Vicovation Vico-Marcus 5 Dual User manual

Vico-Marcus 5 Dual
Quick Guide
DUAL

Index
English 02
Deutsch 19
Русский 37
中文 55

English
02
Vico-Marcus 3 Outlook Introduction:
Thank you for choosing Vico-Marcus 5 Dual Full HD Car
Camcorder. Please follow the installation guide for more detail
when using Vico-Marcus 3, and notice our highlight parts as
important reminders.
Vico-Marcus 5 Dual Installation Guide
Vico-Marcus 5 Dual Standard accessories:
Installation guide
Warranty card
1. Power button
2. Down / Mute (Switch front/rear display)
3. Up / MENU
4. Start/Stop record/Confirm
5. Emergency Record / Return
6. Micro SD card slot
7. USB / Power socket
8. HDMI output
9. External GPS socket
10. Speaker
11. Full HD cable slot
12. 2.0” TFT LCD Display
13. LED indicator
(Red=Recording, Green=Stand by, Red Flashing=No SD
Card)
14. Bracket socket
15. Mega Pixel Lens
Device
Rear camera
Rear Camera
Bracket
Suction Bracket
Cigar Car Charger
3M Sticker
Bracket
Full HD Cable
Quick Mounting
Bracket

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Quick Mounting Bracket Installation
CPL filter
Mounting Bracket
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3.
There’s one quick mounting bracket in Marcus 5 Box.
Please check the following steps to reconnect quick mounting
bracket with suction bracket.
Please loosening the cap nut on
Ball Head of Suction bracket
first, and pull out T-type ball
head.
Insert Quick mounting back into
notches. Please notice the cap nut
needs to be placed on ball head
firstly. And properly fasten the cap
nut after you put on Marcus 5.
CPL filter is optional accessory, not including in box. Users
can choose Marcus CPL filter or any 52mm standard CPL
filter.
CPL filter will lower a little bit brightness of image. Please
adjust it especially for night-time record. You can 1. Adjust
CPL angle. 2. Set EV value. 3. Or you may Disassemble
CPL filter at night.
Please notice that CPL filter is NOT recommended if your
car has film on the windshield.

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Type A: Marcus 5 + Standard Suction Bracket
Vico-Marcus 5 equipped with Quick mounting bracket
module, you may switch it into Suction bracket or Sticker
bracket. We listed 2 ways of installation below with Suction
bracket integrated type.
Suction Bracket & Quick Mounting
Bracket Installation
Please notice
that the direction
of Suction
handle faces
forward the
windshield.
Special Notice:
If there is a safety airbag inside the front pillar, please ask for professional
assistance. Try not to embed the cable on your own.
The cable, connecting front and rear cameras, is special designed (Full HD
Cable). Please make sure not bend the cable too hard when embedding it.
Please restore the Weatherstrip after embedding the cable.
Please apply original VicoVation Vico-Marcus 5 Dual car charger to avoid
unstable behaviors of the device.
Marcus 5 Dual special car charger is NOT compatible with other Vico products.
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First Time Installation

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DIY Installation and wiring
Best Area
How to embed the cable easily (DIY):
Type 1 : (Dotted line)
Starting from front camera, extend the cable along the top of Sunvisor on
passenger seat. Enter the Headlining and extend toward the back side to
connect rear camera.
Type2: (Solid Line)
Starting from front camera, extend the cable along the top of sunvisor on
passenger seat and going down to floor along with the front pillar. Then
extend to back side connecting with rear camera.

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First Time Operation
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6.
Insert Micro SD card firstly.
(Please aware the direction of
Micro SD card data pins.)
SD card under Class10 is
forbidden.
After power on, device will boot up and enter into recording
mode. The initial 3-second recording period is protected from
stopping. To enter MENU is not limited by these 3 seconds.
Please setup system time and format Micro SD card manually
for the first time operation.
To remove Micro SD card, please stop recording or power off
firstly to protect recording data.
Please use Micro SD card (SDHC/SDXC) with level Class10
only.
Normal Recording Time Table
(Not including 6 sets (12 Videos) Emergency
Record)
Marcus 5 uses standard Micro SD card slot format.
Marcus 5 becomes card reader (Slave device) in connection
with PC by USB cable. To operate Marcus 5, please connect
it with cigar car charger or USB power adaptor.
Micro SD
8GB
16GB
32GB
64GB
Video Bit Rate
1296p 30fps
60 mins
120 mins
250 mins
520 mins
16Mb/s
1080p 60fps
60 mins
120 mins
250 mins
520 mins
16Mb/s
1080p 30fps
75 mins
166 mins
347 mins
710 mins
12Mb/s
720p 60fps
100 mins
215 mins
445 mins
910 mins
9Mb/s
720p 30fps
180 mins
375 mins
765 mins
1545 mins
6Mb/s

