TS-market MAVR-H264x4 User manual
Audio/Video Recorder
mAVR H.264x4 TFT
Operation Manual
1.2 (2012-04-05)
Version 2012
TS-Market
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Overlook........................................................................ 3
Video Recorder’s Appearance..................................... 5
Technical Characteristics ............................................ 6
Operating the Recorder ............................................... 8
Working with Memory Cards ..................................... 20
Storage format of the recordings on the card ......... 21
View Video Records ................................................... 21
Battery Charging ........................................................ 27
In Box........................................................................... 27
Warranty ...................................................................... 28
Technical Support ...................................................... 28
Appendix 1. Recorder Menu of Settings .................. 29
Appendix 2 Base diagram of the connectors ......... 31
Contents
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Overlook
Video Recorder MAVR-H264x4 TFT (hereinafter called the
Recorder) is intended for professional recording of video and audio
data either from an external source or from built-in video camera
and microphone onto SD or SDHC ash memory cards to be further
played back. The Recorder provides the opportunity to insert up to 4
memory cards for both parallel and alternate recording.
Specications
The MAVR-H264x4 TFT Video Recorder has the following
specications:
• Recording of video signal either from an external source or
from the built-in video camera (H.264) in AVC format, providing
resolution of 640x480 for video camera or 720x576 for an external
source;
• Video signal scaling (image compression) and cropping up to
96x96;
• Adjustable video signal ltering;
• Independent setting of bitrate for audio and video stream;
• Adjustable frames per second for video stream;
• Automatic regulation of built-in video camera sensitivity (can be
deactivated);
• Automatic correction of white balance for built-in video camera;
• Flicker suppression to eliminate the affect of day electric lamps
etc (at the frequency 50 and 60 Hz);
• Disposition of text onto video signal (date, time, GPS data, text
line) – up to 2 lines with 24 symbols each depending on the
resolution selected;
• When recording video signal – automatic or manual selection of
video standard to be used;
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• Option to set video signal parameters (brightness, contrast,
saturation, colour);
• Recording of audio signal either from an external sound source
(MF input) or from built-in microphones in AAC format (mono or
stereo);
• Manual or automatic adjustment of the amplication of audio
channels;
• Data recording is performed directly into MP4 format without any
further converting;
• Parallel recording of video data onto two cards;
• Option to view video records directly from the Recorder;
• Built-in clock and calendar;
• Starting Recording by:
- “Rec” Switch on the sensor screen;
- timer;
- control input signal;
- built-in motion detector;
- VAS (Voice Activating System);
- signal from Analog-to-digital adapter;
- prehistory recording.
• Circular recording onto memory card (1 or several memory
cards);
• Power supply either from an external source or by built-in Li-ion
rechargeable battery. When powered from an external source
rechargeable battery is being charged;
• Power supply for an external power consumer (for
example video camera) with output voltage option
(5 or 12 V);
• Option to work with GPS-receiver;
• Setting of parameters through menu or with the help of “Manager”
program;
• Option to select interface language (Russian, English);
• Opportunity to upgrade internal software.
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Video Recorder’s Appearance
1. «On-Off» Switch;
