TELEFUNKEN TF-DVR23HD Car Video Recorder Instruction Manual

TELEFUNKEN TF-DVR23HD Car Video Recorder

Dear customer

Thank you for purchasing our product. For safety, it is strongly recommended to read this manual carefully before connecting, operating and/or adjusting the product and keep the manual for reference in the future.

Utilization of the product

If you want to dispose this product, do not mix it with general household waste. There is a separate collection system for used electronic products in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment, recovery and recycling. Please contact your local authorities for the correct method of disposal. By doing so, you will ensure that your disposed product undergoes the necessary treatment, recovery and recycling and thus prevent potential negative effects on the environment and human health.

Important safeguards

• Read carefully through the manual to familiarize yourself with this unit.
• Keep this manual handy as a reference for operating procedures and precautions. Do not allow persons who have not read through this manual to use this unit.
• Connect this unit only to the vehicle lighter jack of your car with +12-24 V DC power. If the voltage is too high, it may cause damage to this unit.
• Careful handling of the unit can prolong its operation life.
• Fully charge the battery before the first use.
• To ensure a longer battery life fully discharge and charge it several times before using.
• Due to variety of car lighter jack sizes depending of vehicle type, ensure that this unit is properly contacted in the lighter socket.
• The unit should be used only with the original accessories included. The Manufacturer is not responsible for possible damage of this unit cause by using other accessories than those provided by the Manufacturer.
• Should this product fail to operate properly, contact your local dealer?

Controllers

Back panel

1. Reset button (hole)
2. Display
3. OK button
4. DOWN button
5. Parking monitoring button
6. UP button
7. BLOCK button
   • Side panels
8. POWER button
9. MicroSD slot
10. M button
11. USB port
12. AV output
13. HDMI output
    • Front panel
14. Speaker
15. Camera lens
16. LED light

Operations

Mounting

• Insert the fixing pins on the top of the stand into the bracket holding holes in the bottom of the unit and move the unit backward until a click to fix it tightly to the bracket.
• Press the suction cup to a surface in the car, then push it along the bar to the windshield. Make sure the stand is fixed properly to the surface.
• You can adjust the angle of the stand by loosening the washer and bending the assembly knot.
• To unmount the stand, pull it towards you, then lift the plastic ear on the suction cup.

Power and charging

To charge the battery of this unit connect its USB port to the PC with the supplied USB cable, or connect it to a car lighter socket with the supplied car adapter. The power icon on the bottom right corner of the display indicates the remaining battery power.

Recording

• Before you start recording, insert a MicroSD memory card into the memory card slot of this unit until a click. Insert the card with correct side. After the card is inserted the device will turn off in order to preserve the information. Press POWER button to turn it on again.
• MicroSD capacity supported: up to 32 GB, class 4 or higher. For correct and satisfactory operation, licensed MicroSD memory cards of famous brands should be used with this unit. Avoid using memory cards of unknown brands.
• Auto recording: After you connect the unit to car power source, recording will be started automatically. After you disconnect the power source, the unit will continue recording according to the settings.
• Manual recording: Press the POWER button to switch on the unit (press and hold it again if you want to switch off the unit). In recording mode the top left corner of the display shows the camera symbol indicating that the unit is ready for recording. Press OK button to start recording. Press this button again to stop recording.
• Taking photos: Press OK button in recording mode to take photos.
• While recording, the recording time is shown in white figures in the top right corner of the display. The unit will save video files automatically after each 1, 2 or 3 minutes (see “Setup“ paragraph below for more details). When the memory card is filled, old files will be deleted and the new files will be recorded instead. Press OK button to stop and to continue recording.
• When the environmental lighting is not bright enough, the unit will automatically activate the LED lights in the front panel of the unit (if this function is set to Auto mode; see “Setup“ paragraph for more details).
• Before removing the memory card stop recording. Press on the card until a click to remove it.
• Motion detector recording is available after you switch on this item in the setting menu (see “Setup“ paragraph below for more details). The unit will go to recording mode if there is image motion in front of the lens. When a motion is detected, the unit will start to record a video fragment (no matter whether there is motion or not during the recording period), after the fragment is recorded, the unit comes to standby mode till a motion is detected again.
• G-sensor. If overload resulting from an impact exceeds the setup value (1 g = 9.8m/ s^2; see “Setup“ paragraph below for more details), the current video fragment will be automatically protected from re-recording.
• SOS function. When you press the Block button during video recording, the current fragment will be protected from re-recording.
• During recording press UP to mute the sound, press DOWN to force screen to shut off.

Playback mode

• Stop the recodrinf and press M to enter playback mode. Press UP/DOWN button to choose the file. Press OK button to play the selected file. Press OK button to stop or resume playback.
• In file playback mode select a file, then hold the M button. A menu will appear in which you can select to delete, protect or slide show the file. Select either option, then press OK button to confirm.

