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Grundig GD-RT-AC3004N Quick Manual

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Quick Guide
Digital Video Recorders
English
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QG-GD-RT-AC3004N-2019-01-17-V2-EN
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  • Page 1 ________________________________________________________________________________ Quick Guide Digital Video Recorders English ________________________________________________________________________________ QG-GD-RT-AC3004N-2019-01-17-V2-EN © Abetechs GmbH...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Content_____________________________________________________ Introduction ..........................5 1.1 Model Overview ......................... 5 1.2 IR Remote Control Operations ................... 6 1.3 USB Mouse Operation ......................8 1.4 Rear Panel .......................... 9 Installation ..........................13 2.1 Hard Disk Installation ....................... 13 2.2 RS-485 and Controller Connection ................... 14 Getting Started ........................
  • Page 4 5.1 Configuring the Recording and Capture Schedule ............42 5.2 Configuring the Motion Detection Recording and Capture ..........45 5.3 Configuring the Manual Recording and Continous Capture ..........47 Playback ........................... 48 6.1 Playing Back Record Files ....................48 6.1.1 Instant Playback ...................... 48 6.1.2 Playing Back by Normal Search ................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing a GRUNDIG product. Before installing or connecting the product, please read first the following documents which you can find on the CD Rom in the product package: - Legal Disclaimer - Safety Instructions - Installation Manual for the respective product model Further information about the product like Data Sheets, CE Documents, etc.

  • Page 6: Ir Remote Control Operations

    1.2 IR Remote Control Operations The DVR may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown below. Note: Batteries (2×AAA) must be installed before operation. Remote Control The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel. Refer to the table below.
  • Page 7 No. Name Description key beep. In PTZ Control mode, the MENU button will start the wiper (if applicable). In Playback mode, it is used to show/hide the control interface. Enter the Manual Record setting menu. In PTZ control settings, press the button and then you can call a PTZ REC Button preset by pressing numeric buttons.

  • Page 8: Usb Mouse Operation

    No. Name Description Switch between different channels in the Playback mode. Back to the previous menu. ESC Button Press for Arming/disarming the device in Live View mode. The button is used to enter the All-day Playback mode. PLAY Button It is also used to auto scan in the PTZ Control menu. Switch between single-screen and multi-screen mode.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    The rear panel vaires according to different models. Please refer to the actual product. The following figures are for reference only. Rear Panel 1: Rear Panel of GD-RT-AP5004P, AP5008P and -AP5016P Rear Panel 2: Rear Panel of GD-RT-AC3004N and GD-RT-AC3016N...
  • Page 10 Description of the Rear Panel: Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for HD-TVI and analog video input. AUDIO IN RCA connector AUDIO OUT RCA connector. DB15 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu. HDMI HDMI video output connector. Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional USB Interface devices.
  • Page 11 Description of the GD-RT-AT5016N Rear Panel: No. Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for HD-TVI and analog video input. VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. AUDIO IN/ RCA connector LOOP OUT (not available) USB Port Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional devices. Simultaneous HDMI1/VGA output.
  • Page 12 No. Item Description RS-232 Interface Connector for RS-232 devices. ALARM OUT Connector for alarm output. AUDIO IN RCA connector (not available)

  • Page 13: Installation

    2. Installation During the installation of the DVR:  Use brackets for rack mounting.  Ensure ample room for audio and video cables.  When routing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than its diameter.

  • Page 14: Rs-485 And Controller Connection

    Connect the Power Cable 4. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD. Fix the Hard Disk 5. Re-install the cover of the DVR and fasten screws. 2.2 RS-485 Connection To connect PTZ to the DVR: 1.

  • Page 15: Getting Started

    3. Getting Started 3.1 Starting Up and Shutting Down the DVR 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 16: Activating The Device

    For the first-time access, you need to activate the device by setting an admin password. No operation is allowed before activation. You can also activate the device via a web browser or the Grundig IP Finder Tool. Steps: Enter the same password in the text fields of <Create New Password> and <Confirm New Password>.

  • Page 17: Using The Unlock Pattern For Login

    ‒ If you update an older version to the new version, the following dialog box will pop up once the device starts up. You can click <YES> and follow the wizard to set a strong password. 3. After the device is activated, the Attention box pops up as below. Attention 4.
  • Page 18 Setting the Unlock Pattern Steps: 1. Use the mouse to draw a pattern among the 9 dots on the screen. Release the mouse when the pattern is done. Draw the Pattern Note: ‒ Connect at least 4 dots to draw the pattern. ‒...

  • Page 19: Logging In Via Unlock Pattern

    Confirm the Pattern Note: If the two patterns are different, you must set the pattern again. Reset the Pattern 3.3.2 Logging in via Unlock Pattern Note: ‒ Only the admin user has the permission to unlock the device. ‒ Please configure the pattern first before unlocking. Please refer to Chapter 3.3.1 Configuring the Unlock Pattern.
  • Page 20 Draw the Unlock Pattern 2. Draw the pre-defined pattern to unlock and enter the menu operation. Note: ‒ 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 the <Switch User>...

