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  • Page 1 AMDV960H4 User Manual AMDV960H4 User Manual Version 1.2.1 www.amcrest.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    AMDV960H4 User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS PRODUCTION 1.1. Product Key Features 1.2. Front Panel Controls 1.3. USB Mouse 1.4. Soft Keyboard 1.5. Rear Panel Diagram GETTING STARTED LIVE VIEW 3.1. Understanding Live Preview Icons 3.2. Understanding Live Preview Toolbar 3.3. Understanding Home Menu 3.4.
  • Page 3 11.2.1 Adding a New User 11.3 System Information 11.4 Maintenance APP FOR PHONE AND TABLET 12.1 Configure the Amcrest Link 12.2 Live view in Amcrest Link 12.3 Playback in Amcrest Link SMARTCLIENT/WEB FOR PC 13.1 Login Your Device 13.2 Live View 13.3 Playback...

  • Page 4: Production

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 1 PRODUCTION Thank you for your purchase of our Amcrest DVR. To get the most out of your device(s), please read through this User Manual thoroughly. This user manual covers all the models of our DVR. 1.1. Product Key Features Compression ...

  • Page 5: Front Panel Controls

    AMDV960H4 User Manual  Supports Pre-record and Post-record.  Supports video data search and playback by channel number, recording type, time, and event,  Supports pause, rewind, play fast, play slow, skip forward, and skip backward when in playback, located in the progress bar.

  • Page 6: Usb Mouse

    AMDV960H4 User Manual The controls on the front panel include: 1. USB Ports: Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as a USB mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). 2. POWER: POWER indicator lights on when DVR is powered on.

  • Page 7: Soft Keyboard

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 1.4. Soft Keyboard When a mouse is used to perform task on the DVR, clicking on a text input field will bring up the Soft Keyboard. The buttons on the soft keyboard represents: Lowercase: Designates lowercase input is being used.
  • Page 8 AMDV960H4 User Manual DC POWER IN 12V DC power input. www.amcrest.com...

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 2 GETTING STARTED 2.1 Starting and Shutting Down Your DVR Proper startup and shutdown procedures are crucial to extending the life of your DVR. To startup your DVR, please plug the power supply into an electrical outlet. It is HIGHLY recommended that an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) be used in conjunction with the unit.

  • Page 10: Live View

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 3 LIVE VIEW The Live Preview mode is automatically started after the DVR boots up. It is also at the very top of the menu hierarchy, thus hitting the ESC multiple times (depending on which menu you’re on) will bring you to the Live Preview mode.

  • Page 11: Understanding Home Menu

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 4. Digital Zoom 5. Image parameter control: change the parameters of this camera 6. Channel configuration 7. Exit toolbar 3.3. Understanding Home Menu Click the right-button of the mouse and the home menu will be pop up: 1.

  • Page 12: Ptz Control

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 3.5. PTZ Control Clicking the PTZ icon on the live-view toolbar will bring up the PTZ control panel. 3.5.1 PTZ Presets, Patrols & Patterns The controls on the PTZ panel include: Directional Pad/Auto-scan Buttons: Controls the movements and directions of the PTZ.
  • Page 13 AMDV960H4 User Manual Camera No: Switch quickly between cameras. Call Preset: Returns the camera to a Preset point. Call Patrol: Initiates a patrol of your choice. Preset: Defines a Preset point. Patrol: Initiates or stops a patrol. PTZ Menu: Toggles the appearance of the PTZ Control Menu onscreen. While the PTZ Control Menu is hidden, the DVR will still be in PTZ mode.

  • Page 14: Ip Channel

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 4 IP Channel The IP Channel menu enables you to view specific information about cameras that are currently connected to your DVR such as channel number, IP address, and status. Auto-adding: If you check this, your DVR will automatically display video from cameras it has detected in your local area network.

  • Page 15: Display Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 5 DISPLAY SETTINGS 5.1. Camera Settings Camera menu is where you can make adjustments to how the DVR displays the feed coming from your cameras. You can adjust aspects of each channel/camera, including: Camera No.: Choose the camera / channel you want to edit here. The Camera No. is the ...

  • Page 16: Displays Output Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual Image Settings: Gives you access to change camera image, including brightness, contrast,  saturation, and hue Mask: When checked, this allows you to create, place, and shape a “privacy mask” which  obscures part of the image on the associated channel.

