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Garmin GDR 190, Owner'S Manual

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Battery

1500mAh; up to 1.5 hours of recording 

time

Microphone

Yes

Speaker

Yes

Speed cam-

era detection

Built-in database of fixed speed camera 

positions

Memory card 

slot

microSD slot, compatible with SDHC/

SDXC. Supports up to 64GB (for SDHC 

cards, recommended specs are 8GB, 

Class 6 or above)

R e c o r d i n g 

modes

Cruising mode: HD quality (1920 x 1080 

pixels) at 30fps. Maximum single file size 

is 256MB or 2 minutes and 50 seconds
Parking mode: HD quality (1920 x 1080 

pixels) at 30fps. Maximum single file size 

is 50MB or 30 seconds

O p e r a t i n g 

environment 

temperature

0 to 60 degrees Celsius

Summary of Contents for GDR 190

Page 1: ...GDR 190 Dashboard Camera Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ied altered scanned or otherwise provided for use or sale in whole or in part without ex plicit written authorization of the Garmin Asia Corpora tion Place of manufacture Taiwan Seller Garmin Asia Corporation Producer Garmin Asia Corporation Contact address No 68 Zhangshu 2nd Rd Xizhi Dist New Taipei City 221 Taiwan R O C Tel 02 2642 8999 Customer service hotline 02 2642 9199 ...

Page 3: ...3 GDR 190 Standard Accessories 1 GDR 190 Dashboard Camera 2 GDR Mount adhesive mount replacement adhesive pad included 3 Car charger 4 8GB microSD card includes PC Tool built in imaging software ...

Page 4: ...ens with a horizontal viewing angle of 200 degrees the best in the industry The GDR 190 not only records every thing you see in front of you in crisp HD quality resolution but also captures objects just outside your field of vision ensuring you have a safer drive 2 Description of Product Exterior and Indicator Lights GDR 190 Exterior ...

Page 5: ...5 1 Mount Connector 2 miniUSB Power Connector 3 Microphone 4 microSD Card Slot Supports SDXC SDHC up to 64GB for SDHC recom mended specs are 8GB Class 6 or above ...

Page 6: ...n Warning section for protection rules 9 Settings Button See Function Settings for more details 10 Image Calibration This function can be used to detect and calibrate the image captured based on what the camera is pointing at and is compatible with the front collision warning system FCWS 11 The Image Capture Button can be used to quickly take a picture when needed 12 LED Status Indicator ...

Page 7: ...g Green Booting up or updating software Red Recording Blinking Red Rapid Blinking Collision sensor acti vated Slow Blinking Parking mode activated Green Idle unable to record due to absence of memory card formatting issue or other reason ...

Page 8: ... Screen 3 inch TFT LCD Lens F 2 0 R e c o r d i n g area Visible diagonal viewing angle of 204 degrees horizontal viewing angle 200 degrees vertical viewing angle 74 de grees Sensor 3M 1 3 inch CMOS Frame rate 30 FPS Video format AVI H 264 compression Collision sen sor Yes three collision sensitivity settings available ...

Page 9: ...with SDHC SDXC Supports up to 64GB for SDHC cards recommended specs are 8GB Class 6 or above R e c o r d i n g modes Cruising mode HD quality 1920 x 1080 pixels at 30fps Maximum single file size is 256MB or 2 minutes and 50 seconds Parking mode HD quality 1920 x 1080 pixels at 30fps Maximum single file size is 50MB or 30 seconds O p e r a t i n g environment temperature 0 to 60 degrees Celsius ...

Page 10: ...ve side of the mount firmly against the glass Step 2 Attach the GDR 190 to the holder and then mount the holder onto the mount s ball shaped con nector Step 3 Connect the car charger to the GDR 190 s power connector NOTE Adhesive reaches maximum strength after 24 hours To ensure that the mount remains firmly in place we recommended allowing the mount to remain in place for ...

Page 11: ...R 190 has a horizontal viewing angle that is wider than 200 degrees which is why it covers both pillars of the windshield When installed inside a sedan it is recom mendable to divide the viewing area into 9 equal sections as depicted in the figure and line up the hood in sections 7 8 and 9 Van with windshield angle 50 degrees ...

Page 12: ...ompted to complete an initial image calibra tion and the camera will automatically determine the ve hicle s center position During calibration the GDR 190 will automatically recognize the lane that the vehicle is travel ing on indicated by the solid green lines and extend the two reference lines until they intersect The point of inter section will be used as the screen s center position After Cali...

Page 13: ...t the driver If the calculated intersection is inaccurate the driver may also perform a manual calibration by pressing the Cali bration button NOTE When calibrating re position the vehicle so that the lanes can be recognized accurately 1 Function Settings The settings page provides two options Dashboard Cam era Settings and General Settings NOTE Press and hold the up down buttons to quickly scroll...

