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DS-7204HI series Net DVR User Manual
Thank you for purchasing our Net DVR. This manual is applicable for DS-7000HI series Net
DVR. Please read this User Manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and
safely.
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  • Page 1 DS-7204HI series Net DVR User Manual V2.1 Thank you for purchasing our Net DVR. This manual is applicable for DS-7000HI series Net DVR. Please read this User Manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Chapter1 Product Introduction......................4 Summary ........................4 Model Description......................4 Features .........................4 Chapter2 Installation........................6 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories.................6 HDD Installation ......................6 2.3 Rear Panel Description......................7 Chapter3 Operational Instructions ....................8 3.1 Front panel introduce ......................8 IR Controller ........................9 Menu Description......................12 3.3.1 Menu Items .....................12 3.3.2 Menu Operation ....................13 Input text ........................16...
  • Page 3 Hard Disk Management ....................77 Stop Alarm Out ......................77 Reboot ........................78 Power Off ........................78 View Log........................78 System Information.....................81 Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade ......................82 FTP Server Setup ......................82 Upgrade Mode......................84 Appendix A Mouse control function ..................85 1. in the preview interface ......................85 2. PTZ interface..........................85 3.

  • Page 4: Chapter1 Product Introduction

    Chapter1 Product Introduction Summary DS-7204 series network digital video recorder is an excellent digital surveillance product. It uses the embedded MCU and Linux, combining the most advanced technology in Information Industry such as video and audio encoding/decoding, hard disk record and TCP/IP. The firmware is burned in the flash, more stable and reliable.
  • Page 5 Support dual-stream and the sub stream can support CIF/QCIF compression resolution. Storage function: 1 IDE interface for 1 HDD. The HDD can be supported 2000GB maximum. Support HDD S.M.A.R.T function. Support FAT32 file system. Support many record mode: all time record, motion detect record, external alarm record, motion &...

  • Page 6: Chapter2 Installation

    Chapter2 Installation Warning: Before you install the DVR, please make sure the power of DVR is switched off. 2.1 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories When you get the product, check that all the items are included in your product package.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel Description

    2.3 Rear Panel Description Fig 2-1 DS-7024HI-V Rear panel Notice: Please refer to real product for different model. DS-7024HI-V Video in Video out interface ① ② ③ ④ Alarm out ⑤ RS485 T+ T- R+ R- ⑥ Power switch USB interface Audio in Audio out ⑦...

  • Page 8: Chapter3 Operational Instructions

    Chapter3 Operational Instructions 3.1 Front panel introduce Fig 3-1 Front panel introduce Form 3-1 Items on front panel Index Type Name Description Lamp IR receiver. State Power Green means DVR is working; Red means DVR is powered Lamps off; STATUS Green means you can use IR remote control.

  • Page 9: Ir Controller

    PREV Multi screen preview switch; Switch menu mode into preview; 【FOCUS-】in PTZ control. Input switch (number, lower case, upper case and symbol); 【FOCUS+】in PTZ control; In preview mode, display or hide the channel status bar. SHIFT Switch between numeric keys and function keys Control Direction Composed of 【...
  • Page 10 Form 3-2 Instruction of IR Index Name Description POWER Turnoff device. Enable/Disable IR remote control Numeric Keys Same as numeric keys of front panel. EDIT Same as EDIT key of front panel. Same as A key of front panel. Same as REC key of front panel. PLAY Same as PLAY key of front panel.
  • Page 11 panel is turned into green, it means you can use IR controller to operate this DVR. Stop using IR controller When IR controller status is on, press 【 DEV】 key again, the “STATUS” lamp will be turned off. The IR controller can not control this DVR. Switch the DVR off When IR controller status is on, press【POWER】key for several seconds, the DVR will be powered off.

  • Page 12: Menu Description

    Menu Description 3.3.1 Menu Items Form 3-3 First Glance at menu Menu Name Function Menu Name Function Unit name Select camera Device ID Camera name Require password Color setup Screen saver Date OSD position Video standard View tampering area and response Enable scaler setup Display...

