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  • Page 1 H.264 NETWORK Embedded DVR USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENT 1 INTRODUCTION ......................3 1.1MAIN FEATURE ......................3 1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES....................3 1.2.1 PARAMETER......................3 1.2.2 BASIC WORKING PARAMETER ................5 1.3 ENTIRONMENT ADAPTABILITY................5 2. DEVICE OPERATION MANUAL..................6 2.1 REMOTE KEY INSTRUCTION..................6 2.1.1 REMOTE CONTROL(OPTIONAL) .................6 2.1.2 MOUSE OPERATION(OPTIONAL)................7 2.1.3 MENU TREE ......................8 2.2 SYSTEM OPERATION ....................9 2.2.1 USER LOGIN ......................9 2.2.2 GUI OPERATION....................10 3.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    1 INTRODUCTION 1.1MAIN FEATURE 8 channel CIF resolution digital video recorder. It has local recording, playback, support treble code remote network surveillance, data backup, parameter setting, motion detection and USB mouse. 1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES H.264 compression Two USB interface, USB2.0 for data backup, USB1.1 for mouse operation. 3.5”...
  • Page 4 Audio input 8ch audio input ， i mpedance600 ， R CA Audio output 1ch audio output i mpedance600 R CA ， ， Basic electricity Linearity electricity Audio output Record style Audio video recorded simultaneously Audio ADPCM compression Picture H.264 compression Picture resolution Picture Streaming style...

  • Page 5: Basic Working Parameter

    1.2.2 BASIC WORKING PARAMETER Item Parameter description Voltage input DC 19V Video impedance 75 each channel 。 input Video output 1Vp-p 1Vp-p CVBS signal SATA HDD One SATA with all capability Working -10----50 ℃ Under normal conditions temperature 1.3 ENTIRONMENT ADAPTABILITY For the safely using DVR and prolong device life, please pay attention on following When installing device, please comply all the electric product safety criterion ；...

  • Page 6: Device Operation Manual

    2. DEVICE OPERATION MANUAL In device operation, the enter key on remote control has the same function as left click of the mouse. 2.1 REMOTE KEY INSTRUCTION 2.1.1 REMOTE CONTROL Handheld IR Controller Key Functions: k eys: During setup, number keys are used to input 【...

  • Page 7: Mouse Operation(Optional)

    【 E XIT 】 : Exit to the preview or return to the last menu ； 【 R ECORD 】 : Start manual record S TOP : Stop manual record 【 】 【 A SISTANT 】 F or future use 2.1.2 MOUSE OPERATION You can use mouse to make operation of the menu besides IR remote controller.

  • Page 8: Menu Tree

    Click the left key on the playback interface can make >> forward function, << rew function, >>I Slow play function, I> frame play function,> Play function, X exit function. 1. In the input frame, click the left key can activate the keyboard. The number, symbol, English can be input by clicking the mouse.

  • Page 9: System Operation

    2.2 SYSTEM OPERATION 2.2.1 USER LOGIN 1. START-UP Connect the DC19V/3.42A(3A) adapter to DVR. When start up the DVR, 【 P OW 】 will be on and 4 images will be display on the screen. If it has setup ignition recording or time recording, the system will record automatically and the corresponding LED will be on, and the system work normally.

