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  • Page 1 4-Ch Network Video Recorder with HDMI ► NVR-420...

  • Page 2: User's Manual Of Nvr

    "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not PLANET, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.
  • Page 3 DC-plug from the device if it is not in use. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET 4-ch Network Video Recorder Model: NVR-420 Rev: 1.1 (August, 2013)

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Table of Contents Chaper 1. Product Description ..................6 1.1 Product Features ....................6 1.2 System Requirements ................... 7 1.3 Packet Contents ....................7 1.4 Specifications ......................8 1.5 Front / Rear Panel ....................9 1.6 LEDs Definition ......................
  • Page 5 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.2.3 PTZ Preset Settings ....................55 6.2.4 PTZ Preset Sequence....................56 6.2.5 Local Map Setting ....................57 6.2.6 Google Map Setting ....................60 6.3 Event Configurations ................... 61 6.3.1 General Settings ....................... 61 6.3.2 DI Settings........................

  • Page 6: Chaper 1. Product Description

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 1. Product Description The NVR is designed for use within a surveillance system, and performs recordings and playback pictures from network cameras in the system. It is designed for small scale applications such as retail stores.

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 1.2 System Requirements The following are the minimum requirements for the system to operate Network Video Recorder (NVR): Operating System Windows® XP Professional (32 bit), Windows® Server 2003 (32 bit), Windows...

  • Page 8: Specifications

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 1.4 Specifications Product NVR-420 Video/ Audio Video Input 4-channel IP cameras Video Output HDMI/ RCA local display, web interface Resolution Full HD/Megapixel/FD1/CIF/QCIF Video streamming: H.264/MPEG4 Local Video Display 30fps at 1920x1080, H.264, 8Mbps Snapshot: MJPEG Yes (G.711/G.726)

  • Page 9: Front / Rear Panel

    When NVR-420 is off, but power cord remains plugged in. Power Blinking during system initialization, reboot, and firmware Amber upgrade When NVR-420 is off and the power cord is not plugged in. Green Disk is online. Disk error. HDD1/2 Solid amber when NVR-420 is recording.

  • Page 10: Chaper 2. Installing Hard Disk

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 2. Installing Hard Disk 1. Locate the screws highlighted above on the back of the NVR. 2. Use a Phillips screw driver to release the screws. 3. Slide the case to open as shown below.
  • Page 11 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 4. One side of the housing can be detached as shown below. 5. Install the HDD by sliding it into the tray diagonally to avoid the tray separator. 6. Once the HDD is placed into the tray, you can see a gap between the HDD and the SATA connector.
  • Page 12 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 2. Installing Hard Disk 1. Locate the screws highlighted above on the back of the NVR. 2. Use a Phillips screw driver to release the screws. 3. Slide the case to open as shown below.
  • Page 13 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 9. Secure the HDD with the screws provided in the accessory box with a Phillips screw driver. There are four for each HDD; two for each side of the tray.
  • Page 14 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 12. Place the HDD on the tray and make sure the screw holes on the HDD are aligned with the ones on the tray. 13. Secure the HDD with the screws provided in the accessory box with a Philips screw driver. There are...
  • Page 15 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 9. Secure the HDD with the screws provided in the accessory box with a Phillips screw driver. There are four for each HDD; two for each side of the tray.

  • Page 16: Chaper 3. Connecting To The Nvr

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 3. Connecting to the NVR There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setups: The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “Device Search”...
  • Page 17 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Please click “Next” to continue. Please click “Install” to start the installation. Once the installation is complete, please check “Finish”.
  • Page 18 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Please go to Start => Programs => NVR => Search NVR to run the search tool. Then you will see the utility start search the network. The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed: Double- click on it and the program should automatically access the NVR’s web...
  • Page 19 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search again. Or double-click on any of the search results to access NVR’s web administration page. Perform search again Access NVR’s web administration page...

  • Page 20: Access Nvr With Its Default Ip Address

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 3.2 Access NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP address “192.168.0.20”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network.

  • Page 21: Chaper 4. Live Viewing (Web Interface)

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 4. Live Viewing (Web Interface) 4.1 Live Viewing The “Live View” page provides the following functions: • Retrieve camera’s video stream • Retrieve camera’s status • Perform Live Sequence Viewing •...

