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EL-DVR-431RW Stand Alone Type DVR SYSTEM Electronics Line USA User Manual Revision Date: 2005.06.30 Firmware 2.4.20.116 Version...
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New Features for the EL-431RW. 1. Server DVR ○ 1 2 Way Audio Conference * 2 Way Audio Support between DVR and Remote Client ○ 2 Dynamic IP (DHCP) support * DHCP Network IP Support for Plug and Play on your LAN ○...
Packing Contents ● 1.2 Product Contents List Please confirm the contents when you open packing. Basic Contents ○ DVR Machine 12V Adaptor Power Cable Remote Controller Remote Viewer CD...
System Organization ● 1.3 System Organization Alarm Sensor #1-4 Relay Out Client PC Alarm Input/Out Camera #1-4 Networ TCP-IP DVR M468 Video In Video Out Remote Controller AV Monitor Monitor...
Front Panel Description .● 2.1 Front Panel 1. LED Indicator = Play/ Record status 2. SCR = Changes between Screen Division Modes or Rotation Mode 3.Backup = Opens CD-RW backup menu 4. PTZ = Go to Camera PTZ / Focus Control 5.
Rear Panel Description ● 2.2 Rear Panel 1. Video Input = Camera video input connector (4 BNC ports) 2. Video Loop = Output camera signal to another device (4 BNC ports) 3. Monitor 1 = DVR main screen connector for AV monitor. (BNC port) 4.
IR Remote Controller Description ● 2.3 IR Remote Controller MENU:Open menu POWER System Channel Select Button ON/OFF (4ch Available. #1~4 Button) ENTER:Apply Setup RETURN Change Cancel Search Controller:Control Playback Option Setup or (EX, Speed of Playback, Move on Menu, Return to Control PTZ/Focus) Previous Change...
HDD Installation ● 3.1 Hard Disk Installation Jumper Setup Master or Slave ○ To setup HDD as Master or Slave refer to explanation (legend) on surface of Hard Disk. Jumper is usually located between the data cable and the power cable on rear side of the Disk.
Video Installation ● 3.2 Camera Connection Connect cameras to top row of BNC ports on rear panel. 3.3 MONITOR CONNECTION Connect Monitor terminal or S-VHS to Monitor. 3.4 NETWORK CONNECTION Connect Ethernet terminal and network cable to Internet.
Installation ● 3.7 Hard Disk Format When adding a Hard Drive the new drive MUST BE FORMATTED. !! Adding a hard drive will cause the system to format ALL hard drives. ALL EXISTING DATA WILL BE LOST!! The system will not function correctly until the drive is formatted. (Cameras will show up but Menu and Search will not function, and nothing will be recorded) 1.Power On 2.New HDD Format...
System Power On ● 4.1 SYSTEM POWER ON POWER Press Power button to start system After checking Hard Disk, input password to begin operation. Initial screen view mode is quad division mode and recording mode. CAMERA ▓ Picture Power On 2004/01/01 After finishing installation 00:00:00...
System Shut Down ● 4.5 SYSTEM POWER OFF POWER Press Power button to turn system off (Input Password and press Enter to shutdown system.) System Log-on password:Administrator , Manager , Operator , Network Administrator:All function access (system on , shutdown , stop , search) Manager:System on and Search Operator:System On Network:Connect by remote program...
SEARCH ● ◎Go to Search Mode Press Search Button and Log- Use Direction Key to Move Menu To Open Each Menu Press Enter Return to Previous. Search Recorded Date (Move to Previous Menu or Exit Search and Return to Watch Mode) 5.1 SEARCH BY DATE / TIME Possible to Search Recorded Data &...
SEARCH ● Control Playing Video :Basic playing mode (normal speed (1x)forward playing) ○ ○ :Normal speed backward playing :Pause video ○ : Fast forward (2~64 speed) ○ ○ :Fast Backward (2~64 speed) :Same function as ○ ~○ ○ ※Press normal forward backward button in pause = Move to next / previous frames 5.2 SEARCH BY EVENT -Select Start time &...
