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  • Page 1 DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR User Manual Version 2.2.0...

  • Page 2: Hikvision® Network Digital Video Recorder User Manual

    The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (Hikvision). Hikvision assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in the book.

  • Page 3: Regulatory Information

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Regulatory Information FCC Information compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 4 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Safety Warnings and Cautions Please pay attention to the following warnings and cautions: Hazardous Voltage may be present: Special measures and precautions must be taken when using this device. Some potentials (voltages) on the device may present a hazard to the user. This device should only be used by the Employees from our company with knowledge and training in working with these types of devices that contain live circuits.
  • Page 5 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Power Cord Requirements: The connector that plugs into the wall outlet must be a grounding-type male plug designed for use in your region. It must have certification marks showing certification by an agency in your region. The connector that plugs into the AC receptacle on the power supply must be an IEC 320, sheet C13, female connector.

  • Page 6: Preventive And Cautionary Tips

    20cm distance from each other.  The device contains no user-serviceable parts. Do not disassemble the device for repair or maintenance by yourself.  If you encounter any questions about this device, please contact the technicians from HIKVISION or its authorized suppliers.

  • Page 7: Product Key Features

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Product Key Features Main Features  Newly-featured GUI with easy and flexible operation.  Up to 4 network cameras are connectable.  Each analog channel supports 4CIF real time encoding.  H.264 (standard) video compression with high reliability and superior definition.
  • Page 8 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR  Support pause, speed up, speed down, skip forward, and skip backward when playback. Backup  Export video data by USB device and eSATA device.  Export video data by Mobile DVR Backup Device.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR TABLE OF CONTENTS Hikvision® Network Digital Video Recorder User Manual ..............1 Chapter 1 ............................10 Introduction ............................10 1.1 Verify Contents ............................ 11 1.2 Front Panel and Rear Panel ......................... 11 1.2.1 Front Panel ........................... 11 1.2.2 Rear Panel .............................
  • Page 10 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 5.2 Accessing by the iVMS Platform ......................42 5.3 Accessing by the Push Mode Platform ....................43 Chapter 6 ............................44 Special Functions ..........................44 6.1 Configuring Startup and Shutdown ..................... 45 6.2 Configuring GPS ........................... 46 6.3 Configuring G-Sensor...........................

  • Page 11: Chapter 1

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 1 Introduction...

  • Page 12: Verify Contents

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 1.1 Verify Contents Verify that the package contents are correct by checking the items against the packing list. Note: Please contact your dealer for damaged or missing items. 1.2 Front Panel and Rear Panel 1.2.1 Front Panel...

  • Page 13: Rear Panel

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR SD/SIM SD/SDHC card interface (reserved); SIM card interface. Network interface. IR Control receiver Receiver for IR remote. Red means the device is standby, green means the DVR starts up normally. POWER indicator Green means the device is in normal working status and can be controlled by READY indicator remote control.
  • Page 14 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Table 1. 2 Description of Rear Panel Mark Description 4-pin aviation plug for video output and audio composite output and voltage AV OUT output. 5-pin aviation plug for RS-232 and voltage output. RS232 Reserved.

  • Page 15: Ir Remote Control Operations

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 1.3 IR Remote Control Operations The device may also be controlled with the included IR remote control, shown in Figure 1.3. Figure 1. 3 Remote Control The description of buttons on the remote control is shown in Table 1.3.
  • Page 16 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 1. Enter the edit status, and then delete the character in the front of the cursor. Edit 2. It can also be used to tick checkbox. 3. In Playback mode, it can be used to generate video clips for backup.

  • Page 17: Starting Up And Shutting Down The Dvr

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 1. Run the Client Management System to check and remember device ID#. 2. The default ID# is 255. This ID# is valid for all the IR remote controls. 3. Press the DEV button on the remote control.
  • Page 18 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR connection is correct, and then follow the procedure below: Steps: Connect the “DC IN +” of DVR to the positive pole of vehicle batteries; Connect the “DC IN -” and “KEY -” to the negative pole of vehicle batteries;...

  • Page 19: Auto On/Off

    1.5 Connecting to Alarm Input / Output Device Connecting to Alarm Input DS-8100HMFI-TH series Mobile DVR adopts the high/low-level electrical signals triggering (high level: 6~36 VDC; low level: 0~5 VDC) to realize alarm input. And in order to avoid error report caused by voltage fluctuation, no alarm will be triggered by voltage ranging of 5~ 6VDC.

