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Dahua 960H User Manual

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  • Page 1 Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this user’s manual before using the product. Change without notice H.264 4/ 8/ 16 CH 960H DVR User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 CAUTION  Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely We do not warrant all the content is correct. The contents of this manual are subject to change  without notice ...

  • Page 3: Record & Playback

    Resolution, frame rate and picture quality are adjustable  4CH DVR supports 4 CH 960H real-time recording  8CH DVR supports 960H @12/15frame recording or 8CH full D1/CIF real-time recording.  16CH DVR supports 960H @6/7frame recording  Three record search modes: time search, event search and image search ...
  • Page 4 Front Panel Instructions Notice: The pictures are only for reference; please make the object as the standard. Label Name Function REC / FOCUS Manual record / focus adjustment(PTZ) PLAY / IRIS Enter Playback/ iris adjustment (PTZ) REW / SPEED Fast rewind on playback mode /speed adjustment (PTZ) FF / P.T.Z.

  • Page 5: Power Input

    1.3 Back Panel Definition Rear Panel for 4-ch Item Name Description Audio out Audio output, connect to the sound box Audio in 4 CH Audio input ALARM IN Connect to external sensor 1-4 ALARM OUT 1-ch relay output. Connect to external alarm Grounding Video in Video input channels from 1-4...
  • Page 6 Rear Panel for 16-ch Item Name Description RS485 Connect to speed dome or keyboard（A is TX+, B is TX-） Audio in 2-CH Audio inputs Video in Video input channels from 1-16 HDMI port Connect to high-definition display device VGA port VGA output, connect to monitor Network port USB port...
  • Page 7 Remote Controller (Optional) This remote control use AAA battery, the definition as following: Fig 2.4 Remote Controller Button Function Switch off—to stop DVR. Use it before turning off the power Power Button Record Button To record manually -/-- /0-9 Digital Button Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily...
  • Page 8 1.5 Control with Mouse 1.5.1 Connect Mouse It supports USB mouse through the port on the rear panel, please refer to Fig 2.4 Remote Controller. Notice: If mouse is not detected or doesn't work, check below steps: 1. Make sure the mouse is connected to the USB mouse port not the USB port 2.
  • Page 9 Basic Function Instruction Power On/Off Before you power on the unit, please make sure all the connection is good. 2.1.1 Power on Step1: connect with the source power; switch on the power button near the power port in the rear panel Step2: the device will start to boot, and the power indicator will become blue Step3: before start, a WIZARD dialogue box will pop-out (refer to below picture) and show some information about time zone and time setup, IP information, record quick setup and HDD information page.
  • Page 10 Live preview Fig 3-2 live preview interface The explanation of symbol in the live preview interface: symbol meaning symbol meaning Alarm in trigger Green Manual record record Yellow Motion detection record Blue Schedule record 2.3.1 Live playback Click Play button to playback the recorded video. Refer to Figure3-3. User can do concrete operation by click the buttons on screen.
  • Page 11 Fig 3-3 live playback Item Function Description Camera name Enable or disable camera name display Playback process bar Last/next segment of record and time process Enable to select a specific part of the video and back it up on usb drive Play/ Pause / Stop / frame forward / fast forward Playback basic function / fast rewind...
  • Page 12 Main menu setup guide Click right mouse or press ESC button on the front panel, the control bar will display on the screen, refer to Fig 4-1: Full channel switch, camera 1 ~ 4 or camera 1 ~ 8, camera 1 ~ 16 ①...
  • Page 13 Basic configuration Basic configuration includes three sub menus: system、date& time and DST. 3.1.1 System Step1: enter into system configurationbasic configurationsystem; refer to Fig 4-3: Fig 4-3 basic configuration-basic Step2: in this interface user can setup the device name, device ID, video format, max network users, VGA resolution and language.
  • Page 14 3.1.3 DST Step1: enter into system configurationbasic configurationDST; refer to Fig 4-5: Fig 4-5 basic configuration-DST Step2: in this interface, enable daylight saving time, time offset, mode, start & end month/week/date, etc. Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.
  • Page 15 to exit current interface. 3.2.2 Main monitor Step1: enter into system configurationlive configurationhost monitor; refer to Fig 4-8: Fig 4-8 live configuration-host monitor Step2: select split mode: 1×1、2×2、2×3、3×3、4×4 and channel Step3: dwell time: the time interval for a certain dwell picture display switching to next dwell picture display Step4: selected the split mode, then setup current picture group.
  • Page 16 3.2.4 Mask User can setup private mask area on the live image picture, max threes areas. Fig 4-10 live configuration-mask Setup mask area: click Setting button, enter into live image to press left mouse and drag mouse to set mask area, refer to below picture.
  • Page 17 Record configuration Record configuration includes five sub menus: enable, record bit rate, time, recycle record and stamp. 3.3.1 Enable Step1: enter into system configurationrecord configurationenable; refer to Fig 4-11: Fig 4-11 record configuration-enable Step2: tick off record, audio and record time Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup.

