Vordon mCar User manual

Setup Guide
mCar

[To Customer]
Dear Customer,
Thanks for buying our car camera, it is our honor and pleasure to serve you to using our product.
Before using this product, please read this manual very carefully and keep it properly. As production date and batch difference, the instruction maybe have
difference with the actual object. If any discrepancy in future, please adhere to the actual product instead.
Hope you will like this product and then we can build long term business relationship in the near future. Your kindly feedback and support will prompt us to do the
better. Thank you.
[Basic Features]
1. 7.0inch Touch IPS screen
2. 3G network function:Compatible with 3G WCDMA 2100 micro-sim card, support 3G internet surfing and used as one WiFi hotspot
3. Android 5.0 systems Quad Core CPU
4. RAM 1GB+ROM 16GB
5. Bluetooth hands-free calling
6. GPS navigation
7. WIFI
8. FM transmitter
9. Car media player
10. Dual camera simultaneously recording
11. Auto Reverse parking
12. G-Sensor
13. Loop Recording
14. Parking Monitor
15. Build in Microphone

[Product Structure]

[Product Structure]
1. 7.0 inch Touch IPS Screen
You could touch operate here, and playback the video files on car dvr.
2. GPS button
When dvr is at ON status, press GPS button, you could set up the default GPS Navigation from the “Complete action using” window poped up. Option list: Google
Map/ Waze/GPS Test Plus.
3. Bluetooth button:
Press it will enter the Bluetooth hands-free menu interface;
4. Power button
Power ON/OFF
When car dvr at OFF status, keep pressing Power button for 2-3 seconds, will turn on the car dvr;
When car dvr at ON status, press again it for 2-3 seconds , dvr will pop up one window of “Suspend/ Shutdown/Reboot” options for choice:
a. Suspend mode
If you choose this, the dvr will enter Systems standby mode;
b. Shutdown mode:
If you choose this, it will turn off the car dvr;
c. Reboot mode
If you choose this, it will restart the dvr.
Remarks: when you car engineer is off, this car dvr will not automatically turn off , you need manually choose the “Shutdown” option to turn off the car dvr .
Otherwise, this car dvr will automatically enter “Suspend” mode if no any operation.

Screen Sleep Mode
When dvr at ON status, press the Power button, it will enter the screen sleep mode marked with position and time. Press again the Power button, it will get the
screen totally sleep, no any display.

Image 1: Screen Sleep Mode marked with position and time
5. Fixed Bucklet
The car dvr ‘s Fixed bucklet will be used the rubble rings to be attached on the car rearivew mirror.
6. Front Lens
It shoots in 1080p video.
7. GPS antenna port
Before turn on the car dvr, please connect the GPS module for GPS satellites searching and location.
8. 3G Micro-SIM card slot
Insert the 3G WCDMA 2100 micro-sim card into this slot for internet surfing.
9. TF card slot
Before turn on the car dvr, please insert the Class 10 High speed SDHC micro sd card into TF card slot for video recording. TF card maximum capacity support 32GB.
10. AV IN Port
Before turn on the dvr, please plug the rear camera into the AV IN port for dual camera recording and auto reverse parking functions.
11. USB Port
It is for car charger connecting to power supply the car dvr.

[User Interface]
After the car dvr switch on, it will enter the dvr’s main user interface as below:
Image 2: Main Menu Interface
Image 3: App List

