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Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc
Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"... -
Page 4: Important Safeguards
User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 13. Damage requiring Service All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to appliance is operated. qualified service personnel under the following conditions: A. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ................1 Features ...................... 1 Technical Overview..................1 Chapter 2 — Installation................3 Package Contents ..................3 Required Installation Tools ............... 3 Connecting the Video Input............... 4 Connecting the Loop-Through Video ............4 Connecting the Monitor ................ - Page 6 User’s Manual SEQUENCE Button ................14 FREEZE Button ..................14 PTZ Button....................14 ZOOM Button..................14 SPOT Button................... 14 Enter Button.................... 14 Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons ............15 MENU Button..................15 Shuttle Ring .................... 15 Jog Dial....................15 ID Button on Remote Control..............
- Page 7 Digital Video Recorder System Event Screen ................65 Event Status Screen ................67 Chapter 4 — Operation................69 Turning on the Power ................69 Live Monitoring..................69 Active Cameo Mode ................70 PIP Mode ....................70 Zoom Mode..................... 71 PTZ Mode ....................71 Image Adjustment...................
- Page 8 User’s Manual Appendix C — Troubleshooting ..............98 Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs............99 I/O Connector Pin Outs................99 RS485 Connector Pin Outs..............99 Appendix E — Map of Screens ..............100 Appendix F — System Log Notices............101 Appendix G —...
- Page 9 Digital Video Recorder List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation..................2 Figure 2 — 16-Channel DVR rear panel..................3 Figure 3 — Video input connectors.................... 4 Figure 4 — Video Loop-Through connectors................4 Figure 5 — Video Out connectors....................4 Figure 6 —...
- Page 10 User’s Manual Figure 49 — Notification Mail setup screen................37 Figure 50 — Authentication setup screen................37 Figure 51 — Notification Callback setup screen..............38 Figure 52 — Device menu....................... 39 Figure 53 — Camera setup screen..................39 Figure 54 —...
- Page 11 Digital Video Recorder Figure 100 — Calendar Search screen................... 82 Figure 101 — Event Log Search screen.................. 83 Figure 102 — Event Log Search Option screen..............84 Figure 103 — Text-In Search screen..................86 Figure 104 — Text-In Search Option screen................87 Figure 105 —...
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Page 13: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for nine or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 9 or 16 Composite Video Input Connectors Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL Multiple Monitor Connectors: 1 BNC Video Out, 1 SVHS, 4 Spot, 1 VGA... -
Page 14: Figure 1 - Typical Dvr Installation
User’s Manual Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on tape. There is no need to adjust tracking. You can freeze frames, fast forward, fast reverse, slow forward and slow reverse without image streaking or tearing. Digital video can be indexed by time or events, and you can instantly view video after selecting the time or event. -
Page 15: Chapter 2 - Installation
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: Digital Video Recorder Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) RAS Software CD and User’s Manual Rack-mount Kit Assembly Screws Guide Rails for Adding Hard Disk Drives Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR. -
Page 16: Connecting The Video Input
User’s Manual Connecting the Video Input Figure 3 — Video input connectors. Connect the coaxial cables from the video sources to the BNC Video In connectors. Connecting the Loop-Through Video Figure 4 — Video Loop-Through connectors. If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. -
Page 17: Connecting A Computer Vga Monitor
Digital Video Recorder Connecting a Computer VGA Monitor Figure 6 — VGA connector A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor. Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the DVR. NOTE: Pressing and holding the button on the front panel for 5 seconds or DISPLAY... -
Page 18: Ai 1 To 16 (Alarm-In)
User’s Manual NOTE: To make connections on the Alarm Connector Strip, press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole below the button. After releasing the button, tug gently on the wire to make certain it is connected. To disconnect a wire, press and hold the button above the wire and pull out the wire. -
Page 19: Connecting Rs485
Digital Video Recorder Connecting RS485 Figure 11 — RS485 connector. The DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS485 half-duplex serial communications signals. The RS485 connector can also be used to control PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras. Connect RX-/TX- and RX+/ TX+ of the control system to the −... -
Page 20: Connecting To The Rs232 Port
User’s Manual Connecting to the RS232 Port Figure 14 — RS232 connector. An RS232 port is provided to connect an external modem for remote monitoring, configuration and software upgrades, and to connect a remote control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a DB-9S (female) connector to connect to the DVR. -
Page 21: Connecting To The Network Port
Digital Video Recorder Connecting to the Network Port Figure 16 — Network connector. The DVR can be networked using the 10/100Mb Ethernet connector. Connect a Cat5 cable with an RJ-45 jack to the DVR connector. The DVR can be networked with a computer for remote monitoring, searching, configuration and software upgrades. -
Page 22: Connecting The Power Cord
User’s Manual Connecting the Power Cord Figure 18 — Power cord connector. Connect the AC power cord to the DVR and then to the wall outlet. WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD. MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE. -
Page 23: Chapter 3 - Configuration
