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  • Page 1 4-Ch H.264 Digital Video Recorder DVR-461 User’s Manual Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright (C) 2009 PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. The products and programs described in this User’s Manual are licensed products of PLANET Technology, This User’s Manual contains proprietary information protected by copyright, and this User’s Manual and all accompanying hardware, software, and documentation are copyrighted.
  • Page 3 Trademarks The PLANET logo is a trademark of PLANET Technology. This documentation may refer to numerous hardware and software products by their trade names. In most, if not all cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies.
  • Page 4 This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of unprotected “Dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be strong enough to cause a risk of electric shock. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 FEATURES ........................1 Chapter 2 PACKING DETAIL ......................2 Chapter 3 LOCATION AND CONTROL .................... 3 3.1 Front Panel Controls ......................3 3.2 Real Panel Connectors ......................5 3.3 Remote Control ........................6 3.4 Mouse Control........................9 3.5 Playback Mode........................11 3.6 PTZ Mode ..........................12 Chapter 4 INSTALLATION ......................
  • Page 6 7.13 DVR Connection Information Setup..................48 7.14 Group Administration ......................49 7.15 eMap Setup ........................51 7.16 Remote-Site Playback ......................51 7.17 HDD Playback ........................53 7.18 File Playback........................54 7.19 Event Playback........................55 7.20 Snapshot Data ........................56 7.21 Recording Data ........................56 Chapter 8 NETWORK SURVEILLANCE..................57 8.1 AP Software Installation and Setup..................57 8.2 AP Software Operation ......................58 Chapter 9 Mobile Application ......................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Features

    Chapter 1 FEATURES H.264 compression ideal for saving HDD space Real time live display Resolution up to D1 Live display, record, backup, playback and network access at the same time Control methods: front panel, USB mouse, IR remote controller, and client viewer Intuitive GUI for easy configuration and menu driven operation 1 channel audio recording and playback 3G phone remote monitor...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Packing Detail

    Chapter 2 PACKING DETAIL 1. DVR 2. CD Disk 3. Quick Installation Guide 4. Remote Control 5. Power Cord 6. Power Adapter 7. Battery x 2 8. SATA Cord 9. HDD Screw x 4...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Location And Control

    Chapter 3 LOCATION AND CONTROL 3.1 Front Panel Controls Item Description Exit various functions and menu screen ESC/ BACKUP Enter backup selection menu Enter search menu screen, use Up/ Down button to navigate SEARCH Press ENTER to access selected item Turn on picture-in-picture format, use Up/ Down button to navigate Press ENTER to access selected item Enable/ Disable double screen size display.
  • Page 10 DOWN DIRECTIONAL Down Directional Button. BUTTON/ STOP ( / ) Stop Playback. LEFT DIRECTIONAL Left Directional Button. BUTTON/ REWIND ( / Fast Forward Playback, Speed: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x. ENTER/ MODE ( Switch to full screen and quad screen.

  • Page 11: Real Panel Connectors

    3.2 Real Panel Connectors Item Description MAIN BNC port for the main monitor. VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 4 in total. AUDIO IN RCA input port for an audio signal Switch between NTSC and PAL format. Please adjust this switch before NTSC／PAL SWITCH power on.

  • Page 12: Remote Control

    3.3 Remote Control...
  • Page 13 Remote Controller – Button Definition ○ LOCK Enable Keypad Function. ○ STATUS Display Status. ○ Start/ Stop Recording. ○ FREEZE Turn On/ Off Live Display FREZZE Function. Turn On/ Off Screen FREEZE Function. Enable/ Disable On Picture-In-Picture Format. ○ Use Directional button to navigate the menu item, and press Enter button to enter the menu item.
  • Page 14 ○ Switch to 9-Channel Display. 4-CH doesn’t support this function. ○ Switch to 13-Channel Display. 4-CH doesn’t support this function. ○ Switch to 16-Channel Display. 4-CH doesn’t support this function. Lens PreSet Point Setup ○ PRESET Press PRESET button+ 2 numeric numbers to save current lens location PLAY+ Numeric Number to move lens to preset point.

  • Page 15: Mouse Control

    3.4 Mouse Control Live Mode Single Channel Display Move the cursor to the desired channel and double left click. Change from Single-Channel Double left click to Multi-Channel Display Mouse – Menu Mode Enter Menu setup Right click Select/ Enter Left click Return to Previous Page Right click Mouse –...
  • Page 16 Full screen display, multiple clicking to switch channels Quad display. Mouse – GUI Hints and Tips Recording is on Live Audio is on Live Audio is off Motion detected on the channel Sensor triggered on the channel Video loss detected on the channel USB device detected DVR has been connected onto the Internet.

