Setup guide

Mobile DVR DMB-X Installation and Setup Manual v2.5 © Aventura Technologies 2009 Page 29 of 30

5.0 Trouble Shooting

Fault Condition Checks to Perform

Mobile DVR does not power up 1 Is there power to Mobile DVR’s +Ve and

Switched connections?

2 Check if the in-line fuses are blown to

Mobile DVR’s +ve and/or switched

connections?

3 Does the green LED on the

motherboard light up? (can be seen

through the left side of the case?). If

not, and if steps 1&2 above OK, then

swap out PSU.

Mobile DVR posts but does not boot

into Windows

1 Check the Bios menu to ensure that

“Halt on” is set to “No Errors”

Mobile DVR boots into Windows but

does not run the Mobile DVR software

1 Is “PC DVR mobile” available as a

menu option under Start>All

Programs>Start Up

2 Check that the video capture card is

securely in place

3 Is the date/time on the Windows toolbar

out by over a year?

4 Does the Mobile DVR ask for a licence

key?

Mobile DVR not recording 1 Is the 2.5” HDD attached and showing a

blue LED lit up

2 Has the DVR been set to record to the

HDD (found under DVR set-up menu)

3 Check that the required cameras been

set to record in the recording schedule

Footage with yellow time bar 1 Cameras set to motion detect instead of

continuous recording in the recording

schedule menu

“No Video Signal” message on

recordings / live screen

1 Have the pigtails been inserted to the

back of the DVR?

2 Have the cameras been correctly

attached (VID1 – VID4) to the