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HRN (6/12/24 Channel DVR) User Manual H6HRN H12HRN H24HRN Version 1.0 Features and specifications are subject to change, please check www.specotech.com for firmware updates.
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Notes& Contents DVR User Manual Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. ⚫ The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. ⚫ Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other devices ⚫...
Introduction DVR User Manual 1 Introduction 1.1 Welcome Thank you for purchasing this DVR. If technical assistance is needed, please contact Speco Technologies Technical Support. Phone: 1-800-645-5516 option 3 Email: techsupport@specotech.com 1.2 Features Basic Functions ⚫ Supports network device access including IP camera/dome and the Onvif IP cameras ⚫...
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Introduction DVR User Manual ⚫ Supports pre recording and delay recording configuration of the event recording Record Playback ⚫ Supports time scale operation in quick playback and the playback date and time can be set randomly by scrolling the mouse; the time interval of the time scale can be zoomed ⚫...
Introduction DVR User Manual ⚫ Press and hold the right mouse button for 5 seconds in any interface to switch the output to VGA and the DVR will display the video at the lowest resolution which the DVR supports 1.3 Front Panel Descriptions The following descriptions are for reference only.
Basic Operation Guide DVR User Manual 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to extending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ①...
Basic Operation Guide DVR User Manual Button Function Record manually Search To enter search mode MENU To enter menu Exit To exit the current interface ENTER To confirm the choice or setup Direction button To move cursor in setup ZOOM To zoom in No function temporarily To control playback.
Basic Operation Guide DVR User Manual In the live display & playback interface, if the interfaces display is in full screen, move the mouse to the bottom of the interface to pop up a tool bar. The tool bar will disappear automatically after you move the mouse away from it for some time;...
EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual 3 EZ Setup & Main Interface 3.1 EZ Setup The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk;...
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EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual Click “OK” to start wizard. The EZ Setup steps are as follows. System Login. Set your own password when you use the wizard for the first time (the default username of ① the system is admin);...
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EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual Other Network Settings. ③ ➢ UPnP settings: Check “Enable” in the interface and enter the port of external and then click “Test”. If the UPnP status were “Invalid UPnP”, the port number may be wrong. Click to modify the port until the UPnP status turns to “Valid UPnP”.
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EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual Click to edit the searched IP camera as shown on the below left. Enter the new IP address, subnet mask, gateway, username and the password of the camera. You can check “Sync to IPC” to modify the IP address of the IPC via different network segments for being in the same network segment with the DVR.
QR Code. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the ⑦ wizard (please refer to for details). You can scan the QR Code through the Speco Blue 11.1.8 NAT Configuration App available for iOS and Android to easily and securely view your cameras. Please refer to 12.1 Mobile Client...
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EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button.
EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.
EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion”, “Intelligence Analytics”...
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EZ Setup & Main Interface DVR User Manual The module covers the functions such as Encode Parameters and Record Schedule and so on. Please see for details. Chapter 7 Record & Disk Management ➢ Alarm The module covers the functions such as Sensor and Motion Alarm Handling and Alarm Out Settings. Please for details.
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual 4 Camera Management 4.1 Camera Signal Click Start→Settings→Camera→Manage Camera→Camera Signal to go to the interface as shown below. Some models may support analog signal switching to IP signal, which means decreasing (or increasing) the number of analog channels will accordingly increase (or decrease) the number of IP channels.
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual ➢ Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera.
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Live View Introduction DVR User Manual Password” to pop up a window (check the IPCs in the window, set the new password and then click “OK” button; only the online IPCs’ passwords can be modified and a batch of IPCs’ passwords can be modified at the same time).
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual 5 Live View Introduction 5.1 Live View Interface Introduction Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging. The record symbols with different colors in the live view window refer to different record types when recording: green stands for manual record, red stands for sensor based record, yellow stands for motion based record, blue stands for schedule record and cyan stands for intelligence record.
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual The single channel zoom interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for amplification.
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual Click “Customize Layout” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ① Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as needed. ② Click under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click ③...
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view. 5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence Click Start→Settings→System→Basic→Output Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Area ①...
