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Page 3: Compliance Notice Of Fcc
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 13. Servicing All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Do not attempt to service this equipment yourself. Refer all servicing to appliance is operated. qualified service personnel. 2. Retain Instructions 14. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
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 ..................... 4 RS232C Port ...................... - Page 6 User’s Manual Recording Menu ..................... 18 General Setting (RECORD General Tab) ............18 Schedule Setup (RECORD Schedule Tab) ........... 20 Event Menu ......................22 Motion Event Setup (EVENT Motion Tab) ............. 23 Alarm-In Event Setup (EVENT Alarm-In Tab) ..........25 Text-In Event Setup (EVENT ...
- Page 7 Digital Video Recorder Appendix A ─ USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation ..........59 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 ..........59 Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 98 ..........59 Appendix B ─ Text-In Search Examples ..............60 Search Example I ....................
- Page 8 User’s Manual Figure 18 ─ Health Check screen.................... 28 Figure 19 ─ Network Menu...................... 29 Figure 20 ─ General screen..................... 30 Figure 21 ─ Network (Manual) screen..................31 Figure 22 ─ Network (DHCP) screen..................32 Figure 23 ─...
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Page 9: Chapter 1 ─ Introduction
Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 ─ Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for eight or 16 camera inputs. It provides exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features: 8 or 16 Composite Video Input Connectors ... -
Page 10: Figure 1 ─ Typical Dvr Installation
User’s Manual The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full. Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video. You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via Ethernet. -
Page 11: Chapter 2 ─ Installation
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 Rack-mount Kit Assembly Screws and Guide Rails for Adding Hard Disk Drives ... -
Page 12: Video Loop Through
User’s Manual Video Loop Through If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to a terminated device because it will cause poor quality video. -
Page 13: Rs485 Port
Digital Video Recorder NC/NO (Relay Alarm Output): The DVR can activate external devices such as buzzers or lights. Connect the device to the C (Common) and NC (Normally Closed) or C and NO (Normally Open) connectors. NC/NO is a relay output which sinks 2A@125VAC and 1A@30VDC. See Chapter 3 ─ Configuration for configuring alarm output. -
Page 14: Power Cord Connector
User’s Manual NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio. NOTE: The DVR does not have amplified audio output, so you will need a speaker with an amplifier. The DVR does not have a pre-amplifier for audio input, so the audio input should be from an amplified source, not directly from a microphone. -
Page 15: Chapter 3 ─ Configuration
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 ─ 16-Channel DVR front panel. Camera Buttons Power LED HDD LED Alarm Out LED Network LED Clip Copy LED Panic Button... -
Page 16: Camera Buttons (1 To 16)
User’s Manual The front panel looks and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer. Many of the buttons have multiple functions. The buttons on the infrared remote control, while laid out differently, perform the same functions as those on the front panel. The following describes each button and control. Take a few minutes to review the descriptions. -
Page 17: Clip Copy Button
Digital Video Recorder CLIP COPY Button Pressing the button allows you to copy video clips. CLIP COPY ZOOM/PTZ Button Pressing the button zooms in the current image in double on the screen. You can use the arrow ZOOM/PTZ buttons to move the rectangle to another area. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button zooms in the image in rectangle. -
Page 18: Arrow Buttons
User’s Manual Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. -
Page 19: Initial Unit Setup
Digital Video Recorder Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, audio, remote control, record mode, network and password. Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes. -
Page 20: System Menu
User’s Manual Use the arrow keys to highlight the character you want in the name or title and press the button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position. Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and deletes entered characters. - Page 21 Digital Video Recorder The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available. The “.rui” indicates that the file is for software upgrades and “.ofi” indicates that the file is for optical drive firmware upgrades. Select the desired file and press the button.
- Page 22 User’s Manual The +/- column is used to collapse and expand user groups. If there is a + or – in this column, it indicates the item is a Group Name. If there is a – in front of the Group Name, it indicates that the group has been “expanded” and all of the User Names within that group are displayed below the Group Name.
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Page 23: Date/Time Settings (System Date/Time Tab)
Digital Video Recorder Setup ─ The user without Setup authority cannot establish any system settings excluding system shutdown and logout on a local system or a PC running RAS. Color Control ─ The user can control brightness, contrast, hue and saturation for cameras on a local system or a PC running RAS. - Page 24 User’s Manual Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button. Select from the three available time formats and press the button to save your selected format. NOTE: The clock will not start running until you have highlighted Save and pressed the button.
