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  • Page 1 Digital Video Recorder User Manual...

  • Page 2: User Manual

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder User Manual About this Manual This Manual is applicable to TVI series DVR. The Manual includes instructions for using and managing the product. Pictures, charts, images and all other information hereinafter are for description and explanation only. The information contained in the Manual is subject to change, without notice, due to firmware updates or other reasons.

  • Page 3: Regulatory Information

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: 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.

  • Page 4: Safety Instruction

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may occur if any of the warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may occur if any of the cautions are neglected.

  • Page 5: Preventive And Cautionary Tips

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: • Ensure unit is installed in a well-ventilated, dust-free environment. • Unit is designed for indoor use only. •...

  • Page 6: Product Key Features

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. The figures in this manual are for reference only. Product Key Features General  Connectable to HD-TVI and analog cameras; ...
  • Page 7 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder  Customization of tags, searching and playing back by tags;  Locking and unlocking of record files;  Local redundant recording;  Searching and playing back record files by camera number, recording type, start time, end time, etc.; ...
  • Page 8 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder  Remote keyboard operation;  Remote locking and unlocking of control panel and mouse;  Remote HDD formatting and program upgrading;  Remote system restart and shutdown;  Support upgrading via remote FTP server; ...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Product Key Features ..........................6 Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................12 Front Panels ........................... 13 IR Remote Control Operations ...................... 17 USB Mouse Operation ........................19 Input Method Description ......................20 Rear Panel ............................. 21 Chapter 2 Getting Started ..........................
  • Page 10 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Configuring Manual Record ......................62 Configuring Holiday Record ......................63 Configuring Redundant Recording ....................65 Configuring HDD Group for Recording ..................67 Files Protection ..........................68 Chapter 6 Playback ............................70 Playing Back Record Files ......................71 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel .....................
  • Page 11 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.7 Configuring Email ......................119 Checking Network Traffic ......................121 Configuring Network Detection ....................122 9.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss ................122 9.4.2 Exporting Network Packet ....................122 9.4.3 Checking Network Status ....................124 9.4.4 Checking Network Statistics ....................

  • Page 12: Chapter 1 Introduction

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 13: Front Panels

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.1 Front Panels 4CH/8CH Figure 1. 1 Front Panel of 4ch/8ch/16ch TVI DVR 16CH Table 1. 1 Description of Front Panel Name Function Description POWER: the POWER indicator turns green when NVR is powered READY: The indicator light is green when the device is running normally.
  • Page 14 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description The F2 button is used to change the tab pages. In PTZ control mode, it zooms in the image. Enter numeral “4”; 4/GHI/ESC: Enter letters “GHI”; Exit and back to the previous menu. Enter numeral “5”;...
  • Page 15 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Receiver for IR remote. IR Receiver Figure 1. 2 Front Panel of 32ch TVI DVR Table 1. 2 Description of Front Panel Name Function Description POWER ON/OFF Power on/off switch. USB Interface Connect to USB mouse or USB flash memory.
  • Page 16 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder camera; In live view or playback mode, the F1 button can be used to switch between main and spot video output. Enter numeral “3”; Enter letters “DEF”; 3DEF/F2 In PTZ Control mode, the F1 button can be used to zoom in (zoom+) the PTZ camera;...

  • Page 17: Ir Remote Control Operations

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.2 IR Remote Control Operations The DVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1. 3. Batteries (2×AAA) must be installed before operation. Figure 1. 3 Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel.
  • Page 18 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Name Description EDIT Button Same as EDIT/IRIS+ button on front panel. A Button Same as A/FOCUS+ button on front panel. Same as REC/SHOT button on front panel. REC Button Same as the PLAY/AUTO button on front panel. PLAY Button Same as the ZOOM+ button on front panel.

  • Page 19: Usb Mouse Operation

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.3 USB Mouse Operation A regular 3-button (Left/Right/Scroll-wheel) USB mouse can also be used with this DVR. To use a USB mouse: Steps: 1. Plug USB mouse into one of the USB interfaces on the front panel of the DVR. 2.

  • Page 20: Input Method Description

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.4 Input Method Description Figure 1. 4 Soft Keyboard Table 1. 5 Description of the Soft Keyboard Icons Description of the buttons on the soft keyboard: Icons Description Icons Description English Capital English Numbers Symbols Lowercase/Uppercase Backspace...

