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Page 2 Digital Video Recorder User Manual User Manual About this Manual This Manual is applicable to HD Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The Manual includes instructions for using and managing the product. Pictures, charts, images and all other information hereinafter are for description and explanation only. The information contained in the Manual is subject to change, without notice, due to firmware updates or other reasons.
Page 3: Regulatory Information
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Regulatory Information FCC Information Please take attention that changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Page 4 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Symbol Conventions The symbols that may be found in this document are defined as follows. Symbol Description Provides additional information to emphasize or supplement important points of the main text. Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which if not avoided, could result in equipment damage, data loss, performance degradation, or unexpected results.
Page 5: Safety Instructions
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Safety Instructions  Proper configuration of all passwords and other security settings is the responsibility of the installer and/or end-user.  In the use of the product, you must be in strict compliance with the electrical safety regulations of the nation and region.
Page 6: Product Key Features
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Product Key Features General  Connectable to HDTVI and analog cameras;  Supports UTC (Coaxitron) protocol for connecting camera over coax;  Connectable to AHD cameras;  Connectable to HDCVI cameras;  Connectable to IP cameras; ...
Page 7 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Remaining recording time of the HDD can be viewed;  Support cloud storage;  S.M.A.R.T. and bad sector detection;  HDD sleeping function;  HDD property: redundancy, read-only, read/write (R/W);  HDD group management; ...
Page 8 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Export data by a USB, and SATA device;  Export video clips when playback;  Video and Log, Video and Player, and Player selectable to export for backup;  Management and maintenance of backup devices. Alarm and Exception ...
Page 9 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Remote search, playback, download, locking and unlocking the record files, and downloading files broken transfer resume;  Remote parameters setup; remote import/export of device parameters;  Remote viewing of the device status, system logs and alarm status; ...
Page 10: Table Of Contents
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Table of Contents Product Key Features ....................... 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................15 Front Panel ....................15 USB Mouse Operation ................15 Input Method Description ............... 16 Rear Panel ....................17 Chapter 2 Getting Started ......................18 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR ..........
Page 11 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Manual Video Quality Diagnostics ..................48 Chapter 4 PTZ Controls ......................... 50 Configuring PTZ Settings ................50 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols and Patterns ..........52 4.2.1 Customizing Presets ................. 52 4.2.2 Calling Presets ..................53 4.2.3 Customizing Patrols..................
Page 12 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 6.1.6 Playing Back by System Logs ..............96 6.1.7 Playing Back by Sub-Periods ..............97 6.1.8 Playing Back External File ................ 98 Auxiliary Functions of Playback ............... 99 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame ..............99 6.2.2 Digital Zoom .....................
Page 13 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 9.13 Audio Exception Detection ..............132 9.14 Defocus Detection.................. 133 9.15 Sudden Scene Change ................134 9.16 PIR Alarm ....................134 Chapter 10 VCA Search ........................ 136 10.1 Face Search .................... 136 10.2 Behavior Search ..................138 10.3 Plate Search ...................
Page 14 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 12.5 Checking HDD Status ................167 12.6 Checking S.M.A.R.T Information ............168 12.7 Detecting Bad Sector ................169 12.8 Configuring HDD Error Alarms ............... 170 Chapter 13 Camera Settings ......................171 13.1 Configuring OSD Settings ............... 171 13.2 Configuring Privacy Mask...............
Page 15: Chapter 1 Introduction
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Front Panel Figure 1-1 Front Panel of DVR Table 1-1 Descriptionon of Front Panel No. Icon Description Turns red when DVR is powered up. Turns red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
Page 16: Input Method Description
Digital Video Recorder User Manual multi-screen. PTZ control: Wheeling. Privacy mask and motion detection: Select target area. Drag Digital zoom-in: Drag and select target area. Live view: Drag channel/time bar. Live view: Show menu. Right-Click Single-Click Menu: Exit current menu to upper level menu. Live view: Previous screen.
Page 17: Rear Panel
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Positioning the cursor Enter Symbols Reserved 1.4 Rear Panel Figure 1-3 Rear Panel of DVR Table 1-4 Description of Rear Panel Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for HDTVI and analog video input. HDMI HDMI video output connector. DB15 connector for VGA output.
Page 18: Chapter 2 Getting Started
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR Purpose Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the DVR. Before you start Check that the voltage of the extra power supply is the same with the DVR’s requirement, and the ground connection is working properly.
Page 19: Activating The Device
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-2 Shutdown Tips Rebooting the DVR While in the Shutdown menu (Figure 2-1), you can also reboot the DVR. Step 1 Enter the Shutdown menu by clicking Menu > Shutdown. Step 2 Click the Logout button to log out or the Reboot button to reboot the DVR. 2.2 Activating the Device Purpose For the first-time access, you need to activate the device by setting an admin password.
Page 20 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 2 Click OK to save the password and activate the device.  Clear-text password is supported. Click the icon and you can see the clear text of the password. Click the icon again and the content of the password restores invisible. ...
Page 21: Using The Unlock Pattern For Login
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 5 After exporting GUID, the Attention box pops up as below. Click Yes to duplicate the password or No to cancel it. Figure 2-7 Duplicate the Password 2.3 Using the Unlock Pattern for Login Purpose For the admin, you can configure the unlock pattern for device login.
Page 22 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-9 Draw the Pattern  Connect at least 4 dots to draw the pattern.  Each dot can be connected for once only. Step 2 Draw the same pattern again to confirm it. When the two patterns match, the pattern is configured successfully.
Page 23: Logging In Via Unlock Pattern
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-11 Reset the Pattern 2.3.2 Logging in via Unlock Pattern  Only the admin user has the permission to unlock the device.  Please configure the pattern first before unlocking. Please refer to Chapter 2.3.1 Configuring the Unlock Pattern.
Page 24 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  You can right click the mouse to log in via the normal mode.  If you have forgotten your pattern, you can select the Forget My Pattern or Switch User option to enter the normal login dialog box. ...
Page 25: Basic Configuration In Startup Wizard
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 2.4 Basic Configuration in Startup Wizard 2.4.1 Configuring the Signal Input Wizard Purpose After the startup and login, the device system enters the Wizard for configuring the signal input. You can also click Menu > Camera > Signal Input Status to configure the signal input. Step 1 Check the checkbox to select different signal input types: HD/CVBS and IP.
Page 26 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-16 Language Configuration Operating the Setup Wizard: Step 1 The Start Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. If you don’t want to use the Start Wizard at that moment, click Exit. You can also choose to use the Start Wizard next time by leaving the “Start wizard when device starts?”...
