SAFETY PRECAUTIONS EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of unprotected “dangerous voltage”...
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5-7-3. Still image Backup in USB flash memory stick ... 52 5-8. PTZF ... 52 5-8-1. PTZF Operation ... 52 5-8-2. PTZF Camera link to RS-485 ... 54 5-9. Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation & Alpha-blending Adjustment ... 56 5-10. OSD position and Screen size Adjustment ... 57 5-10-1.
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7-4-3. NETWORK CLIENT S/W Start Up – Dynamic IP Address ... 71 7-5.LIVE ... 72 7-6. SETUP ... 73 7-6-1. RECORD ... 73 7-6-2. LIVE ... 76 7-6-3. SYSTEM ... 76 7-6-4. NETWORK ... 77 7-6-5. BACKUP ... 78 7-6-6. Saving and Uploading Settings ... 78 7-7.
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WARNING The authorized expert must install DVR. When connecting a camera, audio, or sensor cables DVR should be turned off first. Please be aware that the company is not responsible for the damages caused from using unauthorized goods and not following the instructions from the manual. The company is also not responsible for the errors caused after the user has opened up DVR for an arbitrary fix or the user has removed Warranty seal.
1. Features 4 channels real-time video display and 4 channels real-time video recording TRIPLEX – Simultaneous record, playback and network transfer Individual channel recording and playback with different frame rate High-quality live and playback resolution High-quality images with MPEG-2 video compression Network features: Remote searching or playback, remote live-monitoring, remote settings change, remote camera control, and remote upgrade Network via LAN (DHCP), ADSL (Dynamic and Static IP address)
2. Name, Function and Connection 2-1. Front View A. PLAYBACK BUTTONS REW, REW JUMP/STEP, PLAY/PAUSE, JUMP/STEP, and FF buttons are used for playing recorded videos. B. POWER Press this button to power on/off DVR. A red light appears when the power of DVR is turned on.
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H. SENSOR LED A red light appears when sensor perceives event. I. MOTION LED A red light appears when DVR detects motion. J. IR RECEIVER Remote Controller signal receiver K. SEARCH Press this button to begin searching the recorded video. L.
2-3. Rear View A. CAMERA INPUT BNC Input Connectors for camera B. LOOPBACK OUTPUT BNC Loop-back Output Connectors for cameras C. AUDIO IN RCA Audio Input Terminals D. AUDIO OUT RCA Audio Output Terminal E. VIDEO OUT BNC Monitor Out Connector F.
2-4. Specification INPUT VIDEO OUTPUT AUDIO INPUT OUTPUT ALARM INPUT OUTPUT RECORD COMPRESSION VIDEO FORMAT RESOLUTION QUAD MODE MUX MODE FRAME SIZE STILL IMAGE CAPTURE ARCHIVING MODE METHOD MOTION DETECTION MULTI TASK TRIPLEX CONTROL UNIT SERIAL PORT CONSOLE CAMERA CONTROL NETWORK TCP/IP (LAN INTERFACE) FUNCTIONS...
3. Factory Default LIVE CHANNEL ROTATION CHANNELS--------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 DURATION-----------------------------------------------------------------5 SECONDS CHANNEL INFO-----------------------------------------------------------------1 2 3 4 LABEL---------------------------------------------------------------------- CH1 STATUS DISPLAY-------------------------------------------------------------- SHOW ALPHA BLENDING------------------------------------------------------------- 10% RECORD QUAD GENERAL QUALITY--------------------------------------------------------HIGH QUALITY SAVE EVENT LOG-------------------------------------------OFF NET FRAME DROP------------------------------------------ON CHANNEL FRAME----------------------------------------------------------------AVAILABLE=116 RATE-------------------------------------------------------------------1 FRAME/SEC RECORDED BY SENSOR------------------------------------------------------OFF MOTION-------------------------------------------------------OFF...