  • Page 21: Rear Panel

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1.5 Rear Panel Figure 1. 5 Rear Panel of 4/8/16ch 720p Series without alarm Figure 1. 6 Rear Panel of 4/8/16ch 720p Series with alarm Table 1. 6 Description of Front Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input.
  • Page 22 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder AUDIO OUT RCA connector. DB15 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu. HDMI HDMI video output connector. USB Port Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional devices. Network Interface Connector for network RS-485 Interface Connector for RS-485 devices.

  • Page 23: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 Getting Started...

  • Page 24: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Dvr

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR Purpose: Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the DVR. Before you start: Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the DVR’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.
  • Page 25 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Rebooting the DVR While in the Shutdown menu (Figure 2. 1), you can also reboot the DVR. Steps: Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu > Shutdown. Click the Logout button to log out or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR.

  • Page 26: Using The Wizard For Basic Configuration

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.2 Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded. Figure 2. 3 Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. If you don’t want to use the Start Wizard at that moment, click Exit.
  • Page 27 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 5 General Network Configuration 4. Click Next button after you having configured the network parameters, which will take you to the Advanced Network Setup Wizard window. 5. Set the parameters of port No., Cloud P2P, Auto UPnP or DDNS if required. 6.
  • Page 28 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 2. 7 Record Settings 9. Click Copy to copy the recording setting to other cameras. 10. Click OK to save the settings and exit the wizard.

  • Page 29: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2.3 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras Purpose: Before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device. Before you start: Ensure the network connection is valid and correct.
  • Page 30 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table 2. 1 Explanation of the icons Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera. The camera is disconnected; you can click the The camera is connected. icon to get the exception information of camera.
  • Page 31 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2. Repeat the step 3 and 4 of OPTION 1 to add the camera. Figure 2. 11 IP Camera Management Interface Table 2. 2 Explanation of the icons Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the camera Add the detected IP camera.

  • Page 32: Chapter 3 Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Live View...

  • Page 33: Introduction Of Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The DVR will automatically enter Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC many times (depending on which menu you’re on) will bring you to the Live View mode.

  • Page 34: Operations In Live View Mode

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.2 Operations in Live View Mode In live view mode, there are many functions provided. The functions are listed below. • Single Screen: show only one screen on the monitor. • Multi-screen: show multiple screens on the monitor simultaneously. •...

  • Page 35: Using The Mouse In Live View

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.2.2 Using the Mouse in Live View Table 3. 4 Mouse Operation in Live View Name Description Menu Enter the main menu of the system by right clicking the mouse. Single Screen Switch to the single full screen by choosing channel number from the dropdown list.

  • Page 36: Main/Aux Output Switching

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder • PTZ Control: The shortcut to enter the PTZ control interface. • Main Monitor: Enter Main operation mode. In the live view mode of the main output monitor, the menu operation is not available while Aux output mode is enabled.
  • Page 37 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder record during the last five minutes. Digital Zoom can zoom in the selected area to the full screen. Click and draw to select the area to zoom in, as shown in Figure 3. 4. Figure 3.

  • Page 38: Channel-Zero Encoding

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.3 Channel-zero Encoding This chapter is applicable to 1080p series. Purpose: Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS (Client Management System) software, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality, channel-zero encoding is supported as an option for you.

  • Page 39: Adjusting Live View Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.4 Adjusting Live View Settings Purpose: Live View settings can be customized according to different needs. You can configure the output interface, dwell time for screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, the screen number for each channel, etc. Steps: Enter the Live View Settings interface.
  • Page 40 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder display. Setting an ‘X’ means the window will not display any camera. 3) You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live view of all channels. Click to go to the previous or next page.

  • Page 41: Manual Video Quality Diagnostics

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.5 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The video quality of the analog channels can be diagnosed manually and you can view the diagnostic results from a list. Steps: Enter the Manual Video Quality Diagnostics interface. Menu>...

  • Page 42: User Logout

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3.6 User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to do some operation, you need to enter user name and password to log in again. Steps: Enter the Shutdown menu.

  • Page 43: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 PTZ Controls...

  • Page 44: Configuring Ptz Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose: Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ camera. Steps: 1. Enter the PTZ Settings interface. Menu >Camera>...

  • Page 45: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols & Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns Before you start: Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols. 4.2.1 Customizing Presets Purpose: Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an event takes place.

