Swann 16CH User Manual

Mpeg-4 digital video recorder, 16ch / 8ch / 4ch built 16ch / 8ch / 4ch built-in dvd-rw writer or cd-rw writer rw writer

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  • Page 1 16CH / 8CH / 4CH 16CH / 8CH / 4CH 16CH / 8CH / 4CH Built in DVD RW Writer or CD RW Writer 16CH / 8CH / 4CH Built in DVD RW Writer or CD RW Writer User ’...
  • Page 2 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK CAUTION: CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. Only operate this apparatus from the type of power source indicated on the label. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PARTS AND FEATURES PARTS AND FEATURES 1.1 FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.3 SPECIFICATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.4 FRONT PANEL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.5 REAR PANEL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED 2.1 GETTING STARTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASIC OPERATION BASIC OPERATION 3.1 RECORDING ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2 PLAYBACK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 4: Parts And Features

    Long Recording Hours: Long Recording Hours: 500GB can record more than 14 days. (16CH, real-time recording) Connect to Independent Disk Array (optional) to have more storage capacity Backup Function: Backup Function: Backup files with USB interface, DVD-RW or CD-RW and network remote recording & backup...
  • Page 5: Specification

    100, 50, 25, 12 IPS <PAL> Image Quality Setting Best, High, Normal, and Basic Hard Disk Storage 16CH: support HDD * 2 8CH: support HDD * 2 4CH: support HDD * 1 (IDE type, ATA66) (over 400GB) 16CH (D): support HDD *1...
  • Page 6 MODEL 16CH / 16CH (D) 8CH / 8CH (D) 4CH / 4CH (D) Specification Continued … Camera Title Support up to 6 letters Video Adjustable Hue/Color/Contrast/ Brightness Date Display Format YY/MM/DD, DD/MM/YY, MM/DD/YY, and Off Daylight Saving Power Source DC 19V <64 W...
  • Page 7: Front Panel

    1.4 FRONT PANEL 1.4 FRONT PANEL 16CH / 8CH 16CH (D) / 8CH (D) / 4CH (D) POWER: Press “POWER” button to turn on/ turn off the DVR. (Under recording mode, please stop record before turn off the DVR) MENU: Press “MENU”...
  • Page 8 “ ” : Press “ ” button to pause the play back files. “ ” : Press “ ” button to stop the play back files. 10) “ “ : Under playback mode, press “ ” button to fast rewind. 11) “...
  • Page 9 1.4 FRONT PANEL 1.4 FRONT PANEL Continued … Continued … “HDD Cartridge Lock” : Lock / Unlock the cartridge of the HDD. “USB” : Support firmware update and files backup. “LED LIGHT” : HDD: HDD is reading or recording HDD Full: HDD is full. ALARM: Once the alarm is triggered TIMER: When timer recording is turned on PLAY: Under playing status...
  • Page 10 “ZOOM ” : Press “ZOOM” button to enlarge the picture of selected channel (2X digital zoom). ” / “ - ” : “ Press “ “ button to show the 4 channel display mode. Press “ - ” button to change the setting in the menu. “SEQ”...
  • Page 11: Rear Panel

    1.5 REAR PANEL 1.5 REAR PANEL 16CH / 16CH (D) MONITOR LOOP INP UT CAL L HI-IM PE DAN CE HI-IM PE D AN C E RS 4 85 EXTERNAL I/O D / V DISK ARR AY LINK ACT. DC19V...
  • Page 12 DISK ARRAY PORT: Connect to disk array for extend HDD capacity. Connect to IR receiver. RS485: Connect to external device (such as PTZ camera) with RS485-A and RS485-B. EXTERNAL I/O PORT: Connect to external device. Control external device or get controlled remotely by external device (alarm input, external alarm, PTZ camera).
  • Page 13: Getting Started

    The standby LED would be on as red. Press the “POWER” button. The power LED will be on as red. It takes approximately 10 to 15 seconds to boot the system. Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example Available Capacity of...
  • Page 14: Basic Operation

    ” . 3) TIMER RECORDING (scheduled time) : Recording is scheduled by Timer. Indicated by the sign “TIMER RECORD”. Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example Under Recording NOTE : When the HDDs are full under O/W...
  • Page 15: Playback

    3.2 PLAYBACK 3.2 PLAYBACK 16CH / 8CH 16CH (D) / 8CH (D) / 4CH (D) Press “ PLAY ” button, the DVR will display the last recording video. FAST FORWARD (F.F. ) & FAST REWIND (REW): You can increase speed for fast forward and rewind on the DVR.
  • Page 16 Press “ PLAY ” button, the DVR will display the last recording video. FAST FORWARD (F.F. ) & FAST REWIND (REW): You can increase speed for fast forward and rewind on the DVR. In the playback mode, * Press “ “...
  • Page 17: Detailed Menu Configuration

