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GNVR 167xx Series Security System For more exciting new products please visit our website: Australia: www.uniden.com.au OWNER’S MANUAL...
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS WARNING RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.
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GENERAL PRECAUTIONS All warnings and instructions in this manual should be followed. Remove the plug from the outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid aerosol detergents. Use a water-dampened cloth for cleaning. Do not use this product in humid or wet places. Keep enough space around the product for ventilation.
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INSTRUCTIONS Read and Follow Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is set up and used. Follow all operating instructions. Retain Instructions - These safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings - Comply with all warnings on the product and in the operating instructions.
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10. Water and Moisture - Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink or laundry tub, in a wet basement, near a swimming pool, etc. 11. Heat - The product should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other products (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
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• When the product exhibits a distinct change in performance. This indicates a need for service. Replacement Parts - When replacement parts are required, have the service technician verify that the replacements used have the same safety characteristics as the original parts. Use of replacements specified by the product manufacturer can prevent fire, electric shock, or other hazards.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................9 WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ..................11 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NVR ..............12 INSTALLATION ....................14 SETUP......................18 OPERATION ....................21 LIVE VIEWING ..................... 21 PREVIEW CONTROL ................22 SHORTCUT MENU ..................24 USB DEVICE AUTO POP-UP ..............35 MAIN MENU ....................36 OPERATE SEARCH ....................
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GUARDIAN LIVE PRO APP ..............133 TROUBLESHOOTING ................152 APPENDIX A: HARD DISK CAPACITY CALCULATION ......162 SPECIFICATION ..................163 WARRANTY ....................166...
INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW This series NVR is a high performance network video recorder designed for security field. The GNVR series system operates with an embedded LINUX OS to maintain reliable operation. This series NVR has several network functions to provide strong network data transmission and remote monitor operation.
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Features Real-time monitor - It has analog output port, VGA port and HDMI port. You may use monitors to watch real time video. The system supports VGA/HDMI dual output at the same time. Storage function - Special data format to guarantee data security and avoid data modification. Compression format - Support multiple-channel audio and video (only when using camera with microphone).
2. HDMI Cable 3. Mouse 4. 2m Ethernet Cable 5. Security stickers If any item is missing or damaged, contact your place of purchase immediately. Never use damaged products! Need help? Get answers at our website: www.uniden.com.au for Australian models.
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NVR NVR (Front) NVR (Rear) 15 16 25 24 Indicators & Connectors Label Function Recording LED The light is on when the channel is recording. Indicator Status LED The light is on when the NVR operates properly. indicator ACT LED THe light is on when the NVR receive signal from...
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Press to switch between numeral or character. Shift button Playback buttons Press for various playback option. Please refer to Owner’s Manual for details functions for each button. USB2.0 port Connect to a mouse / USB storage device to back up files or upgrade firmware.
INSTALLATION PLACING THE NVR Please take into consideration the following when placing the NVR. Ideally, choose a location that is central and has easy access to power sockets. Choose a secure location to avoid tampering, however, avoid enclosed • areas as that might lead to overheating of the unit. Ensure that the ventilation holes at the side of the NVR are not blocked to •...
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NETWORK CONNECTION Connect the supplied Ethernet cable to the network port on the NVR unit. 1. Connect the other end of Ethernet cable to a router (not included). This will allows the NVR connected to the internet. Ethernet Cable Router (not included) USB CONNECTION 1.
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HDMI AND VGA CONNECTIONS 1. Connect the HDMI port on the NVR unit to a HDMI supported monitor or TV with the supplied HDMI cable. 2. If your TV or monitor only has VGA input port please connect it with a VGA cable (not included) to the VGA video output port on the NVR.
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MOUSE CONTROL The mouse is the primary control device for the system. Left-button Right-button Middle-button Left-button Click once to select an option. Click once to open navigation bar. Click once in live view mode go to main menu. Click once to open menu option. Double-click an individual channel to view it on full-screen.
SETUP WELCOME TO STARTUP WIZARD After the NVR unit and cameras are powered up, Startup Wizard will automatically show up upon first start up. This wizard will guide you to set up Date & Time and P2P function. Tick the box if you do want the startup wizard to shows on next boot up. Click cancel to exit startup wizard;...
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DATE & TIME • DATE FORMAT: CHOOSE FROM THREE AVAILABLE DISPLAY, DD-MM-YYYY, YYYYY-MM-DD OR MM-DD-YYYYY. x Date Separator: Choose from three options to separate date, dot, dash or slash. x Time Format: Choose from 12-HOUR or 24-HOUR time format. x System Time: Set your current date, time and the correct GMT time zone Untick the DST box if Daylight Savings does not apply to you.
