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4-CH MPEG-4 Digital Video Recorder DVR-460 User’s Manual...
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PLANET Technology. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environments and applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.
1. OVERVIEW 1.1 Product features MPEG4 Technology ‧ MPEG-4 compression format providing crystal clear images with real time performance ‧ MPEG-4 web transmitting for faster transmission and clearer images via network Multiplex Operation ‧ Allows live display, record, playback, backup, and network operations at the same time Free Upgrade to Advanced Functions ‧...
Date Display Format YY/MM/DD, DD/MM/YY, MM/DD/YY, and Off System Recovery System auto recovery after power failure Power Source DC 19V Power Consumption <42 W Operating Temperature 10°C ~ 40°C (50°F ~104°F) Dimensions (mm) 345(W) x 68.3(H) x 225(D) DVR-460 User Guide...
1.3 Package Content DVR-460 Power adapter Power cord Quick installation guide User’s manual CD DSUB PIN connector Flat cable clamp Remote controller IR receiver Screws Note: If any of above items are missing or damaged, please contact your local dealer for support.
In the live mode of the DVR, press this button to enlarge the image of the selected channel. / - Press “ ” button to show the 4 channel display modes. Press “-” button to change the setting in the menu. DVR-460 User Guide...
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SEQ /+ Press “SEQ” button to activate the call monitor function, and press again to quit. Press ”+” button to change the setting in the menu. 10) Power Press this button long enough to turn on/off your DVR. Note: Under the recording mode, please stop recording before turning off your DVR. 11) 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Press one of these buttons to show the channel display of CH1 ~ CH4 on the monitor.
PTZ camera, etc). For detailed I/O PIN configuration, please refer to “Appendix 1 PIN CONFIGURATION”. 10) LAN Connect to Internet by LAN cable. 11) LINK ACT. When your DVR is connected to the Internet, this LED will be on. DVR-460 User Guide...
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12) DC 19V Connect to the supplied adapter. 4-CH MPEG-4 Digital Video Recorder...
Step1: Loose the screws on the upper cover and open the upper cover of the DVR. Step2: Remove the HDD bracket. Step3: Get a compatible SATA HDD, and connect it to the power connector and data bus connector (make sure to align the HDD precisely for pin connection). DVR-460 User Guide...
Step4: Screw the HDD onto the HDD bracket (Two screws for each side), and then screw the HDD bracket back to the DVR base. Step5: Close the upper cover of the DVR, and fasten all the screws you loosened in Step 1. 3.2 Camera Connection The cameras must be connected and power-supplied BEFORE the DVR is turned on.
RS485-A: PIN 11 RS485-B: Orange wire RS485-B: PIN 10 Solder Side of 15-pin D-Sub connector RS485-A: PIN11; RS485-B: PIN10 4) Camera Setup: For detailed camera title, ID, protocol and baud rate setup, please refer to “7.3 REMOTE”. DVR-460 User Guide...
3.3 External Device Connections 3.3.1 IR Transmitter Please connect the IR receiver line to the IR port on the DVR rear panel. And make sure the IR function is activated in the DVR menu (The default setting is on). Please refer to the following figure as an example.
CAMERA SERIAL TYPE RS485 DETECTION BAUDRATE 2400 REMOTE HOST ID DISPLAY PASSWORD XXXX ALERT RESET DEFAULT RESET CLEAR HDD HDD-MASTER-1 SYSTEM NETWORK UPGRADE START BACKUP AUTO KEYLOCK NEVER HDD INFO LANGUAGE ENGLISH VIDEO FORMAT NTSC VERSION 1160-1012-1021-1014-M3-6C1B DVR-460 User Guide...
4. BASIC OPERATION 4.1 Live Page In this live page of the DVR, you can see the following icons: Icon Function Icon Function Icon Function Key lock Digital zoom mode Alarm Key unlock Digital zoom unselected Recording Live audio channel Timer recording Motion Playback audio channel...
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Live audio of the 1st audio channel Playback audio of the 1st audio channel ote: If you want to make a video backup with audio, please connect your camera which supports the audio function to CH1 first. DVR-460 User Guide...