  • Page 10: Gui Operation

    HDD management > format. After formatting, the system will restart. 2. SYSTEM LOGIN You can login from the USER LOGIN window as follow. Input device ID and user password via numeric key-board. You can access to main menu by pressing 【...
  • Page 11 workable if exit directly. This DVR has a special feature: Explanation and information will be showed automatically when you move the cursor on the Menu. 1 RECORD SEARCH Move the cursor to 【 R ECORD SEARCH 】 （ I con highlighted when selected ）...
  • Page 12 CHANNEL: There are CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4 and QUAD, totally 5 options. Press 【 E nter 】 a nd you can change the channel to be displayed. TYPE: There are all, normal and alarm, totally 3 options. Press E nter a nd the 【...
  • Page 13 the selected is confirmed （ T here is a “√” at the end of the selected recording files ） , press E nter a gain the “√” will disappear which means the selected is cancelled. You can start 【 】 export the selected recording files by pressing B ACKUP , as follow:...
  • Page 14 QUALITY : There are three options: BEST, FINE AND NORMAL, corresponding to HIGHEST,HIGH AND NORMAL data stream standard AUDIO: ON: Means enable the audio recording for all channels, OFF: Means audio recording is disabled REC.MODE POWER UP: Means the device will start recording when it starts up TIME: Recording as scheduled;...
  • Page 15 HDD STATUS ： T here are three status available, normal, un-format, No HDD. If HDD cannot run normally （ i ncluding unformat and no HDD ） , there will be a 【 】 d isplayed on video live view. OVERWRITE ：...
  • Page 16 6 SYSTEM LANGUAGE SETUP Move cursor to select “system language” (The big icon means select ok)and press E NTER t o enter into the system language setup interface. 【 】 System language is optional, including Chinese and English. You can choose the language you want.
  • Page 17 TIME FORMAT: Press ENTER to switch the time patterns; there are 12 HOURS and 24 HOURS for your selection. Remark: You must press A PPLY to save after you modify the time and date, 【 】 modification will not be saved if you exit directly. DST: Still under construction.
  • Page 18 NAME: press E nter t o enter into the setting interface. 【 】 POSITION: Name location is optional. You can press E nter t o switch from bottom left, 【 】 top left, bottom right, top right and OFF. COLOR: press E nter t o enter into setting interface as follow: 【...
  • Page 19 VGA RESOLUTION ： 1 024*768 ， 8 00*600 CAMERA SYSTEM: press 【 E nter 】 t o select camera system: PAL or NTSC . VOLUME SETUP move cursor to V OLUME SETUP t hen press E nter t o access ：...
  • Page 20 【 E nter 】 t o access setting interface. I/O CHANNEL Each channel corresponds an I/O status, which means when an alarm is ： triggered, it will activate the corresponding channel to start alarm recording. ： i ndicate I / O input level from high to low ：...
  • Page 21 13 SYSTEM INFO Move the cursor to S YSTEM INFO I con highlighted when selected press E nter 【 】 （ ） ， 【 】 to access setting interface. This interface includes : firmware version, MAC address, serial number. 14 MOTION DETECT Move the cursor to M OTION DETECT I con highlighted when selected...
  • Page 22 not activated. Press the direction key on remote control to move cursor along the small pane: position of cursor is indicated by green frame. Press E nter t o select or cancel motion 【 】 detection of this small pane. When setup is finished, press 【...
  • Page 23 MOBILE PORT: Input the correct mobile port; press [APPLY] to confirm 16 SYSTEM MAINTAIN Move the cursor to S YSTEM MAINTAIN ( Frame turns red means selected), press 【 】 E nter t o enter into system maintain setup interface. 【...
  • Page 24 BAUD RATE: select the different baud rate for your PTZ, there are 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600 DATA BIT: there are 5,6,7,8 options to select, default setting is 8. STOP BIT: Two options: 1 and 2 for you selection. Default setting is 1 VERIFY: Options: None/Odd/Even/Mark/Space are available.
  • Page 25 WEB PORT: setup the port of IE browser via HTTP. IP ADDRESS: setup the IP address, and press [Enter] input numbers to fill IP address. NET MASK:. press [Enter] input numbers to fill net mask. GATEWAY: press [Enter] input numbers to fill default gateway. 2 DHCP Select the DHCP, and enter into the interface as follow.
  • Page 26 MEDIA PORT: Port for private protocol of DVR and PC, default : 9000. If this port of computer is applied by other server, please change to other free port. WEB PORT: Http port. Default: 80. If admin change WEB port to: e.g. 8088, port No. should be added behind IP, http://192.168.15.145:8088 should input into IP of IE.
  • Page 27 manufacture, now we are take dyndns for example, to show you how to register. Please type in the IE address as follow: to Register a new user. (https://www.dyndns.com/account/create.html). 1) Fill out all the information then submit. 2) Minutes later, you will get a mail from dyndns, which include the primary password for the user you just register.
  • Page 28 Since the public IP will change after restart, please use DDNS function, and mapping the public IP to a fixed domain name, as the picture. Save and restart device, it will connect to internet via PPPoE mode automatically, if success, it will got a dynamic public IP. ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(The public IP of DVR) to check whether the network is ok, and ping xxx.xxx.xxx （...

  • Page 29: Ie Operation

    3. IE OPERATION 3.1 FEATURE Install the software through the IE browser of OS and you operate the network remotely and conveniently. DVR supports C/S, B/S, and visit in LAN and WAN, also supports IP and domain name visiting. RESTRICTION CONDITION ：...