  • Page 17: Playback Mode

    3.5 Playback Mode Under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon [ ] will show up on the upper center of the screen and the operation panel (see below picture) will show up at right lower corner of the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on any location of your screen. Playback –...

  • Page 18: Ptz Mode

    3.6 PTZ Mode Under LIVE mode, PTZ icon [ ] will appear on the upper left of the screen or be re-located on any place of your screen by dragging the mouse. PTZ – Remote Controller Control / SLOW Move PTZ up. Move PTZ down.
  • Page 19 PTZ – Quick Function Icon Exit PTZ Mode and back to the LIVE mode Preset number N. (1~64) Go to preset number N. Set current PTZ location at preset number N. [TOUR] icon, click to activate preset tour Same as [PIP]. Set current PTZ location as the starting point of the line-scan.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Installation

    Chapter 4 INSTALLATION 4.1 System Configuration...

  • Page 21: Hard Disk Installation

    4.2 Hard Disk Installation Step 1: Remove the 3 screws from DVR as cycled below. Step 2: Follow the direction to remove the upper case. Step 3: Place the HDD on the HDD plate of the removed case and connect the power and the SATA cable.
  • Page 22 Step 4: Put back the upper case and tight the three screws.

  • Page 23: Chapter 5 Basic Operation And Menu Setup

    Chapter 5 BASIC OPERATION and MENU SETUP 5.1 Main Menu Setup To enter the main menu and setup the DVR, please log-in account and enter user password. The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please refer to “Account Setup” for related setup of other log-in users. Main Menu –...

  • Page 24: Record Setup

    Main Menu – Remote Control and Front Panel Control Switch to different options under one item Switch to different items MENU Save setup and back to LIVE mode Back to Upper level of the menu ENTER Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard 5.2 Record Setup Item Description...

  • Page 25: Event Setup

    5.2.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup Item Description Resolution Choose record resolution, this value will be used by all channels. You can setup quality and FPS separately for record type. Record Type Check/ uncheck the box will enable/ disable recording of that channel. Quality Choose from Lowest/ Low/ Normal/ High/ Highest.

  • Page 26: Motion Setup

    5.3.1 Motion Setup Item Description Motion Detection Check the box to Enable/ Disable Motion Detection for all channels. Check the box to Enable/ Disable popup screen function for all channels. Motion Popup When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will popup in full screen display.

  • Page 27: Schedule Setup

    5.3.2 Sensor Setup Item Description Sensor Detection Check the box to Enable/Disable sensor detection for all channels. Sensor Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels. When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will pop up in full screen display.

  • Page 28: Camera Setup

    5.4.1 Schedule Record Setup Click on the time icon on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have detail setup by dates, time and event. 5.4.2 Holiday Setup Since holidays are different between countries and regions, you can setup the holiday of your location accordingly (Maximum Setup: 50).

  • Page 29: Account Setup

    Item Description You can setup independently for each channel. Mask Check the box to Enable/ Disable mask function for LIVE mode Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Brightness of your camera from Brightness value 1 to 255. The default value is 128. Drag the white bar or press ◀...

  • Page 30: Network Setup

    NOTE! 1: When logged out automatically, you will have to operate in limited authority such as operations like: Freeze the screen, Picture in picture, Zoom in/ out, switch between channels…etc. If you need to enter the Setup menu, Search menu, backup menu, Record…etc, user’s account and password are required.
  • Page 31 5.7.1 Networking Setup The DVR supports DHCP, LAN and ADSL access for network connection. 5.7.1.1 DHCP If the DHCP option is used for DVR network connection, an IP address is assigned by the DHCP server automatically. 5.7.1.2 LAN Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required. Item Description IP Address...
  • Page 32 5.7.2 HTTP Setup Item Description Enable HTTP Server Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated. Port Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80. 5.7.3 DDNS Setup Item Description...

  • Page 33: Ptz & Rs-485 Setup

    5.7.4 Mail Setup E-mail can be used as a form of notification when an event occurs (VLOSS, MOTION, and SENSOR). Item Description Check the box to enable/disable E-mail Notification function. Enable E-mail Notification SMTP Server Enter to set up SMTP Server name. User Name Enter to set up User Name.