SENSITIVITY------------------------------------------------------- L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 H POST RECORD--------------------------------------------------- 2 SECONDS GENERAL RESOLUTION -------------------------------------------------------360 X 240 QUALITY-------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH QUALITY SAVE EVENT LOG--------------------------------------------------OFF NET FRAME DROP------------------------------------------------ON CHANNEL CHANNEL NUMBER ---------------------------------------------CH1 FRAME RATE ---------------------------------------------- AVAILABLE=116 RATE-----------------------------------------------------------1 FRAME/SEC RECORDED BY SENSOR---------------------------------------- OFF MOTION----------------------------------------- OFF...
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FACTORY DEFAULT------------------------------------------------------- SELECT DATE FORMAT--------------------------------------------------------------YYYY/MM/DD CURRENT DATE------------------------------------------------------------YYYY/MM/DD CURRENT TIME------------------------------------------------------------- HH:MM:SS GMT AREA-------------------------------------------------------------------- [GMT+0:00] DAYLIGHT SAVING--------------------------------------------------------- OFF INFO SITE ID------------------------------------------------------------------------- DVR LOG----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT SYSTEM -----------------------------------------------------------------------SELECT CAPTURED IMAGE-------------------------------------------------------- SELECT SEND MAIL -------------------------------------------------------------------OFF PTZ CHANNELS ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 CAMERA TYPE ------------------------------------------------------ - - - CAMERA ID------------------------------------------------------------ 1 NETWORK CLIENT ACCESS -------------------------------------------------------------ON...
4. Setup 4-1. Initial menu Press the Setup button, then Setup menu will appear. 4-2. LIVE 4-2-1. Channel Rotation 1. Select LIVE and press SEL button to show LIVE setup screen. 2. Select a live display rotation channel among channel 1,2,3,4 with SEL button. (Yellow means that the channel is included in channel rotation during live display.
3. Press SEL button when the cursor is LABEL field (channel name). A keyboard will appear for you to type in a new name. 4. Name the label (channel name) by using enter to save. The name is changed in LABEL field. 4-2-2-2.
4-3. RECORD In Record Setup, you can choose from QUAD, MUX, and SCHEDULE recording mode. In each mode, the recording quality, recording frame, audio, sensor, motion detector, and other details can be customized. 4-3-1. Select Recording Mode (QUAD, MUX, SCHEDULE) 1.
4. The selected mode becomes highlighted. Press ESC button to go back to LIVE mode, and from then the selected recording mode will be applied to recording sessions. 4-3-2. QUAD Recording Mode <Screen and Resolution Setting in QUAD Mode Recording> 1.
4-3-2-1. GENERAL Setup In QUAD Setup screen, select GENERAL to go to the GENERAL setup screen. QUALITY – Press DVR supports three types of recording quality in QUAD recording mode. <LOW QUALITY> offers somewhat harsh picture quality and small file size. <NORMAL QUALITY>...
SENSOR – Press <ON>: Video will be recorded when the sensor is activated. Please refer to “4-3-2-3. SENSOR Setup”. MOTION – Press <ON>: Video will be recorded when the motion is detected. Please refer to “4-3-2-4. MOTION Setup”. MANUAL - Press <ON>: Video will be recorded when the user press RECORD button.
when sensor is activated. CHANNEL - Press <ON>: Video will be recorded when the sensor is activated. DURATION - Press recording time of the linked channel. Available alarm output and channel recording duration – 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 180 seconds.
4-3-3. MUX Recording Mode <RESOLUTION: 360X240> Difference in recording resolution depending on image resolution setting in MUX mode 1. Select RECORD and press SEL to move to RECORD select mode. 2. Select MUX in RECORD select mode screen to go to MUX setup screen. 4-3-3-1.
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RESOLUTION – Press QUALITY – Press DVR supports four types of picture quality in MUX recording mode. <LOW QUALITY> offers somewhat harsh picture quality but small file size. <MEDIUM QUALITY> offers average picture quality and average file size. <HIGH QUALITY> offers fine picture quality and big file size. User should choose the appropriate picture quality considering his/her purpose.
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SENSOR – Press <ON>: Video will be recorded when the sensor is activated. Please refer to “4-3-3-3. SENSOR Setup”. MOTION – Press <ON>: Video will be recorded when the motion is detected. Please refer to “4-3-3-4. MOTION Setup MANUAL - Press <ON>: Video will be recorded when the user press RECORD button.