  • Page 46: Customizing Patrols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1. Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface; Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel.

  • Page 47: Calling Patrols

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Select patrol No. in the drop-down list of patrol. Click the Set button to add key points for the patrol. Figure 4. 5 Key point Configuration 4. Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol.

  • Page 48: Customizing Patterns

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.2.5 Customizing Patterns Purpose: Patterns can be set by recording the movement of the PTZ. You can call the pattern to make the PTZ movement according to the predefined path. Steps: Enter the PTZ Control interface. Menu >...

  • Page 49: Customizing Linear Scan Limit

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 4. 8 PTZ Panel - General Click the Call Pattern button to call it. Click the Stop Pattern button to stop calling it. 4.2.7 Customizing Linear Scan Limit Purpose: The Linear Scan can be enabled to trigger the scan in the horizantal direction in the predefined range. This function is supported by some certain models.

  • Page 50: Calling Linear Scan

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder side of the right limit, as well the angle from the left limit to the right limit should be no more than 180º. 4.2.8 Calling Linear Scan Purpose: Follow the procedure to call the linear scan in the predefined scan range. Steps: Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface;...
  • Page 51 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 4. 11 PTZ Panel - One-touch There are 3 one-touch park types selectable, click the corresponding button to activate the park action. Park (Quick Patrol): The dome starts patrol from the predefined preset 1 to preset 32 in order after the park time.

  • Page 52: Ptz Control Panel

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4.3 PTZ Control Panel To enter the PTZ control panel, there are two ways supported. OPTION 1: In the PTZ settings interface, click the PTZ button on the lower-right corner which is next to the Back button. OPTION 2: In the Live View mode, you can press the PTZ Control button on the front panel or on the remote control, or choose the PTZ Control icon...

  • Page 53: Chapter 5 Recording Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 5 Recording Settings...

  • Page 54: Configuring Recording Parameters

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.1 Configuring Recording Parameters Before you start: 1. Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5. 1 HDD- General 2. Click Advance to check the storage mode of the HDD. 1) Whether the HDD mode is Quota, please set the maximum record capacity.
  • Page 55 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1) Select the Record tab to configure. 2) Select a camera number in the camera dropdown list. You can configure the stream type, the resolution, the video quality and other parameters on demand for Main Stream (Continuous) and Main Stream (Event) respectively. The Input Resolution of camera connected will be displayed in the live view for 5 seconds when the camera is connected, or the DVR is powered on.
  • Page 56 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 4 Copy Camera Settings Set encoding parameters for sub-stream. 1) Select the Substream tab. Figure 5. 5 Sub-stream Encoding 2) Select a camera in the camera dropdown list. 3) Configure the parameters. 4) Click Apply to save the settings.

  • Page 57: Configuring Record Schedule

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule The DVR supports continuous, motion and VCA triggered recording types. Purpose: Set the record schedule, and then the camera will automatically start/stop recording according to the configured schedule. Steps: 1. Enter the Record Schedule interface. Menu>...
  • Page 58 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 7 Edit Schedule- All Day To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time. Figure 5. 8 Edit Schedule- Set Time Period Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped with each other. Repeat the above steps 1)-4) to schedule recording for other days in the week.
  • Page 59 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 10 Draw the Schedule Descriptions of the color icons are shown in the figure below. Figure 5. 11 Descriptions of the Color Icons Click and drag the mouse on the schedule. Click on the other area except for the schedule table to finish and exit the drawing. You can repeat step 4 to set schedule for other channels.

  • Page 60: Configuring Motion Detection Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.3 Configuring Motion Detection Record Purpose: Follow the steps to set the motion detection parameters. In the live view mode, once a motion detection event takes place, the DVR can analyze it and do many actions to handle it. Enabling motion detection function can trigger certain channels to start recording, or trigger full screen monitoring, audio warning, notifying the surveillance center, sending email and so on.

  • Page 61: Configuring Alarm Triggered Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 14 Motion Detection Settings 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 8) Exit the Motion Detection menu.

  • Page 62: Configuring Manual Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.5 Configuring Manual Record Purpose: Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual record. Using manual record, you don’t need to set a schedule for recording. Steps: Enter the Manual settings interface. Menu> Manual Figure 5.

