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User Manual English
AREC Inc.© All Rights Reserved 2017. l www.arec.com
All information contained in this document is Proprietary

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  • Page 1 LS-300 Media Station User Manual English AREC Inc.© All Rights Reserved 2017. l www.arec.com All information contained in this document is Proprietary...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Specifications Package Contents Product Appearance Connection Front Panel Buttons and Indicators Getting start Overview of the LS-300 Web Interface Chapter 1 Administrator 1.1 Media I/O 1.1.1 Video inputs 1.1.1.1 Content / Cam 1 / Cam 2 1.1.1.2 Advanced configuration 1.1.2 Camera manager 1.1.3 PTZ control port...
  • Page 3 LS-300 User Manual Table of Contents 2.2 Visual Sources Monitoring 2.3 Recording/Streaming setup 2.3.1 Recording settings 2.3.2 Streaming settings 2.3.3 Other settings 2.3.4 Content settings Chapter 2 Video Manager 3.1 Upload the recording 3.2 Download the recording 3.3 Delete the recording 3.4 Playback the recording...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    LS-300 User Manual Introduction Featuring a compact and stand-alone design, AREC LS-300 Media Station consists of diverse features and functionality, including multi-signals capturing, recording synchronously, codec, streaming online, live broadcasting, and web-based monitor page, providing complete presentation or lecture capture solution.

  • Page 5: Product Appearance

    RJ-45 Ethernet connector for device configuration and control RS-232 Captive screw connector for control over RS-232 Reset button Restoring devices to its factory default state NOTE: The LS-300 can detect and record to USB storage devices using FAT32, NTFS file systems. www.arec.com...

  • Page 6: Connection

    LS-300 User Manual Connection AREC projector Speaker Network Camera Setting PC Power Video output VGA / HDMI Audio output Digital I/O Audio input Video input VGA / HDMI RS-232 network microphone notebook document cam amplifier www.arec.com...

  • Page 7: Front Panel Buttons And Indicators

    Connect PC to the setting port of Media Station with standard network cable. Open up the browser, and input 192.168.11.254 in the browser page. Log in Administrator with default username admin and password admin, then entering the LS-300 system Administrator webpages.

  • Page 8: Overview Of The Ls-300 Web Interface

    LS-300 User Manual Overview of the LS-300 Web Interface LS-300 web interface has three user types, which are described in detail in the following chapters : For quick start recording, log in Online director from the initial login page with default Online Director username director and password director.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Administrator

    LS-300 User Manual Chapter 1 Administrator The Administrator web pages provide a system administration interface of the LS-300: it can perform Media I/O, Video, Storage, Upload, System settings and confirm operations. The Media I/O settings make sure each input source are properly connected, and adjust the audio volume.

  • Page 10: Video Inputs

    LS-300 User Manual 1.1.1 Video inputs The LS-300 is capable to process up to three video inputs. The name of these inputs are user configurable; by default are Content, Cam 1 and Cam 2. 1.1.1.1 Content / Cam 1 / Cam 2...

  • Page 11: Advanced Configuration

    LS-300 User Manual 1.1.1.2 Advanced configuration A preview use and further configuration of the video input is provided. After the video input setting is successfully applied, click to enter the advanced configuration page. In the case of a PTZ camera, the direction control panel, zoom in/out control bar, and up to 8 preset positions are enabled.

  • Page 12: Camera Manager

    ] page. You may click Refresh button to scan again. Click Login button and the login authentication dialog pop out. Enter the username and password of the camera to complete the authentication. Take AREC network camera for example, enter the default username and password admin/ admin. The status then changes to OK, which indicates it is available for video input selection.

  • Page 13: Ptz Control Port

    The LS-300 facilitate the web-based users control PTZ cameras using RS-232 protocol. Connect an USB-to-RS-232 adapter to the LS-300 back USB port in advance. Before making any changes to this page, please get to know about the RS-232 settings of the desired PTZ camera. The following configurations must be identical to the external device settings.

  • Page 14: Display

    LS-300 User Manual 1.1.5 Display Set the LS-300 on screen display language. 1.2 Video The pages within Video construct a collection of settings that defines the operating characteristics for a streaming/recording, include: Recording Configure Encoder settings and Bookmark settings for recording.

  • Page 15: Recording

    LS-300 User Manual 1.2.1 Recording Set up the Encoder settings Bookmark settings for recording. Encoder settings Recording mode: Available options are MP4 Mixed video and MP4 Mixed video/ Original source. Video compression: There are 7 preset recording video compression profiles for different resolution and bitrate. Select one to see the option details on the right side.
  • Page 16 LS-300 User Manual Bookmark settings- Select to add bookmark automatically at a regular period of time, or whenever the layout is changed during recording. Click Apply button at the bottom corner when finished to apply the settings. www.arec.com...

