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LCDDVR4 User’s Manual 2-IN-1 4-CHANNEL DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER AND 10.2" LCD MONITOR Available models with hard drive: LCDDVR4-80 (with 80GB SATA HD) LCDDVR4-320 (with 320GB SATA HD)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FEATURES PACKAGE INCLUDES HARDWARE BASIC LCD CONTROL LCD MENU OPTIONS AUDIO FUNCTION SYSTEM PRESET FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL SIDE PANEL RC (REMOTE CONTROL) GETTING STARTED HARDWARE SETUP HARD DISK DRIVE INSTALLATION EXTERNAL MONITOR INSTALLATION CAMERA INSTALLATION SENSOR INSTALLATION ALARM INSTALLATION MOUSE CONNECTION...
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USING FRONT PANEL AND REMOTE CONTROL USING MOUSE CONTROL CAMERA CHANNEL DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST SATURATION RECORD RECORD FRAMERATE RECORD QUALITY RECORD SCHEDULE ALARM ALARM DURATION BUZZER DURATION EVENT REC DURATION SENSOR MOTION DETECTION SCREEN BORDER AUTO SEQUENCE VIDEO ADJUSTMENT AUDIO SYSTEM HARD DISK SETUP OVERWRITE ENABLE...
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PASSWORD LEVEL PASSWORD/PASSWORD SETUP KEYPAD TONE TIME SET EVENT LIST PTZ SETUP BUTTON FUNCTION FRONT PANEL/REMOTE CONTROL REMOTE CONTROL MOUSE FUNCTION PRESET SETUP PTZ MODE ICON FUNCTION WINDOW ATTENTION F/W UPGRADE LOAD SETUP DEFAULT SEARCH:PLAYBACK PLAYBACK CONTROLS USING FRONT PANEL OR REMOTE CONTROL (RC) PLAYBACK CONTROLS USING MOUSE BACKUP TO USB MEMORY STICK...
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SOFTWARE BASIC & PLAYBACK CONTEXTUAL MENU OPEN FILE...F2 OPEN DISK EXPORT (*.VVF TO *.AVI CONVERSION) CLOSE OR F4 SHOW TIME ALWAYS ON TOP PLAYBACK CAPTURE AUDIO FULL SCREEN MAXIMIZE ASPECT RATIO SPLIT MODE ABOUT VIEWER OR F1 EXIT OR ALT+F4 APPENDIX RECORD TIME SPECIFICATIONS...
INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing LCDDVR4 system. The LCDDVR4 system is a space- saving LCD & DVR 2-in-1 solution for homes and small businesses. It is com- posed of both 10.2” color LCD monitor and a 4-channel digital video recorder in one.
PACKAGE INCLUDES • LCDDVR4 w/ mounting bracket stand • Power adapter with cable • Remote Controller (batteries included) • PS/2 Mouse • Software CD (for PC) • User Manual • Ground Cable and screws Hardware Basic LCD Control Top Panel 1) MENU/POWER: Press and hold for 2 seconds to turn ON/OFF the LCD monitor.
LCD Menu Options The LCD Menu options are use to adjust the PICTURE, AUDIO, FUNCTION, SYSTEM, and PRESET parameters of the LCD monitor. To access the LCD Menu press the MENU/POWER button once and the PICTURE menu will appear on the LCD screen as shown below. Press MENU/POWER button again to browse from one menu to the next.
Note: This is volume control for the LCD monitor and it is the master volume con- trol that dominates over the recorder’s volume control. If volume level is set too high, the microphone gain from the camera may sound distorted. The AUDIO menu is use to adjust the LCD volume level which dominates over the recorder’s volume control level.
change to display in 4:3 ratio. To toggle between the display ratio press the + or – buttons. Press the MENU/POWER button 3 more times from the FUNCTION menu to exit out from the LCD Menu options. System Press the MENU/POWER button 4 times to get to the SYSTEM menu setting as shown below.
Preset Press the MENU/POWER button 5 times to get to the PRESET menu setting as shown below. SLEEP: 0~24 0Mins. (default 0) TIME: setup current time (default --) OFF-TIME: setup time for LCD to turn off (default --) ON-TIME: setup time for LCD to turn on (default --) Note: OFF-TIME has to exceed the TIME and ON-TIME.
