OFFICIAL AFRICAN DISTRIBUTOR FOR STREAMING VIDEO TECHNOLOGY H.264 NETWORK Embeded DVR 8304/8308) USER MANUAL Copyright 2005-2008, Streaming Video Technology, Co., Ltd All Rights Reserved...
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Main Feature DVR-8304/8308 is developed base on HI3511 hardware platform. 8304 is 4channel CIF resolution digital video recorder and 8308 is 8channnel DVR. Both of them have local recording, playback, support trible code remote network surveillance, data backup, parameter setting, motion detection, I/O alarm setting, PTZ and USB mouse.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 1.2.2 Basic working parameter item parameter remark DC 19V。 Voltage input Voltage outputfor 12V(+/-0.2) 12V,1A。 camera Video impedance 75Ω 75Ωeach channel。 input Video output 1Vp-p 1Vp-p CVBS signal 0—2V Low voltage alarm 5V-30v Hight voltage alarm RS232 serial port, for extend use Connect to PTZ, (Pelco-D,Pelco-P)
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 2 Device operation manual In device operation, the enter key on remote control has the same function with mouse left click. 2.1 Remote key instruction 2.1.1 Remote control Handheld IR Controller Key Functions: 【0-9】keys:During setup, number keys are used to input values.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 【+】,【-】keys:During setup, plus and minus are used to select next or previous values. : Up, Down directional keys: Move selection up and down in setup menu. ▲, , : Left, Right directional keys: Move cusor left or right in setup menu.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Enter into main menu: Click the right key on the live view. Click right Exit the present menu: It won’t save the settings if you click the right key to exit. Exit the playback interface: Click the right key to exit when you are playback.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 1. Press the left key to move the mouse can adjust the parameter on the volume, color, VGA border interface.And the corresponding parameter will be display at the Mouse same time. move 2. In the Motion Detection setting interface, you can use the left key to drag the...
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 2.1.3 Menu Tree You can control the DVR by a lot of menu operation.This tree will show you the menu structure and it will be in details in after chapter.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P System Operation 2.2.1 User Login 1. START-UP Connect the DC19V/3A adapter to DVR. When start up the DVR, 【POW】LED will be on and 4 images will be display on the screen. If it has setup ignition recording or time recording, the system will record automatically and the corresponding LED will be on, the system work normally.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 2.2.2 GUI OPERATION The main menu include “SEARCH”,”RECORD”,”HDD”,”BASIC”,“ADVANCE”,and“Exit”. Remark: You must after pressing “APPLY”to make the setting for submenu valid.It will no use when exit directly.This DVR have a special feature is: when you move the mouse to everwhere, there will have the explanation information showed autoly.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Intruction: 1. MONTH: It will show all the recording status in this month. Green means normal recording, Red means alarm recording, Grounding means no recording. Click any date in this frame can search the recording status of that day,the searching result will be showed in the below date frame.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Instruction: 1. 【FILE LIST】 , “CHANNEL”is the recording file which belong to which channel, “SIZE” is display the size of this file (Unit: MB) , “TYPE” is display the type of recording file, there are two types: normal and alarm,press“BACKUP”button can export the selected files to USB storage;...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P means selected OK (There is a “√” at the end of the selected recording files) and press 【Enter】 again the “√” will disappear that means cancel the select, we can start export the recording files after selecting, and press【BACKUP】to start to backup, as follow: Instruction:...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P CHANNEL:ON: Means the channel enable for recording. RESOLUTION:Setup resolution and code rate for recording, there are HIGEST, HIGH, NORMAL three options, corresponding to D1、HD1、CIF resolution. QUALITY :There are BEST, FINE ANDNORMAL three option, corresponding HIGHEST, HINGAND NORMAL data stream standard AUDIO:ON: Means enable the audio recording for all channels, OFF: Means disable audio...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P CHANNEL:You can select all channel or just one channel(blue means has selected) WEEKLY:You can select all everyday, weekend, workday or each day(blue means has selected) DAILY: There are ALARM, NORMAL, NO REC three modes, if you select this, that means all the day will record as this mode, and if you don’t want some period to record, you can cancel it...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P HDD STATUS:There are three status available, normal, un-format, No HDD. If HDD can not run normally(including unformat and no HDD), there is a 【H】display on video live view. OVERWRITE:ENABLE: means when HDD space less than 4G, it will delete HDD earliest recording file, and it will stop deleting when the space is 10G;...
