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USER GUIDE

Model: BX1500 / BX1500+
VER 1.0
 Thank you for purchasing this Drive 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.

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    USER GUIDE Model: BX1500 / BX1500+ VER 1.0  Thank you for purchasing this Drive 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 2: 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 3: 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 4 CONTENTS Each BX1500/BX1500+ order includes the following items 1. Smarty BX1500 / BX1500+ unit 2. SD memory card (The PC software is on the provided SD card. The SD card capacity should be at least 4GB.) 3. Power cable (cigarette jack) 4.
  • Page 5 INTRODUCTION [Adhere tape on bracket] Bracket FRONT Camera Lens Smarty DRIVE RECORDER Internal Microphone Left side DC Power In (DC 12~24V) VIDEO Right Side Video output SD Memory Card Slot...

  • Page 6: Record Led

    INTODUCTION BACK Internal GPS Antenna Record LED Smarty BLUE LED SMART BLACK BOX SD CARD RECORD FORMAT Over- write Record Button SD Card Format Overwrite LED Button RED LED [Note] Formatting [initializing] SD memory card can be done using SD Card Format Button.

  • Page 7: Installation

    INSTALLATION Park your vehicle on a flat level surface. Turn off the engine before installing the BX1500 / BX1500+. 1. Insert the SD memory card into the SD card slot. Please make sure to disconnect the power cable when inserting or ejecting the SD memory card.
  • Page 8 4. The BX1500/BX1500+ requires a continuous 12~24volt power source from the vehicle. Plug in the power. The provided power cord cable route should be from the left side of the BX1500/BX1500+ towards your power source. Caution When the impact is light like very light, such as a minor bump In the road, the G-sensor may not recognize the impact and as a result it may not begin recording automatically.
  • Page 9 Note : 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, BX1500/BX1500+ creates the last file using the internal Super Capacitor. BLUE LED (RECORD) The blue LED shows the power is on.

  • Page 10: Operation

    2. Blue LED & Red LED will be slowly blinking simultaneously and then the Blue LED will remain on and flash every 5seconds. 3. Blue LED light flashing every 5 seconds means BX1500/BX1500+ is now recording continuously. 4. The continuous recording(normal recording) will automatically begin just after power on.

  • Page 11: Live Display

    To See Live Video Preview on LCD Monitor 1. Set your Video Out as NTSC or PAL. Refer to page 28. 2. Connect your video out cable from the BX1500/BX1500+ to a monitor with component video input (yellow stereo cable).
  • Page 12 SOFTWARE USER GUIDE BX1500/BX1500+ 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 13: Installing Procedures

    3. Double click [SETUP.EXE] at [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 BX1500” Open the “Control Panel” Select [Remove Program] and remove [PC Viewer BX1500]...
  • Page 14 Connect SD memory card 1. Connect SD memory card into your PC‟s SD card slot or a USB SD card reader. 2. Run “PC Viewer BX1500” 3. Select [File] and then click “Select Data Folder” or Click [OPEN] button [OPEN] button...

  • Page 15: Pc Viewer Setting

    PC Viewer Setting This setting is for the PC Viewer itself. To set the Video Recorder (i.e. resolution, frame rate, etc. refer to page26). [PC Viewer Setting] button The „date‟ formats and „speed‟ unit will be set automatically according to the PC Windows setting.

  • Page 16: Select File For Playback

    Select file for playback When Record Method set as “Event record” “Switch” means Check recording was the event activated by button “G-Senor” means recording was activated by impact Blank means previous event file is more than 1 min. Check all files Load Button Button When Record Method set as “Normal record”...

  • Page 17: File Loading

    FILE LOADING 6. Once click [Load] button, the [FileList] tab will be changed to the [PlayList] tab as below When Record Method set as “Event record” Select file(s) to playback Return to the [FileList] When Record Method set as “Normal record” Select file(s) to playback Return to the [FileList]...
  • Page 18 ICONS ON PLAYLIST This file includes GPS data. This file resolution is SXVGA (1280x960). This file resolution is VGA (640x480). This file recorded by G-Sensor. This file recorded by Record button. This file recorded by Normal (Continuous) record.

  • Page 19: Playback Screen

    Display frame/Total frames number Event area marking by G-sensor or button (5 seconds per each event) Google Map location data only available with BX1500+ model Playback Icons Playback position indicator This file recorded by Normal (Continuous) record. This file recorded by G-Sensor.
  • Page 20 PLAYBACK 7. Click play button for playback. Click & Drag the white bar to move the playback position. Volume & Brightness Compass Before 20seconds After 20seconds (Moving Direction) Event Playback buttons X0.5, 1 X0.5, 1 Reverse Play X2, 4, 8, 16 X2, 4, 8, 16 Fast Forward Fast Reverse...
  • Page 21 PLAYBACK NOTE: PC Keyboard hot buttons Function PC Hot Keys 1280x768 mode Enter Return to the previous mode: Enter Playback speed control Ctrl + F 0.5 => 1 Reverse playback speed control Ctrl + B 0.5 => 1 Pause / Play Space →...
  • Page 22 (Supported by “BX1500+” model only) Google maps The route taken will be displayed on the Google maps at lower right corner of the software UI. To see the route & position on the Google map, the GPS data should be recorded with video.
  • Page 23 Video Zoom HD Quality video image allows you to zoom in (up to x9) on a specific area. Zoom in: Click mouse left button on the screen Zoom out (return to actual pixels): Click mouse right button Pic1. without zoom Zoom in indicator Pic2.

