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◄Triplex DVR► User's Manual Triplex Real Time Stand Alone DVR 15-VT04-CDRW 15-VT08-CDRW 15-VT16-CDRW [ 4 / 8 / 16 Channel DVR ]...
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◄Triplex DVR► CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN COVERS. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN COVERS. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED S ERVICE PERSONNEL. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED S ERVICE PERSONNEL.
◄Triplex DVR► CHAPTER 1. KEY FEATURES Operation • Display, Playback, Recording, Network and transmission simultaneously • Real time single or multi-screen display • Triplex display (8ch Live & 8ch playback display) • Pan& Tilt, 2X digital zoom and 3xPIP display •...
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◄Triplex DVR► Audio • 1 channel audio recording in real time • Audio channel select link for each camera channel BACKUP • CD-RW backup • USB Backup (Still image backup) (Only available for 16CH DVR) General • Built-in hardware Watchdog •...
◄Triplex DVR► CHAPTER 3. NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 3.1 FRONT PANEL 1. 1 to 16 Channel Selection / Direction • To select a channel to be viewed as full-size screen during live display or playback. • To navigate, press Up(1) / Down(2) / Left(3) / Right(4). 2 ~ 5.
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◄Triplex DVR► 10. TRI (TRIPLEX) • To convert to triplex function like 8 channel live display and 8 channel playback in the screen simultaneously. • Press the button first, you will have CH1 ~ CH 8 live displays and playbacks and press it again, you will do other channels like CH9 ~ CH16 live displays and playbacks.
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◄Triplex DVR► 1. Cooling Fan 2. Power Switch 3. AC Power Inlet 4. 16 BNC connectors for camera input 5. 16 BNC connectors for monitor output These are mainly for monitors. And also you can use these for VCR recorder backup. 6.
◄Triplex DVR► 4.2 INDIVIDUAL CONNECTION 4.2.1 POWER * Connect the DC adaptor provided in the package. * And then turn on the power switch. 4.2.2 CAMERA 16 Cameras …………………………....* Connect a female BNC connector of each camera to a male BNC connector, ”CAMERA IN” ports.
◄Triplex DVR► [ Main Monitor ] 4.2.3 MONITOR * Connect the female BNC for monitor output. * Connect the male DIN socket for S-VIDEO monitor output. [ S-VIDEO ]...
◄Triplex DVR► 4.2.5 AUDIO Audio Amplified Speaker Monitor * Audio Input - AUDIO IN : Connect the RCA Line Jack of the relevant equipment (for example, a camera with a built-in microphone ) to the AUDIO IN port. * Audio Output - AUDIO OUT : Connect the RCA Line output to a monitor with a built-in speaker.
◄Triplex DVR► 4.2.6 USB (USB 2.0 port) * The USB port is provided to connect USB memory stick for video still image copying. * This function is available only for 16CH DVR. * Installation Process 1) Turn off the power of DVR. 2) Connect USB memory stick to DVR.
◄Triplex DVR► CHAPTER 5. OPERATION 5.1 FACTORY DEFAULT 5.1.1 Language : English 5.1.2 System Setup - Overwrite : ON - Password : OFF (when switched on default password is 0000) - Channel Name Setup : Live & PB - ON - Date / Time Setup : Live &...