  • Page 20: Hard Disk Installation

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR contact A and B of the Alarm Output will be closed. Therefore, the active alarm device must be connected. Figure 1. 8 Alarm Output Connection Please follow the procedure below: Steps: Disconnect pluggable block from the ALARM IN /ALARM OUT terminal block.;...
  • Page 21 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 3. Wear the anti-static gloves and insert the first hard disk 4. Make sure the hard disk is flat and insert the disk into into the hard disk box with the PCB side downward.

  • Page 22: Sim / Sd Card Installation

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 1.7 SIM / SD Card Installation Please insert a SIM card to access to the 3G network. The SD card slot (reserved) is located above the SIM card slot. Steps: 1. Use the key to open the front panel lock and you can 2.
  • Page 23 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 5. Push the SIM card holder back into the slot with the 6. Lock the front panel and connect the two 3G antennas SIM card downward. to receive the signal.

  • Page 24: Chapter 2

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 2 Basic Operations...

  • Page 25: Main Menu

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 2.1 Main Menu The main menu is shown in Figure 2.1. Figure 2. 1 Main Menu 2.2 Managing User Accounts There is a default account in the device: Administrator. The Administrator user name is admin and the password is 12345.

  • Page 26: Configuring General Settings

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Level: Set the user level to Operator or Guest. Different user levels have different operating permission. • Operator: The Operator user has permission of Preview, Playback, Backup, Log Search and Parameters Settings. •...
  • Page 27 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 2. 4 DST Settings Interface 4. Click the Set button for Advance Setting to enter the advanced display settings interface, as shown in Figure 2.5. Figure 2. 5 Advanced Display Settings Interface 5.

  • Page 28: Configuring Cameras

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 2.4 Configuring Cameras Purpose: You can configure the OSD (On-screen Display) settings for the camera, including camera name, date/time, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Camera Settings interface, as shown in Figure 2.6. Menu>Other Settings>Camera Figure 2.

  • Page 29: Configuring Display Settings

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR • Image Settings: Click Set button for Image Settings to adjust the video parameters, including Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue. Figure 2. 8 Image Settings Interface • Mask: You are allowed to configure the privacy mask zones that cannot be viewed and recorded by the operator.
  • Page 30 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR screen to be shown, mute or turning on the audio, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Display Settings interface, as shown in Figure 2.9. Menu>Other Settings>Display Figure 2. 9 Display Settings Interface 2. The settings available in this menu include: •...

  • Page 31: Chapter 3

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 3 Record Settings...

  • Page 32: Configuring Encoding Parameters

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 3.1 Configuring Encoding Parameters 3.1.1 Initializing HDDs Before recording, make sure that the HDD has already been installed. If not, please install a HDD and initialize it. Steps: Enter the HDD Management interface, as shown in Figure 3.1.
  • Page 33 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 3. 2 Record Settings Interface 2. Select the channel to set the parameters. 3. Configure the following settings: • Encoding Parameters: Main Stream (Normal), Main Stream (Event) and Sub Stream options are available. Main Stream (Normal) is used for schedule recording;...

  • Page 34: Configuring Motion Detection Record

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR to Chapter 3.2 & 3.3 for motion and alarm recording. 6) Click the OK button to save the settings and exit. Note: Up to 8 periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods can’t be overlapped each other. You can enter the Record Status interface (Menu>Status>Record) to check the recording status.

  • Page 35: Configuring Alarm Triggered Record

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 4) Press the Direction key on the remote control to adjust the size of the block and press Enter key to save the setting. Note: You can press the A button on the remote control to clear all the mask areas.

  • Page 36: Searching Record Files

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Input settings interface, as shown in Figure 3.5. Menu>Other Settings>AlarmIn Figure 3. 5 Alarm Input Settings 2. Click the Set button for Trig Record Channel to select the alarm triggered recording channel(s). Click the Apply button to save the settings and click OK to exit.
  • Page 37 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 3. 6 Video Search Interface 2. Set search conditions and click the Play button to enter the Playback interface. Note: When more than 4000 recorded files are found, the top 4000 items have the priority to be played back. The playback speed can be adjusted by pressing the Up and Down keys on the remote control.

