for mounting (double-sided 3M tape)

  • Page 7: Identifying Parts

    IDENTIFYING PARTS SVC400GPS JOURNEY RECORDER FRONT Audio/Video Output Camera 3 SD Door External MIC input SD Slot Input Speaker REAR Internal Microphone Remote Control Input Power Input & Alarm GPS Input (Car Signal) Input Camera Input 1, 2 Rear View...
  • Page 8 IDENTIFYING PARTS REMOTE CONTROLLER Record Button Play Button Overwrite LED (Red) Snap Shot 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

    ,which can be easily searched for during playback. Live Screen and Camera 4 (Rear View) SVC400GPS will display the live view on a monitor. The camera channel to be viewed can be changed using the On Screen Display (OSD) menu.
  • Page 11 FUNCTION (MAIN UNIT) Built-in Power Backup If power to the unit is interrupted the SVC400GPS creates the last file using its internal battery. Blue LED (RECORDING) The Blue LED shows the power is on (It will flash during event recording) Red LED (WARNING) The Red LED will turn on when there is video loss or the system has failed.

  • Page 12: Operation

    OPERATION Begin Recording 1.  Make sure that the power cable is properly connected and then turn on the cars power. 2.  The Blue LED & Red LED will turn on and begin to flash slowly and simultaneously. The Blue LED will then remain on by itself, illustrating that the SVC4000GPS is ready for recording.
  • Page 13 §  To turn off the live view, press [PLAY] button or [STOP] button. LIVE VIEW Turn on the SVC400GPS and press the [PLAY] button to turn on the Informati on OSD To change the live display channel press the [RECORD] button to select the c amera and then press the [PLAY] or [STOP] button to escape.
  • Page 14 At   l east   5   m eters   o f   s pace   d irectly   a head   And   p ress   R ECORD   b uYon   o nce   a gain   Note: This G-Sensor Calibration is only needed the first time the SVC400GPS has been installed or has been relocated.
  • Page 15 ‘Beep’ sound and the Blue LED will be flash during the recording. The SVC400GPS 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 Controls

    OPERATION PLAYBACK Press and hold the [ PLAY] button for more than 2 seconds. The last recorded file will be played back on the screen. Note: Recording cannot be done during playback. If the Event Recording function is o n then the [PLAY] button will not work. Playback Control panel Playback Controls: § ...

  • Page 17: Software User Guide

    SOFTWARE USER GUIDE SVC400 – Vehicle Journey Recorder Analysis Software PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENT Recommended PC specifications for SmartWitness 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 ‘pcsw’ folder and then the SETUP.EXE §  4. Select the language and then follow the dialog box §  The “SmartWitness ” icon will be displayed on your desktop. NOTE: To Un-install the SmartWitness Analysis Software §  Open the ‘Control Panel’.

  • Page 19: Connecting The Sd Memory Card

    Connect SD Memory Card §  Connect SD memory card in to the SD card reader §  Run ‘Smart Witness’ §  Select FILE and then click ‘Select Data Folder’ or click the OPEN button [OPEN] button §  Select SD memory card folder at the folder select window.

  • Page 20: Sw Analysis Software Setting

    SMART WITNESS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE To setup the Smart Witness Analysis Software select FILE and then click ‘PC Viewer Setting(S)” Note: This setting is for the Smart Witness Analysis Software (for recorder r efer to page 27) The ‘Date Formats’ and ‘Speed Unit’ will be set automatically according to the P C Windows setting.

  • Page 21: Select File For Playback

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

  • Page 22: Playback Screen

    PLAYBACK SCREEN Event data in [NOR]: Normal Recording the Playlist [G-Sensor]: Event Recording 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

    PLAYBACK 6. Click (PLAY button) for playback. Playback speed 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 Fast Forward...
  • 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

    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. • ...

  • Page 26: Thumbnail Function

    THUMBNAIL FUNCTION §  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. Note: Click the right mouse button to go back to single image playbac k mode...

  • Page 27: Save Jpg File & Avi Files

    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. T he 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 na me (Print Title), any notes (Print Comment), G-Sensor graph & map will be pr inted on the first page. The second page will print the images selected. § ...

  • Page 30: Backup Even/Log Files

    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, befo re clicking the ‘Backup’ icon. The selected files will appear in the lists in t he Backup window.

  • Page 31: Setting The Drive Recorder

    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 to Event or vice vers a.
  • Page 32 Normal Mode Continuous recording will automatically start after booting the SVC400GPS. Event Mode Recording by G-Sensor, Alarm1~3 or [RECORD] button. Motion Sensitivity Select Motion Detection Sensitivity from 1 to 5.
  • Page 33 RECORD SETTINGS Resolution PAL: 720x576, 720x288 NTSC: 720x480, 720x240 1 Camera supports 1~25 fps@ 720x576, 1~25 fps @ 720x288 (Frames Per 1 Camera supports 1~30 fps@ 720x480, 1~30 fps @ 720x240 Second) 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 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 35 SETTING THE DRIVE RECORDER SYSTEM SETTINGS Vehicle ID Type in your Vehicle ID Password Enter 4 numbers from 1000 to 9999 as a password “Search on system” function (i.e. playback on a car) will not work after the password has been set Buzzer Set the ‘Beep’...
  • Page 36 1.  Insert new SD memory card into the PC. 2.  Run “Smart Witness Analysis Software” 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 SVC400GPS from getting any software errors.
  • Page 37 SETTING THE DRIVE RECORDER ABOUT PRODUCT INFORMATION Click the ‘About’ icon to check the product information. ‘About’ icon...