2. Connector for master card with LED indicator;
picture 1
3. Touch screen;
4. Connector for memory card with LED indicator;
5. Right Microphone;
6. Video Sensor;
7. Left Microphone;
8. Connector for “5V” external power supply;
9. Connector for “VD” external devices;
10. Connector for “MF” remote microphones;
11. Connector for GPS receiver and analog-to-digital adapter;
12. Connector for headphones.
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Technical Characteristics
Parameter Parameter value
Min Max
Video Parameters
Resolution of built-in video camera 640х480
Video input resolution 720х480 (NTSC)
720x576 (PAL, SECAM)
Frame size of video stream
160х120, 320х240, 640х480
(built-in video camera);
180x120, 360x240, 720x480
(NTSC);
180x144, 360x288, 720x576
(PAL, SECAM)
Frames per second 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 30
Video compression standard AVC (H.264)
Bitrate, Kbs
64,96,128,192,256,384,512,768,
1024, 1536, 2048 (1536 and
2048 only at record paralleling
deactivated)
Video input resistance, Ohm 75
Supportable video standards
NTSC (M, 4.43)
PAL (B, G, H, I, M, N)
SECAM
Built-in video camera sensitivity 1 lx
Viewing angle of built-in video
camera, degrees 64
Dynamic range of built-in video
camera, dB 68
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Audio parameters
Sample rate, Hz 44100
Resolution, bit 16
Audio compression standard AAC
Audio bitrate, Kb/s 32, 64, 96, 128
Amplication range, dB 60
Dynamic range, dB 92
Frequency range, Hz 80 20000
Resistance for electret microphones,
KOhm 3.0
Voltage of electret microphones, V 2.5
Screen parameters
Resolution, pixels 320x240
Storage carrier parameters
Memory cards in use 1 4
SD card capacity, Gb 2
SDHC card capacity, Gb 4 32
File system FAT-32
Power system parameters
Rechargeable battery Li-ION (2200 mAh)
Battery life in record mode, hours
(video camera not taken into
account)
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Battery life in stand-by mode,
months 12
Charging time from an external
source, hours 5
External source voltage, V 4.5 5.5
External source current, A 1.7
External video camera voltage, V: 5 or 12
External video camera current, mA 150
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Operating the Recorder
Getting Started
• Launch the manager program by copying it onto the PC;
• Insert memory card into the card reader;
• At the time the program was launched select “Settings”, press the
button “Setup” and set up:
a. Interface language (the same language will be used in the
recorder);
b. The path to the memory card (“Source data”);
c. The folder to store converted recordings (“Output data”);
d. Click on “OK”.
• If necessary memory card can be formatted. To do this click on the
“Format ...”. The le system type must be “FAT32”;
• Prepare master card for the recorder:
a. Set the required settings for the recorder;
b. Click on “Prepare”.
The root folder of the memory card displays the following service
les:
- mavr-h264x4_tft_v1.bin;
- mavr-h264x4_tft_v1.cfg;
- ru_std.skn or en_std.skn.
• Insert the prepared card into the main slot (lower right);
• The remaining slots of the recorder accept memory cards without
preliminary preparation. The only condition is the le system type
to be “FAT32”;
• Turn on the recorder using On-Off switch and wait for the menu to
appear on the screen.
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Display Calibration
For smooth operation of the Recorder perform calibration
before starting. To do this click on Settings – System –
Display calibration. By a thin object click on the central four-headed
arrow pointer on the screen.
Attention: don’t use any writing materials – the screen can get
deteriorated.
After that click on “Back” in the top-right corner to go back to the
Menu.
Operation Modes
After starting the Recorder one of the 3 operation modes can be
selected:
• Record;
• View;
• Setting.
Starting the Recorder
There are 4 connectors for memory cards in the Recorder. The
Recorder reads service information necessary for the Recorder’s
operation from the memory card in the slot (position 2). This
information is recorded onto the memory card when preparing it in
“Manager” program.
There also can be SD or SDHC
memory cards formatted in FAT-32
format in other slots. When starting
recording the data will be recorded
onto the memory card marked by an
arrow on the touch screen.
RECORD
VIEW
SETTING
picture 2
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After scanning has been completed you can start recording (the Rec
button is active);
If you select “2 cards” mode, recording is performed onto two cards
inserted into the slots on one side of the recorder (right or left). If one
of the cards is not inserted, recording is disabled;
In the “2 cards” mode you can choose any of the two cards - the top
or bottom;
The screen displays the amount of free space on the selected card
(as percentage of the
card’s capacity). The “2 cards” mode shows values for both cards -
rst for the selected card,
then for the parallel one.
picture 3
scanning process icon
scanning is completed
Arrow indicator can
be moved from one
memory card onto the
other by clicking on the
corresponding button. The
indicator moves through
inserted memory cards.
