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Brigade MDR-304 Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 FIRMWARE: 1.40B...

  • Page 2: Safety Precautions

    SAFETY PRECAUTIONS All the following safety and operation instructions which will prevent harm or damage to the operator or other persons should be read before the unit is operated. INFORMATION This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 3.3.3 Slow Forward/Reverse....... 21 1.2 Product Introduction........3 3.3.4 Play back picture-by-picture....22 1.3 Product Features ........4 3.4 The Search Operations ......22 1.5 THE FRONT / REAR VIEWS ....5 3.4.1 The FULL LIST Search ...... 22 1.5.1 The Front View........5 3.4.2 The ALARM LIST Search....

  • Page 4: Product Introduction

    This MDR-304 is an advanced vehicle video recorder. It can simultaneously display real-time images from four cameras along with information data via the mobile video recorder screened directly onto your monitor. The mobile MDR-304 has four video channels which you can access either in the quad mode or in single channel.

  • Page 5: Product Features

    1.3 Product Features Quad-based operation: real-time operation and playback (30 FPS/ per channel). M-JPEG compression with resolution up to 720X480 (NTSC) / 720X576 (PAL). 4x 6-pin Din connectors for AV inputs. 4 camera audio inputs, 2 auxiliary audio inputs, 1 audio output. The HDD's video records can be plugged in and played back on a TV directly.

  • Page 6: The Front / Rear Views

    1.5 THE FRONT / REAR VIEWS 1.5.1 The Front View SETUP button: PAUSE button: Press this to enter the setup menu. Press In a playback display, press this to again to exit the setup mode. freeze the display. During the freeze, Left/ Right/ Up/ Down (CH1/ CH2/ press to display one frame of a picture CH4/ CH3) buttons:...
  • Page 7 USB port: This is used for system picture playing. Use this port to connect with your PC or notebook. You can easily and quickly capture data from a hard disk in the vehicle MDR-304.

  • Page 8: The Rear View

    1.5.2 The Rear View GPS & Remote Controller Connector: The left side connector links up with the GPS receiver to capture local position information data. Please refer to section 1.5.4 GPS CONNECTOR. The right side connector links up with the remote controller Audio Out / Video Out: Your LCD monitor or other monitor can signal here.

  • Page 9: The Inner Caddy Rear View

    1.5.3 The Inner Caddy Rear View Plug Inlet: The inlet connects to an external power supply. Connect to the 5V DC UL Listed Class 2 Power Supply. Hard Metric Connector (Male): This connector links up with the outer casing. Audio Connector: Connect here to hear the audio's sound when you play the inner caddy case outside the outer case.

  • Page 10: The Camera In Connector

    ACC has been turned off. Please always be mindful of the fact that, if the time duration set for either "DELAY OFF" or "POST REC DURATION" is longer than the other one, the MDR-304 will wait for the longer setting to end before shutting down.

  • Page 11: The Power Connector

    3 and 4 are Please refer to sections “4.1” and “4.7” connected together to the vehicle battery plus. for using the post-record settings. Note: If the mobile vehicle battery is over 16.1 volts or under 10.4 volts, the MDR-304 will not work.

  • Page 12: I/O Port

    1.6 I/O Port This figure is seen from the rear view. I/O IN1 (INPUT): This is an alarm input which can be programmed in the menu system to Normally Open or Normally Closed. I/O IN2 (INPUT): same as above. I/O IN3 (INPUT): same as above. I/O IN4 (INPUT): same as above.

  • Page 13: The I/O Connections

    1.7 The I/O Connections ALARM: In the "MAIN MENU" page, click "ALARM" to enter the "ALARM" page. In this page, go to the "I/O CONNECTION" item which has two options, "ALARM" and "VEHICLE SIGNAL". If you choose "ALARM", the I/O port will change its meanings: Pins 1, 2 and 3 will become an alarm input which can connect with three different sensors and receive a trigger;...

  • Page 14: Voltage Management

    Note: 1. After the car motor is switched on ( ACC-On ) for 3 minutes, even if the voltage is too high or too low, the MDR-304 won't shut down, only beep. 2. When the car motor is switched off ( ACC-Off ), the MDR-304 will power off, too, after 1 minute of beeping.

  • Page 15: Installation

    2.1 The Basic Connections The Mobile Video Surveillance Solution This is the mobile MDR-304, our video surveillance device for durable use in a vehicle. It's a multipurpose, multi-source, multi-media device for monitoring your vehicle, pinpointing its route and location, and recording and playing vital incidents related to it, in the interests of vehicle security and welfare.
  • Page 16 These provide a complete record of all critical incidents relating to your vehicle. Inside the outer case of the MDR-304 is the inner, recording caddy. You can take out this light, portable caddy whenever you like and take it with you wherever you want. To play its recorded contents you can connect it to a PC and use the hard disk drive viewer software to play back the video information.