4.4 Key Lock and Unlock 1) Key Lock On: Press “MENU” + “ENTER” buttons at the same time on the DVR control panel to lock keys. Or set the time-out after which the key lock function is activated (Never / 10 SEC / 30 SEC / 60 SEC).
To select live or playback sounds of the audio channels, press these two buttons AUDIO on the DVR front panel at the same time. For detailed playback instructions, please refer to “4.3 Playback”. For detailed playback instructions at the remote side, please r efer to “Playback”. DVR-460 User Guide...
5. MENU CONFIGURATION 5.1 Menu List DATE QUICK SEARCH SEARCH HDD IMAGE SIZE QUALITY MANUAL RECORD ENABLE EVENT REOCRD ENABLE RECORD TIMER RECORD ENABLE MULTIPLEX MODE MANUAL RECORD IPS MAIN MENU EVENT RECORD IPS TIMER RECORD IPS RECORD TIMER TIMER DETECTION TIMER DATE DATE...
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UPGRADE AUTO KEYLOCK (SEC) LANGUAGE VIDEO FORMAT VERSION NETWORK TYPE GATEWAY NETWORK NETMASK PRIMARY DNS SECONDARY DNS PORT START TIME END TIME BACKUP AVAILABLE SI HDD NUM HDD INFO HDD SIZE (GB) EVENT EVENT LOG TIME COMME DVR-460 User Guide...
6. QUICK START MENU Press the “MENU” button and enter the password to go to the quick-st art menu list. The efault admin password is 0000. Users can change the password later. Please refer to ”SYSTEM”. ITEM FUNCTION Enter / exit the quick start menu MENU Under the su b-layer of the advanced setting menu, use this button to confirm the...
Start / stop the event recording function. When this function is enabled, the recording will be triggered by any motio n or external alarm. TIMER RECORD ENABLE Start / stop the timer recording function. 6) MANUAL RECORD IPS Select the images per second for MANUAL RECORD. DVR-460 User Guide...
7) EVENT RECORD IPS Select the images per second for EVENT RECORD (Recording that is triggered by alarm or motion). TIMER RECORD IPS Select the images per second for TIMER RECORD (Recording that is activated according to the sched uled time.). IPS options are as following: NTSC FRAME...
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Set the start time and end time, and adjust the daylight saving time in hour. The above example means during the daylight-saving time period (starting from the 4th Sunday of March and ending on the 4th Sunday of October), the system time will plus one hour. DVR-460 User Guide...
7. ADVANCED MENU Press “MENU” button on the fro nt panel to enter the main m enu list. Move the cursor to “A DVANCE”, and press ”ENTER”. The screen will show the following options. ADVANCE CAMERA MENU DETECTION QUICK SEARCH REMOTE RECORD DISPLAY...
SETUP N.C. DISPLAY SETUP N.O. ALERT SETUP SYSTEM NETWORK PLEA SE C ONSU LT Y OUR INST ALLER FO R AD BACKUP SELECT BACK NEXT E TER HDD INFO EVENT LOG The submenu items are described below: DVR-460 User Guide...
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1) TITLE Show the camera title of each channel set in “CAMERA”. 2) DET Select if you want to activate the motion detection function for the selected channel (ON/O FF). AREA Press “ENTER” button to set the detection area. You will see similar screens as the followin Pink blocks represent the area that is not being detected while the transparent block are the are...
RATE ECTION 2400 CAMERA NORMAL 2400 REMOTE DISPLAY CAMERA 2400 ALERT CAMERA NORMAL 2400 SYSTEM NETWORK PLEA SE CONSULT YOUR INS TALLER FOR ADVA NCE SE TTING BACKUP SELECT BACK NEXT EN ER HDD INFO EVENT LOG DVR-460 User Guide...
The submenu tems are d scribed below: 1) TITLE Show the camera title of each channel set in “CAMERA”. 2) DEVICE Select the device type (CAMERA / PTZ) according to the connected camera for each channel. Set the ID number (0 ~ 255) for a PTZ camera. Afte r connecting to a PTZ camera correctly, the default ID of the PTZ camera will be shown on the screen.
Select to enable or disable the sound (ON / OFF) for all the internal buzzers: KEY BUZZER, VLOSS BUZZER, MOTION BUZZER, ALARM BUZZER, and HDD BUZZER. Note: When this item is set to OFF, item 3) to item 7) will be disabled even though they are set to ON. DVR-460 User Guide...
