NST 4 CH Vehicle Mobile DVR User manual

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4 CH Vehicle Mobile DVR
User Manual
2011 NOV V1.1
optional

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Index
A. Features...........................................................................1
B. Specification.....................................................................2
C. Product Appearance ........................................................3
D. Product Dimension ..........................................................4
E. Record / Stop-Record ......................................................5
F. System operating instruction............................................6
G. Playback ........................................................................12
H. Format Memory Card.....................................................21
I. Restoring Memory Card ..................................................24
J. 3G-SIM Card Setting (with 3G Module)..........................26

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A. Features
Max. up to 4 CH vehicle cameras, can take record for inside and
outside the vehicle.
Video output for live view, playback with monitor.
H.264 Compression format.
Recording format：D1 and CIF.
Build-in single channel microphone.
Quick Search Overall Event Log.
The full recording time and date can be showing in the monitor
directly.
Auto-Record after memory card Plug-in and Power Supplied.
Data Store in SD card for better safety and anti-vibration
performance.
4 sets of alarm input ports, built-in buzzer.
Support Record Video with audio, video, G-sensor and GPS data
at the same time.
Optional for 3G module, control the driving status and data at any
time.

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B. Specification
Items Description
Video format NTSC PAL
Video input 4CH Input
Audio input 1CH Input
Video output 1CH output
Audio output 1CH output
Alarm input 4 alarm input
Alarm output Buzzer
Display mode Full Screen, 4 Split
Record
resolution
highest D1 720 x 480 D1 720 x 576
normal CIF 360 x 240 CIF 360 x 288
Recording Frame Max. 120 FPS Max. 100 FPS
Compression Format H.264 Technology
Operating system Embedded Linux
Single-tasking Record / Backup
Recording mode Full-time recording
LED indicator Power, recording, GPIO
Buzzer Video Loss
Storage SD Card
Back-up system CarBox Player
Firmware upgrade SD Card
Multi-language English /Simplified Chinese /Traditional Chinese
G-SENSOR Yes
3G-module CDR-E10-3G: USB 3G dongle
CDR-E10-3GA: build-in 3G module
GPS position YES(CDR-E10-3G, CDR-E10-3GA)
Control method IR remote controller
Power supply DC+12V / 500mA (not including Cameras)
Dimension 115mm x 132.7mm x 30mm (W x D x H)
Weight 0.4kg (including SD card)
Operation Temperature -20℃~ +65℃(inside vehicle)
Accessories Standard
Main Machine, 3 Pin Power Cable, Alarm Cable,
3M Extending IR Lead, Remote Control,
Microphone, Driver CD, Quick Guide
★.Build-in 3G: Antenna, 1.5M Extension Antenna
Cord
Optional 3G Module, G-Mouse, SD Card

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C. Product Appearance
Front
(Without 3G module and 3G USB dongle)
(Build-in 3G module)
Back
(Without 3G module)
(With 3G USB dongle)
SIM Slot
(
with build-in module
)
GPSLight
Recording Light
Power Light
SD card Slot
GPS Power In
Extending IR Lead
A
larm In MIC
3G USB don
g
le

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(Build-in 3G module)
D. Product Dimension
UNIT:mm
3G Module

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E. Record / Stop-Record
1.Power on / Record
Insert SD card into slot and then power on the machine, waiting
about 30 seconds after booting completed.
During the DVR booting up, the record indicator will start
flashing as the recording is in progress.
● Green light: light on means power on; light off，means power
off.
● Yellow light: Light off means GPS not ready, light on means
GPS positioning ready.
● Red light: Red Led flashing means DVR is on recording. Red
Led off means No-Record. Red Led flashing quickly means
playback file.
★Remark: When DVR is on playback mode, the DVR will stop
record.
2.Turn off / Stop record
After Power-off, DVR will stop record, you can remove SD card
and plug it to PC to review the file.
GPSLight
Recording Light
Power Light

