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4-Channel Digital Video Recorder 

 

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Internet Connection 

 

Select whether or not your DVR is connected 
to the Internet.

 

 

LAN Setup 

 

Select between 

Auto Configuration

 and 

Manual 

Configuration

 for network configuration, and 

then select the 

Test

 button to test the network 

configuration you selected.

 

 

NOTE:  Selecting 

Auto Configuration

 allows 

the DVR to automatically obtain LAN 
parameters (IP address, Gateway, Subnet 
Mask and DNS Server address).  Selecting 

Manual Configuration 

allows you to set up 

LAN parameters manually.

 

 

NOTE:  The network configuration you set should be tested by selecting 

Test

, otherwise 

the 

Next

 button will cannot be selected, and you cannot move to the next step. 

 

y

 

Use DSL/PPPoE Setup:

  Selecting the box allows you to set up the DSL network.  Entering 

the ID and password for DSL connection is required. 

 

NOTE:  When the error message “No Device supporting UPnP” displays, check the NAT 
device supports the UPnP Port Forwarding function and the function is set to enabled. 

 

DVRNS Setup 

 

y

 

Use DVR Name Service:

  Select the box to 

use the DVR Name Service. 

y

 

DVRNS Server:

  Enter the IP address or 

domain name of the DVRNS server. 

y

 

Port:

  Set the port number of the DVRNS 

server. 

y

 

Enable NAT:

  Select the box when using the 

NAT (Network Address Translation) device. 

y

 

DVR Name:

  Enter the DVR name to be 

registered on the DVRNS server. 

y

 

Check:

  Select the box to check whether or 

not the name you entered can be used. 

 

NOTE:  The DVR name you entered should be checked by selecting 

Check

, otherwise the 

DVRNS changes will not be saved. 

 

NOTE:  When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server, an error 
message displays. 

Summary of Contents for 4-channel DVR

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Page 3: ...T GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION OF THIS...

Page 4: ...fied service personnel under the following conditions A When the power supply cord or the plug has been damaged B If liquid is spilled or objects have fallen into the equipment C If the equipment has...

Page 5: ...utput 5 RS485 Port 5 RS232 Port 6 Power Cord Connector 6 Chapter 3 Configuration 7 Front Panel Controls 7 Camera Buttons 1 to 4 7 HDD LED 8 Alarm LED 8 Arrow Buttons 8 Play Pause Button 8 Menu Button...

Page 6: ...ces Setup 31 Camera 31 Audio 32 Alarm Out 33 Display 33 Recording Setup 35 Record 35 Schedule 37 Pre Event 38 Event Setup 39 Alarm In 39 Motion Detection 40 Video Loss 43 System Event 44 Event Status...

Page 7: ...2 Figure 7 Setup screen 13 Figure 8 System menu 13 Figure 9 Information setup screen 14 Figure 10 Date Time setup screen 16 Figure 11 Holiday setup screen 17 Figure 12 Storage Information setup screen...

Page 8: ...p screen 39 Figure 42 Alarm In Actions setup screen 40 Figure 43 Motion Detection Settings setup screen 41 Figure 44 Motion Detection Actions setup screen 42 Figure 45 Video Loss Settings setup screen...

Page 9: ...ation y Audio Recording and Playback y Alarm Connections Include Input and Output y Built in Alarm Buzzer y Live or Recorded Video Access via Ethernet y Self diagnostics with automatic notification in...

Page 10: ...u when the hard disk drive is full or it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video You c...

Page 11: ...o install the DVR Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system Figure 2 DVR rear panel Video Input Video Loop Through Audio In Out Factory Reset Switch Video...

Page 12: ...ed on the rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings CAUTION When using the Factory Reset you will lose any settings you have saved To reset the unit you...

Page 13: ...ignal the DVR to react to events Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the AI Alarm In and GND Ground connectors The threshold voltage for NC Normally Closed is above 4 3V and for NO Norma...

Page 14: ...en to the wall outlet WARNING ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR...

Page 15: ...separate Alarm button is not provided Pressing any button on the front panel or remote control resets alarm output including the internal buzzer when the alarm is activated However when you are in the...

Page 16: ...the screen displays icon When in the playback mode pressing the button pauses playing video Pressing the button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made during system setup...

Page 17: ...View in the PTZ mode USB Port A USB port on the front panel is provided to connect external hard disk or flash drives for video clip copying or system upgrades Position external drives close enough t...

Page 18: ...to navigate through menus and GUI You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number s value These...

Page 19: ...h a rectangle temporarily displays showing what area of the screen has been enlarged You can use the arrow buttons to move the rectangle to another area PTZ Button Pressing the PTZ button enters the P...

Page 20: ...or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select Login in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screens The Login screen appears NOTE To assure the secure management of the sys...

