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Quick Start Guide PAGE 1 1.Introduction TeleEye RA Series is a range of simple to use yet feature rich 4-, 8- and 16-channel digital video recorder suitable for small to medium sized surveillance applications. 1.1. Packages Contents After removing the package, make sure you have the following items:...
Quick Start Guide PAGE 2 1.2. Hardware Features 1.2.1. Front View For RA204 / RA208 / RA216: For RA304 / RA308 / RA316: 1. Notification LEDs 2. Main control buttons Sequential Menu / Back screen mode Recording FULL / Recording...
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Quick Start Guide PAGE 3 3. Menu control / Local playback control / PTZ control buttons Buttons Menu Mode Playback Mode PTZ Mode Cursor Up Pause Tilt Up Cursor Down Stop Tilt Down Cursor Left Rewind Pan Left Cursor Right Forward Pan Right Enter...
6. Power On / Off 8-Channel Model 7. Power Input (12V DC) 8. RS 485 In/Out Port 9. USB Port (For RA204 / RA208 / RA216) 10. Ethernet Socket (10/100 Base-T) 11. Video Output Connector 16-Channel Model For RA304 / RA308 /RA316...
Quick Start Guide PAGE 5 1.2.3. Remote Control Remote control buttons 1. Show PTZ option menu 2. Number pad (for camera selection / data entry) 3. Next(+) / previous(-) page 4. Menu control / PTZ control 5. Back (for menu) 6.
Quick Start Guide PAGE 6 1.4. Hard Disk Installation For RA204 / RA208 / RA216: 1. Take out the screws. 2. Pull up the cover. 3. Put the hard disk into the RA digital video recorder and connect it to the cables.
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Quick Start Guide PAGE 7 3.2 For RA216 For RA304 / RA308 / RA316: 1. Take out the screws. 2. Pull up the end of the cover and take it out with an oblique direction. Hard Disk Installation...
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Quick Start Guide PAGE 8 3. Put the hard disk into the RA digital video recorder and connect it to the cables. 4. Put the cover into the two gaps. 5. Close it with the cover. Hard Disk Installation...
Quick Start Guide PAGE 9 2.Local Operation (CCTV / VGA Monitor) 2.1. Icons Description (OSD) When you observe video from CCTV monitor or VGA monitor, icons may be shown on the video. Each of the icons has special meaning. Please find their meanings from the table summary in next page.
Quick Start Guide PAGE 11 2.3. View Live Video (OSD) Turn on your RA digital video recorder and cameras Turn on your monitor Select screen mode and cameras by using main control panel buttons on RA digital video recorder or number pads and screen mode buttons on remote controller FULL / QUAD / 3x3 Sequential screen mode screen mode...
Quick Start Guide PAGE 12 2.4.2. Schedule Recording 1. Press [Menu] button select [RECORDING] 2. Select [SCHEDULE RECORDING] 3. Select the day by pressing [←] or [→] button on the front panel 4. Press on [OK] button to pop out OPTION menu and select [ADD] to add schedule 4.1.
Quick Start Guide PAGE 13 2.6. Footage Extraction (OSD) 2.6.1 Back up to USB Flash Insert the USB flash device to the RA Press [Menu] button select [FOOTAGE EXTRACTIONN] select [BACKUP TO USB FLASH] Set the mode for extraction Set the start date, start time, backup period and backup max size Select [START BACKUP] Unplug the USB flash device after footage extraction finished...
Quick Start Guide PAGE 14 3.Remote Operation (Network) 3.1. Network Configuration (Network) PC Requirements: CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2.2GHz or above Memory: 1GB or above OS: Windows XP or Windows Vista Home/Business Other Requirements: Java: Sun Microsystems Java 2 runtime Version 1.5.0 or above IE: Windows Internet Explorer Version 6 or above There are Ethernet and 3G networks.
Quick Start Guide PAGE 15 3.2. Icons Description (Network) Icons Description Logout Show menu panel Recording Playback Screen mode selection panel Quad screen 3x3 screen Hex screen Full screen Camera selection panel Event status panel Alarm event Video loss event Motion event Disc event Clear event...
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Quick Start Guide PAGE 16 Icons Description Event icons on screen Motion Playback Video loss Icons on log panel Next page Previous page Icons on PTZ panel Tilt up Pan left Tilt down Pan right Zoom in Zoom out Focus near Focus far Open iris 10.
3.4.2. By IP Setup Utility 1. Install TeleEye IP Setup Utility software by the software CD. .NET framework is needed for IP Setup Utility operation. You can find .NET framework installer in the software CD. 2. Run IP Setup Utility.
Quick Start Guide PAGE 19 3.5. View Live Video (Network) Enter IP address plus port number in this format http://IPAddress:PortNumber (e.g. http://192.168.0.1:1024) Enter password. Default password can be found in the given registration code sheet. Press [Connect] button Use screen mode selection panel and/or camera selection panel to view video Remarks: If the cross logo is shown at the top left hand corner of the web page, it implies the Java JVM is not installed in the computer.
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