Mini DVR Pro
™
Manual, Fast Forward Video, Inc.
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LED Operation
The action described below occurs immediately when the button is pressed.
LED Operation
MODE ACTION LED
DISPLAY
Pass-Thru
Pause
1
High - 0.1 Sec. per Sec. - Single short blink per second.
Pass-Thru Record
1
High Output - LED On.
Playback
Stop
2
High - 0.1 Sec. per Sec. - Single short blink per second.
Playback
Play (1:1)
2
High Output - LED On.
Playback
Forward - non 1:1
2
LED high in a pattern short, short, long, short
Playback
Reverse - non 1:1
2
LED high in a pattern short, long, short
Confirm Video Delete
1 & 2
Alternate short blinks.
Pass-Thru
At Record Start
3
High for 3 seconds.
Pass-Thru
At Record Stop
3
High for (3) 0.3 second pulses separated by 1 second
USB Operation
The USB connection is used to view recorded video using the QuickTime player on a computer. The files
must be recorded using the FAT32 Disk format and the QT file format. The drivers are included in
Windows 2000 and Windows XP for the connection. The drive should show up as an external drive when
the USB cable is connected and the DVR is powered On, unless the unit is in Record. The DVR will not
allow USB access when recording since all data on the drive could be damaged / deleted by doing so.
Connecting the USB cable during Play will Stop the DVR because the DVR and the USB cannot access
the drive simultaneously.
The files containing video will have long filenames the same as the clip title and this numerical
information to separate multiple files of the same clip AAAABB, where the ‘AAAA’ and ‘BB’ are
hexadecimal numbers; the digits ‘BB’ increment from lower to higher for as many files as are in one clip.
All other files on the drive are not video files, and therefore, are not playable. The FAT32 format limits file
size to 2 GB. Long video clips will span file boundaries.
Video requires a fast computer to play smoothly in real time. If your video does not play smoothly,
QuickTime Pro has a setting under the Movie tab to Play all frames. This slows the video to the speed of
the computer, but shows all of the frames recorded.
Audio in QuickTime files is Single Channel from the Left Input.
Trigger Operation
External trigger connections (part of I/O connector) allow the user to start and stop the DVR by taking the
following action:
Input #
Pin # Action Required DVR Response
1 2 Close Momentary Ground Start Record
2 9 Close Momentary Ground Stop Record
