ZMODO DVR User Manual
ZMODO DVR User Manual

ZMODO DVR User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Safety Instructions ............................1 Chapter 1: DVR Features ...........................2 Chapter 2: Layout ............................3 2.1 Front Panel..............................3 2.1.1 DVR Front Panel(Only for reference) ..................3 2.2 Rear Panel..............................4 2.2.1 16-CH DVR Rear Panel........................4 2.3 Remote Control............................5 Chapter 3: DVR Installation........................7 3.1 Hard Drive Installation ..........................7 3.2 Camera and Monitor Connection......................7...
  • Page 3 User Manual Chapter 8: Appendix..........................36 8.1 Operation Function Table .........................36 8.2 Recording Alarm setting ...........................37 8.3 Troubleshooting ............................37 8.4 System Connections..........................39 8.5 Accessory (Optional) ..........................39...
  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    The standard lithium cell 3v battery located on the mother board should be replaced if the time clock does not hold its time after the power is turned off. Warning: unplug the DVR before replacing battery or you may be subjected to severe electrical shock. Properly dispose of old batteries.
  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Dvr Features

    Playback Supports DVR single CH and multiple CH playback of recorded files Recordings Backup Supports DVR backup via USB flash drive, removable drive, Recorder and network. Recordings Alarm Supports HDD & video input alarm management and external alarm signal inputs...
  • Page 6: Chapter 2: Layout

    User Manual Chapter 2: Layout 2.1 Front Panel 2.1.1 DVR Front Panel(Only for reference) Key title Item Type Marks Function /Indicator When the “Red” indicator flashes it means the hard drive HDD indicator Indicator is being read or written to.
  • Page 7: Rear Panel

    User Manual 2.2 Rear Panel 2.2.1 16-CH DVR Rear Panel Item Physical port Connection method Connect CH1-16(BNC interface) Video input Video output (UP) Main video output; (Down) Spot output (BNC interface) Audio input Connect CH1-4 audio signal input (BNC interface)
  • Page 8: Remote Control

    User Manual 2.3 Remote Control Key Title Key Function Manual recording Enter into recording search menu SEARCH Quad display 2×2 9-CH display 3×3 16-CH display 4×4 Dwell time display AUTO Channel select; numeric key Multiple CH display (Quad, 9-CH, 16-CH DISPLAY and single channel display)...
  • Page 9: User Manual

    User Manual Mouse Operation You can use a mouse instead of front panel buttons or remote control. TYPE Function In menu lock mode, Enter into pop-up menu and clicking any sub menu to pop up Log-in window; on menu unlock mode, enter into pop-up menu, and then clicking left key to enter into any sub menu directly.
  • Page 10: Chapter 3: Dvr Installation

    Connect camera cable to video input of DVR, and from video output of DVR to Monitor via BNC connector (Refer to section2.2-Rear Panel); or If the camera is a PTZ speed dome, you could connect RS485 A & B to the according port of DVR respectively (refer to system figuration on Chapter 8).
  • Page 11: Chapter 4: Dvr Boot Up

    User Manual Chapter 4: DVR Boot up 4.1 System Initialization After connecting the power adapter and turning On the power button, the system will boot-up and start initializing Picture 4-1 After finishing system initialization the system will enter 4.2 Main Interface into main interface.
  • Page 12: Main Menu Preview

    User Manual 5.1 Main Menu Preview Color set Camera Dwell time display Recording Search Network Playback Rec. Search Detail File File Backup Log Search HDD Management Alarm Setting Device PTZ Setting Management 3G Network Area setting Motion Time Setting User password Audio/Video Setting System Language Select...
  • Page 13: Main Menu

    User Manual 5.2 Main Menu After clicking right button of mouse, pop-up menu will be displayed on the screen. You can click [main menu] button on pop-up menu to enter into Main menu interface (Shown as Picture 5-2). In Main Menu mode, you can control device management settings, such as Camera, Recording, Network, Recording search, HDD, Alarm, PTZ Control, Mobile Phone &...
  • Page 14: Record Setup

    User Manual 5.2.2 Record setup Click [Main Menu] [Record] to enter into [Record Setup] menu (Shown as Picture 5-5). Functions: 1 、 The [Rec Mode] button allows you to setup recording 24 hours, on motion, or on a set schedule. 2、[PACK time] indicates maximum continuous time of recorded files (15, 30, 45, 60 min).
  • Page 15: Network Setup

