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USER INSTRUCTIONS COLOR DVR MONITOR 15 inch 4-CHANNEL COLOR MULTIPLEXER DVR MONITOR TALK QUAD MODE MUTE AUDIO VOLUME Please read this manual thoroughly before use and keep it handy for future reference.
ISSUE 1 - MAY , 2005 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE IN ALL RESPECTS, HOWEVER, WE CANNOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM THE USE THEREOF. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. REVISIONS OR NEW EDITIONS TO THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE ISSUED TO INCORPORATE SUCH CHANGES.
WARNING AND CAUTIONS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC OBJECTS THROUGH THE VENTILATION GRILLS OR OTHER OPENINGS ON THE EQUIPMENT . CAUTION: CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN...
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT INFORMATION TO THE USER: THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A "CLASS A" DIGITAL DEVICE, PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS READ INSTRUCTIONS -- All the safety and operating POWER CORDS -- Protect the power cord from being instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS -- The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1-1. FEATURES CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION 2-1. Monitor Installation with Cameras 2-2. Installation with a analog VCR or Security Time-lapse VCR 2-3. Installation with secondary monitors 2-4. Installation with Alarm Devices 2-5. Installation with a Two-way Intercom CHAPTER 3.
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1-1. FEATURES The monitor is an observation system with four-channel color multiplexer DVR processor. The monitor has a motion detection system. Motion detection sensitivity can be adjusted and the user can set day and night motion detection schedules. The monitor operates as a duplex recorder of high quality video and one channel audio and supports the network.
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION 2-1. Monitor Installation with Cameras The observation monitor must be installed by qualified service and installation personnel. The installation must be in accordance with all local and federal electrical and building codes. Perform the following steps to install the observation monitor. See Figure 1. A.
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Repeat steps D through G for additional observation cameras. Caution: Do not plug an observation camera and a standard security camera into the same camera port on the rear of the observation monitor; i.e, an observation camera into the RJ-11-E for CA1 and a BNC cabled standard security camera on the BNC input for CA1.
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Monitor Rear View RECORDER ALARM AC IN RS485 NETWORK Modular Camera Rear View Modular Cable Modular Cable MONITOR INTERPHONE connector to Monitor connector to Camera BNC Camera Rear View BNC Cable BNC Cable VIDEO OUT connector to Monitor connector to Camera <FIGURE 1>...
2-2. Installation with a analog VCR or Security Time-lapse VCR The observation monitor has an internal hard disk for recording and playback. But sometimes you may want to copy the playback of the internal hard disk using an analog VCR tape. At this time, perform the following steps after installing the monitor.
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Monitor Rear View RECORDER ALARM AC IN RS485 NETWORK Typical Time-Lapse Recorder Rear View VIDEO A UDIO RCA to BNC AUDIO OUT Adaptor VCR Interconnection cable OU T AUDIO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT OU T Typical Event Recorder Rear View FROM ANT VIDEO AUDIO...
2-3. Installation with secondary monitors The observation monitor has four video looping-out BNC jacks and one VCR modular jack. Perform the following steps after installing the monitor. See Figure 3. A. Obtain the following equipment: a. Monitors. b. VCR interconnection cable. BNC cables.
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Monitor Rear View RECORDER ALARM AC IN RS485 NETWORK AUDIO VIDEO AUDIO OUT VCR Interconnection cable AUDIO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT RCA to BNC Adaptor <FIGURE 3> Observation Monitor for secondary monitors...
2-4. Installation with Alarm Devices The monitor can annunciate alarms and activate a recorder or other external alarm device when an alarm is received at the observation monitor. Perform the following steps after the installation of the monitor. See Figure 4 A.
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Camera Rear View MONITOR INTERPHONE To Monitor Wire color Black : Alarm input Shield : Ground External Alarm Device Cable Passive Infrared Detector W/Power Supply External Alarm Device Cable <FIGURE 4> Alarm Device Installation (Modular Type)
2-5. Installation with a Two-way Intercom The monitor has the ability to have a two-way intercom between the monitor and the camera location. Perform the following steps after installing the monitor. See Figure 5. A. Obtain an intercom station. B. Select a suitable location for the intercom station. The typical mounting height should be between 30'' and 42'' above the floor for easy access.
