DIRECTORY CHAPTER 1 Hard Disk Installing (Standard shipping products include neither HDD or R/W) ......2 CHAPTER 2 Panel Appearance ........................4 2-1. Front panel controls..........................4 2-2. Rear panel connectors........................4 CHAPTER 3 Live, Playback Operations......................6 3-1. In LIVE mode, the remote control instructions ..................6 3-2.
CHAPTER 1. Hard Disk Installing & System Setting (Standard package includes either HDD) Step 1. Install hard disk after opened the DVR lid 【4CH/8CH】 Use hard disk mount to lock down the hard disk. Connect SATA & Power wire to Hard Disk and put it on the rack mount.
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Step 2. System setting 【4CH/8CH】 (NTSC, WD1) (PAL, D1) 【16CH】 (NTSC, WD1) (PAL, D1) Step 3. Place the lid back on the top of the machine and locking screw holes. Hard disk installation & System setting is complete. NOTE: : : : After installation, please reboot the hard disk before recording.
CHAPTER 2. Panel Appearance 2-1. Front panel controls POWER LED (Yellow) NVR power on/off indicator LAN LED (Green) LAN access light HDD LED (Green blinking) HDD recording indicator Alarm LED (Red blinking) Indicates motion or alarm triggers IR receiver USB 2.0 connector USB flash disk 2-2.
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【16CH】 Video In 4/8/16CH Video Input (BNC) Video Out 1CH Video Output (BNC) Audio Out 1CH Audio Output (RCA) Audio In 4/8/16CH Audio Input (RCA) PC Monitor Output HD Multimedia Output MOUSE 2.0 USB Mouse EXTRA IR External IR Receiver RS485+、RS485- For Speed Dome Camera Use NO、NC、COM...
CHAPTER 3. Live, Playback Operations The IR (infrared) remote control and mouse operate varied under different modes; this chapter introduces the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ. 3-1. In LIVE mode, the remote control instructions Record Zoom in/out Previous/Next single channel...
3-2. Function features instruction Right-click the mouse, you may enter into LIVE mode to manage different features. DESCRIPTION ICON Main Menu,Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following nine menu icons System Disk Information – Version, IP, MAC, and HDD capacity Zoom In/Out = ”Zoom,”...
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Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode DESCRIPTION ICON CH1~CH16 Signal Screen Record= “REC,” Start recording Stop recording Play= “PLAY,” playback Freeze-screen is frozen Lock= “LOCK” Backup- information backup Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under Remote mode DESCRIPTION ICON Remote Snapshot.
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Switch to the PLAYBACK Mode by pressing “PLAY” button under the LIVE mode. The control panel will appear on far right down on the screen, the control panel can be controlled via mouse cursor. DESCRIPTION ICON Snapshot- turn the current screen into the “Image “and store in USB device.;the Image will be stored in computer on Remote mode Rewind Fast.
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Normal speed playback Stop Normal speed play Pause/Signal screen play Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are six speeds: 2x, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X and 64X Graphical icons that will display under Remote mode DESCRIPTION ICON USB device detected...
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Switch to PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) mode by pressing “PTZ” button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the right down corner of the screen. DESCRIPTION ICON Via Set function, cameras will point-by-point to patrol the environment fully.
CHAPTER 4. The Main Menu Setup Enter the setup menu first time, please choose the login account, and then enter the password. Administrator default password is "1111". Verify password, if correct will enter the setup menu 4-1. Camera Setup - 12 -...
Customize the camera channel name PTZ Enable On/Off No. of PTZ PTZ Number( 0~255) Select the PTZ camera transmission speed(2400、4800、9600、 Baud Rate 19200、38400) Support :LILIN MLP2、PELCO-D、PELCO-P、HME PTZ Protocol PDZ ,UNITED-D Brightness Brightness Adjustment (From value1~255) Contrast Contrast Adjustment (From value1~255) Color Adjustment (From value1~255) Saturation Chroma Adjustment (From value1~255)
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ICON DESCRIPTION 1-16 Each channel can be set dependently Enable Switch on or off the motion detection function Buzzer Alarm On/Off Set up Sensitivity from value 1 to 10 for each channel. The lower Sensitivity value you set the higher sensitivity it will be Motion Area Setup Enter to Motion Area Setup Apply All...