Page 14: ...t setting is Normal Sensitivity Files are more likely to be stored by selecting High Sensi tivity Note that when sensitivity is set to Low it is possible that a collision might fail to be recorded 3 3 FCWS Sensitivity There are four options regarding the sensitivity of FCWS High Sensitivity Normal Sensitivity Low Sensitivity and Off Sensitivity can be adjusted ac cording to preference The unit s d...

Page 15: ...colli sion sensor is on i e when set at High Normal or Low sensitivity the unit will sound three beeps whenever a collision is detected After the sensor detects a collision the system will automatically lock down the current file being recorded as well as the previous file and the file after the collision therefore ensuring continuity of the accident １ 2 3 Recording timeline Point of event Previou...

Page 16: ... user may choose whether to turn audio recording on or off 7 Speed Camera Warning The unit has a built in database of fixed speed camera positions and will alert the driver when approaching a speed camera NOTE When English is set as the default language the speed camera warning will be in the form of two beeps 8 Exposure Compensation The camera s exposure value features 7 adjustable settings Norma...

Page 17: ... Once connected to an external battery the GDR will turn on its motion detection mode and begin recording when ever it detects movement in front of the camera or senses collisions This recording mode stores images up to 10 sec onds before an accident and up to 20 seconds after move ment is detected The recording time will be extended for as long as the movement is detected ０ ６ ０ Point of event Det...

Page 18: ...once the external battery falls below the defined volt age level 3 Recording Time Setting User may set motion detected recording from any time between 2 hours to continuous provided that the external battery does not fall below the stop voltage The unit will stop movement detection and shutdown automatically after the recording exceeds the preset time limit III III General Settings 1 Screen Bright...

Page 19: ...es whether to make sounds with each button pressed The unit comes with button press sounds on 5 Time Zone Setting Taiwan Hong Kong and Mainland China are all within the same time zone UTC 8 and the unit is set by default in UTC 8 To select other settings please verify the time zone where the unit is to be used 6 System Language This option defines the language interface of the system The language ...

Page 20: ...ditional Chinese 8 Satellite Status Displays current GPS reception 9 Flicker Suppression Suppresses flickering caused by certain frequen cies 10 File Playback Plays back recorded videos and still images 11 Delete File Individually deletes specified video and still image files 12 Format Disk Use this function to format blank memory cards if they are not supplied by the unit s producer It is not rec...

Page 21: ...oftware Update Simply select this function to automatically update the dashboard camera s internal software Follow the on screen instruction prompts to complete the update NOTE Do not disconnect the unit s power source during the update 15 About Displays the unit s model number ID software ver sion and GPS firmware ...

Page 22: ...dashboard camera contains a software package called PC Tool which can be opened and installed directly on a computer The comput er must be connected to the Internet while the software is running so that recorded files can be pinpointed to their corresponding positions The PC Tool consists of three main sections File Playback Window on the left hand side Map Display on the top right corner and File...

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Page 24: ...24 1 File Playback Window User can view imported files under the All Files tab or sort files by Date or Protected status All record ed videos will display their date time and protection status ...

Page 25: ...ser to quickly skip to the time of an accident For files that are recorded with dual cameras a separate sub window will be opened during the playback to display images cap tured by the two cameras Users may click the switch icon located above the video to switch between the captured images ...

Page 26: ...the stored images 2 Map Display Window The blue line shown in the map display window rep resents the path the car was traveling in the played video The marker signifies the car s location that corresponds to the video s position User may scroll through the playback window to check the vehicle s position or click on any point along the blue path to see the corresponding image ...

Page 27: ...review of the recorded files PC Tool recognizes the coordinates and speed information captured within the video and displays this data inside the file display window enabling the user to check the speed and coordinates of any given point in time ...

Page 28: ...temperature above 85 degrees Celsius User will receive a noti fication of the automatic shutdown during the next system boot 2 To prevent damage to recorded files make sure that all cables and the memory card are installed be fore connecting to power 3 For the most up to date speed camera positions in Taiwan please visit Garmin s official website www garmin com tw 4 A variety of video playback too...

Page 29: ...ard Currently the machine only supports microSDXC cards up to 64GB 7 The machine will discontinue video recording whenever the user accesses the settings pages below i Delete File ii Format Disk iii Restore Default Factory Settings iv Software Update v Video Playback vi FCWS Sensitivity vii Exposure Compensation 8 In the event that the machine runs out of power or does not detect a GPS signal reco...

Page 30: ... adhesive pad It requires four times as much force to rip the adhesive tape off from the front than it does to remove the tape from the side hence it is recommended to slowly peel the tape off from the side in order to minimize dam age to window tinting and other glass treatments For certain brands of tinting a small crack may reduce its overall strength and make the rest more suscepti ble to dama...

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