It takes some time to scan
the card. Scanning time
depends on the card’s
capacity and the number of
recordings stored there.
The selected card is
scanned more quickly;
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Selecting video source to record
1. Video source can be
selected using the
menu, and in recording
screen;
2. If external video source
is selected, but the
signal does not ow
to the video input of
the recorder, then the
message appears “No
Signal”. Record in this
case is disabled (the Rec button is not active).
To start recording make sure there is a master card (memory card
with the recorded service information) in the slot (see position 2).
There are the following ways to start recording:
• by “Rec” button on the touch screen;
• by Timer;
• by Control Signal (contact “remote” of “VD” connector, for base
diagram see Appendix 2);
• by internal motion detector activation;
• by VAS;
• by Signal from analog-to-digital adapter.
Starting the Recorder by “Rec” button on touch screen
When installing master card or while quitting standby mode the
master card inserted into the slot (position 2) is being scanned. After
that the Recorder is ready to start operating. Before starting shift
“On-Off” Switch to “On” position to activate touch panel.
picture 4
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Normal Recording
1. After pressing the “Recording” button and selecting the card you
should wait for it to be ready (the arrow disappears within the
card symbol). You can then click on the “Rec” button (the button
with a red circle);
2. After pressing the Rec button recording process will be prepared
rst, which includes creating a new folder for the recording; in
circular modes when insufcient free space, the removal of one
or more les out of the old recordings. Video at this time is not
recorded. In this case the screen displays “Preparing” and the
Rec button becomes inactive;
3. After preparation has been completed recording starts. The
screen displays record duration from the time it began (if the
recording in circular mode started recording over old data, it does
not affect the gures of the indicator). Instead of the Rec button
there appears a “Stop” button. If you press it that would lead to
completing recording process;
4. The process to complete recording may take some time. This
means recording has already stopped, and the contents of the
internal data buffer is being written onto the memory card.
The screen displays the message “Completing”. At this time the
“Rec” button is inactive;
5. If the selected card has no free space, and neither of the circular
modes has been selected, recording stops automatically. In this
case the screen displays “Card full”. The message will disappear
if you press the Rec button, select a new memory card or quit the
recording screen.
6. Recording stops if you press the button
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Starting the Recorder by Timer
1. To control recording according to schedule, you can use up to 10
timers
2. Each of the timers can be individually enabled or disabled;
3. Each of the timers has settings for day of the week, date and
activation time, record duration after activation, and operation
mode;
4. There are 4 modes for the timer to operate:
a. Daily: the timer is enabled every day within the specied days
of the week;
b. Once: the timer is activated only within the specied date
regardless of the specied days of the week;
c. Before preset date: timer is enabled every day, within days of
the week before specied date inclusive;
d. After preset date: timer is enabled every day, within days of the
week from the preset date
5. After the timer has been activated real recording does not start
immediately, but only after recording process has been prepared;
If record intervals specied for different timers overlap, only one
recording will be created instead of multiple ones (activation
signals of each of the timers are combined in one common signal
using the logic function “OR”);
6. To stop timer recording press the stop button on the screen. If
you manually start recording again before the timer’s operation
time expires, recording will stop after the timer’s operation time
expires. Thus, the Rec button on the screen and timers have
equal priority;
7. You can also stop timer recording by quitting the recording screen;
8. Timer recording starts only in case the recorder is in the main
screen or in the recording screen. Otherwise, recording does not
start.
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Recording activated by the Remote Control
1. Recording activated by the remote control is similar to timer
recording. The only difference is that the remote control has
higher priority than the button on the screen, so to stop recording
use either remote control or quit the recording screen;
2. When recording is activated by the remote control the screen
displays “Remote Control”.
