Advanced Technology Video MNLDVR4 User Manual

Digital video recorder 4- and 8- channel models
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  • Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc

    4- & 8- Channel Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"...
  • Page 4: Important Safeguards

    User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 10. Overloading All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result appliance is operated. in the risk of fire or electric shock. 2.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    4- & 8- Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ....................1 Features ........................1 Technical Overview ....................... 1 Chapter 2 Installation ..................... 3 Package Contents ......................3 Required Installation Tools .................... 3 Video Input ........................ 3 Audio In/Out .......................
  • Page 6 User’s Manual Turning on the Power ....................12 Initial Unit Setup ......................12 Setup Screen ....................... 13 System Setup ......................14 Information ....................... 14 Date/Time ........................ 16 Storage ........................18 User ......................... 19 Wizard ........................21 Shutdown ......................... 25 Network Setup ......................25 Network ........................
  • Page 7 4- & 8- Channel Digital Video Recorder Motion Search ......................70 Text-In Search ......................72 Clip-Copy ......................... 73 Appendix .......................... 75 USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation ................75 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 ..........75 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 98 ..........75 Text-In Search Examples ....................
  • Page 8 User’s Manual Figure 27 Notification Mail setup screen..................31 Figure 28 Notification SNS setup screen..................32 Figure 29 Notification Schedule setup screen................33 Figure 30 Devices menu......................33 Figure 31 Camera setup screen....................34 Figure 32 Camera PTZ setup screen.
  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for four or eight camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: y 4 or 8 Composite Video Input Connectors y Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources y Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL...
  • Page 10: Figure 1 Typical Dvr Installation

    User’s Manual Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on tape. There is no need to adjust tracking. You can freeze frames, fast forward, fast reverse, slow forward and slow reverse without image streaking or tearing. Digital video can be indexed by time or events, and you can instantly view video after selecting the time or event.
  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Installation

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: y Digital Video Recorder y Power Adaptor and Power Cord y User’s Manual (This Document) y ATVision Software CD and User’s Manual y USB Mouse y Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR.
  • Page 12: Audio In/Out

    User’s Manual Audio In/Out Your DVR can record audio from up to four sources. Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1, Audio In 2, Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed using RCA jacks. Connect Audio Out to your amplifier. NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio.
  • Page 13: Alarm Input/Output

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Alarm Input/Output NOTE: To make connections on the Alarm Connector Strip, press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole below the button. After releasing the button, tug gently on the wire to make certain it is connected.
  • Page 14: Power Cord Connector

    User’s Manual Connector Pin Outs: Master Unit Slave Unit NOTE: Refer to the following for pin-out details for the 9-pin connector of the slave unit. Pin 2 RXD (Receive Data) Pin 3 TXD (Transmit Data) Pin 5 GND (Ground) Female Male Power Cord Connector Connect the connector of the adaptor to the DVR, and connect the AC power cord to...
  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Configuration

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 3 8-Channel DVR front panel. Camera Buttons HDD LED Alarm Out LED Arrow Buttons Play/Pause Button Menu Button PTZ/Zoom Button...
  • Page 16: Hdd Led

    User’s Manual HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. Alarm LED The Alarm LED is lit when alarm output or internal buzzer is activated. Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value.
  • Page 17: Panic Button

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder In the live monitoring mode, pressing and holding the button for three seconds or PTZ/ZOOM longer enters the PTZ mode, and pressing and holding the button again for three seconds or longer exits the PTZ mode. When in the PTZ mode, pressing the arrow buttons or button allows MENU you to control properly configured cameras.
  • Page 18: Remote Control Buttons

    User’s Manual Remote Control Buttons ID Button Camera Buttons Sequence Button Freeze Button Arrow Buttons Menu Button Playback Buttons Panic Button Layout Button Zoom Button PTZ Button Enter Button Alarm Button PTZ Control Buttons Back Up Button Calendar Button Figure 4 Infrared remote control.
  • Page 19: Arrow Buttons

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value.
  • Page 20: Ptz Button

    User’s Manual PTZ Button Pressing the button enters the PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) mode which allows you to control properly configured cameras. Enter Button (Enter) button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made during system setup. This button is also used to enter the Cameo mode in the Live Monitoring mode or Search mode (8-ch Model Only).
  • Page 21: Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Press the button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select (Login) MENU in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screens. The Login screen appears. Select a User and enter the password by pressing the appropriate combination of Camera number buttons and then the button.
  • Page 22: System Setup