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Use a Smartphone (not included) or Tablet (not included) to scan the QR code, it will lead you to download the app called ‘Uniden Live Pro’ or ‘Uniden Live Pro HD’ from App Store for iOS devices or Play Store for Android...
OPERATION LIVE VIEWING If all the connections correctly, the system will allow live viewing mode. The screen will display the date and time at the top right corner of the screen. Display area: Double click on a channel to view in full-screen and double click again to return to split screen.
PREVIEW CONTROL The preview control has following features. Support preview playback. • In the preview desktop, system can playback previous 5-60 minutes record • of current channel. Support drag and play function. You can use your mouse to select any •...
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Mute Click to mute. Click again to enable audio function when preview. Please note this function is only for one-channel viewing mode. Two-way talk If the connected camera supports bidirectional talk function, you can use this function. Click to start bidirectional talk function.
SHORTCUT MENU Click right button of the mouse during live view mode to view shortcut menu. Window Switch System supports 1/4/8/9/16 window (The options depend on your product channel amount). You can select from the dropdown list.
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Previous Screen/Next Screen Click to go to the previous screen/next screen. PTZ Control This function will only works with a PTZ camera. Some functions may not work with certain PTZ camera. Please refer to your PTZ camera owner’s manual for compatibility.
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Click to open the menu, you can set preset, tour, pattern, scan and etc. Functions may vary between supported device. Please look into the device manufacturer for more details. Icon Function Icon Function Preset Flip Tour Reset Pattern Setting Scan Rotate Go to menu...
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PTZ Function Setup Click , you can go to the following interface to set preset, tour, pattern, and scan. Preset Setup Click preset button and use eight direction arrows to adjust camera to the proper position. Click Set button and then input preset number. Click Set button to save current preset.
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Tour Setup Input tour value and preset number. Click Add preset button to add current preset to the tour. Repeat the above steps if you want to add more presets to the tour. Click Del preset button to remove it from the tour. Please note not all device support delete preset function.
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Scan Setup Click Scan button. Use direction buttons to set camera left limit and then click Left button. Use direction buttons to set camera right limit and then click Right button. Now the scan setup process is complete. Call PTZ Function Call Preset: Input preset value and then click to call a preset.
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Click , system goes to the following interface. The options here are defined by the protocol. The aux number is corresponding to the aux on-off button of the decoder. Color You can set hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, gain, white level, color mode and etc.
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Item Note Period There are two periods in one day. You can set different sharpness, brightness, and contrast setup for different periods. Effective Time Check the box here to enable this function and then set period time. Sharpness The value here is to adjust the edge of the video. The value ranges from 0 to 100.
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Color mode It includes several modes such as standard, color, bright, gentle. Select a color mode, the sharpness, brightness, contrast and etc can automatically switch to corresponding setup. Click reset button, device can automatically adjust to the best display effect. Position It is to adjust the image position on the screen.
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Navigation Bar You need to go to the Main menu->Setting->System->General to enable navigation bar function; otherwise you can not see the following interface. Main Menu: Click to go to the main menu interface. Output Screen: Select corresponding window-split mode and output channels.
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12. Channel Info: Click to go to the channel information setup interface. It is to view information of the corresponding channel. 13. Network: Click to go to the network interface. It is to set network IP address, default gateway and etc. 14.
USB DEVICE AUTO POP-UP After a USB drive inserted, system can auto detect it and pop up the following dialogue box. It allows you to conveniently backup file, log, configuration or update system.
MAIN MENU Right-click during live video mode and select Main Menu. SEARCH Click search button in the main menu. Usually there are three file types: R: Regular recording file. • A: External alarm recording file. • M: Motion detection recording file •...
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Name Function Display window Here is to display the searched picture or file. • Support 1/4/8 window playback. • Search type Here you can select to search the picture or • the recorded file. You can select to play from the read- •...
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Mark file list Click it to go to mark file list interface. You can button view all mark information of current channel by time. Please note only the product of this icon supports mark function. File list switch Double click it, you can view the picture/record •...
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Playback Backward play control pane. In normal play mode, left click the button, the file begins backward play. Click it again to pause current play. In backward play mode, click ►/ to restore normal play. In playback mode, click it to play the next │...
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Time bar It is to display the record type and its period in • current search criteria. In 4-window playback mode, there are • corresponding four time bars. In other playback mode, there is only one time bar. Use the mouse to click one point of the color •...
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Clip It is to edit the file. • Please play the file you want to edit and then • click this button when you want to edit. You can see the corresponding slide bars in the time bar of the corresponding channel. You can adjust the slide bar or input the accurate time to set the file end time.
