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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 14. Damage requiring Service All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to appliance is operated. qualified service personnel under the following conditions: A. -
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 ......................3 Video Out ........................... - Page 6 User’s Manual Display ..........................23 Remote Control ....................... 24 Recording Setup ........................25 Record ..........................25 Schedule .......................... 26 Pre-Event ......................... 27 Event Setup ......................... 28 Alarm-In ........................... 28 Motion Detection ......................29 Video Loss ........................31 Video Blind........................32 Text-In ..........................
- Page 7 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Error Code Notices ......................61 Specifications ........................62 List of Illustrations Figure 1 ─ Typical DVR installation......................2 Figure 2 ─ DVR rear panel......................... 3 Figure 3 ─ DVR front panel........................7 Figure 4 ─ Infrared Remote Control......................9 Figure 5 ─...
- Page 8 User’s Manual Figure 48 ─ Text-In Settings screen......................33 Figure 49 ─ Text-In Device Settings screen..................... 34 Figure 50 ─ Text-In Actions screen......................35 Figure 51 ─ Health Check screen......................35 Figure 52 ─ Storage screen........................36 Figure 53 ─...
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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: 4 Composite Video Input Connectors ... -
Page 10: Figure 1 ─ Typical Dvr Installation
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Page 11: Chapter 2 ─ Installation
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 ─ Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: Digital Video Recorder Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) RAS Software CD and User’s Manual Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR. -
Page 12: Video Out
User’s Manual Video Out Connect the main monitor to the Video Out connector. A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor. Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the DVR. The VGA monitor is automatically detected when you connect it. -
Page 13: Network Port
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder To reset the unit, you will need a straightened paperclip: Turn the DVR off. Poke the straightened paperclip into the unlabeled hole to the left of the Network port, and turn the DVR on. Hold the reset switch until the DVR turns on and live monitoring screen appears. Release the reset switch. - Page 14 User’s Manual...
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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. Power LED HDD LED Alarm Out LED Arrow Buttons Enter/Pause Button Menu Button PTZ/Zoom Button... -
Page 16: Enter/Pause Button
User’s Manual In the playback mode, pressing the button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from , and the screen displays respectively. While playing video, pressing the button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the button again toggles the playback speed from , , and the screen displays , respectively. -
Page 17: Usb Port
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder USB Port A USB port on the front panel is provided to connect external hard disk, CD-RW or flash drives for video clip copying or system upgrades. Position external drives close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable connections, usually less than 6 feet. -
Page 18: Setup Screen
User’s Manual Select a User and enter the password by pressing the appropriate combination of Camera number buttons and then the button. There is no default password when logging in the admin user for the first time. Figure 5 ─ Login screen. NOTE: To assure the secure management of the system, setting up a password is strongly recommended. -
Page 19: System Setup
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder System Setup Figure 8 ─ System menu. Information Highlight Information and press the button. The Information setup screen appears. 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. -
Page 20: Date/Time
User’s Manual 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 the button. Select the desired setup file and press the Import button to import the selected settings and change the DVR settings accordingly. -
Page 21: Storage
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button. Select from the three available time formats and press button to save your selected format. NOTE: The clock will not start running until you have highlighted Save and pressed the button. -
Page 22: Figure 13 ─ Storage Information Screen
User’s Manual The information in the Type column describes the storage device. The capacity of the storage device is displayed in the Capacity column. The Format column displays whether the device is used for recording (Record) or not (Not Using). Not formatted indicates the device is not formatted. -
Page 23: User
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder User Highlight User in the System menu and press the button. The User setup screen displays the authorized groups and users. You can add and delete groups and users. When adding a group, you can assign authority levels to the group. The +/- column is used to collapse and expand user groups. -
Page 24: Shutdown
User’s Manual Search – The user can access the Search mode on a local system or a PC running RAS. Clip-Copy – The user can copy video clips on a local system or a PC running RAS. To add a User, highlight the + User… box and press the button. -
Page 25: Figure 18 ─ Network Setup Screen
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the first box beside Remote Watch – Transfer Speed. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps. Highlight the second box beside Remote Watch – Transfer Speed. You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between: bps and ips. - Page 26 User’s Manual NOTE: You will need to get the appropriate IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask from your network administrator. Highlight the box beside DNS Server. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the IP address of the DNS server. Highlight the Port Number Setup…...
