Table of Contents Hardware Installation and Connection............... 1 1.1 Check Unpacked DVR ..................1 1.2 About Front Panel and Rear Panel ..............1 1.3 After Remove the Chassis ................1 1.4 HDD Installation ....................1 1.4.1 1U Series ....................1 1.4.2 1.5U Series ....................
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Welcome Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our DVR in a very short time. Here you can find hardware installation,cable connection information and general operations such as system setup, record, search, backup, alarm setup, PTZ operation, also here you can find web operation instruction.
1 Hardware Installation and Connection Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules. 1.1 Check Unpacked DVR When you receive the DVR from the forwarding agent, please check whether there is any visible damage.
4. Turn the device upside down 6. Connect the HDD cable and Fix the HDD firmly. and then turn the screws in power cable. firmly. in the chassis. 7. Put the cover in accordance 8. Secure the screws in the with the clip and then place the rear panel and the side panel.
4. Unfasten the HDD power 6. Insert the HDD power cable. Use the special data cable to cable. connect the HDD and the SATA Close the chassis and fix the port screws to secure firmly. After completing HDD installation, please check connection of data ribbon and power cord. Note ...
7. Unfasten the HDD power Insert the HDD power Use the special data cable to cable. cable. connect the HDD and the SATA port. Close the chassis and fix the screws to secure firmly. Important If the HDD amount is less than four, you do not need to install the HDD bracket. When there is a bracket, please make sure the installation direction of HDDs is the same.
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When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode. Confirm current operation Enter ENTER Go to default button Go to menu Manually stop/start recording, working with direction keys Record or numeral keys to select the recording channel. Multiple slow play speeds or normal playback. Slow play/8 In text mode, input number 8 (English character T/U/V).
It is to receive the signal from the remote control. IR Receiver Alarm Here you can view there is external alarm input or not. The indication Alarm light becomes on when there is an external alarm. The light light become off when the external alarm stops. 1.5.2 1.5U Series The front panel is shown as in Figure 1-2.
In playback mode, playback the next video Play Next Input number 0. Go to previous menu, or cancel current operation. When playback, click it to restore real-time monitor mode. One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color. Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it for 1.5 seconds to delete the previous character before the cursor.
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Please refer to the following sheet for front panel button information. Name Icon Function Power button, press this button for three seconds to boot up Power button or shut down DVR. In text mode, input number 0. It is the space button. In text mode, input number 1 and denotation.
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One-window monitor mode, click this button to display assistant function: PTZ control and image color. Backspace function: in numeral control or text control, press it for 1.5seconds to delete the previous character before the cursor. In motion detection setup, working with Fn and direction Assistant keys to realize setup.
Up/down direction key. Jog(inner Playback mode, turn the inner dial to realized frame by dial) frame playback. (Only applies to some special versions.) CD-ROM Pop-up or insert the CD. button 1.6 Rear Panel 1.6.1 1U Series The standard 1U series product rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-4 through Figure 1-6 .
1.6.2 1.5U Series This series DVR rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-7. Figure 1-7 Please refer to the following sheet for detailed information. Power button Power input port Video input Audio input/matrix video output/loop video output Video CVBS output Audio output Bidirectional talk input port Bidirectional talk output port...
Bidirectional talk input port Bidirectional talk output port Network port eSATA port RS232 port USB port HDMI port Video VGA output Alarm input/alarm output/RS485 port Video CVBS output Video matrix output When connect the Ethernet port, please use crossover cable to connect the PC and use the straight cable to connect to the switcher or router.
1.7.2 1.5U Series Please refer to Figure 1-10 for connection sample. The following figure is based on the 16-channel series product. Figure 1-10 1.7.3 2U Series Please refer to Figure 1-11 for connection sample.
Figure 1-11 1.8 Alarm Input and Output Connection Important Please refer to the specifications for the alarm input and output channel amount. Do not merely count the alarm input and out channel amount according to the ports on the rear panel.
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You can refer to the following sheet for alarm input and output information. Parameter Grounding Alarm Ground line 1, 2, …, 8. It becomes valid in low voltage. Alarm Input Three NO activation outputs. 1-NO C, 2-NO C, 3-NO C 485 A/B 485 communication port.
