Response QV-3842 User manual

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UserManual

1080pHDCar

EventRecorder

QV‐3842

Productdescription

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1–GPS

5–Menu  9–PowerOn/Off

2–HDMIOut  6–Up10–MicroSDCardSlot

3–Reset7–Down  11–Play/Stop

4–MiniUSBOut  8‐Mode

Specifications:

Sensor: 5MCMOSsensor

Lens: Aperture2.5,focallength2.8mm

Zoom: 4xdigitalzoom

Screen: 2.7”TFTLCD

VideoOutput: AV(CVBS),HDMI(max1920x1080)

Memory: SupportsClass6,4GBto32GBMicroSD

Photo: 5Megapixels

Shutter: Electronicshutter

Battery: 300mAh,3.7VLi‐pobatteryincluded

Dimensions: 88(W)x47(H)x35(D)mm

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REC/Photo&PlaybackOperation

 PowerOn

‐Pressthe“POWER”buttontostart.Thescreenwillturnonaftermakingasound,thentheunitwill

enterrecordmode

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 PowerOff

‐Holdthe“POWER”buttontoturnunitoff.Oncethescreenturnsoff,letgoofthe“POWER”button

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 IgnitionStartFunction

‐Connecttheunittothesuppliedcigaretteadaptorwhileitispluggedintothecigarettesocket

‐ Once the ignition is turned and the car is on, the Unit will automatically turn on and begin

recording‐Onceignitionisturnedoff,theUnitwillautomaticallyturnoffaftersavingtherecording,

dep

endingonthelengthoftimeyousetforautooff.

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 Record(REC)Mode

‐Pressthe“MODE”buttontoselectRECmode(ifnotalreadyonRECmode),amicrophone

symbol

willdisplayonthebottomofthescreennearthecenter

‐Press“REC”tostartrecording.AFlashingreddotonthetopleftcornerofthescreenwillappearto

indicatetheUnitisrecording.Press“REC”againtostoprecording

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 IncidentRecording

Once the unit senses aspike in G‐Forces while recording, the unit will separate and label that file

starting with “SOS”. A spike in G‐Forces may occur when an incident happens. The unit assists in

locatingthefilebysavingitunder“SOS”andprotectsthe filebylockingitfromaccident

aldeletion.

Thevideofilewilldisplayagoldlockonthescreenwhenitisaprotectedfile

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 Photomode

‐Pressthe“MODE”buttonwhileonRECmodetoselectPhotomode,acameraicon

willappear

onthetopleftcornertoindicatetheunitisonthismode

‐Pressthe“REC”buttontotakeaphoto,screenwillflashonetimewhichmeansaphotohasbeen

taken

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 Video/photoplayback

‐Pressthe“MODE”buttonwhileonPhotomodetoselectplaybackmode

‐Press the“UP” or“DOWN” buttons toselect memorycard (SD CARD) orinternal memory (NAND

FLASH),use“REC”buttontoselect

‐Foraphoto,only afilenumberwillshowonthe bottom rightcorner.Foravideopl

ayback,there

willbeaplayiconinthecenterofthescreen

‐Pressthe“UP”or“DOWN”buttontomovethroughthefiles

‐Pressthe“REC”buttontoplayorviewtheselectedvideofiles.Pressthe“REC”buttontopausethe

video

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 Zoom

‐Whiletheunitisonorrecording,pressthe“UP”buttontozoominorthe“DOWN”buttontozoom

out.Themaximumamountofzoomis4x.

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 IRLEDs(forlowlightrecording)

‐Whiletheunitisrecording,press the“POWER”button to turntheIR(infrared)LEDs toassistlow

lightornighttimerecording.Noticethesymbolinthebottomleftcornerwillchangeaccordingly:

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 :IRLEDoff

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 :IRLEDwillautomaticallycomeonwhenlowlightdetected

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 :IRLEDon

PositionRecommendation:Itisrecommendedthatthecameralensispresseduporasclosetothe

windscreenaspossiblewhileusingtheIRLEDstohelppreventlightdistortion.

