The Smallest, Wireless, Mobile, and Covert DVR in the World Unpacking Check to make sure that all of the items shown below are included with your SelfGuard. If something is missing, contact your dealer as soon as possible. SELF-GUARD TM General Version: SG-100, SG-200, and SG-300 Special Version: SG-110, SG-210, and SG-310 User’s Guide This product is registered with electromagnetic wave standards and can be used for any place including residential area.
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<< Important Notice >> INTRODUCTION 9 The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. 9 IDView.com has the responsibilities as the manufacturer of Self- 1. Precautions Guard to tell to each distributor that using the Self-Guard unit in the public domain may be in violation of federal privacy statues. 9 General Notice IDView.com assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss ¾ The AC/DC adaptor of this product can be used for both 110V and 220V.
¾ Never cover the AC/DC adaptor with a quilt, blanket, or other cover while it Station, or disconnecting the AC/DC adaptor from the Docking Station is in use, and do not use it near a heater. ¾ ¾ while a data communication operation is being performed. At least once a year, unplug the AC/DC adaptor power cord from the power ¾ Low battery power. outlet and clean the area around the prongs of the plug. Dust build up ¾ Other abnormal operations. around the prongs can create the risk of fire.
power completely. Set the time to 0 to deactivate “AUTO POWER OFF” lens cloth. function. Caution: To maximize the life of the battery, do not turn off “AUTO Others ¾ POWER OFF” function. The Self-Guard may become slightly warm during use. This does not indicate malfunction. Operating conditions ¾ If the exterior of the Self-Guard needs cleaning, wipe it with a soft, dry cloth. This Self-Guard is designed for use in temperatures ranging from -10℃ to +50℃ (14℉ to 122℉).
z 2. Features Programmable Settings for the Option in the Menu – You can configure different values for every option in the menu. Self-Guard is an extremely small digital recording system, which can digitally compress, store, search, and transmit/receive information such as, image and audio captured by z Snapshot Mode z Built-In (128MB) Flash Memory - Free of Data Loss, Images can be recorded the camera and microphone.
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4. Applications z House, Apartment (Residential Areas), Hotel, School/University Facility, Daycare Center, Kindergarten QUICK START GUIDE 1. Charging the Battery z Laboratory, Hospital, Law Office, Museum, Church, Public Library, Commercial z Load the battery into the Self-Guard. Buildings z Plug in the AC/DC adaptor directly into the Power input port of the Self-Guard. z Banks. Jewelry Shop, Restaurants, Department Stores, Liquor Stores, z z Convenience Stores, Book Store, Gas Station 2.
- Before you start to record, be sure to check from the LCD that the camera can 5. Use [△] and [▽] to change the values for each one. - Press [ESC] to stop recording and exit from the “RECORD” mode. 6. Use [◁] and [▷] to move the cursor to “DATE TYPE”. - If you are recording with more than one camera, you can select either a single- 3. Use [△] and [▽] to select “D.DATE/TIME SET” and press [ENT]. capture the sight where you want it to be recorded. 4.
Use [◁] and [▷] to select the date you want, and then press [ENT]. Then the list of saved file appears on the screen as below. If you want to view the previous month then press [△] and press [▽] to view the next month. The list of the month and the year, which has recorded data shows on the screen. All saved data are arranged by the month and the year in a list. If there is no data saved on a month, then that specific month will not be included on the list.
minutes and 35 seconds from channel number 1. For 15224201.sgvx, ‘x’ means the file is locked to protect from deleting. To lock or unlock the file, select “LOCK” and press [ENT]. The locked files are not to be deleted before you unlock it. However, locked files GETTING READY Self-Guard can be deleted if you do the format (“OPTION” mode → “6. MEMORY SET” → “2. FORMAT”). ‘*.sgv’ indicates that it is a data of a moving image. ‘*.sgvx’ indicates that it is a locked moving image, and ‘*.
Memory Card Slot: This is the place where you put in the standard RS-MMC memory sure that this hole is not blocked in order to record the audio. card. If you need to expand the memory from the built-in, internal memory, you can get this from where you have purchased the Self-Guard. This product provides a memory Battery Status & Charge Lamp: This lamp indicates how much of the battery is left. card, which lacks in memory. Lamp with the green color indicates that the battery is full.
GENERAL GUIDE Battery Holder: When you load the battery into the Self-Guard, this place keeps a hold of the battery to the Self-Guard’s body. In order to settle the battery in the Self-Guard, Power ON/OFF you need to place the battery onto the back of the Self-Guard’s body, and push the battery to the upper direction. If you want to detach the battery from the body, then press this holder with your thumb, and pull it in downward direction. Push [ENT] for 2 seconds to turn on the power.
Select “RECORD” with the direction buttons and then press [ENT]. Then it shows the screen that’s being recorded as below, and the Self-Guard starts to record images. When the Self-Guard goes into the “RECORD” mode, then the color of recording status LAMP changes into red from green. When the Self-Guard detects a motion, the color turns into orange. So if the Self-Guard continues to detect motions, then the color alternates between red and orange.
