ROVE A12-60 User manual

USER MANUAL
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QUAD
1440P@60fps VIEW ANGLE
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LOOP CYCLE
RECORDING PARKING MODE
SENSOR
GPS
GEO-TAGGING
EMERGENCY
LOCK BUTTON
LANE DEPARTURE
WARNING SYSTEM
FORWARD COLISION
WARNING SYSTEM
ADAS
MICRO SD CARD
INCLUDED
16GB
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USER MANUAL
Model: A12-60 A12-A75
This user manual will give you
details on how to use, operate,
technical specifications and
precautions while in use. Before
use, please read this manual
thoroughly and fully understand.
Please keep this manual in a
safe place; it may take few times
to learn how to use ROVE
Dash-Cam and its functions.
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USER MANUAL
INDEX PAGE #
INTRODUCTION 3
WARNINGS/PRECAUTIONS – SAFETY INFO. 4
UNIT STRUCTURE APPERANCE & BUTTONS: 5
BUTTONS AND INTERFACE INSTRUCTIONS 6 - 10
UNDERSTANDING STATUS ICONS 11 - 12
CHARGING & POWER ON/OFF INSTRUCTIONS 13
CAMERA OPERATION 13 - 17
3 – CAMERA MODES 18 - 21
3 – CAMERA MODE’S SETTINGS 21 - 25
SYSTEM SETTINGS 26 - 27
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 28 - 29
LED STATUS INDICATOR & BATTERY INFO. 29
GPS & VIDEO PLAYER INSTALLATION 31 - 33
WARRANTY, SAFETY & LEGAL 34 - 36
TROUBLE SHOOTING 37 - 38
CONTACT US 39
Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing ROVE™ A12-60 Quad HD 2560x1440P @ 60fps
Digital Vehicle Dash Cam (Automobile Black Box). This product provides high
quality image capture and irrefutable evidence for what goes on from the
perspecve of your dashboard. Rove Dash Cam is a very elegant, convenient
and durable mul-vehicle driving recorder.
Product Overview:
This product is a leading Quad HD Digital Vehicle Black Box Recorder. Equipped
with QUAD-HD 1440P @ 60fps with Ambarella A12-A75 processor which
allows you to record connuous videos for high-quality video playback, it
brings phenomenal high resoluon video even at night without the need for
infrared sensors. It has G-Sensing capability, Emergency video lock buon, Au-
dio recording, Loop Cycle Recording, Moon Detecon, Parking Mode, HDMI
output, and ADAS funcons: LDWS, FCWS. When compared to most dash cam,
this exclusive product design provides an elegant appearance, packed with top
rated unique features, superb unbeatable night me video recording and is
very easy-to-use.
Features:
3.0” Color LCD Screen
Ambarella A12-A75 Chipset
QUAD HD 2560x1440P @ 60fps – 16:9
170° View Angle
Loop Cycle Recording
Split Record Mode
G-sensor
 ADAS Funcon
 Moon Detecon
Parking Mode
 Emergency Video Lock Buon
512 GB Max Class 10 MicroSD Support
(16GB MicroSD Card Pre-Installed)
 Auto Power O
Built in Speaker & Microphone
GPS Geo-Tagging Device Included
Time, Date, Driver ID & Driving Speed Stamp Support
 Internal Rechargeable Baery (up to 8 minutes)
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Warnings/Precauons: IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS COULD
RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT, INJURY OR EVEN DEATH.
Do not put the unit in a damp environment. This machine is not designed
with waterproong features. Please do not expose to water of any kind,
including rain water.
Do not try to open the shell or try to repair it yourself. If the accessories
for this machine have any problem, please contact the seller for assistance.
This camera is intended to use inside motor vehicle. Don’t install it
where it will block the driver’s view of the road including mirrors or the
deployment of airbag.
Do not place the camera loose on top of dashboard or in-front of air bags.
 Do not mount the camera where it can become distracon if it became
loose and falls of the windshield while driving.
