AZDOME M300 Car Dash Cam User Manual

AZDOME M300 Car Dash Cam

Important Safety Information

For user safety and to avoid property damage, read through this manual and follow these safety instructions to use the product correctly.

• Do not disassemble, repair, or modify the product by yourself.
  Doing so may cause fire, electric shock, or malfunction. For internal inspection and repair, contact the service center.

• If any foreign matter gets inside the product, detach the power cord immediately.
  Contact the service center for repair.

• Do not adjust the product while driving.
  Doing so may cause an accident. Stop or park your car in a safe place before installing and setting up the product.

• Do not install the product in a location where the product can interfere with the driver’s field of vision.
  Doing so may cause an accident.

• Do not use a damaged or modified power cord. Only use the cords provided by the manufacturer.
  Damaged or modified power cords may cause an explosion, fire, or malfunction.

• Do not operate the product with wet hands.
  Doing so may cause electric shock.

• Do not install the product in an environment with high humidity, or combustible gases or liquids.
  Doing so may cause an explosion and/or fire.

• Do not leave the product near infants, children, or pets.
  There is a risk of them swallowing small components, and/or their saliva may get into the product, causing an explosion due to a short circuit.

• Do not spray water or wax directly onto the product while cleaning the inside of the car.
  Doing so may cause fire, electric shock, or malfunction.

• If smoke or an unusual smell is emitted from the power cord, detach the power cord immediately.
  Contact the service center or your distributor.

• Keep the terminals of the power cord clean.
  Failure to do so may cause excessive heat and fire.

• Use the correct input voltage.
  Failure to do so may cause explosion, fire, or malfunction.

• Plug in the power cord firmly so that it cannot easily be disconnected.
  Failure to do so may cause fire.

• Do not cover the product with any material.
  Doing so may cause external deformation of the product or fire.
  Use the product and peripherals in a well-ventilated location.

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this AZDOME dashcam.
This instruction manual contains information on how to operate your dash cam. Before using your dashcam, we recommend that you read through this manual to ensure correct usage.
To improve the performance of the product, the contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice.

Note

1. A U3 type microSD card (Not included) is required to use this Dash Cam. For best results, we recommend using our AZDOME branded SD cards with your Dash Cam.
2. Be sure to format your microSD card with your dash cam for the first time use. Please refer to page EN-60.
3. Please ALWAYS connect with power when using. As it is built in Super Capacitor (Only has a 1mAh Lithium Metal Battery used to memorize time).
4. The Dash Cam has one Automatic Start / Stop Technology.
   It will automatically power on and record automatically once power is available. It will power on once the ignition has been turned on in most vehicles. When power is cut off, the Dash Cam will perform an automatic shutdown process.

Packing List

Check the box for each of the following items before installing the dash cam.

• M300 Dash cam

• Electrostatic stickers x2

• Double-sided tape for the Mounting Bracket ×1

• Dual USB Car charger ×1

• Power cable (3.5M/12ft) ×1

• Cable clips x 5

• Pry tool x 1

• User Manual x 1

Note

To improve the performance of the product, the contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice.

Specification

Model

|

M300

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Aperture

|

F=2.0

Color

| Black
Language|

English

Memory

| Max support 128GB (Class 10, U3 Speed. Not included)
Video Code|

H.264

Photo Format

| JPG
Video Format|

MOV

Video Resolution

|

1296P (2340×1080 @30FPS)
1080P (1920×1080 @30FPS)
720P (1280×1080 @30FPS)

G-sensor

| Built-in 3-Axis Acceleration Sensor
Loop Recording|

Support

Parking Mode

|

Support (ONLY works when the dash cam is connected to 3-Lead Hardwire Kit)

WiFi

|

Support, AZDOME Application

Micphone

|

Built-in

Speaker

|

Built-in

Battery

|

Built-in Super Capacitor(Only has a 1 mAh Lithium Metal Battery used to memorize time)

Power Interface

|

5V/1.0A

Working  Temperature

|

20°C to 70°C (-4°F to 158°F)

Product Diagram

#

|

Description

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1

|

Sticker Mount

2|

Front Camera

3

|

Micro-SD Card Slot

4

|

Micro USB Charging Port

5

|

WiFi Key

• Press once to turn on/off WiFi
• Press and hold for 3 seconds to default settings
• Press and Hold for 8 seconds to RESET and WiFi password will be default.

