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http://www.cpcamcctv.com Digital Video Recorder Digital Video Recorder User ’ s Manual User ’ s Manual Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference. it for future reference. CPD507, 505_V0.985 ①...
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Thank-You Note Before You Get Start First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to you for purchasing this product. This product is designed to meet your personal needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance to the quality of all our products. This manual will introduce to you how to install this apparatus.
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK CAUTION: CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. Only operate this apparatus from the type of power source indicated on the label. Failure to do so may cause injury or death by electric shock and invalidates the warranty.
PARTS AND FEATURES PARTS AND FEATURES 1.1 FEATURES 1.1 FEATURES General: General: MPEG-4 real time compression format High resolution recording (For 16 channels): Frame: 720 × 480 pixels with 120 IPS〈NTSC〉/ 720 × 576 pixels with 100 IPS 〈PAL〉 CIF: 352 × 240 pixels with 480 IPS〈NTSC〉/ 352 × 288 pixels with 400 IPS 〈PAL〉 2 HDD bases built-in, each can support more than 400GB Record audio with 4ch in and 2ch out Image quality setting: Best, High, Normal and Basic...
1.3 SPECIFICATION 1.3 SPECIFICATION Video System NTSC / PAL (switch able) Video Compression Format MPEG 4 Video Input 16 / 8 Channels. Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC Video Loop Out 16 / 8 Channels. Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC Video Output Main Monitor Output: Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω...
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Specification Continued… USB Interface Support 2 USB 1.1 ports (front panel * 1, back panel * 1) R.E.T.R. Support Remote Event Trigger Recording Web Transmitting Compression Motion JPEG Format Ethernet 10/100 Base-T. Support remote control and live view via Ethernet. Mobile Surveillance Support 3G &...
1.4 FRONT PANEL 1.4 FRONT PANEL [ 507, 505 ] POWER: (a) Press “POWER” button to turn on/ turn off the DVR. (Under recording mode, please stop record before turn off the DVR) MENU: (b) Press “MENU” button to enter main menu. ENTER / RECORD : (c) Press “ENTER”...
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“ ”: (i) Press “ ” button to pause the play back files. “ ”: (j) Press “ ” button to stop the play back files. 10) “ “: (k) Under playback mode, press “ ” button to fast rewind. 11) “...
1.5 REAR PANEL 1.5 REAR PANEL [ 507 ] [ 505 ] DISK ARRAY PORT: Connect to disk array for extend HDD capacity. Connect to IR receiver. RS485: Connect to external device (such as PTZ camera) with RS485-A and RS485-B. EXTERNAL I/O PORT: Connect to external device.
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USB PORT: Support firmware update and files backup. D/V PORT (Digital Video Port): Connect to VGA connector card. LAN: Connect to Internet by LAN cable. LINK / ACT LED light: When the Internet is activated, the LED light will turn on. CALL MONITOR: Connect to CALL monitor.
INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION 2.1 PHYSICAL CONNECTION 2.1 PHYSICAL CONNECTION Connecting all the devices to construct a surveillance system, as shown below. Install HDDs: The HDDs must be installed before the DVR is turned on. Connect cameras. Connect monitors. Connect the external devices.
2.2 GETTING STARTED 2.2 GETTING STARTED Before using the DVR, please have the HDDs installed ready. (refer to Appendix #1 for installation of HDDs). Connect the AC power cord to power adapter and plug into an electrical outlet. The standby LED light will turn to red. Press the “POWER”...
ADVANCED FUNCTIONS ADVANCED FUNCTIONS “Advanced Motion Detection Setting” allows users to adjust different sensitivity factors base on different environment. And “Network Backup” allows users to use licensed software AP to backup the recorded files to PC, and playback the backup files. 3.1 MOTION DETECTION SETTING 3.1 MOTION DETECTION SETTING LS : The sensitivity of comparing two different images.
3.2 NETWORK BACKUP 3.2 NETWORK BACKUP Users could easily use the licensed software AP to backup the recorded files to PC. And then playback the backup videos. For detail operation, please refer to “Section 6.6 LICENSED SOFTWARE AP” network backup item. BASIC OPERATION BASIC OPERATION 4.1 RECORDING...
