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PatrolRecorder

 4C Installation Guide 

October 2009 

 

Safety Vision PatrolRecorder™ 4C  
Police In-Car Camera and MDVR System  

 

 

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  6100 West Sam Houston Parkway North  

  Houston, Texas 77041  

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Installation Guide 

 

Overview 

The Safety Vision PatrolRecorder™ 4C Police In-Car 
Camera and Mobile Digital Video Recorder (MDVR) 
System perform mobile surveillance and evidence 
collection using digital recording technology. Components 
of the PatrolRecorder™ 4C system are designed for 
mobile digital video recording in rugged automotive 
conditions.  

The PatrolRecorder

™ 4C

 system is designed to power 

up automatically when the vehicle ignition is on and to 
record automatically when sensors are triggered for 

events such as activating the light-bar or siren. It is not 
necessary for the driver to turn the system on or to 
manually initiate or stop recording. (The system can also 
be used for shift-based, continuous recording, rather than 
event-based recording.) 

The PatrolRecorder™ 4C system can be installed and 
operated in any vehicle used for law enforcement or 
security. The system includes a GPS interface, and an 
optional radar interface is available. Programming options 
and on-screen display settings can be defined to meet 
individual requirements. 

The main components of the PatrolRecorder™ 4C 
system are: 

ƒ

  MDVR, which features both manual event recording 

and automatic input trigger recording for 7 input 
triggers, plus a vehicle ignition trigger that 
automatically powers up the PatrolRecorder™ 4C 
system 

ƒ

  2.5-inch removable hard drive that stores recorded 

data in standard PC file format. 

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  Color monitor with a 5.6-inch TFT LCD screen and an 

integrated speaker 

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  Forward-facing camera with speed zoom technology 

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  Rear camera with integrated microphone and infrared 

illuminators for better image quality in low light 

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  Ability to add 2 additional wireless camera inputs 

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  Wireless audio system with a line-of-sight operating 

range of more than 1,000 feet and a maximum talk 
time of 8 hours and standby time of 25 days 

 

Supplied Hardware 

The following hardware is supplied with each 
PatrolRecorder™ 4C system: 

 

Part Number 

Hardware Item 

SV-4CHDDVR 

Mobile police 4-channel MDVR 

SV-40HD 
(RHD Model only) 

40-GB removable hard drive 

SV-4C-GPSCARD 

GPS viewer for SV-4CHDDVR 

SV-4CPHRNS 

Wiring harness for SV-4CHDDVR 

ADAP-4PIN/RCA 

6-foot audio-video adapter cable (MDVR 
output to monitor input) 

CAMMOUNTPAN 

Swivel mount for forward-facing camera 

Summary of Contents for PatrolRecorder 4C

Page 1: ...o record automatically when sensors are triggered for events such as activating the light bar or siren It is not necessary for the driver to turn the system on or to manually initiate or stop recordin...

Page 2: ...DIRECTIONAL BUTTONS have the following functions depending on the current mode When video is being played back at normal speed 1X y UP cycles up from Channel 1 through Channel 4 and the quad view for...

Page 3: ...ssed and released initiates display of the Search menu for audio video files stored on the hard drive when pressed and held for 3 seconds initiates display of the Main menu J AUDIO VIDEO INPUT accepts...

Page 4: ...he wireless audio system interface cable Part Number SV CFAC C BATTERY STATUS LED Steady red indicates that the battery is charging Steady green indicates that the battery is fully charged D TRANSMITT...

Page 5: ...prevent system damage use only the cables supplied with the PatrolRecorder 4C system Do not disassemble any component of the PatrolRecorder 4C system Typical Installation MDVR Installation The MDVR is...

Page 6: ...and Adjusting the Monitor Forward Facing Zoom Camera Installation The forward facing zoom camera is designed to be installed with the universal visor bracket Part Number OPV UMOUNT which is mounted be...

Page 7: ...or the wireless audio system is mounted on the front side of the vehicle partition For best wireless reception mount the bracket as high as possible in the vehicle cabin In addition do not place wirel...

Page 8: ...Camera 1 26 12V Camera 1 27 12V Camera 2 28 12V Camera 2 29 12V Camera 3 30 12V Camera 3 31 12V Camera 4 32 12V Camera 4 33 Main Power 34 Main Power 35 Main Power 36 Main Power Sensor Wire Harness Con...