  • Page 13: Menu Operation

    User rights setup HDD management Stop alarm output Reboot View log System information 3.3.2 Menu Operation How to enter into menu mode Press【MENU】key to enter into DVR main menu. Press【PLAY】short key to enter into playback menu. Press【REC】short key to enter into manual record menu. Press【PTZ】short key to enter into PTZ control interface.
  • Page 14 using direction keys (【↑】 【↓】). When the “Active Frame” is located on one icon, you can press 【ENTER】key to enter into the sub menu. For example, move the “Active Frame” to “Image” icon, press 【ENTER】to enter into the sub menu as following fig 3.4: Fig 3.4 Camera input adjustment Each menu contains different kinds of items.
  • Page 15 press “Policy” button to enter into sub-menu. Press【Confirm】to save parameters and return to parent menu. Press【Cancel】button to cancel and return to parent menu. The button in grey means it can be operated only after it is enabled. to exit menu Press【PREV】ke y to exit menu and return to preview mode.

  • Page 16: Input Text

    3.4 Input text In the menu interface, if you are in edit status (for example, in the “camera name” edit box), at the bottom of screen, the input status is appeared: Here it means you can press numeric keys to input digital number. Press【A】key to change input methods.

  • Page 17: Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide

    Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide 4.1 Power on Note: Please make sure the power supply matches DVR and AC adapter connected correctly. Before switch DVR on, please connect one monitor with VOUT or VGA interface. Otherwise, you can not see graphic user interface and can not operate.
  • Page 18 Fig 4.1 Recording status Form 4-1 Ca era record status Icon Icon Color Status Description White No video signal Yellow Video input Pink Manual recording Green Real time recording Blue Motion detect recording External alarm recording...
  • Page 19 Fig 4.2 Alarm status era alarm status is following: m 4.2 Camera alarm status Icon Icon C olor Status Descri ption White Video signal lost Yellow View tampering alarm Pink Motion & External alarm Green No alarm Blue Motion alarm External alarm Press numeric keys to switch over individual camera preview.

  • Page 20: User Name And Password

    User name and password Note: When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default administrator named “admin”, and password is “12345”. The administrator’s name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and define their user rights. Login Login dialog is following Fig 4.3 Fig 4.3 Login dialog...
  • Page 21 Fig 4.5 Main menu Step 2: Select the objective user name by using 【↑】,【↓】 then move the “Active Frame” to “Password” icon by using【 】/【 】keys. As fig 4.6 shows.

  • Page 22: Ptz Control

    Fig 4.6 Modify users’ password Step 3: Input new password Use numeric keys to input new password. The password can be null. It also can be 16 numerals. Press【ENTER】to exit edit box, and move to “Verify” item to verify password. Note: In edit box, use 【...

  • Page 23: Select Channel

    Fig 4.7 PTZ Control interface urrently controlled camera’s name is displayed which the position is defined by yours elf. Select channel In PTZ control mode, you can pre ss numeric keys to select channel. For example, ress【2】key to select the second camera PTZ. After you select the camera PTZ, you ca n use the control keys to control PTZ.
  • Page 24 Adjust preset description In PTZ control mode, press 【 REC/SHOT】 key, and press the preset number (three numeric keys), DVR will adjust the corresponding preset number. Repeat pressing 【REC/SHOT】key, and press the preset number, DVR will adjust that preset number. When you exit PTZ control mode, the camera will stay at the current position.

  • Page 25: Manual Record

    4.5 Manual Record Note : The user must have the corresponding right, DVR has HDD and HDD is formatted already. ual record In preview mode, press【REC】 key, in the pop-up login dialog, select the name nd input the correct password, you can enter into the “Manual Record” interface. In menu mode, press 【...