Page 27 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-18 Change the Password Clear-text password is supported. Click the icon and you can see the clear text of the password. Click the icon again and the content of the password restores invisible. Step 3 Click Next button and the Attention box pops up as shown below. Click Yes to duplicate the password of the device to IP cameras that are connected with default protocol.
Page 28 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-21 General Network Configuration  1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface or 1 self-adaptive 10M/100Mbps network interface provided.  If DHCP is enabled, you can check the checkbox of Enable DNS DHCP or uncheck it and edit the Preferred DNS Server and Alternate DNS Server.
Page 29 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-23 Set Advanced Network Parameters Step 7 Click Next button after configuring the advanced network parameters, which will take you to the HDD Management interface as shown in Figure 2-24. Figure 2-24 HDD Management Step 8 To initialize the HDD, click the Init button.
Page 30: Login And Logout
Digital Video Recorder User Manual set the password to activate it. You can also select multiple cameras from the list and click the One-touch Activate to activate the cameras in batch. 2) Click the Add to add the camera. Figure 2-25 IP Camera Management Step 11 After finishing IP Camera settings, click Next to enter the Record Settings interface.
Page 31: User Logout
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Select the User Name in the drop-down list. Figure 2-27 Login Interface Step 2 Input the Password. Step 3 Click OK to log in.  Clear-text password is supported. Click the icon and you can see the clear text of the password.
Page 32: Resetting Your Password
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-30 Logout Step 2 Click Logout. After you have logged out of the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system. 2.6 Resetting Your Password Purpose When you forget the password of the admin, you can reset the password by importing the GUID...
Page 33: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-32 Reset Password Step 4 Input the new password and confirm the password. Step 5 Click OK to save the new password. Then the Attention box pops up as shown below. Figure 2-33 GUID File Imported Step 6 Click OK and the Attention box as below pops up to remind you to duplicate the password of the device to IP cameras that are connected with default protocol.
Page 34 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Select the Add IP Camera option from the right-click menu in live view mode or click Menu> Camera> IP Camera to enter the IP Camera Management interface. For the IP camera detected online in the same network segment, the Security status shows whether it is active or inactive.
Page 35: Adding The Online Ip Camera
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-37 Set New Password STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED-We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (Using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least three of the following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.) in order to increase the security of your product.
Page 36 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 2-38 IP Camera Management Interface Step 2 The online cameras with same network segment will be detected and displayed in the camera list. Step 3 Select the IP camera from the list and click the button to add the camera (with the same admin password of the DVR’s).
Page 37 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 On the IP Camera Management interface, click the Custom Adding button to pop up the Add IP Camera (Custom) interface. Figure 2-40 Custom Adding IP Camera Interface Step 2 You can edit the IP address, protocol, management port, and other information of the IP camera to be added.
Page 38: Editing The Connected Ip Camera
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Table 2-1 Explanation of the icons Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of Add the detected IP camera. the camera The camera is disconnected; You can click the icon to get the Delete the IP camera exception information of camera.
Page 39: Configuring The Signal Input Channel
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Channel Port: If the connected device is an encoding device with multiple channels, you can choose the channel to connect by selecting the channel port No. in the drop-down list. Step 2 Click OK to save the settings and exit from the editing interface. Step 3 Drag the horizontal scroll bar to the right side and click the icon to edit the advanced parameters.
Page 40 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Enter the Signal Input Status interface. Menu > Camera > Signal Input Status Step 2 Check the checkbox to select different signal input types: HD/CVBS and IP. If you select HD/CVBS, four types of analog signal inputs including HDTVI, AHD, HDCVI, and CVBS can be connected randomly for the selected channel.
Page 41: Chapter 3 Live View
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 3 Live View 3.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image getting from each camera in real time. The DVR will automatically enter Live View mode when powered on. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC many times (depending on which menu you’re on) will bring you to the Live View mode.
Page 42: Using The Mouse In Live View
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Start Auto-switch: the screen is auto switched to the next one. And you must set the dwell time for each screen on the configuration menu before enabling the auto-switch. Menu>Configuration>Live View>Dwell Time.  Start Recording: normal record and motion detection record are supported. ...
Page 43 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Start/Stop Enable/disable the auto-switch of the screens. Auto-Switch The dwell time of the live view configuration must be set before using Start Auto-Switch. Start Start recording of all channels, Continuous Record and Recording Motion Detection Record are selectable from the drop-down list.
Page 44: Quick Setting Toolbar In Live View Mode
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3-1 Right-click Menu 3.2.2 Quick Setting Toolbar in Live View Mode On the screen of each channel, there is a quick setting toolbar which shows when you click the screen. Figure 3-2 Quick Setting Toolbar You can refer to Table 3-5 for the description of Quick Setting Toolbar icons.
Page 45 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3-3 Digital Zoom Image Settings icon can be selected to enter the Image Settings menu. You can drag the mouse or click to adjust the image parameters, including brightness, contrast, and saturation. Refer to the Chapter 13.3 Configuring Video Parameters for details. Figure 3-4 Image Settings Face Detection can be enabled if you click the icon.
Page 46: Channel-Zero Encoding
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Move the mouse onto the Information icon to show the real-time stream information, including the frame rate, bit rate, resolution and stream type. Figure 3-6 Information 3.3 Channel-Zero Encoding Purpose Sometimes you need to get a remote view of many channels in real time from web browser or CMS (Client Management System) software, in order to decrease the bandwidth requirement without affecting the image quality, channel-zero encoding is supported as an option for you.
Page 47 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Menu> Configuration> Live View Figure 3-8 Live View-General (1) Figure 3-9 Live View-General (2) The settings available in this menu include:  Video Output Interface: Selects the output to configure the settings. HDMI/VGA serves as the video output interface. ...
Page 48: Manual Video Quality Diagnostics
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3-10 Live View-Camera Order 2) Click a window to select it, and then double-click a camera name in the camera list you would like to display. Setting an ‘X’ means the window will not display any camera. 3) You can also click to start live view of all channels in order and click to stop live...
Page 49 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 3-12 Diagnostics Result  Connect the camera to the device for the video quality diagnostics.  Three exception types can be diagnosed: Blurred Image, Abnormal Brightness and Color Cast.
Page 50: Chapter 4 Ptz Controls
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 4 PTZ Controls 4.1 Configuring PTZ Settings Purpose Follow the procedure to set the parameters for PTZ. The configuring of the PTZ parameters should be done before you control the PTZ camera. Step 1 Enter the PTZ Settings interface. Menu >Camera>...
Page 51 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4-2 PTZ- General Step 4 Select the parameters of the PTZ camera from the drop-down list.  All the parameters should be exactly the same as the PTZ camera parameters.  For the Coaxitron camera/dome connected, you can select the PTZ protocol to UTC (Coaxitron).