Recording activated by the signal from analog-to-digital adapter
1. Recording activated by the signal from analog to digital adapter is
analogous to recording activated by the remote control. The only
difference is that the adapter is powered from the recorder, so to
control recording from the adapter both the recorder and GPS
power module (instead of which the adapter is used) must be on.
2. Analog-to-digital adapter has 8 digital inputs, each of which can
be used to control recording. You can select several inputs at the
same time (their combination in a common signal is performed
by the logic function “OR”). For each of the inputs the active level
can be set;
3. Unconnected digital input of the adapter is close to high logic
level.
Autostart
The recorder supports 3 modes to start recording automatically:
- MD (motion detector);
- VAS (Voice Activation System);
- MD + VAS.
1. If the autostart mode is turned on and the Rec button is pressed
or timer has been enabled, the Recorder starts shooting (and,
accordingly, energy consumption will increase), but data will not
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recorded onto the card. In this case the screen displays “Waiting”;
2. Recording starts as the event occurs (motion in the frame with the
motion detector turned on, or the sound level above the specied
threshold with the VAS system activated);
3. Recording will be completed after the specied time after the
event has been registered.
For example, if with the MD turned on the movement in the frame
lasted 11 seconds and the MD hold time was set 5 seconds, the
duration of the resulting record will be 16 seconds;
4. After recording has been completed, the recorder switches to
standby mode;
5. If the autostart event has not been detected, pressing the stop
button or timer expiration will bring recording to stop. At the same
time the recording will not be created on the card;
6. The signal from the remote control or analog-to-digital adapter
have higher priority than autostart. So with them recording starts
regardless of whether autostart is enabled or not.
Prehistory
1. Prehistory is used to record what happened in the eld of view of
the camera shortly before the event. The sources of such events
are as follows: autostart from MD or VAS (if activated), signal
from the remote control or from analog-to-digital adapter.
2. If prehistory is enabled prehistory recording starts after pressing
the Rec button. At the same time the screen displays “Prehistory”;
3. If during prehistory recording the duration of the resulting record is
more than the programmed length of the prehistory, the beginning
of the recording is overwritten (pieces of 1 minute);
4. Since erasing the beginning of the recording is performed with
pieces of 1 minute, the actual duration of the prehistory may vary.
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For example, if the duration of the prehistory was set to be 5
minutes, then its actual duration will range from 5 minutes to 5
minutes 59 seconds;
5. After one of the above events has been detected recording
continues as before, but the beginning of the recording is not
erased. As detected event is over, recording will be completed,
and after its completion prehistory recording for the next recording
starts;
6. If the prehistory is used together with autostart, then after
the activation of autostart, pressing the Stop button will lead
to immediate completing recording. If the prehistory is used
together with the signal from the remote control or analog-to-
digital adapter, then it is impossible to stop recording in this way;
in this case there is only one possible way to stop recording which
is to quit the recording screen.
Linear Recording
Recording continues while there is free memory on the selected
card. You can’t start a new recording while there isn’t free memory.
Circular Recording 1
if there is no free memory on the selected card, recording won’t
stop, it writes over its own beginning. Previous recordings remain
unchanged. You can’t start a new recording while there isn’t free
memory.
Circular Recording 2
when there is no more free memory space on the selected card,
recording continues over the oldest data on this card. You can start
a new recording at no free memory on the card.
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All-card linear Recording
if there is no free memory on the card the next card is selected. If the
next card has no free space recording stops. You can’t start a new
recording while there isn’t free memory on the current card.
All-card circular recording
When there is no more free memory space on the selected card,
recording continues over the oldest data on this card. When there is
only the current recording on the card the next card is selected. You
can start a new recording at no free memory on the card. Switching
between the cards in the last two modes is performed
counterclockwise. If the slot is empty, it is skipped.
