Meriva Vehicle Video Recorder User manual

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ALL IN ONE
Vehicle Video Recorder
User Manual
2012 NOV V1.1
OPTIONAL

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Table of Contents
A. Features....................................................................................1
B. Specification .............................................................................2
C. Structure of Product..................................................................5
D. Dimension.................................................................................5
E. Installation Guide......................................................................6
F. Functions of Remote Controller ................................................7
G. Start / Stop Recording.............................................................10
H. Software Player Instruction.....................................................11
I. Formatting Memory Card........................................................19
J. Restoring Memory Card..........................................................21

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A. Features
1. Suitable for all personal vehicle, taxi, bus, truck……
2. Small size, easy installation and dismount, it does not affect
the driver's line of sight.
3. Insert the card and power on to start recording without
additional operating.
4. Simultaneously recording interior and exterior condition.
5. Having full time, date recording and display on the screen
directly.
6. Recording driving condition, sound, G-Sensor and GPS
data.
7. Front view angle approx. 120 degrees. Back view angle
approx. 170 degrees.
8. Recording track of driving routes which can be shown on
Google Map when we play the video.
9. Micro SD memory card Class 10 or above recommend.
10. G-sensor sensitivity can be adjusted according to road
situations. When detect a strong shock, system will start
emergency recording and keep the files without being
overwritten.
11. Professional file formats, without built-in lithium battery, no
needs to afraid of heat and bursting concerns, it is the real
black box.

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B. Specification
Item Specification
Chipset H.264 image compression chip
Sensor
Device Forward facing lens: 720p CMOS Sensor
Backward facing lens: VGA CMOS Sensor.
View Angle Outside vehicle approx : 120 degree
Inside vehicle approx : 170 degree
Voltage Please use 5V±5%, 1A Cigarette lighter adapter. The
machine needs 4.7v to start.
Operating
Temp -15℃~+55℃(Inside Vehicle).
Storage
Device
Micro SD Card (4G/8G/16G/32G) of Silicon Power and
Transcend recommend. 4GB/Class 10 or above
specification is available.
Recording
Frame
Forward facing lens: 1280x720; Highest resolution:
30fps/25fps (NTSC/PAL)
Backward facing lens: 640x480; Highest resolution:
15fps/15fps (NTSC/PAL)
Auto record when power up system; backward facing
lens can be closed by setting of software.
Recording
Content Date, time, image, sound, G-sensor data, GPS data.
Recording
Format Specific format for software player.
Microphone Build-in high sensitivity of single microphone for
automatic voice adjustment.
Time Setup Auto-calibrating by GPS signals. If GPS is not
available, the built-in clock will be used.
G-Sensor Internal 3D G-Sensor.

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Out Device
(a) TV-Out (1 Vp-p composite video output, 75 ohms),
Video Output format: NTSC / PAL alternative.
(b) Force Record Button: For emergency recording.
Gleams in night time.
(c) Red light: Recording indicator. In emergency
recording, it flashes more frequently.
(d) Green light
Flashing: Searching GPS signals.
Light on : GPS positioning ready
(e) External hole to connect GPS Mouse
Remark: When IR turns on, the LED light will be
dimmer.
Description
(a) The GPS positioning speed will be influenced by
solar film of the front windshield, weather or other
environment factors.
(b) Starting and closing time of infra red will be subject
to light intensity, the installation location, front
windshield and other factors ...
(c) Day and night mode having delay mechanism for
about 30 seconds. Night mode will be priority when
power on.
(d) Memory card formatted by using the playback
software, windows will recognize the remaining
capacity about 80MB for copying the player software
to memory card.
Important
Notice
(a) The current consumption of the machine over
standard USB hole (output 500mA). When connect
with PC power supply, it's better to buy another
power cable with two holes for portable hard drive.
(b) Machine must be installed in the area that wipe can
be reached to ensure the clarity of recording video.
(c) Please do not plug the power in both micro-USB

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soctets. The machine might be damaged.
(d) If not use the player to format memory card, the
machine will force to format the entire memory card
and then start recording.
(e) It's better not crossing the top of the machine and
the left side of GPS. We suggest to put the cables
via the right side of the VVR and then connect to the
ceiling to get better GPS signal.
(f) Initial screen and Live View screen may change due
to software update or revision without notice.
(g) The machine itself has a distinction between NTSC
or PAL. Video output to the monitor with
corresponding screen system.
(h) Interior lens adopt ultra-wide-angle lens. There will
be slight cover corner phenomenon at the corner
edge.
(i) Memory card has the number of reading and life
issues, please check and use the computer to play
video regularly in order to make sure the memory
card can read and write properly.
Accessories
Standard: (a) 5V cigarette Power adapter
(b) USB card reader
(c) 4 pings, 3.5 inch headphone jack to RCA
output cable.
(d) Suction cup bracket
(e) Bracket holder
(f) Remote control
(g) Product CD
(h) Quick Guide
Optional: (a) Micro SD card (4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB)
(b) External GPS Mouse (4P Phone Jack
Connect)