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Digital zoom When the system is in full-screen playback mode, left click the mouse in the screen. Drag your mouse in the screen to select a section and then left click mouse to realize digital zoom. You can right click mouse to exit. Manually switch During the file playback process, you can switch channel when...
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Accurate playback by time Select records from one day, click the list, you can go to the file list interface. You can input time at the top right corner to search records by time. See image on the left side of the Figure 4-32 For example, input time 11:00.00 and then click Search button , you can view all the record files after 11:00.00 (The records includes current time.).
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Mark Playback When playback recorded file, you can mark the record when there is important information. After playback, you can use time or the mark key words to search corresponding record and then play. It is very easy for you to get the important video information.
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Mark Manager: Click on the Search interface. System will manage all the record mark information of current channel by default. You can view all mark information of current channel by time. Modify: Double click one mark information item, you can see system pops up a dialogue box for you to change mark information.
BACKUP GCVR support USB drive backup. Click backup button and you can view devices information. Select backup device and then set channel, file start time and end time. Click add button, system begins search. All matched files are listed below. System automatically calculates the capacity needed and remained.
You can view the remaining time and process bar at the left bottom. When the backup completed backup, you can see a dialogue box showing backup successful. File format: Click the file format; and select ASF file format. ASF file can be played with VLC player.
INFORMATION It is for you to view system info, event info, and network info and log info. SYSTEM INFO Here is for you to view system information. There are total four items: HDD (hard disk information), record, BPS (data stream statistics), version. HDD Information It will list out hard disk type, total space, free space, video start time and status.
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Type: The corresponding HDD properties. Total space: The HDD total capacity. Free space: The HDD free capacity. Status: HDD can work properly or not. SMART: Display HDD information. Double click one HDD information; you can see the HDD SMART information. Record Info It is to view record start time and end time.
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Record Estimate System can calculate the record time based on the HDD space, or you can input the record time you want to calculate the HDD space you need. Click after the channel name, system pops up Edit dialogue box. You can input resolution, frame rate, bit stream, record time of the corresponding channel, system can calculate the record time based on the channel setup and HDD space.
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Calculate the record period based on the HDD space Check the channel you want to record file. Click Known Space and then click the button to set HDD. Click OK button. Now you can see the record period (such as 5 days). Calculate the HDD space based on the record period Tick the channel you want to record file.
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Here is for you to view current video data stream (KB/s), resolution and etc. Version Here is for you to view some version information such as version number, built date, serial number and etc.
Event It is to display device status and channel status. Network Online Users Here is for you to manage online users. You can disconnect one user or block one user if you have proper system right. Max disconnection setup is 65535 seconds. System detects there is any newly added or deleted user in each five seconds and refresh the list automatically.
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Network Load You can view the follow statistics of the device network adapter. Here you can view information of all connected network adapters. The connection status is shown as offline if connection is disconnected. Click one network adapter, you can view the flow statistics such as send rate and receive rate at the top panel.
Test: Click it to test the connection with the destination IP address. The test results can display average delay and packet loss rate and you can also view the network status as OK, bad, no connection and etc. Network Sniffer backup: Please insert USB2.0 device and click the Refresh button, you can view the device on the following column.
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Details: Click the Details button or double click the log item, you can view the detailed information. You can use rolling bar to view information, or you can use Page up/Page down to view other log information. Select an item on the list and then click the Details button or double click the log item, you can view the detailed information such as log time, log type, log user, IP address and etc.
SETTING It is for you to set camera, network, event, storage, system and etc. CAMERA Here you can set audio/video property, camera property and channel name, channel type. Remote Device System supports ONVIF standard protocol. Remote Device In the main menu, from Camera ->Remote. Here you can add/delete remote device and view its corresponding information.
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Show filter: You can use it to display the specified devices from the added device. Edit: Click button or double click a device in the list, you can change channel setup. Delete: Please select one device in the Added device list and then click to remove.
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Change IP: Click , you can change the information such as IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway, user name, password of the checked device. You can check several devices at the same time and then click . Please check Batch modify button and then input start IP, end IP and default gateway.
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IP Export: System can export the Added device list to your local USB device. Please insert the USB device and then click the Export button; you can see the following interface Select the directory and then click the OK button. System pops up a dialogue box to remind you successfully exported.
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Note: If the imported IP has conflicted with current added device, system pops up a dialogue box to remind you. You have two options: OK: Click OK button, system uses the imported setup to overlay current one. • Cancel: Click Cancel button, system adds the new IP setup. •...
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Firmware It is to view channel, IP address, manufacturer, type, system version, SN, video input, audio input, and etc. Image The interface is shown as following.
