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Vista MiniD400 Installation & User’s Manual...
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For more information please visit www.recyclethis.info http://www.vista-cctv.com/weee/ CE Mark This apparatus is manufactured to comply with the radio interference. European representative for manufacture (EMC): Norbain Ltd., 210 Wharfedale Road, Winnersh Triangle, WOKINGHAM.
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The height and linearity controls located at the rear panel are for adjustments by qualifies personnel only. Safety----------------------------------------- Should any liquid or solid object fall into the MiniD400, Installation---------------------------------------- unplug the unit and have it checked by a qualified Do not install the unit in extremely hot or humid person before operating again.
REMOTE CONTROL PANEL Chapter 4: Getting Started OVERVIEW OF SET UP PROCEDURES Chapter 5: Hardware Installation SD MEMORY INSTALLATION CONNECTING MiniD400 TO YOUR TV SET OR MONITOR ALARM INSTALLATION Chapter 6: OSD MODE 1. ACCESS TO OSD MENU 2. MAIN MENU 3.
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5. EVENT SETUP 5.1 ALARM SETUP 5.1.1 ALARM INPUT 5.1.2 INPUT TYPE 5.1.3 ALARM OUTPUT 5.2 MOTION DETECTION 5.2.1 SENSITIVIITY 5.3 SCHEDULE SETUP 6. SUB MENU 6.1 PASSWORD CHANGE 6.2 FILE INDEX RENEW Chapter 7: SCREEN MODE 1. LIVE SCREEN MODE 1.1 SCREEN MESSAGE 1.2 SCREEN ICON 2.
⑧ ① This chapter briefly describes the functions of each button on MiniD400. The buttons are used to operate the basic functions of MiniD400, such as recording, playback, fast-forward, reverse play and etc. For more details on the set-up and operation of MiniD400, refer to Chapter 6, MiniD400 MENU.
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Sensor-in / Alarm-out The sensor terminal block is used to connect a sensor such as PIR to the MiniD400. This will trigger the device to event record. The alarm output terminal is used to install a single alarm device. SD Memory Slot Insert SD Card into the slot for storing data.
Chapter 3: Remote control Starts and stops MiniD400 recording. Turn the SD power off when pressing the REC button for 3 seconds. (Recording can resume after 20 seconds) Enter OSD menu. MENU On OSD menu, go to the upper menu.
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Remote Controller Functions of LIVE MODE and PLAY Remote PLABACK MODE LIVE PLAY BACK Function Stand-by Recording Stand-by Play Menu Remark RECORD MENU SEARCH MODE DOWN O: Available X: N/A ENTENT PLAY STOP PAUSE MUTE...
If you use the supplied 1GB SD Memory card, the MiniD400 can continuous record for approximately 2 hours. ● There is an exception to entering the VIEW mode at start up. If the power is turned off while MiniD400 is performing emergency recording (i.e.
Attention Do not take out the SD card or turn off MiniD400 while it is in record mode. It may damage SD card. When in record mode, turn off SD power by first pressing recording button for 3 seconds and then take...
Video Input/Output Connection (For TV / monitor screen display) To display images from the MiniD400, connect the video output to your monitor. Any Television with a VIDEO INPUT terminal is suitable for displaying the images. The diagram above shows the video signal connections.
ALARM INSTALLATION The MiniD400 has an internal switch for sounding an alarm. When a sensor is triggered, the internal alarm is also activated. There are two steps to install an alarm. 1. Connect the alarm cable to the alarm switch terminal.
MiniD400 * * * * Press the ‘MENU’ button on remote control to access to MiniD400 OSD menu. Please refer to ‘Chapter 3: Remote control’ about how to use remote control buttons. The default Password is ‘0000’. The password can be changed on ‘[SUB MENU] [PASSWORD CHANGE]’.
3. SYSTEM SETUP English HIGH Configure current time and ‘DAY LIGHT SAVING’ option. On setting the current time, the field order should be as follows; 2004/02/17 = year / month / day 19:44:32 = hour /minute / second 3.1 TIME SET > DAY LIGHT SAVING SELECT ‘ON’, when you want to use day light saving time.
4.7 DISK OVERWRITE If overwrite is set to ON, the MiniD400 will continue recording and automatically overwriting the oldest recorded files when SD card storage capacity is full. Set to OFF, the recording will stop when the SD card is full.
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OFF when events occur. Note: In ‘Normal Close’ mode, if an intruder cuts the cable that connects the sensor to the MiniD400, the unit will start to record automatically. In ‘Normal Open’ mode, if an intruder cuts the cable that connects the sensor to...
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6.2 FILE INDEX RENEW The index file is automatically generated and stored in the SD card when inserted into MiniD400. If the index file does not match the files actually stored in the SD card, users can synchronize the index file list and the actual file list.
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1.1. SCREEN MESSAGE Message Description INITIALIZING… Displays when the MiniD400 is first powered up. Displays when playback and live modes are switched or when switching WAIT… between the screen mode and the OSD menu. Displays when there are no recorded files in the SD or no search result FILE NOT FOUND on search mode.
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1.2. SCREEN ICON EMERGENCY Displays when in emergency record mode. MOTION Displays when in motion-triggered record mode. ALARM Displays when in sensor-triggered record mode. TIME Displays when in schedule record mode. Displays when there is less than 5% space remaining on the SD Card.
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2.1.1 SEARCH FACTOR – EVENT: When you select ‘EVENT (or BOTH) on SEARCH MODE’, sub search conditions open; ALARM / MOTION / EMERGENCY / TIME (Here, the time means “scheduled time recording” using scheduling feature). More than two conditions can be selected. In this case, each condition is connected with ‘OR’ condition. * ALARM: To search recorded files triggered by alarm-in event.
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APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ITEM DESCRIPTION VIDEO Encoding H.264 Input Channel 1 Ch. Input impedance 75 ohm Unbalanced Input Format PAL/NTSC (Auto Detection), Composite, Auto detection function Maximum Input 1.0Vp-p @ 75 Ohm Unbalanced Output Channel 1 Ch. Output impedance 75 ohm Unbalanced Output Format PAL/NTSC (according to Input), Composite Maximum Output...