Vantrue OnDash X1 PRO User manual

User Manual
OnDash X1 PRODash Cam

1. What’s in the box? 1
2. Camera Overview 2
3. Getting Started 4
4. Basic Operation 7
5. Specifications 36
6. Warranty & Support 37
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ドラレコの概要 19
入門 21
基本操作 24
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 X1 Pro dash cam
C. Suction cup mount
D. 3ft USB data cable
E. X1 Pro dash cam user manual
F. Quick Guide
G. Warranty card
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D
C
B
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2. Camera Overview
NO. Name Description
1
2
3
4
Mount Connector
Speaker
Camera Lens
Reset Button
Connects to the suction cup mount.
Delivers sound when playing back videos.
Front facing F1.8 170°wide camera
for video recording.
Press to force the device to restart.
5
6
7
8
LCD Screen
UP Button
Down / Parking Mode
Switch Button
Menu/ Snapshot Button
2.7” TFT LCD screen.
Upward selection;
Slow forward when playing back videos;
Microphone ON/OFF switch.
Downward selection;
Fast forward when playing back videos;
Long press to enter Parking Mode.
Enter/exit setup menu when the camera
is not recording;
Take snapshot when the camera is
recording.
9
10
Power Button
Camera Button/
Emergency Button
Power ON/OFF.
Lock up the current video when the
camera is recording;
Switch to Camera Mode when the
camera is not recording.
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4
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12
13 14 15
16
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11 OK Button Confirms the setup;
Stops/Starts the video recording;
Take picture in camera mode.
12 LED Indicator
13 Mic Records audio along with video.
Charging/Recording LED indicator.
14
15
HDMI Port Connects to HDMI cable.
16
Mini USB Port USB port for charging or data
transferring.
Memory Card Slot Location for the microSD memory
card.
LED Indicator
Blue LED solid on
Blue LED blinks
Camera is on, but not recording.
Camera is recording videos.
Red LED solid on
Red LED blinks fast
Camera is being charged.
Camera is nearly full charged.
Blue LED solid on, red LED
solid on
Blue LED blinks, red LED solid
on
Camera is on but not recording, and
is being charged.
Camera is being charged and is
recording videos.
Screen overview
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Video resolution
Emergency file lock
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Recording standby status
Loop recording time
Parking mode
Time lapse
Exposure
connected
GPS signal connecting
HDR on
G-Sensor on
Snapshot
Recording
Recording
time
Time stamp Date stamp Battery level
Battery is charging
Microphone ON
Microphone OFF
Memory card
inserted or not
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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 camera display will show ‘Mass
Storage’ and ‘Power On’ options, press OK button to enter into Mass
Storage, in which the camera will not be setup or operated.
A. Charge via your USB charger
3. Getting started
3.1. Before using, charge the camera for 2-3 hours
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POWER BANK USB Charger