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Channel: Select a channel from the dropdown list. Saturation: It is to adjust monitor window saturation. The value ranges from 0 to 100. The default value is 50. The larger the number, the strong the color is. This value has no effect on the general brightness of the whole video. The video color may become too strong if the value is too high.
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OFF: It is to disable the BLC function. Please note this function is disabled • by default. Profile: It is to set the white balance mode. It has effect on the general hue of the video. This function is on by default. You can select the different scene mode such as auto, sunny, cloudy, home, office, night, disable and etc to adjust the video to the best quality.
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Channel: Select the channel you want. SVC: SVC is so called scaled video coding. Check the box to enable this function. During the network transmission process, system discards unimportant frames when the bandwidth is not sufficient or the decode capability is low. It is to guarantee video quality and transmission fluency. Type: Please select from the dropdown list.
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Snapshot Here you can set snapshot mode, picture size, quality and frequency. Snapshot mode: There are two modes: regular and trigger. If you set timing mode, you need to set snapshot frequency. If you set trigger snapshot, you need to set snapshot activation operation. Image size: Here you can set snapshot picture size.
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Overlay Overlay interface is shown as following. Cover area: Here is for you to set cover area. You can drag you mouse to set proper section size. In one channel video, system max supports 4 zones in one channel. Preview/monitor: privacy mask has two types. Preview and Monitor. Preview means the privacy mask zone can not be viewed by user when system is in preview status.
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You can see current channel number is grey. Please check the number to select the channel or you can check the box ALL. Please click the OK button to complete the setup. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. Channel Name It is to modify channel name.
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Upgrade It is to update the camera. From main menu->setting->camera->remote upgrade, the interface is shown as below. Click Browse button and then select the upgrade file. Then select a channel (or you can select device type filter to select several devices at the same time.) Click Start upgrade button to update.
Network TCP/IP The interface is shown as following. IP Version: There are two options: IPv4 and IPv6. Right now, system supports these two IP address format and you can access via them. MAC address: The host in the LAN can get a unique MAC address. It is for you to access in the LAN.
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MTU: It is to set MTU value of the network adapter. The value ranges from 1280-7200 bytes. The default setup is 1500 bytes. Please note MTU modification may result in network adapter reboot and network becomes off. That is to say, MTU modification can affect current network service. System may pop up dialog box for you to confirm setup when you want to change MTU setup.
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Connection The connection setup interface is shown as following. Max connection: system support maximal 128 users. 0 means there is no connection limit. TCP port: Default value is 37777. UDP port: Default value is 37778. HTTP port: Default value is 80. HTTPS port: Default value is 443.
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3G setup interface is shown as below. Please refer to the following contents for the parameter information. Pane 1: Display 3G signal intensity after you enabled 3G function. Pane 2: Display 3G module configuration information after you enabled 3G function. Pane 3: Display 3G module status information after you enabled 3G function.
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Pulse interval: You can set dialup duration. Once you disable the extra stream, the connection time begins. For example, if you input 5 seconds here, then 3G network connection period is 5 seconds. The device automatically disconnect when time is up. If there is no extra stream, 3G network connection is valid all the time.
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DDNS Setup DDNS setup interface is shown below. You need a PC of fixed IP in the internet and there is the DDNS software running in this PC. In other words, this PC is a DNS (domain name server). In network DDNS, please select DDNS type and highlight enable item. Then please input your PPPoE name you get from you IPS and server IP (PC with DDNS).
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3) Operation You can also use customized domain name (You can input your self-defined domain name.) After successful registration, you can use domain name to login installed of the device IP. User name: It is optional. You can input your commonly used email address. Important! Do not register frequently.
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Start address/end address: Select one type from the dropdown list, you can input IP address in the start address and end address. Now you can click Add IP address or Add IP section to add. a)For the newly added IP address, it is in enable status by default. Remove the √...
Email The email interface is shown as below. SMTP server: Please input your email SMTP server IP here. Port: Please input corresponding port value here. User name: Please input the user name to login the sender email box. Password: Please input the corresponding password here. Sender: Please input sender email box here.
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or the abnormality event activates the email, system sends out the email according to the interval you specified here. This function is very useful when there are too many emails activated by the abnormality events, which may result in heavy load for the email server. Email Gmail Outlook...
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System also supports upload multiple NVRs to one FTP server. You can create multiple folders under this FTP.FTP interface is shown as below. Please highlight the icon in front of Enable to activate FTP function. Here you can input FTP server address, port and remote directory. When remote directory is null, system automatically create folders according to the IP, time and channel.
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UPnP The UPNP protocol is to establish a mapping relationship between the LAN and the WAN. Please input the router IP address in LAN connection. UPNP on/off: Turn on or off the UPNP function of the device. Status: When the UPNP is offline, it shows as “Unknown”. When the UPNP works it shows “Success”...
