USER MANUAL 04/08/16 CHANNELS DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER INSTRUCTION MANUAL To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this instruction manual carefully and completely.
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this instruction manual carefully and completely. FCC Compliance USER-INSTALLER CAUTION: YOUR AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THIS FCC VERIFIED EQUIPMENT COULD BE VOIDED IF YOU MAKE CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION........................5 FEATURE........................5 SPECIFICATION......................5 HARDWARE OVERVIEW...................... 8 FRONT PANEL ......................8 BACK PANEL......................10 ADVANCED AUTO SWITCH, ZOOM, PTZ, COPY KEY CONTROL & USB INFORMATION ........................12 EXTERAL ALARM.....................12 IR REMOTE CONTROL ...................14 SYSTEM SETUP ........................15 MENU SETUP INTERFACE(GUI)................15 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU..............17 CAMERA SETUP ......................19 MOTION SETUP......................21...
INTRODUCTION FEATURE H.264 video compression. 120 PPS Recording quality/ rate adjustment per channel available. Support CMS (Central Management System)/ 3GPP. Audio Backup / Audio Streaming. Graphic User Interface (GUI). Support time-point backup function under Ethernet remote control mode. User can select any time period to process backup from remote side.
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AUDIO STREAMING RECORDING COMPRESSION TYPE H.264 NTSC: 720 x 480/ PAL: 720 x 576 RECORDING RESOLUTION NTSC:720 x 240/ PAL: 720 x 288 NTSC: 360 x 240/ PAL: 360 x 288 NTSC: 720 x 480 up to 30 PPS NTSC: 720 x 480 up to 60 PPS RECORDING RATE (FULL D1) PAL: 720 x 576 up PAL: 720 x 576 up to 50 PPS...
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NETWORK ETHERNET ETHERNET COMPRESSION H.264 FORMAT DDNS E-MAIL & FTP NETWORK IP Static/ Dynamic/ PPPoE MULTI-REMOTE CLIENT Yes ( 4 Clients at the same time available) PDA/ CELL PHONE SUPPORT Yes ( MPEG4 ) 3GPP Yes ( MPEG4 ) ALARM ALARM INPUT 4 In (NO/ NC) ALARM OUTPUT...
HARDWARE OVERVIEW 2.1 FRONT PANEL DVR204 DVR OPERATION LABEL OPERATION LED REC Led Indicator ○ ○ ○ ○ IR Sensor For Remote Control. Press The Button To Display No.1~No.4 Full Screen and 1-4 & Quad Quad Screen CONTROL Record, Playback And other control buttons. PANEL ▲▼◄►...
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DVR208 DVR216 LABEL OPERATION Power Led Indicator POWER LED 1-8 (DVR208) Press The Button To Display No.1~No.8 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, Press The Button To Display No.1~No.16 13-14, 15-16 (DVR216) Play Led Indicator PLAY LED FUNCTION SEQ, Zoom and PTZ buttons PANEL DOWN, ▲▼◄►...
2.2 BACK PANEL DVR204 LABEL OPERATION USB Mouse Connector (Only by supplied mouse). Video input with BNC connector. VIDEO INPUT MONITOR OUT Video output with BNC connector. AUDIO OUT/ IN Audio output/ input. ETHERNET RJ-45 connector for network. RS-485/ ALARM/ 4 pin connector for external control unit, 5 pin connector for RELAY Alarm input and 3 pin connector for relay...
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DVR208 LABEL OPERATION VIDEO INPUT Video input with BNC connector Video output with BNC connector MONITOR OUT AUDIO OUT Audio output AUDIO IN Audio input. VGA D-SUB OUT Connect to CRT or LCD monitor. RJ-45 connector for network. ETHERNET 4 pin connector for external control unit, 5 pin connector for RS-485/ ALARM/ Alarm input and 3 pin connector for relay RELAY...
2.3 ADVANCED AUTO SWITCH, ZOOM, PTZ, COPY KEY CONTROL & USB INFORMATION AUTO SWITCH : In the split screen mode, use the “F.FWD SEARCH” keys in the front panel to enable auto switch function. Moreover, press “QUAD” key again to disable it. (In DVR204 Module); moreover, use “SEQ” button can also enable auto switch function.
