Vantrue OnDash R3 User manual

User Manual
OnDash R3Dash Cam

1. What’s in the box? 1
2. Camera Overview 2
3. Getting Started 3
4. Basic Operation 7
5. Specifications 36
6. Warranty & Support 37
ボックスに何が入っていますか？ 1
ドラレコの概要 19
入門 21
基本操作 25
製品仕様 36
保証とアフターサービス 37

1. What’s in the box?
A. Car charger with built-in 10ft
mini USB cable
B. VANTRUE®R3 dash cam
C. Suction cup mount
D. 3ft USB data cable
E. R3 dash cam user guide
F. Quick Guide
G. Warranty card
A
D
C
B
EF G
ボックスに何が入っていますか？
ミニUSBポート付きの車載充電
器(3m)
VANTRUER3ドライブレコーダ
ー
吸盤マウント
USBデーターケーブル(1m)
R3ドラレコ取扱説明書
クィックスタートガイド
保証書
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2. Camera Overview
NO. Name Description
1
2
3
4
Mount Connector
Power Button
Camera Button
LED Indicator
Connects to the suction cup mount.
Power ON/OFF.
Captures photo;
Delete files in playback mode.
Recording LED indicator
5
6
7
REC Button
MODE Button /
Emergency
UP /Parking Mode Switch
Button
Stops/Starts the video recording;
Confirms the setup;
Enter/exit setup menu when the
camera is not recording.
Manually locks the current recording
video clip when emergency or
encountering beautiful shot;
Upward selection;
Rewind when playing back videos;
Long press to enter Parking Mode.
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8 Down Button Downward selection;
Fast forward when playing back videos;
Microphone ON/OFF switch.
9
10
11
Camera Lens
Speaker
HDMI Port
Front facing F1.8 170°wide camera for
video recording.
Delivers sound when playing back
videos.
Connects to HDMI cable.
12 Reset
13 Memory Card Slot Location for the microSD memory card.
Revert to factory settings
LED Indicator
Blue LED blinks Camera is recording videos.
Screen overview
A. Charge using the supplied USB Car Charger
3. Getting started
3.1. Before first use, charge the camera for 2-3 hours
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Video resolution
2304X1296P30
14/02/2017
C 3 min.
13:56:51
000:02:39
P
Recording
Recording standby status;
Loop recording time
Motion dection
Microphone ON
Microphone OFF
Memory card inserted
or not
Date stamp Time stamp
Current Battery Level
Parking mode
G-Sensor on
Battery is charging

USB Charger
B. Ensure the Mini USB Cable and Car Charger are well connected
Note:
1. The device has two USB ports available for charging – on the camera
or via the suction cup mount.
2. When charging via computer, please use the USB port located on the
mount. If you use the USB port on the camera,“Mass Storage” and
“Power On” will be displayed on the camera screen, please select
“Power On” to charge the dash cam.
POWER BANK
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Please use a genuine microSD memory card from 16GB to 64GB with
a speed rating of class 10 or higher. Carefully insert the memory card
into the camera’s card slot until it clicks. To remove the card, power
off the camera first, then push the card into the slot until it clicks again.
Before using the card, please format it correctly using these steps:
•Press MENU to enter setup; if the camera is recording video, press
Confirm button to stop the recording
•Press the DOWN button to highlight the System Setup option, press
Confirm.
•Press the DOWN button to highlight the Format option, press Confirm
followed by the DOWN button to select YES.
3.2 Installing a Memory Card
NOTE:
1. Ideally, the MicroSD card should be formatted every 2 weeks
to maximize the lifetime of the memory card.
2. Please do not remove the card while the camera is recording
to prevent data loss/corruption.
1. Attach the Suction Mount to the camera’s Mount Connector,
pushing it in until it clicks.
3.3 Installing the camera onto your windshield
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2. Thoroughly clean the windshield using water or alcohol, and wipe
clean with a dry cloth.
3. Wipe the Suction Mounting Pad clean on the Suction Mount.
4. Securely attach the Suction Mount to the windshield, and rotate the
locking clamp on the mount 90° upward until it clicks.