NOTE: IR light is invisible to the human eye, the only indication that the IR LEDs are operating is

viewingfromtheLCD

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Recording,Photo&PlaybackSettingsMenu

‐WhileonREC,PhotoorPlaybackmode,pressthe“MENU”buttononcetoaccesstheVideo,Photo

orPlaybackmodesettingsrespectively.

‐Pressthe“UP”or“DOWN”buttonstomoveupordowninthemenusettings

‐ Press the “REC” button to select a setting. Once within a setting, use the “UP” an

d “DOWN”

buttonstoscrollthroughtheoptionsandpress“REC”totoggleasetting

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TheselectablesettingsfortheVideoModeare asfollows:

*Size–Entertochangetheavailablerecordingsizeandresolution

*EV–Entertoadjusttheexposurevaluesettings

*Audio–Entertoturnonoroffthebuiltinmicrophoneforvideowithaudiorecording

*WhiteB–Entertochangethewhitebalancevalues

*Contrast–Entertochangethecont

rastsettings

*Sharpness–Entertochangethesharpnesssettings

*Effect–Entertochangethecolourfilter

*Recycle– 3Min:Filerecordingwillbesavedin3minuteintervals

5Min:Filerecordingwillbesavedin5minuteintervals

10Min:Filerecordingwillbesavedin10minuteintervals

OncetheMicroSDcardisfull,theoldestrecordedfilewillbere

cordedover,andsoon.

NOTE: If “Off” is selected, then the file lengths will be divided in to 10 minute files. Unit can not

recordingreaterthan10minutefil

es

*DelayOff–Entertoturnonoroffthefunctionfortheunittoautomaticallyturnoffafterparking.

*IRLight–EntertochangetheIRLightsettings

*MotionDet–Entertotoggleonoroffthemotiondetectionre

cordingfunction

* MD Sens – Enter to change the sensitivity of the motion detection, 1 being least sensitive and 8

 beingmostsensitive.

TheselectablesettingsforthePhotoModeareasfollows:

*Size–Entertochangetheavailablephotoresolution

*EV–Entertoadjusttheexposurevaluesettings

*Quality–Entertochangethepicturequality

*WhiteB–Entertochangethewhitebalancevalues

*Contrast–Entertochangethecontrastsettings

*Sharpness–Entertoadjustthesharpnessofthepicture

*Effect–Ente

rtochangethecolourfilter

*SelfTimer–Entertoseta10‐secondphototimer

*Burst–Entertoadjustburstshotsettings.Cantake3or5picturesinsuccession

*IRLight‐EntertochangetheIRLightsettings

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TheselectablesettingsforthePlaybackModeareasfollows:

*Delete–Selecttodeletethecurrentfileonview

Recording,Photo&PlaybackSetupMenu

‐WhileonREC,PhotoorPlaybackmode,pressthe“MENU”buttontwicetoaccesstheVideo,Photo

orPlaybackmodeSetUpmenurespectively

‐ Press the “UP” or “DOWN” buttons to move up or down in the menu settings, press the “REC”

buttontochangethesetting

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TheselectableSetupoptionsareasfollows:

*Language–Entertochangetheuserlanguageofthecamera

*Volume–Entertochangethevolumeofthekeypresssound

*Date–EntertosetDateand Timeontheunitforusewiththe“DateStamp”function.Press“UP”

or “DOWN” to change values and “REC” to move to the next val

ue. The date format is set at

YEAR/MONTH/DAY

*Clock–Entertochangethetime

*TVOut–EntertochangethevideoformattoviewonyourTV

*Format–Entertoformatthememory,i.e.erasealldatastoredonthememorycard

*Sys.Reset–Entertorestoretheuni

tbacktofactorydefault

*AutoOff–Entertochangethetimethecamerawillturnoffautomaticallywhennotinuse

*LightFreq–Entertochangethefrequencydependingonyourlocation

*Stamp–En

tertochangethestampontherecordingorphoto

*LCDOff–EntertochangetheamountoftimeforthedevicetosituntouchedtilltheLCDturnsoff

*GSensor–EntertochangetheG‐Sensorsensitivity

*GPS–EntertochangewhetherornottousetheGPStracker

*Pla. Stamp– Ente

rto changethevehiclelicenseplate. Licenseplatewill show asa stamp onthe

 videointheupperrightcorner.

