Safety Vision PatrolRecorder 4C Installation Manual
PatrolRecorder
™
4C Installation Guide
October 2009
Safety Vision PatrolRecorder™ 4C
Police In-Car Camera and MDVR System
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Installation Guide
Overview
The Safety Vision PatrolRecorder™ 4C Police In-Car
Camera and Mobile Digital Video Recorder (MDVR)
System perform mobile surveillance and evidence
collection using digital recording technology. Components
of the PatrolRecorder™ 4C system are designed for
mobile digital video recording in rugged automotive
conditions.
The PatrolRecorder
™ 4C
system is designed to power
up automatically when the vehicle ignition is on and to
record automatically when sensors are triggered for
events such as activating the light-bar or siren. It is not
necessary for the driver to turn the system on or to
manually initiate or stop recording. (The system can also
be used for shift-based, continuous recording, rather than
event-based recording.)
The PatrolRecorder™ 4C system can be installed and
operated in any vehicle used for law enforcement or
security. The system includes a GPS interface, and an
optional radar interface is available. Programming options
and on-screen display settings can be defined to meet
individual requirements.
The main components of the PatrolRecorder™ 4C
system are:
MDVR, which features both manual event recording
and automatic input trigger recording for 7 input
triggers, plus a vehicle ignition trigger that
automatically powers up the PatrolRecorder™ 4C
system
2.5-inch removable hard drive that stores recorded
data in standard PC file format.
Color monitor with a 5.6-inch TFT LCD screen and an
integrated speaker
Forward-facing camera with speed zoom technology
Rear camera with integrated microphone and infrared
illuminators for better image quality in low light
Ability to add 2 additional wireless camera inputs
Wireless audio system with a line-of-sight operating
range of more than 1,000 feet and a maximum talk
time of 8 hours and standby time of 25 days
Supplied Hardware
The following hardware is supplied with each
PatrolRecorder™ 4C system:
Part Number
Hardware Item
SV-4CHDDVR
Mobile police 4-channel MDVR
SV-40HD
(RHD Model only)
40-GB removable hard drive
SV-4C-GPSCARD
GPS viewer for SV-4CHDDVR
SV-4CPHRNS
Wiring harness for SV-4CHDDVR
ADAP-4PIN/RCA
6-foot audio-video adapter cable (MDVR
output to monitor input)
CAMMOUNTPAN
Swivel mount for forward-facing camera