  • Page 17: Streaming

    Live streaming: Select ON/OFF to enable/ disable live streaming ability. Protocol — The available protocol on the LS-300 are RTP and RTMP. In the protocol setting field, copy and paste the Server or Stream URL and Stream name provided by you CDN RTMP or server administrator in the format rtmp://serverurl/streamname.
  • Page 18 Followings are some popular examples for streaming settings. Streaming to Facebook Live Copy the contents of the Single Field, Server or Stream URL, and paste in the LS-300 streaming protocol setting field. Streaming to Ustream Combine the contents of both fields: RTMP URL and Stream Key, insert a slash between them. Paste this string into the LS- 300 streaming protocol setting field.
  • Page 19 Multicast: The destination IP must be multicast IP address where it can be shared with multiple viewers. The LS-300 use IP address: 239.0.0.1 and port number: 5004 as the stream default. The available range of port number is 1024 to 65535.

  • Page 20: Content

    1.2.3 Content The LS-300 contains up to 15 user-configurable elements for describing content. These elements and texts will be saved in the recording data of the newly created content. Enter text in the content settings fields if desired. Click Apply button at the bottom corner when finished to apply the settings.
  • Page 21 LS-300 User Manual Background settings – Click the background thumbnail you want to use to the video and follow by “Apply” to apply the settings. To use a plain black background instead of an image, un-tick the selection by double clicking on the picture.

  • Page 22: Storage

    LS-300 User Manual 1.3 Storage The recording files produced by the LS-300 are stored on its own internal hard drive. This page provides user to set loop recording of internal storage drive and reveals the disk information in the lower section.

  • Page 23: Upload

    LS-300 User Manual 1.4 Upload The LS-300 is able to automatically upload recordings from its internal drive to a network server. In this page, user can configure the upload destination and tests the connection. Auto upload- Select from the drop-down list. Start uploading "after recording is completed”, or turn “OFF” the function.

  • Page 24: System Settings

    LS-300 User Manual 1.5.1 System settings The basic information and initial date/time of this device are configured here. Device identification – Set the name (host name) for this device. Date and Time – Set the device date, time, and time zone manually/ be synchronized to PC, or with an external NTP (network time protocol) server.

  • Page 25: Network

    LS-300 User Manual 1.5.2 Network By default LS-300 uses DHCP to obtain an IP Address via a router or any DHCP server. To use a static IP address for your device, configure the network settings in this webpage. IP assignment – Select DHCP to have IP address be allocated by a router or any DHCP server being connected; or Select Static IP and enter the required network settings including IP address / subnet mask / default gateway/ DNS server.

  • Page 26: Chapter 2 Online Director

    Chapter 2 Online Director The LS-300 embedded Online Director web pages allow user to control recording and have a live stream view of the output video. This director control panel makes it easy to apply layout, select background, and control the audio recorded during the recording process.

  • Page 27: Recording Controls Panel

    2.1.1 Background Display the available background images for Online Director controlling. Click the background thumbnail to apply it to the video. LS-300 by factory default provides one plain black background and three user-configurable backgrounds. See Administrator\ Video\ Logo and background for more details.

  • Page 28: Recording Control Buttons

    LS-300 User Manual 2.1.4 Recording control buttons Buttons are: Record Click Record and recording begins. The Record button is red to indicate active recording. Click Pause to pause recording. The preview and the output video are also suspended while Pause recording is paused.

  • Page 29: Recording/Streaming Setup

    \ Video \ Recording for more details. Record storage: The internal hard drive of LS-300 is preset for the record storage. Select “Internal drive only” for storing the recorded files; or select “Auto” which means the files will be stored in both the internal storage and the external front USB drive.

  • Page 30: Content Settings

    2.3.4 Content settings The LS-300 contains up to 15 user-configurable elements for describing content. These elements and texts will be saved in the recording data of the newly created content. Enter text in the content settings fields if desired. Click to open more elements of content description.

  • Page 31: Chapter 2 Video Manager

    LS-300 User Manual Chapter 3 Video Manager The LS-300 embedded Video Manager provides access to recordings produced by LS-300 itself and stored in the internal storage drive. The video list is in descending order by the time of occurrence. Entering the Video Manager webpage via [Administrator] or [Online Director] by clicking the button and opening a new tab;...

  • Page 32: Playback The Recording

    LS-300 User Manual 3.4 Playback the recording Click on the desired recording and you will be directed to the content information page. Use the player controls at the bottom of the window to watch the video. There might be more than one files listed under the window if the content is recorded in MP4 Mixed video/ Original source recording mode.

  • Page 33: Table Of On Screen Disaplay Icons

    LS-300 User Manual 3.5.1 Table of On Screen Display Icons The LS300 provides a HDMI preview output for recording monitoring. On screen display there are recording/streaming indicators, event icons and sometimes the error operation warnings. Recording/ Streaming timer Device WAN IP Address...
  • Page 34 LS-300 User Manual Front USB recording error HDCP protected source Operation is denied Front USB recording Display failure Uploading Front USB drive mount Recording is paused Firmware updating Fan failure Firmware update failure Shutdown confirmation www.arec.com...
  • Page 35 All information contained in this document is Proprietary Made in Taiwan Date : 2017 Version：1.7 AREC have the right to change or improve product specifications, without obligation to notify any user. Go to www.arec.com get the latest information related to the product or additional information.

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