  • Page 17: Record Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 6 RECORD SETTINGS There are multiple ways to setup your DVR for recording. They include setting up a recording schedule, triggering recording by motion detection, and manually starting the recording. 6.1. Initializing Record Settings Before setting your DVR up for recording, certain settings should be configured first. The steps to configuring these settings are: You should initialize the HDD through HDD management before proceeding.

  • Page 18: Scheduling A Recording

    AMDV960H4 User Manual Set additional recording settings:  Overwrite: Set to overwrite the HDD to continue recording when it is full.  Pre-record: Set to pre-record before the actual recording begins.  Post-record: Sets the time to post-record after the actual recording ended.
  • Page 19 AMDV960H4 User Manual Select the Camera to edit schedule for. Check Enable Schedule. Select recording Type. Recording type can be based on time and triggered by a schedule, motion detection, motion or alarm, and alarm. Motion detected and alarm triggered recordings are further explained in Configuring Alarms.

  • Page 20: Playback And Backup

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 7 PLAYBACK AND BACKUP 7.1. Playback files from a video search To initiate playback: Select the channel you’d like to playback. From the Video Type menu, select the type of video you’d like to playback. The options are Manual, Schedule, Motion, and All.

  • Page 21: Understanding The Playback Interface

    AMDV960H4 User Manual choose Details. Select Search. Choose which file you want to play back from the file list; Choose which camera you’d like to view the video from. To initiate playback, select Play. 7.2. Understanding the Playback Interface Audio on/off: Select to open or close the audio;...

  • Page 22: Backup The Recorded File

    AMDV960H4 User Manual Pop Up menu: Supports digital zoom, show/hide the console and exit playback. 7.3. Backup the recorded file To backup the recorded files: Select the channel you’d like to backup. From the Video Type menu, select the type of video you’d like to playback. The options are Manual, Schedule, Motion and All.
  • Page 23 AMDV960H4 User Manual Select the file(s) to be backup, and click Next; Click Refresh to look for USB devices to which recorded files can be backed up; Click Start to begin the backup. www.amcrest.com...

  • Page 24: Network Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 8 NETWORK SETTINGS 8.1 Configuring General Settings Network Access: Here you can choose between the three different types of networks that the DVR can be connected to. The three types of networks are: 1) DHCP: DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a system where one device on your network (usually a router) will automatically assign IP addresses to devices connected to the network.

  • Page 25: Configuring Advanced Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 8.2 Configuring Advanced Settings DDNS: The place to configure the DVR to automatically update a dynamic DNS service. If you want to remotely access the DVR via the Internet, you’ll probably need to configure a DDNS account.

  • Page 26: Ddns

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 8.2.1 DDNS To setup DDNS: Check the DDNS checkbox to enable feature. Select DDNS Type. Input the user name and password 8.2.2 NTP A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server may also be setup on your DVR to keep the date and time current and accurate.

  • Page 27: Ftp Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 1. Enter e-mail settings. 2. Click the Test button to test e-mail settings. 3. Select Attached Picture if you want to send email with alarm images, the interval of two adjacent pictures is configurable. 8.2.4 FTP Settings FTP is used to upload streams to your FTP server.

  • Page 28: Ip Filter

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 1. Configure FTP server settings. 2. Configure the uploading schedule. There are multiple icons in Live Preview mode to indicate FTP uploading status when FTP uploading is triggered. These icons include: This icon indicates the DVR is uploading the stream of this channel, and it work very well.

  • Page 29: Alarm Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 9 ALARM SETTINGS 9.1 Motion Detection Set up properly, using motion detected recording will increase the number of days your DVR is able to record. It will only record relevant events rather than recording everything, making searching for an event easier. To set up motion detection: Select the channel you’d like to configure.

  • Page 30: Detecting Video Loss

    AMDV960H4 User Manual Configure the Action can define what will happen when the camera detects motion. The actions include turn on the buzzer, send email, and trigger recording. 9.2 Detecting Video Loss Video Loss is regarded as a potential alarm event, and is considered to occur any time that the DVR doesn’t receive an active video signal on any of its inputs.

  • Page 31: Detecting Exception

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 9.3 Detecting Exception Setting exceptions allows the DVR to alert you when irregular events occur. These events include: HDD Full: All installed HDDs are full. HDD Error: Errors occurred during writing of the HDD, no HDD installed, or HDD had failed to initialize.

  • Page 32: Device Management

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 10 DEVICE MANAGEMENT 10.1 Managing HDDs A newly installed hard disk drive (HDD) must be first initialize before it can be used with your DVR. Initializing the HDD will erase all data on it. To initialize a HDD: Select HDD to initialize.