    DETAILED MENU CONFIGURATION DETAILED MENU CONFIGURATION 4.1 MENU TREE 4.1 MENU TREE MENU MENU TITLE TITLE RECORD TIMER TIMER RECORD DATE ADVANCE DATE ADVANCE BRIG BRIG CONT CONT CAMERA CAMERA DATE: DATE: SATU SATU DATE MANUAL RECORD DATE MANUAL RECORD YEAR MONTH DAY YEAR MONTH DAY ENABLE...
  • Page 18: Main Menu Options_ Record

    4.2 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD 4.2 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD Press “MENU” button to enter the main menu list. The default admin password is 0000. Enter the default password and press “ENTER”. (Users could alter the password later, please refer to “Section 5.12 ADVANCE MENU_SYSTEM”) Move the cursor to the “RECORD”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options.
  • Page 19 NTSC CIF: 480, 240, 120, 60 CIF: 400, 200, 100, 50 10) TOTAL IPS SHARE: There are two IPS settings: (Take 16ch as example) FIX: IPS per channel = RECORD IPS ÷ 16 channels Group 1 : ● GROUP: Every 4 channels will form a group.
  • Page 20: Main Menu Options_ Timer

    DATE: A scheduled record date (SUN/MON/TUE/ WED/ THU/ FRI/ SAT/ MON–FRI / SAT- SUN / DAILY/OFF) could be set to activate the timer recording. NOTE 1 : Specific date could be changed by “+” or “-” button. NOTE 2 : If you plan to set the timer recording across the midnight, there are two ways for setting the timer recording schedule, please following the instructions below.
  • Page 21: Main Menu Options_ Date

    4.6 ADVANCE MENU ___CAMERA 4.6 ADVANCE MENU ___CAMERA Move the cursor to the “CAMERA”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example CAMERA CAMERA TITLE...
  • Page 22: Advance Menu_ Detection

    Move the cursor to the “DETECTION”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. DETECTION DETECTION DETECTION SETUP DETECTION TIMER DETECTION SETUP: Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example DETECTION DETECTION TITLE AREA ALARM...
  • Page 23 ◄► ▲▼ : navigates between targets. d) LS : The sensitivity of comparing two different images. The smaller the value is, the higher sensitivity for motion detection. The highest sensitivity setting is 00, the lowest sensitivity setting is 15. The default value is 07.
  • Page 24: Advance Menu_ Display

    4.8 ADVANCE MENU ___DISPLAY 4.8 ADVANCE MENU ___DISPLAY Move the cursor to the “DISPLAY”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. DISPLAY DISPLAY TITLE DISPLAY DATE DISPLAY HDD INFO LOSS SCREEN BLUE PLAYBACK INFO NORMAL DWELL DURATION (SEC) DE-INTERLACE MONITOR OUT MAIN...
  • Page 25: Advance Menu_ Alert

    4.9 ADVANCE MENU ___ALERT 4.9 ADVANCE MENU ___ALERT Move the cursor to the “ALERT”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. ALERT ALERT EXT. ALERT INT. BUZZER KEY BUZZER VLOSS BUZZER MOTION BUZZER ALARM BUZZER HDD BUZZER HDD NEARLY FULL (GB) ALARM DURATION (SEC) PRE-ALARM...
  • Page 26 4.10 ADVANCE MENU ___REMOTE 4.10 ADVANCE MENU ___REMOTE Move the cursor to “REMOTE”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example REMOTE REMOTE TITLE DEVICE PROTOCOL RATE...
  • Page 27: Advance Menu_ Remote

    4.11 ADVANCE MENU ___SYSTEM 4.11 ADVANCE MENU ___SYSTEM Move the cursor to the “SYSTEM”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. SYSTEM SYSTEM SERIAL TYPE RS - 485 BAUD RATE 02400 HOST ID PASSWORD SETUP RESET DEFAULT RESET CLEAR HDD MASTER...
  • Page 28: Advance Menu_ System

    4.12 ADVANCE MENU ___NETWORK 4.12 ADVANCE MENU ___NETWORK Move the cursor to the “NETWORK”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK TYPE STATIC 168. 95. PORT 0 0 8 0 NETWORK TYPE (STATIC): Select NETWORK TYPE, and press “+”...
  • Page 29: Advance Menu_ Network