  • Page 63: Configuring Holiday Record

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.6 Configuring Holiday Record Purpose: Follow the steps to configure the record schedule on holiday for that year. You may want to have different plan for recording on holiday. Steps: Enter the Record setting interface. Menu>Record Choose Holiday on the left bar.
  • Page 64 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4) Set the start and end date. 5) Click Apply to save settings. 6) Click OK to exit the Edit interface. Configure the record schedule. Please refer to the Chapter 5.2 Configuring Record Schedule, while you may choose Holiday in the Schedule dropdown list, or you can draw the schedule on the timeline of Holiday.

  • Page 65: Configuring Redundant Recording

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.7 Configuring Redundant Recording Purpose: Enabling redundant recording, which means saving the record files not only in the R/W HDD but also in the redundant HDD, will effectively enhance the data safety and reliability. Before you start: You must set the Storage mode in the HDD advanced settings to Group before you set the HDD property to Redundant.
  • Page 66 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 5. 21 Encoding Parameters 2) Select Camera you want to configure. 3) Check the checkbox of Redundant Record. 4) Click Apply to save settings. If the encoding parameters can also be used to other channels, click Copy and choose the channel you want to apply the settings.

  • Page 67: Configuring Hdd Group For Recording

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.8 Configuring HDD Group for Recording Purpose: You can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. Steps: Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD>Advanced Select Advanced on the left bar. Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group. If not, set it to Group. Select General in the left bar.

  • Page 68: Files Protection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 5.9 Files Protection Purpose: You can lock the recorded files or set the HDD property to Read-only to protect the record files from being overwritten. Protect file by locking the record files Steps: Enter Playback setting interface. Menu>...
  • Page 69 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder The record files of which the recording is still not completed cannot be locked. 2) Click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected. Protect file by setting HDD property to Read-only Before you start: To edit HDD property, you need to set the storage mode of the HDD to Group.

  • Page 70: Chapter 6 Playback

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 6 Playback...

  • Page 71: Playing Back Record Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Playing Back by Channel Purpose: Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported.  OPTION 1 Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.

  • Page 72: Playback By Time

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table 6. 1 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on/ Mute Start/Stop clipping Save clip(s) Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Pause / Reverse play/ Digital Zoom Smart Search Single-frame reverse play...
  • Page 73 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 2 Playback Calendar If there are record files for that camera in that day, in the calendar, the icon for that day is displayed as Otherwise it is displayed as In the Playback interface: The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process, as shown in Figure 6.

  • Page 74: Playing Back By Event Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Table 6. 2 Detailed Explanation of Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Mute/Audio on Start/Stop clipping Save clip(s) Add default tag Add customized tag Tag management Pause/ Digital Zoom Stop Play Reverse 30s backward 30s forward Previous day...
  • Page 75 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 5 Motion Search Interface Click Search button to get the search result information. You may refer to the right-side bar for the result. Figure 6. 6 Search Result Bar(Alarm In and Motion) Click button to play back the file.
  • Page 76 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 7 Interface of Playback by Event Figure 6. 8 Toolbar of Playback by Event Table 6. 3 Detailed Explanation of Playback-by-event Toolbar Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio on/ Mute Start/Stop clipping Save clip(s) Add default tag Add customized tag...

  • Page 77: Playing Back By Tag

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.1.4 Playing Back by Tag Purpose: Video tag allows you to record related information like people and location of a certain time point during playback. You are also allowed to use video tag(s) to search for record files and position time point. Before playing back by tag: 1.
  • Page 78 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 10 Tag Management Interface Steps: Select the Tag from the drop-down list in the Playback interface. Choose channels, edit start time and end time, and then click Search to enter Search Result interface. You can enter keyword in the textbox to search the tag on your command.

  • Page 79: Playing Back By Smart Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.1.5 Playing Back by Smart Search Purpose: The smart playback function provides an easy way to get through the less effective information. When you select the smart playback mode, the system will analyze the video with motion, mark it with green color and play it in the normal speed while the video without motion will be played in the 8-time speed.

  • Page 80: Playing Back By System Logs

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder  Playback progress bar: use the mouse to click any point of the progress bar to locate special frames, and a thumbnail of the specified frame will be displayed. 6.1.6 Playing Back by System Logs Purpose: Play back record file(s) associated with channels after searching system logs.

  • Page 81: Playing Back External File

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 15 Interface of Playback by Log 6.1.7 Playing Back External File Purpose: Perform the following steps to look up and play back files in the external devices. Steps: Enter Tag Search interface. Menu>Playback Select the External File in the drop-down list on the top-left side.