  • Page 34: System Setup

    Item Description Enable PTZ Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel. Protocol Set up the protocol of PTZ cam. The supported protocol are PELCO-P, PELCO-D, and KND PTZ ID Click or press ◀ ▶ to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1 to 64. Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400、4800、9600 Baud Rate 5.9 System Setup...

  • Page 35: Display Setup

    5.9.1 Display Setup Item Description Turn On / Off OSD display DVR Status Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display Date/Time Turn On / Off date and time display Turn On / Off channel name display Channel Name Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.（black, dark grey, Border Set light grey, and white）...
  • Page 36 5.9.2.1 Change Date & Time Users are allowed to setup date and time of the DVR. 5.9.2.2 Time Zone Setup In time zone setup, users can change the time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time function according to your DVR location. Item Description Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13...
  • Page 37 5.9.3 Buzzer & Relay Setup Item Description KEY TONE Enable/ Disable keystrokes. Relay Switch Connection Set relay signal to be Normal Close (N.C.) or Normal Open (N.O.). Buzzer Duration Set up the duration from 1~999 seconds. Enable/ Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for sensor, ALARM BUZZER motion and vloss (Video Loss).

  • Page 38: Utility Setup

    5.10 Utility Setup Item Description HDD Initialization Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop recording before entering this menu. Enter the menu, system will show all the data (model/ volume) of HDD that is installed in the DVR. Check the HDD you’d like to initialize, and then press “Start”.

  • Page 39: Diagnostic

    5.11 Diagnostic Item Description Version The current firmware version of DVR The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected from network, the IP Address screen will display” NETWORK DISCONNECT”. MAC Address MAC Address of DVR HDD Volume The capacity of HDD HDD Used Rate Percentage of space used on HDD.

  • Page 40: Chapter 6 Search & Backup

    Chapter 6 SEARCH & BACKUP 6.1 Search Setup Item Description Event Search Press to enter event search menu. Press to enter time search menu. Time Search Select Playback Channels Check the desired channels to playback; uncheck channels to show LIVE video images. 6.1.1 Event Search The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included.
  • Page 41 Item Description Criteria Setup conditions of the event search function Page Convert pages of events Date/ time when the event occurred. Date/Time Event type, defined as following: VLOSS Video Loss MOTION Motion Detected SENSOR Sensor Detected REMOTE IN User log-in over the network Event Type REMOTE OUT User log-out over the network...
  • Page 42 6.1.2 Time Search TIME SEARCH, you can search for a specific time of the recording data to playback. Dates with recording are shown by data marked with a red square [ □ ]. System will start playing back according to the date that you’ve selected. Calendar will be shown by using mouse to click on “year”...

  • Page 43: Backup Setup

    6.2 Backup Setup User can back-up any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, connect a USB to the DVR. The format of backup file is IRF file and can be played by “DVRemoteDesktop.exe” or “iCMS”. Item Description Backup file starting time...

  • Page 44: Chapter 7 Icms Installation And Usage

    Windows platform, user can get more functions than on the web browser. When you want to fully control your DVR-461, you may install the iCMS into your PC and refer to instructions below to know and manage theose functions in the iCMS.
  • Page 45 Step 5: Select “Browse” to change installation path if needed. To check available space on hard disk, please select “Disk Cost” then please select “Next” to the next step. Step 6:”Confirm Installation” window shows. Select ‘Next’ then the installation starts.

  • Page 46: Icms Login And Environment

    Step 7: Select ‘Close’ to finish installation when the “Installation Complete” window shows. 7.2 iCMS Login and Environment To enter iCMS, the administrator’s user name and password are required. The defaults are ‘admin’ and ‘123456’.
  • Page 47 After successful login, the following image is shown on your screen: ③ ① ② ④ ⑤ DVRs, Groups & Information about DVRs, groups and events. See “7.3 Events Groups & Events” for more details. Information about local PC’s hard disk, volume, PC information and recording...etc.

  • Page 48: Groups & Events

    7.3 Groups & Events Icon Description View list of logged in DVR／ Group. View Logs： DVR event information list. 7.4 View DVR/ Group List Single left click on ‘DVR’ or ‘Group’ will expand/ shrink the entire DVRs and groups list. On the DVR list, double left click on a connected DVR will show its image in the main display.

  • Page 49: Event View

    7.5 Event View This window lists all the events recorded on the DVR. Each DVR has a list of different categories of events. According to Remote in/ Remote out, Video Loss, Motion, Sensor, and Other（Power Reset, Key lock, Key unlock, HD Full）. 7.6 Local PC Information and Control Located on the left lower corner of the screen, please see the chart below: Icon...