◄Triplex DVR► 5.2 FRONT PANEL CONTROL FUNCTION 5.2.1 MULTI DISPLAY Users can set “MULTI DISPLAY” functions in any mode. It converts to 16 channel live display on the screen as below by pressing Mode button. * To convert to live display, press MODE button in any mode. You can surf 13 CH / 9 CH / 8 CH / 6 CH display by pressing MULTU button repeatedly.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.2.2 PIP DISPLAY You can select PIP ( Picture In Picture ) options by pressing PIP button repeatedly. PIP mode offers a convenient way of monitoring multiple channels while focusing more attention on a particular channel. It has a main video channel view and up to 3 small video channel views on the screen. You can surf 1 PIP/ 2 PIPs/ 3 PIPs mode with 4 positions by pressing PIP button repeatedly.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.2.3 SWITCHING DISPLAY If you select SEQ Mode, channels will be switched automatically among 17 types of display in the order of “CH 1-CH 2-CH3- …- CH 15- CH 16-16 channel Mode” and keep the order until you press other function button.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.2.4 TRIPLEX DISPLAY Triplex function (simultaneous Live Display, recording, playback and network transmission) [ 16CH Playback] - Press TRI button on the front panel in playback mode and then you will see 8 channel live display mode and playback mode with each channel 1~8 as below. - To surf the other 8 channel live display and playback with each channel 9~16, press Up/Down button in the remote controller.
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◄Triplex DVR► [ 16CH Live Display] - Press TRI button on the front panel in live display mode and you will see 8 channel live display and 8 channel playback with no video as below. Because the DVR has no playback videos at that time. - To surf the other 8 channel live display and playback with each channel 9~16, press Up/Down button in the remote controller.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.2.5 DVR INFORMATION It shows all information about the DVR system like HDD, CD-burner and software version. You can access system information easily just by pressing INFO (Information) button. 1) MASTER - Model : It shows the model no. of Master HDD. - Size : It shows the size of Master HDD.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.2.6 RECORD 1. If you press REC button on the front panel of the DVR, you will see REC in green on the right bottom of screen. It means the DVR is in the recording process. - MA-REC : It records videos in Master HDD. - SL-REC : It records videos in Slave HDD.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.2.7 SEARCH & PLAYBACK With Triplex function, you can enter search menu while the DVR is in recording mode. So you don’t need to press "STOP" button on the front panel to stop recording. Now you press SEARCH button on the front panel. You can scroll through recordings using “Up/Down” button and navigate among pages of the recordings using “Right/ Left”...
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◄Triplex DVR► 5.2.7.2 EVENT LIST SEARCH 1) Press SER button on the front panel. 2) Select “Event List Search” by using Up/Down button and press ENTER button. 3) Select one between MASTER and SLAVE by pressing SER button. 4) Select your desired one in the recording lists and press ENTER button. 5) It plays the list.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.3.2 MUTE When you’d like to make the video with audio silent, you can select MUTE function in the remote controller. 1) Press MUTE button in the remote controller when monitoring the video with audio. 2) The activated icon in green in the upper right of screen is changed to one in gray with this function. 3) The DVR makes it silent.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.3.3 DIGITAL ZOOM You can magnify a certain part of the full size screen two times digitally when you use this function as described below. This function can be applied to all display and search modes. You can operate this function with only remote controller. 1) Select the desired channel among 16 channels.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.3.4 PANORAMA This function enables you to monitor each channel with 16 split-channel panorama mode in the screen. It is available only in playback mode. 1) Select and play your desired video in the recording lists first. 2) Press PANORAMA button in the remote controller. 3) Select your desired channel by pressing PANORAMA button repeatedly.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.3.5 PTZ CONTROL To control an external Pan/ Tilt/ Zoom/Focus camera, Indicates Pan/Tilt function. 5.3.5.1 Pan/ Tilt Function 1) 16 channel display mode 1. First press P/ T button in the remote controller. 2. Select your desired channel by pressing P/T button repeatedly. 3.
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◄Triplex DVR► Indicates Zoom Focus function. 5.3.5.2 Zoom/ Focus Function 1) 16 channel display mode 1. First press Z/ F button in the remote controller. 2. Select your desired channel by pressing Z/F button repeatedly. 3. Control the camera with the direction buttons (Up/ Down/ Right/ Left). 4.
◄Triplex DVR► 5.3.6 BACKUP 5.3.6.1 CD-RW BACKUP 1. Insert empty CD into CD-RW of DVR. Select your desired list and play it. It shows current time and recording time on the screen. 2. To operate CD-RW function, press “CD” button in the remote controller.
