Vantrue N1 PRO User manual

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1. What’s in the box?
Was ist in der Box?
Die Übersicht über Kamera
Vorbereitung vor dem Einschalten
Grundlegende Operation
Spezifikationen
Garantie und Unterstützung
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2. Camera Overview 4
3. Getting Started 5
4. Basic Operation 10
5. Specifications 21
6. Warranty & Support 22
ボックスに何が入っていますか？
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ドラレコの概要
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入門
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基本操作
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製品仕様
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保証とアフターサービス
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VERZEICHNIS

1. What’s in the box?
A. Car charger with built-in 10ft
mini USB cable
B. VANTRUE®N1 PRO dash cam
C. Suction cup mount
D. 3ft Micro USB data cable
E. N1 PRO dash cam user guide
F. Quick Guide
G. Warranty card
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2. Camera Overview
NO. Name Description
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Emergency /MODE Button
LED Indicator
LED Indicator
Power/ Menu Button
One press captures photos when the
camera is recording.
One press manually locks the current
recording video clip when the camera
is recording.
Long press to enter Parking Mode when
the camera is recording.
Recording LED indicator
Charging LED indicator
Power ON/OFF when Long press;
Enter/exit setup menu when the
camera is not recording.
Quickly exit the next menu page when
the camera is on Menu Interface.
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6
UP Button
OK Button
Upward selection;
Fast forward when playing back videos;
Microphone ON/OFF switch.
Stops/stars the video recording;
Confirms the setup.
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HD RESET
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N1 PRO
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8 Micro USB Port USB port for charging or data
transferring.
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Speaker
9 Memory Card Slot Location for the micro SD memory card.
Camera Lens
Delivers sound when playing back
videos.
Front facing F1.8 160° wide camera for
video recording.
12 HDMI Port
13 Reset Revert to factory settings
Connects to HDMI cable.
LED Indicator
Red LED solid on
Blue LED blinks
Camera is being charged.
Camera is recording videos.
Red LED Off Camera is nearly full charged.
Screen overview
A. Charge via your USB charger
3. Getting started
3.1. Before using, charge the camera for 2-3 hours
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Video resolution
Capture
Recording standby status
Recording
Loop recording time
exposure
Parking Mode On
Parking Mode OFF
G-Sensor on
Memory card
inserted or not Date stamp Time stamp
Current Battery Level
Battery is charging
Microphone ON
Microphone OFF
GPS Signal Locked
GPS Signal Connecting
Recording time
Speed Unit
time Lapse
Lock Current File
7 Down Button Downward selection;
Slow forward when playing back videos;
Turn off/on Screen.

USB Charger
POWER BANK
B. Charge via the car charger
While charging, the LED indicator light is blinking red.
Note:
1. The device has two ports available for charging - the USB port on
the camera and the USB port on the suction cup mount.
2. When charging via a computer, please use the USB port on the
mount. If you use the port on the camera, the device will detect data
connecting to the computer and auto switch to “Mass Storage”
mode, in which the camera will not be setup or operated.
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Please use a genuine microSD memory card of from 8GB to 256GB
with a speed rating of class 10 or higher. Insert the memory card to
the camera’s card slot, press it until it clicks. To take the card out, turn
off the camera first, then push the card into the slot until it clicks out.
3.2 Installing memory card
NOTE: When using a 64GB, 128GB or 256GB MicroSD card, please
format it to FAT32 on the camera first.
Please insert the card into the camera. If it says 'please insert TF
card' or 'error card please format' here, please press the recording
button(OK button) and press the power button to access into the
menu, go 'system setup' and choose 'Format SD Card'. Then select
the " OK " and wait for 10 seconds. Then the card will be formatted
successfully.
(If you format it on computer, please search online on "How to
formata 64GB microSD card to FAT32".）
NOTE:
1.The MicroSD card should be formatted every 2 weeks to maximize
the lifetime of the memory card.
2. Please do not take the card out when the camera is recording in
case that the important video files missing.
1. Connect the suction mount to the camera’s mounting socket,
push it in till it clicks.
3.3 Installing the camera onto your windshield
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5. Line the power cable around the trim of your vehicle.
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2. Clean the windshield using water or alcohol, and wipe clean
with a lint-free cloth.
3. Wipe clean the suction mounting pad on the camera mount.
4. Install the suction mount to the windshield, and rotate the
locking bar on the mount upward 90 degrees till it clicks, then
the camera is mounted on the windshield securely.

