Vacron CDR-E02 User Manual

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FULL HD 1080P

Vehicle Video Recorder

User Manual

2013 FEB V2.0

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Index

A. Feature Description .................................................................................. 1

B.

Schematic Diagram Of The Installation Steps .......................................... 2

C.

Specification ............................................................................................. 3

D. Product Appearance ................................................................................. 4

E. Recording And Stop Recording ................................................................ 5

F. Remote Controller Description ................................................................. 5

G. Operation Setting ..................................................................................... 6

1. OSD List Menu .............................................................................. 6

2. Setup Menu ................................................................................... 7

3. Camcorder Menu ......................................................................... 12

4. Camera Menu .............................................................................. 14

5. Motion Menu ................................................................................ 15

H. Playback ................................................................................................. 16

1. Direct playback on machine side ................................................. 16

2. Video modes ................................................................................ 16

3. Snapshot playback ....................................................................... 18

I. Software operating instruction ................................................................ 20

J. Formatting memory card ........................................................................ 26

K. Record Time Estimation (based on constant record mode with 8GB card)
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L. Appendix: The Indication of Bright and Dark Spot of LCD ...................... 28

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A. Feature Description

 Built-in Full HD 5M CMOS Sensor. View angle approx. 105 degrees.
 Easy installation. Suitable for all types of vehicles.
 Equiped with 3 inch TFT LCD screen provides a platform for composing

and playing back your footage, while the fixed focus lens keeps things
simple.

 Built-in accelerometer, the system automatically determine the level of

the screen visualization, and make.

 Advanced H.264 compression technology for longer recording of higher

quality video.

 Provide high quality image recording 1280x720 max. 30 frame per sec.



When the screen turn to abnormal position, the system automatically

determine the level of the screen visualization, and make the screen
self-rotated to 180 degree.

 Using SDHC memory card, support up to 32GB.
 G-sensor and Image data will be recorded simultaneously.
 G-sensor sensitivity can be adjusted according to vehicles and road

situations. When detect a strong shock, system will start emergency
recording and keep the files without being overwritten.

 The most user-friendly player software, easy to operating.
 Built-in two way High Sensitivity automatic gain control Microphone.

 With full time/date record, can be displayed in screen directly.


Provides completely Even log table, easy to search recorded files.



Provides a variety of recording video formats and number of frames to
selected.

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B.

Schematic Diagram Of The Installation Steps

Two type of brackets installation for selection, Suction-cups type and
stick-holder type.

A. Suction-cups type

Make the bracket facing upward, assemble the suction cups, setup the machine in

proper position, adjust the viewing angle.

B. Stick-holder type

Remove 3M sticker
and adjust the best

position properly.

Take machine bracket slides into the latch

and lock.

Plug in the cigarette

adapter.

The other side of

cable connect to DC

5V port

 Green indicator:

Power on.

Installation

complete

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C.

Specification

Items Description

Chipset Ambarella H.264 image compression chip

Sensor Device Full HD 5M CMOS Sensor

View Angle View angle approx. 105 degrees

Voltage

Start at 5V±5%; 550mA,
Remark: Please use 5V±5%, 1A Cigarette lighter adapter.
The machine needs 4.8v to start.

Operating

Temperature

-10℃~ +70℃ (Inside vehicle)

Storage Device

For the performance issue, use SanDisk SDHC card Class 6 or above
read/write speed 15MB/s recommend. (min capacity 4G, Max 32G)

Recording Frame and

Content

1920x1080 (Full HD1080P/ 30F) 1280x720 (HD720P/ 30F).
Auto record when power up system. Recording frame: 30fps
(NTSC/PAL) only select one.

Recording Content Date, time, image, sound, G-Sensor data.

Recording Format Specific format for player software.

Microphone Built-in Dual High Sensitivity Microphone.

Input Device

Emergency recording button

, Remote controller.

Out Device

(a) TV-Out (1 Vp-p composite video output, 75 ohms), Two kind of

system: NTSC/PAL
(b) Red light: Recording
(c) Green light: Power
(d) Yellow light: Manual taking photo
(e) Mini USB for PC connection
(f) Built-in accelerometer, the system automatically determine the level

of the screen visualization, and make the screen self-rotated to

normal position.