  • Page 26: Playback

    Start All: Press this button to start all channels recording. top All: Press this butto n to stop all channel recording. ress【ESC】key to ent er into preview mode. Press【MENU】key to enter into main menu. Press 【PLAY】 key to enter into playback menu. Press 【PTZ】 key to enter into PTZ control mode.
  • Page 27 Rec Type: Use【↑】or【↓】to select recorded files type. The file type options have “All”, “All Time”, “Motion Detect”, “Alarm” and “Manua l”. Time Section: You can define the search time section. M ove “Active Frame” to the t ime edit box, use numeric keys to input the detail time. Search: Search the matched recorded files and display them in the list box.
  • Page 28 Display/Hide information bar: 【MENU】 Open/Close sound: 【PLAY】 Adjust play progress: 【←】(Backward),【→】(Forward). The unit is “%”. Adjust play speed: Normal speed is “1x”. Use 【↑】to increase play speed ( 2X, 4X, 8 X and MAX). Use【↓】to decrease play speed (1/2X, 1/4X, 1/8X and single) Pause/Continue: Press 【ENTER】...
  • Page 29 Control bar descriptions: : You can click these buttons to skip backward or forward 3% each time. : You can click these buttons to select the play speed : Click this button to pause. : Click this button to be mute, click it again to recover the sound.

  • Page 30: Backup Recorded Files

    Backup Recorded Files Note: The user must have “Playback” right. Please connect with backup devices before start to backup. In the playback interface, you can backup the reco rded files. In the preview mode, p ress 【PLAY】 key, in the login dialog, select username a input the correct password, you can enter into the playback interface.
  • Page 31 Fig 4.12 Playback list tep 3: Select backup device Please confirm the backup device: USB flash m emory, USB HDD, USB CD-R/W, and select the corresponding backup devic Step 4: Start and finish backup Move “Active Frame” to “Save” bu tton and press【ENTER】key to start backup.

  • Page 32: Shut Down Dvr

    4.8 Shut Down DVR Note: You can only turn off the power directly...

  • Page 33: Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide

    Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide Only the users that have “Parameters Setup” right ne ed to read this chapter. When e following parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters take into effective. Other parameters do not need to reboot. Any network parameters resolution and record schedule External alarm sensor type...
  • Page 34 Fig 5.1 Enter into user menu ove “Active Frame” to “User” icon, press【ENTER】key to enter into “User agement” menu. Show n as fig 5.2...
  • Page 35 Fig 5.2 User management In the user name list box, only “admin” is existed. You can use【→】key, e “Active Frame” to password edit box, and press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status. Press numeric keys to input the n ew password. The password is only combined by 16 numerals at most.

  • Page 36: Add And Delete User

    5.2 Add and Delete User Enter into “User Management” interface. Add user The steps are following: Step 1: Enter into “User Management” menu as fig 5.4 Please refer to chapter 5.1 Fig 5.4 user management tep 2: Add new user name In the “User Management”...
  • Page 37 Fig 5.5 Input user name Step 3: Setup the password for new user After you add one new user, the password is null. You can skip this step if you do not want to change the password. In the users list box of “User Management” menu, use 【 】 【 】 keys to select the new user name, then use 【...
  • Page 38 Fig 5.6 Set user right Operational rights are divided into “Local” and “Remote”. You can assign the nece ssary rights to the user. Use【 】 【 】key to move “Active Frame” to the corresponding right items, press 【 ENTER】 or 【EDIT】 key to enable or disable the item. “...
  • Page 39 PTZ Control: Remote control PTZ; Record: Remote manual start/stop recording; Set parameters Setup: Remote setup the DVR parameters; Log: Remote view the log on DVR; Utilities: Remote upgrade firmware, format HDD, reboot DVR and shut down DVR, etc. Talk: Client talks with DVR; Alarm: Remote control DVR alarm output;...

  • Page 40: Unit Name And Device Id

    Unit Name and Device ID Unit name In the “D isplay” menu, shown as fig 5.8: Fig 5.8 Display menu There is an item named “Unit Name”. The default unit name is “Embedded Net DVR”. Move “Active Frame” to unit name edit box, press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status, you can modify the unit name.
  • Page 41 or press “Cancel” to abort modification.