  • Page 33: Configuring Ptz Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual To view SMART information of a HDD: Select one HDD. You can see the detail S.M.A.R.T information of the HDD. 10.2 Configuring PTZ Settings Settings for a PTZ camera must be configured before it can be used. Before proceeding, verify that the PTZ and RS-485 of the DVR are connected properly.

  • Page 34: System Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 11 SYSTEM SETTINGS 11.1 General General menu contains many of the settings you’ll need to configure to get the most out of your DVR system: Language: You can select the language you want for the menus/GUI. Video Standard: Here you can choose between PAL and NTSC.

  • Page 35: User

    AMDV960H4 User Manual Auto Lock Time determines how long a period of inactivity will cause the DVR to lock itself again. 10. Device Name: Differentiates your DVR from other devices. If you don’t have any other DVR’s or similar devices, then you can leave this as-is. If you’ve got multiple DVRs running on the same network, then it’s a great idea to give each a unique name.
  • Page 36 AMDV960H4 User Manual 1. Enter information for new user, including User Name, Password and Level. 2. The Level is the user level and is separated into two tiers.  Operator: The Operator user level has the authority to configure two-way audio in network settings and all parameters in channel settings.

  • Page 37: System Information

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 11.3 System Information System information is for use by technical support. When you call for technical support, you need to provide the information here. www.amcrest.com...

  • Page 38: Maintenance

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 11.4 Maintenance Enable auto reboot: Will automatically shut the DVR down and restart it at a certain time of the day or week. To ensure your DVR work stably, it’s recommended to enable this checkbox. Auto reboot at: Choose when you’d like the DVR to reboot. Typically, this will be a time when it’s unlikely there’ll be any activity for the DVR to record.
  • Page 39 AMDV960H4 User Manual 1. Insert a USB flash drive into the USB port on the front of the DVR. Ensure it has enough free space (a few MB is sufficient - the file is less than 50KB) and that it is not write-protected.

  • Page 40: App For Phone And Tablet

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 12 APP FOR PHONE AND TABLET To access your device from a smart phone or tablet, please download and install Amcrest Link. For iPhone and iPad users, please visit the APP store to download the APP. For Andriod user, please install the APP from the CD (Amcrest Link.apk for Andriod smart phone) or Google Play.

  • Page 41: Live View In Amcrest Link

    3. Tap Start Preview to automatically check the number of channels and then you will see your cameras on screen and that’s it, you’re connected! 12.2 Live view in Amcrest Link After you add a device successfully, you will be able to live view and control your device by following buttons.

  • Page 42: Playback In Amcrest Link

    Screens: divide screen into 1/4/8/9/16 for video display. Stream: switch between the main stream and sub stream. Recording: record the stream of live view. Sound: enable and disable audio. 12.3 Playback in Amcrest Link You can playback local and remote recording files. Please tap Playback. www.amcrest.com...
  • Page 43 AMDV960H4 User Manual All the local recording files will be list and you can choose one file to playback directly.  For the Remote recording files, please tap to search. Input the search condition and  click Start Search. Then all the files that meet this condition will be shown in the list.

  • Page 44: Smartclient/Web For Pc

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 13 SmartClient/Web for PC SmartClient is designed to access and control single DVR. Compared with CMS, it has less functions and much easier for user. You can also access your DVR by browser. It is similar to SmartClient.

  • Page 45: Live View

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 13.2 Live View Preview: The screen layout emulates the multi-channel live view screen of the DVR, showing you images coming directly from your cameras in near real-time (some delay is caused by the network/Internet connection you’re using to access the device). You can select a single camera or multi-channel viewing by using the Viewing Mode buttons in the lower right corner.

  • Page 46: Playback

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 13.3 Playback Area Description Area Description Device list Search condition Search result Playback control panel Play window 13.3.1 Remote playback and download 1. Select the playback channel and window. 2. Select recorded files type and query time.

  • Page 47: Playback Control

    AMDV960H4 User Manual 13.3.2 Playback Control When playback has succeeded, you can control the playback: Play / Pause. Stop. Single frame forward. Snap shot. Download the recording file. The default directory for the downloaded file is C:\ DownloadFile. You can modify the directory in Setup -> Local Settings page.

  • Page 48: Device Settings

    AMDV960H4 User Manual process footage on the local PC when you download it from the device. Record Path: Where SmartClient will save recordings if you select Record from the Preview screen. Download Path: Where SmartClient will save footage that you’ve downloaded from the device.

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