5. Carefully route the power cable around the windscreen and tuck it under the trim.
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6. With the Mini USB Cable, connect the supplied Car Charger to
the Camera Mount Base.
7. Insert the Car Charger into your vehicle’s cigarette lighter port.
8. Start the car.
9. The camera will auto power on and start recording.
A. Manually
Single press the Power Button to power ON the camera unit,
long press the button to power it OFF.
vehicle’s cigarette
lighter port
4. Basic Operation
4.1. There are two ways to power ON/OFF the camera:
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B. Automatically
When connected to the car charger, the camera will auto-power
ON after you start your car and the battery charging will commence.
The camera will power OFF 5 seconds after you turn off the car
engine.
After powering on, press the MODE button to enter the setup menus.
(If the camera is recording video, press the REC button to stop the
recording and then press the MODE button.)
Press REC button to enter the settings, and press UP/DOWN button
to select setting items.
-Resolution: Default setting is 2304x1296/30F (fps: Frames per Seconds).
Press Down button to select among 1920x1080/30 F, 1280x720/60F
and 1920X1080/30F(HDR).
-Loop Recording: Default setting is 3mins per video clip. Press Down
button to select among 1 mins, 3mins, 5 mins and OFF.
-G-Sensor Set: Default setting is Medium. Press DOWN button to select
among OFF, Low, Medium and High.
-Mic: Default setting is On. Press DOWN button to turn it OFF/ON.
-Parking monitor: Default setting is OFF. Press Down and REC button
to turn it ON/OFF.
-Exposure: Default setting is 0.Press REC and Down button to select
among 1,2,0,-1 and -2.
-Car Number Setup: Press REC and UP/DOWN button to setup date
and time. When finished, press REC button to exit.
4.2. Settings in the menu
A. Record setup
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-Stamp: Default setting is ON. Press REC button to turn off/on the
time, logo, GPS and car numberstamp.
-Time Lapse:Default setting is OFF,Press Down Button to select
among 1 sec,5 sec and 30 sec.
-Power Off Delay: Default setting is 5 Seconds, the camera will auto
end recording and turn off when you shut off the car. Press Down
button turn it 5 sec,15 sec,30 sec and Off.
When the setup finished, press MODE button to exit.
-Language: Default setting is English. Press DOWN and REC button
to select among English, Chinese, Germany and Japanese.
-Format: Press REC and DOWN select YES to format the microSD card.
-Time Setup: Press REC and UP/DOWN button to setup date and
time. When finished, press REC button to exit.
-Auto LCD Off: Default setting is 3 MIN, the camera screen will turn
off in 3 mins while recording. Press Down button to select among
30 Secs, 1Mins and 3 Mins, or turn it OFF to disable it.
-Key Sound: Default setting is ON. Press Down button to enable or
disable it.
-Non-use Auto Power OFF: Default setting is 3 MIN, when the camera
is on but not in use, it will auto turn off after 3 minutes. Press Down
button to select among 1 min 2 min and 3 min, or turn it OFF to
disable it.
-Flicker Frequency: Default setting is AUTO. Press Down button to
select among 50Hz,60Hz and Auto.
Press MODE button to enter the settings, and press REC button to
select setting items.
B. System setup
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-Firmware Version: Press REC to check the firmware version.
-Default Setting: Press REC and select YES to set the device back
to factory settings.
When the setup finished, press MODE button to exit.
Note: to use the GPS function, you need to purchase an extra GPS
mount for the camera.
-GPS Setup: Default setting is Off. Press Downbutton to turn ON/OFF.
-Speed Unit: Default setting is MPH. Press Down button to select
KM/H or MPH.
When the setup finished, press MODE button to exit.
C. GPS setup
Check and delete videos/images in the Normal/Event folder.
-Normal: Normal recording videos and images stored.
-Event: Event videos (detected by G-Sensor and manually locked)
stored.
