Stand alone Multi- channel Digital Video Recorder User Instruction Manual VERSION 1.0 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
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Warning This apparatus must be earthed. Apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection. The mains plug or an appliance coupler shall remain readily operable. To prevent fire or electric shock hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The apparatus should not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the apparatus.
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INSTALLATION & SAFEGUARDS Please read these instructions before operating the unit. Installation. Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Avoid the following locations for installation. * Places exposed to direct water, moisture, or sunlight directly *...
(Tightening torque: Approx. 0.49 N m {5 Kgf cm}) Avoid rapid changes of the temperature/humidity to prevent condensation. (Acceptable change: within 15℃/h{59℉/h}) Before You Start. 1. Do not attempt to open or remove the covers. This may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. 2.
Important safety instructions Read and keep these instructions. Heed all warning. Do not connect this unit to an outlet to which appliances with high power consumption such as an air conditioning or a copy machine is already being connected. Do not use this apparatus near water. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back).
Content Chapter I Introduction............................9 Chapter II System Installation ..........................11 Section 1 Operating Environment....................... 11 Section 2 HDD Installation......................... 11 Section 3 Back panel ..........................14 Back panel of Ⅰ type 4 channel model ....................14 Back panel of Ⅱ type model ......................... 15 Back panel of Ⅰ...
Chapter I Introduction Thank you for choosing our stand alone Digital Video Recorder System. Please pay attention to these instructions before using the DVR. The manual explains the operation modes and performance criteria of our stand alone H264 DVR. Please read the manual carefully before using the DVR, and install the system according to the instructions. Mainframe software is subject to renewal without prior notice.
Product Introduction 1. Compress Support PAL/NTSC video format, 25FPS (PAL), 30 FPS (NTSC), H.264; Support both variable bitrate and variable frame rate. Support dual stream, video config setting. Support motion detection, video shelter area. Support OSD, date and time display. 2.
Set username, password and authority remotely. Chapter II System Installation Section 1 Operating Environment The following operating environment for this DVR must be adhered to: DVR Operating Environment Items Instructions Electromagnetism DVR’ complies with National Electromagnetism Radiation Standards. Temperature -10℃ to 55℃ Humidity 10 % to 95 % Power Supply...
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Fig. 1 Ⅰ type 16 channel model and Ⅲ type model should be removed as fig.2. Fig. 2 2. Remove HDD mounting bracket. 3. Fit HDD onto bracket using supplied mounting screws. 4. Replace HDD mounting bracket. 5. Connect the ATX power cable to the power connection on the HDD. Pay attention to the correct orientation.
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Fig. 3 After installed, Ⅲ type model should be as fig.4: Fig. 4 After installed, Ⅰ type 16 channel model should be as fig.5:...
Fig. 5 8. Replace the top of the DVR enclosure. Note: Please fix the screws at the back side of DVR before the flank side while assembling the lid. NOTE: Please format the hard disk before record. Section 3 Back panel Back panel of Ⅰ...
VGA interface connect VGA display device, such as PC VGA display RJ45 interface(UTP) connect network USB interface connect USB device. Up-side link is USB2.0 which adapt to USB storage device. Down-side link is USB1.1 which adapt to USB mouse. intercom output audio output while connecting with DVR_WEB intercom input audio input while connecting with DVR_WEB...
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The two USB USB connectors Support USB1.1 which adapt to USB mouse. ports are alternative. AOUT1/AOUT2 AOUT1 is audio output, AOUT2 port is not available (N/A) Video output port (VOUT1, Connect monitor, local video output VOUT2) Remark 1 RS-485 and alarm input port defines as follow fig: Fig.
Back panel of Ⅲ type model Fig. 10 Interface Connection Description A/D capture input (optional) Alarm read analogue input, and it can connect sensor Video Input (V IN) BNC input Audio Input (A IN) BNC input power supply(DC 12V/5A) 12V volts D.C. input RS485 port connect RS485 device, details refer to “Section 5 (pan, tilt and zoom) control connection”...
adapt to USB mouse. Video Output(V OUT) Connect monitor, local video output Audio Output(AOUT) connect audio output device, standard BNC interface Section 4 External alarm in/out connection Alarm in The alarm input is NO/NC input. Please connect signal port to any of 1-16 port and GND port. For NO input please setup “Main Menu—Rec.
