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G-Tec GT804M User Manual

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GT804M

USER MANUAL

4 CHANNEL

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this
instruction manual carefully and completely.

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    GT804M USER MANUAL 4 CHANNEL DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER INSTRUCTION MANUAL To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this instruction manual carefully and completely.
  • Page 2 INSTRUCTION MANUAL To obtain the best performance and ensure device function correctly, please read this instruction manual carefully and completely. FCC Compliance USER-INSTALLER CAUTION: YOUR AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THIS FCC VERIFIED EQUIPMENT COULD BE VOIDED IF YOU MAKE CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................4 FEATURE........................4 SPECIFICATION......................4 HARDWARE OVERVIEW .......................7 FRONT PANEL ......................7 BACK PANEL .......................9 EXTERNAL ALARM(reserved) ................10 IR REMOTE CONTROL(Optional)................12 RS-485 CONTROLLER (reserved).................13 PTZ (PAN, TILT AND ZOOM) CAMERA & JOYSTICK CONTROLLER (reserved) ..........................13 VGA OUTPUT(reserved) ..................15 NETWORK ........................15 SYSTEM SETUP........................16 MENU SETUP INTERFACE(GUI)................16 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU ..............18...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION 1.1 FEATURE MPEG-4 Video Compression. Resolution: Real-time 720×480 ( NTSC )/ 720×576 ( PAL ) Recording 720x240 ( NTSC )/ 720x288 ( PAL ) Audio Backup / Audio Streaming. Internal SATA Hard Disk Support. Graphic User Interface ( GUI ). Mouse/ IR Remote Controller Support.
  • Page 5 ：2K Bytes Medium ：4.2K Bytes COMPRESSION RATE ：6.2K Bytes High ：8K Bytes Best RECORDING MODE 12 Manual / Schedule PLAYBACK & SEARCH Fast Forward X 2 X 8 X 16 X32 X64 Fast Backward X32 PLAYBACK SPEED field by field Playback Pause Slow Motion Playback X1/2 X1/4 TIME SEARCH...
  • Page 6 ALARM RECORDING BUZZER SETUP & OTHER FUNCTIONS PASSWORD CONTROL Two levels, one for system and the other for HDD format KEY-LOCK MULTI-LANGUAGE FIRMWARE UPDATE USB Host OTHERS POWER INPUT DC 12V POWER CONSUMPTION (W) DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) 218mm (W) ×...

  • Page 7: Hardware Overview

    HARDWARE OVERVIEW 2.1 FRONT PANEL DVR OPERATION ITEM DVR Function POWER Power status LED. Recording status LED. PLAY Playback status LED. H.D.D H.D.D. LED. IR Sensor for remote control. USB connector. ▲ Move upward or increase the number. Move downward or decrease the number. ▼...
  • Page 8 Fast Forward ×2, ×8, ×16, x32, ×64. F.Fwd PLAY button & Get into Quick Time Search. PLAY Channel One Full Screen & Number: One. Channel Two Full Screen & Number: Two. Channel Three Full Screen & Number: Three. Channel Four Full Screen & Number: Four. Quad screen: All cameras are displayed.

  • Page 9: Back Panel

    2.2 BACK PANEL ITEM FUNCTION MOUSE Mouse interface. CAMERA IN Camera 1 video input with BNC connector. Camera 2 video input with BNC connector. CAMERA IN CAMERA IN Camera 3 video input with BNC connector. CAMERA IN Camera 4 video input with BNC connector. MONITOR OUT Video output with monitor Audio IN...

  • Page 10: External Alarm(Reserved)

    2.3 EXTERNAL ALARM(reserved) There are three types of alarms that the system can be configured, such as Motion Detection Alarm, External Alarm, and Video Loss Alarm. Motion Detection Alarm and External Alarm： When Motion Detection or External Alarm was triggered, there are 5 possible actions will be taken.
  • Page 11 Terminal Connectors： ： ： ： RS-485 sends + RS-485 sends - RS-485 receives - RS-485 receives + ALARM1-4 Camera alarm input. GND. Relay N.C. Relay COM Relay N.O. EXAMPLE 1：Connect Alarm In One with PIR (Passive Infrared). EXAMPLE 2：Connect with Alarm Siren at Relay N.O.