    4.13 ADVANCE MENU ___ BACKUP 4.13 ADVANCE MENU ___ BACKUP 16CH / 8CH / 4CH 16CH (D) / 8CH (D) / 4CH (D) Move the cursor to the “BACKUP”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options.
  • Page 30 16CH (D) / 8CH (D) / 4CH (D) Move the cursor to the “BACKUP”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. BACKUP BACKUP USB BACKUP DISK BACKUP Select “DISK BACKUP” and then press “Enter”. DISK BACKUP...
  • Page 31 4.14 ADVANCE MENU ___HDD INFO 4.14 ADVANCE MENU ___HDD INFO You can get all the capacity information of the connected HDD. HDD INFO HDD INFO HDD NUM HDD SIZE HDD NUM HDD SIZE MASTER 400.517 SLAVE NO HDD EXT001 400.517 EXT 002 400.517 EXT003...
  • Page 32: Additional Operation

    ADDITIONAL OPERATION 5.1 SEARCH 5.1 SEARCH 16CH / 8CH 16CH (D) / 8CH (D) / 4CH (D) Press “ ” + “ ” buttons on the front panel of the DVR to enter the search mode. Then the screen will show the following options.
  • Page 33: Digital Zoom

    5.2 2X DIGITAL ZOOM 5.2 2X DIGITAL ZOOM Press “ZOOM” button on the front panel of the DVR to enlarge the picture of selected channel (2X digital zoom). You will have ¼ view size of the enlarged ◄► ▲▼ picture. Therefore use the “ “...
  • Page 34: Usb Upgrade

    5.5 USB UPGRADE 5.5 USB UPGRADE Users can use USB to upgrade. Please format the USB memory device as FAT 32 format first. 1) Get the upgrade files from your distributor. 2) Save the upgrade files in your USB device (Do not change the file name). 3) Go to the “MAIN MENU –...
  • Page 35 Software Operation: Software Operation Connect DVR to PC via RJ45 network line. LAN Setting : LAN Setting : The default DVR IP is “192.168.1.10”, and default “username” and “password” are both “admin”. Users should set PC’s IP address as “IP:192.168.1. XXX (1~255, except 10)”...
  • Page 36 Introduction of Basic Operation : Video Web Server Control Panel. Digital Device Control Panel ~ Take 16CH DVR as an example Digital Device Control Panel ~ Take 16CH DVR as an example e f g h 60.121.46.236 Image Transfer Rate Per Second...
  • Page 37 Record : press this button to start recording, and press this button again to stop recording. The recorded files will be saved to the designed path on the PC. Each recording file can be up to 18,000 frames. When the recording file is full, the new recorded file will be saved as the second file.
  • Page 38 Digital Device Control Panel ~ PTZ Digital Device Control Panel ~ PTZ 60.121.46.236 219.85.22.168 Preset 1 ~ 16 AUTO Zoom Tele Zoom Wide Focus Near Focus Far Max Zoom In Max Zoom Out Enter PTZ Control On / Off: When PTZ control mode is turned on, users could select the PTZ device, and press “OK”...
  • Page 39 Playback Operation Playback Operation One click to activate One click to activate • De-interlace AP Config. Setting Box : AP Playback Window : • De-blocking • OSD • AVI Convert • Config. Setting • Watermark • Open Previous File • Open Next File Playback Information : Playback Information Display information such as “Date”,...
  • Page 40: Ap Advanced Setting

    Advanced Setting: Advanced Setting 60.121.46.236 Press “System Config ” button to enter the system setting page. Network Network The network configuration allows DVR to be available for Ethernet network or dial-up. Static IP: Static IP: Enter the “server IP”, “gateway”, “net mask”...
  • Page 41: Ddns

    DDNS DDNS DDNS is a service for transforming dynamic IP to corresponding to a specific “Hostname”. DDNS Apply: DDNS Apply: Go to a website which provide free DDNS services and apply a “Hostname”. See the example below. Enable the DDNS function: Enable the DDNS function Enter “DDNS username”...
  • Page 42: Mail

    Mail Mail When alarm or motion is triggered, a video copy file can be captured. DVR can send e-mail notification to the assigned recipients (up to 5 recipients). ***Note***: ***Note***: To activate the e-mail notification function, please enable the function of e-mail notification in the “Alarm”...
  • Page 43: Dvr-Camera Setting

    – Camera Setting – Camera Setting Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example Each camera channel can be adjusted independently. Select the desired camera channel. Press “ Edit” to enter the setting box. Edit Title: Title: Enter the camera channel name up to 6 characters.
  • Page 44: Detection

    Detection Detection Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example Select the desired channel, and press “ Edit” to enter the motion Edit detection sensitivity and area setting box. Motion Detection Sensitivity: Motion Detection Sensitivity Set the detection sensitivity in 4 different adjustable factors.
  • Page 45: Network Backup & Playback

    Network Backup & Playback Network Backup & Playback Backup the recorded files to the PC from DVR via network. Enter the backup information Press “Start” Success Covert Play File. Playback Control Buttons : Playback Control Buttons Playback Information Playback Information Play / Stop / Pause / Fast Rewind / Fast Time Progress Bar Time Progress Bar...
  • Page 46: Alarm