Do not expose this machine to an excessive heat, dust or use any chemical
substance or cleaning solvent to clean this machine. Instead please use a
so, moist cloth for cleaning.
 Pay careful aenon when cleaning the lens surface. Use a so, moist
cloth to clean the lens to avoid compromising video quality.
Removing the camera from the vehicle when not in use is recommended.
This prevents likelihood of the or exposure to excessive heat to prevent
damage to unit.
 Do not operate camera while driving, or aempt to change any sengs
etc. Pull o the road rst and only do so when it is safe.
 Exercise cauon while driving. ADAS funcons are an added safety feature
and should not be relied upon for your complete safety. Ulize cauon and
use your own judgment while driving and making decisions.
 Some Countries or USA States prohibit drivers from mounng anything on
windshield or prohibit mounng on certain area of the windshield. It is
owner/operator’s responsibility to mount or use of this device in
compliance with local laws.
 Do not leave the camera in direct sunlight for a long period of me or
where the temperature could go above 140°F (60°C).
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Unit Structure Appearance & Buons:
1) GPS Input
2) HDMI Output
3) Windshield Mount Latch
4) Mini USB Power Input/Data Output Slot
5) Power ON/OFF / PHOTO Buon
6) MODE Buon
7) MENU Buon
8) Emergency Video Lock
9) 3.0” LCD
10) LED Status Light Indicator
11) Up Buon / Mute On/OFF
12) Down Buon / LCD ON/OFF
13) Select/OK Buon / START or STOP Video Record
14) MIC
15) Micro SD Card Slot
16) Reset
17) Lens
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Buons and Interface Instrucons
1GPS Input
GPS Input: This is where you plug in your external GPS Geo-Tagging device.
2Mini HDMI Output
Connect mini HDMI output to HDMI HD Television
input to view HD Videos directly on your television.
See Page 16 & 20 for more details.
3Windshield Mount Latch
Connect camera to windshield mount.
How to install Windshield Mount and Camera assembly?
(1) Before installing, Remove plasc protecve lm & clean windshield area.
(2) Make sure the locking knob is set to unlocked posion.
(3) While applying pressure to sucon cup base towards windshield from
locking knob, rotate the locking knob towards LOCK posion.
This should create strong sucon between windshield and the mount.
(4) Now you can connect the camera with long mini USB power cable, then
slide the top mounng hook of the camera to the windshield mount’s
bracket hook snug to complete installaon of camera to windshield
mount.
(5) To unmount, turn the locking knob to the unlock posion and then li the
plasc ap on the base to release the windshield mount.
4Mini USB Power Input/Data Output Slot
• Power Input: Connect included mini USB long DC Car charger to provide
power to the camera. When you start your car it will provide power to
camera. This will auto turn ON camera and auto start recording video if
Micro SD card is inserted. When you shut o your car which will disconnect
power, then in-built baery will take over, it will stop the current video
that is being recorded, save that last video le safely and it will auto turn
OFF camera within few seconds.
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• Power Input: Connect included mini USB long DC Car charger to provide
power to the camera. When you start your car it will provide power to
camera. This will auto turn ON camera and auto start recording video
if Micro SD card is inserted. When you shut o your car which
will disconnect power, then in-built baery will take over, it will stop the
current video that is being recorded, save that last video le safely and it
will auto turn OFF camera within few seconds.
• Data Output: You can connect included mini-USB data cable, from
camera to your computer to download or view video les to your
computer directly.
• P.S. (Please do NOT use “Windows Media Player” to play this high
bit- rate videos. We recommend downloading free VLC Media Player to
enjoy stream less high quality vides from your ROVE Dash Cam.
Download Free VLC Media Player at hp://www.videolan.org
5Power ON / OFF -Photo Buon
• Power ON/OFF: Press once to turn the camera ON. Press and HOLD to
turn the camera OFF.
How to take Photos?
