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Audio/Video Recorder  

mAVR H.264x4 TFT

Operation Manua

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1.2 (2012-04-05)

Version 2012

TS-Market

Summary of Contents for MAVR-H264x4

Page 1: ...Audio Video Recorder mAVR H 264x4 TFT Operation Manual 1 2 2012 04 05 Version 2012 TS Market ...

Page 2: ...ating the Recorder 8 Working with Memory Cards 20 Storage format of the recordings on the card 21 View Video Records 21 Battery Charging 27 In Box 27 Warranty 28 Technical Support 28 Appendix 1 Recorder Menu of Settings 29 Appendix 2 Base diagram of the connectors 31 Contents ...

Page 3: ... in AVC format providing resolution of 640x480 for video camera or 720x576 for an external source Video signal scaling image compression and cropping up to 96x96 Adjustable video signal filtering Independent setting of bitrate for audio and video stream Adjustable frames per second for video stream Automatic regulation of built in video camera sensitivity can be deactivated Automatic correction of...

Page 4: ...ording by Rec Switch on the sensor screen timer control input signal built in motion detector VAS Voice Activating System signal from Analog to digital adapter prehistory recording Circular recording onto memory card 1 or several memory cards Power supply either from an external source or by built in Li ion rechargeable battery When powered from an external source rechargeable battery is being cha...

Page 5: ...h screen 4 Connector for memory card with LED indicator 5 Right Microphone 6 Video Sensor 7 Left Microphone 8 Connector for 5V external power supply 9 Connector for VD external devices 10 Connector for MF remote microphones 11 Connector for GPS receiver and analog to digital adapter 12 Connector for headphones ...

Page 6: ...360x240 720x480 NTSC 180x144 360x288 720x576 PAL SECAM Frames per second 1 2 5 10 15 30 Video compression standard AVC H 264 Bitrate Kbs 64 96 128 192 256 384 512 768 1024 1536 2048 1536 and 2048 only at record paralleling deactivated Video input resistance Ohm 75 Supportable video standards NTSC M 4 43 PAL B G H I M N SECAM Built in video camera sensitivity 1 lx Viewing angle of built in video ca...

Page 7: ...tion pixels 320x240 Storage carrier parameters Memory cards in use 1 4 SD card capacity Gb 2 SDHC card capacity Gb 4 32 File system FAT 32 Power system parameters Rechargeable battery Li ION 2200 mAh Battery life in record mode hours video camera not taken into account 4 8 Battery life in stand by mode months 12 Charging time from an external source hours 5 External source voltage V 4 5 5 5 Extern...

Page 8: ...y card can be formatted To do this click on the Format The file system type must be FAT32 Prepare master card for the recorder a Set the required settings for the recorder b Click on Prepare The root folder of the memory card displays the following service files mavr h264x4_tft_v1 bin mavr h264x4_tft_v1 cfg ru_std skn or en_std skn Insert the prepared card into the main slot lower right The remain...

Page 9: ... starting the Recorder one of the 3 operation modes can be selected Record View Setting Starting the Recorder There are 4 connectors for memory cards in the Recorder The Recorder reads service information necessary for the Recorder s operation from the memory card in the slot position 2 This information is recorded onto the memory card when preparing it in Manager program There also can be SD or S...

Page 10: ...isplays the amount of free space on the selected card as percentage of the card s capacity The 2 cards mode shows values for both cards first for the selected card then for the parallel one picture 3 scanning process icon scanning is completed Arrow indicator can be moved from one memory card onto the other by clicking on the corresponding button The indicator moves through inserted memory cards I...

Page 11: ...ion in the slot see position 2 There are the following ways to start recording by Rec button on the touch screen by Timer by Control Signal contact remote of VD connector for base diagram see Appendix 2 by internal motion detector activation by VAS by Signal from analog to digital adapter Starting the Recorder by Rec button on touch screen When installing master card or while quitting standby mode...

Page 12: ... record duration from the time it began if the recording in circular mode started recording over old data it does not affect the figures of the indicator Instead of the Rec button there appears a Stop button If you press it that would lead to completing recording process 4 The process to complete recording may take some time This means recording has already stopped and the contents of the internal...

Page 13: ...y day within days of the week from the preset date 5 After the timer has been activated real recording does not start immediately but only after recording process has been prepared If record intervals specified for different timers overlap only one recording will be created instead of multiple ones activation signals of each of the timers are combined in one common signal using the logic function ...

Page 14: ...s powered from the recorder so to control recording from the adapter both the recorder and GPS power module instead of which the adapter is used must be on 2 Analog to digital adapter has 8 digital inputs each of which can be used to control recording You can select several inputs at the same time their combination in a common signal is performed by the logic function OR For each of the inputs the...

Page 15: ...ding will not be created on the card 6 The signal from the remote control or analog to digital adapter have higher priority than autostart So with them recording starts regardless of whether autostart is enabled or not Prehistory 1 Prehistory is used to record what happened in the field of view of the camera shortly before the event The sources of such events are as follows autostart from MD or VA...

Page 16: ...together with the signal from the remote control or analog to digital adapter then it is impossible to stop recording in this way in this case there is only one possible way to stop recording which is to quit the recording screen Linear Recording Recording continues while there is free memory on the selected card You can t start a new recording while there isn t free memory Circular Recording 1 if...

