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The complete professional CCTV kit from Channel Safety Systems CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 Petersfield Business Park f: 0845 884 6000 Bedford Road Petersfield Hampshire e: sales@channelsafety.co.uk GU32 3QA w: www.channelsafety.co.uk DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER (DVR) USER’S MANUAL...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Please read all the safety instructions and user manual before the equipment is operated. Power sources This equipment should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power, please consult your supplier.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk CHAPTER 1: FEATURES Function Brief and Description Double video output; with monitor, VGA virtual output port or HDMI Output; Support net-viewer and MP live surveil- Real time monitoring lance and also support zoom in/out, auto sequence and PIP display.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW 2.1 Front Panel 2.1.1 8 CH DVR Front Panel Key title or Item Remark Function & Description Indicator IP Receiver Receives IR signal from Remote Controller Power Indicator If the “Green”...
Key title or Item Type Function & Description Indicator When the “Red” indicator flashes it means the hard drive is being read or HDD indicator written to. Indicator Power indicator If the “Green” indicator is on, the system is getting power normally IR Receiver Receives IR signal from Remote Control Menu...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 2.3 8-CH Remote Controller Item Key function Channel select 1-8; Numeric key Numeric key; Clicking numeric “0” allow you switch to GUI (Graphical user Interface) function Multiple display mode Enter into Main menu/Exit...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 2.4 16-CH Remote Controller Key Title Key Function Press the button to enter into manual record. SEARCH Press the button to enter into record search menu 2×2 Enter into Quad display 3×3...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 2.5 Mouse Operation Alongside using the buttons of the front panel of your DVR or remote controller, you can also use the mouse to perform system operations. Type Function In menu lock mode, Enter into pop-up menu and clicking any sub menu to pop up Log-in window;...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk CHAPTER 3: DVR INSTALLATION 3.1 HDD Installation (Applicable to the model with HDD drawer) Caution: Please do not install or take out hard drive when CVR is running! (1) The model has a HDD drawer. Please use provide key to take out the HDD drawer and put HDD into the drawer correctly.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk CHAPTER 4: DVR BOOT UP 4.1 System Initialization After connecting the DVR to the Power outlet and pressing the Power button on the front panel, you will enter into the...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk CHAPTER 5: DVR MENU 5.1 Pop-up Menu After finishing system initialization, right click your mouse on the main interface mode to enter into the Pop-up Menu. Now you can complete the perform parameter setting and operate on Main Menu, Multi-Pics, PTZ, Auto Cruise, Zoom in/out, Rec.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3 Main Menu On <Live> mode, click [Menu] button on the front panel or Remote controller to enter into Main menu interface shown as Picture 5-2. And also you can click [ ] icon to enter the main menu screen.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.2 Output Mode Go to [Main Menu - Display - Output] to enter into the Click [Live] to pop up the interface shown as in Picture output set interface as shown in Picture 5-5.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 5-10 Picture 5-11 5.3.3 Privacy Zone This function allows you to setup the privacy zone parameters according to Picture 5-12. Each channel can be set up to four privacy zones. Please follow the steps below to setup: Select the area no (Area 1 ~ Area 4);...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.4 Record set: Record Parameters Go to [Main Menu - Record - Record Para] to enter into the interface shown as Picture 5-14. Channel: Allows you to setup the channel you desire.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.6 Main Stream Go to [Main Menu - Record - Main Stream] to enter into the interface shown as Picture 5-16. Resolution: Support 960H and D1. 960H: includes WD1, WHD1 and WCIF;...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.8 Channel Select Click [Main Menu - Search - Record search] to enter Then tick-select the channel you want to playback; into the interface shown below in Picture 5-18 and click [Play] button to enter into the playback mode...
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 5-19A-2 Picture 5-19B-1 Record Clip and backup function and Zoom in/out function Picture 5-19B-2 Picture 5-19B-2 Clip and backup: When one channel is playing-back, the [ ] icon will appear in the [Play control] bar shown as Picture 5-19B-1.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.10 Event Search Click [Main Menu - Search - Event Search] to enter into the interface shown in Picture 5-20. You can highlight and double-click the desired record for playback. You can also can filter the records you want to view based on date, time, channel and record mode search.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Select DVD as backup device and click [Apply] button, and then you enter into the menu shown as Picture 5-23. Picture 5-23 Picture 5-24 After backup finished, please click [OK] button shown in Picture 5-24.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.15 Media Player Backup Copy one backup file to your PC. Open Playback player and click “+” icon or to find/select the backup file, and then click [open] button. Highlight the file you have selected and click [Play] button.