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F. System operating instruction
Vehicle DVR can be operated through two methods: IR remote
controller and PC software application.
1. Through IR Remote controller instruction
1.1. As following is the key mapping table for IR Remote
controller：
1.2 DVR OSD menu operation and IR Remote controller key
mapping chart
Main menu page switch
page1/3 setting
page 2/3 setting
page3/3 (with 3G module)
CH2 display
Record
Quad display
Menu
Up、Down、Left、Right
Fast Forward
Stop
Step/Pause
CH1 displa
y
CH3 display
CH4 displa
y
Mute
Enter
Fast Rewind
Pla
y

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◆IR Remote controller Instruction
(1) Select Item: [up/down/left/right]
(2) Change setting for selected item: [up/down/left/right]
(3) Change setting for Bar item：[Enter]
(4) Full Screen display for each CH: [CH1~CH4]
(5) Open OSD menu, back to previous page：[menu]
(6) Quad display ：[Quad]
(7) Enter playback mode ：[play]
(8) Stop Play/exit playback mode：[Stop]
(9) Suspend recording:[Pause]
System Setup instruction
1. Set Encode Parameter
IR Remote controller operating instruction
(1) Can be selected Resolution/Record frame rate /Recording
quality from up/down key on remote controller.
(2) Left key→Change parameter.
(3) Right key→Back to pervious parameter.
Items Setting
(1) Encode Frame Size (Res.): D1 / CIF
(2) Encode Frame Rate: 5/15/20/25/30
(D1 max. 15 / CIF max. 30)
(3) Encode Quality: Low/Normal/High

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2. Set Video Parameter
IR remote controller operating instruction
(1) Up/Down key→Select current channel for setup
(2) Left/Right key→Set brightness/contrast/hue for current
channel (Left key→To reduce)/ (Right key→To increase)
Item Setting
(1) Brightness: (Left key→to reduce)/ (Right key→to
increase)
(2) Contrast: (Left key→to reduce)/ (Right key→to increase)
(3) Hue: (Left key→to reduce Hue)/ (Right key→to increase
Hue)
3. Set Time
IR Remote controller operating instruction
(1) Up key→Plus one , Down key→Reduce one.
(2) Left key→Left one space, Right key→Right one space.
4. Set Plate Number

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IR Remote controller operating instruction
(1) Up key→Numbers plus one or alphabetical order to
increase.
(2) Down key→Number reduce one or alphabetical order to
reduce
(3) Left key→Left one space.
(4) Right key→Right one space.
5. Delete All Record Data (Format Disk)
(1) Delete All Record Data
Use right key or left key to select the selection then click
“enter” to confirm.
★Caution! All data will be deleted when you click “Yes”.
6. Default Live View Channel Display
(1) Select the default live view CH after startup: Item selected
will be default live view display mode after DVR booting
completed.
(2) On this page, Use left key or right key to select Quad display
(Multi-CH) or CH 1 Display, then press “enter” to confirm.

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7. Power Management
(1) Power Management: Setup Extended Record period after
Engine shutdown.
(2) Use IR Remote controller for setting, Click Left key to move
one space for selecting time for delay-recording, then press
enter key to confirm.(The delay-recording period can be
0,5,10,15,20 minutes)
8. Check Firmware Version
(1) To check current firmware version, please select version
and press enter key.
★Check the current firmware version first before firmware
upgraded.
9. Check MDVR ID Information (Only available when DVR with
specific 3G module)
(1) If you need to check current MDVR ID information, please
click MDVR ID and press enter key on remote controller.

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★Check the current MDVR ID version is the newest version
first before start 3G information setup.
LIVE Display
(1) Select CH1~CH4 to full display mode; If you want to return to
quad display, please press quad key.
(2) On Live view mode, click “menu’ to enter OSD menu or click
‘Play” to enter playback mode.
★If it shows the “G” mark on Upper right screen, it means GPS
positioning successes.
Playback mode
(1) Select CH1~CH4 as full display for each CH; If you want to
return to quad display, please press quad key.
(2) On Playback mode, please click “stop” to exit the playback
mode.
(3) Press pause key to pause video stream.
(4) On Pause mode, Press the play key to continue play
recording file.

