Wintal DVR4CH User Instruction Manual

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DVR4CH
Stand alone Multi-channel

Digital Video Recorder

User Instruction Manual
VERSION 1.0
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  • Page 1: Digital Video Recorder

    DVR4CH Stand alone Multi-channel Digital Video Recorder User Instruction Manual VERSION 1.0 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
  • Page 2 Warning  This apparatus must be earthed.  Apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection.  The mains plug or an appliance coupler shall remain readily operable.  To prevent fire or electric shock hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. ...
  • Page 3: Limitation Of Liability

    Limitation of liability This publication is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, or non-infringement of the third party’s right. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
  • Page 4 INSTALLATION & SAFEGUARDS Please read these instructions before operating the unit. Installation. Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Avoid the following locations for installation. * Places exposed to direct water, moisture, or sunlight directly *...
  • Page 5 (Tightening torque: Approx. 0.49 N m {5 Kgf cm})  Avoid rapid changes of the temperature/humidity to prevent condensation. (Acceptable change: within 15℃/h{59℉/h}) Before You Start. 1. Do not attempt to open or remove the covers. This may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. 2.
  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    Important safety instructions  Read and keep these instructions.  Heed all warning.  Do not connect this unit to an outlet to which appliances with high power consumption such as an air conditioning or a copy machine is already being connected. ...
  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Content Chapter I Introduction ..........................8 Chapter II System Installation ........................10 Section 1 Operating Environment ....................... 10 Section 2 HDD Installation ......................... 10 Section 3 Back panel ..........................12 Section 4 External alarm in/out connection ....................12 Alarm in ..............................12 Alarm out ..............................
  • Page 8 Section 9 Playback/Backup .......................... 33 Playback ..............................33 Backup ..............................34 Section 10 Network Setup ..........................35 Static/DHCP ............................36 PPPoE ..............................37 Section 11 Net Transfer Parameter Setup ..................... 37 Section 12 User Management ........................38 Add User ..............................39 Setup the password for new user ......................
  • Page 9: Chapter I Introduction

    Chapter I Introduction Thank you for choosing our standalone Digital Video Recorder System. Please pay attention to these instructions before using the DVR. The manual explains the operation modes and performance criteria of our standalone H264 DVR. Please read the manual carefully before using the DVR, and install the system according to the instructions. Mainframe software is subject to renewal without prior notice.
  • Page 10: Product Introduction

    Product Introduction 1. Compress  Support PAL/NTSC video format, 25FPS (PAL), 30 FPS (NTSC), H.264; Support both variable bitrate and variable frame rate.  Support dual stream, video config setting.  Support motion detection, video shelter area.  Support OSD, date and time display. 2.
  • Page 11: Chapter Ii System Installation

    Chapter II System Installation Section 1 Operating Environment The following operating environment for this DVR must be adhered to: DVR Operating Environment Items Instructions Electromagnetism DVR’ complies with National Electromagnetism Radiation Standards. Temperature -10℃ to 55℃ Humidity 10 % to 95 % Power Supply AC100-240V 50/60Hz Please pay particular attention to the following:...
  • Page 12 2. Remove HDD mounting bracket. 3. Fit HDD onto bracket using supplied mounting screws. 4. Replace HDD mounting bracket. 5. Connect the ATX power cable to the power connection on the HDD. Pay attention to the correct orientation. 6. Plug HDD cable into SATA port on HDD. 7.
  • Page 13: Back Panel

    Section 3 Back panel Fig. 2 Interface Connection Description (A IN) Audio input connect simulate audio input device, standard BNC interface (V IN)Video input connect simulate video input device, standard BNC interface (A OUT)Audio output connect audio output device, standard BNC interface Active device is requested while exporting audio (V OUT) Video output connect monitor, local video signal output...
  • Page 14: Alarm Out

    considered as an alarm input; ALARM IN port disconnect with GND or has a high voltage (5V) input will be considered as no alarm input by default; Fig. 3 Note: external input voltage can not be higher than 5V. Alarm out Alarm output is NO/NC output, and this DVR has 1 port for alarm output.
  • Page 15: Section 6 Voice Communication

    A and B ends of RS485 can be connected with the Rx+, Rx- on PTZ or High Speed Dome. After all the above connection, please enter the “PTZ” menu to setup camera and PTZ address, baud rate, PTZ protocol. After the setup, please control them by running the DVR_WEB software.
  • Page 16: Chapter Iii Dvr Operation