  • Page 12: Ir Remote Control(Optional)

    2.4 IR REMOTE CONTROL(Optional) ITEM Press REC to start recording and press twice to stop. 1 - 4 Select channel 1-4 with full screen. QUAD Fast backward. Picture by picture backward. Picture by picture forward. Fast Forward. Play video forward. COPY Switch channel format.

  • Page 13: Rs-485 Controller (Reserved)

    2.5 RS-485 CONTROLLER (reserved) DEFINE RXDA RXDB RS-485 TXDZ TXDY Data Format： ： ： ： Data: 1 Byte / Parity: None / Start bit: 1 / Baud: 9600 Totally 3 bytes as follows: ：Broadcasting DVR 1. Byte=0x10 ：Joystick Control DVR (ID number:1~32) Byte=0x80+ID Number 2.
  • Page 14 user wants to connect DVR with joystick controllers, please make sure each DVR ID Number is unique. Up to 128 ID Up to 16CH Up to 16CH R+ R- T+ T- R+ R- T+ T- R+ R- T+ T- R+ R- T+ T- Dome Cam 4 Dome Cam 4 CH 4...

  • Page 15: Vga Output(Reserved)

    2.7 VGA OUTPUT(reserved) VGA Output is optional. VGA output can connect with CRT or LCD monitor by D-SUB connector and the user can switch different resolutions and frequencies as follows. Resolution Frequency V G A 6 4 0 × 4 8 0 56Hz S V G A 8 0 0 ×...

  • Page 16: System Setup

    SYSTEM SETUP 3.1 MENU SETUP INTERFACE(GUI) CAMERA SET HARD DISK SETUP MOTION SETUP NETWORK SETUP RECORD SETUP BACKUP SETUP...
  • Page 17 ALARM SETUP SYSTEM SETUP...

  • Page 18: Live Viewing And Pop-Up Menu

    3.2 LIVE VIEWING AND POP-UP MENU NOTE ： ： ： ： The pop-up menu can be activated by moving the mouse cursor to the bottom of the live viewing screen. GUI MENU BAR With live viewing mode, press this button to get into the GUI menu. DISK INFORMATION With live viewing mode, press this button to display disk information.

  • Page 19: Camera Setup

    CAMERA SETUP Press ▲ or ▼ to select items. Press ◄ or ► to change values. Press SET to see more options. A. CAMERA Press ◄ or ► to switch channels. B. VIDEO ADJUST B.1 CONTRAST Press ◄ or ► to change contrast level. B.2 BRIGHTNESS Press ◄...
  • Page 20 D. DISPLAY Press ◄ or ► to change value for the corresponding camera would be displayed on the screen or not. E. AUTO SWITCH Press ◄ or ► to ON/OFF auto switch.

  • Page 21: Motion Setup

    MOTION SETUP Press ▲ or ▼ to select items. Press ◄ or ► to change values. Press SET to see more options. A. CAMERA Press ◄ or ► to switch channels. B. MOTION DETECT Press ◄ or ► to change value for motion detect function. C.

  • Page 22: Alarm Setup

    B. NORMAL RECORD PPS Press ◄ or ► to switch PPS in normal recording. C. ALARM RECORD PPS Press ◄ or ► to switch PPS in alarm recording. D. ALARM RECORD DURATION Press ◄ or ► to set dwell time of alarm recording. E.

  • Page 23: Hard Disk Setup

    A. ALARM DISPLAY MODE Press ◄ or ► to change value for ALARM DISPLAY MODE with full screen. B. VIDEO LOSS DETECT Press ◄ or ► to switch VIDEO LOSS ALARM ON or OFF. C. EVENT LOG SETUP Press SET to change value for MOTION EVENT / VIDEO LOSS EVENT to ON / OFF.

  • Page 24: Network Setup

    D-3. FORMAT Press SET to get into FORMAT setup. Press YES or NO to execute. NETWORK SETUP Press ▲ or ▼ to select items. Press ◄ or ► to change values. Press SET to see more options. A. IP MODE Press ▲...