Time Setup Use the built-in clock.

G-Sensor Built in Internal 3D G-Sensor

Accessories

Standard: 1. Main Machine 2. Quick Guide 3. Remote Control

4. 5V Cigarette Lighter Adapter 5. Driver CD
Optional: 1. SD card 2. 5M RCA Video out Cable

Important Notice

(a) Machine must be installed in the area that wipe can be reached.
(b) Machine provides both NTSC and PAL systems, please using OSD

to change the right system in order to connect system monitor

properly.
(c) After SD card formatted, user needs to set up time zone data from

Software player in order to display the correct time on OSD video

output.
(d) SD card must be formatted by special player first to be used

properly.

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D. Product Appearance

UNIT: mm

Product Dimensions

Monitor open

Monitor close

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E. Recording And Stop Recording

F. Remote Controller Description

 Key mapping table for remote controller:

Red indicator

Green indicator

Yellow

Manual force recording

Remote control receiver

Speaker

Playback

Manual Force Recording

Volume Down

Stop Voice Recording

Menu

Confirm

Fast Forward

Stop Play

Pause

Fast Rewind

Up / Down

/

Left / Righ

t

Speaker On/Of

f

Volume Up

Camera/ Camcorder

/

Motion Mode Switch

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G. Operation Setting

1. OSD List Menu

 Setup Menu

1/2 2/2

 Camcorder Menu  Camera Menu

 Motion Menu

 Please use IR controller to select function

List Function Key on IR Controller

List Moving

[LEFT OR RIGHT ]

Bar Moving

[UP OR DOWN]

Confirmation

[CONFIRM ]

Go to Previous Menu or Main Menu

[MENU ]

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2. Setup Menu

◆ Language Setting

★

English / French / German / Italian / Japanese / Korean / Portuguese / Russian /

Traditional Chinese / Spanish / Simplified Chinese / Turkish / Dutch…etc

◆ Date/Time Setting

LIST FUNCTION

[UP/DOWN]

LIST MOVING

+ +

[R/L]+[CONFIRMATION]+[UP/DOWN]

CONFIRMATION

[CONFIRM]

Go to Previous Menu

[MENU ]

★

Year: Last digits of year (11 means 2011).
Hour: 24 hour.

M D

Y H M S

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◆ TV Standard Setting

★

NTSC/ PAL for selecting

★

TV output format, according to different national systems using the
input format for the TV set, the system is preset to NTSC (Taiwan TV
image is NTSC). When input the image causing TV screen which
appears black and white, beat, we can switch to PAL TV screen to check
returning to normal status.

◆ Frequency Setting

★km/h(kilometer) or mph(knot)

★

Light frequency: according to different power frequency flicker and,
thus, the wavelength, the wavelength is caused by the human eye
brightness of the most important factor; general, the higher the frequency
of light, the brighter the ambient feel. As the use of Taiwan's general
power frequency 60HZ, 60HZ recommended to set the frequency for the
light source is more suitable environment in Taiwan.

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◆ Mic ON/OFF Setting

: Microphone off : Microphone on

★

Microphone to record the sound of inside vehicle information, if
concern about personal privacy information, proposed close microphone
function (off microphone function, converting the image files to video
without sound state).

◆ WH Balance Setting

★

Five ambient light option for selecting Auto / Daylight /

Cloudy / Fluorescent / incandescent light

★

White balance mode is set, regardless of the state in the camera or

photography will open automatically.

★

When take recording, suggest white balance set to automatic mode in order

to open the white balance automatically to avoid the screen unclear.

The following table shows picture taken in various white balance mode.

Icon Description Picture Application instructions

Automatic mode

The machine set automatically.

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Daylight mode

For fine weather.

Cloudy mode

For cloudy, dark or twilight.

Fluorescent mode

For warm white, cool white (3­wavelength) fluorescent lighting

Incandescent mode

For incandescent lamps and bulb-type
3-wavelength fluorescent

◆ Effect Setting

★

Color / B & W / Retro color

★

Effects model setting, whether in photography or video mode it will
automatically open.

