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  • Page 1 4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Notes ........................iii Chapter 1 Overview .................... 1 1.1 Introduction ....................1 1.2 Packaging and accessories ............... 1 1.3 Main features ................... 1 1.4 Technical parameters ................2 1.5 Product appearance and interface definition ..........3 1.6 Remote controller ..................
  • Page 3 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 4.10 System setup ..................35 4.11 Host info ....................35 Chapter 5 Client software & Player.............. 36 5.1 Client software ..................36 5.2 Video Player ................... 36 Appendix 1. Q&A ..................41 Appendix 2 hard disk space occupation calculation ........43...

  • Page 4: Notes

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Notes The power supply of this DVR is provided through DC12V3A adapter, please check the power outlet before installation and ensure it can meet the requirements of adaptor; Do not place the DVR at a place subject to rain or moisture;...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Overview

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction This product is a consumer-oriented 4/8-channels CIF/Half-D1/D1 real-time network DVR,and adopt the industry's most advanced SOC technology and standard H.264 encoding method, so that the image quality is higher, network transmission effect is better and system is more stable;...

  • Page 6: Technical Parameters

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 1.4 Technical parameters Features Description Operating system Embedded LINUX OS Video compression H.264 Video/Audio input 4/8 channels BNC Video/ Audio output 1 channel BNC Display 1/4/8-channel Multiplex operation Live, recording, network, ,mobile phone...

  • Page 7: Product Appearance And Interface Definition

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 1.5 Product appearance and interface definition 1.5.1 Front panel Front panel 1 ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑧ ⑧ ⑧ ⑧ ⑨ ⑨ ⑨ ⑨ ⑩ ⑩ ⑩ ⑩ ② ② ② ② ③ ③ ③ ③ ④ ④ ④ ④ ⑤ ⑤ ⑤ ⑤ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥ ⑥...
  • Page 8 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Interface description Physical interface Connect analog video(camera) signal input, standard BNC 1~4/8CH Video in connector( 4 channel has 4 BNC connector) Video out CVBS output and connect the monitor 1~4/8CH Audio in Connect active audio signals, such as pickup...

  • Page 9: Remote Controller

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 1.6 Remote controller For reference only, the real product shall prevail. Functional definition Spare keys Spare keys Channel selection; number keys PTZ Control Single and multi-split screen Quit shortcut menu Shortcut menu Direction buttons: Next, on the left and...

  • Page 10: Mouse

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 1.7 Mouse This equipment supports USB1.1 mouse, so the user can operate with mouse (mouse operation is as same as WINDOWS operating setting) to realize menu functions. It is just ok to insert the mouse with USB interface to the mouse interface in this equipment.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Quick Installation

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 2 Quick installation 2.1 HDD Installation Hard disk installation must be carried out by technicians to avoid damage to the equipment and hard disk. The DVR mainframe must be powered off before operation.

  • Page 12: Shortcut Menu

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Equipment code: it is just ok to enter equipment code “000000” displayed on right side in corresponding input box. The defaulted code will be guided to the number box when mouse operation; we recommend to set mainframe password when remote controller is operating many equipments, to divide through targeted equipment code input, or the remote controller will disturb the adjacent mainframe.
  • Page 13 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 2.4.7 PTZ Control Click right button in main interface and select “PTZ control”, following interface will pop-up: PTZ speed (fast or slow) can be controlled in this interface, zoom, focus and aperture is also controllable.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Advanced Settings

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 2.4.10 PIP In the single-channel full-screen mode, you can see floating images of other channels. Chapter 3 Advanced settings 3.1 Main menu The main menu has the “PLAYBACK”, “RECORD”, “HDD”, “BASIC”, “ADVANCED” and “Exit”...

  • Page 15: Recording Mode

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 3.2 Recording mode Enter the Recording Mode screen from “Main Menu”—“Record”, as shown below: Channel: used to select if the video recording function is enabled for the corresponding recording channel. RESOLUTION: available in the 3 levels of D1（704*576）, HD1（704*288）and CIF （352*288）(Note: This option is available for 4-channel DVR only, and the resolution...

