Warnings WARNING: TO REDUCE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT INSTALL THIS PRODUCT IN HAZARDOUS AREAS WHERE HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE OR EXPLOSIVE PRODUCTS ARE STORED OR USED.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS All the following safety and operation instructions for the prevention of harm or damage to the operator or other persons should be read before the unit is operated. WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Do not block ventilation openings.
1. PRODUCT FEATURES 1.1 Product Introduction This 9CH DVR (SDVR-9/X) is a triplex digital recorder with a 9ch multiplexer, capable of simultaneous recording, playback and live multi-screen viewing. It uses three hard disk drives instead of VCR tapes to store video. It enables you to enjoy the extreme flexibility of digital image archiving instead of clumsy tape management.
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* Schedule setting: total 8 schedules. Individual record and alarm condition setting can be assigned by designated schedule. * Disk-full warning and operation status LEDs. * Remote control via RS-232 and RS-485 ports. * Alarm trigger source selection: alarm sensor/motion detection/video loss alarm can be programmed to trigger three different alarm-out replays.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONT/REAR VIEW 2.1 Front View SDVR-9/X Hard-disk drive compartment: The compartment allows you to install a hard-disk drive mostly for backup purposes. Make sure the drive is well secured with mounting screws in the mobile rack before you put the rack into the compartment.
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STOP button: Press to stop playing back a recorded video from a hard disk. PAUSE button: In a playback display, press this to freeze the display. During the freeze, press to display one frame of a picture at a time in the forward direction. Additionally, if you press “Enter” during freeze, you can open the “SD CARD Menu”...
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freeze button: Press to freeze an image in the live or play mode. NOTE: During the play mode, pressing the “freeze” and the “pause” buttons have different effects. Push “freeze” to capture a particular image while the image record continues running in the device. When you press the “pause” button, both the particular image and the entire image record are halted.
2.2 Rear View 75Ù/Hi-Z Individual termination: These 9 switches are used to set the impedance of each loop through output connectors (31) between 75Ω and Hi-Z. Toggle the corresponding impedance termination to the Hi-Z position if another device is connected to the video loop through the connector. Set the impedance to the 75Ù position if no other device is connected to the corresponding loop through the connector.
2.3 ALARM In/Out The pin assignment of the female DB-25 alarm I/O connector is listed as follows. alarm I/O Pin# Pin Assignment Pin# Pin Assignment GROUND RESERVED DISK FULL (OUTPUT) ALARM1 OUT (OUTPUT) ALARM2 OUT (OUTPUT) ALARM3 OUT (OUTPUT) RECORD IN (INPUT) ALARM RESET (INPUT) ALARM1 IN (INPUT) ALARM2 IN (INPUT)
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ATTACHING AN EXTERNAL DEVICE TO A DVR The DVR provides facilities to report 3 auxiliary alarm outputs for associated equipment, such as the spotlight, buzzer or blinker alarm, and 9 alarm inputs. The alarm outputs are related to the alarm indication.
3. INSTALLATION Please follow the instructions and the diagram below to set up the system. 3.1 Basic Connection CONNECTING WITH 1 to 9 CAMERAS 3.2 Hard-Disk Drive Installation The 9CH DVR is equipped with two compartments of hard-disk drives and a DVD-RW drive (FOR THE DVD-ROM MODEL ONLY).
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Draw out the mobile rack Carefully insert a SATA Place the hard disk in the Secure the driver in the from the DVR. hard disk. rack. rack using 4 mounting screws in the side-mounting holes. Please don’t tighten the screws too much, otherwise that may damage the driver.
3.4 HDD Information and channel selection 3.4.1 HDD information You can display the HDD information as shown on Figure 3.3 A below at any time by pressing the Display button . In the playback mode, the recorded video information is displayed. In the live or recording mode, the Manual Recording information is displayed.
3.5 Updating System Software If the system software of the 9CH DVR needs to be upgraded, please take the following steps to safely update it. Important: Before carrying out the following procedures, please ensure the SD card is working and the system software file is intact. 1.
4. BASIC OPERATIONS This section shows you how to operate and manage the DVR. 4.1 Recording Operations This section details the way to record video into hard-disk drives. Before commencing with the recording function, please configure the recording setting properly according to your needs. 4.1.1 Manual Recording When the DVR is in the live display mode, take the following steps to start recording: (1) In live display, press the REC button...