Page 52: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols And Patterns
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 7 (Optional) Check the checkbox of Enable Omnicast Control to enable the PTZ control of the selected camera via Omnicast VMS of Genetec. 4.2 Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols and Patterns Before you start Please make sure that the presets, patrols and patterns should be supported by PTZ protocols. 4.2.1 Customizing Presets Purpose Follow the steps to set the Preset location which you want the PTZ camera to point to when an...
Page 53: Calling Presets
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4.2.2 Calling Presets Purpose This feature enables the camera to point to a specified position such as a window when an event takes place. Step 1 Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ setting interface; Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel.
Page 54: Calling Patrols
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4-6 PTZ Settings Step 2 Select patrol No. in the drop-down list of patrol. Step 3 Click the Set button to add key points for the patrol. Figure 4-7 Key point Configuration Step 4 Configure key point parameters, such as the key point No., duration of staying for one key point and speed of patrol.
Page 55: Customizing Patterns
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Click the button PTZ in the lower-right corner of the PTZ Settings interface; Or press the PTZ button on the front panel or click the PTZ Control icon in the quick setting bar, or select the PTZ option in the right-click menu to show the PTZ control panel. Step 2 Click the General tab to show the general settings of the PTZ control.
Page 56: Calling Patterns
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4-9 PTZ Settings Step 2 Choose pattern number in the drop-down list. Step 3 Click the Start button and click corresponding buttons in the control panel to move the PTZ camera, and click the Stop button to stop it. The movement of the PTZ is recorded as the pattern.
Page 57: Customizing Linear Scan Limit
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4-10 PTZ Panel - General Step 3 Click the Call Pattern button to call it. Step 4 Click the Stop Pattern button to stop calling it. 4.2.7 Customizing Linear Scan Limit Purpose The Linear Scan can be enabled to trigger the scan in the horizantal direction in the predefined range.
Page 58: Calling Linear Scan
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4-11 PTZ Settings Step 2 Use the directional button to wheel the camera to the location where you want to set the limit, and click the Left Limit or Right Limit button to link the location to the corresponding limit.
Page 59: One-Touch Park
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4-12 PTZ Panel - One-touch Step 3 Click Linear Scan button to start the linear scan and click the Linear Scan button again to stop it. You can click the Restore button to clear the defined left limit and right limit data and the dome needs to reboot to make settings take effect.
Page 60: Ptz Control Panel
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 3 There are 3 one-touch park types selectable. Click the corresponding button to activate the park action. Park (Quick Patrol): The dome starts patrol from the predefined preset 1 to preset 32 in order after the park time. The undefined preset will be skipped. Park (Patrol 1): The dome starts moving according to the predefined patrol 1 path after the park time.
Page 61 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 4-14 PTZ Control Panel You can refer to Table 4-1 for the description of the PTZ panel icons. Table 4-1 Description of the PTZ panel icons Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description Direction button and the Zoom+, Focus+, Zoom-, Focus-, auto-cycle...
Page 62: Chapter 5 Recording Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 5 Recording Settings 5.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters Before you start Step 1 Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. (Menu>HDD>General) Figure 5-1 HDD- General Step 2 Click Advanced tab to check the storage mode of the HDD.
Page 63 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-3 Record Parameters Step 2 Set the parameters for recording. 1) Select the Record tab to configure. 2) Select a camera from the camera drop-down list. 3) View the Camera Resolution. When HDTVI, AHD, or HDCVI input is connected, you can view the information including the input signal type, resolution and frame rate (e.g., 720P25).
Page 64 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Video Quality: Set the video quality of recording, with 6 levels configurable. The Stream Type, Resolution, Bitrate Type and Video Quality are not configurable for the Main Stream (Event) of the IP Camera. Frame Rate: Set the frame rate of recording. Max.
Page 65 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Post-record: The time you set to record after the event or the scheduled time. For example, when an alarm triggered the recording ends at 11:00, if you set the post-record time as 5 seconds, it records till 11:00:05. Expired Time: The time for keeping the record files in the HDDs, once exceeded, the files will be deleted.
Page 66: Configuring Recording Schedule
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 4) Click Apply to save the settings. 5) (Optional) If the parameters can also be used to other cameras, click Copy to copy the settings to other channels. 5.2 Configuring Recording Schedule Purpose Set the record schedule, and then the camera will automatically start/stop recording according to the configured schedule.
Page 67 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 4 Configure the record schedule. Edit the schedule 1) Click Edit. 2) In the message box, you can choose the day to which you want to set schedule. 3) To schedule an all-day recording, check the checkbox after the All Day item. Figure 5-7 Edit Schedule- All Day 4) To arrange other schedule, leave the All Day checkbox blank and set the Start/End time.
Page 68 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-9 Copy Schedule to Other Days The Holiday option is available when you enable holiday schedule in Holiday settings. See Chapter 5.7 Configuring Holiday Record. 6) Click OK to save setting and back to upper level menu. Draw the schedule 1) Click on the color icon to select a record type in the event list on the right-side of the interface.
Page 69: Configuring Motion Detection Recording
Digital Video Recorder User Manual You can repeat step 4 to set schedule for other channels. If the settings can also be used to other channels, click Copy, and then choose the channel to which you want to copy to. Step 5 Click Apply in the Record Schedule interface to save the settings.
Page 70: Configuring Alarm Triggered Recording
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-12 Motion Detection- Mask 4) Click , and the message box for channel information pops up. Figure 5-13 Motion Detection Settings 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings.
Page 71 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-14 Alarm Settings Step 2 Click the Alarm Input tab. Figure 5-15 Alarm Settings- Alarm Input 1) Select Alarm Input number and configure alarm parameters. 2) Choose N.O (normally open) or N.C (normally closed) for alarm type. 3) Check the checkbox of Setting.
Page 72: Configuring Event Recording
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Repeat the steps from 1) to 8) to configure other alarm input parameters. If the setting can also be applied to other alarm inputs, click Copy and choose the alarm input number. Figure 5-17 Copy Alarm Input Step 3 Configure the schedule.
Page 73 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-18 VCA Settings Step 2 Configure the detection rules for VCA events. For details, see the step 6 in Chapter 10.3 Line Crossing Detection. Step 3 Click the icon to configure the alarm linkage actions for the VCA events. Select Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record when VCA alarm is triggered.
Page 74: Configuring Manual Recording
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.6 Configuring Manual Recording Purpose Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual recording. Using manual recording, you need to manually cancel the record. The manual recording is prior to the scheduled recording. Step 1 Enter the Manual Record interface. Menu >...
Page 75 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-21 Holiday Settings Step 3 Enable Edit Holiday schedule. 1) Click to enter the Edit interface. Figure 5-22 Edit Holiday Settings 2) Check the checkbox of Enable. 3) Select Mode from the drop-down list. There are three different modes for the date format to configure holiday schedule.
Page 76: Configuring Redundant Recording