6

|

AV-IN

7

|

Recording LED Indicator

8

|

Mic-phone

9

|

Reset Button

10

|

Speaker

LED

| Color| Status|

Description

---|---|---|---

⑤Wifi

| | Solid| WiFi ON
| Off|

WiFi OFF

⑦REC

|

| Blinking| Recording
| Solid|

Connecting to power

Installation

Install the front camera behind the rear view mirror. Remove any foreign matter and clean and dry the windshield before installation.

1. Turn off the engine, gently push the card into the slot until it locks into place. (Please use class 10 or above high-speed U3 micro-SD card)

2. Find a suitable place on windshield that does not obstruct the driver’s field of vision and remove any foreign matter and clean and dry the windshield before installation. Tear off the protective layer of the electrostatic sticker and adhere the electrostatic sticker to the windshield to prevent mark/glue on your windshield after removing it.

3. Peel off the protective film from the double-sided tape and attach the front camera to the electrostatic sticker. Adjust the angle of the lens by rotating the body of the front camera.

4. Plug the cigarette lighter power cable into the cigarette lighter socket and the front camera. Use the pry tool to lift the edges of the windshield trim/molding and tuck in the power cord.
   

5.  Turn on the engine. The dashcam will power up and start recording. Video files are stored on the microSD card. Turn off the engine. The dashcam will automatically stop recording and power down.

Playing Video Files Using Your Smartphone

Check real-time video using your smartphone

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Download the video files into your smartphone

The app won’t show the live video on your phone. It only shows a picture of the beach?

The cellular data will cause the live video not to be viewed. If the APP won’t show the live video, please disable the‘ AZDOME’ cellular data of your phone. Sure that the Local Network of the ‘ AZDOME’ is turned on.

1. For Latest iOS System: Setting→AZDOME→Click‘ Wireless\ Data’→Select‘ WLAN’ .
2. For Older iOS System: Setting→AZDOME→Disable the ‘Cellular Data’.

Note:

1. WiFi Direct lets you directly connect your smartphone to your dash cam via WiFi within a range of 10FT.
2. Once it is connected to the AZDOME APP it will automatically update the date/time.
3. The AZDOME is available for devices running Android 5.0 and higher, or iOS 9.0 and higher.

What is a WiFi Feature?

The WiFi feature has been designed so you can pair your dash camera wirelessly with your smartphone and access your recording instantly from the dash cam. Here you can view, download and share your videos easily with your friends and family. Just like how you would connect your Bluetooth speaker to your smartphone for wireless music play, the same way dash cameras use WiFi signal (instead of a Bluetooth) to pair your smartphone with AZDOME M300.

Can I watch the videos around my car remotely?

NO. AZDOME M300dash cam is NOT made to broadcast footage over the cloud or internet. It is NOT a cloud or an IP camera and it is NOT meant to do that. You can get live video and footage on AZDOME dash cam’s APP as long as you stay within the 10FT range from the dashcam.

What is the WiFi Range?

The WiFi signal range is about 10FT when there are NO obstructions in the middle. Please NOTE that just like your home WiFi network, you don’t have WiFi signal outside your home, the same way, WiFi range is 10FT from this small device.

For Android phones:

When installing the AZDOME APP, it will have two pop-up prompts, select‘ While using the APP’ to allow AZDOME to access this device’s location, and select‘ Allow’ to allow AZDOME to access photos and media on your device. There is one extra step you will have to take for the first time. Once you connect to the WiFi of M300, it will say‘ No Internet’. Which is fine. Wait about 10-15 seconds until you see the below pop up or notification. You just have to tap on the pop up notification that will show up in few seconds to select that you still want to stay connected even though there is NO Internet. Once you select this OK, you are set to go.

