Below you will find the manufacturers user manual for the Dash Camera product “Mini 0801”.
For information and other dash cam models produced by the same manufacturers see their page.
Mini 0801 Manual For Portable Car Video Recorder
Please Read This Manual Carefully Before Using The Recorder And Take Care Of
It, So That You Can Inspect At Anytime In The future .
Preface
Precautions
General precautions
- De not expose this product to dusty, dirty or sandy areas to reduce the risk of damaging components.
- Do not expose the recorder to high temperature. High temperature may shorten the life span of electronic
device, damage the battery and wind or melt specific plastic parts.
- Do not situate the recorder under cold environment. When the product is preheated to its correct
temperature, there will be moisture inside and damage the circuit.
+ Do not try to disassemble or repair by yourself. Doing so may lead to electric shock from the internal
high-pressure components.
* Do not drop or punch the recorder. Otherwise the internal components will be damaged.
- Do not clean the recorder with chemicals, cleaning solution or high concentration detergent. Please wipe it
with slightly damp soft cloth.
Send the recorder or any other accessories to the professional service center for maintenance when they
do not work well,
Operational condition
According to the design, the camcorder should be operated within the temperature range from 0 degree to
4 degree (32°T to 104°F
Do not operate or expose the camcorder under following condition:
—-Iirect sunlight area
—High temperature or dusty area
—Near air conditioner or heaters or any other extreme temperature area
—In a closure car, especially parking in direct sunlight
—Violent vibration area
1 Brief Introduction of the Remcorder
The features and functions are introduced in this chapter. in addition, PC system requirement, list of items and description of
the hardware components are included.
1.1 PC Sysiem Requirements
The PC system needs to meet the following requirements:
Windows Vista/XP operating system
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz CPU or above (recommended 3GHz}
Atleast 512 MB RAM or above (recommended 1GB)
Standard USB2.0 port or above
At least 64MB video card or above
1.2 Recorder appearance and feature icons
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1. GPS tracker box also bracket ,3M sticker put here and then stick to car front window.
If no GPS it is as a bracket only,
2USB port 3. AV port 4.Up button/menu/mute hot bution
5. OK 6. Down /S08 button 7. Light indicator 8.Lens
9.USB (working only when with GPS tracker box)
10. Power on/offireset (Long press it as reset button)
11.HCM! port 12.Tf slot
Copy function for backup video (Optional)
Video clip can be copied between external and internal storage,then you will have backup after you band over card to police
ot the court. (Optional)
First you should choose the card{see 2.5.4 how to choose card ),then
I_ Leng press “Down” button aod inte Movie reviewing
2 Then long press "up" bution you can copy video to another card
Operation
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Read this chapter to know how to operate the recorder.
2.1 Inserting a TF card
Inserting a TF card into the recorder provides more space to store videos, images or other files.
Please use high-speed TF card meeting the specification of TEFHC. {CLASS 4 or above,Class 10 may causc some problem
hecanse the speed of card is too fast, it is better not us class 10 card )
2.2 Turning on your recorder
Press Power button to turn ON/ OFF the power. Or connect fo the car charger ,it will turn on when the car start .
2.3 Take 5 picture
Taking a siiil picture
1. Om recovding | Long press "OR" button and take a picture
2. Om stand by Jong press"OR” bution and take a pielure
2.4 Reviewing the piehures
he mrictores.
anuther curd’ choose card
A Press "ORY button to confirm.
4. Long press "Down" button to back fo other mode
2.5 Before using
Before using the recorder, it is necessary to do some basic settings such as Date and Time, Language and Beep Tone.etc
2.5.1 Setting Date and Time
Time and press OK button to confirm .
2.5.2 Setting Language
press OK button to confirm .
