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4 Channel Digital Video Recorder
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  • Page 1 Digital Video Recorder 4 Channel Digital Video Recorder V1.1...
  • Page 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN! CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN COVERS. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. This label may appear on the bottom of the unit due to space limitations. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated ?dangerous voltage?within the product enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.Before reading this document ...............5 2.Unit Description ..................6 2.1Front Panel ......................6 2.2Rear Panel ......................7 2.3Controller ......................8 3.Installation ....................9 3.1Camera Connection...................9 3.2Monitor Connection (Composite monitor) ............9 3.3Monitor (S-VHS) Connection.................10 3.4VCR&VIDEO PRINTER Connection............10 3.5Network connection ..................11 3.6HDD Connection .................... 11 3.7Power connection....................12 4.Operation ....................13 4.1LOG-IN......................13 4.2Record ......................14...
  • Page 4 Manual for Remote Viewer Software............41 1.General description ...................41 2.TCP/IP SETUP in DVR unit................41 3.Static IP and Dynamic IP ..................41 4.Live view via IP network ..................42 5.Search recorded pictures via IP network............46 - 4 -...

  • Page 5: Before Reading This Document

    1.Before reading this document 1. This document is intended for both the administrator and users of stand alone DVR Model. 2. This manual contains information for configuring, managing and using stand alone DVR Model. 3. To prevent fire or electrical shock, do not expose the product to heat or moisture 4.

  • Page 6: Unit Description

    2.Unit Description 2.1Front Panel If the Input window is covered, the remote controller may not work If several buttons are simultaneously or incorrectly pressed, the system may not function properly. 1.CH1:Camera 1 In Full Screen. 2.CH2:Camera 2 In Full Screen. 3.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel

    2.2Rear Panel 1. RS232 Connection 2. Sensor Input/Output 3.TCP/IP Connect 4. Camera Connection 5.BNC Out 6.S-Video 7.DC Power 8.Fan When connecting with other applications, be sure to turn off the system. - 7 -...

  • Page 8: Controller

    2.3Controller 1. 1:Camera 1 In Full Screen. 2. 2:Camera 2 In Full Screen. 3. 3:Camera 3 In Full Screen. 4. 4:Camera 14In Full Screen. 5.QUAD:Changes to quarterly split screen or Full display screen. 6.PIP/MARK:Assigns PIP(Picture in picture)or MARK IMAGE to protect selected image room being overwritten.

  • Page 9: Installation

    3.Installation 3.1Camera Connection Connect the camera to the CAMERA INPUT on the Rear Panel of the system. LEVEL VIDEO VIDEO LENS AC24V/DC12 LOOP MONITOR Rear part of CAMERA 3.2Monitor Connection (Composite monitor) Connect the monitor to the MONITOR OUT on the Rear Panel of the system LOOP MONITOR VIDEO A...

  • Page 10: Monitor (S-Vhs) Connection

    3.3Monitor (S-VHS) Connection Connect S-VIDEO Monitor to MONITOR OUT(S-VHS) on the Rear Panel of the system. VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO LOOP MONITOR 3.4VCR&VIDEO PRINTER Connection Connect the Sensor to the SENSOR INPUT/OUTPUT on the Rear Panel of the system Terminal block RELAY ALARM Pin 1...

  • Page 11: Network Connection

    Internal Circuit Thus, there is a danger of damage, when the sensor input goes to a Negative level or voltage higher than 5V. 3.5Network connection Connect LAN ETHERNET 3.6HDD Connection (1)Please make it sure to leave HDD cable as folded up small (tied up) (2)when you connect single HDD to I/O Board of DVR unit, and place port 1 at connector of I/O Board and connect HDD to port 3 as shown above picture.

  • Page 12: Power Connection

    3.7Power connection Connect the power to the POWER CONNECTION on the Rear Panel of the system, system will work. DC 12V - 12 -...

  • Page 13: Operation

    4.Operation 4.1LOG-IN 1.Press MENU button to enter the system menu after starting the system. 2.LOGIN DVR SYSTEM window appears as shown on the left. 3.Use 1.2.3.4 button to enter password that has 1 to 8 numbers. 4. Use MARK button to change. 5.

