Preface We welcome you as a new user of the world's best digital video recorder (DVR), and the leading Digital Video Surveillance System. For effective usage, please read this manual carefully. For future reference, please keep this manual close to hand. Copyright/Authentication/Trademark/Limited Warranty Copyright This manual is produced under copyright law.
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Risk of death or serious injury. This is the highest priority danger warning. • RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERY ACCORDING TO THE INSTRCTIONS. • THIS EQUIPMENT IS INDOOR USE AND ALL THE COMMUNICATION WIRINGS ARE LIMITED TO INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
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Risk of minor injury or damage. • If a foreign substance is stuck to the product, remove it using a soft cloth or tissue. Do not use chemical agents (thinner, solvent, etc.) to remove the substance. • Do not operate or store the product in the following places. - An area that is either too cold or too hot - An area of high humidity, or in front of an air-conditioner, or in places subject to sudden temperature changes...
Chapter 1. Introduction 1. The System This product is the one that you are looking for quite long time. Eventually, The DVR which is high performance real time DVR based on H.264, you can enjoy the full benefit of latest compression H.264 and be free from headache because of stability of the DVR.
Chapter 2. System Installation 1. Package Contents The following components are included in the product: DVR Unit DC Adaptor Power Cord (User's Manual & Network S/W) Remote Controller Quick Guide...
2. Connecting Devices 2-1. 4 Channel Premium DVR The rear panel of the 4 channel premium DVR comprises the following: • Front USB: Two USB ports are provided to connect external devices like HDD, ODD, Flash memory for Backup, System upgrade or USB mouse on the front panel. A USB mouse can be connected only front panel USB port dedicated only for mouse.
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• RS-232C: An RS-232C connector is provided to connect an ATM or POS machine for Text-In function. Use a cable with a DB9 (female) connector to connect to the DVR. • Network: Connect a Cat5 cable with an RJ-45 connector to the DVR connector for remote Chapter 3-2.
2-2. 8/16 Channel Premium DVR The rear panels of the 6/18 channel premium DVR comprise the following: [8 Channel Premium Model] [16 Channel Premium Model] Video Input Connect the coaxial cables from the cameras to the BNC video connectors. Loop-Through Video Connect the coaxial cables from the Loop BNC connector to another device.
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• Audio Out: The DVR does not have amplified audio output, so you will need a speaker with and amplifier. • RS-232C: An RS-232C connector is provided to connect an ATM or POS machine for Text-In function. Use a cable with a DB9 (female) connector to connect to the DVR. •...
3. Cautions • Avoid installing the product where there are direct rays or it is hot by locating near from heat generator. (May cause fire) • Do not put vase, flowerpot, cup, cosmetics, drug, and anything the contain water on product. (May cause fire or electric shock, and it may injure people by falling) •...
Chapter 3. Using DVR 1. Basic Operation 1-1. Front Panel & IR Remote Controller The DVR should be correctly installed before proceeding. The location and the shape of the buttons may vary depending on the DVR model. (In 4-channel DVR, Only some of main buttons most commonly used can be found on the front panel.) Control Description...
move down when setting the menu. - Zoom In under PTZ mode. It will open or close the backup drive such as CD-RW or DVD EJECT Button - Display menu to load PTZ presets under PTZ mode. PTZ Button Changes to the PTZ control mode from the live mode. ZOOM Button Zooms the current image on the screen.
Turns on when the system is connected to the network. Turns on when the Alarm is being activated. Mirroring mode E.REC (Emergency Recording) Mode. Displays date & time. IR Remote Controller 1-4. Display Icons No Recording Recording (Red) E.REC (Emergency Recording) Event Recording (Red) Pre Event Recording (Blue) Motion Detection...
1-5. User or Admin Login Press MENU to enter main menu screen. Login in screen appears to enter ID (Admin or User) and Password. Password can be set up to 8 numbers by the combination of numbers from 0 to 9. The factory default password is „1111‟...
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Address DDNS NETWORK Notification Transmission Sensor Motion EVENT Video Loss Text-In System LOGOUT SHUTDOWN...
1-7. Contextual Menu Additional Contextual Menu screen appears by pressing right button on the Mouse. Layout option allows changing Camera on the monitor. Select preferred camera display option on the monitor. Camera : Select camera no. Layout : Select display mode (8/16 Ch. DVR Only) : Select OSD display option Text-In OSD: On/Off Text-In OSD.
