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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1.Introduction to the Digital Video Recorder (DVR)……………………………………………..…..1 Chapter 2. Unit Description……………………………………………………………………………..…..…2 A. DVR Front Panel…………………………………………………………………….……..…………..…2 DVR Rear Panel………………………………………………………………….………………….……4 Chapter 3.Gettling Started…………………………………………………….…………..……………………5 Chapter 4.Hardware Installation………………………………………………………………………….….…6 A. Connecting DVR to Your TV Set…………………………………………………...……………….…... 6 Camera Installation……………………………………………………………...……………….……..…7 Sensor Installation………………………………………………………………….…………….….….…9 D. Alarm Installation…………………………………………………………………..…………….………10 LAN-DVR Connection…………………………………………………………..……………….………11...
  • Page 3 Warning: You may be subjected to severe electrical shock if you remove the cover of the DVR. 9. Handle DVR box carefully. If the DVR is dropped on any hard surface it may cause a malfunction, If it stops working properly due to physical damage contact an authorized dealer for repair or exchange.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1.Introduction To The Digital Video Recorder (Dvr)

    .Chapter 4. “Hardware Installation” explains how to install the DVR and other accessories in your home. .Chapter 5. “DVR Menu” explains how to operate and manage the DVR.

  • Page 5: Chapter 2. Unit Description

    There are 5 display mode selection buttons on the front panel. The default display setting of the DVR is to show all 4 channels on your TV screen at the same time. However, when you want to see only one channel full screen, which means one large image, you can simply select one channel and it will be displayed.
  • Page 6 To display the menu options, press the “MENU” button. Also used to Escape from current screen to previous screen (10) UP (c) /DOWN (d) /RIGHT (f) /LEFT (e) To change a menu field or change the DVR configuration values, use the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT buttons. (11) SELECT/EDIT This button is used to change the setup value.

  • Page 7: Dvr Rear Panel

    Connect the power adapter into the DVR and plug the power cable into the wall. Some DVR models do not have a power adapter so you may not see this. In case, just plug power cable from the behind of the DVR into the wall (9) USB 2.0 PORT...

  • Page 8: Chapter 3.Gettling Started

    Chapter 3. Getting Started (1) Install a hard drive into your DVR (some models come with the hard drive already installed). (2) Connect the DVR to a TV set. (3) Connect cameras (up to 4) to the DVR. (4) Connect the LAN cable from the DVR to a network router (optional) (5) Connect any other accessories (sensors or alarms) if necessary.

  • Page 9: Chapter 4.Hardware Installation

    Notice: You need to purchase a RCA cable separately for connecting to the Video In port on the TV. A RCA female to BNC male adapter is provided for connecting the cable to the Video Out port of the DVR. Audio Input/output connection(For TV speaker) <“Audio in”of TV>...

  • Page 10: Camera Installation

    (1) For cameras that have no built-in microphone If your cameras have cables consisting of power and video cables, connect “VIDEO IN” of your DVR, using the combined camera cable included in the package, and plug in the camera power adapter.
  • Page 11 (2) For cameras that have a built-in microphone If you’re purchased cameras that have a built-in microphone, follow the diagram below for installation. <Connection Type 1-For cameras that comes with a video/audio splitter cable> <Connection type2-For cameras that have direct video/audio output holes>...

  • Page 12: Sensor Installation

    C. Sensor Installation The DVR can support up to 4 sensors (not included in the DVR package) in up to four locations. There are two steps for sensor installation: (a) Connect the sensor signal lines to the signal input terminal.

  • Page 13: Alarm Installation

    D. Alarm Installation The DVR has an internal switch for sounding an alarm. The switch is normally open, but when the sensor is triggered, the alarm is activated as well. The circuitry is as follows: There are two steps for alarm installation.

  • Page 14: Lan-Dvr Connection

    E. LAN-DVR Connection See the diagram below for steps to connect your DVR to a local area network or the internet. For remote monitoring from your computer, you must have a LAN connection available or Internet access service. Suitable network routers and switches are available in electronics retail stores from Netgear, D Link, or Linksys.

  • Page 15: Power Connection

    Joule rating of at least 400, and a response time of 10 nanoseconds or less. Now the DVR is ready to go!! Turn on the power button at the front of the DVR. The next chapter will explain about the DVR menu and how to operate the DVR.