  • Page 16: Video Search

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 15min, 30min, 45min and 60min. 3.3 Video search Enter the Video Search screen from “Main Menu” →“Video Search”, as shown below: This unit supports 3 video search modes: A. Timing playback Time input: First select the corresponding channel and then adjust the date and time to be searched.

  • Page 17: Backup

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Notes: ① In the “Detailed File” list, by which recording channel is the current record file recorded is displayed at “Channel”, the starting and ending times of record packaging at “Record Time”, the size (unit: MB) of this record file at “Size”, and the type of this record file at “Type”, with the two options of normal and alarm.

  • Page 18: Hard Disk Management

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Notes: When the available space of the backup device is less than the capacity of the record file, the system will prompt the user with “Not Enough Space”; After the record file has been backed up, unplug the backup device directly;...

  • Page 19: Basic Setup

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual “Formatting…” and then “Formatting Successfully”. The system will restart automatically; USB FORMART: formatting the data in the U-disk. The “Default” button is used to restore the factory default values. Note: In order to connect the hard disk data on the DVR securely, we recommend that the hard disk must be formatted before the first time of recording.

  • Page 20: User Password

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual The system time, date format, time format, time zone and summer time can be set up in this screen. 3.6.3 User password DEVICE ID: Enter digits directly to set up the DVR number;...
  • Page 21 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Name: Move the cursor to the input box of this option, and press “Enter” to enter the input screen of this option. Numerical, English and Chinese pinyin input methods are supported; Position: Move the cursor to this option, and press “Enter” to change over between name positions;...

  • Page 22: Advanced

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual MONITOR RESOLUTION: Left-click or press “Enter” to set the VGA output resolution, with the 3 options of 1280*1024, 1024*768 and 800*600; CAMERA SYSTEM: Left-click or press “Enter” to change over between the two camera systems of PAL and NTSC;...
  • Page 23 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual I/O CHANNEL/ALARM: Each channel corresponds to an I/O state alarm, when the alarm input of a channel is valid, the alarm record of the corresponding channel will be started. Normal On: The external alarm circuit is open at ordinary times, and closed when there is an alarm.

  • Page 24: System Info

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual SMTP: the server address of the mailbox used, for example, the SMTP server of the Yahoo mailbox is smtp.mail.yahoo.com.cn; please check this address to your mailbox supplier. SEND EMAIL: the mailbox address used to send mails, the above-mentioned SMTP server is also the server of the corresponding sender address.

  • Page 25: Mobile Phone Monitoring

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual activated for this area and a transparent block indicates motion detection is not activated, as shown below: Operating prompt: Remote controller operation: Use “ “ (display mode) to select full screen or blank;...

  • Page 26: System Maintenance

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Set cell phone login user name and password, defaults are empty. Service port: with a setting range of 1,024—65,535; this port has to be mapped on the router, and its setup method is the same as the mapping method of the port in network setup.
  • Page 27 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Data bit: with the options of 5, 6, 7 and 8, 8 by default Stop bit: with the options of 1 and 2, 1 by default VERIFY: with the 5 options of None/Odd/Even/Mark/Space, None by default Address : Complete the PTZ code of the corresponding channel.

  • Page 28: Domain Name Application

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual the acquired dynamic WAN IP address automatically. Media port: the port number used in the private protocol communication between the DVR and the PC end, usually being 9000 by default. If this port of the PC is occupied by any other service, please modify it to an unused port.
  • Page 29 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual First open www.dyndns.com, and click the Create Account option: Fill in the account information. After confirmation, the system will prompt that the verification message has been sent to the designated mailbox, as shown below: Activate account Log in your mailbox and open the confirmation link sent from support@dyndns.com, as...
  • Page 30 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Application for free domain name After entering the “Dynamic DNS Services” screen, click “Dynamic DNS Free” to apply for a free dynamic domain name, as shown below: Enter the “Dynamic DNS Free” screen, as shown below. Click “...
  • Page 31 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Enter the hostname, select the service type and then enter the dynamic IP address (usually being the dynamic IP address of the network of the DVR host) to be tied in the Add New Hostname screen, as shown below. Complete the application for the dynamic...

