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Models: ALIEN804 / ALIEN808 / ALIEN816
Dual IP and Analogue
Hybrid Video Recorder
Attention
Version 1.0.1
Email: support@alienDVR.com
Last Revised 01/11/2011

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  • Page 1 User Instruction Manual Models: ALIEN804 / ALIEN808 / ALIEN816 Dual IP and Analogue Hybrid Video Recorder Attention Version 1.0.1 Email: support@alienDVR.com Last Revised 01/11/2011...

  • Page 2: Attention

    Before using the product, please make sure that you:  Keep all liquids away from DVR  Install the DVR in a well-ventilated area  Make sure environmental conditions meet factory specifications  Install a manufacturer recommended HDD This symbol on the products and/or accompanying documents means that used electronic equipment must not be mixed with general household waste.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Page No. Attention Contents Introduction Overview Product Key Features Operating your DVR Using the Infra Red controller 1.4.1 If the remote controller does not operate the DVR Using a USB mouse Using the Soft Keyboard Rear Panel Diagram Getting Started Starting and Shutting down the DVR Option 1 : Standard Shutdown Option 2 : Manual Shutdown...
  • Page 4 Playback Playing Back a Recording 5.1.1 Understanding the Playback Interface Playing Back from a Video Search Playing Back from Event Search Playing Back from Live Preview Playing Back from System Log Playing Back Frame by Frame Smart Search Using Digital Zoom Backup Exporting Files Exporting Event Search Files...
  • Page 5 9.3.2 Customising Presets 9.3.3 Customising Patrols 9.3.4 Customising Patterns 10. Camera Management 10.1 Configuring IP Cameras 10.2 Configuring OSD Settings 10.3 Setting up Privacy Mask 10.4 Adjusting Display Settings 11. HDD Management 11.1 Initialising HDDs 11.2 Setting Network HDD 11.3 Setting HDD Groups 11.4 Checking HDD Status...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Option 2 8 x 4CIF analogue 8 x 4CIF analogue 8 x IP 4CIF 4 x IP 720P ALIEN804 This DVR is the 4 channel hybrid model and can support the following cameras: Option 1 Option 2 4 x 4CIF analogue...

  • Page 7: Product Key Features

    Product Key Features Compression: • Supports PAL/NTSC video input. • Adopts H.264 video compression standard. • DSDH digital video recorders support both analogue cameras and IP cameras. • Each analogue channel supports dual stream. Main stream supports up to 4CIF resolution and sub stream supports up to CIF resolution.
  • Page 8 • Supports Pre-record and Post-record time for alarm, motion detection and intelligent alarm, and pre-record time for schedule and manual recording. • Supports lock and unlock video files. • Supports local redundant recording. • Supports setting hard disk to read only. •...
  • Page 9 • Supports remote manual recording. • Supports remote manual alarm output control. • Supports JPEG image capture. • Supports remote PTZ control. • Supports voice talk and broadcast. • Built-in WEB Server. Other: • Supports front panel, mouse, IR controller, special keyboard operation. •...

  • Page 10: Operating Your Dvr

    Operating your DVR There are various methods for controlling your DVR including using the front panel controls, the infra-red remote, soft keyboard or the mouse. The controls on the front panel include: 1. Power Button: Powers DVR on/off. 2. IR Receiver: Receiver for IR remote. 3.
  • Page 11 5. Alphanumeric Buttons: Alphanumeric buttons used in various menus on the DVR. Some uses include: • Switching to the corresponding channel in Preview or PTZ Control mode. • Inputting numbers and characters in Edit mode. • Switching between different channels in Playback mode. 6.
  • Page 12 7. DIRECTION/ENTER Buttons: • DIRECTION Buttons: The DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus. In Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up and slow down recorded video. The Left and Right button will select the next and previous day of recordings.

  • Page 13: Using The Infra Red Controller

    Using the Infra Red controller The remote controller requires 2 x AAA batteries. Ensure that they are fitted with correct polarity. The keys on the remote control closely resemble the ones found on the front panel. Referring to Figure 5, they include: 1.

  • Page 14: If The Remote Controller Does Not Operate The Dvr

    1.4.1 If the remote controller does not operate the DVR Aim the remote control at the IR receiver located at the front of the unit to test operation. If there is no response: 1. Using the front control panel or the mouse, go into Menu > Settings > General > More Settings.