CHAPTER 3. OPERATION TALK QUAD MODE MUTE AUDIO VOLUME <FIGURE 6> Front Panel 3-1. Front keys and Their Functions PART FUNCTION DESCRIPTION SPEAKER Sound from the camera locations, the RECORDER audio, or the playback audio can be monitored from the internal speaker. TALK Press and hold the TALK to send audio from the monitor's built-in microphone to an optional intercom.
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PART FUNCTION DESCRIPTION These CAMERA NUMBER keys are used to display a camera in the full-screen displayed mode. In the playback mode, pressing camera key again will display the panorama display mode. The LED above the camera key is illuminated during the operation.
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PART FUNCTION DESCRIPTION REWIND Press REWIND key to start rewind playback(x1) of recordings and press REWIND key again to speed up rewind up to X16 in the playback mode. Press REWIND key to speed down rewind for a slow reverse playback up to X 1/60(50) in the pause mode.
3-2. Display Mode The monitor has three display modes. 1. Live display mode : displays live cameras. 2. Playback display mode : displays the recorded camera images from the hard disk. 3. Recorder display mode : displays the video signal from the recorder input port. The recorder output port is identical to the monitor screen in the live display mode and in the playback mode.
C. Full-screen display: Press camera number key to display the full-screen display mode. D. Panorama playback display: Press the same camera number key again to display the panorama playback display mode. This panorama playback display is useful to watch the sequential images simultaneously using the slow speed payback.
3-4. Camera key in the freeze mode Pressing the pause key will freeze all cameras in the live display mode. In this freeze mode, you can unfreeze the camera by pressing the camera key and freeze again by the same camera key again. Pressing the pause key again will unfreeze all camera in the live display mode.
3-7. Alarm Operation A. Single alarm: When an alarm occurs in the live mode, the following actions occur: 1. The LED indicator of the alarmed camera blinks one time per second. 2. The alarm buzzer sounds until the alarm hold time expires, if enabled. Note: Pressing any button turns off the alarm buzzer if the alarm acknowledge option is ON in the Alarms menu.
CHAPTER 4. MENU This monitor has three types of means. Monitor Picture control menu. · Main menu. · · Search menu. Pressing the MENU key will display the pop-up menu window. MENU COLOR : 20 BRIGHTNESS : 20 CONTRAST : 25 SHARPNESS : 32 TINT...
4-2. Monitor Picture control menu These values can be adjusted as below. Color : Adjusts color. · Contrast : Adjusts contrast. · Brightness : Adjusts brightness. · Sharpness : Adjusts sharpness. · · Tint : Adjusts hue (disable in the PAL system) H-POSITION : Adjusts the horizontal position of the picture.
4-4. Entering the main menu There are two types of menus, SUPERVISOR and USER2. The supervisor menu can display all the menus. The USER2 menu will display only the monitor picture control, the display, the key lock, the disk overview and change user. The menu displays according to the password only when the password confirmation is ON.
4-5. TIME/DATE TIME/DATE SETUP DATE FORMAT: US (MM/DD/YYYY) DATE : 11/30/2004 TUE TIME FORMAT : 24H TIME : 13:35:59 DAY PERIOD : 09:00 TO 17:00 DAYLIGHT SAVING : OFF: DATE FROM START : 04/05 02:00 03:00 STOP: 08/30 02:00 01:00 ·...
4-6. DISPLAY DISPLAY LIVE PLAYBACK TIME/DATE : ON TITLES : ON STATUS : ON ALARM : ON AUDIO : ON POSITION : BOT MENU TIME-OUT : 5 MIN · Time/Date, Camera Title, Status, Alarm, and Audio: The display option allows you to select whether to display these on the live display and the playback display.