You can check on the camera’s recording location, and the operating status of it with the Self-Guard’s LCD. When using multiple cameras, you can see up to 4 images simultaneously from the LCD. Every time you press [▽] in “1.CAMERA” mode, the image from each channel, which is turned on, appears in order. After the last channel shows up in the LCD, it changes into 4 channel mode automatically, and displays four images from the different cameras at once.
Green colored file name File is stored in USB memory devices. • Green Colored Date: There exists saved data. • Black Colored Date: There exists no saved data. The name of the file is composed of hours, minutes, seconds and the camera’s channel • Pink Colored Date: Cursor position numbers. For example, ‘15373501.sgv’ means that the file has recorded for 10 hours Use [◁] and [▷] to select the date you want, and then press [ENT]. Then the list of saved files appears on the screen as below.
<<: Move backward by 30 frames In 480x480 and 640x480 resolutions, it is possible to magnify the images up to 16 >>: Move forward by 30 frames times (width x 4 and length x 4), and the magnifying order is x 1 → x 4 → x 16. But, in |>: Move forward by 1 frame 240x240 and 320x240 resolutions, you can magnify the images by 4 times only (width ||, ->, => : Stop, Play, High-Speed Play; If you press the [ENT], then the status bar x 2 and length x 2), and the magnifying order is x 1 → x 4.
I-4. OPTION Select “1.CAMERA SET” using the direction buttons, and press [ENT]. Then the next screen appears in the LCD as below. Select “OPTION” using the direction buttons, and then press [ENT]. Then the next In order to return to the previous menu, press [ESC]. screen appears in the LCD as below. Self-Guards have one built-in camera in the front, and can add one more internal Use [△] and [▽] to select an option and press [ENT]. Then the window displays camera in the back.
Be sure to turn off the cameras that are not connected to the Self-Guard in the menu. The types of external cameras can be set either in “NTSC” or “PAL”. Select “8.COLOR SET” to change the brightness(“BRIGHT”), hue(“HUE”), saturation(“SATURATION”), and contrast(“CONTRAST”) of the cameras connected. Press “8.COLOR SET” and press [ENT], then the next screen appears in the menu as below. Select “2.RECORD” using the direction buttons, and press [ENT]. Then the next screen appears in the LCD as below.
160 x 128 1 - 15 4-2-1-1. VIDEO 240 x 240 1 - 12 This function turns on and off recording moving images. 320 x 240 1 - 10 480 x 480 1-5 640 x 480 1-4 Set it to off to record audio only (SG-200, SG-210, SG-300, SG-310 only). 4-2-1-2. QUALITY (Image Quality) There are five image quality levels (LL, L, M, H, and HH). If you set this level to “HH”, then you get more clear images than in other levels, but a larger file size will result.
among from the blocks by using the direction buttons, and press [ENT] to select (red This function turns on and off audio recording function, and you can select either a colored O) or cancel (blue colored -) specific blocks. After selecting all the blocks for built-in microphone or an external microphone. When you turn on “3.
O - O BUILT-IN → USB → BUILT-IN O O O BUILT-IN → RS-MMC → USB → BUILT-IN When “5.FILE LIM.” function is turned OFF, you cannot make “OVERWRITE” function turned ON. To turn ON “OVERWRITE” function, it is required to turn ON “5.FILE LIM.” function first. Memory Usage Sequence when “OVERWRITE” is “OFF” BUILT-IN RS-MMC USB Memory Usage Sequence O - - BUILT-IN → Stop O O - BUILT-IN → RS-MMC → Stop O - O BUILT-IN → USB → Stop O O O BUILT-IN → RS-MMC → USB → Stop 1.
channel gets played from the speaker. If you turn off both for the “b.AUDIO” and “c.BT 4-3. SEARCH SET AUDIO”, then only the video will play without the audio. 4-3-3. BT AUDIO: OFF (SG-300, SG-310 only) You can select one from the 8 options (OFF, BT1 – BT7). If you select OFF for “c. BT AUDIO“, then the Self-Guard does not play the audio recorded by the slave Self-Guard via Bluetooth. If you select one from BT1 to BT7, then “b.
If you turn off the Time Sync function, then it does not synchronize with the time even if you change the channels by pressing [▽], or press “-> (Play)” or “|> (Move forward by 1 frame)” after changing the channel. But, if you switch into 4-channel mode and press “-> (Play)” or “|> (Move forward by 1 frame)”, then the files are synchronized with the exact or closest time regardless of the Time Sync ON, OFF.
When you back up the Self-Guard’s data to your computer, first, copy the data in the Self-Guard to a USB memory device, and then insert that USB memory device to the USB port in the computer to copy the data in USB memory device to the computer. Use only the USB cable provided in the package. It may cause damage to both the SelfGuard and the computer if you connect the Self-Guard to the computer using other USB cables directly. 4-6. MEMORY SET This option turns on and off the USB function.