6. Plug the mini USB connect of the cable to the USB port on the
suction cup mount’s locking bar.
7. Insert the car charger into your vehicle’s cigarette lighter port.
8. Start the car, the camera will auto turn on and start recording.
vehicle’s cigarette
lighter port
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After powering on, one press the power button to enter the setup
menus.(If the camera is recording video, press the OK button to stop
the recording and then press the Power button.)
4.2. Settings in the menu
Record Setup
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A. Manually
Long press the Power button to turn on/off the camera.
4. Basic Operation
4.1. Power on/off the camera.
B. Automatically.
When connecting to car charger, the camera will auto turn on
after you start your car and the battery charging starts. It will auto
turn off in 5 seconds after you shut off the car.

Press OK button to enter the settings, and press UP/DOWN button
to select setting items.
-Resolution: Default setting is 1920X1080/30FPS (fps: Frames per Second).
Press Down button to select 1280x720/30FPS.
-Loop Recording:
Default setting is 3 mins per video clip. Press Down
button to select among 1 min, 3 mins, 5 mins and OFF.
-G-Sensor: Default setting is Medium. Press Down button to select
among High, Medium, Low and OFF.
-Audio Recording: Default setting is ON. Press Down button to
select OFF.
-Parking Mode: Default setting is OFF. Press Down and OK button
to turn it ON/OFF.
-Exposure: Default setting is 0. Press Down button to select among
2, 1, 0, 0 and -1, 0
-Number plate: Default setting is OFF, Press Down and OK button
to set your car number.
-Stamp: Default setting is Date/Time Stamp, Logo Stamp, Number
Stamp, Speed Stamp, GPS Location Stamp, Press OK button to turn
off/on the stamp.
-Rotate Display: Default setting is OFF. Press OK button to turn it
ON/OFF.
-Time Lapse: Default setting is OFF, Press Down Button to select
among 1 sec, 5 secs, and 10 secs.
-Power Off Delay: Default setting is ON, the camera will auto end
recording and turn off when you shut off the car. Press Down
button turn it OFF to disable it.
A. Record setup
When the setup finished, press power button to exit.
-Language: Default setting is English. Press OK button to select
among English, Chinese, Francais, Italiano, Espanol, Pyccknn,
Germany and Japanese.
-Format SD Card: Press OK and Down button, Select OK to format
the microSD card.
-Time & Date : Press UP/DOWN and OK button to setup date and
time. When finished, press Power button to exit.
B. System setup
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Note: To use the GPS function, you need to purchase an extra GPS
mount for the camera.
-GPS : Default setting is Off. Press Down button to turn ON/OFF.
-Speed Unit: Default setting is MPH. Press UP button to select KM/H
or MPH.
When the setup finished, press Power button to exit.
C. GPS setup
-Auto LCD Off: Default setting is 3 Mins, the camera screen will turn
off in 3 mins while recording. Press Down button to select among
30 Secs, 1Min and 3 Mins, or turn it OFF to disable it.
-Device Sound: Default setting is ON. Press OK button to enable or
disable it.
-Non-use Auto Power OFF: Default setting is 3 mins, when the
camera is on but not in use, it will auto turn off after 3 mins. Press
Down button to select among 1 min, 2 mins and 3 mins, or turn it
OFF to disable it.
-Frequency: Default setting is 50HZ . Press Down button to select
60Hz.
-System info: View the Version of the dash cam.
-Default Setting: Press Down and select OK to set the device back
to factory settings.
When the setup finished, press Power button to exit.
Check and delete videos/photos in the Normal/Event folder.
-Event: Event videos (detected by G-Sensor and manually locked)
stored.
-Normal: Normal recording videos and images stored.
-Photo: Images stored.
-All: All Images and video stored.
D. Files
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Go to the MENU interface, and “System Setup”>“Time& Date”,
press Down button to set. In the time setup interface, press UP
4.3 Date/Time setting

System Setup
After installing the memory card, by default, the camera immediately
starts loop recording video when it connects to a power source and
turn on. If it doesn’t connect to a power source, when you press the
OK button to turn it on, it will not auto start recording, you should press
the OK button to start recording.
While recording, the LED indicator is blinking blue, and a red dot will
flash on the top left of the screen. You can stop/start the recording
by pressing the OK button.
4.4 Loop recording
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or Down button to select date and time value, press OK to confirm
and go to next. When the setup is finished, press Power button
to exit.

