PTCCTV Technology MDR10x1 User manual

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SD Video Recorder
User’s Manual
Thank you for using our Mobile DVR. This manual is applicable for MDR10x1, MDR10x2,
MDR10x5, MDR30x1 and MDR30x5 series. Please read this User’s Manual carefully to
ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. The contents of this manual are
subject to be changed without notice.

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Important notice:
1. Please read over all cautions.
2. Please keep this manual for reference in the future.
3. Please notice all warning information.
4. Please strictly follow the instructions in this manual while operating.
5. Please NEVER put this device under the place which is easily poured by water.
6. Please do NOT use abrasive chemicals, cleaning solvents or strong detergents to clean
the device. Wipe the device with a soft and dry cloth.
7. Please do NOT get the gate of airiness heat exchange closed.
8. Please leave the device far away from hot and high temperature environment.
9. Install the device with the accessories coming with it.
10. Please take care when moving the device, make sure of security, and avoid being
damaged by dropping from high place.
11. Call for qualified maintenance man to repair when needed.
12. The device can only be installed horizontally. Installed vertically or out of the horizontal
could hurt person or damage the device or/and its parts.
Warning
This device is NOT of waterproof; to prevent it from any accident of fire or
electric shock, please do NOT put any container with water on the device or
nearby. Do not expose the device to moisture, or extreme temperatures.
This lightning flash with
arrow symbol within an
equilateral triangle is
intended to alert users
that there might be
uninsulated dangerous
voltage which may cause
electric shock to person
when the cover of
device is opened.
To prevent from the risk of
electric shock, do NOT
remove top cover or back
cover. There is NO
user-serviceable part
inside. Ask for service from
qualified maintenance man.
The exclamation point within
an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert users the
important operating and
maintenance(servicing)
instructions in this manual.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN

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1.Main Features...............................................................................................................................4
2. Overall description......................................................................................................................5
2.1 Front Panel..................................................................................................5
2.2 Rear panel ..................................................................................................6
2.3 Remote.......................................................................................................7
3. Using the recorder.......................................................................................................................8
Step 1：Prepare the SD card ..............................................................................8
Step 2, Connect camera. ....................................................................................9
Step 3, Connect to power supply.........................................................................9
Step 4, format the SD card ...............................................................................10
Step 5, Choose recording quality.......................................................................10
Step 6, start recording .....................................................................................11
4.Operations ..................................................................................................................................13
4.1 Play back the files on SD card .....................................................................13
4.2 Manage the power .....................................................................................15
5.Appendix, cables ........................................................................................................................18
5.1 Power supply.............................................................................................18
5.2 AV cables ..................................................................................................18
5.3 Signal cables .............................................................................................20
6. Specification...............................................................................................................................21
7. List of Standard Accessories.....................................................................................................23

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1.Main Features
Video And Audio
H.264 High Profile video compression, real time recording( 25 fps(PAL) / 30 fps(NTSC) for
each channel. Frame rate adjustable for each channel.
AAC(AdvancedAudio Compression) for audio.
D1 resolution for each channel, which means each channel support
704x576(PAL)/704x480(NTSC).
Support 4 channel video and 4 channel audio recording；
Power Input
Support from +8V DC to +32VDC. Applicable for vehicles with +12V or +24V battery.
When the power input connects in reverse polarity, the auto-protect function can
prevent the recorder and battery from damage.
The recorder provides each camera with stable +12V DC power; DVR can detect the
short cut on power circuit.
Can use ignition to control the power.
Recording mode
Continuous record.
Start recording automatically when the DVR is turned on.
Support schedule recording.
Support alarm recording.
Speed and Vehicle status recording
Record vehicle speed and car id with audio and video.
Support 6 sensors, can be connected to brake, return, right turn, left turn light etc.
Over-speed alarm.
SD card plug and play
Support plug and play for SD card when not recording and playing.
Note: If you remove the SD card while recording or playing, it might cause the damage of
the file on SD card. While recording or playing, the yellow light on the front panel will be
on. So please stop recording or playing until the yellow light is off if you need to remove
the SD card.
Multiple player supported
You can use the following player to play back the record file.
VLC media player（version1.0.0 or above）；
Storm player(Version 2009 or above）
Winamp（Version 5.531 or above）