    Picture 5-9 At the bottom of the NETWORK SETUP window there is an option to setup the DVR to be accessed through a DDNS service. When you click on the DDNS button it brings up the window displayed as Picture 5-11.You can access the DVR through a static or dynamic IP address;...
  • Page 16 Picture 5-10 To access the DVR from a remote computer over the internet you would then need to forward port 80 and port 9000 on the router the DVR is attached to, to the IP address of the DVR.
  • Page 17: Recording Search

    User Manual 5.2.4 Recording Search Click [Main menu search] to enter into [Video Search] menu (shown as the below picture 5-12) Picture 5-12 Channel: allows you select the channel you want to search Searched playback: If you input specific date and click [Search], you will find all the recordings for that day. When you select [Date] item, you will playback the recordings in 4 channel mode;...
  • Page 18 User Manual currently selected. Recording File Backup If you want to backup one recording from the file list, you just select the recording and backup device, and then click [Ok] button. Picture 5-14 If you select built-in DVD recorder, backup will be started after clicking [OK] button (shown as below Picture 5-15) Picture 5-15 When the backup is completed you will be notified.
  • Page 19: Device Management

    Explanation: Backup file will be in H264 format, you can convert it to AVI format using the Multimedia Player program that comes with the DVR or through the net-viewer program, so you can use any player which supports AVI format.
  • Page 20: Alarm Set

    30s, 1minute,2minute,5minute)and Pre-alarm duration time (off, 10s) Alarm Type Function Sends alarm when DVR can’t receive video signal (such as camera damage, cable broken or damaged Video Loss or power supply malfunction). When an object moves into motion detection area, alarm will be triggered. You can adjust Motion Detection sensitivity level to suit the needs of your actual application environment.
  • Page 21 User Manual Email Alarm Notification (Send notice to email account when motion alarm is triggered) Click the [Email setup] menu to enter into its sub menu (shown as Picture 5-23) Picture 5-23 On the [Email setup] mode, refer to its parameter setup shown as picture 5-24 when setting email alarm to “on”.
  • Page 22: Ptz Setup

    Receiver address: indicates receiver’s email address. The email address is used to receive image transmitted from motion detection alarm of DVR. Please clear the images you have received as soon as possible to avoid overloading your email account. For detailed SMTP protocols settings refer to the below picture 5-26.
  • Page 23 Before you can access the DVR from a mobile phone you need to setup the Network Configuration on the DVR. Go to section 5.2.3 Network Setup on page 14 of the product manual for instructions on how to do this. You also need to go to the Main Menu then Devices then Mobile and enter your user name and password, and set the Server Port to 18600.
  • Page 24 Server address: Public IP address of router DVR is connected to. Web port: Same as the Server Port you setup in the DVR, it needs to be forwarded to the IP address of the DVR, setting range is between 1024 and 65535, the default setting is 18600. Note: this port is in addition to the ports used for standard remote access.
  • Page 25 User Manual 1. First you need to copy the file with suffix “QQeye.CAB” that is included on the CD disk to the mobile phone. Copying file is save to storage card by default, and the file can also be transmitted from the CD through a computer by Bluetooth technology to save to Inbox (Pic 1).
  • Page 26 User Manual and click on the Open option (red box in Pic 10) to display the settings menu. After you complete the settings and click on the Done button (red box in Pic 11) the Video window in Pic 12 will be displayed. Pic 10 Pic 11 Pic 12...
  • Page 27: Motion Detection

    Server Port: Web port: Same as the web port setting on the DVR, you need to forward this port from the Router to the DVR. Setting range is between 1024 and 65535, the default setting is 18600. Note: this port is in addition to the ports used for standard remote access.
  • Page 28: System Function

    Picture 5-32 5.2.6.2 Password This option allows you set the device ID for the DVR and set the system password if you want to use one. The new passwords will be available after clicking [APPLY] button. Picture 5-33...
  • Page 29: Video Setup