*Version–Thesoftwareversiononthedevice

USBmode

OncetheunitisconnectedtothecomputerviaUSB,3optionswillcomeup:

：

MSC

Selectthismodetoaccessthefilessavedontotheunit’smemoryandonthememorycardintheunit

：

Charge

Selectthismodetojustchargetheunit

3:Open

Selectthismodetousethecameraasnormalwhilstconnected

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BatteryInformation

 Batteryindicationimage:

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Fullbattery

Halfbattery  Lowbattery  Batteryempty

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 Chargingtheunit:Tochargetheunit,connectittoaUSBsupplyusingthesuppliedcarcharger,theUSB

cablewhenconnectedtoaPCorUSBpoweradaptor.Theredindicatorwilllightupwhencharging;the

averagechargetimeisabout180minutes,oncefulltheredlightwillturnoff.

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Troubleshooting

 Iftheunitfreezesordoesnotrespondtoanybuttoncommand,useapinorathintooltopressthe

resetbuttonlocatedonthetop.

 Iftheunitisnotrecordingortakingaphoto,checktoensuretheMicroSDcardhasbeenformatted

andisnotlocked.

 Oncetheun

itsensesaspikeinG‐Forceswhilerecording,theunitwillseparateandlabelthatfile

startingwith“SOS”.AspikeinG‐Forcesmayoccurwhenanincidenthappens,theunitassistinlocating

thefilebysavingitunder“SOS”andprotectsthefi

lebylockingitfromaccidentaldeletion

 Ifa“FileError”messageappearsduringreplayofthevideoorviewingofaphoto,itmaybebecausethe

MicroSDcardhasoccurredanerror.PleaseformatyourMicroSDcard.

 Ifthevideoorphotoisunclear,ensurethatthelensiscleanus

ingadrysoftcloth.

UsingtheProgram

1. Createanewfolderinyourcomputer(anywhereyouprefer)called“CarEventRecorderPlayer”

2. InsertthesuppliedCDintoyourcomputer.

3. OpentheCDanddouble‐clickonthezippedfiletoopen.

4. Right‐clickonthe.exefileandselect“ExtractFiles…”

5. Findthefold

eryoucreatedinstep1,andextracttoit.

6. Onceithasbeenextracted,gobacktotheCDanddouble‐clickonthecodecfile.Followthe

instructionsonscreentoinstall.

7. Afterthecodecisinstalled,theprogramisreadytouse.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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1–Play/Pause  5–FullScreen  8‐Speedometer

2–Stop6–PrintScreen  9‐Playlist

3–Video7–GPSMap10‐Compass

4–G‐SensorGraph

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 Atthetopleft,clickon‘File’and‘Open’toselectafile

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 Selectthefil

eyouwouldliketoaddtotheplaylist.Toselectmultiple,holddowntheCTRLkeyonyour

keyboardwhileyouclickthefiles.

 Selectthefileyouwouldliketoview,andpressthePlaybutton.Thevideo,GPS,G‐Sensor,speedsensor

andcompasswillallworkatthesametimetogiveyouinformation.NOTE:Theredsideofthecompass

arrowpointstothedirectionoftravel.

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 Whenthevi

deoisopenedtofullscreen,onlythevideowillbeseenonscreen.Double‐clickthescreen

orpresstheESCkeytoexitfullscreenmode.

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 Tosaveascreenshotofthevideo,pressthe‘PrintScreen’button.Itwillsavethefiletothesamefolder

wherethepr

ogramis,inanautomaticallycreatedfolderlabeled“screenshots”.

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