COP-USA SDRDVR35-HSL Specsheet

Covert Smoke Digital Video Record Camera

Remote Control COLOR CCD Camera 3.7mm Pinhole Lens

VIDEO

Power DC 12V

MONITOR

VIDEO

DC 12V

* Specifications are subject to change without notice

** Designed in U.S.A.

100 Feet

Remote Control

SD Card Capacity Recording Time Photos

1GB

150Min(-/+ 10%) 23,200pcs (-/+ 10%)

2GB

300Min(-/+ 10%) 36,400pcs (-/+ 10%)

4GB

600Min(-/+ 10%) 92,800pcs (-/+ 10%)

Recording Time

IR

MIC

Camera

SDRDVR35-HSL

* Non-Active Smoke Detector Camera

* Mpeg 4 Compression format

* Memory Full Overwrite Funtcion

* Motion Detection 32G SD Card capability

* Easy Access SD Card

* Records Video/Audio & Takes

* Remote Control

* Included 4GB SD Card

* DC 12V 300mA

ITEMS SDRDVR35-HSL

TYPE CO
PICK-UP DEVICE COLOR CCD IMAGE SENSOR
PICTURE ELEMENTS NTSC: 512Hx492V - PAL: 512Hx582V
HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION 540 TVL
MINI ILLUM
HORIZ.SYNC FREQUENCY EIA/NTSC: 15.734Khz - CCIR/PAL: 15.625Khz
VERTICAL FREQUENCY EIA/NTSC: 60Hz - CCIR/PAL: 18.9375
CLOCK FREQUENCY EIA/NTSC: 19.0699 Mhz - CCIR: 18.9375
SCANNING SYSTEM 2:1 INTERLACE
S/N RATIO 46dB
ELECTRONIC SHUTTER 1/1000.000s
LENS PINHOLE LENS
VIDEO OUTPUT 1V
AUDIO OUTPUT 2V
GAMMA 0.45

ALARM
WEIGHT 100g
POWER SUPPLY DC 12V
POWER CONSUMPTION
STORAGE TEMPERATURE -30°C to +60°C
OPERATING TEMPERATURE -10°C to +4

INATION 0

LOR

.001 LUX

p-p, 75 Ohms

p-p (Max)

300mA

5\°C

Contents

SDRDVR35-HSL

1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS..........................................................................................................1

2. FEATURES..................................................................................................................................2

3. PACKAGE CONTENT................................................................................................................3

4. Smoke DVR Description..............................................................................................................4

4.1 SMOKE DVR LAYOUT .......................................................................................................4

4.2 CONNECTION OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................4

5. Operation......................................................................................................................................5

5.1 Power On................................................................................................................................5

5.2 Live Mode..............................................................................................................................5

5.3 Record Mode..........................................................................................................................6

5.4 Playback Mode.......................................................................................................................8

5.5 PC Playback...........................................................................................................................9

5.6 SD Card Maintenance............................................................................................................9

5.7 How to Download the Updated Software ..............................................................................9

6. MENU SETUP...........................................................................................................................10

6.1 Main Menu...........................................................................................................................10

6.2 Date/ Time............................................................................................................................11

6.3 Motion Detection .................................................................................................................11

6.4 Record Setup........................................................................................................................13

6.5 SD Card Options..................................................................................................................15

6.6 System Status.......................................................................................................................16

6.7 Power On Setup....................................................................................................................16

6.8 Factory Default.....................................................................................................................17

7. TROUBLE SHOOTING............................................................................................................18

9. SPECIFICATION.......................................................................................................................19

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this

document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information herein.

VER.: 1.0, CD

1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

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CAUTION :

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK,

DO NOT OPEN COVERS (OR BACK).

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT OPEN!

SERVICE PERSONNEL.

It is advised to read the Safety Precaution Guide through carefully before operating the

product, to prevent any possible danger.

WARNING: This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage”.

CAUTION: This symbol is intended to alert the user to presence of important operating and

maintenance (Servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment (Applicable in the European Union
and other European countries with separate collection systems).

This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated as household
waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and
electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential
negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by
inappropriate waste handling of this product. The recycling of materials will help to conserve natural
resources. For more detailed information about recycling of this product, please contact your local city office,

your household waste disposal ser vice or t he shop where you pu rchased the pro duct.

Do not Plug and unplug the power cord, it may result product malfunction.
Do not install the product in an environment where the humidity is high.

