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Smarty BX4000 User Manual

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Summary of BX4000

  • Page 1

    User guide model: bx4000  thank you for purchasing this drive recorder.  before using the drive recorder, please ensure that you read and understand this user guide.  please store the user guide in an easily accessible location.  before connecting and installing this drive recorder, please refer...

  • Page 3: Fcc

    3 fcc information to the user this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment g...

  • Page 4: Caution

    Caution damages due to production malfunction, loss of data, or other damages occurring while using this product shall not be the responsibility of the manufacturer. Although the product is a device used for recording videos, the product may not save all videos in the case of a malfunction. In the c...

  • Page 5: Gps Reception

    Gps reception 1. Activate the product in an area without large buildings to improve gps reception. 2. The temperature range for optimum operation of the gp s receiver in your car is -10 ~ 50°c. 3. When using the product for the first time or after a long period (more than three days), it may take a ...

  • Page 6: Contents

    Contents 1. Smarty bx4000 unit 2. 4gb sd memory card (the pc viewer software is on the provided sd card.) 6 you should have a set of the following items with each bx4000 order. 3. Gps antenna module 4. Remote controller 5. Audio/video output cable 6. Power cable 8. Wire splice clip (5pcs) 7. Camera ...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction front rear 7 sd slot sd door audio/video output external mic input buzzer internal microphone camera 1, 2 input remote control input gps input power input & alarm (car signal) input (turn left, turn right, brake, speed pulse) rear view camera 4 input camera 3 input.

  • Page 8: Intoduction

    Intoduction remote controller 8 record led blue led overwrite led red led shutter button play button panic button audio video output cable video out 1 video out 2 audio out 1 [note] the same screen will be shown through the video out 1 & 2..

  • Page 9: Intoduction

    9 intoduction power & car signal input fuse 250v 3a red(+) black (ground) blue (alarm1) yellow (alarm3) white (speed pulse) green (alarm2).

  • Page 10: Function (Main Unit)

    Function (main unit) automatic start make sure that peripherals, including cameras, are properly connected. Turn on the vehicle power, bx4000 will automatically start. (use the power cable provided.) event recording the event recording will be started automatically by motion detection, alarm1, alarm...

  • Page 11: Sd Memory Card Format

    Sd memory card format remove the power first. Press and hold the [playback] & [panic] button. Then connect the power. Press and hold the [playback] & [panic] more than 2seconds after booting. Then sd card initialization will start. Once complete, all video & log files will be deleted and the configu...

  • Page 12: Operation

    Operation 1. Make sure that the power cable is properly connected and turn on the car power/ignition. 2. Blue led & red led will turn on and slowly blink simultaneously. After boot is complete, the blue led will remain on. Blue led light means bx4000 is now ready for the event recording or has start...

  • Page 13: Operation

    Operation 13 press [play] button then the information osd (the summery of setting) will show up on the monitor as below, to change the live display channel, press [panic] button. The information osd will be turned off automatically after 30 seconds. To turn off the live view, press [play] button or ...

  • Page 14: Operation

    Operation g-sensor calibration 14 g-sensor calibration is needed after installing the bx4000. It detects the installed direction (vertical, horizontal) of the bx4000 for it to accurately record the journey direction. Press and hold [panic] & [shutter] button together and then power on. G-sensor cali...

  • Page 15: Operation

    Operation panic record by panic button 15 the panic recording by [panic] button will start by pressing the [panic] button with one short “beep” sound. Blue led will be blinking during the panic recording. Bx4000 doesn’t make a separate panic file during the continuous recording. It will mark the pan...

  • Page 16: Operation

    Operation playback 16 press and hold [play] button for more than 2seconds. The latest recorded file will playback on the screen. [warning] recording cannot be done during playback. Explanation of playback control button channel change: press [panic] button. Move to the previous file: press and hold ...

  • Page 17: Software User Guide

    Software user guide bx4000 pc viewer guide 17 [pc system requirement] if the pc does not meet the minimum system requirement, the pc viewer may not function properly. Os windows 2000, windows xp windows vista, windows 7 cpu pentium4 2.6ghz or higher ram 512mb or higher interface sd memory card reade...