2. DVR Configuration 2-1. SYSTEM Under SYSTEM menu, System configuration options for general Information, Date &Time, User, Quick Setup and System Log can be selected. 2-1-1.MENU>SYSTEM>Information In the Information screen, DVR Name, System Version, Upgrade, Mac Address and Configuration options can be selected. Highlight and press DVR Name to enter or change DVR name.
2-1-2. MENU > SYSTEM > Date & Time In the Date & Time, Time Zone, Date, Time, NTP Server, Holiday options can be selected. Highlight and press Time Zone to select right Time Zone. Select „Use Daylight Saving Time‟ if it is applicable. Enter start and end date/time for local „Daylight Saving Time‟.
Set user registration and access rights for the system. Press Group tap to add and set group. Press to add a new group. Enter a group name and select access rights for a group. To remove an existing Group, press next to it.
2-2. DEVICE Under Device menu, Device configuration options for Camera, Audio, Alarm, Keyboard and RS232 & RS485 (POS/PTZ) can be selected. 2-2-1. MENU > DEVICE > Camera Set Camera display option. Camera display (video loss display) can be disabled by unmarking the box next to it if there is no camera connected.
Covert Setting Covert setting allows the privacy on monitoring. If Covert is set, live image will not be displayed. Covert can be scheduled by day, time and mode by cameras. Covert Low Mode: No display of video image on screen but OSD still remains on screen. Covert High Mode: Neither of video image or OSD will be displayed on screen.
2-2-4. MENU > DEVICE > Keyboard Press to find and select keyboard from the list. 2-2-5. MENU > DEVICE > RS232 & RS485 Press to select a device for each ports. RS232: Supports Text In (POS) device. PTZ and Keyboard RS485: Supports Text In (POS) device ,PTZ and Keyboard.
2-3. DISPLAY Under Display menu, Display configuration options for OSD and Monitor can be selected. 2-3-1. MENU > DISPLAY > Display Language: Select system language. Press find available language options. Hide Status Bar: Select On/Off and time to hide Status Bar when system is not in use. OSD margin: Set OSD margin (position) using Freeze: Display an image in either Field or Frame format when it is in still (freeze) mode.
2-3-2. MENU > DISPLAY > Monitoring Event Pop-up: Pops up the camera image in full screen when pre-set event occurs. Sequence Interval: Set time interval between cameras under sequence mode. Event Pop-up: Pops up the camera image in full screen on spot monitors when pre-set event occurs. Sequence Interval: Set time interval between cameras on spot monitors for sequencing.
2-4. RECORD Under Record menu, Record configuration options for Storage, Record and Record Tools can be selected. 2-4-1. MENU > RECORD > Storage In Storage, it displays the installed/connected storage status such as Capacity, Type, Usage and Status. Format: Press Format to format selected HDD. Record: Displays the recording period and data stored on HDD.
2-4-2. MENU > RECORD > Record In Record, general recording options can be selected including overwrite, resolution, speed, recording quality and etc. Overwrite: Select Overwrite to overwrite recorded HDD data when it is full. Audio Record: Select Audio Record to record audio with video image. Resolution: Select recording resolution.
2-4-3. MENU > RECORD > Record Tools In Record Tools, estimated HDD usage and recording period can be calculated. Press Calculate once resolutions, ips, number of cameras and quality are set. The recording period is calculated based the size of HDD installed. The GB size shows the HDD size requires for a day recording.
2-5. NETWORK Under Network menu, Network configuration options for network Address, DDNS, Remote Notification and Transmission can be set up. 2-5-1. MENU > NETWORK > Address In Address, Information such as Type, IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway Port and DNS can be set for network connections.
2-5-2. MENU > NETWORK > DDNS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows you to create a hostname that points to your dynamic IP or static IP address. We also provide an update mechanism which makes the hostname work with your dynamic IP address of DVR In the DDNS, network options for DDNS can be selected.
2-5-3. MENU > NETWORK > Notification In Callback, set up IP addresses of client sites so that Events detected in local system can be notified to multi remote client sites simultaneously. Enter IP addresses of client sites to receive events notifications on remote sites.
2-6. EVENT Under Event menu, events can be set in synchronization with Sensor, Motion, Video Loss, Text-In, System, 2-6-1. MENU > EVENT > Sensor In Sensor, each sensor can be selected for activation and its type. Select Sensor Type using button.
