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Page 2 Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. This device should be used only with the power supply provided. Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other devices that produce heat.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Contents Introduction Summary .......................,. 1 Front Panel Descriptions ..................,... 1 Rear Panel Descriptions ..................,.. 2 Alarm Connections ....................,.. 4 Basic Operation Guide Startup & Shutdown .....................7 Startup ........................7 Shutdown ......................7 Wizard & Main Screen Startup Wizard......................8 Main Screen .......................
Page 4 Contents Record & Disk Management Record Configuration ..................31 Mode Configuration ..................31 Advanced Configuration ................... 32 Encode Parameter Setting ................. 33 Schedule Setting ....................33 Add Schedule ....................33 Record Schedule Configuration ................ 36 Record Mode ..................... 36 Manual Recording .....................
Page 5 Contents Buzzer ......................54 Manual Alarm ....................54 View Alarm Status ................... 54 Account & Permission Management Account Management ..................56 Add User ......................56 Edit User ......................57 User Login & Logout ..................58 Permission Management ...................58 Add Permission Group ..................58 Edit Permission Group ..................
Page 7: Introduction
1 Introduction Summary Our latest DVR adopts a newly designed user interface and supports both analogue cameras, (standard definition & HD-TVI) and IP cameras. Rear Panel Layouts The following 3 examples are for the 4 channel, 8 channel and 16 channel DVR’s. Name Descriptions AUDIO IN...
Page 8 2 Name Descriptions CVBS Standard definition single camera spot monitor output ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors Grounding AUDIO OUT Audio output for connecting to an amplifier AUDIO IN Audio input, microphone ALARM OUT Relay output connect to external alarm VIDEO IN Video Inputs from the camera feeds HDMI...
Page 9: Alarm Connections
3 Name Descriptions RS485 Connect to keyboard or speed dome. A is TX+; B is TX- AUDIO IN Audio input, microphone VIDEO IN Video inputs from camera feeds HDMI HDMI High Definition Video output VGA High Definition video output Network port AUDIO OUT Audio output for connecting to an amplifier...
Page 10 4 Alarm Input: Alarm IN 1~16. Normally open or normally closed sensors can be used. A diagram for connecting a sensor and the DVR is shown below: The alarm input is an open/closed relay. If the input is not an open/closed relay, please refer to the following connection diagram: Alarm Output: Below is a guide to connecting an alarm:...
Page 11 5 ! RS485 Connection There are two types of RS485 connectors. Note the DVR also supports control of PTZ cameras and on screen menus over the video cable, (Coax or CAT5). Type 2 Type 1 Type 1: The P/Z ports are used to connect a speed dome. K/B ports are used to connect a keyboard.
Page 12: Basic Operation Guide
On initial connection a set up wizard window will pop up to guide you through set up. If CCTV42 have installed a hard drive the basic settings will already have been taken care of and the start up wizard will have been disabled and basic settings applied.
Page 13: Wizard & Main Screen
On start up for the first time you can quickly configure the DVR by using the wizard to do the setup this can be skipped next time by unchecking the box. If CCTV42 has already installed your hard drive the start up wizard will be disabled and basic settings applied.
Page 14 8 Network Settings. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to let your router assign an IP address and DNS automatically or manually input them. Input the HTTP port, RTSP port and Server port (80, 554 and 6036 respectively), Click “Next”...
Page 15 9 to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with DVR and then click + to add the searched camera. Click “Add All” to add all the cameras in the list. Click the “trash can” to delete the added camera.
Page 16 10 Disk Settings. You can view the disk number, disk capacity of the DVR and serial number, R&W status of the disk. Click “Format” to format the disk ready for use. Click “Next” to continue. Record Settings. Two record modes are available: auto and manual. Auto: Select auto mode in the drop down menu and choose a setting to have those options automatically setup as shown below and then click “OK”...
Page 17: Main Screen
11 Main Screen The button breakdown for area 1 is as follows: Button Meaning Menu button. Click it to pop up the menu ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button.