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 19 — 16-Channel DVR front panel. The front panel looks and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer. Many of the buttons have multiple functions. -
Page 24: Power Led
User’s Manual Figure 20 — Infrared remote control. POWER LED The POWER LED is lit when the unit is On. HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. NETWORK LED The NETWORK LED flickers when the unit is connected to a network via either Ethernet or modem. -
Page 25: Panic Button
Digital Video Recorder PANIC Button Pressing the button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays on the PANIC screen. Pressing the button again will stop panic recording. ALARM Button button has two functions. First, it will reset the DVR’s outputs including the ALARM internal buzzer during an alarm. -
Page 26: Forward Button
User’s Manual FORWARD Button Pressing the button goes to the next image. The button on the front panel is also FORWARD used to load a Preset View in the PTZ mode. DISPLAY Button button has two functions. First, it toggles between different display formats. The DISPLAY available formats are: full, 4x4, 3x3, 2x2 and PIP. -
Page 27: Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons
Digital Video Recorder Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. -
Page 28: Id Button On Remote Control
User’s Manual ID Button on Remote Control If a DVR System ID is set to 0, the infrared remote control will control that DVR without any additional operations. (Refer to the System Information setup screen in this chapter for further information on setting the System ID.) If the system ID is 1 to 16, you must to press the button on the remote control and then press the number button (1 to 16) in order to control that DVR. -
Page 29: Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder Setup Screen Figure 22 — Setup screen. Press the button to enter the setup screen. MENU While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles. When making these entries, a Virtual Keyboard will appear. Figure 23 —... -
Page 30: System Information
User’s Manual System Information Highlight Information and press the button. The Information screen appears. Figure 24 — Information screen. In the Information screen, you can name the site location, assign a System ID number, select the language the screens are displayed in, display software version number, upgrade the software, show the System Log, show Event Status, display recorded time data, and clear all data. -
Page 31: Figure 25 - Upgrade Screen
Digital Video Recorder To upgrade the software, connect a USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the button. The Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available. The “.rui” indicates that the file is for software upgrades and “.ofi”... -
Page 32: Figure 27 - Setup Export Screen
User’s Manual Figure 27 — Setup Export screen. NOTE: Even after changing the DVR settings by importing saved settings, the time-related settings (Date/Time, Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time) will NOT be changed. CAUTION: The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format. Highlight Show System Log…... -
Page 33: Date/Time Setup
Digital Video Recorder Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the System menu and press the button. The Date/Time setup screen appears. Figure 29 — Date/Time setup screen. Highlight the first box beside Date and press the button. The individual sections of the date will highlight. -
Page 34: Figure 30 - Holiday Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the Holiday tab, and the Holiday setup screen appears Figure 30 — Holiday setup screen. You can set up holidays by highlighting + and pressing the button. The current date appears. Highlight the month and day and change them by using the Up and Down arrow buttons. Press button to add the date. -
Page 35: Storage Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Automatic Sync. and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. Highlight the box beside Time Server and press the button. Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number value. -
Page 36: Figure 33 - Device Format Screen
User’s Manual The Format column displays whether the device is used for recording (Record) or archiving (Archive). Not Using indicates the device is not used for either recording or archiving. Unformatted indicates the device is not formatted. indicates when the device has temporary space set aside so that video clips can be saved on a CD-RW or DVD RW. -
Page 37: Figure 35 - Storage Status Screen
Digital Video Recorder If you want to use a USB hard disk drive, highlight Use and press the button after connecting the device. Highlight Don’t Use and press the button if you want to stop using the device. NOTE: When disconnecting a USB hard disk drive from the DVR, highlight Don’t Use first and then disconnect the device. -
Page 38: User Setup Screen
User’s Manual NOTE: Temperature and S.M.A.R.T. information will be available only for IDE hard disk drives supporting the SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) monitoring program. Selecting Close and pressing the button exits the screen. User Setup Screen Highlight User in the System menu and press the button. -
Page 39: Figure 37 - New Group Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder column can be used to delete a User Name or an entire Group. If the is grayed out, that Group or User cannot be deleted. Highlight the and press the button. You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the User or Group. To add a Group, highlight the + Group…... -
Page 40: Figure 38 - New User Setup Screen
User’s Manual Covert Camera View — The user can view video from cameras set as Covert while in the Live Monitoring or Search mode on a local system or the PC running RAS. System Check — The user can view the remote system status or check the remote system status as a batch process on the PC running RAS. -
Page 41: Shutdown Screen
Digital Video Recorder Shutdown Screen Highlight Shutdown in the System menu and press the button. The Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down. Figure 39 — Shutdown screen. After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button, a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power. -
Page 42: Network & Notification Setup
User’s Manual Network & Notification Setup In the Main screen, use the Left or Right arrow buttons to display the Network menu. Figure 41 — Network menu. Network Screen Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the button. The Network setup screen displays. -
