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STAND ALONE MULTI- CHANNEL Digital Video Recorder OCB-DVR404DB User Instruction Manual VERSION 1.0...
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Statement Print edition will be provided as a formal attachment. Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
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Warning This apparatus must be earthed. Apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection. The mains plug or an appliance coupler shall remain readily operable. To prevent fire or electric shock hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The apparatus should not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the apparatus.
Limitation of liability This publication is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, or non-infringement of the third party’s right. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
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INSTALLATION & SAFEGUARDS Please read these instructions before operating the unit. Installation. Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Avoid the following locations for installation. Places exposed to direct water, moisture, or sunlight directly Places subject to having strong vibration or impact Near magnetic field sources such as a television or speakers, magnet, etc.
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When hard disk drive trouble occurs, replace it immediately. Consult your dealer for servicing. When replacing the hard disk drives, take notice of the following. Protect the hard disk drives from static electricity. Do not keep them upright. Do not use an electric screwdriver to fix them. (Tightening torque: Approx.
Important safety instructions Read and keep these instructions. Heed all warning. Do not connect this unit to an outlet to which appliances with high power consumption such as an air conditioning or a copy machine is already being connected. Do not use this apparatus near water. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back).
Chapter I Introduction Thank you for choosing our standalone Digital Video Recorder System. Please pay attention to these instructions before using the DVR. The manual explains the operation modes and performance criteria of our standalone H264 DVR. Please read the manual carefully before using the DVR, and install the system according to the instructions. Mainframe software is subject to renewal without prior notice.
Product Introduction 1. Compress Support PAL/NTSC video format, 25FPS (PAL), 30 FPS (NTSC), H.264; Support both variable bitrate and variable frame rate. Support dual stream, video config setting. Support motion detection, video shelter area. Support OSD, date and time display. 2.
Support log. Set username, password and authority remotely. Chapter II System Installation Section 1 Operating Environment The following operating environment for this DVR must be adhered to: DVR Operating Environment Items Instructions Electromagnetism DVR’ complies with National Electromagnetism Radiation Standards. Temperature -10 to 55 deg Celsius Humidity...
Fig. 1 2. Remove HDD mounting bracket. 3. Fit HDD onto bracket using supplied mounting screws. 4. Replace HDD mounting bracket. 5. Connect the ATX power cable to the power connection on the HDD. Pay attention to the correct orientation. 6.
(A OUT)Audio output connect audio output device, standard BNC interface (V OUT) Video output connect monitor, local video signal output Alarm input and output.,RS485 connect alarm input, alarm output device and PTZ and RS232 VGA interface connect VGA display device, such as PC VGA display RJ45 interface(UTP) connect network USB interface...
the alarm output enable. Fig. 4 Note: 24VDC(1A), 120VAC(1A) voltage and current are suggested. Section 5 PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) control connection Fig. 5 A and B ends of RS485 can be connected with the Rx+, Rx- on PTZ or High Speed Dome. After all the above connection, please enter the “PTZ”...
Section 6 Voice Communication Fig. 6 In the above illustration, the up icon is an ear phone socket and the down icon is a MIC phone socket. While connect them with ear phone and MIC phone, a two-way communication can be realized when click the intercom icon of the DVR_WEB software which has connected with the host.
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LINK Network connection indicator, lighting constantly when network is connected. REMOTE IR remote receive indicator, flashing when control this DVR with IR controller. ALARM Alarm indicator, flashing when alarm is activated. 1-4ch record indicator (it lights when corresponding channel is recording) Backup Backup indicator, lighting constantly when backup is working.
Section 2 IR remote controller Insert the battery. Please aim the launch end at the receive end of DVR while using IR remote controller. In the control range, if more than one DVR need to be controlled separately, please press “ID” button, then input the host address of which DVR need to be controlled and press “OK”...
After plugging in the mouse the mouse cursor will appear on the screen. User Login Right click on screen and a pop-up login box will appear; Move cursor to the password input frame, double-click left key of mouse to enter the input box, click relevant character to input the password, then click ENTER or right click to reserve and exit.
Fig. 9 In the input interface, “ ” means “delete”, “Shift” means “uppercase or lowercase letter input switch”. Press “ESC” in the front panel to save and exit. Chapter IV System operation Section 1 Menu Navigation...
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Fig. 10 Main Menu Sub Menu Function Playback Search recording, playback or backup HDD status check, HDD format and HDD alarm setup System running and alarm information Information Version System firmware version information Online Check online user information, force kick online user Setup recording resolution, codec type, image quality, stream bit, frame rate of General channels, Setup HDD overwrite automatically.
Section 2 Surveillance View Status Bar Fig. 11 Status bar button function definition: Icon Function Entering main menu Split screen mode switch Entering “Manual Record” dialog Entering “Playback” dialog Mute mode and cancel mute mode. Press “ENTER” to switch. Cancel buzzer alarm Admin Current login user...