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when sensor is activated. CHANNEL - Press activated. DURATION - Press recording time of the linked channel. Available alarm output and channel recording duration – 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 180 seconds 4-3-3-4. MOTION DETECTION Setup In MUX setup screen, select MOTION to go to MOTION setup screen. CHANNEL NUMBER - Press detection.
4-3-4. SCHEDULE Recording Mode SCHEDULE supports the weekly recording plan. The default recording mode of schedule is MUX recording mode and recording frame rate set in MUX recording mode is applied. (Please refer to “4-3-3-2. CHANNEL setup”) 1. Select RECORD and press SEL to move to RECORD select mode. 2.
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4-3-4-2. Mapping Recording methods and Front Buttons Front Buttons Recording Method BACK JUMP/STEP PLAY/PAUSE JUMP/STEP MOTION & SENSOR CAPTURE When the recording setups in QUAD and MUX mode differ from what is used in schedule, DVR records by using the method that would record more. (E.g.
4-4. SYSTEM Select SYSTEM and press SEL button to go to SYSTEM setup menu. 4-4-1. ADMIN PASSWORD ADMIN PASSWORD can be edited here. 1. Place the cursor on “Select” in the field of ADMIN PASSWORD and press SEL button. 2. CURRENT PASSWORD: Enter the current password using 1,2,3, and 4 and press SEL button.
4-4-2. USER PASSWORD USER PASSWORD can be edited here. 1. Place the cursor on the “Select” and press SEL button. 2. CURRENT PASSWORD: Enter the current password and press SEL button. 3. NEW PASSWORD: Enter a new password and press SEL button. 4.
Supported date formats and examples YYYY-MM-DD MM-DD-YYYY DD-MM-YYYY YYYY/MM/DD 4-4-5. CURRENT DATE It displays current date, which can be edited. 1. Place the cursor on the Current Date field and press SEL button. This will highlight the first part of the date (one of year, month, or day depending on the display format) in yellow.
5. Press “YES” to delete the related data or press “NO” to keep the data and cancel the date change. WARNING If the user selects <YES>, all the data from the changed date will be deleted. 4-4-6. CURRENT TIME Displays the current time, which can be edited. 1.
4-4-8. DYALIGHT SAVING 1. Press buttons to decide whether to apply DAYLIGHT SAVING or not by selecting <ON> or <OFF>. 2. After selecting <ON>, move the cursor to BEGIN (MM/DD/HH) field and press SEL button. This will highlight the front part of the displayed date in yellow. 3.
4-5. INFO Select INFO from the SETUP menu and press SEL button to go to INFO setup screen. 4-5-1. SITE ID Site description of DVR is shown and can be edited here. Enter in the site description by using ENTER key on the keyboard to save and apply the new description. 4-5-2.
2. Press buttons and SEL button to open the LOG list. 4-5-3. SYSTEM Displays DVR information such as name of tools. SYSTEM NAME – It shows the model name of DVR. SERIAL ID – It shows the serial ID of DVR. SOFTWARE VERSION –...
Captured images are sorted by date/time, which indicates the time of recording. Select a file from the list to view the captured image. To capture a still image and view, please refer to “5-8. Still Image Capturing, Viewing, and Viewing.” 4-5-5.
2. Press buttons and SEL button to type an email address on the keyboard, and use “ENTER” button on the keyboard to save and apply the changed e-mail address. 3. Move the cursor under Mail Server IP field and press SEL button to select the IP number.
4-6. PTZ In order to use the PTZF function, the same camera type as the PTZF camera that is connected to the chosen channel should be selected as follows. 1. Select DEVICE and press SEL button to show DEVICE setup menu. 2.
4-7-2. LAN Users connected to LAN network, which uses static IP addresses, should follow the setup described below. 1. Press buttons to set network type to <LAN>. 2. Press buttons to set DHCP to <OFF>. 3. Press buttons to set DDNS to <ON>. 4.
