Dakota Alert DVR-01 Digital Video Recorder manual

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    D VR-01 Digital Video Recorder User Guide www .dakotaalert.com DVR-01 Manual.indd 1 3/1/2010 9:43:19 AM[...]

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    2 Cont ents: 1 - DVR-01 1 - Base 1 - USB Cable 1 - 4GB Micro SD Card 1 - Built-in Lithium Battery 1 - Charger Plug Charging the Battery The battery can be charged by connecting the DVR-01 to your computer using the included USB cable. Y ou may also connect the USB cable to the included charger plug and plug this into a standard outlet. Battery Life[...]

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    Installing the Micro SD Card (Note: 4GB Micro SD card is factory installed, can support up to 32GB.) Open the battery- compartment cover and nd the card slot at the top of the compar tment. Make sure the card contacts are facing down and slide the card into the slot until it clicks. Removing the Micro SD Card: Push the Micro SD card until you he[...]

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    seconds. The response time will be about 2 sec onds when operating on batter y only . • When the memor y is full, the DVR-01 will automatically overwrite the oldest videos on the Micro SD card. Indicator Light Status Vie wing/Downloading Videos Step1: Set the power switch t o “OFF” position. Step2: Connect the DVR-01 to your c omputer using t[...]

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    The videos are saved in the auto created folders such as . These folders are named according to the date and video rec ording order . The rst two numbers are the year , the third and fourth numbers ar e the month, the fth and sixth numbers are the day , and the last two numbers are the order the videos were created. For example, the folder na[...]

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    Editing the Time C onguration File Step1: Switch devic e to USB mode (See “ Viewing/Downloading Videos” Steps 1-3 on page 4). Step2: Create a new text le named “ TIMECFG.T XT ” on the removable disk. (Right click your mouse, choose “New – T ext Document ” to create a new t ex t le. Change the le name to “TIMECFG.T XT ”[...]

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    Step3: Double click “ TIMECFG.T XT ” to open. Enter the current time in the following format: TIME,YYYY/MM/DD/hh:mm:ss; F or example: I f you want to set the time to July 15, 2009 18:20:30 (hour:minute:second), input TIME,2009/07/15/18:20:30; (Note: There can be NO spaces within this character string. All letters MUST be capitaliz ed This must [...]

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    TECH NIC AL SUPP OR T: If you encounter any dicul ty in the op eration of this pro duc t af ter read- ing the manual, ple ase contac t us. Y ou can reach us by phone at 605 -3 56 -2 772 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Mon day through Friday (C e ntral Standard T ime) . We will b e happy to answer your qu es - tions and h elp you in any way we can. WARRA[...]