Contents SPECIFICATIONS ......................Main Features ....................Wiring Diagram ....................Connection - Front Panel ................3.1. SD Card Slot ..................3.2. Electronic Lock .................. 3.3. IR Receiver ..................3.4. LED Indicators .................. 3.5. LCD Monitor ..................3.6. NO LCD Monitor ................Connection - Front Panel ................
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6.10. File Type ..................... 30 Display ....................30 7.1. Camera Display Setting ..............30 7.2. Camera Name Setting ................ 31 7.3. System Language Setting ..............32 7.4. Audio Out ..................7.5. OSD Display Setting ................33 7.6. Menu On .................... 34 7.7.
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Specifications Operating system Linux Operating interface Graphical menu operation System interface(OSD) Video permission Administrator & user setting Video input Max 4 x 1080P analog full high definition CVBS output 1CH 6pin aviation connector output PAL/NTSC HDMI output 1CH type-A connector output, Video 1080P Video display 1 or 4CH...
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Internal or external GPS/GLONASS module, coordinate/speed can be encoded in video stream and upload to server by wireless communication (DV425GPS) G-Sensor/Gyroscope G-Sensor Available Windows client Available iOS client Available Software Android client Available Web portal Available Power supply & consumption...
Support cyclic recording and 15 seconds pre-recording. Recording files saved by 4 SD cards. Cyclic recording is optional. Real-time recording of license plate numbers, bus line numbers, driving speed, G-Sensor 3D accelerated speed, longitude and latitude, and GPS tracks. (DV425GPS) Preview and Playback Support single channel, or 4 channels audio and video playback simultaneously.
Security • User password protection. The DVR can only be accessed with correct password. • Support account management. 2. Wiring Diagram HD Cameras (DV425GPS) 3. Connection - Front Panel 1. SD Card Slot 2. Ethernet (RJ45) 3. Electronic Lock 4. IR Receiver 5.
3.1. SD Card Slot SD card type: Each card Max. Capacity 128GB. Use only commercial grade MLC type. Insert, remove SD card. Step 1: Use the key to unlock and open front plate. Step 2: Insert SD card to SD card slot. Step 3: Close the front plate and use the key to lock.
ALM: Alarm indicator. It keeps on with the record when there is Alarm-in, G-sensor activation or motion detection or speed or panic button event alarm. GPS: Lights up when GPS is running. (DV425GPS) CH1~4: Lights up when corresponding camera is running.
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The Parameter list of 7/10 inches HD Monitor 10 inches HD monitor 7 inches HD monitor Description HD 10.1"Color monitor HD 7"Color monitor Features used for HD DVR used for HD DVR Resolution 1024 x 600 (RGB) 1024 x 600 (RGB) Maximum Number of Cameras Audio input Audio output (loudspeaker)
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Monitor Remote Control How to Connect the Monitor A. Connect to high-definition LCD monitor (7/10 inches HD monitor). 1. By HDMI cable. 2. By 6pin aviation cable. Each of the method can display and touch control the DVR. B. Connect to standard LCD monitor (CVBS). 1. By 4pin AVOUT on the DB44 camera cable. There is no touch control in this way.
3.6. No LCD Monitor If the DVR is not connected to any monitors, it will remind the customer of the exception by Buzzer alarm. Buzzer warning functions are as follows: • No matter what types of alarm event occur (including Alarm recording 1~8, Motion detection recording, G-force recording, Speed recording and Panic button recording), the Buzzer alarm will last for a while.
Four HD cameras can be directly, or via extension cable connected to the 4CH aerial ports on the DVR rear panel. Note: Compatible with HD cameras only. 4.2. WiFi Connector Wifi antenna socket and wifi antenna, as shown in the picture. 4.3. GPS Connector GPS antenna socket and GPS antenna, as shown in the picture. (DV425GPS)
Signals 3. V+ (9~36V) 4. ACC 1. GND 2. GND Connection Method Connect the ignition to ACC (the yellow wire of the power cable). Connect the “+” and “-” pole of battery to V+ (the red wire) and GND (the black wire) of the DVR. 4.6. Alarm-In & Alarm-Out Alarm, speed sensor, temperature sensor connecting cable: Pin-1 Pin-3 Pin-5 Pin-7 Pin-9...
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1. There are 8 alarm inputs including alarm inputs 1 ~ 4, reversal input, brake input, turn left input, turn right input, which can trigger the alarm recording. The first 4 alarm inputs are normal alarm input defined by user. The last 4 are specific alarm input and display cursor for each channel. 2. Alarm output 1 and Alarm output 2 are 12V output by default, which can be used as a trigger and need to be set up to combine with alarm input.
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4. SPEED+ & SPEED These 2 cable is for speed detection and needs to connect to speed line on vehicle. Check the real-time vehicle speed with the vehicle speedometer: Wiring diagram: The vehicle speedometer is driven by the Speed sensor, see the right figure. If the speedometer has a speed signal output, it can be connected directly to the PIN17 of the DB26 cable and PIN18 for reference level.
