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Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely. There may be several technically incorrect places or printing errors in this manual. The updates will be added into the new version of this manual. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
1 Introduction 1.1 Summary Based on the most advanced SOC technology and embedded system in the field, this series of the DVR adopt the new designed human interface and support the smart management of analog cameras and IP cameras and the record search of slice. This series of the DVR which are powerful and easy to use are provided with excellent image quality and stable system.
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Support any area of the image to be zoomed in to a maximum of 16 times of the current size Support image and lens adjustment (only available for some cameras) Support quick camera adding in the camera window of the live preview interface Disk Management ...
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Support enabling or disabling of the motion detection, external sensor alarm input and exception alarms including IP address conflict alarm, disk IO error alarm, disk full alarm, no disk alarm, illegal access alarm, network disconnection alarm, IPC offline alarm and so on, alarm trigger configuration supportable ...
1.3 Front Panel Descriptions The following descriptions are for reference only. Type I: Name Descriptions When recording, the light is blue When access to network , the light is blue Power Power indicator, when connection , the light is blue No function temporarily Type II: Name...
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Name Descriptions Audio input; connect to audio input device, like AUDIO IN microphone, pickup, etc ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors ALARM OUT Relay output; connect to external alarm Grounding AHD VIDEO IN 4 CH AHD video inputs AUDIO OUT Audio output;...
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Name Descriptions CVBS CVBS video output; connect to monitor ALARM IN Alarm inputs for connecting sensors Grounding AUDIO OUT Audio output; connect to sound box Audio input; connect to audio input device, like microphone, AUDIO IN pickup, etc ALARM OUT Relay output;...
1.5 Connections Video Connections Video Output: Supports VGA/HDMI video output. You can connect to monitor through these video output interfaces simultaneously or independently. Audio Connections Audio Input: Connect to microphone, pickup, etc. Audio Output: Connect to headphone, sound box or other audio output devices. ...
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Alarm Output: The way to connect alarm output device: Pull out the green terminal blocks and loosen the screws in the alarm-out port. Then insert the signal wires of the alarm output devices into the port of NO and COM separately. Finally, tighten the screws.
2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to expending the life of your device. 2.1.1 Startup ① Connect the output display device to the VGA/HDMI interface of the DVR. ②...
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Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Power Button Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image To go to sequence view mode Audio To enable audio output in live mode...
Button Function Record manually Search To enter search mode MEUN To enter menu Exit To exit the current interface ENTER To confirm the choice or setup Direction button To move cursor in setup ZOOM To zoom in No function temporarily To control playback.
The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown below. Button Meaning Button...
3 Wizard & Main Interface 3.1 Startup Wizard The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk; : unavailable disk;...
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② Date and Time Configuration. The date and time of the system need to be set up if you use the wizard for the first time. Refer to the following figure. Set the time zone, system time, date format and time format. The DST will be enabled by default if the time zone selected includes DST.
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④ QRCode. You can scan the QRCode through mobile client which is installed in the mobile phone or PAD to log in the mobile client instantly. Please refer to 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance for details. ⑤ Add Camera. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the to add the searched camera.
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effectiveness of the input information. Click “OK” to save the settings. You can change the camera name only if it’s an analog camera or the added IPC is online. Click “Next” to continue. ⑥ Disk Settings. You can view the disk number, disk capacity of the DVR and serial number, R&W status of the disk.
3.2 Main Interface 3.2.1 Main Interface Introduction The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click it to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click it to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button.
Button Meaning Disk status button. Click it to view the disk status and RAID status. Network status button. Click it to view the network status. Information button. Click it to view system information. Introduction of area ② : Click “Camera” to view all the added cameras in the camera list. Select one camera window on the left side of the interface and then double click one IP camera in the list to preview the camera image in the selected window.
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The setup panel includes seven modules. Each module provides some function entries with links for convenient operation. Here we take Camera module as an example. The Camera module provides convenient links such as “Add Camera”, “Edit Camera”, “Image Settings”, “Motion” and “PTZ”. Click Camera to go to the camera management interface as shown below.
Click the main menus on the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to system setup interface by clicking “System” tag. 3.2.3 Main Functions Camera The module covers the functions such as Camera Management (see Chapter 4 Camera Management for details), Image Settings (see 5.3 Preview Image Configuration for details), Motion (see 9.2.1 Motion Configuration for details) and PTZ (see Chapter 6 PTZ for details)
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and so on. Please see 11.1 Network Configuration for details. Account and Authority The module covers the functions such as Account Management (see 10.1 Account Management for details) and Permission Management (see 10.3 Permission Management for details) and so on. ...
4 Camera Management 4.1 Signal Access Set Click StartSettingsCameraManage CameraSignal Access Set to go to the interface as shown below. There are two types of analog signals: TVI and AHD. If the access signal is TVI, you should check TVI in the following interface to show the camera image normally; if you check AHD, then there will be no image or the image has no color.