  • Page 32: Port Forwarding

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 3.9 Port forwarding Port forwarding procedures: Set the host IP address. See the relevant section. Log in the router. If the IP address of the router is 192.168.1.1. After this IP has been entered in the IE...
  • Page 33 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Click “Enter” to enter the main screen of the router, as shown below Click “Applications& Gaming ”, as shown below:...
  • Page 34 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual As shown above, fill in the IP and the port number in the corresponding files, and select “Both” in [Protocol]. The tick below [Enable] denotes “selected”. After setup, click “Save Setting” to save the settings.

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Dvr Network

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 4 DVR network 4.1 Functional characteristics In network operations, software installation is realized by the IE browser of the operating system itself, which is simple and convenient. The DVR supports LAN and WAN access, as well as IP and domain name access.

  • Page 36: Ie Login

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 4.3 IE login Log in the system after the plug-in unit has been installed. For example, if the domain name of the DVR dvrtest05.eicp.net and its port is 80, enter the domain name in the IE address bar, as shown below, enter the user name and the password, select “LAN”...

  • Page 37: Record Playback

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 4.5 Record playback Click "PLAYBACK"to enter the Record Playback screen, as shown below: First select the date of the record to be played and the channel and record types, and then click “Search”. The eligible record files will appear in the file list, with the bold numbers denoting dates with record data, as shown in the figure above.

  • Page 38: Alarm Setup

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 3 for details. Note: “Detail” can be set in 4-channel DVRs only. 4.7 Alarm setup Click “Setup” →“Alarm ” to enter the Alarm Setup screen, as shown below: The setup method is the same as the mainframe menu. See “Alarm Setup” in Chapter 3 for details.

  • Page 39: System Setup

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual 4.10 System setup Click “Setup” →“Setting” to enter the Setting screen, as shown below: INTERNET: setting the code stream; the higher the code stream is, the clearer the remote image will be, but the network bandwidth must be high, otherwise the image may have a delay.

  • Page 40: Chapter 5 Client Software & Player

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Chapter 5 Client software & Player 5.1 Client software Open the Client software file " ,operate one of these two files and install it according to the remarks.Operate the program icon on the desktop after the installation.
  • Page 41 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Click “File（F）” as shown in the following image,select 'open the local files（F）' When opening the root of the record file,please select the format as .264,as shown in the following image:...
  • Page 42 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual There will be .264 files in the file list,select one of the files to be played.Click 'OPEN' as shown in the following image: Then click 'PLAY' option as shown in the following image:...
  • Page 43 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual ① ① ① ① Function Definition Function Definition Icon Icon Recording Schedule All video Play Forward, Play backword Increase video Pause, STOP Start Operation Backward /forward frame File Cut Slow/Normal/Fast File Deletion << >>...
  • Page 44 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Select the channel audio to be played,then click 'OK', as shown in the following instructions:...

  • Page 45: Appendix 1. Q&A

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Appendix 1. Q&A How to recover password if forgotten? A: Please contact technicians from vender or manufacturer if you have forgotten the password. Please set a safe password easy to remember (don’t set simple password like 123456 if you need more safety).
  • Page 46 OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual above still appears. 12. DVR can not control the PTZ after setup? A: Please test for the following reasons: ① Front PTZ failure ② PTZ decoder setting, connection and installation is incorrect ③...

  • Page 47: Appendix 2 Hard Disk Space Occupation Calculation

    OV-7204 / OV-7208 H.264 DVR User Manual Appendix 2 hard disk space occupation calculation This DVR data hard disk occupation per channel/hour is as following table according to different bit rate and resolution: (The table is only for reference, the real product shall prevail)
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