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Page 27: Notification
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight Enable DVR Name Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. NOTE: The DVRNS (DVR Name Service) allows the DVR to use Dynamic IP addresses for remote connection. When this feature is On, you can access your DVR remotely using the DVR name instead of its IP address. -
Page 28: Figure 22 ─ Notification Mail Setup Screen
User’s Manual Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button. The Notification setup screen displays. You will be able to change the Mail and Callback settings. Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. You will only be able to change the settings if Mail is enabled. -
Page 29: Devices Setup
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Devices Setup Figure 24 ─ Devices menu. Camera Highlight Camera in the Devices menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen appears. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column. -
Page 30: Audio
User’s Manual You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the button. Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase and decrease the number. The PTZ ID number can be set from 0 to 256. -
Page 31: Display
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The Day box allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active. -
Page 32: Remote Control
User’s Manual Highlighting OSD Margin… and pressing the button displays how OSD text will be displayed on the monitor. You can adjust the horizontal and vertical margins so that text and icons will not be hidden beyond the edges of the monitor. Highlight the Main Monitor tab, and the Main Monitor setup screen appears. -
Page 33: Recording Setup
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Port and select between None, RS232 and RS485. If the RS232 port and RS485 port is in use for PTZ control, networking or text input, the remote keyboard cannot be configured. Highlight Setup… and select the correct Baud Rate, Parity, Data Bits and Stop Bits for the device you are connecting to the DVR. -
Page 34: Schedule
User’s Manual NOTE: When the storage device does not have enough space to record video data longer than the preset Limit Time-Lapse Recording period, the DVR records over the oldest video data (time-lapse or event video) as it would in the Recycle mode even if this feature is turned On. NOTE: The maximum storage time is only an estimate because the amount of space required to store video varies depending on many factors such as motion and image complexity. -
Page 35: Pre-Event
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box under the Range heading and press the button to change the time range that the scheduled recording will take place. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes. Highlight the box under the Mode heading and press the button to change the recording mode that will be used. -
Page 36: Event Setup
User’s Manual 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 37: Motion Detection
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can set the actions the DVR will take whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the desired box under the Record heading, and press the button. A list of cameras appears. Select the cameras that you want the DVR to record whenever it detects an input on the associated alarm input. - Page 38 User’s Manual Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to motion for Daytime and Nighttime independently. There are five settings with 1 being the least sensitive and 5 being the most sensitive. You can define the area of the image where you want to detect motion;...
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Page 39: Video Loss
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. -
Page 40: Video Blind
User’s Manual Highlight the Actions tab, and the Video Loss Actions setup screen appears. The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. -
Page 41: Text-In
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Actions tab, and the Video Blind Actions setup screen appears. The DVR can be set to react to video blind differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. -
Page 42: Figure 49 ─ Text-In Device Settings Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Port, and press the button. Select from None, RS232, RS485, USB-Serial (1~4) and LAN (1~4). NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able to make any changes to the screen. NOTE: When using the USB to serial text-in device, do NOT remove the USB cable from the port while the system is running. -
Page 43: System Event
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be set to react to text input. Text input can be associated with cameras, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. -
Page 44: Figure 52 ─ Storage Screen
User’s Manual Highlight the Setup... box beside Check Recording and press the button. The Check Recording screen appears. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles On and Off. When set to On, you can select the day, time range and interval that you want the DVR to run self-diagnostics on the recorder. -
Page 45: Event Status
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the Notify box beside the desired event (System, Boot Up, Restart, Shutdown, Panic Record, Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Full, Disk Bad, Disk Temperature, Disk S.M.A.R.T., Disk Config Change or Fan Error), and press the button. - Page 46 User’s Manual...