This information lists total capacity and used memory of each memory device. Select “7.OTHERS” using the direction buttons, and press [ENT]. Then the next screen 4-6-2. DATA FORMAT appears in the LCD as below. “DATA FORMAT” is to format the memories, and clear all the files saved in the memory. Note that this memory format function deletes the files even if they are locked from deleting in “SEARCH”. There are three types of memories you can format; “BUILT-IN”, 4-7-1. PASSWORD SET “RS-MMC”, and “USB”.
You can prohibit people without the authority from accessing the Self-Guard by save the new password. If you press [ESC] after putting in the new values, then the creating a password for each function (BOOTING, OPTION, SEARCH, and RECORD). password cannot be saved. You can turn each function on and off in “CHANGE PWD”. Functions BOOTING When each function is set with a password Put in the password for the Self-Guard to operate when you turn it on.
the Self-Guard wake up and check if there is a motion. If there is no motion then the If this function is on, then the Self-Guard starts to record only if it detects audio not a Self-Guard goes into sleep-mode again, but if there is a motion then the Self-Guard movement, so the Self-Guard does not record even if there is a movement. start to record. This low-powering technology is very important when you are using the battery as Caution: Set it to off when using the Bluetooth.
This function decides on the audio recording methods. If this function is on, then the Self-Guard starts to record sounds when it detects the sounds regardless of the motions detected from the camera. If this value is off, then the Self-Guard starts to record audio only in the case that the Self-Guard detects both the motions by the camera and sounds by the microphone. When this value is set to CON, Self-Guard will record audio continuously regardless of whether it detects an audio or not. 4-7-2-8.
2. TIME: 1 When a motion is detected by the camera then the Self-Guard generates an alarm from the internal speaker. The duration of the alarm is from 0.2 to 9 seconds. 3. TYPE: 1 Set types for the alarm when a motion is detected by the camera. There are 5 different types for the alarm (1 - 5). 4. VOLUME: 2 Set the volume for the alarm when a motion is detected by the camera. There are 9 different levels for the volume (1 - 9). 2.
“UPGRADE” is to upgrade the Self-Guard’s software to its latest version by internet. To This function is to change the values set in all the menus back to its default set. Select access this upgrade function, Self-Guard must be connected with Internet (LAN) or it “YES” and press [ENT] to change all the values to the “DEFAULT SET”. Note that all should have RS-MMC memory card inserted into the unit.
USB memory in order to back up the data to the RS-MMC or USB memory under the correct Self-Guard’s name in the RS-MMC or USB memory devices. Of all the data in the USB memory backed up from the Self-Guards, Self-Guard is designed to search only for the file, which has the same directory name in your Self-Guard and in the RSMMC or USB memory device.
Self-Guard. If the camera channel number you have requested is not turned on, then the slave Self-Guard will send the images of the camera channel which is turned on and nearest to the requested channel number. 3. SLAVE PWD SET If “5.BLUETOOTH” in “a.PASSWORD SET” from “F. OTHERS” is set to ON for the slave Self-Guard and requires you to input password, then you have to put in the correct password to access the slave Self-Guards wirelessly via Bluetooth with your master Self-Guard.
II. Search and Playback Program You can copy the data saved in the Self-Guard to the RS-MMC or USB Memory, and then copy this data to your computer. And you can search and playback the data with this program. After installing the program in your computer, you will see an icon for the program. Point the mouse to this icon, and double-click the left side of the mouse. You will see a window as below. This function is to find the Bluetooth ID for your Self-Guard.
To install the program, double-click SETUP icon. Then a new window appears as below, and starts installing the program. Type in the serial number and you can get this number from the back of your SelfGuard where the battery is placed in.
When the processes above are finished, then the program installment is completed.
Now you will see an icon for the program on the ground screen. Point the mouse to this icon, and double-click left side of the mouse, then a new window appears as below and starts the program. This function enables you to playback the file, which is stored in your computer. You can use the speed bar and the control buttons while you playback the file. Click “Browse” and select the folder and file that you want to playback, and then click “OK”. For example, select “C:\Sellf-Guard\20040701\03050701.
You can decide how many images to be displayed on your computer’s monitor. There II-3. Other functions are 8 displaying modes when viewing the images of the Self-Guard from your computer. If you want to magnify a certain image, then point the mouse to that image and click the left side of the mouse. If you click on that magnified image again, then the image returns to the previous size. g.
III. OTHERS TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE III-1. How to use Button Camera (SG-110, SG-210, SG-310 model only) 1. Press [ENT] for 2 seconds to turn on the power. 2. Connect Self-Guard with Button Camera through the port in the body “Connector z Self-Guard shuts down its power for no reason automatically The Self-Guard automatically turns off the power or goes into the power-savings mode if you don’t press any button for a certain amount of time (1-9 minutes). This does not indicate malfunction of the system.
“TRANSMIT” modes. But the Self-Guards have this “automatic recovery function”, and free the users from the burden. z Warranty Guide This product has passed through quality control and testing. If this product shows any manufacturer’s defects during normal use, then there is a 12 months warranty service Self-Guard’s image from the camera or recorded images are blurred. period from date of purchase. Check this warranty sheet first.