D. Files
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Open the MENU interface, navigate to“System Setup”►“Time
Setup”, and press the REC button to set the date/time. Navigate
UP or DOWN to select date and time values. Press REC to confirm
and proceed.
Note: Date format is YY.MM.DD with the time in 24 hour format.
4.3 Set Date/Time
After inserting a memory card, the camera will (by default) immediately
start loop recording video when connected to a power source
and powered ON. If the device is not connected to a power source,
it will not immediately start recording after you press the Power ON
button – press the REC button to start recording.
While recording, the LED indicator will blink and a red dot will flash
on the top left of the screen. You can stop/start the recording at
any time by pressing the REC button.
4.4 Loop Recording
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LANGUAGE
AUTO LCD OFF
SYSTEM SETUP
FORMAT
2017 . 05 . 12 16 : 57

Critical event detection is triggered by the G-Sensor (Gravity Sensor)
and will auto-detect vehicle impacts and collisions. This will cause
the camera to protect the current video clip from being overwritten
by locking it and saving the footage in the “Video/Event” folder.
The vehicle driver can also manually lock the current video recording
session by pressing the Emergency Button/hotkey. A lock icon will
appear at the top right of the screen.
The G-Sensor sensitivity is adjustable with 3 settings: Low, Medium,
and High – it is set to Medium by default. The G-Sensor can also be
deactivated in “Record Setup”>“G-Sensor Set”.
Event videos are stored in the “Video”>“Event” folder, and cannot
be automatically overwritten.
4.5 Event Recording
By default, the Loop Recording Time is 3 minutes. Please go to
“Record Setup”►“Loop Recording” to change it to 1 minute,
3 minutes or 5 minutes. When Loop Recording is turned off, the
camera will record video in 30 minute clips, but will not overwrite
old videos when the storage card is full.
The loop recording video file name format is “YearDateSerial_
TimeAA”. For example: “20170101001-060101AA”. Standard files
are stored in the “Video”>“Normal” folder. When the microSD card
is full, the camera will write over older files.
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By default, the voice recording is ON. You could turn it off in two
ways:
The camera will auto overwrite old Event videos once the Event
folder has accumulated 30% of the card capacity. Please regularly
transfer important videos to your PC or another storage location
(e.g. external hard drive). To maintain good read/write performance,
the microSD card should be formatted every 1-2 two weeks.
IMPORTANT:
-Go to “Record Setup”>“MIC”, press REC button and select OFF;
-While recording video, press the DOWN button to toggle voice
recording OFF/ON.
When the voice recording has been turned OFF, the MIC icon at
the bottom right of the screen will turn white with a red line across it.
4.6 Voice recording
Parking Mode operates as a sentry function under different situations.
To activate Parking Mode, go to “Record Setup”►“Parking Monitor”,
press REC and select ON.
When the Parking Mode has been turned on, and no movement
is detected in front of the camera after 5 minutes of recording, then
Parking Mode is activated. This is represented by an icon (P) at the
right side of the screen. Full frame recording will be triggered by the
motion detection sensor.
4.7 Parking Mode
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In Parking Mode, once the camera detects movement at the front,
it will start auto-recording; it will stop recording after 10 seconds of
inactivity.
To manually activate Parking Mode, press and hold the Parking Mode
button until the P icon appears on the screen.
Parking Mode operates as a sentry function under different situations.
To activate Parking Mode, go to “Record Setup”>“Parking Monitor”,
press OK and select ON.
4.7 Parking Mode
The camera will exit Parking Mode if it detects it has been moved.
NOTE: To ensure the camera is able to function in Parking Mode,
please keep it powered with a mobile power bank or hardwire it
directly to the car battery. We do not recommend running the
camera continuously for more than 10 hours.
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-In this mode, the camera will take static photos at the set time
interval – either 1, 5 ,10, 30 or 60 seconds – to create a video
montage.
-For example, if you set Time Lapse 1sec, the camera will take one
photo every second, and then stitch the photos together into a
1 fps video. With a maximum recording frame rate of 30fps, recording
8 hours of video with Time Lapse 1Sec will generate a time lapse
video lasting just 16 minutes (=8 x 60 x 60/30/60). This Eco Mode is
recommended for storage cards with smaller capacities.