  • Page 42: Video Output Standard And Vga Setup

    5.4 Video Output Standard and VGA Setup Video output standard There is one VOUT BNC connector at the rear panel of DVR. It is used to connect with analog monitor and can support PAL or NTSC video output. You can modify video output standard to match video input.

  • Page 43: Camera Name And Osd Setup

    5.5 Camera name and OSD Setup Camera Name In “Camera” menu, you can define name for each camera. Please notice that camera’s name can not be copied. Shown as fig 5.9 Fig 5.9 Input camera number The steps of camera name setup: Step 1: Select one camera.
  • Page 44 “Active Frame” to “Position” button, press【ENTER】to enter into camera name position setup interface, as picture below in that interfa ce, you can use 【 】 【 】 【 】 】keys to move camera name position. When the position is fixed, press 【...
  • Page 45 In “Camera” menu you can adjust the position where you want Date to display, move active frame to “Position” item on the right side of “Date OSD” item and press enter button. Then you will see the picture below. Use 【↑】 【↓】 【←】 【→】 to adjust the position of date.

  • Page 46: Video Parameters Setup

    5.6 Video Parameters Setup For different camera and different background, in order to get the best video image, you need to adjust video parameters such as brightness, saturation, contrast and hue, etc. You can setup the camera individually, and also you can copy the video parameters of one camera to any other cameras.
  • Page 47 After adjusting, in “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save parameters and make them into effective . Otherwise, press “Cancel” button or【ESC】 key to abort modification.

  • Page 48: Mask Area Setup

    Mask Area Setup In some cases, maybe you want mask the sensitive area. This area will not be preview and recorded. The mask area setup steps are following: Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select one camera: You can use【 】 【 】keys to select one camera. Step 3:Enter into “Advanced settings”...
  • Page 49 Here is the example for mask area function. Shown as fig 5.14 Fig 5.14 Area masked Disable the mask check box means cancel the mask area.

  • Page 50: View Tampering Alarm

    5.8 View Tampering Alarm If you enable this function, when someone blocks the camera spitefully, DVR will make warning alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Please use【 】 【 】keys to select one camera. Step 3: Select sensitivity: move active frame to sensitivity item right beside the “View tampering”...
  • Page 51 Step 6: Alarm schedule setup: When there is view tampering alarm happened, DVR will handle the alarm based on the schedule. Yo u can set 4 periods for each day one week. Also you can copy the schedule of one day to other day Notes: Time periods can not be repeated.

  • Page 52: Video Loss Alarm

    5.9 Video Loss Alarm When the video cable or camera has something wrong, the video image is lost. If you enable ideo loss alarm, in such case, DVR will make alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Use【 】 【 】keys to select one camera. Step 3: Enter into “Advanced settings”...
  • Page 53 menu. Step 7: Save all cameras: If you want to setup other cameras, please repeat from step2 to step 6. In “Camera” menu, press “Confirm” key to save all cameras parameters. Press “Cancel” butto n or【ESC】key to abort.

  • Page 54: Motion Detection

    5.10 Motion Detection If you enable this function, when there is motion detected, DVR will make alarm. Step 1: Enter into “Camera” menu: Step 2: Select camera: Use【 】 【 】key to select one camera after pressing 【edit】key. Step 3: Select motion detection sensitivity: On the right side of “Motion Det. Level” item, there is a list box.
  • Page 55 press【EDIT】, you will find the yellow pane is turned into black pane. You can use【↓】 【→】 key to enlarge or shrink the blue area. Pr ess【EDIT】key to clear this part motion area. Press【Enter】key to save and retu rn “Image” menu. Press【ESC】to cancel. Clear all motion areas: Press【A】key to clear all motion areas of this channel.