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Slow button: click the icon to play the backup record at 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 speed. FF button: click the icon to fast forward the backup record at x2, x4, x8 and/or x16 speed.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.16 Log Search Go to [Main Menu - Search -Log] option to enter into the Log search interface shown in Picture 5-28. Here you can preview the log information you have searched. Click...
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk When selecting DHCP from the Type, A router will automatically allocate IP address for your DVR. After restarting each time, the IP address captured by your DVR may be different. So, port forwarding is required when you visit a remote DVR.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.18 Mobile Set The DVR is currently compatible with mobile phones running Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian operating systems, iPhone and Black berry on 3G networks. Please follow below steps: Configure network parameters, details please refer to section 5.3.15.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.19 Sub Stream Go to [Main Menu - Network - Sub Stream] to enter into the interface shown as Picture 5-36 Video: Allows you to open or close the sub stream output. If you select “Enable”...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.21 DDNS Set DDNS (Dynamic DNS) is a service that registers a domain name and the floating IP address with the DDNS server so that the domain name can be routed to the IP address; even if the IP address is changed in a dynamic IP system.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Record Channel: The record channel will be activated when the object move is detected. Post Recording: You can set how long alarm record will last when alarm ends (30s, 1minutes, 2minutes, 5minutes).
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Alarm Type Function Sends an alarm when the DVR can’t receive video signals (such as, camera Video Loss damage, a cable is broken or damaged or there is a power supply malfunction).
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.25 PTZ Set Click [Main Menu - Device - PTZ] to enter into the below window shown as Picture 5-47 Picture 5-47 You can select the channel you desire to control and set PTZ protocol (Pelco-D or Pelco-P), Baud Rate (1200, 2400, 4800, 9600), Data bit (8, 7, 6, 5), Stop bit (1, 2), Parity Check (None, Odd, Even, Mark, Space), Address Code and Cruise status respectively.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.27 System: General Click [Main Menu - System - General] to enter into the menu shown in Picture 5-49 You will be allowed to modify system date/time, date/time format, time zone, language, video format and menu time out.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.28 Users Click [Main Menu - System - Users] option and you enter into the menu shown in Picture 5-51 The model supports up to seven users with one Admin and six users. Click [Edit] button to enter into the [User Edit] interface shown as Picture 5-53.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.29 Information Click [Main Menu - System - Info] and then enter into the menu shown in Picture 5-55 Here users can check the current Device name, Device ID, Device type, Device S/N, MAC address, IE version, Software version, Panel version etc.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.3.31 Event Click [Main Menu - Advanced - Event] to enter into the <Event> interface shown as Picture 5-58. Event Type: Support the three abnormal types: Disk No Space, Disk Error and Video Loss.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.6 PTZ Control Picture 5-60 Click the [] icon to enter into [PTZ control] menu shown as Picture 5-60. Now user can control the camera with Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabili- ties.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 5.7 PIP Mode You can display a Picture-in-Picture in live mode. PIP has two display modes, including 1x1 display mode and 1x2 display mode, as shown below. 1x1 display mode 1x2 display mode 5.8 Record Search...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk CHAPTER 6: WEB APPLICATION MANAGER 6.1 ActiveX control download and installation Open your web browser and input the IP address and web port of DVR, for example - http://172.18.6 202:8080/ . If your computer is con- nected to internet, it will download and install “ActiveX”...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.2 Web Application Manager Log-in After plug-in installation, please input your user name, password and client port number; and select <Main stream> or <sub stream>, and then tick-select <Open All Channels Preview>;...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.2 Live Display After running the Web Application Manager on your local PC, the system will be defaulted to enter into the <Live> interface shown in Picture 7-3 on the previous page. You can click the [Play] button to Open/close live images and enter into on-spot record and Capture, quad, 9-split or 16-split mode by operating the control bar on the bottom of screen.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.3 PTZ Control PTZ moving Direction control: allows you to control the PTZ camera direction. And the middle button is called [Auto-cruise] button. PTZ speed control bar Iris, Focus and Zoom control Preset setting/clear;...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.6 Record Search Firstly, select one day you want to check and tick-select <synchronise Playback> and the channels you desire to playback shown as Picture 6-8 Picture 6-8 Secondly, select record type (Normal record, Alarm record and All) and then click the search button shown as Picture 6-9. On the time...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.7 Playback Control The playback control bar is shown in picture 7-10 below: Picture 6-10 Playback control descriptions: Description Description Play Open/close audio Pause Volume adjust Playback control bar Stop...
