HD High-Definition USER GUIDE Model: BX1500 / BX1500+ VER 1.0 Thank you for purchasing this Drive Recorder. Please ensure that you read and understand this USER GUIDE and use it before connecting and installing this Recorder. Please store the USER GUIDE in an easily accessible location.
SAFETY ADVICE CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. Please make sure you follow the safety advice/instructions given in the user guide. Caution RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.
GPS Reception 1. Activate the product in an area without large buildings to improve GPS reception. The commercial purpose GPS has the average rage error of more than 15 meters and the range error could be more than 100 meters due to environmental conditions like buildings, roadside trees etc. 2. The temperature range for optimum operation of the GP S receiver in your car is -10 ~ 50°C. 3.
CONTENTS Each BX1500/BX1500+ order includes the following items 1. Smarty BX1500 / BX1500+ unit 2. SD memory card (The PC software is on the provided SD card. The SD card capacity should be at least 4GB.) 3. Power cable (cigarette jack) 4. Video out cable (3m) 5. Wire Splice clip (5pcs) 6.
INTRODUCTION [Adhere tape on bracket] Bracket FRONT Camera Lens Smarty DRIVE RECORDER Internal Microphone Left side DC Power In (DC 12~24V) PWR VIDEO .
INTODUCTION BACK Internal GPS Antenna Record LED BLUE LED SD CARD FORMAT RECORD REC Overwrite SD Card Format Button Record Button Overwrite LED RED LED [Note] Formatting [initializing] SD memory card can be done using SD Card Format Button. However we recommend format [initialize] SD card using the PC Viewer software on your PC.
INSTALLATION Park your vehicle on a flat level surface. Turn off the engine before installing the BX1500 / BX1500+. 1. Insert the SD memory card into the SD card slot. Please make sure to disconnect the power cable when inserting or ejecting the SD memory card. 2. Attach the BX1500/BX1500+ using the provided double sided tape. The surface must be clean and dry before you install. We recommended to install the product behind the rear view mirror on the front windshield.
INSTALLATION 3. Adjust camera view. Make sure the lens has an unobstructed view. Check from outside the vehicle to check the camera angle. Arrange the power cord neatly alongside of the windshield and door pillar trim. Use the provided wire splice clip as seen in the picture on left. 4. The BX1500/BX1500+ requires a continuous 12~24volt power source from the vehicle. Plug in the power. The provided power cord cable route should be from the left side of the BX1500/BX1500+ towards your power source.
FUNCTION Automatic start Connect your vehicle’s power cord to the BX1500/BX1500+ after starting the vehicle. Then BX1500/BX1500+ will be automatically started. (Use the provided power cord.) Notice : The unit will not start recording immediately after power on. It takes around 1 minute for the built-in power backup system to charge. Thereafter, the internal flash memory will be ready to record.
OPERATION When Record Method set as “Event record” 1. Connect your vehicle’s power cable to the BX1500/BX1500+ after starting the vehicle. 2. Blue LED & Red LED will be slowly blinking simultaneously and then Blue LED will remain on. Blue LED light means BX1000/BX1000+ is now ready for the event recording. 3. The event recording will automatically begin by G-sensor with one short “Beep” sound. 4. The manual recording will start by pressing the [RECORD] button.
SOFTWARE USER GUIDE BX1500/BX1500+ PC Viewer Guide [PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENT] Recommended PC specifications for PC Viewer software OS Windows 2000, Windows XP Windows Vista, Windows 7 CPU Pentium4 2.6GHz or higher RAM 512MB or higher Interface SD Memory Card Reader HDD Free space Install 20MB or higher Backup 2GB or higher Display 1,024 x 768 pixel/High Color(16bit) or higher If the PC does not meet the minimum system requirement, the PC Viewer may not function properly.
INSTALLING PROCEDURES PC Viewer software is on the provided SD card. 1. Connect the SD card into your PC (if your computer does not have and SD card slot use the USB SD card reader) and open the “My Computer” 2. Right-click the “HDREC1” drive and select [Open] 3. Double click [SETUP.EXE] at [pcsw] folder. 4. Select the language and then follow the dialog box. 5. The “PCViewer” icon will be displayed on your desktop.