Page 17: ...ues while there is free memory on any of the two selected cards You can t start a new recording while there isn t free memory on both cards b Circular Recording 1 when there is no free memory on the selected card recording won t stop it writes over its own beginning Previous recordings remain unchanged You can t start a new recording while there isn t free memory c Circular Recording 2 when there ...

Page 18: ...ated by two or three symbols no spaces between them the percent sign indicates variable and one or two of the remaining symbols indicate the type of variable 4 List of variables used can be found at the prompt shown in the manager program when pointing mouse cursor on the input field of the imprinted text Working with GPS receiver Connected GPS receiver makes it possible to save data onto video si...

Page 19: ...The Recorder switches to Standby Mode only if powered from a rechargeable battery Recording stops and the Recorder switches to Standby Mode when shifting the Switch to Off position all memory cards are full timer to stop recording is activated there is no signal of clicking on touch screen for more than specified in the Settings without any recording at the moment there is no signal at the control...

Page 20: ...endedtomarkthecardtosaveservicefileandRecorder s setting parameters The data are recorded onto the card marked by an pointer on the touch screen see Figure 3 LED flashes while recording onto the memory card You can select memory card to record data by clicking the memory card icon on touch screen If any card was chosen for recording which is not in the slot 2 the card slot 2 can be extracted from ...

Page 21: ...e disk but one or more files with the duration of 1 minute starting from the first View Video Records View records on the PC To view records from the PC you need to extract the memory card from the Recorder with the corresponding record and open it on the PC using card reader As recording of data is performed directly to MP4 format no conversion before viewing is needed To play back the received v...

Page 22: ...pen Folder Deleting unnecessary recordings To delete unnecessary recordings use the manager program a Insert the card into the card reader b In the tab Data conversion click on Scan c Tick all the recordings to be deleted d Press the button Delete e The recordings can also be deleted manually To do this delete the folder containing the recording Don t delete a part of files in the folder View Reco...

Page 23: ...re 5 buttons on the screen that control playback process listed from left to right picture 6 In playback mode 1 Enable fast rewind 2 Enable slow rewind 3 Switch to pause mode 4 Enable slow forward 5 Enable fast forward In slow or fast forward 1 Enable fast rewind or change speed 2 Enable slow rewind or change speed 3 Switch to playback mode 4 Enable slow forward or change speed 5 Enable fast forwa...

Page 24: ...revious frame 3 Switch to playback mode 4 One frame forward 5 Fast forward to the nearest base frame 1 In Playback mode volume control is available 2 In Playback mode the following indicators are displayed a Indicator of the current time in the recording relative to its origin b Record duration indicator c Mode indicator of the player playback pause fast rewind slow rewind ...

Page 25: ...l use the arrow button in the top right corner See Appendix 1 for the list of all the adjustable parameters Firmware Update To update firmware Prepare a SD card format then prepare in the manager program record update file MAVR H264x4_TFT_Vxx fw onto the card Insert the card into the recorder slot2 Turn on the recorder After the main menu appeared and the card has been read card indicator stopped ...

Page 26: ...matically restarts with a simultaneous decrease in video bit rate unfortunately lower bitrate without restarting is impossible for technical reasons 3 Video bitrate decreases in steps of 128 kilobits per second 4 Aftertheforcedrestartofrecordingthescreendisplays Overflow The message disappears after recording is stopped by the user 5 If you are using circular mode 1 and in the absence of space on ...

Page 27: ...e Figure Appearance at p 4 displays the work mode of the charging process To keep the rechargeable battery operational a periodic charging is recommended at least once in 3 months In Box 1 Audio and Video Recorder mAVR H 264x4 2 Network adapter with the cable to charge the Recorder 3 4 Gb SD card 4 Software CD with Instructions The rechargeable battery is fully charged The rechargeable battery is ...

Page 28: ...er from the owner or from the third parties Technical Support Our engineers constantly work improving the software and documentation You can always download the last version of the program from our website for free www ts market com Address TS Market Ltd Building 10 1 Sosnovaya Alleya Zelenograd Moscow The Russian Federation 124489 Tel 7 495 638 88 00 7 499 940 95 75 Cell 7 903 530 10 01 7 909 638...

Page 29: ... saturation Misc Settings amplification automatic gain control flicker suppression noise blanking Video input brightness contrast color saturation Analog video input brightness contrast color saturation Sound source fields to insert values BUILT IN MICROPHONE AUDIO INPUT mode fields to insert values STEREO MONO L MONO R AGC Amplification from 0 to 126 Volume Volume fields to insert values from 0 t...

Page 30: ...ECTED DATE AFTER SELECTED DATE DAILY Time time fields to insert values hours minutes seconds Duration time fields to insert values hours minutes seconds Date date fields to insert values date month year Day Buttons to click on the days of the week Next Page Previous Page Sound Bitrate from 32 to 128 kbps Autostart Mode fields to insert values OFF MD VAS MD VAS Motion Detector MD Hold from 5 to 10 ...

Page 31: ...ay calibration four headed arrow pointer to calibrate display Firmware Version Date Serial N Upgrade software Appendix 2 Base diagram of the connectors Connector VD 5B 12B remote video input GND Connector MF don t connect R right channel L left channel GND Connector 5V central cable external cable ...

Page 32: ...in camera OFF Built in camera connected Digital input OFF Digital input connected Analogue input OFF Analogue input connected Four headed arrow pointer to calibrate display Free memory card Full memory card Memory card mistake Memory card is being scanned Rec button Stop button ...

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