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Double click one item then you can change the corresponding mapping information. Important! When you are setting the router external port, please use 1024~5000 port. Do not use well-known port 1~255 and the system port 256~1023 to avoid conflict. For the TCP and UDP, please make sure the internal port and external port are the same to guarantee the proper data transmission.
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Please enable the SNMP function. Use the corresponding software tool (MIB Builder and MG-SOFT MIB Browser. You still need two MIB file: BASE-SNMP- MIB, NVR-SNMP-MIB) to connect to the device. You can get the device corresponding configuration information after successfully connection. Please follow the steps listed below to configure.
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Multicast Multicast setup interface is shown as following. Here you can set a multiple cast group. You can use other addresses. For example: Multiple cast IP: 235.8.8.36 Multiple cast PORT: 3666. After you logged in the Web, the Web can automatically get multiple cast address and add it to the multiple cast groups.
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Register This function allows the device to auto register to the proxy you specified. In this way, you can use the client-end to access the NVR and etc via the proxy. Here the proxy has a switch function. In the network service, device supports the server address of IPv4 or domain.
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Alarm Centre This interface is reserved for you to develop...
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You can use your cell phone to scan the QR code and add it to the cell phone client. From main menu->Setting->Network->P2P, you can go to the following interface, the P2P interface is shown as below. Android: Open Google Play app in your smart phone. Search Guardian •...
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4. The Register Mode window will appear. Tap P2P. 5. The P2P window will appear. 6. Enter the name you want for your device. 7. Scan the Device ID QR code available on the camera label. 8. Enter your GCVR username. The default username is ‘admin’ and there is no password as default.
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Using the App You can perform the following operation* when using the app for remote viewing. Icon: preview split open close all video favourite menu snapshot selected window gesture/demo/help start stop record select multiple camera start stop real time playback open 1 camera video open close ptz wheel call preset...
Event Detect In the main menu, from Setting->Event->Detect, you can see motion detect interface. There is three detection types: motion detection, video loss, tampering. The video loss has no detection region and sensitivity setup and tampering has no detection region setup. You can see motion detect icon if current channel has enabled motion detect alarm.
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Region: Click select button, the interface is shown as following. Here you can set motion detection zone. There are four zones for you to set. Please select a zone first and then left drag the mouse to select a zone. The corresponding color zone displays different detection zone.
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Period: Click set button, you can see an interface is shown below. Here you can set motion detect period. System only enables motion detect operation in the specified periods. It is not for video loss or the tampering. There are two ways for you to set periods. Please note system only supports 6 periods in one day.
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There are four record types: regular, motion detection (MD), Alarm, MD & alarm. Alarm output: when an alarm occurs, system enables peripheral alarm devices. Latch: when motion detection complete, system auto delays detecting for a specified time. The value ranges from 1-300(Unit: second) Show message: System can pop up a message to alarm you in the local host screen if you enabled this function.
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Video Loss This function allows you to be informed when video loss phenomenon occurred. You can enable alarm output channel and then enable show message function. Tampering When someone viciously masks the lens, or the output video is in one-color due to the environments light change, the system can alert you to guarantee video continuity.
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Sensitivity: The value ranges from 1 to 6. It mainly concerns the brightness. The level 6 has the higher sensitivity than level 1. The default setup is 3. Note: In Motion Detection interface, copy/paste function is only valid for the same type, which means you can not copy a channel setup in video loss mode to tampering mode.
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prompt, alarm upload, email and etc will not be activated. For example, if you set the anti-dither time as 10 second, you can see the each activation may last 10s if the local alarm is activated. During the process, if system detects another local alarm signal at the fifth second, the buzzer, tour, PTZ activation, snapshot, record channel will begin another 10s while the screen prompt, alarm upload, email will not be activated again.
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Voice prompts: Check the box here to trigger audio broadcast function. You can select specified audio file here. System can play the audio file once the corresponding event occurs. Note: Network alarm means the alarm signal from the TCP/IP. You can use NET SDK to activate network alarm.
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Network: Disconnection, IP conflict, MAC conflict. User: Illegal login.
Storage It is to set HDD management, storage parameters, set record plan and record control. Schedule It is for you to set record plan and snapshot plan. Record Note: You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed.
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Holiday: It is to set holiday setup. Please note you need to go to the General interface (Main Menu->System->General) to add holiday first. Otherwise you can not see this item. Pre-record: System can pre-record the video before the event occurs into the file.