    User’s Manual Use the arrow keys to highlight the character you want in the name or title and press the button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position. Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and deletes entered characters.
  • Page 23 4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The System ID number is used to identify the unit when it is connected with other DVRs through the RS485 port. You cannot use the same ID number for two or more DVRs that are in the same RS485 network.
  • Page 24: Date/Time

    User’s Manual Highlight Show System Log… and press the button to display the System Log. The System Log screen lists system activities (up to 5,000 from the latest) that have occurred along with the time and date. The icon will be displayed in the last column for system activities of the remote site.
  • Page 25: Figure 11 Holiday Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the first box beside Time and press the button. The individual sections of the time will highlight. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number. Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between hour, minutes and seconds.
  • Page 26: Storage

    User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Interval and press the button. Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals. Last Sync-Time displays the last time the DVR was synchronized with the time server. Highlight Run as Server and press the button.
  • Page 27: User

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The Type column displays the type of storage device. The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. Not formatted – The device is not formatted. Good – Less than user-defined percentage of bad disk sections is damaged.
  • Page 28 User’s Manual Highlighting a Group Name and pressing the button allows you to change the authority levels assigned to the group. CAUTION: Write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Button and all data settings will be lost.
  • Page 29: Wizard

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder y Covert Camera Setup – The user can establish all Covert Camera settings on a local system or a PC running ATVision. y Record Setup – The user can establish all Record settings on a local system or a PC running ATVision. To add a User, highlight the + User…...
  • Page 30: Figure 17 Quick Setup Wizard Screen

    User’s Manual If you selected the Quick wizard, selecting the Next button starts the Quick Setup Wizard. Figure 17 Quick Setup Wizard screen. Date/Time Setup Date: Set the system date and select the date format. Time: Set the system time and select the time format.
  • Page 31: Figure 18 Network Setup Wizard Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Record Video Quality Setup Select the desired video quality profile from: Higher Video Quality Priority Profile – Standard Recording Profile – Longer Recording Time Priority Profile – NOTE: The higher quality setting requires more storage space. NOTE: The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile, High when selecting Standard Recording Profile, and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile.
  • Page 32 User’s Manual Internet Connection Select whether or not your DVR is connected to the Internet. LAN Setup Select between Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration for network configuration, and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected. NOTE: Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters (IP address, Gateway, Subnet...
  • Page 33: Shutdown

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server, an error message displays. Select the Finish button to finish the Setup Wizard. Shutdown Highlight Shutdown in the System menu and press the button.
  • Page 34: Figure 21 Network Setup Screen

    User’s Manual Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch – Transfer Speed. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 10Kbps to 100Mbps. Highlight the second box beside Remote Watch – Transfer Speed. You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between: bps and ips.
  • Page 35: Figure 22 Lan (Manual) Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the LAN tab, and the LAN setup screen displays. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Select the desired type and press button.
  • Page 36: Figure 23 Dvrns Setup Screen

    User’s Manual CAUTION: When changing the port settings, you must change the port settings on the PC running ATVision as well. Refer to the ATVision manual for details. Selecting DHCP from the Type and highlighting Save button reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) network.
  • Page 37: Figure 24 Rtsp Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the DVRNS Server from your network administrator. NOTE: You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN.
  • Page 38: Notification

    User’s Manual NOTE: Selecting Use Mobile sets the recorded image resolution to Standard automatically regardless of your Record settings. NOTE: Selecting Use Mobile sets the remote watch quality to Basic automatically regardless of your Network – Remote Watch settings. NOTE: Selecting Use Mobile sets the ATVision service to be enabled automatically regardless of your ATVision settings.
  • Page 39: Figure 27 Notification Mail Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Retry and enter the number of times you would like the DVR to try contacting the computer. You can select from 1 to 10 retries. Highlight the Mail tab, and the Mail setup screen displays. The DVR can be set up to send an email when an event occurs.
  • Page 40: Figure 28 Notification Sns Setup Screen

    User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Authentication and press the button. An Authentication screen appears. Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off. Highlight the box beside User/Password and press button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and password.
  • Page 41: Devices Setup

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Schedule tab, and the Schedule setup screen displays. You can add and edit notification schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes.
  • Page 42: Camera

    User’s Manual Camera Highlight Camera in the Devices menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen appears. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column.
  • Page 43: Audio

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Setup… box and press the button. The Port Setup window appears. Configure the port’s setting based on the PTZ camera manufacturer’s instructions. Audio Highlight Audio in the Devices menu and press the button.
  • Page 44: Display

