User manual for “Mini 0805”

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Dash Camera Mini 0805 User Manual
Ambarella A7

Please read this manual carefully before using this product.
Please get this manual well-kept for future reference.
Please use it correctly based on a full understanding of the manual

Preface

Precautions
General precautions
-There may be a layer of plastic film on the lens ,which is tended to prevent any
scratch transportation. In the case,please remove the protive film before putting the
product into use.
-If you can not start the DVR when you receive it, please do not worry and charge it
for a while , then try it again.
-Please format the card for the first time use . And after using for a period of
time,the DVR seems not work well , format the card again!
-Do not expose the recorder to high temperature. High temperature may shorten the
life span of electronic device, damage the b
-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
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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 40 degree 32 to 104
-Do not operate or expose the camcorder under following condition:
—Direct 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 Recorder

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 System 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
· At least 512 MB RAM or above recommended 1GB
· Standard USB2.0 port or above
· At least 64MB video card or above
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1.2 Recorder appearance and feature icons

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,

2.USB port 3. AV port

4.Up button/menu/mute hot button

5. OK 6. Down /SOS button 7. Light indicator 8.Lens
9.USB (working only when with GPS tracker box)
10. Power on/off/reset (Long press it as reset button)
11.HDMI port 12.Tf slot

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Copy function for backup video (8-16GB memory card built in)

Optional

Video clip can be copied between external and internal storage,then you will have
backup after you hand over card to police or the court.

Optional

First you should choose the card(see 2.5.4 how to choose card ),then
1. Long press "Down" button and into Movie reviewing
2.Then long press "up" button you can copy video to another card
Operation

Read this chapter to know how to operate the recorder.
2.1 Inserting a TF card
Inserting a TF card into the camera provides more space to store videos, images or
other files.
Please use high-speed TF card meeting the specification of TFHC. (Class6 is
perfect .Class10 may cause some problem because the speed of card is too fast, it is
better not use Class10 card)
2.2 Turning on your recorder
Press Power button to turn ON/ OFF the power. Or connect to the car charger ,it will
turn on when the car start .
2.3 Take a picture
Taking a still picture
1. On recording , Long press "OK" button and take a picture
2. On stand by ,Long press"OK" button and take a picture
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2.4 Reviewing the pictures
1. Long press "Down" button and into Movie reviewing ,then long press "Down"
button again and then you can review the pictures.
2.Then long press "up" button you can do something setting about the pictures:
delete file/ protect file/auto play/copy to another card/ choose card
3. Press "OK" button to confirm.
4. Long press "Down" button to back to 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 GPS speed unit etc

2.5.1

Setting Date and Time
Power on the camcorder. Press Menu (Long press up button ) ,then press up

and down button to choose Date and

Time and press OK button to confirm .

2.5.2 Setting Language
Power on the camcorder. Press Menu (Long press up button ) ,then press up and
down button to choose language and press OK button to confirm .

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2.5.3 Loop setting
Off/1minutes/3minutes/5minutes
1. On off mode,
a.The device can not record automatically and can not record by recycled .
b.Maximum length of each recorded video file is 3.66G. When it reaches the
maximum, the recording is automatically split and saved as 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
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.
2.5.4 Setting other features
Read this chapter to know how to configure the setup and fine-tune the functions
Power on the camera, Press Menu (Long press UP button), press UP and DOWN
button to choose the icons and press OK button to confirm.

1. Video resolution: 2560*1080 30P 21:9 / 2304*1296 30P 16:9 / 1920*1080 45P 16:9 1920*1080
30P 16:9 HDR 1920*1080 30P 16:9 / 1280*720 60P 16:9 / 1280*720 30P 16:9

2. EV:0/-0.3/-0.7/-1.0/-1.3/-1.7/-2.0/+2.0/+1.7/+1.3/+1.0+0.7/+0.3
3. Flicker: 50/60Hz
Use this function to set the flicker frequency in your area.
4. Lens: wide angle 135 degree+6G
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5. White Balance
This item is for correction in different colors under different light conditions. When the
white balance is set as Auto, the camcorder compensates different light conditions
automatically.
AUTO/Sunny/Incandescent/ flvorescent /cloudy
6. ADAS: LDWS (Land Departure Warning System)
FCW (Forward Collision Warning)
FCMD (Forward Car Motion Detection)
7. TV type: NTSC/PAL
8. AUTO power off
9. Date time display: Date time/off/date/time
10. Motion detect: off/on
11. Power off screen: off/1minutes/3 minutes/5minutes
12Video camera mode: Video + audio / video
13. G-sensor precision: 2G/2.5G/3G/3.5G/4G/4.5G/CLOSE
14. WDR/HDR
15. USB Mode: Mass storage
16. Choose card: external card / internal card (this function is optional )
17. Language: English/Russian/Chinese
18. Default setting : Yes/No
This function will restore all the settings to the factory defaults.
19.Format: Yes/No (Please format micro SD card at first use, and format micro SD
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card regularly to avoid storage problems. )
Use this function to Format the storage medium. Note that all the data stored in
the medium will be gone.
20. Speed Unit: OFF ; Km/h ; Mph (please choose speed unit before using GPS
function).
21. Firmware version
2.5.5 Stamp :Date time/time /date/car/driver number/off
a.When you choose date time and car ,then driver number can not not show ,it is not
enough space.
Under car mode ,it will display the location latitude and longitude after connect to
GPS
b.When you choose date time and driver number , then GPS information can not
show , it is not enough space.
C. Driver number is 9 character driver number, license plate
2.5.6 GPS: Open/close (Some model without GPS Function )
GPS tracking ( effective with GPS-IN function) 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 .
2. When GPS signal is located,
3.

will be showed on the display .

