Safety Precautions Notice: Please do not place the NVR under direct sunlight or near heat source. Please do not install equipment in a moist environment or place with dust or soot exposure. Please keep equipment installed horizontally, or install equipment in a stable place.
Network Video Recorder Contents Contents Safety Precautions ..................II 1 Outline and Features ................1 1.1 Outline ..................... 1 1.2 Function Features: ................ 1 2 NVR Appearance .................. 3 2.1 The Front Panel ................3 2.1.1 The Front Panel..............3 2.2 Rear Panel ..................
Outline and Features 1.1 Outline The item is a high-performance network DVR, characterizing local previewing, multi-picture division displaying & local real-time storage of recorded files. It supports shortcut operating of mouse and remote managing and controlling. It has two ways of storage--Front storage & client-side storage.
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Network Video Recorder Outline and Feature Function Brief Introduction Function Real-time Two video outputs, VGA & HDMI. Record H.264 compression, motion and timing recording. Storage Supports SATA II Hard Drives. Supports 1~4 channel playback and network Playback multi-channel play back. Supports NVR backup to USB memory sticks, portable Backup hard drive or a network backup to a local disk.
NVR Appearance 2.1 The Front Panel 2.1.1 The Front Panel Button or indicator Function light Indicator light Depicts the current status of the NVR Channel button Select single channel full screen display Multi-channel preview Switch and display to 4,9,or16 channel Direction button Menu navigation button Connect mouse or USB memory stick for...
Network Video Recorder NVR Appearance 2.4 Input Method Introduction Click〖XXX〗with left mouse button to change input method, “←”is to delete mistyped symbols. Input methods include lower-case English, capital English & numbers. Capital English Input Number Input...
Connecting the NVR 3.1 Hard Disk Installation Hard Disk Installation: ⑴ Loosen the screw on the cover, to open the case. ⑵ Align the four holes of the HDD with the holes on the bottom of the chassis. ⑶ Hold the hard disk with one hand, and turn over the chassis; secure the HDD with screws at the indicated position.
Network Video Recorder Connecting NVR ⑷ After the HDD is mounted, turn over the chassis, connect the SATA power and Data Cables. ⑷ finally, replace the cover and tighten the case screws. Note: 1. It is recommended to use Security Grade HDDs for longer service life and reliability.
Network Video Recorder Connecting NVR NVR Startup 4.1 System Initialization After connecting the NVR to a display, plug in the mouse, power cable and turn on the power switch on the rear panel, then start up the NVR. The system initialization interface is as shown in Picture 4-1: Picture 4-1 4.2 Preview Interface After the system is fully booted, it will enter into the default preview...
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Network Video Recorder NVR Startup After the device starts up, the default setting is to preview in multi-screen display mode. Products with different channels will have a different amount of split screens to display. On the preview interface, you can set the appropriate date and time.
NVR Menu 5.1 Menu Options After the system is ready, right click the mouse button in the preview interface and it will pop up a system login interface, shown in Picture 5-1. Then select a user name, enter the user password, select the system language and click on the login button to login to the system (the default username is admin, password is admin);...
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Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-2 Single-screen Display: Select one channel to display from CH1~CH16. Four-screen Display: Divided into four groups to display (CH1~CH4、 CH5~CH8、CH9 ~CH12、CH13~CH16). Eight-screen Display: Divided into two groups to display (CH1~CH8、 CH9 ~CH16). Night-screen Display: Divided into two groups to display (CH1~CH9、...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu 5.2 Main Menu Navigation Common System Network User CH Setup REC Setup Preview Channel REC Setup Enc Param Video Config REC Setup Record Main Play back Menu Motion Detect Alarm Alarm In Upgrade Maintain Default Logout Version 5.3 Main Menu...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-3 5.3.1 System Management 5.3.1.1 Common Setup Click “Common” in system management interface, then interface of common setup will be out. As followed picture 5-4 shows: Picture 5-4 System Time:System date and time of the NVR. ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Resolution: Optional resolution: 1024×768 、 1280×720 、 1280×1024 、 1920×1080. Default resolution is 1280×720. It will be valid only after the NVR reboots with changes saved. Standby Time: Default standby time is 30 minutes. And standby time ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Refresh:Return to the previous menu. 5.3.1.3 User Management Click “User” in system management interface, to manage the user accounts for the NVR. As follows in picture 5-6 shows: Picture 5-6 User List:List added users. “admin” is super user/administrator, and we ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-7 5.3.2.1 Channel Configuration Click “Ch setup” to configure the NVR’s channel mapping as shows in Picture 5-8: Picture 5-8 Channel:Channel choice of NVR. There are 2 choices: one is for only one channel, and another is for all channels. Vender Type:Onvif protocol.
