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Page 1: ...l J 800 253 8324 iBeamUSA com MetraDealer com techsupport metra autosound com TECH SUPPORT TE CDVR 4 TE CDVR G User Manual ...

Page 2: ...Hardware Guide ...

Page 3: ...1 Power interface 3 4 2 I O Interface definition 4 4 3 Aviation interface definition 4 Chapter 2 Installation and Application 4 1 SD card installation 4 2 Antennas Connection 5 3 Power Connection 6 4 Camera Connection 6 5 Monitor connection 7 6 I O wires connection 8 6 Alarm input connection 8 6 1 Reverse assistant 9 6 2 Serial ports connection 11 ...

Page 4: ...the accessories in the packing box If there is anything missing or damaged please contact your seller The DVR and accessories are listed as following List of DVR and accessories Description Picture Quantity DVR 1 Power cable 1 I O cable 1 AV cable 1 GPS antenna TE CDVR G Only 1 1 USB Mouse Not included ...

Page 5: ...2 2 System connection System connection ...

Page 6: ...ion Figure 1 Front panel Figure 2 Back panel 4 Interfaces Definition Here we introduce the definition of the interfaces of Power I O AV Input Output See as following 4 1 Power interface Figure 3 Power interface definition ...

Page 7: ...ion and Application 1 SD card installation Please insert the key into the hole of the lock on the front panel and switch it to the PIN Color Definition PIN Color Definition 1 Blue Alarm output 2 Black Ground 3 Purple Alarm input 2 Positive 4 Purple Alarm input 1 5 Purple Alarm input 4 Positive 6 Purple Alarm input 3 7 Red 5V Output 8 White TXD TTL Level 9 Grey Not used 10 Yellow RXD TTL Level ...

Page 8: ...per the icon indication Then close the SD cover and lock it Please remember to lock it otherwise The SD card will not work Figure 6 SD card installation 2 Antenna Connection TE CDVR G only Please connect the GPS antenna as per the picture as below We suggest you put the GPS antenna externally on the vehicle s roof for maximum reception ...

Page 9: ... wire is used to detect the ignition signal We strongly suggest you connect it with the RUN terminal of the ignition switch or any terminal in the vehicle s switch box which will have power only when the vehicle is turned on 4 Camera Connection You can connect the camera with the AV input cable directly or by extension cable optional The AV cable in the accessories box has mark on each connector A...

Page 10: ...cameras are the same resolution as set in the DVR 5 Monitor connection The device supports VGA and CVBS output You can switch the output mode in the menu Figure 10 Monitor connection Note Before you connecting the monitor please double check the resolution of the AV interface make sure your monitor is the same resolution as the DVR output ...

Page 11: ...ls Positive trigger 2 channels negative trigger You can connect the positive pole of circuit of the reverse light turn light door open close etc with them for applications such as reverse assistant camera channels switching Figure 12 Alarm Input Connection I O wires Alarm Trigger PIN Definition Color Color Alarm trigger 3 Alarm input2 Purple Red 5 32V 5 Alarm input4 Purple 4 Alarm input1 Purple Bl...

Page 12: ...etup with Alarm Input2 connected to the positive pole of reverse light s power see as following Figure 13 Reverse Assistance Connection I O wires Alarm trigger PIN Definition Color Color Alarm Trigger 3 Alarm input 2 Purple Red Positive pole of Reverse light Reverse Assistance Connection ...

Page 13: ...e select the alarm input number which is connect with the reverse light s power Note When using reverse assistance please use IN2 or IN4 positive trigger When you shift to reverse the DVR will display the reverse camera s channel only See as following Figure 14 Reverse Assistance Click Zone Adjust the lines by dragging the blue points ...

Page 14: ...ed to connect with some user s peripherals the interface is LVTTL 3 3V level Figure 17 Serial ports Connection I O wires Peripherals PIN Definition Color Color Definition 2 Ground Black Black Ground 8 TXD TTL level White Yellow RXD 10 RXD TTL level Yellow White TXD Serial ports connection ...