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Basic setup includes system language, time/date, security, display, video/audio and exit six options. 2.2.2.4.1 SYSTEM LANGUAGE SETUP Move cursor to select “system language” (The big icon means select ok)and press【ENTER】to enter into the system language setup interface.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P System language have Chinese and English two options, you can setup the language you want in here. Remark: The device will restart when you setup system language success. 2.2.2.4.2 DATA/TIME SETUP Move cursor to select “date/time” (The big icon means select ok)and press 【ENTER】 to enter into...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P DATE: Setup system date via numeric key. DATE FORMAT: Press ENTER to switch between the date patterns, there are YY-MM-DD and MM/DD/YY two options. TIME: Setup system time via numeric key. TIME FORMAT: Press ENTER to switch between the date patterns, there are 12 HOURS and 24 HOURS two options.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P DEVICE ID:Press【+】/【-】or number key to setup the unite ID PASSWORD:Press【APPLY】 to start or close user password. If it is “ENABLE”, you must input password when log in, otherwise, you can enter into main manu directly. USER PASSWORD:Press 【+】/【-】or numbe keys to setup user password.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 2.2.2.4.4 DISPLAY SETUP Move the cursor to【DISPLAY SETUP】(Icon highlighted when selected), press【Enter】 to enter into the setting interface. NAME: press【Enter】to enter into the setting interface. POSITION:press【Enter】 to switch name location,there are 5 options:bottom left, top left, bottom right, top right and OFF.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Press 【 Enter 】 or 【 + 】 【 - 】 key or directly drag the cursor to set colors,including chroma,brightness, contrast and saturation, press【APPLY】to save the parameters. PREVIEW:ON: Means the channel is allowed to view the live mode, OFF means not.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P VGA RESOLUTION:press【Enter】key to setup the VGA resolution, there are 1024*768、800*600 and 600*480 three options. CAMERA SYSTEM: press 【 Enter】 to switch camera system, has PAL and NTSC two options VOLUME SETUP: move cursor to 【VOLUME SETUP】 , press 【Enter】 to enter into volume setup interface, press【+】【-】or number keys or directly drag the cursor to adjust volume.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Advanced Features include Alarm settings, system information, Motion detection, mobile phone monitoring, system maintenance, PTZ and network setting. 2.2.2.5.1 ALARM SETUP Move the cursor to【ALARM SETUP】(Icon highlighted when selected),press【Enter】 to enter into setting interface.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P I/O CHANNEL: Each channel corresponds an I/O status, that is, when an alarm triggered, it will activate the corresponding channel to start alarm recording. N.O:indicate I / O input level from high to low effective N.C:indicate I / O input level from low to high effective HDD LOSS:ON means it will trigger a alarm if there is no HDD, and it will display an 【H】...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 2.2.2.5.2 SYSTEM INFO Move the cursor to【SYSTEM INFO】(Icon highlighted when selected),press【Enter】to enter into setting interface, at this interface mainly display system hardware features and firmware version, include : device type, software version, MAC address、serial number. 2.2.2.5.3 MOTION DETECT Move the cursor to【MOTION DETECT】(Icon highlighted when selected),press【Enter】...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P STATUS: Each channel has corresponding channel switch, press 【Enter】 to turn on or turn off the motion detection for each channel.. SNESITIVITY:each channel has corresponding sensitivity setting,including four standards high,higher,medium and low, press【Enter】key to switch MD AREA: each channel has corresponding regional motion detecting setting,move the cursor to corresponding【setting】,press【Enter】to enter regional setting interface, red area means it...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Move the direction key on romote control to make cursor move in the small pane, green frame means the cursor has moved to this pane, press【Enter】to select or cancel motion detection of this small pane, when setup finished, press 【 exit】 to back to MD setup interface, it will save automaticly.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P CHANNEL: select the channel for mobile view, and press [Enter] to switch different channels. MOBLE NETWORK: Select different mobile network from the options of 3G, 2.5G and 2.75G, and press [Enter] to switch different network. 2.2.2.5.5 SYSTEM MAINTAIN Move the cursor to 【SYSTEM MAINTAIN】(Frame turns red means selected), and press...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P AUTO RESET: When switch is on, you can setup the time for device to restart. SYSTEM UPDATE: Copy the update file to the root directory of the thumb driver, and insert it into USB 1.0, then press [Enter] to upgrade the firmware, and it will display the process of the system upgrading, as following: DEFAULT SETTINGS: Restore all the settings as the factory setting.