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◄Triplex DVR► 4. It burns CD showing “Burning” on the screen. It updates stop time and recorded CD capacity as it burns CD with data. Users can stop the burning by pressing Right button at any time as they want. 5.
◄Triplex DVR► CHAPTER 6. SETUP MENU 6.1 Language • When you first call the main menu via the MENU button, you’ll see that the current language is highlighted (see screen shot above). • To exit main menu, press MENU button.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.2 System Setup 6.2.1 HDD Setup This menu enables HDD setup. 1) Overwrite ON/OFF To enable (ON) or disable (OFF) to overwrite HDD. 2) Record OSD ON/OFF To show “REC” in green in the right bottom of screen during recording mode. Note Note - “MA-REC“...
◄Triplex DVR► 6.2.2 Password Setup This menu allows to choose system password. 1) Select ON/OFF To enable (ON) or disable (OFF) a password. 2) Input **** To type in your desired 4 letter password among 0~9 by pressing ENTER & direction button. To return to the sub menu, press MENU button after completing password input.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.2.3 Channel Name Setup To make camera names easy to remember, you can assign names to individual channels up to 8 characters per channel. For example, if your one external camera is located in a factory, you can name it as “factory”.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.2.4 Date/ Time Setup Everybody agrees that surveillance digital video recorders must indicate the exact date and time information in which an event took place in order to be used as evidence. Therefore, configuring the DVR to correct time and date is very important. 1) Live ON/OFF 2) PB...
◄Triplex DVR► 6.2.5 Beep & PTZ Setup This menu enables recording beep and external Pan/ Tilt & Zoom/ Focus cameras setup to communicate with. 1) PAN/ TILT Hitron / LG / Dongyang / PELCO-P / PELCO-D To select a desired protocol which is used for communication between the external Pan/ Tilt camera and the DVR set.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.2.6 System Reset ON/OFF To reset the system, press Enter button and select YES. • To return to main menu, press MENU button. You have to make sure of it before system reset. Once system reset, all data that you had selected previously are converted to factory mode like password.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.3. Display Setup 6.3.1 Blank Channel Setup To enable to make channels hidden on the screen during live display mode as below. CH 1 ~ CH 16 ON/OFF To return to main menu, press MENU button. Note Note Even though some channels are hidden in the screen during live display mode, the DVR has been recording.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.3.2 PIP Channel Setup You can select PIP ( Picture In Picture ) options. PIP mode offers a convenient way of monitoring multiple channels while focusing more attention on a particular channel. It has a main video channel view and up to 3 small video channel views on the screen.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.3.3 Adjust Channel Setup This menu allows color adjustment options for individual cameras. 1) Channel CH1 ~ CH 16 - To select your desired channel to adjust video display. 2) CON (Contrast) - To control light and shade of video display. 3) HUE - To control color tone of video display.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.3.4 Video Signal Type NTSC/PAL To select your local video signal type between NTSC and PAL, press Enter button and select it. It reboots the system automatically after your selection. It reboots the system automatically after your selection. Once it reboots, all data that you had selected previously is set to factory default.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.3.6 Boundary White/Black/OFF To select the boundary color that is divided into each channel. 6.3.7 Background Blue/Black To select the background color of no video channels between two colors. • To return to menu, press MENU button.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.4. Event Setup This screen enables simple set up of DVR motion detection, alarm and external sensor configurations 6.4.1 REC Time 10 sec ~ 30 min Once event recording is triggered, the video will be recorded compulsorily during the time selected by the user or administrator.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.4.3 Event Action To select notice method in order to make users get more attention when event recording occurs. 1) Alarm Out ON/OFF You can set to enable (ON) or disable (OFF) the outbound signal from the DVR. 2) Sensor ON/OFF When DVR detects signals from external sensors, DVR will beep or OSD to get your attention.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.4.4 Motion Setup This menu enables users to set motion functions. 1) Channel CH1~CH16 You must manually set each channel for the motion detection area. Select a channel for this motion detection. 2) Sensitivity 1~15 It offers 1 to 15 level of sensitivity. Remember that the higher level is more sensitive to detect motions.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.5. Record Setup Here you can set recording options. 6.5.1 Resolution High / Normal There are two recording modes: High and Normal. If you set it to high mode, DVR records video channels in 720x576 resolution. If you set it to Normal mode, DVR records video channels in 352x288 resolution. 6.5.2 Rec.