Please use a genuine microSD memory card of from 8GB to 32GB 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.
Before using, please format the card following these steps:
Press MENU to enter the setup (if the camera is recording video, press
Confirm button to stop the recording first) interface, press DOWN
button to select the System Setup option, press Confirm to enter the
settings, press DOWN button to select Format item, press Confirm and
DOWN button to select YES.
3.2 Installing memory card
NOTE: When using a 64GB card, please format it to FAT32 on
computer first.
(Search and see “How to format a 64GB microSD card to FAT32”
online.)
REMINDER:
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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2. Clean the windshield using water or alcohol, and wipe clean with
aint-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.
5. Line the power cable around the trim of your vehicle.
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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.
A. Manually
One press the Power button to turn on the camera, long press
to power it off.
vehicle’s cigarette
lighter port
4. Basic Operation
4.1. Power on/off the camera.
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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 30 seconds after you shut off the car.
After powering on, press the MENU button to enter the setup menus.
(If the camera is recording video, press the Confirm button to stop
the recording and then press the MENU button.)
Press the DOWN button to choose the Record Setup option, press
Confirm button to enter the settings, and press UP/DOWN button
to select setting items.
-Resolution: Default setting is 1440P. Press Confirm button to select
between 1440P, 1080P 60FPS, 1080P and 720P (fps: Frames per
Seconds).
-Loop Recording: Default setting is 3mins per video clip. Press
Confirm button to select among 1 min, 3mins, 5mins and Off.
-G-Sensor : Default setting is Medium. Press Confirm button to select
among OFF, Low, Medium and High.
-Audio Recording: Default setting is ON. Press Confirm and DOWN
button to turn it Off/ON.
-Parking Mode: Default setting is OFF. Press Confirm and DOWN
button to turn it ON/OFF.
4.2. Settings in the menu
Record Setup System Setup
GPS Setup Files
A. Record Setup
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-Exposure: Default setting is 0. Press Confirm button to select
between +2.0, +1.0, 0, -1.0 and -2.0
-Number Setup: Press UP/DOWN and Confirm button to setup
numbers and letters. When finished, press MENU button to exit.
-Stamp: Default setting is ON. Press Confirm button to turn off/on
the date/time, logo, number, Speed and GPS Location stamp.
-Rotate Display: Default setting is OFF. Press Confirm and DOWN
button to turn is ON/OFF.
-Time Lapse: Default setting is OFF. Press Confirm button to select
between Off, 1 Sec, 5Secs, 10Secs, 30Secs and 1 Min.
-Power Off Delay: Default setting is ON. Press Confirm and DOWN
button to turn it Off/ON.
-Language: Default setting is English. Press Confirm button to select
among English, Chinese, Deutsch, Japanese, Español, Français
and Italiano.
-Format SD Card: Press Confirm and DOWN select OK to format
the microSD card.
-Time & Date: Press UP/DOWN and Confirm button to setup date
and time. When finished, press MENU button to exit.
-Auto LCD Off: Default setting is 3Mins, the camera screen will turn
off in 3mins while recording. Press Confirm button to select among
1Min, 3Mins and 5Mins or turn it OFF to disable it.
-Device Sound: Default setting is ON. Press Confirm button to
enable or disable it.
-Non-Use Auto Power OFF: Default setting is 3Mins, when the
camera is on but not in use, it will auto turn off after 3 minutes.
Press Confirm button to select among 1 Min, 2Mins and 3Mins, or
turn it OFF to disable it.
-Frequency: Default setting is 50Hz. Press Confirm to select 60Hz.
-System Info: Press the Confirm button to check the Version info.
-Default Setting: Press Confirm and select YES to set the device
back to factory settings.
B. System Setup
Note: to use the GPS function, you need to purchase an extra
GPS mount for the camera.
C. GPS Setup
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-GPS Setup: Default setting is On. Press Confirm to turn OFF/ON.
-Speed Unit: Default setting is MPH. Press Confirm to select KMH
or MPH.
When the setup finished, press MENU button to exit.
Check and delete videos/images in the Normal/Event folder.
-Event: Event videos (detected by G-Sensor and manually
locked) stored.
-Normal: Normal recording videos stored.
-Photo: Images stored.
-All: Event videos, Normal recording videos and images stored.
D. Files
Go to the MENU interface, and “System Setup”>“Time & Date”,
press Confirm button to set. In the time setup interface, press UP
or DOWN button to select date and time value, press Confirm
to confirm and go to next. When the setup is finished, press
MENU button to exit.
4.3 Date/Time setting
After installing the memory card, by default, the camera imme
diately 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 power key to turn it on, it will not auto start recording,
you should press the Confirm button to start recording.
4.4 Loop recording
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Time&Date
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DD / MM / YY
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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 Set”.
You could also lock a video footage manually, when the camera
is recording, press the Emergency Button. A key icon will appear
on the center of the screen.
4.5 Event 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 Confirm button.
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By default, the loop recording time is 3mins. 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 over write the old videos when the card is full.
The loop recording video is named by “Year_Date_Time_Serial”
(for example, “2017_0101_060101_001”) format and stored in
“Video”>“Normal” folder. When the microSD card is full, the camera
will write over the old files with new recording.
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By default, the voice recording is ON. You could turn it off in two
ways:
- Go to “Record Setup”>“Audio recording”, and press Confirm
and select OFF;
- While the camera is recording videos, press UP button to turn
OFF/ON the voice recording.
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.
4.6 Audio recording
The event video is stored in “Files”>“Event” folder, and would not
be over-written.
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To use the parking mode, go to “Record Setup”>“Parking Monitor”
and select ON.
Triggered by the Motion Detection, 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
appear at the left side of the screen. In Parking Mode, once the
camera detects movement in front, it will auto start recording; and
when the movement stops, it will end recording after 10 seconds.
You can also turn on the Parking Mode manually: press and hold
the DOWN button till the P icon appears on the screen, then the
parking mode activates.
4.7 Parking Mode
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The parking mode will exit once the camera detects itself moved.
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.
To use the Time Lapse function, please go to “Record Setup”>
“Time Lapse” to set up.
The default setting is OFF. Press Confirm button to select between
Off, 1 Sec, 5Secs, 10Secs, 30Secs and 1 Min. In this mode, the
camera will keep taking photos at the set time interval and then
auto edit them together to a video clip.
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
4.8 TIME LAPSE
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-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.
4.9 Taking 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.
4.10 Connecting external GPS receiver (Optional accessory)
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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.
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3. Once it gets charged, the camera turns on; and if it is has
microSD card inserted, it will start recording, press Confirm
button to stop recording first. Press MENU button to enter the
setup interface, go to “GPS Setup”>“GPS Setup” 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.
5. 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.
6.You can review recorded video using the VANTRUE GPS Viewer
(available for download on www.vantrue.net).
Press MENU and go to “Files”>“Normal”, “Files”>“Event” or “Files”>
4.11 Viewing video and photos
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“Photo” to view and playback videos/photos on the camera.
Press UP/DOWN button to select videos and Confirm button to
playback/pause. When playing back, press UP to slow forward
the playback, press DOWN to fast forward.
To delete/protect files, please press the OK button to pause the
video first then press the Camera button to delete/protect video.
Note：To delete the protect file, please unprotect it first.
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 “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.
NOTE: When connected to your computer under “Mass Storage”
status, standard camera setup and operations will be disabled.
The camera has a mini HDMI port for connecting an external
display such as a monitor or TV. Please note that the product
doesn’t come supplied a mini HDMI to HDMI cable.
View on a TV
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Playback Menu
Delete Files
Protect Files
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1. Use a USB charger to charge the camera.
2. Insert the mini HDMI connectori nto 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.
•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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