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ME series DVR User's installation and operation Manual
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing our DVR!
This manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system.
Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed
menu tree.
Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!
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  • Page 1 ME series DVR User’s installation and operation Manual Welcome Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your system. Here you can find information about this series DVR features and functions, as well as a detailed menu tree.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Important Safeguards and Warnings Do not place heavy objects on the DVR. Do not let any solid or liquid fall into or infiltrate the DVR. Please brush printed circuit boards, connectors, fans, machine box and so on regularly. Before the dust cleaning please switch off the power supply and unplug it. Do not disassemble or repair the DVR by yourself.
  • Page 3 3.1 Turn on ............................11 3.2 Turn off ............................11 3.3 System Login ..........................12 3.4 Preview ............................12 3.5 Desktop shortcut menu ......................13 3.5.1 Main menu ........................13 3.5.2 Playback .......................... 14 3.5.3 Record Mode ........................17 3.5.5 PTZ control ........................17 3.5.6 Color setting ........................
  • Page 4 4.7 Shut down system ........................57 5 FAQ and maintenance ......................... 58 5.1 FAQ ............................58 5.2 Maintenance ..........................63 Appendix 1.Remote controller operation ....................64 Appendix 2.Mouse operation ........................65 Appendix 3.Hard disk capability calculation .................... 66 Appendix 4.Technique parameters ......................67 Page 4...

  • Page 5: Production Introduction

    1 Production Introduction 1.1 Product overview The series DVR is designed specially for security and defence field which is an outstanding digital surveillance product. It introduces embedded LINUX operating system which is more stable. It introduces standard H.264mp video compressed format and G.711A audio compressed format which insures the high quality image, low error coding ratio and single frame playing.
  • Page 6 individual real-time video recording as well as searching, playback, network surveillance, recording check, downloading and so on multi-playback mode zoom at arbitrary region Net operating through net tele-surveillance in the real time tele-PTZ control tele-recording check and real-time playback Alarm linkage multi-route relay alarm output which is convenient for the alarm linkage and light control at the spot protecting circuits at the alarm input and output interface which protects the main machine from damage Communication interface...

  • Page 7: Open-Package Check And Cable Connections

    2 Open-package check and cable connections 2.1 Open-package check When you receive the DVR, please check first . First, please check whether there is any visible damage to the package appearance. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation. Then, please open the box and get rid off the plastic protective materials.

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    connect SATA power wire connect SATA data wire the right connection cover the machine fix the cover ⑨ Installation finished 2.3 Front panel (1) Power indication light (2) Record indication light (3) Alarm indication light (4) ESC (5) Menu (6) Direction and OK 2.4 Rear panel Page 8...

  • Page 9: Audio And Video Input And Output Connections

    2.5 Audio and video input and output connections 2.5.1 Video input connections The video input port is BNC connector plug. The demand of input signal is PAL/NTSC BNC(1.0V ,75Ω). The video signal must be accorded with the state standard which has the high signal to noise ratio, low aberration and low interference.

  • Page 10: Audio Signal Input

    power supply and the interference introduced by the nearby equipments strictly. The creepage of low quality TV can lead to the damage of other equipments. 2.5.3 Audio signal input Audio port is BNC connection. The input impedance is high so the tone arm must be active. The audio signal line should be firm and away from the electro magnetic Interference and connected credible which avoid false and joint welding and oxidation.

  • Page 11: Basic Operation

    3 Basic operation Note: The button in gray display indicates nonsupport. 3.1 Turn on Plug the power supply and turn on the power supply switch. Power supply indicator light shining indicates turning on the video recorder. After the startup you will hear a beep. The default setting of video output is multiple-window output mode.

  • Page 12: System Login

    will lose. 3.3 System Login When the DVR boots up, the user must login and the system provides the corresponding functions with the user purview. There are three user settings. The names are admin, guest and default and these names have no password. Admin is the super user purview; guest and default’s permissions are preview and video playback.

  • Page 13: Desktop Shortcut Menu

    3.5 Desktop shortcut menu In preview mode you can right click mouse to get a desktop shortcut menu. The menu includes: main menu,record mode,playback,PTZ control,High Speed PTZ,Alarm Output,color Setting,Output adjust,Logout,view1/4/8/9/16 screens. Picture 3.2 Shortcut Menu 3.5.1 Main menu When you login, the system main menu is shown as below. Page 13...