  • Page 18: Frame Rate

    Note: if the rate value set is over high the maximum resources of the device, the value will be adjusted automatically. If 960H mode is enabled, here are the following resolution available Resolution: CIF and WD1 Frame rate Number of channel.resolution@NTSC frame rate(PAL frame rate)
  • Page 19 Post-alarm record: set the post recording time after the alarm is finished, five options: 10s、15s、20s、30s and 60s. Expire time: the hold time of saved records. If the set date is overdue, the record files will be deleted automatically. Step2: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step3: click “default”...
  • Page 20 3.3.5 Recycle record Step1: enter into system configurationrecord configurationrecycle record; Step2: tick off recycle record, the recycle record function will enable, it will cover the earlier recorded files and keep recoding when HDD is full; if disenable this function, it will stop recording when HDD is full. Step3: click “default”...
  • Page 21 Fig 4-15 schedule-week schedule ① Click “add” button to add a certain day schedule; click “delete” button to delete the selected schedule; Copy: user can copy the specify schedule to other dates. Click “OK” button to save the setting, click “Exit” button to exit current interface. ②...
  • Page 22 3.5.1 Sensor Sensor includes three sub menus: basic, alarm handling and schedule. ① Basic Step1: enter into system configurationalarm configurationsensorbasic; refer to Fig 4-18: Fig 4-18 alarm configuration-sensor-basic Step2: enable sensor alarm, set the alarm type according to triggered alarm type. Two option: NO and NC. Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup.
  • Page 23 channels. Click OK button to save the setting; click Exit button to exit the current interface. Step4: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step5: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.
  • Page 24 Step5: in the Area interface, user can drag slide bar to set the sensitivity value(1-8), the default value is 4. The higher the value is the higher sensitivity you get. Due to the sensitivity is influenced by color and time (day or night), user can adjust its value according to the practical conditions;...
  • Page 25 Sensor alarm handling for more details. Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.
  • Page 26 3.6.1 Network Step1: enter into system configurationnetwork configurationnetwork; refer to Fig4-28: Fig 4-28 network configuration-network Step2: HTTP port: the default value is 80. If the value changed, user needs to add the port number when typing IP address in IE address blank .i.e. set HTTP port to 82, IP address: http://192.168.0.25, user needs to input that address: http://192.168.0.25:82 into IE browser.
  • Page 27 3.6.2 Network stream Step1: enter into system configurationnetwork configurationsub stream; refer to Fig 4-32: 16CH Fig 4-32 network configuration-sub stream Step2: select fps, resolution, quality, encode and max bit rate Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step4: click “default”...
  • Page 28 If your SMTP server supports the secure connection (SSL), like Gmail, please set the “Port” to 465 and check “SSL Check” Send address/password: sender’s email address/password Receive address: receiver’s email address. Here user can add at least three mail addresses. Click TEST button to test the valid of the mailbox.
  • Page 29 Fig 4-33 user management configuration Step2: click Add button, a dialog box will pop-up as Fig 4-34: Fig 4-34 add-general ① General: Input user name, password; select user type: normal and advance, input the MAC address of the PC; click OK button, this user will be added into the user list box; click Exit button to exit the current interface.
  • Page 30 Step2: tick off Enable, setup the value of address, baud rate and protocol according to the settings of the speed dome. Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup. Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit current interface.
  • Page 31 a. in the preset set interface, click Setting button, a dialog will pop-up as Fig 3-39: Fig 3-39 preset set-setting b. user can control the dome rotates up, up left, down, right down, left , left down, right and up right and stop rotating;...
  • Page 32 Fig 4-42 track set a. user can control the dome rotates up, up left, down, right down, left, left down, right and up right and stop rotating; adjust the rotate speed and the value of zoom, focus and iris of the dome; click Start Record button to record the move track of PTZ, click this button again can stop record;...
  • Page 33 Record search & playback and backup Search configuration includes three submenus: time search, event search and file manager. Time search Step1: enter into Search configurationtime search; refer to Fig 5-1: Fig 5-1 Search configuration-time search Step2: select channel, screen display mode, the highlight date in the calendar means have record data Step3: select a date, press Search button, click the time grid to set the play start time or input play record time manually.
  • Page 34 File manager Step1: enter into Search configurationfile manager; refer to Fig 5-3: Fig 5-3 Search configuration-file manager Step2: click Search button, the searched files will be displayed in the file list box, user can select date, channels accordingly. ① Lock: checked a file, click Lock button to lock this file, after that, that file will not be deleted or covered. ②...