  • Page 38: 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 39: Gps Log To Kml Converter

    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. ...

  • Page 40: Edr Function

    EDR Function The SVC400GPS offers an EDR (Eco-Driving Analyser for Drive Recorder) function. The EDR function uses driving data: Speed, G-Sensor and GPS generated by drive recorder to analyse and quantify driving information for a set amount of time to increase safety and improve eco-driving.
  • Page 41 EDR Function 4. The below screen will pop up showing a list of the data files. 5.  Check the data files you wish to analyse and click [Load] to view. The graphs will be shown as follows:...
  • Page 42 EDR Function A. Data File List and Calendar On the calendar section, all the dates that have data will be highlighted in blue. Click on the date you wish to view and all the data from that day will be listed on the Data File List section.
  • Page 43 EDR Function 2) G-Sensor Graph The axis on the left hand side indicates the acceleration force in gs (1g = 9.81m/s The red graph line displays the forces from acceleration / deceleration(X axis) The green graph line displays forces left and right (Y axis) The blue graph line displays the forces from top to bottom (Z axis) The colour key at the top of the graph explains the colours on the progress bar on the bottom.
  • Page 44 EDR Function E. Tools There are 3 tools offered in this function; (From left to right) Zoom, Map and Print Daily Report. 1)  Zoom When you click the zoom button on the tool bar of the graph, the screen will pop up as shown above.
  • Page 45 EDR Function The user can also print out the detailed Zoomed Graph Report by clicking the [Print] button in the bottom right corner (Below).
  • Page 46 EDR Function 2) Driving Map Click on the Driving Map button on the tool bar to view the driving map (above) This will bring up a map showing the whole route of the selected data. When clicking on a certain point on the Drive data graph, an orange arrow will indicate the location at that certain point on the map.
  • Page 47 EDR Function 3)  Daily Report Print When the Daily Report Button is clicked, a report (below) will print, showing various graphs and analysed information.
  • Page 48 EDR Function F.  Set up To continue the function and display, click the [setup] button on the bottom left corner of the main display screen. 1)  Analysis Criteria Settings Acceleration/Brake Scroll down to select the limit the G-Sensor value for acceleration/deceleration. Any force exceeding this limit will be classified as sudden start or stop and the unit will start recording.
  • Page 49 EDR Function 2)  Grading Criteria Settings This sets the grading criteria for each grading category. For example, If the settings are as above, and you experience a sudden acceleration for 0.7 timer per hour on average, you will get a grade B in that category.
  • Page 50 EDR Function Point/Weight Settings This sets out the numerical score and weights for each grade. For example, if the settings are as above, your B grade for sudden acceleration will be scored as 80 and since the weight is 14%, your eco score will be 11.2 points.
  • Page 51 EDR Function Eco-score is calculated by adding up all the weighted points from 5 categories: Sudden start count, acceleration count, sudden stop count, eco-speeding count and eco-speeding duration ratio. The total score is the average of the safety score and eco-score. 3) ...

  • Page 52: Accessories

    ACCESSORIES CAMERAS Micro Waterproof and Tamper Resistant Camera See diagram below for connection to the SVC400GPS unit: SVC400GPS Rear Power/Video Cable To Camera HIGH RESOLUTION VANDAL RESISTANT COLOUR CAMERA WITH IR NIGHT VISION. INCLUDES BRACKET. See diagram below for connection to the SVC400GPS unit:...
  • Page 53 ACCESSORIES MONITORS 7” LCD MONITOR CAN BE USED WITH THE SVC400GPS TO VIEW IMAGES FROM THE CAMERAS, PLAYBACK RECORDINGS AND ALSO AS A REAR VIEW MONITOR WHEN REVERSING. See diagram below for connection to the SVC400GPS unit: SVC400GPS Front Video Input...

  • Page 54: Specifications

    SPECIFICATION SVC400GPS CH1 (Front), CH2 (Interior), CH3 (Interior), Video CH4 (Rearview) Audio I Channel (Internal / External Microphone) Continuous/Event NTSC: 720x480 (30fps) 720x240 (60fps) Recording Speed PAL: 720x576 (25fps) 720x288 (50fps Snapshot Record Still Image with 5 seconds Audio Backup...

  • Page 55: Technical Support And Warranty

    TECHNICAL SUPPORT & WARRANTY TECHNICAL SUPPORT For Technical Support, please contact your local distributor. LIMITED WARRANTY This product is supplied with 2 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 56 Manufactured exclusively for: www.smartwitness.com Smart Witness is a Division of Xvision...

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