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-23 Edit Schedule- Holiday  Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods cannot be overlapped each other.  In the time table of the channel, both holiday schedule and normal day schedule are displayed.
Page 77 Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1) Set the HDD property to Redundant. Figure 5-25 HDD General-Editing 2) Click Apply to save the settings. 3) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. Step 3 Enter the Record setting interface. Menu>...
Page 78: Configuring Hdd Group
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 5.9 Configuring HDD Group Purpose You can group the HDDs and save the record files in certain HDD group. Step 1 Enter HDD setting interface. Menu>HDD>Advanced Step 2 Select Storage Mode tab. Check whether the storage mode of the HDD is Group. If not, set it to Group. For detailed information, please refer to Chapter 12.3 Managing HDD Group.
Page 79: Files Protection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual After you have configured the HDD groups, you can configure the recording settings following the procedure provided in Chapter 5.2-5.7. 5.10 Files Protection Purpose You can lock the recorded files or set the HDD property to Read-only to protect the record files from being overwritten.
Page 80 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-29 Export-Search Result Step 5 Protect the record files. 1) Find the record files you want to protect, and then click the icon which will turn to indicating that the file is locked. The record files of which the recording is still not completed cannot be locked. 2) Click to change it to to unlock the file and the file is not protected.
Page 81: One-Key Enabling And Disabling H.264+ For Analog Cameras
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-31 HDD General- Editing Step 3 Set the HDD to Read-only. Step 4 Click OK to save settings and back to the upper level menu.  You cannot save any files in a Read-only HDD. If you want to save files in the HDD, change the property to R/W.
Page 82 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-33 Attention Box Step 4 Click Yes to enable the function and reboot the device to have new settings taken effect. If H.264+ is already enabled for all the analog cameras, when you click Enable button, the following attention box pops up to remind you that H.264+ is already enabled for all analog cameras.
Page 83: Configuring 1080P Lite
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-37 Attention Box 5.12 Configuring 1080P Lite Purpose When 1080p lite mode is enabled, the encoding resolution at 1080p lite (real-time) is supported. If not, up to 1080p (non-real-time) is supported. You can enable 1080p lite mode in two ways. Task 1: Enabling 1080P Lite Mode in Live View Step 1 In live view mode, connect 1080p signal to the DVR.
Page 84 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 5-39 Advanced Interface Step 3 Check the checkbox of 1080P Lite Mode. Step 4 Click Apply and the attention box pops up as below. Figure 5-40 Attention Step 5 Click Yes to reboot the device and enable 1080p lite mode. Task 3: Disabling the 1080P Lite Mode Step 1 On the Advanced Settings interface, uncheck the checkbox of 1080P Lite Mode.
Page 85: Chapter 6 Playback
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 6 Playback Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Instant Playback Purpose Play back the recorded video files of a specific channel in the live view mode. Channel switch is supported. Instant playback by channel Choose a channel in live view mode and click the button in the quick setting toolbar.
Page 86 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-2 Right-click Menu under Live View Playback by Time Purpose Play back video files recorded in specified time duration. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported. Step 1 Enter Playback interface. Menu>Playback Step 2 Check the checkbox of channel(s) in the channel list and then double-click to select a date on the calendar.
Page 87: Playback Interface
Digital Video Recorder User Manual If there are record files for that camera in that day, in the calendar, the icon for that day is displayed as . Otherwise it is displayed as Playback Interface You can select the main stream or sub stream from the drop-down list for playback. You can also use the toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface to control playing progress, as shown in the following figure.
Page 88: Playing Back By Event Search
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation tags Reverse Stop Digital Zoom play/Pause 30s forward 30s reverse Pause/Play Fast forward Previous day Slow forward Full Screen Exit Next day Scaling Save the clips Process bar up/down time line ...
Page 89 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-6 Video Search by Motion Detection Step 4 Click Search, and the record files matching the search conditions will be displayed on a list. Step 5 Select and click button to play back the record files. You can click Back button to return to the search interface.
Page 90: Playing Back By Tag
Digital Video Recorder User Manual The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process. Figure 6-8 Interface of Playback by Event Pre-play and post-play can be configured for the playback of event triggered record files. Pre-play: The time you set to play back before the event.
Page 91 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-9 Interface of Playback by Time Click button to add default tag. Click button to add customized tag and input tag name. Figure 6-10 Add Tag Max. 64 tags can be added to a single video file. Step 3 Tag management.
Page 92 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-11 Tag Management Interface Steps Step 1 Select Tag from the drop-down list in the Playback interface. Step 2 Choose channels, edit start time and end time, and then click Search to enter Search Result interface.
Page 93: Playing Back By Smart Search
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Pre-play and post-play can be configured.  You can click button to select the previous or next tag. Please refer to Table 6-1 for the description of buttons on the toolbar. 6.1.5 Playing Back by Smart Search Purpose The smart playback function provides an easy way to get through the less effective information.
Page 94 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-14 Smart Playback Interface Step 4 Select a date in the calendar and click the button to play. Refer to Table 6-2 for the descriptions of the buttons on the Smart Playback Toolbar. Table 6-2 Detailed Explanation of Smart Playback Toolbar Button Operation Button...
Page 95 Digital Video Recorder User Manual characters Step 5 Set the rules and areas for smart search of VCA event or motion event.  Line Crossing Detection Select the button , and click on the image to specify the start point and end point of the line.
Page 96: Playing Back By System Logs
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-16 Set Result Filter The Result Filter function is supported by the IP camera only. 6.1.6 Playing Back by System Logs Purpose Play back record file(s) associated with channels after searching system logs. Step 1 Enter Log Information interface. Menu>Maintenance>Log Information Figure 6-17 System Log Search Interface Step 2 Click Log Search tab to enter System Log Search interface.
Page 97: Playing Back By Sub-Periods
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-18 Result of System Log Search Step 3 Choose a log with record file and click button to enter Playback interface. If there is no record file at the time point of the log, the message box “No result found” will pop Step 4 Playback management.
Page 98: Playing Back External File
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 3 Select a date and start playing the video file. Step 4 Select the Split-screen Number from the drop-down list. Up to 16 screens are configurable. Figure 6-20 Interface of Sub-periods Playback According to the defined number of split-screens, the video files on the selected date can be divided into average segments for playback.
Page 99: Auxiliary Functions Of Playback
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-21 Interface of External File Playback Auxiliary Functions of Playback 6.2.1 Playing Back Frame by Frame Purpose Play video files frame by frame, in order to check image details of the video when abnormal events happen.
Page 100: Reverse Playback Of Multi-Channel
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-22 Draw Area for Digital Zoom Step 3 Right-click the image to exit the digital zoom interface. 6.2.3 Reverse Playback of Multi-Channel Purpose You can play back record files of multi-channel reversely. Up to 16-ch simultaneous reverse playback is supported.
Page 101 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 6-23 4-ch Synchronous Playback Interface Step 3 Click to play back the record files reversely.
Page 102: Chapter 7 Backup