Page 43: Lan Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder LAN Setup Screen Highlight the LAN tab, and the LAN screen displays. Figure 43 — LAN (Manual) setup screen. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Select the desired type and press the button. -
Page 44: Figure 44 - Port Numbers Setup Screen
User’s Manual Figure 44 — Port Numbers setup screen Change the numbers by highlighting them and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number. The factory default Port settings are: Remote Admin: 8200 Remote Callback: 8201 Remote Watch: 8016... -
Page 45: Figure 46 - Lan (Adsl) Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder Selecting ADSL (with PPPoE) allows you to set up the ADSL network. NOTE: ADSL and modem cannot be configured at the same time. If the DVR is configured by modem, the ADSL (with PPPoE) will not be selected. Figure 46 —... -
Page 46: Modem Setup
User’s Manual Modem Setup Highlight the Modem tab, and the Modem screen displays. Figure 47 — Modem setup screen. NOTE: If the RS232 port is in use for remote control, networking cannot be configured for a modem. Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. -
Page 47: Dvrns Setup
Digital Video Recorder DVRNS Setup Highlight the DVRNS tab, and the DVRNS screen displays. Figure 48 — DVRNS setup screen. Highlight Use DVR Name Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: The DVRNS (DVR Name Service) allows the DVR to use Dynamic IP addresses for remote connection. - Page 48 User’s Manual Highlight the Check box and press the button to check whether or not the name you entered can be used. NOTE: The DVR name you entered should be checked by selecting Check, otherwise the DVRNS changes will not be saved. NOTE: When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server, an error message displays.
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Page 49: Notification Setup
Digital Video Recorder Notification Setup The DVR can be set up to send an email or to contact a computer running RAS (Remote Administration System) when an event occurs. Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button. The Notification screen displays. -
Page 50: Figure 51 - Notification Callback Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Sender and enter the sender’s e-mail address. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e-mail address. NOTE: The e-mail address must include the “@” character to be a valid address. Highlight the box beside Recipient and enter the recipient’s e-mail address. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e-mail address. -
Page 51: Configuring Devices
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Callback Phone Number and enter the telephone number of the DVR. You can save your Notification changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Configuring Devices You can configure the video, audio, alarm, display and remote control devices connected to the DVR. -
Page 52: Figure 54 - Camera Ptz Setup Screen
User’s Manual NOTE: When selecting the Covert 1, the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert video. When selecting the Covert 2, the DVR displays only camera title on the covert video. NOTE: If a user who does not have Covert Camera View authority, the user cannot view video from cameras set to Covert 1 or Covert 2 in both the live monitoring and playback modes. -
Page 53: Audio Setup Screen
Digital Video Recorder You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number. The PTZ ID number can be set from 0 to 256. Highlight the Setup…... -
Page 54: Alarm-Out Screen
User’s Manual Highlight Enable Audio-Out and press the button. This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out. NOTE: The DVR will NOT record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips. You can save your Audio changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. -
Page 55: Figure 59 - Alarm-Out Schedule Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 59 — Alarm-Out Schedule screen. You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. -
Page 56: Display Screen
User’s Manual Display Screen Highlight Display in the Devices menu and press the button. The Display screen allows you to select what information will be displayed on the monitor. Figure 60 — Display OSD screen. Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off. -
Page 57: Figure 61 - Osd Margin Screen
Digital Video Recorder You can adjust the transparency of the setup screens by highlighting Transparency and using the Left and Right arrow buttons. Highlighting OSD Margin… and pressing the button displays how OSD text will be displayed on the monitor. You can adjust the horizontal and vertical margins so that text and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor. -
Page 58: Figure 63 - Spot Monitor Screen
User’s Manual You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the DVR to sequence through the different screen layouts (pages) so that all the cameras will be displayed. You can also set up the DVR to display one camera or a group of cameras all the time while cycling through the remaining cameras in a “cameo”... -
Page 59: Remote Control Screen
Digital Video Recorder Remote Control Screen Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button. The Remote Control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard. Figure 64 — Remote Control setup screen. Highlight the box beside Port and select from None, RS232 and RS485. -
Page 60: Recording Settings
User’s Manual Recording Settings Your DVR offers a variety of flexible recording modes. You can set it up to record all the time or to only record events. It can be set up to continue recording once the hard disk drive is full by recording over the oldest video, or you can set it up to alert you when the hard disk is full and stop recording. -
Page 61: Schedule Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Event Record Dwell box and set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event. You can set the dwell from 5 seconds to 15 minutes. Refer to Event Actions screen in this chapter for the information of event recording. Highlight the slide bar beside Auto Deletion, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 99 days. - Page 62 User’s Manual You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week, and holidays. The smallest time segment you can use is 30 minutes. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Schedule On mode, the DVR records video based on the schedule established in the Schedule screen.