4-3. Recording Setup ICON DESCRIPTION 1-16 Each channel can be set independently OSD Position X Setup OSD X axis OSD Position Y Setup OSD Y axis OSD Position setup Setup OSD axis Record Sound On/Off HDD Circulate Record On/Off Alarm recording time 1~60 seconds Recording Mode Manual/ Schedule Record 1~6...
ICON DESCRIPTION Stop REC Enter Motion REC Enter Full Time REC Enter SEQ= Schedule Record Manual/Schedule Record 1~6 All Same Recording Mode All the Same Note: Full time recording was set as factory defaults. 4-3-2. Video Quality and Frame Rate Setup ICON DESCRIPTION View Normal / View Event...
4-4. Alarm Setup 選 項 說 明 Alarm Event Record On/Off Video Loss Detect On/Off Video Loss Alarm Time 0~99 sec. DiskSys. Error Alarm On/Off No Disk Alarm On/Off Popup Time 0~99 sec. Alarm Time Setup Video Loss, Motion Detection, Delay Time Buzzer 0~99 sec.
ICON DESCRIPTION HDD Cycle Recording On/Off Hard Disk Information Hard Disk Information Instruction H. D Formated Setup Hard Disk Format 4-5-1. System & Disk Information ICON DESCRIPTION Ver=Version DVR current software version DVR Network IP address, if DVR doesn’t connect ,it will show IP ADDR=IP Address "Network not connected"...
4-6. Networking Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Connectivity Connectivity Setup (LAN, DHCP, PPPoE, 3G) HTTP Setup Enter HTTP setup menu DDNS Setup Enter DDNS setup menu E-Mail Setup Enter E-Mail setup menu VPN Setup Enter VPN setup menu FTP Setup Enter FTP setup menu SMS Setup Enter SMS setup menu Setup on Push Notification...
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ICON DESCRIPTION Local IP Address Enter IP address provided by ISP Mask Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP Gateway Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP Enter DNS address provided by ISP. DNS Server (Note: The correct DNS address must be entered for DDNS function).
ICON DESCRIPTION User name Enter user name provided by ISP Password Enter password provided by ISP 4-6-2. HTTP ICON DESCRIPTION Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR Startup HTTP over the network if the HTTP function is activated. HTTP Port Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000.
4-6-3. DDNS ICON DESCRIPTION Enable DDNS Enable / Disable DDNS function Enter the registered DDNS Server: DDNS Server dyndns.org、no-ip.org、dnsexit.com、ddnsipcam.com Enter the completed registered SMTP Server. (Including username + Server) Host Name If the user name is lilin304 and you choose dyndns.org as your server, you should enter: lilin304.dyndns.org User Name Enter DDNS Server User Name...
Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when Trigger Mode below circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Voss (Video Loss). Sender E-MAIL Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 6 receivers Receiver E-MAIL individually.
4-6-7. SMS Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Enable SMS Enable / Disable SMS function SMS Server Enter to set up SMS Server name. Server Addr. Enter SMS server address Port Normally it is 80 User Name Enter to set up User Name Password Enter to set up Password.
4-7. Data Backup Setup ICON DESCRIPTION DATA BACKUP ENTER「DATA BACKUP」MENU Enter「backup to USB」MENU Save DVR Setup to USB Set the DVR to a USB device. USB will appear the file. Enter "Download Setup from USB settings “menu Get DVR Setup from USB The USB device settings, loaded to the DVR Enter「Reduction factory settings」Menu.
4-8. System Setup ICON DESCRIPTION DVR NAME Display name for application software log remotely into the DVR. Language Setup OSD display language 1024X768, 1280X1024, 1440x900, 1366x768, 800x600, VGA Resolution 1280x800, 1280x720 or 1920x1080 Video Type Auto or Manual Menu / Key Lock On/Off DVR ID Number 0~63...