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 6-11 Record file download Click the [ ] icon to enter into the menu shown in Picture 6-12. Picture 6-12 Tick-select the record files you want to download and click [Start download] The System will download the record files in turn and save to local PC.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.8 Configuration Click the [Configuration] option to enter into the [Config] menu shown in Picture 6-13 below. Here you set Display configuration, Record, Network, Alarm, Device, System parameters and Advanced according to your actual request.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.10 Record Click the <Record> option to navigate sub-options: Record parameter, Schedule and Main stream. Picture 6-15 Picture 6-16 Picture 6-17 1. Record Parameters: Under [Record parameters] option, allow you set channel, record enable, pack time and Pre-record status shown as Picture 6-15.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.11 Network Parameters Select <Network> option to navigate to it’s sub-options: Network, sub stream, Email, mobile and DDNS configuration. The model support three network type, including Static, DHCP and PPPoE. System default <Static> as its network type. User could al- locate IP and perform Port forwarding for DVR according to different router.
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Sub stream (shown as Picture 6-21): Relative parameters should be consistent with DVR local setting. Picture 6-21 Email setting: Click [Email setting] option to allow you set alarm email configuration parameters shown as Picture 6-22.
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk DDNS Setting After user applies for DDNS service shown as Picture 6-24, you could enable <DDNS> function under any one network type mode (Static, DHCP and PPPoE). Now you remotely visit the DVR through domain name (http://domain name: port No).
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.12 Alarm Set Click <Alarm> option to navigate to its sub-options: Motion, I/O Alarm shown in Picture 6-24 below. Picture 6-24 Motion Detection: Allows you to configure its <Sensitivity>, <Alarm out>, <Alarm record> and <Alarm Capture> etc. Settings should be consistent with the DVR local settings (Shown in Picture 6-25.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 6-26 6.3.13 Device Click <Device> to navigate to its sub-options: HDD and PTZ. HDD: allows you to check out HDD status and overwritten time shown in Picture 6-27 (below). Settings should be consistent with the DVR local setting.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 6-28 6.3.14 System Click <System> option to navigate to its sub-options: General, Users and information. General: Users could check the DVR’s language and video system, and also set the system time, date format, DST and NTP shown in Picture 6-29 below.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 6-30 Information: Allows you to check the device name, number, type, MAC address, software version, IE version and hardware version shown in Picture 6-31 below. Picture 6-31 DVR USER MANUAL - Issue 3 - 12/2013...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.15 Advanced Click <Advanced> to navigate to its sub-options: System update, Load default, Events and system maintain etc. System Update: allows you to upgrade the DVR system remotely shown in Picture 6-32 below.
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 6-34 Load Default: Allows you to recover the defaulted parameters of the DVR remotely shown in Picture 6.35. Settings should be consistent with the DVR local settings. Picture 6.-35...
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Picture 6-36 Maintain: allows you to set the auto system maintain for the DVR remotely shown in Picture 7-38 below. Settings should be consistent with the DVR local setting. Picture 6-37...
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 6.3.16 Local Setting Under the <Local setting> option, users can set the record path of record file (Live record and Playback clip file), download path of remote file, Snapshot path, File type (H 264 and AVI) and Internal shown in Picture 6-38 below.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk CHAPTER 7: APPENDIX 7.1 Operation Function Table Type Title Description Page Set system date/time, display Time setting format and day-light saving time Language select Set system language Set CH title and position; adjust image color parameter value;...
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk User password Set or modify user password Set HDD loss, HDD space, video loss, I/O status, alarm manage- Alarm setting ment and Email alarm notifica- tions Set on/off status of MD; select...
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk Check device ID, software ver- System info sion and MAC address Auxiliary Function In addition to illustrating picture, Parenthesis generally indicate optional parameter value of previous menu. Clicking the button will save Enter current parameter.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 7.2 Record Alarm Settings Please refer the below matrix: “” stands for “only alarm but no record”; “AMR” stands for “alarm record”; “NLR” stand for “normal record”; and “NOR” stand for “ no record”.
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 7.4 Troubleshooting Q: What can I do if the system does not detect the HDD? A: Check if the power supply system is properly connected and the data cord and power cables are securely connected Q: We have changed the password but can’t remember the new password, how can we access the system?
CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 | w: www.channelsafety.co.uk 7.7 Accessories Power Adaptor USB Mouse Software CD 4/8 CH Remote Controller 16 CH Remote Controller Power Cord USB Mouse Software CD DVR USER MANUAL - Issue 3 - 12/2013...
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CHANNEL SAFETY SYSTEMS t: 0845 884 7000 Petersfield Business Park f: 0845 884 6000 Bedford Road Petersfield Hampshire e: sales@channelsafety.co.uk GU32 3QA w: www.channelsafety.co.uk DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER (DVR) USER’S MANUAL...
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