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Terminal Connectors: RS-485 sends +/ receives + RS-485 sends -/ receives - RS-485 sends +/ receives + RS-485 sends -/ receives - ALARM1-4 Camera alarm input. GND. Relay N.C. Relay COM (DVR204/ DVR208) Relay N.O. (DVR216) EXAMPLE 1:Connect Alarm In One with PIR (Passive Infrared). EXAMPLE 2:Connect with Alarm Siren at Relay N.O.
IR REMOTE CONTROL ITEM Press REC to start recording and press twice to stop. Press AUTO to activate sequence display of channels AUTO (DVR208/DVR216 USE ONLY) Select channel 1-4 with full screen. (DVR204 USE 1 - 4 ONLY) Select channel 1-16 with full screen. (DVR208/ 1-16 DVR216 USE ONLY) QUAD...
3.2 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU NOTE: : : : All of the images and icons are presented by DVR204 Module. NOTE: : : : The pop-up menu can be activated by moving the mouse cruise to the bottom of the live viewing screen. GUI MENU BAR With live viewing mode, press this button to get into the GUI menu.
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PTZ CONTROL Under PTZ control mode, press into PTZ setup menu. User can also press the “MENU” key on the DVR front panel to get into PTZ setup menu. Press to process Preset Point “■ ■ ■ ■ setup and press ”...
PTZ SETUP MENU ID : Use the mouse wheel to setup the PTZ camera ID number. PAN SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the left-right speed. TILT SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the up-down speed. AUTO SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the auto patrol speed. BAUD RATE: Use the mouse wheel to change the BAUD rate.
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B. VIDEO ADJUST B-1. CONTRAST Press ◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to change contrast level. B-2. BRIGHTNESS Press ◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to change brightness level. B-3. HUE Press ◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to change HUE level. B-4. COLOR Press ◄...
F. PTZ SETUP ID : Use the mouse wheel to setup the PTZ camera ID number. PAN SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the left-right speed. TILT SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the up-down speed. AUTO SPEED: Use the mouse wheel to change the auto patrol speed. BAUD RATE: Use the mouse wheel to change the BAUD rate.
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2. Use the mouse to select which block is needed. The green area shows the area without motion detection. 3. Left-Click the mouse to see more options or exit the setup. SELECT: Cancel the selected area. CLEAR: Select the area without motion detection.
RECORD SETUP Press ▲ or ▼ to select items. Press ◄ or ► to change values. Press SET to see more options. A. RESOULTION Press ◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to switch record resolution. FULL D1: 720 x 480 (NTSC)/ 720 x 576 (PAL) HALF D1: 720 x 240 (NTSC)/ 720 x 288 (PAL).
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C. ALARM RECORD PPS Press SET to change the PPS in alarm recording. User can click “AVERAGE” to set PPS automatically by system or change the PPS for each channel manually. Record Resolution: FULL D1: 720 x 480 (NTSC)/ 720 x 576 (PAL) HALF D1: 720 ×...
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Record Resolution: FULL D1: 720 x 480 (NTSC)/ 720 x 576 (PAL) HALF D1: 720 × 240 ( NTSC ) / 720 × 288 ( PAL ) Record Resolution: CIF: 360 × 240 ( NTSC ) / 360 × 288 ( PAL ) E-2.
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F. RECORD MODE Press ◄ or ► to switch record mode to MANUAL/ SCHEDULE 1 / SCHEDULE 2/ SCHEDULE 3/ SCHEDULE 4/ SCHEDULE 5 G. AUDIO RECORD Press ◄ or ► to switch AUDIO RECORD ON or OFF. H. SCHEDULE SETUP Press SET to get into schedule setup menu。...
ALARM SETUP Press ▲ or ▼ to select items. Press ◄ or ► to change values. Press SET to see more options. A. EXT. ALARM MODE Select N.C for “normal close” alarm input, or select N.O for “normal open” alarm input.
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B. HTTP PORT Press ▲ or ▼ to select items and ◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to change WEB PAGE PORT. C. IP ADDR Press ▲ or ▼ to select items and SET to change IP ADDRESS. D. NETMASK Press ▲ or ▼ to select items and SET to change SUBNET MASK. E.