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NOTE: You can proceed to start the scheduled recording from the current time if it is in the scheduled interlude as soon as the setting is complete, and come out from the menu to start recording. NOTE: If you activate the recording function before the scheduled recording, the unit will operate recording as shown in the diagram below and keep those Images in different files.
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ADVANCED SETTING MAIN MENU 1 ALARM SETTING: ENTER 1 QUICK SETTING: ENTER 2 RECORD SETTING: ENTER 2 DISPLAY OPTION: ENTER 3 MOTION SETTING: ENTER 3 SEQUENCE SETTING: ENTER 4 CAMERA COVER: ENTER 4 PICTURE ADJUST: ENTER 5 OPERATION LOCK: ENTER 5 OPERATION LOG: ENTER 6 COMMUNICATION:...
4.1.3 Alarm Recording Take the following steps to activate the programmed alarm recording. For ALARM settings, please refer to section 5.6.1 for more details. (1) Press the menu button to enter the MAIN MENU. (2) Select the ADVANCED SETTING and press the Enter button to enter the ADVANCED SETTING page.
4.1.4 Externally triggered Recording By connecting the RECORD IN of ALARM I/O on the rear panel of the DVR, you can activate/deactivate the recording function of a DVR. NOTE: The status of recording operations when an alarm takes place is shown in the diagrams below.
4.2 Playback Operations This section shows you how to operate the fast, slow, and single-picture playback functions, and details how the unit is to playback a file in a different operation status. Please refer to the following paragraphs specifying the relevant details. When playing a file, the PLAY button will light up indicating that the DVR is in the playback status.
4.2.3 Playback Picture-by-picture While playing back recorded video at the recorded speed: (1) Press the PAUSE button for the picture-by-picture mode. (2) There are two ways, by PAUSE button or by JOG, to play in the picture-by-picture mode, but the PAUSE button can only function in a forward direction;...
4.3 Search Operations This section shows you how to access recorded video. 4.3.1 Full List Search Take the following steps to proceed with the full-list search function. (1) Press the Search button to enter the search mode. (2) Select FULL LIST and press the Enter button to access the complete list of recorded video.
4.3.3 SEARCH FILTER Take the following steps to proceed with the time-list search function. (1) Press the Search button to enter the search mode. (2) Select the SEARCH FILTER and press the Enter button to access the SEARCH FILTER page. (3) The “ALARM FILTER”...
SEARCH 1 FULL LIST ENTER 2 ALARM LIST ENTER 3 SEARCH FILTER ENTER 4 THUMBNAIL ENTER 5 SD CARD ENTER 6 BACKUP ENTER 7 EXIT ENTER enter: select ▲ /▼ /jog/ch1~7: item 4.3.5 SD CARD Menu Take the following steps to proceed with the SD card search function. (1) Insert an SD Card into the SD card slot of the front unit.
4.4 Backup Operations 4.4.1 Mobile Rack HD Backup Operations There are three ways available to duplicate the recorded video from HDD1 and HDD2 (Fixed HDs) in HDD3 (the Mobile Rack HD). Please take the following steps to proceed. (1) Set HDD3 to BACKUP first. Take the following steps. ...
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SEARCH BACKUP MENU 1 FULL LIST ENTER 1 DATE: 05/24/2004 2 ALARM LIST ENTER 2 TIME: 12:00 AM 3 SEARCH FILTER ENTER 3 DURATION: 24:00 4 THUMBNAIL ENTER 4 START BACKUP: ENTER 5 SD CARD ENTER 6 BACKUP ENTER 7 EXIT ENTER enter: select ▲...
4.4.3 Security Digital Card (SD Card) Backup Operations The SD card slot of the front unit has four functions as shown below: 1. Archive Single image Clips into the SD Card Please take the following steps to archive a critical image in an SD card. (1) Insert an SD Card into the SD card slot of the front unit.