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Page 25: Storage Setup (System Storage Tab)
Digital Video Recorder Storage Setup (SYSTEM Storage Tab) Figure 9 ─ Storage screen. The box beside Capacity displays the capacity of the storage device. The box beside Status displays the status of the storage device. Highlighting the box beside Status for the desired storage device and pressing the button displays the Disk Bad, Temperature and S.M.A.R.T. -
Page 26: Recording Menu
User’s Manual The box beside Recorded Data – From / To displays the time information of recorded data. Highlighting Clear All Data… and pressing the button will clear all video data. You will be asked to verify that you wish to clear all data before the DVR erases the video data. Clear All Data… will not clear the System Log. - Page 27 Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Codec and select between H.264 and MPEG-4. Selecting the new codec displays a message asking you to confirm whether or not you want to restart the system because the system must be restarted before applying the new codec and you will lose all recording data. CAUTION: When changing the codec all recording data is deleted before applying the new codec.
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Page 28: Schedule Setup (Record Schedule Tab)
User’s Manual Schedule Setup (RECORD Schedule Tab) Setting up the Basic Schedule Mode… Figure 12 ─ Schedule (Basic Type) screen. Highlight the Schedule Type box and press the button. Select Basic to set up the Basic type recording schedule. Highlight the box beside Record Mode and press the button to change the recording mode that will be used. -
Page 29: Figure 13 ─ Schedule (Advanced Type) Screen
Digital Video Recorder Setting up the Advanced Schedule Mode… Figure 13 ─ Schedule (Advanced Type) screen. Highlight the Schedule Type box and press the button. Select Advanced to set up the Advanced type recording schedule. Selecting Advanced Mode allows you to set up individual recording schedule for each event. -
Page 30: Event Menu
User’s Manual When the DVR is in the Event mode, the red icon displays at the top-left corner of the screen. The DVR will record and displays the icon at the top-left corner of the screen when any event occurs. When the DVR is in the Pre-Event recoding mode, the yellow icon displays when there is no event, and the DVR is not recording. -
Page 31: Motion Event Setup (Event Motion Tab)
Digital Video Recorder Motion Event Setup (EVENT Motion Tab) Figure 15 ─ Motion screen. Your DVR has built-in video motion detection. Video motion detection can be turned On or Off for each camera. 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. - Page 32 User’s Manual You can adjust the minimum number of detection blocks that must be activated to trigger a motion alarm. Highlighting the box under the Min. Blocks heading and pressing the button allows you to adjust the minimum number of detection blocks for Daytime and Nighttime independently. Smaller numbers provide greater sensitivity because fewer detection blocks must be activated.
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Page 33: Alarm-In Event Setup (Event Alarm-In Tab)
Digital Video Recorder Alarm-In Event Setup (EVENT Alarm-In Tab) Figure 16 ─ Alarm-In screen. The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and pressing the button. -
Page 34: Text-In Event Setup (Event Text-In Tab)
User’s Manual You can set up the DVR to start panic recording whenever it senses an input on one of its alarm input connectors. Highlight the box beside Panic Record and press the button. A list of Alarm Inputs appears, and you can select which alarm input you want associated with panic recording. - Page 35 Digital Video Recorder Highlight Setup…, and press the button. Use the ATM or POS manufacturer’s recommended settings when configuring the RS232, RS485 or USB-Serial ports. Highlight the box beside Text-In Product, and press the button. Select your device from the list. NOTE: The following description is for a Generic Text Device.