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SEARCH ● Date:Indicates event occurrence order &data. Time:Indicates event occurrence time Event:Indicates event occurrence & cam No. Event searching method. ◎Use arrow keys to select event ◎Press Enter key to play selected video. ◎Control video playback with fast forward, pause, and rewind keys. (Same as Date /Time search) The ‘Search by Event’...
MENU ● ◎ Go to Menu Press menu button on front panel in ■ watch Mode. Password prompt appears. ■ Input password using by channel select ■ Buttons (1234 is default password) After inputting password press Enter to see ■ Menu Default Administrator, User, Network password is 1234.
MENU ● 6.1 DISPLAY Video setup for display mode 1.Data/Time:Data & Time mark On/Off 2.Title:Camera name On/Off 3.Status:Record condition mark On/Off 4.Border:Border mark On/Off (When 4 CH division watch mode) 5.Border color:Select border color (White, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Gray) 6.Sequence dwell:setup rotation cycle time (1~60 sec)when 4CH rotation mode at Display 7.Spot-out dwell:setup spot-out time cycle...
MENU ● .Size:352×240 ,702×240 702×480 Rec. Rate:Possible to select 1~30 Quality:3 Levels (High. Low, Standard) .Indicate frame No. On Size & Rec. Rate .If showing the message ‘Over limit’ adjust Size or Rec. Rate down Possible frame rates NTSC:352×240(120fps). 704×240(60fps) 704×480(30fps) It is possible to setup Size &...
MENU ● 6.2.3 Motion Detection Setup-Motion Detection Area & Sensitivity Camera:Indicate camera No.To Setup .Sensitivity:Control Sensitivity(1~100) (Larger No. is more sensitive.) .Region:Setup motion detect range Entirely= Full screen detection Partially= Setup detection areas .When choosing ‘Partially’, Motion detection area setup appears. Press Enter after Range setup to finish region setup.
TIME RECORDING ● 6.2.5 Time Recording Weekly Setup Weekly Mode Setup Scheduled Region Indicated in Yellow Press Enter to activate selector. Use After selecting region press Enter arrow keys to select area. Selected again to set changes . areas will be highlighted in grey. Press ‘Exit’...
TIME RECORDING ● 6.2.6Partial Motion Region Setup Region Initial View Move Cursor by Direction key Cursor turns Blue to indicate it is (Cursor Inactive) and press Enter at selected active Use arrow keys to move Press Enter to accept Activate non-active regions active cursor and select changes to active region in the same way.
Camera Setup ● 6.3 CAMERA –Setup Camera 6.3.1 Status / Title Setup .Camera:Indicates camera .Title:Setup camera name to Setup. .Status:Indicate camera Title input method= Use arrow keys. Up & Down keys for alphabet A~Z and Number 0~9 Left-Right keys to move to next letter 6.3.2 Covert/PTZ Setup Camera:Indicates camera No.to setup Covert:Setup covert On/Off...
Audio Setup ● 6.3.3 Color Setup-Control Video Color .Camera:Indicate camera No. to adjust .Bright:Control camera brightness .Contrast:Control camera contrast .Color:Control camera color .Tint;Control camera tint *All setup possible to control 0~100 * Affects recorded video data 6.4AUDIO 6.4.1 Audio Recording Setup Camera:Indicate camera No.
System Setup ● 6.5.2 Relay output setup alarm relay setup .Alarm:Indicates alarm input terminal No. .Relay Out:Set relay to trigger by alarm input .Mode:Choose Latched or Transparent Latch from 5 seconds ~ 5 Minutes or until key-in .Relay Type:Setup relay type N/Open or N/Close. .Latched/Transparent Latched =Alarm is triggered for as long as latch time is set.
Network ● 6.6.2 Network Setup DHCP: ON= Receive IP address from the router. OFF= Manually input IP Address DDNS:Use Dynamic Domain Name Server instead of IP address to connect from client. (See DDNS section for more information) WEB Server: Use Web browser to connect (‘Watch Only’...
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Network ● ◎DHCP 1. Go to ‘6.System, then 6.2 Network’ on the Menu. 2. Setup DHCP On/Off. 3. DHCP Off;User Inputs IP Address manually. 4. DHCP On;System receives IP Address automatically from router.(Reboot system after connecting.) 5. Go to 6.System, then 6.6System Information to see IP Address. ※DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol);Indicates IP Address for the DVR Automatically.