    User’s Manual You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing button allows you to edit the information in those boxes.
  • Page 45: Figure 37 Main Monitor Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder y Screen Group – The number of screen group displays when the DVR is not in the 3x3 and 1+7 modes of the 8-channel DVR, and 2x2 mode for the 4-channel DVR. y Free Space – The icon displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode, and the percentage of available storage space displays when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode.
  • Page 46: Remote Control

    User’s Manual NOTE: Sequence cannot be used in the 3x3 and 1+7 modes of the 8-channel DVR, and 2x2 mode of the 4-channel DVR. You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button.
  • Page 47: Recording Setup

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Recording Setup Figure 40 Record menu. Record Highlight Record in the Record menu and press the button. The Record setup screen appears. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used.
  • Page 48: Schedule

    User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Auto Deletion, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 999 days. The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user-defined period under three conditions: at midnight, whenever the system reboots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settings.
  • Page 49: Figure 43 Schedule Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder < Simple Mode > < Advanced Mode > Figure 43 Schedule setup screen. You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week, and holidays. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off.
  • Page 50: Figure 44 Schedule - Settings (Advanced Mode) Setup Screen

    User’s Manual When the DVR is in the Time & Event mode, the DVR will follow the Time settings and the icon displays. The DVR follows the Event settings and the icon displays. Highlight the box under the Channels heading and press the button to select which cameras will be recorded.
  • Page 51: Pre-Event

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder -Event Highlight Pre-Event in the Record menu and press the button, and the Pre-Event setup screen appears. If you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule, a message will display alerting you to this fact.
  • Page 52: Figure 47 Alarm-In Settings Setup Screen

    User’s Manual The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and pressing the button.
  • Page 53: Motion Detection

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button. You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button. Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes.
  • Page 54 User’s Manual The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera. You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks. NOTE: You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of three or six individual block groups (4- and 8-channel DVR respectively).
  • Page 55: Video Loss

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions.
  • Page 56: Figure 51 Video Loss Settings Setup Screen

    User’s Manual Highlighting the box under the Video Loss Interval heading allows you to set the duration of a signal loss before the DVR will report a Video Loss. The DVR will not consider any signal loss from a camera to be a Video Loss if the detected signal loss is shorter than the interval set on this screen.
  • Page 57: Video Blind

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera’s input. Video Blind Highlight Video Blind in the Event menu and press the...
  • Page 58: Text-In

    User’s Manual The DVR can be set to react to video blind differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the button.
  • Page 59: Figure 55 Text-In Settings Setup Screen

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such as ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) and POS (Point of Sale; i.e., cash registers). This screen allows you to configure the DVR for each text-in device. Highlight the box under the Setup heading, and button.
  • Page 60: Figure 57 Text-In Actions Setup Screen

    User’s Manual Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10. Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the button.
  • Page 61: System Event

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: For the Notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the ATVision (Remote Management Software). Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button.
  • Page 62: Figure 59 Storage Setup Screen

    User’s Manual Highlight the Setup... box beside Check Text-In and press the button. The Check Text-In screen appears. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles On and Off. When set to On, you can select the day, time range, channel and interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on Text Inputs.
  • Page 63: Event Status

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be set to react to system events. System events can activate the Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices. Highlight the Alarm-Out box beside the desired event (Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Check Text-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk Temperature, Disk...
  • Page 64 User’s Manual Check Alarm-In, Check Text-In and Check Recording will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu. Panic Record will be highlighted while the DVR is in the panic recording mode. Disk Almost Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and the level of disk usage reaches the Disk Almost Full percentage you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu.
  • Page 65: Chapter 4 Operation

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video.
  • Page 66: Live Monitoring Menu

    User’s Manual Live Monitoring Menu Freeze Selecting (Freeze) in the Live Monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again. It is the same as pressing the (Play/Pause) button on the front panel. While in the Freeze mode, the icon displays in bottom-left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab).
  • Page 67: Active Cameo Mode

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both the live video on the monitors and the recorded video. NOTE: The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the live monitoring mode.
  • Page 68: Zoom Mode

    User’s Manual In active cameo mode, press the button for the camera you want to display in the active cameo. After setting the camera number to active cameo, the DVR moves the active cameo to the next cameo. When the camera number exists on the current screen, the active cameo is changed with the existing camera number.
  • Page 69: Ptz Mode

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder PTZ Mode If a user who has PTZ Control authority logs into the system, the user can control PTZ cameras. The DVR will control cameras with Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabilities. Select PTZ from the Camera Menu in the Live Monitoring menu or press and hold the button on the front panel for three seconds or longer to display the PTZ camera menu and enter the PTZ mode.
  • Page 70: Using A Mouse