  • Page 18: Installing Procedures

    Installing procedures 1. Connect the sd card into your pc (if your computer does not have sd card slot use the usb sd card reader) and open the “my computer” 2. Right-click the “driverec4” drive and select [open] 3. Double click [setup.Exe] in the [pcsw] folder. 4. Select the language and then follo...

  • Page 19: Connect Sd Memory Card

    Connect sd memory card 1. Connect sd memory card in to the sd card reader. 2. Run “pc viewer bx4000” 19 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..

  • Page 20: Pc Viewer Setting

    Pc viewer setting 20 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. To see the better quality playback pictures on your pc, check [deblocking] box. To set pc viewer select [file] and then ...

  • Page 21: File Loading

    File loading check the file from the list using mouse or click [all] button. And then click [load] button. 21 check the file [load] button [all] button the event file list recorded by g-sensor motion detection, or alarm1~3. The panic file list recorded by pressing the [panic] button. The continuous ...

  • Page 22: Playback Screen

    Event data search button is enabled when playing back normal recorded files. Display frame/total frames number [nor]: normal recording [g-sensor]: event recording playback screen playback position indicator the yellow mark indicates there is an event triggered by the g-sensor, alarm1~3 or the [panic...

  • Page 23: Playback

    Date & time playback speed ch1 ch2 ch3 volume drag & move the white line to move the playback position . Sing view (ch1, ch2, ch3, ch4) quad view playback buttons pause next image previous image x0.5, 1 play x2, 4, 8, 16 fast forward x0.5, 1 reverse x2, 4, 8, 16 fast reverse 4x4 multi view (thumb-na...

  • Page 24: Playback

    Playback 24 note: pc keyboard hot buttons function pc keyboard hot buttons 1024x768 mode enter return to the previous mode: enter full screen mode alt + 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 spa...

  • Page 25

    The route taken will be displayed on the google map at lower right corner of the software. Google map (event recording file) 25 zoom out to see the route & position on the google map, the gps data should be recorded with video. To see the map, the pc should be connected to the internet. The playback...

  • Page 26: Thumb-Nail Function

    7. Click button for 4x4 multi view (thumb-nail function) click the thumb-nail image to change the playback position. Click right button of mouse to go back to single/quad image playback mode. 8. Click [close] button to quit the event playback. Click [close] to finish the event playback. Then the [pl...

  • Page 27

    Save jpg file & avi file pause the playback and click ‘save image’ icon to make a jpg file. Pause the playback andclick ‘save avi’ icon to make a avi file. ‘save image’ icon ‘save avi’ icon 27.

  • Page 28: Print Images

    Print images print image icon 11. Pause the playback and click ‘print image’ icon. Input [print title] & [print comment] using keyboard. Total print comment window allows up to 7 lines total. 28.

  • Page 29: Create & Print Reports

    Create & print reports 12. Click [print] button in the print preview windows for printing. [print title] & [print comment] & g-sensor graph & map will be printed on the first page. Click [ 2x2 ] and then click [print] to print 4 images in one page. 29 to print ch1~3 together select 1frame only..

  • Page 30: Data Backup

    Data backup 13. Click [backup] icon to backup the files to the pc. [backup] icon check & load [event], [normal], [panic] [log] & [memo] data first, before clicking the [backup] icon. The selected files will appear in the lists in the backup windows. Or check [backup all] and press [start] button to ...

  • Page 31: Drive Recorder Settings

    Drive recorder settings 14. Click [setting drive recorder] icon for setup. [setting drive recorder] icon caution 31 initialize sd card : all data will be deleted and set the configuration of drive recorder will default to the factory settings. Record mode change : all normal recording data or all ev...

  • Page 32: Drive Recorder Settings

    Record mode normal mode: continuous recording will automatically start after booting the bx4000. Event mode: recording by motion detection, g- sensor, alarm1~3 or [panic] button. Motion sensitivity select motion detection sensitivity from 1 to 5. 5 (high): the most sensitive 4 3 (middle): default va...

  • Page 33: Drive Recorder Settings

    Resolution pal: 720x576, 720x288 ntsc: 720x480, 720x240 frame rate 1 camera supports 1~25 fps@ 720x576, 1~25 fps @ 720x288 1 camera supports 1~30 fps@ 720x480, 1~30 fps @ 720x240 2 cameras supports 1~12 fps @ 720x576, 1~25 fps @ 720x288 2 cameras supports 1~15 fps @ 720x480, 1~30 fps @ 720x240 3 cam...