Icon Description Picture

Color mode

Black mode

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Retro mode

◆ Sensor SEN Setting

★Caution: You can adjust the sensitivity level (more number

of green bars stands for higher sensitivity)

★

When vehicle drives through darker areas, “sensitivity” decides whether

“white balance” is going to be functioned or not. If “sensitivity “ is set
more sensitive, as vehicle drives into darker areas, “ white balance” will
automatically be on, and under the situation, it may cause the video
image too bright.

◆ Format Setting

★

Cancel / Confirm Formatting

★

When selecting “Cancel Formatting”, it goes to “Main Menu.”

★

During formatting, existed data will be erased. Please backup the
needed data before the process

★

Brand-new SD cards must be formatted before using.

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◆ Default Setting

★

Cancel Factory Default Setting / Confirm Factory Default Setting

★

When selecting “Default”, it goes to “Main Menu”.

★

When going to “Default”, it will automatically go to factory default setting.

For changing further setting, please go to main menu.

3. Camcorder Menu

 Resolution Setting

★2 resolution: 1080P(30) / 720P(30)

 Quality Setting

★Notice: More stripes appear; more video resolution does

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 G-Sensor Setting

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NOTICE: More Stripes; More Sensitivity to trigger G-sensor easily for forced

recording.

★

Each time for triggering force recording, it will be automatically saving

3 more minutes before and after the accident.

 Capture Mode Setting

: Motion mode / : Normal mode

★

During Motion mode, it will be switched to normal recording mode

after restart

★

To start the function of motion and LDWS recording, please turn on

this.

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4. Camera Menu

 Resolution Setting

★

3 Resolution modes: 3M/ 5M/ 8M

 Capture Mode Setting

★

NOR: Normal, G-S: G Sensor mode, three continuous snapshots

 Capture Frequency Setting

★

Normal / 30sec /1 minute/5 minutes /30minutes

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◆ G-sensor Setting

★

Notice: Higher sensitive of G-sensor, Easier to trigger forcing video recording. After
force recording is triggered, 3 consecutive pictures will be taken automatically.

5. Motion Menu

 Motion Type Setting

★

: Constant Motion Recording.

★

:Full Screen Motion Recording. (For this setting,

it is not necessary to setup the motion detection areas)

 Motion Sport Zone Setting

★

Use remote controller to sense the movement location

★When setup for constant motion recording mode,

please select the designated areas for motion detection.

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 Spot Size Setting

★

Sizes: 60x60 / 60x120 / 120x60 / 120x120 / 180x180

 Motion Sensitivity Setting

★

More Stripes, More Sensitivity

H. Playback

1. Direct playback on machine side

Build-in accelerometer, the system automatically determine the level of the
screen visualization, and make the screen self-rotated to normal position.

2. Video modes

Press “ Playback” on remote controller into Playback modes. Select the
timing of the video by pressing “Play”

◆ Playback settings - Deleting a single file

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★ You must disable the protection function first in order to process the

deleting procedures.

◆ Playback settings- Delete All

★ You must disable the protection function first in order to process the

deleting procedures.

◆ Playback file setting-protect

Notice: When an icon of lock is appear, this specific video data is protected.

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3. Snapshot playback

Press “ Playback” on remote controller under Snapshot mode. Select
the timing of snapshot pictures.

Rotation

[Confirm] key

Next

[R/L]key

Zoom

[U/D]key

◆ Photo playback settings-Delete one

★ You must disable the protection function first in order to process the deleting

procedures.

◆ Photo playback settings-Delete All

★You must disable the protection function first in order to process the deleting

procedures.

◆ Photo playback settings-protect

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Notice: When an icon of lock is appear, this specific video data is protected.

◆ Photo playback settings-Autoplay

Each Snapshot will display in every 5 seconds. Press “Menu” for stop.

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I. Software operating instruction

1. Remove SD card from card slot of host side

2. Put the SD card to the card reader

3. Connect card reader to the USB port of PC side

4. Choose the file to play: Execute “TransportStream.exe” ，which is
located in the product CD folder, Screen shown as below. Choose

“Open the document” ，and choose the file of memory card or hard
disc and then click “Play key” for playback.

◎Note: To perform this software, please install Direct X 9.0 or above.

