SoloChina H850 User manual

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H850--User’s Manual
The Main Purpose
Help the investigation of the scene for traffic accident
Gather evidence for violent crimes (blackmail and robbery)
Facilitate the management of company vehicles(GPS positioning)
Full view backing-car function
Speed alarm
Home security(CCTV)

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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 DVR 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.
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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.
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electric shock, do NOT
remove top cover or back
cover. There is NO
user-serviceable part
inside. Ask for service from
qualified maintenance man.
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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 ................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Remote........................................................................................................ 7
3. Using the recorder ............................................................................................ 9
Step 1, Install the hard drive into the hard drive case ........................................ .. 9
Step 2, Connect camera.....................................................................................11
Step 3, Connect to power supply ........................................................................11
Step 4, format the SD card.................................................................................12
Step 5, Choose recording quality ........................................................................13
Step 6, start recording.......................................................................................13
4.Operations.........................................................................................................14
4.1 Play back the files on SD card.......................................................................14
4.2 Manage the power.......................................................................................16
4.3 Alarm recording .......................................................................................18
4.4 Get speed from GPS.....................................................................................18
4.5 Get speed from speedometer........................................................................18
5.Appendix, cables...............................................................................................20
5.1 Power supply...............................................................................................20
5.2 AV cables ....................................................................................................20
5.3 Signal cables ...............................................................................................21
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(Advanced Audio Compression) for audio.
D1 resolution for each channel, 720x480@30 fps(NTSC).
Support 4/2 channel video and 4/2 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
Recording can be set to start the engine
Support Motion detection recording.
Support alarm recording. recording can be set to star open the door
Support timer switch/temer recording
Speed and Vehicle status recording
Support 1 channel speed, 3-way universal sensor inputs, can be
simultaneously displayed and recorded license plate, vehicle speed,
braking, steering, Ming sirens and other traffic state
Support over-speed alarm
Achieve reversing video automatically switches
Built-in GPS model,Can record speed and Wheel Path.
SATA 1.8’’ hard drive and SD card for storage
Support SATA 1.8’’ hard drive （just for 5 mm Thickness）and SD card for storage,
external USB device (memory stick or hard drive) is ok .
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.

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VLC media player（version1.0.0 or above）
Storm player(Version 2009 or above）
Winamp（Version 5.531 or above）
Windows MediaPlayer (Need to download the H.264 control by network)
2. Overall description
High video quality based on H.264 profile compression.
High resolution recording, up to mega-pixel for 4 channel(1280 x 1024) and D1
resolution for each channel(PAL:704 x 576/NTSC:720 x 480).
USB port connect thumb drive/external HDD storage.
Compact size & lightweight, much easier for installation.
Support from 8VDC to 32VDC, applicable for 12VDC and 24VDC vehicles.
The recorder provides each camera with stable +12VDC power; DVR can detect the
short cut on power circuit.
Can use ignition to control the power. Configurable power timer after ignition is off.
Automatic, event trigger, schedule or motion recording options.
Can record speed with audio and video. Support overspeed alarm.
Support 3 sensors, can record brake, return, right turn, left turn light status into the
record file.
GPS allows for vehicle tracking and location with video and audio.
Use AVI format for record file. Compatible with different player software.
Support FAT32 file system, record file can be read directly on Windows, Linux.
Motion detection and the sensitivity can be adjusted.
Date and time stamp records onto footage.
2.1 Front Panel
Light function as:
Power light.
Run light.
Alarm light.
Recording media (SD or hard disk) Operation light.
System light.

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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.
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.

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2.2 Rear panel
①：Power for the recorder and ACC input.
②：AV input 1、AV input 2
③：AV input 3、AV input 4
④：AV output(including audio output, video output and power)
⑤：1 IR Cable, 1 speed sensor, 3 universal sensors,
2.3 Remote
0. power
1. Numbers
2. Audio
3. Up
4. Left
5. Menu
6. Esc
7. Down
8. Pause
9. Previlus
10. Fast Backward
11. Alarm
12. REC
13. Video
14. Stop
15. Right
16. Play
17. Ok
18. OSD
19. Next
20. Fast Forward
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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 the
current 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;

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3. Using the recorder
Step 1, install the hard drive into the hard drive case
To Install hard drive with SATA interface, please do as following steps.
1. Remove screws on the back side of the hard drive case.
2. Take the SATA connector out of the hard drive case.
3. Connect the connector with the hard drive.
4. Put the hard drive back to the hard drive case. Please note, the hard drive should be put
to the mounting bracket inside of the hard drive case.