  • Page 14: Playback

    Picture3.3 Main Menu 3.5.2 Playback There are two methods for you to play the video files in the hard disk. 1、 In the desktop shortcut menu. 2、 Main menu>Record->Playback Note: The hard disk that saves the video files must be set as read-write or read-only state.(4.5.1) Page 14...
  • Page 15 Picture 3.4 video playback 1. listed files 2. file information 3. file searching 4. file backup 5. Operation hint 6. Playback control 【Listed files】Look up the listed files that accord with the searching criteria. 【File information】Look up the found file information. 【File backup】Backup the chosen file.
  • Page 16 Picture 3.5 detect the storage Detect: Detect the storage connected with the DVR such as hard disk or universal disk. Page 16...
  • Page 17 Erasure: Choose the file to delete and click erasure to delete the file. Stop: Stop the backup. Backup: Click backup button and the dialog box is popped up. You can choose the backup file according to the type, channel and time. Remove：Clear the file information.

  • Page 18: Record Mode

    mouse in the screen to select a section and then left click mouse to realize local zoom. You can right click mouse to exit. 3.5.3 Record Mode Please check current channel status: “○” means it is not in recording status, “●” means it is in recording status.

  • Page 19: Ptz Control

    3.5.4 PTZ control Operation interface is as followed. The functions include: PTZ direction control, step, zoom, focus, iris, setup operation, patrol between spots, trail patrol, boundary scan, assistant switch, light switch, level rotation and so on. Note1. Decoder A(B)line connects with DVR A(B)line. The connection is right. 2.
  • Page 20 1、Preset Set a location for the preset, calls the preset points, PTZ automatically turns to the setting position 1）Preset option Set a location for the preset, procedure is as follows: Step1: in Picture 3.10, click the Direction button will turn into preset position , click the Settings button to enter Picture 3.11.
  • Page 21 Value input blank Picture 3.12 PTZ Control 2、Cruise between Points Multiple preset points connected cruise lines, call cruise between points, the PTZ run around on the line 1）Cruise Between Points Settings Cruise lines is connected by multiple preset points, setting procedure is as follows: Step1: In Picture 3.10, the Direction key will turn PTZ to designated location , click Settings button to enter Picture 3.13, Step 2: click Cruise buttons, the write proper value into the Cruise Line and Preset Points blank，...
  • Page 22 Preset Points Blank Cruise Button Cruise Line Blank Picture 3.13 Cruise Between Points Settings 2）The Calls of Cruise between Points In Picture 3.10, click Page Shift button, enter PTZ control menu as shown in Picture 3.12. Please input the number of cruise in the value blank, then click Cruise between Points button, PTZ begins to work on the cruise line.
  • Page 23 Scan value blank Scan Button Picture 3.14 Scan Setup 2）Scan Calls In Picture 3.10, click Page Shift button, then enter PTZ control menu as shown in Picture 3.12. Please input the number of scan in the value blank , then click Scan button，PTZ begins to work on the scan line .
  • Page 24 Picture 3.15 Boundary Scan Setup 2）Boundary Scan Calls In Picture 3.10, click Page Shift button, then enter PTZ control menu as shown in Picture 3.12. Please input the number of scan in the value blank , then click Scan button，PTZ begins to work on the scan line .

  • Page 25: Color Setting

    menu itself can be control by the menu control buttons 3.5.5 Color setting Set the selective image parameters (current channel for single window display and cursor place for multi-window display). You can use the desktop shortcut menu and enter the interface. The image parameters include: tonality, brightness, contrast, saturation.

  • Page 26: Logout

    Picture 3.19 Output Adjust 3.5.7 Logout Logout, shut down the system or reboot up. You can use the desktop shortcut menu or enter [main menu]. Page 26...

  • Page 27: Window Switch

    Picture 3.20 Logout/Reboot the system 【logout】Quit the menu. Offer password next entrance. 【reboot】Quit the system. Reboot up the system.. 3.5.9 Window switch Preview in single window/four windows/eight windows/nine windows/sixteen windows according to your choice. Page 27...

