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Digital Video Recorder Quick Start Guide POWER MENU ANNKE STATUS Tx/Rx...
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About this Manual This Manual is applicable to Turbo 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.
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Regulatory Information FCC Information 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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information see: www.recyclethis.info 2006/66/EC (battery directive): This product contains a battery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. See the product documentation for specific battery information. The battery is marked with this symbol, which may include lettering to indicate cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), or mercury (Hg).
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Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may occur if any of the warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may occur if any of the cautions are neglected.
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Please make sure that the plug is firmly connected to the power socket. If smoke, odor or noise rise from the device, turn off the power at once and unplug the power cable, and then please contact the service center. Preventive and Cautionary Tips Before connecting and operating your device, please be advised of the following tips: ...
Description of Panels 1.1 Front Panel Name Description Power indicator turns yellow when system is running. Power Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or Status Status written to HDD. Indicator Tx/Rx indictor blinks yellow when network connection is Tx/Rx functioning properly.
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Right buttons are used to move the recording 30s forwards or backwards. In the image setting interface, the up and down button can adjust the level bar of the image parameters. In live view mode, these buttons can be used to switch channels.
1.2 Rear Panel `The rear panel vaires according to different models. Please refer to the actual product. The following figure is for reference only. Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. AUDIO IN RCA connector AUDIO OUT RCA connector DB15 connector for VGA output.
Chapter 2 Installation and Connections 2.1 DVR Installation During the installation of the DVR: 1. Use brackets for rack mounting. 2. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables. 3. When installing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than its diameter.
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As the installation steps of HDD are similar among different models, here we take the steps of the DT81Y as the example. Steps: 1. Remove the cover from the DVR by unfastening the screws on the back and side. 2. Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of DVR and the other end to the HDD.
bottom to fix the HDD. 5. Re-install the cover of the DVR and fasten screws. 2.3 RS-485 and Controller Connection Typical Connection : To connect PTZ to the DVR: 1. Disconnect pluggable block from the RS-485 terminal block. 2. Press and hold the orange part of the pluggable block; insert signal cables into slots and release the orange part.
4. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block. 2.4 HDD Storage Calculation Chart The following chart shows an estimation of storage space used based on recording at one channel for an hour at a fixed bit rate. Bit Rate Storage Used 128K 160K 192K...
Chapter 3 Menu Operation 3.1 Menu Structure The menu structure varies according to different models. Menu Playback Shutdown Export VCA Search Record Camera Maintenance Configuration Manual Behavior Normal Normal Schedule Camera General System Info Logout Record General Search Face Search Alarm Event Event...
3.2 Startup and Shutdown Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expanding the life of the DVR. To start your DVR: 1. Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device.
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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 Web Browser, SADP or client software. Steps: 1. Input the same password in the text field of Create New Password and Confirm New Password.
For the old version device, if you upgrade it 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. 3.4 Login and Logout User Login Purpose: You have to log in to the device before operating the menu and other functions.
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Input Password. Click OK to log in. In the Login dialog box, if you enter the wrong password 7 times, the current user account will be locked for 60 seconds. User Logout Purpose: After logging out, the monitor turns to the live view mode and if you want to perform any operations, you need to enter user name and password log in again.
required to input a user name and password to unlock the system. 3.5 Configuring the Signal Input 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. Steps: Check the checkbox to select different signal input types: TVI, or AHD/CVBS.
The AHD signal input is supported by some series DVR only. Each two video channels are grouped in sequence, e.g., CH01 and CH02, CH03 and CH04, etc., and the two channels in the same group must be connected with the same type of video source, i.e., the analog or HD-TVI or AHD video input.
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Check the checkbox of 1080 Lite Mode and click Apply to pop up the attention box. Click Yes to reboot the device to have new settings taken effect. Task2: Disabling the 1080P Lite Mode Steps: Enter the Record menu Menu > Record Click Advanced to enter the advanced interface.
3.7 Using the Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard can walk you through some important settings of the device. By default, the Setup Wizard starts once the device has loaded. Check the checkbox to enable Setup Wizard when device starts. Click Next to continue the setup wizard.
2. Select the General tab. 3. In the General Settings interface, you can configure the following settings: NIC Type, IPv4 Address, IPv4 Gateway, MTU and DNS Server. If the DHCP server is available, you can check the checkbox of DHCP to automatically obtain an IP address and other network settings from that server.
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Ensure the network connection is valid and correct, and the IP camera to add has already been activated. Please refer to the User Manual for activating the inactive IP camera. You can select one of the following three options to add the IP camera. ...
3. Select the detected IP camera and click the Add button to add it directly, and you can click the Search button to refresh the online IP camera manually. Or you can choose to custom add the IP camera by editing the parameters in the corresponding text field and then click the Add button to add it.
Indicating that there is an alarm or are alarms. Alarm includes video loss, tampering, motion detection or sensor alarm, etc. Recording (manual record, continuous record, motion detection or alarm triggered record) Alarm & Recording Event/Exception (event and exception information, appears at the lower-left corner of the screen.) 3.11 Recording Settings Before you start:...
2. Click the Yes button in the pop-up Attention message box to confirm the settings. All the channels will start to record in the selected mode. 3.12 Playback The recorded video files on the hard disk can be played back in the following modes: instant playback, all-day playback for the specified channel, and playback by normal/event/smart/tag/sub-periods/external file search.
4. Select the channel(s) you want to play back by checking the checkbox(s), or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels. 3.13 Backup Before you start: Please insert the backup device(s) into the device. Steps: 1. Enter Export interface. Menu>Export>Normal 2. Select the cameras to search. 3.
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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. 5. Select video files from the Chart or List interface to export. 6. Export the video files.
3.14 Alarm Settings Steps: 1. Enter Motion Detection interface of Camera Management and choose a camera you want to set up motion detection. Menu> Camera> Motion 2. Set detection area and sensitivity. Check checkbox to enable motion detection, use the mouse to draw detection area(s) and drag the sensitivity bar to set sensitivity.
3.15 Setting Email Before configuring the Email settings, the NVR must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server. The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depending on the location of the e-mail accounts to which you want to send notification.
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Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature. User Name: The user account of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication. Password: The password of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication. SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com).
Chapter 4 Remote Control 4.1 Accessing by Web Browser You shall acknowledge that the use of the product with Internet access might be under network security risks. For avoidance of any network attacks and information leakage, please strengthen your own protection. If the product does not work properly, please contact with your dealer or the nearest service center.
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1) Set the password for the admin user account. 2) Click OK to log in to the device. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED – We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product.
Install the plug-in before viewing the live video and managing the camera. Please follow the installation prompts to install the plug-in. You may have to close the web browser to finish the installation of the plug-in. After login, you can perform the operation and configuration of the device, including the live view, playback, log search, configuration, etc.
For more information you can click “MENU” button —Configuration—Help . 4.3 Accessing by client The product CD contains the iVMS-4200 client software (Client or PCNVR). You can...
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view the live video and manage the camera with the client software. Follow the installation prompts to install the software. The control panel and live view iVMS-4200 interface of are shown below. 3.3.1 Add device If your device have activated you can go Step 2 directly. Steps: 1.Activate device Go to Control Panel Device Management...
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activated. 2.Add device Click “Add to Client”, it will shown “Add” window,here need input Nickname、user name、password(the password is same as your activated password),then click add to add the device to client .
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You can choose view screen,16 channel in one screen maximum ,and if you have added IPC,you can get a live view in the screen. For more information ,press F1 to get user manual . For further queries regarding the product, please refer to contact customer care support here: Visit http://www.annke.com/ Tech support: support@annke.com...
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