AV output and HDMI output

• Connect this unit (AV out) to an external audio-video device (e.g. car TV) with the supplied audio-video cable. Now this unit can be used as audio and video signal source for the external device.
• Connect the HDMI output of this unit to an external audio-video device (e.g. car TV) with a HDMI cable (not supplied). Now this unit can be used as high-quality digital signal source for the external device.

Setup

In recording mode hold the M button to choose the needed operation mode (Video/ Photo/Playback). Press M to enter the setupmenu for the current mode. In the menu press UP/DOWN buttons to select settings. Press OK button to go to adjustment of the selected setting; select options with cursor button and press OK button to confirm.

Some menu items may be in grey color, in this case they are not adjustable. The menu in your unit may be changed without prior notice and hence be different from the menu described below.

General system setup

• Date/Time: set the current year, month and day by pressing UP/DOWN buttons and pressing OK button to confirm.
• LDW: select a parameter
  • [ ON/OFF / CAR TYPE /SENSITIVITY / AREA
  • CHOICE / START SPEED / ON/OFF SOUND ]
• Auto Power Off: 1m/2m/5m: select the time period after which the unit will automatically switch off or disable this function.
• Beep Sound: enable or disable beeping sounds when pressing buttons on the unit.
• Delay Off: Off/30s/1m/3m: select the time period after switching the car ignition off when the unit will continue recording or disable this function.
• Language: select the system language.
• TV Mode: NTSC/PAL.
• Frequency: 50 Hz/60 Hz.
• Lamp Setting: Off/On: turn the infrared lights on or off during recording in dark environments.
• Backlight: Off/1m/3m/5m: Select the time period after which the unit will automatically switch off the screen backlight.
• Format SD card: select this option to format the inserted SD card.
  • WARNING: all data on the card will be deleted.
• Default Setting: select OK to reset all settings to default values.
• Version: check the current firmware version info.

Video setup

• Resolution: select video resolution: 1080P 1920×1080 / 720P 1280×720 / WVGA 848×480 / VGA 640×480.
• Loop Recording: 1min/2 min/3 min Select the maximum record cycle time.
• Exposure: adjust the image exposure.
• Motion Detection: Off/On. Activate or deactivate the motion detection function.
• Record Audio: Off/On. Activate or deactivate the recording of sound for video recording.
• Date Stamp: Off/On. Enable or disable the display of the current date on the recorded video.
• G-SENSOR: 2G/4G/8G. Adjust the G-sensor sensitivity or turn this feature off.

Photo setup

• Capture Mode: Single/2S Timer/5S Timer/10S Timer. Select the delay period after which the photo will be taken automatically.
• Resolution: 12M (40323024) / 10M (36482736) / 8M (32642448) / 5M (25921944) / 3M (20481536) / 2M (19201080) / 1.3M (1280960) / VGA (640480) Select the size and resolution of the image.
• Sequence: Off/On. Activate or deactivate sequential image capture.
• Quality: Fine/Normal/Economy. Select the image quality.
• Sharpness: Soft/Normal/Strong. Select the image sharpness mode.
• White Balance: select the white balance mode: Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/Tungsten/ Fluorescent.
• ISO: Auto/100/200/400. Adjust ISO sensitivity.
• Exposure: adjust the image exposure.
• Anti-Shaking: Off/On. Enable or disable the anti-shaking feature
• Quick Review: Off/2 seconds/5 seconds. Select a period of showing the photo on the display after it was taken.
• Date Stamp: Off/Date/Date Time. Activate or deactivate showing of date on the photo.

Playback mode setup

• Delete: Delete Current/Delete All. Select “OK“ to delete or “Cancel“ to cancel.
• Protect: Lock Current/Unlock Current/Lock All/Unlock All. Enable or disable the protection of files from manual deleting or overwriting.

Accessories

• Video recorder: 1 pc
• Car adaptor: 1 pc
• MiniUSB-USB cable: 1 pc
• Stand: 1 pc
• Instruction Manual: 1 pc

Specifications

• Lens view angle: 120°
• Display: color TFT LCD, 2.3”
• Video resolution: 19201080 (interpolation); 1280720, WVGA 848×480, VGA 640×480
• Video record format: AVI, codec MJPEG
• Audio format: PCM
• Photo format: JPG
• Interfaces: miniUSB (2.0)/Mini-HDMI out/AV out 200 mAh
• Built-in battery: 200 mAh
• Operation period: 30 min
• Nominal voltage: 5 V; 1 A
• Power consumption: 5 W
• Motion detector: +
• Cycled recording: +
• G-sensor: +
• Max record fragment: 1/2/3 minutes
• Memory: microSD memory card support, up to 32 GB
• Operation temperatures: 0°c – +40°c
• Storage temperatures:  -10°c – +60°c
• Humidity: 15 – 85%
• Unit dimensions: 33 х 72 х 62 mm
• Net/Gross weight: 0,05 kg/0,290 kg

Specifications are subject to change without notice. Weights are approximate.

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