9-channel h.264 standalone digital video recorder, with ir remote control & usb backup (all models) & with network remote viewing (all models) (82 pages)
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DVR-3600 User’s Manual http://Platinum-CCTV.com With IR Remote Control & USB Backup (All Models) With Network Remote Viewing (All Models) With CDRW Drive for CD Backup Please read instructions completely before operation and retain manual for future reference Platinum-CCTV DVR v1.0...
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Safety Precautions 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 sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of electrical shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying...
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual Before reading this document 1. This document is intended for both the administrator and users of stand alone DVR Model. 2.This manual contains information for configuring, managing and using stand alone DVR Model.
CONTENTS 1. FEATURES AND FUNCTION . ..5 2. UNIT DESCRIPTION OF FRONT PANEL. 3. REAR PANEL AND SYSTEM CONNECTION .. 4. REMOTE CONTROL 5. SYSTEM SETUP ..12 5.1. SETUP MENU. 5.2. SYSTEM SETUP 5.2.1. TIME/DATE SET ...14 5.2.2. HDD FORMAT SET 5.2.3.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual 1. FEATURE AND FUNCTION Video input: 8/16channels; Video output: 3channels. Audio input: 4channels; Audio output: 2channels. 16 alarm input and 1 relay alarm output. Compression mode: M-JEPG. Support network view. Support USB backup. Compatible with NTSC and PAL format.
2. UNIT DESCRIPTION OF FRONT PANEL 2.1 Recording/Playing Control Buttons Area 1. REC: It is manual recording button. Push this button to record video to hard disk, Re-push this button, it will stop recording. So, this button is the switch button of manual recording and stopping recording operation, recording and stop will work simultaneously on 16 channels.
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual according to the time set in auto sequence set menu, you can set the dwell time of each channel. Push this button to quit this mode. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 1.
this button to see big picture of channel 10.while inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of 0 . 12. Search/Menu: push this button to enter search menu, please refer search play in user guideline for details. Long press this key to enter menu (need password), in menu setup, push this key to quit current menu.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual 1-12: sensor 1-sensor 12; 13, 20, 24, 25: GND, 14-17: sensor 13-sensor16, 18: RS485A 1 9: RS48521: COM 22: NC 23: NO 3.2 Video and Audio Connection The DVR can support up to 16 cameras video input at the same time. Main Assisant S Video...
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2. Open/Close output A: N.O. Normal open, close when triggered. DVR must set as low voltage alarm. B: N.C. Normal close, open when triggered. DVR must set as high voltage alarm. Please refer to the picture below, channel 2 to channel 16 are the same as channel 1. Switch Ch1 Alarm output: There are three alarm output pin, the status of these pin are illustrated as below...
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual 3.4 Hard Disk Connection There are processing to install the hard disk. Note: If the DVR comes with a HDD, skip the following steps. 1. Push out the hard drive rack from the 2.
If you have another HDD, please jump that HDD to SLAVE, and open the machine, put the HDD to the HDD shelf, and then connect the power and digit cable 4. REMOTE CONTROLLER 9, 10+: Select the channel (Full screen) 2x2: 2x2 Screen Mode 3x3: 3x3 Screen Mode 4x4: 4x4 Screen Mode...
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual Please push leftward or rightward button to change the value that the cursor on, push ° ENTE ¡ ± b u t t on t enter sub menu and push menu button to return to previous menu. Long press the menu/search button on the keyboard or press the remote controller to enter the Setup Main Menu.
5.2 SYSTEM SETUP Push ENTER button to enter sub menu PLAY REPEAT: Set the Playback Repeat VIDEO SYSTEM: Set the NTSC/PAL BUZZER SOUND: Set the Buzzer On/Off 5.2.1 TIME/DATA SET Set the date and time. DATE: Set the date TIME: Set the time FORMAT: Set the time display format (USA, EURO and Asia Users) DISPLAY: Set the time display on/off LOCAL: Set the time display position...
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual 5.2.2 HDD FORMAT SET Format the hard disk . Select YES , to format the hard disk. And all video on the HDD will loss. 5.2.3 FACTORY RESET Initialize all the setup; the DVR will reset to default.
5.3 DISPLAY SETUP BOUND COLOR: Set the Color of Video Boundary (BLACK / WHITE / GRAY). BLANK COLOR: Set the Background Color of Loss Video (BLACK / WHITE). 5.3.1 CAMERA NAME SET When the cursor moves to camera name, please push enter button, the camera name setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual COLOR SET 5.3.2 When the cursor moves to color set, please push enter button, the Color setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. CON: picture contrast BRI: picture brightness HUE: picture hue SAT: picture saturation 5.3.3.