Option “2 cards” active:
a. Linear Recording: recording continues while there is free memory
on any of the two selected cards. You can’t start a new recording
while there isn’t free memory on both cards.
b. Circular Recording 1: when there is no free memory on the
selected card recording won’t stop, it writes over its own
beginning. Previous recordings remain unchanged. You can’t
start a new recording while there isn’t free memory.
c. Circular Recording 2: when there is no more free memory space
on the selected card, recording continues over the oldest data on
this card. You can start a new recording at no free memory on the
cards.
d. All-card linear Recording: if there is no free memory on any of the
two cards the next pair of cards is selected. If any of them has no
free space recording stops. You can’t start a new recording while
there isn’t free memory on the current pair of cards.
e. All-card circular recording: when there is no more free memory
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space on any of the cards, recording continues over the oldest
data on this card. When there is only the current recording on
the card the next pair of cards is selected. You can start a new
recording at no free memory on the card.
f. Parallel usage of cards of different sizes and different amount of
free space is available.
Disposition of text onto video
1. Disposition of text onto video is available– up to 2 lines with 24
symbols each;
2. The option to imprint both permanent text and variables;
3. Variable is indicated by two or three symbols (no spaces between
them): the percent sign (“%”) indicates variable and one or two of
the remaining symbols indicate the type of variable;
4. List of variables used can be found at the prompt shown in the
manager program when pointing mouse cursor on the input eld
of the imprinted text.
Working with GPS receiver
Connected GPS receiver makes it possible to save data onto video
signal (place coordinates, direction of motion, motion speed) to
dene both the geographical point and motion speed of the recorder.
Main Recorder Modes
Initially the Recorder is in Sleep Mode. The current consumption of
the rechargeable battery is so unsubstantial that charging would be
needed no earlier that in a year.
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Record Mode
This mode saves data onto memory card
The Recorder switches to Record mode when:
• Rec button on touch screen is pressed
• control signal appears from remote-control board (contact
“remote” of “VD” connector)
• the Recorder starts automatically (VAS system, motion detector)
• any of the timers is activated
• the Record starts from analog-to-digital adapter
Standby Mode
The Recorder switches to Standby Mode only if powered from a
rechargeable battery. Recording stops and the Recorder switches to
Standby Mode when:
• shifting the Switch to “Off” position
• all memory cards are full
• timer to stop recording is activated
• there is no signal of clicking on touch screen for more than
specied in the Settings without any recording at the moment
• there is no signal at the control input (contact “remote” of “VD”
connector) for more than specied in the Settings (see “Power
Control” of the Recorder’s Menu)
• the Recorder’s rechargeable battery is discharged.
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Working with Memory Cards
Memory card with service les and le with settings for the Recorder
(for preparing this card see “Preparing for work”) must be inserted
into the slot (position 2) (see Figure 1 “Appearance” at p.3) marked
on the case by an icon –SD-. The other slots marked by SD icon.
Each time memory card is inserted into the slot (Position 2) or the
Recorder quits Standby Mode (when powered from external power
source the Recorder doesn’t switch to Standby Mode) the Recorder
scans memory card. If the Recorder’s parameters have been
modied new settings are recorded onto the memory card in the slot
(position 2).
It is recommended to mark the card to save service le and Recorder’s
setting parameters. The data are recorded onto the card marked by
an pointer on the touch screen (see Figure 3). LED ashes while
recording onto the memory card.
You can select memory card to record data by clicking the memory
card icon on touch screen. If any card was chosen for recording,
which is not in the slot 2, the card (slot 2) can be extracted from
the slot, for example, to convert data in “Manager” program without
pausing the recording.
Attention! Carefully follow the order of extraction:
1. The card mustn’t be extracted from the slot during recording (until
“Completing” inscription disappear)
2. The master card mustn’t be extracted in 3 seconds after exiting
from the menu.
The master card mustn’t be extracted until all the LEDs has gone out
(Please, note: the screen goes out faster!)
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