1. Press buttons to set network type to <LAN>. 2. Press buttons to set DHCP to <ON>. Press buttons to set DDNS to <ON>. buttons to edit DDNS SERVER IP Address. And press SEL button to apply the changed DDNS SERVER IP address. NOTE To use DDNS function, the DVR Serial number and Domain Name should be registered at DDNS Server.
3. Press buttons and SEL button to type the ADSL service ID on the keyboard, and use “ENTER” button on the keyboard to save and apply the saved ID. 4. Edit PASSWORD using the same method as editing SERVICE ID. 8.
2. If you select “YES,” DVR will reconfirm the formatting procedure, showing “Do you really want to delete all data?” 3. Formatting will proceed when you select “YES”. If you select “NO”, the hard disk formatting will not proceed and all saved data will be maintained. WARNING Formatting the hard disk by deleting all saved data will delete the captured images as well.
5. OPERATIONS 5-1. Power ON/OFF 5-1-1. Power ON A. Connect the camera input cables to the camera input port on the back of DVR. B. Connect the monitor cable to the video output port on the back of DVR. C. Connect the power cable to the power input port on the back of DVR. D.
5-2-2. Individual Full Screen Setup Press the channel buttons on DVR to select a channel. The selected channel is highlighted as yellow. Press SEL button to display the channel in full screen. 5-2-3. Auto Channel Rotation This function is useful when viewing each of the channels in full screen one by one. To set time interval and channels to rotate, please refer to “4-2 LIVE Setup/ A.
Channel Name It shows the recording trigger. R – When recording is triggered by Manual record button. M – When recording is triggered by Motion detection. S – When recording is triggered by Sensor. Remaining space in Hard Disk Date Time LOCK, AUTO, NETWORK Status –...
5-5. Recording 5-5-1. MANUAL Recording In Manual Recording, manually press the buttons on DVR to record. This method is useful when recording is necessary while monitoring live channels. The recordable channels are limited to the channels that its Record By Manual function is turned on. This is explained under “4-3-2-2.
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The selected date is highlighted yellow. C. Select a desired channel with Press SEL button to set the time. Refer to Audio Recording and SENSOR & MOTION related recording information. D. Move the TIME BAR (Red Vertical Bar) to select time at the bottom of the Recording Information Columns.
<SHOW/HIDE OSD ICON during play> During playback, press the MISC button to hide the OSD ICON (date, channel name, time, playing speed, time bar). 5-6-2. Search when DVR has two HDD At first you need to set removable HDD as SLAVE and fixed HDD as master. The installation guide will be provided by another material.
iii. - X16 – 16 times as fast E. JUMP/STEP When playback is paused, press the button to step backward to the previous frame. During play or fast-forward, it jumps 2 minutes backward from the current spot. 5-7. Still Image Capturing, Viewing, and Backup 5-7-1.
5-7-3. Still image Backup in USB flash memory stick Connect an USB flash memory stick into USB port. Select the still image that you want to backup in an USB flash memory stick. Please refer to “5-8-2. Viewing Captured Image”. Press SEL button.
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3. PAN/TILT – to pan or tilt the selected channel 4. ZOOM/FOCUS – to zoom or focus the selected channel 5. CAMERA INITIAL – to go to CAMERA INITIAL settings for the selected channel This menu is to initialize the PTZ setting of the camera. Although the camera is initialized, no message will be appeared.
5-9. Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation & Alpha- blending Adjustment Press the MISC button twice to go to the screen where brightness, contrast and alpha-blending can be adjusted. 1. BTIGHTNESS – to adjust the BRIGHTNESS of the selected channel using 2. CONTRAST – to adjust the CONTRAST level of the selected channel using 3.
5-10. OSD position and Screen size Adjustment The position of OSD on LIVE screen can be adjusted up and down. Depending on the characteristics of the monitor, being able to adjust the position of OSD and Screen Size may be a very useful feature. 5-10-1.
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2. From 1. GREEN 2. ORANGE 3. MINT 4. VIOLET, select the region you wish to adjust. Place the cursor on “1.Set” and press SEL button to obtain a box that lets you select a region. Move the cursor using 4.