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Page 36: System Event Setup (Event System Tab)
User’s Manual NOTE: For the Notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the NETWORK – Mail setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the RAS (Remote Administration System). Highlight the box beside PTZ and press the button. -
Page 37: Network Menu
Digital Video Recorder Disk Almost Full ─ Select the percentage level of disk usage at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. Disk Bad ─ Select percentage level of bad disk sectors at which you want the DVR to trigger an alert. ... -
Page 38: Figure 20 ─ General Screen
User’s Manual Figure 20 ─ General screen. Highlight the first box beside Transfer Speed. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to set the Transfer Speed from 50Kbps to 100Mbps. Highlight the second box beside Transfer Speed. You can select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between: bps and ips. -
Page 39: Network Setup (Network Network Tab)
Digital Video Recorder Network Setup (NETWORK Network Tab) Figure 21 ─ Network (Manual) screen. Highlight the box beside Type and press the button. You can select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Select the desired type and press the button. -
Page 40: Figure 22 ─ Network (Dhcp) Screen
User’s Manual Figure 22 ─ Network (DHCP) screen. Selecting ADSL (with PPPoE) allows you to set up the ADSL network. Figure 23 ─ Network (ADSL) screen. Highlight the box beside ID and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the ID for ADSL connection. -
Page 41: Dvrns Setup (Network Dvrns Tab)
Digital Video Recorder DVRNS Setup (NETWORK DVRNS Tab) Figure 24 ─ DVRNS screen. 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. -
Page 42: Mail Setup (Network Mail Tab)
User’s Manual Mail Setup (NETWORK Mail Tab) The DVR can be set up to send an email or to contact a computer running RAS (Remote Administration System) when an event occurs. Figure 25 ─ Mail screen. Highlight Enable and press the button to toggle between On and Off. -
Page 43: Device Menu
Digital Video Recorder Device Menu Figure 26 ─ Device Menu. Camera Setup (DEVICE Camera Tab) Figure 27 ─ Camera screen. You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. -
Page 44: Audio Setup (Device Audio Tab)
User’s Manual Select your camera from the list and press the button. You will need to connect the camera to the RS232 or RS485 connector on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer’s instructions. You can assign IDs to each camera by highlighting the box under the ID heading and pressing the button. -
Page 45: Remote Control Setup (Device Remote Control Tab)
Digital Video Recorder Remote Control Setup (DEVICE Remote Control Tab) Highlight Remote Control in the Devices menu and press the button. The Remote Control setup screen allows you to select a port and make correct settings for a remote keyboard. Figure 29 ─... -
Page 46: Osd Setup (Display Osd Tab)
User’s Manual OSD Setup (DISPLAY OSD Tab) Figure 31 ─ OSD screen. Highlighting an item and pressing the button toggles that item On and Off. When an item is On, there is a checkmark in the box beside it. The following items can be turned On or Off: ... -
Page 47: Main Monitor Setup (Display Main Monitor Tab)
Digital Video Recorder Main Monitor Setup (DISPLAY Main Monitor Tab) Figure 32 ─ Main Monitor screen. You can adjust the display dwell time for each camera displayed on the main monitor. Highlight the box beside Mode and press the button. -
Page 48: Spot Monitor Setup (Display Spot Monitor Tab)
User’s Manual Use the arrow buttons on the setup screen to move the VGA screen position in the direction you want. Selecting the default button at the center cancels the screen positioning operation and reloads the default position. After you are finished with the Main Monitor Screen, you can highlight Save and press the button to save the changes and exit the screen. -
Page 49: Chapter 4 ─ Operation
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. -
Page 50: 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 (Play/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 51: Ptz Mode
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the live monitoring mode. Alarm Reset Selecting (Alarm Reset) in the Live Monitoring menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. -
Page 52: Figure 36 ─ Ptz Preset Screen
User’s Manual Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the button, and the PTZ Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign to the preset and press the (Play/Pause) button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the preset name. Figure 36 ─... -
Page 53: Zoom Mode
Digital Video Recorder Zoom Mode You can enlarge an area of the video by pressing the button. For a few seconds after pressing the ZOOM button, a rectangle displays on the screen. A rectangle shows the area that will be enlarged. You ZOOM can move the rectangle around using the arrow buttons. -
Page 54: Covert Camera
User’s Manual Event monitoring lasts for the dwell time set for event recording. After the dwell time has elapsed, the monitor returns to the previous screen unless another event has occurred. If you want to return to the live monitoring mode before the dwell time has elapsed, press the button or one of the camera buttons. -
Page 55: Recording Video
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The PIP display mode will not be supported in the search mode. Previous Group, Next Group Selecting (Previous Group or Next Group) in the Mouse Display menu moves to the previous or next page. It is the same as pressing the button on the front panel. -
Page 56: 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. NOTE: Make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when recording audio. Playing Recorded Video If a user who has Search authority logs into the system, the user can view recorded image. -
Page 57: Searching Video
Digital Video Recorder You can use a mouse for convenient playback control. Position the mouse pointer on the playback screen, and the following Record Table Search (Compact View Mode) screen will display. The individual controls on the toolbar perform the following functions as described below: Go to the previous image Play Go to the next image... -
Page 58: Alarm Reset
User’s Manual Move the cursor over the date and time and press the (Play/Pause) button. You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. Once you have set the date and time you want, press the button. -
Page 59: Event Log Search
Digital Video Recorder Exit Selecting (Exit) in the Search menu exits the search mode and enters the live monitoring mode. Event Log Search Figure 42 ─ Event Log Search screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Input port is activated. The Event Log Search screen displays this list. -
Page 60: Record Table Search
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the last recorded image. Highlight the box beside Check Time Overlap and press the button. - Page 61 Digital Video Recorder Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar. A grey 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. If the DVR’s time and date have been reset to a time that is earlier than some recorded video, it is possible for the DVR to have more than one video stream in the same time range.