Page 18: Setup Panel
12 Button Meaning Alarm status button. Click it to view the alarm status. Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status and RAID status. Network status button. Click it to view the network status. Information button. Click it to view system information. Area 2: Click “Camera”...
Page 19 13 Settings Panel Click Start "Settings to view the setup panel as shown below. The setup panel includes seven modules. For example the Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion” and “PTZ”. Click Camera to go to the camera management screen as shown below.
Page 20: Main Functions
14 As you can see listed on the left of the image above are the sub sections within the module. Click each section to go to the corresponding screen. For instance, click “Add Camera” to pop up the window as shown below. Click the headings on the top of the particular management screen to change to the corresponding module.
Page 21: Camera Management
15 Camera Management Camera Signal Choice Click Start"Settings"Camera"Manage Camera"Camera Signal to get to the screen as shown below. You able to choose between two types of analogue signals: TVI and AHD. If the access signal is TVI, you should check TVI in the following screen to show the camera image normally; if you check AHD, there will be no image or the image will have no colour.
Page 22: Edit Camera
16 Quickly Add Check the cameras you would like to add and then click “Add”. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera. Add Manually Input the IP address, port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol.
Page 23: Live Camera Feeds
17 Live Camera Feeds Analogue cameras are automatically added to the live feeds preview screen. You should add IP camera manually for previewing. Refer to the image below, once populated you can drag and drop cameras to different positions as you like. Click the camera preview window to show the tool bar as shown in area ① ...
Page 24: Customize Display Mode
18 The software zoom screen is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the area to zoom in to. Click to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for zooming. Click “Back” to return to the live camera feeds. Customize Display Layout Set different screen layouts and camera sequences as required and then save the layout based on surveillance areas, priorities and so on.
Page 25: Show Cameras In Sequence
19 # Adding customized layouts Method One: Click “Customize Display Modes” from the right hand camera list. Add the cameras and set the screen layout as required. Click “Save” button and give the layout a name and click the “OK” button to save. Method Two: Click Start"Settings"System"Basic"Output Settings"Main Output to go to the screen and then set the layout.
Page 26: Spot View
20 Add layout in area 1 to create a new layout. Click Click on the top right corner of the layout to delete it. Setup the layout Select a layout in area 1 and then click the screen layout button on the tool bar to set the layout for the camera feeds.
Page 27: Preview Image Configuration
21 Preview Image Configuration OSD Settings Click Start"Settings"Camera"Image"OSD Settings to go to the screen as shown below. Select the camera, input the camera name (or double click the camera name in the camera list to change it), enable or disable the name and time (if enabled, drag the red name and time directly in the image view area to change its position) and select the date and time formats.
Page 28: Mask Settings
22 Image Adjustment Click Start"Settings"Camera"Image"Image Settings to go to the following screen. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. You can click “Default” button to restore the image settings to the default factory settings. Mask Settings Some areas of the image can be masked for privacy.
Page 29: Motorized Lens
23 Lens Control (Motorized cameras) Select the camera and then click “Lens Control” to go to lens control tab. Click to adjust the zoom and focus parameters of the camera’s lens. Click “Save” to save the settings. The buttons are as follows: Button/Parameter Meaning Click...
Page 30: Ptz
24 PTZ Control Screen You can control the dome or PTZ through the PTZ control on the DVR. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live camera feed window to go to the PTZ control screen as shown below. You can select another dome or PTZ via the drop down menu in the top right of the screen window for the PTZ control.
Page 31 25 Click to hide / show the analogue joystick. Click it to return to the live preview screen. Analogue Joystick Control The analogue joystick on the left side of the screen provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analogue joystick. The farther you drag the analogue joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates.
Page 32 26 Adjust the dome’s direction and then click “Save Position” to save the current preset position (you can also click another preset in the preset list and then save the preset position after adjusting the dome’s direction); click in the preset list to call the preset; click “Delete” button to delete the selected preset.
