About this Manual This Manual is applicable to Network Video Recorder (NVR). The Manual includes instructions for using and managing the product. Pictures, charts, images and all other information hereinafter are for description and explanation only. The information contained in the Manual is subject to change, without notice, due to firmware updates or other reasons.
Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for 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.
information see: www.recyclethis.info 2006/66/EC (battery directive): This product contains a battery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. See the product documentation for specific battery information. The battery is marked with this symbol, which may include lettering to indicate cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), or mercury (Hg).
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Improper use or replacement of the battery may result in hazard of explosion. Replace with the same or equivalent type only. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions provided by the battery manufacturer. This manual is applicable to the N4****series model,for example:N44PI,N48PI.
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 NVR Installation During the installation of the NVR: 1. Use brackets for rack mounting. 2. Ensure there is ample room for audio and video cables. 3. When routing cables, ensure that the bend radius of the cables are no less than five times than its diameter.
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2. Connect one end of the data cable to the motherboard of NVR and the other end to the HDD. 3. Connect the power cable to the HDD. 4. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD.
5. Re-install the cover of the NVR and fasten screws. 1.3 Front Panel Name Description Power indicator turns yellow when system is running. Power Status indicator blinks red when data is being read from or Status Status written to HDD. Indicator Tx/Rx indictor blinks yellow when network connection is Tx/Rx...
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices USB Interface such as USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). In menu mode, the direction buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items and select setting parameters. In playback mode, the Up and Down buttons are used to speed up and slow down record playing, and the Left and Right buttons are used to move the recording 30s forwards or backwards.
The rear panel vaires according to different models. For example:N44PI For example:N 48PI Item Description Power Supply 48V DC power supply for N44PI and AC 100~240V for N48PI Audio In RCA connector for audio input. HDMI Interface HDMI video output connector. Network...
Power Switch Switch for turning on/off the device. Network Interfaces Network interfaces for the cameras and to provide power with PoE function over Ethernet. 1.5 Specifications Specifications of N44PI and N48PI: Model N44PI N48PI IP video input 4-ch 8-ch Video/Au Two-way audio 1-ch, RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1kΩ)
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512K 225M 640K 281M 768K 337M 896K 393M 1024K 450M 1280K 562M 1536K 675M 1792K 787M 2048K 900M 4096K 1.8G 8192K 3.6G 16384K 7.2G Please note that supplied values for storage space used is just for reference. The storage values in the chart are estimated by formulas and may have some deviation from actual value.
Chapter 2 Operation 2.1 Menu Structure After you login ,the menu structure of NVR will shown like below . Menu Playback Maintenance Shutdown Export VCA Search Record Camera Configuration Manual Behavior Normal System Info Normal Schedule Camera General Logout Record General Search Face Search...
recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device. The Power button (for the DS-8600 series NVR) on the front panel should be red, indicating the device gets the power supply. Press the POWER button on the front panel. The Power LED should turn green .The unit will begin to start.After the device starting up, the wizard will guide you through the initial settings, including modifying password, date and time settings, network settings, HDD initializing, and recording.
Click OK to save the password and activate the device. 2.2.3 Login and Logout User Login Purpose: If NVR has logged out, you must login the device before operating the menu and other functions. Steps: Select the User Name in the dropdown list. Input Password.
operation, you need to enter user name and password tog in again. Steps: Enter the Shutdown menu. Menu > Shutdown Click Logout. After you have logged out the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system. 2.2.4 To shut down the NVR: Steps: Enter the Shutdown menu.
Select the Shutdown button. Click the Yes button. Turn off the power switch on the rear panel when the attention pops up. 2.3 Live View Some icons are provided on screen in Live View mode to indicate different camera status. These icons include: Live View Icons In the live view mode, there are icons at the upper-right corner of the screen for each...
Alarm (video loss, tampering, motion detection, VCA or sensor alarm) Record (manual record, continuous record, motion detection, VCA and alarm triggered record) Alarm & Record Event/Exception (event and exception information, appears at the lower-left corner of the screen.) 2.4 Adding IP Cameras Purpose: Before you can get a live view or record of the video, you should add the network cameras to the connection list of the device.
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Or click Menu> Camera> Camera to enter the IP camera management interface. 2. The online cameras with same network segment will be detected and displayed in the camera list.
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3. NVR will automatically assigned IP address to IP cameras .If IP camera support same protocol as NVR( default protocol is HIKVISION),the camera will be added automatically(Like D5 shown above). 4. If IP camera support other protocol ,it need add manually.For example,there is an IP camera support ONVIF ,it’s IP address is 192.168.0.47,we choose to use D8 channel to add it.You can change “Adding Method”...
For the successfully added IP cameras, the status shows and means you can play the live video. Explanation of the icons Icon Explanation Icon Explanation Edit basic parameters of the Add the detected IP camera. camera The camera is disconnected; you can click the icon to get the Delete the IP camera exception information of camera.