  • Page 28: Main Menu

    4 Main menu 4.1 Main menu navigation 4.2 Record 4.2.1 Record Config Set the recording parameters in the surveillance channel. The system is set 24 hours consecutive recording in the first startup. You can enter [main menu]> [recording function]> [recording setup] to set. Note：There is at least one read-write hard disk.（refer to chapter 4.5.1）...
  • Page 29 Picture 4.1 Record Config 【Channel】Choose the corresponding channel number to set the channel. Choose the all option to set the entire channels. 【Redundancy】 Choose the redundancy function option to implement the file double backup function. Double backup is writing the video files in two hard disks. When you do the double backup, make sure that there are two hard disks installed.

  • Page 30: Playback

    【Record type】Set recording type: regular, detection or alarm. Regular:Perform the regular recording in the set time section. The video file type is “R”. Detect:Trigger the “motion detect”, “camera mask” or “video loss” signal. When above alarm is set as opening recording, the “detection recording” state is on. The video file type is “M”.

  • Page 31: Backup

    Picture 4.3 Backup 【Detect】Detect the storage connected with the DVR such as hard disk or universal disk. 【Erase】Choose the file to delete and click erasure to delete the file. 【Stop】Stop the backup. 【Backup】Click backup button and the dialog box is popped up. You can choose the backup file according to the type, channel and time.

  • Page 32: Alarm

    4.3 Alarm Function Alarm functions include: motion detect,video blind, video loss, alarm input and alarm output. 4.3.1 Motion Detect When system detects the motion signal that reaches the set sensitivity, the motion detect alarm is on and the linkage function is turned on. Picture 4.4 Motion Detect 【Channel】Choose the set motion detect channel.
  • Page 33 Picture 4.5 Region 【Period】Trigger the motion detect signal in the set time section. You can set according to week or set uniformly. Each day is divided into four time sections.■ means the set valid. Picture 4.6 set the time section 【Interval】Only one alarm signal is turned on even there are several motion detect signals in the set interval.

  • Page 34: Video Blind

    Note:Set in the [recording setup] and perform the linkage recording. Start detecting video files in the corresponding time section. 【Tour】■ means that the selective channel is single window alternate patrol preview. The interval is set in the [MainMenu]>[System] > [Tour]. 【Snapshot】Choose record channels,when alarm happens,system triggers related channels for snapshot signal.

  • Page 35: Video Loss

    Picture 4.9 Video Blind Set method: refer to chapter 4.3.1. Motion detect Note:"Advanced" button is the same as rightclick. 4.3.3 Video Loss When the equipment can not obtain the channel video signal, the video loss alarm is turned on and the linkage function is turned on.

  • Page 36: Abnormal

    Picture 4.10 Video loss Set method: refer to chapter 4.3.1. Motion detect Note:"Advanced" button is the same as rightclick. 4.3.4 Abnormal Analysing and inspecting current software and hardware of the device: When some abnormal events happen,the device will make a relative answer such as show message and buzzer. Picture 4.12 Abnormal Page 36...

  • Page 37: System

    【Event Type】 selecting abnormity you want to inspect Select it to make sure abnormal function workable 【Enable】 【Show message】 Automatically alarm cue dialog box come out of the main screen 【Buzzer】 Device will have two long nosie “di di” while alarm is happening 4.4 System setup Set the system parameters such as General,Encode,NetWork,NetService,GUI display,PTZ config, RS232 and Tour setup.

  • Page 38: Encode

    Turkish,Brazilian,Bulgarian,Farsi,French,German,Hebrew,Hungarian,Polish,Romanian,Spanish,Swedish,Vietname 【HDD full】Choose stop record: Stop recording when the hard disk is full. Choose overwrite: Cover the earliest recording files and continue recording when the hard disk is full. 【DVR No.】Only when the address button in the remote controller and the corresponding DVR number is matched, the remote operation is valid.
  • Page 39 multi-channel’s video to a special channel.Applying for multi-channel playback simultaneously, Dial-up multi-channel real-time monitor, mobile monitor and so on. Picture 4.16 Encode setup 【Channel】Choose the channel number. 【Compression】Standard H.264 main profile. 【Resolution】Resolution type:D1/ HD1/CIF / QCIF. 【Frame Rate】P:1 frame/s~25 frame/s; N: 1 frame/s~30 frame/s 【Bit Rate Type】You can choose limited code stream or variable code stream.

  • Page 40: Network

    narrowband transmission is used in multi-channel real-time remote monitoring simultaneously at narrowband state, especially used in mobile monitor. 4.4.3 Network setup Picture4.17 Network 【Net Card】You can choose cable network card or wireless network card. 【DHCP Enable】Obtain IP address automatically(not suggested) Note：DHCP server is preinstalled.