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Page 63: Pre-Event Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box under the heading and press the button to delete the recording settings. You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the settings. Highlight Default… and press the button. The Default screen appears. Figure 68 —... -
Page 64: Archive Screen
User’s Manual When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs. The Pre-Event screen allows you to define how to handle pre-event recording. You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre-event recording. The image speed can be set from 0.10 to 30.00 ips (25.00 ips PAL), and image quality can be selectable from Very High, High, Standard and Low. -
Page 65: Event Settings
Digital Video Recorder You can accept the Archive Data Range by leaving the default checkmarks in the Last Archived and Continue boxes. If you wish to enter specific times and dates in From and To, toggle the checkmarks Off and then enter the time and date. Highlight Recycle and press the button to toggle between On and Off. -
Page 66: Alarm-In Screen
User’s Manual Alarm-In Screen Highlight Alarm-In in the Event menu and press the button. The Alarm-In setup screen appears. Figure 72 — Alarm-In Settings screen. The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. -
Page 67: Figure 74 - Alarm-In Notify Menu
Digital Video Recorder You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the desired box under the Record heading, and press the button. A list of cameras appears. -
Page 68: Motion Detection Screen
User’s Manual You can save your Alarm-In changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Motion Detection Screen Highlight Motion Detection in the Event menu and press the button. The Motion Detection setup screen appears. -
Page 69: Figure 76 - Motion Detection Zone Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 76 — Motion Detection Zone screen. The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera. You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks. NOTE: You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of 8 or 16 individual block groups (9- and 16-channel DVR respectively). -
Page 70: Figure 78 - Motion Detection Actions Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the Actions tab and the Motion Detection Actions screen displays. Figure 78 — Motion Detection Actions screen. The DVR can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. -
Page 71: Video Loss Screen
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: For the Notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the RAS (Remote Administration System). Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. -
Page 72: Figure 80 - Video Loss Actions Screen
User’s Manual Figure 80 — Video Loss Actions screen. The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the button. -
Page 73: Text-In Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the desired box under the PTZ heading, and press the button. A list of PTZ presets appear. Select the preset position for each PTZ camera, where you want PTZ cameras to move to when the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera’s input. You can save your Video Loss changes by highlighting Save and pressing the button. -
Page 74: Figure 82 - Text-In Device Settings Screen
User’s Manual Figure 82 — Text-In Device Settings screen. Highlight the box beside Port, and press the button. Select from None, RS232, RS485 and USB-Serial (1~8). NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. -
Page 75: Figure 83 - Text-In Actions Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Transaction End, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction End string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device sends when a transaction ends. Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the button. - Page 76 User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Record and press the button. A list of cameras appears. You can associate as many cameras with the Text Input as you wish. If the DVR detects text input, it starts recording video from all the associated cameras. NOTE: For the Record action, the camera you select should be set to the Event or Time &...