  • Page 30: Operation Interface

    Select English interface from the top left side. Input username and password to enter the system. The username and passport are the same as the ones set in DVR. PASSWORD: Administrator has all authorities, operator has limited authorities who they can only watch, playback, please change the unit No.

  • Page 31: Repaly

    3.3.1.6 PLAY Move cursor to the icons, it will highlighted when selected Open all windows Capture picture, save in local disk, system save default route is C:/DVR Quick-start to record video on all channels. The left upper corner of each channel has normal recording video symbol ;...
  • Page 32 Click right up of calendar interface , to setup the month for searching; click ”REFRESH” at the calendar interface will display the recording information of current month. The highlighted date indicates video was recorded on that day. RED FRAME means the date is system date, click the date will search that days’...
  • Page 33 Double click one of the listed recorded video to playback. The file icon will change to , and the following picture will appear: The above purple progress bar shows download progress, green progress bar shows playback progress Switch between pause/play Stop play Fast play Slow play...

  • Page 34: Setup

    SOURCE FILE: Click to setup the H.264 file to convert DESTINATION FILE: Click to choose the directory for saving the AVI file Click , after the setting and the file convert will start. The convert progress bar shown below will show the progress of convert 3.3.3 SETUP Click to enter into setup interface, this interface include record,...
  • Page 35 3.3.3.1 RECORD Click to enter into setup interface; you can check the parameter settings as in GUI of DVR. 3.3.3.2 ALARM SETTING Click “ALARM” to enter into setup interface; you can check the parameter settings as in GUI of DVR.
  • Page 36 3.3.3.3 PTZ Click to access setup interface; you can check the parameter settings in GUI of DVR.
  • Page 37 3.3.3.4 NETWORK Click to access setup interface; you can check the parameter settings in GUI of DVR. 3.3.3.5 SETTING Click to access setup interface; you can check the parameter settings in GUI of DVR...
  • Page 38 BANDWIDTH: Set the bandwidth in kbps (128k 、 1 92k 、 2 56k 、 3 84k 、 5 12k 、 1 024k) that you want to allocate for traffic that matches the internet. This bandwidth does not include audio. FILE SAVE PATH: the save path of captured picture and recording video.IE login password and DST settings you can set as DVR setting.

  • Page 39: Dvr Installation Guideline

    4. DVR INSTALLATION GUIDELINE 4.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1. THE DEFINITION OF BOTTOMS AND CONNECTORS ON FRONT PANEL Buttons on Front Panel TYPE NAME Instruction Standby STANDBY System standby button direction key include: up 【 】 、 d own 【 】 、 l eft Direction 】...
  • Page 40 2. THE DEFINITION OF BUTTONS AND CONNECTORS ON REAR PANEL Connectors on Rear Panel Item Physical connector Connector description POWER input DC 19V/3.42A Video output Two video output for connecting TV or monitor (BNC) Video input For connecting analog video signal input (BNC) Audio Input For connecting audio signal Alarm Input...
  • Page 41 5 SYSTEM NETWORK DIAGRAM...

  • Page 42: Hdd Installation

    4.2 HDD INSTALLATION Please installation the HDD as the following steps: O pen the cover of the DVR and then you will see one HDD plate as follow. ） C onnect HDD line as follow ） ） A ffix HDD on HDD plate as indicated below with the screws around. ）...

  • Page 43: Faq

    5.FAQ If your problem is not listed below, please call our toll-free number for more support. Question: DVR is not working after starting ？ ？ ？ ？ Answer: Check the adaptor input Check the on-off power line, is it well-connected? Check the power on-off Check the upgrade procedure Check the main board of DVR...
  • Page 44 No video input signal or too weak Display settings in the preview set to be closed The hardware of DVR is defective Question: DVR cannot record after startup and the interface is showing "H" Answer: Make sure power adaptor is DC 19V Make sure HDD is formatted Check the power and data connection cables of the HDD The HDD is defective...
  • Page 45 Question: No audio sound when playing back? Answer: Setting problem: open audio-video item Check the audio to see if it is closed in playback interface Question: System time is not correct? Answer: Wrong setting or user did not click "Edit" to confirm Battery is not connected properly Battery is dead.
  • Page 46 The backup device is damaged 14. Question: Remote control cannot work? Answer: : The address of remote control is not correct The distance of remote control is too far or the angle is too biased Remote control batteries run out Remote control is damaged or the front panel of DVR is damaged 15.

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