  • Page 15: Using The Soft Keyboard

    Using the Soft Keyboard When a mouse is used to perform a task on the DVR, clicking on a text input field will bring up the Soft Keyboard, shown below. The buttons on the soft keyboard represents: Lowercase: Designates lowercase input is being used. Uppercase: Designates uppercase input is being used.

  • Page 16: Rear Panel Diagram

    Rear Panel Diagram Description Function RS232 Connection for RS232 devices Video In BNC connectors for analogue video input Audio In BNC connectors for analogue audio input RS485 interface Connection for RS485 devices. Connect to T+ and T- Controller port D+, D- connect to Ta, Tb pins on controller. For cascading devices the first DVRs D+, D- pins should be connected to the D+, D- pins on the next DVR.

  • Page 17: Getting Started

    Getting Started Starting and Shutting down the DVR Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to extending the life of your DVR. To startup your DVR: 1. Ensure the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the unit.

  • Page 18: Rebooting And Locking Your Dvr

    2. Enter the administrator’s username and password in the dialogue box for authentication. 3. Click the Yes button. Note: Do not press the POWER button again when the system is shutting down. Rebooting and Locking Your DVR While in the Shutdown menu (see 2.1 diagram), you may also reboot or lock your DVR. Locking your DVR will return you to the Live Preview mode, which will require a user name and password to exit out of it.
  • Page 19 2. Navigate to the Admin Password input field. 3. Enter the admin password into the Admin Password input field. By default, the password is 12345. 4. To change the admin password, check the New Admin Password checkbox. Enter the new password and confirm the password in the given fields 5.
  • Page 20 9. If a new HDD was recently installed, select the HDD from the list to initialise it. Initialising the HDD will format and remove all data from it. 10. After the HDD has been initialised, click the OK button, which will take you back to the Setup Wizard window.
  • Page 21 16. Click the OK button. This will take you back to the Schedule tab. To copy the schedule to a different channel, select the channel or all under Copy To and click the Copy button. 17. Click the Next button. This will take you to the Network Settings window. 18.

  • Page 22: Live Preview

    Live Preview Watching a Live Preview The Live Preview mode is automatically started after the DVR boots up. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC multiple times (depending on which menu you’re on) will bring you to the Live Preview mode. 3.1.1 Description of Live Preview Icons There are multiple icons on each display in Live Preview mode to indicate different camera status.

  • Page 23: Using The Mouse In Live Preview

    • Using Front Panel/ Remote: To move to the previous screen, click the Left direction button. To move to the next screen, click the Right direction button. • Using Mouse: Select Next screen in right-click menu. 4. Auto Switch: • Using Front Panel/Remote: Click ENTER button. •...

  • Page 24: Using Digital Zoom

    Note: The dwell time of the preview configuration should be set before using Start Auto-switch. Also if you enter Aux monitor mode and the Aux monitor is not connected, switch back to the Main output with the MAIN/AUX button on the front panel or remote. 3.2.2 Using Digital Zoom To use digital Zoom in Live Preview mode: 1.

  • Page 25: Configuring Live Preview Displays

    Configuring Live Preview Displays Live Preview displays can be customized to your own needs. These settings can be accessed by entering the Display Settings menu. To access the Display Settings menu: 1. Click the MENU button. 2. Click the Setting icon. 3.

  • Page 26: Setting Camera Order

    Note 3: When a VGA display is connected to the DVR, the VGA monitor will become the main output. All the Live Preview operations will be available. Main video (VIDEO OUT) is set as Aux control output, which supports PTZ Control, Playback, and Preview mode on it.

  • Page 27: Channel Zero Encoding

    3.3.2 Channel Zero Encoding Sometimes the user needs to remotely view a number of cameras simultaneously through the web browser or client software on limited broadband resource. The Channel Zero feature allows a number of different channels using various display formats to be viewed (the Channel Zero feature is a mirror image of the Main CVBS output settings) within one channel display area using minimal networking resources.

  • Page 28: Record Settings

    Record Settings Configuring Settings for Recording There are multiple ways to setup your DVR for recording. They include setting up a recording schedule, triggering a recording by motion detection and/or a sensor alarm, and manually starting the recording. 4.1.1 Initialising Record Settings Before setting your DVR up for recording, certain settings should be configured first.

  • Page 29: Scheduling A Recording

    • Recording Expired Time: Sets the expiration time in days for recorded video. Recordings after expiration time would be deleted. If it is set to ‘0,’ the option would be disabled. • Redundantly Record: Select to enable or disable redundant recording on the particular channel.