3) KEY BUZZER elect to enable or disable the sound when pressing the buttons on the front panel (ON OFF). 4) VLOSS BUZZE Select to enable or disable the sound when video loss happened (ON / OFF). 5) MOTION BUZZER Select to enable or disable the sound when any motion alarm is triggered (ON / OFF).
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Set the time-out in second after which the key lock function is activated (Never / 10 / 30 / 9) LANGUAGE (Supp ort multi-language) Press “ENTER” to select the language of the OSD. 10) VIDEO FORMAT Here shows the information of the DVR video format (NTSC / PAL). VERSION Here shows the firmware version information. DVR-460 User Guide...
7.7 Network In this menu list, you can set up the network. Move the cursor to “NETWORK”, and press ”ENTER”. You will see a similar screen as the llowing: ADVANCE NETWORK CAMERA NETWORK TYPE STATIC DETECTION 192 . 168 . 001 . 012 REMOTE GATEWAY 192 .
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Note: The PPPOE function needs to have one “username” and one “password” subscribed from one P supplier, and a “DDNS account” to correspond the dynamic IP address to a specific “Hostn ame”. e the example below: DVR-460 User Guide...
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PPPOE NETWORK TYPE PPPOE USER NAME EMPTY PASSWORD EMPTY 000 . 000 . 000 . 000 GATEWAY 000 . 000 . 000 . 000 NETMASK 000 . 000 . 000 . 000 PRIMARY DNS 168 . 095 . 001 . 001 SECONDARY DNS 139 .
Move the cursor to “BACKUP”, and press ”ENTER”. You will see the following options: ADVANCE BACKUP CAMERA USB BACKUP DETECTION REMOTE DISPLAY ALERT SYSTEM NETWORK BACKUP HDD INFO EVENT LOG DVR-460 User Guide...
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USB BACKUP Before making USB backup, please check if: a. The USB flash drive is supported by your DVR. If not, the message “USB ERROR” will be sh own on the screen. b. The format of your USB flash drive is "FA T 32".
HDD NUM HDD SIZE (GB) HDD NUM HDD SIZE (GB) DETECTION HDD-MASTER-1 HDD-SLAVE-1 NO HDD REMOTE DISPLAY ALERT PLEASE CONSULT YOUR INST ALLE R FOR ADVANCE SETTI SYSTEM SELECT BACK ENTER NETWORK BACKUP HDD INFO EVENT LOG DVR-460 User Guide...
7.10 Event Log In this menu list, you can view all the event information (event type, time and channel) or clear all log records. Move the cursor to “ EVENT LOG”, and press ”ENTER”. You will see the following options: ADVANCE EVENT LOG CAMERA...
” (Search). Double-click the IP address you just added into the address book to log in. When you’re logged in, the “Event” panel will b e shown by defaults. mote Connection (via Internet) mote Connection (via Internet) DVR-460 User Guide...
a. Double-click “ ” icon on your PC desktop to enter the AP control panel. By defaults, the “Address Book” panel will be displayed on the right side of the AP control panel. b. Click ” ” (Address Book) ” ”...
Note: You can’t select a single channel for video playback. During the playback mode, you can only see the quad view. To immediately play a recording, select a log from the list, and click “Play” button, or DVR-460 User Guide...
double-click the selected log. Then, the playback control panel will be shown at the bottom of the main control panel similar to the following. For the playback control panel details, please see “Playback Screen”. Network Backup Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ”...
“Record Setting” for details. Click to show the current network connection details. Information For details, please see “Information”. Click to go to the DVR control panel to operate the DVR DVR Control remotely. For details, please see “DVR Control”. DVR-460 User Guide...
8.1.4 AP Functions Image Display NO. Button Function Description Image View Tab Click the tab to select the view you want.. To see all views in the image display area if you have many views and do not want to switch each view by clicking the blue tab described above, click to choose a Expand All Views proper split view (1-cut / 4-cut / 9-cut / 16-cut) which...