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3. Please draw manually to set record period. There are six periods in one day. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. After completing all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu. There are color bars for your reference. Green color stands for regular recording, yellow color stands for motion detection and red color stands for alarm recording.
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You can see current channel name is grey such as channel 1. Now you can select the channel you want to paste such as channel 5/6/7. If you want to save current setup of channel 1 to all channels, you can click the first box “ALL”.
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Snapshot Schedule Snapshot On the preview interface, right click mouse and then select Manual->Record, or in the main menu, from Setting->Storage->Record, check the box to enable snapshot function of corresponding channels. In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, here you can input snapshot mode as regular, size, quality and frequency.
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In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Schedule interface, please enable snapshot function. Trigger Snapshot Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred. In main menu, from Setting->Camera->Encode->Snapshot interface, here you can input snapshot mode as trigger, size, quality and frequency.
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In main menu, from Setting->Event->Detect, please enable snapshot function for specified channels. Priority Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than schedule snapshot. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, system can activate the activation snapshot when alarm occurs, and otherwise system just operates the schedule snapshot.
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HDD Manager Here is for you to view and implement hard disk management. You can see current HDD type, status, capacity and etc. The operation includes format HDD, and change HDD property (read and write/read-only/ redundancy).
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Record Record Control You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDD has been properly installed. There are three ways for you to go to manual record menu. Right click mouse and then select Manual->Record. •...
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Snapshot Operation Check the corresponding box to enable/disable schedule snapshot function.
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HDD Detect The HDD detect function is to detect HDD current status so that you can clearly understand the HDD performance and replace the malfunction HDD. There are two detect types: Quick detect is to detect via the universal system files. System can quickly •...
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Detect Report After the detect operation, you can go to the detect report to view corresponding information. The detect report interface is shown as below. Click the item you can see the detailed information such as detect result.
System General Device General setting includes the following items. Device Name: Please input a corresponding device name here. Device No: Here you can set device number. Language: System supports various languages: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish (All languages listed here are optional.
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Navigation bar: Check the box here, system displays the navigation bar on the interface. Startup wizard: Once you check the box here, system will go to the startup wizard directly when the system restarts the next time. Otherwise, it will go to the login interface.
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Holiday Holiday setup interface is shown below. Click Add new holiday button, you can input new holiday information. You can set holiday name, repeat mode and start/end time. Note: When you enable Holiday settings and schedule setup at the same time, holiday setting has the priority.
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Display It is to set display, TV adjust, tour, zero-channel encode, and preview favorites information. Display Display setup interface is shown as below. Time display: You can select to display time or not when system is playback. Channel display: You can select to channel name or not when system is playback.
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Tour Here you can activate tour function. Click Setup button, you can following interface. Enable tour: Highlight box here to enable this function. Interval: System supports 1/8-window tour. Input proper interval value here. The value ranges from 5-120 seconds. It is for schedule tour/alarm/motion detect tour.
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Zero-channel Encoding Click zero-channel encoding button, you can go to the following interface. Here you can enable and set zero-channel encoding function so that you can view several video sources at one channel. Enable: This function is disabled by default. Check the box here to enable this function so that you can control the zero-channel encoding function at the WEB.
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The pan/tilt/zoom setup includes the following items. Please select channel first. PTZ type: There are two options: local/remote. Please select remote if you are connecting to the network PTZ. Control mode: You can select control mode from the dropdown list. There are two options: Serial/HDCVI.
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Protocol: Please select corresponding protocols such as PELCOD. Address: input corresponding PTZ address. Baudrate: Select baud rate. Data bits: Select data bit. Stop bits: Select stop bit. Parity: There are three choices: none/odd/even. After completed all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.
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Click Add button, you can add audio file and import the audio file via the USB device. The audio file can be saved on the HDD or on the USB device. If there is a USB device (containing the audio file) and the HDD (containing the audio file) at the same time, the HDD mode has higher priority.
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You can: Add new user • Modify user • Add group • Modify group • Modify password • For account management please note: For the user account name and the user group, the string max length is 6 characters. The backspace in front of or at the back of the string is invalid. There can be backspace in the middle.
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Add User Click modify user button in following interface. The following interface will be shown. Please input the user name, password, select the group it belongs to from the dropdown list. Then you can check the corresponding rights for current user. For convenient user management, usually we recommend the general user right is lower than the admin account.
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When you create a new user, you can input the corresponding MAC address of current user. If you leave this item in blank, any MAC address user can share this user account to login. Please note system needs to check the validity of MAC.
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Modify user Click , you can go to the following interface to change user information. Change Password Check the Modify password box, you can change password. Please input old password, and then input new password twice to confirm. The password can contain 24 characters and the space at the begin or at the end of the password are invalid.