4-7-1. Camera Setup CAMERA SETUP TITLE VIEW CAM1 CAM2 CAM3 CAM4 TITLE : Enter a title for the selected camera. The title can be up to 8 characters long. · VIEW : The camera view allows you not to view cameras on the monitor. ·...
4-8. Alarms ALARMS SENSOR ALARM VIDEOLOSS ALARM MOTION ALARM ALARM ACKNOWLEDGE : ON ALARM ACKNOWLEDGE : · ON : Pressing any key will silence the internal buzzer and turn off the relay only when the real alarms release. OFF : Pressing any key cannot silence the internal buzzer and cannot turn off the relay. 4-8-1.
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HOLD TIME : This allows the user to set the alarm actions to last from 5 to 30 · minutes. The hold time starts to count after the sensor alarm releases. The default is 20 seconds. (5-9s, 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 1M, 2M, 3M, 5M, 10M, 15M, 30M) LATCH : When set to On, a "A"...
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· RELAY : When set to On, the internal relay will activate during a video loss alarm condition. (ON, OFF) · BUZZER : When set to On, the internal buzzer will sound during a video loss alarm condition. (ON, OFF) 4-8-3.
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4-8-4. Motion Area Setup MOTION ALARM SETUP MOTION 1 : ON 2 : OFF 3 : ALL 4 : INVERSE : SKIP : END CAMERA : CAM1 NIGHT ENABLE SENSITIVITY : DELAY 00SEC 00SEC AREA EDIT EDIT CAMERA NO. : Select a camera in the menu or press a camera key on the unit. ·...
4-9. RECORDING SETUP RECORDING SETUP RECORD TYPE > SCHEDULE > HOLIDAY SETUP > AUDIO RECORD : OFF EVENT RECORD ON STOP : OFF IMAGE RESOLUTION : FULL RECORDING STOP ENABLE : ON AUDIO RECORD : Enable the AUDIO to ON to record an audio signal. This option is ·...
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· TYPE : Set the recording speed and quality of the normal record and the event record for the record key access and the recording schedule. - IPS : Select the recording speed NTSC : OFF, 0.1,0.2,0.3,0.5,1,2,3,5,10,15,30,60 PAL : OFF , 0.1,0.2,0.3,0.5,1,2,3,5,8,12,25,50 - QUALITY: Select the recording quality.
· DAY: Select the day. (MON, TUE, WEN, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN, S-S: Saturday-Sunday, M-F: Monday- Friday, M-S: Monday- Saturday, ALL: Monday- Sunday) Enter the start and end time at 30-minute interval. · REC TYPE: Select the record type in the record type menu. ·...
4-10. Disk Setup DISK SETUP DISK OVERVIEW > RECORD MODE : OVERWRITE DISK FULL WARNING : 95% DISK FULL ALARM REPLAY: ON DISK ERASE : OFF · RECORD MODE : The overwrite mode overwrites older recording when the disk is full. (OVERWRITE, STOP) DISKFULL WARNING : Set the percentage of used disk space at which the disk-full ·...
DISK CAPACITY : Shows the total space available in Gigabytes. · · USED SPACE (RECORD POSITION) : Shows the total space used by all video recordings in the stop record mode and shows the record position in the overwrite record mode. DISK MODEL : Shows the model name of the used disk.
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4-11-1. Ethernet IP Setup ETHERNET IP SETUP UNIT NAME : MONITOR 1 IP ADDRESS : 192.168.021.214 SUBNET MASK : 255.255.255.000 GATEWAY : 192.168.021.213 PORT : 5500 RANGE 1 BEGIN : 000.000.000.000 : 255.255.255.255 RANGE 2 BEGIN : 000.000.000.000 : 000.000.000.000 MAC ADDRESS : 00-07-D8-2F-FF-FF Enter a unit name up to 12-characters long to be used in the network.
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4-11-2. Ethernet User Setup ETHERNET USER SETUP SUPERVISOR NAME : SUPERVISOR PASSWORD : - - - - - - - - USER2 NAME : USER2 PASSWORD - - - - - - - - RIGHTS : LIVE Enter a name, up to 12-characters long, for each user. ·...
