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  • Page 2 Safety Information The safety information is provided for the wellness of the equipment and for the safety of the operator. Please review and observe all instructions and warnings in this manual. Note Keep this manual handy every time you operate this equipment. Also, check with your dealer if you require further assistance and for the latest revision of this manual.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents GETTING STARTED ................................3 ..............................3 HECKING UPPLIED TEMS ............................4 ONNECTING ERIPHERAL EVICE ............................5 YSTEM TARTUP AND HUTDOWN EXPLANATION FOR EACH FUNCTION ..........................7 ..................................7 RONT ANEL .................................... 9 ANEL IR R ..............................12 EMOTE ONTROLLER OPERATION...................................

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    1. Getting Started Checking Supplied Items Make sure that you have following items supplied with your DVR. If any of these items is missing or damaged, notify your vendor immediately. Keep the packing utilities for moving or storage purposes afterwards. Items Photo Quantity...

  • Page 5: Connecting Peripheral Device

    Connecting Peripheral Device This section describes how to efficiently hook up peripheral devices with the DVR. Install the DVR on flat surface. If required, attach a rubber mount for installation. If a 19-inch rack is used with 1.5U Height case, it is recommend to install the system on shelve and use 2.5~3U (1U=1.75 inch or 4.45 cm) space for proper ventilation.

  • Page 6: System Startup And Shutdown

    System Startup and Shutdown 1.3.1. System Startup After connecting, the cameras and the monitors connect DVR power cord to the wall AC socket Login with “User Name” at the login screen. The factory default is No password. Just Click “OK “button when you enter the User Name at Login Window “Admin”...
  • Page 7 The factory default is No password. Just click ‘Enter’ button on the dial pad. Note User can choose the password by virtual keyboard, or the numeric buttons on the front of the unit (if available).

  • Page 8: Explanation For Each Function

    2. Explanation for Each Function Front Panel [DVR with Compact Case (270 x 71 x 215 mm)] Buttons Functions Power Button System startup or shutdown (shutdown is password protected) USB Port USB port (Ver. 2.0) for mouse operation or backup or F/W update Indicates system status LED Indicator Power, Record and Remote Controller...
  • Page 9 Buttons Functions Power Button System startup or shutdown USB Port USB port (Ver. 2.0) for mouse operation or backup or F/W update Indicates system status LED Indicator Power, Record, HDD and Remote Controller Fast Rewind Button Fast rewind during playback Play/Pause Button Play or pause by toggle during playback Fast Forward Button...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    FREEZE (Press and hold): Screen display will be paused until the Freeze button is pressed again. 2.1.6. PTZ (Short press) / I-BACK UP (Long press) Button PTZ (Press once): Once pressed, DVR is changed to Pan & Tilt mode. User can control Pan & Tilt operation by using Direction Button.
  • Page 11 Name Description Video-In Camera. (Supports NTSC/PAL) Audio-In Audio input device (with amplifier) Audio-Out Audio output device (with amplifier) Video-Out Composite Monitor Spot-Out Composite Spot Monitor VGA-Out VGA Monitor USB Port USB port (Ver 2.0) for mouse operation or Image backup LAN Port 10/100 Ethernet connection terminal NTSC/PAL Switch...
  • Page 12 2.2.10. RS-485 Terminal Block Connect RS-485 cable for the control of PTZ camera or external keyboard controller 2.2.11. Sensor Terminal Block Connect sensors (dry contact type) with each ground (GND) line to “G” pin. 2.2.12. Alarm Terminal Block Connect various alarm devices controlled by relay output. Note Support both N/O (Normal Open) and N/C (Normal Close) types of sensor.

  • Page 13: Ir Remote Controller

    IR Remote Controller The function buttons of the IR Remote Controller are as below. Functions Power Button PTZ control (Zoom In & out) PTZ control (Left/Right/Up/Down) Enter (Selection) Button Playback Button on Search Mode (Fast Backward/Playback/Stop/Fast Forward) Numeric Button ID Selection Button PTZ control Focus Button Menu Button Return Button...

  • Page 14: Operation

    3. Operation User Log-in Check the power connection. The system can be used after power-on. The DVR has various setting categories. The administrator can set the system password and <User> to prevent unauthorized changes to setting values and alteration recorded file. Enter the <Admin>...

  • Page 15: Live Display Mode

    Live Display Mode 3.2.1. Channel Selection Real-time live image can be seen by easy button operation after power-on. The images can be seen on real-time by 1, 4, 9, 16 and PIP screen. Whenever the up/down arrow button on the front panel or IR remote controller is pressed, the screen will be sequentially changed.
  • Page 16 3.2.2. Icons The live mode display, icons or messages will be indicated on the screen to indicate the system mode or status. Below are the icon categories, which are indicated on the monitor. Icon to be shown Icon to be shown at right-upper corner on each channel screen At right-bottom corner on full screen.
  • Page 17 Cross icon button means “instant (emergency) recording”, which is useful to urgently start recording. In emergency recording, the system allocates the maximum number of recordable frames and distributes them equally across all available channels at 1 CIF resolution. Joystick icon button means “PTZ”...