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SAVE AVI0001.AVI TO SD CARD SAVE AVI0002.AVI TO SD CARD … SAVE AVI000N.AVI TO SD CARD NOTE: ● The JPEG file format can be played and deleted in the DVR. Please refer to section 4.3.5. ● The AVI file format cannot be played and deleted in the DVR. It can only be played in a card reader connected to a computer.
4.5 Key Lock Operations ● To activate the key lock function. Press the Menu button to enter the MAIN MENU page. Select ADVANCE SETTING to enter the ADVANCE SETTING page. Select OPERATION LOCK to enter the OPERATION LOCK mode. Select FRONT KEY LOCK to enable its function. Exit and save, activating the key lock function.
4.6 Triplex Operations 4.6.1 Live mode: ● Simultaneous live viewings of any one channel in multiple channels. (1) Use the enter button to show a red-framed Channel 1. (2) Press the enter button to move the red-framed rectangle to Channel 2, and so on to the other channels consecutively until you arrive at your chosen channel.
5. MENU SETUP There are 9 functional items for setting operations in the setup menu system as shown below. The following sections will instruct you step by step to configure setting the operations, and will state each item’s purpose and options. To enter any particular item, press the corresponding channel number from CH 1~9 on the front panel.
5.1 QUICK SETTING This page enables you to rapidly install your desired setting. For more detailed changes, enter each item page. MAIN MENU QUICK SETTING 1 QUICK SETTING: ENTER 1 TIME SETTING: 18:54:47 PM 2 DISPLAY OPTION: ENTER 2 DATE SETTING: 04/29/2004 3 SEQUENCE SETTING: ENTER...
5.2 DISPLAY OPTION This item enables you to fix the display labels on your screen. MAIN MENU DISPLAY OPTION 1 QUICK SETTING: ENTER 1 TIME MODE: 12HR 2 DISPLAY OPTION: ENTER 2 TIME SETTING: 05:40:55PM 3 SEQUENCE SETTING: ENTER 3 DATE MODE: MM/DD/YYYY 4 PICTURE ADJUST: ENTER...
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Activate to ON ( enable ) or OFF ( disable ). 2. TIME DISPLAY COLOR: You can choose between white, black, red, green, blue, and yellow. 3. DATE DISPLAY: Select to ON or OFF as desired. 4. DATE DISPLAY COLOR: Select any of the six colors, namely white, black, red, green, blue, and yellow.
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9. DAYLIGHT SAVING SETTING: This entry allows users to set the daylight saving time. NONE: Disables the daylight saving time. EUROPE GMT +00:00: Daylight saving time begins at 1:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of March. The measurement of reverts to standard time at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. EUROPE GMT +01:00: Daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m.
5.3 SEQUENCE SETTING This page enables you to use ten modes to set the sequence of displays you want for the main monitor, and a single mode for the call monitor. The dwell time for displays in each channel can be set at your own preference anywhere between 0 ( no - show ) and 99 seconds when you press the Sequence button.
5.4 PICTURE ADJUST This page enables you to position your images the way you desire. MAIN MENU PICTURE ADJUST 1 QUICK SETTING: ENTER 1 H POSITION: 2 DISPLAY OPTION: ENTER 2 V POSITION: 3 SEQUENCE SETTING: ENTER 3 LIVE PICTURE: ENTER 4 PICTURE ADJUST: ENTER...
5.6 ADVANCED SETTING This page includes multiple special functions. MAIN MENU ADVANCED SETTING 1 QUICK SETTING: ENTER 1 ALARM SETTING: ENTER 2 DISPLAY OPTION: ENTER 2 RECORD SETTING: ENTER 3 SEQUENCE SETTING: ENTER 3 MOTION SETTING: ENTER 4 PICTURE ADJUST: ENTER 4 CAMERA COVER: ENTER...
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4. ALARM RECORD RATE: For an NTSC unit we provide many different speeds ranging from 0 to 60 frames per second, and for a PAL unit the figures are from 0 to 50 F/S. 5. ALARM RECORD MODE: The recording images of the specific channels are much needed when the alarm sensor or motion detection is working.
8. ALARM INPUT LINK: Enter and set each channel to activate ( ON ) or deactivate ( OFF ) the three modes of "SENSOR", "V ( VIDEO )-LOSS", and "ACTIVE". SENSOR: An alarm is triggered when the sensor is touched. V-LOSS: An alarm occurs when video is lost.