  • Page 16: Chapter 5 Dvr Menu

    Chapter 5. DVR Menu Below you will find a screen shot of the DVR main menu. Press the MENU button to display the screen. Main menu Press [MENU] to enter main menu. Use [UP] and [DOWN] to select item. Press [SEL] to modify setting and [MENU] to confirm and exit.

  • Page 17: Camera Setup

    1. Camera Setup There are 4 cameras that can be connected to the DVR. Use the key buttons on the front panel to select which cameras are turned ON or OFF for real-time viewing on the screen, change ON/OFF by pressing the ‘SELECT’ button.

  • Page 18: Record Setup

    2. Record Setup SELECT Selecting the camera channel/s on RECORD SETUP menu is CAMERA(S) the same as CAMERA SETUP options. RECORDING Choose the cameras you want to Record by selecting “ON” -15-...

  • Page 19: Record Frame Rate

    3. Record Frame Rate ADJUST BETWEEN 1 TO 25 (PAL) OR 1 to 30 the frame rate per channel (1-25) /(1-30). If the frame (NTSC) FRAMES PER rate you select causes the total frame rate to exceed SECOND 50FPS the software automatically changes the largest frame rate value to a smaller value.

  • Page 20: Record Schedule

    5. Record Schedule .ALWAYS The time line below indicates the hours of the day based .SENSOR on an AM/PM clock. For each hour you may select .NO REC between NO RECORD, RECORD, or SENSOR-RECORD. Press the “LEFT” and “RIGHT” arrows to maneuver and use the “SELECT”...

  • Page 21: Sensor Setup

    6. Sensor Setup Notice: You need to buy sensors separately to make sensored alarm recording functions operate on your DVR system. MOTION SENSOR RECORDING SENSORED RECORD TIME This indicates the length of recording time after the sensor’s last detection of movement.
  • Page 22 In this example, Channel 1 has sensors installed, Open and Close, respectively. MOTION DETECTOR SETUP This indicates the sub menu for setting up the software motion detection without any external sensor devices. In this example, Channel 1 has Motion Detection enabled. MOTION The image below shows the Motion Detection Area setup.

  • Page 23: Hard Drive Setup

    This shows the space used on the secondary hard disk drive for recording. 7. SLAVE HDD FORMAT If you format the hard drive, it will erase all the data recorded on the secondary hard drive. NOTICE: This DVR does not support a slave hard -20- drive.

  • Page 24: Hard Drive Format

    Otherwise, the following error message will be displayed on the screen. Notice: The Factory Default password is 111111.This number (1) corresponds with the button for camera “one” on the front of your DVR. Type Password (6) :: “Password Incorrect” -21-...

  • Page 25: Miscellaneous Setup

    8. Miscellaneous Setup .CHANGE PASSEWORD .SET TIME .HIDDEN CHANNEL(ON/OFF) .AUDIO PORT SETUP .PTZ SETUP .COLOR SETUP .PASSWORD CONTROL -22-...

  • Page 26: Password Change

    3. Then confirm the password you have set. ·You can use a combination of any of the buttons, except the [MENU] button on the front of your DVR to set a new password ·When the new password is accepted the following screen message will flash: “Password changed”...

  • Page 27: Set Time

    (2) SET TIME .Year You can change year/date/hour/minute/second by using the SET .Date TIME menu. .Hour .Minute Second 2007/11/11=year/month/day 17:50:01=hour/minute/second Use the “LEFT” and “RIGHT” buttons on the front panel to move the cursor below the numbers back and forth. Then use the “SELECT”...

  • Page 28: Audio Port Setup

    (4) AUDIO PORT SETUP AUDIO CHANNEL NUMBER AUDIO RECORD, MUTE YES/NO When you move the cursor to “AUDIO PORT RECORD” and push the “SELECT” button, the option will be changed to NO or YES .If the option is YES, the audio will be recorded onto the hard drive when you push the RECORD button.

  • Page 29: Ptz Setup

    The setup screen for the above configuration would look like this: (5) PTZ SETUP This DVR can control speed dome cameras (PTZ), which are connected to the DVR. SPEED: Set the band rate of each channel (2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 56000) PROTOCOL: Select PELCO-P or PELCO-D protocol.

  • Page 30: Color Setup

    （ （ （ （ ） ） ） ） C OLOR SETUP .CON .BR1 .HUE .SAT -27- (7) PASSWORD CONTROL...