Power should connect to GPS Module only

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2.6 Review/playing your video files
1. Long press "Down" button and into Movie reviewing to display the latest video
files on the LCD screen .
2.Then long press "up" button you can do something setting about the video: delete
file/ protect file/auto play/copy to another card/ choose card
3. Press "OK" button to confirm.
4. Long press "Down" button twice to get back to other mode

2.7 Connecting PC
Connect the DVR to computer with USB cable included. (Effective under recording
settings off)

2.8 Connecting the DVR to Standard TV .(Effective with AV-OUT function)
Connect your recorder and Standard TV via Accessory AV cables.

2.9 Connecting the DVR to HDTV
When connecting to HDTV, you can use high resolution to display video files or
pictures.
Use HDMI cable to connect the camcorder video or audio signal to HDTV.
Attention
When connected to HDTV, shuttering, recording and taping are not
available!
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3.0 Recording Mode
This mode is for recording a video or tacking picture file. The files are saved into TF
card.
3.1 Some icons meaning
Record Mode
About the indication of each icon and symbol, see the table below.

V:-------

Video Mode

Battery

TF Card

Motion Detection

Car speed

White Balance Auto,

monitor after GPS

Tungsten, Fluorescent,

searched

Daylight, Claudy indictor .

satellite .
Super HD

Resolution
Segmented loop

2008/01/01
01 07AM

Date and Time
GPS

recording 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
000:00:1
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Playback time

Play

Battery

Pause

3.3 USB mode
You can use USB mode to connect with the host PC via micro USB port in camera,
do not use the micro USB port in the GPS module or bracket. ((Effective under recor
ding settings off))
When the camera is connected with the host PC, it appears as a removable disk in t
he Windows explorer.
4.Protection
4.1 When reviewing the video,
1. Long press "Down" button and into Movie reviewing to display the latest video
files on the LCD screen .
2.Then long press "up" button you can move to protect file button then setup
protect one file or all ,etc .The file with

are protected.

3. Press "OK" button to confirm.
4. Long press "Down" button twice to get back to other mode
Attention To unlock the files, repeat the steps above. After being unlocked, no
files are with

.;under Loop record setting ,the previous file is not

protected ,protects only the last cycle recorded file .
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4.2 When recording (SOS)
Press down button and the current file will be save and lock and can not be
deleted.
4.3 When you copy the video to another memory , The copied file will be locked .

5. How to use the built in GPS player in the firmware :
1.Insert your micro SD card into DVR; the DVR system will copy the GPS player to
your SD card automatically.
2.Connect your DVR to computer, find [Player] file, double-click the

to

start the player. At the same time, it will jump out a window as below, please choose
YES to download the Quicktime. You need install the driver (named Quicktime)
before using.
(You can also visit Quicktime website to download it directly:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)

Please click the red arrow words:
1. Previous Versions of QuickTime for Mac and Windows
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2. QuickTime 7.7.6 for Windows
3. Download

1. After download, find the Quicktime driver

, double-click to

install.
2. After installing the Quick time in your computer, now you can back to micro SD

card and use the GPS player
3. click

to import files from DVR, use

now.
or

to check more files.

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Player Icon:

Remarks: If user use

to play the video directly, it will not have GPS track.

So we suggest user copy PLAYER file from micro SD card to computer, and play the

videos on

, by this way, all the GPS information will be showed.

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Appendix
Specification
Image Sensor

3.2M CMOS

Chip

Ambarella ,A7 1296 P 30FPS

Lens

135 Wide angle

External memory

up to 128G

Internal memory

Built-in 8-16GB (Optional)

WDR/HDR

Support

Display

1.5″TFT

Still images

Format JPEG
Quality Auto

Videos

Format H.264 (MOV)
Format H.264 (MOV)
Resolution 2560*1080 30P 21:9 / 2304*1296
30P 16:9 / 1920*1080 45P 16:9 / 1920*1080 30P
16:9 / HDR 1920*1080 30P 16:9 / 1280*720 60P
16:9 / 1280*720 30P 16:9 /
Quality AutoQuality Auto

Audio

Built-in microphone/ speaker

Tape

Yes

White Balance

Auto
Tungsten
Daylight
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Cloudy
Fill light
Fluorescent
Exposure

-2.0EV~+2.0EV

compensation
Time ,date

On/off , date and time watermarking function

Output

HDMI HD Audio-Video output

PC Interface

USB2.0 High-speed

AV Output

NTSC/PAL

Format
Battery

Built-in Lithium ion battery

Troubleshooting
Question

Possible reasons Solutions

The camcorder is

Auto Off Function

·Turn on again the recorder

suddenly turned off

is On.

Charge battery

Low battery
Captured images

Power is off before

Charge battery

are not saved into

the images are

memory

saved.

Memory card can

Memory card is

·Unlock the memory card.

not be used

protected.

·Format the memory card. Before
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Memory card

formatting, make sure to backup

contains non-DCF

files first.

images from other
cameras.
All the buttons are

Short-circuit when

invalid.

connecting

Long press the power button

camcorder with
other equipments.

Light indicator
Red ,charging
blue ,stand by
Blue flashing redording

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Recorder Parts
Name of items

Quantity

Name of items

Quantity

Mini car DVR

1 piece

Car charge

1 piece

USB cable

1 piece

3M sticker

1 pieces

Bracket

1piece

User Manual

1 piece

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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