  • Page 38: Chapter 4

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 4 Wireless Network Settings...

  • Page 39: Configuring 3G

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 4.1 Configuring 3G Purpose: Set the parameters for 3G before using it. Steps: 1. Enter the Dial Settings interface, as shown in Figure 4.1. Menu>Basic Settings>Dial Figure 4. 1 Dial Settings Interface 2. Check the checkbox for Enable Dialing.

  • Page 40: Configuring Wifi

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 4.2 Configuring WiFi Purpose: Set the parameters for WiFi before using it. Steps: 1. Enter the WiFi Settings interface, as shown in Figure 4.3. Menu>Basic Settings>WiFi Figure 4. 3 WiFi Settings Interface 2. Check the checkbox for Enable WiFi. Configure the configuration file, SSID, security type, encryption type and key.
  • Page 41 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 4.5. Figure 4. 5 WiFi Status Interface 5. Click the Query button to search the available access point information of WiFi, including SSID, Security Type and Signal Strength, as shown in Figure 4.6.

  • Page 42: Chapter 5

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 5 Platform Settings...

  • Page 43: Accessing By The Wvs Platform

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR The Mobile DVR can be remotely accessed via 3 platforms: WVS platform, iVMS platform and Push Mode platform. Make sure the parameters configured are valid for the platform you select for login. 5.1 Accessing by the WVS Platform Steps: 1.

  • Page 44: Accessing By The Push Mode Platform

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 5. 2 iVMS Platform Settings 3. Configure the following settings: Server IP: Input the static WAN IP of iVMS center server. Server Port: Connecting port between DVR and center server, the default value is 7660.

  • Page 45: Chapter 6

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 6 Special Functions...

  • Page 46: Configuring Startup And Shutdown

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 6.1 Configuring Startup and Shutdown Purpose: There are two ways to start up and shut down the Mobile DVR. You can set the delay time to shut down the DVR or set the time to automatically start up and shut down the DVR.

  • Page 47: Configuring Gps

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 2. Select Auto Working in Auto Work Type. 3. Choose the day you want to set schedule for automatically starting up and shutting down. Note: Two periods can be configured for each day. And the time periods can’t be overlapped each other. If the schedule can also be set to other days, click Copy.

  • Page 48: Configuring G-Sensor

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 6.3 Configuring G-Sensor Purpose: G-Sensor is used for storing the acceleration information of triaxial directions during driving. Before you start: You need to connect an external sensor to the device for obtaining and providing the acceleration information of triaxial directions.
  • Page 49 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Steps: 1. Enter the Sensor-In Settings interface, as shown in Figure 6.5. Menu>Basic Settings>Sensor-In Figure 6. 5 Sensor-In Settings Interface 2. Sensor-In is triggered by high/low level and you can set the parameters according to the vehicle.

  • Page 50: Chapter 7

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 7 Other Functions...

  • Page 51: Configuring Network Settings

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 7.1 Configuring Network Settings Purpose: Network settings must be properly configured before you operate the Mobile DVR over network. Steps: 1. Enter the Network Settings interface, as shown in Figure 7.1. Menu>Basic Settings>Network Figure 7.

  • Page 52: Configuring Alarm

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 7.2 Configuring Alarm 7.2.1 Configuring Alarm Input Purpose: Configure the settings for alarm input, including trigger level, arm time, alarm response actions, etc. Steps: 1. Enter the Alarm Input Settings interface, as shown in Figure 7.3.

  • Page 53: Configuring Alarm Output

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 4 Arming Schedule Interface 5. Check the checkbox for Handle Type and click the Set button for Handle Type to configure alarm response actions, including Pop-up Image on Monitor, Audio Warning and Trigger Alarm Output, as shown in Figure 7.5.

  • Page 54: Detecting Video Tampering

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 6 Alarm Output Settings Interface 2. Select an alarm output and set alarm name and duration. Note: Two relay alarm output are available which are A1 & B1, A2 & B2. If Manually Stop is selected in the dropdown list of Duration, you can clear it only through Client Software System.
  • Page 55 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 8 Tamper-Proof Settings Interface 2. Check the Tamper-proof checkbox, and click the Area Settings button for Tamper-proof to set the areas for detecting video tampering. Steps: 1) Press the Edit key on the remote control and a red block appears on the screen.