  • Page 18: Ptz Operation

    Selecting ZOOM EXIT returns the user to the normal live display mode. “Digital Watchdog logo” is shown on the display screen when no camera is connected or camera is disconnected on a certain channel. When camera is disconnected, warning sound be generated depending on the system settings.
  • Page 19 User can get into PTZ mode by clicking right button of mouse and selecting “PTZ” in the pop-up menu as shown below, or select joystick button in the menu bar located in the bottom of the main screen. In PTZ mode, user can control PTZ operation with USB mouse. While pressing the left button of mouse, user can drag the mouse pointer to up/down or left/rightward to move pan/tilt position of the camera.
  • Page 20 Note User will see numeric pad to select “Preset” number. The preset is defined by setting a PTZ protocol in the setting menu. The maximum number of preset is 255 but the max supported by the PTZ may be less. User can automatically switch PTZ camera positions according to the defined of preset setting by using GUARD TOUR...

  • Page 21: Freeze Mode

    Freeze Mode Press FREEZE button on the front panel or click the right button on the mouse and select the Freeze mode while viewing a live image, the image then pauses, but the date/ time information does not, and the system clock continues running. Press FREEZE to pause the live view;...

  • Page 22: Playback Of Recorded Images

    Playback of Recorded Video To play a recorded image, press the Play button from the Front Panel or IR Remote Controller. It is easy to use USB mouse to playback recording files. The recorded files can be seen backwards or forwards. Turn the Shuttle and the playback speed can be controlled in steps of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times...

  • Page 23: Clean Button During Playback

    Clean Button during Playback De-interlacing feature is required for smooth playback of video that is recorded by 720x480/576 (D1) resolution. In playback mode, user can press “CLEAN” icon at the menu bar located in the bottom of the main screen or click the right button on the mouse and select “...
  • Page 24 In playback mode, user can press “ENTER” button in the front panel to set archive “start” (FROM) time. After pressing this “ENTER” button, user will see “INSTANT BACKUP START” in the right bottom of the playback monitor. Once “INSTANT BACKUP START” message is shown, user can keep playing back video until user wants to finish archiving, and then press the same “ENTER”...

  • Page 25: Search Recording Image

    Note The “HELP” button will help you understand how to setup several important settings even without the user’s manual book. For example, if you need help about how to set “BACKUP”, click “HELP” button at the right bottom of the BACKUP menu. Search Recording Image 3.9.1.
  • Page 26 3.9.2. Search Date/Time Enter the desired date and time for the user to playback the recorded video. Use the arrow button to move to each day/month/year and time category for selecting second/minute/hour/month/year. 3.9.3. Event Log The Event log search is used to find particular event, quickly and easily. Users can copy this event list to USB memory device in text file format.
  • Page 27 To see a particular event, move the arrow button of the Front Panel or Remote Controller to the desired time range. The followings are the categories indicated on the Event Viewer. Alarm by Sensor Alarm by Motion Alarm by Video Loss Alarm by HDD Full Note If the Alarm does not activate...

  • Page 28: Dst Setting And Image Playback

    The followings are the categories indicated on the system log viewer. Log by system Log by setup Log by network Note 20 numbers of log record will be shown on one page of the <System Log> and <Event Log> window. User can click the arrow icon to search the log records on another page.
  • Page 29 During DST (Daylight Saving Time) period, DVR time clock has to be adjusted according to regional time zone. That is, DVR time clock will be shifted by one hour after DST setting while DVR will restore the time clock to normal after DST finishes.
  • Page 30 [“DST” image is displayed on screen] [“Non-DST” image is displayed on screen] To make SCREEN SAVER setting on the DVR, go to the menu setup: SYSTEM > SYSTEM INFO and click “SCREEN SAVER” to get the SCREEN SAVER setting window as shown below. Users can select CRT and/or VGA by checking the boxes.

  • Page 31: Setting

    4. Setting General setting structure consists of “System”, “Device”, “Record”, “Network”, “Backup” and ‘Quick Setup” as shown below. Main Classification Sub Classification SYSTEM INFO USER SYSTEM EXPORT/IMPORT FACTORY DEFAULT CAMERA AUDIO SENSOR DEVICE MOTION ALARM EXTRA ALARM CAMERA RECORD SCHEDULE NETWORK NETWORK DDNS...