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I-1. DDNS SETTING: : : : Press◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to set DDNS ENABLE / DISABLE. I-2. PROVIDER: : : : Press◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to select DDNS provider. I-3. USER NAME: : : : Press SET to setup user name. I-4.
SYSTEM SETUP Press ▲ or ▼ to select items. Press ◄ or ► to change values. Press SET to see more options. A. DATE / TIME SETUP Press SET to set DATE / TIME. A-1. TIME Use mouse wheel to change DATE/ TIME. A-2.
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TYPE 2: LOCK (Except MENU button). The password has to be filled in to implement playback mode. After KEYBOARD LOCK mode setup, please set up PASSWORD Without password, un-authorized users could access into SYSTEM SETUP and make changes of settings easily. D.
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J. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETUP Press ◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to change the DAYLIGHT MODE option: Disable, Manual and Auto. J-1. MANUAL MODE Use SET to change the Day Light Saving start and end time. Press ◄ or ►/ mouse wheel to change DELAY TIME J-2.
HARD DISK SETUP A. OVERWRITE MODE Press ◄ or ► to change value OVERWRITE MODE ON or OFF. B. CAPACITY WARNING (When Overwrite Mode is OFF, Capacity Warning will enable) Press ◄ or ► to change value to 20/ 15/ 10 or 5% with non-overwrite mode. When LEFT RATIO is below the setting, it will enable AUDIBLE ALARM (If AUDIBLE ALARM of BUZZER of ALARM SETUP is ON).
3.10 BACKUP SETUP Press ▲ or ▼ to select items. Press ◄ or ► to change values. Press SET to see more options. NOTE: *For function stability, Ethernet remote control function (IE) will be stopped when processing backup function. *USB DEVICE BACKUP : 3.2MB/ per sec. A.
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USB BACKUP MENU User can use the mouse wheel to change the backup Start/ End time。 Click to start backup, the total process will be shown on screen. BACKUP FILE NAME Each backup file will be named as START TIME. EXAMPLE: 174624.264 is 17:46:24 AFTER BACKUP After backup, the system will copy “R6VIEWER.EXE”...
4 DVR PLAYBACK Click the playback button on the pop-up menu. Note: the pop-up menu can be activated by moving the mouse cruise to the bottom of the live viewing screen. DISK INFORMATION With playback mode, press this button to display disk and pen drive information. RECORD BACKUP With playback mode, press this button to backup record (.264 video backup) and press this button again to finish backup.
EVENT SEARCH Double click Left button of mouse to trigger event search. Please select the event to playback. NOTE: Display the type of the event as follows. POWER If the DVR got power loss, it will record the date and time of rebooting.
5 BACKUP PLAYBACK SYSTEM REQUIREMENT CPU: Intel Celeron 1.6G MEMORY: 256MB. VGA: 32MB VGA RESOLUTION: 1024 x 768. OS: Windows XP / 2000 SUGGESTED REQUIREMENT CPU:Intel P4 2.8G MEMORY:512MB or above VGA:64MB or above VGA RESOLUTION:1024 x 768 OS: Windows XP / 2000 MAIN SCREEN SETTING Control Panel A.
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B. HDD PLAY Play about all the data from the Hard disk of DVR or perform the specific Time and Event Search to play. Note: Remove the DVR HDD and connect to the PC first. Then, use DVR player (R6Viewer.exe) to play the data of HDD. DVR player (R6Viewer.exe) can be attained from the attached CD or via the Internet;...
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B-2. EVENT SEARCH It will display all the events which are reserved within the DVR HDD after press (Shown in the following) and double click left button of mouse to trigger event. B-3. HDD COPY Copied and reserved the DVR HDD data to other data storage device. Press button, the Copy screen will pop-up.
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Finally, the complete information will pop-up while finished storage. (R6 Viewer.exe) can play not only DVR H.D.D. but also the *.264 and *.Y42 files which are reserved within the data storage devices. (i.e. CD/DVD disc, pen drive and the PC H.D.D which the data backup from DVR H.D.D) C.
5.2 CD/DVD BACKUP PLAYBACK A. Insert the CD/DVD disk into CD/DVD ROM, the software will auto pop out, and select "Open File" and pick up the file. B. Press the icon to play the video.
