Polaroid PBC-A56J User Manual

Wireless

Backup Camera

User Manual

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Bac k-Up Ca mera Sa fety. ... ... ... ... ... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...

INT RODUC TION ... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....

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Cle aning

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CONTE NTS

Back- Up Came ra Sa fet y

· Pl eas e chec k with yo ur loca l a nd sta te aut hor iti es to conf irm what is le gal re gar din g the
mou nting of t he Ba ck-Up Cam era to yo ur v ehi cle . It i s th e res ponsi bilit y of th e veh icl e ow ner t o
und ersta nd stat e and mun icipa l regul ation s and ens ure com plian ce.

·W hen ins tal lin g th e Ba ck- Up C ame ra, the v ehi cle mus t be tur ned off w ith the veh icl e in park
and t he
par k brake a pplie d.

·Do no t attem pt to ins tall th e Back- Up Came ra whil e the eng ine is op erati ng.

·Do no t modif y the wir ing in an y way.

·On ly i nst all the B ack-U p Came ra t o a 12 -volt DC sys tem . Co nne cti ng to any thi ng o the r th an a

12- volt DC s yst em may d ama ge th e Back -up Cam era c omp one nts or t he ve hic le el ectr ical
sys tem.

· If you are not conf ide nt work ing with 12- vol t D C ve hic le wirin g, h ave the Back -Up Cam era
pro fessi onall y insta lled.

· Thi s d evice as wel l as oth er wirel ess dev ice s m ay b e s ubj ect to int erf ere nce . I nterf erenc e
may b e caus ed by c ell p hon es, B lue too th he ads ets , Wi- Fi ro ute rs, p owe r lin es an d oth er va rious
ele ctric al equi pment .

·Kee p all pow er cord s and wir es away f rom the v ehicl e's mec hanic al cont rols.

·Do no t mount t he moni tor whe re it wil l inter fere wi th your v iew of th e road

·Do no t adjus t monit or sett ings wh ile ope ratin g the veh icle

·Do no t insta ll the Ba ck-Up C amera t o the fro nt of you r vehic le.

·Do no t paint o r spray t he came ra.

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PBC-A56J

Wirel es s Backup Camera

User Manual

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1.W irele ss Came ra (Bui lt-in T ransm itter )

2.T ies

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1.R emove t he scre ws that h old the l icens e plate
to th e vehic le.

2.P ositi on the ca mera mo untin g plate b ehind t he
lic ense pl ate.

3. in sert th e screw s throu gh the li cense p late, t he
cam era mou nting p late an d the
was hers. I f your ha rdwar e is not th e corre ct
len gth, us e the sup plied h ardwa re.

INTRO DUCTION

The B ack-U p Camer a displ ays im age s beh ind t he ve hic le, a nd is u sed w hen b ack ing u p a
veh icle. When the veh icl e is driv en i n re verse , the cam era is ac tiv ate d, w hic h se nds a signa l to
the Tran smitt er. The tran smi tte r s end s a vide o s ign al to the moni tor , w hich then disp lay s t he
vie w captu res by th e camer a.

FEATURES

Col or monit or dis pla ys vie w from th e rear of th e vehic le. Wire less mon itor can be su cti on­mou nted to win dshie ld or da sh f or e asy vi sib ili ty A dju sta ble mo nit or b racke t. Ad jus tabl e
ver tical c amera . angle W eathe rproo f camer a with 12 0 deg ree s vie win g ang le. R edu ce th e
dan ger o f h arm or dam age due t o u nse en o bje cts . S yst em a ctiva tes a uto mat ica lly when car is
shi fted in to reve rse.

Legen d

INSTALL ATIO N

NOT ICE

Som e stat es o r loc al g ove rnm ents ma y hav e regu lat ion s or l aws tha t rest ric t the us e of
any thing t hat mig ht impa ir the cl ear vie w of a lice nse pla te. Che ck loca l laws fo r compl iance .

NOT ICE

For the Bac k-U p C ame ra to b e pr ope rly inst alled , it mus t b e wi red int o t he vehi cle 's tai lli ght
har ness. If you are not com for tab le o r kn owl edg eab le w ith 1 2-vol t DC wi ring, have t he sys tem
pro fessi onall y insta lled.

NOT ICE

The se ins tru cti ons a re onl y mea nt as a g ene ral g uide d ue to the n umb er o f dif fer ent mak es an d
mod els of ve hicle s. For ve hicle -spec ific qu estio ns, con tact yo ur vehi cle's m anufa cture r.

.T o adj ust t he ca mer a ang le, t ilt th e camer a to one of t he five p ositi ons.