  • Page 56: Preview Properties

    Note: In order to make the cameras start recording, in “Recording” menu, you must enable recording schedule and set “Rec Type” as “Motion Detection” or “Motion | Alarm”. Please refer to chap ter 5.12 for recording setup. tep 7: Motion alarm schedule: When the motion alarm is happened in schedule, DVR will respo nse such as “On Screen Warning”, “Audible Warnin g”, “Upload to Center”...
  • Page 57 Fig 5.19 Setup preview mode Step 2: Preview properties: Preview mode: For preview mode item, you can use【↑】 【↓】key to select one mode. If DVR has on ly 1 channel, you can select only “1 Screen” option. If DVR has 4 channels, there are “1 S creen”...
  • Page 58 display order. If you press 0, then the corresponding window will not display live video. After you define the camera preview order, you can select preview mode to meet your demand. Save setup: Press “Confirm” button to save preview properties. Press “Cancel” or 【ESC】 key to abort.

  • Page 59: Recording Setup

    2 Recording Setup In main m enu, there is an icon named “Recording”. You can enter into recording menu as following: Fig 5.20 Recording channel configuration “Recording” menu description: If HDD Full: There are two options: “Overwrite” and “Stop recording”. If you select “Overwrite”...
  • Page 60 Note: If you change this resolution option, please reboot DVR to make it into effective. Bit Rate Type: DVR will use the fixed bit rate to compress image. The bit rate size is defined in “Bit Rate” optio n. In this case, we can calculate the recorded file size and network bandwidth that we need. The bi t rate selection has relations to resolution.
  • Page 61 5.21 Recording schedule setup Step 2: Select one day and enable all day recording option For “Day” item, there are options: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Use【↑】 【↓】keys to select one day. Move “Active Frame” to the check box on the right side of “All Day”...

  • Page 62: External Alarm Input And Relay Output

    “Schedule” button to enter into recording schedule menu. Step 2: Select one day and disable all day recording option For “Day” item, there are options: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Use【↑】 【↓】keys to select one day. Move “Active Frame” to the check box on the right side of “All Day”...
  • Page 63 5.22 Alarms setup xternal alarm input setup: Step 1: Select one alarm input Use【↑】 【↓】keys to select one alarm input. Step 2: Alarm type This is sensor type. You can select “Normal Ope n” or “Normal Close” according to the sensor type.
  • Page 64 Fig 5 .23 Alarm in handl ing setup Step 4: Alarm trigger rec ord channel setup You can select channels to record for each alarm input. In the sub menu, you can use TER】or【EDIT】key to enable record channel. “×” means disable and “ me ans enable.
  • Page 65 Step 8: PTZ Linkage Move “Active Frame” to “PTZ Linkage” button, press【ENTER】key to enter into “PTZ Linkage” setup menu: Shown as fig 5.24 Fig 5.24 PTZ linkage setup First select one camera, then select one of following PTZ linkage: Preset: Set the flag as “ ” to enable preset, in the preset number edit box and input one preset number that has been setup already.
  • Page 66 Step 2: Select delay time The delay time is when the alarm is disappeared, the alarm output will continue output time. The delay time options are: 5 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes and Manual Stop. If you select “Manual’ option, the alarm output will not stop until you press “Clear Alarm”...
  • Page 67 Exceptions The exceptions can be han dled at present include: hard disk full, hard disk error, illegal ess, IP address conflict, network failure, and NTSC/PAL differ. Enter into “Exceptions” menu: Shown as fig 5.26 Fig 5.26 Exceptions setup Including the following handle methods: Audible Warning: DVR beep warning.

  • Page 68: Network Parameters

    4 Network Parameters f you want use network to access DVR, you must setup network parameters. Note: If any network parameter is modified, you must save and reboot DVR to make it into effective. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to “Network” icon and press【ENTER】, you can enter into “Network”...
  • Page 69 Remote Host IP and Port: If you set this IP and port, when there is alarm and exception happened, DVR will send information to that host IP. The center with this IP can receive alarm and e xception information from DVR. You can use SDK to develop this center softw are.

