HIKVISION HiLook Series, THC-B227-LMS, THC-B257-LMS Manual

Models

This manual applies to the models below:

Type	Model	Note
Type I Camera	THC-B227-LMS	2MP model
	THC-B257-LMS	3K model
Type II Camera	THC-B127-LPS	2MP model
	THC-B127-LMS
	THC-B157-LPS	3K model
	THC-B157-LMS
Type III Camera	THC-T127-LPS	2MP model
	THC-T157-LPS	3K model
Type IV Camera	THC-T127-LMS	2MP model
	THC-T157-LMS	3K model
Type V Camera	THC-T227-LMS	2MP model
	THC-T257-LMS	3K model

Introduction

This product can only enjoy the after-sales service support in the country or region where the purchase is made.

Product Features

The main features are as follows:

• High performance CMOS sensor
• OSD menu with configurable parameters
• Smart light
• 3-axis adjustment
• Hybrid supplement light with IR and white light

Overview

Overview of Type I Unit

Figure 1-1 Overview of Type I Camera
See Figure 1-1

Note:
Press and hold the switch button for 5 seconds to switch the video output. Four kinds of video outputs are available: TVI, AHD, CVI, and CVBS.

Overview of Type II Unit

See Figure 1-2

Note:
Press and hold the switch button for 5 seconds to switch the video output. Four kinds of video outputs are available: TVI, AHD, CVI, and CVBS.

Overview of Type III Unit

See Figure 1-3

Note:
Press and hold the switch button for 5 seconds to switch the video output. Four kinds of video outputs are available: TVI, AHD, CVI, and CVBS.

Overview of Type IV Unit

See Figure 1-4

Note:
Press and hold the switch button for 5 seconds to switch the video output. Four kinds of video outputs are available: TVI, AHD, CVI, and CVBS.

Overview of Type V Unit

See Figure 1-5

Note:
Press and hold the switch button for 5 seconds to switch the video output. Four kinds of video outputs are available: TVI, AHD, CVI, and CVBS.

Installation

Before you start

• Make sure that the device in the package is in good condition and all the assembly parts are included.
• Make sure that all the related equipment is power-off during the installation.
• Check the specification of the products for the installation environment.
• Check whether the power supply is matched with your power output to avoid damage.
• Make sure the wall is strong enough to withstand three times the weight of the camera and the mount.
• If the product does not function properly, contact your dealer or the nearest service center. DO NOT disassemble the camera for repair or maintenance by yourself.

Installation of Type I & II Device

Ceiling/Wall Mounting without Junction Box

Ceiling mounting and wall mounting are similar.
Following steps take ceiling mounting as an example.

Steps:

1. Paste the drill template (supplied) to the installation location.
2. (Optional) For cement ceiling, drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs.
3. (Optional) Drill the cable hole, when the cables are routed through the ceiling.
4. Secure the camera to ceiling with three PA4 × 25 screws (supplied). See Figure 2-1
   
5. Connect the cables.
6. Power on the camera to adjust the view angle according to the figure below. See Figure 2-2
   

Ceiling/Wall Mounting with Junction Box

Before you start:

• You need to purchase a junction box in advance.
• Ceiling mounting and wall mounting are similar.
  Following steps take wall mounting as an example.

Steps:

1. Paste the drill template for junction box to the installation location.
2. (Optional) For cement wall, drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs.
3. (Optional) Drill the cable hole, when the cables are routed through the wall.
4. Take apart the junction box.
5. Fix the camera to the junction box cover with three PM4 × 10 screws. See Figure 2-3
   
6. Secure the junction box body on the wall with three PA4 × 25 screws (supplied). See Figure 2-4
   
7. Route the cables through the bottom cable hole or side cable hole of the junction box and connect the cables.
8. Fix the junction box cover on its body with three PM3 × 16 L6 screws. See Figure 2- 5
   
9. Refer to Step 6 of Ceiling/Wall Mounting without Junction Box above to finish installation.

Installation of Type III Device

Ceiling Mounting without Junction Box

Steps:

1. Rotate the camera to align the mark with the notch. Insert a coin or another tool into the notch, and press down to dissemble the camera. See Figure 2- 6
   
2. Paste the drill template (supplied) to the place where you want to install the camera.
3. (Optional) For cement ceiling, drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs.
4. (Optional) Drill the cable hole, when the cables are routed through the ceiling.
5. Use two PA4 × 25 screws (supplied) to secure the base to the ceiling. See Figure 2-7
   
6. Align the notch with the mark to install the camera back to the base and secure it. See Figure 2-8
   
7. Connect the cables.
8. Power on the camera to check whether the image on the monitor is gotten from the optimum angle. If not, adjust the camera according to the figure below. See Figure 2- 9
   
   1. Rotate the enclosure to adjust the pan position [0° to 360°].
   2. Move the main body up and down to adjust the tilt position [0° to 75°].
   3. Rotate the main body to adjust the rotation position [0° to 360°].

