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A1 A1 For Customer Service, Please Contact: ©2 014 Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 West Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 USA www .cobra.com English Protect • Re-live • Share Important Information Customer Assistance Safe Driving Motorists, as well as operators of emergenc y or service vehicles, are expected to exercise all due cautio[...]
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English A2 A3 21 Product Featur es Controls Indicators and Connections Congratulations! Y ou’ve made a smart choice by purchasing a Drive HD Dash Cam from Cobra. This booklet describes the simple steps for mounting, setting up, and using your dash camera. Records everything you see and hear in 1080P Full HD with high dynamic range that optimizes [...]
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1 Contents Introduction Introduction Important Information .................................. A1 Customer Assistance .................................. A1 Controls, Indicators and Connections ..................... A2 Product Features .................................... A3 Y our Device What’ s in the Box ...................................... 2 I[...]
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English 2 3 Installation • Where to Mount Y our Unit Y ou will get optimum perfor mance from your camera if you mount it on the front windshield, behind the rear -view mirror . This will minimize the impact on the driver’ s line of sight. Y ou’ll also want to keep the camera centered and angle the bracket to optimize the camera’ s view of t[...]
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English 4 5 Device Operation Powering the Device On and Off T o turn the device on, press the POWER button. T o turn the device off, press and hold the POWER button for three seconds. Charging the device Y ou can charge the device with the included car charger , or with a USB cable . The device will also run off of its own internal batter y for a s[...]
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English 6 7 Device Operation T o Start and Stop recording video, press the RECORD button The Red Record Dot starts ashing or stops ashing, and the record duration changes to display total time recorded. Video Mode • Video Mode is the primary function of this device and allows you to easily record HD video of the road ahead of you. Continuou[...]
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English 8 9 T o digitally zoom in or out Press and hold the UP or DOWN buttons. The image zooms in or out, and indicates the zoom factor on the screen. (1x - 4x) Still Photo Mode • T o take a picture Press the RECORD button. The screen ashes black and the image briey freezes to show that a picture was taken. This device can be used to captu[...]
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English 10 11 T o play or pause video playback Press the RECORD button. The video will begin playing or pause playback, and the Play / Pause icon will toggle . T o Fast forward or rewind the video Press the UP or DOWN buttons. The video will begin playing faster or rewind, and the playback speed will show on the screen as 2X, 4X, etc . T o return t[...]
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English 12 13 Device Operation Y our Dash Cam Video Protection Scr een T o Lock a video or image while in playback mode Press the MENU button to bring up the Playback menu. Press the down arrow until PROTECT is highlighted, and press MODE to conrm. T o protect just one le, highlight the icon with the open book and the key , then press MODE to[...]
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English 14 15 Adjusting Camera Settings Note: If you are currently recording video ( ) you’ll need to stop recording with the RECORD button rst. While in VIDEO mode , press the MENU button once to enter the menu selection screen. V erify that Video Settings is selected, then press MODE to conrm. Press the UP and DOWN arrows to select the se[...]
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English 16 17 Adjusting Camera Settings T o Adjust General Settings • General Settings Beep Sound If you don’t want the device to beep on every button press, turn this option OFF . Idle Power Off Once po wer is removed from the device , it automatically shuts down. This option lets you set how many seconds to wait befor e shutting down. Date/Ti[...]
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English 18 19 Connecting to a Computer Y our Dash Cam T o connect your camera to a Computer • Connect the camera to your computer using the included USB to Mini-USB Cable . By default, your device connects to your computer in Mass Storage mode , and acts like a ash drive . Videos can be viewed with any standard video player that supports .avi [...]
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English 20 21 Troubleshooting Y our Dash Cam T roubleshooting • If your unit does not appear to be operating properly , please follow these troubleshooting steps: n Make sure the po wer cord is properly connected. n Make sure the socket of your vehicle’ s cigarette lighter is clean and free of corrosion. n Make sure the power cord’ s cigarett[...]