  • Page 82: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 6.2 Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose: Play video files frame by frame, in order to check image details of the video when abnormal events happen. Steps: • Using a Mouse Go to Playback interface and click button until the speed changes to Single frame.

  • Page 83: Digital Zoom

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 18 Draw Area of Smart Search The results of smart search will be marked as in the progress bar. Figure 6. 19 Smart Search Result with Video List Figure 6. 20 Toolbar of Smart Search Playback ...

  • Page 84: Reverse Playback Of Multi-Channel

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 6. 21 Draw Area for Digital Zoom Right-click the image to exit the digital zoom interface. 6.2.4 Reverse Playback of Multi-channel Purpose: You can play back record files of multi-channel reversely. Up to 16-ch simultaneous reverse playback is supported.

  • Page 85: Chapter 7 Backup

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 7 Backup...

  • Page 86: Backing Up Record Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7.1 Backing up Record Files Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video Search Purpose: The record files can be backed up to various USB devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs, and USB writer.

  • Page 87: Backing Up By Event Search

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower-left corner of the window. Export. Click Export button and start backup. If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. •...
  • Page 88 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Search for events. 1) Select Motion, Line Crossing Detection or Intrusion Detection as the event type.  Here we take the backup by motion detection as the example. 2) Check the checkbox of cameras and set the search time. 3) Click Search button to enter the Search Result interface.
  • Page 89 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder If the inserted USB device is not recognized: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. You can also format USB flash drive or USB HDDs via the device. Figure 7.

  • Page 90: Backing Up Video Clips

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7.1.3 Backing up Video Clips Purpose: You may also select video clips to export directly during Playback, using USB devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs, and USB writers. Steps: Enter Playback interface. Please refer to Chapter 6 Playback.
  • Page 91 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 9 Export Video Clips Using USB Flash Drive Stay in the Exporting interface until all record files are exported with pop-up message “Export finished”. Or a prompt will pop up when you quit the Playback interface if there are clips not saved. Figure 7.

  • Page 92: Managing Backup Devices

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7.2 Managing Backup Devices Steps: 1. Enter Search Result interface of record files. Menu>Export>Normal Set search condition and click Search button to enter Search Result interface. At least one channel shall be selected. Figure 7. 12 Normal Video Search for Backup 2.
  • Page 93 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 7. 14 USB Flash Drive Management Click New Folder button if you want to create a new folder in the backup device. Select a record file or folder in the backup device and press button if you want to delete it.
  • Page 94 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder  There must be a re-writable CD/DVD when you make this operation.  If the inserted USB writer is not recognized:  Click the Refresh button.  Reconnect device.  Check for compatibility from vendor.

  • Page 95: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 8 Alarm Settings...

  • Page 96: Setting Motion Detection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.1 Setting Motion Detection Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8. 1 Motion Detection Setup Interface 2.
  • Page 97 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 3 Set Trigger Camera of Motion Detection 4. Set arming schedule of the channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel’s arming schedule. Choose one day of a week and up to eight time periods can be set within each day. Or you can click the Copy button to copy the time period settings to other day(s).

  • Page 98: Setting Sensor Alarms

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.2 Setting Sensor Alarms This function is not supported by 4ch/8ch/16ch 720p series. Purpose: Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm. Steps: Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input. Menu>...
  • Page 99 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 5 Video Loss Setup Interface Set up handling method of video loss. Check the checkbox of “Enable Video Loss Alarm”. Click button to set up handling method of video loss. Set arming schedule of the channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel’s arming schedule.
  • Page 100 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Repeat the above steps to finish settings of other channels, or click the Copy button copy the above settings to them.

  • Page 101: Detecting Video Tampering

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.4 Detecting Video Tampering Purpose: Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action(s). Steps: 1. Enter Video Tampering interface of Camera Management and select a channel you want to detect video tampering.
  • Page 102 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 8. 8 Set Arming Schedule of Video Tampering 3) Select Linkage Action tab to set alarm response actions of video tampering alarm (please refer to Chapter 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.

