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USER MANUAL

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QT426
www.q-see.com
Rev 5/27/2010

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    H.264 Dual Stream Network DVR 16 Channel CIF@480fps & D1@120fps Digital Video Recorder USER MANUAL Model #: QT426 www.q-see.com Rev 5/27/2010...
  • Page 2 CONTACT US QT426 User Manual Please contact a Q-See support representative first regarding any additional information you need help with regarding product features, specification or assistance with setup. Please contact us using the following methods with questions about your Q-See product.
  • Page 3 6. Accessories Make sure to only use accessories recommended by Q-See. Before installation, check the package to verify that all the components are included. Contact your local retailer ASAP if something is broken in your package.
  • Page 4 (3) Damage caused by acts of nature (e.g., earthquake, fire, etc). (4) Equipment damage caused by the maintenance of personnel not authorized by Q-See. (5) Product sold over 12 months ago.

  • Page 5: Customer Information Card

    Purchase Date Distributor The material in this document is the intellectual property of Q-See. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in any form or by any means without our company’s expressed written consent.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS QT426 User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................6 1.1 DVR Introduction ...............................6 1.2 Main Features ..............................6 2. GETTING STARTED ............................ 8 2.1 Installing Hard Drive ............................8 2.2 Front Panel Instructions .............................9 2.3 Rear Panel Instructions ............................ 10 2.4 Remote Control..............................
  • Page 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS QT426 User Manual 4.5 Alarm Configuration ............................29 4.5.1 Sensor (to setup optional external motion sensors) ......................... 29 4.5.2 Motion ...................................... 31 4.5.3 Video Loss ....................................33 4.5.4 Other Alarm ....................................33 4.5.5 Alarm Out ....................................34 4.6 Network Configuration .............................
  • Page 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS QT426 User Manual Phones with Windows Mobile Pro ....................... 72 Phones with Symbian ..........................74 For iPhone Mobile Clients ..........................76 9. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ........................81 APPENDIX A: FAQ’s ............................ 82 APPENDIX B: CALCULATE RECORDING CAPACITY ..................84 APPENDIX C: COMPATIBLE USB DRIVES ......................

  • Page 9: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION QT426 User Manual 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 DVR Introduction This DVR uses high performance video processing chips and an embedded Linux system. It utilizes many advanced technologies, such as standard H.264 with low bit rate, Dual Stream, SATA interface and VGA output. This DVR system supports mouse controlled navigation and also can be accessed through IE browser with full remote control, mobile viewing by cell phones, etc.
  • Page 10 INTRODUCTION QT426 User Manual ALARM 1 channel alarm output and 16 channel alarm input available Supports scheduling for motion detection and sensor alarm Supports pre-recording and post recording Supports linked channels recording once motion or alarm is triggered on designated channel...

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED QT426 User Manual 2. GETTING STARTED Check the unit and the accessories immediately after opening your system. Please disconnect the power before connecting to other devices. 2.1 Installing Hard Drive This device supports one SATA hard drive up to 2TB.

  • Page 12: Front Panel Instructions

    GETTING STARTED QT426 User Manual 2.2 Front Panel Instructions An illustration of the Front Panel interface is shown as Fig 2.3: Fig 2.3 Front Panel Item Name/Symbol Description Number LED INDICATORS Working indicators for power, HDD, NET, etc POWER Power On/Off...

  • Page 13: Rear Panel Instructions

    GETTING STARTED QT426 User Manual 2.3 Rear Panel Instructions Rear Panel Interface An illustration of the rear Panel interface is shown as Fig 2.4:      Fig 2.4 Rear Panel Item Physical Connector Connector Description Number AUDIO OUTPUT Connection for audio output.

  • Page 14: Remote Control

    2. Check the remaining charge in the batteries 3. Check to make sure the sensor on the DVR is clear 4. If it still doesn't work, contact Q-See for a replacement Figure 2-5 below illustrates the Remote Control functions as follows: Fig 2.5 Remote Control...

  • Page 15: Control With Mouse

    GETTING STARTED QT426 User Manual Remote Control Functions Continued ITEM PHYSICAL CONNECTOR CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION NUMBER +/- BUTTON To increase or decrease the value in setup PLAYBACK CONTROL BUTTON To control playback, Fast forward/rewind/stop/single frame play AUDIO BUTTON To enable audio output in live mode...
  • Page 16 GETTING STARTED QT426 User Manual In Setup: Click left button to enter. Click right button to cancel setup, or return to the previous screen. If you want to input values, move cursor to the blank and click. An input window will appear as shown in Fig2.6. It supports numbers, letters and symbols.