• Press once while video is being recorded to take photo. You can also
take photos by going into the photo mode by pressing mode buon
and then press Power ON/Photo buon to take a photo.
• P.S. (You can maximum take 50 Photos. Aer that you will have to
delete photos manually to take more photos. You can do so by
connecng camera to computer.)
Toggle/Switch between Locked / Unlocked Files Folder:
• While in Playback Mode, pressping Power ON/Photo buon will toggle/
switch between locked and unlocked les folder.
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6Mode Buon
Mode Buon: ROVE A12-60 has three dierent modes: Video Mode,
Photo Mode and Playback Mode. (See Page 18 for detailed explanaon)
Press Mode Buon to switch through these 3 dierent modes. Stop when
you are on the mode you want. An icon appears in the upper le corner of
the screen for each mode.
While Under Video Mode: (Look Top Le of LCD to conrm Video Mode icon)
• Press OK Buon to Start/Stop Recording
• Press UP Buon to Mute/Unmute Audio Recording with Video.
• Press Down Buon to Turn OFF/ON LCD (Camera Sll Stays ON if you
use this buon. RED LED indicator conrms camera is sll ON).
• Press MENU Buon to display conguraon menus for this mode.
While Under Photo Mode: (Look Top Le of LCD to conrm Photo Mode icon)
• Press Power ON/Photo Buon once to take Photo.
• Press OK Buon to take Photo.
• Press Down Buon to Turn OFF/ON LCD (Camera Sll Stays ON if you
use this buon. RED LED indicator conrms camera is sll ON).
• Press MENU Buon to display conguraon menus for this mode.
While Under PlayBack Mode: (Look Top Le of LCD to conrm PlayBack Mode icon)
• To Play Video/Photo: Select Desired Video/Photo le by using UP/
DOWN Buons > Press OK Buon to Play that Video File. Press Down
Buon once to Fast Forward video to 2X, Press once again to FF to
4X. Press UP Buon to reverse Fast forward one step at a me.
• How to Switch between Locked / Unlocked Files: Press Power ON/
Photo Buon to Switch between Locked and Unlocked Videos/
Photos les folder.
• To Delete One Video/Photo: Select Desired File to be Deleted by
using UP/DOWN Arrow > Press MENU Buon > Select Delete File &
Press OK > Select “Delete This File” & Press OK > Select “ √” & Press
OK to DELETE.
• Press MENU Buon: to go back to play back mode and exit.
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7Menu Buon
All three modes has their own menu sengs. When you have selected the
mode you want press MENU Buon to enter/exit that parcular Mode’s
Sengs. System Sengs are common between all three modes. While
under any Mode’s Sengs Press MODE buon to switch between the
Mode Sengs and System Sengs.
While Under Video Mode: Press Menu Once to enter Video Sengs.
While Under Photo Mode: Press Menu Once to enter Photo Sengs.
While Under PlayBack Mode: Press Menu Once to enter PlayBack
Sengs.
8 Emergency Video Lock Buon
How to Lock the video that is currently being recorded Manually?
While Video is Being Recorded:
•Press Emergency Lock Once to Manually Lock the Current Video.
P.S. (1) (The manually locked video by emergency lock buon will
not be deleted by loop cycle Recording Funcon. It can only be deleted
manually)
P.S. (2) Emergency Locked Videos will be saved under Video PlayBack
Mode, under “Locked Files” See. #6 for more details.
P.S. (3) You can also access this Locked Videos by conncng your
Camera directly to computer or Connecng Mirco SD to your computer.
Event Locked videos will be marked in a seprate Folder name “EVENT”
9 LCD
3.0” TFT LCD Screen, 960x240P
10 LED
LED Status Light Indicator - (See Page 29 for detailed explainaon)
11 UP Buon/ Mute ON/OFF
While in Menu Mode Sengs or System Sengs: Press to scroll UP
While Video is Being Recorded: Press to Mute ON/OFF for Audio
Recording.
While in Playback Mode: Press to reverse fast forward one step at a me.