[User Interface]
1. Driving Video : click it will enter car video recording menu
2. Bluetooth shortcut: click it will quickly enter Bluetooth hands-free settings menu
3. FM station: click it will enter FM transmitter function menu
4. Touch to choose Music: play the Music in the dvr or micro sd card
5. Play Store shortcut: click it will quickly enter Google Play market
6. Apps: click it will enter the systems default application and other app you downloaded into this car dvr
7. Settings shortcut: click it will quickly enter the systems settings , you could make some car dvr and android systems settings up.
8. GPS Navigation: click it will enter the default GPS navigation
9. Compass: It will show the car position East/South/West/North
10. Volume +/-: you could adjust the dvr volume here
11. Car Assistant: (Null, please ignore it)
12. Brightness +/-: you could adjust the dvr screen display brightness here.
13. Back to Previous menu: click it will back to previous menu
14. Back to Main menu: click it will back to dvr main menu
15. Current running apps: click it will see the current running apps, also you could close the application you want at here
16. BTPhone: Bluetooth hands-free function application
17. CarPlayer: playback the video files from car dvr
18. CarSettings: you could set up some dvr settings and android settings.
19. Download:
20. File Manager: include the internal dvr storage files and external sd card folder
21. Gallery: enter it will check the photo files
22. Google settings: set up the google settings
23. Google Maps: support GPS navigation based on google maps
24. Play store: click it will enter application store , you could download it as you want.

[Main Functions Introduction]
1. Driving Video (DVR)

Insert the TF card into car dvr, and then turn on dvr, it will automatically start the front and rear camera video recording.
You could click the “Driving Video” on main menu or click the dvr float mini window (If you choose “show Float button”) to enter the driving video recording
menu as below (Image 4):
Image 4: Driving video recording menu
Time water marker
PIP mode
DVR settings
Playbac
k
Start/Stop video recording
Take Photo
Recording status

DVR support Picture in Picture display (Dual camera), Front Cam display, Rear Cam display; and support time watermark.

For power energy saving, the dvr preview screen will exit periodically (You could set up the “Auto Exit Preview” time in dvr settings) .
G-Sensor: it will automatically lock the 10 seconds video files before and after the car collision happened during video recording. You could set up the G-Sensor
sensitivity (High--Normal--Low). The locked video files will not be automatically overwritten by Loop recording function in certain time. But if the memory card
is almost full, the systems will also start to overwrite the first locked video files and then keep video record. (If no TF card inside, this function don’t work )
Remarks: Please backup the important video/image files in time to prevent it from files accidental damage or to be automatically overwritten by systems.

Parking Monitor: if you turn on the parking monitor function, when the dvr at sleep parking mode, the systems will automatically wake up and start to record
30 seconds video files if collision occurs. After 30s video recording, the dvr will automatically sleep again to save the power. (If the power is not enough or no
TF card inside, this function don’t work)

Auto Reverse Parking: when get the car in reverse gear, the car dvr will automatically switch to the rear camera image with parking line preview (Image 5).
After parking signal disappear, the rear camera preview will automatically exit and back to previous preview mode.
Image 5: Auto Reverse Parking
Front camera video resolution: High (1080P) or Normal (720P)

Mute record: when dvr make the video recording, you could choose record the voice or not
Video files playback: there are 2 ways to check and playback the current video files:
a) Enter “Driving Video” menu, and then click this button will enter the video files list as below (Image 6):
you could select the video files by time or by camera to playback it, also you could delete the video files you want.
Parking Line
Adjust the parking line

Click one video file to playback, even if it will show dvr whole record duration, but it just will start the video to play by specified time you selected.
Image 6: Playback View List
b) Click the “ ” apps button to enter the Apps list menu, and then click car player button to play the video you want. Here you could choose Front
camera or Back Camera video to playback as below (Image 7):
Plus, you could slide touch the specific area to adjust the brightness/volume, or fast-forward/rewound the video files (as orange color arrow):
Select by time
Lock files
Select by cam
List
/Thumbnails
view switch
Switch to the
delete mode
menu

Image 7: DVR car player
2. GPS Navigation
Click the GPS button will enter the default GPS Navigation Map (current default Navigation is Google Maps as like below image 8):
Of course, you could set up other GPS Map as the default navigation from the list. For example “Navitel”, “Waze”.
How to set-up the other default GPS Map as you like? (image 9)
Firstly, press the “GPS ” button for 2-3 seconds, dvr will popup the choice option for GPS default settings.
And then click the Map option you want , it will set up the default GPS Navigation Map for this dvr. When you enter again the GPS meun, it will be GPS you
choosed.
Play/ Pause
Touch slid up
and down at
this area to
adjust the
brightness+/-
Current
Touch slid up and
down at this area
to adjust the
Volume +/-
Current video
file whole
duration
Front/Back cam
Video files list
Switch to the delete
mode menu
The area can be fast-forwarded /
rewound by sliding left and right