  • Page 17: Basic Function

    BASIC FUNCTIONS QT426 User Manual 3. BASIC FUNCTION 3.1 Power On/Off Before you power on the unit, please make sure all the connections are good. 3.1.1 Power On Step 1: Connect the power supply; switch on the power button near the power port on the rear panel...

  • Page 18: Login

    BASIC FUNCTIONS QT426 User Manual 3.2 Login User can login and logout of the DVR system. User cannot do any other operations except changing the multi-screen display once logout. Admin has full control over DVR. Fig 3-1 Login Notice: the default user name and password is “admin” and 123456”...

  • Page 19: Live Playback

    BASIC FUNCTIONS QT426 User Manual 3.3.1 Live Playback Click the Play button to playback the record. Refer to Figure3-3. User can operate by clicking the buttons on the screen. Fig 3-3 Live Playback 16 | P a g e...

  • Page 20: Main Menu Setup Guide

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4. MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE Click right mouse or press ESC button on the front panel, the control bar will display on the bottom of the screen, refer to Fig 4-1: Fig 4-1 Main Menu Toolbar...

  • Page 21: Basic Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.1 Basic Configuration Basic configuration includes three sub menus: system, date& time and DST. 4.1.1 Setup Step1: Enter into Setup configurationbasic configurationsetup; refer to Fig 4-3: SETUP Fig 4-3 Basic Configuration Step2: In this interface user can setup the device name, device ID, video format, max network users, VGA resolution and language.

  • Page 22: Time & Date

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.1.2 Time & Date Step 1: Enter into system configurationbasic configurationtime & date; refer to Fig 4-4: Fig 4-4 Basic Configuration-Time & Date Step 2: Set the date format, time format, time zone in this interface; Checkmark “sync time with NTP server” to refresh NTP server date;...

  • Page 23: Live Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.2 Live Configuration Live configuration includes four submenus: live, host monitor, SPOT and mask. 4.2.1 Live In this interface, user can setup camera names, adjust colors: brightness, hue, saturation and contrast. Step 1: Enter into system configurationlive configurationlive; refer to Fig 4-6: Fig 4-6 Live ConfigurationLive...

  • Page 24: Host Monitor

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.2.2 Host Monitor Step 1: Enter into system configurationlive configurationhost monitor; refer to Fig 4-8: Fig 4-8 Live Configuration-Host Monitor Step 2: Select split mode: 1×1, 2×2, 2×3, 3×3, 4×4 and channel Step 3: Dwell time: the time interval for a certain picture display before switching to next picture display Step 4: Select the split mode, then setup current picture group.

  • Page 25: Mask

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual Step 3: Dwell time: the time interval for a certain picture display before switching to the next picture display. Step 4: Select the split mode, then setup current picture group. Click button to setup the previous channel groups of pictures, click button to set the latter channel groups of pictures.

  • Page 26: Record Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual Live Image Mask Area 4.3 Record Configuration Record configuration includes five sub menus: enable, record bit rate, time, recycle record and stamp. 4.3.1 Enable Step 1: Enter into system configurationrecord configurationenable; refer to Fig 4-11:...

  • Page 27: Record Stream

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.3.2 Record stream Step 1: Enter into system configurationrecord configurationrecord bit rate; refer to Fig 4-12: Fig 4-12 Record Configuration-Record Bit Rate Step 2: Setup rate, resolution, quality, encode and max bit stream Step 3: User can setup all channels with same parameters, checkmark “All”, then to do relevant setup.

  • Page 28: Time

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.3.3 Time Step 1: Enter into system configurationrecord configuration time; refer to Fig 4-13: Fig 4-13 Record Configuration-Time Pre-alarm record time: set the record time before event happen i.e. record time before motion detection or sensor alarm is triggered.

  • Page 29: Stamp

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.3.5 Stamp Stamp：User can display the channel name and time stamp on video. Step 1: Enter into system configuration record configuration stamp; refer to Fig 4-14: Fig 4-14 Record Configuration-Stamp Step 2: Checkmark camera name, time stamp; click Set button, user can use cursor to drag the camera name and...