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual Go to the live view interface and then click to open a window. Set the sequence interval in the window and then click to start scheme view in sequence. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view;...
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual 5.3.2 Image Settings Click Start→Settings→Camera→Image→Image Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. Click “Advanced” button or the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up “Image Adjust” interface and then set the relevant setting items.
Live View Introduction DVR User Manual 5.3.4 Water Mark Settings Click Start→Settings→Camera→Image→Water Mark Settings to go to the interface as shown below. Select the camera and enable water mark and then enter the water mark information. Click “Apply” to save the settings.
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Live View Introduction DVR User Manual ➢ Image Adjustment Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation and hue value. Check sharpen, wide dynamic and denoise and then drag the slider to set the value.
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Live View Introduction DVR User Manual Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens. Click “Save” to save the settings. The introductions of these parameters and buttons are as follows. Button/Parameter Meaning Click...
DVR User Manual 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below.
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DVR User Manual ➢ 3D Control Click the camera image on any area and then the image will be centered on the clicked point. Refer to the picture as shown below. Drag the mouse from A to B to get a green rectangle and the rectangle area will be zoomed in.
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DVR User Manual ➢ OSD Setting Go to PTZ protocol setting interface and then set the protocol before you bring up the OSD. Click “OSD Menu” to go to camera OSD setting interface. Click to start OSD setting. The meanings of the buttons are shown in the table below.
DVR User Manual Click “Cruise” to go to cruise operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below left. You can add 8 cruises for each dome at most. Enter the cruise name in the “Add Cruise” window and then click “Add preset” to pop up the “Add Preset” ①...
DVR User Manual Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the preset information of the dome and then click to add preset. The operations of the “Add Preset”...
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DVR User Manual Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information of the dome and then click on the top right corner of the cruise to delete the cruise.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual 7 Record& Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to for details). Click 7.5 Disk Management Start→Settings→Record→Mode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings”...
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Select one auto mode to pop up the corresponding window. Set the encode, GOP, resolution, FPS, bitrate type, quality, max bitrate and audio of each camera and then click “OK” to save the settings. Please adjust the parameters according to the actual condition.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Set the pre-alarm record time, post-alarm record time and expiration time of each camera and then click “Apply” to save the settings. Pre-alarm Record Time: set the time to record before the actual recording begins. Post-alarm Record Time: set the time to record after the actual recording is finished.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual 7.3 Schedule Setting 7.3.1 Add Schedule Click Start→Settings→Record→Record Schedule→Edit Schedules to go to the interface as shown below. “24 7”, “24 5” and “24 2” are the default schedules; you cannot edit or delete “24 7”...
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Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button. ➢ Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time;...
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual ➢ Set Week Schedule Click and then click “Manual” beside to set the week schedule. Refer to the picture below. Set the start and end time, check the days in the window and then click “OK” to save the settings. Click “All”...
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual 7.4 Record Mode 7.4.1 Manual Recording Method One: Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to enable recording of the camera. Method Two: Go to the live view interface and then click the right-click menu “Manually Record On” in the camera window or click on the tool bar under the camera window to start recording.
Record & Disk Management DVR User Manual 7.5.2 Storage Mode Configuration Click Start→Settings→Disk→Storage Mode to go to the interface as shown below. There are four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group).
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Alarm Management DVR User Manual 8 Playback& Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the recorded video (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to set the default playback time). Refer to the picture below.
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Alarm Management DVR User Manual cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The system supports a maximum of 16 synchronous playback cameras. The buttons on the tool bar (area ①) at the bottom of the playback interface are introduced in the table below.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Button Menu List Meaning Move tool. Click it to move the tool bar anywhere. Click it to enable audio. You can listen to the camera audio by Enable Audio enabling audio. Snapshot Click it to snap. Click it to go to the zoom in interface.
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Alarm Management DVR User Manual ⚫ Smart Playback by Drawing Rectangle Click and draw a rectangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual ⚫ Smart Playback by Drawing Quadrilateral Click and draw a quadrangle in the desired area. Then the system will automatically search the record files of this area. The cyan blocks indicate that there are intelligent recording files. Move the cursor to such block and click to play the record.