  • Page 35 Fig 5-5 backup information Step4: in the backup information interface, user can check the relevant information of backup files, storage type, save file type, etc. click Apply button to starting backup. Note: when the monitor resolution is VGA800*600, the file manager interface will appear a hide button, click this button, the whole interface can be expanded.
  • Page 36 Manage DVR Check system information Check system information includes five submenus: system, event, log, network and online user. 5.1.1 System information In this interface, user can check the hardware version, MCU version, kernel version, device ID, etc. refer to Fig 6-1: Fig 6-1 system information 5.1.2 Event information In this interface, user can check record events according to set date;...
  • Page 37 Fig 6-4 network information 5.1.5 Online information In this interface, user can check the details of the current connection of online users; refer to Fig 6-5: Fig 6-5 online information 5.1.6 Manual alarm User can check the relevant parameters of manual alarm to active emergency warning 5.1.6 Disk manager Step1: enter into disk manager interface;...
  • Page 38 disk-free space, and total space show OM at the bottom of screen. Step2: click Refresh button to refresh the disk information of the list box; set the property of the disk then click Apply button to save the setting Step3: checked a hard disk, click Format button to star format. Note: all recorded files in the hard disk will be lost after formatted.
  • Page 39 Remote Surveillance Accessing DVR If making remote view, the DVR must connect with LAN or internet. Then enable network server in the unit. Please refer to 4.6 Network Configuration. This unit supports IE browser, without any client software installed. It supports Win 7, XP and Vista. 6.1.1 On LAN Step1: Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway.
  • Page 40 Step1: Input IP address, Subnet, Gateway gotten from your ISP. If using ADSL, please input user name and password, and click OK. The DVR will connect the server and show “connection succeeds”. Step2: The following steps are the same as STEP4-7 of the connection way above. The remote live preview interface as below: Fig 7-2 Remote live preview interface Symbol and function Definitions:...
  • Page 41 Description Buttons Drag the scroll bar to adjust the brightness of channel Drag the scroll bar to adjust the contrast of channel Drag the scroll bar to adjust the saturation of channel Drag the scroll bar to adjust the hue of channel Click this button to recover the default value of brightness, contrast, saturation and hue.
  • Page 42 Remote playback & backup 6.3.1 Remote playback Click button to enter into record playback interface, refer to Fig 7-5: Select the record date and channels; double-click the file name in the record file list box, user can play that file and preview the picture.
  • Page 43 Fig 7-7 Time search playback By Event Search: Step1: Enter into Searchevent search; refer to Fig 7-8: Fig 7-8 event search interface Step2: click the highlight date and select record channels and then tick off the event type: motion and sensor, click “search”...
  • Page 44 Fig 7-9 file management interface Lock: select certain file item in the file list box, click “Lock” button to lock this file that ca not be deleted or overlaid Unlock: select a locked file, click “unlock” button to unlock this file Delete: select an unlock file, click “delete”...
  • Page 45 Fig 7-11 remote menu setup The sub menu lists and the options in every item are similar with those on the DVR. Please refer to Chapter 3 Main Menu Setup Guide for more details. Click “Apply” button to save above settings; click “default” button will recover the original settings. Remote Management Remote Information Search The system will automatically record the working condition and operation process during the period of work.
  • Page 46 Mobile Surveillance This DVR supports mobile surveillance on Iphone and android OS device, this section describes the installation of the program via the Smartphone 7.1 Installation procedure on Iphone device At present, the software only supports version of Iphone iOS 3.1.2 and above, if phone firmware lower than this version please upgrade it.
  • Page 47 Step 5: Just be patient to download and install. After installed, “SuperLivePro”, icon will display. Click this icon, a function interface will appear Step 6: Key in server’s IP address (or domain name), user’s ID and password. Click Login to process. Step 7: The default quad view window will be displayed.
  • Page 48 7.2 Installation procedure on Android OS Smartphone On your Smartphone click on the Google play store icon Then press on search icon on right Type SUPERLIVEPRO with your virtual keyboard and press enter The search result will show the Click SUPERLIVEPRO, brief available applications...
  • Page 49 Click on ACCEPT & DOWNLOAD The program is being downloaded on your smartphone, please wait The program is being installed on your The installation is finished, click Open to smartphone launch the program,...
  • Page 50 Key your DVR IP, the username and You are connected to the DVR, you can password, if you want the program to keep see all the functions of the program in memory select REMEMBER SERVER, then click on LOGIN Main interface description Item Description Playback...
  • Page 51 Live picture interface Icon Description One screen Four screen Channel configure PTZ control Capture Record Talk Channel audio Hide SuperLivePro...

