TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER 01 OVERVIEW FUNCTION MODES BASIC OPERATION INTRODUCTION OF ALL SETTING FUNCTIONS VIDEO PLAYBACK VIDEO EDITING PHOTO BROWSING PHOTO EDITING MODE SUPPORTED IMAGE FILE FORMAT RECORD REMOTE CONTROLLER SUPPORTED VIDEO FILE FORMAT SPECIFICATIONS IMPORTANT...
Basic operation Turn on/ off Do this Press Power On/ Off button for 1 sec. Greeting Turn On screen appears. Press Power On/Off button for 1 sec. Or press Turn Off Power button on the remote control. Using the Touch Screen Tap any application to start or tap an item in the list to select.
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controller to adjust volume. Volume varies in 10 levels. Volume status is displayed on the lower left corner of display. PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Basic operation Record button Start Recording: ● Press the REC button on the PV-500EVO or the button on the IR remote controller to start recording. Stop Recording: Press STOP button or the button on the IR remote controller ● to stop recording. Link with other equipments External Video Recording –...
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Basic operation Output to TV Display: Connect to PC: ● ● Plug an RCA cable in AV-OUT output image on TV. 1. Connect the two ends of A/B type USB cable from PV-500EVO to PC. 2. An indication of “USB Mode” appears on the screen for 5 sec- onds after installation to initiate charging.
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Basic operation Charging: ● When the battery is low, the power LED light flashes green light and the meter shows a red bar on the battery gauge at lower right corner of the screen. This means that you must charge the battery immediately. Connect the main device with DC adapter and then plug the adapter into a power outlet.
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 02. Pre-event > Tap on the screen: Settings > Pre-events > Any function listed below Resolution (352X288 / 640X480 / 720X576 / 1024X768 / 1280X720 / 1280X960) ● Quality (High/Normal/Low) ● Frame Rate ( 1 / 5/ 15 /20/25) ●...
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Overwrite (Disable/Enable) ● PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 03. Motion Detection > Tap on the screen: Settings > Motion Detection > Any function listed below Resolution (352X288 / 640X480 / 720X576 / 1024X768 / 1280X720 / 1280X960) ● Quality (High/Normal/Low) ● Frame Rate ( 1 / 5/ 15 /20/25) ●...
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 04. Date and Time > Configure date and time setting. Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Date and Time to edit settings. Tap to move to specified menu pages. 05. Date Format > Tap on the screen Main Menu >...
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the Pre-Set Recording when the device is inactive Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Resume to Pre-set Duration to edit settings. Tap PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 09. Timer Recording > Schedule time to initiate recording at designated time frame Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Timer Recording to edit settings. Tap on the shown icon to set timer. Tap move next page menu.
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 12. Digital Cam Low Lux > Digital camera preference setting, requires to edit setting if digital camera is to record in 30fps frame rate. Set On or Off if digital camera is capturing images in low lux condition. Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting >...
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 16. Storage Information > Show the storage volume and the free storage space information. Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Storage Information to show storage information. Tap to move to next page menu. Tap to return to previous menu page.
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to move to next page menu. Tap to return to previous menu page. PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 21. Display > Configure output display setting Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Display to assign output display device. Tap to move to next page menu. Tap to return to previous menu page. 22.
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 26. Start Slideshow > to enable slideshow functionality Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Start Slideshow to configure slideshow display pattern. Tap move next page menu. Tap to return to previous menu page. 27.
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when the equipment is power on. Tap move next page menu. Tap to return to previous menu page. PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 31. Set Power On Password > Tap any six chosen characters on virtual keyboard and confirm the entered password by tapping on Enter to complete the password setting. Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Set Power On Password to Password to set the password combination. Tap move next page menu.
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 34. Touch Panel Calibration > Functions to calibrate the accuracy of touch panel Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Touch Panel Calibration to calibrate touch panel accuracy by point the cross shown on screen until Success appeared on the display.
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Introduction to all Setting Functions 37. Save All Log File > save all log files Tap on the screen Main Menu > Setting > Save All Log File to stored all recorded log files in the designated directory. Log file is a text file recording all operations done on the equipment. Tap move next page menu.
Video Playback Operations in Main Menu Tap VIDEO in the Main Menu to access most recent recorded video files. ● Tap on any listed file to playback video on the screen display. Tap on icon to start vide playback. ● button to return file list.
