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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) CAUTIONS In order to ensure your rights and interests, please read this manual carefully before you install and use the DVR. Use the appropriate adapter for the DVR. To protect the main chip from thunder striking, please make sure the ground wire is correctly connected before using the DVR.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Before connecting to other facilities, please disconnect the power supply and pull the power line plug out from the power socket. In case of any solid or liquid coming into the case, please disconnect the power supply immediately, and the DVR can be restarted only after being checked by qualifi ed se rviceme n.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Table of contents Chapter I Product Introduction 1.1 Summary 1.2 Functions and features Chapter II Operation instructions 2.1 Description of front panel 2.2 Description of rear panel 2.3 Connection figure of rear panel 2.4 Description of alarm port in the rear panel 2.5 Remote control operation 2.6 Mouse operation...
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 3.2 System setup 3.3 Camera setup 3.4 Record setup 3.5 Schedule setup 3.6 Motion alarm 3.7 PTZ setup 3.8 Network setup 3.9 Alarm setup 3.10 Disk management 3.11 User setup Chapter IV Basic Operations 4.1 Turn on DVR 4.2 Live screen 4.3 Software update...
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 4.5 System information 4.6 Log list 4.7 Recording preparation 4.8 Recording operation 4.9 Search, playback and backup 4.10 Audio setup 4.11 SEQ 4.12 Spot output 4.13 User login 4.14 PC Client software instruction 4.15 Power off Appendix 1 Technical parameters Appendix 2 Trouble shooting...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Chapter I Product Introduction Summary This equipment is a standalone digital hard disk video recorder specially designed for security. It adopts the embedded processor and embedded operating system and integrates with latest technologies in IT field, such as video frequency/audio frequency compression/decompression, large capacity hard disk storage, TCP/IP network remote control etc., investing the system with high intellectualization and stability.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) If the electricity suddenly off while recording, it will record automatically when power on. Support CMS Support DDNS Support network preview, playback, setup, remote recording, PTZ control and camera name setup. Support IE browsing and Network remote Client.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Chapter II Operation Instructions Description of front panel Name Icon Description a) input numbers. b) keystroke 1~9 : select channels. Number keys c) [0/10+]: Press it once to input number 0. Press it twice to input number 10. 0/10 d) input password.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Remote signal receiver LED indicator light. It is on in remote control usable mode. LED Indicator Lock LED indicator light. It is on in locking mode. LOCK light Hard drive LED indicator light. It will flash when the HDD is being used. It is red in running mode, it is green in standby mode.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Press it to enter PTZ mode, press again to exit. press it once to pop up a tool menu on the top right of the screen, press it again Information INFO to enter into system information menu, press it three times to pop up log list menu.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Connected to USB pendrive or mouse and used for system software upgrade USB port or video file backup; It supports hot plug. Receive signal from remote control. (Do not cover). IR Receiver Description of rear panel Rear panel B of 4 channel: Rear panel B of 8 channel:...
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Description Port Video input Standard BNC port, connected with the camera and speed dome. Video output Connected with the video input of the monitor. SPOT Connected with spot output device to view the live image independently. Audio output Connected with earphone or cable speaker.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Connection figure of rear panel Take 8 channel DVR as example to show how to connect. camera1 camera8 Video input video output network port alarm port power Input audio input port USB port power switch audio output...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Description of alarm port in the rear panel Connection figure of alarm input and output. alarm input alarm input alarm output alarm output 4 channel 8 channel Description: (1) "1-8" is alarm input. "NC/NO/COM": Alarm relay output. NC is n ormal clos e, NO is nor mal open, COM is the public terminal.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Remote control operation 1. Installing the remote control Open the battery cover, install two batteries (Type No.7), make sure positive and negative poles are right, then close the battery cover. 2. Using the remote control Before using it, please confirm that batteries have been installed correctly.When using it, please aim IR TX (transmitter) of the remote control at IR reception of the DVR.Then the IR light in the front panel is on and the icon on the top-right of the monitor screen turns to blue...