  • Page 30: Starting A Manual Recording

    6. Select the day you would like to setup the schedule for or select All Week to record the entire week. 7. Select to record the entire day by clicking All Day or at different time periods. Up to 8 time periods can be scheduled.

  • Page 31: Setting Hdd To Read-Only

    2. Search for desired recording by entering search parameters. Search parameters include Camera number, Video/File Type and Start/End Time. 3. Click the Search button. A list of recordings (example below), matching the search parameters will be displayed. 4. Select the file you would like to lock/unlock. 5.

  • Page 32: Configuring Advanced Hdd Settings

    5. Set HDD to Read-Only. 6. Click the OK button. The HDD is now read-only. Note: When an HDD is set to read-only, no more recordings can be written to the disk. In order to enable recordings on that particular disk again, you must set the HDD to R/W (Read/ Write) in the HDD Property Settings menu.
  • Page 33 5. Set HDD Status to Redundancy. Verify at least one other HDD is set to R/W (read/write). 6. Click the OK button to save settings and return to the previous menu. 7. Navigate to the Record Settings menu by clicking Menu > Setting > Record Setting.

  • Page 34: Playback

    Playback Playing Back a Recording You must first search for recordings to play them back. There are multiple ways to search for recordings, including searching for them by time, by channel, by file type and by log. 5.1.1 Understanding the Playback Interface There are various controls in the Playback interface that make viewing recordings more efficient.

  • Page 35: Playing Back From A Video Search

    Playing Back from a Video Search To playback files from a video search: 1. Enter into the Video Search menu by clicking Menu > Video Search. 2. Set the search parameters by selecting cameras to search, video/file type and the start/end time (as shown below).

  • Page 36: Playing Back From Event Search

    Playing Back from Event Search To playback files from a video event search: 1. Enter into the Event Search menu by clicking Menu > Event Search 2. Set the search parameters by selecting event type to search, alarm input/ channel and the start/end time.

  • Page 37: Playing Back From System Log

    previous 5 minutes. You may also press the Play button to view the day’s recordings for the selected channel. 3. You may also select additional channels for playback from the channel list on the right hand side of the Playback interface, as shown below. •...

  • Page 38: Playing Back Frame By Frame

    2. Set Start Time and End Time. 3. Click the Search button. 4. A list of results with your search criteria will be returned. Select the video log to playback and click Play. An Attention message will be displayed if there is no video associated with the log.

  • Page 39: Using Digital Zoom

    4. Before selecting Analyze to start analysis, you also can select full-screen detection, configure the sensitivity level, etc. 5. You will go to playback interface with the result of smart search, which is indicated by green line clips in the recording time line. 6.

  • Page 40: Backup

    Backup Backing up Recorded Files Recorded files can be backed up to various devices, such as USB flash drives, USB HDDs or a DVD writer. You backup recorded files via the Video Search or Event Search menus. Exporting Files To export recorded files: 1.
  • Page 41 6. Select device to export to from drop-down list (USB Flash Drive, USB HDD, DVD Writer). If backup device is not recognised: • Click the Refresh button. • Reconnect device. • Check for compatibility from vendor. 7. Click Start to begin backup process. 8.

  • Page 42: Exporting Event Search Files

    Exporting Event Search Files To export recorded files via Event Search 1. Enter the Event Search menu by clicking Menu > Event Search 2. Set the search parameters by selecting event type to search, alarm input/ channel and the start/end time , then click Search button and this will take you to the search results interface.

  • Page 43: Exporting Files Via E-Sata (Optional)

    2. Using the Clip Start/Stop button in the Playback Control Panel, select the start and end of the video clip during playback. 3. Repeat for additional clips. 4. Click the Quit Playback button to exit from the Playback interface. You’ll then be prompted to save the clips as shown below.

  • Page 44: Managing Backup Devices

    3. You may go to recorded files export interface following the above explanation in section Exporting Files or Exporting Video Clips. The Export menu appears as shown below. 4. Select a partition in the drop-down list, then you may click Start to start exporting. Wait until the backup process completes.

  • Page 45: Alarm Settings

    Alarm Settings Configuring Alarms 7.1.1 Setting up Motion Detection Using motion detection recording will increase the number of days your DVR is able to record. It will only record relevant events rather than recording everything, making searching for an event much easier. To set up motion detection: 1.
  • Page 46 4. Click the Area Settings button to enter the Motion Detection area and Sensitivity configuration interface. 5. The Motion Detection area, shown below, allows you to mask areas where you would like motion to be detected. The maximum area is the whole screen. You can left click mouse, hold and drag it to mask the Motion Detection area.

