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Safety Precautions CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN ! CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK), NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. This label may appear on the bottom of the unit due to space limitations. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of insulated dangerous Voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be...
About this document Before installing stand alone DVR, be sure to thoroughly review and follow the instructions in this Users Manual. Pay particular attention to the parts that are marked NOTICE. Also, when connecting with external application, first turn the power OFF and follow manual instruction for appropriate installation.
Content Safety Precautions………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 About this document………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Before reading this document……………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Unite Description of Front Panel………………………………………………………………………………… 5 Unit Description of Rear Panel……………………………………………………………………………………6 Installation………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Function Setup…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15 Login…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 15 Basic Operation…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 USB Data Read and Networking………………………………………………………………………………... 39 Record Time Table: 80 GB HD…………………………………………………………………………………..
Unit Description of Front Panel 4 split screen 1 ~ 4 full screen / password Sequence / Freezer / Zoom / Water Mark / Information MENU button / PLAY button / REC. record button LOCK key lock button BACKUP data back up button / T-SRH time search playback button ESC function exit button Value change button Direction UP / Down,...
Unit Description of Rear Panel Power cord in 12V/5A, power switcher (ON / OFF) Camera 1 ~ 4 in and 75 Ohm ON/OFF (high/low adjust) looping out VGA output. PC monitor connector. VG A Audio channel (Optional) input x 1 and output x 1 Main Monitor S-Video (Y/C) monitor RS-485...
Installation Procedure 1) Camera Connection Connect the camera to the CAMERA INPUT LEVEL VIDEO MONITOR on the Rear Panel of the 4 CH DVR. VIDEO LENS AC24V/DC12 Rear part of CAMERA 2) Monitor Connection (Composite Connection Method) Connect the monitor to the MONITOR OUT on MONITOR the Rear Panel of the 4 CH DVR.
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NOTICE: Sensor input is RECOGNIZED as LOW when alarm signal is on a level with GND, and it is recognized as HIGH when alarm signal is FLOATING or 5V. Following is internal circuit. Internal Circuit Thus, there is a danger of damage, when the sensor input goes to a Negative level or voltage higher than 5V. 5) Network Connection DVR connects to LAN ETHERNET...
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5) HDD connection How to connect single HDD How to connect 2 HDD I/O BOARD I/O BOARD MASTER HDD1 MASTER MAIN BOARD MAIN BOARD SLAVE HDD2 Set the drive jumpers as specified by hard disk drive manufacturer. Set the drive jumpers as specified by hard disk drive manufacturer. Make sure the HDD is MASTER.
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Picture Full screen or split screen display Press button, to display 4 split screen. Press numeric buttons to display the desired camera image in full screen. 1.) FREEZE Mode 1. In live mode press (FREEZE) button to freeze image. 2. Press again to cancel freeze mode.
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6.) BACKUP. Image backup mode.(Image back up must be done on playback mode only.) Locate the playback point of which you want. Press BACKUP, the BACKUP CAUTION window pop-up. Press ENTER to begin data back up. Capacity of USB device is not limit. On playback mode, presses BACKUP: Lower-Right corner of the screen: ** BACKUP CAUTION **...
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7.) Key Lock function >On the Live mode, press (lock), Only, numeric, freeze, auto, and zoom buttons could work. Press lock key again to enter the login-in window. Enter admin or user password to unlock. Key lock function only accept password correct log in even re-boot DVR power. 8.) AUDIO function )))) )))) xxxxxxxxx...
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Playback 1. Playback Mode 1) Press button to begin playback. (System playback the images backward) PLAY 2. T-SRH button MAIN PLAY PAGE 1) T-SRH: Playback by time search. 1.MASTER TIME LIST Press T-SRH button to active playback function. 2.SLAVE TIME LIST 3.MASTER EVENT LIST Press direction button 4.SLAVE EVENT LIST...
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2) EVENT LIST (Alarm List): Event source- Video loss / Alarm trigger / Motion / Record EVENT LIST +10 NO Y / M / D H : M CH EVENT 10 items display on each page / Total 5000 items display for 500 pages. When event list is out of compass, the total items are less then 5000.
Function Setup LOGIN MENU 1) Press button to enter into menu. You could do the system function setup in MENU. 2) Password enter window pop-up: CHECK PASSWORD MENU Default password (Account-Admin) : 44444 Default password (Account-User) : 11111 PASSWORD (*****) 3) Press numeric (1 ~ 10 )button or remote controller ( 1 ~ 10 )to choose password.