  • Page 17: System Information And

    Press the Display button once, and the 2.3.2 Channel Selection MDR-304 will display the following sample message plus the default display. Press the The CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, and Quad ( Display button again, and the unit will not...

  • Page 18: Updating The System Software

    The MDR-304 displays the message “PLEASE REMOVE SD CARD”. The process is complete. Please remove the SD card, and the MDR-304 will restart automatically ( if you have already followed procedures 1 ~ 5 and the unit is still unable to turn...

  • Page 19: Perations

    The table below shows the MDR-304. (Please refer to section 2.3 system possible recording times based on a 20GB information for more details.) hard-disk drive at certain refresh rates and the 2.
  • Page 20 OPERATIONS ( continued ) PAL (Audio OFF) Possible Recording Time HDD=20GB ( hour ) BEST 27.1 51.2 99.4 171.8 605.8 907.2 1208.6 Image HIGH 10.8 32.5 61.4 119.3 206.1 726.9 1088.6 1450.3 Quality STANDARD 13.5 22.6 40.6 76.8 149.1 257.7 908.7 1360.8 1812.9 BASIC 11.4 17.1...

  • Page 21: The Recording Operations

    (2) Press the STOP button to stop recording any By connecting the ALARM IN of ALARM I/O on time. the rear panel of the MDR-304, you can activate (3) To access just recorded video, please refer to / deactivate the alarm recording function of a section 3.4 for more details.

  • Page 22: The Playback Operations

    -1x, -2x, -4x, -8x, Once the user presses the PLAY button, the -16x, -30x and -100x. MDR-304 will start to playback the recorded data at the recorded speed; the starting 3.3.3 Slow Forward/Reverse position must be fixed according to different operation sequences.

  • Page 23: Play Back Picture-By-Picture

    left increases the reverse rate, as 1 08-11-04 21:47:55 28.3G -1/2, -1/4, -1/8, and -1/16. 2 08-12-04 06:55:58 8.03G (4) Normal: Press the PLAY button to return to 3 08-12-04 10:02:15 1.00G 4 08-12-04 12:42:31 18.0M the normal speed of playback. 5 08-12-04 12:42:47 10.0M 3.3.4 Play back picture-by-picture...

  • Page 24: The Time Search

    3.4.3 The TIME Search recorded video. (4) Press the Enter button to start searching for and displaying an image. Take the following steps to proceed with the Note: You can select the image by using time-list search function. the “<”, “>”, “ ”,and “v”...

  • Page 25: The Sd Card Search

    (4) Highlight the specific JPG file you require LEVEL : Interval = 1 Min and press the Enter button to display the image. 15:30:00 15:31:00 15:32:00 15:33:00 (5) If you need another image, please return to the SD card JPG file list page and 15:34:00 15:35:00 15:36:00...

  • Page 26: The Backup Operations

    ●The AVI file format cannot be played and deleted in depends on the SD card capacity. You can the MDR-304. It can only be played in a card reader have the saved images printed out in any connected to a computer.

  • Page 27: The Key Lock Operation

    Set SD SETUP to SAVE. Then the system setting information will be automatically saved in the SD card. Transfer the system setting info of the MDR-304 to another MDR-304: Insert the SD card which has stored the system setting information into the MDR-304.

  • Page 28: Menu Setup

    ” and “v” buttons: This option is for setting the start-recording function Press to select the desired item or entry for setting. while powering on the MDR-304. OFF: Inactivate the function. The “<” and “>” buttons: O SEC: Start recording immediately when turning on the MDR-304.
  • Page 29 (activates OFF) the motion detection This option determines the image quality to be function, the MDR-304 will record continuously recorded. The MDR-304 stores images in the until the "POST-REC DURATION" time is over. compressed format and allows the image quality to be altered by the image size.

  • Page 30: The Alarm Setting

    4 CH: This option splits the screen in the quad microphones. You can only set two microphones to mode. play. Each of the ports, AUDIO 1 and 2, can play the sound recordings of the same or different videos simultaneously. LIVE OUTPUT VOL.: This item determines the output volume levels in the live mode.
  • Page 31 (Please refer to section “4.1” and “4.7”.) type of alarm sensor whose contact When the motion detection function is remains closed in normal conditions and enabled, the MDR-304 will not start the opens in case of activation. post-recording. The MDR-304 will only start ALM DURATION:...

  • Page 32: The Clock/ Title Setting

    GOTO CLOCK/ TIMER PAGE DELAY ON: This entry sets the delay time of the relay on CLOCK / TITLE after the MDR-304 powers up. The selectable options are OFF, 0 SEC, 1 MIN, 5 MIN and 10 : SET CLOCK...

  • Page 33: The Communication Setting

    DATA BOX: Use the DATA BOX connector if HD FAT32: the mobile MDR-304 is compatible with it. This function builds the FAT32 file system in the Use it if you want to connect only with the...