4.2 PLAYBACK 4.2 PLAYBACK Press “ PLAY ” button, the DVR will display the last recording video. FAST FORWARD (F.F. ) & FAST REWIND (REW): You can increase speed for fast forward and rewind on the DVR. In the playback mode, *...
DETAILED MENU CONFIGURATION DETAILED MENU CONFIGURATION 5.1 MENU TREE 5.1 MENU TREE MENU MENU TITLE TITLE ADVANCE RECORD TIMER ADVANCE RECORD TIMER DATE DATE BRIG BRIG CONT CONT CAMERA CAMERA DATE: DATE: SATU SATU DATE MANUAL RECORD MANUAL RECORD DATE YEAR MONTH DAY YEAR MONTH DAY ENABLE...
5.2 ACCESS MENU 5.2 ACCESS MENU Press “MENU” button to enter the main menu list. The default password is 0000. Enter the default password and press “ENTER”. (Users could alter the password later, please refer to “Section 5.12 ADVANCE MENU_SYSTEM”) Tip: The default password is “0000”, users could just press “ENTER”...
5.3 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD 5.3 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___RECORD (MENU) RECORD RECORD ► TIMER DATE ADVANCE Move the cursor to the “RECORD”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. RECORD RECORD MANUAL RECORD ENABLE EVENT RECORD ENABLE TIMER RECORD ENABLE OVERWRITE RECORD IMG SIZE...
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EVENT RECORD IPS: Recording is activated by event (alarm and motion trigger). Select the images per second for event record, The options are as the followings: NTSC: FRAME: 120, 60, 30, 15 PAL: FRAME: 100, 50, 25, 12 NTSC CIF: 480, 240, 120, 60 CIF: 400, 200, 100, 50 TIMER RECORD IPS: Recording is activated by timer schedule.
DATE: A scheduled record date (SUN/MON/TUE/ WED/ THU/ FRI/ SAT/ MON–FRI / SAT-SUN / DAILY/OFF) could be set to activate the timer recording. NOTE 1 : Specific date could be changed by “+” or “-” button. NOTE 2 : If you plan to set the timer recording across the midnight, there are two ways for setting the timer recording schedule, please following the instructions below.
5.6 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___ADVANCE 5.6 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___ADVANCE (MENU) RECORD TIMER DATE ADVANCE ADVANCE ► Move the cursor to the “ADVANCE”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. ADVANCE ADVANCE CAMERA DETECTION DISPLAY ALERT REMOTE SYSTEM NETWORK BACKUP HDD INFO...
TITLE: Move the cursor to the title which you want to change, and press “ENTER” to access the setting screen. Assign each channel a title (up to six characters (letters or symbols…)), the default title is the channel number. BRIG / CONT / SATU / HUE: Adjust the Brightness/Contrast/Saturation/Hue of each channel.
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TITLE: Show the title of each channel of the camera. DET: Select “ON” to activate the motion detect function of each channel. Select “OFF” to inactivate the motion detect function of each channel. AREA: Press the “ENTER” button to set detection area. Pink blocks represent the area that is not being detected.
TS : The sensitivity towards how long the object gets triggered. The smaller the value is, the higher sensitivity for motion detection. The highest sensitivity setting is 00, and the lowest sensitivity setting is 15. The default setting is 02. RE : The value of RE is a reference for detection.
DE-INTERLACE: Set the “DE-INTERLACE” function on / off. WATERMARK: Select watermark function on / off. If users activate the watermark function, then when playback the backup file in the software AP, users could proof the authenticity of the recorded video. Please refer to P.
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ALARM DURATION (SEC): Press “ENTER” or “+” or “-” button to set the duration time of alarm recording (5, 10, 20, 40 sec.). PRE-ALARM: Set the pre-alarm function on (8MB) / off. When pre-alarm and event record functions are activated, the DVR will record 8MB file before alarm / motion triggered.
5.12 ADVANCE MENU ___SYSTEM 5.12 ADVANCE MENU ___SYSTEM Move the cursor to the “SYSTEM”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. SYSTEM SYSTEM SERIAL TYPE RS - 485 BAUD RATE 02400 HOST ID PASSWORD 0000 RESET DEFAULT RESET CLEAR HDD MASTER...