Quickly Add Check the cameras and then click “Add” to add cameras. Click to edit the camera’s IP address, username and password and so on. Click “Default Password” to set the default username and password of each camera. Add Manually Input the IP address, port, username and password of the camera and then select the protocol.
4.3 Add/Edit Camera Group 4.3.1 Add Camera Group Click “Edit Camera Group” in the above interface to go to the interface as shown below. Click to pop up the window as shown below. Set the group name and dwell time in the window.
5 Live Preview Introduction 5.1 Preview Interface Introduction The connected analog camera will be added automatically in the live preview interface for previewing. You should add IP camera manually for previewing (see 4.2.1 Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging.
The single channel amplification interface is as shown below. Press and drag the blue box to select the zoom in area. Click to zoom the image. Click the camera selection box to select other cameras for amplification. Click “Back” to return to the live preview interface. 5.2 Preview Mode 5.2.1 Preview By Display Mode Set different screen modes and cameras’...
Add Display Mode Method One: ① Click “Customize Display Modes” in the above interface and then set the screen mode. ② Add the cameras and adjust the cameras’ display sequence as required. ③ Click “Save” button under the display mode list and then enter the display mode name in the popup window, click “OK”...
camera number of the current screen mode. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view. 5.2.3 Scheme View In Sequence Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput SettingsMain Output to go to the interface as shown below.
Start Sequence View Go to live preview interface and then click to pop up a window. Set the dwell time in the window and then click to start scheme view in sequence. Double click the sequence view interface to pause the view; double click again to restore the view. Click to stop the view.
5.3.2 Image Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the camera. You can click “Default” button to restore the image settings to the default factory settings. 5.3.3 Mask Settings Some areas of the image can be masked for privacy.
5.3.4 Image Adjustment Go to live preview interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface. Image Adjustment Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture.
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The introductions of these parameters are as follows: Parameter Meaning It is the brightness level of the camera’s image. Brightness Contrast It is the color difference between the brightest and darkest parts. Saturation It is the degree of color purity. The color is purer, the image is brighter. It relates to the total color degree of the image.
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The introductions of these parameters and buttons are as follows: Button/Parameter Meaning Click to zoom in/out the image. If manual mode is selected, focus button & “One Key Focus” & “Day/night mode switch autofocus” will be available; if auto mode is selected, the time Focus Mode interval setup will be available.
6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the dome or PTZ which connects to the camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below.
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Analog Joystick Control The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates. The dome or PTZ will stop rotating when you stop dragging the analog joystick.
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Advanced 3D Control Double click the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image and then the image size will be doubled and centered on the clicked point. Press and hold the left button of the mouse on any area of the camera image to zoom in the image;...
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Preset Setting Click “Preset” to go to preset operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below. Select the preset and then input the preset name in the window; finally click “OK” button to save the settings. You can add 255 presets for each dome at most. Adjust the dome’s direction and then click “Save Position”...
Click to start the cruise and click to stop the cruise in the cruise list of the cruise operation tab; click “Delete” button to delete the selected cruise. You can also go to cruise setting interface for cruise setting, see 6.3 Cruise Setting for details. 6.2 Preset Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZPreset to go to the interface as shown below.
6.3 Cruise Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZCruise to go to the interface as shown below. Add Cruise Click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the cruise information to add cruise. The operations of the “Add Cruise” of the dome and then click window are similar to that of the PTZ control interface;...
6.4 PTZ Protocol Setting Click StartSettingsCameraPTZProtocol to go to the interface as shown below. You can set the protocol, baud rate and address of the analog dome in the interface. Please make sure the analog speed dome camera is well connected to the DVR before you control it. Select the camera and then set the protocol, baud rate and address of the dome according to the settings of the dome.
7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to 7.5 Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply” button to save the settings.
Video Encode: the video encode format of the camera. Resolution: the higher the resolution is, the clearer the image is. FPS: the higher the frame rate is, the more fluency the video is. However, more storage room will be taken up. Bitrate: the higher the image quality you choose, the more bit rate will be required.
Record Stream” and “Timing Record Stream” interfaces. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You can set the record stream of each camera one by one or batch set them for all cameras. Click StartSettingsRecordStream Settings to go to “Sub Stream” interface. Set the video encode, resolution, FPS and bitrate of sub-stream for each camera in the interface and then click “Apply”...
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Click to add a new schedule. Refer to the picture below.
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Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button. Set Day Schedule Click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to set record time; click and then drag the cursor on the time scale to delete the selected area.
Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a week. 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration Click StartSettingsRecordRecord ScheduleSchedule Configuration to go to the interface as shown below.