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 2.2.2.5.6 PTZ SETUP Move the cursor to 【PTZ SETUP】 (Icon highlighted when selected) , press 【Enter】 to enter into setting interface, you can setup the parameters for each channel separately. CHANNEL: The channel of PTZ connected. PROTOCOL: select the protocol of different PTZ, there are two protocols to switch, and the...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P MEDIA PORT WEB PORT: setup the port of IE browser via HTTP. IP ADDRESS: setup the IP address, and press [Enter], [+], [-] or number keys to change the value. NETMASK: press [Enter], [+], [-] or number keys to change the value.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P ● DHCP Select the DHCP, and enter into the interface as followings. MEDIA PORT WEB PORT: setup the port of IE browser via HTTP. PPPOE username and password: fill the username and password of the internet service offer, and apply it and reboot the system.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P ● PPPOE Select the PPPOE, and enter the interface as followings MEDIA PORT WEB PORT: setup the port of IE browser via HTTP. PPPOE username and password: fill the username and password of the internet service offer, and apply it and reboot the system. After rebooting, the device will save it and set the PPPOE as default network type.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P DDNS: There are [ON/OFF], and if there is a DDNS service, please setup it as ON. SERVICE: There are 3 serviceS to select, 3322, dyndns, perfecteyes. HOST NAME: Input the name of the host server. USERNAME: Input in the name of the user.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P IE OPERATION 3.1 FEATURE Through the IE browser of OS and install the software, you are able to do the network operation remotely, which is much more convenient. DVR support C/S, B/S, and visit in LAN and WAN, also support IP and domain name visiting.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 3.3 OPERATION INTERFACE There are Liveview, Playback and Setup options in the main interface, please press them to access it. 3.3.1 LIVE Click to enter into the interface as followings 3.3.1.1 PTZ CONTROL Change the focus, preset aperture to control the PTZ.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P key in the center of the wheel. 3.3.1.1.1 ZOOM Click to zoom in and out. Click to focus Click to change the size of aperture 3.3.1.1.2 PTZ PRESET Setup preset point. You can control it via the below three buttons: 3.3.1.2...
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P You can open, shut down and start this channel’s record via shortcut menu. 3.Click right key at one live view screen, click” open all windows” or “ close all windows”, will quickly open/close all windows. 3.3.2 REPALY Click to enter into playback interface.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P The highlighted date means that day have recording video, RED FRAME means the date is system date, click the date will search that days’ recording file list. For example, the above picture display 2008, Dec. 3 have recording video, and...
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P SOURCE FILE: Click to setup the H.264 file to convert DESTINATION FILE: Click to setup the directory for saving avi file After setting, click , file convert start, the convert progress bar (see below picture) will see the progress of convert.
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P BANDWIDTH: Set the amount of bandwidth in kbps (128k、 192k、 256k、 384k、 512k、 1024k) that you want to allocate for traffic that matches internet,this bandwidth not include audio . FILE SAVE PATH: capture picture and recording video save path.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Buttons on Front Panel Button Name Description # Power STANDBY POWER/OFF, boot up DVR or shutdown DVR Navigation During the setting for GUI, use these bottons for choosing differents items on menu. And also control the direction of PTZ.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P Item Physical Connector description connector POWER DC 19V/3A input Video Two video output for connecting TV or monitor output (BNC) Video For connectiong analog video signal input (BNC) input Audio For connecting aidio signal Input Alarm I/O alarm input, 4 for 4CH DVR and 8 for 8CH DVR...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 5. Alarm Input and Output There are 8 sets alarm input connector and 1 set output for this DVR. Alarm input is for connection IR annunciator, fog sensor. The connection diagram of DC alarm inout as following: Connection diagram of AC alarm input as following:...
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P The connection diagram of alarm output as following: 220V 6. System Network Diagram...
M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 4.2 HDD Installation Please installation the HDD as the following steps: 1)Uninstall the DVR and then you will see one HDD plate as following.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 2)Take out the anti-vibration mat and screws from the accessories box 3) Take off the HDD plate and then install the anti-vibration mat on the plate and then screw on it. 4)Install the HDD on HDD plate as the following photo indicate and then screws around.
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M-8304-GUI-09-A-P 5)Fix the HDD plate on the DVR device and then cover the DVR and screw. Remark: Please format the new HDD before record.
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