  • Page 25: Backup Setup

    Use mouse to setup password for ADSL account. H-4 STATE Press SET to display status of PPPoE。 I. DDNS I-1.DDNS SETTING： ： ： ： Press◄ or ► to set DDNS ENABLE / DISABLE. I-2 PROVIDER： ： ： ： Press◄ or ► to select DDNS provider. I-3 USER NAME：...
  • Page 26 VIDEO BACKUP In multiplexer or full screen mode, press COPY to start backup and press COPY to end backup. The system will backup automatically. BACKUP FILE NAME Each backup file will be named as START TIME. EXAMPLE: 11201817.IN is Nov. 6 18:17 AFTER BACKUP After backup, the system will copy “F4Viewer.exe”...

  • Page 27: Dvr Playback

    Default password: 1111. H. FIRMWARE UPDATE Press YES to start firmware update. After updated, the DVR will reboot automatically. At this moment, please do not turn off the DVR manually. NOTE: Please format USB flash memory with FAT32. I. LOAD DEFAULT Press YES to load the system default setting, and “LOAD DEFAULT!”...

  • Page 28: Event Search

    4.2 EVENT SEARCH Double click mouse to trigger event search. Please select the event to playback。 NOTE: Display the type of the event as follows. POWER If the DVR got power loss, it will record the date and time of rebooting.

  • Page 29: Dvr & Usb Backup Playback

    DVR & USB BACKUP PLAYBACK SYSTEM REQUIREMENT： CPU: Intel Pentium III 1G or above. MEMORY: 512 MB or above. VGA: 32MB/64MB or above. OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or above. VGA RESOLUTION: 1024*768 or above. 5.1 MAIN SCREEN SETTING A. MAIN SCREEN B.

  • Page 30: Player User Interface

    C. Select HDD PLAY mode or FILE PLAY mode, and then open the file for playback. Open the file for Select HDD PLAY mode playback. or FILE PLAY mode 5.2 PLAYER USER INTERFACE Open the file for playback. Under HDD PLAY mode, user can use TIME/ EVENT SEARCH &...
  • Page 31 A. AVI BACKUP User can save the playing video file as AVI format B. SNAPSHOT Click on the left of mouse to use SNAPSHOT function...

  • Page 32: Network Viewing & Playback

    6 NETWORK VIEWING & PLAYBACK CPU: Intel Pentium III 1G or above. Memory: 512 MB or above. VGA: 32MB/64MB or above. OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or above. VGA RESOLUTION: 1024*768 or above. 6.1 IP ADDRESS SETUP ON PC SITE Install cameras inside in LAN or use network cable to connect with PC.

  • Page 33: Optional Microsoft Internet Explorer Setup

    parameters. 6.2 OPTIONAL MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER SETUP: OPTION 1: DISABLE ACTIVEX WARNING Tools Internet Options Security Custom Level Security Settings Download unsigned ActiveX controls Enable or Prompt (recommend). Tools Internet Options Security Custom Level Security Settings Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe Enable or Prompt (recommend).

  • Page 34: Login

    Above three options are all based on select as the prompt. As indicated in the dialogue box. Please select "YES." OPTION 2: ADD TO TRUSTED SITES Tools Internet Options Security Trusted sites Sites 6.3 LOGIN A. INSTALL ACTIVEX B. START INSTALL ACTIVEX...

  • Page 35: Live Viewing

    C. ACCOUNT & PASSWORD LOGIN After IP setup and connect to network or LAN, type IP address on IE Browser directly. The following User name & Password Login window will popup. Default user name: admin Default password: admin 6.4 LIVE VIEWING DVR Configuration Stop Fast Forward...

