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Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc
4-Channel 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 10. Overloading All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result appliance is operated. in the risk of fire or electric shock. 2. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
4-Channel 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 Video Input ......................3 Video Loop Through ..................... 4 Audio In/Out ...................... - Page 6 User’s Manual PTZ Control Buttons ................... 11 Back Up Button ....................11 Calendar Button ....................11 Turning on the Power ..................... 12 Initial Unit Setup ..................... 12 Setup Screen ......................13 System Setup ......................13 Information ......................13 Date/Time ......................16 Storage .......................
- Page 7 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Clip-Copy ......................57 Appendix ........................61 USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation ................61 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 ......... 61 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 98 ..........61 Time Overlap ......................62 WebGuard ......................
- Page 8 User’s Manual Figure 29 Camera PTZ setup screen................... 32 Figure 30 Audio setup screen....................33 Figure 31 Alarm-Out Settings setup screen................. 33 Figure 32 Display OSD setup screen................... 34 Figure 33 Main Monitor setup screen................... 35 Figure 34 VGA setup screen.
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Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for four camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: y 4 Composite Video Input Connectors y Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources... -
Page 10: Figure 1 Typical Dvr Installation
User’s Manual Your DVR can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to record, and the schedule can change for different days of the week and user defined holidays. The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full. -
Page 11: Chapter 2 Installation
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: y Digital Video Recorder y Power Adaptor and Power Cord y User’s Manual (This Document) y RAS Software CD and User’s Manual y USB Mouse y Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR. -
Page 12: Video Loop Through
User’s Manual Video Loop Through If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor quality video. -
Page 13: Network Port
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Network Port 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 14: Rs232 Port
User’s Manual RS232 Port PTZ cameras can be connected to the RS232 port. See Chapter 3 Configuration and the PTZ camera manufacturer’s manual for configuring the RS232 connection. Connector Pin Outs: Master Unit Slave Unit NOTE: Refer to the following for pin-out details for the 9-pin connector of the slave unit. Pin 2 RXD (Receive Data) Pin 3... -
Page 15: Chapter 3 Configuration
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 3 DVR front panel. Camera Buttons HDD LED Alarm Out LED Arrow Buttons Play/Pause Button... -
Page 16: Hdd Led
User’s Manual HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. Alarm LED The Alarm LED is lit when alarm output or internal buzzer is activated. 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 17: Panic Button
4-Channel 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. Search Button Pressing the button enters the search mode, and pressing the button again exits the search SEARCH mode. -
Page 18: Id Button
User’s Manual ID Button 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 and then press the number button (1 to 16 (+10 &... -
Page 19: Panic Button
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Stop: Pressing the button stops playback and enters the Live Monitoring mode. Backward: When in the pause mode, pressing the button moves to the previous image. Forward: When in the pause mode, pressing the button moves to the next image. -
Page 20: Turning On The Power
User’s Manual Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit takes approximately 60 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, audio, record mode, network and password. -
Page 21: Setup Screen
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Setup Screen Figure 7 Setup screen. Press the button on the front panel or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and MENU then select (Setup) in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screen. -
Page 22: Figure 9 Information Setup Screen
User’s Manual 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, display recorded time data, and clear all data. Highlight the Site box and press the button. - Page 23 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can import saved DVR settings or export the current DVR settings. To import saved DVR settings, connect the USB device containing the setup file (.dat) to the DVR. Highlight Setup – Import… and press button.
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Page 24: Date/Time
User’s Manual Highlighting Clear All Data… and pressing the button will clear all video data. You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the DVR erases the video data. Clear All Data… will not clear the System Log. Date/Time Highlight Date/Time in the System menu and press the button. -
Page 25: Storage
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder 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. Dates can be... -
Page 26: User
User’s Manual CAUTION: Do NOT disconnect the USB cable or the power from the device while copying video clips. If the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips, archived data might be lost. Highlight the Status tab, and the Storage Status setup screen displays. The Type column displays the type of storage device. -
Page 27: Figure 14 User Setup Screen
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder The +/- column is used to collapse and expand user groups. If there is a + or – in this column, it indicates the item is a Group Name. If there is a – in front of the Group Name, it indicates that the group has been “expanded”... -
Page 28: Wizard
User’s Manual y Alarm-Out Control – The user can reset the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm by pressing any button on the front panel or remote control on a local system or alarm-out control button on a PC running RAS. y Search –... -
Page 29: Figure 16 Quick Setup Wizard Screen
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder If you selected the Quick wizard, selecting the Next button starts the Quick Setup Wizard. Figure 16 Quick Setup Wizard screen. Date/Time Setup Date: Set the system date and select the date format. Time: Set the system time and select the time format. -
Page 30: Figure 17 Network Setup Wizard Screen
User’s Manual Record Video Quality Setup Select the desired video quality profile from: Higher Video Quality Priority Profile – Standard Recording Profile – Longer Recording Time Priority Profile – NOTE: The higher quality setting requires more storage space. NOTE: The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile, High when selecting Standard Recording Profile, and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile. - Page 31 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Internet Connection Select whether or not your DVR is connected to the Internet. LAN Setup Select between Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration for network configuration, and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected.