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 7 Backup Backing up Record Files Before you start Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video/Picture Search Purpose The record files or pictures can be backed up to various devices, such as USB devices (USB flash drives, USB HDDs, USB writer), SATA writer and e-SATA HDD.
Page 103 Digital Video Recorder User Manual The size of the currently selected files is displayed in the lower-left corner of the window. Figure 7-2 Result of Normal Video Search for Backup Step 5 Select video files from the Chart or List to export, and click the button Export to enter the Export interface.
Page 104: Backing Up By Event Search
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 1) On the pop-up message box, click the radio button to export the video files, log or the player to the backup device. 2) Click OK to confirm it. Figure 7-4 Backup Step 9 A prompt message will pop up after the backup process is complete. Click OK to confirm it. Figure 7-5 Export Finished The backup of pictures using USB writer or SATA writer has the same operating instructions.
Page 105: Backing Up Video Clips
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 7-6 Event Search for Backup Step 4 Set search condition and click Search button to enter the search result interface. The matched video files are displayed in Chart or List display mode. Step 5 Select video files from the Chart or List interface to export. Figure 7-7 Result of Event Search Step 6 Export the video files.
Page 106: Managing Backup Devices
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 2 During playback, use buttons in the playback toolbar to start or stop clipping record file(s). Step 3 Click to enter the file management interface. Figure 7-8 Video Clips Export Interface Step 4 Export the video clips in playback. Please refer to step5 of Chapter 7.1.1 Backing up by Normal Video/Picture Search for details.
Page 107 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Select a record file or folder in the backup device and click button if you want to delete Click Erase button if you want to erase the files from a re-writable CD/DVD. Click Format button to format the backup device. If the inserted storage device is not recognized: ...
Page 108: Chapter 8 Alarm Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 8 Alarm Settings Setting Motion Detection Step 1 Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion Figure 8-1 Motion Detection Setup Interface Step 2 Set detection area and sensitivity.
Page 109 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 3 Click Trigger Channel tab and select one or more channels which will start to record or become full-screen monitoring when motion alarm is triggered. Figure 8-3 Set Trigger Camera of Motion Detection Step 4 Set arming schedule of the channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel’s arming schedule.
Page 110: Setting Sensor Alarms
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Setting Sensor Alarms Purpose Set up handling method of an external sensor alarm. Step 1 Enter Alarm Settings of System Configuration and select an alarm input. Menu> Configuration> Alarm Select Alarm Input tab to enter Alarm Input Settings interface. Figure 8-5 Alarm Status Interface of System Configuration Step 2 Set the handling method of the selected alarm input.
Page 111 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Time periods shall not be repeated or overlapped. Figure 8-7 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Input Step 5 Select Linkage Action tab to set up alarm response actions of the alarm input (please refer to Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set up arming schedule of other days of a week.
Page 112: Detecting Video Loss
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-8 Set PTZ Linking of Alarm Input Step 7 If you want to set handling action of another alarm input, repeat the above steps or just copy the above settings to it. Figure 8-9 Copy Settings of Alarm Input Detecting Video Loss Purpose Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s).
Page 113 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-10 Video Loss Setup Interface Step 2 Set up handling method of video loss. Check the checkbox of Enable Video Loss Alarm. Click button to set up handling method of video loss. Step 3 Set arming schedule of the channel. Select Arming Schedule tab to set the channel’s arming schedule.
Page 114: Detecting Video Tampering
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 5 Click the OK button to complete the video loss settings of the channel. Repeat the above steps to finish settings of other channels, or click the Copy button copy the above settings to them. Detecting Video Tampering Purpose Trigger alarm when the lens is covered and take alarm response action(s).
Page 115: Setting All-Day Video Quality Diagnostics
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-13 Set Arming Schedule of Video Tampering 3) Select Linkage Action tab to set alarm response actions of video tampering alarm (please refer to Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.
Page 116 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-14 Video Quality Diagnostics Interface Step 2 Check the checkbox of Enable Video Quality Diagnostics. To enable video quality diagnostics, the function should be supported by the selected camera. Step 3 Enable and set the threshold of the diagnostic types, there are Blurred Image, Abnormal Brightness, and Color Cast.
Page 117: Handling Exceptions
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-15 Set Arming Schedule of Video Quality Diagnostics 3) Select Linkage Action tab to set alarm response actions of video quality diagnostics alarm (please refer to Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions). Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also use Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days.
Page 118 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-16 Exception Settings Interface Step 2 Check the checkbox of Enable Event Hint to display the (Event/Exception icon) when an exceptional event occurs. And click the icon to select the detailed event hint for display.
Page 119: Setting Alarm Response Actions
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-18 Detailed Event Step 3 Set the alarm linkage actions. For details, see Chapter 8.7 Setting Alarm Response Actions. Step 4 Click Apply to save the settings. Setting Alarm Response Actions Purpose Alarm response actions will be activated when an alarm or exception occurs, including Full Screen Monitoring, Audible Warning (buzzer), Notify Surveillance Center, Send Email and Trigger Alarm Output.
Page 120 Digital Video Recorder User Manual The alarm signal will be transmitted automatically at detection mode when remote alarm host is configured. Please refer to Chapter 12.2.6 Configuring More Settings for details of alarm host configuration. Send Email Send an email with alarm information to a user or users when an alarm is detected. Please refer to Chapter 12.2.8 Configuring Email for details of Email configuration.
Page 121 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 8-20 Set Arming Schedule of Alarm Output Step 3 Repeat the above steps to set arming schedule of other days of a week. You can also click Copy button to copy an arming schedule to other days. Click the OK button to complete the arming schedule setting of alarm output.
Page 122: Chapter 9 Vca Alarm
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 9 VCA Alarm Purpose The DVR can receive the VCA alarm (line crossing detection, intrusion detection, sudden scene change detection and audio exception detection) sent by analog camera, and the VCA detection must be enabled and configured on the camera settings interface first. All other VCA detection features must be supported by the connected IP camera.
Page 123: Vehicle Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9-1 Face Detection Step 3 Select the VCA detection type to Face Detection. Step 4 Click to enter the face detection settings interface. Configure the trigger channel, arming schedule and linkage action for the face detection alarm. Please refer to step3 to step5 of Chapter 8.1 Setting Motion Detection for detailed instructions.
Page 124 Digital Video Recorder User Manual You can click the checkbox of Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection. Step 3 Select the VCA detection type to Vehicle Detection. Step 4 Check the Enable checkbox to enable this function. Figure 9-3 Set Vehicle Detection Step 5 Click to configure the trigger channel, arming schedule and linkage actions for the...
Page 125: Line Crossing Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Please refer to the User Manual of Network Camera for the detailed instructions for the vehicle detection. Line Crossing Detection Purpose This function can be used for detecting people, vehicles and objects cross a set virtual line. The line crossing direction can be set as bidirectional, from left to right or from right to left.