USB & LOCAL BACKUP FILE PLAYBACK A. Plug the USB disk into PC or check the local backup folder. If using USB mode, please double click the player.exe from the pop-up diagram. (As below) B. The play backup program would appear on the screen, select "Open File".
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C. Open the USB disk located driver letter. (Example E:) or the local backup folder, and pick the file to playback. The backup file will named as the time when backup, as like: 170319.264 will be 17:03:19 D. Press the play icon to play the video or still picture.
BACKUP FILE TO AVI A. Please select specific channel to backup. B. During video playback mode please press AVI bottom to start. C. Make up a filename and path than press bottom to start AVI backup. D. Press AVI bottom to finish backup.
6 NETWORK VIEWING & PLAYBACK SYSTEM REQUIREMENT CPU: Intel Celeron 1.6G MEMORY: 256MB. VGA: 32MB VGA RESOLUTION: 1024 x 768. OS: Windows XP / 2000 SUGGESTED REQUIREMENT CPU:Intel P4 2.8G MEMORY:512MB or above VGA:64MB or above VGA RESOLUTION:1024 x 768 OS: Windows XP / 2000 6.1 IP ADDRESS SETUP ON PC SITE Install cameras inside in LAN or use network cable to connect with PC.
NOTE: Please input correct network parameters without blank spaces. On Device Lists, it lists all servers. Click on one server and then its IP setting will show on the right side. After editing the parameters and clicking on Submit, the following dialogue box will popup.
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Above three options are all based on select as the prompt. As indicated in the dialogue box. Please select "YES."...
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OPTION 2: ADD TO TRUSTED SITES Tools Internet Options Security Trusted sites Sites...
6.3 LOGIN INSTALL ACTIVEX START INSTALL ACTIVEX ACCOUNT & PASSWORD LOGIN After IP setup and connect to network or LAN, type IP address on IE Browser directly. The following User name & Password Login window will popup. Default user name: admin Default password: admin...
6.4 REMOTE CONTROL LIVE VIEWING DVR Configuration PTZ Control Screen Time-Point System Time Playback Format Backup Full Screen A. DVR Configuration Get into DVR network menu. B. PTZ Control PTZ control function panel Direction Keys PTZ Zoom in/out Auto Pan Function Preset Point Setup...
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Up to 32 preset points for operation C. SYSTEM TIME Live viewing mode: The current live viewing time. D. SCREEN FORMAT Switch screen format and click twice to switch different channels with full screen. Full Screen. Click again to return. REC.
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PLAYBACK by TIME SEARCH & EVENT SEARCH Playback Time Time Search Event Search HDD Select Playback Time A. HDD Select User can select HDD1 or HDD2 for playback B. Playback Time User can select the time then press “Time Search” for playback. C.
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Click to operate Time-Point backup. TIME-POINT BACKUP First, select Start and End backup time which have to among the Record Time. Then, click Save button to select the position on PC where the user is going to backup the data. After that, press OK button to start the backup.
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OTHER FUNCTIONS User can use other functions by clicking the left of mouse A. Snapshot: User can save any single picture from image. B. Performance: User can select image quality (high, medium & low). C. Use Overlay: User can use Overlay function. D.
6.5 CONFIGURE A. System - System Information A-1 SYSTEM INFORMATION SERVER NAME: This name will show on the IP Installer. LANUGAGE: : : : There are English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. A-2 NTP Setting NTP SERVER: Revise the time of DVR via different NTP Server. Note: Time zone and Interval cannot adjust in here (User can adjust both in DATE and TIME SETUP option of DVR Menu).
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Default administrator account: Username: admin Password: admin B-1. ANONYMOUS USER LOGIN: YES: Accept anonymous user login without password as guest login. NO: Anonymous login unacceptable. B-2. USER MANAGEMENT: Add: Input Username and Password and then click on Add/Set to save. Modify: Click on selected User name on User List and the following window will popup.
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Backup Setup: Click on “Download” button to download the DVR setting file into the specific storage device. D. NETWORK – IP SETTING D-1. IP ASSIGNMENT DHCP: In Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) mode, DHCP server will get setting done automatically. STATIC IP: Please input IP address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway based on network environment.