    Chapter III DVR Operation Section 1 DVR Front Panel Fig. 7 Name specification Power switch Working indicator, flashing after boot normally. HDD indicator, flashing when access HDD date. ACTIVE Network communication indicator, flashing when network is connected. LINK Network connection indicator, lighting constantly when network is connected.
  • Page 17: Ir Remote Controller

    1. 4-screen display or the third channel full screen display 2. Select pane “3” in cover area setting 1. 4-screen display or the forth channel full screen display 2. Select pane “4” in cover area setting Entering the backup menu Pop-up the dialogue box of manual recording ●...
  • Page 18: Mouse Operation

    Fig. 8 Refer to the section of “DVR Front Panel” for the detailed description of the function of the keys on remote controller. : Screen-split mode switch. Section 3 Mouse operation This DVR supports a USB mouse: Plug the USB mouse into the USB port marked , and then the mouse cursor will appear on the screen.
  • Page 19: Input Mode Introduction

     Mouse Option *Modify Number Double-click mouse left key to input number or use trolley of mouse to modify number directly. *Modify Character Double-click mouse left key to input character. *Modify Option Choose option with trolley of mouse or in the option box after left click. *Exit Menu Right click to exit menu step by step.
  • Page 20: Chapter Iv System Operation

    Chapter IV System operation Section 1 Menu Navigation Fig. 10 Main Menu Sub Menu Function Playback Search recording, playback or backup HDD status check, HDD format and HDD alarm setup System running and alarm information Information Version System firmware version information Online Check online user information, force kick online user Setup recording resolution, codec type, image quality, stream bit, frame rate of...
  • Page 21: Section 2 Surveillance View

    Transfer Set network transmission resolution, codec type, stream bit, frame rate, image quality for every channel Maintenance Resume default configuration, log out, restart and timing restart. Section 2 Surveillance View Status Bar Fig. 11 Status bar button function definition: Icon Function Entering main menu Split screen mode switch...
  • Page 22: Screen Switch

    Cancel buzzer alarm Admin Current login user CH01 Current channel Notation Icon description Record status and remote preview switch automatically. ---the current channel is recording manually --- prerecord ---timing recording ---alarm recording ---motion detection recording ---the channel is under remote preview ×---the channel is not under recording or not under remote preview.
  • Page 23: System Logout

    Please select a user in “User Login”, then move cursor to password input box and press on front panel to get into input interface in which to input the password. Language can also be selected in this dialogue box. Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Fig.
  • Page 24: Reboot

    Reboot Enter “Main Menu-Advanced-Maintenance” and select ‘reboot’ to reboot DVR manually. Please refer Fig. 13. Schedule reboot is available, if it is selected and inputted schedule reboot time (24H) for everyday. Fig. 13 Section 5 OSD Setup Time Modify Enter “Main Menu-Advanced-General” as shown in Fig. 14. Fig.
  • Page 25: Time Display

     System Time:Press to get into input interface for time inputting.  Time Format:Setting the time format and DST. Please refer Fig. 15. Fig. 15  Time Format: 12H and 24H is selectable  Data Format: yyyy-mm-dd, mm-dd-yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd and mm-dd-yyyy is selectable. Default Format: mm-dd-yyyy.
  • Page 26: Section 6 Basic Parameter Setup

    Section 6 Basic Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu-Advanced-General” as shown in Fig. 16. Fig. 16 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with  Remote Control: When you use IR controller to operate DVR, you must use DVR address to select DVR. If there are more than one DVR in one place, please define different address for each DVR.
  • Page 27: Section 7 Hdd Management

    Section 7 HDD Management HDD State Inquiry Enter “Main Menu-Information—HDD” as shown in Fig. 17. Fig. 17 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with  HDD Alarm: HDD alarm will activate once the capacity of HDD is lower than a value set by user. The range of warning capacity is among 30 to 99.
  • Page 28: Recording Auto Overwrite

    Recording Auto Overwrite  Enter “Main Menu-Rec. &Alarm—General” to setup ‘Auto Overwrite’ function: whether activate overwrite function when HDD is full. Select on then system will overwrite the earliest recording when HDD is full. Section 8 Recording Record Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu-Rec.
  • Page 29: Manual Recording