Connect SD memory card 1. Connect SD memory card into your PC’s SD card slot or a USB SD card reader. 2. Run “PC Viewer BX1500” 3. Select [File] and then click “Select Data Folder” or Click [OPEN] button [OPEN] button 4. Select SD memory card folder at the folder select window.
PC Viewer Setting This setting is for the PC Viewer itself. To set the Video Recorder (i.e. resolution, frame rate, etc. refer to page26). [PC Viewer Setting] button The ‘date’ formats and ‘speed’ unit will be set automatically according to the PC Windows setting. However it can be changed with this PC viewer setting menu. Simple Mode Check Simple Mode and press [OK] button. Then PC Viewer skin will change to Simple Mode PC Viewer skin.
Select file for playback When Record Method set as “Event record” Check the event “Switch” means recording was activated by button “G-Senor” means recording was activated by impact Check all files Button Blank means previous event file is more than 1 min. Load Button When Record Method set as “Normal record” Check the file Normal means continuous recording The maximum duration is 3 minutes. Check all files Button Load Button 5.
FILE LOADING 6.
ICONS ON PLAYLIST This file includes GPS data. This file resolution is SXVGA (1280x960). This file resolution is VGA (640x480). This file recorded by G-Sensor. This file recorded by Record button. This file recorded by Normal (Continuous) record.
PLAYBACK SCREEN When Record Method set as “Normal record” Display frame/Total frames number Event area marking by G-sensor or button (5 seconds per each event) Google Map location data only available with BX1500+ model Playback Icons Playback position indicator This file recorded by Normal (Continuous) record. This file recorded by G-Sensor. This file recorded by Record button. This file resolution is SXVGA (1280x960). This file resolution is VGA (640x480).
PLAYBACK 7. Click play button for playback. Click & Drag the white bar to move the playback position. Volume & Brightness Before 20seconds Compass (Moving Direction) After 20seconds Event Playback buttons X2, 4, 8, 16 Fast Reverse X0.5, 1 Play X0.
PLAYBACK NOTE: PC Keyboard hot buttons Function PC Hot Keys 1280x768 mode Enter Return to the previous mode: Enter Playback speed control Ctrl + F 0.5 => 1 Reverse playback speed control Ctrl + B 0.5 => 1 Pause / Play Space Previous Image → direction button.
Google maps (Supported by “BX1500+” model only) The route taken will be displayed on the Google maps at lower right corner of the software UI. To see the route & position on the Google map, the GPS data should be recorded with video. To see the map, the PC must be connected to the Internet. The playback position will be shown on the map with an arrow. The blue markings show the route taken. Double click the blue mark to change the video playback position to that point.
Thumb-nail Function 7. Click the button for 4x4 multi view (Thumb-nail function) Click the thumbnail image to change the playback position. Click right the mouse button to single image playback mode. 8. Click [Close] button to quit the playback. Click [Close] to finish the playback. Then the [PlayList] window will be changed to the initial status.
Save as JPG & convert video to AVI file 9. Pause the playback and click ‘Save Image’ icon to make a JPG file. ‘Save Image’ icon 10. Click the ‘Save AVI’ icon to make an AVI file.
Printing an event report 11. Pause the playback and click the printer icon. Printer icon Type in the Title [Print Title] & any comments [Comment] using the Keyboard. The ‘Print Comment’ window allows up to 7 lines total.
Make Report 12. Click [Print] button in the print preview windows for printing. The File Name [Print Title], Comment [Print Comment], G-sensor graph & map (for BX1500+ Model only) will be printed on the first page. Click [ 2x2 ] and then click [Print] to print 4 images per page.
Backup Event/Log files 13. Click [Backup Event/Log files] icon to backup the files to the PC. [Backup Event/Log files] icon Select [Event data] or [Normal data] and select [Log data] first, before clicking the [Backup Event/Log files] icon. Then the selected Event, Normal, and Log data files are backed up on Windows to your preferred destination.