Fig. 13 Note: 24V DC (1A), 120V AC (1A) voltage and current are suggested. Section 5 PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) control connection Ⅰ type 4 channel model and Ⅱ type models’ PTZ linkage should be as follows: Fig. 14 A and B ends of RS485 can be connected with the Rx+, Rx- on PTZ or High Speed Dome.
Note: Please do not connect RS485 and RS232 simultaneously. Section 6 Intercom Fig. 16 In the above illustration, the up icon is an ear phone socket and the down icon is a MIC phone socket. After the DVR_WEB or Netclient software has connected with the host, and also the ear phone and MIC phone be connected.
ChapterⅢ DVR Operation Section 1 DVR Front Panel Ⅰ type 4 channel model and Ⅱ type model Fig. 18 Name specification Power switch IR receiver Working indicator, flashing after boot normally. HDD indicator, flashing when access HDD date. ACTIVE Network communication indicator, flashing when network is connected. LINK Network connection indicator, lighting constantly when network is connected.
2. Motion and Shelter area enable 3. Select pane “1” in cover area setting 1. For 8 CH series DVR, Select 1-split, 4-split,9-split display; for 4 CH series DVR, select 1 split, 4 split display 2. Motion and Shelter area disable 3.
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ALARM Alarm indicator, flashing when alarm is activated 1—16 1-16ch record indicator(it lights when corresponding channel is recording) 1. Direction key ‘UP’; 2. Display the status column in preview mode 1. Direction key ‘DOWN’ 2. Hide the status column in preview mode Direction key ‘LEFT’;...
Entry “Playback Dialog” interface Split screen mode switch Reserved for future use USB port (support USB2.0 which adapt to USB storage device) MIC and earphone IR receiver Ⅲ type model (without LCD) Fig. 20 Name specification Power switch IR receiver POWER Power indicator, lighting constantly when connected power HDD indicator, flashing when access HDD date...
Select 1, 4 split display 1. Direction key “UP” 2. Display the status bar in preview mode 1. Direction key “DOWN” 2. Hide the status bar in preview mode Direction key “LEFT” Direction key “RIGHT” ENTER “OK” key “Cancel” key 1.
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Name specification Power switch IR receiver POWER Power indicator, lighting constantly when connected power Working indicator, flashing after boot normally ALARM Alarm indicator, flashing when alarm is activated HDD indicator, flashing when access HDD date 1-4CH record Corresponding channel record indicator (it lights when corresponding channel indicator is recording) Entry playback and backup interface...
Section 2 IR remote device (optional) This is the optional part for this DVR. Insert the battery, then aim the launch end at the receive end of DVR while using IR remote controller. In the control range, if more than one DVR need to be controlled separately, please press “ID” or “SELECT” button, then input the host address of which DVR need to be controlled and press “OK”...
Refer to the section of ‘Panel’ for the detailed description of the keys function on remote control unit. Here are the function buttons on the remote control: Buttons Functions PTZ enable switch; SETUP Plus 10 Entering “Search dialog” SAVE RETURN Enter the input mode window Section 3 Mouse operation...
Mouse Option *Modify Number Double-click mouse left key to input number or use trolley of mouse to modify number directly. *Modify Character Double-click mouse left key to input character. *Modify Option Choose option with trolley of mouse or in the option box after left click. *Exit Menu Right click to exit menu step by step.
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Input mode interface of Ⅰ type 16 channel model: DVR support four input modes: number, Chinese, capital and lowercase letter input. Press to get into input interface on number input box or character edit box as shown in Fig. 24: Fig.
Chapter IV System operation Section 1 Menu Navigation Fig. 25 Main Menu Sub Menu Function Playback Search recording, playback or backup Setup recording resolution, codec type, image quality, stream bit, frame rate of General channels Schedule Schedule recording channel selection and recording time period setup Rec.
