AHD DVR User Manual Important Safeguards and Warnings Do not place the heavy object on the DVR. Do not let any solid or liquid fall into or infiltrate the DVR. Please brush the printed circuit boards, connectors, fans, machine box and so on regularly. Before the dust cleaning please switch off the power supply and unplug it.
AHD DVR User Manual 1. Product Introduction 1.1 Product Overview The series DVR is designed specially for security and defense field which is an outstanding digital surveillance product. It introduces embedded LINUX operating system which is more stable. It introduces standard H.264mp video compressed format and G.711A audio compressed format which insures the high quality image, low error coding ratio and single frame playing.
AHD DVR User Manual · Individual real-time video recording as well as searching, playback, network surveillance, recording check, downloading and so on. · Multi-channel playback mode. · Zoom at arbitrary region. Net operating . Through internet to real time surveillance, operate Settings menu, video download backup operation, etc. .
AHD DVR User Manual the fan power and the main board. Note: Please carefully check the button or back on the product type and consistency. Label affixed by the base plate or on the rear panel, Label, has a very important significance, please protect. When contact with our customer service, will need you to provide label type and serial number.
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 2.2 Item Name Description Video Input Connect to analog camera. Audio Output Connect to sound box and other audio output equipment. VGA port Connect to VGA monitor. HDMI port Connect to HD monitor. Audio Input Connect to pickup and other audio collecting equipment.
AHD DVR User Manual 3. Basic Operation 3.1 Login When the DVR boots up, the user must login and the system provides the corresponding functions with the user right. Admin default has no PW. Picture 3.1 Password protection: If the password is continuous wrong five times, the account will be locked. (After reboot or half an hour, the account will be unlocked automatically).
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 3.2 3.3.1 Guide Select "Desktop Shortcut Menu" "Guide", use this wizard to help you configure the parameters. By default, the setup guide will start once the DVR has loaded. It will walk you through some of the more important settings of your DVR. 3.3.2 Playback Select "Desktop Shortcut Menu""Playback", play the video files in the hard disk.
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AHD DVR User Manual 4. Playback Page Switch 5. Playback Time Selection 6. Playback File Type Select a HDD, a certain date in the calendar, and the channels which need to search video, set the recording type, tick off “Sync Mode” to realize multi-channel playback synchronously, find the playback time in the Playback Time Selection and double click it.
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AHD DVR User Manual Button Function Button Function Prev Frame Next Frame Prev File Next File Repeat Playback Full Screen Start / End Backup Editing Note: Frame by frame playback is only performed in the pause playback state. Click Page Switch button , select the file’s start time and end time, click Search button to show the eligible file information in the video file list, then select the files and click Backup button...
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 3.5 Edit the backup files and click “Start” to back up the selected files. 3.3.3 Record Mode Please check current channel status: “ ” means it is in recording status. (Take 4CH DVR for example) Picture 3.6 Schedule: It records according to the parameters in “Main Menu”...
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 3.7 Speed: Set the PTZ rotation speed. Default range: 1 ~ 8. Direction control: Control the PTZ rotation. 8 directions are supportive. (4 directions in front panel are supportive). Zoom: Click button to adjust the zoom multiple of camera. Focus: Click button to adjust the focus of camera.
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 3.8 Advanced: You can directly show desktop; easily call out the parameters of cold color, warm color and default color; or copy color settings to the other channel. Click “OK” button to save the setting, click “Cancel” button to exit current interface. 3.3.7 Output Adjust Adjust output area parameters.
AHD DVR User Manual 3.3.8.1 Version Display the network status and version information such as software version, build data, Serial No and so on. Picture 3.10 3.3.8.2 HDD Info Display the hard disk state: hard disk type, overall capability, residual capability, status and so on. You can also execute the formatting, recovering and partition.
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 3.11 3.3.8.3 BPS Display the code stream (Kb/S) and hard disk capability (MB/H) in real time. Picture 3.12 3.3.8.4 LOG Look up system log according to search criteria. Select the log type and time section to look up and click Search button. The log information will display as a list. Press Pre Page or Next Page button to look up and press Remove button to clear all the log information.
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 3.13 3.3.8.5 Online User Look up the network user information in the local DVR. You can choose the network user and cut the connection. Then the user is locked until next boot-strap. Picture 3.14 3.3.9 Logout Logout, shutdown the system or reboot up.
AHD DVR User Manual Shutdown: Quit the system. Turn off the power supply. When press the shut down button, there is a schedule hint. After three seconds, the system is shut down. Midway cancel is of no effect. Reboot: Quit the system. Reboot up the system. Picture 3.15 4.