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Function description: In normal running mode, press " " key to pop up a menu to prompt whether to Power turn off. The DVR will be turned off . Press the key about 3 seconds, the DVR will start.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) In playback mode, press key to play images forward or backward at Forward 2X speed. Press it twice to play at 4X speed. Press it third time to play at 8X speed, Rewind four times for 16X, five times for32X, six times for 64X, Direction...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) I+/I- In PTZ control mode, "I+/I-" key is used to enlarge/ reduce the iris (aperture). IRIS CRUISE Standby FOPEN FCLOSE Mouse operation USB mouse can be used. Hot swap for mouse is supported. Move the mouse cursor onto the mouse icon to see the name.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 1 Move the cursor. Move the mouse 2 Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen to pop up the mouse tool bar. Move the cursor onto the icon to show the name. 1 To select shield area in "Camera setup".
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Main menu System setup (1) Time setup: used to adjust the system date and time. (2) Time format: used to set the format of date display, Asia/Europe/America are optional. (3) Time DISP POS: display position of time and date, top middle / bottom middle / no display are optional. (4) Border DISP: to select the color of borders, green/black/white/off are optional.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) (6) Remote ID: used to set the remote control ID corresponding to the current machine so as to make remote control, off/ on/ numbers from 0 to 9 are optional. (7) Alarm spot pop up: on/off. If it is on, once alarm happened in some channel, the full image of the channel will pop up in the spot monitor screen.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Camera setup (1) Camera: used to select the channel to be revised parameters. (2) Camera title: used to set the camera title. Press key in the remote control / the front panel to turn into C A M E R A 0 1 bitmap, the camera title couldn't be changed.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Record setup 3 5 2 2 8 8 H I G H 3 5 2 2 8 8 H I G H 3 5 2 2 8 8 H I G H 3 5 2 2 8 8 H I G H 3 5 2 2 8 8...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Schedule setup A L L A L L M OT I O N T I M E M OT I O N T I M E SAVE SAVE EXIT EXIT (1) Camera: used to select the channel to be set. The parameters are effective for all channels after selecting" All CAM". (2) Day: used to select the day of video schedule.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Motion alarm C A M E R A 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 5 3 3 5 0 1 5 2 3 0 SAVE SAVE EXIT EXIT (1) Camera: used to select the channel to be set. (2) Sensitivity: low / high optional from "1-10".
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) PTZ setup C A M E R A 0 1 9 6 0 0 P E L C O _ D 2 SAVE SAVE EXIT EXIT (1) Camera: to select the channel to be set. (2) Baudrate: to set baudrate corresponding to the current channel PTZ.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Network setup (1) IP allocation: STATIC and DHCP/DDNS optional. (In static mode, please set IP address, gateway and subnet mask. In DHCP mode, DVR could get IP from DHCP server. Please refer to the "Client and network manual" in the accessory CD.) (2) IP address: It must be unique to avoid colliding with other DHCP.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Alarm setup SAVE SAVE EXIT EXIT SAVE SAVE EXIT EXIT Eight channel DVR Four channel DVR There are two ways for alarm output, Buzzer and Relay. They include three alarm modes: (1) Video loss alarm(Loss);...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 3.10 Disk management D I S K A 0 7 4 0 9 9 0 0 0 FORMAT FORMAT SAVE SAVE EXIT EXIT (1) Overwrite: If click " " the previous recorded video will be replaced in turn when the hard disk is full. If not, record will stop.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) A D M I N A D M I N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3.11 User setup Password is needed to log in by admin. Input the password by click the numbers in the menu or press the numbers in the remote control / the front panel."...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Chapter IV Basic Operations Turn on DVR Please confirm each item in "CAUTION" has been done before turning on DVR. Please check whether the system connection is correct, input 2009-09-02 12:23:18 / output equipments are connected well and the power supply is on before turning on DVR.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) (2) Channel name and record mode icon display in the bottom left of each channel. Description of record icon and mode: It is recording by motion alarm. Red M It is recording by sensor alarm. Red S Image lost in the process of record.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Unlocked. Click it to lock. Lock Locked. Click it to login by inputting password. Remote control is opened. Click it to close. Remote IR Remote control is closed. Click it to open. Audio output is open.