StreetCam Vehicle recorder, User Manual

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Page 2: ... x202 Email customer_service mystreetcam com LEGAL NOTICE Copyright 2010 StreetCam All rights reserved Acrobat is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Microsoft and Microsoft Windows registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation The information contained in this guide is subject to change without notice This manual was last modified on 06 7 2010 As our products are subject to cont...

Page 3: ...TCAM 14 INSTALLING AN EMERGENCY BUTTON 15 RECORDING WITH STREETCAM 16 STREETCAM VIEWER INSTALLATION 17 STREETCAM VIEWER MAIN SCREEN 18 PLAY MODES 20 ENABLING GOOGLE MAPS VIEW 22 OTHER SCREEN OPTIONS 23 STREETCAM CONFIGURATION 23 SETTINGS 30 USER S DIRECTION 31 TROUBLESHOOTING 34 HELPFUL HINTS 35 TIPS FOR USING GPS 36 TIPS FOR USING SD MEMORY CARD 37 TROUBLESHOOTING 38 ...

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Page 6: ...vehicle s interior and driver s view Viewing angles Driver view camera 120 field of view In Car view camera 175 field of view H 264 video compression for high quality compact video files Record driving events and pinpoint the location of the event using Google Maps Internet connection required Integrated GPS antenna impact sensor and microphone Automatically tags recording if an emergency event oc...

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Page 8: ...x x exe file on the CD 2 Double click the StreetCam 3 x x exe file The installer window appears Click Next 3 Read and scroll to the very bottom of the software User Agreement Select the I accept the agreement box and click Next Figure 1 4 The Select Installation Method window appears Choose Automatic Installation or Man ual Installation and click Next 5 Click Finish when program installation compl...

Page 9: ...g in window prompt The default login is admin The default password is left blank 4 Click setup The Setup window opens 5 In the Systems tab under Standard time zone select your time zone and daylight savings settings Click OK The Save As window appears 6 Locate the SD memory card reader directory Click Save NOTE Make sure that you save the JDF file onto your SD memory card and NOT onto your PC hard...

Page 10: ... Emergency Extension 10 MIC 3 Inner View Camera 11 Front View Camera 4 IR LED 12 Video Out Port 5 CDS daylight Sensor 13 GPS Connector 6 Recording LED 14 Serial Port 7 GPS LED 15 Channel Switch 8 Power LED 16 Power Cable Connector Product Key ...

Page 11: ...NSOR Impact detection and recording GPS SENSOR Instantly records after sudden acceleration and breaking RECORDING MEDIA SDHC Memory card Class 6 Max 32GB Default 4GB LENS Driver view 120 and In car view 175 Wide angle IR LED 850n 6PCS with CDS Sensor VIEWER Windows XP VISTA support POWER DC 12V 24V enable Car Battery OPERATING TEMPERATURE 0 50 C maintain temperature 25 85 C HUMIDITY 10 95 WEIGHT 1...

Page 12: ... the mounting bracket into the side of the StreetCam labeled GPS c Slide mounting bracket upwards on the back of the device The mounting bracket locks in place d Connect the car adapter to the StreetCam and cigarette lighter 3 Mount the STREETCAM a Orient the unit upright Firmly press the mounting bracket onto the windshield Hold for three seconds to secure b Loosen the screws on the mounting brac...

Page 13: ...n GPS antenna DOES NOT act as a portable navigation system The purpose of the GPS antenna on the mounting bracket is to track your location and transmit the information to the SDHC memory card only See Enabling Google Maps View 3 Mounting Bracket Screws Tightens and loosens the mounting bracket elbow Twist screws clockwise to tighten counter clockwise to loosen 4 Mounting the StreetCam at the corr...

Page 14: ...ower up REMINDER The mounting bracket adhesive has a powerful bond to surfaces Double check the mounting position before securing in place 4 The Driver View Camera adjusts to three angles Push cam era up or down to lock in place Adjust the angle of the mount ing bracket by loosening the screws on the side 5 Tighten screws to secure position NOTE The StreetCam takes 30 seconds to start up Wait for ...

Page 15: ...rgency for easy searching in the StreetCam Viewer Emergency recordings capture video at 30 frames per second FPS for enhanced detail Place the emergency button extension where you can easily reach Installing an Emergency Button Using the Emergency Button The emergency button engages the StreetCam to record at maximum quality and marks the event as Emergency when viewing the file in the StreetCam v...

Page 16: ... power Before recording familiarize yourself with how the StreetCam records events The StreetCam comes with a built in video out port You can hook up a portable monitor not included to view what the StreetCam re cords in real time This ensures that you have the best possible recording angle Fig 2 How the STREETCAM Interprets Bumps and Impacts When your vehicle goes over a bump or receives a sudden...

Page 17: ...Operating System OS is VISTA right click the mouse and install Foreign languages are provided and the program will be translated according to the PC s OS Click Finish StreetCam Viewer will automatically launch For more information refer to the Before You Begin section on page 8 of the user manual ...

Page 18: ... the password are forgotten StreetCam recommends writing down the ID and Password and storing it in a safe place Be sure to insert the SD card into the StreetCam s SD card slot while driving recording To play video pull out the SD card from the StreetCam and insert it into your PC s card reader You will have to enter the ID and password on StreetCam viewer Click on the Settings Icon and then the U...

Page 19: ...19 StreetCam Viewer Main Screen Continuted 1 Event Searching Button 6 Open Files 2 Minimize 7 Backup to JDF AVI JPEG BMP 3 Maximize 8 Configuration 4 Shut Down 9 Print 5 Play Buttons 10 E map Open ...