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Alarm Management DVR User Manual Select one camera in the interface and then click “Open” button. ② Click the image box to play the record in the small playback box on the left side of the interface (the box ③ which has image inside indicates that the record data exist).
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Time Slice Search: Method One: Click “Year”, “Month” or “Day” button under the record time scale to select the time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click on the left/right side of the time scale to view the record of the last/next day;...
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 8.4.3 Time Search Click Start→ Search and Export→Time Search to go to the “Time Search” tab as shown below. ① Click on the bottom of the interface to add playback camera. A maximum of 16 cameras can be ②...
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Check cameras on the left side of the interface or check “All” to select all the cameras and then click ④ to search the record. The searched record will be displayed in the list. Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 8.4.7 View Export Status Click Start→Search and Export→Export Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the playback interface to view the export status.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Sensor Alarm to go to the following interface. ①...
Alarm Management DVR User Manual is triggered. You need to set the delay time and the schedule of the alarm outputs. See 9.5.1 Alarm-out details. Preset: check it and then the “Trigger Preset” window will pop up automatically. Configure the trigger preset of each camera.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 9.2.2 Motion Alarm Handling Configuration Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Motion Alarm to go to the following interface. ① Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E- ② mail”. The alarm handling settings of motion alarm the same as the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm details).
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Object Detection Alarm Handling Configuration: Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Intelligence Alarm→Object Detection to go to the following interface. ① Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The ② alarm handling setting of object detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm details).
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Exception Alarm Handling Configuration: Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Intelligence Alarm→Exception to go to the interface. ① Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The ② alarm handling setting of exception detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details).
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The ② alarm handling setting of line crossing alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm details). Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Crossing Config” to go to the line crossing configuration ③...
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Enable or disable “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The ② alarm handling setting of intrusion detection alarm is similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). Click “Apply”...
Alarm Management DVR User Manual Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up ② Message Box” and “E-mail”. The Video Loss Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). Click “Apply”...
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 9.5.4 Buzzer Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Event Notification→Buzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer. 9.5.5 Push Message Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Event Notification→Push Message to go to the interface as shown below.
Alarm Management DVR User Manual 9.6 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger” to start alarm. Click “Clear” to stop alarm. 9.7 View Alarm Status Click Start→Settings→Alarm→Alarm Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to view the alarm status.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual 10 Account & Permission Management 10.1 Account Management Click Start→Settings→Account and Authority→Account→Edit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual Set the username, password and group. User can also set the pattern lock here. The e-mail address is ② optional. Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click Start→Settings→Account and Authority→Account→Edit User and then click in the user list or double click the user to edit the user information.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual ➢ Edit User Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below. The admin is enabled, its permission control is closed and permission group cannot be changed by default. You can enable or disable other users (if disabled, the user will be invalid), open or close their permission control (if closed, the user will get all the permissions which admin has) and set their permission groups.
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual 10.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see for details).
Account & Permission Management DVR User Manual Set a camera and then enable or disable the preview permission on logout as required. If a camera’s preview permission on logout is “ON”, you can view the live image of the camera when the system is logged out, or the live image of the camera cannot be seen when logged out.
Device Management DVR User Manual 11 Device Management 11.1 Network Configuration 11.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click Start→Settings→Network→TCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually enter the network addresses.
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Device Management DVR User Manual ② Install a certificate. * You can create a private certificate here. Click the “Create” button to create a private certificate. Enter the country (only two letters available), domain (DVR’s IP address/domain), validity date, password, province/state, region and so on.
Click “Apply” to save the settings. 11.1.4 DDNS Configuration The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through domain name. Speco Technologies provides free DDNS service with US-based servers. You can access the DVR easily if the DDNS is enabled and configured. Click Start→Settings→Network→DDNS to go to the interface as shown below.
Device Management DVR User Manual Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface. Click “Add” and then enter the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient. You can also change the recipient’s receiving schedule by clicking in the “Schedule”...
Explorer, go to connect.specotech.cloud, input the QR code number, your username and password to login. You can also scan the QR Code through the Speco Blue app on your mobile client phone or tablet to log into the recorder instantly.