4.7. Panic Button (Optional) Overview The LEDs are used to show the device’s working status. But when the device is installed in the vehicle, it is not easy to check the LED on the front panel. Each of the LED indicates the corresponding status.
3. Recording Sign (The Recording Sign will turn red when recording) 4. Playback Sign (The Playback Sign will turn red during playback) 5. Electronic Lock Sign • Lock indicator turns red when electronic lock is locked. • Electronic lock is different from menu lock. 6. GPS Sign for DV425GPS (The GPS Sign will be flashing when connecting, it will turn red when successfully connected) 7. Cell Sign 8. WiFi Sign 9. Video Loss Sign 10.
5.1. Manually Record Click this icon to start or stop recording. Video files are saved in NORMAL list of Player menu. 5.2. Playback Video Playback button: Click this button to enter the calendar menu. If a date is marked green, that means it has recording files saved on this day. Click the icon to enter the video file list and choose the one you want to play and press Play button. You can play single or multiple videos. Multiple videos can be played in sequence and can shift into the next or the previous one. Specific operation sees below.
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Event: Alarm recording list, including alarm recording 1~8, Motion detection recording, G-force recording, Speed recording, Panic button recording. Recording Time Control Mode View Position Type Normal recording Manual control Normal list Power on recording Manual control Normal list Schedule recording Pre-setup time Normal list Alarm recording 1~8...
5.3. Log System memo checking, memo output. 5.4. Display Mode Switching Mode switch button: click the button, preview interface will switch from the quad display to single display, CH1.
5.5. System System settings button: Click the button system will enter the setup menu.A prompt dialog will display “Unable to record in set-up mode! Continue?” Click OK to enter. 5.6. Disk Disk management button: click the disk management button, you can view the SD cards and USB status.
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1. Disk type 2. ALL: The total capacity of disk, free: The residual capacity of disk. If ALL shows 0.00MB, it means that DVR does not have access to this type of disk. 3. Green shows the size of all the recording files in the Normal list, Red shows the size of all the recording files in the Event list, Blue shows the size of all the recording files in the Capture list, Yellow shows the size of all the other files except those above. 4. Click the button to format the disk. • A dialog box displaying “Disk data will be deleted! Continue?”will pop up. Click OK to start formatting the disk.
6.1. Power On Rec Recording will start when power is on if set the ‘Power On Rec’ ON. Default is ON. 6.2. Cyclic Rec New video files will overwrite the previous ones when disk is full if setting the Continuous Rec ON. Recording will stop when disk is full if setting the Continuous Rec OFF. Overwriting will not cover event recording files.
6.4. Video Quality The major stream is used for video storage. The minor stream is used for video backup and network transmission. 1. Resolution There are 4 kinds of optional resolution in Main stream menu, 1080P, 720P, D1 (PAL), D1 (NTSC), and 2 kinds of optional resolution in Sub stream menu, D1 (PAL), D1 (NTSC).The higher the resolution &...
6.6. Event Duration When alarm recording is on, the video file length can be set to 5s, 10s, 15s after the event happens. 6.7. File Length When normal recording is on, the video file length for each file can be set to 5mins, 10mins, 15mins. 6.8. Motion Sensitivity Motion detection recording and sensitivity level setting: When there is an object moving and its movement amplitude exceeds the preset motion detection sensitivity level, event recording will be triggered. For this kind of event record or alarm record, the pre-record time will be set as 15s and the post-event time is configured by Event Duration above.
6.10. File Type File format setting. 7. Display 7.1. Camera Display Setting Parameter setting for each corresponding camera channel: including brightness, contrast, saturation, hue. By default, all setting values are 50. Corresponding value can be changed by pressing and moving the bar to left or right.
7.2. Camera Name Setting Camera name: Set channel name, the channel name then will be displayed at the bottom of that channel.Press the channel name on menu, there will be an keyboard menu pop up to input a new channel name. Each channel contains max.
7.5. OSD Display Setting OSD configuration, select whether to display time, channel name, license plate in video (if yes, all these information will be written in video and can be seen in playback).
7.6. Menu On Set duration of menu display. • User permissions list User Name admin guest Password Modification Initial Password Permissions Enter all menus Enter the menu of Playback • DVR has two kinds of permissions: admin permissions and guest permissions. •...
Record, Playback, Log, System and Disk. Only the Playback menu can be entered when user name guest and its password are entered. 7.7. Speed There are two speed source, one is from GPS (DV425GPS) and the other from vehicle speedometer, as described above about DB26 cable.
7.8. GPS (DV425GPS) When GPS is set as on, latitude, longitude and speed will be recorded into video files. The menu provides GPS information of latitude / longitude, detectable satellites, accessible satellite etc. Mode: GPS status, it will be shown as: connected, disconnected, connecting.