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G. Playback
1. Through Carbox Player on PC site
(1) Use SD card to playback directly
Execute the CarBox2.exe from CD-ROM , the display as
showing below. Click Play button to select memory card; or
click open file to choose the files from memory card or hard
disk, and then double-click the file you want to play. Under
playing mode the play key will switch to pause key.
★Caution: It needs to install DirectX 9.0 or above before running
CarBox2 software.
Operating instruction
Viewer interface schematic
GPS Coordinate, Speed and Google Map (select models with 3G modules)
a. Control interface description
1 Previous File
GOOGLE Map
Control Interface
G SENSO
R
Pla
y
s
p
eed
Pla
y
BA
R
V
olume
GPS Coordinate
Speed

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2 Previous Frame
3 Backward Play
4 Pause
5 Stop
6 Play
7 Next Frame
8 Next file
9 Open folder, select file.
10 Disk backup. Select the backup path for file
storage.
11 Google Map
12 Configuration
13 Snapshot
14 Tool, SD card format, language setting.
Hard Disk backup
Review footage on the SD card through PC, Click” ”, then it
will pop-up as following backup dialogue windows.
Step 1. Select the SD card drive no.

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Step 2. Select the recorded file which you want to backup
Step 3. Select the Backup Format
Backup format:
(1) RAW backup file. Specific .sd format
XXXX*.sd file
(2) AVI File(*.avi) backup when take this format as backup
CHN01 for front view camera
image file, file type: *.avi
★caution：The difference between .sd format and .avi
format is that AVI file contains only video and audio data
but lose the GPS coordinates, speed and G-sensor data.
so, we would recommend to select .sd format when you
back the file.
Step 4. Backup Path: Select your backup destination (e.g.:
C:\BlackBox)
Step 5. Backup: Click ‘backup’ to start saving the file to your
specified destination

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Configuration
Before using the machine, please insert the SD card to card
reader and connect to the PC to start setting. After setting, you
can insert the card back to DVR and start recording.
1 Video
Quality
Select the video Quality: High/
Normal / Low
2 Video
Frame
Set the recording frame rate for
the camera
(2、4、6、8、10、15、20、25、
30)
3 Video
Format video signal format D1/CIF
4 Car
Information
You can input the driver’s name or
license number here to identify
people’s identity. Suitable for
company or group using.
5 Audio
Recording Audio recording on or off.

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6 password
This function can encrypt the data
and prevent others from
accessing. Maximum letters:15
letters.
Example: 123456789123456
After setting the password up, you
have to input password every time
for playing the files, modify the
setting, formatting the memory
card etc.
★Note：Please check if you have
set capital letters for your
password and save your password
well in other place to prevent from
missing.
7 Speed unit
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
8 Time zone
Time Zone:
GMT (GPS auto time correction)
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
x:\IBoxPlayer/Snapshot folder. File type: .bmp

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b. Latitude & Longitude Coordinates
c. G SENSOR
When detecting extraordinary G-force, the machine will record
the images and separate the recorded file from normal
recording around 1-3 minutes.
(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
d. Speed meter
e. Video Search & Play Speed
(1) Video Searching：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.
f. Volume control
Volume BAR：Click the left button of mouse control to adjust
the volume degree.
Speed
Position
Latitude & Longitude
G SENSOR
Video searching BA
R
Play speed
Volume BA
R
Volume degree

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(2) 3G client software for viewing directly(select models with 3G
modules)
Executive Playback software “3G ClientApp.exe ” , the playback
screen shown as below. Enter the username and password and
then press “ ” button to login screen.
★ Note: To perform this software will require DirectX 9.0 or more.
Click and then select the name of vehicle to view the
image(example, the figure of 175) Then click on Channel-01 (or other
Channel) and then hold down the left mouse button and drag to the split
screen in right side.
The other method to choose split-screen first and then click on Channel-01
with right key of the mouse, click PLAY function to view real-time
image.( When the icon becomes , it means the vehicle that is currently
offline. Only the icon return to online status to see the real-time
image.)