4CH / 8CH H.264 Digital Video Recorder USER MANUAL 2013 FEB V1.0 optional TYPE2...
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WARNING Do not expose the DVR under the sunlight, heat or wet environment while installation. As it could decrease the performance of DVR and damage the machine. Do not touch the power plug or case with wet hands as this could result electric shock.
2. Front Panel Power Indicator The LED lights on when power on. HDD Indicator The LED lights on when the HDD is written. To move up of the selection setting in the menu. Channel 1 Under the live viewing mode, channel 1 display. Channel select Single channel (1~4ch) and quad display in playback mode.
3. Installation TYPE 2: Network PC Monitor Output Video In 4CH Video Input (BNC) Video Out 1CH Video Output (BNC) Audio Out 1CH Audio Output (RCA) Audio In 2CH Audio Input USB 2.0 Port USB Mouse / USB backup or firmware update. DC12V Power Input RJ-45 Network Connection (for TYPE 2)
Please refer to Display Setup - Live Viewing Mode for more information. DVR Network installation (for TYPE 2) Please connect DVR to HUB or router by using RJ-45 network cable and make sure the DVR network indicator LED is on. (Please refer to Network Setup for further network setting information of using static IP, PPPoE or DHCP.
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Front Panel & Remote Menu Operation Mouse Operation Control Operation Select character from virtual keyboard [Up/Down/Left/Right] [Move Cursor] Keyin the select character [Enter] [Left Click] Exit the virtual keyboard [MENU] [Left Click]out of selection area Key Description of Virtual Keyboard Delete the previous character Switch to text input Enter key.
6. Display Setup There are 2 kinds of screen display mode: Live, Auto Switching . Live Viewing Mode The DVR will go to the live viewing mode after boot up. There are 5 different status icon: ● : Record M: Motion Triggered L: Video Loss : Sound on/off ...
Playback Operation Front Panel & Remote Setup Operation USB Mouse Control Fast Rewind [Fast Rewind] Fast Forward [Fast Forward] Step Forward [StepForward] Step/Pause [Step/Pause] Play 1x [Play] Stop [Stop] Digital Zoon None Drag by Left Click Derived Image None [Left click] 1~4 Single Channel Display [1~4 Channel]...
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Front Panel & Remote Setup Operation USB Mouse Controller Search [Enter] [Left Click] Select Channel [Up/Down] [Moving Cursor] Select Dates [Up/Down/Left/Right] [Moving Cursor] Playback [Enter] [Left Click] Return to Upper Menu [MENU] [Right click] or [Left click No data: no color, data of alarm trigger: red color, normal record data: green color.
Last Page Mark all the events in this page BackUp List all of recording data and click on one of record data to playback. Backup Please click “BACKUP” to backup the selecting file to USB memory stick. 8. Main Menu Camera Record Motion...
Display Display the channel, set: On/Off Camera Color Setup Hue: 0~50 Brightness: 0~50 Contrast: 0~50 Saturation: 0~50 Buzzer Duration The buzzer ON duration when video loss. Time Display Display the time in LIVE mode. Values: ON/OFF. 8.2 Record Setup ...
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Frame Rate Setup Setting of Frame Rate: NTSC: 0-30 frames/sec; PAL: 0-25 frames/sec. Quality Setup Setting of recording quality: Values 1-5. The bigger value, the better quality. Pre Record setting Pre Recording time when motion alarm. Values: 0-10 seconds. ...
Audio On/Off the sound effects. Encode Mode Encoding of channel. Values: VBR or CBR. Record schedule setup Always and Schedule Record. Record Schedule Schedule Setup Operation Front Panel & Remote Controller USB Mouse Enter Select Item [Enter] [Left Click] Select Channel...
8.3 Motion Detection Channel Select the channel to set. COPY icon can copy the present setting to other channels. Enable Enable/disable motion detection for each camera. Set: On/Off Sensitivity Sensitivity level of motion detection. Set: 1~10. Higher value equal more sensitive.
8.4 Network Setup (TYPE 2) Mode Set the connection method. Set: Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE. Media Port Port used for stream media. Default is port 9000. WEB Port Port used for web access. Default is port 80. ...
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DDNS setting HOST NAME DVR NAME DNS1 First Domain Name Server, Default : 168.95.1.1 DNS2 Second Domain Name Server, Default :168.95.192.1 DDNS Enable/disable Dynamic Domain Name server. Values: On, Off. DDNS Server DDNS Server, Values: 3322, dyndns, cctvdvr. When using DDNS server, HOST name, server name and account/password are required.
30, 60 seconds. 8.5 Log Search Log type Set conditions for searching: type and time range. Log type can be ALL, Operation, Motion Detection, and Video Loss. Start/End time Set the search range (Year/Month/Day). Press [SEARCH] to search. Setup Operation Front &...