  • Page 103: Detecting Vca Alarm

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.5 Detecting VCA Alarm Purpose: The DVR can receive the VCA alarm sent by analog camera, and the VCA detection must be enabled and configured on the camera settings interface first. Perform the steps below to set the VCA configuration. The device can provide VCA capability of enabling linkage actions when detecting exceptional event, such as people, vehicles and objects cross a virtual line or intrude a pre-defined region.
  • Page 104 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Task1: Configure the Line Crossing Detection. Select the virtual line from the drop-down list. Up to 4 lines are selectable. Select the direction to A<->B, A->B or A<-B. Set the sensitivity of the line crossing detection to 1-100. Click and set two points in the preview window to draw a virtual line.

  • Page 105: Setting All-Day Video Quality Diagnostics

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.6 Setting All-day Video Quality Diagnostics Purpose: The device provides two ways to diagnose the video quality: manual and all-day. Perform the following steps to set the threshold of the diagnosing and the linkage actions. Steps: 1.
  • Page 106 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder to copy an arming schedule to other days. 4) Click the OK button to complete the video tampering settings of the channel. 5. Click the Apply button to save and activate settings. (Optional) you can copy the same settings to other cameras by clicking the Copy button.

  • Page 107: Handling Exceptions

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.7 Handling Exceptions Purpose: Exception settings refer to the handling method of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc. • Network Disconnected: Disconnected network cable. •...
  • Page 108 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 3. Set the alarm linkage actions. 4. Click Apply to save the settings.

  • Page 109: Setting Alarm Response Actions

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8.8 Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose: Take alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center and Send Email. Full Screen Monitoring When an alarm is triggered, the local monitor (HDMI, VGA or CVBS monitor) display in full screen the video image from the alarming channel configured for full screen monitoring.
  • Page 110 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Click Trigger/Clear button if you want to trigger or clear an alarm output. Click Trigger All button if you want to trigger all alarm outputs. Click Clear All button if you want to clear all alarm output.

  • Page 111: Chapter 9 Network Settings

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  • Page 112: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. Steps: Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Figure 9. 1 Network Settings Interface Select the General tab.

  • Page 113: Configuring Advanced Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2 Configuring Advanced Settings 9.2.1 Configuring Extranet Access Configuring Cloud P2P Purpose: The Cloud P2P provides the mobile phone application and as well the service platform page to access and manage your connected DVR, which enables you to get a convenient remote access to the surveillance system. Steps: 1.
  • Page 114 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 2 IP Server Settings Interface  DynDNS: 1) Enter Server Address for DynDNS (i.e. members.dyndns.org). 2) In the DVR Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS website. 3) Enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS website. Figure 9.

  • Page 115: Configuring Pppoe Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder it will replace the old one registered on the server. You can register the alias of the device domain name in the DDNS server first and then enter the alias to the Device Domain Name in the DVR; 5.

  • Page 116: Configuring Snmp

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Configure the following NTP settings: • Interval: Time interval between the two synchronizing actions with NTP server. The unit is minute. • NTP Server: IP address of NTP server. • NTP Port: Port of NTP server. Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface.

  • Page 117: Configuring Nat

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.2.5 Configuring NAT Purpose: Universal Plug and Play (UPnP™) can permit the device seamlessly discover the presence of other network devices on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, etc. You can use the UPnP™...

  • Page 118: Configuring More Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 1) Click to activate the External Port Settings dialog box. Configure the external port No. for server port, http port and RTSP port respectively.  You can use the default port No., or change it according to actual requirements. ...

  • Page 119: Configuring Email

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder exception message to the host when an alarm is triggered. The remote alarm host must have the CMS (Client Management System) software installed. The Alarm Host IP refers to the IP address of the remote PC on which the CMS (Client Management System) software is installed, and the Alarm Host Port must be the same as the alarm monitoring port configured in the software (default port is 7200).
  • Page 120 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 15 Email Settings Interface Configure the following Email settings: Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature. User Name: The user account of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication. Password: The password of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication.

  • Page 121: Checking Network Traffic

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.3 Checking Network Traffic Purpose: You can check the network traffic to obtain real-time information of DVR such as linking status, MTU, sending/receiving rate, etc. Steps: Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Figure 9.

  • Page 122: Configuring Network Detection

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.4 Configuring Network Detection Purpose: You can obtain network connecting status of DVR through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc. 9.4.1 Testing Network Delay and Packet Loss Steps: Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >...
  • Page 123 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 9. 19 Export Network Packet Click the Export button to start exporting. After the exporting is complete, click OK to finish the packet export. Up to 1M data can be exported each time.