CH01 Current channel Notation Icon description Record status and remote preview switch automatically. ---the current channel is recording manually --- prerecord ---timing recording ---alarm recording ---motion detection recording ---the channel is under remote preview the channel is neither under recording nor preview remotely Screen Switch Under surveillance mode, system default is 4-screen, press to have the first split screen full screen, press...
Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Fig. 12 In User Login box, language, including Chinese and English. NOTE: 1. System will reject login after three times incorrect password input and activate buzzer automatically. 2. System default administrator “Admin”, password “333333”, possesses the superlative level authority. 3.
Reboot Enter “Main Menu Advanced Maintenance” and select ‘reboot’ to reboot DVR manually. Please refer Fig. 13. Schedule reboot is available, if it is selected and inputted schedule reboot time (24H) for everyday. Fig. 13 Section 5 OSD Setup Time Modify Enter ”Main Menu Advanced General”...
Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with System Time Press to get into input interface for time inputting. Time Format Setting the time format and DST. Please refer Fig. 15. Fig. 15 Time Format: 12H and 24H is selectable Data Format: yyyy-mm-dd, mm-dd-yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd and mm-dd-yyyy is selectable.
interface then channel name can be defined with uppercase or lowercase letter, number and symbol. Channel name display: Display channel name or not is selectable. Enter “Set” menu to adjust display location on the screen. Note: When the Time box and Channel name box are overlapped, the system will separate them automatically. Section 6 Basic Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu Advanced General”...
Alpha Adjust menu contrast. (Range from00 to 99. 99 stands for low contrast). Auto logout: “Off”: Only can logout manually in “Maintain” →”Logout”. “On”: Logout automatically in the time set in idle time box which will show only “On” is chose. Idle time Length of time during which no operation is executed.
Fig. 18 Press “Ok” to format HDD. Note: Do not format a disk while it is recording. Formatting a HDD will delete all the data in it. Recording Auto Overwrite Enter “Main Menu Rec. &Alarm General” to setup ‘Auto Overwrite’ function: whether activate overwrite function when HDD is full.
Fig. 19 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Channel Number: choose a channel to setup. Resolution: The higher resolution the clearer image will be. The resolution options from low to high are: QCIF CIF. Default resolution: CIF Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate.
1-4 CH Status: “ ” and “ ” on up side stand for recording status. “ ”means recording, “ ”means idle. 1-4 CH Start/Stop recording: Squares on downside are used to start/stop recording of the corresponding channel. Press “ ” and “ ”on the panel to select channels.
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Channel Number: Select a channel for setup All: After setup one channel. Apply this strategy to all channels Calendar: “yy/mm/dd/” can be chose on the left of Calendar. For Example : choose 2008-10-20 Time Period: Setup max two period for one day recording at most Once, Daily, Weekly, Monthly System default recording period setup is for Once.
Fig. 22 Four time modes could be showed in this menu including: One day, Daily, Every Tue., Monthly. One day is equal to ‘Once’ Move cursor to one record with on the front panel then move to the “delete” box. Press ‘ENTER’ to delete the record.
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Fig. 23 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Record Duration: Length of recording whenever alarm or motion detection is activated. Default length: 10 minutes. Pre-record Time: Activate pre-record function including “OFF 5s 15s 25s 30s”. Default pre-record time: External Alarm Input Setting Enter “Alarm In”...
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Fig. 24 Channel Select one channel for setting Motion Select activate mode including: motion detection, video shelter and video lost. Sensitivity Select sensitivity of motion detection or video shelter. Option including: Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest. Area Setup Alarm area should also be set to activate motion detection or video shelter though such function was selected.
select ‘ALL’ after finishing the setup of parameters of one channel. The system will prompt a dialog box. When pressing ‘OK’, parameters setup for all channels will be achieved. Note: “Sheltering” and “Video Loss” settings please refer to “Motion” setup. Alarm Elimination Click icon on the status bar to eliminate alarm if the alarm is activating.
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All Recorded files type. The file type options have “All, Timer, Motion, Alarm, Command, and Manual” Option includes both “One_CH” and “Four_CH”. 4 channels playback simultaneously is available if “Four_CH” has been selected. Search Search the matched recorded files and display them in the list box. If there is not matched file, “NO RECORD”...
Backup Plug the USB storage device into the USB port marked . Press on the front panel to enter search interface. In “searching box”, after moved cursor to a certain record section, use “left” or “right” button to choose the section(“...
Static/DHCP Fig.26 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Mode: Could choose “Static” or “DHCP”. On “Static Address” status, IP Address, Net Mask, Default Gateway and DNS should input by user self. On “DHCP” status, IP Address, Net Mask, and Multicast IP will be obtained by system automatically.