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12 DOWN Buon/LCD ON/OFF
While in Menu Mode Sengs or System Sengs: Press to Scroll Down
While in Video or Photo Mode: Press to Turn OFF/ON LCD. (Please Note
that Camera Sll Stays ON)
While in Playback Mode & Video is being played: Press once to Fast
Forward video to 2X, Press once again to FF to 4X.
13 OK Buon
While in Video Mode: Press Once to START / STOP Recording.
While in Photo Mode: Press to take Photo
While Under PlayBack Mode: Press to Select / Play Video or View Photo
While in Menu Mode: Press to OK and Conrm any Selecon.
14 MIC
Built in MIC to recored Audio with Video. Default Seng is ON.
15 Micro SD Card Slot
Mirco SD Card, MAX Support upto 512 GB.
FREE 16GB Class 10 Micro SD Card Included and pre installed in camera.
How to Insert & Remove Micro SD Card?
• TO INSERT: First, Make sure you allign MicroSD Card correctly as
directed on camera slot. If card does not slide in smoothly do NOT force
inset it. Please re-check its correct allignment before proceeding.
• Genty insert rst half of MicroSD card into slot then use your nger nail
to PUSH inwards unl it clicks.
• TO REMOVE: Gently use your nger nail to PUSH Inwards MicroSD card
unl it clicks and pops out, then you can pull it out of the slot.
16 How to Reset?
If you are having problems with the camera funcons or freezing issue, it is
recomanded that you ulise Reset buon to Reset the camera.
Insert a pin or paper clip into the reset slot while camera is ON, then press
and hold unl camera is turned o. Then turn the camera back on.
17 Lens
170° Ultra Wide A+ Viewing angle with 6 layers of lenses for more ambiant
light capture with 4MP CMOS sensor.
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UNDERSTANDING STATUS ICONS:
Video Mode
Photo Mode
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Playbak Mode
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Charging and Power ON/OFF Instrucons:
1. CHARGING:
• BEFORE First me USE: We strongly recommend that you charge your
ROVE A12-60 Dash Cam for atleast 6 Hours to prevent any errors.
• Charge camera by connecng to USB Car Charger in your vehicle.
• The camera charges the baery whenever power is detected through
the mini-USB port.
• A solid blue light indicates: A Unit is currently being charged. To fully
Charge the unit from dead baery it takes up to 120 minute. Aer
charging is complete the indicaon light will turn o.
2. OPERATION:
SETTING UP YOUR ROVE DASH-CAM:
• If you are not sased with the default sengs, you can customize your
own through Mode and Menu.
• The Rove A12-60 has 3 dierent modes. Video Mode, Photo Mode and
Playback Mode. These modes has their own specic menus to help you
congure your camera.
• Press Mode Buon to switch between 3 modes.
• When the camera is in standby and under any specic mode, press
menu buon to enter specic mode’s sengs. At this point you can also
switch to System Sengs by pressing Mode Buon. System sengs are
common between all three modes.
Use UP/DOWN buon to scroll dierent funcons you like to congure and
press OK Buon to conrm selecon and exit
• Press Menu Buon at any point to exit or go back from current funcon’s
sengs.
Aenon: The GPS symbol will have an “X” under GPS icon, when unit is
without GPS funcon. Please connect GPS module before powering ON the
unit. GPS shows tracking of the longitude and latude logs while driving,
without any navigaon funcon. It also shows your driving speed with unit
KM/HR or MPH on boom right corner of the LCD Screen.
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TURN ON/OFF YOUR CAMERA:
Auto power ON / OFF:
• ROVE A12-60 Dash-Cam is already pre-congured to auto power on and
start recording once it receives power, e.g. when the car engine is started.
ROVE Dash-Cam is also pre-congured to auto stop recording and turn o
camera once it loses power, e.g. when the car engine is stopped.
• Start your car with ROVE Dash-Cam connected via mini-USB car charger
to your car’s cigaree lighter. This will automacally power on and begin
recording video if Micro SD memory card is already installed.