Page 15: ...Software Guide ...

Page 16: ...3 Video Output 7 2 4 On Off setting 7 2 5 System Information 7 3 Network setup 9 4 Recording Setup 9 4 1 Recording Mode setting 9 4 2 Main Stream 10 4 3 Sub Stream 10 4 4 Recording storage 11 4 5 Recording OSD On Screen Display 11 4 6 Image setting 12 4 7 Mirror setting 12 5 Advanced setting 12 5 1 User Management 13 5 2 Driving Habits monitoring 13 5 3 UART setting 13 5 3 1 UART TTS 14 5 3 2 UART...

Page 17: ...k Management 17 6 3 Related with the Parameter 17 6 4 System upgrading 17 7 Alarm setting 18 7 1 Input Alarm 18 7 2 AlarmOut setting 19 7 3 Video Loss 20 7 4 Fatigue Driving Alarm 20 7 5 OverSpeedAlarm 21 7 6 DiskError 21 Chapter 4 Installation Warnings 22 ...

Page 18: ...ype automatically When detected the battery s voltage is lower than the given value the device will shutdown automatically and keep ultra low standby consumption Chapter 2 Quick setup 1 Device Installation Please refer to Hardware Guide for installation and cables connection 2 User Login Right click the mouse you will call out the login interface please input your UserName Password and select your...

Page 19: ... time TimeSYNC Date and Time can be synchronized with GPS BD 4 Set up cameras Path Menu Record Mode Please set up your cameras SignalType and Valid Invalid The DVR works with both AHD and general cameras If you use AHD cameras please select the first Type if you use general cameras please select the third Type if you use both 2 Right click the mouse select Menu to start setup menu see below ...

Page 20: ...ond Type See as following Figure 4 Recording setting Figure 5 SignalType setup Note If your cameras don t display image on the monitor please check this setup 5 Wizard Path Menu Wizard This Wizard is not applicable to the TE CDVR 4 or TE CDVR G 3 ...

Page 21: ... the video searching interface will appear Please search the video according to your requirement Figure 13 Video searching The days in yellow contain recorded video The blue parts in the time line bar are recorded video Please move the cursor of your mouse to the corresponding channel and time and then left click it to replay the video 1 2 Video Backup ...

Page 22: ...ch you want to backup and then click Backup remove your mouse and insert your USB drive then the backup will start 2 Basic Setting The basic setup includes basic setup items such as DateTime Vehicle Information and Preview etc Figure 16 Basic setting 2 1 Date Time setting Figure 17 Date Time setting Time synchronization The system s date and time can be synchronized with GPS BD ...

Page 23: ... used to identify which vehicle the system is installed into 2 3 Preview setting Figure 19 Preview setting OSD On Screen Display You can select some information to display on the preview screen the displayed information is for preview not for recording Figure 20 Preview OSD ...

Page 24: ...time period after the vehicle ACC ignition off Figure 22 On Off Control setting The On Off Volt is for setting the voltage to shut down and start on the device this feature can avoid the device draining the vehicle s battery The device will detect the current voltage automatically when the vehicle s battery voltage is lower than the Shut Volt the device will shut down automatically to avoid discha...

Page 25: ...gure 23 On Off Voltage setting 2 6 System setup Figure 24 System Setup 2 7 System Information System information includes Device Model Serial Number Hardware Firmware version etc Figure 25 System Information ...

Page 26: ...ing setting 4 1 Recording Mode setting Figure 34 Recording Mode setting Please set up your camera Signal Type and Valid Invalid The DVR works with both AHD and general cameras If you use AHD cameras please select the first Type if you use general cameras please select the third Type if you use both of general and AHD cameras please select the second Type 9 ...

Page 27: ...d the corresponding storage size you can click any line to set up the corresponding parameters Figure 35 Main Stream List Figure 36 Main Stream AV setting Bit is adjustable between 1024Kbps 4096Kbps 6 levels of image quality 4 3 Sub Stream SubStream is not used for TE CDVR 4 or TE CDVR G Figure 37 Sub Stream setting ...