The came ra s hou ld b e ad juste d to a hor izo nta l po sitio n rel ati ve t o th e gr ound so a s to provi de

opt imal vi ew of obj ects be hind th e vehic le.

To a dju st th e ca mer a hei ght , rem ove th e cam era adj ust ing s cre ws, m ove th e cam era to li ne up
wit h th e d esi red hole s a nd ins tal l t he camer a adj ustin g sc rew s. Mak e s ure the arr ows on t he
bac k of the ca mera ar e point ing upw ard.

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4. Ad just th e camer a as requ ired:

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3.b racke t

4.W irele ss Moni tor

6.U SB Sock et

5.c lip

7.M onito r Cigar ette Li ghter /Acce ssory S ocket P ower Co rd

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Leg end 1.P ower LE D 2.Up Bu tton 3. Menu Bu tton 4. Down Bu tton

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CARE AN D MAINT ENANCE

SPECI FICATIONS

CLE ANING

Do not clea n o r wip e t he Back -Up Came ra with solv ents or c hemic al m ate ria ls. If nec ess ary ,
rem ove dir t or stai ns usin g a soft cl oth dam pened w ith a mil d deter gent so lutio n.

DISPO SAL

The Bac k-U Cam era is desig ned to prov ide yea rs of s erv ice . The Bac k-U p C amera sho uld be
rec ycled or s afely disp osed of at a lo cal r ecycl ing c enter . Exa mples of p laces that will acce pt
ite ms like t his are : count y or muni cipal r ecycl ing dro p-off c enter s or scra p metal d ealer s.

Ca mera

Curre nt co nsump tio n (w ith t ran sm itt er) <25 0 mA
Pixel s
View an gle ( measu red 9 .8 f t [3 m] fro m ca mer a) 120士15
Power c ord f use DC1 2-2 4V 1 A

Tran smi tte r

Frequ enc y 2414土0. 3 MHz
RF tran smi ssion d ist an ce 49 5 ft (1 50 m )
Opera tio n/sto rag e te mpe rat ur e 14- 140F( -10 -60C)

Mo nit or

Displ ay sc reen si ze 4. 3 in . (10 9 mm)
Power c ord f use DC 5V 1 A

640 x 480

NOT ICE

In e xtr eme ly br igh t con dit ion s, th e scr een i mage m ay ta ke a fe w sec onds to sta bil ize . Wai t unt il
the i mage ha s stabi lized b efore b ackin g up.

1.P ress th e menu bu tton to b ring up t he sett ings sc reen.

2.P ress the menu but ton to scrol l th rou gh the diff ere nt adjus tment s. P res s the up butto n to
inc rease o r the dow n butto n to decr ease se tting s.

3.T he mon ito r can be mou nte d in any pos iti on. To chan ge the vie w on the scr een , scrol l t o
dir ectio n. Pres s the up or d own but ton to ch ange th e view an d displ ay the im age cor rectl y.

4.T o exit, s croll t o exit an d press t he down o r up butt on.

5.T o turn th e guide lines o n or off, p ress th e guide lines b utton .

OPERATION

Test ing the S ystem

1.T he blue L ED will l ight wh en powe r is on.

2.W ith t he par k br ake a ppl ied ,tu rn the vehi cle ign iti on swi tch to th e ON pos iti on. Do no t s tar t
the v ehicl e.

3.S hift t he v ehic le t o re ver se t o pow er t he t ran smi tte r.T he bl ue p owe r L ED w ill li ght
con tinuo usly an d the mon itor wi ll disp lay the i mage fr om the ca mera.

4.I f the i mage doe s no t di spl ay, che ck y our con nec tion s and mak e su re t he c ame ra v iew is n ot
obs truct ed.

7.Mon ito r Con trols

Blue Power LED

The L ED will b link wh en the mo nitor h as powe r and is t urne d on, bu t the ve hicle i s not in r eve rse
(st andby m ode). W hen th e veh icl e is in r eve rse , and t he mo nit or ha s pow er an d is tu rne d on, t he
LED w ill lig ht cont inuou sly.

Adjus ting Mo nitor S et tings

To adj ust the follo wing mon ito r se tti ngs , ma ke s ure t he p ark brake is ap pli ed, turn the ign iti on
swi tch to th e ON posi tion an d shift t he vehi cle to re verse .

Sit uat ion

The c amera l ens is co vered w ith

sno w, mud, i ce, etc .

The c amera i s mount ed inco rrect ly

No po wer to th e monit or or cam era

Cam era is an gled in corre ctly

Scr een set tings a re inco rrect

Mon itor is a ngled i ncorr ectly

Act ion

Cle an lens .