  • Page 70: Ptz

    not use multicast function, you do not need to set. Some routers will prohibit multicast function in ase of network storm. PPPoE: DVR support PPPoE dail-up function. Example: Use PPPoE function Step 1: Enter into “Network” menu. Step 2: Select NIC type. Step 3: Input port number.
  • Page 71 Fig 5.29 PTZ parameters setup PTZ menu description Select channel: Select one PTZ camera. RS-485 parameters: Including baud rate, data b it, stop bit, parity, flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of PTZ. Protocol. PTZ address: E ach PTZ has one different address.
  • Page 72 support preset function before you setup preset. Sequence setup: Each sequence is made up of several cruise points. Each cruise point includes one preset number, dwell time and dwell speed. Please make sure the PTZ you are using can support sequence function before you start to setup. You can save 16 sequences. Cruise setup: Cruise is remembering the track of PTZ movement.
  • Page 73 button, you can delete this preset number. After deleting, press “Return” button to “PTZ” menu. In “PTZ” menu, press “Confirm” button to save all modification. Please make sure the PTZ you are using can support preset function. Sequence setup In “PTZ” menu, press “Setup” button on the right side of “Sequence No” item, you can enter into “Sequence”...
  • Page 74 Please make sure the PTZ you are using can support sequence function. Cruise setup In “PTZ” menu, press “Setup” button on the right side of “Cruise” i tem, you can enter into “ Cruise” setup menu: Shown as fig 5.32 Fig 5.32 Cruise setup Press “RecCru”...

  • Page 75: Chapter6 Utilities

    Chapter6 Utilities There are many tools in “Utilities” menu. Including “SavePara”, “RestorePara”, “Upgrade”, “Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboo t”, “Power Off”, “View Log” and “System Info”. Enter into “Utilities” menu: Shown as fig 6.1 Fig 6.1 Utilities Restore Parameters Restore factory parameters for DVR.

  • Page 76: Upgrade

    Fig 6.2 Restore parameters 6.2 Upgrade You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. Please confirm the language is matched. Press “Upgrade” icon, in the pop-up dialog, you can select either “FTP” or “USB” upgrade mode. Shown as fig 6.3 Fig 6.3 Upgrade If you select “FTP”...

  • Page 77: Hard Disk Management

    If you select “USB” mode, please make sure you connect one USB flash memory with DVR and the firmware file is in it’s root directory. Reboot after successfully upgrading, the system will use the new firmware. 6.4 Hard Disk Management fig 6.5 Hard Disk setup Check HDD work status Capacity, Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not.

  • Page 78: Reboot

    Reboot Reboot DVR. 6.7 Power Off Shut down DVR. 6.8 View Log To view the log recorded in DVR HDD. In “Utilities” menu, press “View Log” to enter into “Log” menu: Shown as fig 6.6 Fig 6.6 View log If you want to view the log based on default option, just press【ENTER】key. DVR will list all matched information.
  • Page 79 For operation major type, there are many minor types, including Power On, Shut Down, Abnormal Shut, Pa nel Login, Panel Logout, Panel Config, Panel File Play, Panel Time Play, Local Start Record, Local Stop Record, Panel PTZ, Panel Preview, Panel Set Time, Local Upgrade, Net Login, Net Logout, N et Start Record, Net Stop Record, Net Start Transparent Channel, Net Stop Transparent Channel, Net Get Parameter, Net Config, Net get Status, Net Alert On, Net Alert Off,...
  • Page 80 By T ype&Date View one kind of log in the assigned time period. Step 1: Select “By Type&Time” for “Query” option to active “Major Type”, “Minor Type” “Start Time” and “Stop Time” items. Step 2: Select “Operation” for major type and select one option for minor type. Step 3: Input start time and stop time.

  • Page 81: System Information

    6.9 System Information Press “System Info” icon in “Utilities” menu, you can get DVR system information: Shown as fig 6.7 Fig 6.7 System information...