  • Page 50: Main Display

    7.7 Main Display The main display area is where the live image of DVR is shown. You can drag to change the location of the screen for each channel and turn On/Off audio signal by clicking the mouse. 7.8 Audio Control In live mode, you can turn On/ Off the audio signal of Ch1~Ch4 (4CH DVR supports only 1Channel audio recording): 」Audio signal is On...

  • Page 51: Emaps

    7.9 eMaps In LIVE view, press「 」to show eMap window. If a channel has e-Map settings added, a drop-down menu will appear showing the related e-Map names added in this channel. The channel that has not been added with any e-Map settings will have "No eMaps"...

  • Page 52: Ptz Control

    7.10 PTZ Control Right mouse click on the screen, PTZ control icon will appear, as shown below: Icon Description 8 Directional PTZ Movement Button ZOOM+：Zoom In ZOOM-：Zoom Out Preserved Function FOCUS+：Focus Near FOCUS-：Focus Far Preserved Function Set PTZ Preset 16 PTZ Preset Points Goto PTZ Preset 16 PTZ Goto Preset Points Activate Auto Tour...

  • Page 53: Operation Bar

    7.11 Operation Bar 10 Operations listed as below: Icon Description User Administration. Please see「7.12 User administration」 DVR Administration. Please see「7.13 DVR Administration」 Group Administration. Please see「7.14 Group Administration」 eMap Administration. Please see「7.15 eMap Setup」 Remote Playback. Please see「7.16 Remote-Site Playback」 HDD Playback.

  • Page 54: User Administration

    7.12 User administration Before the iCMS can be used on a PC, user accounts should be added with proper authority. Each user should be assigned with a password and optionally a description. If a user does not have certain authority assigned, he/ she will not be able to operate the corresponding function on the Operation Bar.

  • Page 55: Group Administration

    7.14 Group Administration A ‘Group’ means a set of video channels from one or many DVRs, which means, user can organize channels from different DVRs to be set in a group. This function allows you to monitor and manage channels from multiple DVRs easily and flexibly. Steps: Step 1: Add a new group and set its name and description.
  • Page 56 Step 4: Click “OK” to return to the previous window. Step 5: Select a display mode, system will auto select. Step 6: Drag a channel from the lower left panel into the main display to a preferred location. Or, change the channel location in the main display by mouse dragging. Step 7: You can ‘Select’...

  • Page 57: Emap Setup

    7.15 eMap Setup If the DVR has the sub-region, or would like to have a picture on the background to monitor the channel, you can use the eMap. Steps: 1. Click [ ] icon to select a path of the window picture. 2.
  • Page 58 Icon Description Start Playback Pause Stop playback Fast forward Fast rewind...

  • Page 59: Hdd Playback

    7.17 HDD Playback You can directly play the recording data in the HDD that’s uninstalled from DVR by iCMS. See the picture below, the left part of the screen shows the recording data in a list form that’s separated by hour and the right part is the main display. You can change the display modes and play files fast forward or rewind.

  • Page 60: File Playback

    7.18 File Playback You can play the recorded *.irf files by “File Play” in iCMS. It allows you to change the display mode, forward or rewind the file and drag the time bar. Icon Description Start Playback Pause Stop playback Fast forward Fast rewind...

  • Page 61: Event Playback

    7.19 Event Playback You can play the event recorded by the DVR. Steps: 1. Select DVR. 2. Select date. 3. Double-click on the selected “Event type” (table on the left hand side, bottom row), video will be shown on the right side of the screen. 4.

  • Page 62: Snapshot Data

    7.20 Snapshot Data It can display all the snapshots you’ve taken, into “Snapshot Data”. You can review, delete or save as other files. 7.21 Recording Data It can play all the recording files you’ve recorded, into “Recording Data”. You can play or delete them.

  • Page 63: Chapter 8 Network Surveillance

    Chapter 8 NETWORK SURVEILLANCE 8.1 AP Software Installation and Setup Step 1：Enter the IP address of the DVR in the IE browser. Step 2: A window will pop-up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name is admin and password is 123456. Other related setup about user account and password, please refer to “5.6 Account Setup“.