Page 28: ...SD On Screen Display You can set up the information you want to be recorded in the video This information will be overlaid on the playback video 11 Select to record to SD card and activate Over Write loop recording Figure 40 Recording OSD ...

Page 29: ... 7 Mirror setting This feature can turn over the camera s image horizontally or verticaly for both preview and recording Figure 42 Mirror setting 5 Advanced setting 12 This interface is used for UserManagement Driving Habits monitoring UART port setting Temperature Sensor and Reverse Lines setting ...

Page 30: ... privileges Figure 44 User Management 5 2 Driving Habits monitoring this feature is not available Figure 45 Driving Habits monitoring 5 3 UART setting This device has 1 UART port TTL You can connect some peripheral devices such as TTS Text To Speech Network Pass Through etc with the DVR via our UART converter 13 ...

Page 31: ...picture followed Figure 47 UART setting 5 3 2 UART Serial Net Pass Through Select UART to get into UART setting interface Select SerialNet PassThrough in the drop down box of Function Config the parameters as per the picture followed Figure 48 UART setting 5 4 Reverse Camera The DVR comes with Reverse camera function Any channel can be used for the reverse camera 14 ...

Page 32: ...erse camera setting Note Default is On at AV OUT If you select Off the screen may sleep when there is no image for a period of time The assistance lines are adjustable dragging the blue points Figure 50 Assistance lines setting 5 5 NetTextShow this feature is not used ...

Page 33: ...k Management Config parameter import export and System Upgrading Figure 53 Device Maintenance 6 1 Log Inquiry Inquiry the system s running log according to the required Log Type and Time Range 16 Figure 54 Log inquiry The log will record the device s exception local operation system on off alarm information etc ...

Page 34: ...et the setup parameters automatically If you don t want to reboot the device you can import the setup parameters in menu see as followed Figure 56 Import Export PLEASE USE THE RESTORE FUNCTION CAREFULLY TO AVOID THE LOST OF YOUR IMPORTANT DATA 6 4 System upgrading Please format your USB disk as FAT32 type and copy the upgrading file to the root directory of the USB disk Then reboot the device it w...

Page 35: ...face includes the setting related to all alarm types such as I O alarm Video Loss Fatigue Driving Over Speed Disk error Figure 58 Alarm setting 7 1 Input Alarm The device has 4 alarm inputs 2 and 4 are positive trigger 1 and 3 are positive negative trigger optional ...

Page 36: ...gh but if the reversed logic is enabled the trigger level is changed to low level and open It is same for negative trigger Alarm Input Trigger status list 7 2 AlarmOut setting You can set up the type of alarm output interact remote manual Manual is used to debug the device Alarm Trigger Positive trigger Negative trigger Reversed Logic No High level Low level Reversed Logic Yes Low level Open High ...

Page 37: ... if there is no camera or wrong camera type is connected to a valid channel Figure 63 Video Loss alarm setting 7 4 Fatigue Driving Alarm The Fatigue Driving time is calculated since the device was started In this interface you can set up the fatigue driving time to remind the driver to avoid driving fatigue ...

Page 38: ... 21 Figure 64 Fatigue Driving setting 7 5 OverSpeedAlarm Figure 65 OverSpeedAlarm Setting 7 6 DiskError You can set up alarm when there is Disk Error detected by the device Figure 66 Disk Error setting ...

Page 39: ...vice please check the standard of all electronics and the connections to the vehicle and other devices 3 Please double check the input power voltage it should be 8 36V DC to avoid the damage caused by wrong voltage 4 The device should be install in a location away from extreme heat and humidity 5 Allow for adequate airflow around the device 6 Installation should be done in compliance with the loca...

Page 40: ...and negative pole otherwise the fuse will blow immediately for security protection If it happens please replace the blown fuse with a new one with same specification after connecting properly to the right pole Don t randomly increase the current rating of the fuse and NEVER use metal wire as a substitute KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Enhance your installation and fabrication skills by enrolling in the most r...

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