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Page 32: Shutdown
User’s Manual Select the Finish button to finish the Setup Wizard. Shutdown 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. After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button, a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power. - Page 33 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The local recording speed might be affected by various network bandwidth (Transfer Speed) conditions. Highlight the box beside Remote Watch – Quality and press the button. You can select the Quality from: Very High, High, Standard and Basic. Press the button to set the Quality.
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Page 34: Figure 21 Lan (Manual) Setup Screen
User’s Manual 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 button. Selecting Manual from the Type allows you to set up LAN parameters manually. -
Page 35: Figure 22 Dvrns Setup Screen
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder CAUTION: When changing the port settings, you must change the port settings on the PC running RAS as well. Refer to the RAS manual for details. Selecting DHCP from the Type and highlighting Save button reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) network. -
Page 36: Figure 23 Rtsp Setup Screen
User’s Manual NOTE: You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the DVRNS Server from your network administrator. NOTE: You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN. -
Page 37: Notification
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Selecting Use Mobile sets the recorded image resolution to Basic automatically regardless of your Record settings. NOTE: Selecting Use Mobile sets the WebGuard service to be enabled automatically regardless of your WebGuard settings. NOTE: You can access a remote DVR and monitor live video images using media players, such as VLC Player, supporting RTSP service. -
Page 38: Figure 26 Notification Mail Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Retry and enter the number of times you would like the DVR to try contacting the computer. You can select from 1 to 10 retries. Highlight the Mail tab, and the Mail setup screen displays. The DVR can be set up to send an email when an event occurs. -
Page 39: Devices Setup
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). Highlight the box beside Authentication and press the button. An Authentication screen appears. Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off. -
Page 40: Audio
User’s Manual NOTE: You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485. Figure 29 Camera PTZ setup screen. Highlight the box in the Product column for the PTZ camera you wish to configure and press the button. -
Page 41: Alarm-Out
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside the input and press the button. A list of cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Highlight Enable Audio-Out and press the button. This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out. -
Page 42: Figure 32 Display Osd Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off. When an item is On, there is a checkmark in the box beside it. The following items can be turned On or Off: Figure 32 Display OSD setup screen. -
Page 43: Recording Setup
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button. You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute. Figure 33 Main Monitor setup screen. Highlight the VGA tab, and the VGA setup screen appears. -
Page 44: Figure 36 Record Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used. -
Page 45: Schedule
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Panic Record tab, and the Panic Record setup screen appears. Highlighting Use Panic Recording and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. Highlight the Panic Recording – Duration box and set the duration of panic recording. -
Page 46: Pre-Event
User’s Manual Highlight the box under the Mode heading and press the button to change the recording mode that will be used. Choose from: No Record, Time, Event and Time & Event. When the DVR is in the No Record mode, it will not record during the preset day and time range button is not pressed. -
Page 47: Event Setup
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder 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. -
Page 48: Motion Detection
User’s Manual You can set up the DVR to start panic recording whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the box beside Panic Record and press the button. A list of Alarm Inputs appears, and you can select which alarm input you want associated with panic recording. The DVR will continue panic recording until an input on the selected alarm input is released as long as the button is not pressed to stop the panic recording. -
Page 49: Figure 43 Motion Detection Settings Setup Screen
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Your DVR has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. Figure 43 Motion Detection Settings setup screen. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to motion for... -
Page 50: Figure 44 Motion Detection Actions Setup Screen
User’s Manual Turning Zone View On will allow you to observe how the DVR is reacting to motion. When in the motion viewing mode, any detected motion within the zone will be displayed in red. You can control excessive event logging and remote notification of motions detected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals. -
Page 51: Video Loss
4-Channel 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 52: System Event
User’s Manual NOTE: For the Alarm-Out action, the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm-Out setup screen (Schedule tab). Highlight the box under the Notify heading and press the button. You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button. -
Page 53: Figure 48 Storage Setup Screen
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Storage tab and the Storage setup screen displays. Highlight the box beside Disk Bad Notify, and press the button. Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Percentage levels range from 10% to 90%. -
Page 54: Event Status