    User’s Manual Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. If you want to display the toolbar again, position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen. Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the left side of the toolbar and drag it to where you want it located on the screen.
  • Page 71: Recording Video

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: In the 1+5 or 1+7 display mode, the main channel indicates the channel displayed on the large screen which is displayed in the top-left. You can select the camera you want to display on the main channel screen. Select a channel on the screen and click the right mouse button to display the Camera Menu.
  • Page 72: Recording Audio

    User’s Manual Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings, you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See Chapter 3 Configuration for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options. Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording.
  • Page 73: Searching Video

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Go to the previous image Play/Pause Go to the next image Fast backward play Fast forward play Searching Video While in the search mode, pressing the button displays the following Search menu at the MENU top of the screen.
  • Page 74 User’s Manual Move the cursor over the date and time and press the (Play/Pause) button. You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. button.
  • Page 75: Event Log Search

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Alarm Selecting (Alarm) in the Search menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the same as pressing any button on the front panel when the alarm is activated. Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting...
  • Page 76 User’s Manual You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
  • Page 77: Record Table Search

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Once you set your desired search conditions, highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Event Log Search screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Record Table Search Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the <...
  • Page 78: Motion Search

    User’s Manual Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons. Once you have highlighted a day, press the (Play/Pause) button to select it. The first recorded image of the selected date will pause on the screen.
  • Page 79 4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
  • Page 80: Text-In Search

    User’s Manual Text-In Search The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event.
  • Page 81: Clip-Copy

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the + and pressing the button allows you to add a new set of search parameter. Set up the desired search parameter. Refer to the Appendix – Text-In Search Examples for further information on setting up search parameters. The column can be used to delete a set of search parameter or entire sets of search parameters.
  • Page 82 User’s Manual CAUTION: The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format. The DVR automatically assigns a file name to the video clip. However, you can give the video clip file a different name. Highlight the box beside File Name and press the button.
  • Page 83: Appendix

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1.
  • Page 84: Text-In Search Examples

    User’s Manual 12. Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select “Format”. 13. In the Format Screen, select “Full” as the “Format type” and click “Start”. 14. After formatting is complete, connect the USB hard disk drive to the DVR. Text-In Search Examples Search Example I 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890...
  • Page 85: Search Example Ii

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Search Example II 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price amount ================================================== Coke 2.20 | 1(s) 2.20 Fanta 2.20 | 1(s) 2.20 Hotdog 3.50 | 3(s) 10.50 Pepsi 1.95 | 1(s) 1.95 ================================================== total : $ 16.85 Thank you~~ In the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 17 (Unit price, $ mark...
  • Page 86 User’s Manual Computer system requirements for using the ATVision program are: ® ® ® Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP x86 (32 Bit) (Service Pack 3), Microsoft ® ® ® Windows Vista x86 (32 Bit) (Service Pack 1), Microsoft Windows 7 x86 (32 Bit) CPU: Intel Pentium III (Celeron) 600MHz or faster RAM: 128MB or higher VGA: 8MB or higher (1024x768, 24bpp or higher)
  • Page 87: Web Monitoring Mode

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When running ATVision in the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system, it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu.
  • Page 88: Web Search Mode

    User’s Manual Click the camera button to select the camera to be viewed. Click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of monitoring image. Click the to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. Click the to control alarm out devices at the remote site.
  • Page 89 4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Click the to log out the ATVision program. Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. Position the mouse pointer on the ATVISION logo to see the version of the ATVision program. The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of ATVision.
  • Page 90: System Log Notices

    User’s Manual Click the to save any video clip of recorded data as an executable file, or click the to save the current image in a bitmap or JPEG file format. NOTE: When saving as an executable file, selecting the Exclude Player option will reduce the file size and its saving time.
  • Page 91: Error Code Notices

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related Description Description Unknown error. Unknown error. File version error. Device error. Operating system version error. Mounting failed. Software version error. No media. Kernel version error. Invalid media.
  • Page 92: Map Of Screens

    User’s Manual Map of Screens...
  • Page 93: Specifications

    4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Video Input Composite: 4 or 8 inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs VGA: 1 (Auto Detect) Composite: 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Video Resolution VGA: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024@60Hz...
  • Page 94 User’s Manual GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) 10.4" x 2.0" x 7.5" (265mm x 52mm x 191mm) Unit Weight 3.7 lbs. (1.7kg) Shipping Weight 7.3 lbs. (3.3kg) Shipping Dimensions 14.0" x 4.1" x 13.4" (355mm x 103mm x 340mm) (W x H x D) Operating Temperature 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C) Operating Humidity...

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