Page 21: ...these entries a Virtual Keyboard will appear System Setup Figure 8 System menu Information Highlight Information in the System menu and press the button The Information setup screen appears Use the a...

Page 22: ...ting the Install button and pressing the button will install the selected software package Highlighting the Cancel button and pressing the button will close the window without upgrading the software I...

Page 23: ...button A virtual keyboard allows you to enter the file name Selecting Export will save the log information in txt file format on the USB device NOTE When opening the saved txt file setting to the pro...

Page 24: ...NOTE The clock will not start running until you have highlighted Save and pressed the button Highlight the box beside Time Zone and press the button Select your time zone from the list and press the...

Page 25: ...button to add the date Dates can be deleted by highlighting the beside the date and pressing the button NOTE Holidays that do not fall on the same date each year should be updated once the current yea...

Page 26: ...T monitoring is not working or supported NOTE When the S M A R T displays Bad the screen displays a message box Once the Bad message displays replacing the hard disk drive is recommended usually with...

Page 27: ...RAS y Color Control The user can control brightness contrast hue and saturation for cameras on a local system or a PC running RAS y System Check The user can view the remote system status or check the...

Page 28: ...wing you to enter the User Name Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and password You can use camera buttons on the front panel to assign the password The password can be up to 8 digits You w...

Page 29: ...t y Time Zone Select your time zone The Time Zone can be selected on the map y Use Daylight Saving Time Selecting the box sets the system to use daylight saving time NOTE The Date Time will be set and...

Page 30: ...elow according to the Record Method and Record Video Quality you set HVQPP SRP LRTPP Motion Event Record Very High 15 ips High 5 ips Standard 2 5 ips Continuous Motion Event Record Very High 15 ips Ti...

Page 31: ...box allows you to set up the DSL network Entering the ID and password for DSL connection is required NOTE When the error message No Device supporting UPnP displays check the NAT device supports the U...

Page 32: ...rk menu and press the button The Network setup screen displays After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power Figure 20 Network s...

Page 33: ...on a PC running RAS when the DVR is connected to more than two RAS search programs at the same time You can limit the network bandwidth settings so that system does not consume too much network bandwi...

Page 34: ...box and press the button The Port Number Setup screen appears NOTE You will need to get the appropriate Port Numbers for each RAS and WebGuard related program Admin Callback Watch and Search from you...

Page 35: ...server automatically NOTE Selecting Auto will only be enabled when the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL network Selecting ADSL with PPPoE allows you to set up the ADSL network Highlight the box b...

Page 36: ...or a name already registered on the DVRNS server an error message displays Highlighting Save and pressing the button registers the DVR on the DVRNS server Proper DVRNS settings will display the help...

Page 37: ...e WebGuard tab and the WebGuard setup screen displays Notification Highlight Notification in the Network menu and press the button The Notification setup screen displays Figure 24 WebGuard setup scree...

Page 38: ...istrator NOTE You can use the domain name instead of IP address if you already set up the DNS Server when setting up the LAN Highlight the box beside Port and press the button Use the arrow buttons to...

Page 39: ...ngs you made Devices Setup Figure 27 Devices menu Camera Highlight Camera in the Devices menu and press the button The Camera setup screen appears Highlight the PTZ tab and the PTZ setup screen displa...

Page 40: ...menu and press the button The Audio setup screen appears Figure 29 Camera PTZ setup screen NOTE You will only be able to set up PTZ devices if the PTZ port is set to RS232 or RS485 Highlight the box i...

Page 41: ...meras appears and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input Highlight Enable Audio Out and press the button This toggles between enabling and disabling audio out NOTE The D...

Page 42: ...ft corner of each camera screen y Camera Title The camera title displays at the top left corner of each camera screen y Record The record related icons display on each camera screen y Audio The icon d...

Page 43: ...st the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute Figure 34 VGA setup screen Highlight the box...

Page 44: ...ots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settings Selecting Never will disable the Auto Deletion function Highlight the slide bar beside Limit Time Lapse Recording and use the Left and Right...

Page 45: ...ording will take place The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes Figure 37 Panic Record setup screen Highlighting Use Panic Recording and pressing the button toggles between On and Off Highl...

Page 46: ...he Channels heading and press the button to select which cameras will be recorded Highlight the box under the Settings heading and press the button to define the recording settings You can set the ips...

Page 47: ...ages before the event occurs The Pre Event screen allows you to define how to handle pre event recording You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre event recording The image speed can be set fr...

Page 48: ...PTZ heading and press the button A list of PTZ presets appear Select the preset position for each PTZ camera where you want PTZ cameras to move to whenever the DVR detects an input on the associated...

Page 49: ...on zones one block at a time in groups of three individual block groups A block group is positioned within the image area using the Up and Down arrow buttons and individual blocks within the block gro...

Page 50: ...should be set to the Event or Time Event recording mode in the Record Schedule setup screen Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button Select between Alarm Output and Beep DVR...