  • Page 47: Setting Up Sensor Alarms

    9. Select cameras to trigger for recording when motion is detected by checking the checkboxes under the desired cameras. 10. Select Schedule tab to set arm time, 8 periods can be set. 11. Click OK to complete motion settings for the selected camera. You may now add a schedule to start recording when motion is detected (See Scheduling a Recording).
  • Page 48 7. Click the OK button to complete setup. You may now add a schedule to start recording when an alarm is triggered (See Scheduling a Recording). Alarm outputs may also be configured in the Alarm Management menu. To set up Alarm Output: 1.

  • Page 49: Triggering Alarm Outputs Manually

    3. Configure the settings for selected output. 4. Select OK to save and exit. Note: If the Hold For option is selected as Manually Stop, the alarm will only stop when you manually stop it (See Triggering Alarm Outputs Manually). Triggering an IP camera will require the necessary permissions from the camera.
  • Page 50 2. Select camera under Channel number to configure video loss detection and click the Set button. 3. Select the Advanced tab. 4. Check the Video Loss Detection checkbox to enable. 5. Click the Handle button to enter the Exception Handle menu, shown below. 6.

  • Page 51: Detect Video Tampering

    7.1.5 Detecting Video Tampering Video tampering (i.e. moving camera to a different position) can also be detected and set to trigger an action on your DVR. To setup video tempering detection: 1. Enter Camera Management/Settings menu by clicking Menu > Setting > Camera. 2.
  • Page 52 7. Right click mouse to set detection sensitivity. There are three options, Low, Medium or High. 8. Click OK to return to the Camera Settings/Management menu. 9. Click the Handle button to enter the Exception Handle menu. 10. Select the Handle tab to configure exceptions handling. Exception trigger options are further explained in the next section (See Understanding Exception Trigger Options).

  • Page 53: Setting Exception

    Setting Exception Setting exceptions allow the DVR to alert you when irregular events occur. These events include: • HDD Full: All installed HDDs are full. • HDD Errors: Errors occurred during writing of the HDD, no HDD installed or HDD has failed to initialise. •...

  • Page 54: Network Settings

    • Audio Warning: Triggers an audible beep when exception is detected. • Notify Surveillance Centre: Sends a signal to remote alarm host when exception is detected (See Configuring a Remote Alarm Host). • Trigger Alarm Output: Triggers an alarm output when exception is detected. Alarm output can be configured by following the steps listed in Setting Up Sensor Alarms.

  • Page 55: Configuring Pppoe Settings

    4. If you would like to configure your own settings, enter the settings for: • IP Address: IP address you would like to use for your DVR. • Subnet Mask: Subnet Mask of network. • Default Gateway: IP address of your Gateway. Typically the local IP address of your router.

  • Page 56: Configuring An Ntp Server

    Under DVR Domain Name, enter the domain obtained from the DynDNS web site. Lastly, enter the User Name and Password registered in the DynDNS network. 8.1.4 Configuring an NTP Server A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server may also be setup on your DVR to keep the date and time current and accurate.

  • Page 57: Configuring Multicast

    3. Click the Set button next to Host/Others to enter the Host/Others menu. 4. Enter Alarm Host IP and Alarm Host Port. Alarm Host IP is the IP of the remote PC which has the Network Video Surveillance software installed. The Alarm Host Port must be the same as software’s alarm monitor port (default port is 7200).

  • Page 58: Configuring Server And Http Ports

    8.1.8 Configuring Server and HTTP Ports If you would like to change the server and HTTP ports from the default settings, you can do so in the Network Settings menu. The default server port is 8000 while the default HTTP port is 80. To change the default ports: 1.
  • Page 59 4. Enter e-mail settings. Please refer to details above. 5. Click the Test button to test e-mail settings. 6. Select Advanced tab to enable Attached JPEG File if you want to send email with alarm images; the interval is the time of two adjacent alarm images. You can also set SMTP port (recommend using IP address) and enable SSL here.

  • Page 60: Ptz Controls

    PTZ Controls Navigating PTZ Menus PTZ menus can be navigated through with either the mouse or the front panel/remote. For quick access to certain PTZ settings, right clicking with the mouse in a display while in PTZ control mode will bring up the PTZ settings menu.