5-11-2. Deleting Region 1. Select INDIVIDUAL for REGION in the MOTION menu and press SELECT button to go to Motion Region Setting screen. 2. From 1. GREEN 2. ORANGE 3. MINT 4. VIOLET, select the region you wish to delete. Place the cursor on “2.DELETE”...
4. In MUX recording mode, if you wish to listen to the audio of a channel live, select the channel from live screen using the number buttons. (The channel label becomes highlighted yellow as bellow). Audio live is not available for listening when the SETUP menu is being set up.
5-13. External Terminal Information 5-13-1. RS-232C Name Data Carrier Detect Receive Data Transmit Data Data Terminal Ready Signal Ground 5-13-2. RS-422/485 Name RxD+ TxD+ TxD- RxD- Name TxD+ TxD- Description Description (RS-422) Not Connected. Receive Data+ Transmit Data+ Transmit Data- Signal Ground Receive Data- Not Connected.
5-14. Sensor Installation DVR can connect up to 4sensors. There are two simple steps to install the sensors. Connect THE SENSOR SIGNAL LINE Connect the sensor power line (10~12V) Warning Vice versa connection of Positive and Negative will occur a fatal error or a malfunction of DVR. 5-15.
3. If the recorded data on DVR is QUAD mode, you need to select Q on VIDEO. If you do not select Q, QUAD mode will not be backed up on the CD. 4. If the selected data volume exceeds CD media size, you need to put another CD in. And then DVR automatically proceeds backing up from the end of the data of the previous 5.
6. HDD Installation 6-1. Installing HDD in removable HDD rack For DVR, the hard disk, on which images are saved, is installed into the RACK. The hard disk is installed into DVR as shown in the following instructions. 1. Prepare a hard disk and rack as shown below. 2.
JUMPER SETTING on the hard disks’ exterior. Please beware that DVR will not run properly without a proper JUMPER SETTING. Refer to the following homepages of major hard disk manufacturers of additional information on JUMPER SETTING. WESTERN DIGITAL: www.westerndigital.com SEAGATE: www.seagate.com HITACHI: www.hgst.com MAXTER: www.maxter.com...
6-3. HDD Indicator When the POWER is on, the hard disk indicator is displayed as the chart shows. ITEM POWER HDD ACCESS WARNING 1. DVR must be turned off when one installs a hard disk into DVR. 2. DVR must be turned off when changing hard disk. 3.
7. NETWORKING DVR can be connected to LAN or ADSL network and supports functions and additional features that are available on remote DVR. 7-1. NETWORK CLIENT S/W Main Features Remote real-time monitoring Remote search and playback of saved data in DVR Various BACKUP functions –...
7-3-2. For LAN Users Select LAN for NETWORK TYPE using LAN as well as LAN’s GATEWAY and SUBNET MASK. Use numbers and use buttons to move from field to field. For details regarding IP ADDRESS, GATEWAY, and SUBNET MASK, please consult the network administrator of the installed site.
For setting up an email address for sending out assigned IP addresses to the client user, please refer to “4-5-5. SEND MAIL (IP ADDRESS Mailing)”. IMPORTANT To receive e-mail with Dynamic IP address from DVR, User has to apply IP address of Mail Server run by Manufacturer on the field of “MAIL SERVER IP”.
For setting up an email address for sending out assigned IP addresses to the client user, please refer to “4-5-5. SEND MAIL (IP ADDRESS Mailing)”. IMPORTANT To receive e-mail with Dynamic IP address from DVR, User has to apply IP address of Mail Server run by Manufacturer on the field of “MAIL SERVER IP”.
2. Enter the assigned IP address from DVR setup menu into the IP ADDRESS field and enter the password if DVR is using a password. After pressing OK, the LIVE screen appears after it has been connected to the network. 7-4-3.
7-5.LIVE Enlarge Channel QUAD Screen ROTATE Screen Display Live Images on Full-screen without any control tools IP Address Displayed Date and Time Displayed SITE SEARCH SETUP Remote Camera Control 10. Camera Channels ON/OFF 11. CONTROL (ALARM OUT) 12. SENSOR Indicator 13.
