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4.8.2 PTZ Setup ..................... 24 4.8.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key ..............26 Web Client Operation ....................27 3.1 Network Connection .................... 27 3.2 Login ........................27 3.3 Main Window ......................28...
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Welcome Thank you for purchasing our DVR! This quick start guide will help you become familiar with our DVR in a very short time. Here you can find hardware installation,cable connection information and general operations such as system setup, record, search, backup, alarm setup, also here you can find web operation instruction.
Important Safeguards and Warnings 1.Electrical safety All installation and operation here should conform to local electrical safety codes. We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper handling or installation. 2.Transportation security Heavy stress, violent vibration or water splash are not allowed during transportation, storage and installation.
1 Hardware Installation and Connections Note: All the installation and operations here should conform to your local electric safety rules. 1.1 Check Unpacked DVR When you receive the DVR from the shipping agency, please check whether there is any visible damage to the DVR appearance. The protective materials used for the package of the DVR can protect most accidental clashes during transportation.
3. Dismantle the HDD bracket. 4. Install the first HDD. Note the HDD is placed upside down. Please make sure bracket is in correct position. Install the second HDD on the bracket. 6. Fix the HDD bracket into the internal unit. 7.
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Figure 1-1 1. Upper 2.Left 3. Esc 4. Down 5.Enter 6. Right 7. Previous 8. Record 9.Slow play 10. Assistant 11. Play/Pause 12.Fast forward 13. Next 14. On/off 15.The first channel indication light 16. The second channel indication light 17. The third channel indication light 18 Power indications light The other front panel is shown as in Figure 1-2.
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15. Record 16.Assitant Please refer to the following sheet for more information. Name Icon Function Remark In numeral input mode, When playback, click this button to click this button to input 1. I display previous file. Play previous In menu operation, go to previous menu item,. ►...
Confirm Confirm Enter Go to the main menu In real-time monitor mode, click left/right In numeral input mode, direction keys to switch between one-window Click to input 6. and multiple-windows. In numeral input mode, Increase/decrease numeral Click to input 7. ...
Figure 1-4 The fourth video The third video input channel input channel The second The second audio input The first audio input video inpu channel channel channel The first video input Audio output Video output channel VGA port RS232 port USB port ALARM-RS485 Networkport(RJ45)...
Figure 1-5 1.5 Alarm Input and Relay Output These series DVRs have two alarm types. Normal open (NO) and normal close (NC). 1.5.1 Alarm Input and Output Details Please refer to Figure 1-6 for AG/AH series alarm input and output information. The alarm gets activated when the circuit is connected to the ground.
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Figure 1-6 ALARMS1 in 1 to ALARM1 in 4 are corresponding to ALARM1 to ALARM4 respectively. The alarm gets activated in low voltage. In ALARM1, 1-NO is normal open activation output. In ALARM2, 2-NO C NC is a group of normal open/normal close activation output. ...
6: Ctrl 12V(This is used for reset the senor) 485 communication port. They are used to control devic 485 A、B such as PTZ. This should input an external power input(Less than 1 A). +12(C) 4-ch grounding alarm inputs. (Normal open or Normal close type) ...
2 Overview of Navigation and Controls Before operation, please make sure you have properly installed HDDs and all the cable connections. 2.1 Login, Logout & Main Menu 2.1.1 Login When the system boots up, default video display is in multiple-window mode. Click Enter or left click mouse, you can see the login interface.
Figure 2-2 2.1.3 Logout There are two ways for you to log out. One is from menu option: In the main menu, click shutdown button, you can see an interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-3. Figure 2-3 There are several options for you. See Figure 2-4. Figure 2-4 The other ways is to press power button on the front panel for at least 3 seconds, system will stop all operations.
2.2.1 Live Viewing When you login, the system is in live viewing mode. You can see system date, time and channel name. If you want to change system date and time, you can refer to general settings (Main Menu->Setting->General). If you want to modify the channel name, please refer to the display settings (Main Menu->Setting- >Display) The following icons stand for camera’s video and alarm status.
function, please set at least one HDD as redundant.(Main menu->Advanced- >HDD Management) Snapshoot: You can enable this function to snapshoot image when alarm occurs. Record types: There are three types: regular, motion detection (MD) and Alarm. Please highlight icon to select the corresponding function.
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Bit rate: system supports two types: CBR and VBR. In VBR mode, you can set video quality. Quality: There are six levels ranging from 1 to 6. The sixth level has the highest image quality. Frame rate: there are six levels: 1 f/s,2f/s,3f/s, 6f/s,12f/s,25f/s. (Some series DVRs only support PAL 25f/s ) ...
Figure 2-7 Figure 2-8 Figure 2-9 2.3.5 Search and Playback There are two ways for you to go to search menu. Click Pause/Play button in the remote control. Click search in the main menu. Search interface is shown as below. See Figure 2-10. Usually there are three file types: ...
1-window Playback 2-window Playback File List Playback Window tion File Informa Please refer to the following sheet for more information. 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 Figure 2-10 Please refer to the following sheet for more information. Serial Number Function Play...
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Select the file name and double click mouse (or click enter button), you can view file content. 2.3.6.2 Accurate playback Input time (h/m/s) in the time column and then click playback button, system can operate accurate playback. 2.3.6.3 Synchronized playback function when playback During playback process, click numeral key, system can switch to the corresponding channel video of the same time.
Fast backward(outer When playback, turn the shuttle Frame rate may ring counter (outer ring) counter clock-wise one vary due to clockwise) round, you can view in backward different version. level 1. Turn it two rounds, you get backward level 2. You can continue turning to get different speed.
Figure 2-11 2.4.1.1 Advanced Setup Advanced setup interface is shown as in Figure 2-12. Please draw a circle to enable corresponding function and then double click current item to go to setup interface. Figure 2-12 2.5 PTZ Control and Color Setup Note: All the operation here is based on PELCOD protocol.
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Address: default address is 1. Baud rate: select corresponding baud rate. Default value is 9600. Data bits: select corresponding data bits. Default value is 8. Stop bits: select corresponding stop bits. Default value is 1. Parity: there are three options: odd/even/none. Default setup is none. Figure 2-13 After all the setting please click save button.
Figure 2-15 In Figure 2-15, please click direction arrows (See Figure 2-16) to adjust PTZ position. There are total 8 direction arrows. Figure 2-16 4.8.3 3D Intelligent Positioning Key In the middle of the eight direction arrows, there is a 3D intelligent positioning key. See Figure 2-17.
3 Web Client Operation There might be slightly difference in the interface due to different series. 3.1 Network Connection Before web client operation, please check the following items: Network connection is right DVR and PC network setup is right. Please refer to network setup(main menu- >setting->network) ...
Figure 3-2 After installation, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 3-3. Please input your user name and password. Default factory name is admin and password is admin. Note: For security reasons, please modify your password after you first login. Figure 3-3 3.3 Main Window...
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After you logged in, you can see the main window is shown as in Figure 3-6. This main window can be divided into the following sections. Section 1: there are five function buttons: configuration, search, alarm, about, log out. ...
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Note For security reason, only the user of high-level can shut down the DVR. Do remember logging out the system in case there is vicious operation under your name! For detailed operation introduction, please refer to our resource CD included in your package for electronic version of the user’s manual.
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