  • Page 31: Network Setup

    ·PASSWORD CONTROL 9. Network Setup NETWORK SETUP Note: The default MAC address is: “00-11-22-33-44-55”, but after “00” the address will be set by the system!. Use the UP “▲ ”and DOWN “▼ ”buttons to left to right and use the “SELECT ”...
  • Page 32 DVR is the same IP address as your router, and the first three sets of numbers of the DVR IP address are the same as the first three sets of numbers of router’s address. Example: if your router’s default gateway is 192.168.1.1 then the default gateway...
  • Page 33 To access the DVR from a remote computer, in addition to the above steps, you will also need to forward port 80 on the router the DVR is attached to, to the IP address of the DVR. (This port can be changed if if the port is currently being used by another program.) How you...
  • Page 34 DVR, you can use this service to connect to your DVR without the need for a static or public IP address. You do need to leave a computer attached to the router and ON to be able to use this service, but it could help avoid the higher cost of having a static address.

  • Page 35: Video Backup

    NETWORK SETUP (cont.) 10.VIDEO BACKUP VIDEO BACKUP -32-...

  • Page 36: Reset Menu

    11. Reset Menu RESTORE Selecting ‘RESET MENU’ will restore all of the factory default FACTORY settings for the DVR. DEFAULT SETTINGS -33-...

  • Page 37: Record Control

    A. Record Control RECORDING BY When the “RECORD” button is pressed, the recording process CAMERA starts immediately. The recording channel indicators (red dot) next to CH1 and CH2 on the screen indicate that those channels have been selected to record and are recording. B.
  • Page 38 Move the arrow left or right by using the UP “▲” and DOWN “▼” buttons. Change the date and time digits by pressing the SELECT button. 4. Finally, input the desired starting date an time, press the “PLAY” button and the DVR will start playing. -35-...

  • Page 39: Record Mode

    B. Record Mode If you press the “REC” button, the DVR goes into “REC” mode. The DVR will start recording based on set “Record Schedule”. In record mode, you can change channel view and switch the audio channel. However, you cannot playback while in record mode.

  • Page 40: Chapter 6.Usb Program (Optional)

    PLAY] twice to put the DVR into the Playback mode. (3) Connect the USB cable to the PC again. Please allow up to 30 seconds for the DVR to show video on your PC. Please make sure that the PC has detected the hard drive before you double click player icon.
  • Page 41 Button functions: 1.PTZ Control 2.Zoom in, Zoom Out 3.HDD Play Mode 4.File Play Mode 5.Net Play Mode 6.Event List 7.Control Panel 8.Remote Login 9.Change Storage Device 10.Capture Image 11.Record 12.Search 13.Reverse 14.Record 15.Stop 16.Pause 17.Play 18.Forward 19.Playback Slider 20.Audio Slider -38-...
  • Page 42 Press (button 6) to open the video event lists. Press (button 7) to configure the DVR play/record system. Press (button 17) to play video. -39-...

  • Page 43: Chapter 7.Trouble Shooting Guide

    11. Can I prevent other people from stopping the recording while I am gone? Would creating a password do it? The only way to prevent it is to place the DVR in a room where nobody else can enter. -40-...
  • Page 44 20. What happens if I install my PC hard disk drive into the DVR? You can use a PC hard disk drive in the DVR. However, once it runs in DVR, it will delete Any PC operation system and files on the hard drive.

  • Page 45: Appendix

    Appendix Technical Specifications 4-Channel DVR Items Descriptions Video Standard NTSC, PAL Video 4 Channels/2 Channels Input/Output Audio 2 Channels/2 Channels Input/Output Monitoring Resolution Features Recording Resolution Features Quality Audio ADPCM2 CODEC Video MPEG4 Motion Detection Settable Window/Level Microprocessor 32-bit RISC Processor...
  • Page 46 Recording Time Table (Per 160GB of storage with the installation of 4 cameras.) Standard Quality 60fps Highest High NTSC Normal Lower Standard Quality 50fps Highest High Normal Lower The figures in the table above were estimated under ideal recording conditions and may vary from your actual recording situation.
  • Page 47 Q-SEE Product Warranty Thank you for choosing our products. All of our products users have a conditional free warranty repair service for hardware within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one month (valid for manufacturing defects). Permanent upgrading service is provided for the software.

  • Page 48: Customer Information Card

    Customer Information Card User’s Name Company Name Postal Address Postal code Phone Number E-mail Model Number Product Serial Number Product Purchase Date Distributor The material in this document is the intellectual property of our company. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in any form or by any means without our company’s prior written permission.

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