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4-/8-Channel Analogue HD Digital Recorder TVVR33004 / TVVR33008 User guide Version 1.0...
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English This user guide contains important information on starting operation and using the device. Make sure that this user guide is handed over when the product is given to other persons. Keep this user guide to consult later. You will find a list of contents with the corresponding page numbers in the contents.
Contents Important safety information ............................71 Explanation of symbols ..............................71 Intended use .................................. 71 General ..................................71 Power supply ................................. 71 Overload/over voltage ..............................72 Cable ....................................72 Installation location/operating environment ........................72 Care and maintenance ..............................73 Accessories ..................................73 Start-up ..................................
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Contents Playback screen ................................84 Control via the control panel ............................84 Selecting playback type ..............................85 Device menu ................................... 86 Menu overview ................................86 Settings ................................... 87 Menu description ................................87 Configuration.................................. 88 Overview ..................................88 General settings ................................88 Network layout ................................
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Contents Alarm .................................... 113 Manual Video Quality Diagnostics ..........................114 Video Export ................................. 115 Normal..................................115 Event .................................... 116 Maintenance ................................. 117 System Info .................................. 117 Log Information ................................117 Import/Export ................................118 Upgrade ..................................118 Default ..................................119 Network ..................................119 Traffic tab ..................................
Important safety information Important safety information Explanation of symbols General The following symbols are used in this manual and on the Before using this device for the first time, please read the device: following instructions carefully and observe all warning information, even if you are familiar with the use of Symbol Signal...
Important safety information To eliminate the risk of fire, the mains plug should be Installation location/operating environment removed from the mains socket prior to an extended Place the device on a firm, level surface and do not period of non-use. Prior to unstable weather and/or place any heavy objects on the device.
Important safety information Care and maintenance Start-up Maintenance is necessary if the device has been Observe all safety and operating instructions before damaged (e.g. damage to the power cable and plug, or operating the device for the first time. the housing), or if liquids or foreign bodies have got into ...
Network cable omissions or inaccuracies, please contact us at the address shown on the back of the manual. ABUS Security-Center GmbH does not accept any User handbook liability for technical and typographical errors, and Quickstart guide reserves the right to make changes to the product...
System displays / Systemoperation System displays / Systemoperation Double click: Status displays Switch between the screen display of single The following status displays provide information about and multiple images in the live view and the operating status: during playback. ...
Quickstart guide Quickstart guide Before you start Make the connections The following preparations must be completed: Note Pay attention to the general information, safety Observe the minimum radius when laying the information as well as statements on placement and cables. Do not kink the cables. connection.
Hard disk drive management (initialisation etc.) appears. Camera settings Recording settings Note From the ABUS home-page (www.abus.com), find out if new firmware updates are available for this device and install these. Note Later alteration of date and time can lead to loss of data.
Setup wizard Setup wizard Setting up the system Administrator set up The setup wizard guides you through the required basic Warning settings for the system. The video recorder will then be Note down the admin password. ready for recording and monitoring. The preset password is: Note 1 2 3 4 5...
6. Server address: enter the address data for the Preferred DNS Server: 192.168.0.1 DDNS provider here (not necessary for ABUS server). 7. User name and password: enter the access data Note for the DDNS provider here (not necessary for When the device is accessed remotely via the ABUS server).
Setup wizard Hard disk drive management Camera recording To set up a hard disk drive, enable the 'checkbox' Select a "camera" from which to record. with a left click and then click on Init. Enable the check box "Start recording". Warning Select the recording type.
Live view Live view Overview Pop-up menu with mouse operation Live view starts automatically when the device is Note switched on. Right click when the mouse pointer is positioned on a live image. The following settings can be made. The arrow pointing to the right indicates that a sub-menu opens for selection: The following menus are found in the header: ...
Live view Selection bar in the camera image In single or multi-screen, click on a camera image. A selection bar will appear: (1) (2) (4) (5) No Meaning of the symbol (1) Area for moving the miniature bar (2) Activate/deactivate manual recording (3) Instant playback of the last 5 minutes (4) Activate/deactivate the audio function Open the PTZ control menu (for PTZ cameras...
Playback in live view Playback in live view Control via the control panel General There are three different options for playback: The control panel (4) is used to control running playback. The symbols have the following meanings: Through the event search in the main menu ...
Playback in live view Selecting playback type 17 Next day. 18 Reduce time bar section. Selecting the playback type (5) allows various types of 19 Increase time bar section. recording and event to be displayed and filtered in the playback view. 20 Tag for continuous recording 21 Tag for event recording (movement, alarm) Click on "Tag management"...
Device menu Device menu You can also see important information about your Menu overview device on the right-hand side. The following menu overview shows the main menus Click on the menu you need to open it. used to set and control the device. ...