Page 33: Preset Setting
27 Preset Setting Click Start"Settings"Camera"PTZ"Preset to go to the screen as shown below. Add preset Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the screen to display the preset information of the dome and then click to add preset.
Page 34: Cruise Setting
28 Cruise Setting Click Start"Settings"Camera"PTZ"Cruise to go to the screen as shown below. Add Cruise Click in the camera list on the right side of the screen to display the cruise information of the dome and then click to add cruise. Edit Cruise Select the camera and cruise in the “Cruise”...
Page 35: Ptz Protocol Setting
29 PTZ Protocol Setting Click Start"Settings"Camera"PTZ"Protocol to go to the screen as shown below. You can set the protocol, baud rate and address of the analogue dome in the screen. Please make sure the analogue speed dome camera is well connected to the DVR before you control it. Select the camera and then set the protocol, baud rate and address of the dome according to the settings of the dome.
Page 36: Record & Disk Management
Record & Disk Management Record Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording. If your hard drive was installed by CCTV42 this will already have been done. Click Start"Settings"Record"Mode Settings to go to the mode settings screen. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply”...
Page 37: Advanced Configuration
31 Video Encode: the video encode format of the camera. Resolution: the higher the resolution is, the clearer the image is. FPS: the higher the frame rate is, the more fluency the video is. However, more storage room will be taken up. Bitrate: the higher the image quality you choose, the more bitrate will be required.
Page 38: Encode Parameter Setting
32 Encode Parameters Setting Click Start"Settings"Record"Encode Parameters to go to the screen as shown below. Set the video encode, resolution, FPS, bitrate and audio of main stream for each camera in “Event Record Stream” and “Timing Record Stream” screens. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can set the record stream of each camera one by one or batch set them for all cameras.
Page 39 33 Click to add a new schedule. Refer to the picture below.
Page 40 34 Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button. Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to delete the selected area.
Page 41: Record Schedule Configuration
35 Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a week. Record Schedule Configuration Click Start"Settings"Record"Record Schedule"Schedule Configuration to go to the screen as shown below.
Page 42: Timing Recording
36 Timing Recording Timing Recording: the system will record automatically according to the schedule. Set the timing record schedule of each camera. Motion Based Recording Motion Based Recording: the system will start motion based recording when the motion object appears in the setup schedule. The setup steps are as follows: Set the motion based recording schedule of each camera.
Page 43: View Disk And S.m.a.r.t. Information
37 There are all four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The added disks and cameras will be added into group one automatically. The disks and cameras in the groups can be deleted except group one (select a disk group and then click on the top right corner of the added disk or camera to delete it from the group).
Page 44: Playback & Backup
38 Playback & Backup Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click o n the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview screen to set the default playback time).
Page 45 39 Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera. The buttons on the tool bar (area 1) at the bottom of the playback screen are explained below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ②. Full screen button.
Page 46 40 Click it to go to live preview screen; see Chapter 5 Live Preview Introduction for details. Click on the playback window to show the tool bar as shown in area 3; right click on the window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu list are introduced in the table below. Button Menu List Meaning...
Page 47: Record Search & Playback
41 The record time scale shows different record types with different colours. The green block stands for manual record, red block stands for sensor based record, yellow block stands for motion based record and blue block stands for schedule record. Click the record block to set the time and then the playback camera will play the record from the time you set.
Page 48 42 Time Slice Mode Selecting: Method One: Click “Year”, “Month” or “Day” button under the record time scale to select the time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click / on the left/right side of the time scale to view the record of the last/next day; click “Minute” in the “Picture” option under the time scale to select “Minute”...
Page 49: Search & Playback By Time
43 Search & Playback by Event Click Start"Search"By Event to go to “By Event” tab as shown below. Check the event type in the screen as required. Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the screen. Check cameras on the left side of the screen and then click to search the record.
Page 50: Search & Playback By Event
44 Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window. Select one record data in the list and then click “Backup” button for record backup. Select one record data in the list and then click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback screen.