Page 20: ...ns X axis Front Rear movement Y axis Left Right movement Z axis Up Right movement G Sensor Graph When the event happens the impact level of left right up down front rear will display Event Data will be shown here automatically ...

Page 21: ...ond event Play Modes Event search icon divides event categories When you click the event button the video playback stops and the event search window box will pop up Search by checking the incident type in the corresponding box The application will then display a result list for your selected incident types If there is no data for your selected incident type a warning box will pop up ...

Page 22: ...ocation of an event Full screen viewing mode disables Google Maps View To start Google Maps view click the play icon on the Google Maps window Google Maps connects and shows the current location of the vehicle on the map 2 different types of maps are available Map Hybrid NOTE Google Maps requires an internet connection to retrieve map data ...

Page 23: ...yback the recorded video data Open Back Up Buttons Back up Save the a picture or video file Insert the SD memory card into your card reader or computer and then select the drive from the list Choose the data you wish to view then Click OK Browse for the directory you wish to save your picture in Click OK ...

Page 24: ...ent Setting frames of event during an event Resolution Recording resolution can be set to Very high high normal low or very low Resolution will depend on SD memory capacity Default frames Normal 15 Event 20 Very high resolution Event frame must be higher than normal frame when it s set up With very high resolution the best supported frame is 20 frames per second 1 1 ...

Page 25: ...ly the normal mode data saved on to the SD card from the beginning 4 Standard time zone Set the appropriate time for your area Please set the time zone be fore recording The time zone is not set before recording 5 Auto Reboot If you connect StreetCam to the battery of the car for continuous operation we recommend you to select the auto reboot feature to preserve stable operation 6 Km Miles choose ...

Page 26: ... occurs Post alarm 10 30 seconds recording after event occurs 3 Speeding Sets the over speed limit Once the set speed limit has been exceeded the de vice will begin recording Km or Miles are shown according to preferences 4 Impact Configures G Sensor sensitivity 5 Load file Saves the configuration settings onto your PC 6 Default Restores factory default settings Setup Event 1 3 4 5 2 6 ...

Page 27: ...fo If security is needed for the recorded data on the SD card you can restrict access by creating a separate ID and password Caution Recorded data will not be accessable if the ID and the password are forgotten We recommend writing down the ID and Password and storing in a safe place ...

Page 28: ...utomatically detected Do not change the File System Allocation Unit and Format options in from the default settings as shown on the right Street Cam works at optimal performance using the default set tings Click Start to format the drive After formatting SD card please insert it into StreetCam and connect the power Three folders data update config automatically create and a system cgg file which h...

Page 29: ... your SD card for cor rupt data and remove it When Restoration begins a DOS win dow will open After restoring the SD card the DOS window automatically closes This tab is used for Restoring or Formatting a SD card If your unit stops recording properly restoring can reset the SD card back to the original state at time of purchase However any data stored on the card will be lost ...

Page 30: ...ation for your StreetCam In the event of a warranty claim or questions about your specific StreetCam product you will need this infor mation Also please refer to this panel in the event of a new software release or update to be certain you have the most up to date version ...

Page 31: ... PC and click Print to print out CH 1 In car view image CH 2 Driver view image This button enables you to print out pictures of video data When this button is clicked the moving video stops and a picture of the on screen view can be printed out ...

Page 32: ... screen shot has not been tampered with To create a Watermark Under Select Image click BMP Watermark and click OK Watermarks A Watermarked image that has NOT been tampered with shows a large green circle on the image A Watermarked image that HAS been tampered with shows a large red X on the image Execute the watermark Proof Program to view your file It is located in Folder C Program Files StreetCa...

Page 33: ...event at a time Click the video you wish to backup from the Event browser 2 Click Back up to open the backup screen 3 Select AVI and click OK The Backup Data Settings window opens 4 Select the channel you wish to back up under Select Channel Inside Cam or Outside Cam 5 Select the checkbox under Audio ON OFF to enable or disable sound 6 Click the browse button under Backup Data Path to select the d...

Page 34: ...cess outlined below 3 Run StreetCam viewer See page 17 18 4 Open configuration and change the setting See page 24 29 5 Close the StreetCam viewer and take out the SD memory card 6 Insert SD memory card into StreetCam and turn on the power 1 Take out SD memory card from the StreetCam unit 2 Insert SD memory card into the PC ...

Page 35: ...OWER LED lights will be lit while upgrading Be sure to backup your data before overwriting the SD card STREETCAM will be overwritten when the memory is full All 3 LED lights will light up prior to the start up of the device Insert SD memory card the proper way prior to starting the device A beeping sound will be heard when inserting or removing the SD memory card from the device ...

Page 36: ...32 at least once in a month Provided SD memory card is strictly for STREETCAM use only Putting other files on the memory card could potentially cause damage Please use SDHC card reader only Make sure to turn off the device before taking out the SD memory card Compatibility table These cards meet the recommended specifications SDHC Class 6 Transcend SDHC Class 6 LG SDHC Class 6 SanDisk Ultra II SDH...

Page 37: ...he satellite recalculation takes time Recalculating will take longer depend ing on the time difference from the last stored GPS data see calculation estimates below NOTE The built in GPS antenna DOES NOT act as a portable navigation system The pur pose of the GPS antenna on the mounting bracket is to track your location and transmit the information to the SDHC memory card only Recalculation Estima...

Page 38: ...Objects recorded are blurry Wipe and clean the camera lens with a soft fabric For the best result clean the camera lens on a regular basis If you still encounter problems please contact your distributor or retailer No night view Please contact your distributor or retailer Product reboots after inserting SD memory card Please format the SD memory card GPS map not working Check for internet connecti...