8.1. LAN Port and Server Setting DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, when it is on, it is dynamic IP, when it is off, it is static IP, you need to input IP address, sub-net mask and gateway manually. MAC address can be auto assigned or revised. OK: Press OK to save setting and exit. Cancel: Press cancel to exit menu without saving settings.
8.2. WIFI Network Setup and Server Setup WIFI: WIFI on/off DHCP: DHCP means Dynamic IP switch. When DHCP is on, that is dynamic IP. If DHCP is off, that is static IP. Static IP requests to manual input IP address, mask and gateway. Mac address can be automatically assigned or revised. SSID: WIFI hot spot list. Enable WIFI Step 1: WIFI hot spot available. Step 2: Connect the WIFI antenna at connector of device rear panel.
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Step 4: Click SSID sub-menu and the WIFI hot spot shows up. Select which hots pot to connect and enter the password. Step 5: Click OK and quit the WIFI setup interface. Step 6: Input WIFI Server IP and Port in “Network-Server Setup” page. Step 7: WIFI network status is “CONNECT SUCCESS” and server status is “Online”.
8.3. Network Status The user can check information such as LAN IP address, MAC address, WIFI network status, WIFI IP address, WIFI signal strength and Server status. Additionally, users can verify whether network connection is successful or not. LAN IP: Refers to the static IP set on Network-LAN page or the dynamic IP which is obtained automatically.
9.3. System Time Setup 9.4. Scheduled Recording Enable: Set scheduled recording ON/OFF. Start: Set start time of scheduled recording. End: Set end time of scheduled recording. Week-day: Set scheduled recording by weekdays. Select the weekdays to set preset. Scheduled Recording: * Supports up to four appointed tasks, the recording duration is counted in minutes.
Current vol: Voltage of the working DVR. Shutdown vol: Shutdown voltage function will take effect after DVR starts working for 10mins. DVR would shut down automatically if current voltage is lower than shutdown voltage, it would reboot only when the voltage is above the value. ACC Delay: DVR will continue recording for a few seconds after ACC is disconnected. ACC delay time can be set to be 5s, 10s or 15s.
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Trigger Level: There are 3 options of Trigger Level , the options “Low” and ” High” are used for turning on alarm function. “Low” is generally used for debugging while “High” will be selected to turn on alarm function for on road use. “Off” means turn off alarm trigger function. Duration: Duration of alarm video recording Alarm Out-Buzzer: Set the Buzzer ON, it would beep for 5 seconds when alarming. Alarm Out-Output1: Set it ON, 12V level output would come from the alarm wire of Output 1. Alarm Out-Output2: Set it ON, 12V level output would come from the alarm wire of Output 1.
Alarms with higher priority will be triggered first. 1 is the highest priority, and 8 is the lowest. The diagram above is the default sort of priority. The priority sort of the diagram above is: Alarm 1>Alarm 2>Alarm 3>Alarm 4>Reverse>Brake>Left>Right If two alarms A and B are triggered at the same time, and A’s priority is higher than B’s, A will record first. After A finishes the recording, if B is still being triggered, B will then record. However, if B is no longer being triggered now, it will not record.
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Step 3: When “Updated success!” shows on the DVR monitor, DVR will auto reboot. Step 4: After reboot, please check if the version is the same as the one you copy to USB disk or SD card. Please go to Menu -> System -> Info to check.
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For batch upgrade. Currently, as the upgrade package will be deleted after the upgrade process is done on on device, we need to copy the package again from PC. And that is troublesome. So please carry out as follows: Step 1: Rename the package “dv425_upgrade_2017xxxxxxxx” to “dv425_upgrade_never_rename” Step 2: Copy the package to USB disk or SD card root directory, and insert it to DVR.
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Step 4: After When “Updated success!” shows, unplug the USB disk or SD card with upgrade package, then DVR will auto reboot. Note: Use “dv425_upgrade_never_rename” package to upgrade, when “update success!” shows on the screen, we must unplug the USB disk or SD card, or else the DVR will go into infinite loop for upgrade and will not boot up. SOLUTION: Unplug the USB disk or SD card with upgrade package. DVR will stop the upgrade process and boot up successfully. Remote upgrade Step 1: DVR connects to server. Step 2: Open the Windows client and log in.
9.9. Configuration Configuration Import: Import the configuration information from USB memory flash devices. Configuration Export: Export Log to USB memory flash devices. Factory Default: Click RESET to restore factory setting.
4) Unable to recognize cameras. 1. Make sure the camera is intact and the connection is correct. 2. Re-fit all wires between cameras and the device. 3. Restart DVR to see whether it can work properly this time. 5) GPS anomaly. (DV425GPS) Check whether the GPS antenna is properly installed.
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