Buzzer Setup ● 6.6.3 Buzzer Setup .Alarm input : Alarm On/Off when alarm activates. .Video loss : Alarm On/Off when camera is disconnected .Disk Full : Alarm On/Off when hard disk is full. .Disk Error : Alarm On when hard disk has an error.
Password Setup ● 6.6.5 Disk Write Mode - Setup Hard Disk Disk Overwrite ON : Overwrite Hard Disk from oldest data . Off : When Hard Disk is full, Stop recording and activate buzzer.( refer to menu 6.3 buzzer setup) Disk Initialize Now: Format Hard Disk (all recorded data will be deleted.) When selecting disk initialize, warning message...
CD-RW Setup ● 6.7.1 CD-RW BACK-UP ◎Go to Menu .Press Menu button on front panel .Password prompt appears .Input Password using by channel select Button [1] [2] [3] [4] .After input Password press Enter to see the Menu . Use the Up-Down button to move Cursor to 7.
CD-RW Setup ● 6.7.2 Backup Process 1. Choose the CD-RW as the DEVICE. 2. Choose the start time and end time. 3. Choose the channel/channels to back up for Video/Audio. If you want the Event list, Choose Event. 4. Choose the BACK UP title. (Default: “BACKUP CD”) 5.
CLIENT ● System Requirements ● 1. Main Board (CPU): Celeron 500 – 700 (Minimum), Pentium-4 recommended. 2. OS : Windows 98, 2000, XP: with DirectX 7.0A or higher 3. Memory ( RAM) : 128Mb minimum 4. VGA : Minimum 32 Mb ※...
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CLIENT ● Step 3: When prompted for installation folder, select an install destination or in most cases just click ‘Next’ to install to default location . Step 4: Showing Process of Copy of Files. Step 5: Microsoft Direct X 7.0 installation prompt appears. If you are using Windows XP or already have Direct X 7.0, DirectX 8.0, or DirectX 9.0 or better installed, click on ‘No’...
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CLIENT ● Step 6: When Installation is finished, System must be restarted. Click<Yes>. Finish Dvr Remote Agent Program Installation.
CLIENT ● 7.1 Monitoring 7.1.1 Function Introduction 1. Main screen image showing live surveillance camera image. 2. Camera selection button: Indicates number of connected cameras. Click Camera button to select camera in full view mode 3. Hide/Exit: Hide DVR client window or exit program. 4.
CLIENT ● 7.1.2 Screen Division Selection 1x1 View: Showing one (1) Video which user selects. (Select video by camera selection button). 4x4 View: Quad screen division mode. Scenario View: Shows one camera view in sequential frames. (Sometimes referred to as ‘Panorama’, up to sixteen sequential frames can be displayed from one camera.) EX= If you record at 7 FPS, you can see all 7 images recorded during any second in sequence.
CLIENT ● 7.1.5 AVI File Conversion .Click AVI conversion button to start AVI file conversion . .AVI file conversion of live image will continue until you press ‘Stop’. .Press stop to open designated file name & saving location for AVI file . .Saved AVI file can be viewed in any standard Media player.
CLIENT ● 7.2 Search Mode 7.2.1 Function Introduction 1. Search screen playing selected video. 2. Search Bar: Search & Indicate camera recording status by time bar. 3. Live: Return to Display mode. Setup: Open setup to change network setup or option. 4.
CLIENT ● 7.2.2 Search Method 1. Indicates 0~24 Hour. 2. Indicate recording status (Blue: No Recording. Yellow : Recorded images ) 3. Search Bar: Left click with mouse to select images for playback. 4. Indicates camera channel to confirm camera recording situation 5.
CLIENT ● 7.2.3 Search Option Save Image Backup Log Search Backup Play Event Viewer Print Image ◎ Backup : Backup Image from server to remote PC .Backup Time : Designate backup time ( Now or Later) .Designate backup Date & Time when later .Source : Designate backup image data length (Input Start Time &...
