# Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport, Division 1: Installation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

239 New recording equipment shall be delivered non-activated to fitters or vehicle manufacturers, with all calibration parameters, as listed in Chapter III(20), set to appropriate and valid default values. Where no particular value is appropriate, literal parameters shall be set to strings of ‘ ? ’ and numeric parameters shall be set to ‘ 0 ’ . Delivery of security relevant parts of the recording equipment can be restricted if required during security certification.
240 Before its activation, the recording equipment shall give access to the calibration function even if not in calibration mode.
241 Before its activation, the recording equipment shall neither record nor store data referred by points III.12.3. to III.12.9. and III.12.12 to III.12.14. inclusive.
242 During installation, vehicle manufacturers shall pre-set all known parameters.
243 Vehicle manufacturers or fitters shall activate the installed recording equipment at the latest before the vehicle is used in scope of Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006.
244 The activation of the recording equipment shall be triggered automatically by the first insertion of a workshop card in either of its card interface devices.
245 Specific pairing operations required between the motion sensor and the vehicle unit, if any, shall take place automatically before or during activation.
246 After its activation, the recording equipment shall fully enforce functions and data access rights.
247 The recording and storing functions of the recording equipment shall be fully operational after its activation.
248 Installation shall be followed by a calibration. The first calibration may not necessarily include entry of the vehicle registration number (VRN), when it is not known by the approved workshop having to undertake this calibration. In these circumstances, it shall be possible, for the vehicle owner, and at this time only, to enter the VRN using his Company Card prior to using the vehicle in scope of Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006 (e.g by using commands through an appropriate menu structure of the vehicle unit's man-machine interface.) . Any update or confirmation of this entry shall only be possible using a Workshop Card.
248a The recording equipment must be positioned in the vehicle in such a way as to allow the driver to access the necessary functions from his seat.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/annex/2/division/V/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/annex-2/division-V/division-1
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