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AHD DVR User Manual Resolution: Set output resolution and output mode (VGA priority or HDMI priority are optional). System Time: Set DVR’s time zone, system date & time, date format, date separator and DST function. Picture 4.2 HDD Full: Select Stop Record: when the hard drive is full, stop recording. Select overwrite: when the hard drive is full, overwrite the earliest recording files.
AHD DVR User Manual 4.2 Record Set recording parameter (main stream) and network parameter (extra stream) of video and audio signal. Set DVR’s recording plan. Note: There is at least one read-write hard disk. Picture 4.4 Channel: Choose the corresponding channel number to set its recording parameters. Set: Recording parameter (main stream) and network parameter (extra stream).
AHD DVR User Manual file and pre-record before the action, and set the record mode (schedule, manual or stop). When selecting the “Schedule” mode, you can edit the week schedule of recording. Select a week day, and then set the start & end time and record type of recording plan. If you want to enable “Redundancy” function, video files will be recorded on the Read &...
AHD DVR User Manual Secondary DNS: Set the secondary DNS. Media Port: Set the DVR’s media port. HTTP Port: Set the DVR’s HTTP port. Picture 4.6 Net Service: Click Net Service button to enter the interface as shown in Picture 4.7, first select a Network Service entry and click Set button, or double-click a Network Service entry to set parameter items.
AHD DVR User Manual Operation: After PPPOE dialing successfully, you can look up the IP address and obtain the current IP address. Then use this IP address to visit the DVR through user port. Picture 4.8 4.3.2 NTP Setup Server IP: Enter the address of NTP server. Port: Default: 123.
AHD DVR User Manual SMTP Server: Mail server addresses are different for different Email service providers, e.g. SMTP server address of 126 email is “smtp.126.com”. Port: Port number of SMTP server, usually is 25, or it may be 587, 993 or 465, etc. Need SSL: Decide whether to use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol to login.
AHD DVR User Manual Note: The DNS setup must be configured correctly in the network setup. Picture 4.12 4.3.6 FTP Setup FTP used when there get alarm, or alarm linkage to recording, snap pictures, you can specify the FTP server to upload video and capture specific images.
AHD DVR User Manual Server IP: Set the IP address of DDNS server. Port: Set the port number, which corresponds to “Service listener port” of DDNS server. User Name / Password: Input the user name / password used to log on to the DDNS server. Update Period: Set the synchronization interval between DVR and DDNS.
AHD DVR User Manual Type: Select the correct network card’s type. Wireless AP: 3G access point; the default is OK. Dial Number: 3G dial-up number; the default is OK User Name: Dial-up of 3G User Name. Password: Dial-up user's password. IP Address: Dial-up IP address number obtained.
AHD DVR User Manual password and click OK button. With a successful connection to the router, we can set a wireless IP. Picture 4.18 SSID: Name of wireless LAN automatically fit the connected wireless device. Password: Wireless network’s password. IP Address / Subnet Mask / Gateway: Set the wireless IP Address / Subnet Mask / Gateway, or enable DHCP function to automatically obtain IP address, subnet mask and gateway from the wireless router.
AHD DVR User Manual 4.4.1 Motion Detect When system detects the motion signal that reaches the sensitivity you set, the motion detection alarm and the linkage function are turned on. Picture 4.20 Enable: Enable the motion detection function. Channel: Choose a channel which needs to set the motion detection. Sensitivity: Adjust the sensitivity of motion detection (six options) according to the practical situation.
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AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.22 Interval: Only one alarm signal is turned on even there are several motion detection signals in this interval. Alarm Out: Start the external equipment of corresponding linkage alarm when the motion detection alarm is turned Delay: Delay a few moments to stop when the alarm state is turned off.
AHD DVR User Manual Note: Sending email function needs to do relative setting in “Main Menu”“Network”“Net Service”. Buzzer: means when alarm occurs, the equipment issues the "DiDi" sounds of two long ring. Write Log: means when alarm occurs, it will write alarm log. FTP Upload: means when alarm occurs, it will send alarm events to the FTP server.
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.25 Set method: refer to Chapter 4.4.1. Motion Detect. 4.4.4 Alarm Input When the DVR obtains the external alarm signal, the alarm function is turned on. Picture 4.26 Set method: refer to Chapter 4.4.1. Motion Detect. 4.4.5 Alarm Output Control the alarm output state of all channels.