  • Page 64: Ap Software Operation

    Step 3: You’ve logged into the DVR 8.2 AP Software Operation User-friendly operation, DVR remote interface provides the DVR with the same local client interface.
  • Page 65 8.2.1 Remote Record Click Record icon to select between 3 recording options (Record On/ Off, Record to Local…, Screen Snapshot [F2]). Record switch can activate DVR client to record, record to local client can be backed up onto the PC, may also use snapshot to capture video image onto the PC.
  • Page 66 8.2.3 Full Screen Click Full Screen icon to enlarge the screen to full screen display. 8.2.4 Camera Name A variety of languages can be used to setup the PC client camera names; and simultaneously changes the display of the local client DVR. 8.2.5 Remote-Site Backup Select backup function to backup the data to PC.

  • Page 67: Chapter 9 Mobile Application

    Chapter 9 Mobile Application You can remotely monitor all channels of the DVR through your mobile device. The required mobile application is from the DVR manufacturer and it supports mobile OS for both Windows mobile 5.0 above and Symbian. Please confirm that the network function of the DVR has been activated before mobile connection: Main menu Network Setup...
  • Page 68 9.1.2 Mobile Application Operation After the installation, enter Program Files menu in your mobile device to run a file called “H264 MIDlet”. Select “Menu” at the right lower corner of your mobile screen, 4 commands, Login Add Modify and Delete, will show up. 9.1.2.1 Add New Login DVR To log into the DVR, you need to enter the logging-in DVR information.
  • Page 69 Note: Live images can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is set to off on local DVR. 9.1.2.3 Modify the Login Information of the DVR You can use “Modify” command to change the login information of the DVR. The dialogue is identical to that of “Add”...
  • Page 70 9.1.2.4 Delete the Login Information of the DVR “Delete” command can be used to remove the DVR information when it is no longer useful. Select the DVR on the name list, then choose “Delete”. 9.1.3 Live Monitoring Operation This paragraph describes some operation under the LIVE monitoring mode in your mobile device.
  • Page 71 9.1.3.3 Channel Display Select “Single” under the “Menu”, all channels will be listed for you to choose from. PS. Live images can not be displayed in your mobile when the recoding is set to off in local DVR. 9.1.3.4 Size of Image The screen size of different mobile device can be different.
  • Page 72 9.1.3.5 Rotate the image Live image can be displayed by normal image or rotate to 90 degrees. Select “Rotate” under the “Menu” for this operation. 9.1.3.6 Alarm This application will not only allow user to remotely monitor through mobile device but receive the alarm that has been triggered by events such as Motion Detected, Sensor Triggered and Vloss (Video Loss).

  • Page 73: For Windows Mobile System

    9.2 For Windows Mobile System There are two kinds of applications for Window Mobile OS: JPEG compression and H.264 compression. The one for H.264 compression can transfer both audio and video signal to your mobile device. System Requirement: Mobile device OS：Windows mobile system 5.0 and above. Mobile device need to support internet: GPRS／3G／Wifi…...
  • Page 74 9.2.2 Mobile Application Operation After the installation, enter the Program Files menu in your mobile device to run files named “Jrviewer” and “H264Pocket”. This application allows you to remotely logon and monitor the DVR. Press “OK” to bring up the operation menu; see chart the below for further information. Item Function Description...
  • Page 75 9.2.3.1 jrviewer Operation under the LIVE monitoring Item Function Description Channel Display for CH 1~16 Choose from CH1~16 to display 1~16 Original：image size as original Screen Size of image Stretch：stretch the size as full screen Fit: resize the image to fit the screen Change the quality of image.

  • Page 76: Operation Under The Live Monitoring For H264 Pocket

    9.2.3.2 Operation under the LIVE monitoring for H264 Pocket Item Function Description Channel Display for CH 1~16 Choose from CH1~16 to display. CH1 can receive audio signal. 1~16 Graphical icons indicated below will be shown on the status bar if there is event such as motion detected, sensor triggered and video loss to be detected on any channel.

  • Page 77: Appendix A: Product Specification

    Appendix A: Product Specification Model DVR-461 Video Video System NTSC/ PAL Selectable Input 4CH, BNC Output 1CH, BNC SPOT 1CH, BNC Audio Input 1CH, RCA Output 1CH, RCA Terminal Sensor 4 Inputs / 1 Output RS-485 Interface Pan / Tilt / Zoom Camera...
  • Page 78 Interface Web browser, client software, 3G mobile phone Service TCP/ IP, SMTP, HTTP, DHCP, DDNS, PPPoE Backup External USB 2.0 : USB Flash Driver Client software Network Others Software Watchdog Monitoring Auto-Reboot By Watchdog Recovery USB 2.0 Port Firmware Upgrade Dimension 188mm (W) x 54mm (H) x209mm (D) Power Source...

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