CE Information The product must be installed according to the currently valid installation regulations for EMC to guarantee the designed use and to prevent EMC problems. The device supplied with this manual is according to the EC, EMC Directive, 89/336/EEC & LVD 73/23/EEC Standard used for showing compliance with the essential requirements of the device: EN 55022 EN 61000-3-2...
2. Features ● Convenience - User-friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface) - Easy-to-use menu structure - Easy-to-use recorded data search (Time, Date, Motion, and Alarm) - Easy-to control via Front Panel, IR remote control and USB 2.0 mouse. ● Stability - Auto restart after power interruption - DB structure offers data stabilisation and better storage utilisation ●...
Installation 1. Front Panel Controls ⑩ ⑧⑨ (16) ① ⑤③ ②④⑫ ⑬ ⑭⑮ ⑥⑦ ⑪ ① Power System Power On/Off ② Reverse Play / Rewind Reverse play of recorded data. When in play mode press again to enter fast rewind mode. ③...
⑨ Select Menu selection ⑩ Indicator - POWER : System Power On/Off (When power is on, the green light will be illuminated) - REC : Recording status. When recording is on, the light will be illuminated. - HDD : HDD status (When the system is reading or writing to the HDD, the light will flash) - NET : Network status.
2. Rear Panel Connectors 16 Channel ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑮ 8 Channel ① Spot Monitor Outputs Spot Video Output (Composite Video) ② Video Inputs 16 camera inputs ③ Video Outputs 16 camera loop outputs...
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④ Audio Input Audio input through line ⑤ AC Power Input AC 100-240V 50/60Hz ⑥ VGA Output (Dual Monitor) VGA video output for dual monitor (1024x768) ⑦ HDMI Output HDMI output port (1080p) ⑧ VGA Output (Main Monitor) VGA video output for main monitor (1920x1080) ⑨...
3. Remote Control ① POWER : Power on/off ① ② ② P/T/Z : Entering PTZ Setup menu directly ③ ③ REC : Start & Stop Recording ④ Numbers and letters (1 to 9) ⑤ INFO : Direct access system infomation ID : Entering remocon ID set mode MUTE : Audio Mute AUDIO : Switches through Audio channels...
4. Connection Guide Spot Camera Monitor e-SATA Mouse Siren Main Speaker Camera Monitor Monitor System Sensor (Client) Connecting the monitor There are four available monitor outputs on DVR. ● HDMI output : Connect to the HDMI port of the main monitor. ●...
Connecting cameras This unit comes with 16 video inputs. Each video input has a corresponding looping output beneath it for passing the video signal to another monitoring/recording device. ● Video input : Connect to the video out of the camera. Connecting audio To record audio on the DVR, connect to the audio source.
Connecting to a PTZ camera This RS485 connector can be used to control Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera. (-) (+) ● Telemetry (+) : Connect to RS485 Rx(+) of PTZ camera. ● Telemetry (-) : Connect to RS485 Rx(-) of PTZ camera. Connecting to a mouse ●...
Operation 1. Navigation You can navigate the on screen menus using the front panel buttons, remote controller or mouse. 1-1. Mouse Control Right clicking the mouse brings up the following popup menu. ① Setup Menu ② Search Menu ① ③ PAN/Tilt Menu ②...
2. Monitoring 2-1. OSD Description The Status Bar on screen shows HDD capacity, network connection, current time, etc. ① ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ② ③ ⑨ ① HDD capacity : Used capacity / Total capacity ② Network connection : It is shown that admin or user is connected. ③...
[ Playback Video ] Channel Up/Down Playback Control Buttons Also you can use the DIS button on the remote controller to change the display mode. Display switches in the following order when the DIS button is pressed. Single Channel 4 Channel 9 Channel 16 Channel 17 Channel 2-3.
3. Playback Click the right button on the mouse, the popup menu will be displayed on screen. To begin playback, press the Play button on the popup menu. 3-1. OSD Description The Control Bar on screen shows Playback control buttons, Progress bar, Display mode buttons, Playback time, etc.
Single Frame Rewind During the pause mode, press the Frame Rewind button(⑤) to view the frame directly before the frame displayed on screen. Fast Forward In playback mode, press the Fast Forward button(⑥) to switch between various fast play modes such as x2, x4, x8, x16 play. Fast Backward In reverse playback mode, press the Fast Backward button(⑦) to switch between various reverse play modes such as x2, x4, x8, x16 reverse play.