User’s Manual NOTE: For the Notify action to work, the DVR should be registered in the RAS (Remote Administration System). Event Status Highlight Event Status in the Event menu and press the button. The Event Status setup screen appears. The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. -
Page 55: Chapter 4 Operation
4-Channel 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 56: Live Monitoring Menu
User’s Manual Live Monitoring Menu Freeze Selecting (Freeze) in the Live Monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again. It is the same as pressing the (Play/Pause) button on the front panel. While in the Freeze mode, the icon displays in bottom-left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab). -
Page 57: Zoom Mode
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Live Monitoring menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and displays on the screen. Selecting again stops panic recording. It is the same as pressing the PANIC button on the front panel. -
Page 58: Using A Mouse
User’s Manual 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 on the front panel. Select Set Preset from SEARCH the Move to Preset dialog box, and the PTZ Preset dialog box will appear. -
Page 59: Recording Video
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Full Screen Previous Camera Next Camera Figure 54 Mouse Display menu. Full Screen Selecting (Full Screen) in the Mouse Display menu and choosing the camera number button displays the selected camera full screen. It is the same as pressing the individual camera buttons on the front panel. -
Page 60: 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 61: Searching Video
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. If you want to display the toolbar again, position the mouse pointer on the screen. Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the right side of the toolbar and drag it to where you want it located on the screen. The individual... - Page 62 User’s Manual Go to the First: Selecting Go to the First displays the first recorded image. Go to the Last: Selecting Go to the Last displays the last recorded image. Go to the Date/Time: Selecting Go to the Date/Time displays the Go to the Date/Time screen.
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Page 63: Event Log Search
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Alarm Selecting (Alarm) in the Search menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the same as pressing any button on the front panel when the alarm is activated. Panic... - Page 64 User’s Manual 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 65: Calendar Search
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Calendar Search Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons. Once you have highlighted a day, press the (Play/Pause) button to select it. -
Page 66: Figure 58 Clip-Copy Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside From and press the (Play/ Pause) button to set a starting Date and Time. Highlight the box beside To and press the button to set an ending Date and Time. Highlight the box beside Channels and press the button. - Page 67 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You do not need to install any special software on your personal computer to review the video clips. Refer to the RAS manual for instructions on how to review video clips you have copied. NOTE: During Clip Copy, you cannot shut the system down, clear data on the storage device, or format the storage device.
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Page 69: Appendix
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 is almost identical to Windows 2000. -
Page 70: Time Overlap
User’s Manual 12. Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select “Format”. 13. In the Format Screen, select “Full” as the “Format type” and click “Start”. 14. After formatting is complete, connect the USB hard disk drive to the DVR. Time Overlap If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than the existing recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range. - Page 71 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: ® ® ® ® Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP x86 (32 Bit) (Service Pack 3), Microsoft Windows ® ® Vista x86 (32 Bit) (Service Pack 1) or Microsoft...
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Page 72: Web Monitoring Mode
User’s Manual NOTE: When running WebGuard in the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system, it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu. -
Page 73: Web Search Mode
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Click the camera button to select the camera to be viewed. Click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of monitoring image. Click the to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. - Page 74 User’s Manual Click the to log out the WebGuard program. Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of WebGuard.
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Page 75: Troubleshooting
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Click the to save any video clip of recorded data as an executable file, or click the to save the current image in a bitmap or JPEG file format. Click the to print the current image on a printer connected to your computer. -
Page 76: System Log Notices
User’s Manual System Log Notices Boot Up Remote Setup Change Format Disk Shutdown Remote Setup Fail Disk Full Restart Setup Imported Disk Config Change Upgrade Setup Import Failure Auto Deletion Upgrade Fail Setup Exported Search Begin Time Change Setup Export Failure Search End Time Zone Change Setup Export Cancel... -
Page 77: Map Of Screens
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Page 78: Specifications
User’s Manual Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Video Input Composite: 4 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs VGA: 1 (Auto Detect) Composite: 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Video Resolution VGA: 720x480@60Hz (NTSC), 720x576@75Hz (PAL) Record Speed... - Page 79 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) 10.4" x 2.0" x 7.5" (265mm x 52mm x 191mm) Unit Weight 3.7 lbs. (1.7kg) Shipping Weight 7.3 lbs. (3.3kg) Shipping Dimensions 14.0" x 4.1" x 13.4" (355mm x 103mm x 340mm) (W x H x D) Operating Temperature 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C)
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