Basic Operation Press MENU button to enter MAIN SETUP PAGE. MAIN SETUP PAGE 1. HDD INFORMATION 2. DATE-TIME SETUP 3. DISPLAY SETUP 4. CAMERA SETUP 5. BUZZER SETUP 6. RELAY SETUP 7. SYSTEM SETUP 8. ADVANCED SETUP MENU, ESC: EXIT, ENTER: RUN 1) Use direction button up/down button to select setup item.
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1. HDD INFORMATION MAIN SETUP PAGE POSITION SIZE USED BRAND 1. HDD INFORMATION 2. DATE-TIME SETUP MASTER 3. DISPLAY SETUP LAST TIME 4. CAMERA SETUP SLAVE 5. BUZZER SETUP LAST TIME 6. RELAY SETUP 7. SYSTEM SETUP MENU, ESC: EXIT, :PAGE 8.
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2. DATE-TIME SETUP MAIN SETUP PAGE 1. HDD INFORMATION DATE-TIME SETUP PAGE 1. DATE 2000 / 00 / 00 2. DATE-TIME SETUP 3. DISPLAY SETUP 2. TIME 4. CAMERA SETUP 3. FORMAT 5. BUZZER SETUP 3. DISPLAY AT xx LINE(S) 6.
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3. DISPLAY SETUP MAIN SETUP PAGE DISPLAY SETUP PAGE 1. HDD INFORMATION 1. DATE-TIME 2. DATE-TIME SETUP 2. CAMERA TITLE 3. PB DATE-TIME 3. DISPLAY SETUP 4. CAMERA SETUP 4. PB CAMERA TITLE 5. BUZZER SETUP 5. PB DUMMY CAMERA 6.
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4. CAMERA SETUP MAIN SETUP PAGE CAMERA SETUP PAGE 1. HDD INFORMATION 1. COLOR SETUP 2. DATE-TIME SETUP 2. TITLE SETUP 3. DISPLAY SETUP 3. SCREEN POSITION SETUP 4. CAMERA SETUP 4. V-LOSS DISPLAY SETUP 5. BUZZER SETUP 5. VIDEO MASK SETUP 6.
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(2.) TITLE SETUP: Input TITLE of each camera. 9 characters can be input. TITLE SETUP PAGE CAMERA SETUP CH 01 (01 1. COLOR SETUP CH 02 (02 2. TITLE SETUP CH 03 (03 3. SCREEN POSITION SETUP CH 04 (04 4.
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(3.) SCREEN POSITION SETUP **** SCREEN POSITION**** CAMERA SETUP 1. COLOR SETUP LEFT RIGHT 2. TITLE SETUP 3. SCREEN POSITION SETUP DOWN 4. V-LOSS DISPLAY SETUP ENTER : DEFAULT 5. VIDEO MASK SETUP : QUIT Press direction buttons up/down/left/right to move screen position. 2.
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(4.) V-LOSS DISPLAY SETUP VLOSS SETUP PAGE **V-LOSS FUNCTION: CAMERA SETUP CH 01 : ON 1. COLOR SETUP CH 02 : ON 2. TITLE SETUP CH 03 : ON 3. SCREEN POSITION SETUP CH 04 : ON 4. V-LOSS DISPLAY SETUP 5.
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(5.) VIDEO MASK SETUP VIDEO MASK SETUP PAGE **VIDEO MASK FUNCTION: CAMERA SETUP CH 01 1. COLOR SETUP CH 02 2. TITLE SETUP CH 03 3. SCREEN POSITION SETUP CH 04 4. V-LOSS DISPLAY SETUP 5. VIDEO MASK SETUP MENU, ESC: EXIT: : MODIFY **VIDEO MASK FUNCTION: ON / OFF CH 01 : ON / OFF...
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5. BUZZER SETUP MAIN SETUP PAGE BUZZER SETUP PAGE 1. HDD INFORMATION **BUZZER FUNCTION 2. DATE-TIME SETUP BUTTON BUZZER 3. DISPLAY SETUP ALARM BUZZER 4. CAMERA SETUP MOTION BUZZER V-LOSS BUZZER 5. BUZZER SETUP 6. RELAY SETUP HDD-FULL BUZZER 7. SYSTEM SETUP CRASH BUZZER...
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2. MOTION SETUP MOTION SETUP PAGE ADVANCED SETUP PAGE **MOTION FUNCTION ON 1. ALARM SETUP **MOTION DURATION 2. MOTION SETUP **CHANNEL NUMBER 3. RECORD SETUP 1. SENSITIVITY 4. PASSWORD SETUP 2. VELOCITY 5. NETWORK SETUP 3. ACTIVATION 6. HDD FORMAT 4.