  • Page 22: Retrieving Camera's Status

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 4.1.2 Retrieving Camera’s Status The camera list can show each camera’s current status. Each status is represented with different colors: Blue: Connected Gray: Disconnected Red: Performing event recording Green: Recording (manual/continuous/schedule) White: This channel is not configured with any camera 4.1.3 Performing Sequence Viewing...

  • Page 23: Perform Ptz Preset Viewing

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Only PTZ capable cameras will be listed in the drop-down menu The bar highlighted above controls the moving angle. Larger number means bigger movement angle. 4.2.1 Perform PTZ Preset Viewing There are three functions provided in the “Preset”...

  • Page 24: Preset Point Viewing

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 4.2.2 Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop-down list shown below. Click "Go to" to move to the selected position.

  • Page 25: Preset Point Sequence Viewing

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 4.2.4 Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points from the video of a camera without having to select them one by one. Once you have defined the preferred preset points in “Channel Configurations”...

  • Page 26: Taking A Snapshot Of A Live Video

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 4.2.7 Taking a Snapshot of a Live Video To take a snapshot of a live video, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots.
  • Page 27 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.
  • Page 28 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\) You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..."...

  • Page 29: Performing Digital Ptz

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 A dialog should be displayed that allows you to choose a directory/folder of where the snapshot will be saved to. 4.2.8 Performing Digital PTZ To perform digital PTZ on a particular channel, right-click anywhere on its video and select "Digital PTZ".

  • Page 30: Adjusting Brightness/Contrast For The Live Video

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Once the image is digitally zoomed in, use the mouse scroll button to further zoom on or zoom out the image. Hold and left-click on the image and move the mouse to move the zoom in video.

  • Page 31: Changing Web Ui Display Language

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 4.4 Changing Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link to...

  • Page 32: Chaper 5. Playback (Web Interface)

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 5. Playback (Web Interface) 5.1 Playback Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger.
  • Page 33 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Search by time chart 1. Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search 2. Select “Search by time chart” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go”...
  • Page 34 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Clicking on a cell box marked with gray will take you to the "day" view of the selected month. Repeating the same step will eventually take you to the "second" view (5 sec per cell box). Right-click anywhere or the "Back"...
  • Page 35 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place, you may choose the “Play by start time” from the “Search Method” drop-down list Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video.

  • Page 36: Certain Functions You Can Perform To The Playback Video

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 5.1.2 Certain functions you can perform to the playback video You can do the following by right clicking on the playback video: 1. Play Audio 2. Snapshot 3. Export as AVI file 4.
  • Page 37 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 A new window should display and load the snapshot image.
  • Page 38 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above. However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x"...

  • Page 39: Adjusting Brightness And Contrast For The Playback Video

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish. 5.1.4 Adjusting Brightness and Contrast for the Playback Video You are able to adjust brightness of the playback video from the right click menu.

  • Page 40: Exporting Playback Videos To Avi Files

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 5.2 Exporting Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on the NVR to a local computer and save them in AVI file format. The files can then be played on the PC by a 3rd party media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player.
  • Page 41 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 You can alternatively choose to export the recorded video to JPEG images by choosing the "Export as JPEG images" option. Specify the Start time/End time (or export length) and click "Start" to begin...

  • Page 42: Playing Exported Playback Videos With Nvr Media Player

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 The best way to view the exported video or JPEG images is to use the NVR media player, which can be obtained from the same dialog window. Simply click on the icon at the bottom (highlighted above), and a message box should appear to let you open the media player directly, or save it to the local hard drive for later use.
  • Page 43 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 The NVR Media Player will be automatically installed after the CMS software is installed. You can find it in the Windows Start menu. Click “Open” >> “AVI File” Locate the exported AVI file, and click “open”. (normally under “C:\ExportFolder)”...

  • Page 44: Opening Event Snapshot Images With Nvr Media Player

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 5.2.2 Opening Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recipient. These types of snapshot images are saved in a proprietary image file format, h4i or p4i, and can only be opened by the NVR media player.

