CE Information The product must be installed according to the currently valid installation regulations for EMC to guarantee the designed use and to prevent EMC problems. The device supplied with this manual is according to the EC, EMC Directive, 2004/108/EC & LVD 2006/95/EC Standard used for showing compliance with the essential requirements of the device: EN 55022 EN 61000-3-2...
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Operation 1. Navigation You can navigate the on screen menus using the front panel buttons, remote controller or mouse. 1-1. Mouse Control Right clicking the mouse brings up the following popup menu. Screen view selection PAN/Tilt Menu Search menu Goto function (only in Search mode) Setup menu icon Sequence icon Eject icon...
2. Monitoring 2-1. Live screen OSD Description The Status Bar on screen shows HDD capacity, network connection, current time, etc. Archiving in background - HDD capacity: Used capacity / Total capacity - Network connection: It is shown that admin or user is connected. - Mouse connection ~ - Multi-screen Display Buttons - Current Date/Time...
area. To exit digital zoom, right click the mouse. 3. Playback Click the right button on the mouse, the popup menu will be displayed on screen. To begin playback, press the Play button on the popup menu. (Ensure that the PTZ function is turned off – Otherwise Play back mode will not operate) 3-1.
3-2. Playback Control Play Forward When the Play Forward button( ) is pressed, the unit will play forward at the rate the data was recorded. While in the play mode, the user may change the playback direction, playback speed. To return to play forward operations, press the Play Forward button( ). Reverse Play To begin reverse playback, press the Reverse Play button( ).
3-3. Playback Search To search within the recorded video, while in play back mode, right click on the screen, the following menu icon menu will appear, Camera selection Interlace selection Date & Time, Event and Bookmark search GOTO selection Main menu Sequence selection DVD Eject Return to live...
Click on the Date and time search icon to display the following selection window: Playback Review Review screen time screen Archive button split selection Toggle to Bookmark Time search line Date and Time / Event search and log Date and Time Calendar search, selection bar selection...
Calendar / Date and time searches Time Line When a specific date is chosen in the calendar search box, cameras with recordings will be graphically displayed in the this box, – Time-lapse recording Blue – Alarm recording – Motion recording Yellow Calendar Search Select the required month using the arrows, days within this month that have recordings...
Event Search Click on the Event search selection button the screen below will be displayed. Camera selection Event search selection Event type Archive selection tick box Start search Move to archive screen Time period selection Event type Select either motion or alarm events Time period Set the start and stop times for the parameters of the search Camera selection...
Log search The system logs can be accessed and reviewed from the same search screen, click on the Log search button to display the menu below: display list To export the log, Log parameter click archive Start search selection button, this will display the Archive...
Bookmark search Using the arrows on the left side of the screen toggle to the Bookmark option, to display the screen below: Bookmark list Bookmark details Delete all bookmarks To play the recorded data, double click on the entry in the list. Vista QXTRA User and installation manual V1.0...
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To operate the GOTO function, while in playback, right click on the screen to display the following icon option menu: Select the GOTO icon The following selection bar will appear on screen: Click on the time and date box, a data entry screen will appear on screen, fill in the desired Time and date, click ok then click on the GOTO button.
4. Archiving Evidence to DVD/CD or USB Once the required video has been found, it may be necessary to down load it for evidential purposes. This can be done either onto the internal CD/DVD-R writer or via the USB port. Archives can be made from a known time and date period or from a list of events.
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The Log file can be downloaded from this menu screen, check the Log box. Config The Configuration files for the DVR can be downloaded and saved. From / To Click on the select to edit box, the following screen will appear: Add button Click on add, the following screen will appear: Enter the...
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Ensure the boxes for any periods required are ticked Right click on the list, an “ACCEPT LIST” box will appear, click YES. The original Archive screen will be displayed: Click on the Calculate Archive size, to confirm the file will fit on the available media. Next click on the “Transfer”...
Event list archiving To create an archive from an list of events, create the list of events as described in the previous section “Event Search”. At this point the following screen will be displayed: Tick the boxes of the events to be archived.
Client Viewer software Each DVR comes with license free viewer software to view the DVR across a network. To be able to do this the recommended minimum specification for the PC is as follows: Minimum PC specification > CPU: Core 2 Duo 3.16GHz, >...
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Logging on The following window will appear. To connect to the QXTRA, enter the units: IP address; DVR Port (2000 by default), ID and Password. Then, click “OK”, to start the live monitoring. Description field is the name of area / Building / location of the DVR, this should be typed in he first time the unit is connected to, this will store it in the address book.