On the live view window of each channel, there is a quick setting toolbar which shows on the bottom of the window when you click on it. Click the icon to enable the record, and the icon turns to . And click icon to disable the record, then the icon turns to All-day Recording Steps:...
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Option 2: Steps: Enter the Playback menu. Mouse: right click a channel in live view mode and select Playback from the menu. Playback management. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process.
Just check the channel or channels if you want to switch playback to another channel or execute simultaneous playback of multiple channels. 2.7 Backup Recorded files can be backed up to various devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs or a DVD writer. Steps: Enter Video Export interface.
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Record files will be shown by chart or list in the export interface ,choose the files you want and click Export button to start exporting. Choose backup device and click Export button to start exporting.
2.8 Setting Motion Detection Alarm Steps: Enter the Motion Detection interface. Menu > Camera > Motion Configure Motion Detection 1) Choose camera you want to configure. 2) Check the checkbox after Enable Motion Detection. 3) Drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse. If you want to set the motion detection for all the area shot by the camera, click Full Screen.
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4) Click Settings, and the message box for channel information pop up. 5) Select the channels which you want the motion detection event to trigger recording. 6) Click Apply to save the settings. 7) Click OK to back to the upper level menu. 8) Exit the Motion Detection menu.
2.9 Setting Email The system can be configured to send an Email notification to all designated users if an alarm event is detected, etc., an alarm or motion event is detected or the administrator password is changed. Before configuring the Email settings, the NVR must be connected to a local area network (LAN) that maintains an SMTP mail server.
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5. Configure the following Email settings: Enable Server Authentication (optional): Check the checkbox to enable the server authentication feature. User Name: The user account of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication. Password: The password of sender’s Email for SMTP server authentication. SMTP Server: The SMTP Server IP address or host name (e.g., smtp.263xmail.com).
pictures. E-mail Test: Sends a test message to verify that the SMTP server can be reached. 6. Click Apply button to save the Email settings. Chapter 3 Remote Control 3.1 Accessing by Web Browser You shall acknowledge that the use of the product with Internet access might be under network security risks.
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1) Set the password for the admin user account. 2) Click OK to login to the device. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED– We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (using a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters) in order to increase the security of your product.
Install the plug-in before viewing the live video and managing the camera. Please follow the installation prompts to install the plug-in. You may have to close the web browser to finish the installation of the plug-in. 3.1.2 Live View The live view interface appears by default when you log in the device. The live view interface may different according to different models.
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Name Description Window supported. Play Control Bar Play control operations are supported. Pan, tilt, zoom operations are supported, as well as preset editing and calling. PTZ Control PTZ function can only be realized if the connected camera supports PTZ control. Start Live View Steps: In the live view window, select a playing window by clicking the mouse.
Select different stream type for live view by clicking the icon : live view in main stream; : live view in sub stream; 3.1.3 Recording Before you start Make sure the device is connected with HDD or network disk, and the HDD or network disk has been initialized for the first time to use.
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Choose the day in a week configure the recording schedule. Click a day to set the start time and end time for recording. Select the Record Type for the period. The record type can be Schedule, Motion, Alarm, Motion & Alarm, Motion | Alarm and Event. Click Save to save the settings.
Click OK to save the settings. Click Advanced to configure advanced record parameters, and click the OK button to save the settings. You can click to configure advanced record parameters to copy the schedule of current camera to other cameras. Click Save to activate the above settings.
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The playback interface may differ according to different models. Interface Introduction Name Description Displays the list of channels and the playing status of each Channel List channel. Playback Displays the image of channel. Window Play Control Play control operations are supported. Displays the time bar and the records marked with different Time Line colors.
Button Description Button Description Play by single frame Capture Stop all playback Download Start/Stop video clipping Open/Close audio Full screen Reverse playback You can drag the progress bar with the mouse to locate the exact playback point. You can also input the time in the textbox and click button to locate the playback point.
For more information you can click “MENU” button —Configuration—Help . 3.3 Accessing by client The product CD contains the iVMS-4200 client software (Client or PCNVR). You can view the live video and manage the camera with the client software. Follow the installation prompts to install the software. The control panel and live view...
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iVMS-4200 interface of are shown below. 3.3.1 Add device If your device have activated you can go Step 2 directly. Steps: 1.Activate device Go to Control Panel Device Management On the bottom of the screen in the Online Devices section the screen will display all devices on the network.
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2.Add device Click “Add to Client”, it will shown “Add” window,here need input Nickname、user name、password(the password is same as your activated password),then click add to add the device to client . 3.Live view...
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You can choose view screen,16 channel in one screen maximum ,and if you have added IPC,you can get a live view in the screen. For more information ,press F1 to get user manual . For further queries regarding the product, please refer to contact customer care support here: Visit http://www.annke.com/ Tech support: support@annke.com...
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