Ceiling Mounting with Junction Box

Before you start:
You need to purchase a junction box in advance.

Steps:

1. Loosen screws to take apart the junction box.
2. Paste the drill template for junction box to the place where you want to install the camera.
3. (Optional) For cement ceiling, drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs.
4. (Optional) Drill the cable hole, when the cables are routed through the ceiling.
5. Secure the junction box body on the ceiling with four PA4 × 25 screws that come with the junction box. See Figure 2-10
   
6. Route the cables through the bottom cable hole or the side cable hole of the junction box.
7. Combine the junction box cover with the base of the camera and secure it with two M4 × 10 screws. See Figure 2-11
   
8. Fix the junction box cover onto the junction box body with three M3 screws. See Figure 2-12
   
9. Connect the power cord and video cable and put the cables back into the junction box.
10. Repeat the steps 6 to 9 of Ceiling Mounting Without Junction Box for Type III Device to finish the installation. See Figure 2- 13
    

Wall Mounting

Before you start:
You need to purchase a wall mount in advance.

Steps:

1. Drill Ø10 mm screw holes in the wall where you want to install the wall mount.
2. Use four M6 expansion bolts to fix the wall mount onto the wall. See Figure 2-14
   
3. Loosen the set screw.
4. Refer to step 1 of Ceiling Mounting Without Junction Box for Type III Device to dissemble the camera.
5. Use two M4 × 10 screws to fix the base onto the wall mount. See Figure 2-15
   
6. Repeat steps 6 to 9 of Ceiling Mounting Without Junction Box for Type III Device to finish the installation. See Figure 2- 16
   

Installation of Type IV Device

Ceiling Mounting without Junction Box

Steps:

1. Paste the drill template (supplied) to the installation location.
2. (Optional) For cement ceiling, drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs.
3. Loosen the tightening screw, and pull out the clip plate to dissemble the camera. See Figure 2-17
   
4. Install the camera to ceiling. See Figure 2-18
   
   1. Method 1: Secure the installation plate to the ceiling with three PA4 × 25 screws (supplied).
      Method 2: Drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs, and secure the installation plate to the ceiling with three PA3 × 25 screws.
   2. Fit the camera onto the installation plate.
   3. Turn the camera as the figure below until it snaps into the installation plate.
5. Connect the cables.
6. Power on the camera to adjust the view angle according to the figure below. See Figure 2- 19
   
   4. Rotate the enclosure to adjust the pan position [0° to 360°].
   5. Move the main body up and down to adjust the tilt position [0° to 75°].
   6. Rotate the main body to adjust the rotation position [0° to 360°].

Ceiling Mounting with Junction Box

Before you start:
You need to purchase a junction box in advance.

Steps:

1. Loosen screws to take apart the junction box.
2. Paste the drill template for junction box to the installation location.
3. (Optional) For cement ceiling, drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs.
4. (Optional) Drill the cable hole, when the cables are routed through the ceiling.
5. Secure the junction box body on the ceiling with four PA4 × 25 screws according to the actual object. See Figure 2-20
   
6. Fix the junction box cover to the junction box body. See Figures 2-21 & 2-22
   
7. Route the cables through the bottom cable hole or the side cable hole of the junction box.
8. Refer to step 5 of Ceiling Mounting without Junction Box above to adjust the angle and finish the installation.

Wall Mounting

Before you start:
You need to purchase a wall mount in advance.

Steps:

1. Drill Ø10 mm screw holes in the wall where you want to install the wall mount.
2. Use four M6 expansion bolts to fix the wall mount onto the wall. See Figure 2-23
   
3. Use three PM4 screws to fix the installation plate onto the wall mount. See Figure 2-24
   
4. Refer to steps 3 to 5 of Section Ceiling Mounting without Junction Box above to finish installation. See Figure 2- 25
   

Installation of Type V Device

Ceiling Mounting

Steps:

1. Paste the drill template (supplied) to the installation location.
2. (Optional) For cement ceiling, drill the screw holes with a 5.5 mm drill and insert the supplied wall plugs.
3. Rotate the camera counterclockwise to remove the trim ring. See Figure 2-26
   
4. Install the camera to ceiling. See Figure 2-27
   
   4. Secure the installation plate to the ceiling with three PA4 × 25 screws (supplied).
   5. Install the trim ring.
   6. Turn the camera as the figure below until it snaps into the installation plate.
5. Connect the cables.
6. Power on the camera to adjust the view angle according to the figure below. See Figure 2- 28
   
   1. Rotate the enclosure to adjust the pan position [0° to 360°].
   2. Move the main body up and down to adjust the tilt position [0° to 75°].
   3. Rotate the main body to adjust the rotation position [0° to 360°].