Drive Recorder Settings 14. Click [Recorder Setting] icon for setup. [Recorder Setting] icon Caution Backup the SD data first, before clicking initializing the SD card. The old data is removed when you save new settings. Record Mode Event Mode (Automatically starts Recording by Gsensor event or Record Button) Normal Mode (Is always recording when powered by 12V) Writing Mode Overwrite (The oldest data is overwritten when the SD memory is full.
Drive Recorder Settings Beep on record “Beep” sound ON/OFF when Event recordings are started G-sensor setting Check simple setting mode and then change the sensitivity. High sensitivity (8 or 9) means recording will be started at very low impact. Date/Time Automatically synchronize with GPS time. However Manual time setting is also available. Initialize SD card The SD configuration of the Drive Recorder will default to the factory settings. All video and GPS data will be deleted.
Drive Recorder Settings G-Sensor setting If G-sensor sensitivity value is high (8 or 9), it may be too sensitive, it will detect even a light impact or light turn. If Gsensor sensitivity value is a low setting (1 or 2), it might not detect a notable incident. Sensitivity should be set in consideration of a vehicle’s suspension and also the road condition. [BX1000] doesn’t have the GPS time sync. function. So please click the manual time setting, and set your time before installing it in your car.
Simple Mode Viewer With this option, the video is maximized and a panel of video previews appears in the right panel.
Product Information 15. Click [About] icon to check the product information.
LOG FILE PLAYBACK 16. Select [LOG] windows and then check the log from the log list using mouse or click [Check All] button. Then click [Load] button. Log data Log data will be recorded during driving even if there are no events or video. The maximum amount of log data saved is 60MB. The log data overwrites the oldest data when 60MB is reached.
GPS LOG TO KML CONVERTER (for Google Earth) Google Earth icon To see the whole route on Google Earth, select a log file and click Google Earth button. (BX1500+ only) STEP1. Install the Google Earth on your PC. It is free of charge. (http://earth.google.com/ ) STEP2. Check the log file STEP3. Click Google Earth button Then the route will be exported to Google Earth, which will automatically launch.
Google Earth Cont’d Google Earth lets you import the log data and save routes, add place marks (i.e. customer pick up locations, or other points of interest), add driving routes (to compare with the actual route taken, and it lets you save it all within Google Earth for easy and free data management! You can view and download Google Earth tutorials and user guides here: http://earth.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide_toc.
SPECIFICATIONS Image sensor 1/4" CMOS Digital Sensor 1.
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Technical Support & Warranty TECHNICAL SUPPORT For Technical Support, please contact your local distributor. LIMITED WARRANTY This product is supplied with 1 year warranty from date of sale. The Warranty excludes products: That have been misused, (including accidental damage) and damage caused by normal wear and tear. In the unlikely event that you encounter a problem with this product, it should be returned to the place of purchase.
Optional Accessory (Permanent Power Cable) Model name: DPWR-100 The permanent power supply cable will allow you to hard wire the Smasrty BX series to the fuse box of your vehicle. ① Recorder ② Fuse box (+) Fuse: 250V 1A ③ Ground Connect (+) to the reserve fuse. It should be connected to power that is initiated with engine start. (i.e. radio) The ground cable should be contacted to the car body/chassis.
Optional Accessory (Permanent Power Cable) Model: LNB-100 The Locking cover can protect the SD card from unwanted removal or tampering. LNB-100 includes: A locking cover, an end block with twoposition lock, and barrel key. End block must be adhered with super glue.
APPENDIX (Firmware Upgrade) First, upgrade the BX1500/BX1500+ main unit, Second, install new PC viewer software on your PC, and then initialize the SD card using new PC viewer software. [NOTE] To get the upgrade firmware, please contact your local distributor. New firmware is released occasionally by D-Teg. 1. Preparing Firmware Make [program] folder at SD root folder as below, Copy “BX1500_X.X.X.bin” file in to the SD card [program] folder. . 2.
APPENDIX (Upgrade) 3. Uninstall the old version PC Viewer from the PC PC Windows [Start] => [Control panel] And uninstall [PCViewer] 4. Install the new PC Viewer Run setup.exe and install the new PC Viewer X.X.X.X Note: After installation the new PC Viewer, initialize the SD card. The new software will automatically be copied to [pcsw] folder at SD card. To initialize the SD card.
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