• When you completely turn o your car, power gets disconnected, internal
baery takes over, then ROVE Dash Cam will automacally save last video
le and power o automacally within few seconds.
• ROVE Dash-Cam is also pre-congured to auto turn o if it is in standby for
a long me without any buon pressed.
• ROVE Dash-Cam is also pre-congured to auto stop recording and turn
o when the internal baery runs out if there is no external power supply
connected.
Manual Power ON/OFF:
• Press power buon once to power on camera manually. This will NOT auto
start recording if camera is not plugged in with external power.
• Press and hold power buon for 2 seconds to turn o the camera
manually.
STORAGE & MEMORY CARD:
• The camera supports Micro SD card. Max Capacity 512GB
• We recommend that you use class 10 or higher Micro SD card to avoid
storage & freezing of operang system problems.
How to Insert & Remove Micro SD Card?
• TO INSERT: First, Make sure you allign MicroSD Card correctly as directed
on camera slot. If card does not slide in smoothly do NOT force inset it.
Please re-check its correct allignment before proceeding.
• Genty insert rst half of MicroSD card into slot then PUSH inwards unl it
clicks.
• TO REMOVE: Gently PUSH Inwards MicroSD card unitl it clicks and pops
out, then you can pull it out of the slot.
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RECORDING A VIDEO:
• When the camera is turned on manually and in standby, press OK buon
to Start/Stop video recording.
• The camera is pre-congured to auto start recording when it receives
power and also stop recording and turn o within few seconds once it
loses power, i.e. when the car engine is starts/stopped.
RECORDING MUTE VIDEO:
• When the camera is in either standby or while it is recording, you can
press UP buon to Mute/Un-Mute microphone anyme.
PLAYBACK ON CAMERA:
• To Enter Playback Mode: When camera in in standby mode, press Mode
Buon unl you enter Playback mode is displayed.
• To Play Video: Select Desired Video le by using UP/DOWN Buons > Press
OK Buon to Play that Video File.
• Fast Forward: While video is playing press DOWN buon to Fast forward,
press UP buon to slow down fast forward speed. Press OK to Stop playing
video and return to the tumbnails view of videos/photos.
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• To View Photo: Select Desired Photo by using UP/DOWN Buons > Press
Ok to view photo full screen. OK again to return to thumbnail view.
• How to Switch between Locked File / Normal File: While in playback
mode, press Power ON/Photo buon once to Switch between Locked and
Normal les.
• To Delete One Video/Photo: Select Desired File to be Deleted by using UP/
DOWN Arrow > Press MENU Buon > Select Delete File & Press OK >
Select “Delete This File” & Press OK > Select “ √” & Press OK to DELETE.
• To Delete ALL Videos/Photos: Select any le to be Deleted by using UP/
DOWN Arrow > Press MENU Buon > Select Delete File & Press OK >
Select “Delete All Files” & Press OK > Select “ √” & Press OK to DELETE
enre videos and photos.
• Press MENU Buon: to go back to Playback Mode Home from any point in
this mode.
TAKING A PHOTO:
• Press Power ON/Photo buon once while video is being recorded to take a
photo/snapshot.
• While in Photo Mode Press OK buon or Power ON/Photo buon to take a
photo.
• You can take maximum of 50 photos. You have to delete them manually to
be able to take more photos again.
PLAYBACK ON TV:
When the camera is connected to a TV with included mini-HDMI cable from
camera to HD-TV the camera screen will turn o and transfer the display to the TV.
The operaon will be the same as when using playback on the camera.
PLAYBACK / COPY FILES ON A COMPUTER:
• When you wish to review the videos or photos on computer, a SD card reader
on your PC or LAPTOP is required. Please use included SD card adapter for
viewing les. If you don’t have SD card reader or adapter you can also connect
your ROVE Dash-Cam directly to your computer via provided mini-USB
data cable while memory card is already inserted into the camera. When you
connect ROVE A12-60 camera to PC a "USB Connecon to PC Successful"is
displayed on LCD.