Unless the product is waterproof or weatherproof, otherwise poor image quality may occur.
Do not drop the product or subject them to physical shocks.

Except for vandal-proof or shockproof product, otherwise malfunctions may occur.
Never keep the product to direct strong light.

It can damage the product.
Do not spill liquid of any kind on the product.

If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Alcohol or beverage can contain minerals that corrode the
electronic components.

Do not install the product in extreme temperature conditions.
Use the camera under conditions where temperatures ar e between 5∘C (41∘ F ) ~ 4 5 ∘C.(113∘ F ) . B e e s p e c i a l l y
careful to provide ventilation when operating under high temperatures.

2. FEATURES

SDRDVR35-HSL

z The Mini DVR Module supports NTSC or PAL video system, and auto detects video loss.
z The Mini DVR Module is built-in with MPEG4-SP video and G.726 audio codec. It

supports 1 channel video and 1 channel audio recording and playback operation.

z Audio/ Video data are recorded directly on the SD card with FAT16/ 32 file system and

ASF file format. Simple data backup method to a PC.

z Audio/ Video data are recorded directly as ASF file format. You can view the data straight

from your PC, and playback those ASF files with popular media players.

z USB interface that enables data to be transfer to a PC.
z For 1 GB SD card, the record time is about 5 hours at Standard Quality for NTSC: 30 fps

@ 352 x 240 and PAL: 12 fps @ 640 x 480.

z The DVR supports: Manual, Motion Detection, Schedule, and Alarm Recording mode

with independent video size, quality, and frame rate set up.

z Schedule Record (Schedule Record Priority Order: Alarm/ Motion Detection/ Continuous)

and IR Illuminator can be setup to ON/ OFF and per hour.

z Support external alarm signal connection to enable alarm trigger recording.
z For motion detection, multiple detection blocks and appropriate motion trigger level

set-up.

z Support key lock function.
z Use anywhere, the device supports either DC power adaptor.

3. PACKAGE CONTENT

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* 4G SD Card
* Remote Control
* 2 x AA Batteries
* SD Card Pick Up Tool

3.1 Remote Control Functions

1. Record Button: On/Off

2. ESC / STOP Button

3. Play / Pause Button

4. Directional Buttons

5. Menu / OK Button

4. Smoke DVR Description

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4 .1 Smoke DVR Layout

4.2 Connection Overview

4.2.1 Put out SD Cards

4.2.2 A/V Connection:

5. OPERATION

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5.1 Power On

1. To power-up, connect to a DC 12V power input connector.

NOTE 1: Each time after power-on, the system auto-detects its peripherals. When the REC LED

flashes indicate that the SD card is proceeding testing (complete boot time is several seconds)
When an image file error has been detected, the system will initiate auto repairing.

2. After power on, the system auto enters live monitoring. When the system is
currently under schedule recording, it auto enters record mode.

3. “ ” icon shown on the status line, indicates that SD card is operating normally.

4. When SD card is not inserted or problem occurs on the SD card. Rec indicator will
flash quickly. Please re-format before proceeding.

5. You can play while the SD card is “read only”, but you cannot record; and Rec
indicator will flash quickly.

6. After power-loss the system auto returns to the previous recording mode.

Do not withdraw the CF card while booting. It may destroy the data stored within the CF card.

5.2 Live Mode

Live mode is the default setup after system start-up.

c Time Display: System Date and Time.

2 Button Lock: Indicates all buttons are locked (buttons are ineffective).
3 Video Status: Indicates external camera connection.

4 Record Status: Manual Record Parameter.

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Record Size, please refer to【7.4 Record Setup】for VIDEO SIZE

：

setup.
Record Quality, please refer to【7.4 Record Setup】for VIDEO QUALITY

：

setup.
Audio Off Record, please refer to【7.4 Record Setup】for AUDIO

：

RECORD setup.

5 SD Card Status:

：

SD Card has not been inserted or malfunction.

：

SD C a r d i s proceeding file testing.

：

SD Card is functioning normally.

：

Overwrite record.

When SD card is not inserted, record and playback function is inapplicable, but

monitoring is applicable.

5.3 Record Mode

1. Start Record: 3 Types of recording mode.

(1) Manual Record: Suitable to record at anytime. Press《Rec》button, to enter

manual recording status (start recording). For more information, please refer to

【7.4 Manual Record & Schedule Record】.