Image 8: Google Maps
Image 9: GPS navigation list for choice

3. Bluetooth Hands-free Function
Click Bluetooth shortcut to enter Bluetooth hands-free menu list (Image: 10 )
Open the smartphone bluetooth setting and find the car dvr Bluetooth named “cm84”, pair them , then your phone contact list will be synchronized into this dvr
automatically.
Image 10: Bluetooth Hands-free Menu
4. FM Transmitter function
Click “FM station” button will enter FM transmitter menu (Image 11):
Click to switch on the FM, the car dvr speaker will be closed automatically. and then go to the Car FM radio to set up the same Frequency (for
example, set up FM 100), then DVR’s audio music will be transmitted and synchronize to the car audio to play out.

You could adjust the FM frequency only after you turn on the DVR ‘s FM
DailPad, make the
phone call after BT
pair
Call Log, record the
call history
Bluthtooth setting After BT pair, the dvr
will synchronize
the phone number
your smartphone to
this area.

Click to close the FM transmitter function , and the DVR speaker will be turn on, you will hear the voice again from the dvr.
As the FM transmitter power is limited, and the car radio antenna installation method are different, so that the car original radio sound effect will be
different.
Image 11: FM transmitter menu
5. Multimedia Entertainment
Click music player button will enter Music player interface, you will play your favoritesongs.
If you want to play the video ,please click car player to play the video files; if you want to check the photo, please enter gallery button.
Adjust the Frequency
Open/Close
FM Transmit
Current

Or, you could check all the files from “File manager” , include internal storage and external micro sd card files.

For safe driving, please don’t check the video or photo when you are driving. Thank you.
6. Settings
Setting (Image 12):include Volume/Brightness/Auto ScanBT keyboard/ 3G Mobile Network Status/ SoftAP/WLAN/DVR Setting:
Image 12: Settings interface
Turn ON/OFF
the 3G network

Image 13: DVR camera settings
Other:
a. Auto Sleep: you could set up the dvr automatically enter standby status time after the car stop: 15 mins/ 30 mins/ 60 mins/Never auto sleep
Suggest to choose 15 mins as the auto sleep time after car engineer off, to ensure the car battery will not run out of electricity if when the dvr does not
enter sleep mode.
b. Enable Wake Up by Collision: when the car collision happened, the car dvr will automatically wake up and start to record 30 seconds video files.
c. Allow Video Lock: this is based on dvr G-Sensor function. If choose turn on this function, the collision video will save to special Lock folder.
d. Collision Detection Sensitivity: Low/Normal/High. Usually normal is good choice.
e. Factory data reset: it will erase all the data you set up and download, will recover to the factory default settings.
f. More: click it will enter the android normal settings, include WIF/SIM
Cards/Display/Storage/Apps/Language&Input/Date&Time/AboutDevice/Bluetooth/Data usage and ect settings up.
g. Systems updates: our company support systems updates. If you want, please contact us for newer systems updates.
h. Version: DVR current version information.
Choose the auto
exit Preview time
to ensure dvr will
not influence
driving
Set up the loop
recording video
clip time
Voice record or
not when dvr
recording
Front Cam Video
resolution

Image 13: Other settings list
Click “More” button will enter the android settings as our normal android device, please check below image 14:
Image 14: Android normal settings

Storage: it will display the external sd card/DVR internal storage information;
Also, you could enter Files Management menu list or Format SD card here.
Click “More”
will enter
Android

Image 15: Storage settings

For safe driving, please don’t check the video or photo when you are driving. Thank you.

When dvr recording become slow or bad effect, please try the format SD card.
CarAssist (Null, please ignore it)
Enter “file
manager”
Format the
micro sd
card