  • Page 14: Record

    4.2Record 1. PLAY Changes to Playback Mode from Recording. 2. MODE When MODE button is pressed, the full screen of each channel and quarterly split screen is played by turns. With 1.2.3.4 button, select full screen of each camera. Indicates recording speed 60FPS...
  • Page 15 1. Indic ates addres s of c amera 3. Set ON/OFF 001~255 2. Select for s elec ted Command c ommand FOCUS FAR FOCUS NEAR FOCUS AUTO 2002 / APR / 01 PM 01:00:00 60FPS REC PAN RIGHT PAN LEFT FOCUS FAR TILT UP EXIT : PRESS [P/T]...

  • Page 16: Live Screen

    5. FRZ (1)Live full screen pauses when FRZ button is pressed. (2) To pause quarterly split screen, press FRZ button, and with 1.2.3.4button select channel. On the right of the camera name, message appears and the LIVE screen of that channel will pause. When pressed once more, it will come back to LIVE screen.
  • Page 17 6.SEQ (1)In LIVE full screen, press SEQ/SPEED button to make picture from each channel rotate. (2) It does not operate in quarterly split screen. (3) During automatic rotation, press SEQ/SPEED button to stop automatic rotation. (4) During automatic rotation, press QUAD button to stop automatic rotation and move to quarterly split screen.

  • Page 18: Play

    4.3Play 1. Playback setup (1) Press Play/Enter button to begin playback. (2) Display screen as shown on the right will appear (3) Press Play/Enter button again to start playback from START picture. (4) To come back to recording mode. press Play button. Time rec ording started.

  • Page 19: Start Time

    During playback or setting GO TO time, recording is stopped When value that is out of the range of start and end is entered, it starts from START time When value is in the range of START and END, but there is no recorded pictures at the set time, it moves to the closest time of the recorded pictures.
  • Page 20 During playback at 60x speed, blue screen comes into view instantaneously once in a while and you could not see some pictures at that moment even though all they were recorded correctly, due to limitation in speed of reading data on a hard drive, and it is not a critical error in operation of DVR unit. To see pictures you could not see, just go back for same seconds and replay at a little lower speed than before.

  • Page 21: Setup

    5.SETUP 5.1 Basic Operation SYSTEM SETUP DISPLAY SETUP CAMERA TITLE TIME/DATE SETUP ALARM/MOTION SETUP RECORD SETUP TCP/IP SETUP MISCELLANEOUS FACTORY DEFAULT SELECT UP/DOWN , ENTER Basic Screen of the Main Menu (1) Press MENU button. (2) Log into the system by entering the password with 1.2.3.4 button and press MENUbutton to enter SETUP MENU.

  • Page 22: Display Setup

    5.2 DISPLAY SETUP This is about the contents displayed on the display screen. 2002/ARP12 AM 07:40:38 DISPLAY SETUP 60FPS TIME/DATE : ON CAMERA TITLE : ON PB TIME/DATE : ON PB CAMERA TITLE : ON CAM1 CAM2 DVR STATUS : ON BORDER SET : WHITE SEQUENCE...

  • Page 23: Camera Setup

    5.3 CAMERA SETUP CAMERA SETUP CAMERA COLOR SETUP COLOR SETUP TITLE SETUP ACTIVE CH SETUP CH NUMBER SCREEN POSITION BRIGHTNESS SETUP CONTRAST COLOR BAR TEST SATURATION H U E GAIN SELECT , PRESS SELECT , PRESS Basic Menu of Camera Setup Image Setup Screen of Camera (1)COLOR SETUP : Adjust Camera Image CH NUMBER...
  • Page 24 When modification is finished, press MENU button to come back to the MAINMENU. (3) ACTIVE CH SETUP : With button, move to item to be changed, and press PLAY/ENTER button to select ON/OFF. STATUS : In normal cable condition it is indicated as ACTIVE, and when the cable is disconnected or has problem, it is indicated as LOSS.