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C. Structure of Product
※Please do not plug the power in both micro-USB terminals. The machine
might be damaged.
D. Dimension
UNIT：mm
Forward Facing
DC5V(1)
Recording Indicato
r
GPS
Indicator
Force Recording Button IR LED Backward Facing Lens
Video Out
Light Sensor
Remote Control Receive
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GPS Mouse
DC5V(2)
MICRO SD Card

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E. Installation Guide
Make the bracket facing
upward. Assemble the suction cups. Set up the machine in proper position.
Adjust the viewing angle. Plug the power cable to socket on photo No. 5 or No. 6,
please do not plug in both sockets at the same time)
Plug in the cigarette
adapter. When the power is successfully connected, the
IR LED will light on for 10
sec.
Force Record button: Light
on when power is
connected successfully.
Green: flashing while GPS is
positioning, Light on when
GPS is ready.
Red: flashing during
recoding, Fast flashing in
emergency mode.
Force Record Button: When
press down, the red light will
flashing rapidly. In the night
its LED will light on as
indicator.
Installation Complete! God Speed!

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F. Functions of Remote Controller
Button Function Description
Force
Recording
Button
Manually establish a
recorded file which cannot
be overwritten.
Mode
Button
Full screen / Half screen spilt shift
Menu Button Firmware version of the
device displayed
Mute Button Voice recording On/Off
◆ Introduction of OSD Interface: (Video output from connecting TV-
OUT line to the device)
Forward facing lens
(Recording)
Backward facing lens
(Recording)
GPS positioning
Voice recording on
G-Sensor is working well
Front view
(
CH1
)
Inner view CH(CH2)
GPS Information

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1. The right side of LIVE view will show , left figure is
presented as forward facing lens, the other one is backward facing
lens.
When the figure becomes , the backward facing lens is turned off
and the microphone recording is muted simultaneously.
2. Event Record: Appears in the top right side of LIVE screen, it
means that G-Sensor didn't receive abnormal signal. When you press
the record button from the remote control or click this icon at
the right top to force the machine to record manually.
When the icon appears at the top right that means G-Sensor
detects abnormal vibrations and start force recording.
3. When turns to Live screen, it could click via remote control to
switch CH1(Front View) or CH2(Inner View), dual CH display with
GPS information as shown below:
Front View (CH1) Inner View (CH2) Dual CH Display With GPS
Information
4. When turns to Live screen, it could click via remote control to
show Firmware version.
5. In the LIVE screen you can choose whether open the recording,
click the mute button on the remote control icon will appear
top right of the screen, that means stop recording; When the icon
appears in the top right that says on the recording.
6. GPS display: When icon appears at the top right of the Live
screen, it means there is no GPS signal; when the icon appears in
the top right of the Live screen, it indicates that the GPS is working.

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7. Playback page password instructions: Click the playback button of
remote control When the machine sets up playback password,
playback page will be asked to enter a password (this
feature requires to set up on player), Click the remote control
enter password in the input page. Click the remote control Select
the next position; when the password is completed, you can click on
the remote control Enter the playback list page.
◆ On Screen Playback Instructions:
Enter the playback page to stop recording
1. Click the remote control in the playback page select
the time you want to play the file.
2. Click the remote control select the next file page of
playback list.
3. When you select a file to play the file, then click the remote
control to start the playback.
4. To pause playback, tap the pause button , and please
click again to continue the footage playback.
5. To leave the playback mode, click the remote control to
return playback list page, click remote control again, to
back to live mode.
◆ To leave the Playback page simply click the stop button on the
remote control to leave the file page and then enter the
LIVE screen.
Force Recording
G-SENSOR

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G. Start / Stop Recording
When power on the device, the screen will show a welcome message
for the device starts if connected to TV-Out. The firmware version of
the device will displayed before LIVE view of recording starts.
1.Power on / Start Recording
The device can be started completely after power on for one
minute. When the device is started on programming, the green
indicator light is flicker before GPS positioning completed. After
one minute, the red indicator light will be kept flicker until
show n on right side of LIVE view; the device starts recording now.
Definition of Indicator
● Force record button: good for using at night
● Red indicator of REC:
Stable flicker of red indicator: On recording
Fast flicker of red indicator: Force recording
● Green indicator of GPS positioning:
Flicker of green indicator: GPS 3D positioning
Steady of green indicator: GPS 3D positioning accomplished.
2.Power Off / Stop Recording
Power off and enter playback page to stop recording.
Power off and then remove the memory card to read the
recording file in computer.
Force Recording Button IR LED
Recording Indicato
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GPS Indicato
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H. Software Player Instruction
How to read the files from Micro SD card?
Open the plastic
lid. Remove the card from the machine. Insert the Micro SD card into the card
reader (please
make sure the
direction is correct).
Connect the card
reader to the PC
and use the
software in CD to
play the files.
1. Play Video
Start the program (you can locate it in the CD-R),
The main screen will be like the picture below.
Press button, and choose where you insert memory card to
play the files, or click on button to manually select the
memory card or recorded file in the hard disk.
During playback, the button would change to button and
you can click on it to pause playback.
2. Main Screen
Viewer Interface

