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    PocketPro DVR User's Manual 1 English MDVR-12 User's Manual English[...]

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    - Contents - 2 MDVR-12 User's Manual English Overview----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3~4 Accessories ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Function Modes ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Basic Operation---------------[...]

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    I Overview 4 MDVR-12 Main device 1. Power ON/OFF Button 4. Exit Button 7. Power Supply Jack 10. Reset Button 2. AV Inputs Jack/CCD power supply 5. AV Output Jack 8. SD Card Slot 3. Video/Audio Recording Button 6. USB Jack 9. IR Transceiver 3 MDVR-12 User's Manual English[...]

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    4 4 Remote Control 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Power ON Button 4. Five-direction Key 7. ESC/STOP 2. LCD/TV Switch Button 5. Volume Buttons 3. Recording Button and Pause Button 6. Setup Button MDVR-12 User's Manual English[...]

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    5 I Accessories MDVR-12 User's Manual English Stereo Earphones RAC Cabie USB Cable Video Sensor (Optional) Battery Remote Control AC adaptor User's Manual[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 6 I Function Modes 4 Movie 4 4 Photo 4 4 Setting : MP4 video file playback Audio : audio file Playback : browse images and pictures Record : external audio source re cording and external video source recording : set various functions Movie Audio Photo Record Setting[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 7 I Basic operation 4 Turn on / off the player Turn On: Push the On/Off button on MDVR-12 to turn on the power. The greeting screen will appear . Turn off: Push the On/Off button on MDVR-12 or press the Power buttonon the remote control to immediately turn off MDVR-12. 4 Select Functions 1. After the player is tur[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 3. Enter the submenu: Press the right arrow key. 44 ; 4. Select the item in the submenu: Press up or down to choose options. 56 5. Save the change: Press play to save the new setting. 4; 2. Select the item in the main menu: Press arrow keys to move the cursor . 56 8[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 6. To not make any change and return to main menu: Press left. 3< 7. Exit SETUP: Press SETUP button or press stop to exit to the main menu screen. < 4 Adjust Volume While playing Video, Audio or Slide + Audio, you adjust the sound volume by pressing the Volume buttons, volume varies in 10 steps 9 or or or[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 10 4 REC Button 1. In the main menu: Pressing the REC button on the DVR or the REC button on the remote control to enter the AV function and start the video recording. 4. In other Modes: in the modes other than the above-mentioned mode, when you activate the REC button on DVR it will "lock" the access pr[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 11 I Basic Operation - Link with Other Equipments 1. Use an external video camera, to record video using MPEG4 codec. (file format is AVI) . Use the included RCA adapter cord if needed . 4 External Video Source Recording 1. Output the image to the TV through the included RCA adapter cord. 4 Output to TV Screen[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 12 1. Connect the two ends of the USB cable to DVR and PC. 4 Connect to PC 2. Enter the Setup Menu, change the setting of "Display" from "LCD" into "TV".[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 13 2. "USB Mode" will appear on the screen and disappear 5 seconds later, and then it can be accessed via computer. I Charging The device will turn off the LED light to keep the life-span of the battery, please unplug the power supply promptly after finishing charging the battery. 4 When the power goes d[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English I Introduction to all Setting F unctions 1. Operate in Main Menu: Press arrow keys to select functions, then press play to e nter t he S etup M enu 5634 4; 2. Enter the Setup Menu (1) Video playback repeat mode: allows you to repeat the playback of the selected single/all video files or stop after the playback of [...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 15 (10) Format: format SD card (11) Reserved Recording: 0 Press arrow keys to select the items for the reserved recording, press play to c onfirm t he s etting. 34 4; External Audio Recording 0 Time setting: please see "Basic Operation - SETUP" for the procedure of operating the buttons to set the start/[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 16 (12) Time Setting: please see "Basic Operation - SETUP" for the procedure of operating the buttons. ! Interrupt by unknown reasons during recording (low battery, no signal, insufficient space,... etc.): it will show a red forbidden sign to warn that the reserved recording failed. (13) Update Firmware:[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 17 (14) Reset to Default: select to reset default values. (15) All Space: show the used space (16) Residual Space: show the residual space (17) Protection: activate the protection of the files to prevent the file from being deleted (18) Delete: selectively delete selected file or all files (19) File Information: s[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English I Video Playback 18 4 Operations in Main Menu Press arrow keys to select the video playback function, then press play to enter 5634 4 4 Operations in File List Mode Press arrow keys to choose the file you want to playback, push play to select the file for playback. 4 Fast Playback 1. Double Speed Playback: pres th[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 19 2. 4x Speed Playback: press right arrow twice or once during Double Speed Playback, the video file will be played with a speed four times quicker; press play to r eturn t o t he n ormal p layback s peed. 44 4; 2 3. 8x Speed Playback: press right three times or press once during 4s Speed Playback, the video file[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 2 3. 1/8 Speed Slow Motion: press right three times after pausing the playback, the video file will be played in 1/8 Slow Motion; press PLAY button to return to the normal play back speed. 