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Split-screen Click it to display quad, nine-split-screen . Click it to starting recording. Record play Click it to enter the menu of search & playback. Stop Click it to stop recording or stop playing and return to the search menu. Main menu Click it to enter into the main menu.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) the machine. If "Update fail, try again!" pop up more than 4 times, please contact after-sales service d epar tment to deal with it. In the process of update, please ensure no power breakdow n and do n't pull out USB pendrive , or update will be unsuccessful.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Characters "PTZ: CAM01 SPEED:16 DATA:01" display on the top of the monitor screen, indicating the DVR is under PTZ control. PTZ control parameters of each channel can be modified in the system menu. Press again or press ESC key or click the icon "...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) data of image point. Select the item which need modify by pressing key in the remote control or clicking the SPOT item directly with the mouse.Then change the data by pressing in the remote control or left/ right click with mouse.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) (5) Bad area: bad size of the hard drive. (6) Client IP: show the IP of network user which is connected to the DVR. The DVR IP could be used by the admin or by 16 regular users at the same time in remote client software.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) by press key or cl ick disk name with mouse. Recording operation Firstly confirm that recording mode of each channel in schedule setup( time/alarm/motion/alarm+motion ) and time segment setup. Start recording: Press the key in the front panel / remote control of DVR to start recording.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) (3) Backup device: You culd select DVD(1.5G) or USB pendrive i n device item. The ma ximum cap acity for DVD disk should not exceed 1.5G. (4) In option of date and start time, input the date and time you need to play, you could press to select the start time.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) could select the time segment you need to backup with mouse. And click the "Backup" icon to start backup.The process will last for a few minutes. When backup finished, please remove the device from DVR. (7) Please note that the size of video file should not exceed the maximum capacity of backup device.
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Audio setup Press the AUDIO in the front panel or press the key in remote control or click the icon " " with mouse to enter audio setup interface.Take 8 channel DVR as example: (1) Mute: Select mute, then there is no audio output in live mode and the audio icon will turn to "...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 4.12 Spot output In live preview mode, press key in remote control or click " " icon with mouse to enter SPOT output SPOT setup menu. Take 8 channel DVR as example. (1) AUTO: After select this item, the system will output sequence image according to default SPOT out put C H 0 1...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 4.13 User login Press the key on remote control or click the icon " " on the top right screen with mouse, the icon will LOCK turn to red " ". It means the system is locked. Then you need to press key in the remote control/ LOCK the front panel or click the icon "...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 4.15 Power off Normal power off: Stop all the operations, press " " on remote control or click " " icon on bott om left of screen. And select " Enter" to make it power off. When power off, the" Power" LED light will turn gre en. If you want to restart DVR, press the "...
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Network resolution/fps CIF each channel >20 fps AV 4CH input, AV 1CH output AV 8CH input, AV 1CH output Audio Network port RJ-45 USB port HOST 2.0 Each interface supports a hard disk with maximum capacity 2000G SATA HDD. Hard disk PTZ control RS485...
Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) Appendix 2 Trouble shooting FAQ : 1. Why cannot detect hard drive? Default cause: The HDD power line or data cable is not connected well. Resolution: Please check the power cable and data cable. And format the HDD. 2.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) 6. Why there are no video output when connect DVR with camera? Default cause: 1 BNC connector not connect well. 2 The system format is different between DVR and camera. 3 Modified the system date back.
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Network Digital Video Recorder Operation Manual ( V1.0 ) NOTE The operation manual is for reference only. Products may vary. Products are subject to update without further notice. Please contact the customer service department for latest program and supplimentary informaton. Any disputes or doubts in products description are subject to our final explanation.
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