  • Page 32: System

    System The system menu button is selected by clicking “TOOL” on the menu bar or the right click pop-up menu. Users can move mouse pointer from “System” through “Quick Setup” to instantly look around the sub-menus the menu screen. Using the left mouse button, the user can select a desired category for editing. 4.1.1.
  • Page 33 Users can name site by using virtual keyboard as shown below; In “DATE/TIME SET”, user can activate DST (Daylight Saving Time); select time synchronization server, and other basic settings like time zone/time format. Note Video images may be shaking and blinking in black & white if NTSC/PAL is not properly set. user needs to make sure of NTSC/PAL setting according to country power frequency Note...
  • Page 34 P/C (RMS) or Central Management P/C (CMS) as a Time Sync Server in “SYNC SERVER”, then its time clock is synchronized with Time Sync Server by setup time in “SYNC CYCLE”. SITE ID: users must setup SITE ID to match with the ID setting in keyboard, if user wants to use keyboard to control DVR.
  • Page 35 as below picture. User can set Spot-Monitor output and sequence dwell time in this menu as well as OSD show/no-show. Alpha blending is the transparency level of the menu screen. 0% means no transparency at all. “VGA Display” is to get the proper edge alignment of display video depending on the monitor to be used, VGA or CCTV monitor.
  • Page 36 4.1.2. User Master user of this system is always Admin with factory default is No password Admin must change the password of the DVR for extra security Admin can designate a new user with different permission levels by: functions, menu access, and live & playback. “FUNCTION”...
  • Page 37 4.1.3. Export/Import Users can copy and paste the system configuration values in this menu. “Export” allows the user to copy the settings for this system to USB memory devices. “Import” allows the user to recall the settings saved from other systems using CD/DVD/USB memory devices.
  • Page 38 On the DVR system, DVR HEALTH CHECK is represented in % sign as shown below. It also indicates the lifetime and the temperature of the hard disk drive represented by Celsius. If system resources are occupied with task, such as making a network connection or performing...
  • Page 39 4.1.5. Factory Default With authorized password, users can get the system back to factory default configuration. Note Upon clicking “OK” button and entering the admin password, all the configuration values made by user will be deleted. The system setting will be sent to factory defaults. The recorded video data will be not be erased.

  • Page 40: Device

    Device 4.2.1. Camera Users can easily move to “Device” menu by selecting the icon in right up side of the menu screen. “Covert” is to hide camera display and playback as if there is no camera recording, so-called “hidden camera” feature. default motion area setup is the entire camera area.
  • Page 41 4.2.3. Sensor “Intensive” means that the system increases recording speed up to the maximum frame rate at the selected resolution when an alarm triggered during the selected dwell time. The recording speed of all other channels will be automatically decreased during alarm-triggered intensive recording.
  • Page 42  TYPE Select the sensor type between N/O(Normal Open) and N/C(Normal Close), connected alarm input terminal. circuit of N/O type activates the sensor when the circuit closes. An N/C circuit works in the reverse way.  COPY SETTINGS Upon pressing Copy Settings button, Copy Settings popup will appear. In this popup, choose the sensor the user wants to copy from at the “FROM”...
  • Page 43 4.2.4. Motion Alarm Select Motion alarm record only when motion detection is triggered by DVR S/W upon user’s defined motion area. The system records at maximum recording speed upon motion detection if user sets “Intensive” to “on”. Video will record for the selected post-alarm dwell time and pre-alarm video will also record for the specified time. An alarm signal is sent via the selected sensor-out channel.
  • Page 44 4.2.6. PTZ Full control of PTZ camera is available in this menu. For details, please refer to Section 3.3 PTZ Operation. “M” (Depending on the model of PTZ camera) If selected, the OSD menu of PTZ camera is imported and shown on the DVR monitor allowing the user to control the full PTZ settings.

  • Page 45: Record

    Record 4.3.1. Camera “On/Off” switches “recording” on and off in each channel. If recording is not required on the selected channels, even if a camera signal is connected, set the recording of the corresponding channel as [OFF]. This will shut off recording for the camera without disconnecting the camera BNC cable from the DVR.
  • Page 46 This feature is not to keep the recorded video for a certain number of days set by user. The system will keep video from August 11 to August 20 for 10days. All other video recorded before August 11 will be deleted by the system. On August 21, the system will keep video from August 12 to August 21 for 10days.
  • Page 47 4.3.2. Schedule recording schedule for each camera. First, select the camera to set schedule, or “All”. Recording can be set by each hour from 00 through 23 a day. No color - Off “Off” means no recording. Even though user set recording frames and on in “CAMERA”, the DVR will not record if SCHEDULE is set [OFF] Yellow color...

