Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder TABLE OF CONTENTS DVR Installation .............................. 6 Hard Disk Installation ............................. 6 Front Panels ..............................10 Rear Panel ..............................17 Peripheral Connections ..........................18 Wiring of Alarm Input ........................... 18 Wiring of Alarm Output ........................18 Alarm Connection ............................
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Quick Start Guide 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.
Quick Start Guide 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.
Quick Start Guide 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.
Quick Start Guide 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. •...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder DVR Installation During the installation of the DVR: 1. Use brackets for rack mounting. 2. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables. 3. When installing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than its diameter. 4.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 4. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD. 5. Re-install the cover of the DVR and fasten screws. HDD Installation (B) Steps: 1.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder HDD Installation (C) 1. Fasten the hard disk mounting handle to the hard disk with screws. 2. Insert the key and turn in clockwise direction to open the panel lock. 3. Press the buttons on the two sides of the front panel to open it. 4.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 5. Repeat the above steps to install other hard disks onto the DVR. After having finished the installation of all hard disks, close the front panel and lock it with the key again.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Front Panels Front Panel 1: Description of Front Panel Name Function Description Power indicator turns yellow when the power switch on the real POWER panel is turned on. Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or written to STATUS HDD.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Front Panel 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. IR Receiver Receiver for IR remote control. devices. POWER Power indicator lights in green when DVR is powered up.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder The F2 button can be used to cycle through tab pages. Enter numeral “4”; Enter letters “GHI”; 4GHI/ESC Exit and back to the previous menu. Enter numeral “5”; Enter letters “JKL”; 5JKL/EDIT Delete characters before cursor; Select the checkbox and ON/OFF switch;...
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder HDD indicator blinks in red when data is being read from or written to HDD. Tx/Rx Tx/Rx indictor blinks in blue when network connection is functioning properly. Indicator turns blue when the device is armed; Indicator does not light when the device is disarmed;...
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Move the active selection in a menu. The inner ring will move the selection up and down; the outer ring will move it left and right. JOG SHUTTLE In Playback mode, the inner ring is used to jump 30s forward/backward in video Control files.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description menu modes. It can also be used to tick checkbox fields. In Playback mode, it can be used to play or pause the video. In single-frame Playback mode, pressing the button will advance the video by a single frame.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description In PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the focus in conjunction with the A/FOCUS+ button. Enter the PTZ Control mode. PTZ/IRIS- In the PTZ Control mode, it is used to adjust the iris of the PTZ camera.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Rear Panel The rear panel vaires according to different models. Please refer to the actual product. The following figure is for reference only. Description of Rear Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Peripheral Connections Wiring of Alarm Input The alarm input is an open/closed relay. To connect the alarm input to the device, use the following diagram. If the alarm input is not an open/close relay, please connect an external relay between the alarm input and the device.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder RS-485 and Controller Connection Typical Connection A: To connect PTZ to the DVR: 1. Disconnect pluggable block from the RS-485 terminal block. 2. Press and hold the orange part of the pluggable block; insert signal cables into slots and release the orange part.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder screws. 4. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block. Make sure both the controller and DVR are grounded. Termination Switch Operation The termination switch is placed on the mainboard instead of the rear panel. Open the upper cover and turn on/off the SW switch if needed.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 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 Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Menu Operation Menu Structure The menu structure varies according to different models. Menu Playback Maintenance Export Manual Record Camera Configuration Shutdown Normal Normal Record General Schedule Camera General System Info Logout Event Event Alarm Advanced Encoding...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 2. Select the Shutdown button. 3. Click the Yes button. 4. For some models, turn off the power switch on the rear panel when the note appears. After the device starting up, the wizard will guide you through the basic settings, including edting password, date and time settings, network settings, HDD initializing, and recording.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder For the old version device, if you update it to the new version, the following dialog box will pop up once the device starts up. You can click YES and follow the wizard to set a strong password. Login and Logout User Login Purpose:...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Enter the Shutdown menu. Menu > Shutdown Click Logout. 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.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Select the IP camera from the list and click the button to add the camera (with the same admin password of the DVR’s). Or you can click the One-touch Adding button to add all cameras (with the same admin password) from the list.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 3) Click Add to add the camera. For the successfully added IP cameras, the Security status shows the security level of the password of camera: strong password, weak password and risk password. Explanation of the icons Icon Explanation Icon...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Description of the PTZ panel 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 3D-Zoom Image Centralization Menu...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder All-day Recording Perform the following steps to set the all-day recording. On the live view window, right lick the window and move the cursor to the Start Recording option, and select Continuous Record or Motion Detection Record on your demand. And click the Yes button in the popup Attention message box to confirm the settings.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 1. Enter the Playback menu. Right click a channel in live view mode and select Playback from the menu. 2. Playback management. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Just check the channel or channels if you want to switch playback to another channel or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it. Access by Cloud P2P You can choose the access to the DVR by Cloud P2P or by DDNS through the settings on the Extranet Access menu.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Accessing by Web Browser You shall acknowledge that the use of the product with Internet access might be under network security risks. For avoidance of any network attacks and information leakage, please strengthen your own protection. If the product does not work properly, please contact with your dealer or the nearest service center.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Install the plug-in before viewing the live video and managing the camera. Please follow the installation prompts to install the plug-in. You may have to close the web browser to finish the installation of the plug-in. Live View The live view interface appears by default when you log in the device.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Start/Stop all live view Next page Capture pictures in the live view Open/Close audio mode Start/Stop all recording Start/Stop two-way Audio Enable/Disable digital zoom Adjust volume Recording Before you start Make sure the device is connected with HDD or network disk, and the HDD or network disk has been initialized for the first time to use.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Playback Interface Introduction Name Description Channel List Displays the list of channels and the playing status of each channel. Playback Window Displays the image of channel. Play Control Bar: Play control operations are supported. Time Line Displays the time bar and the records marked with different colors.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder in the textbox and click button to locate the playback point. The color of the video on the progress bar stands for the different video types. 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.
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