  • Page 30: Schedule Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.4 Schedule Configuration Schedule configuration includes three sub menus: schedule, motion and alarm. 4.4.1 Schedule Step 1: Enter into system configurationschedule configurationschedule; refer to Fig 4-15: Fig 4-15 Schedule Configuration-Schedule Step 2: Select channel, double-click and a dialog box will pop-up shown as Fig 4-16, user can edit week schedule: Fig 4-16 Schedule-Week Schedule ①...

  • Page 31: Motion

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.4.2 Motion Step 1: Enter into system configurationschedule configurationmotion; refer to Fig 4-17: Fig 4-17 Schedule Configuration-Motion Step 2: The setup steps of motion are similar to schedule; user can refer to 4.4.1 Schedule for details.

  • Page 32: Alarm Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.5 Alarm Configuration Alarm configuration includes five sub menus: sensor, motion, video loss, other alarm and alarm out. 4.5.1 Sensor (to setup optional external motion sensors) Sensor includes three sub menus: basic, alarm handling and schedule.
  • Page 33 MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual Step 2: Select hold time, click Trigger button, and a dialog box will pop-up shown as Fig 4-21: Fig 4-21 Alarm Handling-Trigger Step 3: Checkmark Buzzer, there will be triggered buzzer alarm out;...

  • Page 34: Motion

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.5.2 Motion Motion includes two sub menus: motion and schedule. ① Motion Step 1: Enter into system configurationalarm configurationmotion; refer to Fig 4-23: Fig 4-23 Alarm Configuration-Motion Step 2:Enable motion alarm, set alarm hold time which means time interval between two consecutive motion events.
  • Page 35 MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual Step 5: In the Area interface, user can drag slide bar to set the sensitivity value (1-8), the default value is 4. The higher the value the higher sensitivity you get. Since the sensitivity is influenced by color and time (day or night), user can adjust its value according to the practical conditions;...

  • Page 36: Video Loss

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.5.3 Video Loss Step 1: Enter into system configurationalarm configurationvideo loss; refer to Fig 4-26: Fig 4-26 Alarm Configuration-Video Loss Step 2: The setup steps of video loss trigger are familiar with alarm handling; user can refer to Chapter 4.5.1 Sensor alarm handling for more details.

  • Page 37: Alarm Out

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.5.5 Alarm Out Alarm out includes three sub menus: alarm out, schedule and buzzer ① Alarm out Step 1: Enter into system configurationalarm out; refer to Fig 4-28: Fig 4-28 System Configuration-Alarm Out Step 2: In this interface, set relay alarm out name, select hold time which means the interval time between the two consecutive alarms.

  • Page 38: Network Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.6 Network Configuration Network configuration includes two submenus: network and network stream. 4.6.1 Network Step 1: Enter into system configurationnetwork configurationnetwork; refer to Fig 4-29: Fig 4-29 Network Configuration-Network Step 2: HTTP port: the default value is 80. If this value is changed, user needs to add the port number when typing IP address in IE address blank .i.e.

  • Page 39: Network Stream

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual Definitions and descriptions of network configuration: Parameter Meaning HTTP port The port number of accessing IE browser. The default port is 80 Server The port number for data. The default port is 6036...

  • Page 40: User Management Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual Step 3: User can setup all channels with same parameters, checkmark “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step 4: Click “default” button to restore default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.
  • Page 41 MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual If you only want the user to be able to access the DVR from a specific computer then put a checkmark in the Binding PC MAC Address option and enter the MAC address of the only PC you want the user to be able to access from.

  • Page 42: Configuration

    MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual 4.8 P.T.Z configuration P.T.Z configuration includes two submenus: serial port and advance  Serial Port Step 1: Enter into system configurationP.T.Z configurationserial port; refer to Fig 4-37: Fig 4-37 P.T.Z Configuration-Serial Port Step 2: Checkmark Enable, setup the value of address, baud rate and protocol according to the settings of the PTZ speed dome.
  • Page 43 MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual  Advance Step 1: Enter into system configuration P.T.Z configurationadvance; refer to Fig 4-38: Fig 4-38 P.T.Z Configuration-Advance Step 2: In the Advance interface, click preset “Setting” button, a dialog box will pop-up shown as Fig 4-39:...
  • Page 44 MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual a. In the preset set interface, click Setting button, a dialog will pop-up shown as Fig 4-40: Fig 4-40 Preset Set-Setting b. User can control the dome rotating up, up left, down, right down, left , left down, right and up right and stop rotating;...
  • Page 45 MAIN MENU SETUP GUIDE QT426 User Manual Fig 4-42 Cruise Set-Modify Cruise Line b. Click Add icon to set the speed and time of preset point; select a preset point, click Delete icon to delete that preset point; click Modify icon to modify the setting of a preset point.