  • Page 24: Thumb-Nail Function

    Thumb-nail Function 7. Click the button for 4x4 multi view (Thumb-nail function) Click the thumbnail image to change the playback position. Click right the mouse button to single image playback mode. 8. Click [Close] button to quit the playback. Click [Close] to finish the playback.
  • Page 25 Save as JPG & convert video to AVI file 9. Pause the playback and click „Save Image‟ icon to make a JPG file. „Save Image‟ icon 10. Click the „Save AVI‟ icon to make an AVI file. „Save AVI‟ icon...
  • Page 26 Printing an event report 11. Pause the playback and click the printer icon. Printer icon Type in the Title [Print Title] & any comments [Comment] using the Keyboard. The „Print Comment‟ window allows up to 7 lines total.

  • Page 27: Make Report

    12. Click [Print] button in the print preview windows for printing. The File Name [Print Title], Comment [Print Comment], G-sensor graph & map (for BX1500+ Model only) will be printed on the first page. Click [ 2x2 ] and then click [Print] to print 4 images per page.
  • Page 28 Backup Event/Log files 13. Click [Backup Event/Log files] icon to backup the files to the PC. [Backup Event/Log files] icon Select [Event data] or [Normal data] and select [Log data] first, before clicking the [Backup Event/Log files] icon. Then the selected Event, Normal, and Log data files are backed up on Windows to your preferred destination.
  • Page 29 Drive Recorder Settings 14. Click [Recorder Setting] icon for setup. [Recorder Setting] icon Caution Backup the SD data first, before clicking initializing the SD card. The old data is removed when you save new settings. Record Mode Event Mode (Automatically starts Recording by G- sensor event or Record Button) Normal Mode (Is always recording when powered by 12/24V)
  • Page 30 Drive Recorder Settings “Beep” sound ON/OFF when Event recordings are started Beep on record G-sensor setting Check simple setting mode and then change the sensitivity. High sensitivity (8 or 9) means recording will be started at very low impact. Date/Time Automatically synchronize with GPS time.
  • Page 31 PC time zone setting when playing back using the PC Viewer. If you use a NEW SD Memory card, initializing must be done first. STEP1. Insert new SD memory card into the PC. STEP2. Run “PC Viewer BX1500” STEP3. Select [ ] record setting or [ ] setting viewer program...
  • Page 32 Simple Mode Viewer With this option, the video is maximized and a panel of video previews appears in the right panel. Preview images To change it to Normal Mode Viewer: Click [Setting viewer program] icon Un-check Simple Mode and press [OK]...

  • Page 33: Product Information

    Product Information 15. Click [About] icon to check the product information. About icon...

  • Page 34: Log File Playback

    LOG FILE PLAYBACK 16. Select [LOG] 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 or video.
  • Page 35 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. (BX1500+ only) STEP1. Install the Google Earth on your PC. It is free of charge. (http://earth.google.com/ STEP2.
  • Page 36 Google Earth Cont’d 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 37: Specifications

    1/4" CMOS Digital Sensor 1.3M pixels BX1500/BX1500+ : 120 ° (horizontal: 88 ° , vertical: 65 ° ) Angle of View BX1500+ 170 : 170 ° (horizontal : 131 ° vertical : 96 ° ) Video resolution 1280x960(SXVGA), 640x480(VGA) Frames per...

  • Page 39: 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 from date of sale. The Warranty excludes products: That have been misused, (including accidental damage) and damage caused by normal wear and tear.
  • Page 40 Optional Accessory (Permanent Power Cable) Model name: DPWR-100 The permanent power supply cable will allow you to hard wire the BX1500 series to the fuse box of your vehicle. ① Recorder ② Fuse box (+) Fuse: 250V 1A ③ Ground Connect (+) to the reserve fuse.
  • Page 41 Optional Accessory (Permanent Power Cable) Model: LNB-100 The Locking cover can protect the SD card from unwanted removal or tampering. LNB-100 includes: A locking cover, an end block with two-position lock, and barrel key. End block must be adhered with super glue. Before After...
  • Page 42 Copy “BX1500_X.X.X.bin” file in to the SD card [program] folder. 2. Upgrade BX1500/BX1500+ Insert the prepared SD card to BX1500 Series and turn on the power. The Blue & Red LED will be quickly blink while the unit is upgrading.

  • Page 43: Appendix (Upgrade)

    APPENDIX (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 C 2011 D-TEG Security Co., Ltd.

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