System running and alarm information Information Version System firmware version information and MAC Online Check online user information, force kick online user Section 2 Surveillance View Status Bar Fig. 26 Status bar button function definition: Icon Function Entering main menu Split screen mode switch Entering “Manual Record”...
Cancel buzzer alarm Entry PTZ control mode Admin Current login user CH01 Current channel Notation Icon description Record status and remote preview switch automatically. ---the current channel is recording manually --- prerecord ---timing recording ---alarm recording ---motion detection recording ---the channel is under remote preview ×---the channel is not under recording or not under remote preview.
Ⅰ type 16 channel model: Press “ ” key to switch split screen and single screen mode. Screen Circular Monitor Ⅰ type 4 channel model, Ⅱ type model and Ⅲ type model: Enter “Main Menu → Advanced → General”, select circular monitor “ON”, set circular monitor interval (interval of circle monitor), press “OK”, the system will start circular monitor.
Fig. 27 In User Login box, language, including Chinese and English. NOTE: 1. System will activate buzzer automatically after incorrect password input. 2. System will reject login after three times incorrect password input. 3. System default administrator “Admin”, password “123456”, has the superlative level authority. 4.
Fig. 28 Section 5 OSD Setup Time Modify Enter “Main Menu-Advanced-General” as shown in Fig. 29. Fig. 29 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with System Time:Press to get into input interface for time inputting. Time Format:Setting the time format and DST. Please refer Fig. 30.
Note: If you need to modify system time please close the record. Fig. 30 Time Format: 12H and 24H is selectable Data Format: yyyy-mm-dd, mm-dd-yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd and mm-dd-yyyy is selectable. Default Format: mm-dd-yyyy. DST Setting (Summer time setup): Default DST setting: NO. Time Display.
Section 6 Basic Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu-Advanced-General” as shown in Fig. 31. Fig. 31 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Remote Control: When you use IR controller to operate DVR, you must use this address to select DVR. If there are more than one DVR in one place, please define different address for each DVR.
Auto logout: “Off”: Only can logout manually in “Maintain” → “Logout”. “On”: Logout automatically in the time set in idle time box which will show only “On” is chosen. Idle time: Length of time during which no operation is executed. Default Idle time: 5 minute. Screen Saver: This option is special for III type model( with LCD), and it can control LCD display time.
Fig. 33 Press “Ok” to format HDD. Note: 1. Do not format a disk while it is recording. 2. Format a HDD will delete all the data in it. Recording Auto Overwrite Enter “Main Menu-Rec. &Alarm—HDD” to setup ‘Auto Overwrite’ function: whether activate overwrite function when HDD is full.
Channel Number: choose a channel to setup. Resolution: Options are CIF and D1. Default resolution: CIF Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate. The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution. If you select high resolution, you must select high bit rate.
start/stop recording. Record: Press this button to start all channels recording. Stop: Press this button to stop all channel recording. Return: Press this button to close the Manual Record window. Check channel recording status in the red circle of status bar as shown in the following Fig36. Fig.
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Time Period: Setup max two period for one day recording at most Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly:System default recording period setup is for Once. Recording for Daily, Weekly or Monthly can also be selected. Take 2008-10-20( Monday) for example, select “Once” means only recording during the set periods in 2008-10-20, select “Daily”...
Four time modes could be showed in this menu including: One day, Daily, Every Tue., Monthly. One day is equal to ‘Once’ Move cursor to one record with on the front panel then move to the “delete” box. Press ‘ENTER’ to delete the record.
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Open: This is sensor type. Alarm Out: Activate alarm out or not. Rec. CH:When external alarm activated, relevant channel can be selected to record if recording period has been setup in “Alarm Schedule” menu. Spot Camera: The channel, which external alarm happened in, can be selected to display as full screen. Buzzer Time:Buzzer time length when alarm, motion detection, video lost or video shelter is activated.
Sensitivity:Select sensitivity of motion detection or video shelter. Option including: Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest. Area Setup: Alarm area should also be set to activate motion detection or video shelter though such function was selected. In area setup interface, full screen is the default alarm area. In Ⅰ type 4 channel model, Ⅱ type model and Ⅲ...