  • Page 46: Record, Search, Playback And Backup

    RECORD, SEARCH, PLAYBACK & BACKUP QT426 User Manual 5. RECORD, SEARCH, PLAYBACK AND BACKUP Search configuration includes three submenus: time search, event search and file manager. 5.1 Time Search Step 1: Enter into Search configurationtime search; refer to Fig 5-1:...

  • Page 47: Event Search

    RECORD, SEARCH, PLAYBACK & BACKUP QT426 User Manual 5.2 Event Search Step 1: Enter into Search configurationevent search; refer to Fig 5-2: Fig 5-2 Search Configuration-Event Search Step 2: Click Search button, the searched event information will be displayed in the event list box. Select date, channel, checkmark Motion, Sensor or All accordingly.

  • Page 48: Backup

    RECORD, SEARCH, PLAYBACK & BACKUP QT426 User Manual Step 2: Click Search button, the searched files will be displayed in the file list box, user can select date, channels accordingly. ① Lock: check a file, click Lock button to lock this file, after that, that file will not be deleted or covered (unless you format the hard drive).
  • Page 49 RECORD, SEARCH, PLAYBACK & BACKUP QT426 User Manual Step 3: Check a data file or checkmark “All” to select all data files , click Backup button, a dialog box will pop-up shown as Fig 5-5: Fig 5-5 Backup Information Step 4: In the backup information interface, you can check the relevant information of backup files, storage type, save file type, etc.

  • Page 50: Dvr Management

    DVR MANAGEMENT QT426 User Manual 6. DVR MANAGEMENT 6.1 Checking System Information Check system information includes five submenus: system, event, log, network and online users. 6.1.1 System Information In this interface, user can check the hardware version, MCU version, kernel version, device ID, etc. refer to...

  • Page 51: Log Information

    DVR MANAGEMENT QT426 User Manual 6.1.3 Log Information In this interface, user can check relevant log information according to selected date; refer to Fig 6-3: Fig 6-3 Log Information 6.1.4 Network information In this interface, user can check relevant parameters of network; refer to Fig 6-4:...

  • Page 52: Online Information

    DVR MANAGEMENT QT426 User Manual 6.1.5 Online Information In this interface, user can check the details of the current connection of online users; refer to Fig 6-5: Fig 6-5 Online Information 6.1.6 Manual Alarm In this interface, user can check the relevant parameters of manual alarm; refer to Fig 6-6: Fig 6-6 Manual Alarm 6.1.7...

  • Page 53: Upgrade

    Upgrade At present, it only supports USB update. Get the firmware from Q-See when there is a new firmware version, and make sure it is the correct one for the DVR. User can check the USB information in Disk manager.

  • Page 54: Remote Surveillance

    REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 7. REMOTE SURVEILLANCE 7.1 Network Access Accessing the DVR from a computer attached to the same router: If you are only going to access the DVR from a computer that is attached to the same router as the DVR you only need to setup the information in the NETWORK settings using either the DHCP option or assigning a static IP following the instructions below.
  • Page 55 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Fig 7-3 DHCP Static IP: You will need to setup the network settings on the DVR to match the settings of the router that you attach the DVR to. To get the router settings you would go to the run option on a computer attached to the same router as the DVR and type cmd and hit OK to bring up a command prompt (Fig 7-4), then type ipconfig at the prompt (RED arrow on Fig 7-4) to access the router settings.
  • Page 56 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Fig 7-5 Static IP For the DVRs IP address you would enter the same first 3 sets of numbers as the gateway and select a fourth set of numbers that is different then any other device attached to the same router. If the IP address of your...
  • Page 57 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Fig 7-6 PPPoE DDNS: You can access the DVR through a static or dynamic IP address; however a dynamic address can change from time to time. How often depends on your service provider. When it changes you need to go to a website such as www.myipaddress.com from a computer attached to the same router as the DVR to find out...
  • Page 58 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual To setup the DVR for access through a dynamic domain name you go to the Main Menu and select the System icon (Red box in Fig 7-1), then select the Network icon (Red box in Fig 7-2), this will display the NETWORK screen shown in Fig 7-7.
  • Page 59 Once you have enabled Port Forwarding, you can configure your DDNS information by following these steps: a. Using a computer that is connected to the same network as your Q-See DVR, use your IE Browser to go to http://myq-see.com. b. Click on the New User? Link at the bottom of the page (http://myq-see.com/reg.asp).
  • Page 60 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual d. The next screen will ask you to create a domain name. Domain names must start with an (a-z) or (0-9) and cannot contain a hyphen. Once you choose your domain name, click on the [Request Domain] button.
  • Page 61 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual e. Once you have completed steps a-d, go to the Main Menu and select the Setup icon (Red box in Fig 7-10), then select the Network icon (Red box in Fig 7-11), this will display the NETWORK screen shown in Fig 7-12.
  • Page 62 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual g. After you enter the information click on the Test button (Green box in Fig 7-13) and wait until you see the OK message in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. h. Click the [APPLY] button and then the [EXIT] button at the bottom of the NETWORK screen and your DDNS setup is complete.