  • Page 124: Checking Network Status

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.4.3 Checking Network Status Purpose: You can also check the network status and quick set the network parameters in this interface. Steps: Click Status on the right bottom of the page. Figure 9. 20 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out.

  • Page 125: Checking Network Statistics

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 9.4.4 Checking Network Statistics Purpose: You can check the network statistics to obtain the real-time information of the device. Steps: Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect Click the Network Stat. tab to enter the Network Statistics menu. Figure 9.

  • Page 126: Chapter 10 Hdd Management

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  • Page 127: Initializing Hdds

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose: A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General. Figure 10. 1 HDD Information Interface Select HDD to be initialized.
  • Page 128 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Click Menu > HDD > Advanced. Figure 10. 5 Enable HDD Sleeping Check the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping (by default), and the HDDs which are free of working for a long time will be set to sleep. Uncheck the checkbox of Enable HDD Sleeping, and the HDDs will be set to work for all time.

  • Page 129: Managing Network Hdd

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.2 Managing Network HDD Purpose: You can add the allocated NAS or disk of IP SAN to DVR, and use it as network HDD. Steps: Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD>General Figure 10. 6 HDD Information Interface Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in Figure 10.

  • Page 130: Managing Esata

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 4) Click the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk. Up to 1 IP SAN disk can be added. 5) After having successfully added the NAS or IP SAN disk, return to the HDD Information menu. The added NetHDD will be displayed in the list.
  • Page 131 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 10. 8 Storage Mode Interface 3. Click the Apply button and the following Attention box will pop up. Figure 10. 9 Attention for Reboot 4. Click the Yes button to reboot the device to activate the changes. 5.

  • Page 132: Setting Hdd Property

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 8. Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 10. 11 Confirm HDD Group Settings 9. In the pop-up Attention box, click the Yes button to finish the settings. 10.4.2 Setting HDD Property Purpose: The HDD property can be set to redundancy, read-only or read/write (R/W).
  • Page 133 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder At least 2 hard disks must be added on your DVR when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy, and there is one HDD with R/W property.

  • Page 134: Configuring Quota Mode

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.5 Configuring Quota Mode Purpose Each camera can be configured with allocated quota for the storage of recorded files. Steps Enter the Storage Mode interface. Menu > HDD > Advanced Set the Mode to Quota, as shown in Figure 10. 18. The DVR must be rebooted to enable the changes to take effect.

  • Page 135: Checking Hdd Status

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.6 Checking HDD Status Purpose: You may check the status of the installed HDDs on DVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Steps: 1.

  • Page 136: Checking S.m.a.r.t Information

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.7 Checking S.M.A.R.T Information Purpose: The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system for HDD to detect and report on various indicators of reliability in the hopes of anticipating failures. Steps: Enter the HDD Detect interface.

  • Page 137: Detecting Bad Sector

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.8 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose: You can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD. Steps: 1. Enter the HDD Detect interface. Menu>HDD>HDD Detect Figure 10. 18 Bad Sector Detection Click the Bad Sector Detection tab to enter the interface.

  • Page 138: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 10.9 Configuring HDD Error Alarms Purpose: You can configure the HDD error alarms when the HDD status is Uninitialized or Abnormal. Steps: 1. Enter the Exception interface. Menu > Configuration > Exceptions 2. Select the Exception Type to HDD Error from the dropdown list. 3.

  • Page 139: Chapter 11 Camera Settings

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  • Page 140: Configuring Osd Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including date /time, camera name, etc. Steps: Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD Select the camera to configure OSD settings. Edit the Camera Name in the text field.

  • Page 141: Configuring Privacy Mask

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11.2 Configuring Privacy Mask Purpose: You are allowed to configure the four-sided privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed or recorded by the operator. Steps: Enter the Privacy Mask Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Privacy Mask Select the camera to set privacy mask.
  • Page 142 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 7. Click the Apply button to save the settings.

  • Page 143: Configuring Video Parameters

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 11.3 Configuring Video Parameters Steps: Enter the Image Settings interface. Menu > Camera > Image Figure 11. 5 Image Settings Interface Select the camera to set image parameters. Two periods for different image settings are provided, select the period name in the dropdown list. The time periods cannot be overlapped with each other.

  • Page 144: Chapter 12 Dvr Management And Maintenance

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Chapter 12 DVR Management and Maintenance...

