Telefunken TF-DVR12HD User manual

CAR VIDEO RECORDER /
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TF-DVR12HD

Instruction manual

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Instruction manual

Dear customer!

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.

• Fully charge the battery before the first
use.

• To ensure a longer battery life fully
discharge and charge it several times befor
using.

• Due to variety of car lighter jack sizes
depending of vehicle type, ensure that this unit
is properly contacted in the lighter socket.

• The unit 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

Right panel

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1. Mini USB port

2. SD card slot

Left panel

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3. Camera

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4. HDMI port

5. TFT rotating screen

Rear panel

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6. PWR button

7. M button

8. Cursor/OK button

9. MENU button

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Top panel

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10. Mic

11. RESET hole (button)

12. Stand fixing holes

13. Speaker

Operations

Mounting

• Insert the fixing pins on the top of the
stand into the bracket holding holes in the
bottom of the unit and move the unit backward
until a click to fix it tightly to the bracket.

• Press the suction cup to a surface in the

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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.

Rotary display

To improve the display angle for viewing it,
you can rotate the display in one plane relative to
the hinge axis 270

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rightwards.

Camera position

You can adjust the vertical camera position
by rotating it manually at the angle of ±85
select the best recording view angle.

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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 bottom right corner of the display
indicates the remaining battery power. During
charging from PC the unit can function only as
PC camera.

Recording

• 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.

SD capacity supported: up to 32 GB.
For correct and satisfactory operation, licensed
memory cards of famous brands should be
used with this unit. Avoid using memory cards
of unknown brands. The performance class of
the card should be 6 or above, otherwise the
video quality may be low resulting in uneven
video playback.

• Auto recording: After you connect this unit
to car power source, recording will be started
automatically. After you disconnect the power
source, the unit will stop recording and save
the recorded information.

• Manual recording: Press PWR button
to switch on the unit (press and hold it again
if you want to switch off the unit). Select
recording mode by pressing repeatedly MODE

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button; in recording mode the top left corner
of the display shows symbol indicating the
the unit is ready for recording. Press OK button
to start recording. Press this button again to
stop recording.

• While recording, the recording time is
shown in white figures in the top of the display.
The unit will save video files automatically
after each 3, 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.

• Press cursor button to zoom in or out.

• 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. When
a motion is detected, the unit will start to record
a video fragment (no matter whether there is
motion or not during the recording period), after
the fragment is recorded, the unit comes to
standby mode till a motion is detected again.

• G-sensor. If overload resulting from an
impact exceeds the setup value (1 g = 9.8m/s
see “Setup“ paragraph below for more details),
the current video fragment will be automatically
protected from re-recording.

• SOS function. When you press MENU
button during video recording, the current
fragment will be protected from re-recording.

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will display the
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. Select
“Delete” item, then press OK button to confirm
deleting.

icon. Press cursor button

AV output and HDMI output

• Connect the USB port (DC in/AV out)
of this unit to an external audio-video device
(e.g. car TV) with an audio-video cable (not
included). Now this unit can be used as audio
and video signal source for the external device.

• Connect the HDMI output of this unit to
an external audio-video device (e.g. car TV)
with a HDMI cable. Now this unit can be used
as high-quality digital signal source for the
external device.

PC camera

To use this unit as a PC camera, no special
software is required to be installed on your
PC. After this unit is connected to the PC via
USB cable, the display will show two modes for
selection (use the cursor to select one of them;
press OK button to confirm):

• Mass Storage: 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 Camera: A webcam is a video camera
which feeds its images in real time to a
computer or computer network via USB.

Photo mode

• Press M button to choose the photo mode.

The top left corner of the screen will display the

icon. Press the cursor button to zoom in or

out. Press OK button to take a photo.

• You can set various parameters of photo.
Please see “Setup“ paragraph below for more
details.

Playback mode

• Press the M button repeatedly to enter
playback mode. The top left corner of screen

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Setup

In recording or photo mode press once
MENU button to display the current mode
setting menu. Press MENU button twice to
display the general system setup menu. In the
menu press cursor button to select settings.
Press OK button to go to adjustment of the
selected setting; select options with cursor
button and press OK button to confirm. Press
MENU button to exit from the menu.

Some menu items may be in grey color,

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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.

General system setup

• Date/time: set the current month, year,
day, hour and minute and the date display
mode by pressing kursor button to the left/right
and pressing OK button to select an item.

• Car NO: set your car license plate number
by pressing cursor buttons and pressing OK
button to confirm or press M button repeatedly
to turn this feature off.

• Auto Power Off: Off/1m/3m/5m/10m:
select the time period after which the unit will
automatically switch off or disable this function.

• Beep Sound: enable or disable beeping
sounds when pressing buttons on the unit.

• Delay Off: Off/15s/1m/3m/5m/10m/20m:
select the time period after switching the car
ignition off when the unit will continue recording
or disable this function.

• Language: select the system language.

• TV Mode: NTSC/PAL.

• Frequency: 50 Hz/60 Hz.

• Lamp Setting: Off/On/Auto: turn the lamp
light on/off or set it to Auto.

• Backlight: Off/1m/3m/5m: select the period
of screen backlight.

• Format: select this option to format the
inserted SD card. WARNING: all data on the
card will be deleted.

• Default Setting: select OK to reset all
settings to default values.

• Version: check the current firmware
version info.

Video setup

• Resolution: select video resolution:
1080FHD1920x1080/720P1280x720/
WVGA848x480/VGA 640x480.

• Loop Recording: Off/3 minute/5 minute/10
minutes. Select the maximum record cycle
time.

• WDR: Off/On. Activate or deactivate the
Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) feature.

• Exposure: adjust the image exposure.

• Motion Detection: Off/On. Activate or

deactivate the motion detection function.

• Record Audio: Off/On. Activate or
deactivate recording of sound for video
recording.

• Date Stamp: Off/On. Enable or disable
the display of the current date on the recorded
video.

• GSENSOR: Off/High/Medium/Low. Adjust
the G-sensor sensitivity or turn this feature off.

Photo setup

• Capture Mode: Single/2S Timer/5S
Timer/10S Timer. Select the delay period after
which the photo will be taken automatically.

• Resolution: 12М/8М/5М/3М/1.3М. Select
the size and resolution of the image.

• Sequence: Off/On. Activate or deactivate
sequential image capture.

• Quality: Fine/Normal/Economy. Select the
image quality.

• Sharpness: Soft/Normal/Strong. Select the
image sharpness mode.

• White Balance: select the white balance
mode: Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/Tungsten/
Fluorescent.

• Color: Color/Black & White/Sepia. Select
the color mode

• ISO: Auto/100/200/400. Adjust ISO
sensitivity.

• Exposure: adjust the image exposure.

• Anti-Shaking: Off/On. Enable or disable
the anti-shaking feature.

• Date Stamp: Off/Date/Date Time. Activate
or deactivate showing of date on the photo.

Playback mode setup

• Delete: Delete Current/Delete All. Select
“OK“ to delete or “Cancel“ to cancel.

• Protect: Lock Current/Unlock Current/Lock
All/Unlock All. Enable or disable the protection
of files from manual deleting or overwriting.

• Slide Show: 2 seconds/5 seconds/8
seconds. Select the period of showing the
photo on the display during slide show.

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