  • Page 25: Time/Date Setup

    5.4 TIME/DATE SETUP TIME/DATE SETUP TIME/DATE SET TIME/DATE YEAR SET TIME/DATE MONTH TYPE D AY 2002/APR/15 HOUR PM 09:23:17 MINUTE SECOND SELECT , PRESS SELECT , PRESS (1)SET TIME/DATE : Can set year/month/time/minute/second Use button to assign Year/Month/Time/Minute/Second and use button to change the value..

  • Page 26: Alarm/Motion Setup

    5.5 ALARM/MOTION SETUP C: CAMERA ALARM LIST SETUP A : ALARM L : LOSS DATE TIME TYPE CALM M :MOTION 02/04/01 21 : 14 : 11 3_H_ ALARM/MOTION SETUP SORT : TIME DELETE GOTO ALARM SETUP Mov e to play s creen of relate ALARM LIST SETUP SELECT , ENTER OR MODE...
  • Page 27 Move to alarm number in the list using button, and press QUAD button to mark (3)MOTION SETUP: Camera s elec ted Adjus t to Left/Right MOTION SETUP SYSTEM SETUP CHANNEL NUM Size of objec t in motion DISPLAY SETUP SENSITIVITY GRADE ALARM SETUP CAMERA TITLE...
  • Page 28 (4)MOTION MASK SETUP : Set detection area. EDIT MODE : SELECT EACH CELL : CHANGE EDIT MODE MODE : CHANGE CHANNEL With the direction button, ENTER : MASK ON/OFF : CURSOR MOVE c hoose MASK area. SYSTEM SETUP ALARM SETUP DISPLAY SETUP ALARM...

  • Page 29: Record Setup

    5.6 RECORD SETUP RECORD SETUP HDD CLEAR : NO : OVERWRITE HDD FULL SYSTEM SETUP : TIMER RECORD MODE RECORD TYPE : FIELD DISPLAY SETUP RECORD SPEED : 60FPS CAMERA TITLE : NONE PRIORITY MODE TIME/DATE SETUP ALARM/MOTION SETUP RECORD SETUP HDD CLEAR TCP/IP SETUP HDD FULL...

  • Page 30: Tcp/Ip Setup

    5.7 TCP/IP SETUP TCP/IP option of Stand-alone DVR enables user to see live pictures and recorded pictures via internet line, far apart from DVR. To see live pictures or recorded static IP address pictures of DVR, users must assign into DVR together with Gateway and Subnet mask first, and then install Remote Viewer Software in client PC.

  • Page 31: Miscellaneous Setup

    5.8 MISCELLANEOUS SETUP MISCELLANEOUS SETUP BUZZER SETUP ID/PW SETUP SCHEDULE REC SETUP PANTILT CMD SETUP HDD INFORMATION MARK IMAGE SETUP PRODUCT ID SELECT , PRESS (1)BUZZER SETUP : Sets different kinds of BUZZER ON/OFF. (2)ID/PW SETUP : Sets User ID and PASSWORD. ID/PW SETUP 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .
  • Page 32 (3)SCHEDULE REC SETUP : SCHEDULE REC SETUP YY-MM-DD START EN D ON/OFF 02-07-06 00:00 24:00 SYSTEM SETUP 00:00 24:00 02-07-07 00:00 24:00 DATE : Set by day SU N 00:00 24:00 DISPLAY SETUP WEEK : Set by the day 02-07-08 00:00 24:00 CAMERA TITLE...
  • Page 33 Scheduled recording by a day of the week : Recording is activated on a day of the week at the time set in advance. To set schedule for a day of the week, first select WEEK-DAY in SCHEDULE REC SETUP menu WEEK-DAY by pressing PLAY/ENTER button. Set recording time for each day of the week as the procedure for Scheduled Recording for a day.
  • Page 34 (5)HDD INFORMATION HDD DATA LIST : Shows general information of HDD. (HDD AUTO DETECT : Allows to detect HDD just in case first HDD search after purchase failed. (6) MARK IMAGE SETUP (Internal backup) MARK IMAGE is very useful function, because it protects marked images from being overwritten.

