Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder TABLE OF CONTENTS DVR Pre-Installation ............................3 DVR Installation .............................. 3 Hard Disk Installation ............................. 3 Front Panels ..............................5 Rear Panels ..............................12 Peripheral Connections ..........................15 Wiring of Alarm Input ..........................15 Wiring of Alarm Output ...........................
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Regulatory information FCC information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant compliance: to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Thank you for purchasing our product. If there is any question or request, please do not hesitate to contact dealer. This manual is applicable to the models listed in the following table. Series...
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder As the installation steps of HDD are similar among different models, here we take the steps of the DS-7200HGHI-SH as an example. Steps: 1. Remove the cover from the DVR by unfastening the screws on the back and side.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Front Panels Front Panel of DS-7100HGHI-SH Description of Front Panel Icon Description Indicator turns red when DVR is powered up. Indicator lights in red when data is being read from or written to HDD.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB Interfaces USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Front Panel of DS-7200HQHI-SH Description of Front Panel Name Function Description POWER Power indicator turns yellow when the device s running.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Enter letters “PQRS”; Manual record, for direct access to manual record interface; manually enable/disable record. Enter numeral “8”; Enter letters “TUV”; 8/TUV/PTZ Access PTZ control interface. Enter numeral “9”; Enter letters “WXYZ”;...
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Indicator turns green when DVR is controlled by an IR remote control with the address from 1~254; Indicator turns red when the SHIFT button is used; Indicator does not light when the DVR is controlled by a keyboard or by the IR remote control with the address of 255;...
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Enter numeral “8”; Enter letters “TUV”; 8/TUV/PTZ Access PTZ control interface. Enter numeral “9”; Enter letters “WXYZ”; 9/WXYZ/PREV Multi-channel display in live view. Enter numeral “0”; Shift the input methods in the editing text field. (Upper and lowercase, alphabet, symbols or numeric input).
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Description of Front Panel Name Function Description Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. ALARM Ready indicator is normally blue, indicating that the DVR is READY functioning properly. Indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description In PTZ control mode, it can control the movement of the PTZ camera. POWER Power on/off switch. Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB USB Interfaces mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Rear Panels DS-7100HGHI-SH Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. HDMI HDMI video output connector. DB15 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu. AUDIO OUT RCA connector.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder DS-7300HQHI-SH and DS-7300HGHI-SH DS-8100HGHI-SH DS-8100HQHI-SH Item Description VIDEO IN BNC interface for TVI and analog video input. VIDEO OUT BNC connector for video output. AUDIO IN RCA connector USB Port Universal Serial Bus (USB) port for additional devices.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Item Description LINE IN BNC connector for audio input. eSATA Connects external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RW. RS-232 Interface Connector for RS-232 devices.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Peripheral Connections Wiring of Alarm Input The alarm input is an open/closed relay. To connect the alarm input to the device, use the following diagram. If the alarm input is not an open/close relay, please connect an external relay between the alarm input and the device.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 3. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block. RS-485 and Controller Connection For DS-7200HGHI-SH and DS-7200HQHI-SH To connect PTZ to the DVR: 1. Disconnect pluggable block from the RS-485 terminal block. 2. Press and hold the orange part of the pluggable block; insert signal cables into slots and release the orange part.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 3. Connect Ta on controller to D+ on terminal block and Tb on controller to D- on terminal block. Fasten stop screws. 4. Connect pluggable block back into terminal block. Make sure both the controller and DVR are grounded.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Specifications Table 1 Specification for DS-7100HGHI-SH Model DS-7104HGHI-SH Video compression H.264 4-ch Analog and HD-TVI BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω) video input Video/Audio Supported camera 720P25, 720P30, 720P50, 720P60, 1080P25, 1080P30, CVBS input...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Table 2 Specification for DS-7200HGHI-SH Model DS-7204HGHI-SH DS-7208HGHI-SH DS-7216HGHI-SH Video compression H.264 Analog and HD-TVI 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω) video input Video/Audio Supported camera 720P25, 720P30, 720P50, 720P60, 1080P25, 1080P30, CVBS...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Table 3 Specification for DS-7200HQHI-SH Model DS-7204HQHI-SH DS-7208HQHI-SH Video compression H.264 Analog and HD-TVI 4-ch 8-ch BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω) video input Video/Audio 720P25, 720P30, 720P50, 720P60, 1080P25, 1080P30, CVBS Supported camera types...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Table 4 Specification for DS-7300HGHI-SH Model DS-7308HGHI-SH DS-7316HGHI-SH DS-7304HGHI-SH Video compression H.264 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch Analog and HD-TVI BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω) video input Video/Audio Supported camera types 720P25, 720P30, 720P50, 720P60, 1080P25, 1080P30, CVBS...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Table 5 Specification for DS-7300HQHI-SH Model DS-7308HQHI-SH DS-7316HQHI-SH DS-7304HQHI-SH Video compression H.264 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch Analog and HD-TVI BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω) video input Video/Audio Supported camera types 720P25, 720P30, 720P50, 720P60, 1080P25, 1080P30, CVBS...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Table 6 Specification for DS-8100HGHI-SH Model DS-8108HGHI-SH DS-8116HGHI-SH DS-8104HGHI-SH Video compression H.264 Analog and HD-TVI 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω) video input 720P25, 720P30, 720P50, 720P60, 1080P25, 1080P30, CVBS Video/Audio...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Table 7 Specification for DS-8100HQHI-SH Model DS-8108HQHI-SH DS-8116HQHI-SH DS-8104HQHI-SH Video compression H.264 Analog and HD-TVI 4-ch 8-ch 16-ch BNC interface (1.0Vp-p, 75 Ω) video input 720P25, 720P30, 720P50, 720P60, 1080P25, 1080P30, CVBS Video/Audio...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder HDD Storage Calculation Chart The following chart shows an estimation of storage space used based on recording at one channel for an hour at a fixed bit rate. Bit Rate Storage Used 128K...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Accessing by Web Browser Logging In You can get access to the device via web browser. Open web browser, input the IP address of the device and then press Enter. The login interface appears.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Description channel. Live View Window Displays the image of channel, and multi-window division is supported. Play Control Bar Play control operations are supported. Pan, tilt, zoom operations are supported, as well as preset editing and calling.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 5. Choose the day in a week to configure scheduled recording. 1) Configure All Day or Customize Record: If you want to configure the all-day recording, please check the All Day checkbox.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Start Playback Steps: 1. Click Playback on the menu bar to enter playback interface. 2. Click the camera from the device list for playback. 3. Select the date from the calendar and click Search.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Menu Operation Menu Structure The menu structure of the DS-7100HGHI-SH and DS-7200HGHI-SH DVR is shown below: Menu Playback Maintenance Export Manual Record Camera Shutdown Configuration Normal Record General Schedule General System Info Logout...
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Startup and Shutdown Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expand the service time of the DVR. To start the DVR: Check the power supply is plugged into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the device.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Event/Exception (event and exception information, appears at the lower-left corner of the screen.) Record Settings Before you start: Make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. You may refer to the user manual for detailed information.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder Right-click Menu of DS-7300 and DS-8100 Series And click the Yes button in the popup Attention message box to confirm the settings. Then all the channels will start to record in the selected mode.
Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder To the DS-7200HQHI-SH, DS-7300HGHI&HQHI-SH and DS-8100HGHI&HQHI-SH series DVR, pressing numerical buttons on the front panel will switch playback to related channels during playback process. 2. Playback management. The toolbar in the bottom part of Playback interface can be used to control playing process.
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Quick Start Guide of Digital Video Recorder 3. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it. 0300001040522...
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