(2) Motion Detection Record: Suitable to record, when there are severe image

changes. Motion detection triggers schedule recording, but it will only start
recording when the variation exceeds the alarm limitation value. For more
information, please refer to【7.3 Motion Detection】and【7.4 Manual Record &

Schedule Record】.

(3) Continuous Record: Suitable for few constant frame recording or on long-term

continuous recording. For more information, please refer to【7.4 Manual Record
& Schedule Record】.

(4) Alarm Record: Suitable for external alarm recording. When alarm schedule

been setup, alarm icon will be shown on the display status bar (alarm triggered
recording is setup).

2. Stop Record:

Manual Record

Schedule Record

To continue recording, please follow the methods below to restart recording.

Manual Record
Schedule Record

Press《/∩》button/ Manual Power-Off/ Auto Power-Off when
System Power Shortage.

Enter《/II 》schedule recording, all kinds of recordings (Alarm/
Motion Detection/ Continuous) will be stopped.

Repress《》button.
Stop playback and the system will auto re-check the record

schedule setup again.

3. Record Display:

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1 Record Status:

2 Record Mode:

3 Record Storage Mode Status:

4 Syst em rec ording is determined according to the recording priority order (Record Priority:

Manual/ Alarm/ Motion Detection/ Continuous).

5. Different recording modes may have different kinds of setups. Basic setup: video size,
recording frames, video quality, and audio recording. When different recording modes are
triggered, the system starts recording according to the different setup. This kind of design
provides flexibility to ensure efficient recording time and quality. Example: Work hour
from 8:00am to 6:00pm, setup「Schedule Record」to low video quality with less recording
frames to extend the recording time. And off work hour, setup 「Motion Detection
Record/ Alarm Record」 to enable high video quality with the highest recording frames,
when an event occurs.

6. Video or audio may be recorded into the SD card (SD card is purchased separately).

Do not w ithdraw the SD card while recordin g. It may destroy the data stored within the SD card..

：Manual Record ：Schedule Record
：Motion Detection Record ：Alarm Record

：Continuous Record
：Remaining Storage Capacity

%

: Indicates recording is in progress.

Power loss during recording results incomplete videos or errors.
Video loss during recording, the system stops recording, backups the files, and when

the videos are normal again, the system will continue recording.

5.4 Playback Mode

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Selectable Playback format: Continuous Playback and Searching Playback.
(1) Normal Playback: Press《/》button to first playback the final recorded data, and then

according to the SD card file recording order.

1 Playback Status:

` ： Press《/》button once to playback, press it again to pause.
 ： Press 《》or《》button to Fast Rewind or Fast Forward (Speed:

x2/ x4/ x8/ x16/ x32). Press《/》button to return to normal speed
playback.

II ： During playback, press《/》button to pause playback and press

again to return to playback status.

Press《/∩》button to stop playback function and to return to live status.

(2) Search and Playback: Enter MENU and select【SEARCH AND PLAY】item.

1 File directory shows dates and the amount of contents under the directory. The
2 Current location page.

3 Event Record Status Icon:

 ： During pause, press《》or《》button to step back one frame or

to step forward one frame and press《/》button to return to
normal speed playback.

user may press《》or《》button to move the cursor up or down.

：Manual ：Motion Detection ：Continuous ：Alarm

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(NOTE 1 & NOTE 2).

4 Each color distinguishing different recording events, the user may press《》or

《》button to move the cursor left or right and immediately shows the first

image of the highlighted event on the screen display background.

5 Displays the time highlighted by the event bar.

NOTE 1：Select the starting point and press《Enter》button to playback.
NOTE 2：Press《/∩》button to stop playback and the system will return to 【SEARCH

and PLAY】selection and enables the user to select the prefered input source.

The device supports playback only to images recorded by our device, other ASF video

files are not guaranteed.

5.5 PC Playback

1. The device uses SD card as its main storage. User may read the data stored in the SD
card from the computers that supports SD card reader device.

2. All files (under DVMPG4 folder) has approximate size of 1MB and file names are
ordered according to recorded times (sequence).

File Playback: User may use Microsoft®－Media Player or DivX－DivX Player

(http://www.divx.com/) to playback video files.

When first time using Media Player to playback, it requires the most updated decoder

from the Microsoft® software website.

5.6 SD Card Maintenance

1. The device supports only FAT16/ 32 file system; therefore it is unable to determine
other file systems. Please format the SD card (enter【MENU/ SD CARD OPTIONS】
and select “Format”).