Page 126: Intrusion Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9-5 Set Line Crossing Detection Rules Step 7 Click and set two points in the preview window to draw a virtual line. You can use the to clear the existing virtual line and re-draw it. Up to 4 rules can be configured.
Page 127 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Enter the VCA settings interface. Menu> Camera> VCA Step 2 Select the camera to configure the VCA. You can click the checkbox of Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Page 128: Region Entrance Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 9-8 Draw Area for Intrusion Detection Step 8 Click Apply to save the settings. The sudden scene change detection and the intrusion detection cannot be enabled at the same channel. Region Entrance Detection Purpose Region entrance detection function detects people, vehicle or other objects which enter a pre-defined virtual region from the outside place, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.
Page 129: Region Exiting Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Sensitivity: Range [0-100]. The higher the value is, the more easily the detection alarm can be triggered. Step 7 Click and draw a quadrilateral in the preview window by specifying four vertexes of the detection region, and right click to complete drawing. Only one region can be configured.
Page 130: Loitering Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Please refer to the Chapter 10.5 Region Entrance Detection for operating steps to configure the region exiting detection.  Up to 4 rules can be configured. Loitering Detection Purpose Loitering detection function detects people, vehicle or other objects which loiter in a pre-defined virtual region for some certain time, and a series of actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.
Page 131: Parking Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Please refer to the Chapter 10.4 Intrusion Detection for operating steps to configure the fast moving detection.  The Sensitivity in the Rule Settings defines the moving speed of the object which can trigger the alarm. The higher the value is, the more easily a moving object can trigger the alarm.
Page 132: Object Removal Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Please refer to the Chapter 10.4 Intrusion Detection for operating steps to configure the unattended baggage detection.  The Threshold [5s-20s] in the Rule Settings defines the time of the objects left over in the region.
Page 133: Defocus Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual You can click the checkbox of Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection. Step 3 Select the VCA detection type to Audio Exception Detection. Step 4 Click to configure the trigger channel, arming schedule and linkage action for the audio exception alarm.
Page 134: Sudden Scene Change
Digital Video Recorder User Manual The image blur caused by defocus of the lens can be detected, and some certain actions can be taken when the alarm is triggered.  Please refer to the Chapter 10.1 Face Detection for operating steps to configure the defocus detection.
Page 135 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Enter the VCA settings interface. Menu> Camera> VCA Step 2 Select the camera to configure the VCA. You can click the checkbox of Save VCA Picture to save the captured pictures of VCA detection.
Page 136: Chapter 10 Vca Search
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 10 VCA Search With the configured VCA detection, the device supports the VCA search for the behavior search, face search, plate search, people counting and heat map results. 10.1 Face Search Purpose When there are detected face picture captured and saved in HDD, you can enter the Face Search interface to search the picture and play the picture related video files according to the specified conditions.
Page 137 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 6 Click Search to start searching. The search results of face detection pictures are displayed in list or in chart. Figure 10-2 Face Search Interface Step 7 Play the face picture related video file. You can double click on a face picture to play its related video file in the view window on the top right, or select a picture item and click to play it.
Page 138: Behavior Search
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10-3 Export Files 10.2 Behavior Search Purpose The behavior analysis detects a series of suspicious behavior based on VCA detection, and certain linkage methods will be enabled if the alarm is triggered. Step 1 Enter the Behavior Search interface. Menu>VCA Search>...
Page 139: Plate Search
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 4 Select the VCA detection type from the drop-down list, including the line crossing detection, intrusion detection, unattended baggage detection, object removal detection, region entrance detection, region exiting detection, parking detection, loitering detection, people gathering detection and fast moving detection.
Page 140: People Counting
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 3 Specify the start time and end time for searching the matched plate pictures. Figure 10-6 Plate Search Step 4 Select the country from the drop-down list for searching the location of the vehicle plate. Step 5 Input the plate No.
Page 141: Heat Map
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 5 Click the Counting button to start people counting statistics. Figure 10-7 People Counting Interface Step 6 You can click the Export button to export the statistics report in excel format. 10.5 Heat Map Purpose Heat map is a graphical representation of data represented by colors.
Page 142 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 10-8 Heat Map Interface Step 5 Click the Counting button to export the report data and start heat map statistics, and the results are displayed in graphics marked in different colors. As shown in Figure 10-8, red color block (255, 0, 0) indicates the most welcome area, and blue color block (0, 0, 255) indicates the less-popular area.
Page 143: Chapter 11 Network Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 11 Network Settings 11.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose Network settings must be properly configured before you operate DVR over network. Step 1 Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Figure 11-1 Network Settings Interface (1) 1 self-adaptive 10M/100M/1000M network interface or 1 self-adaptive 10M/100Mbps network interface provided.
Page 144: Configuring Advanced Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  The valid value of MTU is from 500 to 1500.  If the DHCP server is available, you can check the checkbox of Enable DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server. ...
Page 145 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Guarding Vision provides the mobile phone application and the service platform page (www.guardingvision.com) to access and manage your connected DVR, which enables you to get a convenient remote access to the surveillance system. The Guarding Vision can be enabled via operation on SADP software, GUI and Web browser. We introduce the operation steps on GUI in this section.
Page 146 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Guarding Vision is disabled by default.  The verification code is empty when the device leaves factory.  The verification code must contain 6 to 12 letters or numbers and is case sensitive.  For the old versions of DVR with Guarding Vision enabled, if you upgrade it, Guarding Vision is still enabled.
Page 147: Configuring Ddns
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.2.3 Configuring DDNS Purpose If your DVR is set to use PPPoE as its default network connection, you may set Dynamic DNS (DDNS) to be used for network access. Prior registration with your ISP is required before configuring the system to use DDNS. Step 1 Enter the Network Settings interface.
Page 148: Configuring Ntp Server
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  NO-IP: Enter the account information in the corresponding fields. Refer to the DynDNS settings. 1) Enter Server Address for NO-IP. 2) In the Device Domain Name text field, enter the domain obtained from the NO-IP website (www.no-ip.com).
Page 149: Configuring Nat
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  NTP Port: Port of NTP server. Step 5 Click the Apply button to save and exit the interface. The time synchronization interval can be set from 1 to 10080 minutes, and the default value is 60 minutes.
Page 150 Digital Video Recorder User Manual If you select Auto, the Port Mapping items are read-only, and the external ports are set by the router automatically. 1) Click Apply button to save the settings. 2) You can click Refresh button to get the latest status of the port mapping. Figure 11-11 UPnP™...