  • Page 63: Port Forwarding

    REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 7.3 Port Forwarding To access the DVR from a remote computer over the internet you would then need to forward port 80 and 6036 on the router the DVR is attached to, to the IP address of the DVR. You can get instructions on how to do this for most popular routers by going to the www.portforward.com website.

  • Page 64: Setting Up Internet Explorer

    REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 7.4 Setting Up Internet Explorer To access the DVR through Internet Explorer: once you have setup the network settings on the DVR to match the settings of your router and forwarded the ports needed by the DVR (for remote access over the internet), you need to modify your browser controls.
  • Page 65 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual To connect to the DVR from the remote computer you would then open an Internet Explorer browser window and enter the internet IP of your router that you got by going to www.myipaddress.com. Notice: Once you have forwarded the ports you can go to canyouseeme.org to verify that the ports are open.

  • Page 66: Using The Remote Access Software

    REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 7.5 Using the Remote Access Software Once you have setup Internet Explorer you can access the DVR through a browser window. If you are accessing the DVR over the network you would enter the IP address of the DVR into the address bar. If you are accessing the DVR from a remote computer you will enter the public IP address of the router.
  • Page 67 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Note: click button to record manually and the recorded file will be saved on your PC hard drive. Screen display mode: Click the icon beside the screen display mode, channel select dialog will appear as shown below: Fig 7-22 Channel Select Dialog User can checkmark channels form 1-ch to 16-ch at random to display the live pictures.
  • Page 68 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Color Adjustment: Drag the slide bar to adjust Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. Click Default to reset them to original value. BUTTON DESCRIPTION Drag the scroll bar to adjust the brightness of channel Drag the scroll bar to adjust the contrast of channel...

  • Page 69: Remote Playback And Backup

    REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Right click the mouse on the live interface to generate a pull-down menu as shown below: Fig 7-25 Right Key Sub Menu Stream: this DVR supports master stream and sub stream. Master stream has higher frame rate, max 25FPS (PAL)/ 30FPS (NTSC) for every channel.
  • Page 70 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual This DVR supports remote time search, event search and file management. By Time Search: Step 1: Enter into Searchtime search; refer to Fig 7-27: Fig 7-27 Time Search Interface Step 2: Click “Search” button. The record data will be displayed in the data information list box. The highlight date in the area marked ...
  • Page 71 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Fig 7-28 Time Search Playback By Event Search: Step 1: Enter into Searchevent search; refer to Fig 7-29: Fig 7-29 Event Search Interface 68 | P a g e...
  • Page 72 REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Step 2: Click the highlight date and select record channels and then checkmark the event type: motion and sensor, click “search” button Step 3: The events will be display in the event list box, double-click an item to playback File Management Step 1: Enter into Searchfile management;...

  • Page 73: Remote Backup

    REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 7.6.2 Remote Backup Click Backup button to enter into backup interface, refer to Fig 7-31: Fig 7-31 Remote Backup Interface Step 1: Select channels, set the start and end time, then click “search’ button, the file information will be displayed in the file list box Step 2: Select backup files, click “browse”...

  • Page 74: Remote System Configuration

    REMOTE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 7.7 Remote System Configuration User can remotely setup the parameters of the device. Functions of remote configuration include: basic configuration, live configuration, record configuration, schedule configuration, alarm configuration, network configuration, PTZ configuration and user configuration. User should first select an item in the menu list on the left, and then setup the relative parameters.