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Fig. 41 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with From:Set the starting time. CH:If the “CH” channel is selected as 00, files of all channels will be searched. All:Recorded files type. The file type options have “All, Timer, Motion, Alarm, Command, and Manual”. One_CH:This DVR supports 1 CH playback.
Page flip: Use to flip up or down page. Also can input a page number, move cursor on then press “ENTER” button to find the page. :1. Pause current video playback. 2. Continue playback from pause mode :Stop current video playback. :Skip to previous section and play automatically.
“BACKUP” folder. Play recording files after backup After backup, find the recording(s) in “BACKUP” folder which contains “H264ax.exe” and “Readme.txt” files. Use a computer which installed “Windows Media Player” and then run “H264ax.exe” according to the hint of installation. After above steps recordings can be played via “Windows Media Player”. More details please refer to “Readme.txt”.
be obtained by system automatically. ETH mode: Could choose “Adaptive”, “Half Duplex 10M”, “Full Duplex 10M”, “Half Duplex 100M” and “Full Duplex 100M”. Default is “Adaptive”. IP Address: Example 192.168.000.100. This IP address must not be conflicted with other IP. Port: Example 9998.
Fig. 44 User can setup DDNS in this interface and access the DVR through the set domain name. Provider: Could choose “dyndns.org” and “3322.org”. Host name: Domain name that user register. E.g. If the supplier is “dyndns.org”, and the registered domain name is “user.dyndns.org”, you can input “user”...
Resolution: Default resolution: CIF. Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate. The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution. If you select high resolution, you must select high bit rate.
User list: list administrator and new user name. You can modify password, setup local and remote right, delete user for selected user in this menu. Admin:Administrator who has supreme right on operation. Choose “Admin”, and choose “Modify” to get into password modify interface, then press“ ”or “...
Fig. 48 Fig. 49 In “Authority Setup” menu, select “Password Set” to enter into “Password Setup” menu as shown in Fig. 49. Password is composed of number, uppercase and lowercase letter with 6 digit maximum. Select “Rights Set” to enter into “Right Setup” menu as shown in Fig. 50. 2.
Tool: HDD manage, reboot, shut down, maintenance daily and cancel alarm. Delete user When you login as “Admin”, you can delete other users. In “User” interface, move to the username by “ ” or “ ” and choose it by “ ”...
Fig. 52 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Channel number: Select one channel for setting. Activate Shielding:Provide you to mask the sensitive area. Move cursor to “Area Set” and set the area. In the shelter area setup interface, there are four small panes. You can press “ ”, “...
Fig. 53 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Channel number: connect channel number of decipherer RS-485 parameters: Including baudrate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of PTZ Protocol. PTZ Addr: Each PTZ has one different address.
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Fig. 54 Setup parameters for 485(1)R+、R-: Including baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, flow control and so on, they have to be consistent with parameters of connected series device(such as DK-204X). PTZ Port: You should select the “Port1” when the 485(1)is connected to PTZ; And you should select the “Port2”...
PTZ Control After the PTZ parameter is set, click “ ” key on the status bar to enter PTZ control mode. Fig. 57 In the interface, the direction, zoom, focus and Iris can be controlled. Auto-cruise is in the middle of direction button. Set preset position In PTZ control mode, select “Setup”...
Fig. 59 Fig. 60 Line: Select the line of the cruise. Setup: Get into the interface as like Fig 60 to set line. Stop Time: The time which the camera stops in the cruise dot. AUX setup Choose “AUX” to control lighting and screen wiper. PTZ can be controlled on DVR_WEB or Netclient.
Section 16 Information Inquiry Log Information Enter “Main Menu-Information-Log” as shown in Fig.62. Fig. 62 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Input start time and stop time and then move cursor to “Search” button and press “ENTER” key to start searching. Type include: Alarm (A), Operate (O), Abnormal (E), and All.