◄Triplex DVR► 6.5.5 Channel Enable CH1 ~ CH16 (High Mode) / Group 1~Group 4 (Normal Mode) - ON : Enable to record the channels - OFF : Disenable recording for channels - Each group indicates each 4 channels. (For example, group 1 is CH1 ~ CH4) ( * Note : 8CH - Group1~2 / 4CH - CH1~CH4) 6.5.6 Audio Setup 1) Channel...
◄Triplex DVR► 6.6 Network Setup To monitor and control videos remotely through internet, you need to have the right set up. 6.6.1 IP Address *000.000.000.000 Type in the IP address of your DVR. 6.6.2 Subnet Mask *000.000.000.000 Type in the Subnet mask number. 6.6.3 Gateway *000.000.000.000 Type in the Gateway number.
◄Triplex DVR► CHAPTER 10. NETWORK CLIENT VIEWER MANUAL 10.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT - Pentium III or above recommended - O/S : Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP - 256MB RAM or above recommended - Super VGA 16M or above recommended - 10/100 Base T network card for LAN operation 10.2 NETWORK ENVIRONMENT Client PC Minimum...
◄Triplex DVR► 10.4 NAMES & FUNCTIONS Names Description Play / Pause Play or Pause Reverse Play Play videos reversely Fast Play Fast play videos Back File Move to the start point of video Next File Move to the end point of video Channel Selection Select a channel Select operation mode...
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◄Triplex DVR► Show that the DVR is remotely operated Show that storing the video by AVI file format is on Local Show that storing the video by MJPEG format is on Connect Show that network viewer is connected Disconnect Show that network viewer is not connected Reading Show that the network viewer is reading data from the DVR Close the network viewer...
◄Triplex DVR► 10.5 Operation This network viewer program has 4 types of operation modes. [ Live View / Playback / File Play / CD Play ] Each operation mode is designed for its own purpose. Please refer to the details for your use. Mode Description Live View...
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◄Triplex DVR► 10.5.1.1 To connect to DVR server, 1. Click Setup button, type in your DVR IP address and Port 2. Press Connect (log-in) button and type in your ID and password. Please remember that factory default is as below. - ID : 12345678 / - PW : 00000000 3.
◄Triplex DVR► 10.5.2 Playback Mode This mode enables you to access all recording list in the remote DVR. When this function is on, “DVR” LED below is activated. Names Description HDD Selection Select HDD between master and slave Event List Access event list in the remote DVR Record List Access all recording list in the remote DVR...
◄Triplex DVR► 10.5.4 File Play Mode This mode enables you to access all recording lists that is stored in the HDD of your PC. Names Description Open Select your desired file in your PC. Recording Time Show start & end time of the file •...
◄Triplex DVR► 10.5.5 CD Play Mode This mode enables you to play CD with data (videos). Names Description Drive Selection Select the drive that CD-ROM is installed. File Save (Start) Start saving CD data as “MJPEG” format in the default directory of user’s PC. File Save (Stop) Stop saving CD data as “MJPEG”...
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◄Triplex DVR► CHAPTER 11. Q & A The system power does not turn on. Check if the power cable is connected correctly. Check if the input voltage is correct. If the system power does not turn on when the power cable is connected correctly, please contact the local distributor or manufacturer.
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◄Triplex DVR► Audio data recorded with video data is not playing. Check if the audio recording option is correctly set to the camera you wish to record audio. Check if the audio mute is enabled. Check if the microphone and speaker port on the rear of DVR system are connected correctly. Check if the connected microphone is working properly.
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