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> MOTION AREA SETUP < All area detect with factory default. Press ENTER button to change mode and then increase or reduce. For example: Clear lattices Press value change button to reduce. Add lattices Press value change button to reduce. Icon: Press to increase all area, press...
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3. RECORD SETUP ADVANCED SETUP PAGE RECORD SETUP 1. ALARM SETUP 1. HDD FULL 2. MOTION SETUP 2. RECORD SPEED 3. RECORD MODE 3. RECORD SETUP 4. PASSWORD SETUP 4. RECORD AUDIO 5. NETWORK SETUP 5. QUALITY 6. HDD FORMAT 6.
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RECORD SPEED: Record FPS setup -1/30(1/30), 1/15(1/15), 1/10(1/10), 1/5 (1/5), 1/3 (1/3), 1/2 (1/2), 1(1), 2(2), 3(3.13), 5(5), 10 (8.33), 15(12.5), 30(25), 60(50), 120(100). NTSC / (PAL) RECORD MODE: Record mode setup. -ALWAYS / SCHEDULE / EVENT / EVENT ON SCHEDULE / EVENT + SCHEDULE RECORD AUDIO: Audio record setup -ON / OFF.
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>SCHEDULE SETUP< RECORD SETUP 1. HDD FULL Press direction buttons up/down to 2. RECORD SPEED SCHEDULE items. 3. RECORD MODE 4. RECORD AUDIO Press values change button to change values. 5. QUALITY 6. SCHEDULE SETUP Factory default is everyday all schedules time on 7.
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7) RECORD CHANNEL SETUP PAGE RECORD SETUP RECORD CHANNEL SETUP PAGE 1. HDD FULL 2. RECORD SPEED CH 01 3. RECORD MODE CH 02 4. RECORD AUDIO CH 03 5. QUALITY CH 04 6. SCHEDULE SETUP MENU, ESC: EXIT: : MODIFY 7.
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4. PASSWORD SETUP ADVANCED SETUP PAGE 1. ALARM SETUP 2. MOTION SETUP PASSWORD SETUP PAGE 3. RECORD SETUP 1. LEVEL:( 2. ADMIN:( 4. PASSWORD SETUP 5. NETWORK SETUP USER :( 6. HDD FORMAT 7. FACTORY DEFAULT 8. SOFTWARE UPDATE Press direction buttons up/down/left/right to LEVEL (Log In level ID type setup) Choose items position.
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5. NETWORK SETUP ADVANCED SETUP PAGE TCP-IP SETUP PAGE 1. ALARM SETUP 1. SPEED:>512K 2. MOTION SETUP 2. DVR NAME:[dvr16] 3. RECORD SETUP 3. NET TYPE: OFF 4. PASSWORD SETUP 4. STATIC IP SETUP 5. PPPOE ID SETUP 5. NETWORK SETUP 6.
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5. PPPOE ID SETUP If users apply the dynamic IP from ISP, then should input ID and password that from ISP information list. And then go to set DNS/DDNS SETUP For example: Address name is 123456@hinet.net.tw Password is 654321 PPPOE ID SETUP PPPOE ID SETUP 1.
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6. DNS/DDNS SETUP Whatever user apply a free or pay DDNS, user needs to input every thing below. DDNS apply: User can get a free hostname or pay from website below. 1. http://www.3322.net/ (China) 2. http://www.changeip.org/ 3. http://www.dyndns.com/ 4. http://www.no-ip.com/ 5.
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Fill your information to sign up paper. After, go to email account to get activate ID and code. Click here to active...
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Type Hostname and choose a domain name, and then click Add Hostname. EX: Hostname = Myhostname, Domain = 4irc.com After click Add Hostname>>...
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Data confirm done, then you can go to DVR advanced setup Network setup now. Advanced setup TCP-IP SETUP TCP-IP SETUP PAGE TCP-IP SETUP PAGE 1. SPEED:>512K 1. SPEED:>512K DTDNS hostname 2. DVR NAME:[dvr16] 2. DVR NAME:[Myhostname ] 3. NET TYPE: OFF 3.
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6. HDD FORMAT ADVANCED SETUP PAGE Press direction buttons up/down to 1. ALARM SETUP HDD FORMAT items position. 2. MOTION SETUP Press ENTER to format all HDD. 3. RECORD SETUP 4. PASSWORD SETUP Caution: User can format HDD only when 5.
