HM-4D/8D/16D-DVR Digital Video Recorder Instructions (Including Simple version) ~ Directory ~ Chapter 1 Hard Disk Installation(Standard shipping products include neither HDD nor R/W )……………………………………….…P. 4~6 ……………….………….……….P.7~8 Chapter 2 Panel Appearance 2-1 Front panel controls………………..….………….…………P. 7 2-2 Rear panel connectors………….……….….………..……… P.8 Chapter 3 Live, Playback Operations...........P.9~15 3-1 In LIVE mode, the remote control instructions…..…...…...P.9...
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Chapter 4 The Main Menu Setup………………………...……P.17~41 4-1 Camera Setup……………………………………..…………….P.18 4-2 Event Setup…………………………………….…….………….P.19 • 4-2.1 Motion Setup……………………….………….………P.20 • 4-2.2 Sensing Device Setup…….……………………………P.21 4-3 Recording Setup…………………….……………...……..…..P.22 • 4-3.1 Schedule Record Setup……….………..…….…….…P.23 • 4-3.2 Video Quality and Frame Rate Setup.……..……..…P.24 4-4 Alarm Setup……………………………………..……...…..…..P.25 4-5 Hard Disk Management Setup……………….….……….……P.26 •...
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…..……P48~55 Chapter 6 Remote Software Installation and Setup 6-1 Application Software Installation and Setup……………..P.48~50 6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE………………..P.51~52 6-3 How to do remote monitoring through JPG Viewer (Monitor Function only)……………………………………………….…..P.53~54 6-4 Application software and IE operation……………….…….…P.55 Chapter 7 Digital Video Recorder DVR Specifications….……P.56~57 Chapter 8 Mobile Application Installation and...
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Chapter 1 Hard Disk Installing (Standard shipping products include neither HDD nor R/W) Step 1: Remove the three screws in rear case, as the following figure at circle marked. Step 2: Remove a screw in the right case, as the following figure at circle marked.
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Step 4: Open the chassis cover along the direction of the arrow Step 5:Connect SATA & Power wire to Hard Disk and put it on right position of the bottom case。...
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Step 5: Fix the Hard Disk with four screws on the bottom case as the picture indicated Step 6: Put the cover back and fix it with 5 screws as Step 1 indicated. Note: After installation, please initialize Hard Disk before starting to record.
Chapter 2 Panel Appearance 2-1 Front panel controls (1) USB 2.0 port For USB (2) Camera Bottom CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 (3) IR Sensor Remote Control Signal Receiver (4) Auto -Sequence Image will automatically transform to next image according to the setting time. (5) Play Play/ Stop/ Playback/ Forward (6) MENU...
2-2 Rear panel connectors (1) DC 12V DC 12V power jack (2) AUDIO OUT RCA output(For CH1) (3) AUDIO IN RCA input(For CH1) (4) VIDEO IN For camera BNC input,4 ports (5) MAIN monitor MAIN/SPOT monitor BNC video putout. (6) RS485 Port RS 485 for PTZ (7) VGA VGA port...
Chapter 3 Live, Playback Operations (The IR remote control and mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes the functions of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ). 3-1 In LIVE mode, the remote control instructions ICON DESCRIPTION Start/ Stop Recording MUTE...
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3-2 In LIVE mode, the operating instructions after right-clicking mouse icon in a rapid functional Table 3-2-1 ICON DESCRIPTION Main Menu,Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following nine menu icons Camera setup- show、Auto -Sequence、PTZ control 、Image control、 Audio control Event Setup- OSD Motion Setup、...
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Quad Display 9 Screen Display 16 Screen Display Table 3-2-2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode ICON DESCRIPTION CH1~CH16 Signal Screen Record=「REC」 ,On/ Off record Stop=「FREEZE」 ,Screen stop Play=「PLAY」 ,playback Freeze-screen is frozen Lock=「LOCK」 Backup- information backup Table 3-2-3 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under Remote mode...