Settings Settings Menu description Menu Description Configure Used to manage all device settings (General, Network, Live View, Warning and User). Camera Menu for setting camera parameters (OSD configuration, image mode, motion detection, private zone, tamper monitoring and video loss). Recording Menu for setting recording parameters (schedule, camera resolution, holiday etc.) Used to initialise and manage a built-in hard disk drive (assign read/write functionality, cameras, manage network drive etc.)
Configuration Configuration General settings General tab Setting Note Language On-screen display language. The Configuration menu is used to manage all device settings. Resolution Monitor resolution Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Warning Date Format MM-DD-YYYY, DD-MM-YYYY, Ensure that the date and time are set correctly. YYYY-MM-DD.
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Configuration Terms DST Settings Setting Below there is an overview of terms related to using the Auto DST If the box is ticked, the device device on networks. Adjustment switches automatically to daylight saving time. Parameter Setting Enable DST If the box is ticked, a specific start/end IP address An IP address is the unique address of date can be selected.
Configuration Network configuration DHCP The DHCP server automatically assigns the IP address, subnet mask, gateway and name server to a network device. DHCPs are available in current routers. The DHCP service must be specially set and activated (see the relevant manual for more information). Note: When using fixed IP addresses together with a DHCP server, you...
Note In certain modes some of these settings cannot be selected. To be able to use the ABUS DDNS function, you first need to set up an account at www.abus-server.com. Please read the FAQs on this topic on the website.
Configuration NTP tab Password Password used to protect the email account SMTP Server SMTP server address of the provider. SMTP Port Enter the SMTP port Enable SSL Tick the box to enable email encryption Sender Name of the sender Sender's The email address linked to the Address email account...
If UPnP is enabled, the network ports too in order to minimise traffic. The IP configured by UPnP are transferred address must correspond to the one to the ABUS server (provided that in the video surveillance software. ABUS DDNS is enabled). RTSP Port...
Configuration Confirm the settings by clicking on Apply and exit the Alarm menu by clicking on Back. Alarm Status tab Settings Trigger Channel tab Tick the corresponding box to select which camera Here you can see a list of all the alarm inputs and outputs channel is triggered in the event of an alarm.
Configuration Linkage Action tab Call Preset Select the preset number. Call Patrol Select the patrol number. Select the Linkage Action tab. Here you can configure the response of the recorder in the event of an alarm by Call Pattern Select the pattern number. ticking the corresponding box.
10 seconds to perform automatic detection. Setting the camera output You can display a maximum of five (TVVR33004) or nine (TVVR33008) cameras simultaneously in the live view. The following settings are available in the General tab:...
Configuration Warning User Set the response of the recorder for warning messages Warning and system events here. To do this, activate the "Enable Note down the admin password. Event Hint" setting. The preset password is: 1 2 3 4 5 You can trigger a warning for the following error types: "...
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Configuration User's MAC MAC address of the network adapter Remote Camera Permission: Address of the PC used by the corresponding Configuration Remote Log Search user. Remote Parameters Settings Note: Remote Camera Management This limits access to the PC, for which Remote Video Output Control the MAC address has been entered Two-way Audio...
Click the + sign to add a network camera. Display Week Display the calendar week for the Click "Refresh" to search the network for existing ABUS playback search network cameras. Date Format Select the display format for the Click "Add All"...
Camera Image Select the camera channel to be processed under Select the camera channel to be processed under "Camera". "Camera". When an analogue HD PTZ camera is being used, the control signals are transferred directly via the Parameter Setting BNC cable. Select the camera channel to be processed under Camera Selection of the camera channel...
When using an HD TVI camera, the settings are Alternatively, by pressing the "Full Screen" button, the automatically detected. Protocol for HD TVI is ABUS-C whole picture area for motion detection can be marked. (Coaxitron). Select another protocol when using an analogue PTZ camera.
Camera Arming Schedule Notify Surveillance The CMS sends out a Centre warning message Select the Arming Schedule tab. Send Email An email is sent to a Here you set the times at which the reactions set in the specified email address. See Linkage Action tab are triggered.
Camera Confirm the settings by clicking on Apply and exit Video Tampering the menu by clicking on OK. Linkage Method Select the Linkage Action tab. Here you can configure the response of the recorder during an event (e.g. motion detected) by ticking the corresponding box.
Camera Linkage Method Video Loss Select the Linkage Action tab. Here you can configure the response of the recorder during an event (e.g. motion detected) by ticking the corresponding box. Select the camera channel to be processed under Parameter Notifications "Camera".
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Camera Tick the "Enable Video Quality Diagnostics" box and Linkage Method define any other optional parameters under "Settings". Select the Linkage Action tab. Here you can configure the response of the recorder Video Quality Diagnostics is activated if the limits in the during an event (e.g.
Recording Recording Schedule Select the camera and tick the Enable Schedule Open the main menu and click on Record. The following box. configuration is available for data recording. Click on a trigger and use your mouse to highlight Recording Configuration of video stream the time period within the schedule.