    In this case, DVR can save HDD usage and network bandwidth. If you select CBR, DVR will use the fixed bit rate to compress image.  Frame Rate: Frame per second. Options are: 25 (PAL:25, NTSC:30) 、 13、 6、 3、 1. Default frame rate: “25” ...
  • Page 30: Schedule Recording

    Please refer section. Status Bar Schedule Recording Enter “Main Menu-Rec. &Alarm—Schedule” as shown in Fig. 21 Fig. 21 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with  Channel Number: Select a channel for setup  All: After setup one channel. Apply this strategy to all channels ...
  • Page 31: Recording Alarm Setup

     Apply: Press ‘Apply’ to save setting temporarily, if need to set multiple recording periods. For example: set recording periods in 2008-10-20 and press ‘Apply’, then other recording period could be set in the same menu without exit. Press ‘OK’ to save all setting permanently. NOTE: Only press ‘OK’...
  • Page 32 Fig. 23 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with  Record Duration: Length of recording whenever alarm or motion detection is activated. Default length: 10 minutes.  Pre-record Time: Activate pre-record function including “OFF、 5s、 15s、 25s、 30s”. Default pre-record time: External Alarm Input Setting Enter “Alarm In”...
  • Page 33 Motion Detection/Video Lost/ Video Shelter Alarm Setting Enter ‘Motion’ to set motion detection alarm Fig. 24  Channel:Select one channel for setting  Motion:Select activate mode including: motion detection, video shelter and video lost.  Sensitivity:Select sensitivity of motion detection or video shelter. Option including: Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest.
  • Page 34: Alarm Elimination

    In the course of setting up the parameters, if the parameters needed to be set the same in all channels, you can select ‘ALL’ after finishing the setup of parameters of one channel. The system will prompt a dialog box. When pressing ‘OK’, parameters setup for all channels will be achieved.
  • Page 35: Backup

     CH:If the “CH” channel is selected as 00, files of all channels will be searched, and at this time, 4 channel playback simultaneously is unavailable.  All:Recorded files type. The file type options have “All, Timer, Motion, Alarm, Command, and Manual”. ...
  • Page 36: Section 10 Network Setup

    In “searching box”, after moved cursor to a certain record section, use “left” or “right” button to choose the section(“√” signal will show on select box right beside the record section ) If you select “Merge”, system will backup selected files to USB device as one file. Backup device note: 1.
  • Page 37: Static/Dhcp

    Static/DHCP Fig.26 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with  Mode: Could choose “Static” or “DHCP”. On “Static Address” status, IP Address, Net Mask, Default Gateway and DNS should input by user self. On “DHCP” status, IP Address, Net Mask, and Multicast IP will be obtained by system automatically.
  • Page 38: Pppoe

    PPPoE Enter “Network” → “PPPoE Setup” as shown in Fig.27 Fig.27 Please “Enable” “PPPoE Setup”, then input the Username and Password provided by ISP. System will use PPPoE protocol to connect the net with an auto-obtain dynamic IP address. Section 11 Net Transfer Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu-Advanced-Transfer”, as shown in Fig.28 Fig.
  • Page 39: Section 12 User Management

     Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate. The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution. If you select high resolution, you must select high bit rate.
  • Page 40: Add User

    enter “User Operation” interface in where to modify password, setup local and remote right, delete user.  Admin:Administrator who has supreme right on operation. Move cursor to “Admin” and press “ENTER” to modify password in input interface. Add User When you login as “Admin”, you can add new user. Select “Add” to enter into “Add User” menu as shown in Fig. Fig.
  • Page 41: Authority Setup

    Authority Setup When you login as “Admin”, you can setup the authority for new users. Operational authority is divided into “Local Rights” and “Remote Rights”. You can assign the necessary rights to the user. Use “ ” and “ ” key to move cursor to the corresponding right items, press “ ”...
  • Page 42: Delete User

    Fig. 34 Remote Rights: Remote rights are for remote operation.  PTZ Control: PTZ control remotely.  Manual REC: Remote setting general recording, schedule recording and alarm recording parameters and start/stop recording manually.  Playback: Remote playback and download the recorded files on DVR, can be set for each channel. ...
  • Page 43: Section 13 Display Setup

    Fig. 35 User manages explain:  User levels have Administrator and Normal user. Can be set 1 Administrator and 29 normal users; Administrator can modify all users’ password, and Normal user only can modify himself password. After input 3 times wrong password, system will be locked by itself, and warning, do not allowed to login any more.
  • Page 44: Section 14 Ptz Setup