  • Page 48: Network

    Note If the recording schedule is set “CONT + MOT” or “MOT + SENS”, then the system records by continuous or motion detection mode in normal operation. However, when the motion occurs in motion area or alarm is activated, then recording mode will be automatically switched to intensive recording as set by “MOTION” or “SENSOR”...
  • Page 49 Network Type Select network connect type. Select either LAN for fixed IP or DHCP for dynamic IP. Subnet Mask Subnet Mask address classifies the subnet that the system belongs to. Standard address is 255.255.255.0. For more information, please consult your network administrator or your internet provider Gateway This is the IP address of the network router or gateway server.
  • Page 50 Note The standard DDNS domain name is cctv-link.net. 4.4.3. How to Set DDNS The Setting in DVR As shown below, user can just leave the DDNS setting in factory default. DDNS server is cctv-link.net. Note It is recommended to reboot the system after setting. The Setting in Remote Manager S/W In “Setting”...
  • Page 51 In “Registration” of “File” the Remote Manager S/W, users can press “ADD” to go to “Site Property” as shown below. It is very important to type the DVR name + cctv-link.net” in IP Address (or URL) as below. The Setting in Web browser User can just type the DVR Name + cctv-link.net, for example, http://mydvr.cctv-link.net.
  • Page 52 The Setting in Router If DVR installed behind the router, then user must open the related-network ports in reference of below chart. TCP Port List Protocol Port Usage Remark Editable Location Control port of 9010 TCP Base Port Network/ Network authorization service 9011 Control port of VOD service...
  • Page 53 4.4.4. Notification Remote Notify The system can notify an alarm message to the IP address of Remote Manager PC over the network. User can choose various different kinds of alarms by pressing “ADD” for such as Log-in/Out, System start, Sensor, Video loss, Recording failure, Setup, Shutdown, Motion alarm, S.M.A.R.T., and HDD full.
  • Page 54 E-Mail Notify The system can send notification to an Email address or Remote Manager PC and Central Management PC over the network. Users can choose various different kinds of alarms by pressing “ADD” for such as Log-in/Out, System start, Sensor, Video loss, Recording failure, Setup, Shutdown, Motion alarm, S.M.A.R.T., and HDD full.

  • Page 55: Backup

    Backup 4.5.1. Manual Backup Users can archive video clip recorded for certain period a selected channel or channels as shown below. Connect an appropriate USB memory device like USB thumb drive/USB HDD, built-in CD or DVD burner and press “SCAN” button to get the system recognize it before archiving.
  • Page 56 4.5.2. Backup Video Retrieve After archiving, there will be multiple files created as seen in the picture below if “ADD VIEWER” was selected. User can double click “BackupPlayer.exe” file open the video data file (SSF format) in the folder of date. The folder is named by the date recorded.
  • Page 57 User can print out, capture a still image, and zoom-out using the icons on the bottom right of the player window. Note User also can play the backup-video clips by Remote Manager S/W (RMS) and Central Management S/W (CMS). Note There are some PCs that do not support “Direct Draw”.
  • Page 58 De-interlacing feature is required for smooth playback of video that is recorded by 720x480/576 (D1) resolution. The picture comparison below shows the difference between “Interlace” video and “De-interlace” video clip. [ De-interlace image ] [ Interlace Image ] Note Users can convert this backup file from SSF format to AVI format using Remote Manager S/W or Central...

  • Page 59: Quick Setup

    Quick Setup Quick Setup helps user make simple configuration for recording resolution, entire recording speed by frame, recording mode, and recording periods. The system will put the first priority configuration on this quick setup and will follow this rule regardless of configurations in other menus.

  • Page 60: Web Surveillance

    5. Web Surveillance The system has built-in web server. Users can stay always connected to the system using an ordinary web-browser over a network for live monitoring, playback or remote configuration without installing Remote Manager software. Web Login The user is required to input the correct IP address in the web browser after...
  • Page 61 After logging in with the right ID and password, users can make various configuration changes Web Configuration window seen below. This Web Configuration menu is only available to “admin” account. [System] [Device] [Record] [Network] [Quick Setup] Note This DVR system has its own built-in web server. This web CGI screen is directly supported from the built-in web server in the DVR regardless of Internet...

  • Page 62: Web Monitoring

    connection. Note <System Reboot> enables user to reboot the system without any change the setup. User can use this function when the network is disconnected due to abnormal operation of the system and try to reconnect. However, IP number assigned to the system may be changed due to the DHCP mode.
  • Page 63 connect to DVR, user has to select the channel number or select “ALL CHANNEL”, and then click “CONNECT” button. User can monitor live video in 1, 4, 9 or 16 screen modes. If user wants to see single channel in full screen, then user can make double-clicks of the left mouse button positioned on the live video screen.

  • Page 64: Web Playback

    Note If live image is not properly shown on IE web browser due to network traffic jam or narrow bandwidth, it is recommended to close and re-open the IE web browser. Web Playback Users can remotely playback the DVR images by clicking “PLAYBACK” button in the top-right corner of the window.

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