  • Page 145: Viewing System Information

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.1 Viewing System Information Steps: 1. Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info 2. You can click the Device Info, Camera, Record, Network and HDD tabs to view the system information of the device.
  • Page 146 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 12. 3 Log Search Results 5. You can click the button of each log or double-click it to view its detailed information, as shown in Figure 12. 4. And you can also click the button to view the related video files if available.

  • Page 147: Importing/Exporting Ip Camera Info

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Figure 12. 5 Export Log Files 7. Select the backup device from the dropdown list of Device Name. 8. Click the Export to export the log files to the selected backup device. You can click the New Folder button to create new folder in the backup device, or click the Format button to format the backup device before log export.

  • Page 148: Importing/Exporting Configuration Files

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.4 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one DVR can be imported to multiple DVR devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters. Steps: 1.

  • Page 149: Upgrading System

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.5 Upgrading System Purpose: The firmware on your DVR can be upgraded by local backup device or remote FTP server. 12.5.1 Upgrading by Local Backup Device Steps: 1. Connect your DVR with a local backup device where the update firmware file is located. 2.

  • Page 150: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 12.6 Restoring Default Settings Steps: Enter the Default interface. Menu > Maintenance > Default Figure 12. 9 Restore Defaults Select the restoring type from the following three options. Restore Defaults: Restore all parameters, except the network (including IP address, subnet mask, gateway, MTU, NIC working mode, default route, server port, etc.) and user account parameters, to the factory default settings.

  • Page 151: Chapter 13 Others

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  • Page 152: Configuring Rs-232 Serial Port

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.1 Configuring RS-232 Serial Port Purpose: The RS-232 port can be used in two ways: Parameters Configuration: Connect a PC to the device through the PC serial port. Device parameters can be configured by using software such as HyperTerminal. The serial port parameters must be the same as the device’s when connecting with the PC serial port.

  • Page 153: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.2 Configuring General Settings Purpose: You can configure the output resolution, system time, mouse pointer speed, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Select the General tab. Figure 13.

  • Page 154: Configuring Dst Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.3 Configuring DST Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu >Configuration>General 2. Choose DST Settings tab. Figure 13. 2 DST Settings Interface You can check the checkbox before the Auto DST Adjustment item. Or you can manually check the Enable DST checkbox, and then you choose the date of the DST period.

  • Page 155: Configuring More Settings

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.4 Configuring More Settings Steps: 1. Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General 2. Click the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface, as shown in Figure 13.3. Figure 13. 3 More Settings Interface 3.

  • Page 156: Managing User Accounts

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.5 Managing User Accounts Purpose: There is a default account in the NVR: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is set when you start the device for the first time. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters.
  • Page 157 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder system, resetting the password monthly or weekly can better protect your product. Level: Set the user level to Operator or Guest. Different user levels have different operating permission. • Operator: The Operator user level has permission of Two-way Audio in Remote Configuration and all operating permission in Camera Configuration by default.

  • Page 158: Deleting A User

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder • Local Shutdown /Reboot: Shutting down or rebooting the device. Remote Configuration • Remote Log Search: Remotely viewing logs that are saved on the device. • Remote Parameters Settings: Remotely configuring parameters, restoring factory default parameters and importing/exporting configuration files.

  • Page 159: Editing A User

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 13.5.3 Editing a User For the added user accounts, you can edit the parameters. Steps: Enter the User Management interface. Menu >Configuration>User Select the user to be edited from the list, as shown in Figure 13. 8. Click the icon to enter the Edit User interface, as shown in Figure 13.

  • Page 160: Appendix

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  • Page 161: Appendix 160 Glossary

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.

  • Page 162: Troubleshooting

    User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Troubleshooting  No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up normally. Possible Reasons: a) No VGA or HDMI connections. b) Connection cable is damaged. c) Input mode of the monitor is incorrect. Steps: 1.
  • Page 163 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 2) If not, please contact the engineer from our company to do the further process.  Live view stuck when video outputs locally. Possible Reasons: a) The frame rate has not reached the real-time frame rate. Steps: 1.
  • Page 164 User Manual of Digital Video Recorder Possible Reasons: a) The time setting of system is incorrect. b) The search condition is incorrect. c) The HDD is error or not detected. Steps: 1. Verify the system time setting is correct. Select “Menu > Configuration > General > General”, and verify the “Device Time” is correct. 2.

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