Wall Mounting without Junction Box

Before you start:
You need to purchase a wall mount in advance.

Steps:

1. Drill Ø10 mm screw holes in the wall where you want to install the wall mount.
2. Use four M6 expansion bolts to fix the wall mount onto the wall. See Figure 2-29
   
3. Rotate the camera counterclockwise to remove the trim ring. See Figure 2-30
   
4. Use three PM4 × 10 screws to fix the installation plate onto the wall mount. See Figure 2-31
   
5. Refer to steps 3 to 5 of Section Ceiling Mounting without Junction Box to finish installation. See Figure 2- 32
   

Wall Mounting with Junction Box

Before you start:

• You need to purchase a junction box in advance.
• Ceiling mounting with a junction box is similar to ceiling mounting with an inclined ceiling mount.
  Following steps take a junction box as an example.

Steps:

1. Rotate the camera counterclockwise to remove the trim ring. See Figure 2-33
   
2. Paste the drill template for junction box to the installation location.
3. Take the junction box apart. Secure the turret to the junction box cover with three or four PA4 × 10 screws.
   
4. Fix the junction box body to the wall with four PA4 × 25 screws. See Figure 2-34
   
5. Route the cables through the bottom cable hole or the side cable hole of the junction box.
6. Secure the junction box cover to the junction box cover with four PA4 × 25 screws. Refer to step 4 to 6 of Ceiling Mounting to adjust the angle and finish the installation. See Figure 2- 35
   

Waterproof Measures

If the camera is installed outdoor, you should use the waterproof tapes to waterproof the cables. Otherwise the cables might get wet or a short circuit occurs.

Note:
Waterproof tapes should be purchased separately.

After routing and connecting the cables, use the waterproof tapes to wrap up the cables. Connected cables and spare cables both should be wrapped up as in the figure 3-1 above.

Menu Description

Please follow the steps below to call the menu.

Note:
The actual display may vary with your camera model.

Steps:

1. Connect the camera with the TVI DVR and the monitor, as shown in figure 4-1.
   
2. Power on the camera, TVI DVR, and monitor to view the image on the monitor.
3. Click PTZ Control to enter the PTZ Control interface.
4. Call the camera menu by clicking button or calling preset No. 95. See Figure 4-2
   
5. Click the direction buttons to control the camera.
   1. Click up/down direction buttons to select menu options.
   2. Click Iris + to confirm the selection.
   3. Click left/right direction buttons to adjust the value of the selected option.

VIDEO FORMAT

Video formats are available as below.

Video Output	Video Format	Supported Models
TVI	3K@20fps 4MP@25fps 4MP@30fps	3K models
	2MP@25fps 2MP@30fps	All models
AHD	5MP@20fps 4MP@25fps 4MP@30fps	3K models
	2MP@25fps 2MP@30fps	2MP models
CVI	4MP@25fps 4MP@30fps	3K models
	2MP@25fps 2MP@30fps	2MP models
CVBS	PAL NTSC	All models

EXPOSURE

EXPOSURE MODE
You can set the EXPOSURE MODE to GLOBAL, BLC, HLC, or DWDR.

• GLOBAL
  GLOBAL refers to the normal exposure mode which adjusts lighting distribution, variations, and non-standard processing.
• BLC (Backlight Compensation)
  BLC (Backlight Compensation) compensates light to the object in the front to make it clear, but this may cause over-exposure of the background where the light is strong.
• HLC (Highlight Compensation)
  HLC stands for highlight compensation. The camera detects strong spots (over-exposure portion of image) and reduces the brightness of strong spots to improve the overall images.
• DWDR (Digital Wide Dynamic Range)
  Digital wide dynamic range gives the camera the ability to view dark areas of the given image as well as extremely lighted portions of the image, or areas of high contrast.

AGC (Auto Gain Control)
It optimizes the clarity of the image in poor light conditions. The AGC level can be set to HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW.
Note:
The noise will be amplified when setting the AGC level.

LIGHTING SETTINGS

LIGHTING MODE
IR and WHITE LIGHT are available.

• IR
  • IR LIGHT
    You can turn on/off the IR LIGHT to meet the requirements of different circumstances.
  • SMART IR
    The Smart IR function is used to adjust the light to its most suitable intensity, and prevent the image from over exposure.
  • D N Threshold (Day to Night Threshold)
    Day to Night Threshold is used to control the sensitivity of switching the day mode to the night mode. You can set the value from 1 to 9. The larger the value is, the more sensitive the camera is.
  • N D Threshold (Night to Day Threshold)
    Night to Day Threshold is used to control the sensitivity of switching the night mode to the day mode. You can set the value from 1 to 9. The larger the value is, the more sensitive the camera is.
• WHITE LIGHT
  Under the WHITE LIGHT sub-menu, you can set the mode to OFF or AUTO.
  • OFF
    Set it to OFF to give up this function.
  • AUTO
    You can set THRESHOLD and LEVEL in this section.