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a. Play & Settings Icon Instruction:
play previous frame
play backward
Pause
Stop
Play
Play next frame
Play next file
Disk back up
Setting
Google map
Play back
Snapshot
Format Micro SD Card
Disk Backup
Save the recorded files to your PC. Click on the button
and it will pop up the screen as below.

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Step1: Select the origin for the Micro SD card
Setp2: Select the recorded file which you want to backup
Step3: Choose the backup file format
(1)Micro SD Card Backup (*.sd)
(2)AVI File Backup (*.avi)
Backup format：
(1) Micro SD card backup format
Micro SD Card File type (*.sd)

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(2)AVI File Backup(*.avi)
Chn01 is the forward facing
lens record. The file name is
*.avi.
Chn02 is the backward facing
lens record. The file name is
*.avi.
★Note: If backup by original format of Micro SD card,
the file recorded with location of GPS
(longitude and latitude), speed and G-
SENSOR. If backup by the format of *.avi, the
file recorded date, video and audio. We
suggest to backup by using original format of
Micro SD card.
Step4: Backup Path: Select your backup destination (e.g.:
C:\blackbox)
Step5: Backup : Start backup the file to your specified
destination
Setting
One side of card translator is plug into Micro SD card, the
other one is plug into USB plot before recording. Record
format and display of the device can be set by
configuration of PC client. After setting completed, the
Micro SD card can plug into the device and start recording
again.

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1 Video Quality
Select the video Quality: High/
Normal / Low
2 Video Frame
Set the recording frame rate
for front camera
NTSC(5 / 10 / 15 / 30) fps
PAL(5 / 10 / 15 / 25)fps
Turn the recording off for
inside camera
Set the recording frame rate
for inside camera (5 / 10 /
15)fps
3 Car
Information
The license plate number
information can be input here,
the film is easy to identify
which vehicles to record video
record (only English letter and
number acceptable.

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4 Password
This feature of the Micro SD
card encryption, to prevent
others from accessing any
data. Set a password to 15
characters limited:
123,456,789,123,456.
After setting the password, it
is required to enter password
to access the playback file,
setting, formatting memory
card.
5 Time zone
Time Zone:
GMT (GPS auto time
correction)
6 Unit Of
Speed
You can set up the speed unit
here.
Km/h: kilometer per hour
Mile/h: mile per hour
Knot：knot per hour
★Note：1 KM=0.6214 mile,
1 mile=1.6093KM, 1 Knot
=1.853KM
7 On Screen Playback
Password
On Screen playback
password: When it is enable,
need to enter password first
before enter playback mode.
Do the settings first and then
set the password. The
password setting from 0 to 9.
8 G-sensor
Sensitivity
Set the sensitivity for G-
sensor.
Six mode can be chosen.
OFF, Light, Low, Normal,
High, Heavy
Note: In some uneven road,
you might want to decrease
the sensitivity to prevent
repeated emergency
recording.

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9 Sensor Sensitivity at
night
The night sensitivity settings
for front and interior lens: very
low, low, normal, high, very
high.
According to night conditions
set sensitivity.
10 Audio
Recording
Audio recording.
Open: recording voice / Close:
stop voice recording.
Snapshot
While playing the recorded file, you can use this function
to snapshot the picture and save it into your PC.
Default saving path for snapshot picture will be in
/Snapshot folder.
File type: BMP
b. Speed Meter & Volume
Speed Mete
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Direction
Latitude & Longitude
Coordinates Volume

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c. Video Search & Play Speed
(1)Video Search：You can use the mouse to drag the bar
to search the video quickly.
(2)Play Speed：Support 2x, 4x fast forwarding and -2x, -4x
slow play mode.
d. G SENSOR
When detecting extraordinary G-force, the machine will
record the images and separate the recorded file from
normal recording.
(1) X: The G-force from left & right of the car.
(2) Y: The G-force from front & back of the car.
(3) Z: The G-force from upside & downside of the
car.
G-Sensor
Video Search
Play speed