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Summary of Contents for Swann DVR4-Alert SW242-DAL
- Page 1 DVR4-Alert™ Plus 4CH Digital Video Recorder SW242-DAL / SW244-DAO...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
1. DVR Features ... 1 2. Overview Front Panel ... 1 Rear Panel ... 2 Remote Control ... 2 3. Installation Installing Hard Drive... 3 Connecting Camera and Monitor ... 3 Connecting the Power Supply………………………………………...3 4. Starting the DVR Detecting Installed Hard Drive... 4 Recovering Lost Data ... - Page 3 6. Recording Start Recording... 12 Stop Recording ... 13 Recording Time on Hard Drive ... 13 7. Playback... 14 8. USB Programming... 15 PC Viewer Program... 15 Program Buttons... 15 PC Backup... 16 9. Specifications ... 17 10. Appendix 10.1 System Connection Diagram...
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Page 4: Dvr Features
4 Channel BNC Camera Inputs 1 Channel BNC Video Output Video Format: NTSC / PAL Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings Time Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording One ATA-100 (IDE) Hard Disk Interface USB 2.0 Back up to computer Remote Control &... -
Page 5: Rear Panel
2.2 Rear Panel 1 BNC video output 2.3 Remote Control 4 BNC Video Inputs Power Supply Input Grounding Terminal Select or enlarge Channel #1 Select or enlarge Channel #2 Select or enlarge Channel #3 Select or enlarge Channel #4 Quad View (4 Camera View) Quad Rewind Playback Recording... -
Page 6: Installing Hard Drive
3.1 Installing Hard Drive 1. Unplug the power supply. Never install or uninstall HDD when DVR is on. 2. Pull the HDD tray from the unit using the finger hole. 3. Connect the power cord and data cable to hard disk drive. Make sure the HDD is set to be MASTER according to the hard drive manual. -
Page 7: Starting The Dvr
Chapter 4: Starting the DVR 4.1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive Checking HDD …… MASTER… 4.2 Recovering Lost Data RECOVER HDD? 04811-101735 (SELECT)YES/(MENU)NO 4.3 Restore Recording Feature Power Error Detected Restore Hard Disk (Master) OK Restore REC Mode………… OK After connecting the power, the system will boot-up and detect the installed hard drive. -
Page 8: Main Screen
4.4 Main Screen ＞ 5.1 Setup Menu CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RESOLUTION RECORD FRAME MAIN VIDEO QUALITY MENU SCHEDULE SET MISCELLANEOUS MENU HARD DISK SET VIDEO MODE MOTION SET FACTORY RESET When the DVR is turned on the following display will appear with your connected cameras: Upper left: Percentage of hard drive space used... -
Page 9: Camera Select
MAIN MENU CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RESOLUTION RECORD FRAME RECORD QUALITY SCHEDULE SET MISCELLANEOUS MENU HARD DISK SET VIDEO MODE MOTION SET FACTORY RESET PRESS (UP，DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 5.2 Camera Select If a channel is disabled, the system will display “OFF” on the monitor; this channel will not be recorded. -
Page 10: Resolution
5.4 Resolution There are two modes of resolution for video recording: EACH Mode: The DVR compresses and records each video channel separately so you can enlarge a single channel to full screen display and still be recording on all channels. You can also record on specific channels, for example, you can turn off the record function of CH1 and CH2 and then the system will only record video on CH3 and CH4. -
Page 11: Record Quality
5.6 Record Quality There are three levels of recording quality: High, Normal, and Low. Higher quality records the best images but uses more hard drive space. Record frame rate, record quality and available hard drive space will affect the total recording time of the DVR system. 5.7 Schedule Set You can preset video recording modes by Time and Motion Detection Recording. -
Page 12: Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record
5.8 Miscellaneous Menu-Auto Record When this option is set to “ON”, the DVR will automatically continue with the current Record Schedule if no actions occur for 5 minutes. If you choose “OFF”, the DVR will not record until you press the [ REC] button. 5.9 Miscellaneous Menu-Password Enable This DVR is equipped with password protection features. -
Page 13: Miscellaneous Menu-Time Set
5.12 Miscellaneous Menu-Time Set TIME SET ∨ 2008/08/08 20:08:08 PRESS (UP,DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT 5.13 Hard Disk Set HARD DISK SET OVERWRITE ENABLED MASTER HDD SIZ MASTER HDD USED 80865MB 77% MASTER HDD FORMAT SLAVE HDD SIZE SLAVE HDD USED SLAVE HDD FORMAT PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER... -
Page 14: Motion Set
5.14 Motion Set MOTION SET MOTION RECORD TIME: MOTION ALARM TIME: MOTION SET PRESS (UP, DOWN), ENTER (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT MOTION SET: MOTION DETECTION SET >CHANNEL 1 SENSITIVITY CHANNEL 2 SENSITIVITY CHANNEL 3 SENSITIVITY CHANNEL 4 SENSITIVITY CHANNEL 1 AREA SET CHANNEL 2 AREA SET CHANNEL 3 AREA SET CHANNEL 4 AREA SET... -
Page 15: Video Mode
5.15 Video Mode Select NTSC (North America) or PAL (Europe/Australia) video system. 5.16 Factory Reset Press [ SEL] button to reset the DVR to factory defaults. The DVR will reboot and all custom settings (including password) will be restored to default. Caution: There is no confirmation dialog box for this selection after you press [ SEL]... -
Page 16: Stop Recording
1. Hard Drive Usage (Displayed as a percentage) 2. Recording symbol (channel is currently recording) 3. Camera Number 4. Record Mode (QUAD or EACH) 5. Status (REC, Play, FF1, FF2, FF3, REW, PAUSE) 6. HDD Info. ([M] Master Hard disk) 7. -
Page 17: Playback
Press [ Play] button to play the last recording. During playback, press the [ from the hard drive. Newest video will be listed at the top. Press [ Up] and [ Down] to move the cursor and select an event, press [ Play] button to start playback. -
Page 18: Usb Programming
Chapter 8: USB Programming Using the provided DVR PC Viewer software, you can connect the DVR Alert to your PC to playback or backup footage. 8.1 PC Viewer Program 1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM Drive 2. Open CD directory 3. -
Page 19: Pc Backup
Item 1. DVR event list 2. Capture picture 3. Save video clip 5. Load video file saved in PC 6. DVR Mode* 7. PC Mode* 8. Channel selection keys 9. Playing scroll bar 10. Fast backward 11. Previous frame 12. Play backward 13. -
Page 20: Specifications
Chapter 9: Specifications ITEM Video Format Operation System Camera Input Channel Video Output Channel NTSC Display Frame Rate NTSC Recording Frame Rate NTSC Recording Frame Rate (Each Mode) Record Mode Display Resolution Record Video Compression Format HDD Support Estimated Record Length Remote Control Method Search... -
Page 21: Appendix
10.1 System Connection Diagram 10.2 DVR Accessories (included) Power Cord The shape of the plug might be different from different countries or regions. Software CD Chapter 10: Appendix Power Adaptor Remote Controller - 18 - User Manual User’s Manual USB Cable...