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Full Screen-Switch to full screen HQ/LQ image quality switch Remote Recording- record and store. 〈Pre-archived folder-My Documents Folder/DVRData/Snapshot〉 Remote shortcut bar narrow NOTE! Before IE browser into the "remote control model" will be required to change the ActiveX controls to prompt under Tools / Internet Options / Security / Custom Level / Download the ActiveX controls unsigned Table 3-2-4 Switch to the PLAYBACK Mode by pressing “PLAY”...
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Table 3-2-5 Graphical icons that will display under Remote mode ICON DESCRIPTION USB device detected HDD not detected Lock is on—need code to unlock Network connecting Recoding- in full screen the icon appears when the one of the cameras is recording Event occur-appear on alarm、lost channel、motion detected Recording-in signal screen the icon appears when the camera is recording Live Audio is on in signal screen...
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Table 3-2-6 Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing “PTZ” button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon will appear on upper left side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side of screen. Remote controller operation under the PTZ mode ICON DESCRIPTION Arrow keys...
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ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT IRIS IN IRIS OUT FOCUS OUT FOCUS IN Table 3-2-7 DVR-4P-8P Relay-control wiring diagram Sensor 1 Sensor 2 Sensor 3 Sensor 4 Sensor 5 * Sensor 6 * Sensor 7 * Sensor 8 * ALARM_N.O ALARM_COM ALARM_N.C RELAY1_N.O RELAY1_COM...
Chapter 4 The Main Menu Setup Enter the setup menu first time, please choose the login account, and then enter the password. Administrator default password is "123456." Verify password, if correct will enter the setup menu...
4-2.1 Motion Setup ICON DESCRIPTION 1 - 4 Each channel can be set dependently Enable Switch on or off the motion detection function Buzzer Alarm On/Off Sensitivity Set up Sensitivity from value 1 to 10 for each channel. The lower value you set the higher sensitivity it will be Motion Area Setup Enter to Motion Area Setup Apply All...
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4-2.2 Sensor Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Popup On/Off NO 1 2 3 4 On/Off Polarity Low=Start High=+12V start All Enable All sensing device on All Disable All sensing device off All Low Sensitivity all low All High Sensitivity all high...
4-3 Recording Setup ICON DESCRIPTION 1 - 4 Each channel can be set independently OSD Position X Setup OSD X axis OSD Position Y Setup OSD Y axis OSD Position setup Setup OSD axis Record Sound On/Off HDD Circulate Record On/Off Alarm recording time 1~60 seconds...
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4-3.1 Sequence Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Stop REC Enter Motion REC Enter Full Time REC Enter SEQ= Schedule Record Manual/Schedule Record 1~6 All Same Recording Mode All the Same...
4-4 Alarm Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Alarm Event Record On/Off Video Loss Detect On/Off Video Loss Alarm Time 0~99 Seconds Alarm Time Setup Sensing, Motion, Locking, alarm time Buzzer 0~99 Second Relay 0~99 Second...
4-5 Hard Disk Management Setup ICON DESCRIPTION HDD Cycle Recording On/Off Hard Disk Information Hard Disk Information Instruction H. D Formated Setup Hard Disk Format...
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4-5.1 System & Disk Information ICON DESCRIPTION Ver=Version DVR current software version IP ADDR=IP Address DVR Network IP address, if DVR doesn’t connect ,it will show "Network not connected" MAC ADDR= Mac Address of DVR MAC Address NO.=NUMBER The number of the hard disk NAME The name of the hard disk CAPACITY...
4-6.1 Networking Connection 4-6.1.1 Local Area Network Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required. ICON DESCRIPTION Local IP Address Enter IP address provided by ISP Mask Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP Gateway Enter IP address of Gate way provided by ISP DNS Server Enter DNS address provided by ISP.