4. PTZ Control The user can control PTZ cameras via RS485 communication. The PTZ domes can be wired in a Daisy chain. Daisy Chain configuration The telemetry function of DVR can be controlled via 4 different methods: 1. Mouse 2. Remote keyboard 3.
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① Dome Menu : Entering the Dome Camera menu ② Multiscreen Display : Changing the display mode ③ Set Preset ④ Pan Left / Focus Near ⑤ Pan Right / Focus Far ⑥ Tilt Up / Zoom In ⑦ Tilt Down / Zoom Out ⑧...
4-2. PTZ Control by remote controller [ Camera selection ] The PTZ cameras can be controlled in either full screen or split screen mode. If in split screen mode press the ⑦ camera selection button(①), the PTZ camera icon will step from one camera to the next on the split screen.
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Main Menu Camera Name Display Camera Setting Covert Color Setting PTZ Setup Spot Setting Duration Event Popup Duration Live Setting Event Popup OSD Setting Recording Frame Resolution (Day/Night/Weekend Recording Mode Frame /Time/Instant Rec) Picture Quality Audio Pre Recording Day/ Night Schedule Weekend/ Holiday Time...
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Network IP Set DDNS Set NTP Set Event Beep E-mail Registration SMTP Set...
1. Display 1-1. Camera Setting Use this menu to adjust the picture colour and specify cameras as covert (recorded but not displayed). Click the camera icon(①) on the left hand to select the desired camera. ① [ Camera Name ] Each camera can be titled using the mouse and each title can have up to 30 characters.
1-2. Spot Setting Use this menu to set the spot output. ① [ Spot Setting ] Spot output is used to configure the second monitor output. The spot monitor can be configured for full or multi-screen sequences. Click one of the spot icons(①) on the left hand and set the mode, duration. Mode : Select the sequence mode.
1-3. Live Setting Use this menu to set up a sequence of the screen. [ Live Setting ] The live settings are used to set up a sequence of either full screen camera images or multi screen displays. The display will change to allow individual sequence times to be set per channel or split screen option.
2. Recording 2-1. Frame This configures the FPS for each schedule – Day/ Night/ Weekend & Holiday/ Time/ Instant recording. ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ In Frame Setup, user can define the recording schedule : ①...
2-2. Schedule Use this menu to configure the recording schedule. ③ ① ② Day/ Night (①) Define the day and night. Ex) If 18:00 to 6:00 is defined as night time, 6:00 to 18:00 is defined as daytime. Weekend / Holiday (②) Define weekend.
2-3. Event Configuration Use this menu to configure the motion & alarm settings. ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ [ Motion ] Motion On/Off [①] Specify whether to use motion input or not. Motion Sensitivity [②] Low / Middle / High Motion Area [③] Define the motion detection area.
2-4. Action Use this menu to configure the relay settings relating to the event (motion & alarm). ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ [ Motion ] Relay On/Off [①] Associate the relays with a channel. Click the check box to enable each relay. The associated relays will be on when the motion is detected.
3. System 3-1. Basic Use this menu to set Language, Time/DST, Video Type, System ID, PTZ controller. Also, Initialisation and System Information is available. ① ② ⑧ ③ ⑨ ④ ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ Language (①) The default is English. French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish and Polish are available.
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search for video between 1 am and 2 am, the recorder may not operate properly because there will be two hours of recorded video during this time period. To view video during this overlapping time period, you must start playback before 1 am, then recorder will play both hours between 1 am and 2 a.m.
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Temperature : Using the on screen keyboard set the temperature at which the warning is to be reported. (recommended setting 45℃) Message Box : The message box can be turned on or off to give a visible warning. Information (⑫) The Information Screen shows the hard disk size, current firmware version, IP address and MAC address.
3-2. Account The DVR can have the following different levels of operators, each with different user rights and passwords: ① ② [ Adding the operators on the list ] Click the Add(①), new user name will be displayed on the list. Level Admin level : Operators logged in at this level has full rights...
4. Network Use this menu to configure network settings; IP, DDNS, NTP. ③ ① ② ④ 4-1. IP Set When a fixed IP address is being used, the Use Dynamic IP should be set to OFF. The IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask need to be set, these will generally be given by the network manager.