  • Page 61: Setting Ptz Presets, Patrols & Patterns

    2. Select channel where PTZ camera is installed next to Camera label. 3. Enter PTZ settings so it matches that of the PTZ camera. 4. Click OK button to save and exit menu. Setting PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns Your DVR allows you to customise presets, patrols and patterns for a connected PTZ camera.

  • Page 62: Customising Patrols

    9.3.3 Customising Patrols Patrols can be setup to move the PTZ to different key points and have it stay there for a set duration before moving on to the next point. The key points are defined by presets, which can be set following the steps above in Customising Presets. To set up and use PTZ patrols: 1.

  • Page 63: Customising Patterns

    4. Click OK to return to Patrol Management menu and repeat steps 2-3 to configure other key points. 5. After all key points have been configured, click OK to save and exit menu. • Clear Patrol: 1. Select a valid Patrol Number. 2.
  • Page 64 3. Select a Pattern Number. 4. To record a new pattern, select the Run Record button to start recording of the movements of the PTZ. Use the PTZ control panel to move the PTZ. The PTZ movements will be recorded until the Stop Record button is clicked. 5.

  • Page 65: Camera Management

    Analogue 4CIF HD720P UXGA 12FPS UXGA 25FPS ALIEN804 ALIEN808 ALIEN816 Before configuring IP cameras, please ensure that all IP cameras are connected to the same network as your DVR and that the network settings for your DVR are correctly set (See Configuring Network Settings).
  • Page 66 Click OK to save setting. A confirmation message will appear on the screen asking you to reboot the DVR. Click Yes to reboot. After the system has rebooted, re-enter the Camera Management menu and continue with the following steps. 4. Select the Add button to enter IP Channel Settings menu, shown below. 5.
  • Page 67 9. Click OK to exit out of the Camera Management menu. To adjust IP camera compression settings: 10. Enter the Record Settings menu, shown below by clicking Menu > Settings> Record. 11. Select the General tab. 12. Select the IP camera to configure next to the Camera label. 13.

  • Page 68: Configuring Osd Settings

    14. Select the Substream in the Encoding Parameters. Substream allows the setting of resource settings for network preview only and does not affect mainstream settings that are used for writing data to the hard drive. 15. Click OK to save and exit out of menu. Note: The quality of resolution, frame rate and bit rate depends on the performance of the IP camera.

  • Page 69: Adjusting Display Settings

    3. Select the Advanced tab to enter the Advanced Camera Settings menu shown below. 4. Check the Mask checkbox to enable feature. 5. Click the Area Settings button to enter Area Settings menu. 6. Setup mask area, as shown below. Up to 4 areas can be set. 7.
  • Page 70 3. Select the Advanced tab to enter the Advanced Camera Settings as shown below. 4. Click the Set button next to the Image Settings label. 5. Adjust the display settings, as shown below. Brightness, contrast, saturation and hue can be adjusted. The adjustment of display settings not only affect previewed images, but also recorded images.

  • Page 71: Hdd Management

    11. HDD Management 11.1 Initialising HDDs A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first initialised before it can be used with your DVR. Initialising the HDD will erase all data on it. To initialise a HDD: 1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD. 2.

  • Page 72: Setting Hdd Groups

    2. Click Add to enter Network HDD menu. 3. Select the type as NAS or IP SAN. 4. Select Add button to add network HDD to HDD list. 5. Select the network HDD to initialise. After initialisation, the network HDD can be used.
  • Page 73 1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD. 2. Select HDDs to be added to group. 3. Select Set button to enter HDD Settings menu. 4. Set the HDD Group Number. 5. Select OK to save and exit menu. Note: By default, all HDDs belong to group 1.

  • Page 74: Checking Hdd Status

    11.4 Setting HDD Status You may change the behavior of your HDD by changing its status. The status of a HDD can be set to redundancy, read-only or read/write (R/W). 11.4.1 Setting HDD to Read-Only A HDD can be set to read-only to avoid important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes full.

  • Page 75: Checking Hdd Status

    11.5 Checking HDD Status You may check the status of any of the installed HDDs on your DVR at anytime. To check the status of a HDD: 1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD. 2. The status of your HDD is listed under the Status column. If the status is listed as Normal or Sleeping, the HDD is in working order.