  • Page 34: Drive Recorder Settings

    Drive recorder settings to record the car signal with video, set the alarm configuration as below, to use the alarm as an event trigger, (i.E: so event recording will start when a door is open or meter is on) set the alarm configuration as below, g-sensor setting if g-sensor sensitivity value is too...

  • Page 35: Drive Recorder Settings

    Drive recorder settings to record the exact time, this time zone setting is important. Once you set the time zone, automatically synchronize time using gps time. However manual time setting is also available. 35 vehicle id type in your vehicle id password enter 4 numbers from 1000 to 9999 as a passw...

  • Page 36: Drive Recorder Settings

    36 drive recorder settings before using “car pulse type”, connect the white (speed pulse) cable to the speed pulse line on your car. Please consult your car manufacturer or a car repair shop regarding this connection. To receive the speed from the car using the white (speed pulse) line, select the s...

  • Page 37: Drive Recorder Settings

    37 new sd memory card initializing should be done using tool menu. Step1. Insert new sd memory card into the pc. Step2. Run “pc viewer bx4000” step3. Select [tool] and then click [sd initialize] we recommend the [sd initialize] at least once per month to prevent the bx4000 from any software errors. ...

  • Page 38: Drive Recorder Settings

    15. Click [about] icon to check the product information. About icon drive recorder settings 38.

  • Page 39: Log File Playback

    Log file playback 16. Select [log] tab windows and then check the log from the log list using mouse or click [check all] button. Then click [load] button. Gps speed, g sensor x value, g sensor y value, g sensor z value data can be used to narrow a search for journey information. The small check box ...

  • Page 40

    40 gps log to kml converter (for google earth) to see the whole route on google earth, select a log file and click google earth button. 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 r...

  • Page 41

    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! Http://earth.Googl...

  • Page 42: 1. Preparing Firmware

    Appendix (firmware upgrade) make [program] folder at sd root folder as below, first, upgrade the bx4000 main unit, second, install new pc viewer software on your pc, and then initialize the sd card using new pc viewer software. Copy “bx4000_x.X.X.Bin” file in to the sd card [program] folder. . 1. Pr...

  • Page 43

    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 b...

  • Page 44

    44 recording / storage time table (ntsc) note: this is a guideline only. Actual results may very depending on a variety of factors (video signal, image, etc.).

  • Page 45

    45 recording / storage time table (pal) note: this is a guideline only. Actual results may very depending on a variety of factors (video signal, image, etc.).

  • Page 46

    Condition buzzer no. Buzzer on buzzer off event 1 1 sec - shutter(snap shot) 1 200 msec - press button and then changed mode 1 200 msec - sd card fail continuously stop by pressing [panic] button 500 msec 500 msec sd card full at [one time] record mode continuously 2 sec 2 sec * buzzer specification...

  • Page 47: Specifications

    Specifications 47 model: bx4000 video in ch1- 5v camera in, ch2- 5v camera in, ch3- 5v camera in, ch4- camera in audio in 1ch (internal / external microphone) av out 1 video out, 1 audio out continuous record event record ntsc: 720x480 (30fps) 720x240 (60fps) pal: 720x576 (25fps) 720x288 (50fps) rec...

  • Page 48

    Technical support & warranty technical support for technical support, please contact your local distributor. Limited warranty this product is supplied with 1 year warranty. The warranty excludes products that have been misused, (including accidental damage) and damage caused by normal wear and tear....

  • Page 49: Optional Item

    Dtr-100 dc 5v, cmos camera for bx4000 1/4" cmos digital sensor 310k pixels angle of view: 170° [horizontal(131°) vertical (96 °)] effective pixel: 648 (h) x 488 (v) (ntsc/pal) video out: 1.0 vp-p (composite) min. Illumination: 1 lux operating temperature: -20°c ~ 60°c input voltage: 5v, power consum...

  • Page 50: Optional Item

    Optional item (safe power cable) 50 fuse: 250v 1a model name: dpwr-300 the safe power supply cable will allow you to hard wire the drive recorder series to the fuse box of your vehicle. Connect (+) to the fuse box. It should be connected to an battery circuit. The ground cable should be connected to...

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