4-6.1.2 DHCP When DHCP is selected, IP address will be assigned by DHCP server automatically 4-6.1.3 PPPOE Select PPPOE for network connection, the following information is required. ICON DESCRIPTION User name Enter user name provided by ISP Password Enter password provided by ISP...
4-6.2 HTTP ICON DESCRIPTION Startup HTTP Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR over the network if the HTTP function is activated. HTTP Port Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65000. The default value is 80.
4-6.3 DDNS ICON DESCRIPTION Enable DDNS Enable / Disable DDNS function DDNS Server Enter the registered SMTP Server: DYNDNS.ORG、NO-IP.ORG Host Name Enter the completed registered SMTP Server. (Including username + Server) If the user name is hme264 and you choose DYNDNS.ORG as your server, you should enter: hme264.
4-6.4 E-MAIL Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Enable E-mail Notification ON / OFF E-MAIL Notification Function。 SMTP server Enter to set up SMTP Server name. (Varies according to the user) SMTP port Normally it is 25...
User Name Enter to set up User Name Password Enter to set up Password. Trigger Mode Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Voss (Video Loss). Sender E-MAIL Enter to set up e-mail address of receivers Receiver E-MAIL Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 6 receivers individually.
Restore Factory Settings Enter「Reduction factory settings 」 Menu。Reduction the system settings to the initial value Clean Event Record Enter「Reset the system event 」menu. Remote all event record in DVR System Update Enter 「 System Update」 menu。Through USB update DVR software Before Update,please backup DVR settings Restart DVR after updating Format USB Disk...
VGA Resolution 1024X768 or1280X1024 Video Type Auto or Manual Menu / Key Lock On/Off DVR ID Number 0~63 Display setup Enter Display setup Time/ Date setup Enter Time/ Date setup User Account Enter User Account setup Control Relay setup Enter relay setup 4-8.1 Display Setup ICON DESCRIPTION...
4-8.2 Time / Date Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Date Format year/month/date~ date/month/year~ month/date/year Select Time zone Adjust to Greenwich Mean Time<GMT> Change Date/Time On / Off Change date/Time DayLight Saving Time Setup on / off Daylight saving time Internet Time Setup On / Off Network time...
4-8.2.1 Change Date / Time Setup Select the Year/Month/Date and press “YES”. 4-8.2.2 Daylight Saving Time Setup ICON DRSCRIPTION ON / OFF Daylight Saving Time Mode...
4-8.2.3 Internet Time Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Check to enable DVR automatic Automatically synchronization function. Effective by this Synchronize option selected, DVR will automatically synchronize the time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting. Update Now Effectively, Date and Time show on DVR will immediately correspond with those in internet server.
4-8.3 User Account Setup The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently setting for each user (maximum of 4 users) to access DVR over network. The default admin account and password is “admin” and “123456” ICON DESCRIPTION Check to activate the user’s account NUMBER NO USER NAME...
4-8.3.2 Control Relay Setup ICON DESCRIPTION Choose Relay1,2,3,4 Unstable time 0 is the solid-state(1 ~ 255 seconds) Time Control Enter the Setup Menu...
Chapter 5 Backup and Playback Search 5-1 Backup Setup User can backup any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame. To do so, either a CD R/W or storage device, like USB, must be connected to the DVR. DVF file that can be played by “DVFPLAYER”...
ICON DESCRIPTION Start Time The start time of backup file End Time The end time of backup file Backup Channel Choose CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Backup Destination Select USB or PC as the backup device Free space The available space in the backup device Request space Show the size of the backup file 5-1-1 DVF Player Usage...
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Step 3:Click「open」 ,choose and star a DVR backup file。 Step 4:DVRplay software will play the backup file automatically.
5-2-1 Time Search TIME SEARCH can search for the specific time of recording data to playback. Press “Enter” or left click on the desired date to playback. Note that dates with recording data are marked with a red square “ □...