5. Event This menu is used to inform the user as to an event occurring, this can be by the sounding of a buzzer or by sending an E-mail to a predefined address. ① ② ③ 5-1. Beeper/E-mail Setup Beep Out The buzzer can be set to sound on the following occurrences: Video Loss, Alarm input, Motion detection, Power Loss.
Searching Recorded Data The user can search the recorded video on the DVR to find a specific time or event. SEARCH To access the search option, click the SEARCH icon on the popup menu. Search Menu Date/Time Search Event Search Motion / Alarm All / Operation Log Search...
1. Date/Time Search If you select Date/Time Search(①), the following will be shown. ⑩ ⑪ ⑫ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤⑥ ⑦⑧⑨ [ Time Search ] Use this menu to search the recorded data by a specific date and time. 1.
- The red bar(⑧) means the data was recorded by the alarm. - The yellow bar(⑨) means the data was recorded by the motion. 3. Press the hour(⑩) which you want to review. The minutes which have recorded data will be displayed. 4.
1. Check the box(②) to select between Motion and Alarm. 2. Click the start time box(③) to enter the start time, the keyboard will be displayed on screen. Enter the start date & time using the keyboard. 3. Click the end time box(④) to enter the end time, the keyboard will be displayed on screen. Enter the end date &...
A total of 5000 events can be recorded the oldest being overwritten when a new one occurs, they can be viewed all together or as individual types. 1. Check the log box(②) which you want to view. 2. Press Search(③), the selected log list will be displayed on screen. 3.
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Type (④) Exclusive : If evidence is downloaded as an Exclusive file, the DVR will download bespoke player software on to the CD / DVD or USB device along with the evidence. This means that no special software is required, by the reviewing PC. This format is secure and watermarked.
Client Viewer software Each DVR comes with license free viewer software to view the DVR across a network. To be able to do this the recommended minimum specification for the PC is as follows: Minimum PC specification > CPU: Core 2 Duo 3.16GHz, >...
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Logging on The following window will appear. To connect to the E4000, enter the units: IP address; DVR Port (2000 ids default), ID and Password. Then, click “OK”, to start the live monitoring. Description field is the name of area / Building / location of the DVR, this should be typed in he first time the unit is connected to, this will store it in the address book.
1. Live Monitoring The software is best viewed with the PC monitor resolution, set to: 1024 x 768. Split Screen options (1/4/6/7/8/9/10/13/6) Spilt Screens can be viewed during both live and playback. The splits screens available are: full screen,4,6,7, 8,9,10,13 and 16 way. 1) Full Screen 2) 10 Way...
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Full Screen on/ off When the full screen button is selected, a tool bar offering the various split screen options, and the Exit key will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. OSD on/off The OSD button will toggle between the on screen titles etc being shown or hidden (Smart) Arrange On/Off...
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Image Save / Load SAVE: This icon is used to save a still image in either JPEG or BMP or TIF format. There is no change on the main screen when the “Save” icon is pressed. The still image is stored as default in C: H264CD: Saved folder, as a Jpeg image using the date and time as the file name.
2. Remote Search Search(Date/Time/Event/Calendar), Archive(Remote Archive), Log(Remote Log) are available. 2-1. Search This Remote Search is able to play back video on the PC direct from the hard disk storage on the DVR. There are 3 options for as follows. 1) Date/Time 2) Event 3) Calendar...
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Calendar Select the date required (as long as the date is highlighted in Blue there is recorded data on from that day). There are 3 options for selecting the required time once the date has been selected. 1) Drag the Red line along the colour bar (I.e. Blue: Normal Recording) till the required time is reached.
Select Channel Channels can be included or excluded dependent on query. This is available within Search, Backup and Logs. 2-2. Archive Remote Archive – Date/Time Enter the Start and End dates and times, by hovering over the selections, a drop down box will appear.
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Remote Archive – Calendar Select the date required (Days with recorded video a data present are highlighted in Blue) There are 3 options for selecting the required time once the date has been selected. 1) Drag the Red line along the colour bar (I.e. Blue: Normal Recording) till the required time is reached.
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The backup procedure is same as Date/Time & Event backup as previous page. * “Prev” to go back to previous stage. *The downloaded data is saved in the follows location. C:\H264CD\Download. Play back down loaded files Open the viewer software but do not connect to a unit, click the cancel button to remove the log on box.