8.6 Backup Channel Backup all channels or single channel 1-4. Record Type Select all, normal or alarm. Start/End time Select the backup range of time. Press Search to start searching. The record list will be shown if available and follow [Record list] to backup. Storage Device Choose ...
8.7 System Time Setup Display System Information Password Language Audio System Maintenance 8.7.1 Time Setting TYPE 1: no Network TYPE 2: Network Date/Time Select by using virtual keyboard. Date Format Setup Set: YY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YY. Time Format Setup Set: 24Hours, 12Hours.
8.7.2 HDD Setup Format Format the selected HDD Format HDD Overwrite Enable/Disable Overwrite, Values: On/Off. If Overwrite is enabled, the period can be set as 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 hours and 7, 15, 30, 60 days. ...
Format USB Memory Stick 8.7.3 Display Setting GUI Display GUI display mode can be VIDEO or VGA. Video Switching Time Set the switching time when switching channels in video mode. Values: 1-99 seconds. (0 sec is Off) VGA Switching Time Set the switching time when switching channels in VGA mode.
XGA Resolution XGA Resolution: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900. 8.7.4 System Information Provide the firmware version, MAC address, HDD status…. 8.7.5 User Password TYPE 1: no Network TYPE 2: Network Password Setup Enable/Disable password checking. Values: On/Off (Default) Administrator account/password can not be blank. And at least 4 characters for the password.
8.7.6 System Language Language Values: Traditional Chinese and English. Auto rebooting after change. Function Tip Show function tips below the menu items. Value: On/Off (Default). 8.7.7 Audio Setting Audio Volume Set the volume of audio In/Out. Values: 1-10. (Default: 5) ...
8.7.8 System Maintenance Auto maintenance: Set time for auto rebooting. Value: On/Off. Auto rebooting setting F/W update Please plug the USB memory stick into the USB port on the DVR rear panel after download the new firmware to the USB memory stick.
H264 Player Operation Preface H264 Player software allows to playback the backup saving file from the DVR. System Requirement Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7. Program obtainment and installation While user start to backup the file from DVR, the system will automatically copy the H264Player.exe file and recorded data to the backup device for example, an USB flash memory stick.
User Interface Open File Click Pause Click Stop Click Play 1x Click Fast Forward Click Slow Forward Click Capture the image (snap Click shot) to the host computer Volume Control Drag Rewind Click Step Forward Click Mark start time Click Mark end time Click...
Cell Phone Monitoring Operation (TYPE 2) JAVA Script surveillance: 1. The mobile Phone must support JAVA Script. 2. To download the JAVA software: open Internet Browser on the mobile phone, and enter the IP address of the DVR and add /viewer.jar at the end. Example: http://xx.xxx.xxx/viewer.jar.
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■ Android Software install/setup procedure Before the installation, please check the ”Allow Non-market application” or “unknown source” checkbox in your mobile phone< PIC 1~2>. <PIC 1> < PIC 2> First method 1. First, please make sure the PC synchronize software had installed and activated in your Android mobile phone.
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<PIC 4> Method two You may copy the APK installation package to your mobile phone or memory card, and then install it through other software. 1. Copy the “Castillo player” software package to your mobile phone through USB or directly to SD memory card. 2.
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3. Run the AppInstaller program, install the APK software package from your SD memory card<PIC 7~8>. <PIC 7> <PIC 8> 4. After the installation, you may find the “Castillo Player” in your program list, click it to run the program<PIC 9>. <PIC 9>...
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5. Press the “Setup” button to setup the connection setting <PIC 10>. Enter your individual configuration<PIC 11>. <PIC 10> <PIC 11> 6. After setting complete, enter a name you prefer then click the “Add to my favorite” checkbox to save the setting<PIC 12~13>. <PIC 12>...
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7. Press “Connect” button<PIC 14>, it’ll connect to the DVR according to your setup, and you may see the DVR picture after the connection established<PIC 15>. <PIC 14> <PIC 15> 8. <PIC 16>Operate instruction below: Connect/Disconnect Set up Channel Display screen PTZ Zoom/aperture/focal Snap shot...
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■ iPhone software install/setup procedure 1. Download the “Castillo player” in AppStore then install it to your IPhone. <PIC 1~6> <PIC 1> <PIC 2> <PIC 3> <PIC 4> <PIC 5> <PIC 6> ...
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2. Run the “Castillo Player” after installation<PIC 7>. Press “setup” button to setup the connection setting<PIC 8>. Enter your individual configuration then press “back” button to go back to the main screen<PIC 9>. <PIC 7> <PIC 8> <PIC 9> ...
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4. <PIC 12> Operate instruction below: Display screen Zoom/aperture/focal distance PTZ direction control Channel Connect/Disconnect Set up Snap shot Next page Full screen <PIC 12> ...