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Page 62: Motion Search
User’s Manual Motion Search Figure 45 ─ Motion Search screen. The Motion Search… can be selected from the Search menu while the DVR displays the camera full screen. The Motion Search screen displays a list of motion events. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video and press the (Play/Pause) button to display the video associated with the selected event on the small search screen. -
Page 63: Text-In Search
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Defining the area of the image in which you want to search for motion is nearly identical to setting up the DVR for Motion Detection. Please refer to Motion Detection Screen in Chapter 3 — Configuration for more detailed instructions on setting up the detection blocks. NOTE: When setting the Museum Search Zone, the zone should be placed inside of the border line of the target object. -
Page 64: Clip Copy
User’s Manual Figure 48 ─ Text-In Search Option screen. 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. -
Page 65: Figure 49 ─ Clip-Copy Screen
Digital Video Recorder Pressing the button during the playback will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied, CLIP COPY and the icon displays at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Pressing the button again will CLIP COPY set the ending point of the video to be clip copied by displaying the Clip-Copy screen. - Page 66 User’s Manual Highlight Include Text-In Data and press the button. This will toggle between On and Off. When this feature is On, you can include text-in data when copying video if the video was recorded with text-in data. Once you have given the video clip a file name, highlight the Start button and press the button.
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Page 67: Appendix A ─ Usb Hard Disk Drive Preparation
Digital Video Recorder Appendix A ─ 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. 1. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. 2. -
Page 68: Appendix B ─ Text-In Search Examples
User’s Manual Appendix B ─ 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 ==================================================... - Page 69 Digital Video Recorder In the above text-in data, you can find that the comparison value is located at 17 (Unit price, $ mark will be ignored automatically), 28 (Qty) and 40 (amount) characters (including spaces) from the left, but the value of amount category is located on a different line from Item.
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Page 70: Appendix C ─ Webguard
User’s Manual Appendix C ─ 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. Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: ®... -
Page 71: Web Monitoring Mode
Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When running WebGuard in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu. Otherwise, some functions of WebGuard might be limited. -
Page 72: Web Search Mode
User’s Manual Click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of monitoring image. ⑦ Click the to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. ⑧ Click the to control alarm out devices at the remote site. ⑨... - Page 73 Digital Video Recorder Click the to log out the WebGuard program. ① Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ② Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ③ The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and ④...
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Page 74: Appendix D ─ Troubleshooting
User’s Manual Appendix D ─ Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Check power cord connections. No Power Confirm that there is power at the outlet. Check camera video cable and connections. Check monitor video cable and connections. No Live Video ... -
Page 75: Appendix E ─ Connector Pin Outs
Digital Video Recorder Appendix E ─ Connector Pin Outs I/O Connector Pin Outs AI (1 to 16) Alarm Inputs 1 to 16 Chassis Ground (5 connectors) Relay Alarm Outputs (Normally Closed) Relay Alarm Outputs (Normally Open) Relay Common Alarm Reset In RS485 Connector Pin Outs Master Unit Slave Unit... -
Page 76: Appendix F ─ Map Of Screens
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Page 77: Appendix G ─ System Log Notices
Digital Video Recorder Appendix G ─ System Log Notices Boot Up Schedule On Shutdown Schedule Off Restart Panic On Upgrade Panic Off Upgrade Fail Clear All Data Power Failure Clear Disk Time Change Format Disk Time Zone Change Disk Full Time Sync Auto Deletion Time Sync Fail... -
Page 78: Appendix H ─ Error Code Notices
User’s Manual Appendix H ─ Error Code Notices System Upgrade Related Clip Copy Related Description Description Unknown error. Unknown error. File version error. Device error. Operating system version error. Mounting failed. Software version error. No media. Kernel version error. Invalid media. Upgrade device mounting failed. -
Page 79: Appendix I ─ Specifications
Digital Video Recorder Appendix I ─ Specifications VIDEO Signal Format NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Video Input Composite: 8 or 16 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Monitor Outputs SPOT: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms VGA: 1 Composite: 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Video Resolution... - Page 80 User’s Manual GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) 16.9" x 3.5" x 15.7" (430mm x 88mm x 400mm) Unit Weight 14 lbs. (6.3kg) Shipping Weight 21 lbs. (9.3kg) Shipping Dimensions 21.3" x 11.4" x 23.2" (540mm x 290mm x 590mm) (W x H x D) Operating Temperature 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C)