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7. FACTORY DEFAULT ADVANCED SETUP PAGE 1. ALARM SETUP Press direction buttons up/down to 2. MOTION SETUP FACTORY DEFAULT items position. 3. RECORD SETUP Press ENTER to restore. 4. PASSWORD SETUP 5. NETWORK SETUP 6. HDD FORMAT 7. FACTORY DEFAULT 8.
USB Data Read and Networking character display. 1. Windows 2000 / XP, select small 2. Resolution 1024 x 768. 3. RAM up to 128 MB, system up to PIII-800. 4. Double click SETUP.EXE of CD, and then start to install. 5.
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7. Advice resolution 1024 x 768. According computer equipment, please choose suitable resolution 8. Select Start Menu Folder, and then click Next.
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9. Click create a desktop icon or not, select DVR type, and then click Next. 4 CH and 16 CH DVR Net viewer is suitable. Only some split screen can not display. 10. Click INSTALL to start install.
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11. Click Launch NetViewer and click Finish to done.
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12. Click Setting. Name: Name the IP address position.(Each name and IP saves every different input) 1 ~ 16 full screen select. IP Addr: Input DVR IP address. Full / Quad / 9 split / 16 split 6 split / 8 split / 10 split / 13 split AVI codec: Different computer equipment;...
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Click DDNS Host Name: Type DVR DDNS host name: Myhostname.4irc.com CMD Port: command port 21 or 1025 ~ 5999. It is same as DVR network setup. Which is same DVR MENU ADVANCED SETUP NETWORK SETUP DVR NAME: DNS/DDNS SETUP TCP-IP SETUP PAGE 1.
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13. Click Login, depends on limits of authority. (ID / password is same as DVR) Factory ID is user login. Input admin if you are an administer. Must input on little character. Factory: Password, admin : 44444, user : 11111. Password displays when log in, user just needs to input ID. User log in, no PlayBack function authority.
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14. Click Connect, after about 2 ~ 3 seconds to start connect LAN or WAN. Click Disconnect to stop. If the NETWORK is connecting success, the blue light would keep glisten Else, blue is always on light or not display, the connecting is failed. Click live / PlayBack / BackPlay mode.
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PLAY: Click RUN around 2 ~ 30 seconds to start play first record. If over 30 seconds, cannot find any file or network disconnect, Time out message popup. Please try again play or connect again. Click STOP to end playback. TIME LIST: Click RUN, time lists popup.
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-Master HDD Event Lists: -Slave HDD Event Lists: Click RUN, time lists popup. On the item, double click date and time to start play, around 2 ~ 30 to start play first record. If over 30 seconds, cannot find any file or network disconnect, Time out message popup. Please try again play or connect again.
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15. Backup Play: - Click Open to choose file path.
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Click Play to start backup data play. Click Stop to end. Click Pause to temporary stop playback. Click Resume to restart. Choose camera, click mouse right button. Camera 1 ~ 4 switches or reset all. Click Save “CamNo xx image . / save image all to save current image.
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4. AVI transfer: Click Backup Play AVI : On live or playback mode, save files to .DVR file. And then OPEN file, press play to start playback. Press AVI button to start record AVI file. Press again to stop. Only 2 cameras selectable. A warning message appears if user selects over 3 cameras,...
Additional Hard Disk x 2 can be installed on DVR base. Both are 2-iron slices immobile type. 2 Iron slices are in the accessories box, please tell supplier if slices are not exist 2-iron slices immobile type: Slices immobile type: 4 screws hole on each slice. 2 for DVR base fixed. Another 2 for hard disk fixed. Hard disk install.: Locking hard disk screws, then locking DVR base screws to fixed on.
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P / T / Z Dome mode. 6. ADVNACED SETUP PAGE P.T.Z SETUP ADVANCED SETUP PAGE PTZ SETUP PAGE 1. ALARM SETUP CHANNEL NUMBER 2. MOTION SETUP 1. ID 3. RECORD SETUP 2. PROTOCOL 4. PASSWORD SETUP 3. BAUDRATE 5. NETWORK SETUP 4.
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Front Panel Button Comparison: W.M.: To P / T / Z mode PLAY / REC = IRIS off / IRIS open = FOCUS near / FOCUS far BACKUP / T-SRH = ZOOM IN / ZOOM OUT MENU = P / T / Z Dome Menu FRE.
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IE Networking Software 1. This web is for preliminary IE browser. 2. User can download the network viewer from this web page or view the DVR video image in the future. 3. The AP software is already saved to DVR system IC. User needs to do is: a.) Go to Advanced Setup Network Setup Sets LAN or WAN IP address of DVR.
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