Page 151: Configuring More Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11-13 UPnP™ Settings Finished-Manual 11.2.6 Configuring More Settings Step 1 Enter the Network Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > Network Step 2 Select the More Settings tab to enter the More Settings interface. Figure 11-14 More Settings Interface Step 3 Configure the remote alarm host, server port, HTTP port, multicast, and RTSP port.
Page 152: Configuring Https Port
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Server Port and HTTP Port: Enter the Server Port and HTTP Port in the text fields. The default Server Port is 8000 and the HTTP Port is 80, and you can change them according to different requirements.
Page 153 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11-15 HTTPS Settings OPTION 1: Create the self-signed certificate 1) Click the Create button to create the following dialog box. Figure 11-16 Create Self-signed Certificate 2) Enter the country, host name/IP, validity and other information. 3) Click OK to save the settings.
Page 154: Configuring Email
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 6 Check the checkbox to enable the HTTPS function. Step 7 Click the Save button to save the settings. 11.2.8 Configuring Email Purpose The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an event is detected, e.g.
Page 155: Checking Network Traffic
Digital Video Recorder User Manual SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com). SMTP Port: The SMTP port. The default TCP/IP port used for SMTP is 25. Enable SSL (optional): Click the checkbox to enable SSL if required by the SMTP server. Sender: The name of sender.
Page 156: Configuring Network Detection
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 11-20 Network Traffic Interface Step 2 You can view the sending rate and receiving rate information on the interface. The traffic data is refreshed every 1 second. 11.3 Configuring Network Detection Purpose You can obtain network connecting status of DVR through the network detection function, including network delay, packet loss, etc.
Page 157: Exporting Network Packet
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 11.3.2 Exporting Network Packet Purpose By connecting the DVR to network, the captured network data packet can be exported to USB-flash disk, SATA and other local backup devices. Step 1 Enter the Network Traffic interface. Menu >...
Page 158: Checking Network Statistics
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Menu > Maintenance > Net Detect Step 2 Click the Network Detection tab to enter the Network Detection interface. Step 3 Click Status on the right bottom of the interface. Figure 11-24 Checking Network Status If the network is normal the following message box pops out.
Page 159 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Enter the Network Statistics interface. Menu > Maintenance> Net Detect Step 2 Click the Network Stat. tab to enter the Network Statistics interface. Figure 11-27 Network Stat. Interface Step 3 View the bandwidth of Remote Live View, bandwidth of Remote Playback, and bandwidth of Net Total Idle.
Page 160: Chapter 12 Hdd Management
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 12 HDD Management 12.1 Initializing HDDs Purpose A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be initialized before it can be used with your DVR. Step 1 Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu > HDD > General Figure 12-1 HDD Information Interface You can view the Total Capacity, Free Space and Remaining Recording Time of the HDD.
Page 161: Managing Network Hdd
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12-3 Start Initialization Step 5 After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD will change from Uninitialized to Normal. Figure 12-4 HDD Status Changes to Normal Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it. The HDDs which are free of working for a long time can be enabled to sleep, thus to decrease the power consumption of the device and extend the life of the HDDs.
Page 162 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12-6 HDD Information Interface Step 2 Click the Add button to enter the Add NetHDD interface, as shown in Figure 12-7. Figure 12-7 HDD Information Interface Step 3 Add the allocated NetHDD. Step 4 Select the type to NAS or IP SAN. Step 5 Configure the NAS or IP SAN settings.
Page 163 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12-8 Add NAS Disk  Add IP SAN: 1) Enter the NetHDD IP address in the text field. 2) Click the Search button to the available IP SAN disks. 3) Select the IP SAN disk from the list shown below. 4) Click the OK button to add the selected IP SAN disk.
Page 164: Managing Hdd Group
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12-10 Initialize Added NetHDD 12.3 Managing HDD Group 12.3.1 Setting HDD Groups Purpose Multiple HDDs can be managed in groups. Video from specified channels can be recorded onto a particular HDD group through HDD settings. Step 1 Enter the Storage Mode interface.
Page 165: Setting Hdd Property
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12-13 Local HDD Settings Interface Step 7 Select the Group number for the current HDD. The default group No. for each HDD is 1. Step 8 Click the OK button to confirm the settings. Figure 12-14 Confirm HDD Group Settings Step 9 In the pop-up Attention box, click the Yes button to finish the settings.
Page 166: Configuring Quota Mode
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12-15 Set HDD Property Step 3 Set the HDD property to R/W, Read-only or Redundancy. Step 4 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit the interface. Step 5 In the HDD Information menu, the HDD property will be displayed in the list. At least 2 hard disks must be added on your DVR when you want to set a HDD to Redundancy, and there is one HDD with R/W property.
Page 167: Checking Hdd Status
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 12-16 Storage Mode Settings Interface Step 4 Select a camera for which you want to configure quota. Step 5 Enter the storage capacity in the text field of Max. Record Capacity (GB). Step 6 You can copy the quota settings of the current camera to other cameras if required. Click the Copy button to enter the Copy Camera interface, as shown in Figure 12-17.
Page 168: Checking S.m.a.r.t Information
Digital Video Recorder User Manual You may check the status of the installed HDDs on DVR so as to take immediate check and maintenance in case of HDD failure. Checking HDD Status in HDD Information Interface Step 1 Enter the HDD Information interface. Menu >...
Page 169: Detecting Bad Sector
Digital Video Recorder User Manual If you want to use the HDD even when the S.M.A.R.T. checking is failed, you can check the checkbox before the Continue to use this disk when self-evaluation is failed item. Figure 12-20 S.M.A.R.T Settings Interface 12.7 Detecting Bad Sector Purpose You can detect the bad sector of the HDD to check the status of the HDD.
Page 170: Configuring Hdd Error Alarms
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 4 You can click the Pause button to pause the detection and click the Resume button to resume the detection. Step 5 If there is error information about the HDD, you can click the Error Info button to view the information.
Page 171: Chapter 13 Camera Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 13 Camera Settings 13.1 Configuring OSD Settings Purpose You can configure the OSD (On-Screen Display) settings for the camera, including date/time, camera name, etc. Step 1 Enter the OSD Configuration interface. Menu > Camera > OSD Step 2 Select the camera to configure OSD settings.
Page 172: Configuring Privacy Mask
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 13-2 Copy Settings to Other Cameras 2) Select the camera (s) to be configured with the same OSD settings. You can also check the checkbox of Analog to select all cameras. 3) Click the OK button to finish the Copy settings and back to the OSD Configuration interface.
Page 173: Configuring Video Parameters
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 13-3 Privacy Mask Settings Interface Step 4 Use the mouse to draw a zone on the window. The zones will be marked with different frame colors. Up to 4 privacy mask zones can be configured, and the size of each area can be adjusted. Step 5 The configured privacy mask zones on the window can be cleared by clicking the corresponding Clear Zone1-4 icons on the right side of the window, or click Clear All to clear all zones.
Page 174 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 2 Select the Image Settings tab. Figure 13-5 Image Settings Interface (Analog Camera) Figure 13-6 Image Settings Interface (IP Camera) Step 3 Select the camera to set image parameters. Step 4 Two periods for different image settings are provided, select the period name in the drop-down list.
Page 175: Configuring Camera Parameters Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Contrast and Saturation for the IP cameras. You can also click Restore to set the parameters to the default settings. Step 7 You can click Copy to copy the image settings of the current camera to other cameras. Step 8 Click Apply to save the settings.