2-3. Remote Log The Log file can either be viewed or printed. The recorded Event can be played, by selecting it and clicking on Play. The log list can be viewed as a whole or filtered by the following types: Power: Power on, Power off, Record:...
3. Remote Setup (Menu settings - same as DVR) 3-1. Display This is the same as the Display Menu of DVR, refer to setting the Display Menu of DVR. [ Camera Setting ] [ Spot Setting ] Use this menu to adjust the picture color Use this menu to set the spot output and specify cameras as covert (recorded but not displayed).
3-2. Recording This is the same as the Recording Menu of DVR, refer to setting the Recording Menu of DVR. [ Frame ] [ Schedule ] This configures the FPS for each schedule Use this menu to configure the recording –...
3-3. System This is the same as the System Menu of DVR, refer to setting the System Menu of DVR. [ Basic ] [ Account ] Use this menu to set Language, Time/DST, The DVR can have the following different Video Type, System ID, PTZ controller.
3-5. Event This is the same as the Event Menu of DVR, refer to setting the Event Menu of DVR. This menu is used to inform the user as to an event occurring, this can be by the sound of a buzzer or by sending an E-mail to a predefined address.
4. Local Search (viewing downloaded footage) This allows playback of video which has been downloaded top the PC. 4-1. Search Searches can be done by Date/Time, Even and Calendar. [ Date/Time ] Hovering over the Date and Time bars will allow drop down boxes to select the required time and Date.
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[ Calendar ] When the Calendar option is chosen this screen will appear, with recording available will be highlighted in Blue. Select the required day. Any downloaded event s will be shown, click on the event, the red line will move to that event.
4-2. Log Clicking on Log will display the log file from the unit. This file can be printed, by clicking Print. 4-3. Info Click on Info. This will display the version of the software client being used.
5. Local Setup This allows the setup of the viewing of the software on the PC. 5-1. Global This screen allows the following: Draw mode to be set to YUV or RGB Date Format to be set to: DD/MM/YYY, MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD. Save Format, for the saving of stills as either JPEG, Bit Map or TIF.
5-3. Audio Buffer Audio Buffer settings are there to adjust the audio over the network, this will compensate for different network speeds ( LANs, WANs etc). This can only be adjusted if the LIVE video is switched off. Adjust each variable to achieve best quality video for Network bandwidth available, this is best done through trial and error.
6. Telemetry Control (Pan/Tilt/Zoom/Focus) When PTZ button is being pressed, PTZ control icon will be pop-up on the live image. 6-1. Pan / Tilt / Zoom / Focus When PAN/TILT button clicked Pan/Tilt control appears, this allows Left, Right, Up and Down Control of PTZ When Zoom/Focus button clicked, the control changes to Zoom in on the up arrow, Zoom...
6-2. Preset / Learn PRESET&LEARN icon The presets button can be activated by clicking on the centre of the control icon, the preset symbol will appear and the Preset selection box will appear. To save a preset, move the camera to the desired position then click “Set” followed by the desired number.
7. Firmware Upgrade User can select Firmware Upgrade menu, if a new version of firmaware exits in the C:/H264CD/Upgrade folder ,then the message ‘New program found!’ will be displayed if there is no file then ‘New program not found!’ message will be displayed. To proceed with upgrading press the OK button and select each firmware files to upgrade it to the system, by ticking the boxes.
Appendix 1 Dynamic IP (Supporting DDNS Server) With DDNS Server, This allows a user to connect to the unit remotely without the need for a fixed IP address. (Please register your ID & Domain at www.ddns-dvr.com in which you can use their DDNS server as free of charge) 1.
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4. Create Account. Fill in all blanks in order to create new account. ID & Password will be emailed to you when the account is setup correctly. Once the DDns-Dvr account has been setup, it is necessary to add the details in the Network menu of DVR.
Appendix 2 Setup for DVR Port & Web Server Port using IP sharing Router (Port Forwarding) 1. To use IP sharing router, “Dynamic IP” should be set to “OFF”. ① DVR Port : This can be set to any number between 2000 to 65535. ②...
Appendix 3 Specification 8 or 16 Camera Input Video 1 HDMI, 2 VGA, 4 SPOT, 16 BNC(Loop through) Output 8 or 16 RCA Audio Input Audio 1 RCA Output 16/4 Sensor In / Alarm Out Embedded Linux OS Operating System 1920x1080P HDMI Out VGA Out...
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