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CLIENT ● Backup Play (DVR Player) : Transfer to DVR Player 1. Showing image playback. (Single image playback only) 2. Select backup image to play. (Displays currently playing video Cam# , date and time) EX. : ch02_05131730_0502021735.rec (Backup file for # Ch2. Jan. 31 07H30M ~ 17H35M ) 3.
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CLIENT ● Save Image (Single Image Capture) Click Save image Icon to save currently showing screen as a single image. Designate file name, file type (JPG , BMP), and location and press Save. Saved image shows current screen as a single image. Works in single camera view or Quad screen view.
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CLIENT ● Log Search -Find Video Centering Around Event Log at Server 1. Input Start Time and End Time and the selected date to Search Events. Press ‘Search’. 2. Indicates Event Log entry number. 3. Indicates channel generating log entry. 4.
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CLIENT ● Event Viewer -Shows Current Events on Server. Event Viewer will show live events being logged as they happen on the server. (Event Log Search does not refresh with live data, as this viewer does. So for past events, use the Event Log Search, and to monitor current events use this Event Viewer.) 1.
CLIENT ● 7.3 IP Setting Connection ID Setup 1. Server List : Shows DVRs that you have set up connections for. 2. Input Name to add or edit existing DVR in Server list. 3. Input DVR IP Address to add or edit. 4.
CLIENT ● 7.4 Web Client Web Browser Connection ○ Input IP Address for DVR Server at Internet Explorer Address Bar. When Active-X install Message appears, Please Click confirm or Continue. ○ When client appears click on Connect button. ○ Password prompt will appear. Enter password and click OK ○...
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CLIENT ● IP Address (or URL): Input DVR IP (Or URL Address if using DDNS) Port: DVR Client Connection Port is 6100 ID: Select ID (Administrator, Manager, Operator). (No Difference in Authority on Web Client, all users are ‘Watch Only’) Password: Input Password Web Browser allows only ‘Watch’...
PTZ Control ● ■PTZ Control Press PTZ button to open PTZ Menu at lower right hand side of screen and control with search controller buttons. Press PTZ button repeatedly to cycle through PTZ menus. ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT (Fast Reverse) (Faster) (Fast Forward) LEFT...
Preset Control ● ◎ FOCUS/IRIS Control 1. Control Iris with “Faster”, “Slower” buttons. 2. Focus control “Backward Play”, “Play” Button. 3. Zoom In & Out by “Fast Backward”, “Fast Forward” buttons. 4. Press and Hold buttons for continuous movement. 8.1 Preset Control 1.
Crossover Cable Making Tip ● ■Crossover Cable Making Tip ◎LAN Plug Pin : 1~8 ◎LAN Cable PART-A PART-B ◎ Connection Method 1. Part -A and Part-B = RJ-45 connectors, Held clip side down, pins facing up and away from you. Contacts are numbered 1~8 from left to right. 2.
AVI playback failure ● ◎ If Playback of saved video is distorted or unclear. 1. Open Media player and go to ‘Tools’ and then ‘Options’. 2. Go to ‘Performance’ tab and select ‘Advanced’...
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AVI playback failure ● 3. Under ‘Video Acceleration Settings’ select ‘High quality mode’ Press ‘OK’ to save your settings and try video playback again. If video quality does not improve, please contact Electronics Line USA Technical Support.
Electronics Line USA Limited Warranty Warranty Electronics Line USA (ELUSA) at its discretion will repair, replace, or issue credit against any merchandise proved to be defective in material or workmanship under normal use and service for periods specified below. If not specified the term shall be 3 years for all ELUSA manufactured equipment. Non- ELUSA manufactured equipment is not warranted by ELUSA.
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Credit ELUSA will accept product returned for credit under the following stipulations: 1) An RMA number as well as an ELUSA invoice is required for all Credits. 2) Full credit will be issued for all products returned within 90 days of purchase, if product and all accessories, materials and packaging are in new condition.
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ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFIT AND CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES) HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF ELUSA OR OTHERWISE. Please direct all correspondence and shipments to: Electronics Line USA 5637 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, CO 80303 303-938-1133...
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