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Page 77: System Event Screen
Digital Video Recorder System Event Screen Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button. The System Event setup screen appears. Figure 84 — System Event Settings screen. The DVR can be configured to run self-diagnostics and report the results. Highlight the box under the Interval heading, and press the button. -
Page 78: Figure 86 - System Event Actions Screen
User’s Manual Highlight Enable, and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: If Enable is turned Off, you will not be able to make changes to any of the boxes. Highlight the box beside Check Time, and press the button. -
Page 79: Event Status Screen
Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Alarm-Out box beside the desired event (Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk Temperature, or Disk S.M.A.R.T.), and press the button. A list of Alarm Outputs appears. You can associate as many Alarm-Outs with the Event as you wish. If the DVR detects that event, it triggers output signals on all the associated Alarm-Out connectors. - Page 80 User’s Manual Alarm-In, Motion, Video Loss and Text-In will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the Alarm-In, Motion Detection and Text-In setup screen on the Event menu. Check Alarm-In and Check Recording will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the System Event setup screen in the Event menu.
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Page 81: Chapter 4 - Operation
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. -
Page 82: Active Cameo Mode
User’s Manual Pressing the button causes the cameras to display sequentially. When in one of the SEQUENCE multi-view formats, pressing this button will cause the DVR to go through predefined screen layouts (Full Sequence). Or, the bottom, right screen will display live cameras sequentially (Cameo Sequence). -
Page 83: Zoom Mode
Digital Video Recorder Zoom Mode You can enlarge an area of the video by pressing the button. For a few seconds after ZOOM pressing the button, a PIP displays. Inside the PIP, a rectangle shows the area that is ZOOM enlarged. -
Page 84: Figure 89 - Ptz Preset Screen
User’s Manual Figure 89 — PTZ Preset screen. You can quickly move PTZ cameras to Preset positions. Press the to view an establish camera Preset position. Figure 90 — Preset view screen. You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the button, and the PTZ Preset dialog box will appear. -
Page 85: Image Adjustment
Digital Video Recorder Figure 91 — PTZ menu. You can use a mouse for convenient PTZ control. Position the mouse point at the bottom of the screen, and the following PTZ toolbar will display. Figure 92 — PTZ controls Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. -
Page 86: Event Monitoring
User’s Manual NOTE: Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both the live video on the monitors and the recorded video. Event Monitoring When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab). -
Page 87: Spot Monitoring
Digital Video Recorder Spot Monitoring You can select the camera you want to display on a Spot Monitor. Press the button on the SPOT front panel or remote control, and select one of four Spot Monitors. Then, select the camera to be displayed on the Spot Monitor. -
Page 88: Using A Mouse
User’s Manual Using a Mouse You can use a mouse instead of the front panel buttons to perform many of the DVR functions. The following operations are supported when using a mouse during live monitoring. When in one of the multi-view formats (e.g., PIP, 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4), clicking the mouse button on a camera image switches that camera to full screen. -
Page 89: Recording Video
Digital Video Recorder Figure 96 — Mouse Display menu. Selecting Previous Format is the same as scrolling the mouse wheel up; switching from 4x4 to 3x3 to 2x2 to PIP. Selecting Next Format is the same as scrolling the mouse wheel down or pressing the button;... -
Page 90: Recording Audio
User’s Manual NOTE: When the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used, panic recording will not operate. Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings, you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. -
Page 91: Ff (Fast Forward) Button
Digital Video Recorder FF (Fast Forward) Button Pressing the button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed between . The screen displays respectively. Entering Fast Playback mode from Live Monitoring mode can be password protected. BACKWARD Button Pressing the button goes to the previous image. -
Page 92: Jog Dial
User’s Manual Jog Dial The Jog Dial only functions when playback video has been paused. By turning the jog dial clockwise, you can play video forward image-by-image. By turning the jog dial counterclockwise, you play video backward image-by-image. You can use a mouse for convenient playback control. Position the mouse pointer on the search screen, and the following search toolbar will display. -
Page 93: Searching Video
Digital Video Recorder Searching Video Pressing the button or clicking the right mouse button while in the Search mode displays MENU the Search Menu. NOTE: While searching video, the recording speed might decrease. Figure 98 — Search menu. Go to the First — Displays the first recorded image Go to the Last —... -
Page 94: Go To The Date/Time
User’s Manual Go to the Date/Time Figure 99 — Go to the Date/Time screen. button. You can use the Left and Right Move the cursor over the date and time and press the arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. -
Page 95: Event Log Search
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The time bar is in one-hour segments. If a segment is highlighted, it means that some video was recorded during that hour. However, it does NOT mean video was recorded for the entire hour. If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than some recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range. -
Page 96: Figure 102 - Event Log Search Option Screen
User’s Manual Pressing the button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing PLAY/PAUSE returns to live monitoring. SEARCH/STOP NOTE: It is possible that no recorded image displays on the current screen. Press the button and change the screen mode to 4x4. - Page 97 Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The lower the number, the more current recorded video is. Highlight the box beside Alarm-In and press the button. You can select the alarm inputs that you want to include in your search. Highlight the box beside Motion and press the button.