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E-1. PPPoE SETTING Click on Enabled to enable ADSL dial function. Username: Username for ADSL account. Password: Password for ADSL account. After dialed successfully, new IP address will appear. E-2. SEND MAIL AFTER DIALED Click on Enabled to enable SEND MAIL AFTER DIALED function. E-3.
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F-1. DYNDNS.ORG DDNS SETTING - DYNDNS.ORG PROVIDER: Select dyndns.org HOSTNAME: The registered hostname in DYNDNS.ORG. USERNAME: The registered username in DYNDNS.ORG. PASSWORD: The registered password in DYNDNS.ORG. SCHEDULE UPDATE: A period of time to update IP address. STATE 1. Updating: Information update. 2.
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DDNS SETTING – DDNS.CAMDDNS.COM PROVIDER: Select ddns.camddns.com USERNAME: The registered username in DDNS.CAMDDNS.COM. SCHEDULE UPDATE: A period of time to update IP address. STATE 1. Updating: Information update. 2. Idle: Stop service. 3. DDNS registered successfully, now log by http://<username>.ddns.camddns.com: Registered successfully. 4.
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○ Finally, the DVR domain name 5 (http://DVR_GODDNS.ddns.camddns.com) will be shown on the state block. NOTE: 1. If the user selects another provider which is ddns2.ydsdvr.com, all of the setting steps are the same with ddns.camddns.com setting. 2. However, if dyndns.org provider is selected, please go to www.dyndns.org website to register the account first.
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Mail Server: The IP address of Mail Server (i.e. mail.huntelec.com.tw). Username: The username while log in to the mail server. Password: The password while log in to the mail server. Sender’s Mail: The sender’s account when send the mail via this mail server. Receiver’s Mail: The receiver’s mail address.
3GPP APPLICATION & SETTING 3GPP (also known as 3 Generation Partnership Project) is a corporation which formulate -generation communication standard specification. Via this wireless communication protocol, the 3G mobile can perform the remote control. The following example is operated by Sony Ericsson 3G mobile phone: 1.
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“Connected to media server” will 8. Success with vivid image appear * 1. 3GPP BANDWIDTH: Minimum 30kbit /sec. per channel. 2. CONNECTION NUMBERS: Maximum 16 people per channel.
APPENDIX A: RECORDING TIME LAPSE (HOURS) FULL D1- 720x480 160 GB Hard Disk Unit: Hour PICTURE QUALITY(KB) Recording MEDIUM HIGH BEST Speed (IPS) simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average 0.80 5.63 3.52 4.38 10.38 6.78 3.64 13.43...
HALF D1- 720x240 80 GB Hard Disk Unit: Hour PICTURE QUALITY (KB) Recording MEDIUM HIGH BEST Speed simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average (PPS) 1.00 3.80 2.40 2.00 6.00 4.00 5.00 10.00 7.50 6.00 17.00 11.50 1553...
CIF-360x240 80 GB Hard Disk Unit: Hour PICTURE QUALITY (KB) Recording MEDIUM HIGH BEST Speed simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average (PPS) 0.50 1.90 1.20 1.00 3.00 2.00 2.50 5.00 3.75 3.00 8.75 5.88 1553 3106 1961...
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PICTURE QUALITY (KB) Recording MEDIUM HIGH BEST Speed simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average (PPS) 0.50 1.90 1.20 1.00 3.00 2.00 2.50 5.00 3.75 3.00 8.75 5.88 1941 1226 3883 1022 2452 1941 1294 7767 2044 4905...
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Speed MEDIUM HIGH BEST (PPS) simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average simple complex average 0.50 1.90 1.20 1.00 3.00 2.00 2.50 5.00 3.75 3.00 8.75 5.88 2427 1532 1213 4854 1277 3065 2427 1618 9709 2555 6132 4854 1618 3236...
APPENDIX C: ERROR MESSAGE LIST ERROR MESSAGE ERROR STATUS & REASON NOTE DISK ACCESS ERROR! H.D.D. Data structure Un-normal. Data does not record into DVR or bad sector on DVR H.D.D. Please install another H.D.D. and perform the record again. UPDATE FILE ERROR! Please re-download the update file and update again.
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