2. The system supports only partial SD card file system repair. The system is unable to

detect any file system damage, therefore please format the SD card (enter【MENU/
SD CARD OPTIONS】and select “Format”).

5.7 How to Download the Updated Software

1. Use the SD card to update your system firmware.

2. Please follow the steps below to update the software:
(1) Copy the new system firmware into the new directory of the SD card from your

computer.
(2) Insert the SD card; switch off the main power and then restart.
(3) Wait for 5 to 6 seconds, the system update will be complete and return to live mode.

Do not withdraw the SD card while booting, when power-loss occurs while proceeding step

(3), please repeat step (2) and (3).

6. MENU SETUP

SDRDVR35-HSL

6.1 Main Menu

1 MAIN MENU: Item subject.
2 Menu Layer Indication: The device consists of three menu layers.

■

■■

■■■

3 MENU Content: Basic Menu Operations.

Press《》or《》button, to select the item.

Press《ENTER》button, to enter the sub menu (＞).
Press《/∩》button:

 Under second or third menu layer, the system will return to the previous menu

layer (second layer to first layer or third layer to second layer).

 Under main menu (first menu layer), the system will enter live mode. Press《》

or《》button, to increase or decrease the setting value of the item selected
(

NOTE 1).

: First Menu Layer (Main Menu)
: Second Menu Layer
: Third Menu Layer



NOTE 1: All words underlined and bold indicates「Default Value」.

6.2 Date/ Time

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1Date Format
2Date/ Time Adjustment

Y / M / D M / D / Y D / M / Y

：

Year Setup: 2000 - 2099

：

Month Setup: 01 - 12
Time Setup: 00 : 00 - 23 : 59
Return to factory default, no changes will be made.

6.3 Motion Detection

1. Window Setup:

1 Detection Block: Formed by two or more cells.
2 Cursor: Press《/II》button to switch to Select/ Edit mode.

3 Detection Cell: The whole screen is divided into 16x12 cells.
4 Detection Block.

2. Cursor Movement: Press《/II》button to switch to setup mode (cursor color is black),
press《///》button to move the cursor freely.

3. Motion Detection Area Setup:

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(1) Press《/II 》button to edit detection block.

5 Mode

CELL EDIT
DEL BLOCK

DEL ALL

ADD BLOCK

ADD ALL

(2) Press《/II 》button to switch cursor to edit mode (cursor color is pink). Press

《///》button, follow step (1) to change the size of the detection block.

(3) Detection area is shown by color red, press《Enter》to enable/ disable the

detection block.

4. Motion Detection Sensitivity Setup:
Changing the alert value may affect the recording sensitivity of the Motion Detection.

Single detection cell setup (detection/ non-detection)
Disable a block

Delete all cells
Enable a block

Enable all cells

：

1 MD ENERGY
2 MD THRESHOLD

NOTE 1: Motion detection is triggered when MD ENERG Y level exceeds MD THRE SHOLD leve l

(red block).

NOTE 2: The red cells reveals the setup made by the user.

Reveals current sensitivity rate (
Reveals user sensitivity rate setup. Press《》or《》

：

button, to change the motion detection threshold level
(

NOTE 2).

NOTE 1).

6.4 Record Setup

SDRDVR35-HSL

Selectable manual or schedule recording, basic setups are shown below:

1. MANUAL RECORD: Press () button to start recording (NOTE 1).

1Video Size/ Frame Rate Setup:

VIDEO SIZE 320x240 640x480
FRAME RATE (MAX) 30 fps 12 fps

2Image Quality:

HIGH Using high recording quality (More CF card storage capacity will be required).
MEDIUM Using medium recording quality.
LOW Using low recording quality (Less CF card storage capacity will be

required).

3Audio Record: Enable or disable audio recording.

NOTE 1: Menu setup is inapplicable during manual recording.

2. SCHEDULE RECORD (Alarm Detection/ Motion Detection/ Continue): Records only

within the setup time range.

1 SCHEDULE SETUP
2 ALARM RECORD
3 MOTION RECORD
4 CONTINUE RECORD

：

Enable/ Disable schedule and record mode setup.

：

Alarm setup.

：

Motion detection setup.

：

Continuous setup.

(1) SCHEDULE SETUP：

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1 SCHEDULE ： Record ON / OFF setup (default setup is OFF).
2 SCHEDULE MODE ： Press《》or《》to setup schedule time. Press《》 or《》

to setup different types of recording schedule. ( ：Motion Detection
Record ：Continuous Record ：Alarm Trigge red Record).