Page 51: Search & Playback By Tag
45 Set the date on the top left of the screen. Drag the time scale to set the backup time period or click under the time scale to set the backup start time and end time. Click “Backup” button to pop up the “Record Backup” window as shown below. Select the device name, backup format and path and then click “Backup”...
Page 52: Backup
46 Backup by Event Click Start"Backup"By Event to go to “By Event” tab. Click to set the start time and end time on the left top of the interface . Check the event types and cameras. Click to search the record. The searched record data will be displayed in the list. Click in the list to play the record in the small popup playback window.
Page 53: Backup By Event
47 Click to pop up the “View Image” window. Click to export the image. Click view the previous image; click to view the next image; click to delete the image; click to play all the images. View Backup Status Click Start"Backup"Backup Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the playback screen to view the backup status.
Page 54: Image Management
48 The configuration steps of the above mentioned alarm linkages are as follows. Record: check it and then the “Trigger Record” window will pop up automatically (you can also click “Configure” button to pop up the window). Select camera on the left side and then click to set the camera as the trigger camera.
Page 55: Motion Alarm
49 Select the camera, enable the motion and set the sensitivity and duration of the camera. Sensitivity: the higher the value is, the more sensitive it is to motion. You should adjust the value according to the practical conditions since the sensitivity is influenced by colour and time (day or night).
Page 56: Motion Alarm Handling Configuration
50 Enable or disable “Snap”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E- mail”. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Motion Settings” to go to the motion configuration screen. Exception Alarm IPC Offline Settings Click Start"Settings"Alarm"Exception"IPC Offline Settings to go to the screen as shown below.
Page 57: Video Loss Settings
51 Enable or disable “Snap”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. Click “Apply” to save the settings. Exception Handling Settings Click Start"Settings"Alarm"Exception"Exception Handling Settings to go to the screen shown below. Enable or disable “Alarm-out”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The exception handling settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm.
Page 58: Alarm Event Notification
52 Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to edit the schedules. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can click “Test” to test the alarm output. E-mail Click Start"Settings"Alarm"Event Notification"E-mail to go to the e-mail configuration screen.
Page 59: Buzzer
53 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview screen to pop up a window. Click “Trigger” to start alarm. Click “Clear” to stop alarm. View Alarm Status Click Start"Settings"Alarm"Alarm Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview screen to view the alarm status.
Page 60 54 If the exception information is more than one screen, you can input the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified screen. Click to view the exception alarm information in the previous/next screen. Click to play the alarm record.
Page 61: Account & Permission Management
55 Account & Permission Management Account Management Click Start"Settings"Account and Authority"Account"Edit User to go to the screen as shown below. Area 1 displays the user permissions. Area 2 displays the user list. Click a user in the list to display their user permissions in area 1.
Page 62: Edit User
56 Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address, MAC address and the remark are optional (input the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. Edit User Click Start"Settings"Account and Authority"Account"Edit User and then click in the user list or double click the user to edit the user information.
Page 63: User Login & Logout
57 Recover Password Click “Recover Password” to reset the password to 123456. Edit User Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below. The admin is enabled, its permission control is closed and permission group cannot be changed by default. You can enable or disable other users (if disabled, the user will be invalid), open or close their permission control (if closed, the user will get all the permissions which the administrator permission group has) and set their permission groups.
Page 64 58 Click to add permission group. Set the group name, check the permissions as required and then set the “Local” and “Remote” permissions. Click “Add” to save the settings. ...
Page 65: Edit Permission Group
59 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” screen and then click to edit the permission group. Click to save the group as another group. Click to delete the permission group. The three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced” and “Ordinary”) cannot be deleted. Black and White List This lets you set an allow and block lists for IP addresses.
Page 66: Device Management
60 Device Management Network Configuration TCP/IPv4 Configuration IP Address Settings Click Start"Settings"Network"TCP/IPv4 to go to the following screen. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the IP address and DNS automatically once the DVR is connected to your router, or manually input the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, preferred DNS and alternate DNS, click “Apply”...
