Vantech FULL HD Vehicle Video Recorder User manual

FULL HD
Vehicle Video Recorder
User Manual
2013 JUN V1.0

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Index
A. Feature Description ...................................................................... 1
B. Specification ................................................................................. 2
C. Accessories .................................................................................. 2
D. Schematic Diagram of The Installation Steps............................... 3
E. Product Function Introduction....................................................... 5
F. SD Card Installation...................................................................... 6
G. Remote Controller Description...................................................... 7
H. OSD Menu function ...................................................................... 8
I. Recording / Stop Recording.......................................................... 8
J. Viewer Player................................................................................ 9
1. Operation icon introduction................................................... 9
2. Capture .............................................................................. 10
3. Configuration...................................................................... 10
4. File backup......................................................................... 12
5. Play back............................................................................ 14
6. Play BAR............................................................................ 14
7. Play speed.......................................................................... 14
8. Volume control.................................................................... 14
9. G-SENSOR........................................................................ 15
10. Format: Format memory card/Langue setting .................... 15
K. Record Time Estimation.............................................................. 17
L. Appendix: The Indication of Bright and Dark Spot of LCD.......... 18

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A. Feature Description
Full HD Real-time recorder (H.264 compression technology).
105° Wide-angle CMOS Lens.
2.5”TFT LCD.
Record video with sound inside and outside the car.
Compatible with SDHC Card up to 32GB.
Loop recording / on start recording.
Emergency recording, file save to separate area to prevent
overwritten.
Built-in G-Sensor, auto recording accident footage.
Made in Taiwan, Provide 3 year’s product guarantee – the longest
duration time in the Car black box community.

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B. Specification
Items Description
Sensor CMOS
View Angle 105° Wide-angle
Resolution NTSC 30fps / PAL 25fps
V / A DC5V±5% / 1A
Operating tmp. -10℃~ +60℃
Display 2.5” TFT LCD
Storage 4GB SDHC Card or above (Recommend
『SanDisk』or『Transcend』Class 10 or
above)
Recording way On start auto recording, stop recording when
power off
Recording
content Date/Time/Image/Sound/G-Sensor data)
Storage Format Special format, playing on LCD screen with
remote control. Or specific Player bundled.
Audio Input Built-in microphone
Time setting Built-in permanent calendar with adjustable function through remote control or bundled
Player
G-Sensor Built-in 3D G-Sensor
C. Accessories
Standard
Adapter / IR remote control / Software CD /
Bracket / 3M sticker
Optional
4G / 8G / 16G / 32G Class10 or above SDHC Card

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D. Schematic Diagram of The Installation Steps
1. To install the device on the windshield by “Stick-Holder” Type
2. The best position to install
the device on the windshield 3. To adjust the recording angle properly
4. Plug in DC5V Power Supply 5. Plug in the Cigarette Charger
Sticker Adhesive S
p
ot
Stic
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-Holder T
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6. VVR installation
Notice
(1). This device should be installed in the area where the
windshield will be able to be cleaned.
(2). Formatting SD card on the device before beginning to use.
(3). Set time zone and timing on OSD, or auto-calibrating by GPS.
(4). NTSC or PAL setting through OSD.
Best location
Cigarette adapte
r

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E. Product Function Introduction
Unit: mm
Force recording SD card Slot
DC5V
Power input
Lens

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F. SD Card Installation
(1). Format memory card; please refer to the other chapter
“Formatting memory card” for more detail.
Remark: Memory Card is optional
Warning
(1). Recommend Memory Card “SanDisk” or “Transcend” Class
10 or above. (Minimum of 4GB)
(2). If the memory card is not formatted by our exclusive player,
the device will automatically erase all the data inside of the
memory card after inserting it, start recording at default
setting.
(3). Please don’t convert Micro SD to SD card to begin
recording, to avoid the damage during recording.
(4). Since memory cards have the writing endurance situation,
we recommend to inspect the memory card and use pc for
playback regularly, to ensure that the memory card can
read and write

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G. Remote Controller Description
Force Recording
Volume Down
Stop Voice Recording
Menu
Confirm
StopPlay
Pause
Up / Down /
Left / Righ
t
Speaker On/Of
f
Volume Up

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H. OSD Menu function
In Live view screen press will popup OSD operation menu
as follows:
1. Video Type :Click to choose NTSC /Pal
2. Time setting: Click to adjust clock
3. Screen Saving: Click to setup the delay time of screen
off.
4. Firmware Version: Show Firmware Version
I. Recording / Stop Recording
1.Power On/Recording
When car power on, the device start up automatically. Please
wait for 30 Sec. to start recording.
2.Power Off/Stop recording
When the car power off, the device will stop to record video and
sound. You can take off the memory card and insert to computer
to view the video.
3.Indication
Red light Blinking when recording. (Emergency recording
blinking fast)
NTSC / PAL
Time setting
Screen Saving
Firmware Version