THRESHOLD
The higher the threshold is, the more sensitive the device is to dark environment.

LEVEL
You can adjust the maximum brightness of supplement light.

VIDEO SETTINGS

Move the cursor to VIDEO SETTINGS and click Iris+ to enter the submenu. IMAGE MODE, WHITE BALANCE, BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, SHARPNESS, SATURATION, and DNR are adjustable. See Figure 4-3

IMAGE MODE
IMAGE MODE is used to adjust the image saturation, and you can set it to STD (Standard), HIGH-SAT (High Saturation), or HIGHLIGHT (better indoor facial details).

WHITE BALANCE
White balance, the white rendition function of the camera, is to adjust the color temperature according to the environment. It can remove unrealistic color casts in the image. You can set WHITE BALANCE mode to AUTO or MANUAL.

• MANUAL
  You can set the R-GAIN/B-GAIN value to adjust the shades of red/blue color of the image. See Figure 4-4
  

BRIGHTNESS
Brightness refers to the brightness of the image. You can set the brightness value from 1 to 9 to darken or brighten the image. The greater the value is, the brighter the image is.

CONTRAST
This feature enhances the difference in color and light between parts of an image.

SHARPNESS
Sharpness determines the amount of detail an imaging system can reproduce.

SATURATION
Saturation is the proportion of pure chromatic color in the total color sensation. Adjust this feature to change the saturation of the color.

DNR
DNR refers to digital noise reduction. This function reduces noise in video stream.

AUDIO SETTINGS

Under the AUTO SETTINGS sub-menu, you can set the mode to ON or OFF. Adjust the VOLUME to a higher value to raise the volume.

FACTORY DEFAULT

Reset all the settings except video format to factory defaults.

EXIT

Move the cursor to EXIT and click Iris+ to exit the menu.

SAVE & EXIT

Move the cursor to SAVE & EXIT and click Iris+ to save the settings and exit the menu.

Warning

This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

Safety Instruction

These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss.
The precaution measure is divided into "Warnings" and "Cautions".
Warnings: Serious injury or death may occur if any of the warnings are neglected.
Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may occur if any of the cautions are neglected.

Warnings Follow these safeguards to prevent serious injury or death.	Cautions Follow these precautions to prevent potential injury or material damage.

Warnings

• In the use of the device, you must be in strict compliance with the electrical safety regulations of the nation and region.
• Input voltage should meet both the SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) and the Limited Power Source with 12 VDC according to the IEC60950-1 standard and IEC62368-1 standard. Refer to technical specifications for detailed information.
• The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.
• An all-pole mains switch shall be incorporated in the electrical installation of the building.
• 
  Do not connect multiple devices to one power adapter to avoid over-heating or a fire hazard caused by overload.
• Make sure that the plug is firmly connected to the power socket.
• Make sure that the device is firmly fixed if wall mounting or ceiling mounting is adopted.
• If smoke, odor or noise rise from the device, turn off the power at once and unplug the power cord, and then contact the service center.
• Never attempt to disassemble the camera by unprofessional personal.

Cautions

• No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the equipment.
• Install the equipment according to the instructions in this manual.
• To prevent injury, this equipment must be securely attached to the wall in accordance with the installation instructions.
• Do not drop the camera or subject it to physical shock.
• Do not touch senor modules with fingers.
• Do not place the camera in extremely hot, cold (the operating temperature shall be -40°C to 60°C), dusty or damp locations, and do not expose it to high electromagnetic radiation.
• If cleaning is necessary, use clean cloth with a bit of ethanol and wipe it gently.
• Do not aim the camera at the sun or extra bright places.
• The sensor may be burned out by a laser beam, so when any laser equipment is in using, make sure that the surface of sensor will not be exposed to the laser beam.
• Do not expose the device to high electromagnetic radiation or extremely hot, cold, dusty or damp environment.
• To avoid heat accumulation, good ventilation is required for the operating environment.
• Keep the camera away from liquid while in use for non-water-proof device.
• While in delivery, the camera shall be packed in its original packing, or packing of the same texture.
• The beam of the light at the distance of 200 mm is classified as Risk Group 1 (RG1). Possible hazardous optical radiation emitted from this product.
  
• DO NOT stare at operating light source. May be harmful to the eyes.
  
• Wear appropriate eye protection or turn on the supplement light only at a safe distance (0.3 m) or in the area that is not directly exposed to the light when installing or maintaining the device.

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