Front Panel The front panel consists of a LCD display screen (above the function buttons), a speaker (to the left of the function buttons), and DVR function buttons use to con- trol and configure the DVR. The front panel buttons is use to operate the DVR’s basic functions such as;...
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again to start playing back the oldest data that exist in the hard drive. From the Time Search menu option, press the SEL/EDIT button to enter query time/ date search. Press the UP/DOWN button to browse and press the SEL/EDIT button to change the value.
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frame-by-frame. To continue normal playback, press the PLAY button. 8) MENU/ESC button is use to access the main menu of the DVR. The main menu is use to configure and setup parameter of the DVR. Press the ▲ UP/ ▼ DOWN button to browse through the main menu. In playback mode, the MENU/ESC button is use to access file backup panel.
Rear Panel The rear panel of the LCDDVR4 consists of ports and interfaces for video inputs, video output, audio inputs, audio output, power socket, mouse port, HDD bracket, I/O terminals and bracket stand. The picture below shows a list of basic ports, I/O interfaces and connections: 1) DC 12V: An AC/DC power socket for power adapter input.
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5) AUDIO 1/2 IN: Connect up to 4 audio microphone cameras into the audio input ports. Only one audio port can be active for monitoring and recording. If one audio input is connected into AUDIO 1 IN and the AUDIO menu is setup for channel 1, audio will output in channel 1 full screen view and in quad view.
Side Panel The right side panel consists of a USB port use for backup purposes and update firmware. The USB port is dedicated for backup purposes only; alternatively, USB mice will be compatible and will not function through this USB port. RC (Remote Control)
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1. CH1 ↑ Select, CH1 full screen, Move up (PTZ), Move cursor up, FF frame-by-frame 2. CH2↓ Select, CH2 full screen, Move down (PTZ), Move cursor down, REW frame-by-frame 3. CH3 ← Select, CH3 full screen, Move left (PTZ), Move cursor left or Reduce value 4.
GETTING STARTED Install a SATA hard disk drive into HDD bracket located at the back of LCDDVR4 panel by removing the four screws (Philips) from the HDD bracket. Connect the data and power cable to the SATA hard disk drive, seat the HDD bracket back into the slot and secure it with the four screws.
HARDWARE SETUP Hard Drive Installation To install a SATA hard drive into the LCDDVR, please remove the four screws from the HDD bracket located in the back panel of the DVR (Step 1). Setup the jumper setting on the SATA hard drive to either 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s operation, prefer to set to 3Gb/s (Step 2).
The DVR VIDEO OUT to External monitor VIDEO INPUT. DVR OUT to external monitor Monitor “VIDEO INPUT “ from DVR Camera Installation Connect the camera’s Video Output to the Video Input “IN1~4” of the DVR located in the rear. Plug the camera power to the camera and the other end into an electrical outlet.
#2 corresponds with channel #2 camera and so on Generally, there are three different types of sensor configurations: Normally Close, Normally Open, and Normally Close & Open (N/A). For LCDDVR4 only two of the three configurations used; Normally Close, Normally Open, or None (default setting).
After the sensor hardware has been setup according to the above illustrations, next is to activate the sensor via the MENU setup on the LCDDVR4. To active the sensor in the MENU setup please advance to page 28 and 29 of this manual.
DVR and then connect the other end to an electrical outlet. Power on the LCDDVR4 with the power switch and the DVR will start to boot into dos mode scanning for new hard disk drive.
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After the initial boot, the DVR advance to the user interface screen. The user interface consists of 4 channel (QUAD) view along with the channel number, disk use percentage, date and time display as shown below:...
MENU SETUP & CONFIGURATION To enter the MAIN SETUP MENU press the Menu/ESC button on the remote control, front button panel or right-click button on the mouse and a login window will appear as shown above. There are three Account/Password level; the Admin account (highest, default), the Operator account, and the Guest account (lowest).
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The manufacturer default administrator account and password is “admin” and “111111” respectively. Please use the system default account/password to login to the LCDDVR4 for the first time. After login the system, right click on the mouse to open up the Setup Icon menu window as shown below.
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Setup Icon menu window (mouse only): Channel 1 full screen button Channel 2 full screen button Channel 3 full screen button Channel 4 full screen button Quad Channel view button Manual Start/Stop REC button Playback Time Search button PTZ switch Channel auto sequence button *The auto sequence icon “...