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J. Viewer Player
★This player needs DirectX 9.0 or above installed in your PC.
1. Operation icon introduction
Back to previous file
Previous image
Reward
Pause
Stop
Play
Next image
Next footage
Operation icon
Snapshot
Snapshot
Configuration
Backu
p
Playback
Format Play speed Play BAR
G
-
Se
n
sor
Volume control

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2. Capture: Capture the current screen image
You can capture the image when play the footage, click button the
capture the image, The following windows will shows, the image you
captured is showing on the right side. File saving cdirectory are in /Snapshot
folder, and the file type is *.bmp.
( Capture File )
(SNAPSHOT show)
3. Configuration : configure default setting
Put the SD Card into Card reader and plug-in the card reader
into the USB slot of your PC to format the SD card before the
first time to record. Then also need to configure video type and
display way, When finish the setting, insert the SD card the
vehicle video recorder to start recording.

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1 Image
quality The default quality is high
2 fps
setting 25(PAL) / 30(NTSC)
3 Password
This function can encrypt the
SD card to prevent illegal
retrieving from others, the
password is under 15
character, for
example:123456789123456
You will need input password
when you
playback/configuration/format
SD card if you set a password.
★Note: Upper/lower character
is different; remember the
password is very important.
4 Password in
LCD playing
You can setup the password,
when playback on the device
LCD, you need to unlock the
password.

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5 G-sensor
sensitivity
G-Sensor can detect the
impact form vehicle to active
emergency recording function
automatically.
You can set the sensitivity
here. There are car、truck to
choose. The sensitivity has 5
options to choose: Off / Very
low / Low / Normal / High/
Very high.
6 Sound
recording Switch on/off the sound recording.
4. File backup: click to choose file save directory.
Step1. Choose the source of the memory card.

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Step2. Choose the footage you want to backup.
Step3. Choose the target file format and start and end record
time.
File format
(1) Our original file format
*.sd format
(2)AVI File Backup(*.avi)
AVI format
★Note: If you backup with our original format, you can
keep the G-SENSOR data, if you backup by AVI
format, you will lost G-sensor data (only
date/time/image/sound to be save)
Step 4. Set the backup folder: default is C:\BlackBox

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Step 5. Start to backup
5. Play back: Open file
6. Play BAR: You can use Mouse to drag the car icon to move
footage location
7. Play speed: 2X、4X、8X、16X and quick playback, 1/2X、
1/4X、1/8X、1/16X and slow playback.
8. Volume control: Click +、- to adjust volume.

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9. G-SENSOR
G-Sensor will detect the impact form the car, and record 1-3
minutes footage automatically. This footage will save to separate
area to avoid file overwritten.
10. Format: Format memory card/Langue setting
(1) X: Detect vehicle horizontal change.
(2)
Y: Detect vehicle vertical change.
(3) Z: Detect vehicle front/back change.

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Warning
(1). 「Format / Restore」will clean all the data saved on SD card,
Please back up the data before「Format / Restore」.
(2). Before「Format / Restore」SD memory card, please ensure to
unlock it first.
(3). If the card is unlocked but still cannot be formatted, this might be
caused by Window Vista / 7 security restrictions. Please run the
program as Administrator to prevent from this problem.
a、「Format」SD card
When you use the SD card for the very first time or a brand new
card, you should format it in order to use it correctly.
b、「Restore」SD card
When you have backup the recorded files into PC and want to
use the SDHC card for other purposes, you have to restore it
first so it can be used correctly.
c、Language setting
You can change the display language by yourself.
＊Note: Change language will effect after rebooting.

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d、Current Version
K. Record Time Estimation
The chart of estimated record time listed below is for reference
only. The length of time recorded can be varied due to variation in
image size may be somewhat different.
Capacity
Video Quality 8G 16G 32G
High 120 Min 240 Min 480 Min

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L. Appendix: The Indication of Bright and Dark Spot of
LCD
Q: What is Bright/Dark Spot?
A : Bright Spot: At dark background, we found the abnormal bright
spots, we called those spot are “Bright Spot”
Dark Spot: At multiple color background (excluded dark
background), we found the abnormal dark spot, we called those
spot are “Dark Spot”
Q: The indication of Bright and Dark Spot
(a) There is no bright spot
allowed in Area A, only
single dark spot or none
is allowed.
(b) The maximum amount of
bright spots and dark
spots allowed inArea B
are two of each.
(c) The max total amount of
bright and dark spots in
Area A and B are three or
under
The Diagram of Area A and B
Notcie
(1). There is 30 days exchanges refer to the indication of bright and dark.
(2). Please keep the receipt and contact your local dealer for exchanging
merchandise.
(3). The maximum valid date is 30 days.