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Main Features
Continuous recording
Thevideoandaudiodatafromthefrontandinteriorviewsiscontinuouslyrecordedwhilepoweron.
WhenthecapacityoftheSDcardhasbeenreached,theoldestfilesareoverwrittenbythelatestonesina
“round‐robin”,firstin,firstoutfashion.
Pre and post event recording
Whenimpactorunusualaccelerationordecelerationisdetectedbythebuilt‐inG‐Sensorandhas
exceededthepresetlimitoroneactivatesthemanualemergencyrecordbutton,therecordedvideo
dataislocked‐inandiserasedonlybyanauthorizedpartyandbyusingaPCorlaptop,
accessingtheSD
card.Eventdatarecords1minutebeforeand1minuteafter(Note:TheUsermaysetthepre‐eventtime
toeither1minute,2minutesor3minutes ofpre‐eventrecording).Thenext timetheSDcardisreadby
theunit,theunit’ssetup
parameterswillbeuploadedintotherecorder.Aspreviouslymentioned,
storedeventrecordingdataintheSDcardwillnotbeerasedbytheunit,andwherethismustbedone
manuallybytheuser.
Night view recording with Infra-Red Light
TheincludedIR(Infra‐Red)Lightmodulewithadjustmentusedthisinvisiblelightsourcetoassistin
recordingnight timeviewsfromtheinteriorfacingcamera.
Playback of video/audio data
TherecordeddatacanbeplayedbackusingtheprovidedplaybacksoftwarewhichresidesontheSD
card.ByremovingtheSDcardandaccessingthePlayerfolderanddoubleclickingonthe“Player .exe”
linestartstheplaybac ksoftware.
Data analysis
Therecordeddatacan beeasilyanalyzedforspeed,vehiclelocationanddirectionoftravelincluding
impactbyusingthePlayerthatisfoundonconv eniently onthesuppliedSDcard.
Unlikeotherin‐carrecordingsystems,theDriveRecorderisused
torecordbothvideoandaudiodatainacontinuousloopfashion.
Ifthevehicleisinvolvedinanaccidentsuchasacollision,impact,
andsuddenacceleration‐relatedincident,thisdataismarkedand
stored.Onemaythereafteranalyze
thedatatofinditsrootcause
by playing back the scenes of interest and where acceleration,
vehicle speed, direction, and location are available for review.
Addedtotherecordingarevehicle speed and directionand GPS