7.4.2 Timing Recording Timing Recording: the system will record automatically according to the schedule. Set the timing record schedule of each camera. See 7.3 Schedule Setting for details. 7.4.3 Motion Based Recording Motion Based Recording: the system will start motion based recording when the motion object appears in the setup schedule.
There are all four disk groups. By using disk group, you can correspond the camera to disk (the record data of the camera in the group will be stored into the disks in the same group). The added disks and cameras will be added into group one automatically. The disks and cameras in the groups can be deleted except group one (select a disk group and then click on the top right corner of the added disk or camera to delete it from the group).
8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to set the default playback time).
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The added cameras will playback their records in the playback interface automatically. You can also add the playback camera manually. Click in the playback window to pop up the “Add Camera” window. Check the cameras in the window and then click “Add” to add playback camera.
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Click on the playback window to show the tool bar as shown in area ③; right click on the window to show the menu list. The tool bar and menu list are introduced in the table below. Button Menu List Meaning Move tool.
pop up the backup window. Select the device, backup path and backup format and then click “Backup” button to start the backup. 8.3 Record Search & Playback 8.3.1 Search & Playback by Time-sliced Image ① Click StartSearchBy Time-sliced Image to go to “By Time-sliced Image” tab. There are two view modes: by time and by camera.
Time Slice Mode Selecting: Method One: Click “Year”, “Month” or “Day” button under the record time scale to select the time slice mode. In “Day” mode, click on the left/right side of the time scale to view the record of the last/next day; click “Minute” in the “Picture” option under the time scale to select “Minute”...
8.3.3 Search & Playback by Event ① Click StartSearchBy Event to go to “By Event” tab as shown below. ② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. ④...
⑤ Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window. Select one record data in the list and then click “Backup” button for record backup. ⑥ Select one record data in the list and then click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface.
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④ Click “Backup” button to pop up the “Record Backup” window as shown below. Select the device name, backup format and path and then click “Backup” button to start the backup. Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically.
8.4.2 Backup by Event ① Click StartBackupBy Event to go to “By Event” tab. ② Click to set the start time and end time on the left top of the interface. ③ Check the event types and cameras. ④ Click to search the record.
9 Alarm Management 9.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor Alarm to go to the following interface. ②...
Pop-up Message Box: if enabled, the system will pop up the corresponding alarm message box automatically when the sensor alarm is triggered. To set the duration time of the message box, please see 9.4.3 Display for details. E-mail: if enabled, the system will send an e-mail when the sensor alarm is triggered. Before you enable the email, please configure the recipient’s e-mail address first (see 11.1.4 E-mail Configuration for details).
③ Drag the camera image to set the motion area. You can set more than one motion area. Click “All” to set the whole camera image as the motion area. Click “Reverse” to swap the motion area and the non-motion area. Click “Clear” to clear all the motion areas. ④...
② Enable or disable “Snap”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video”, “Pop-up Message Box” and “E-mail”. The IPC Offline Settings are similar to that of the sensor alarm (see 9.1 Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.3.2 Video Loss Settings ①...
9.4 Alarm Event Notification 9.4.1 Alarm-out ① Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent Notification to go to the following interface. ② Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to edit the schedules (see 7.3.1 Add Schedule for details). ③...
9.4.4 Buzzer Click StartSettingsAlarmEvent NotificationBuzzer to go to the buzzer configuration interface. Set the delay time of the buzzer and then click “Apply” to save the setting. You can click “Test” to test the buzzer. 9.5 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger”...
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Click “Clear” button to stop the buzzer when the buzzer alarm happens. Click to view the detail information as shown below. If the exception information is more than one page, you can input the number in the box and then click to jump to the specified page.
10 Account & Permission Management 10.1 Account Management Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced”...
② Set the username, password and group. The e-mail address, MAC address and the remark are optional (input the MAC address after you check it). Click “Add” to add the user. 10.1.2 Edit User Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User and then click the user list or double click the user to edit the user information.
Edit User Click “Edit User” to pop up the window as shown below. The admin is enabled, its permission control is closed and permission group cannot be changed by default. You can enable or disable other users (if disabled, the user will be invalid), open or close their permission control (if closed, the user will get all the permissions which the administrator permission group has) and set their permission groups.
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Click to add permission group. Set the group name, check the permissions as required and then set the “Local” and “Remote” permissions. Click “Add” to save the settings.
10.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see 10.3.1 Add Permission Group for details). Click to save the group as another group.
11 Device Management 11.1 Network Configuration 11.1.1 TCP/IPv4 Configuration IP Address Settings Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IPv4 to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the IP address and DNS automatically, or manually input IP address, subnet mask, gateway, preferred DNS and alternate DNS.
port, server port and RTSP port of the DVR and then click “Apply” to save the ports. HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the DVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The port is mainly used to IE remote access. If you want to access the DVR through IE, you should input IP address plus HTTP port in the IE address bar like http://192.168.11.61:81.
