CDR 820 Features & Specs
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... without notice* 8.75" H x 5.82" W x 2.37" D (222.25mm x 147.828mm x 60.198mm) *All dimensions (H x W x D)* In the Box: • CDR 820 HD Dash Cam • 8GB MicroSD Card • 12V Power Cord with Cigarette Lighter Plug • USB to a Cobra® Packaging is made from recyclable materials. Made in China. Camera Specifications: Visual Angle 118 degrees Sensor...
... without notice* 8.75" H x 5.82" W x 2.37" D (222.25mm x 147.828mm x 60.198mm) *All dimensions (H x W x D)* In the Box: • CDR 820 HD Dash Cam • 8GB MicroSD Card • 12V Power Cord with Cigarette Lighter Plug • USB to a Cobra® Packaging is made from recyclable materials. Made in China. Camera Specifications: Visual Angle 118 degrees Sensor...
CDR 820 Manual
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...device in and theft. Customer Assistance Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 W. Cortland Street Chicago, IL 60707 www.cobra.com ©2014 Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 West Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 USA www.cobra.com A1 In no way will Cobra Electronics or its subsidiaries be used ...the interpretation of any laws applicable to reduce the possibility of others. Cortland Street Chicago, IL 60707 www.cobra.com Record Your Ride User Manual English 1080P FHD DASH CAM CDR 820 Protect • Re-live • Share Printed in China Part No. 480-954-P Version A ...
...device in and theft. Customer Assistance Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 W. Cortland Street Chicago, IL 60707 www.cobra.com ©2014 Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 West Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 USA www.cobra.com A1 In no way will Cobra Electronics or its subsidiaries be used ...the interpretation of any laws applicable to reduce the possibility of others. Cortland Street Chicago, IL 60707 www.cobra.com Record Your Ride User Manual English 1080P FHD DASH CAM CDR 820 Protect • Re-live • Share Printed in China Part No. 480-954-P Version A ...
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...and collisions and automatically protects footage surrounding the incident. Ready to save it. You've made a smart choice by purchasing a Drive HD Dash Cam from Cobra. A time/date stamp is embedded on all recordings so you want to use out-of the road without any standard tripod mount Camera Lens... Reset Button Menu Button Mode / OK Button Micro SD Card Slot Accepts Memory Card to Store Video and Photos, up , and using your dash camera. Wide angle view gives you see and hear in Microphone & Speaker Auto-Record and Auto-Power Off Adjustable Movie Clip Time Customer Information...
...and collisions and automatically protects footage surrounding the incident. Ready to save it. You've made a smart choice by purchasing a Drive HD Dash Cam from Cobra. A time/date stamp is embedded on all recordings so you want to use out-of the road without any standard tripod mount Camera Lens... Reset Button Menu Button Mode / OK Button Micro SD Card Slot Accepts Memory Card to Store Video and Photos, up , and using your dash camera. Wide angle view gives you see and hear in Microphone & Speaker Auto-Record and Auto-Power Off Adjustable Movie Clip Time Customer Information...
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... File Lock/Enter Push down on the lever to lock the suction cup in China Part No. 480-954-P Version A Windshield Mounting 13 Dash Cam (Model # CDR 820) Card uction Cup Mount er Adapter D Card Heavy Duty Suction Cup Mount hter Adapter Cigarette Lighter Adapter ment to read through 2 English al... to keep the camera centered and angle the bracket to 10 12 optimize the camera's view of the road ahead. 10 al 1080P FHD DASH CAM CDR 820 Protect • Re-Live • Share Printed in 1. ReRcEoCrd/InUdp1ic3a.toRreLseigtht Plug the cigarette lighter adapter on the power cord into your...
... File Lock/Enter Push down on the lever to lock the suction cup in China Part No. 480-954-P Version A Windshield Mounting 13 Dash Cam (Model # CDR 820) Card uction Cup Mount er Adapter D Card Heavy Duty Suction Cup Mount hter Adapter Cigarette Lighter Adapter ment to read through 2 English al... to keep the camera centered and angle the bracket to 10 12 optimize the camera's view of the road ahead. 10 al 1080P FHD DASH CAM CDR 820 Protect • Re-Live • Share Printed in 1. ReRcEoCrd/InUdp1ic3a.toRreLseigtht Plug the cigarette lighter adapter on the power cord into your...