  • Page 41: Netsevice

    the image quality precedence and fluency precedence. Fluency precedence and self-adaption are valid only when the assistant code stream is turned on. Otherwise image quality precedence is valid. 4.4.4 NetService Choose the network service option and click the set button to configure the advanced network functions or double click the service button to configure the parameters.
  • Page 42 Operation： After PPPoE dialing successfully look up the IP address in the [IP address] and obtain the current IP address. Then use this IP address to visit the DVR through user port. 【NTP setup】 Picture 4.20 NTP The NTP server must be installed in the PC. Host computer IP:Input the IP address installed NTP server.
  • Page 43 Picture 4.21 EMAIL SMTP server:Email server address. It could be an IP address or domain name. Domain name can be translated only it is the correct DNS configuration. Port:Email server port number. SSL:Decide whether using Secure Socket Layer protocol to login. User Name:Apply the email server user name.
  • Page 44 Picture 4.22 IP IP FILTER 【DDNS】 It is the abbreviation of dynamic domain name server. Local domain name：Provide the domain name registered by DDNS. User name：Provide the account registered by DDNS. Password：Provide the password registered by DDNS. When the DDNS is successfully configured and start, you can connect the domain name in the IE address column to visit.
  • Page 45 【FTP setup】FTP is available only when alarm happens,or alarm activates record and snapshot,it will upload related record and snapshot pictures to FTP server. Picture 4.24 FTP setup 【Enable】Click Enable,then all settings will be available IP address for FTP server 【Server IP】 Domain Port of FTP,default 21 【Port】...

  • Page 46: Gui Display

    【Enable】 Select it to make sure abnormal function workable It’s a port of mobile monitoring which you need to make a router mapping of if want to visit 【Port】 it by mobile 【UPNP】UPNP protocol can auto port forwarding on router,make sure UPNP is running on router before use it.
  • Page 47 Picture 4.28 GUI Display 【Channel Title】Click the channel name modify button and enter the channel name menu. Modify the channel name. The 16 Chinese characters and 25 letters are supportive. 【Time Display】means the selective state. Display the system data and time in the surveillance window.

  • Page 48: Ptz

    4.4.6 PTZ setup Picture 4.29 PTZ setup 【Channel】Choose the dome camera input channel. 【Protocol】Choose the corresponding dome protocol. (PELCOD as an example) 【Address】Set as the corresponding dome address. Default: 1.（Note：The address must be consistent with the dome address.） 【Baudrate】 Choose the corresponding dome baud rate length. You can control the PTZ and vidicion. Default: 115200.

  • Page 49: Account

    Note：Read/Write Disk:The equipment can write or read data. Read-only Disk:The equipment can read data but can not write data. Redundant Disk:Double backup the video files in the write-read disk. Picture4.32 HDD Manage 4.5.2 Account Manage the user purview. Note：1. The character length is 8 bytes at most for the following user and user team name. The blank ahead or behind the character string is invalid.The middle blank in the character string is valid.
  • Page 50 Picture 4.33 Account 【Modify User】Modify the existed user attribute. 【Modify Group】Modify the existed team attribute. 【Modify Password】Modify the user password. You can set 1-6 bit password. The blank ahead or behind the char string is invalid. The middle blank in the char string is valid. Note：The user who possess the user control purview can modify his/her own or other users password Picture 4.34 Modify Password...
  • Page 51 Once choose the team the user purview is the subclass of the team. We recommend that the common user’s purview is lower than the advanced user. Picture 4.35 add user 【Add Group】Add a user team and set the purview. There are 36 different purviews: shut down the equipment, real time surveillance, playback, recording setup, video file backup and so on.

  • Page 52: Online User

    Picture 4.37 Delete Group 4.5.3 Online User Look up the network user information in the local DVR. You can choose the network user and cut the connection. Then the user is locked until next boot-strap. Picture 4.38 Online User 4.5.4 TV adjust Refer to chapter 3.5.7 .

  • Page 53: Restore

    Picture 4.39 Auto maintain 4.5.6 Restore The system restore to the default setup. You can choose the items according to the menu. Picture 4.40 Restore Page 53...