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2. Overall description
2.1 Front Panel
①：Power light.
②：Run light.
③：Alarm light.
④：SD present light.
⑤：System light.
⑥：External IR connector.
⑦：USB 2.0 port.
⑧：Lan port.
Get to know the status of Mobile DVR by the
indication of PWR light and RUN light:
PWR
RUN
Description
Always On
Blinking
DVR is turned on and running.
Blinking with RUN by
turns
Blinking with PWR by
turns
Ignition is not enabled and DVR is
turned off.
Blinking together with
RUN
Blinking together with
PWR
Ignition is not enabled and DVR is
running. The DVR will be turned off
when it reached the “Ignition Power
Off Delay”time.
Blinking
Off
The DVR is turned off. It will restart if
POWER button is pressed on the
remote.
Alarm light(yellow)
Description
On
Alarm indication, such as overspeed.
Off
No alarm.
NET
PWR
RUN
ALARM
SD
SYS
USB 2.0
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
⑧
5
1
EX_IR

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2.2 Rear panel
①：AV input 1(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power for camera 1)
②：AV input 2(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power for camera 2)
③：AV input 3(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power for camera 3)
④：AV input 4(including audio input 1, video input 1 and power for camera 4)
⑤：AV ouput(including audio output, video output and power)
⑥：1 speed sensor, 3 sensors, 2 RS232 port, 1 RS485 port and one 5V DC output.
⑦：Power for the recorder and ACC input.
System light(yellow)
Description
On
In recording. Don’t remove the SD card in this status.
Please press “stop”on the remote to stop recording if
you need remove the SD card. Removing SD card in this
status might cause the damage on the record file.
Off
Recorder is not in recording mode. You can remove the
SD card.
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦

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2.3 Remote
How to use the remote：
（1）Press <MENU> to enter main menu or sub menu. You can also use <MENU> to select
among different value in the submenu. You can also use <MENU> as <OK>；
（2）Press <Up/Down/Left/Right> button to move between the different menu item;
（3）Press <OK> to save and exit the current menu. Press <ESC> to cancel and exit
thecurrent menu. If you modify something in the menu, recorder will prompt a window to
ask you to save or cancel your modification;
（4）Press <VIDEO> to toggle among different video channel;
（5）Press <AUDIO>to toggle among different audio channel;
（6）To delete character in the edit control, you can press <Left>；
（7）Press <POWER>for a while to turn on/off the recorder;
1. Power
2. Stop
3. Record
4. Alarm
5. Play
6. Numbers
7. Audio
8. Video
9. Up
10. Left
11. Right
12. Menu
13. ESC
14. OK
15. Down
16. Fast Forward
17. Pause/Step
18. Fast Backward
19. OSD
20. Next
21. Previous

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3. Using the recorder
Step 1：Prepare the SD card
Select the SD card and make sure the lock jumper is in off position.
Put the SD card into the recorder.

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Step 2, Connect camera.
Connect the camera as the picture shows. The yellow connector is for video and the white
connector is for audio.
Step 3, Connect to power supply
Connect the red wire to the “+”pole of the battery and black wire to the “-“pole of the
battery. The yellow wire is for connecting the ignition signal. If you don’t need to use
ignition, connect the yellow wire to the “+”pole of the batery. Please note: The fuse is
used for protecting the battery from shortcut so you need to connect the fuse near to the
battery.

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NOTE
1．The DVR uses DC power input, please be very careful when connecting to the “+”and
“-”of the power supply.
2．Wide voltage range of 8V-32V for the DVR. The DVR may be damaged if the voltage
comes too high. And the DVR may not work if the voltage comes too low.
3．Power of the DVR should be supplied by the car battery.
4．Power consumption of the DVR can be 60W when the engine starts. All the cables for
connecting from power to the DVR should be thick enough for current over 5 Amperes.
5．To protect the battery from being damaged of short circuit on the cable, the fuse
should be placed very closed to the car battery.
Step 4, format the SD card
You need to format the SD card before using it. Press <MENU> to enter the main menu
and select “FORMAT”in “STORAGE”sub menu.
Choose “YES”to format the SD card. The format process will take some time and you will
see the capacity of the SD card after formating.
Step 5, Choose recording quality
Press <MENU> to enter the main menu and select “RECORD SETTINGS”in the “RECORD”
sub menu.