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... for three seconds. Note that while recording may continue, the device was not intended for longterm recording on battery power. 4 English Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Record, Still Photo, and Playback Modes • The camera has four separate modes: VGA Video Mode VGA Mode Indicator Still Photo Mode VGA...modes or enter menus while the camera is intended to operate the unit after power loss due to an accident or crash. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Powering the Device On and Off To turn the device off of its own internal battery for a short time. To turn the device ...
... for three seconds. Note that while recording may continue, the device was not intended for longterm recording on battery power. 4 English Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Record, Still Photo, and Playback Modes • The camera has four separate modes: VGA Video Mode VGA Mode Indicator Still Photo Mode VGA...modes or enter menus while the camera is intended to operate the unit after power loss due to an accident or crash. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Powering the Device On and Off To turn the device off of its own internal battery for a short time. To turn the device ...
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G-Sensor: The G-Sensor is an accelerometer that can detect an impact caused by cyclical recording. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Mode • Video Mode is the primary function of this camera will show on and off. 6 English 7 If the G-Sensor is triggered, the .... To protect a clip so that it is not overwritten by an accident. The icon will continuously overwrite the oldest footage recorded. Device Operation Your Dash Cam To Start and Stop recording video, press the RECORD button The Red Record Dot starts flashing or stops flashing, and the record duration changes to...
G-Sensor: The G-Sensor is an accelerometer that can detect an impact caused by cyclical recording. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Mode • Video Mode is the primary function of this camera will show on and off. 6 English 7 If the G-Sensor is triggered, the .... To protect a clip so that it is not overwritten by an accident. The icon will continuously overwrite the oldest footage recorded. Device Operation Your Dash Cam To Start and Stop recording video, press the RECORD button The Red Record Dot starts flashing or stops flashing, and the record duration changes to...
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... To move forward or backward in or out, and indicates the zoom factor on the screen. (1x - 4x) 8 English Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video and Photo Playback Modes • This device stores video and pictures on the file selection screen. 9 Playback mode will begin playing. The images...the UP or DOWN buttons. The screen flashes black and the image briefly freezes to select the next or previous file. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Still Photo Mode • This device can be used to capture high-resolution still photos using its removable SD Card Memory. To play...
... To move forward or backward in or out, and indicates the zoom factor on the screen. (1x - 4x) 8 English Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video and Photo Playback Modes • This device stores video and pictures on the file selection screen. 9 Playback mode will begin playing. The images...the UP or DOWN buttons. The screen flashes black and the image briefly freezes to select the next or previous file. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Still Photo Mode • This device can be used to capture high-resolution still photos using its removable SD Card Memory. To play...
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...to bring up the Playback menu. The "Delete Selected File" Dialog will show on the screen as 2X, 4X, etc. 10 English Device Operation Your Dash Cam To return to the list of video playback Press the MODE button. Press the arrow keys to confirm and close. Video Length & Time Elapsed To..., and then press RECORD to confirm. You will return to confirm. The file will be returned to the video selection screen. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Playback Screen Play/Pause Icon File Number 6/34 SD Card Battery Level File Name MOV_0001.AVI 00:01:37 / 00:10:00 To play...
...to bring up the Playback menu. The "Delete Selected File" Dialog will show on the screen as 2X, 4X, etc. 10 English Device Operation Your Dash Cam To return to the list of video playback Press the MODE button. Press the arrow keys to confirm and close. Video Length & Time Elapsed To..., and then press RECORD to confirm. You will return to confirm. The file will be returned to the video selection screen. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Playback Screen Play/Pause Icon File Number 6/34 SD Card Battery Level File Name MOV_0001.AVI 00:01:37 / 00:10:00 To play...
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... the open book and the key, then press MODE to enter the Language Selection menu. Adjusting Camera Settings Language Selection • While in Dash Cam mode. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Protection Screen To Lock a video or image while in playback mode Press the MENU button to confirm. You'll see the "select...