Using Front Panel and Remote Control Press the Menu/ESC button on the front panel or remote control to access the Setup menu list. Press the UP and DOWN button on the front panel or remote control to browse up and down the Setup menu. Press SEL/EDIT button on the front panel or remote control select and enter the sub-menu.
Camera menu consist of Channel, Display, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation. CHANNEL Channel is use to toggle between camera channels, ie channel 1, channel 2, and etc for the purpose of adjusting and fine tuning the camera image. Channel name 1, 2, 3, 4 cannot be change. Or, press the left and right arrow of the front panel or remote control to change value respectively.
Note: The manufacturer default setting for Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation is centered at 50%. RECORD Select Record from the Setup menu to get to the record setup menu as show below. The Record setup menu consists of Record FrameRate, Record Qual- ity and Record Schedule.
OFF, 3fps through 30fps. To change the value, press the CH3←/CH4→ buttons on the front panel, remote control or left mouse click on the ◄ ► red arrows to decrease and increase [Select/Enter button on the front panel or remote control (RC) can also be use to increase frame rate value] the recording frame rate re- spectively.
RECORD SCHEDULE In the Record setup menu browse down to select Record Schedule, press the Menu/ESC button on the front panel, RC (Remote Control) or left mouse click to access the Record Schedule window as illustrated below. Press the CH1↑/(UP), CH2↓/(DOWN), CH3←, CH4→...
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left mouse click twice to change from gray bar to red bar and into the green bar for motion record schedule. Sensor record; move the cursor to highlight the desire time/date of the week and then press the Select/Enter button on the front panel, RC (Remote Control) or left mouse click three times to change from gray bar to yellow bar and into the yellow bar for sensor record schedule.
not move the mouse or mouse tracking after the left button is released) and then left click once on the mouse to mask the bars to Time Schedule (red bar), left click again to mask Motion Schedule (green bar), and so on. ALARM To access Alarm setup menu, simply browse and select Alarm from the Setup menu and then the Alarm setup menu will appear as shown below.
BUZZER DURATION Buzzer Duration refers to the built-in buzzer sound when the alarm triggered. It can be set to OFF (system default), 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 25 seconds, 30 seconds, or CON’T (Continuous). As its name imply, Buzzer Duration is use to configure the length of time the buzzer will sound when an event occur.
From the Alarm setup menu select Sensor to get to the sensor menu as shown above. Sensor setup defined the native state of the wired sensor that is installed in the I/O terminals. There are three different types of sensor setting: N.O (Nor- mally Open), N.C (Normally Close), &...
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Sensitivity is use to adjust the sensitivity level of video motion detection (built-in software driven) on the DVR system. The sensitivity value level can be set to 1, 2, 3, 4, and OFF (system default). The most motion sensitivity level is 1; the higher the number, the less sensitive the video motion detection which requires more movements in the image to trigger motion sensor.
SCREEN In the main Setup menu browse down to Screen and press Select/Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click to access the Screen setup menu as illustrated below. The Screen setup menu can be use to configure Border, Auto Sequence, and Video Adjustment.
To deactivate Auto Sequence mode; press the Menu/ESC button on the front panel or RC, select Screen from the menu and disable Auto Sequence by setting it to OFF. For temporary disable without turning the Auto Sequence off, press the ►► button once to intermit auto sequence. To deactivate Auto Sequence using mouse function;...
From the main Setup menu browse down to Audio and press Select/Enter us- ing the front panel, RC or left mouse click to access the Audio setup menu as illustrated above. The Audio menu consists of Channel, Record, Mute and Vol- ume.
FORMAT HDD When new hard drive is first installed into the LCDDVR4 system, the DVR initially formatted the hard drive. Use Format HDD to reformat the hard disk only in special cases such as slow system boot up, playback pixilated images, wants to delete all the data, bad sectors, and etc.
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To proceed with hard disk format; select or click on Format HDD and the Format HDD window will appear as shown below. To continue with hard disk formatting; input an Admin login password and then select or click on “Enter” to start the formatting process. A Format HDD … window will appear during the formatting process and then follow by a HDD was formatted window to complete the formatting process as illustrated below.
ACCOUNT SETUP From the main System menu browse down to Account and press Select/Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click to access the Account setup menu as illustrated below. Account menu login is restricted for Operator and Guest account users, only the system Admin login can edit the Account menu.