5. RETURN Go back to the previous page. 5.6.3 MOTION SETTING Here you can set the motion detection area of each channel. ADVANCED SETTING CH1 MOTION SETTING 1 ALARM SETTING: ENTER 1 SENSITIVITY: ○ , --------◘---------⊕ – 2 RECORD SETTING: ENTER 2 TARGET ZONE: MANUAL...
5.6.3.1 How to Set Up Basic Motion Detection Recording on 9-channel DVR? One has to modify alarm setting to make it work. Leave MOTION SETTING alone until you are comfortable with all the parameters in the setting. You can set up motion detection without modifying MOTION SETTING. ◇...
5.6.4 COVER CAMERA Enter and activate each channel to ON or deactivate to OFF for hidden or exposed recording respectively. ADVANCED SETTING CAMERA COVER CH1 : menu: exit 1 ALARM SETTING: ENTER CH2 : shuttle: value 2 RECORD SETTING: ENTER CH3 : ▲...
5.6.6 COMMUNICATION We provide you with two settings: the RS 232 and RS 485. ADVANCED SETTING COMMUNICATION 1 ALARM SETTING: ENTER 1 RS-232 SETTING : ENTER 2 RECORD SETTING: ENTER 2 RS-485 SETTING : ENTER 3 MOTION SETTING: ENTER 3 NET SETTING: ENTER 4 CAMERA COVER: ENTER...
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4. GATEWAY: When setting the DHCP item to OFF, the gateway may be manually edited. 5. DNS ADDRESS: The DNS IP address may be manually edited. 6. HTTP PORT: The HTTP PORT allows users to set the HTTP port number from 1 to 65535.
5.6.7 DISK SETUP Enter the disk mode to select your desired setting. ADVANCED SETTING DISK SETUP 1 ALARM SETTING: ENTER 1 DISK FULL: REWRITE 2 DAYS TO KEEP DATA IN HDD: NO ERASE 2 RECORD SETTING: ENTER 3 HDD1 REFORMAT: ENTER 3 MOTION SETTING: ENTER...
5.6.8 SCHEDULE Enter the setting to set up 8 forms of schedules. A schedule can change the recording setting as well as the alarm setting at designated times. Users can set alarm, record, and motion preferences to override normal alarm, record and motion settings during this scheduled record period. Use the shuttle ring to choose ENABLE or DISABLE for each schedule.
6. RECORD SETTING: Use the shuttle ring to choose ENABLE or DISABLE. During the scheduled time you can set the schedule record quality and rate to override the normal recording settings. Press the enter button to ENTER the scheduled RECORD SETTING page. You can set the motion detection and other functions.
2. LOAD INSTALLER SETTING: In case of alien tampering or its possibility, this item allows you to return to your selected settings without wasting any time. 3. SAVE SD CARD SETTINGS: If you wish to set up many DVR units quickly with the same settings, you can save all the settings to an SD card.
3. DEFAULT SETTING PASSWORD: If you want to execute the default setting, shift the focus to this item and enter. Instantly the screen shows the following entry: ENTER NEW DEFAULT PASSWORD: Type in your selected new default password in a 4-digit number. RE - ENTER DEFAULT PASSWORD: Re - type your new default password in order to check it.
6. Microsoft Internet Explorer This section provides instructions for accessing the 9CH DVR via the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Connecting the 9-CH DVR Start up the Microsoft Internet Explorer, and then follow the steps given below to connect the 9CH DVR: Click the URL block at the top of the screen.
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Function Buttons Description Home- Click to go back to the main page. LAN / Internet- Click to select the LAN or Internet mode. In the LAN mode, the user can get a higher quality of Internet connectivity. TITLE DISPLAY- Tick it to show the titles of the channels and click it once again to deactivate.
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Time Search play: This allows you to play a recorded video stored in the HDD of the device. 9CH DVR date & time. This box indicates the selected device status. PLAY: The device is in the playback mode. LIVE: The device enters the live display mode. REC: The device is in the recording mode.