  • Page 56: Detecting Video Loss

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 9 Tamper-proof Handle Interface 4. Click the Apply and OK button to save the settings and exit. 7.2.4 Detecting Video Loss Purpose: Detect video loss of a channel and take alarm response action(s).

  • Page 57: Handling Exceptions

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 11 Video Loss Handle Interface 7.2.5 Handling Exceptions Purpose: Exception Settings refer to the handling methods of various exceptions, e.g. • HDD Full: The HDD is full. • HDD Error: Writing HDD error, unformatted HDD, etc.

  • Page 58: Configuring Ipc

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 12 Exception Interface 2. Select the Exception Type and set the alarm response action(s). 7.3 Configuring IPC Purpose: The Mobile DVR can connect with up to 4 network cameras. You can enter the IPC Settings interface to add the network cameras.

  • Page 59: Configuring Serial Port

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 14 Add IPC Interface 3. You can take either of the following ways to add the network cameras. Task 1: Add the Network Camera Searched Online Steps: 1) Press the Up or Down Direction keys on the remote control to select the network camera.

  • Page 60: Configuring Automatic Backup

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR • Transparent Channel: Connect a serial device directly to the device. The serial device will be controlled remotely by the PC through the network and the protocol of the serial device. The RS-485 port can be used for transparent channel only.
  • Page 61 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 7. 16 Backup Settings Interface 2. Configure the following settings.  Auto Backup: Check the checkbox to enable automatic backup when connecting a backup device according to the defined settings.  Over Type: No Over, By Time and By Time & Lock Alarm are selectable. No Over means the backup will stop when the backup device becomes full.

  • Page 62: Chapter 8

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Chapter 8 Device Management and Maintenance...

  • Page 63: Checking Status

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 8.1 Checking Status The status of recording, 3G, platform, GPS, G-Sensor, alarm and WiFi can be checked in the Status interface (Menu>Status). Figure 8. 1 Status Interface 8.2 Management and Maintenance 8.2.1 Upgrading the System Purpose: The Mobile DVR can be upgraded by local USB flash disk or remote FTP server.

  • Page 64: Searching & Exporting Log Files

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 8. 2 Upgrade Interface 2. Click the Upgrade button to start upgrading. • Upgrading by remote FTP server Before you start: Configure PC (running FTP server) and DVR to the same Local Area Network. Run the 3 -party TFTP software on the PC and copy the firmware into the root directory of TFTP.
  • Page 65 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR exported at any time. Steps: 1. Enter the Log Search interface. Menu>Maintenance>Log Search Figure 8. 4 Log Search Interface 2. Set the log search conditions, including Major Type, Minor Type, Start Time and End Time.

  • Page 66: Restoring Default Settings

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR 8.2.3 Restoring Default Settings Steps: 1. Enter the Default interface. Menu>Maintenance>Default Figure 8. 6 Restore Default Settings 2. Click the OK button to start restoring default settings. 8.2.4 Importing/Exporting Configuration Files Purpose: The configuration files of the DVR can be exported to local device for backup; and the configuration files of one device can be imported to multiple device devices if they are to be configured with the same parameters.

  • Page 67: Viewing System Information

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Figure 8. 7 Import/Export Configuration Files 2. Click the Export button to export configuration files to the USB device. 3. Before importing a configuration file, you need to connect a USB device with the DVR and the configuration file should be placed in the root directory of the USB device.

  • Page 68: Rebooting Dvr

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR You can view the status and the free space/capacity of the USB backup device or eSATA backup device connected. And you can also format the backup device. Steps: 1. Enter the Backup Device interface, as shown in Figure 8.9.

  • Page 69: Appendix

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR Appendix Glossary • 3G: 3G refers to the 3rd-generation telecommunication technology which is the high speed transmission of the cell data. The 3G service can transmit sound and other data simultaneously and the bitrate is up to hundreds kbps.

  • Page 70: Faq

    User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR • Why does my DVR make a beeping sound after booting? The possible reasons for the warning beep on the device are as follows: There is no HDD installed in the device. The HDD is not initialized.
  • Page 71 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR a) The GPS antenna is not placed outdoor. b) There is no GPS module (built-in or external) available for the DVR. c) The GPS Module are configured incorrectly (please see Chapter 6.2). •...
  • Page 72 User Manual of DS-8100HMFI-TH Series Mobile DVR First Choice for Security Professionals...

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