4-8-1. Display Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Display Time On / Off Date and Time Display Display Camera Info. On / Off camera information Display Record Info. On / Off Record Information Display Control Relay On/ Off control relay Display Border On / Off Border Time Position up~ down 0~255...
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Change Date / Time Setup Select the Year/Month/Date and press “YES”. Daylight Saving Time Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Daylight Saving Time Mode On / Off Internet Time Setup - 28 -...
ICON DESCRIPTION Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function. Effective by this option selected, DVR will automatically Automatically Sync synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting. Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately Update Now correspond with those in internet server.
CHAPTER 5. Backup and Playback Search 5-1. Backup Setup User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. Backup DVF file that can be played by “DVFPLAYER”...
5-1-1. DVF Player Usage Step1. Install “DVR play” software to your PC. You can get ”DVR play” file from the CD with DVR Packing. PS. When you using USB to backup file, DVRplay.exe will copy to USB with the backup file automatically.
ICON DESCRIPTION TIME SEARCH Enter time search menu EVENT SEARCH Event search menu 5-2-1. Time Search TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press “Enter” or left click on the □ desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a red square “ “System will start playing back according to the date you selected.
CHAPTER 6. Remote Software Installation and Setup AP software: ”DVR Remote Desktop” allows you to remotely access and control the DVR from PC. p.s. Operation system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above and Windows Vista, Windows 7 6-1. Application Software Installation and Setup Step1.
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Step4. Run or Save our AP software Step5. If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose “Play Recorded File” to open backup files in your PC.
6-2. How to do remote monitoring through IE Step1. Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR. Step2. Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name and password is admin/1111.
NOTE: : : : There will be IE connection security issue when clicking this link for the first time. Please refer to index II for Remote Monitoring IE ActiveX Control Installation Instruction. Step4. DVR image appear 6-3. How to remote monitoring through JPG Viewer (Monitor Function only) Step1.
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Step2. Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user name and password is admin/123456. Other related setup about user account and password, please check “4-5 Account Setup. “ The user name and password appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual user name and password depend on the setup of on-site DVR.
6-4. Application software and IE operation System Requirements for AP software Intel Pentium 4 above 512M above Microsoft Windows 7、Windows Vista、Windows XP SP2 above Need to support DirectX 9.0 (above) VGA card NOTE1 IE and AP connection need PORT80(according to HTTP PORT Antivirus software settings) Others...
CHAPTER 7. Digital Video Recorder DVR Specifications Model DVR204C DVR208C DVR216C Video System NTSC/PAL Control Panel CD/DVD-RW Back Up Image Compression Technology H.264 Main Profile Video Input BNC x4 (1 Vp-p,75Ω) BNC x8 (1 Vp-p,75Ω) BNC x16 (1 Vp-p,75Ω) HDMI x1, VGA x1, BNC x1...
CHAPTER 8. Mobile Application Installation and Usage 8-1. iPhone operating system – installation and management (iViewerDVR software installation guide) Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Connect your iPhone to Internet Type “iViewerDVR” and hit the Popup the app intro and and click into “”AppStore”...
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Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Press iViewerDVR app Click the left down corner to add Hit “Add” button to add one DVR connecting into DVR account information data info (located at the far left end corner). Attention: In order to synchronize DVR with the application with no further technical issues, please make sure you enter &...
8-2. Google Android Phone operating system – installation and management (iViewerDVR software installation guide) Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Type in “iViewerDVR” Click onto “iViewer DVR” app Connect your Android phone to Internet and then click “Install” button enter Market (PLAY store) application Step 4 Step 5 Step 6...
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Step 7 Step 8 Click “Yes” to add DVR login Popup entering DVR name, IP address, account information default gateway address, account login ID, and password. Then click on “Add “button. Attention: In order to synchronize DVR with the application with no technical issues, please make sure you enter & save your DVR data information into the app when first time initiating the app.
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