Page 51: ...en Alarm Output and Beep DVR s internal buzzer that you would like to activate and to sound whenever the DVR detects video loss on the selected camera Figure 45 Video Loss Settings setup screen Highli...

Page 52: ...camera s input System Event Highlight System Event in the Event menu and press the button The System Event setup screen appears Highlighting the box under the Interval heading beside each alarm in and...

Page 53: ...ist On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button Highlight OK and press the button t...

Page 54: ...ull percentage you made in the System Event setup screen on the Event menu Disk Full will be highlighted when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used Disk Conf...

Page 55: ...Configuration Turning on the Power Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 Installation it is ready to record Live Monitoring As soon as the DVR completes its initiali...

Page 56: ...Menu again exits the Zoom mode Refer to the following Zoom Mode section for details y Audio Selecting Audio toggles audio output On and Off y Color Control Selecting Color Control and choosing the ca...

Page 57: ...angle shows the area that will be enlarged You can move the rectangle around using the arrow buttons Pressing the Play Pause button in the Zoom mode enlarges the area in rectangle Exit the Zoom mode b...

Page 58: ...ou want to display the toolbar again position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the left side of the toolbar and drag it to where...

Page 59: ...to the previous or next camera OSD Selecting OSD in the Mouse Display menu toggles OSD On and Off Recording Video Once you have installed the DVR following the instructions in Chapter 2 Installation i...

Page 60: ...ys a camera with recorded audio in full screen mode Camera Buttons Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen and pressing the button again changes th...

Page 61: ...e pressing the MENU button displays the following Search menu at the top of the screen Pressing the MENU button again hides the menu You can navigate through menus and items by pressing the arrow butt...

Page 62: ...e ending point of the video to be clip copied and displays the Clip Copy screen y Clip Copy Select Clip Copy and the Clip Copy screen appears to allow clip copy setup Camera Menu Selecting Camera Menu...

Page 63: ...s the live monitoring mode Event Log Search Pressing the Play Pause button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event Pressing the button will start playing the event video...

Page 64: ...the button You can select the cameras for which you want any reports of lost video Highlight the box beside Record Channels and press the button You can select the cameras that you want to search for...

Page 65: ...oft Windows 98 ME 2000 XP or Vista Refer to the Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation for information on preparing the external drive for clip copy Selecting A B Clip Copy from the Export menu in t...

Page 66: ...ton to continue clip copy Once the clip copy starts you can cancel it by selecting Cancel or hide the screen by selecting Close When selecting Close Clip Copy continues and a confirmation screen will...

Page 67: ...eo clips If the external drive is shut down or the USB cable is disconnected while copying video clips THE DVR SYSTEM MAY NOT WORK NORMALLY OR THE EXTERNAL DRIVE COULD BE DAMAGED and you will get an e...

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Page 69: ...USB hard disk drive will be added to My Computer 7 Connect the USB hard disk drive to the DVR Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 98 NOTE Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows ME is a...

Page 70: ...rch overlapping video streams by selecting a specific time or time range If you want to search recorded video at four o clock during the overlapping time range using a search menu such as Go to the Da...

Page 71: ...b search modes Entering ID and PASSWORD and clicking the LOGIN button logs in using the selected mode You will need to enter the DVR IP address in the DVR ADDRESS field when running the WebGuard progr...

Page 72: ...d select the Run as administrator option Then enter netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel disable and hit the enter key Restart your computer to apply the changes If you want to enable the Auto Tun...

Page 73: ...the button again to stop sending audio Click the to monitor live audio from the connected remote site through the attached speaker and click the button again stop monitoring live audio Clicking both a...

Page 74: ...een format to select the desired display mode Click the to enter the time lapse search mode which allows you to search for recorded data by time and then play back images found within the time paramet...

Page 75: ...age display quality by eliminating stair stepping aliasing effects in the enlarged image NOTE A camera name change in the Web Search mode does not affect the camera name set up on the remote site Leav...

Page 76: ...error 2 Mounting failed 3 Software version error 3 No media 4 Kernel version error 4 Invalid media 100 Upgrade device mounting failed 5 File already existed 101 Package is not found 6 Not enough spac...

Page 77: ...4 Channel Digital Video Recorder 69 Map of Screens...

Page 78: ...as NC or NO 4 3V threshold Alarm Output 1 relay output terminal blocks 1A 30VDC Internal Buzzer 80dB at 10cm Network Connectivity 10 100 Mbps Ethernet RJ 45 Audio Input RCA Input 1 Line In Audio Outp...

Page 79: ...Temperature 41 F to 104 F 5 C to 40 C Operating Humidity 0 to 90 Power 12V 1 0A Adaptor 100 240 V 50 60Hz 1 0A 12V 3A Power Consumption Max 25W Approvals FCC CE UL CAUTION Risk of Explosion if Batter...

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