-Normal Recording Time = Time Lapse Recording Time (Sec) x
Recording Frame Rate FPS x Time Lapse Option
-The Time Lapse can adjustable with 3 settings:1, 5 ,30 seconds Low
and Off – it is set to Off by default. The Time Lapse can also be
deactivated in “Record Setup”►“Time Lapse ”.
4.8 TIME LAPSE
-When the camera is not recording videos, press the Camera
button to take picture in 16M pixels.
-While the camera is recording video, press the Camera button
to take a snapshot and the pixel of the capture photos will
changes with the current pixel.
4.9 Taking a picture
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TIME LAPSE
SYSTEM SETUP
POWER OFF DELAY

An external GPS receiver mount is required to use the camera’s
onboard GPS function. This can be purchased from Amazon.
1. Install the External GPS Mount onto the camera instead of the
original mount.
2. Plug the Mini USB Connector into the GPS Mount to power it.
3. Once charged, the camera will power on. Recording will
commence if a microSD card has been inserted, just press the
Confirm Button to stop recording.
4. Press the MENU button to enter setup, go to “GPS Setup”►“GPS
Setup” to activate the camera’s GPS function.
5. The GPS receiver will start to search for a GPS signal, this is
represented by a gray GPS icon on the screen. Once the GPS
signal has been received and locked, the icon will turn orange.
4.10 Connecting external GPS receiver (Optional accessory)
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6. You can include GPS tracking and vehicle speed on the video
footage, go to “Record Setup”>“Stamp”>“GPS Location
Stamp” and “Speed Stamp” to set.
7.You can review recorded video using the VANTRUE GPS
Viewer (available for download on www.vantrue.net).
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Viewing files on a computer
1. Connect the camera to your computer using the supplied USB
cable.
2. “Mass Storage” and “Power On” will be displayed on the camera
screen, please navigate to “USB: Mass Storage” and press OK
button to transfer data.
3. Depending on your computer OS, the device will appear either
as a removable drive or a removable volume.
View on a TV
The camera has a mini HDMI port for connecting an external
display such as a monitor or TV. Please note that the product
Press MODE and go to “Files”>“Normal” or “Files”>“Event” to
view and playback videos on the camera. Press UP/DOWN
button to select videos and REC button to playback/pause.
When playing back, press UP to slow forward the playback,
press DOWN to fast forward.
Press the Camera button to delete a video or all videos.
NOTE: Photos are not available for viewing on the camera.
4.11 Viewing video and photos
DeleteThisFile
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1. Use a USB charger to charge the camera.
2. Insert the mini HDMI connectorinto the camera’s HDMI port.
3. Insert the HDMI connector end into your TV or monitor’s HDMI
port.
4. Adjust your displaysettings to detect the HDMI input source.
5. Once connected to your TV, the camera’s screen will turn black
and be output to your TV screen.
doesn’t come supplied a mini HDMI to HDMI cable.
•In hot weather, do not expose the camera directly to the sun
when the car is parked.
•In extreme winter conditions, i.e. 32°F (0°C) or lower, detach the
camera from the windshield when not in use, and store in the
glove box.
To avoid damage
The system will automatically update if the microSD card contains
the firmware upgrade file. The camera will restart once the upgrade
has been completed.
Always stay up-to-date
The latest firmware versionis always available at theofficial VANTRUE
website (www.vantrue.net). We strongly recommend registering
your product (www.vantrue.net/register) to receive a notification
email when a new firmware update is available.
4.12 Upgrading the firmware
The camera is designed to operate in temperatures from 32 – 158°F
(0-70°C), temperatures outside this range risk degrading the camera’s
performance work and causing damage.
4.13 Working temperature
NOTE:
1. To use the HDMI Output Mode, the camera requires a constant
power connection via USB.
2. When connected to an external display,the camera’s video
recording function is disabled.
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