Che ck came ra loca tion an d align ment.
Rea lign as n ecess ary.

Ens ure all w ires ar e corre ctly
con necte d to the mo nitor ,
tra nsmit ter, ca mera an d into th e
veh icle re verse l ight ci rcuit .
Che ck all wi re conn ectio ns and sp lices

for p roper c onnec tion

Adj ust cam era ang le

Adj ust scr een usi ng moni tor but tons.

Adj ust mon itor an gle usi ng
adj ustme nt knob s

Pro blem

Mon itor

dis play

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bla nk or

unc lear

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All R ights R es erv ed
MAD E IN CHIN A

TROUB LES HO OTI NG

FCC INFORMATION

WAR NING

Cha nges or m odi fic ati ons to thi s e qui pme nt not exp res sly appr ove d b y t he p art y r esp ons ibl e
for t he comp lianc e could v oid the w arran ty.

NOT ICE

Thi s equip ment ha s been te sted an d found t o compl y with th e limit s for a cla ss B digi tal dev ice，
Pur suant to P art 15 of th e FC C Ru les. The se li mit s ar e de signe d to p rov ide re aso nab le
pro tecti on a gai nst harm ful int erf ere nce in a r eside ntial ins tal lat ion . T his equ ipm ent can radi o
fre quenc y ene rgy an d， if no t inst alled a nd use d in acco rda nce wi th the ins tru cti ons， may
cau se harm ful i nte rfe ren ce to ra dio c omm uni cat ion s, How ever, t her e is no gu ara nte e tha t
int erfer ence wil l not occu r i n a p artic ular ins tal lat ion . if this equ ipm ent do es caus e h arm ful
int erfer ence t o r adi o or t elevi sion r ecept ion, w hich c an be d eterm ined b y t urn ing t he
equ ipmen t off and on, the use r is enc our age d to try to c orr ect the inter feren ce by one or m ore
of th e follo wing me asure s:

Reori ent or reloc ate the t ran smitt er

Inc rease the sep ara tio n b etwee n th e equ ipm ent and moni tor .Co nne ct the equip ment into an
out let on a ci rcuit d iffer ent fro m that to w hich th e monit or need ed.

Con sult the deal er o r an exp erien ced radio /TV techn ician for hel p.Thi s de vice Comp lies with
Par t 1 5 of the FCC Rule s.O per ati on is sub jec t to t he fol lowi ng two con dit ion s:( 1)t his dev ice
may not cau se h arm ful int erf ere nce and (2)t his devic e mu st acce pt any inte rfe ren ce
rec eived ,incl uding i nterf erenc e that m ay ca use u nde sir ed op era tio n of de vic e.t he ma nuf act ure r
is n ot r esp ons ibl e fo r any rad io o r TV i nterf erenc e caus ed b y un aut hor ize d mod ifica tions to t his
equ ipmen t.Suc h modif icati ons cou ld void t he user 's auth ority t o opera te this e quipm ent.

Reori ent or reloc ate the t ran smitt er

Not ice to Dr ivers i n Calif ornia a nd Minn esota :
Sta te law pro hibi ts driv ers in Ca lif orn ia and Mi nne sot a from us ing su cti on mou nts on th eir
win dshie lds whi le oper ati ng mo tor v ehi cle s. Ot her d ashb oard or f ricti on moun tin g opt ion s
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200 5,Sec tion 16 9.71)

LIMIT ED WA RRANTY

Man ufact urer warr ants to the orig ina l con sum er, or purc has er, tha t the Pol aro id . P BC- A56 J

4.3 -inch Bac k-U p Cam era w ill be f ree fr om de fec ts in mat eri al an d wo rkma nship for 1 yea r fro m
the da te to the ori gin al pur cha ser . Manuf actur er her eby ex clu des and di scl aim s any and all
ot her w ar ra nt ie s,e xp res se d o r i mpl ie d, bey ond t hos e w arr ant ies s pe ci fi ed ab ove .
Man ufact urer e xcl ude s an y imp lied w arr ant y of mer chant abili ty or f itn ess for a p arti cular
pur pose.

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To Obt ain Servi ce:

1. Prod uct to t he place of pur cha se for serv ice. Send your unit , p ostag e pr epa id and insu red ,
alo ng wi th a cop y of the o rig ina l sa les recei pt an d a p hone num ber to t he a ddres s bel ow. Pac k
you r unit pr operl y, as we ar e not res ponsi ble for a ny dama ge caus ed duri ng ship ping.

2. A cop y of the orig ina l r ece ipt is r equ ire d f or w arran ty se rvice . If no re ceipt is p rov ide d, the
uni t manuf actur er's da te will b e used as t he date o f purch ase.

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