  • Page 52: Appendix A Faq

    Appendix A Q1. Why the DVR cannot start after connected to the power? a. The adapter has been damaged. Please change an adapter b. The power of the adapter is not enough. Please remove the HDD to check c. Hardware problem Q2.
  • Page 53 Fig7-1 Fig7-2 Q8: How to deal with when DVR starts, it displays “please wait…”all the time First possible reason: hard-disk cable and data cable are not well connected. Solution: Please check the connection of hard-disk cable and data cable and make sure they are well connected;...
  • Page 54 Q12: What are the minimum configurations of PC for clients connecting? PC Module Parameters Intel Celeron 2.4G Motherboard Intel 845 512M NVIDIA GeForce MX440/FX5200 ATIRADEON 7500/X300 Windows 2000(SP4 above) /Windows XP(SP2 above) /VISTA/SEVEN DirectX Q13: What are the PC configurations for 8-ch real time product with fully open channel mainstream? PC Module Parameters Intel Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600...
  • Page 55 Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity Users can calculate the size of hard disk according to the saving time and DVR recording settings. The DVR uses fixed video bit rate. The below are the details at different settings. Video Frame Rate Bit Rate Used Resolution...
  • Page 56 Appendix C Compatible Devices Compatible Devices Compatible USB drive after test. Brand Capacity A-DATA 512MB, 1G, 2GB Transcend Kingston Toshiba SanDisk 2. Compatible external USB CD/DVD writers after test Brand Model GH24NS90...
  • Page 57 3. Compatible HDD Brand Model number Capacity 1600AAJS FW:00L7A0 160GB 2500AVVS FW:73M8B0 250GB 3200AVVS 320GB 5000AVDS FW:63U7B0 500GB 5000AVJS FW:63YJA0 500GB 5000AVVS FW:63M8B0 500GB 5000AAKS FW:00V1A0 500GB 5000BUDT (2.5") FW:63G8FY0 500GB WESTERN DIGITAL 5000AUDX FW:63WNHY0 500GB 10EURS FW:630AB1 10EVDS FW:63U8B0 15EARS FW:00Z5B1 1.5TB 15EURS FW:63S48Y0...
  • Page 58 APPENDIX D DDNS setup procedure (Take www.geekciti.com as an example) Visit www.geekciti.com and register new account by filling each line then press submit, you need to have a valid email which will be use as username Create a domain name as your convenience and choose the extension among the list available, then click on REQUEST DOMAIN...
  • Page 59 If the domain exists already you will have to choose another domain name, if not you will see the below screen Fill all setting on DVR then click “Test” to verify. Then click “Apply” to Finish DVR network setting. (Menu-> Network ->...
  • Page 60 You can test with a computer with internet explorer browser by key in the new domain name You will see the DVR main page, after key in the username and password as well the display language, you should be able see camera live display...