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.27 Schedule: Alarm is turned on according to the schedule configuration. Manual: The relative channel outputs alarm signal no matter the channel in any state. Stop: The relative channel stops alarming no matter the channel in any state. Status: Checking the box means this channel has alarm output, otherwise without alarm output.
AHD DVR User Manual Detect. Less Than: Set a threshold value for remaining HDD space. If the threshold value is reached, DVR will have cue as the setting of process. 4.5 Switch This device can receive multi-type signal input. Support: Full analog HD mode: This mode supports 1080P, 720P and 960H analog HD cameras;...
AHD DVR User Manual 2. In channel type list, there are 6 available channel combination ways. In local channels, the numbers means the maximum analog channels which can be connected under that resolution. In digital channels, the numbers means the maximum network channels which can be connected under that resolution.
AHD DVR User Manual 4.6.1 HDD Management Configure and manage the hard disk. The menu displays the current hard disk’s information. The HDD operation include: set up the write-read disk, read-only disk, redundant disk, formatting, recover and partition. Choose a hard disk and click the function button on the right to execute. Read/Write: This operation will set it as work disk, and DVR can read data and write data.
AHD DVR User Manual Stop Bit: Include 2 options. Default: 1. Parity: Include odd check, even check, mark check and space check. Default: None. Note: The parameters of protocol, address, baud rate should be consistent with relative PTZ or dome for the user to control PTZ and dome.
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.34 4.6.4 Backup You can back up the video files to external storage device. Note: The storage device must be installed before the file backup. If the backup is terminated midway, the files that have been copied in the storage device can be playback individually. Picture 4.35 Detect: Detect the storage device connected to DVR such as hard disk or universal disk.
AHD DVR User Manual Erase: Delete all files on the selected device. Stop: Stop the backup. Picture 4.36 Type: Choose the file type. Channel: Choose a channel or all channels which need to back up data. Time: Choose the start & end time. Remove: Clear the file information satisfying the criteria you set.
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AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.37 Add User: Click Add User button, input the new user’s name and password, choose the group and permissions, and then click OK. Enabling Reusable function means that this account can be used by multiple users at the same time. Once you have selected the user group, its permissions can only be the subclass of group.
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AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.39 Add Group: Click Add Group button, input the new group’s name, choose this group’s permissions, and then click OK. Picture 4.40 Modify Group: Click Modify Group button, select a group you want to modify, and then modify this group’s attribute and click OK.
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AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.41 Modify Pwd: Click this button, select a user, and then modify this user’s password and click OK. Picture 4.42 Note: The user who possesses the user control permission can modify his/her own or other user password. Delete User: Select a user and click Delete User button to delete this user.
AHD DVR User Manual 4.6.6 Device Info Set the number of audio in channels, alarm in channels, alarm out channels, maximum playback windows and default playback windows, select remote control type and enable PTZ, etc. Picture 4.43 4.6.7 Restore The system will be restored to the default settings (support selectively restore the selected options). Picture 4.44 4.6.8 Auto Maintain User can set the timing reboot function, and automatically delete the files if they are longer than the specified period...
AHD DVR User Manual Picture 4.45 4.6.9 Upgrade User can get the upgrade file from your dealers, and upgrade the system once DVR has the new software version. Copy the upgrade file into the USB disk, and then insert it to USB port on the DVR. Enter into “Main Menu”“System”“Upgrade”, then find the upgrade file in the drop-down box, click Upgrade button to start upgrading.
AHD DVR User Manual 5. Network Access Settings 5.1 LAN Access Settings 1、Network connection (1) Before the WEB operation, make sure your DVR is properly connected to the network. (2) Enter DVR “Main Menu” “Network” to set correct IP address, subnet mask, DNS and gateway or set to obtain IP address automatically by DHCP.
AHD DVR User Manual 5.3 Mobile Phone Monitoring ISS MOBILE client software, which is designed for mobile phone on the basis of iOS (Version 7.0 or higher), can be used to remotely monitor the live video from embedded DVR, NVR, IP Camera and network speed dome via wireless network, play back record files and control PTZ as well.
AHD DVR User Manual Appendix 1. Remote Controller Operation Item Name Function REC Button To start the manual recording. ADD Button Input the number of DVR to control it. POWER Button To turn on/off the device. Digital Button Code input/number input/channel switch. EXIT Button Return to the previous interface.
AHD DVR User Manual Appendix 2. Mouse Operation *Take right hand as an example The mouse in USB connection is supportive. Operation Function Double click one item in the file list to playback the video Double click the playback video to zoom in or out the screen Double left click Double click the channel to make it full screen display in preview state double click again to resume the multi-window display...
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