  • Page 34: The System Setting

    AVI: Archives images in the AVI format, to save This page is used for accessing the history of the a sequence of images in a file, the operation status, setting the password, resuming maximum limit being 300 images for factory default, and determining the menu display every file.
  • Page 35 BUZZER: SD SETUP: This option determines the embedded buzzer The MDR-304 offers a quick setup method by will sound a tone to signal the following situations. A tone lasts about two seconds long. using an SD card. If the user wants to set up a ON: Enables the buzzer.

  • Page 36: Notices Of Motion And Alarm Setting

    Setting (Please take notice that if the "POST-REC DURATION" time is over, the MDR-304 will stop recording even if the "ALM DURATION" is set for a Before commencing with the alarm recording function, please configure the recording setting properly...

  • Page 37: The Rs-232 Setup & Protocol

    5.1.1 The RS-232 Protocol Use a Null Modem cable (the standard RS-232 9 Pin Cable with Pin 2 and Pin 3 exchanged ; see the pin configuration chart below for details) to connect the rear panel of the MDR-304. PIN Assignment PIN NO.
  • Page 38 MDR-304 Response: <0x41>, <0x20>, <0x01>, <0x02>, <0x08>, <0x00>, <0x4f> B. Request Time (Second Category=0x02) PC Request: <0x41>, <0x01>, <0x20>, <0x02>, <0x02>, <0x00>, <0x4f> MDR-304 Response: <0x41>, <0x20>, <0x01>, <0x02>, <0x02>, <0x07>, <7 Time Value >, <0x4f> The following case is an illustration of < 7 Time Value>...
  • Page 39 MDR-304 Act: Changing the time and date. D. Request State (Second Category=0x06) PC Request: <0x41>, <0x01>, <0x20>, <0x02>, <0x06>, <0x00>, <0x4f> MDR-304 Response: <0x41>, <0x20>, <0x01>, <0x02>, <0x06>, <0x01>, <System State = 0..>, <0x4f> Description of <System State>: STATE_STOP STATE_PLAY...

  • Page 40: The System Default

    5.2 The System Default MAIN MENU RECORD ALARM CLOCK/ TITLE COMMUNICATION DISK SYSTEM GOTO REC PAGE REC SETTING COMM SETTING AUTO START REC : OFF COMM ID : 0 1 REC RATE : 20 F/S RS232 ENABLE : ON REC QUALITY : BEST RS232 CONNECTION : DATA BOX...

  • Page 41: Messages

    5.3 O.S.D Messages No. O.S.D Message Meanings NO DISK No hard disk detected after power activated BATTERY LOW Suggest change the battery BATTERY HIGH Suggest check the battery LOADING System Boot up VIDEO LOSS Video loss VIDEO IN Video input source KEY LOCKED Key lock function is on KEY UNLOCKED...

  • Page 42: The Time Index Table

    In the rewrite recording mode, when the search and full list search. The maximum archived hard disk drive is full, the MDR-304 will 3000 start overwriting the oldest data recorded. As the number in a list for a given HDD is .

  • Page 43: Specifications

    5.5 Specifications Model MDR-304 Image System NTSC Resolution 720x480 pixels 720x576 pixels Video In (DIN) x 4 ---(With 12VCC & GND) Video Out Monitor Out (RCA x 1) Audio in/out Line in (RCA x 2) / out (RCA x 1), 11kHz/22kHz...

  • Page 44: Appendix 1. -Faq

    APPENDIX 1. –FAQ 1. How do I choose a channel in the play mode? ANS: If you want to choose a channel in the play mode, press the SEARCH button to enter the "SEARCH" menu. Next choose "FULL LIST" and push the Enter button to enter the record list page.

  • Page 45: Appendix 2: Quick Installation Guide

    2.Screw in the shockproof rack onto a flat surface where you want to fix it. PS: If you want to settle the MDR-304 inside the trunk, fix it to the roof of the trunk (see the MDR-304 in this position in picture2).
  • Page 46 ◎ Please make sure of the locations of the pipe- line, fuel tank, and electronic wire in your car before making a hole for the MDR-304 inside the car ◎ Please avoid destroying the pipes, fuel tank, or electronic wire, as this possibly causes a fire.
  • Page 47 ◎ Professional technical knowledge is needed for the installation. ◎ Please install the MDR-304 by ◎ Please connect an external audio receiver following the installation guide operation (for example, a microphone) with the audio manual step by step if you do it yourself.

  • Page 48: Controller Connection

    6.Controller connection 9.Power socket RC-5013 optional ◎Please connect the controller (R C-5013: optional) w ith the controller's ACC for power s upply cable. As in the pic ture below, please connect the pos itiv e of the c igar-lighter with the power input (DC), and 7.GPS connection then c onnec t the blac k light with the negative of vehic le battery.

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