  • Page 21: Basic Configuration With The Startup Wizard

    3.4 Basic Configuration with the Startup Wizard By default, the <Setup Wizard> starts once the device has loaded. You can follow it to complete the basic configuration. Selecting the language: Steps: 1. Select the language from the drop-down list. 2. Click <Apply> button. Language Configuration Operating the Setup Wizard: Steps:...
  • Page 22 Start Wizard Interface 2. Click the <Next> button to enter the <Change the Password> interface. 1) Enter the <Admin Password>. 2) (Optional) Check the checkbox of <New Admin Password>, enter the <New Password> and confirm it. 3) (Optional) Check the checkbox of <Enable Pattern Unlock> and draw the unlock pattern.
  • Page 23 Date and Time Settings 4. After the time settings, click the <Next> button to enter the <General Network Setup Wizard> interface as shown below. General Network Configuration 5. Click the <Next> button after you configured the basic network parameters. 6. Click the <Next> button to enter the <Advanced Network Parameters> interface. You can <enable DDNS>...
  • Page 24 Set Advanced Network Parameters 7. For GD-RT-AT5016N, click the <Next> button and you can enter the <RAID Configuration> interface. Check the checkbox of <Enable RAID> to take this function into effect. 8. Click the <Next> button after configuring the advanced network parameters, which will take you to the <HDD Management>...
  • Page 25 1) Click <Search> to search the online IP Camera. The <Security> status shows whether it is active or inactive. Before adding the camera, make sure the IP camera to be added has an active status. If the camera has an inactive status, you can click the inactive icon of the camera to set the password to activate it.

  • Page 26: Login And Logout

    3.5 Login and Logout 3.5.1 User Login You have to log in to the device before operating the menu and other functions. Steps: 1. Select the <User Name> in the drop-down list. Login Interface 2. Enter the <Password>. 3. Click <OK> to log in. Note: In the Login interface, for the admin user, if you have entered the wrong password 7 times, the account will be locked for 60 seconds.

  • Page 27: Adding And Connecting The Ip Cameras

    Logout 2. Click <Logout>. Note: After you have logged out of the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to enter a user name and password to unlock the system. 3.6 Adding and Connecting the IP Cameras 3.6.1 Activating the IP Camera Before adding the camera, make sure the IP camera to be added has an active status.
  • Page 28 IP Camera Management Interface 2. Click the inactive icon of the camera to enter the following interface to activate it. You can also select multiple cameras from the list and click the <One-touch Activate> to activate the cameras in batch. Activate the Camera 3.

  • Page 29: Adding The Online Ip Camera

    Set New Password WARNING: 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 30 IP Camera Management Interface 2. The online cameras with same network segment will be detected and displayed in the camera list. 3. Select the IP camera from the list and click to add the camera (with the same admin password of the DVR’s). Or you can click the <One-touch Adding> button to add all cameras (with the same admin password) from the list.
  • Page 31  OPTION 2: Steps: 1. On the <IP Camera Management> interface, click the <Custom Adding> button to pop up the <Add IP Camera (Custom)> interface. Custom Adding IP Camera Interface 2. You can edit the IP address, protocol, management port and other information of the IP camera to be added.
  • Page 32 Successfully Added IP Cameras 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 the camera.

  • Page 33: Editing The Connected Ip Camera

    3.6.3 Editing the Connected IP Camera After adding the IP cameras, the basic information of the cameras is listed on the interface, and you can configure the basic settings of the IP cameras. Steps: 1. Click the icon to edit the parameters. You can edit the <IP address>, <Protocol> and other parameters.

  • Page 34: Connecting Poc Cameras

    4. You can edit the network information and the <password> of the camera. Password Configuration of the Camera 5. Click <OK> to save the settings and exit the interface. 3.7 Connecting PoC Cameras GD-RT-AP5004P, GD-RT-AP5008P and GD-RT-AP5016P support PoC (Power over Coaxitron) camera connections.

  • Page 35: Configuring The Signal Input Channel

    Note: ‒ Only the specified PoC camera is supported. ‒ The maximum connectable AT/AF camera number varies with different models. ‒ Do not unplug or plug the PoC camera if it is powered by the external power supply. 3.8 Configuring the Signal Input Channel Note: This chapter is only applicable to GD-RT-AT5016N.