  • Page 45: Chaper 6. System Setup

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 6. System Setup 6.1 System Configurations The “System Configurations” page provides users options to set up the device quickly and properly. After properly configuring all settings in all the sub-pages, users should expect a fully working network video recorder that is ready to manage cameras on the network.
  • Page 46 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 network. Its DHCP server function is also turned on at the same time to assign IP addresses to cameras that are later connected to the network. You can manually turn off the DHCP server function if you wish to use a separate DHCP server.

  • Page 47: Time And Date

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 *Once you have the DDNS function successfully up and running, please DO NOT forget to configure port forwarding for the NVR web port (default 80) and the streaming port (default 9877) in the router/gateway for remote viewing. You can then type in http://yourddnsdomain in the browser to access the NVR remotely for live view.
  • Page 48 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 To change the password of the “admin” account: 1. Click and highlight the “admin” account on the account list and click “Edit”. 2. Its information should be displayed in “User Account Information”.

  • Page 49: Group Privilege

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.1.4 Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator.

  • Page 50: Disk Setup

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 the defaults. 6.1.5 Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk in the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed on this page.

  • Page 51: Channel Configurations

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.2 Channel Configurations 6.2.1 Adding a Camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera. Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera’s information and add it manually.
  • Page 52 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 3. Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure”. 4. Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its user name and password and select the channel ID and name the camera.
  • Page 53 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Adding a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described above but instead of using the “Search” function, enter the camera’s IP address and credential in the “Camera Information” manually and then follow step 5 and 6 described above.

  • Page 54: Osd Settings

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.2.2 OSD Settings The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it in the video. By default, this function is turned off too add texts to one or more videos.

  • Page 55: Ptz Preset Settings

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.2.3 PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera.

  • Page 56: Ptz Preset Sequence

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.2.4 PTZ Preset Sequence Once you have multiple preset points defined for a camera, it is convenient for monitoring to set up the sequence viewing among those preset points and let the recorder automatically switch between them for you.

  • Page 57: Local Map Setting

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.2.5 Local Map Setting E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
  • Page 58 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location. Access the “Local MAP Monitor” page from the upper-right hand corner menu. When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it.
  • Page 59 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.2.6 Google Map Setting The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned E Map monitor. It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different locations.

  • Page 60: Google Map Setting

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Once the location has been determined, click and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location * The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and cannot be used in...

  • Page 61: Event Configurations

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.3 Event Configurations The “Event Configurations” section allows users to define conditions that constitute an event, its corresponding trigger action and when it will be triggered. Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it’s necessary.

  • Page 62: Di Settings

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 You can also choose to have the recorder send out a warning message in e-mail or in txt file format and upload it to a destined FTP server. 6.3.2 DI Settings This function allows users to manage camera’s digital input port right from the...
  • Page 63 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration. Configuring an FTP server To add an FTP server, 1.

  • Page 64: Configuring An Smtp Server

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 7. Click “Apply” for the settings to take effect. If you wish to edit/remove/enable/disable an FTP server, click to highlight one from the profile list and choose the corresponding action button.

  • Page 65: Event Triggers

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.3.4 Event Triggers We have finished defining how an event will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the previous two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting.
  • Page 66 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifications Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to. * Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local network or on the Internet until the UPnP Port Forwarding”...

  • Page 67: Recording Configurations

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.4 Recording Configurations The “recording configurations” gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings performed on each channels.

  • Page 68: Schedule Recording

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Keep video allows you to set the NVR to keep the record video in previous days. The section at the bottom allows you to turn on or off a particular recording type on any channels.
  • Page 69 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 * Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time. Click one or more boxes to omit consecutive recording. 3. You can also use the “Quick Configuration” to define recording time range instead of clicking cell box one by one on the time table.

  • Page 70: System Options

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 6.5 System Options System Options gives users a glance of the overall system status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firmware, restore/backup device settings or reboot device, etc.

  • Page 71: Maintenance

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Reboot cameras directly from the NVR. Perform firmware upgrade. Back up the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive. Restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved configuration file.

  • Page 72: Disk Status

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Maintenance” page after it is complete. 6.5.4 Disk Status “Disk Status” gives you more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
  • Page 73 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Once it’s detected, go back to the “USB Backup” page and it should be available for further configuration The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the remaining disk space.
  • Page 74 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Things to pay attention to the USB Backup function Limitation: • It does not support USB Hub extending the number of HDD connected to the • Only one backup process can be performed at a time •...