Set the time of the relevant channel. Time can be set in the range from 0 to 99 seconds. 5.4 RECORD SETUP OVER WRITE: if set to YES , the DVR will automatically overwrite the HDD from the beginning when the HDD is full. If set to NO , the DVR will automatically stop recording when the HDD is full.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual 5.4.1 AUDIO CH SET When the cursor moves to audio CH Set, please push enter button, the audio CH setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. There are four audio input channels, for each channel you can select anyone of the 16 channels. Although there are four audio input channels, you can only record one channel s audio at the same time, so, for the right audio set, you have to select one channel in these four channels in the Record Setup menu.
mode If the re resolution is set 360 size, the REC CH Setup window is not accessible. Set Record ON/OFF for the relevant channel. 5.5 NETWORK SETUP When the cursor moves to Network Setup, then push enter button, the network setup menu window will appear, which illustrated ad below is.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual 5.5.1. N/W ENABLE SET If you set the channel OFF, this channel will not transmit to the network, so if you want to see a channel from network, you have to set this channel on. 5.5.2.
ALARM ENABLE: alarm trigger switch, you can be set to off, NC or N.O. If users set it to off, the DVR will ignore the alarm input. MOTION ENABLE: motion alarm switch, you can be set to on or off. If users set it to off, the motion alarm will be ignored.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual When the cursor moves to Alarm set, then push enter button, the alarm setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. Please push upward, downward, leftward, rightward button to move the cursor and push enter button to change, long push enter change all value the same as you selected.
5.8 USB BACKUP Set the USB BACKUP. Plug in the USB device, and press enter button, you can see the below picture. There are two types of backup mode: STILL and MOVIE, in STILL mode you can backup Picture and in MOVIE mode you can backup video. 5.9 STORAGE INFO Storage information shows the information on hard disk.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual 5.10 PROTOCOL SET Set the right protocol, you can control the SPEED DOME by the DVR. When the cursor moves to Protocol Set, then push enter button, the protocol set window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
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recording. Push recording button to stop recording or push playing button to stop playing or exit from system setup menu, then turn off the power. If do not use the video recorder for a long time, should pull out the power line from the electrical outlet.
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual record setting cannot change during recording process. As long as the alarm input signal is effective, the alarm recoding continues, When the alarm input signal loses efficacy, the time set up by A/M REC TIME becomes effective, and when the time goes out, the alarm recording automatically stops.
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EVENT SARCH: search play by event list. START STOP SEARCH: search play by segment. Push upward and downward button to move cursor, the push enter button to enter submenu you select, push search button to quit from search menu. 6.8 Time search When the cursor moves to Time Search, then push enter button, the time search window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual the screen, when is tip blinking the backup of the picture is done, you can plug the USB device out and see the picture on a computer. If you select MOVIE for the backup mode in the Backup Set menu, push the USB button in shift mode, it begin to backup the main out video to the USB device from the moment, push USB button again to select the end of the backup video, there will be a A blinking on the screen, This may take a little time, and make sure the USB device has enough free space, if blinking stops, the...
7. USING THE NETWORK VIEWER Use the PC view software, you can view the DVR through Internet, also, you can view and backup the video information on the HDD through a computer. Open the software; you will see the window below: 7.1 Setting Please click button, you will see the window below: enter the IP address and click...
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual <Connect success> <Connect fail > 7.3 Liveplay You can select this button to see live picture, just click the play button. 7.4 Playback Click Playback net search window will display. First, you have to select the HDD of the DVR. Click the Get record list or Get event list , if the DVR has record list, you can see the window below:...
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Double click the record list; you can see the playback video. The event list operation is the same as record list operation 7.5 Scandisk Connect the HDD that used in the DVR to a PC and then select Scandisk, Scandisk window will display, click and select one HDD, then you can play all the video on the HDD.
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User s Manual Pressing the button, you can record the video by you computer. Pressing the button, you can See the below picture. Pressing the button, you can remote the DVR record to the HDD. Pressing the button, you can stop the record DVR.
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Main standard & parameter chart Item Specification Compressed picture M-JPEG Video signal NTSC/PAL Video input Conposite:1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 8/16 Video output Conposite:1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 2 S-VIDEO Audio input -8Db 22K ,RCA connector 4 Audio output -8Db 3K ,RCA connector 2 Alarm input Alarm output Record time 18-1680 hours/40G...
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