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● Alarm: The upper part of the window enables you to set the "Duration", "Disk Full", "PreAlarm", and "Frame Rate" of the alarm for the device. The bottom part of the window helps you set each channel's settings in the event of an alarm. Set "Select Channel", "Record Mode", "Quality", "Sensor Type", "Sensor Sensitivity", "Sensor Output", "Video Loss Output", and "Motion Output"...
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● User: Click "User" to enter the "User Setting" page and set the admin and viewer’s "User Name", "Password", "New Password" and "Confirm". Click "Submit" to set. ● DDNS: Click "DDNS" to enter the "DDNS Setting" page and set the detail items of the DDNS. Click "SUBMIT" after setting.
7. SPECIFICATIONS Model SDVR-9/X Resolution NTSC 720x240 pixels; PAL 720x288 pixels Operation Mode Triplex (Simultaneous Live, Play, Record and Network) Video Input BNC x 9 (termination: DIP SW) Video Output Main (BNC), Spot (BNC), Looping(BNC) x 9 Audio In/Out Stereo, Line In/ Out (RCAx4), 8/ 22/ 44 kHz sampling, ì-law Compression MJPEG Storage Media...
APPENDIX 1. – RS-232 Connection & RS-485 Command RS-232 CONNECTION The transmission protocol is 8 data bit: 1 start bit, 1 stop bit and no parity. Five different speeds can be used: 1200 baud per second, 2400 baud, 4800 baud, 9600 baud and 19200 baud.
APPENDIX 2. – How to This chapter provides the beginner the basic function settings. ○ , means press the “menu” button; ○ , means press the “enter” button. ○ , means press the “>” (right) button; ○ , means press the “v” (down) button. >...
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NOTE: The IP address of a DVR in a network must be unique to itself as opposed to those of the other chosen PCs, but in the same class type. NOTE: If provided with a DHCP server, the 9 CH DVR can get an IP automatically by setting the DHCP item to ON.
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(9) Set the scheduled alarm setting during the scheduled time. Then press the enter button to enable the setting. (10) Exit the menu with saving. 4. How to format a HDD Please take the following steps to format a HDD. QUICK SETTING: Format HDD1: MAIN MENU →...
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SEQUENCE SETTING: QUICK SETTING: MAIN MENU → SEQUENCE SETTING → FULL SCREEN DISPLAY → turn the to set the DWELL TIME for each channel as you want → EXIT MENU → EXIT MENU WITH SAVING Press call+ seq. buttons to start the sequence function of the call monitor. NOTE: Please connect above two cameras or the sequence function doesn’t work.
APPENDIX 3. – Instructions for the 9CH DVR: The DDNS Functions The DDNS (dynamic domain name system) is a function which is provided by an American company. Please refer to www.dyndns.com. This chapter provides the user with the basic instructions on how to register a free DDNS service and do the settings of the 9CH DVR.
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Figure 2 Figure 3 Click “My Services” to enter the service page. Please click the “Add Host Service” item which is below the ”My Hosts“ item, as shown in Figure 4. Click “Add Host Service”, and its 5 service items will appear. The Add Dynamic DNS Host item helps to add a new DDNS as shown in Figure 5.
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Figure 6 All we have to set in this page is the “Hostname” item. The user can choose a Sub Hostname as s/he likes from the right-hand side of the Hostname’s drop-down list. NOTE: You don’t have to set the “IP Address” in the same format as the 9CH DVR’s IP Address. The 9CH DVR will renew the IP Address automatically.
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Set the DDNS to ON 211.21.20.2/api.htm?ddns.enable=1 Set the DDNS to OFF 211.21.20.2/api.htm?ddns.enable=0 HOST NAME ddns.hostname 211.21.20.2/api.htm?ddnshostname= santec.dvrdns.org *It’s OK to use either capital letters or lowercase letters in the hostname. USER NAME ddns.account 211.21.20.2/api.htm?ddns.account=santecdvr * It’s OK to use either capital letters or lowercase letters in the user name.
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Notice When using the Hub with the DNS function, the user has to choose either the DDNS function of the 9CH DVR or the DNS function of the Hub. It won’t work if you choose the DDNS function of the 9CH DVR and the DNS function of the Hub at the some time. If you type in the DDNS Hostname of the DVR into the URL block but fail to connect, this is not because the DDNS function of the 9CH DVR is ineffective.