LANGUAGE: Press “ENTER”, and select the language of the OSD. VERSION: The firmware version information will be shown on the screen. VIDEO FORMAT: The information of the DVR’s video format will be shown on the screen. 5.13 ADVANCE MENU ___NETWORK 5.13 ADVANCE MENU ___NETWORK Move the cursor to the “NETWORK”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options.
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5.14 ADVANCE MENU ___ BACKUP 5.14 ADVANCE MENU ___ BACKUP Move the cursor to the “BACKUP”, and press ”ENTER”, then the screen will show the following options. BACKUP BACKUP USB BACKUP Select “USB BACKUP” and then press “Enter”. USB BACKUP USB BACKUP START TIME 2005-10-27 11 : 25 : 46...
5.15 ADVANCE MENU ___HDD INFO 5.15 ADVANCE MENU ___HDD INFO You can get all the capacity information of the connected HDD. HDD INFO HDD INFO HDD NUM HDD SIZE HDD NUM HDD SIZE MASTER 400.517 SLAVE NO HDD EXT001 400.517 EXT 002 400.517 EXT003...
ADDITIONAL OPERATION ADDITIONAL OPERATION 6.1 SEARCH 6.1 SEARCH Press “ ” + “ ” buttons on the front panel of the DVR to enter the search mode. Then the screen will show the following options. SEARCH SEARCH MASTER FULL LIST RECORD LIST SYSTEM...
6.2 2X DIGITAL ZOOM 6.2 2X DIGITAL ZOOM Press “ZOOM” button on the front panel of the DVR to enlarge the picture of selected channel (2X digital zoom). You will have ¼ view size of the enlarged ◄► picture. Therefore use the “ “...
6.5 USB UPGRADE 6.5 USB UPGRADE Users can use USB for upgrade. Please format the USB memory device first. Get the upgrade files from your distributor. Save the upgrade files in your USB device (Do not change the file name). Go to the “MAIN MENU –...
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Software Operation: Software Operation Connect DVR with PC via RJ45 network line. LAN Setting : LAN Setting : The default DVR IP is “192.168.1.10”, and default “username” and “password” are both “admin”. Users should set PC IP address as “IP:192.168.1. XXX (1~255, except 10)”...
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Introduction of Basic Operation : Video Web Server Control Panel. Digital Device Control Panel ~ 16CH DVR Digital Device Control Panel ~ 16CH DVR e f g h 60.121.46.236 Image Transfer Rate Per Second Data Transfer Rate Connect / Disconnect Resolution: NTSC: 320 ×...
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Record : press this button, the video web server will start to record, and press this button again to stop record. The recording files will be saved to PC. Each recording file can up to 18,000 frames. When the recording file capacity is full, the new recorded file will be saved to the second file.
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Digital Device Control Panel ~ PTZ Digital Device Control Panel ~ PTZ 60.121.46.236 219.85.22.168 Hot Point: You can control your PTZ camera screen to a specific Preset 1 ~ 16 point by using cursor. AUTO Zoom Tele Zoom Wide Focus Near Focus Far Max Zoom In Max Zoom Out...
Advanced Setting: Advanced Setting 60.121.46.236 Press “System Config ” button to enter the system setting page. In this system setting page, you can select the function which you want to set up. After setting, please press “APPLY” button to save the settings. System setting includes: Network, DDNS, Account, Online User, Alarm, Mail, FTP, Alarm Database, File Path, Device, Detection, Camera, and Toolbox.
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DDNS DDNS DDNS is a service for transforming dynamic IP to corresponding to a specific “Hostname”. Enable the DDNS function. Key in the “DDNS username” into “username”. Key in the “DDNS password” into “password”. Key in the “Hostname” into “Domain”. Choose the “DDNS system name”.
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DDNS Hostname created. YourHostName YourHostName.dyndns.org Mail Mail When alarm is triggered, the Video Web Server will capture the instant picture (10 JPEG pictures max), and e-mail it to the assigned recipients. You can get information (SMTP server) from your e-mail system supplier.