    Fig. 36 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with  Channel number: Select one channel for setting.  Activate Shielding:Provide you to mask the sensitive area. Move cursor to “Area Set” and set the area. In the shelter area setup interface, there are four small panes. You can press “ ”, “...
  • Page 45: Section 15 Restore Defaults Setting

    Fig. 37 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with  Channel number: connect channel number of decipherer  RS-485 parameters: Including baudrate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of PTZ Protocol. ...
  • Page 46: Section 16 Information Inquiry

    Fig. 38 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Select a item to restore default setting. Section 16 Information Inquiry Log Information Enter “Main Menu-Information-Log” as shown in Fig.39. Fig. 39 Move cursor with on the front panel and select item with Input start time and stop time and then move cursor to “Search”...
  • Page 47: Version Information

    When searching is finished, DVR will list all information. You can press “Previous” or “Next” key to view more information. Version Information Enter “Main Menu-Information-Version” as shown in Fig.40. Fig. 40 Check information of current firmware version. User Information Enter “Main Menu-Information-Online” as shown in Fig.41. Fig.
  • Page 48: Section 17 System Update

    Section 17 System Update Method 1: You can update system through DVR_WEB Internet. About the DVR_WEB setting please refer “Chapter Ⅶ”. Method 2: You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. (1) Create a file with a name of “update” in the USB storage, and copy the firmware file to this directory and rename it with special file name, for example: dvr404d.img.
  • Page 49: Chapter Ⅴ Frequency Asked Questions

    Chapter Ⅴ Frequency Asked Questions 1、Can not control DVR with IR controller, but it’s normal while using the front panel. Check whether the battery is exhausted. Replace a new battery. Check whether the address of controller is the same as the ID of DVR. If not, please change the address of controller at 000 or input the same ID of DVR.
  • Page 50: Chapter Ⅵ Specification

    Chapter Ⅵ Specification Model processor Embedded high performance processor operation system embedded RTOS Video Video format PAL/NTSC image compression H.264(Main Profile)/MJPEG Video input 4 Channel BNC(1.0Vp-p,75Ω) 1 Channel BNC (1.0Vp-p,75Ω) Video output 1 Channel VGA(800×600,1024×768,1280×1024 )(optional) Audio audio compression ADPCM Audio input 4CH BNC(linear voltage,10.0 KΩ...
  • Page 51: Appendix 1 Hdd Capability Calculate

    dimensions(W×D×H) 250×260×50mm Operating humidity Humidity 10%~95% operation temperature temperature -10℃~55℃ Appendix 1 HDD Capability Calculate 1. Required HDD capacity for one channel one hour (unit Mbyte): HDD capacity=bit rate / 8 × 3600 / 1024 The unit of bit rate is Kbit/s. 2.
  • Page 52: Chapter Ⅶ Ie Monitor

    Chapter Ⅶ IE Monitor Section 1 Introduction The DVR can be visited and controlled by IE browser. IE provides the functions, such as remote monitor, local record, PTZ control, Remote control, etc. Section 2 IE Setting Please follow next steps before monitoring videos on IE at the first time: 1.Open IE.
  • Page 53 2. Input IP address of DVR to “Add this Web site to the zone” text box and click off “√” in the front of “Require server verification(http:) for all sites in this zone”. Click ‘Add’ and then ‘OK’ to finish as shown in following figure.
  • Page 54 Please Modify below items(Enable/Disable)then press ‘OK’ to finish setting. [Enable] Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls. [Enable]Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe. [Enable]Download unsigned ActiveX controls. [Disable] Use Pop-up Blocker. [Enable]Allow Script-initiated windows without size or position constraints. Keep the other items as default.
  • Page 57 4. Input Http:// and host IP address in IE address bar. For example: if host IP address is “10.0.0.124” then input Http://10.0.0.124 in IE address bar. FAQ in DVR_WEB Internet: 1、When IE fails to load language files please close Windows Firewall and try again. 2、When ‘Click here to activate control’...
  • Page 58 Information on Disposal for Users of Waste Electronic Equipment (private households) This symbol on the products and /or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general household waste. For proper treatment, recovery and recycling, please take these products to designated collection points, where they will be accepted on a free of charge basis.

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