Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Congratulations on purchasing a LaView product. This manual may vary by model including model number, number of channels, cameras, configuration, and hard drive capacity. DVR Pre-Installation This Series DVR is highly advanced surveillance equipment that should be installed with care. Please take into consideration the following precautionary steps before installation of the DVR.
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Connect the power cable to the HDD. Place the HDD on the bottom of the device and then fasten the screws on the bottom to fix the HDD. Re-install the cover of the DVR and fasten screws.
Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Front Panels Front Panel of 8CH Series Description of Control Panel Buttons Name Function Description POWER Power indicator turns yellow once the power switch turns on. READY Ready indicator turns yellow when system is running.
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Enter numeral “6”; 6/MNO/PLAY Enter letters “MNO”; Playback, for direct access to all-day playback interface. Enter numeral “7”; 7/PQRS/REC Enter letters “PQRS”; Open the manual record interface. Enter numeral “8”; 8/TUV/PTZ Enter letters “TUV”;...
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description 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 Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Name Function Description Enter letters “TUV”; Access PTZ control interface. Enter numeral “9”; 9/WXYZ/PREV Enter letters “WXYZ”; 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).
Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Rear Panels HDS 8 Channel Back panel Item Description VIDEO IN HD-SDI interface for video input. AUDIO IN RCA connector AUDIO OUT RCA connector DB9 connector for VGA output. Display local video output and menu.
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Connector for alarm output. Power Supply AC 100 ~ 240V power supply. Power Switch Switch for turning on/off the device. Ground LINE IN BNC connector for audio input. eSATA Connects external SATA HDD, CD/DVD-RM.
Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Peripheral Connections RS-485 Connection Rear Panel of 4CH To connect RS-485 devices to the DVR: Disconnect pluggable block from the RS-485 terminal block. Press and hold the orange part of the pluggable block; insert signal cables into slots and release the orange part.
Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Specifications Table 1 Specification for 8CH Series Model Video compression H.264 8-ch HD-SDI video HD-SDI interface (800 mVp-p, 75 Ω) input Supported 1080I60, 1080I50, 1080P30, 1080P25, 720P60, 720P50, HD-SDI camera 720P30, 720P25 types...
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder 2 × USB2.0 USB port 4 / 1 (optional) Alarm in / out Power supply 12V DC Consumption (without hard Max. 20 W disks) Working -10 ºC ~ +55 ºC (14 ºF ~ 131 ºF)
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder management TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, Network protocols SMTP, SNMP, NFS, iSCSI, UPnP™ Type 4 SATA interfaces for 4 HDDs; 1 eSATA interface Hard disk Capacity Up to 4 TB capacity for each disk 1;...
Quick Operation 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 Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Menu Operation Menu Structure The menu structure of the 8CH SDI DVR is shown below: The menu structure of the 16CH DVR is shown below: Startup and Shutdown Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to expand the service time of the DVR.
Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Power indicator LED on the front panel should be yellow. To shut down the DVR: 1. Enter the Shutdown menu. Menu > Shutdown 2. Select the Shutdown button. 3. Click the Yes button.
Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder 2. Click the Start Recording submenu and select the recording mode to Normal Record or Motion Detection Record. 3. In the pop-up message box, click Yes to finish the quick recording settings for all channels.
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder Front Panel: press PLAY button to play back record files of the channel under single-screen live view. Under multi-screen live view, record files of the top left channel (not masked) will be played back.
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Quick Operation Guide of Digital Video Recorder 3. Check backup result. Choose the record file in Export interface and click button to check it.
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