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Add/Modify Group Click Group button at Add User interface, you can see the following interface. Click add group button. You can input group name and then input some memo information if necessary. There are total 56 rights such as control panel, shut down, real- time monitor, playback, record, record file backup, PTZ, user account, system information view, alarm input/output setup, system setup, log view, clear log, upgrade system, control device and etc.
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Security Question The security question is shown as below. You can change security questions and input your answer. Click set to save the question asked and answer. Auto Maintain Here you can set auto-reboot time and auto-delete old files setup. You can set to delete the files for the specified days.
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Config Backup The configuration file backup interface is shown as below. This function allows you to import/export system configuration. You can use this function when there are several devices need the same setup. Export: Please connect the peripheral device first and then go to the following interface.
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Default Click default icon, system pops up a dialogue box. You can check restore default factory setup. Camera • Network • Event • Storage • System • Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function. Click factory default button, you can restore factory default setup. After all the setups please click save button, system goes back to the previous menu.
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Update Here is for you to view hardware features, software version, built date, release SN information and etc. You can also update system here. Click Start then please insert the USB device that have the update file to the device and then click the Start button to begin the update. Please make sure the upgrade file name is update.bin.
GUARDIAN LIVE PRO APP Android: Open Google Play app in your smart phone. Search Guardian • Live Pro or Guardian Live Pro HD, download it and install. iOS: Open App Store app in your smart phone. Search Guardian Live Pro •...
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Remote Monitoring Select the icon to enter NVR. Main Menu Enter camera, you will see Live Preview interface by default.
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Click on , system displays main menu interface. User can click on function in main menu to enter corresponding function interface. Main functions includes: Live Preview, Playback, Device Manager, Local Files, Favorites, Alarm Manager and etc. Device Manager In Device Manager, you can add device, modify device info, remotely configure device, view HDD and delete device.
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Add Device To add device: Step 1. In device manager interface, click to enter add device interface. Parameter Note Register Mode P2P: for network environment, add device by • scanning two-dimension code, inputting SN. QuickDDNS: for network environment, add • device by inputting complete domain name address, and analysis is done by QuickDDNS.
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Step 2. Fill in parameter, and click on to save. You can click on Start Live Preview to view all channels of the device. System will go to monitoring page and save device info. For device supporting P2P, you can scan QR code, input SN to add device. Modify Device Info To modify device information: Step 1.
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Delete Device To delete device: Step 1. In device manager interface, click on device. System shows dropdown menu. Step 2. Click on in dropdown menu. System asks if to delete the device. Step 3. Click on OK.
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Remote Configuration Via remote configuration, you can perform function of motion detect, alarm setting, camera setting, storage manager and user manager. To configure: Step 1. In device manager interface, click on device. System shows dropdown menu. Step 2. Click on in dropdown list.
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WIFI Config Device In live preview, it provides shortcut to add device, and supports to add product via the same WIFI and two-dimension code scanning which can get device SN filled in chart in App. Smart config add device: Step 1. User click device list button Step 2.
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Step 3. Interface displays: name, SN (QR code), username, password, live preview, and playback. Step 4. Tap , and it shows two-dimension code box.
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Step 5. Scan QR code of device, when complete, return to device adding interface. SN will be automatically filled in. Step 6. When you scan QR code, click back to return to device adding interface. Step 7. Input SN, click input field to input device SN.
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Step 8. After you complete input, click next. Step 9. Input WIFI password and click next. Step 10. System will auto configure (wait). Step 11. If failed, then click try again or repeat the above steps. Step 12. Save data if all config are correct and go to live preview interface. Step 13.
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Import Cloud Device GCVR series do not support cloud devices. Live Preview Click on and click on Live Preview in main interface to enter live preview. When you click camera, you will enter see live preview interface by default.
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Video Monitoring The app supports 2 methods to monitoring video. 1. In corresponding window open monitoring video of a certain window. Click in window, select channel of device displayed as to monitor the selected channel. 2. Open monitoring video of multiple windows. Click on at the upper-right corner, and select one or more channels in displayed device list.
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Close Video Monitoring System supports two methods to close Video monitoring. 1.Close a single channel. Long press monitoring window you want to close and drag it to the trashcan, it will be deleted. 2. Close all monitoring channels Click on to close all monitoring channels.
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Favorites App supports favorites features. In live preview interface, select a video window in preview, click on to add it to favorites. Select Favorites, and the process is complete. Playback In live preview, click on , the selected channel will play video of the previous 30 seconds.
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Direction and Zooming Click on to activate PTZ panel. The selected window will be maximized. When PTZ control is activated, use hand to control PTZ direction by sliding touch screen: PTZ rotation: slide the touch screen toward designated direction to rotate PTZ. Focus control: Slide with two fingers to control focus.
