Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table. Series Model Type 8700-P series...
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of NVR and the other end to the HDD. Connect the power cable to the HDD. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Front Panel 8700-P Series ① Status Indicators (Alarm, Ready, Status, HDD, power, Tx/Rx) ② USB Interfaces ③ Composite Keys ④ SHIFT ⑤ Compound Buttons...
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Rear Panel 8700-P Series(with 4 POE) Note: The rear panels of others provide 8 POE interfaces. Item Description Connector for LAN (Local Area Network). LAN Network Interface Connects to RS-485 devices. RS-485 Interface 100~240VAC power supply Power Supply Switch for turning on/off the device.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR HDD Storage Calculation Chart The following chart shows an estimation of storage space used based on recording at one channel for an hour at a fixed bit rate. Bit Rate Storage Used 128K 160K 192K 224K...
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Menu Operation Menu Structure Startup and Shutdown Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the NVR. To start your NVR: 1. Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Using the Start Wizard By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the NVR has loaded, as shown in Figure below. Start Wizard Interface Operating the Setup Wizard: 1. The Setup Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the NVR. If you don’t want to use the Setup Wizard at that moment, click the Cancel button.
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Date and Time Settings 6. After the time settings, click Next button which takes you back to the Network Setup Wizard window. Network Configuration Note: For A Series, B Series and C Series series NVR, the internal NIC IPv4 address should be configured for the cameras connecting to the PoE network interface or the built-in switch of the NVR.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR HDD Management 8. To initialize the HDD, click the Init button. Initialization removes all the data saved in the HDD. 9. Click Next button. You enter the Adding IP Camera interface. 10. Click Search to find online IP Camera. Select the IP camera to be added, and click the Add button. Search for IP Cameras 11.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Record Settings 12. Click Copy to copy the settings to other channels. Copy Record Settings 13. Click OK to complete the startup Setup Wizard. Live View Some icons are provided on screen in Live View mode to indicate different camera status. These icons include: Live View Icons In the live view mode, there are icons at the right top of the screen for each channel, showing the status of the record and alarm in the channel, so that you can find problems as soon as possible.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Adding and Configuring IP Cameras You should add and configure the online IP cameras to enable the live view and recording function. Adding IP Cameras You can search and add the online IP cameras by following the startup wizard, or according to the following steps. Steps: Enter the Camera Management interface.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR To add other IP cameras: On the left side of the interface, you can enter the IP address, protocol, management port, and other information of the IP camera to be added. Click Add to add the camera. Note: If you check the Synchronize IP Camera checkbox, the default settings of the NVR for the IP camera is applied to the added camera.
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Explanation of the icons: Edit basic parameters of the camera Get the live view of the camera PTZ Control Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you set the PTZ camera.
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR PTZ Control Bar Description of the PTZ toolbar icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Direction button and Zoom+, Focus+, Zoom-, Focus-, Iris- the auto-cycle button Iris+ The speed of the Light on/off Wiper on/off PTZ movement Image...
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Playback Play back the record files of a specific channel in the live view menu. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel Steps: Choose a channel in live view mode using the mouse and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Playback Interface Just check the channel or channels if you want to switch playback to another channel or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels. Export Recorded files can be backed up to various devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs or a DVD writer. Steps: Enter Video Export interface.
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Quick Export using USB1-1 Checkup of Quick Export Result Using USB1-1...
Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Accessing by Web Browser Logging In If the device has successfully connected to the network, you can get access to the device via web browser. Open web browser, input the IP address of the device and then press Enter. The login interface appears. Input the user name and password, and click the Login button.
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Start Live View Steps: In the live view window, select a playing window by clicking the mouse. Double-click a camera from the device list to start the live view. You can click the button on the toolbar to start the live view of all cameras on the device list.
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR Playback Interface Introduction ① Camera List: Displays the list of cameras and the playing status of each camera. ② Playback Window: Displays the video of camera. ③ Play Control Bar: Play control operations are supported. ④...
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Quick Operation Guide of 8700-P Series NVR You can view and export the log files at any time, including operation, alarm, exception and information of device. Before you start The Log function can be realized only when the device is connected with HDD or network disk. And make sure the HDD or network disk has been initialized for the first time to use.
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