Recording There are two types of configuration available: Note For "Normal", you define the time period for Recording Quality settings for continuous recording. and event-based recording. Substream The other triggers, such as motion detection, only Quality settings for the trigger recording when the specific trigger has substream, which is used mainly occurred.
Recording Advanced settings Note If an event-supported recording is being configured, the best possible setting in respect of memory usage is if only events are recorded in high quality. Substream tab Overwrite Specify whether older recordings should be overwritten when the hard disk drive is full.
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Recording Click on the "Edit" icon to apply these settings: Name Manually enter the name of the holiday or bank holiday Activated Enable or disable the holiday set Model By Date/By Week/By Month Start Date Select the start date/start time End Date Select the end date/end time Note...
Hard disk drives General Note The device can manage one 2.5" S-ATA hard disk drive. The installed hard disk drives have to be initialised before the device can be used for recording. It is only then that the device will recognise the hard disk drive.
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Add NetHDD Advanced settings Additional data storage devices can be added to enable Here you can define the settings for the storage mode. storage across the network. Mode: Quota Warning In this mode, video data is divided between the total When using NetHDDs, ensure that your network is number of data storage devices connected and written of a sufficient size.
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Mode: Group In this mode, video data can be specifically (and also redundantly) stored on selected data storage devices. Only one group of hard disk drives is available for recorders TVVR33004 and TVVR33008. Parameter Setting Record on HDD Select HDD group.
Manual Manual Recording Alarm Press the REC button or navigate to Manual Here, select the alarm output which should be switched Management in the main menu to start manual in the event of manual recording. picture/video recording. If a recording is started manually, it also has to be stopped manually.
Manual Manual Video Quality Diagnostics Here, the cameras to be investigated using Manual Video Quality Diagnostics can be selected. Be aware that the diagnostics function for each channel must be switched on and configured under the menu "Camera" in order to do this.
Video Export Video Export In the menu, go to Video Export to export recorded Click on to lock and unlock a file. Locked files video data from the recorder. The following options are can no longer be overwritten by the system. available: Normal Export video data which was...
Video Export Event Define the period of the recordings to be searched for using the "Start Time" and "End Time" selection fields. Select the camera by ticking or unticking the box and then click on Search. For both types of event, the following window will appear after clicking on the Search button: Select the files to be exported by ticking or unticking the box.
Maintenance Maintenance Log Information Note Note This menu is used for device maintenance and You can search for "events" according to the should only be used by experienced users. following main types/events/parameters: Alarm Menu Setting Warning Operation System Info Device Info (Serial No., Firmware...
Maintenance Select the upgrade file and click on Upgrade. Network Wait until the device reboots. Information regarding the network traffic and network If necessary, check the firmware status under interfaces is shown here. Information in the Maintenance menu. Performing a system reset.
Maintenance Network Detection tab Note This view allows for the analysis of network and performance problems with the recorder. Network Stat. tab Under "Network Delay, Packet Loss Test", you can check the connection to another device, such as a computer (‘pinging’).
Maintenance You can specify which alarms will inform you of hard S.M.A.R.T disk drive errors. To do this, open "Exception" in the "Settings" menu. Shutdown Note Click on the "HDD Detect" submenu. Select Lock to lock the operating menu. This submenu gives you the option to check your hard ...
Fault rectification Fault rectification Before contacting the Service department, read the following information to determine the possible cause of any fault. Fault Cause Solution: No power Power cable not connected Connect the power cable properly to the socket Power switch at OFF Set power switch to ON No power supplied from socket If necessary, use another device at the...
Technical data Technical data Subject to technical changes and correction without notice. TVVR33008 ABUS video recorder TVVR33004 Video compression H.264 4 x analogue HD/analogue 8 x analogue HD/analogue Camera inputs 1 x network camera 2 x network camera Monitor outputs...
Disposal Disposal Notes on EC directives for waste electrical and electronic equipment For the protection of the environment, at the end of its useful lifespan, the device may not be disposed of in household waste. Disposal can be carried out at suitable national collection points.
Domain MPEG Domains (name space) that identify Internet pages (e.g. Abbreviation for Moving Picture Experts Groupage www.abus-sc.de). This is used as an international standard for the Dual stream compression of moving pictures. On some DVDs the Dual stream designates a video transmission method. A...
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Glossary "Video Graphics Array“" For PCs, the usual interface for "Phase Alternating Line"; European colour TV system. It analogue video signals – usually involves RGB signals. uses 576 visible picture lines, with the lines used for management signals, a full screen consists of 625 lines. Fifty half images are displayed per second.
About the internal hard disk drive About the internal hard disk drive The internal hard disk drive (HDD) is very sensitive. Operate the device in accordance with the following instructions to avoid hard disk drive faults. Important recordings should be backed up on external media to avoid accidental data losses.
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4-/8-Channel Analogue HD Video Recorder TVVR33004 / TVVR33008 Manufacturer ABUS Security-Center GmbH & Co. KG Linker Kreuthweg 5 86444 Affing (Germany)
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