  • Page 82: Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade

    Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade The DVR firmware is stored in FLASH ROM. You can use DVR upgrade function to write the firmware file (digicap) into FLASH. There are two cases that you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is update old firmware. The other is when the code in DVR FLASH is crashed.
  • Page 83 Fig 7.2 setup parameters Select “Users/rights” under “Security” menu item. The following dialog box will be pop-up. Fig 7.3 Setup username Create new user. Click “new user’. New user dialog pops up. Input user name “target”. Click “OK”. Fig 7.4 username In the password dialog, input password “target”...

  • Page 84: Upgrade Mode

    Fig 7.9 Setup home directory 7. Next time, you need not setu p again, just double click and open “wftpd32.exe” to upgrade the D VR DVS firmware. 7.2 Upgrade Mode Use client software to upgrade the firmware file. You do not need to use ftp server software.

  • Page 85: Appendix A Mouse Control Function

    Appendix A Mouse control function 1. in the preview interface Double-click the left key 1. Switch to the most pictures when viewing single picture. 2. Switch to full screen mode when viewing multi-pictur es. Back to previous multi-pictures when double click again Scroll wheel forward Switch to previous screen Scroll wheel backward...

  • Page 86: Playlist Interface

    Click the left key 1. pop up soft keyboard 2. Input tex 3. Save an d exit lick the right key Cancel the text and exit th e edition Scroll wheel forward Cursor go to the front character 6. Pla ylist interface Click the left key Select the file to copy or ca...
  • Page 87 ÷ × ÷ 3600 1024 In the formula: means the bit rate, unit Kbit/s tep 2: After video time requirement is confirmed, according to Formula (2) to calculate the storage capacity , wh ich is storage of ea ch channel needed unit Mbyte. ×...

  • Page 88: Appendix Cdvr Connect Cable Definition

    Appendix C DVR Connect Cable Definition 1 RS-485 connect c mad method Material and tool One twist cable (8 pins), one standard RJ45 connector and one tool special for RJ45. RJ45 introduction Pin definition To make the connect cable according the follows. As to left point of RJ45 head, 1 and 2 cables are the anode and cathode line for sending, 3 and 4 cables are the anode and cathode line...
  • Page 89 The corresponding relationship of the direct cable (2) Use the following method to make the cross network cable when DVR is directly connected with client-end PC. The corresponding relationship of cross cable...

  • Page 90: Appendix D Specifications

    Appendix D Specifications Model Name DS-7204HI DS-7204HI-V Video compression H.264 Preview resolution PAL: 352*288 (CIF), NTSC: 352*240 (CIF) Playback resolution PAL: 352*288 (CIF), NTSC: 352*240 (CIF) Video input 4-ch BNC (Electrical Level: 1.0Vp-p, resistance: 75Ω) Composite video 1-ch, BNC (Electrical Level: 1.0Vp-p, resistance: 75Ω) output Spot video Output 1-ch, BNC (Electrical Level: 1.0Vp-p, resistance: 75Ω)

  • Page 91: Appendix E Troubleshooting

    Appendix E Troubleshooting Failure Possible reasons After plugging in power, turning on the power switc h, 1) Power cable is broken. “POWER” light in fro nt Panel does not turn on, and fan 2) Power supply is br oken. does not work. After plugging in power, turni ng on the power switch, 1) Front panel cable is br...
  • Page 92 If the circuit board is wet, dust on circuit board can cause a short circuit. The circuit board, plug and socket, housing fan and housing should be cleaned by brushing regularly.

  • Page 93: Appendix F Product Service

    Appendix F Product Service Thank you for choosing our products. All of our products users can enjoy a conditional free repair guarantee service for hardware within 12 months starting from purchase date, and a free exchange service within one month (valid for the damage caused by non personal acts).

  • Page 94: Appendix G Customer Information Card

    Appendix G Customer Information Card User’s Name Mr./Mrs. Company Name Post Address Postcode Phone Number E-mail Model Num ber Product Serial Number Product Purchase Date Distributor...
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