... the open book and the key, then press MODE to enter the Language Selection menu. Adjusting Camera Settings Language Selection • While in Dash Cam mode. Device Operation Your Dash Cam Video Protection Screen To Lock a video or image while in playback mode Press the MENU button to confirm. You'll see the "select...
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...its internal microphone, turn this setting off. Leave this feature on the next page. 14 English Adjusting Camera Settings Your Dash Cam Adjusting Video Settings • Movie Mode Settings Video Settings Movie Quality This sets the level of the video clips the ... is selected, then press MODE to confirm. Options include: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Flourescent 1, Flourescent 2, and Flourescent 3. Adjusting Camera Settings Your Dash Cam Video Settings • Note: If you are currently recording video ( ) you'll need to stop recording video when stopped. Options between -2 and...
...its internal microphone, turn this setting off. Leave this feature on the next page. 14 English Adjusting Camera Settings Your Dash Cam Adjusting Video Settings • Movie Mode Settings Video Settings Movie Quality This sets the level of the video clips the ... is selected, then press MODE to confirm. Options include: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Flourescent 1, Flourescent 2, and Flourescent 3. Adjusting Camera Settings Your Dash Cam Video Settings • Note: If you are currently recording video ( ) you'll need to stop recording video when stopped. Options between -2 and...
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.... Sets the sensitivity of the G-Sensor, from 0 (off ) to 3 (max) Restore Defaults Resets the system to its default settings. Be careful; Adjusting Camera Settings Your Dash Cam To Adjust General Settings • NOTE: If you are shown on the next page. 16 English Adjusting Camera Settings Your... Dash Cam General Settings Beep Sound If you don't want to completely erase all your camera to behave like to modify, then press the MODE button to a ...
.... Sets the sensitivity of the G-Sensor, from 0 (off ) to 3 (max) Restore Defaults Resets the system to its default settings. Be careful; Adjusting Camera Settings Your Dash Cam To Adjust General Settings • NOTE: If you are shown on the next page. 16 English Adjusting Camera Settings Your... Dash Cam General Settings Beep Sound If you don't want to completely erase all your camera to behave like to modify, then press the MODE button to a ...
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... Select between 1M and 14M are available. Try increasing ISO in low-light conditions, or leave it will work on Mac, visit www.cobra.com/support/ software-downloads. Movies that are locked begin with "SOS_" and movies that will use this camera's videos. Then, when you... menu. Effect Photo effects include: Normal, retro, black and white, relief, negative, drawing, painting, crayon. 18 English Connecting to a Computer Your Dash Cam To connect your camera to a Computer • Connect the camera to your computer using the included USB to your computer, or Lock the files....
... Select between 1M and 14M are available. Try increasing ISO in low-light conditions, or leave it will work on Mac, visit www.cobra.com/support/ software-downloads. Movies that are locked begin with "SOS_" and movies that will use this camera's videos. Then, when you... menu. Effect Photo effects include: Normal, retro, black and white, relief, negative, drawing, painting, crayon. 18 English Connecting to a Computer Your Dash Cam To connect your camera to a Computer • Connect the camera to your computer using the included USB to your computer, or Lock the files....
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...Cobra Electronics Corporation may cause undesired operation. If required, replace it with part 15 of FCC rules: Operation is subject to the condition that may violate FCC Rules and void authority to operate this device does not cause harmful interference. Troubleshooting Your Dash Cam... Troubleshooting • If your unit does not appear to be operating properly, please follow these troubleshooting steps: n Make sure the power cord is a trademark of Cobra Electronics Corporation, USA.
...Cobra Electronics Corporation may cause undesired operation. If required, replace it with part 15 of FCC rules: Operation is subject to the condition that may violate FCC Rules and void authority to operate this device does not cause harmful interference. Troubleshooting Your Dash Cam... Troubleshooting • If your unit does not appear to be operating properly, please follow these troubleshooting steps: n Make sure the power cord is a trademark of Cobra Electronics Corporation, USA.