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Check “Enable” and then select the DDNS type. Input the server address, domain name, username and password according to the selected DDNS type. Click “Test” to test the effectiveness of the input information. Click “Apply” to save the settings. You will have to input the server address and domain name if some DDNS types are selected. Go to the relative DNS website to register domain name and then input the registered domain information here).
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③ Create domain name and then click Request Domain. ④ After you successfully request your domain name, you will see your domain name information in the list.
⑤ Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to DDNS setting interface. Enable DDNS and then select the www.dvrdydns.com DDNS type. Input the registered username, password and domain name and then click “Apply”. ⑥ Map the IP address and HTTP port in the router (you can skip this step if UPnP function is enabled).
Click “Edit Recipient” to go to the following interface. Click “Add” and then input the recipient’s e-mail address in the popup window. Click “Add” in to delete the recipient in the list. Click “Apply” to the window to add the recipient. Click save the settings.
③ Set the DVR’s IP address, subnet mask and gateway and so on corresponding to the router. ④ Check “Enable” in the interface as shown below and then click “Apply” button. Click “Refresh” button to refresh the UPnP status. If the UPnP status were still “Invalid UPnP” after refreshing it for many times, the port number would be wrong.
Device Name: The name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize the device remotely. Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the camera. Spot: If the DVR supports spot output, you should enable spot output. Connect the spot output device to the DVR and then set the spot output (see 5.2.4 Spot View for details).
11.3 Factory Default Click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceFactory Default and then click “Reset to factory default” button in the interface to reset to the factory default settings. 11.4 Device Software Upgrade You can click StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view MCU, kernel version and firmware version and so on. Before upgrade, please get the upgrade file from your dealer. The upgrade steps are as follows: ①...
Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the DVR and then click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceBackup and Restore to go to the interface. Backup Select the USB device in “Device Name” option; go to the path where you want to store the configuration backup file and then click “Backup”...
12 Remote Surveillance 12.1 Mobile Client Surveillance ① Enable NAT in the DVR. Refer to 11.1.6 NAT Configuration for details. ② Download and install the mobile client “SuperLive Plus” into the mobile device with the Android or iOS system. ③ Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” interface and then click to scan the QRCode of the DVR (Go to StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view the QRCode of the DVR).
Notes: 1. Please make sure that the IP address of the DVR and the computer are both in the same local network segment. For example, supposing that the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.41, the IP address of the DVR shall be set to 192.168.1.XXX. 2.
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Input the serial number (click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to see the serial number of the DVR), user name (the user name of the DVR, admin by default) and password (the password of the DVR, 123456 by default) of the DVR, select the display language on the top right corner of the interface and then click “Login”...
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admin: the current login username. Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Input current password and then set a new password in the popup window. Click “OK” button to save the new password.
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Left Panel Introduction Click on the left panel to hide the panel and click to show the panel. You can view all the added cameras and groups on the left panel. View Camera Click to view the cameras. You can view the number of all the added cameras and the online cameras.
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Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to main stream in manual record mode; click set the camera’s live preview stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply”...
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PTZ panel introduction: Button Meaning Click to rotate the dome; click to stop rotating the dome. Drag the slider to adjust the rotating speed of dome. Click to zoom in/out camera image. Click to increase/ decrease the focal length. Click to increase/decrease the iris of the dome.
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Button Meaning Backup tasks button. Click it to view the backup status. Event list button. Click it to view the event record of manual/schedule/sensor/motion. 12.4.3 Remote Backup Click “Backup” in the remote interface to go to the backup interface. You can back up the record by event or by time.
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Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. For some DVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them.
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Q6. The system cannot record, why? Make sure the HDD was formatted prior to use. The record schedule has not been set in manual record mode. Please refer to 7.3.2 Record Schedule Configuration for details. Maybe HDD is full and thus the DVR is not able to record. Check HDD information from Disk Management and if required, please enable the recycle function (please see 7.1.2 Advanced Configuration for details).
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② Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 8-1. ③ Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 8-2. ④ Then click “OK” to finish setup. Other plug-ins or anti-virus may block ActiveX. Please disable or do the required settings. Fig 8-1 Fig 8-2 Q9.
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If you select the private format when backing up record by DVR, a RPAS compression package will be backed up to the USB device automatically along with the record data. Uncompress the “RPAS.zip” and then click “RPAS.exe” to set up RPAS. After the setup is completed, open RPAS player and then click “Open Folder”...
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Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times.
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Appendix C Compatible Device List Compatible HDD list Brand and Series Capacity Barracuda Series 500GB /1TB /2TB /3TB Seagate SV35 Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB Surveillance HDD Series (recommended) 1TB /2TB /3TB /4TB /6TB Blue Series 500GB /1TB Western Digital Green Series 2TB /3TB /4TB Purple Series...
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