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Video Playback Slow Motion Half Speed : ● to pause video playback. Tap after video playback is paused. The vide file is played in half speed slow motion. Tap to return to the normal speed playback. Quarter Speed : ● to pause video playback.
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three times during video playback. The video file is played in speed eight times faster. Tap to return to the normal playback speed. PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Video Playback Pause > to pause the video. Tap once again to return to video playback. Stop > to stop video playing and return to file list. Snapshot in Preview > Tap Main Menu > Record > Preview. Tap icon on the screen to capture images in preview.
Video Editing Settings in Video Playback > button, the video is paused, and the setting items appear Video Playback (All / Single / No) ● Display (LCD / TV / Both) ● to return to video playback. ● Settings in File List > button, the setting items appear: Video Playback (All / Single / No) ●...
Photo Browsing Operations in Main Menu Tap icon IMAGE to select most recent captured image files. Files can be browsed after tapping the file. Tap icon to the upper listed files in folder sorted with date. Tap icon once more to return to the upper level of MyRecord folder directory. Start slideshow In file list or browsing images, tap icon to show the setting items.
Record Connect an external camera and tap Record. Then press any listed three recording mode to enter recording page. Preview Before connecting an external camera, there is no signal on the screen. After connection established, captured images show up on screen and standby to record. to start recording or button on the remote control.
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Record Pre-Event Tap Record (in Main Menu) > Pre-event in the remote controller to start Recording. In Pre-event, tap icon , the setting items appear: Resolution (352X288 / 640X480 / 720X576 / 1024X768 / 1280X720 / 1280X960) ● Quality (High/Norma/ Low) ●...
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Notice: In Pre-event, the video image is automatically recorded into Video folder without pressing REC button. PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Record Motion Detect Tap Record (in Main Menu) > Motion Detect in the remote controller to start Recording. If the recording environment is still, recording will stop and show Detecting…. at the bottom of screen until motion is detected in the environment. Recording will then start again and recording pattern repeats. In Motion Detect, tap icon , the setting items appear: Resolution (352X288 / 640X480 / 720X576 / 1024X768 / 1280X720 / 1280X960)
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Motion Detect Zone > Press the green grid to select the detecting area ● Microphone Sensitivity ( ● Overwrite (Disable / Enable) ● PV-500EVO User Manual...
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Record Snapshot in Preview > Tap Main Menu > Record > Preview. Tap icon on the screen to capture images in preview. The captured pictures is stored in the Main Menu > Images folder. Snapshot in Record > Tap Main Menu > Record > Preview / Pre-event / Motion Detect > REC. Tap icon on the screen to capture images in record.
Remote Controller Operating Remote Controller Do this Power Off Press Off button to turn off the device. Power On Press On button to turn on the device. Record Press REC button to start recording. Press button on top of the device to take snapshot during Snapshot recording.
Supported Video File Format File Format Resolution Bit Rate Frame rate MAX 1280X960 MAX 10Mpbps MAX 30 fps AVI ( DivX 4/5.0) AVI ( DivX 2/3) MPEG1(DAT, MPG-VCD File format) ● ● ● ASF ( MPEG4) VOB (DVD file format Without copy protection a-law, u-law MJPEG ( AVI)
Specifications Time Timer Resolution 320 x 240 (R.G.B) 2.36 inch TFT-LCD touch screen with LED backlight Display NTSC/PAL composite output NTSC/PAL composite output AV IN/ OUT AV input/output through two φ3.5mm jack CCD in / DC5V Out CCD input /DC 5V output through 2.5mm jack LED 1 –...
Important Before using this product, please read this chapter thoroughly to ensure you are using this product properly. When the system controller is plugged into the PV-500EVO, only the “Hold” switch is working. The system controller be- ● comes the main controller of the unit. All the recorded files are stored in the VIDEO and IMAGE folder;...
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NOTES Important When take out the SD card, push the card in gently then pull. If the memory card is inserted in the wrong direction, the card ● cannot be pushed completely to the end of the slot. Please do not push too hard to avoid damages to the card and the device.
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Important Defragment Perform hard disc defragment every one to two months to ensure that device functions properly. Step 01: Connect PV-500EVO to PC connected with USB cable. ● Step 02: Click Start > All Programs > Subsidiary Application Programs > System Tools > Defragment tool.
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