Password To setup a Password for the user account, please repeat user account setup procedures above only select the Password cubical and a window will appear as shown below. The account Password can be up to 6 digits long and can be of any combinations of numbers, letters, and symbols.
PASSWORD/PASSWORD SETUP System administrator login; from the main System menu hover down over to Password and then press Select/Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click to toggle the password setting ON (system default) or OFF. Notice that Password Setup does not exist in the System menu under system administrator login.
KEYPAD TONE From the main System menu browse down to Keypad Tone and then press Se- lect/Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click on the red arrow buttons to toggle between ON or OFF (system default). If the Keypad Tone is set to ON will enable keypad tone during system operation.
EVENT LIST From the main System menu browse down to Event List and then press Select/ Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click to access the Event List window as shown above. The Event List shows the list of events that occurs in ascending order from recent file to past history files, the event Start date/time and event End date/time, color coded bars to designate event types, and the event Page number.
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Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click to access the PTZ Setup window as shown below. LCDDVR4 supports 2 type of protocol cameras; Pelco-D and Pelco-P protocols. Adjust the RS485 setting according to the PTZ protocol camera and then match the Address, Protocol, and Baudrate setup to the camera settings.
al speed and set to 1 to slow the rotational speed, the system default setting is 8. PRESET: Ranges from 1~32 for PELCO-D protocol camera and 1~255 for PEL- CO-P protocol camera, the system default setting is 1 for both protocols. When 0 is display, the preset is not use.
Then press [Select] button to finish the order of Auto scan, the dome will run on presets positions unless the [STOP]button is pressed on to stop Auto scan. PTZ Mode Select PTZ mode and then right mouse click in PTZ mode to bring up the Icon function window as shown below.
The F/W upgrade is use to upgrade the firmware of LCDDVR4 system to its availability. To update the firmware, make sure the firmware file is copied into a root directory of a USB thumb drive or USB flash drive, insert the USB (thumb/flash) drive into the USB port on the right side of the DVR and then select F/W upgrade to proceed with firmware update.
CH1↑(UP)/CH2↓(DOWN) buttons on the front panel, RC or hover the mouse over the search query box, press the SEL/EDIT button or left mouse click to enter query, press the CH3←/CH4→(SEL/EDIT) buttons to decrease/increase or mouse click on the red arrows to decrease/increase time/date value, and then press the Menu/ESC button (front panel, RC) or right mouse click to confirm.
times the normal speed and the ◄◄◄ green icon will display on screen to indicate 3X REW. REW3 - Press the ◄◄ REW button three times to rewind (REW) playback at 4 times the normal speed and the ◄◄◄◄ green icon will display on screen to indicate 4X REW.
1. Use search query (Search:Playback above) to playback the file for backup. 2. Plug in a memory stick or thumb drive (fat 32 file formatted) into the USB port located on the right side of the LCDDVR4. 3. Press the Menu/ESC button on the front panel, RC or right mouse click...
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on Start to start video backup to external USB memory stick. Press or click on Cancel to cancel the USB backup process. The backup process can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes long depending on the backup size selected for backup. 7.When the backup is completed, press or click on Exit to exit out of Backup to For example: to backup a 1 minute file or about 27MB size will take approxi- mately 1 minute and 50 seconds on average.
LANGUAGE LCDDVR4 supports multi-lingual on screen display. From the main Setup menu browse down to Language and then press Select/Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click to access the Language window as shown on the right. Choose desire language; English, Italiano, Polski, Espanol, Francais, Greco, Deutsch, Nederlands, Portugues, and Turkce.
EXIT Exit is use to exit out from the system setting. From the main Setup menu browse down to Exit and then press Select/Enter using the front panel, RC or left mouse click to exit out from the Setup window and a confirmation exit window will appear as shown below.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION To install the PC player for windows, please follow the necessary steps below. PC player software is use to playback the backup video files from the LCDDVR4 and it is included inside the CD provided. Note: Software compatible with windows 2000, XP, Vista, & 7, not compatible with windows running on 64-bit operation system.
Step 5: Installation is complete, click on Finish as shown below. SOFTWARE UNINSTALLATION To uninstall PC player software, go into c:\Program Files\VxViewer folder and then double click on unins000.exe and click on Yes and follow through to unin- stall VxViewer, as illustrated below.