2.53 Loop setting
Off/1minutes/3minutes/Sminutes
1. On off mode,
a.The device can mot record automatically and can not record by recycled .
another file.
c. if the space is full, the previous files will not be deleted; when card is full , will show"card full * and can not continue record
§. Long press "Down hotton and into Movie reviewing then lon press "Down! button dain and then you can review
2. Then long press "up" button you can do something seling about the plenres: delete file! protect filefsuto play/copy w
Power on the camcorder. Press Menu {Long press up button ) then press up and down button to choose Date and
Power on the camcorder. Press Menu (Long press up button ) ,then press up and down button to choose language and
b.Maximum length of each recorded video file is 3.660. When it reaches the maximum, the recording is automatically split and saved as
2.When the loop setting mode is "1 min","3min",5min"
a. Power on , the device will record automatically
b.if the space is full, the previous saved file will be automatically cover and overwrite,
Note: Internal 512MB flash can not be loop record , when internal is full ,it will stop. 2.5.5 Sinpap Date thme/time /date/car/driver number/of
Because it is not high speed flash if loop record ,may cause problem. a fer your choose dade time and cor then driver mmimber can aot not show of 13 Got coougn space.
Linder ear cnode it wll display the locaton iatittude aod Jompiwie alier connect to GPR
BW en vou choose date me ard driver number, then GES sformation can nof show | if 16 Bot coouih space.
CL Driver suoner 1s 9 chareoter driver namber, leense plate
2.5.4 Setting other features
Read this chapter to know how to configure the setup and fine-tune the functions
Power on the recorder. Press Menu (Long time press up button ) ,then press up and down button to choose the icons and 2.5.6 GPS: Open/close
press OK button to confirm Press down GPS tracking (effective with GPS-IN fuaction) For the model with GPS , If NO GPS ,NO this function
1. Plug in the GPS module to the DVR, satellite searching will be start automatically .
1. Video resolution :FULL HD ,1080P30 ,720P30 |
So Phodee spac TINGE SN 3M Some sensor will be different 2, When GPS signal is located, §
3 Flicker ;50/60Hz 3. When taking picture in Camera mode , location will be recorded automatically .
i will be showed on the display .
Use this function to set the flicker frequency in your area.
4 AE [SO :AUTO/100/200/400 2.6 Reviewfplaving voer video files
5. White Balance Long press "Downs" Devon and inte Movie reviewing wo display the atest video files on ie LOD gevecn |
This item is for correction in different colors under different light conditions. When the white balance is set as Auto, the 2 There Tong press “up” button you can do somuthing ssiine about the video: delete ied protect filerunie plavdcopy io
camcorder compensates different light conditions automatically, another cardd choose card
AUTO/Sunny/Incandescent/flvorescent/cloudy 3. Press "OH button w conlirm,
6.AE bias A. Long press “Down” button vaace 1 eet back 1o cir mod
7.AE meter mode
8 TV type NTSC/PAL 2.7 Connecting PC
AUTO power off Connect the DVR to computer with USB cable included. {Effective under recording settings off)
10..Date time display; Date time/off/date/time
11. Motion detect: offfon 2.8 Connecting the DVR to Standard TV (Effective with AV-OUT function)
13. Power off screen : off/1minutes/3 minutes/Sminutes Conzect your recorder and Standard TV via Accessory AV cables.
14. Video recorder mode: Video+audio/video
15. G-sensor precision: 2.5G/3G/3.5G/4G/4.5G/SG/CLOSE 2.9 Connecting the DVR to HDTV
16. Beep sound: High/low/off When connecting to HDTV, you can use high resolution to display video files or pictures.
17, USB Mode: Mass storage/UJSB camera Use HDMI cable to connect the camcorder video or audio signal to HDTV.
18. Choose card : Inner card/outter card (this function is optional ) Attention:
19, Language :English/Russian/Chinese When connected to HDTV, shuttering, recording and taping are not available!