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■ Symbian Software install/setup procedure 1. Copy the Symbian player to your mobile phone or memory card; you may see the example below in the case of NOKIA. <PIC 1~5> <PIC 1> <PIC 2>...
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<PIC 6> 3. Before the installation, please make sure you had cancel the “Only Signed Application”, also cancel the “Connection credentials check” <PIC 7~11>. <PIC 7> <PIC 8> <PIC 9> ...
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<PIC 10> <PIC 11> 4. Enter the folder which you’d saved the live view software “fuho_20110221.sisx”, double click to install, follow the instruction to proceed <PIC 12~22>. ...
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<PIC 18> <PIC 19> <PIC 20> <PIC 21> <PIC 22> 5. After the installation, enter the “Installed Application” and you may see the “Castillo Player” inside <PIC 23~25>. ...
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6. Click and run the Castillo Player program <PIC 26~27>. <PIC 26> <PIC 27> 7. Press the “Setup” button to setup the connection setting. After setting complete, click the “Add to my favorite” button to save the setting. Press “Connect” button, it’ll connect to the DVR according to your setup <PIC 28~32>.
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<PIC 31> <PIC 32> 8. <PIC 33>Operate instruction below: Display Screen PTZ direction control Zoom/ Aperture/ Channel Focal distance Connect / Disconnect Exit Snapshot Set up Full screen Next page Add to <PIC 33> ...
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■ Windows Mobile Software install/setup procedure 1. Please install “Microsoft ActiveSync” into the PC before installing CAB software. 2. Execute the Microsoft ActiveSync program in your PC first, and connect the Windows Mobile SmartPhone to PC via USB, then it’ll synchronize the SmartPhone and PC.
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5. Please disconnect the SmartPhone from your PC, and begin the installation below: 6. Execute the Castillo Player CAB install package from the File browser, you may find it in your mobile device folder <PIC 3~5>. <PIC 3> <PIC 4> <PIC 5>...
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<PIC 9> <PIC 10> 8. Run the Castillo Player program, press the “Setup” button to setup the connection setting. After setting complete, enter a name you prefer then click the “Add to my favorite” checkbox to save the setting. Press OK and Leave to go back to the main screen <PIC 11~14>.
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<PIC 14> 9. Press “Connect” button, it’ll connect to the DVR according to your setup, and you may see the DVR picture after the connection established <PIC 15~16>. <PIC 15> <PIC 16> ...
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10. <PIC 17>Operate instruction below: Channel Connect/Disconnect Display screen PTZ direction Control snapshot Zoom/aperture/focal distance <PIC 17> ...
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Blackberry Software Connect Procedure Blackberry RTSP Connect procedure: Verify Authentication, website address input format as below rtsp://(website address)/ch(channel number)?user=(user ID)&pwd=(user password) e.g. rtsp://f16.cctvdvr.com.tw:554/ch2?user=2222&pwd=2222 Mobile Webpage: Please enter the ID & password again after you login, or you’ll get black screen of permission denied as below: ...
Operation System For Mobile Phone Application Version Mobile Phone Software CastilloPlayer(Android_1.5~2.1).apk Android 2.1、2.2、2.3 CastilloPlayer(Android_2.2~2.3).apk iPhone 3.x、4.x Castillo player WinMobile 6.5.x CastilloPlayer_5.0.3.CAB Symbian S60 v3 above CastilloPlayer_5.1.713.sisx Support RTSP BlackBerry None Protocol 11. Web Operation (TYPE 2) Preface The Web Application Manager allows the user to remotely monitoring, playback, backup through the DVR.
User Interface Login Page Please login user name and password from the setting of DVR end. Live mode Start/Stop the Live Monitoring Click Record the Footage to Click Start recording or Stop recording (saving Computer path: Setup/Information) Click to snap shot the image (saving path: Snapshot the Image...
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Playback (1) Select Date Event Search (2)Click (3)Click Playback Click on pop up file list Fast Forward Click “Fast Forward” (Speed: 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X) Rewind Click “ Rewind” (Speed: 1/2, 1/ 4X, 1/ 8X, 1/ 16X) Step Forward Click “Previous”or “Step”...
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DVR Setting Cameras Please refer “Camera Setup” for more information Record Please refer “Record Setup” for more information. MotionDetection Please refer “Motion Detection” for more information. ...
12. Default Setting Item Default Setting Item Default Setting Channel Overwrite HDD Setup Resolution Normal Pack Time 60 Mins Frame Rate Real-time Date Format YY/MM/DD Record Quality Highest Time Format 24 Hours Setup Time Setup Audio Disable Time Zone GMT+08:00 Schedule Always Daylight Saving...