4-12. Unit Setup UNIT SETUP KEY LOCK : OFF PASSWORD SETUP > FACTORY DEFAUL T > VIDEO FORMAT : NTSC UNIT ADDRESS : 001 FACTORY SETUP > · Key Lock : When On, all keys except the menu key on the front panel are inoperative. Note : When you set the keylock ON, the monitor inquires the password pressing menu key.
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To protect from stop recording of the internal disk images, set RECORDING STOP · option to ON. To protect from shutdown of the system, set SYSTEM SHUTDOWN option to ON. · 4-12-2. Factory Default If you select Factory Defaults, all settings in the menu system are reset to their default value. FACTORY DEFAULT USER SETTING WILL BE DELETED.
4-13. Entering the SEARCH menu Pressing enter key on the search menu, when the password confirmation is ON, the confirmation screen displays. SEARCH GO TO FIRST GO TO LAST SEARCH BY TIME, DATE SEARCH BY RECORD LIST SEARCH BY EVENT LIST GO TO FIRST : This option lets the user jump to the earliest recorded time.
4-13-2. Search By Record List The Search by the record lists all of the recording sessions that are logged on the disk. SEARCH BY RECORD LIST DATE TIME YYYY - MM - DD HH : MM 2004 - 11 - 30 11 : 30 SEARCH EARLIEST REC : 2004 - 11 - 30 11:30...
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Enter the start time and end time. Select the camera. (Y: enable) Select the event (A:ALARM, M:MOTION, L:VIDEO LOSS) Press enter key on the search result. Then the result displays as below. EVENT SEARCH Index:1 / 00002 START TIME EVENT CAMERA 11/ 30 / 2004 11:35 ALARM 11/ 30 / 2004 12:20 ALARM VIEW...
APPENDIX A. REAR SIDE OF MONITOR A. 1 General The Observation Monitor has easy to use connectors making installations as user-friendly as possible. A. 2 THE OBSERVATION MONITOR CONNECTORS The following connectors are located on the observation monitor. According to the model, some port may be not presented. RECORDER ALARM AC IN...
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A. AC IN SOCKET : Connect the AC Power cord (supplied) to this socket and to a wall outlet. B. MAIN POWER : Set the switch to turn main power on or off. C. CAMERA INPUT/OUTPUT BNC CONNECTORS : For camera inputs and video signal loop- out of cameras to standard monitor.
APPENDIX B. TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES B. 1 General If problems occur at the initial installation phase, verity the equipment has been wired properly and installed in accordance with the procedures in this manual and with other operating equipment. The following problem and solutions highlight basic troubleshooting guidelines. Problem Possible Solution a.
APPENDIX C. MAINTENANCE C. 1 General This section contains the information on preventive maintenance and cleaning procedures for the unit. C. 2 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE Preventive maintenance allow detection and correction of minor faults before they become serious and cause equipment failure. Every three months, perform the following steps: 1.
Equipment Specifications Operating defaults Format 2x2 Screen Display Display Live Hour Format 24hour Day Period 09:00 TO 17:00 Daylight Saving Display of TIME/DATE Display of TITLES Display of STATUS Display of ALARM Display of AUDIO Display of POSITION BOT(BOTTOM) Menu time out 5 minutes Camera titles CAM1 ~ CAM4...
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Image Resolution FULL Recording Stop Enable Record Mode Overwrite Ethernet Enable Ethernet Unit Name MONITOR Ethernet User Name SUPERVISOR Supervisor Password 11111111 Ethernet User2 Name USER2 USER2 Password 22222222 USER2 Right LIVE IP Address 192.168.21.214 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.000 Gateway 192.168.21.213 Port 5500 RS-485 Baud Rate...
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Connections Alarm input 6-pin modular jack Alarm output Terminal Block Audio input 6-pin modular jack : audio input from cameras Audio output 6-pin modular jack : audio output Recorder in 6-pin modular jack : video input from the recorder Recorder out 6-pin modular jack : video output from the recorder Camera in (1~4) 6-pin modular jack and BNC : composite video input from...
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