Chapter 6 Remote Software Installation and Setup AP software:「DVR Remote Desktop」can allow you to remotely access and control the DVR from PC. p.s. Operation system currently supports Windows XP SP2 and above and Windows Vista, Windows 7 6-1 Application Software Installation and Setup tep 1:Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser Step 2: Windows as below will show up.
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Step 3: Click on the link to start downloading the AP software. Step 4: Run or Save our AP software...
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Step 5: If you choose to run the software, Start window will be shown up. Please enter information of login DVR: IP, Port, Username and Password, or choose “Play Recorded File” to open backup files in your PC. Step 6: You’ve logged into the DVR...
6-2 How to do remote monitoring through IE Step 1:Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR. Step 2: Windows as below will show up. Please enter the user name and password.
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Step 3: Click on “Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8”to start downloading the AP software. ( The first option is for IE view, please refer to next chapter for more information) p.s. There will be IE connection security issue when clicking this link for the first time.
6-3 How to do remote monitoring through JPG Viewer (Monitor Function only) Step 1:Enter the IP address of DVR in IE browser. The address appeared in this image is only for demonstration. Actual address is depending on the setup of on-site DVR.
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Step 3: Click on “Jpeg Viewer” Step 4: DVR images appear. PS : Only for viewer, without any operation function.
6-4 Application software and IE operation Table 6-4.1 System Requirements for AP software Intel Pentium 4 above 512M above。 Microsoft Windows 7、Windows Vista、Windows XP SP2 above。 VGA card Need to support DirectX 9.0 (above) NOTE1 Antivirus software IE and AP connection need PORT80(according to HTTP PORT settings) Others DirectX 9.0 above。...
Chapter 8 Mobile Application Installation and Usage. 8-1 Mobile Application Connect with DVR Step 1 : Connect mobile phone to the internet Step 2: Turn On the Browser...
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Step 3 : Key in IP address as picture showed: Step 4: Key in User Name/Password as picture showed, User name: admin / Password: 123456...
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Step 5 : Select LIVE JPEG as picture showed: Step 6 : Select normal device: auto reload as picture showed:...
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Network connection completed Step 7: Select camera CH1 as picture showed:...
8-2 Mobile Software and Operation with DVR networking iPhone Software Installation and Operation AquilaDVR Software Installation Step 1: Connect mobile phone to the internet and unlock: Step 2: Open and execute App Store program:...
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Step 3: Key in software name “Aquila”: Step 4: Display Software introduction and show “FREE” to download, click upper right “FREE” to star downloading.
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Step 5: Select upper right “Install ” to star downloading APP. Step 6: When Login User Name is displayed, key in register Apple ID: Username / password:...
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Step 7: After the installation is completed, it will show “AquilaDVR “ Step 8: Software operation, execute AquilaDVR...
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Step 9: Add new DVR information For first time connection, must enter and save DVR information. Select bottom left “Add” . Step10: Add new DVR information for connecting:...
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Step 11: Key in DVR Name, Address & Port, User Name, Password then select “save” for saving: Step 12: After saving, it shows “HMEDVR”, select “HMEDVR” then click “GO”.
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Step 13: The logging time depends on network bandwidth. When login successfully, it shows DVR live view:...
8-3 Mobile Software and Operation with DVR networking Google Android Phone Software Installation & Operation Step 1: Connect the mobile phone to the internet: Step 2: Open “Market”...
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Step 3: Select upper right “Search” Step 4: Key in Software name “Aquila” and search:...
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Step 5: Select “Aquila” and “Install” : Step 6: Select “OK” for authorization:...
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Step 7: Check “Notifications” for installation progress: Step 8: After installation completed, it shows the download file “Aquila DVR”:...
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Step 9: Execute AquilaDVR Step 10: Add new DVR information for connecting DVR. For first time connection, must enter and save DVR information. Select bottom left “New” .
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Step 11: After saving, it shows “DVR”, click DVR twice continously to log in. Step 12: The logging time depends on network bandwidth. When login successfully, it shows DVR live view.
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