4 4; 4 Reverse Playback The Index bar will go back as the video played in reverse; press PLAY to return to normal playback spe[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 4 Stop Press stop to stop playing and return to File List Mode 21 4 Video Capture 1. Capture Image while the Video is playing: Press PAUSE first and then press REC. 2. Return to normal Playback Press play to r eturn t o n ormal p layback 4; 3. The number of the captured pictures while the Video is playing is limit[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English I Video Editing 4 During Video Playback 4 In File List Mode Press SETUP button, the video will be paused, and the setting items will appear, please see "Basic Operation - SETUP" for the procedure of operating the buttons. Press SETUP button, the setting items will appear, please see "Basic Operation[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English I Supported Video File Format Bit rate Frame rate File Format Resolution Under 720*480 Under 4 Mbps Under 30 fps AVI(DivX 4/5.0) AVI(DivX 2/3) MPEG1(DAT , M PG VCD file format) ASF RM WMV VOB (DVD file format without copy protection) MJPEG(AVI) a-law, u-law Notice: can be played in MDVR-12 directly can not be play[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 24 I Audio Playback 4 Operations in Main Menu Use the arrow keys to select the file you want to play, after the file is selected, press play to e nter A udio P layback f unction. 5634 4; 4 Operations in File List Mode Press up or down to select the file you want to play, after the file is selected, press play. I f[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 25 4 Reverse Playback During Reverse Playback, the Index bar and the playing time counting will become reversed along with the reverse playback; press play to rerturn to the normal playback. 4; 4 Pause By pressing PAUSE button, the Audio, the Index bar and the playing time counting will be paused; press play once [...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 26 I Audio File Editing 4 Settings For Audio Playback 4 In File List Mode Press SETUP button, the audio playback goes on, the setting items appears, please see "Basic Operation - SETUP" for the procedure of operating the buttons. Press SETUP button, and the setting items will appear; please see "Bas[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 27 I Photo Browsing 4 Operations in Main Menu Use the arrow keys to select Image Browsing Mode and press play. 5634 4 ; 4 Select the Photo for Browsing Press up or down to select to browse the previous or next image. 4 Operations in File List Mode Use arrow keys to select the file, press play to view the image.[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 28 4 Zoom in the Photo by 2 times / 4 times 1. To zoom in, press play and the image will mangify 2x. Use the arrow keys to move the position of the screen. 2. Push the play button a second time to magnify 4x ! Notice: The screen will show the current magnification -- 2X/4X; if the image is displayed in full screen[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 29 (In File List Mode) (During Image Browsing) 4 Pause 1. Pause Slide Show Press pause to p ause S lide S how 2. Cancel Pause While Slide Show is paused, press pause again to resume . 4 Stop the slide to broadcast Press stop o nce, after pressing PA USE button I Photo Editing Mode 4 During Photo Browsing Press SET[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 4 In File List Mode Press SETUP button, the setting items appear , please see "Basic Operation - SETUP" for the procedure of operating the buttons. I Supported Photo File Format 30 Baseline Progressive JPG Encoding File Format Lower than 4096x4096 Lower than 1024x1024[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 31 I Record 4 Audio Line in REC 1. Select Record Function Use the arrow keys in Main Menu to select Record function, then press play to e nter. 5634 4; 2. Select Audio Line in REC 3. Start Record Press REC button to start recording, the file will be stored in "MyRecord" folder.[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 32 4 Video Line in REC 1. In Main Menu: Activate the REC switch to record immediately or use RED button on the remote control to enter the AV function, and start the recording. 2. If using the remote control, use the arrow keys to select the the recording function, and pres s play t o e nter. 5634 4 4. Pause (1) P[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 33 3. Select Video Line in REC Select External Video Source Recording, press ENTER button to enter standby mode (make sure to connect the video camera to the AV IN jack. The DVR will record the video into a MPEG4 AVI file. **Using the REC switch on the DVR, starts recording immediately Without need for the IR remo[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 34 6. Pause (1) Pause Recording Press the PAUSE button on the remote control or decrease the REC key on DVR to pause the recording and return to the standby mode. (2) Cancel Pause Press the REC button on the remote control or increase the REC key on DVR to continue the recording and store it in the same file. 7. S[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 35 I Specifications Timer Display AV IN/OUT LED Indication Light Time ! ! ! Resolution 160 x R.G.B x 240 2.37 inch TFT -LCD with LED backlight NTSC/PAL composite output ! AV input/output through two 2.5mm jacks ! ! ! ! LED1 - Charging (orange) LED2 - Power (blue) LED3 - Signal Source Detection (green) LED4 - Audio[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 36 I Supported Video File Format 4 Supported Video File Format Bit rate Frame rate File Format Resolution Under 720*480 Under 4 Mbps Under 30 fps AVI(DivX 4/5.0) AVI(DivX 2/3) MPEG1(DAT , M PG VCD file format) ASF RM WMV VOB (DVD file format without copy protection) MJPEG(AVI) a-law, u-law Notice: can be played di[...]

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    MDVR-12 User's Manual English 37 4 Supported the form in audio frequency MPEG1 layer-3 version 1/2/2.5 stereo MPEG1 layer-3 version 1/2/2.5 Joint-stereo WMA(64 kbps~320 kbps) WAV File Format 4 Supported Image File Format Baseline Progressive JPG Encoding File Format Lower than 4096x4096 Lower than 1024x1024[...]

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    38 I Precautions Before using this product, please read this manual in detail to ensure you are using this product properly. During the recording in various REC Modes, all button-pressing is disabled. All the recorded files are stored in the "MyRecord" folder. After the setting of Reserved Recording and Alarm functions, the setting will b[...]