  • Page 75: Mobile Surveillance

    MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 8. MOBILE SURVEILLANCE This DVR supports mobile surveillance by Iphone, or smart phones with Windows Mobile Pro and symbian OS on 3G networks. We tested on Window Mobile Pro 6.1 and 6.5. To access the DVR from a mobile phone you first need to setup the network configuration on the DVR, refer to Chapter 4.6 Network configuration.
  • Page 76 MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Step 5：Input the DVR’s address, ID and password respectively in the columns of “Server”, “User” and “Password”, and click “Go” to log on the DVR. It will show the picture if accessed successfully. Step 6：Camera 1 is the default channel after login. Change the channel in the drop down menu of “Channel”: Notice: User name and password here are the same as that used on the DVR.

  • Page 77: Phones With Symbian

    MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 8.2 Phones with Symbian Please use the smart phones with Symbian versions supported by this unit. Step 1：First enable the network access on the mobile phone. Then run Web browser. Step 2：Input the DVR’s IP address in a new-built bookmark. Click this bookmark to connect to the DVR.
  • Page 78 MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Step 7：Click System setting--->Login Setting to enter login interface. Step 8：Input the DVR’s address, ID and password respectively. Then save. Notice: About Access point, there may be different access points in different countries or from service providers.

  • Page 79: For Iphone Mobile Clients

    MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual 8.3 For iPhone Mobile Clients At present, the software only supports versions of iPhone OS 2.2 and above, If your iPhone firmware is lower, please upgrade it. Below is the setup method for iPhone mobile clients: Step 1：Enter into App Store function of iPhone...
  • Page 80 MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Step 4: Enter your iTunes Store password, click “OK”will display below interface Note: the first time you operate please enter your user ID; if you do not have a Store account, you need to setup one.
  • Page 81 MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Step 7: Click Live View, the default Cam1 picture will be displayed. Click to capture picture. Step 8: On function interface, click Image View to view the captured picture. Click to switch to next or previous picture.
  • Page 82 MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual iPhone help Pic1 Pic2 Pic3 Live View After successfully installing SuperCam software, Click on System Setting (Pic 1), and then input DVR’s IP address or Domain name, User name and password to log in (Pic 2). If connected successfully, it will go to Live View of CH1 as default (Pic 3), please choose other desired channels from channel button underneath.
  • Page 83 MOBILE SURVEILLANCE QT426 User Manual Image View Pic 4 Pic 5 Item Button Function Item Button Function Previous Next Picture picture The first The last picture Picture Delete Search Pictures, search page as Pic 5 80 | P a g e...

  • Page 84: Product Specifications

    PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS QT426 User Manual 9. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ITEM DEVICE PARAMETER SPECIFICATION COMPRESSION COMPRESSION FORMAT Standard H.264 Baseline VIDEO VIDEO IN COMPOSITE 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 16 VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE 1.0V p-p/75Ω, BNC x 2, VGA x 1 VGA RESOLUTION...

  • Page 85: Appendix A: Faq's

    APPENDIX A: FAQ’S QT426 User Manual APPENDIX A: FAQ’s The DVR does not start after connecting the power, what is wrong? a. The power adapter may have been damaged, or is not providing enough power. Please change the adapter. b. The DVR may not be getting enough power from the outlet or surge protector it is attached to.
  • Page 86 APPENDIX A: FAQ’S QT426 User Manual How do I upgrade the firmware on the DVR? After you download the new firmware from the Q-See website at www.q-see.com, copy it onto a USB flash drive. Then select “upgrade” in the menu. Notice: Do not turn the system power off during the upgrade process! Doing so may damage the chipset and prevent the DVR from starting.

  • Page 87: Appendix B: Calculate Recording Capacity

    APPENDIX B RECORDING CAPACITY QT426 User Manual APPENDIX B: CALCULATE RECORDING CAPACITY Users can calculate the hard drive size needed according to the time saving specification and DVR recording settings listed below. Below is an estimated table outlining hard drive space used when the DVR is configured at various settings.

  • Page 88: Appendix C: Compatible Usb Drives

    APPENDIX C: COMPATIBLE USB DRIVES QT426 User Manual APPENDIX C: COMPATIBLE USB DRIVES Compatible USB Drives After Testing BRAND CAPACITY 512MB, 1G, 2GB NETAC KINGSTON AIGO SMATTER VIDER SANDISK 85 | P a g e...

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