Device Management DVR User Manual 11.1.9 View Network Status Click Start→Settings→Network→Network Status to view the network status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live view interface to view network status conveniently. 11.2 Basic Configuration 11.2.1 General Configuration Click Start→Settings→System→Basic→General Settings to go to the following interface.
Device Management DVR User Manual Device Name: The name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize the device remotely. Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the camera. Sequence Automatically: Check it and set “wait time”.
Device Management DVR User Manual 11.2.3 Recorder OSD Settings Click Start→Settings→System→Basic→Recorder OSD settings to go to the following interface. Name, icon and address OSD can be enabled here. 11.3 Factory Default Click Start→Settings→System→Maintenance→Factory Default and then click “Restore factory setting” button in the interface to reset to the factory default settings (check “all except the network”...
Device Management DVR User Manual Click Start→Settings→System→Maintenance→Upgrade to go to “Upgrade” interface. Select the USB ③ device in “Device Name” option and go to the path where the upgrade software exists. Select the upgrade software and then click “Upgrade”. The system may automatically restart during upgrading. Please wait for a while and do not power off the DVR during upgrading.
Device Management DVR User Manual 11.7 View Log Click Start→Settings→System→Maintenance→View Log to go to the log view interface. Select the log main type, click to set start time and end time and then click “Search” button. The searched log files will be displayed in the list.
① 11.1.8 NAT Configuration Scan the QR Code through the Speco Blue App available for iOS and Android to easily and securely view ② your cameras. Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” interface and then click to scan the QR Code of the DVR ③...
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual Click Start→Settings→Network→NAT to go to the interface for NAT configuration and check “Enable”. ② Click “Apply” to save the settings and make note of the QR code number under the QR code. Via Internet Explorer, go to connect.specotech.cloud, input the QR code number, your username and password to login. ➢...
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Enter the current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click “OK” button to save the new password. Local Settings: click it to change the local settings.
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Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual ➢ Tool Bar Introduction Button Meaning Screen mode button. Click it to disable OSD. Click to enable OSD. Click it to show full screen. Right click on the full screen to exit full screen. Click “All Main Stream” or “All Sub Stream” to set the stream of all the cameras. Manual alarm button.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual The 3D zoom in function is designed for P.T.Z. Click it and then drag the image to zoom in or zoom out the image; click the image on different areas to view the image of the dome omni-directionally.
Remote Surveillance DVR User Manual Button Meaning Click to step backward 30s and click to step forward 30s. Backup start time button. Click the time scale and then click it to set the backup start time. Backup end time button. Click the time scale and then click it to set the backup end time. Export button.
DVR User Manual Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? a. Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. b. For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them.
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DVR User Manual Q6. The system is not recording, why? a. Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. b. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. c.
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DVR User Manual Fig 10-1 Fig 10-2 Q9. How to play the backup file? a. Record backed up by DVR: insert the USB device in which the record backup files is saved to the USB interface of the PC and then open the USB device path. The record can be backed up in the private format and AVI format by DVR.
Calculate Recording Capacity DVR User Manual Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times.
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Specifications DVR User Manual Appendix C Specifications Model H6HRN H12HRN H24HRN Compression Standard H.264/H.265 System Embedded Linux Analog Input BNC ×4 BNC ×8 BNC ×16 IPC Input Network Access & 16/40Mbps 32/60Mbps 32/96Mbps Transfer Bandwidth Video Network Access Up to 5MP@25/30fps Format HDMI×1: 1920x1080/1280×1024/1024×768...
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RJ45 Interface RJ45 10M/100Mbps×1 10M/100M/100Mbps×1 TCP/IP,PPPoE,DHCP,DNS,DDNS,UPnP,NTP,SMTP, HTTP, Network Protocol HTTPs, RTSP Web Client Max. 5 online users monitoring Mobile Speco Blue iOS, Android Device SATA×1,max SATA×1,max 14TB SATA×2,max 14TB per 14TB per HDD per HDD Storage E-SATA E-SATA×1 E-SATA×1 Local...