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When motion alarm is triggered, the video server will capture the instant picture and upload the captured image to the assigned FTP site. Note: To get alarm notification at FTP site when there is a motion trigger, you must enable the function of FTP notification in the Alarm setting.
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Device Device You can edit all the external device in this Windows. Select the device, and then press “Edit” button to set up “Device Type”, “ID No.”, “Protocol Type” and “Baud Rate” to control the equipments via Video Web Server. This video web server supports different AP screens for control the following peripherals: Camera,...
Network Backup Network Backup Users could backup the recorded files to the PC from DVR via network. Set backup information, and then press “Start” button to backup and play the backup file. In the playback mode of the software AP, users could press “ “...
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Alarm List Alarm List It’s a database, which precisely lists all alarm triggered events, with IP address of Video Web Server, alarm triggered time, and number of frames. You can directly play, delete, or clear all alarm recording events with ease. Click on the “Refresh”...
Account Account Set up the user’s account ( Max 5 accounts) , password, life time, and authority level ( Max 5 accounts on line Max 5 accounts on line at the same time). at the same time User’s level: SUPERVISOR —...
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File Path File Path Snapshot Path: You can assign the route for snapshot image. Record Path: You can assign the route for recording file. Alarm Audio Path: You can modify the alarm notification sound by yourself or use the default sound.
6.7 CONNECT TO AP VIA IE BROWSER 6.7 CONNECT TO AP VIA IE BROWSER You can also connect to the video Web Server E via IE browser. This function is suitable in both Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This function is suitable in both Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Step 1: Type IP address into the URL address box and press “enter”.
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Step 4: Choose “Windows Offline Installation” or “Windows Online Installation”. Step 4 • Windows Offline Installation • Windows Online Installation Step 5: Take “Windows Offline Installation” as a example. Step 5 Save the setup file “jre-1_5_0_04-windows-i586-p” on the desktop of PC. Click “...
6.8 R.E.T.R. 6.8 R.E.T.R. Before you activated the R.E.T.R. function, please set the detection area and activated the motion detection function first. There are three way to activate the Remote Event Trigger Recording function. DVR Front Panel: Press “Menu” + “-” buttons on the DVR front panel. And R.E.T.R. function will activate 3 / 5 / 10 minutes later.
TROUBLE SHOOTING TROUBLE SHOOTING 7.1 FAQ 7.1 FAQ Please refer to the FAQ table below for easy trouble shooting. The table below describes some typical problems and also their solutions. Please check them before calling your DVR dealer. PROBLEM SOLUTION Check power cord connections No power Confirm that there is power at the outlet...
7.2 CPCAM GLOBAL SERVICE 7.2 CPCAM GLOBAL SERVICE NOTE: You can go to the website www.cpcamcctv.com, and press the “Global Service” icon. Then you could lead your valuable comments below, and our service representative will be contacting you shortly. http://www .cpcamcctv...
APPENDIX #1 APPENDIX #1 APPENDIX #1 – INSTALL THE HDD APPENDIX #1 – INSTALL THE HDD Carefully following the steps to ensure correct installation. *** Note: If you want to install two HDDs, please set one HDD to “Master Mode” or “Single Mode”, and the other one to “Slave Mode”.
APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 APPENDIX #3 – RECORDING TIME TABLE APPENDIX #3 – RECORDING TIME TABLE Take NTSC system and outdoor environment as an example. Recording time varies depending on the following factors: * Different camera quality * Different picture composition (such as frequency of the object movement) Record 500GB record Quality...
APPENDIX #4 APPENDIX #4 APPENDIX #4 – COMPATIBLE USB BRAND APPENDIX #4 – COMPATIBLE USB BRAND NOTE: Please upgrade the Firmware of the DVR to latest version to ensure the accuracy of following table Manufacturer Model Capacity Manufacturer Model Capacity Transcend JetFlash 110 256MB...
APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #5 APPENDIX #5 – COMPATIBLE HDD BRAND APPENDIX #5 – COMPATIBLE HDD BRAND NOTE: Please upgrade the Firmware of the DVR to latest version to ensure the accuracy of following table Brand Name Model Capacity Rotation Brand Name Model Capacity Rotation...
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