Fig. 63 Check information of current firmware version. User Information Enter “Main Menu-Information-Online” as shown in Fig.64. Fig. 64 List box: Display the remote user name, State and IP address. Use key to move the cursor. If user presses ‘Enter’ key on one item in list box, affirmation dialog box will appear. When user selects ‘Enter’, the system will terminate the remote user.
(2)Enter “Main Menu—Advanced—Maintenance—USB Upgrade” as shown in Fig.65. Fig. 65 Press “OK” to update system, “Cancel” to give up update. New firmware will be applied after rebooting. Note: Please DO NOT unplug the flash memory during the entire system updating process. Section 18 Reset Under logout status, press...
ChapterⅤ IE Monitor Section 1 Introduction The DVR can be visited and controlled by IE browser. IE provides the functions, such as remote monitor, local record, PTZ control, Remote control, etc. Section 2 Installation Requirements Requirements for the PC hardware for monitoring, through IE access under the normal condition: CPU: Interl pentium4 2.0GHz and higher Ram: DDR 512MB and higher Video card: independent video card with 64M video memory and higher...
Basic Surveillance Operation Section 4 Start Program Input http://10.0.0.124 (suppose host IP: 10.0.0.124) in the IE address bar, after connected, display the initial interface with default English language, the user can set another language through click the “Local Setup”-“Language” at the lower right corner on the main interface. The main interface shown as Fig.69: Fig.
user name. b) Video user number: support max.24 users at the same time. c) Playback user number: support max.4 users at the same time. Login/logout 1. Click login button at higher right corner on the main interface(Fig69①marks), or right click the video display area anywhere, or click the menu and setup, the system will pop-up the login interface.
2. Full/split screen switch: when playing the video, double click switch to the full screen display. Double click again, return to the original. Also user can click the shortcut button in the bottom to switch to split screen (1/4/9/16). 3. Image adjust: select the one surveying channel image, the “Picture Adjust” bar is on the right, shows the surveying image status(brightness, hue, contrast, saturation), adjust the image effects on the host and IE web, by adjust this items.
3. PTZ, camera, IRIS control: adjust focal length, focus, IRIS, by click the “+”and“—”. 4. Light, wiper function: provide lamp and wiper open and shutdown function. The PTZ should support the lamp and wiper function to realize them. 5. Cruise control: in fig69 “ ”...
3. During the circular monitor, do not allow to operate the video display, close the circular monitor before operate the video display. 4. The audio output will be auto closed temporarily, when open the intercom function, and will return to original after the close the intercom (Fig 74).
Fig. 75 Info search 1. Click , entry “Information” interface. 2. Log information search: search the log information in the remote DVR according to the time, model. 3. HDD info: check all online HDD, HDD capacity, HDD spare capacity on the host. 4.
Local Setup Click entry “Local Setup” interface, setup local configuration, including: language, stream type, transmit protocol, circular channel quantity, local save route etc. 1. Language selection: provide local IE web language switch and display function. 2. Stream type: select the transmit model, including main stream, sub stream (net transmit code type). The main stream setup in the “Advance Setup-Transfer”.
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7. Email function: provide the email function that auto send the emails with alarm log, operation log, exception log to the host when triggered. Steps: Select the email function “yes”. Fill out the email address which the email will send to. Select triggered model for email: like alarm, operation or exception.
Remote control Click entry “Remote Control” interface, could control remote record open /close and system maintain 1. Record control: remote open/close the host record. 2. System maintain: provide DVR system image file update, web software update, remote DVR reboot, restore default (factory default), export Remote system configuration, import remote system configuration, shutdown system and download Player plug-ins.
Chapter Ⅵ Frequency Asked Questions 1. Can not control DVR with IR controller, but it’s normal while using the front panel. Check whether the battery is exhausted. Replace a new battery. Check whether the address of controller is the same as the ID of DVR. If not, please change the address of controller at 000 or input the same ID of DVR.
control. After activating the control, if one or more problems occur such as channel covered with white lump, control disappear or right click pop-up no menu, please update patches(KB945007 and KB912945) on http:\\www.microsoft.com. 11. Open the IE connect interface, under the XP system, if can not download the subtitle normally, please check the XP system scripting.
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