PPPoE Enter “Network” → “PPPoE Setup” as shown in Fig.27 Fig.27 Please “Enable” “PPPoE Setup”, then input the Username and Password provided by ISP. System will use PPPoE protocol to connect the net with an auto-obtain dynamic IP address. Section 11 Net Transfer Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu Advanced Transfer”, as shown in Fig.28 Fig.
QCIF CIF. Default resolution: CIF Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate. The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution. If you select high resolution, you must select high bit rate.
Fig. 29 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with User list: list administrator and new user name. Move cursor to select a user name and press ”ENTER” to enter “User Operation” interface in where to modify password, setup local and remote right, delete user. Admin Administrator who has supreme right on operation.
In “User Operation” menu, select “Modify” to enter into “Authority Setup” menu as shown in Fig. 32. Select “Password Set” to enter into “Password Setup” menu. Password is composed of number, uppercase and lowercase letter with 6 digit maximum. 2. Password can be set after logining system as Normal User. Select “User” and press “ENTER” to modify password in “Password Setup”...
Fig. 34 Remote Rights: Remote rights are for remote operation. PTZ Control: Remote control PTZ and setup the PTZ parameters; Manual REC: Remote manual start/stop recording; Playback: Remote playback and download the recorded files on DVR, can be set for each channel. Set Parameters: Remote setup the DVR parameters (Except the PTZ parameters).
Fig. 35 User manages explain: User levels have Administrator and Normal user. Can be set 1 Administrator and 29 normal users; Administrator can modify all users’ password, and Normal user only can modify himself password. After input 3 times wrong password, system will be lock by itself, and Warning, do not allowed login any more.
Activate Shielding Provide you to mask the sensitive area. Move cursor to “Shelter Area Set” and set the area. In the shelter area setup interface, there are four small panes. You can press “ ”, “ ”, “ ” and “...
Channel number: connect channel number of decipherer RS-485 parameters: Including baudrate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of PTZ Protocol. PTZ Addr: Each PTZ has one different address. Default system configuration: 001. Protocol: DVR had the following PTZ protocol: PELCO-D PELCO-P2 PELCO-P1 W110 P3 PLD ENKEL YAAN SONY JC4116 PD-NW PD-CONST PIH-1016 KRE301 PELCO9760 LILIN T3609HD HD600 KTD SAMSUNG ELEC PANASONIC FASTRAX DL-0001.
Section 16 Information Inquiry Log Information Enter “Main Menu Information Log” as shown in Fig.39. Fig. 39 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Input start time and stop time and then move cursor to “Search” button and press “ENTER” key to start searching. Type include: Alarm (A), Operate (O), Abnormal (E), and All.
Fig. 40 Check information of current firmware version. User Information Enter “Main Menu Information Online” as shown in Fig.41. Fig. 41 List box: Display the remote user name, State and IP address. Use key to move the cursor. If user presses ‘Enter’ key on one item in list box, affirmation dialog box will appear. When user selects ‘Enter’, the system will terminate the remote user.
1 Create a file with a name of “update” in the USB storage, and copy the firmware file to this directory and rename it with special file name, for example: ocb-dvr404d.img. Then insert eternal device into USB port of DVR after modification.
Chapter Frequency Asked Questions 1 Can not control DVR with IR controller, but it’s normal while using the front panel. Check whether the battery is exhausted. Replace a new battery. Check whether the address of controller is the same as the ID of DVR. If not, please change the address of controller at 000 or input the same ID of DVR.
Input (NO/NC) Output(NO/NC) Other system resource Multi-CH record ,playback ,network operation and monitoring simultaneously network RJ45 auto adapt 10/100M Ethernet ,support PPPoE, DHCP backup 1 USB2.0 ,support flash memory, remote HDD mouse 1 USB1.1 interface ,support mouse operation serial port 1 RS232 port or 1 RS485 port (alternative) power supply DC 12V / 3A...
Chapter IE Monitor Section 1 Introduction The DVR can be visit and control by IE browser. IE provides the functions, such as remote monitor, local record, PTZ control, Remote control, etc. Section 2 IE Setting Please follow next steps before monitoring videos on IE at the first time: 1.
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Input IP address of DVR to “Add this Web site to the zone” text box and click off “ ” in the front of “Require server verification(http:) for all sites in this zone”. Click ‘Add’ and then ‘OK’ to finish as shown in following figure.
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4. Click ‘Custom Level’ as shown in following Fig. Please Modify below items Enable/Disable then press ‘OK’ to finish setting. Enable Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls. Enable Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe. Enable Download unsigned ActiveX controls. [Disable] Use Pop-up Blocker.
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4. Input Http:// and host IP address in IE address bar. For example: if host IP address is “10.0.0.124” then input Http://10.0.0.124 in IE address bar. FAQ in DVR_WEB Internet: 1 When ‘Click here to activate control’ floating note box show on screen, please click the box to activate the control.
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