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Page 98: Text-In Search
User’s Manual Text-In Search Figure 103 — Text-In Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event. -
Page 99: Figure 104 - Text-In Search Option Screen
Digital Video Recorder Figure 104 — Text-In Search Option screen. You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. -
Page 100: Motion Search
User’s Manual Once you set your desired search conditions, highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Event Log screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Motion Search Figure 105 — Motion Search screen. The Motion Search…... - Page 101 Digital Video Recorder You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
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Page 102: Clip-Copy Screen
User’s Manual Clip-Copy Screen The Clip-Copy screen can be used to copy video clips to an internal CD-RW drive or DVD RW, or external USB hard disk drive, CD-RW drive or flash drive. The copied video clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP. Refer to the Appendix A —... - Page 103 Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the last recorded image.
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Page 104: Print Screen
User’s Manual NOTE: Only 4.7GB DVD media is available. To clip copy video on the DVD media using remaining space, the size of previously recorded data on the DVD media should be less than 4GB. NOTE: The file size for clip copy is limited to 2GB. You can use other functions on the DVR while video is being backed up. -
Page 105: Appendix A - Usb Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Digital Video Recorder Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. 2. -
Page 106: Preparing The Usb-Ide Hard Disk Drive In Windows 98
User’s Manual Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 98 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows ME is almost identical to Windows 98. 1. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. 2. -
Page 107: Appendix B - Reviewing Video Clips
Digital Video Recorder Appendix B — Reviewing Video Clips You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips. The copied video clip contains the ClipPlayer program. If you used a USB device, disconnect either the external USB-IDE hard disk drive or USB flash drive from the DVR, and connect it to your PC. - Page 108 User’s Manual NOTE: Proper image display depends on the display settings of your PC. If you are experiencing display problems, click the right mouse button on the background screen and select Properties Settings then set the Color quality to “32 bit”. And then select Advanced Troubleshoot then set the Hardware Acceleration to “Full”.
- Page 109 Digital Video Recorder NOTE: If you are not sure about the appropriate Video Format option, try each option until proper image display is being set. to select from Normal and Double screen views. Clicking the left mouse button Click the on the enlarged image moves its position.
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Page 110: Appendix C - Troubleshooting
User’s Manual Appendix C — Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Check power cord connections. No Power Confirm that there is power at the outlet. Check camera video cable and connections. Check monitor video cable and connections. No Live Video Confirm that the camera has power. Check camera lens settings. -
Page 111: Appendix D - Connector Pin Outs
Digital Video Recorder Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 Chassis Ground (9 connectors) AO (1 to 16) Alarm Outputs 1 to 16 Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit −... -
Page 112: Appendix E - Map Of Screens
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Page 113: Appendix F - System Log Notices
Digital Video Recorder Appendix F — System Log Notices Boot Up Shutdown Restart Upgrade Upgrade Fail Power Failure Time Change Time Zone Change Time Sync Time Sync Fail Disk Bad Login Logout Setup Begin Setup End Remote Setup Change Remote Setup Fail Setup Imported Setup Import Failure Setup Exported... -
Page 114: Appendix G - Error Code Notices
User’s Manual Appendix G — Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Number Description Unknown error. File version error. Operating system version error. Software version error. Kernel version error. Upgrade device mounting failed. Package is not found. Extracting package failed. LILO failed. Rebooting failed. - Page 115 Digital Video Recorder Clip Copy Related Number Description Unknown error. Device error. Mounting failed. No media. Invalid media. File already existed. Not enough space. Creating temporary file failed. Opening disk failed. Formatting disk failed. Database has been changed. Appending failed. Bad sector.
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Page 116: Appendix H - Specifications
User’s Manual Appendix H — Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Composite: 9 or 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, Video Input auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms SVHS: 1 SPOT: 4 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs VGA: 1 −... - Page 117 Digital Video Recorder STORAGE EIDE hard disk drive (up to 4) Primary Storage (up to 3 with an internal CD-RW drive or DVD RW) UltraWide SCSI hard disk drive (RAID) Secondary Storage** Built-in CD-RW drive USB hard disk drive, CD-RW drive or flash drive ** When installing an internal CD-RW drive or DVD RW drive, set a jumper on Master and connect to the Secondary IDE channel.
- Page 118 WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Correct Disposal of This Product (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.
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