Changing settings using your smartphone

Video Resolution — 1296P30(Default)/ 1080P30/720P30

Allow to choose the video resolution.

Loop Recording — 1min/ 3mins(Default)/ 5mins/Off

Here select the length(1/3/5 min) of each video clip for the loop recording. This function allows the dash cam to continuously record.
Please notice: The dash cam will keep deleting the oldest files automatically when memory card gets full so that it can keep recording over and over.

Mic — On(Default)/Off

AZDOME has built-in microphone to record audio with video. You can choose to record mute video by choosing OFF.

G-Sensor — Off/ High/ Medium(Default)/ Off

G-sensor is a 3-axis impact gravitational accelerometer, designed to detect physical and gravitational forces on the dash cam. Once G-sensor has been triggered due to physical or gravitational impact force on the camera, the current video file will be locked as an emergency file so it won’t be deleted by loop cycle function. The higher the G-Sensor sensitivity is, the less force will be needed to trigger automatic file protection.

Date/Time

Turn On/Off the Date/Time Stamp shown on recorded files.

Boot UP Tone – On(Default)/Off

This feature allows you to choose the camera’s boot up chime to be set to ON/OFF.

AZDOME Logo

Turn On/Off the AZDOME Logo Stamp shown on recorded files.

Exposure — 0(Default)

This feature allows you to adjust the brightness of a captured image.

Prompts Volume – Low/Medium(Default)/High/Off

This feature allows you to set the volume level for the voice prompt volume.

Date/Time Format – MM/DD/YY(Default)

According to your habit to select.

Frequency — 50HZ(Default)/60HZ

Here you should choose the frequency accordingly to your power supply specification used in your country based on your geographical location.
60 Hz (USA ‒ North America)
50 Hz (Europe ‒ Most Asian Countries

Parking Monitoring — Off(Default)/Collision Detection Parking Mode/Time- Lapse Parking Mode

This function will ONLY work when AZDOME Micro 3-Lead Hardwire Kit is installed properly. This parking mode has two options to choose from.

Note:

AZDOME’s custom-designed Micro 3-Lead Hardwire Kit is required to use this new feature. Not included in the packaging.

*Collision Detection Parking Mode:

1. When you turn OFF the car’s engine and turn the key to the lock position. Then the camera will STOP the continuous video recording and it will go into the impact detection mode and the camera will turn OFF after 10 seconds.
2. Now while the camera stays in impact detection mode, if someone hits your car and if the impact reaches the set G-Sensor level, then the camera will turn ON > then it will start to record 1-min continuous video, save & lock that video in EMR folder > then the camera will turn OFF.
3. Now when you start your car for the next time, the camera will automatically go back into normal video mode to automatically start the continuous video recording.

*Time-Lapse Parking Mode:

1. When you turn OFF the car’s engine and turn the key to the lock position. Then the camera will STOP the continuous video recording and it will go into the timelapse 1fps recording mode automatically.
2. Now while this timelapse is being recorded, if someone hits your car and if the impact reaches the set G-Sensor level, then it will start to record 1-min continuous video, save & lock that video in EMR folder > then return to the timelapse 1fps recording.
3. Now when you start your car for the next time, the camera will automatically STOP the timelapse parking mode. Then it will go into normal video mode automatically to start the continuous video recording.

WiFi

WiFi Name: M300_**
WiFi Password :Here you can change the WiFi Password in APP, the default password: 12345678

Format SD Card

This feature will allow you to format inserted memory card, all the data will be deleted

Default Settings

Here you can restore all the settings to factory default settings.

APP Version

Here you can check the current APP version installed on your phone.

Firmware Version

Here you can check the current firmware version installed on your camera. You will need this information in the future to check if newer version of firmware is available.