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Page 47: 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. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video. -
Page 48: 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 (Enter/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 49: Zoom Mode
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Login/Logout Selecting (Login) in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to select a User and enter the password to log into the system. Selecting (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout screen asking you to confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user. -
Page 50: 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 the Move to Preset dialog box, and the PTZ Preset dialog box will appear. -
Page 51: Recording Video
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Full Screen Previous Camera Next Camera Figure 58 ─ 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. Selecting (2x2) in the Mouse Display menu displays the cameras in the quad (2x2) screen mode. -
Page 52: Recording Audio
User’s Manual Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording. The DVR will not record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips. NOTE: Make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when recording audio. -
Page 53: Search Menu
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Search Go To Export Camera Menu Alarm Reset Panic Data Source Exit Figure 59 ─ Search menu. NOTE: The Search menu also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen. Search Menu Search Selecting... -
Page 54: Event Log Search
User’s Manual Camera Menu Selecting (Camera Menu) in the Search menu displays the following Camera Menu. Zoom: Selecting Zoom and choosing the camera number zooms the current playback image of the selected camera on the screen. It is the same as pressing the button on the front Zoom panel. - Page 55 4-Channel Digital Video Recorder 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 56: Record Table Search
User’s Manual Record Table Search Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar. A grey < Compact View > vertical line indicates the current search position. To search specific video, move the vertical line by using the Left or Right arrow buttons on the front panel or by clicking the mouse on the desired segment. -
Page 57: Motion Search
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder The individual playback controls at the bottom perform the following functions as described below: Go to the previous image Play/Pause Go to the next image Fast backward play Fast forward play Selecting in the top-left corner exits the Record Table Search screen. Motion Search The Motion Search…... -
Page 58: Text-In Search
User’s Manual When you search for motion events of another camera, you will be asked whether or not you want to delete the previous search results from the list. Text-In Search The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. -
Page 59: Clip-Copy
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Clip-Copy Video clips can be copied on an external USB hard disk, CD-RW or flash drive. The copied video clips can be viewed on computers running Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista. Refer to the Appendix – USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy. - Page 60 User’s Manual Once the clip copy starts, you can cancel it by selecting Cancel or hide the screen by selecting Close. When selecting Close, Clip Copy continues and a confirmation screen will display when complete. NOTE: The file size for clip copy is limited to 30GB. When copying video clips larger than 2GB, the video clips will be save in units of 2GB.
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Page 61: 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 and Windows Vista is almost identical to Windows 2000. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. Turn on your computer. -
Page 62: Text-In Search Examples
User’s Manual Text-In Search Examples Search Example I 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price amount ================================================== Coke 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog 3.50 | 3(s) | $ 10.50 Pepsi 1.95 | 1(s) | $ 1.95 ================================================== total : $... -
Page 63: Webguard
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder For example, if you want to search for Coke with a Qty (Quantity) of more than 1 and Hotdog with an amount totaling over $8, the following search condition can be set. WebGuard WebGuard allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere. -
Page 64: Web Monitoring Mode
User’s Manual NOTE: Do NOT close the LOGIN window during the WebGuard operation, otherwise, it will cause a script error when switching between Web monitoring and Web search modes and running the WebGuard program again will be required. NOTE: The port numbers for WEBWATCH, WEBSEARCH and AUDIO should be the same with port numbers for Remote Watch, Remote Search and Remote Audio set during Network setup. -
Page 65: Web Search Mode
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder ① Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ② Click the to access to the web search mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebWatch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ④... - Page 66 User’s Manual ① Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ② Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ④ 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 67: Troubleshooting
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder ⑭ Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu screen. Change Camera Title: Changes the camera name. Enable Audio: Plays audio while playing back recorded video that has recorded audio. (Single-Screen Layout Only) ... -
Page 68: Map Of Screens
User’s Manual Map of Screens... -
Page 69: System Log Notices
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder System Log Notices Boot Up Setup Begin Panic Off Shutdown Setup End Clear All Data Restart Remote Setup Change Format Disk Upgrade Remote Setup Fail Disk Full Upgrade Fail Setup Imported Auto Deletion Time Change Setup Import Failure Search Begin Time Zone Change Setup Exported... -
Page 70: 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) Playback/Record Speed...