Explanation of Screen Buttons Remote Local Client Zoom/ Connect setup Setup Close version Focus Tool bar selection Remote Local Firmware Pan/Tilt Search Search upgrade Split screen options Camera selection Buttons Full screen Return to live Turn off OSD Camera re-arrange Save image Open saved images...
1. Live Monitoring The software is best viewed with the PC monitor resolution, set to: 1024 x 768. Split Screen options (1/4/6/7/8/9/10/13/6) Spilt Screens can be viewed during both live and playback. The splits screens available are: full screen,4,6,7, 8,9,10,13 and 16 way. 1) Full Screen 2) 10 Way Vista QXTRA User and installation manual V1.0...
2. Remote Search Search(Date/Time/Event/Calendar), Archive(Remote Archive), Log(Remote Log) are available. 2-1. Search This Remote Search is able to play back video on the PC direct from the hard disk storage on the DVR. There are 3 options for as follows. 1) Date/Time 2) Event 3) Calendar...
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Calendar Select the date required (as long as the date is highlighted in Blue there is recorded data on from that day). There are 3 options for selecting the required time once the date has been selected. 1) Drag the Red line along the colour bar (I.e. Blue: Normal Recording) till the required time is reached.
Select Channel Channels can be included or excluded dependent on query. This is available within Search, Backup and Logs. 2-2. Archive Remote Archive – Date/Time Enter the Start and End dates and times, by hovering over the selections, a drop down box will appear.
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Remote Archive – Calendar Select the date required (Days with recorded video a data present are highlighted in Blue) There are 3 options for selecting the required time once the date has been selected. 1) Drag the Red line along the colour bar (I.e. Blue: Normal Recording) till the required time is reached.
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The backup procedure is same as Date/Time & Event backup as previous page. * “Prev” to go back to previous stage. *The downloaded data is saved in the follows location. C:\H264CD\Download. Play back down loaded files Open the viewer software but do not connect to a unit, click the cancel button to remove the log on box.
Installation 1. Front Panel Controls Power System Power On/Off Record button Press to stop recording (password protected) Video play back keys Play, Stop, Pause, fast forward etc. Search key Press once to put unit into playback mode, press a second time to enter the search menus Select key Used as an enter button in the menus Menu...
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Audio select key Selects the audio track (with reference to a cameo image) to be played. Decrease volume Increase volume Multi screen selection Use the Multi-screen display button to select the display mode (single/4way/9way/ 16way/17way screen). PTZ mode selection Turns the telemetry function on or off Arrow keys Used to navigate around the menu pages Zoom control...
2. Rear Panel Connectors 16 Channel HDMI For future development 8 Channel HDMI For future development Spot Monitor Outputs Spot Video Output (Composite Video) Video Inputs Vista QXTRA User and installation manual V1.0...
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16 camera inputs Video Outputs 16 camera loop outputs Audio Input Audio input through line AC Power Input AC 100-240V 50/60Hz VGA Output (Dual Monitor) VGA video output for dual monitor (1024x768) HDMI Output For future use - not yet functional VGA Output (Main Monitor) VGA video output for main monitor (1920x1080) Audio Output...
3. Remote Control POWER : Power on/off P/T/Z : Entering PTZ Setup menu directly REC : Start & Stop Recording Numbers and letters (1 to 9) INFO : Direct access system information ID : Entering control ID set mode MUTE : Audio Mute AUDIO : Switches through Audio channels MENU: Entering system menu SEARCH: Entering search...
4. Connection Guide Spot Camera Monitor e-SATA Mouse Siren Main Speaker Camera Monitor Monitor System Sensor (Client) 99Main Monitor Connecting the monitor There are four available monitor outputs on the DVR. ● VGA(main) output : Connect to the VGA port of the main monitor. ●...
Connecting cameras This unit comes with either 8 or 16 video inputs. Each video input has a corresponding looping output beneath it for passing the video signal to another monitoring/recording device. ● Video input : Connect to the video out of the camera. Connecting audio To record audio on the DVR, connect to the audio source.
Connecting to a PTZ camera This RS485 connector can be used to control Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera. (-) (+) ● Telemetry (+) : Connect to RS485 Rx(+) of PTZ camera. ● Telemetry (-) : Connect to RS485 Rx(-) of PTZ camera. Connecting to a mouse ●...
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