  • Page 54: Upgrade

    4.5.7 Upgrade Upgrade Picture 4.41 Upgrade】choose USB interface. 【 【Upgrade file】choose the file which needs upgraded. 4.5.8 Device Info Provide device interface info like audio in,alarm in/out to be conveniently used for user. Picture 4.42 Device Info. 4.6 Info 4.6.1 HDD info Display the hard disk state: hard disk type, overall capability, residual capability, the recording time and so on.

  • Page 55: Bps

    Picture 4.43 HDD Info Clue:○ means that the hard disk is normal. X means that the hard disk is broken-down.- means that there is no hard disk. If the user need to change the damaged hard disk, you must shut down the DVR and take up all the damaged hard disks,then install a new one.

  • Page 56: Log

    4.6.3 LOG Look up system log according to the set mode. Log information include: system operation, configuration operation, data management, alarm affair, recording operation, user management, file management and so on. Set the time section to look up and click the look up button. The log information will display as a list. (one page is 128 items) Press Page up or Page down button to look up and press delete button to clear all the log information.

  • Page 57: Shut Down System

    Picture 4.46 Version 4.7 Shut down system Refer to chapter 3.5.8. Page 57...

  • Page 58: Faq And Maintenance

    5 FAQ and maintenance 5.1 FAQ If the problems are not listed, please contact the local service or call the HQ service. We are willing to offer the service. 1、 The DVR can not boot up normally. Possible reasons are as followed: The power supply is not correct.
  • Page 59 Possible reasons are as followed: The program is not matched. Please update the program. The image brightness is all 0. Please restore the default setup. There is no video input signal or the signal is too weak. The channel protection or the screen protection is set. The hardware of the DVR is damaged.
  • Page 60 It is not an active tone arm. It is not an active sound box. The audio lines are damaged. The hardware of the DVR is damaged. 9、 There is audio signal in the surveillance window but mo audio signal in the playback state.
  • Page 61 The sensitivity is too low. Limited by some hardware edition. 13、 I can not login via web or CMS. Possible reasons are as followed: The system is windows 98 or win me. We recommend updating to windows 2000sp4 or higher Version or installing the software for low edition. ActiveX is hold back.
  • Page 62 The data is too much. Please stop recording and backup. The data exceeds the backup storage. The backup equipment is not compatible. The backup equipment is damaged. 17、 The keyboard can not control the DVR. Possible reasons are as followed: The serial port of the DVR is not set correctly.

  • Page 63: Maintenance

    Possible reasons are as followed: Front vidicon quality is bad. The lens is too dirty. The vidicon is in backlighting installation. The hard disk capability is not enough. The hard disk is damaged. 22、 The downloading files can not play. Possible reasons are as followed: There is no media player.

  • Page 64: Appendix 1.Remote Controller Operation

    Appendix 1.Remote controller operation Serial Name Function number Multi-window Same function as Multi-window button in the front button panel Numeric button Code input/number input/channel switch Same function as【Esc】button in the front panel 【Esc】 Direction button Same function as direction button in the front panel Record control Control the record Record mode...

  • Page 65: Appendix 2.Mouse Operation

    Appendix 2.Mouse operation *Take right hand as an example The mouse in USB connection is supported. Operation Function Double click one item in the file list to playback the video Double click the playback video to zoom in or out the Double left click screen Double click the channel to make it full screen display...

  • Page 66: Appendix 3.Hard Disk Capability Calculation

    Appendix 3.Hard disk capability calculation Make sure the hard disk installed to the DVR for the first time. Pay attention to the IDE hard disk lines connection. 1、 Hard disk capability There is no limit for recording machine. We recommend 120G~250G size to keep better stability.

  • Page 67: Appendix 4.Technique Parameters

    Appendix 4.Technique parameters Type 16ch Main processor High performance embedded microprocessor Operation system Embedded LINUX operation system System System resource synchronous multi-channel recording, synchronous multi-channel sub-code stream, synchronous multi-channel playback, synchronous network operation Operation interface 16 bit true color graphical menu interface, mouse operation supportive Interface display...
  • Page 68 Recording mode manual >alarm>motion detect>timing Record Playback Any channels playback, multiple channels playback Search mode Time searching, calendar searching, affair searching, channel Playback searching, information searching Space Occupation Audio: 28.8MB/H Video:25～450MB/H Storage Recording storage Hard disk, network backup Backup mode Network, USB flash,USB movable HDD,USB DVD-RW Video input 4 BNC...
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