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1.Video settings
2.Function Settings
3.Display settings
4.Audio settings
5.Playback settings
6.System settings.
Main Display
Recording mode
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2.
Under normal recording, icons represent
(From upper left side):
Red dot recording sign/ Current Time/
Recording Size/ G-Sensor function sign/
Emergency Recording Numbers.
Icons in bottom side:
Emergency record/ Recording sign/
Menu/ Voice recording/ mute switch/
Switch front/rear display
Power ON/Off
User Interface
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Setting Detail
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Set video resolution and EV value. 1080p 30fps is recommended.
Setup sensibility of G-Sensor (Default setting is OFF).
G-Sensor Settings
GPS Settings
Video Settings
GPS relative function can be only activated while GPS
installed correctly.
After booting, GPS function will be activated after GPS
signal received.
After successful GPS positioning, a Blue Arrow will pop out
at the top of display to confirm GPS features are activated.
To activate this function, please install Marcus GPS Mouse
(Optional) and plug the GPS socket properly.
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Setting Detail
(optional Marcus GPS mouse)
LDWS (Lane Departure Warning System)
When current speed reach your setting
value (For example: 60km/h), Marcus 5
will notify drivers with Beep sound and
alert Icon while lane departure.
When current speed over 60km/h,
Marcus 5 will notify drivers with Beep
sounds and alert Icon if distance
between car in front reaches 5~7
meters.
FCWS (Forward Collision Warning System)
Marcus 5 has to be calibrated
to improve the accuracy for
LDWS/FCWS activation.
After set LDWS/FCWS ON,
baseline will show up on
monitor when back to
Recording Mode. Please align
the Red line with horizon.
Baseline will vanish after 30
seconds.
Calibration
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Setting Detail (optional Marcus
GPS mouse)
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2.
Users can choose 80/90/100/110/120/130km. When
the driving speed is higher than setting, Marcus 5 will
notify with warning beep and Alert Icon to remind
driver.
Over-Speed camera detection:
For some specified countries, this feature is
available. (Currently for Taiwan Only)
Over-speed Warning
GPS Signal
Windshield film contains metal ingredient or high buildings
might affect GPS signal receiving. Please kindly notice that
if monitor show Blue Arrow icon while install Marcus GPS
module.
Or you can enter Menu → Function to see the positioning
status, to make sure you capture more than 3 Normal
satellite signal (40~30dB Yellow color bar). Various
environment causes different signal receiving, requiring
different positioning-accomplished time.
GPS Positioning requires at
least 3 Normal satellite signals
to accomplish. As picture shown,
there are five satellites signal
captured. Different color
represents different strength of
GPS signal.
Green: Great (40dB or above)
Yellow: Normal (30~40dB)
Red: Medium (20~30dB)
Dark Red: Bad (20dB or below)
Monitor will display Blue Arrow
icon on top to confirm the GPS
positioning successfully.
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Display Settings
LCD Auto Off
Default setting is Always ON. Users can choose 1 min/ 3 mins/ 5 mins.
After Marcus 5 power on, LCD screen will be OFF (Sleep mode) according
to your setting. LCD screen can be waked up by tap ON/OFF button.
LCD Brightness
Default setting is Standard. LOW is adjustable.
Data Stamp
Time stamp will be tag at bottom left side of video. Default setting is ON.
Image Inverse
Default setting is OFF. This feature is for special installation.
Image Mirror
Default setting is OFF. This feature is for special installation.
Vico-Tag
10 characters can be set manually. This Tag will be embedded next to Time
Stamp.
(When turn on “Current Speed & Location overlay”, Vico-Tag would not be
showed.)

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2.
Audio Settings
Default of Audio recording is ON. By pressing Down Key button
(When recording), audio record on/off can be switched rapidly.
(hot-key switch)
Default setting is Medium. Volume of videos in playback mode can
be set as High/Medium/Low.
Playback Settings
Audio Recording
Volume Control
Enter MENU, Select Playback.
In playback mode, you may press ON/OFF key to switch
between Normal Record files and Emergency Record files
mode. Press arrow key to select files, and then press OK
to playback/delete/lock the file.

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Clock setting:
Language:
Version:
Playback Settings
Files Lock (File protection)
Expect for Emergency record files, Marcus 3 support manually File Lock
function to protect files from overwriting by circular recording when SD card
is full.
System Settings
Please manually setup system time for first time operation.
Default setting is English. 15 more languages can be
selected.
Display current software version.
Follow our official website and Facebook page for latest news about
updating and change logs.
www.vicovation.com
www.facebook.com/vicovation