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5. through the Hole, use the screwdriver to drive the gear box on the shock bracket hooks
under pressure to fix the hard drive. Please note that, under pressure after the test block
shake the hook, if the hard disk is not fixed firmly, because the vibrations may cause
damage to the hard disk, hard drive data will loss
6. Install the connector back to the back side of hard drive case. Then the SATA hard drive
is installed into the hard drive case.

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Step 2, Connect camera.
A
B
Products according to customer requirements of different cable distribution
Figure Asmall camera is connected, The cable use for DC 3.3V camera
Figure B is connected ordinary camera, The cable use for DC 12V camera
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

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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.
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 Hard Disk
You need to format the Hard Disk before using it. Press <MENU> to enter the main menu
and select “FORMAT” in “STORAGE” sub menu.
Choose “YES” to format the Hard Disk. The format process will take some time and you will
see the capacity of the Hard Disk after formatting.

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Step 5, Choose recording quality
Press <MENU> to enter the main menu and select “RECORD SETTINGS” in the “RECORD”
sub menu.
The detailed parameters for each quality list as below:
NOTE
Maximum 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 198M/hour
NORMAL D1 1000K 600K 16K 324M/hour
GOOD D1 1200K 720K 16K 432M/hour
HIGH D1 1500K 900K 16K 540M/hour

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NOTE
The DVR will recognize either Disk 1 or Disk 2 in random order if both Hard Drive and SD Card
are inserted. The Disk 1 can be Hard Drive or SD Card, same as Disk 2.
4.Operations
4.1 Play back the files on HDD drive
（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.

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（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 Vedio dir 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
maximum 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 immediately if the ignition is off.
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.
Battery
Fuse
+
Recorder
Red
wire
Ignition
-
Y
ellow
wire
Black wire

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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”.
Fuse
+
Recorder
Red
wire
-
Y
ellow wire
Black
wire
Battery

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4.3 Alarm recording
Using the sensor (alarm)
The Mobile DVR can be connected to 4 sensors. All these alarms and sensors can trigger
the alarm recording. They can also turn on the buzzer, trigger the alarm out, trigger to
toggle video display, and trigger to show information on the screen.
Here are the pictures for alarm connector and sensor connector.
Mark Color Description
SENSOR1 Gray Sensor（Alarm）1
SENSOR2 Gray Sensor（Alarm）2
SENSOR3 Gray Sensor（Alarm）3
SPEED Purple Speed sensor pulse signal input
4.4 Get speed from GPS
1. DVR Build in GPS model,Please send a better signal reception on the GPS
antenna position
2. Choose menu item “ Vehicle Setup”, then choose the “Speed” to be “From GPS”.
3. The speed will be displayed on the right bottom of the screen. If you need the speed to
be “MPH” other than “KM/H”, please select “mile” in the “Pulse No.”.
4.5 Get Speed from Speedometer
1. Connect the speed sensor input wire on the DVR to the speed sensor. The speed sensor
input wire of the DVR is the Purple wire on the jet marked with “SENSOR”.

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Speed sensor input wire on DVR:
Label Color Description
SENSOR Purple Speed sensor input
2.Connect 1:
3.Connect2:
Speed sensor input
Speed sensor input

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5. Appendix, cables
5.1 Power supply
Pin Color Description
2 RED “+” of power supply
4 YELLOW Ignition signal. Connect this wire to “+” of power supply if you don’t
use ignition to control the power.
6 BLACK “-“ of power supply
5.2 AV cables
Audio and video connection interface (in the DVR back panel)
1）AV input cables
Mark Description