  • Page 76: Configuring Hdd Alarms

    11.6 Configuring HDD Alarms HDD alarms can be set to trigger when an HDD is uninitialised or in an abnormal state. To set HDD alarms: 1. Enter Exception menu, shown below by clicking Menu > Exception. 2. Select HDD Error under Exception Type. 3.

  • Page 77: Dvr Management

    12. DVR Management 12.1 Configuring General Settings General settings such as the system language can be configured in the General Settings menu of your DVR. To configure general settings: 1. Enter the General Settings menu by clicking Menu > Settings > General. 2.

  • Page 78: Configuring Advanced Settings

    12.2 Configuring Advanced Settings To configure more advanced settings: 1. Enter the General Settings menu, shown above by clicking Menu > Settings > General. 2. Click the More Settings tab; this will take you to the More Settings menu, shown below.

  • Page 79: Managing User Accounts

    3. The RS-232 port can be used in two ways: • Parameter Control: Connect a PC to the DVR using the PC serial port. Device parameters can then be set using software such as HyperTerminal. The serial port parameters must be the same as the DVR’s when connecting with the PC serial port. •...
  • Page 80 2. Enter information for new user, including User Name, Password, Level and User’s MAC address. 3. The Level is the user level and is separated into two tiers. • Operator: The Operator user level has the authority to configure two-way audio in network settings and all parameters in channel settings.
  • Page 81 7. Click on the Network Permission tab to configure network privileges, as shown below. The network settings include: • Remote Log Search: Remotely view logs that are saved on the DVR. • Remote Configuration: Remotely configure parameters, restore parameters to factory defaults and import settings to as well as export settings from DVR.

  • Page 82: Deleting A User

    • Remote Live View: Select and view live video over the network. • Local Manual Record: Locally start and stop manual recording on any of the channels. • Remote Record Starting: Remotely start and stop manual recording on any of the channels.

  • Page 83: Updating System Firmware

    Configuration information from your DVR can be exported to a USB device and imported into another DVR. This will allow you to efficiently setup the same configuration on numerous DVRs. To import or export DVR configuration: 1. Enter the Import/Export Configuration menu by clicking Menu > Maintenance > Configuration.

  • Page 84: Update Via An Ftp Server

    3. Select the Local Upgrade tab. 4. Select the firmware on the USB device. 5. Select Upgrade to begin the update process. 6. After the system firmware has been updated, reboot the DVR. 12.6.2 Update via an FTP server 1. Configure PC (running FTP server) and DVR in the same Local Area Network. Run the 3rd-party TFTP software on the PC and copy the firmware into the root directory of TFTP.

  • Page 85: Restoring Default Settings

    To restore default factory settings to your DVR: 1. Enter the Default Settings menu by clicking Menu > Maintenance > Default. Select OK to restore factory defaults. Note: Network information such as IP address, subnet mask and gateway will not be restored.

  • Page 86: Viewing System Logs

    • HD Status: Hard disk status on DVR . 2. Select OK to exit to the previous screen. 12.9 Viewing System Logs Many DVR events are logged in the system logs. To access the system logs and search for these events: 1.
  • Page 87 5. If applicable, you may also view the associated video to the selected log entry by clicking the Play button. 6. Log files can also be exported onto a USB device. To export a log file, connect a USB device to the DVR, select the log file to export and click the Export button. This will take you to the Log Search Export menu shown below.

  • Page 88: Glossary

    13. Glossary • Dual Stream: Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 4CIF and the sub-stream having a maximum resolution of CIF.

  • Page 89: Frequently Asked Questions

    14. Frequently Asked Questions • Why does my DVR make a beeping sound after booting? There are a few reasons for the warning beep your DVR makes after booting. 1. There is no HDD present in the DVR. 2. The HDD has not been initialised. 3.

  • Page 90: Menu Structure

    Menu Structure Right click the mouse button to display the drop down box on the left. Select Menu by clicking the left mouse button. Then enter password and select [OK]. Manual Video Event General Record Search Search See 10.4 for Colour Camera Manual Hard...

  • Page 91: Record Times For 16 Channel Dvr

    16. Record Times for 16 channel DVR CIF mode Frame Rate 320Gb 640Gb 750Gb 1.0Tb 1.5Tb 2.0Tb 3dys 7hr 6dy 14hr 7dy 17hr 10dy 7hr 15dy 11hr 20dy 14hr 6dys 14hr 13dy 4hr 15dy 11hr 20dy 14hr 30dy 22hr 41dy 5hr 13dy 4hr 26dy 9hr 30dy 22hr...

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