  • Page 35: Hdd Extension

    6.HDD BOX 6.1 HDD EXTENSION (1)1 or 2 HDD as per customer requirement. (2)EIDE, 3.5 inch, 7200 rpm. (3)HDD capacity up to 160GB/unit. 6.2 HDD BOX (1)In case 2 HDDs installed in a DVR unit is not sufficient and needs to increase storage capacity, connect HDD Box to DVR unit.
  • Page 36 There are two bolts on the rear of 4CH DVR, and also there are two bolts on the rear of hard disk bay. There is a male Connector under the 4CH DVR and also there is a female connector above the hard disk bay. You need to connect each other carefully before power on.

  • Page 37: Specification And Configuration

    7.Specification and configuration MODEL NO Stand alone DVR INPUT 4 CH INPUT 1.0 VP-P, 75 OHM UNBALANCED (BNC TYPE) OUTPUT 3 OUTPUT VBS : 1.0VP~P.75 OHM UNBALANCED (BNC TYPE) VIDEO I/F HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION 480TV LINES S/N RATIO MORE THAN 4dB COLOR 16.7 MILLION SPLIT SCREEN...
  • Page 38 RS-232C Hex-codes table Following ASCII-codes are for programmers who want to control the DVR via RS-232C port. 1 Byte ASCII-code. MENU ‘M’ PIP/MARK ‘I’ ‘1’ ‘U’ PLAY ‘P’ ‘F’ ‘2’ ‘J’ MODE ‘D’ SEQ/SPEED ‘Q’ ‘3’ LEFT ‘H’ PANTILT ‘T’ ZOOM ‘Z’...
  • Page 39 Remote Viewer Software Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this User s Manual before using the product 4 Channel Digital Video Recorder - 40 -...

  • Page 40: Manual For Remote Viewer Software

    Manual for Remote Viewer Software 1.General description TCP/IP option of enables users to view live pictures, search recorded pictures, or control PTZ camera via Internet line, far apart from the DVR unit, and users can store selected recorded pictures on HDD of client PC. Arg stand-alone DVR does not include web server for access to DVR unit via Internet line, and you must install Remote Viewer software included in the package on client PC before you try to access to DVR unit over IP network...

  • Page 41: Live View Via Ip Network

    4.Live view via IP network Click Remote Viewer icon to view live pictures via IP network. You will see then following window. Function of each button in live-view window : : Power switch. Press power switch to quit. Before press power switch button, press disconnect button first.
  • Page 42 : Screen division button. You can select 1 or 4 to see live pictures of any single channel or 4 channels, in case of 4 channel DVR. If you select 1, you can further select channel number from 1 to 4 to see pictures of selected channel. If you selected 4, you swill see channel number from 1 to 4 are all activated.
  • Page 43 LABEL : Assign a name to IP/PORT . IP load : Select a set of IP/Port from history table . Display Play Time On Image : Display time on image in playback(scan) mode . Set Path to Save Recorded Images : Set folder where you will save picture you selected during playback(scan) or series of pictures in AVI format .
  • Page 44 Scan. : Press scan button to enter into search window. Using various operation buttons, you can search recorded pictures, save s elected pictures on client PC, or print pictures. Refer to following paragraph “3. Search recorded pictures over IP network” for details Rotate : Press rotate button to see live pictures from channel 1 to 4 in rotation.

  • Page 45: Search Recorded Pictures Via Ip Network

    5.Search recorded pictures via IP network Function of each button in search window : : Power switch. Press power switch to quit. : Full screen button. Press full screen button to search recorded picture channel by channel in full screen. : Quad button.
  • Page 46 :Time selection button. You can set time to search pictures recorded at set time by dragging vertical line to the left or right. See time to be displayed on the left ( ) in green color and find an exact location for the time from which you want to search.
  • Page 47 Speed of playback according to scan rate set . Scan rate set in 3- -a) Maximum playback speed of DVR is 60x. : Command button. We have 3 different buttons that are, save, print, and event. Save During searching recorded pictures, you can save pictures one by one in the folder in client PC by pressing save button.
  • Page 48 Notice : We recommend you to click operation buttons one after the other with enough time interval to give enough time for DVR unit to execute commands from client PC. Too fast clicking operation buttons one after the other with too short time interval may cause system hang-up in client PC.

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