Page 176 Digital Video Recorder User Manual  The camera parameters settings is only applicable for ananlog cameras.  The Day to Night Sensitivity, Night to Day Sensitivity and IR Light Brightness functions must be supported by the connected analog camera. You cannot set the parameters if the connected analog camera does not support them or there is no video signal.
Page 177: Chapter 14 Dvr Management And Maintenance
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 14 DVR Management and Maintenance 14.1 Viewing System Information Step 1 Enter the System Information interface. Menu > Maintenance > System Info Step 2 You can click the Device Info, Camera, Record, Network and HDD tabs to view the system information of the device.
Page 178 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 14-2 Log Search Interface Step 2 Set the log search conditions to refine your search, including the Start Time, End Time, Major Type and Minor Type. Step 3 Click the Search button to start search log files. Step 4 The matched log files will be displayed on the list shown below.
Page 179 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 14-4 Log Information Interface Step 6 If you want to export the log files, click the Export button to enter the Export menu, as shown in Figure 16-5. Figure 14-5 Export Log Files Step 7 Select the backup device from the drop-down list of Device Name. Step 8 Click the Export to export the log files to the selected backup device.
Page 180: Importing/Exporting Ip Camera Info
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Please connect the backup device to DVR before operating log export.  The log files exported to the backup device are named by exporting time, e.g., 20110514124841logBack.txt. 14.3 Importing/Exporting IP Camera Info Purpose The information of added IP camera can be generated into an excel file and exported to the local device for backup, including the IP address, manage port, password of admin, etc.
Page 181: Upgrading System
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 14-6 Import/Export Configuration File Step 2 Click the Export button to export configuration files to the selected local backup device. Step 3 To import a configuration file, select the file from the selected backup device and click the Import button.
Page 182: Upgrading By Ftp
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 5 Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading. Step 6 After the upgrading is complete, reboot the DVR to activate the new firmware. 14.5.2 Upgrading by FTP Before you start Configure PC (running FTP server) and DVR to the same Local Area Network. Run the 3 -party TFTP software on the PC and copy the firmware into the root directory of TFTP.
Page 183 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Factory Defaults: Restore all parameters to the factory default settings. Restore to Inactive: Restore the device to the inactive status. Step 3 Click the OK button to restore the default settings. The device will reboot automatically after restoring to the default settings.
Page 184: Chapter 15 Others
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 15 Others 15.1 Configuring General Settings Purpose You can configure the output resolution, system time, mouse pointer speed, etc. Step 1 Enter the General Settings interface. Menu > Configuration > General Step 2 Select the General tab. Figure 15-1 General Settings Interface Step 3 Configure the following settings: ...
Page 185: Configuring Dst Settings
Digital Video Recorder User Manual If you check the checkbox of Enable Password, every time when you log in to the DVR, the Unlock Pattern interface will pop up. If you uncheck the checkbox of Enable Password, when you log in to the DVR, the Unlock Pattern interface will not pop up.
Page 186: Managing User Accounts
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 15-4 More Settings Interface (2) Figure 15-5 More Settings Interface (3) Figure 15-6 More Settings Interface (4) Step 3 Configure the following settings:  Device Name: Edit the name of DVR.  Device No.: Edit the serial number of DVR. The Device No. can be set in the range of 1~255, and the default No.
Page 187: Adding A User
Digital Video Recorder User Manual There is a default account in the DVR: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is set when you start the device for the first time. The Administrator has the permission to add and delete user and configure user parameters. 15.5.1 Adding a User Step 1 Enter the User Management interface.
Page 188 Digital Video Recorder User Manual STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED-We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (Using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least three of the following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.) in order to increase the security of your product.
Page 189 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Figure 15-10 User Permission Settings Interface 2) Set the operating permission of Local Configuration, Remote Configuration and Camera Configuration for the user. Local Configuration  Local Log Search: Searching and viewing logs and system information of device. ...
Page 190: Deleting A User
Digital Video Recorder User Manual  Remote Shutdown/Reboot: Remotely shutting down or rebooting the device. Camera Configuration  Remote Live View: Remotely viewing live video of the selected camera (s).  Local Manual Operation: Locally starting/stopping manual recording, picture capturing and alarm output of the selected camera (s). ...
Page 191 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 1 Enter the User Management interface. Menu >Configuration>User Step 2 Select the user to be edited from the list, as shown in Figure 15-11. Step 3 Click the icon to enter the Edit User interface, as shown in Figure 15-12. Figure 15-12 Edit User Interface Step 4 Edit the corresponding parameters.
Page 192 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 5 Edit the unlock pattern for the admin user account. 1) Check the checkbox of Enable Unlock Pattern to enable the use of unlock pattern when logging in to the device. 2) Use the mouse to draw a pattern among the 9 dots on the screen. Release the mouse when the pattern is done.
Page 193 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 8 Click the OK button to save the settings and exit from the menu. Step 9 (Optional) For the Operator or Guest user account, you can also click the button on the User Management interface to edit the permission.
Page 194: Chapter 16 Appendix
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Chapter 16 Appendix 16.1 Specifications Model C8XVR Video H.264+/H.264 compression 8-ch Analog video input BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection HDTVI input 1080p25, 1080p30, 720p25, 720p30 AHD input 720p25, 720p30 HDCVI input...
Page 195: Glossary
Digital Video Recorder User Manual Sub-stream: 4CIF/2CIF@6fps; CIF/QVGA/QCIF@25fps (P)/30fps (N) Video bit rate 32 Kbps to 4 Mbps Audio output 1-ch, RCA (Linear, 1 KΩ) Audio bit rate 64 Kbps Dual-stream Support Stream type Video, Video & Audio Synchronous 8-ch playback Remote connections...
Page 196 Digital Video Recorder User Manual • Dual-Stream: Dual-stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 1080P and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.
Page 197: Troubleshooting
Digital Video Recorder User Manual 16.3 Troubleshooting  No image displayed on the monitor after the device is starting up normally. Possible Reasons: — No VGA or HDMI connections. — Connection cable is damaged. — Input mode of the monitor is incorrect. Step 1 Verify the device is connected with the monitor via HDMI or VGA cable.
Page 198 Digital Video Recorder User Manual Step 3 Verify the HDD is detected or is in good condition. 1) Select “Menu>HDD>General”. 2) If the HDD is not detected or the status is “Abnormal”, please replace the dedicated HDD according to the requirement. Step 4 Check if the fault is solved by the step 1 to step 3.
Page 199 Digital Video Recorder User Manual — The DVR supports up to 8-channel synchronize playback at the resolution of 4CIF, if you want a 8-channel synchronize playback at the resolution of 720p, the frame extracting may occur, which leads to a slight stuck. Step 1 Verify the frame rate is real-time frame rate.

Conceptronic C8XVR User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Getting Started

Chapter 3 Live View

Chapter 4 PTZ Controls

Chapter 5 Recording Settings

Chapter 6 Playback

Chapter 7 Backup

Chapter 8 Alarm Settings

Chapter 9 VCA Alarm

Chapter 10 VCA Search

Chapter 11 Network Settings

Chapter 12 HDD Management

Chapter 13 Camera Settings

Chapter 14 DVR Management and Maintenance

Chapter 15 Others

Chapter 16 Appendix

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