PTZ can be sync with Event using its preset function. If Event occurs, PTZ moves to the position where event and positions are pre set. The above menu shows, Sensor 1 is set to sync to cameras 2,3,4 and 5. If you click PTZ section, PTZ preset (position) can be set for cameras in the event of Sensor activation.
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In Record, each camera can be synchronized with single and multi motion detections from other cameras. Press to select cameras to be synchronized with motions detections. In Alarm, each camera with motion can be synchronized with single and multi alarms. Press to select alarms to be synchronized with cameras for motion events.
2-6-3. MENU > EVENT > Video Loss In Video Loss, single or multi cameras can be synchronized for event recording when there is a video loss. Press to select single or multi cameras to be synchronized with cameras for video loss.
2-6-4. MENU > EVENT > Text-In The system allows Text In from POS/ATM machines. Note : For use of POS/ATM, the system must support general ASCI code. Text-In Model: Select Text-In model from the list Transaction Begin: Enter a word which the transaction info to be displayed on screen as a start. Any Character: Check Any Character to start display a text with any character as a start.
In Notification, text event can be synchronized with single and multi callback or emailing sites. Press to enter callback or email address to be synchronized with text event. 2-6-5. MENU > EVENT > System In System, S.M.A.R.T function monitors storage conditions such as Temperature, Conditions and Recording.
3. Playback The system provides various playback menus to search recorded data. Please press right mouse button on mouse or press playback button on the front panel. 3-1. Go to Time Select Go to Time to search recorded data by time/date.
3-3. Event Search Event Search provides easy search by event list recorded. Select the date and type of event to find specific data. Press Event: All section on the tope of the list to display event search options. All: System displays every event Motion: System displays every events related to Motion Sensor: System displays every events related to Sensor Video Loss: System displays every events related to Video Loss...
3-5. Backup Data Playback Backup files on backup media can be played on DVR. Insert media with backup files and select a file to playback it on DVR. 3-6. Playback Control R.Play: Reverse Playback Step Backward: Go to the previous image Pause: Freeze or Stop current image Step Forward: Go to the next image Play: Play the data at normal speed...
4. Backup 4-1. Backup In the BACKUP, the recorded data can be selected for backup to USB devices. Press USB Device to select the type of USB Device connected to the system. Select date & time period of data to be backup using button.
4-2. Instant Backup Press backup button to start Instant Backup during the playback. Instant Backup window will appear when press backup button during the normal playback mode. Select Device, File Name, Audio and press Start to continue the playback and backup. The Backup Icon will appear on the screen during the Instant Playback.
Chapter 4. Network Monitoring 5. Web Viewer User can access to use DVR‟s Setup, Live Web Monitoring, Playback functions through Internet Explorer. 5-1. Login User can access to the DVR‟s Remote Monitoring System if user inputs DVR‟s IP address or its registered hostname at Internet Explorer‟s address bar.
: One Channel View Mode. : Change the display channel at One Channel View Mode. : Quad View Mode. : Full screen View Mode. Setup: Changed the DVR configuration.(Only for administrator) 5-3. Playback User can search and play the DVR‟s recorded data. Playback Icon ...
5-3-1. Calendar Search User can select a specific time to search for the recorded data at the calendar. As you see the picture, date marked as red color if there is recorded data on the calendar. In addition, selected date marked as yellow color. : Change month / year : Search data by inputting specific time.
APPENDIX A-1. DDNS(Dynamic Domain Name Server) Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows you to create a hostname that points to your dynamic IP or static IP We also provide an update mechanism which address (IP Camera, DVR, and Web Server). makes the hostname work with your dynamic IP address of DVR. You can use DDNS service after signing up for autoipset.com or without signing up process.
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Please fill up the blank with correct information, and then click submit button. You should check the duplication of your user ID by clicking “Check ID” before submission. 2. Log in Please log in with your ID and Password. After you log in, you can see the list of your registered DVR like below at the product list.
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3. DDNS registration Please select DDNS menu at your DVR with the following route. DVR > MENU > NETWORK > DDNS First, please input a hostname that you want to use, and then please select the check box for Use ID. Next, please input ID and Password that you registered at autoipset.com, and then please click “Update”...
A-1-2.Use DDNS without signing up for autoipset.com Please select DDNS menu at your DVR with the following route. DVR > MENU > NETWORK > DDNS Please input a hostname that you want to use, and then please click “Update” button. If you see the message, “DDNS: Succeeded in updating”, then all the registration process is done.
COMPLIANCE NOTICE OF FCC: THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS A DIGITAL DEVICE, PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
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