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Password:Password to log into the IPC. (If default password is not admin, please change to the correct password.) IP Address:IP address of IPC that will be added in the NVR. Port:Port for accessing IPC. Default port is 8999. ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-10 Channel:Select the target channel number Enc Mode:Standard H.264. Resolution:This is the primary recorded stream of the IP camera, generally include D1/720P/1080P etc, the type of sub-stream resolution includes D1/VGA/CIF. Frame Rate:Modify the recorded framerate to optimize the system. ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Channel: Select the Channel number. Bright: Brightness adjustment. Contrast: Contrast adjustment. Saturation: Saturation adjustment. Color: Color adjustment. Default: Recover all the video configuration parameters to default values. Save: Save configured parameters. ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-13 Channel:Select a channel to record. There are 2 choices: single channel and all channels. Enable : Selecting enables a desired Channel. Default enable is closed. Week:Select a certain day in a week or every day to record. ...
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Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-14 You can check record files according to date, time, channel and record mode. If there are record files, they will be listed after being checked. If there are not, then no record will be shown in this period. Channel No.:Select channel that you are going to check.
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Playback Progress Bar : Current play progress will be shown in playback interface. You can click on the bar at any time to view records of that time. If you choose multi-channel playback, and there is no record in a certain channel, then this channel will not play any record.
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-16 Channel No : Select the motion detection channel. 2 option are available: Single and All), for the Single channel, you need to choose the particular channel. Switch Link : Turn on or off the motion detection function. ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-17 Alarm Input:Choose the channel of Alarm Input. Switch Link: Turn on the Alarm input function. Alarm Out:Set the channel Alarm Out,default setting is closed. Alarm Time:Set the time of Alarm Output. ...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu 5.3.5.1 HDD Manage HDD manage inteface, as shown in Picture 5-19. Picture 5-19 If the devices has connected to the HDD successfully, the HDD manage list will show the information of the HDD(s). If the system detects that you do not need to format the hard disk, the HDD status will display as “normal”;...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-20 If the device has detected upgrade files in the USB disk, the related information of the upgrade package (number, name, size, date) will be displayed. USB disk Upgrade steps: Copy the upgrade file (named should be the format update_nvr.tgz) to the root directory of USB disk, connect the disk to the device's USB port, if it did not display the upgrade file in the list, please refresh the interface (If the upgrade package still cannot be searched out,...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-21 According to user selection, you can set the parameters of restore default for “General Settings”, “User manage”, “Channel configuration”, “Record Setup” and “Alarm Input”. 5.3.5.4 Log Info Under the system maintenance menu, please click “Log Info”, and then switch to the interface of “Log Info”.
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu PgUp/PgDn:You can view all logs through the PgUp/PgDn Clear:Clear all information Return:Return to the previous menu Specific Steps:Enter the log search menu, set search parameters, click the Search button to begin search, if logs matching the search criteria are found, it will be displayed in a list, to view all logs through PgUp/PgDn button.
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu 5.4 PTZ Controls Select a channel preview window, click the right mouse button and click PTZ control options, the preview screen will switch to the single-channel display, and PTZ control interface appears in the lower left corner, as shown in Picture 5-24: Picture 5-24 Adjusts the movement speed of the PTZ, (click middle button of the...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-26 Stay Time: Stay time on the Preset. Picture 5-27 Cruise speed:Speed for Cruise. Start Cruise:Start Cruise, and patrol in fixed path. Auto Scan:Clear all preset points. Notice: the NVR supports a maximum of 255 preset points, however, it is also affected by the PTZ Camera itself, for different PTZ Cameras, the number of preset points supported could vary.
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu canceled, restarted, and shut down, Picture 5-28: Picture 5-28 Logout:Logout the current user, switch to user login interface. Reboot:Reboot the device. Shut down:Shut down the device. 5.6 Quick adding function At the preview menu, for the channel of unconnected IP Camera, you can quickly click the “+”...
Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Picture 5-30 Device search: Search the IP address of the IPC client device. Filter: Filter the display of the searched device list. Add: Click “search”, the NVR can search the IPC device which ...
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Network Video Recorder NVR Menu Add: Click , The “√” icon will appear which indicates you have selected the IPC device of this column. If the “Device Added” list is not full, click the “Add” button and you can put this device to the “Device Added”...
6 Appendix 6.1 Q&A 1. What to do if my NVR will not detect the hard drive? Answer: If the system does not detect the HDD, please check the SATA data / power connections of the HDD to see if they are connected properly. The HDD may also need to be formatted if this is the first deployment.
6.2 Mobile Apps To view the NVR’s video stream from a mobile device (locally or remotely) follow these 3 simple steps. STEP 1. Download ‘FREE IP’ from either the Google Play store, or Apple’s app store. When signing in for the first time, you will need to create a new account. The created account will store the server list for easy account migration to other mobile devices.
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