20. Default setting : Yes/No
This function will restore all the settings to the factory defaults. 3.0 Recording Mode
This mode is for recording a video or tacking picture file, The files are saved into TF card,
21. Format; Yes mo
Use this function to Format the storage medium. Note that all the data stored in the medium will be gone. . 3.1 Some icons meaning
Record Mode:
23 Firmware version About the indication of each icon and symbol, see the table below.
Video Mode
Battery
TF Card Motion Detection
Car speed monitor after White Balance Auto, Tungsten,
GPS searched satellite ,
Fluorescent, Daylight, Claudy indictor .
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FULL HD Resolution Date and Time
0l: 07AM
Segmented loop recording GPS
time
3.2 Playback mode
Using Play back mode to display all the video files saved in the DVR.
About the indication of each icon and symbol, see the table below
000:00:15 §
Playback time Play
Battery Pause
3.3 USB mode
You can use USB mode te connect with the host PC.{ (Effective under recording settings off) )
When the recorder is connected with the host PC, it appears as a removable disk in the Windows explorer.
4.Protection
4.1 When reviewing the video,
1 Lanny press "Bown" button and arto Movie reviewing 1o display the latest video files onthe TOT) screen
2. Then long press "ap bution you can move to protect Hic baton then sctup protect one Ble or ob) etc The ile with «a
are protected,
3. Press "ONT bunton Lo confirm.
4. Long press “Down” Dulon twice fo get back to other mode
4.2 When reeording (508)
Pregs down batton and the Current file will be save and lock and can not be deleted S23
4.3 When vou copy the siden to anothor memory, The copied Bl will be Tocked |
Appendix
Specification
Image Sensor 1/23" 2M7 5M CMOS
Chip Ambaretla ,A2560 1080 FP 30FP5S
Lens 135 Wide angle
External memory
Internal memory
Built-in TF card (up to 32 G)
Built-in 256/512MB (Optional)
150
Auto
Display
1.3"TFT
Still images
Forrnat: JPEG(Image resolution: 3M. 5M. 8M { Software Interpolation),
12M (Software Interpolation)
Quality: Auto
Videos Format: H.264 (MOV)
Resolution: 1944 X 1080 30fps. 1920x1080 30{ps. 1280x%720 301fps.
Quality: Auto
Audio Built-in microphone/ speaker
Tape Yes
White Balance Auto
Tungsten
Dayhght
Cloudy
Fili light
Fluorescent
Exposure -2.0EV~+2.0EV
compensation
Time ,date On/off, date and time watermarking function
Qutput HDMI HD Audio-Video output
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Avcenuon: To unloek the files, repeat the steps above. Aber bemg unbockod, no files are withEES. under Lizop record
seftiny the previous file 1s not protected protects only the lust evel recorded Ale.
PC Interface
UUSB2.0 (High-speed)
AV Outpui Format
NTSC/PAL
Battery
Built-in Lithium ion battery
Troubleshooting
Question
The camcorder is suddenly
turned off
Possible reasons
Solutions
Auto Off Function is On.
Low battery
Captured Images are not
saved into memory
‘Turn gn again the recorder
Charge battery
Power is off before the
images are saved.
Charge battery
Memory card can not be used
Memory card is protected.
Memory card contains
non-DCF
other cameras.
images from
‘Unlock the memory card.
‘Format the memory card. Before formatting, make
sure to backup files first,
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All the buttons are invalid.
Short-circuit when
connecting camcorder with
other equipments.
Long press the power button
Light indicator
Red ,charging
blue stand by
Bfue flashing redording
Recorder Parts
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Quantity (PCS)
Recorder
Car Adapter (Output: 5V)
USES cable
IM sticker
Car Fixed Bracket
User Manual
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NOTE: Alterations reserved.
About the Manual
We have tried our best to make sure that what in this manual is right and updated. However, we can not guarantee that all the content is correct
without any errors. If there is a difference between the manual and recorder, please take the recorder as standard. We keep the right to change
content or technical regulations without informing you beforehand. In addition, the manufacturer keeps the right to change technical specification
without informing you beforehand,
If the accessories are different from the ones inside the actual product, please take the actual product as standard.
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