PC PLAYBACK Software Basic and Playback Double click the icon located on the desktop to execute PC play- back software and the GUI (Graphic User Interface) window will appear as shown below.
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13. Mute On/Off 15. Minimize Window 16. Close Program The LCDDVR4 backup files are in *.VVF file format which is a proprietary format (not standard format) and can only be playback using the software provided. To playback *.VVF file, click on the Open File button or Open File or F2 (Contextual Menu-right mouse click) and browse to the *.VVF file, as shown be-...
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During video playback use the Playback Control Buttons located at the bottom left of the player as shown below. Press on Fast Backward or Fast Forward button once to rewind or fast forward at 2x the normal speed, press twice for 4x, press three times for 8x, press four times for 16x, press five times for 32x, and press six times for 64x.
Contextual Menu to browse for the file to playback. Open Disk… If the LCDDVR4 fails to boot or operate, remove the hard drive from the LCDDVR4; connect it into a PC, then select the Open Disk option in the Contextual Menu, highlight disk found and the click on OK to scan for the DVR hard drive and playback as shown below.
Note: Open Disk playback is a physical disk playback which requires LCDDVR4 hard drive to be connected directly into a PC or otherwise, Open Disk option feature will not work and fail to detect HDD. Export (*.VVF to *.AVI Conversion) In the Contextual Menu, click on Export and then select AVI (Audio-Video In- terleaved Files) and an Export To AVI window will appears as illustrated below.
Note: It is recommended to select Uncompressed in Video Compression. How- ever, please be sure to test all the different compression type available and to ensure the selected compression works; compression availability varies depending on computer. Close or F4 The Close or F4 command will close out from or exit from the existing playback file and most of the playback controls in the lower left will be grayed out pending for Open File.
Always On Top Select Always On Top to put the Vx4SLPlayer window on top of all other win- dows on the desktop. If this option is not selected other windows application(s) can cover over the Vx4SLPlayer window. Playback Please reference playback on page 47 above for detail. Capture Capture is use to shorten the video clip into a shorter segment clip, VVF to VVF file.
Audio Select Volume UP and Volume Down to adjust the volume level as accordingly. Select Mute On/Off to enable or disable the audio playback feature as shown below. When mute is Off, use the Volume scroll bar to adjust the volume to a desire level.
□ Show playback time (T): Check to display time/date during playback. Un- check this option to disable the time/date display during playback. Select from the drop down menu of On screen display date/time format to display different date/time format. Click under Path for still capture to select a folder location to store snapshoot images, default C:\VxCapture.
APPENDIX RECORD TIME Recording Chart (Models: LCDDVR4-80/-320) Format Record Quality Data Data HDD(SATA) Speed Size Rate KB/Frame GB/Hour 80GB(Hours) 320GB(Hours) 60 fps High Normal 30fps High (default) Normal (default) NTSC 15fps High Normal 50fps High Normal 25fps High (default) Normal...
SPECIFICATIONS ITEM DESCRIPTION NOTE Monitor 10.2” COLOR LCD, Desktop or Wall-mount 800X480, 300:1, 450NIT, VIEW ANGLE 120º Video Format NTSC / PAL Operation System Linux STAND-ALONE Support Multilingual Camera Input Channel 4 channel Composite Video Output Channel 1 channel Composite Recording Frame Rate NTSC: Max 60fps (total), 30fpt (each ch)
Audio Input 2 Channel Composite Audio Output 1 Channel Composite For backup & software update Remote Control 38KHz IR PS/2 Mouse 3 Button Optical Mouse Power Input: 100~240VAC Out- put: DC12V 5A, positive inside. Dimensions (L x W x H) 290 x 230 x 70 mm Not including bracket (11.4”...
COMPATIBLE USB FLASHDRIVE Here is a list of flash drives that has been tested to comply with LCDDVR4: MAKER MODEL SIZE SONY MICROVAULT (SOK-USM1GJ) MEMOREX Travel drive 512MB MEMOREX Travel drive SAMSUNG SUM-LCB1 TRANSCEND JF V30 APACER Weblink (SYE5003358) SANDISK...
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Yes, manual recording will continue to operate even when motion and sensor schedule is set or activated. 5) How large of a hard drive can i use with LCDDVR4 unit? LCDDVR4 should support hard drive capacity into the terabyte; a 2.5TB drive capacity has been tested to have worked and performed well.
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