7-6. SETUP Press the SETUP button on the upper right of GUI to go to remote DVR SETTING menu. 7-6-1. RECORD A. SELECT MODE You can select your recording mode here; the selected mode is inversed. MUX – Record in MUX mode (inversed during MUX recording) QUAD –...
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SENSIVITY – Select from LOW, NORMAL, and HIGH SENSOR1 / SENSOR2 / SENSOR3 / SENSOR4 TYPE: Select from NORMAL OPEN / NORMAL CLOSE RELAY OUTPUT ALARM: Select alarm to be set off when the sensor is activated CHANNEL: Select channel to be recorded when the sensor is activated DURAITON: Select the duration of recording when the sensor is activated Please refer to “4-3-3 MUX Recording Mode”.
ALARM: Select the alarm to be set off when Sensor is activated CHANNEL: Select the channel to be recorded when Sensor is activated DURATION: Select the duration of alarm and recording time when Sensor is Please refer to “4-3-2. QUAD Recording Mode”. D.
7-6-2. LIVE D. CH1 / CH2 / CH3 / CH4 LABEL: Show the selected channel name P/T/Z/F TYPE: Select the appropriate camera protocol for the channel E. ROTATION SETTING CHANNEL: Select a channel to rotate DURATION: Select the time interval between each channel for automatic channel rotation. Please refer to “4-2.
ADMIN password can’t be amended on Network Client S/W. 7-6-4. NETWORK A. ADSL SETTINGS SERVICE ID: Enter ADSL service ID PASSWORD: Enter ADSL password B. LAN SETTING USE DHCP: Select to use DHCP IP ADDRESS: GATEWAY SUBNET MASK C. NETWORK UPGRADE...
7-6-5. BACKUP Available backup file format *.nsf – This format can be playback only in network client S/W. *.avi – This format can be playback only in Media Player. 7-6-6. Saving and Uploading Settings 1. Saving Settings If you wish to use the current settings later on, customize the settings and press the SAVE button at the bottom left corner.
7-7. SEARCH 7-7-1. Buttons in Search menu 1. Enlarge the selected channel on display 2. The Graphic Bar shows the recorded part for the day in Pink (MUX Record) and Green (QUAD). 3. Time Select Bar (Move the bar to the part you wish to play). 4.
13. Still image capture during playback 14. Playing audio of selected playback channel 15. 4channels simultaneous playback 16. Browsing and playback the backup video 17. Download still images from DVR 18. BACKUP through Time Setting from DVR 7-7-2. Search when DVR has two HDD 1.
7-8-2. STILL IMAGE capture during LIVE DISPLAY 1. During LIVE DISPLAY, press the channel button you wish to backup. 2. A window for saving the image will appear. 3. Enter file name (file format: bmp or jpg) and press “Save”. 7-8-3 Video BACKUP during Playback 1.
3. Enter file name (file format: bmp) and press “Save”. 7-8-5. Downloading Still Images from DVR 1. Press the following button to download the still image, which is saved in DVR, through the network. 2. When the Download window appears, select the desired file from the list on the left and move it to the list on the right.
5. Select the channel to backup. 6. Backup starts when you press START 7. When BACKUP is completed, “Backup complete” will appear. 7-8-7. Converting <nsf> CD backup format to <avi> format 1. Search and playback backup file in “nsf” format. 2.
8. Networking by Web Browser 8-1. Download Web Brower Viewer and Connection 1. Enter the DVR IP address. Then the window will appear as bellow. Click “YES” to download Web Browser Viewer from the server run by the manufacturer. NOTE Web Browser Viewer is to be downloaded from the server run by the manufacturer, not from DVR.
8-2-3. BACKUP 9. Networking by DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Server) 1. Check the serial number of DVR from SETUP>INFO>SYSTEM>SERIAL ID. 2. Please contact a distributor or an installer to register the DVR on DDNS Server. Register your own domain name on DDNS Server. NOTE If your own domain name and serial ID of DVR are registered at DDNS server run by manufacturer,...
10. Playback of local HDD in Network Client S/W 1. Take HDD out from DVR and connect it to PC as Slave. 2. Please go to CMOS setup and confirm that CMOS recognizes HDD and its size or not. 3. Save CMOS setting and boot PC. 4.
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