  • Page 36: Configure

    Snapshot. Full Screen. Click again to return. REC. Videos are saved as AVI file. Playback Time Search. Click , the following Time Search….. window will popup. EVENT LIST Select a HDD to list EVENT LIST on Master or Slave HDD. Click the left button of the mouse twice to play back the selected event.
  • Page 37 A-1 SYSTEM INFORMATION SERVER NAME: This name will show on the IP Installer. LANUGAGE： ： ： ： There are English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. After selecting one language, the following dialogue box will popup and ask the user to confirm. B.
  • Page 38 highest), User, and Anonymous. Default administrator account: Username: admin Password: admin B-1 ANONYMOUS USER LOGIN: YES: Accept anonymous user login without password as guest login. NO: Anonymous login unacceptable. B-2 USER MANAGEMENT: Add: Input Username and Password and then click on Add/Set to save. Modify: Click on selected User name on User List and the following window will popup.
  • Page 39 D-1 IP ASSIGNMENT DHCP: In Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) mode, DHCP server will get setting done automatically. STATIC IP: Please input IP address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway based on network environment. D-2 PORT ASSIGNEMENT With IP Share (Router), the following Ports needed to be adjusted in case of conflict.
  • Page 40 Password: Password for ADSL account. After dialed successfully, new IP address will appear. E-2 SEND MAIL AFTER DIALED Click on Enabled to enable SEND MAIL AFTER DIALED function. E-3 SUBJECT Mail subject. F. NETWORK / DDNS SETTING Click on Enabled to enable DDNS function. F-1 DYNDNS.ORG DDNS SETTING - DYNDNS.ORG PROVIDER: Select dyndns.org...
  • Page 41 STATE 1. Updating: Information update. 2. Idle: Stop service. 3. DDNS registered successfully, now log by http://<username>.ddns.camddns.com: Registered successfully. 4. Updating Failed, the name is already registered. 5. Updating Failed, please check your internet connection. F-2 DDNS.CAMNNDS.COM DDNS SETTING – DDNS.CAMDDNS.COM PROVIDER: Select ddns.camddns.com USERNAME: The registered username in DDNS.CAMDDNS.COM.
  • Page 42 H. EVENT SETTING H-1 MOTION DECTECTION ACTION SETTING Motion detection action can be set up on each channel individually. After the motion is detected, it will trigger emails or upload files to FTP. H-2 SUBJECT Mail Subject. H-3 INTERVAL The interval time between two emails in case the mail is sent out too frequently.
  • Page 43 J. EVENT SETTING/ MAIL & FTP J-1 MAIL & FTP SETTING Mail and FTP settings are for motion detection action and external alarm action. When both actions are detected, it will trigger emails or upload files to FTP.

  • Page 44: Appendix A: Recording Time Lapse

    APPENDIX A: RECORDING TIME LAPSE NTSC 80GB HDD PPS (Picture Per Sec.) Best 93 hr 186 hr 279 hr 558 hr 930 hr 1395 hr 2790 hr Record High 125 hr 250 hr 375 hr 750 hr 1250 hr 1875 hr 3750 hr Middle 186 hr...
  • Page 45 80GB HDD PPS (Picture Per Sec.) Best 112 hr 223 hr 279 hr 558 hr 930 hr 1395 hr 2790 hr Record High 167 hr 334 hr 418 hr 835 hr 1336 hr 2005 hr 4175 hr Middle 223 hr 447 hr 558 hr 1116 hr...

  • Page 46: Appendix B: Hdd/ Usb Drive Compatible Table

    APPENDIX B: HDD/ USB DRIVE COMPATIBLE TABLE HDD COMPATIBLE TABLE Brand Model Capacity Speed(RPM) SEAGATE ST380815AS 7200 10 SEAGATE ST3160815AS 160G 7200 10 SEAGATE ST3250620AS 250G 7200 10 SEAGATE ST3400620AS 400G 7200 10 SEAGATE ST3750640AS 750G 7200 10 MAXTOR STM3250820AS 250G 7200 MAXTOR...

  • Page 47: Appendix C: Hard Disk Installation

    APPENDIX C: HARD DISK INSTALLATION Hard drive jumpers need to be set properly in order to make DVR function correctly. Remove DVR top cover by taking out screws from location shown below: ① ② ③ ④ . Below picture indicates a DVR without a H.D.D installed. .
  • Page 48 attached accessory pack as picture below: Hooking up SATA cable and power cable to the hard drive as picture below. Restores top cover then hook up with power and monitor a hard drive status message appearing if it’s been installed successful. Attentions：...

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