You can also create new IP address informati n, or modify or remove the current IP address information. Button Function Description Click to directly add one IP address for login. Key in the DVR access information needed, and click “Apply” and “Close”. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Button Function Description Select one current IP address from the address list, and click this button to modify the DVR access information as needed. Edit Select one IP address from the address list, and click this button to Remove delete it. When the AP is connected to more than 1 device, and not all devices are necessary to enable the manual record fun ction, check “REC”...
Click to update the firmware version, Tools multilingual OSD and boot display of your DVR remotely. Click to view all event and recording logs, Status List search the desired log(s) by ate, or playback the recording of the selected log. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Color Setting Click “ ” to go into the “Color Setting” page, and you can adjust the brightness / contrast / hue / saturation for a single channel or all channels. Choose the desired channel from the drop-down list, and click and drag the slider to make adjustment.
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“Simultaneous Playback”. You will only see a message box indicating the total time needed, the current status and the saving location. Download / Cancel Click “Download” to start or “Cancel” to discard the video backup. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Record Setting Press “ ” to go into the “Record Se tting” page, and you can set the following items: ‧Record type ‧Hard disk overwriting ‧Pre- / post-alarm record time ‧Record time setting Record path ‧ Record type In this section, you can select which type of the recording will be enabled. There are 4 options: Manual / Schedu le / Motion / Alarm.
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3 record types: Schedule, Motion, and Alarm. How to add a new time setting: 1. Check the record type you want to schedule the recording. 2. Set the start time (From) and end time (To). DVR-460 User Guide...
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3. Click “Add” to add the time range you just set into the schedule table. Before adding the time range, you will be prompted to confirm as follow: 4. Check if the information shown is correct. Click “OK” if the information is correct. Click “Cancel”...
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Ex: If the value of the turbo step is set to 5, one mouse-click will function as 5 mouse-clicks when you click one of the buttons in the DVR control panel. Title Provide a title for this DVR. Only 15 characters are allowed. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Logs Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Server Setting) → “General” → “Log” to go into the “Log” page. In the “Log” page, you can see all the logs for the network ca mera, uch as “Power On”, “Reset Default”, “Net Login” and “SNTP Update” … etc. To refresh the logs, click “Reload”.
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In “Network” and its sub-menu, “DDNS”, you can set the DVR network configuration. The network configuration allows the DVR to connect to the LAN or Internet. Select the network type you will be using for DVR connection. There are 3 network connection types: Static IP, PPPOE and DHCP. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Note: PPPOE and DHCP network connection types are required to apply the DDNS service to get a “Hostname” to correspond to a dynamic IP address. Please refer to “DDNS” for details. Function Description Web Port Typically, the default TCP port used by HTTP is 80. However, in some cases, it is better to change this port number for added flexibility or security.
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” (Server Setting) → “Network” → “FTP” to go into the “FTP” page. Enter the detailed FTP information and press “Apply” to confirm. The information you set here will be applied when the function of FTP notification is enabled in the "Alert" menu. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Click “ ” (Miscellaneous Control) → “ ” (Server Setting) → “Network” → “MAIL” to go into the “MAIL” page. Enter the detailed E-mail information and press “Apply” to confirm. The information you set here will be applied when the function of E-mail notification is enabled in the "Alert"...
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In “DVR” and its sub-menus, “Camera”, “Detection”, “Record”, “Record Timer”, “Alert” and “Display,” you can set DVR general functions, such as the host ID, the record schedule, alerts, motion detection, and text or icon display, etc. In “DVR”, you can see the following items: DVR-460 User Guide...
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Function Description System Type Display the current system type (NTSC / PAL). It’s automatically detected. De-interlace Select to enable or disable the de-interlace function (ON / OFF). Daylight Saving Specify whether to use daylight saving time (ON / OFF). If this function is enabled, set the time period (START / END), and adjust the daylight saving time in hours (ADJUST).
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Click “+” (Select All) to set the whole area under detection. Apply / Return To save the setting, click “Apply” and return to “Server Setting” window. To discard the setting, click “Return” to directly return to “Server Setting” window without saving. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Record In “DVR” → “Record”, you will see the following items for DVR record settings. Function Description Image Size / Qua lity Choose the image size (FRAME / FIELD / CIF) and quality (BEST / HIGH / MAL / BASIC). Manual Record / E vent Select the record type that the DVR will take recording (Yes / No), and select...