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The detailed parameters for each quality list as below:
NOTE：Maxiam write speed for most SD card is about 6000KBit/s, so please select
“GOOD”or below if you are recording 4 channel video at same time.
Step 6, start recording
Press < REC> on the remote to start recording. There will be one red dot on each channel
indicating the recording. The recorder will record all of the channel by default. If you
need to record only one channel, use <UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT> or number key “1”，“2”，
“3”，“4”to select one channel and press < REC> to recording.
Quality
Resolution
Maxiam bit
rate（Bit/s）
Minumum
bit rate
（Bit/s）
Audio
Bitrate
（Bit/s）
Capacity
need
BASIC
2/3 D1
350K
210K
16K
119M/hour
NORMAL
D1
1000K
600K
16K
346M/hour
GOOD
D1
1200K
720K
16K
540M/hour
HIGH
D1
1500K
900K
16K
720M/hour

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4.Operations
4.1 Play back the files on SD card
（1）Play back the recent record file. Press the <PLAY> button on the remote, the recorder
will play back the file for first channel. You can also use <UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT> or number
key “1”，“ 2”，“3”，“4”to select the channel and press <PLAY> to play the channel
you want to play. You can also press <VIDEO> to toggle the full screen of one channel.
Press <Next>/<Previous> to select the next or previous file. The play status is indicated
by a green triangle on the top right corner of the screen.
（2）Seek and play back the file at a specific time. Press <MENU> to enter the main
menu and select “SEARCH BY TIME”in the “STORAGE”sub menu. Select the time you
want to seek and choose <OK>. The recorder will list the record file around the time you
set. Then press <PLAY> to play the file.

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4.2 Manage the power
（1）Use the ignition to control the power
1. Connect the ignition to the yellow wire of the power cable. And connect the red and
black wire to the “+”and “-”pole of battery.
2. Set the power off delay. Select “POWER OFF DELAY”in the “POWER”sub menu. The
maxiam duration for the power off delay is 86400 seconds(24 hours). If the power off
delay is set to 0, the recorder will turn off immidiately if the ignition is off.
Battery
Fuse
+
Recorder
Red
wire
Ignition
-
Yellow
wire
Black wire

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If the vehicle is using low level as ignition, you need to set the ignition signal to low level.
（2）Turn on/off the recorder automatically
1. Connect the DVR to the battery. Please note that you need to connect the yellow wire
(ignition wire) to the “+”pole (+12V or +24V) of the battery.
Fuse
+
Recorder
Red
wire
-
Yellow wire
Black
wire
Battery

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2. Select “POWER ON”and “POWER OFF”in the “Power”sub menu and set the time you
want to turn on/off the recorder.
If you don’t need to turn on/off the recorder automatically, set the “POWER ON”and
“POWER OFF”time to “00：00”.

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5.Appendix, cables
5.1 Power supply
Mark
Color
Description
PWR
RED
“+”of power supply
ACC
YELLOW
Ignition signal. Connect this wire to “+”of power supply if you don’t use
ignition to control the power.
GND
BLACK
“-“of poer supply
5.2 AV cables
1）AV cables

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Mark
Description
VIN
Video input
AIN
Audio input
12V
Power output for camera(+12 VDC, Maximum current 1A)
GND
Ground
2）Audio output line
Mark
Description
VO
Video out
AO
Audio out
12V
Power output for camera(+12 VDC, Maximum current 0.5A)
GND
Ground

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5.3 Signal cables
Mark
Description
Color
Description
1
TXD1
Orange
TXD, COM1，（ GPS）
2
RXD1
Brown
RXD, COM1，（ GPS）
3
TXD2
Yellow
TXD, COM2
4
RXD2
Blue
RXD, COM2
5
485A
White
RS485 A, (PTZ)
6
485B
Grey
RX485 B, (PTZ)
7
5.0V
Red
+5 VDC
8
GND
Black
Ground
9
SNR2
Grey
Sensor 2
10
SNR3
Grey
Sensor 3
11
SPEED
Purple
Speed sensor
12
SNR1
Grey
Sensor 1
GPS connector（RS232 COM1）
PIN
Description
2
TXD: Data Transmit
3
RXD: Data receive
5
GND: Ground
9
+5V DC: Power output