(2) Increase setup during Alarm Detection:

1 DURATION ： Duration time when motion detection has been triggered (05 ~ 90

SEC (increase by every 5 SEC) / 10 SEC).

2 ALARM INPUT ： Alarm trigger method (N.C./N.O.).

(3) Increase DURATION setup during Motion Detection Record:

1 CONTINUOUS RECORD ：Continuous record time when motion detection has

been triggered (05 ~ 90 SEC (increase by every 5
SEC) / 10 SEC

).

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(4) CONTINUE RECORD:

Setup method is similar to manual record setup, for more information please refer to [7.4 1.
MANUAL RECORD].

6.5 SD Card Options

1 TOTAL SP ACE ： SD card total capacity.
2 REMAIN SPACE

： SD card remaining capacity.

NOTE 1: Proceeding continuous recording, old videos can be deleted and overwritten. Please co nfirm before

setup.

NOTE 2: Recording time depend on the SD card capacity, different recording modes, and degree of video

variation.

6.6 System Status

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Press any button to return to the Main Menu.

6.7 Power On Setup

1 LANGUAGE ： Setup menu language.
2 COMPOSITE ： Setup video output format, NTSC

/ PAL (NOTE 1).

NOTE 1: Connect the camera, the device auto detects NTSC/ PAL video system (the output video system

will be setup the same as its input video system). Without connecting the camera, the video system setup
will be the same as its previous setup.

6.8 Factory Default

SDRDVR35-HSL

Press《Enter》button, returns all settings to the factory default value (NOTE 1).
Press《/∩》button, exit this screen display and returns to the Main Menu.

NOTE 1: Return to factory default will erase all configuration values and return to the Factory Default

values（except Date and Time setup）. Therefore, confirm before you proceed.

7. TROUBLE SHOOTING

SDRDVR35-HSL

Q1. What is the recording capacity for 1GB SD card?
A1. Different recording setup has different recording capacity. Table below shows possible

recording time during continues recording applying different record mode.

Quality Frame Rate SD Card High Medium Low
VGA (640 x 480)
QVGA (320 x 240)

Q2. Why does the system auto reboot during normal operation?
A2. It indicates that the SD card error has been detected. To enable data completeness,

monitoring procedure will reboot the device. After device reboot the system returns to the
status before reboot (Ex.: returns to Manual Record or Schedule Record).

Q3. Why won’t the drag scroll work when playback on PC?
A3. To solve this problem, please download “AsfTools” (http://www.geocities.com/myasftools).

12 FPS 1 GB 155 min 280 min 340 min
30 FPS 1 GB 150 min 380 min 600 min

9. SPECIFICATION

SDRDVR35-HSL

STANDARD FUNCTION
System NTSC / PAL Video System and Video Loss Auto Detection
Codec MPEG4-SP ASF File Format

1, 2, … , Maximum fps selectable

Record Frame Rate

Video

Record Quality Low / Medium / High
Recording Date/Time Overlay with Video Images in ASF File

Input 1 CH Composite Vide o Line In
Output 1 CH Comp os i te Video Line Out
Sampling Rate 44.1 KHz

Audio

Audio Device
Storage Media SD Card (FAT16/ 32) MAX FILES: 16384 FILES
Serial Port USB 1.1 (Read-Only)
Recording Mode Manual / Schedule ( Alarm / Motion Detection / Continue)
Motion Detection Setting Multiple Blocks and adjustable sensitiv ity
Event Search Function Property and first image of selected file is displayed
Playback Function Play/Fast Forward/Fast Rewind/Pause/Step Forward/Step Backward

Codec G.726/ 32 kbps
Input 1 CH Audio Line In
Output 1 CH Audio Line Out

Maximum:
30 fps@320x240 / 12 fps@640x480

Microphone，Speak，Earphone

Playback Speed x1/ x2/ x4/ x8/ x16/ x32
Power Supply DC 12V/1A
Dimensions 38 mm (W) x 17.5 mm (H) x 38 mm (D)
Operating Environment
Storage Environment

(Note: Design and Specifications are subject to change without notice.)

30%~80% RH, 5℃ ~ 45℃ (41℉ ~ 113℉)
30%~90% RH, 0℃ ~ 50℃ (32℉ ~ 122℉)