Viewer interface description

Play Speed

Open File

Snapshoo

t

Setting

Voice Volume

G-Sensor

Save the Playing File

Playback by Hour

Playback by Minutes

Playback by Date

Play Ba

r

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2. Operating Interface Description:
1

Return to last file key

2

Forward playback

3

Playback key

4

Pause key

5

Stop key

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Play key

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Forward playback

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Go to next file key

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Mark starting point of back up file

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Mark ending point of back up file

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Backup the marking file

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Open document, select the file to play

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Backup the current playing file

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Snapshoot tool

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Configuration, Set machine-related settings

3. Player Interface Description:

 G-sensor: Impact sensor analyzer, forced saving the accident video

before and after 1 to 3 minutes, not covered by other new files, protect
the integrity of the incident video.

X: Induct about level of vehicles moving

Y: Induct around level of vehicles moving

Z: Induct Height fluctuation around level of vehicles moving

 Play BAR: Press left button of mouse and move around to pull BAR with

fast-moving.

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 Playback speed

Fast forward with 2 times or 4 times, and playback with 0.25 times,

0.0625 times

 Volume control

4. Select the file to playback

Select “Open the document”

, and then choose the file of memory card or

hard disc. (The file format is *.ts)

5. File backup

Select “ file backup”

，and then choose the file of memory card or hard

disc to start backup procedures.

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6. Snapshoot Tool

Play record from SD card first and then use Snapshoot tool to capture the
screen. When select Snapshoot tool, it will appear the following window.

(The picture of display screen will save in capture storage folder path.)

7. Related settings

Software version related information and SD card data storage settings

(a) Storage path of Snapshot: the location to save images in the computer

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(b) Language: select language settings of playback software. (The settings

will work after re-open the software)

(c) The mode of User Interface: Set the display mode of host. (To change

the configuration option, it must insert SD card into the Vehicle Video
Recorder). It provides 3 different resolutions for selecting: 960x600,
1280x800 and 1920x1080

(d) Sound Amplification: max. 10 times

8. Playback date selection

 Playback selecting by date

Open the player, the "date table" will show date today with gray-brown
display. When you click on the file for playback, if the SD card has
recorded file, then S the date will display with a red box, that means it
has the data to play back.

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 Playback selecting by Hours (24-hours)

After select the "Date" with Gray-brown color, on Hour/Minutes
table will display Red/Green color.
Green: normal record
Red: force record

 Playback selecting by minutes

Click the minutes table to change the recording footage
immediately.

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J. Formatting memory card

When should you need to format the SD card?
When you purchase a new SD card, you have to format it for vehicle
video recorder to r e c ord p r o p e r ly.

Procedures for new SD card formatted as follows:

1. Insert SD card into the SD slot of Vehicle Video Recorder and then open
the menu. Find the format option and then begin to format SD card.

2. Connect power cable to machine, use remote controller to enter index
menu and select format operation.

Formatting Steps：

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

3. After formatting is completed, leave the index menu and back to live
screen. Then the SD card formatting is done and ready to use.

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K. Record Time Estimation (based on constant record mode

with 8GB card)

＊The chart of estimated record time listed below is for reference only.

The length of time recorded can be varied due to variation in image size
may be somewhat different.

Video Format (NTSC / PAL)

Resolution

Video Quality

1080P30 720P30

High 1 10 Min 1 15 Min

Normal 1 15 Min 135 Min

Low 135 Min 155 Min

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L. Appendix: The Indication of Bright and Dark Spot of LCD

Q: What is Bright/Dark Spot?
A :  Bright Spot: At dark background, we found the abnormal bright spots,

we called those spot are “Bright Spot”

 Dark Spot: At multiple color background (excluded dark background),

we found the abnormal dark spot, we called those spot are “Dark Spot”

Q: The indication of Bright and Dark Spot

(a) There is no bright spot

allowed in Area A, only
single dark spot or none
is allowed.

(b) The maximum amount of

bright spots and dark
spots allowed in Area B
are two of each.

(c) The max total amount of

bright and dark spots in
Area A and B are three or
under

The Diagram of Area A and B

Notcie

(1). There is 30 days exchanges refer to the indication of bright and dark.
(2). Please keep the receipt and contact your local dealer for exchanging

merchandise.

(3). The maximum valid date is 30 days.