Playing Video Files Using Your Computer

1. Remove the microSD card from the dashcam.

2. Insert the card into the microSD card reader and connect it to a computer.

3. You should be able to see drive  D or E or other name
   depending on the pre-installed hard drives. Once you find the
   added flash drive, double click it, then you will see the file
   folders- Video / Lock / Photo
   Video The loop recording video files that can be overwritten.
   Lock The video file will be locked so it will NOT be deleted by
   loop recording function.
   Photo The photos
   Then simply double click on the video to play them.
   We recommend VLC Media player. You can get it free at www.videolan.org .

Update Firmware

1. Remove the microSD card from the dashcam.
2. Insert the card into the microSD card reader and connect it to a computer.
3. Download the latest M300 Firmware from www.azdomes.com > Support > Downloads on your computer.
4. Copy the firmware file named“ SD_ Car DV. bin” to the card ROOT file and insert the card to dash cam.
5. Connect to power, then the red light will be solid, dash cam will say“ Updating, please DO NOT turn off the device ” when start to update. It will take 30-40 seconds to update. The dash cam will power off automatically when update successfully.
6. Please press and hold the WiFi key for 2 seconds to power on dash cam.

FAQ

Q1: What SD card should I use? Why should l buy a AZDOME branded SD card? Can’t l just use any card?

• The basic requirement of the memory cards for AZDOME dashcam is Class 10 U3 and that the SD card should be formatted as FAT32 [Windows] or MS-DOS (FAT) [Mac OS].
• For best results, we recommend using our AZDOME branded SD cards with your Dash Cam, available to purchase online from www.azdomes.com or Amazon .
• Our cameras have different requirements to other recording devices, this is because they need to keep recording when the SD card is full whilst overwriting the oldest unprotected files at the same time.
• Formatting the microSD card once a month is recommended.
• Format the microSD card if the recorded video quality appears to be poor.
• For Windows users: To format the microSD card directly from “My Computer”, right-click the microSD card drive and select Format. Select File system as FAT32 and Allocation unit size as 64KB then click Start. If FAT32 is not available or can’t be selected, please download the free FAT32 formatting tool – EaseUS Partition Master.

Q2: Camera gets HOT?

It is normal for your camera to run slightly hot. Due to video being recorded at high speed, the dash cam may be hot during using. (No more than 158°F/70ºC).

Q3: Video Image is blurred?

Remove the protective lens film, clean the lens, make sure the windshield is clean and clear of grease, dirt, and debris.

Q4: Video Files cannot be played on my computer?

The video files from the Dash Cam are in MOV format and may not be compatible with your PC if suitable playback software is not installed. We recommend VLC Media player. You can get it free at www.videolan.org.

Q5: I cannot insert the microSD card?

The microSD cards are very small and require delicate use. Align the card with the diagram shown upon the Dash Cam and insert the card until you feel a slight spring resistance. You now need to push the card, using your finger nail until you hear and feel a small click. Release pressure and the card will stay retained within the Dash Cam. If you are having difficulty, use the edge of a small coin.

Notice

  This product complies with the radio interface requirements of the European Community.
This symbol means the product must not be discarded as household waste, and should be delivered to an appropriate and recycling helps protect natural resources, human health and the environment. For more information on disposal and recycling of this product, contact your local municipality, disposal service, or the shop where you bought this product.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user?s authority to operate the equipment.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
  This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Customer Support

Defective or damaged item?
Inaccurate description?
Missing parts or accessories?
Performance or quality not adequate?
Wrong item was sent?

service@azdome.hk
Response in just 12 hours

Contact us before returning the item. We will help you resolve any issue asap.

FCC ID: 2A297-LS01D

Product Car Dashcam
Manufacturer Lingdu Co., Ltd.
Address   1801-1808, HaiYun Building, No. 468, Minzhi Avenue, Longhua New District, Shenzhen, China. 518000
Product Warranty   One-Year Limited Warranty
Customer Support   service@azdome.hk
www.azodmes.com

References

• Best Dash Cam For Car | Wireless Dash Cam – AZDOME Official Stores
• VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN

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