  • Page 36: Live View

    4. Live View 4.1 Introduction of Live View Live view shows you the video image captured by 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 37: Using The Mouse In Live View

    ‒ <Playback>: play back the recorded videos for the current day. ‒ <Aux/Main Monitor>: the DVR checks the connection of the output interfaces to define the main and auxiliary output interfaces. When the aux output is enabled, the main output cannot do any operation, and you can do some basic operation on the live view mode for the Aux output.
  • Page 38 Multi-Screen Adjust the screen layout by selecting from the drop-down list. Previous Switch to the previous screen. Screen Next Screen Switch to the next screen. Start/Stop Enable/disable the auto-switch of the screens. Auto-Switch Note: The dwell time of the live view configuration must be set before using <Start Auto-Switch>.

  • Page 39: Switching Main/Aux Output

    Right-click Menu 4.2.2 Switching Main/Aux Output Note: ‒ Refer to Chapter 3.2 Operations in Live View Mode for the main and aux output relationship. ‒ The CVBS output only serves as the aux output or live view output. Steps: 1. Use the mouse wheel to double-click on the <HDMI1/VGA>, or <HDMI2>, or <HDMI/VGA> output screen, and a message box will pop up.
  • Page 40 Description of Quick Setting Toolbar Icons: Icons Description Icons Description Icons Description Enable/Disable Instant Playback Mute/Audio on Manual Record PTZ Control Digital Zoom Image Settings Close Live View Face Detection Information Show/Hide Capture Information Note: <Picture Capture> is only applicable to GD-RT-AT5016N. <Instant Playback>...
  • Page 41 Information Note: When an H.264 IP camera is connected, the stream type is displayed as H.264. When an IP camera supporting H.264+ is connected, the stream type is displayed as H.264+. When an IP camera supporting H.265 is connected, the stream type is displayed as H.265. When an IP camera supporting H.265+ is connected, the stream type is displayed as H.265+.

  • Page 42: Recording Settings

    5. Recording and Capture Settings Note: The picture capture is supported by the GD-RT-AT5016N only. 5.1 Configuring the Recording and Capture Schedule Note: ‒ The DVR supports <continuous>, <alarm>, <motion>, <motion | alarm>, <motion & alarm>, <event>, and <POS> (for GD-RT-AT5016N) triggered recording types. ‒...
  • Page 43 <Alarm>: recording triggered by alarm. <M/A>: recording triggered by either motion detection or alarm. <M&A>: recording triggered by motion detection and alarm. <POS>: recording triggered by POS and alarm. Note: The POS recording is supported by GD-RT-AT5016N only. 2. Choose the camera you want to configure in the <Camera> drop-down list. 3.
  • Page 44 alarm input settings or VCA settings as well. For detailed information, refer to Chapter 8.1, Chapter 8.7 and Chapter 9 in the User Guide. 5) Repeat the above steps 1)-4) to schedule the recording for other days in the week. If the schedule can also be set for other days, click <Copy>.

  • Page 45: Configuring The Motion Detection Recording And Capture

    3) Click the mouse in the area outside of the schedule table to finish and exit from the drawing. You can repeat step 4 to set a schedule for other channels. If the settings can also be used for other channels, click <Copy>, and then choose the channel to which you want to copy them 5.
  • Page 46 3) Drag and draw the area for the motion detection with the mouse. If you want to set the motion detection for all of the area captured by the camera, click <Full Screen>. To clear the motion detection area, click <Clear>. Motion Detection- Mask 4) Click , and the message box for channel information pops up.

  • Page 47: Configuring The Manual Recording And Continous Capture

    5.3 Configuring the Manual Recording and Continous Capture Follow the steps to set parameters for the manual recording and continuous capture. For the use of manual recording and continuous capture, you need to manually cancel the record and capture. The manual recording and the manual continuous capture comes before the scheduled recording and capture.

  • Page 48: Playback

    6. Playback 6.1 Playing Back Record Files 6.1.1 Instant Playback 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 the live view mode and click the button in the quick settings toolbar.
  • Page 49 Right-click Menu under the Live View Playback by Time Play back video files recorded in a specified time frame. Multi-channel simultaneous playback and channel switch are supported. Steps: 1. Go to Menu > Playback. 2. Check the checkbox of channel(s) in the channel list and then double-click to select a date on the calendar.
  • Page 50 Playback Interface Select the channel(s) if you want to switch playback to another channel or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels. Toolbar of Playback Detailed Explanation of the Playback Toolbar: Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation Audio Start/Stop Lock File on/Mute clipping File...

  • Page 51: Network Settings

    Button Operation Button Operation Button Operation 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 the time line Enable/Disable Capture POS information Picture overlay Note:  The indicates the start time and the end time of the record files.
  • Page 52 If the DHCP is enabled, you can check the checkbox of <Enable DNS DHCP> or uncheck it and edit the <Preferred DNS Server> and an <Alternate DNS Server>. 3. After having configured the general settings, click the <Apply> button to save the settings. ________________________________________________________________________ www.grundig-security.com...

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