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/ any DVR key is pressed. Notified by Select the notification method when any event occurs: Email or FTP. Duration Set the alert and buzzers to beep for 5 / 10 / 20 / 40 seconds. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Display In “Display”, you can choose whether to display some text indication or ic ons, set the channel display switch time-out, set the DVR time remotely, and select the date form (Y-M-D / M-D-Y / D-M-Y Function Description Title Select to display the channel title in the live view. Event Select to display the event symbol in the live view.
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“System Backup” in the “Configure File” section, click “…” to specify the location for saving system backup, and click “Backup” to start the backup process. To start upgrading the DVR firmware, choose the file from the firmware list, and click “Update Firmware” to start the upgrade process. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Language To update the DVR OSD language, click “Language” tab, and follow the steps below: a) Get the language files you want to update from your distributor. b) Click “Add” to locate and select the files needed. The files will be shown in the list. If you add the wrong file, select it and click “Remove”.
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This software is available in English / Chinese / French / German / Portuguese / Spanish / Japanese. Select a language from the drop-down list, and press “Apply”. You will be prompted to restart the application for this change to take effect. Note: The default language is English. DVR-460 User Guide...
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Status List Click “ ” to view all the event and record logs (All), or search for the specific log(s) by date or by record type (Condition). There are three types of lo gs: Record, Backup and Event. To playback the recorded data r a specific record or backup log, select the log, and double-click to start the video playback.
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/ Forward Click once to get 2X fast rewind / forward, twice to get 4X, three time to get 8X, and four times to get 16X the highest. De-Interlace Click to reduce the vibration of the paused picture. DVR-460 User Guide...
DVR Control When the AP is con nected to the DVR, this DVR control panel will be enabled, and you can control the DVR remotely. For the function of each button, please refer to the following description. Function Description Channel Click the channel No.
If the port number your DVR used is NOT 80, you need to key in the port number addition ally. Th e form at is address:portnum. For examp le, for IP address 60.121.46.236 and port No. 888, please key in ”http://60.121.46.236:888” into the URL address box, and press “ Enter”. DVR-460 User Guide...
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tep 2 Enter the user name and password, the same as the ones used at AP login, and press “OK”. You will see a similar screen as the following when the login information is correct. Function Descrip tion Channel Selection Select to view a single channel (Channel 1 / Channel 2 / Channel 3 / Channel 4), or a 4-cut view (4 Cut).
Step 2: Open your QuickTime player . Select “File” → “Open URL”, and key in the URL address. The URL format is “rtsp://ipaddress/live/mpeg4” (For example, “rtsp://59.124.231.7 5/live/mpeg4”). Click “OK” to contin DVR-460 User Guide...
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Step 3: A pop-up window will appear and prompt you to enter the authentication information. Key in the user name and password for accessing your DVR. The user name and password are the sa me as the ones you use to log into the AP. the information is correct, press “OK”...
12 ~ 14 PIN OFF Under the no mal operation, COM disconnects with NO. But EXTERNAL ALARM when any alarm is triggered, COM connects with NO. Attention: The voltage restriction is under DC24V 1A. 16 ~ 17 Earth GND DVR-460 User Guide...
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Appendix 2 --- COMPATIBLE USB DRIVE FLASH BRAND Please upgrade the firmware of the DVR to the latest version to ensure the accuracy of the following table. If the USB flash drive is not supported by the DVR, the "USB ERROR" message will be shown on the screen.
Appendix 4 --- TROUBLESHOOTING Please refer to the table below for easy troubleshooting. The table describes some typical problems and also their solutions. Please check them before calling your DVR dealer. Questions Solutions No power Check power cord connection. Confirm that there is power supplied fr om the outlet.
Manual/ Event/ Timer Record Event Record IPS 120 (NTSC) / 100 (PAL) Timer Record IPS 120 (NTSC) / 100 (PAL) Auto Keylock (SEC) Language English (Multi-lingual OSD selectable) AP Side: User Name admin Password admin Port IP Address 192.168.1.1 DVR-460 User Guide...
*Model Number : DVR-460 * Produced by: Manufacturer‘s Name : Planet Technology Corp. Manufacturer‘s Address : 11F, No. 96, Min Chuan Road, Hsin Tien, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive on (89/336/EEC).
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