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Step 2. You can switch between main and extra stream. Click on , to switch to main stream encoding. Click on , to switch to encoding extra stream. Click on , customize main/extra stream. Alarm Out Control GCVR does not support alarm output. Image Adjustment System supports image adjustment including brightness, contrast, saturation and etc.
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Zoom In Via touch signal to zoom in current video, and can drag zoomed video in order to view details in video. Window Position Switch Select a window, drag the window to the target window, and the two windows will switch position. Fish-eye For future use only.
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You can close playback by either of: Close a single channel playback: long press video to close playback and drag it to the trashcan above. Close all channels playback: click on to close all playback. Parameter Note Quick: quick play with 2x, 4x or 8x speed. Select playing video, click on to 2x play;...
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Picture Playback To playback picture: Step 1. Click on button to open device list. Step 2. Select playback period. Step 3. Select picture channel to view. System will play picture of selected channel in selected window. Click on to close playback. File Manager System supports viewing, editing, exporting of live preview and snapshot, record during playback.
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Favorites System supports to create new favorites, or add monitoring spot to existing favorites. Step 1. Click on and input name. Step 2. Enter a certain favorite group, click on at upper-right corner to enter device list. Check designated channel and click on to add it into favorites.
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Alarm Manager Alarm push function is the function to enable push notification generated on GCVR or App Cam devices to smartphone/tablet. User can preview and playback according to push info. Push Config (Motion Detection Only) Step 1. Select device to push. Step 2.
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Alarm Push Event List You can view historical record in event list. Click all alarms dropdown list, you can view: face detection/moving detection/other alarm.
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Local Config System supports local configuration including PTZ step, capture mode, push duration, video mode and etc. Parameter Note PTZ Step Used to set PTZ step during live preview. The larger the step length, the higher the speed will be. Range: 1~8. Capture Mode Configure continuous snapshot quantity in live preview interface and etc.
When a malfunction occurs, it may not be serious and can be corrected easily. The following describes the most common problems and solutions. Please refer to the following before calling Uniden Customer Service for support: 1. NVR can not boot up properly.
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4. There is no video output whether it is one-channel, multiple-channel or all-channel output. There are following possibilities: Firmware is not compatible. Please upgrade to the latest version. • Brightness is 0. Please restore factory default setup. • There is no video input signal or it is too weak. •...
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8. There is audio when monitor but there is no audio when system playback. There are following possibilities: Setup is not correct. Please enable audio function • Corresponding channel has no video input. Playback is not continuous • when the screen is blue. 9.
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12. There is no video when preview or playback video file remotely. There are following possibilities: Network fluency is not good. • Client-end resources are limit. • There is multiple-cast group setup in NVR. This mode can result in mosaic. •...
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16. Can not playback the backup file. Media player do no support .asf and .dav video file format. 17. Forgot local menu operation password after 5 tries. Please contact our customer service number at 1300 366 895 or email us at custservice@uniden.com.au.
APPENDIX A: HARD DISK CAPACITY CALCULATION Calculate total capacity needed by each NVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time). Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity that is the capacity of each channel needed for each hour, unit Mbyte. 3600 1024 In the formula:...
SPECIFICATION NVR Unit Model GNVR16700 System Main Processor Dual-core Embedded processor Operating System Embedded LINUX Video IP Camera Input 16 channel, PoE Resolution Support up to 5MP IP Camera Audio Two-way Talk Reuse audio input/output channel 1 Display Interface 1 HDMI, 1 VGA Resolution 1920×1080, 1280×1024, 1280×720, 1024×768 Display Split...
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Model GNVR 16700 Video Detection & Alarm Video Detection Motion Detection, Video Loss & Camera Blank Alarm Input 16 Channel Relay Output 4 Channel Playback & Backup 1/4/9/16 Sync Playback Search Mode Time/Date, Motion Detection & Exact search (accurate to second) Play, Pause, Stop, Rewind, Fast play, Slow play, Next file, Previous file, Playback Next camera, Previous camera, Full screen, Repeat, Shuffle, Backup...
GNVR 167xx Series Important: Satisfactory evidence of the original purchase is required for warranty service. Please refer to our Uniden website for any details or warranty durations offered in addition to those contained below. Warrantor: The warrantor is Uniden Australia Pty Limited ABN 58 001 865 498 (“Uniden Aust”).
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Product, together with satisfactory evidence of your original purchase (such as a legible copy of the sales docket) to Uniden. Please refer to the Uniden website for address details. You should contact Uniden regarding any compensation that may be payable for your expenses incurred in making a warranty claim.
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