Page 9: ...d Black 3 Cond 20 Trigger 1 Red 9 Cond 5 Trigger 2 Brown 9 Cond 7 Trigger 3 White 9 Cond 8 Trigger 4 Yellow 9 Cond 9 Trigger 5 Green 9 Cond 21 Trigger 6 Black 9 Cond N A Trigger 7 Mic N A N A NOTE Pin...

Page 10: ...r most typical PatrolRecorder 4C installations System Setup Menu y OSD ENABLE y Record Mode STOP y Units ENGLISH y GP Out 1 Mode RECORD y GP Out 2 Mode RECORD y Time Setup Default value for Daylight S...

Page 11: ...tically MDVR Recording Capacity The recording capacity of the MDVR depends on the following user selectable factors Frame rate 30 fps to 1 fps Image quality high medium high medium medium low or low I...

Page 12: ...osoft Windows Explorer which can be used to copy video files from the storage media to the PC MDVR File Format The MDVR stores recorded audio video files on the installed archive media removable hard...

Page 13: ...MDVR Access Through FTP The MDVR supports FTP commands in MS DOS as follows Cd changes directory Dir displays a directory listing Ls lists the contents of the directory Get gets a file from the MDVR D...

Page 14: ...10 40 65 65 65 up down left right Field of View 135 diagonal 108 horizontal Brightness 500 cd m 2 Contrast Ratio 300 1 Automatic Brightness Control Light sensor Day Night switch On Screen Display Cont...

Page 15: ...of instructions furnished with the product to units that have been altered or modified without authorization of SV to damage to products or parts thereof that have had the serial number removed altere...

Page 16: ...ing The following wiring overview is appropriate for typical PatrolRecorder 4C system installations Close up illustrations follow for the main wiring harness Part Number SV BHRNS and the monitor inlin...

Page 17: ...rations of the main wiring harness Part Number SV BHRNS and the monitor inline control box cable connections Wiring Close up for Main Wiring Harness Part Number SV BHRNS Wiring Close up for Monitor In...

Page 18: ...PatrolRecorder 4C Installation Guide October 2009 Wiring Detail for SafetyGRID Wireless Bridge PATROLRECORDER 4C IG Ver 1 5 doc 18...

Page 19: ...pose 12V outputs indicate a number of MDVR events see Comments Values POWER unit powered on RECORD recording PLAY playing back footage SPEED speed exceeds limit set in GPS Setup Menu ACCEL acceleratio...

Page 20: ...u Menu items Restore Defaults restores factory default settings Disk to Erase selects target for Erase Media and Format Media options Erase Media Permanently deletes all recorded data except for the s...

Page 21: ...er naming of the MDVR and input triggers for inclusion in meta data and on screen display as follows Menu Item Description Default System Name Allows user input of a 14 character alphanumeric MDVR nam...

Page 22: ...event in the filename RECORD Starts a recording when trigger is activated and stops it when trigger is no longer activated START RECORD Starts a recording when trigger is activated but does not stop...

Page 23: ...5 MIN Accel X Amount of G gravitational force detected by the accelerometer on the X axis side to side Values 1 0 to 10 9 G Default 1 0 G see Note Accel Y Amount of G gravitational force detected by t...

Page 24: ...cts number of stop bits Values 1 2 Default 1 Protocol Selects the protocol to be used with zoom cameras Note that Safety Vision supplies a Sony forward facing camera Values NONE VISCA Sony COSTAR Defa...

Page 25: ...at which audio is recorded in decibels dB Values 0db 3db 6db 9db 12db 12db 9db 6db 3db Default 12db CUSTOM is set via telnet command GPS Setup Menu The GPS Setup menu displays system information as fo...

Page 26: ...UNDER VOLTAGE Low input voltage going below 9v threshold and when it comes above 10v p1 Not used p2 Voltage value causing error CAMERA INPUT ERROR Video signal not present on channel p1 Camera ID p2 N...

Page 27: ...PatrolRecorder 4C Installation Guide October 2009 Appendix D MDVR Dimensions PATROLRECORDER 4C IG Ver 1 5 doc 27...

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