Thank you for purchasing our product. For safety, it is strongly recommended to read
this manual carefully before connecting, operating and/or adjusting the product and keep
the manual for reference in the future.
Utilization of the product
If you want to dispose this product, do not mix it with general household waste. There is
a separate collection system for used electronic products in accordance with legislation
that requires proper treatment, recovery and recycling.
Please contact your local authorities for the correct method of disposal. By doing so, you
will ensure that your disposed product undergoes the necessary treatment, recovery and
recycling and thus prevent potential negative effects on the environment and human health.
Important safeguards
• Read carefully through the manual to
familiarize yourself with this unit.
• Keep this manual handy as a reference
for operating procedures and precautions. Do
not allow persons who have not read through
this manual to use this unit.
• Connect this unit only to the vehicle lighter
jack of your car with +12-24 V DC power. If the
voltage is too high, it may cause damage to
this unit.
• Careful handling of the unit can prolong
its operation life.
• Due to variety of car lighter jack sizes
depending of vehicle type, ensure that this unit
is properly contacted in the lighter socket.
• The DC adapter and car lighter socket
should be used only with original accessories
included. The Manufacturer is not responsible
for possible damage of this unit cause by
using other accessories than provided by
Manufacturer.
• Should this product fail to operate
properly, contact your local dealer.
Controllers
Left panel
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1. ON/OFF button
2. MODE button
3. MENU button
4. UP button
5. DOWN button
6. OK button
Right panel
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7. RESET button (hole)
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8. AV output
9. USB port
10. DC 5V power input for car adaptor
11. LED incdicator
Not indicated: memory card slot (back
side), camera (front side)
Operations
Mounting
• Connect the threading hole on the bottom
of the unit to the threading pin on the upper
part of the stand by rotating the fastening
washer counter-clockwise.
• Press the suction cup to a surface in the
car, then push the pressure valve down. Make
sure the stand is fixed properly to the surface.
• You can adjust the angle of the stand by
loosening the upper and lower washers and
bending the assembly knots.
• To unmount the stand, lift the pressure
valve, then lift the plastic ear on the suction cap.
Power and charging
To charge the battery of this unit connect
its USB port to the PC with the suppled USB
cable; or connect it to a car lighter socket with
the suppled car adapter. The power icon
on the top right corner of the display indicates
the remaining battery power.
Get ready for record
• Before you start recording, insert an SD
memory card into the memory card slot of this
unit until a click. Insert the card with correct side.
• Press ON/OFF button to switch the unit
on. A
corner of the display showing that the unit is
ready for recording.
are no operations within several seconds.
For correct and satisfactory operation, licensed
SD memory cards of famous brands should be
icon will be shown in the left upper
• The unit will turn off automatically if there
SD capacity supported: up to 32 Gb.
used with this unit. Avoid using memory cards
of unknown brands.
Recording
• When the unit is turned on, press OK
button to start recording video. The unit will
save video files automatically after each 2, 5 or
10 minutes (see “Setup“ paragraph below for
more details). When the memory card is filled,
old files will be deleted and the new files will be
recorded instead. Press OK button to stop and
to continue recording. When the environmental
lighting is not bright enough, the unit will
automatically activate the IR lights in the front
panel of the unit.
• Press DOWN or UP button to zoom in or
out.
• You can record video while charging the
unit. Connect this unit to a car lighter socket to
start charging it. The unit will be turned on and
start video recording at the same time when
your car engine is started. It would save video
files automatically and be switched off in 5
minutes after the car is stopped.
• Before removing memory card stop
recording. Press on the card until a click to
remove it.
• Motion detector recording is available
after you switch on this item in the setting
menu (see “Setup“ paragraph below for more
details). The unit will go to recording mode if
there is image motion in front of the lens. If
there is no motion within 2 minutes, then the
unit will automatically go to standby mode. In
standby mode, if there is motion again, the unit
will go to recording mode.
Photo mode
• Press MODE button to choose the photo
mode. The upper left corner of screen will
display the icon. Press DOWN or UP
button to zoom in or out. Press OK button to
take a photo.
• You can set such parameters of photo as
self timer, photo quality, metering mode, flash
and exposure. Please see “Setup“ paragraph
below for more details.
Instruction Manual
Audio recording
In video mode press MODE button twice to
enter the audio recording mode. The upper left
corner of screen will display the
OK button to start audio recording. Press OK
button if you want to stop recording and save
the audio file.
icon. Press
Playback mode
• In video mode press MODE button thrice
to enter playback mode. The upper left corner
of screen will display
UP buttons to choose the files. Press OK
button to play the selected file. Press OK
button to stop and resume playback.
• In file playback mode select a file, then
press MENU button. A menu will appear in
which you can select to delete the file. Press
UP/DOWN buttons to select DELETE item,
then press OK button to confirm deleting. You
can also select slide show mode and other
functions for files in this menu.
icon. Press DOWN/
PC camera
To use this unit as a PC camera,no special
software is required to be installed to your PC.
After this unit is connected to the PC via USB
cable, switch on the unit. The display will show
three modes for selection (press UP/DOWN
buttons to select them):
• MSDC: It is a computer interface between
a computer and a digital camera which shows
the digital camera as a removable disk drive
attached to the computer.
• PC Cam: A webcam is a video camera
which feeds its images in real time to a
computer or computer network via USB.
• Record: Press OK button to start video
recording.
Audio-video output
Connect the AV output of this unit to an
external audio-video device (e.g. car TV) with
the supplied audio-video cable. Now this unit
can be used as audio and video sugnal source
for the external device.
Setup
In each mode (except audio recording mode)
press MENU button to display the setting
menu. In the menu press UP/DOWN buttons
to select settings. Press OK button to go to
adjustment of the selected setting; select
options with UP/DOWN buttons and press OK
button to confirm. Press MENU button to exit
from the menu.
Some menu items may be in grey color,
in this case they are not adjustable. The menu
in your unit may be changed without prior
notice and hence be different from the menu
described below.
Video setup
• Movie size: 1280*720/848*480/640*480.
Select resolution of the recording video.
• Date stamp: off/date and time. Select
display of date and time in the video.
• Motion detect: On/Off. Activate or
deactivate motion detector.
• Loop rec: On/Off. Activate or deactivate
cycled recording.
• Loop time: 2 minutes/ 5 minutes / 10
minutes. Select saving time for each fragment.
• Continue: off/10min /20 min. Select period
of auto switch-off of this unit after the car
engine is shut down.
• Video sound: On/Off. Activate or
deactivate sound recording for video.