    Volume control:the option allows you set volume’s default value. 5.2.6.4 Language Enter into [System Language] menu to select the language you want to use on the DVR (shown as Picture 5-36) and click [APPLY] button. The selection will be available after system Auto restarts. Picture 5-36 5.2.6.5 Info.
  • Page 30: Menu Lock

    Note: 1. Please cut power and plug-in U flash disk during the upgrade. 2. Please manual recover ex-factory default value after restart. 3. When setting auto Maintenance time, DVR should return back to pre-view screen and have no any operation, otherwise, auto-maintenance will be not effective.
  • Page 31: Pip Mode

    [Set] and [Save] to make sure your setting is setup successfully. Clean: remove settings. Note: this DVR model supports up to 100 pre-set points. But actual quantities may be restricted by the PTZ camera you are using.
  • Page 32: Stop Recording

    Please note default password is empty. System allows Administrator to set new password as per instructions in section 5.2.6.2 - [Password set] menu. Note: If you want to delete old IE webcam at DVR system update, run the command characters: “regsvr32/u dvrocx.ocx”...
  • Page 33: Main Interface Of Net-Viewer

    User Manual Picture 6-2 After successful Log-in to Net-viewer, system will enter into live display interface and connect to audio/video feed automatically (shown as Picture 6-3). Picture 6-3 6.3 Main Interface of Net-viewer Log in Net-viewer and show the interface as follows 6.3.1 Menu column (Section 1 on Picture 6-3) 6.3.2 PTZ Control (Numbers 2, 3, 4 on Picture 6-3) 6.3.3 Live Play Control (Numbers 6 through 10 on Picture 6-3)
  • Page 34 [PTZ Control] Menu, [Network Setting] menu, [System Setting] menu and [Host Info] menu. Explanation: Only when DVR is on the status of live display, you could modify and save its parameters remotely at this moment, the settings are available. The modification method to DVR via Net-viewer is the same as local adjustment of DVR.
  • Page 35 User Manual Click the [Schedule] menu to enter into its sub menu (shown as Picture 6-6). Remote setup methods are the same as local DVR setup. Please refer to Section 5.2.2 Record Setup Picture 6-6 Alarm Click [Alarm] menu to enter into its sub menu (shown as Picture 6-7).
  • Page 36 User Manual PTZ Control Click [PTZ control] button to setup PTZ cameras. Remote setup methods are the same as local DVR setup. Please refer to Section 5.2.5.3 (shown as Picture 6-9). Picture 6-9 Network lick [Network] to enter into [Network] menu. Remote setup methods are the same as local DVR setup.
  • Page 37: Ptz Control

    ⑥.Capture [ ]:Capture Screen image and save to PC as *bmp image. ⑦.Recording [ ]:Operate DVR recording remotely ⑧Channel display [ ]: The icons stand for Single Channel display, Quad Channel display, 3x3 Channel display and 4x4 Channel display respectively.
  • Page 38: Chapter 7: Specifications

    Support U flash disk, Removable HDD, Recorder and network Backup backup Alarm Alarm type Motion/ sensor triggered/Video loss/HDD Space/HDD Loss Support mobile phone surveillance, Live monitoring and DVR Network function parameter setting remotely Network Network protocol Supports TCP/IP, DHCP, UDP, DDNS, PPPOE network Protocol Video input / output 16-CH Input / 2-CH Output;...
  • Page 39: Chapter 8: Appendix

    DDNS parameters. Network Live display Real time video input remotely Function Remote Setting recording mode and status of DVR remotely recording Remote Check local recording history via network playback PTZ control Remotely control PTZ camera, position, focus, zoom and iris etc.
  • Page 40: Recording Alarm Setting

    表 8-2 When DVR is in recording mode, [ ] icon or [ ] icon will appear on the screen. But when there are [ ] icon and [ ] icons on the screen it indicates a motion alarm was triggered. When [ ] icon appears on the screen, that mean a hard drive alarm has occurred..
  • Page 41 Q: Can I use the hard drive from my PC in the DVR? A: You can if the hard drive is the same type and the size is supported by the DVR. If you install it in the DVR it will be formatted for use in the DVR and the PC will not be able to read it.
  • Page 42: System Connections

    User Manual 8.4 System Connections 8.5 Accessory (Optional) Power Cord Power Adaptor User Manual USB Mouse Remote Controller Software CD...

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