Alarm Input 1, 2, 3, 4. It becomes valid in low voltage. NO C One NO activation output. 485 A/B 485 communication port. They are used to control devices such as PTZ. Please parallel connect 120Ω between A/B cables if there are too many PTZ decoders.
2 Overview of Navigation and Controls Important Slight difference may be found in the interface. All the interfaces listed below are based on the 1U series product. Some series product may not support all the functions listed below. Before operation, please make sure: ...
Figure 2-2 2.1.3 Logout There are two ways for you to log out. The first one is from menu option: In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-3. Figure 2-3 There are several options for you.
Recording status Video loss Motion detection Monitor lock 2.3 Schedule Note: You need to have proper rights to implement the following operations. Please make sure the HDDs have been properly installed. After the system booted up, it is in default 24-hour regular mode. You can set record type and time in schedule interface.
You can right click mouse or in the main menu, from Advanced->Manual Record to go to record interface. There are three statuses: schedule/manual/stop. Highlight icon“○” to select corresponding channel. See Figure 2-6. Manual: The highest priority. After manual setup, all selected channels will begin ordinary recording.
channel Channel 1&9:D1/CIF/QCIF(1-25/30fps) Other channels :D1(1-6/7fps), CIF/QCIF(1-25/30fps) Extra stream: CIF (1-25/30fps). The main stream supports: D1 704×576/704×480 (6f/s, when other channels’ resolution are all CIF, 1st /9th /17th /25th -channel can 2U 32-ch support 25f/s.), CIF 352×288/ 352×240, QCIF 176×144/176×120. Series channel Extra stream resolution:...
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Figure 2-8 2.5.1.2 Activation Snapshot Please follow the steps listed below to enable the activation snapshot function. After you enabled this function, system can snapshot when the corresponding alarm occurred. In Encode interface, click snapshot button to input snapshot mode, size, quality and frequency.
2.5.1.3 Priority Please note the activation snapshot has the higher priority than schedule snapshot. If you have enabled these two types at the same time, system can activate the activation snapshot when alarm occurs, and otherwise system just operates the schedule snapshot. 2.5.2 Image FTP In Network interface, you can set FTP server information.
Select playback mode Playback control bar here: 4-ch or All-channel Set search setup here (Time/Channel/Type) Figure 2-11 Please refer to the following sheet for more information. Serial Number Function Play Backward Stop Slow play Fast play Previous frame Next frame Volume Previous file Next channel...
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There are two playback modes: 4-ch and all-channel. In 4-ch playback mode, you can select the 1/2/3/4-ch playback according to your requirement. In all-channel mode, system can playback in full channels. Please note the 4-ch series product does not have all-channel playback mode. 2.6.1.3 Accurate playback Input time (h/m/s) in the time column and then click playback button, system can operate...
Please refer to the following sheet for slow play and fast playback function. Button Illustration Remarks Fast play button In playback mode, click this button to Frame rate may switch between various fast play modes vary due to such as fast play 1,fast play 2 and more. different versions.
Figure 2-13 2.8 Pan/Tilt/Zoom Please note: Slight difference may be found in the user’s interface, due to various protocols. Please make sure the speed domes A/B cables are properly connected to the A/B ports of DVR. You have properly set PTZ information. ...
Figure 2-15 Click Pan/Tilt/Zoom, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-16. Here you can set the following items: Step: value ranges from 1 to 8. Zoom Focus Iris Click icon to adjust zoom, focus and iris. Figure 2-16 In Figure 2-16, please click direction arrows (See Figure 2-17) to adjust PTZ position.
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Here is a sheet for you reference. Name Function function Shortcut Function function Shortcut ► Zoom Near ► Focus Near Iris close Open You can click set button in Figure 2-16 (or click REC button in the front panel) to set preset, tour, and pattern.
3 Web Operation Important Slight difference may be found in the interface. All the interfaces listed below are based on the 1U series product. Some series product may not support all the functions listed below. 3.1 Network Connection Before web operation, please check the following items: ...
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For detailed operation information, please refer to the User’s Manual included in the resources Figure 3-2...
4 Appendix Toxic or Hazardous Materials or Elements Toxic or Hazardous Materials or Elements Component Name Cr VI PBDE Sheet ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Metal(Case) Plastic Parts ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ (Panel) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○...
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