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• Car DVD Player soware is already pre placed inside camera. To install
the soware rst me on your computer, connect the camera to
computer by provided mini-USB data cable. Aer connecon you will see
two separate added external drives (e.g. drive “F” & “G”, depending on
how many other drives already preinstalled on your computer, drive
names can vary). One of the Drive here, e.g. “G” will have folder named
“PLAYER”. Double Click the le to begin installaon of Car DVD Player
soware. Follow on screen direcons. The player also displays GPS locaon
and speed as video plays if video was recorded while GPS Geo-Tagging
device connected.
• To access your ROVE Dash-Cam videos on your computer double click on
other drive “F”. This Folder should have two separate folders insude. (1)
DCIM (Contains Unlocked Videos) (2) EVENT (Contains Locked Videos).
• To play your ROVE Dash-Cam videos we recommend “VLC Media Player”.
You can download this free soware from www.videolan.org.
• You can also remove your Micro SD card and insert into SD Adapter, then
insert it to the computer to view or copy your video/photo les directly to
your computer.
MANUAL EMERGENCY LOCK BUTTON TO PROTECT VIDEO:
How to Lock the video that is currently being recorded Manually?
While Video is Being Recorded:
• Press Emergency Lock Once to Manually Lock the Current Video.
P.S. (1) (The manually locked video by emergency lock buon will not be deleted
by loop cycle Recording Funcon. It can only be deleted manually)
P.S. (2) Emergency Locked Videos will be saved under Video PlayBack Mode, under
“Locked Files” See. #6 for more details.
P.S. (3) You can also access this Locked Videos by conncng your Camera directly
to computer or Connecng Mirco SD to your computer. Event Locked videos will
be marked in a seprate Folder name “EVENT”
• The camera supports automac loop cycle recording funcon which means that
the oldest video le will be over-wrien by new video les automacally when
the memory card is almost full unless the video is protected by Emergency Video
Lock buon or by G-Sensor automacally (Read-only le aribute).
• The camera can auto protect videos if the G-sensor force exceeds the congured
threshold sengs under video menu. You can also manually protect the video
by pressing the Emergency Video Lock Buon for the video that is being currently
recorded. Please note you can’t lock a le that has already been recorded.
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3 - CAMERA MODES:
• ROVE Dash-Cam has three dierent Modes. (1) Video Mode, (2) Photo
Mode, and (3) Playback Mode.
• Press the MODE Buon to switch between these three modes. An icon
on top le LCD indicates the current mode you are in.
• If the video is being recorded then press OK buon to Stop Video
Recording rst before you can switch between all three modes.
(1) Video Mode: While Under Video Mode
(Look Top Le of LCD to conrm Video Mode)
Video Mode
• Video mode lets you record live videos and store them on the installed
MicroSD Memory card.
• Press OK Buon to Start/Stop Recording
• Press UP Buon to Mute/Unmute Audio Recording with Video.
• Press Down Buon to Turn OFF/ON LCD (Camera Sll Stays ON if you use this
buon. RED LED conrms camera is sll ON).

• Press MENU Buon to enter VIDEO sengs. Press UP or DOWN buons to
scroll through various sengs and then press OK buon to select.
• While in VIDEO Sengs press MODE buon to switch between “VIDEO
Sengs” and “SYSTEM Sengs”. (SYSTEM Sengs are common between all
3-modes, See Page 26.)
(2) Photo Mode: While Under Photo Mode
(Look Top Le of LCD to conrm Photo Mode
• Press Power ON/Photo Buon to take Photo.
• Press OK Buon to take Photo.
• Press Down Buon to Turn OFF/ON LCD (Camera Sll Stays ON if you use this
buon. RED status LED conrms camera is sll ON).
• Press MENU Buon will enter PHOTO Sengs. Press MENU buon again to
exit PHOTO Sengs.
Photo Mode
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