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2.
Video brightness and clarity will be different because of
window film. Please adjust the EV value to achieve better
image.
Marcus 5 has super capacitors built-in instead of Li-ion
battery. Please power on Marcus 5 with VicoVation Marcus
Cigar Car Charger.
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After Marcus 5 power off, take out Micro SD card. Using
Card adaptor or card reader to connect with PC. Copy
videos from SD card to PC to playback.
Marcus 5 can become a card reader when connecting
with PC by USB cable directly. When connecting PC by
USB cable, please manually turn on Marcus 5.
Make sure the files are copied to PC HDD for playback.
Otherwise, it might not be smooth enough due to lack of
transmission speed from SD card to PC.
Marcus 5 store .MOV format with H.264 compression.
Some built-in PC media player might not support H.264
codec, causing unsmooth playback or no image. Users
can download other professional player to solve this
problem.
Vico-Marcus 5 provides 1080p Full HD high resolution
videos, which requires higher level of graphic card and
DRAM.
Please copy and paste the video files into your computer
and play videos by player supporting H.264 format. If the
videos cannot be played smoothly with above-mentioned,
please upgrade your computer hardware or display videos
with another computer.
If recorded video display on PC is not normal, users can
use Vico-Marcus 5 to playback video in SD card. This is
the best way to first check whether the video is corrupted
or not. If the display on device itself is smooth, it means
the files are properly stored. You may double check PC
environment for correction.
Playback video on PC

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After 30 secs upon the trigger, the device will start the backup
process. The bottom side of LCD monitor will pop up with red
triangle signal. During the backup time, no other operation can
be made. Please wait till the end of the process and avoid
removing the power.
3 Axis Gravity Sensor
G-sensor
Marcus 5 has built-in G-Sensor which can detect accident bump/crash
and trigger emergency record automatically. To avoid any false alarm
during initial installtion, G-sensor function is defaulted as OFF. Please
install device properly first and then enter MENU to activate this
function manually.
When G-Sensor is activated, detection will be started in 15 seconds to
avoid false alarm.
After 15 seconds of each boot up, G-Sensor will be activated with “G”
icon on the top side of LCD display.
When G-Sensor detects
bump/crash
Data Back-up
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Special Notice:
If the power is removed during the emergency record or
backup process, the device will continue to finish backup
process upon the next power up. It will take longer time to
finish the process. Please keep patient.
Emergency Record Function
Whenever emergency happens, manually press Orange
button to trigger emergency record. The bottom side of LCD
monitor will pop up with Red triangle signal.
Emergency recording files of both front and rear camera are
protected from circular record.
For each trigger of the emergency record, two files will be
saved (videos of front and rear camera) and locked. There are
in total 6 sets (12 files) emergency videos available.
After 30 secs upon the trigger, the device will start the
backup process. The bottom side of LCD monitor will pop up
with red triangle signal. During the backup time, no other
operation can be made. Please wait till the end of the process
and avoid removing the power.
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After installing Vico-Player, if your computer doesn’t
support/install the related H.264 Codec, you might need to
download and install it in order to display the videos. ( Users
can download K-Lite Codec Pack on internet.)
Please visit VicoVation official website: www.vicovation.com
Enter “Service” page → “Download”.
Download VicoVation Vico-Player. (Vico-Player currently only
supports Windows system.)
After install Vico-Player to PC, please select “Folder” on the top of
player.
Choose videos from SD card or HDD.
Vico-Player will synchronously display the route at the right side
upon Google Map. (It’s necessary to connect PC with internet.)
And also G-Sensor value layout in bottom side.
Any question, please dont hesitate to contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VicoVation
VicoPlayer Download

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VicoVation crossover PushCam Service, providing PushCam
Platform for Dash Cam video uploading/sharing.
Download PushCam Player (Support Windows & iOS) from
PushCam website.
Take out SD card from Marcus 5 and connect with PC.
Open the video files by PushCam Player.
Edit your one minute clip (Or 1 min emergency recording)
and then upload to PushCam.
Share/backup the special scenery captured when driving.
Video witness also helps to clarify accident causes.
Marcus 5 + PushCam
1 Minute Clip
PushCam platform limit video clip to be 1 min when upload.
Please edit the1 min video by the Tool Bar below the
PushCam Player.
Users are able to upload one minute Emergency recording
easily without any additional edition.
Log in PushCam by your Facebook or Google+ account.
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4.
The limited warranty of main device (camcorder engine) is twelve
(12) months/Accessories (car charger, cable, and bracket) is six (6)
months from the date of original purchase. The valid original
invoice (PROOF OF PURCHASE) will be required.
The limited warranty is valid in the countries where this products is
sold. Please contact with the reseller (or on-line shop) who sold this
unit for detailed in-warranty service.
The warranty does not apply to the damage which occurs in
shipment or failure results from accident, misuse, abuse, water,
fire, other acts of nature, external causes, or faulty installation.
Disassembly of the unit might cause damage and makes it out of
warranty.
Limited Warranty Statement
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5.
LDWS (Lane Departure Warning System).
FCWS (Forward Collision Warning System).
GPS Tracking, work with VicoPlayer.
Download from www.vicovation.com
Over Speed warning system.
GPS location/Speed info overlay on video.
Optional Accessories
Marcus GPS mouse