By default, the loop recording time is 3 mins. Please go to “Record
Setup”>“Loop Recording” to change to 1 min, 3 mins, or 5mins for
your need. When it turns off, the camera will record video in 30 mins
per clip, but would not overwrite the old videos when the card is full.
The loop recording video is named by ”YearDate-Time-Serial”(for
example, “20180101-0010040-001”) format and stored in “File”>
“Normal” folder. When the microSD card is full, the camera will write
over the old files with new recording.
The event detection is triggered by G-Sensor (Gravity Sensor), it
auto detects possible accident collisions, locks up the current loop
recording video clip and saves the footage in the Event folder so
it would not be over-written when the card is full.
The G-Sensor sensibility is adjustable, it is Medium by default, but
you could adjust to Low or High or turn it Off in “Record Setup”>
“G-Sensor”.
You could also lock a video footage manually, when the camera
is recording, press the Mode Button. A key icon will appear on the
top of the screen.
4.5 Event recording
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-Go to “Record Setup”>“Audio recording”, and press OK and
Down button select OFF;
-While the camera is recording videos, press UP button to turn
OFF/ON the voice recording.
The event video is stored in “Event” folder, and would not be
over-written.
By default, the audio recording is ON. You could turn it off in two
ways:
4.6 Audio recording
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When the voice recording has been turned off, the mic icon at the
right bottom of the screen will turn white with a red line across it.
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Parking mode is triggered by motion detection sensor. After
activating the Parking Monitor, the camera will auto switch to
parking mode once it detects no movement in front of the camera
for 5 minutes while recording. Parking mode icon will turn orange.
In Parking Mode, when the camera turns off, it will turn on and end
recording after 20 seconds once the camera detects crash in front.
The parking mode will exit once the camera detects itself moved.
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To use the parking mode, go to “Record Setup”>“Parking Monitor”
and select ON. Parking mode icon will appear at the left side of
the screen.
4.7 Parking mode

-When the camera is recording videos, press the Mode button to
take a photo in 2 million pixels.
4.8 Capture a picture
To use the camera’s GPS function, please purchase an external
GPS receiver mount. The external GPS receiver mount could be
purchased from Amazon.
1. Install the external GPS mount onto the camera instead of the
original mount.
2. Plug the mini USB connector to the port on the GPS mount, power it.
3. Once it gets charged, the camera turns on; if it's has microSD
card inserted, it will start recording, press OK button to stop recording
first. Press Power button to enter the setup interface, go to “GPS
Setup”>“GPS” to turn on the GPS function on the camera.
4. The GPS receiver starts to search and receive GPS signal, and the
GPS icon is gray on the screen. Once it gets GPS signal successfully,
the icon will turn orange.
4.9 Connecting external GPS receiver (Optional accessory)
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NOTE: To keep the camera working in parking mode, please keep
powering it with an extra power bank or hardwire it to the car battery
directly. Don’t recommend to keep the camera working all the time
for over 10 hours.

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5.You could stamp the GPS tracking and speed on the video footage,
go to “Record Setup”>“Stamp”>“Speed Stamp”, ”GPSLocation
Stamp”to set.
6.You could review the video on VANTRUE GPS Viewer.(available
for download on www.vantrue.net .).
Press Power button and go to “Files”>“Event”,“Normal”, “Photo”
and “All”>“Event” to view and playback videos on the camera.
Press UP/DOWN button to select videos and OK button to
playback/pause. When playing back, press UP to slow forward
the playback, press DOWN to fast forward.
Press the Mode button to delete a video or all videos.
NOTE: Photos are available for viewing on the camera.
4.10 Viewing video and photos
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1. Plug the Micro USB connector of the data cable into the port
on the camera;
2. Plug the larger USB A connector of the data cable to the port
on your computer;
3. “Mass Storage” and “Power On” will be displayed on the camera
screen, please navigate to “Mass Storage” and press OK button
to transfer data.
4. Depending on your computer operating system, the device
appears as either a removable drive or a removable volume.
NOTE: When connecting to your computer, the camera cannot be
operated or setup. If you want to charge it and operate, please
connect it to a USB phone charger or car charger.
View on a computer
The camera has a mini HDMI port for connecting to an HDTV. The
product doesn’t include an HDMI cable, please use your own
mini HDMI to HDMI cable.
1. Use a USB charger to charge the camera;
2. Plug the mini HDMI connector to the HDMI port on the camera;
3. Plug the other HDMI connector to your TV’s HDMI port;
4. Adjust your TV to HDMI input mode;
5. Once the camera connects to your TV successfully, the camera
screen will turn black and project onto your TV screen.
View on a TV
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