  • Page 75: Chaper 7. Local Ui From Hdmi Output

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Chaper 7. Local UI from HDMI Output 7.1 Live Viewing 7.1.1 Login screen You should be prompted with the login screen first when the NVR is fully started. 1. Power button 2.
  • Page 76 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Simply use the directional buttons on the remote control to move between the keys on the virtual keyboard. If you have a USB mouse plugged into the NVR, a mouse cursor will appear on the screen and you can use the mouse to select keys on the virtual keyboard as well.

  • Page 77: Live View

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 The local UI is capable of playing audio coming from the camera side, but it's not turned on by default. To turn on audio from the current viewing channel, press the "AUDIO"...

  • Page 78: Side Menu

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 this area) 2. Video area 3. Functions for live video (From top down: start/stop manual recording, take snapshot, set location of the "Picture-in-picture" live event video coming from other channel) 4.

  • Page 79: Sequence Viewing

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 By default, the selection focus should be on "Channel 1' on the Channel List. The side bar is basically divided into three sections. At any point, you can use the "Left"...
  • Page 80 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 "ENTER" button on the remote control to start sequence viewing between all available channels with default 5-second interval. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote control again to stop it.
  • Page 81 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 menu. Use the "Up" and "Down" buttons on the remote control to move between selections and press the "ENTER" button to select the new interval. You can also quickly start/stop sequence viewing by using the "SEQ" button on the remote control.

  • Page 82: Ptz Control

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 7.2 PTZ Control Once you are in the PTZ control area, use the directional buttons on the remote control to move between icons.

  • Page 83: Add Preset Points

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 7.2.1 Add Preset Points Move the selection focus to the "Add preset point" icon and press the "ENTER" button on the remote control to add the current live video as a preset point.

  • Page 84: Manual Recording

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 At any point in Live View, you can enter the PTZ mode by: 1. Pressing the "PTZ" button on the remote control. 2. Use the directional buttons to simulate pan, tilt, zoom actions as well as jumping through preset points.

  • Page 85: Taking Snapshot

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 "ENTER" button on the remote control to start recording right away. You should see an on-screen text notification indicating the recording has been started. Alternatively, you can press the "REC"...

  • Page 86: Displaying Video In Its Original Size

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 You should see an area with blue border displayed on the live video area. Use the directional buttons on the remote control to select a desired area. You are able to choose from up to 9 different areas.

  • Page 87: Detailed Channel Status

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 7.5 Detailed Channel Status Select the icon shown above and press the "ENTER" button on the remote control to give you a detailed current status of all four channels.
  • Page 88 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 Press the "BACK" button on the remote control to dock it away.

  • Page 89: Dashboard

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 7.6 Dashboard The dashboard provides a detailed overview of the system information, such as network settings, disk status, and channel status. Press the "BACK" button on the remote control to exit.

  • Page 90: Playback

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 To switch to Playback, move the selection focus to the Playback button shown above and press the "ENTER" button on the remote control. You can always use the remote control to quickly switch between Live and Playback functions The Playback UI provides the similar layout as the Live video UI.

  • Page 91: Time Chart

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 The NVR is able to play recorded video 1 channel at a time. To search for playback video, select a channel from the "Channel List" first and select a search method from the drop-down menu highlighted in the above picture.

  • Page 92: Exporting Recorded Data

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 highlighted in dark grey, meaning there are recorded data available in those years. Select one from the list and press the "ENTER" button on the remote control to switch the list to "month" viewing of the selected year. Repeat the same action and it goes all the way to the "minute"...
  • Page 93 4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 This sets a start time of the exported video. Press "ENTER" again on the "In/Out" button to set the end time. The video of this time frame will be exported.

  • Page 94: Power Off

    4-CH H.264 Network Video Recorder with HDMI User’s Manual of NVR-420 7.10 Power Off To power off the unit, press the "POWER" button on the remote control. A dialog will be prompted and the "Power Off" option should be selected. Press the "ENTER"...

  • Page 95: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    NVR-420 *Model Number: * Produced by: Manufacturer‘s Name : Planet Technology Corp. Manufacturer‘s Address : 10F., No.96, Minquan Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231,. Taiwan (R.O.C.) is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (2004/108/EC,).

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