    Alarm Alarm Alarm Trigger: Alarm Trigger Enable or disable Email and FTP notification function. Alarm Method: Alarm Method Two notification methods — Email and / or FTP. Post Number: Post Number Set MJPEG pictures (1-10 pictures). Alarm Duration: Alarm Duration Set the duration time of motion trigger recording (3 sec., 15 sec., 30 Note:...
  • Page 47: General

    General General Get the information of DVR firmware version in this window. Select “ Turbo Step ” 10). Select “ Turbo Step ” To speed up menu selecting or the control of the PTZ camera under video web server, users can activate "Turbo"...
  • Page 48: Online User Info

    Online User Info Online User Info Get all the online users’ information list (Name, IP Address, Authority Level, Resolution and Image Quality). Andy 60.121.46.236 SUPERVISOR 320*228 MIDDLE File Path File Path Snapshot Path: Snapshot Path Assign the route for saving the snapshot picture.
  • Page 49: Connect To Ap Via Ie Browser

    5.7 CONNECT TO AP VIA IE BROWSER 5.7 CONNECT TO AP VIA IE BROWSER The DVR can be viewed over the network with a web browser. Please install licensed software AP first. *** This function is suitable in both Windows 2000 and Windows X *** This function is suitable in both Windows 2000 and Windows X P *** P ***...
  • Page 50: Gprs

    5.8 GPRS 5.8 GPRS GPRS function Installation and Viewing (Take Motorola 768i for example) GPRS function Installation and Viewing (Take Motorola 768i for example) Your mobile service provider must have GPRS service, and the phone handset needs to support GPRS and Java MIDP 2.0 to run the application. Connect to the website http://211.22.74.18 via the web browser of your cell phone.
  • Page 51: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING TROUBLE SHOOTING 6.1 FAQ 6.1 FAQ Please refer to the FAQ table below for easy trouble shooting. The table below describes some typical problems and also their solutions. Please check them before calling your DVR dealer. PROBLEM SOLUTION No power Check power cord connection.
  • Page 52: Install The Hdd

    INSTALL THE HDD 16CH / 8CH 16CH (D) / 8CH (D) / 4CH (D) Carefully following the steps to ensure correct installation. *** Note: If you want to install two HDDs, please set one HDD to “Master Mode” or “Single Mode”, and the other one to “Slave Mode”.
  • Page 53 Carefully following the steps to ensure correct installation. *** Note: Please set one HDD to “Master Mode” or “Single Mode” *** • • Step 1 Step 1 Connect the connector with the HDD (refer to Picture 1). • Step 2 Put HDD into the HDD cartridge. Please notice the bottom side is power side •...
  • Page 54: Pin Configuration

    – PIN CONFIGURATION APPENDIX #2 – PIN CONFIGURATION 16CH / 8CH 16CH (D) / 8CH (D) / 4CH (D) PIN 1. GROUND PIN 2. ~ PIN 9. ALARM INPUT ALARM INPUT To connect wire from ALARM INPUT ( PIN 2 -- 9 ) to GND ( PIN 1 ) connector, DMR will start recording and buzzer will be on.
  • Page 55 PIN 1. RS232 RS232 DVR can be controlled remotely by the keyboard of PC, using RS-232 serial communications signals. PIN 2. RS232 RS232 DVR can be controlled remotely by the keyboard of PC, using RS-232 serial communications signals. PIN 3. ~ PIN 5. ALARM INPUT ALARM INPUT To connect wire from ALARM INPUT ( PIN 3 -- 5 ) to GND ( PIN 9 ) connector,...
  • Page 56 APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 – 232 Protocol APPENDIX #3 – 232 Protocol 1) Use PC keyboard to simulate DVR keypad. 2) Data: REMOTE PROTOCOL use 8 bit data, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit. FUNCTION CODE ASCII FUNCTION CODE ASCCI KEY_MENU...
  • Page 57 RECORDING TIME TABLE APPENDIX #3 – RECORDING TIME TABLE Take 16CH as an example Take 16CH as an example 1) Recording time varies depending on the following factors: * Different camera quality * Different picture composition (such as frequency of the object movement)
  • Page 58 APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #4 – COMPATIBLE USB BRAND APPENDIX #4 – COMPATIBLE USB BRAND NOTE: Please upgrade the Firmware of the DVR to latest version to ensure the accuracy of following table Manufacturer Model Capacity Manufacturer Model Capacity Transcend JetFlash 110 256MB...
  • Page 59 APPENDIX #6 APPENDIX #6 APPENDIX #5 – COMPATIBLE HDD BRAND APPENDIX #5 – COMPATIBLE HDD BRAND NOTE: Please upgrade the Firmware of the DVR to latest version to ensure the accuracy of following table Brand Name Model Capacity Rotation Brand Name Model Capacity Rotation...

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