Page 67: Port Configuration
61 Port Configuration Click Start"Settings"Network"Port to go to the screen as shown below. Input the HTTP port, server port and RTSP port (the defaults are 80, 6036 and 554 respectively) and then click “Apply” to save. DDNS Configuration The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through a host domain name. Click Start"Settings"Network"DDNS to go to the screen as shown below.
Page 68: E-Mail Configuration
62 E-mail Configuration Click Start"Settings"Network"E-mail to go to the following screen. Input the sender’s e- mail address, name, password, SMTP server and SMTP port (you can click “Default” to reset the SMTP port to the default value) and then enable or disable the SSL and whether you want to attach an image or not.
Page 69: Upnp Configuration
63 Click “Add” and then input the recipient’s e-mail address in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient. Click to delete the recipient in the list. Click “Apply” to save the settings. Click “Edit Sender” to go to the e-mail configuration screen of the sender. UPnP Configuration By UPnP you can access the DVR through IE client which is in WAN via router without port mapping.
Page 70: Basic Configuration
64 Basic Configuration Common Configuration Click Start"Settings"System"Basic"General Settings to go to the following screen. Set the device name, device No., language, video format and main output resolution. Enable or disable wizard, “Log In Automatically” and “Log Out Automatically” (if checked, you can set the wait time).
Page 71: Factory Default
65 Factory Default Click Start"Settings"System"Maintenance"Factory Default and then click “Reset to factory default” button in the screen to reset to the factory default settings. Device Software Upgrade You can click Start"Settings"System"Information"Basic to view MCU, kernel version and firmware version and so on. Before upgrade, make sure the USB device is format to FAT32 and please get the upgrade file from your dealer.
Page 72: View Log
66 Backup Select the USB device in the “Device Name” drop down menu and navigate to your backup folder or create one and then click “Backup” finally click the “OK” button in the popup window. Recover Select the USB device in the “Device Name” drop down menu and navigate to your backup file and then click the “Recover”...
Page 73: Remote Surveillance
67 Remote Surveillance Mobile Client Surveillance Enable NAT in the DVR. Download and install the mobile client “SuperLive Plus” onto your mobile device either Android or iOS. Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” screen and then click to scan the QRCode of the DVR (Go to Start"Settings"System"Information"Basic to view the QRCode of the DVR).
Page 74: Web Wan Access
68 Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the DVR and the computer are both on the same local network. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41 , the IP address of the DVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX. 2 .
Page 75: Web Remote Control
69 Input the serial number (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live camera feed screen to see the serial number of the DVR the number under the QR code), user name (the user name of the DVR, admin by default) and password (the password of the DVR, 123456 by default) of the DVR, select the display language on the top right corner of the screen and then click “Login”...
Page 76: 12.4.1 Remote Preview
70 12.4.1 Remote Preview Click “Live Display” in the remote screen to go to the preview screen. The preview screen consists of the four areas marked in the following picture. Start Preview Select a window in the preview area and then click one online camera on the left panel to preview the camera in the window.
Page 77 71 for the number of online cameras; the right number 4 stands for the number of all the added cameras. Input the camera name in the search box and then click to search the camera. Click to refresh the camera list. View Group Click to view the groups.
Page 78 72 Operation panel: Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the live camera feeds stream and the record stream to Main Stream in manual record mode, click set the live feed and record to sub stream. In the sub stream tab, you can set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply”...
Page 79: Remote Playback
73 PTZ panel: Button Meaning Click to rotate the dome; click middle to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click to zoom in/out camera image. Click to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click to increase/decrease the iris of the dome.
Page 80: Remote Backup
74 Button Meaning Backup end time button. Click the time scale and then click it to set the backup end time. Backup button. Backup tasks button. Click it to view the backup status. Event list button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/motion. Remote Backup Click “Backup”...