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                                          AMDV960H4 User Manual                                           

 

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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. 

5.2. Displays Output Settings   

Live Preview allows you to customize your display to your own needs.

 

 

The settings available in this menu include:   

 

Display resolution 

 

Transparency

: To adjust the menu transparency.

 

 

Mouse Sensitivity 

 

Border Adjustment

: To adjust the border of video output. 

 

Audio: 

Enables/disable audio output for the selected video output.   

Summary of Contents for AMDV960H4

Page 1: ...AMDV960H4 User Manual www amcrest com 1 AMDV960H4 User Manual Version 1 2 1...

Page 2: ...m 11 3 5 PTZ Control 12 3 5 1 PTZ Presets Patrols Patterns 12 3 5 2 PTZ Context Menu 12 4 IP CHANNEL 14 5 DISPLAY SETTINGS 15 5 1 Camera Settings 15 5 2 Displays Output Settings 16 6 RECORD SETTINGS 1...

Page 3: ...1 SYSTEM SETTINGS 34 11 1 General 34 11 2 User 35 11 2 1 Adding a New User 35 11 3 System Information 37 11 4 Maintenance 38 12 APP FOR PHONE AND TABLET 40 12 1 Configure the Amcrest Link 40 12 2 Live...

Page 4: ...me rate and bit rate Supports both composite stream and video only stream Audio and video streams are strictly simultaneous Monitoring Supports VGA and HDMI video output The display resolution support...

Page 5: ...and hard disk error Supports various alarm responses such as camera recording on screen warning audible warning send email etc Network Supports 10 100 adaptive network interface Supports TCP IP proto...

Page 6: ...Direction button DIRECTION buttons are used to navigate between different fields and items in menus In Preview mode these buttons can be used to cycle through channels 1 3 USB Mouse A regular 3 butto...

Page 7: ...een letters Enter Confirm selection ESC Exit out of Soft Keyboard 1 5 Rear Panel Diagram No Item Description 1 AUDIO IN RCA connectors for analog audio input 2 VIDEO IN BNC connector for analog video...

Page 8: ...AMDV960H4 User Manual www amcrest com 8 10 DC POWER IN 12V DC power input...

Page 9: ...is receiving power To shutdown the DVR 1 Enter the Shutdown menu click on Menu Shutdown 2 Select the Shutdown button 3 Click the OK button 4 Unplug the power supply on the rear panel to safely shutti...

Page 10: ...icate different camera status These icons include Motion Detection Icon Indicates motion detection IP Channel Icon Indicates this is an IP channel It could be 720P 960P 1080P Record Icon Indicates the...

Page 11: ...channels live view 4 Eight channels live view 5 Nine channels live view 6 Next group live view 7 Picture in picture mode 8 Manual record 9 Setup wizard 3 4 Using Digital Zoom To use digital Zoom in L...

Page 12: ...d Adjusts the movement speed of the PTZ 3 Zoom Used to zoom in and out with the PTZ 4 Focus Used to adjust the focus of the PTZ 5 Iris Used to open up or close the iris of the camera 6 Preset A Preset...

Page 13: ...ice 4 Preset Defines a Preset point 5 Patrol Initiates or stops a patrol 6 PTZ Menu Toggles the appearance of the PTZ Control Menu onscreen While the PTZ Control Menu is hidden the DVR will still be i...

Page 14: ...f Scan To add an IP camera to your DVR please select an available channel to which you want to assign a camera from the channel drop down list and then input the user name and password Also you can ma...

Page 15: ...ected will be disabled Display Camera Name When checked the name you ve selected for the camera channel will be displayed on screen as an overlay Record Date When checked the date as displayed will be...

Page 16: ...acy mask which obscures part of the image on the associated channel 5 2 Displays Output Settings Live Preview allows you to customize your display to your own needs The settings available in this menu...

Page 17: ...should be configured first The steps to configuring these settings are 1 You should initialize the HDD through HDD management before proceeding 2 Navigate to Main Menu Recording You will be taken to t...

Page 18: ...recording begins Post record Sets the time to post record after the actual recording ended Pack Duration Sets the time for how long the DVR will be recording before splitting the output file 6 2 Sched...

Page 19: ...ing 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 5 Repeat...

Page 20: ...elect the channel you d like to playback 2 From the Video Type menu select the type of video you d like to playback The options are Manual Schedule Motion and All 3 Set your Start Date Time and your E...

Page 21: ...r close the audio Fast backwards Select to rewind recording files at the speed of x2 x4 x8 x16 Play Select to return to normal speed to playback files Pause Single Frame Select to pause or play in sin...

Page 22: ...ckup the recorded file To backup the recorded files 1 Select the channel you d like to backup 2 From the Video Type menu select the type of video you d like to playback The options are Manual Schedule...

Page 23: ...DV960H4 User Manual www amcrest com 23 5 Select the file s to be backup and click Next 6 Click Refresh to look for USB devices to which recorded files can be backed up 7 Click Start to begin the backu...

Page 24: ...r network usually a router will automatically assign IP addresses to devices connected to the network 2 STATIC Static networks require all devices to have their IP addresses manually defined as there...

Page 25: ...5 IP Filter An advanced feature which allows you to exercise precise control over what devices IP address es are allowed to communicate with the DVR and which are not Recommended for advanced users o...

Page 26: ...may also be setup on your DVR to keep the date and time current and accurate 1 Auto Sync Enable auto sync your DVR will automatically sync up the time with the NTP server 2 Synchronize Every When you...

Page 27: ...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 You can...

Page 28: ...trying to upload the stream of this channel but it failed You should check FTP server configuration network and server 8 2 4 IP Filter IP filter is used to manage the remote access to your DVR The ma...

Page 29: ...rather than recording everything making searching for an event easier To set up motion detection 1 Select the channel you d like to configure 2 Check the checkbox of Enable to enable Motion Detection...

Page 30: ...ncoming video signal is simply to display Video Loss on a black background over the associated channel If you re not using all the inputs on your DVR then some channels will be in a permanent Video Lo...

Page 31: ...R to alert you when irregular events occur These events include 1 HDD Full All installed HDDs are full 2 HDD Error Errors occurred during writing of the HDD no HDD installed or HDD had failed to initi...

Page 32: ...ve 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 1 Select HDD to initialize 2 Click the Init button 3 Select OK bu...

Page 33: ...onfiguring 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 To configure PTZ settings...

Page 34: ...ndards for daylight savings differ from country to country and often state to state you might need to manually tell the DVR exactly when it commences and ends in your locality First turn DST on We sug...

Page 35: ...ssword is 12345 The default password for Administrator should be changed right away for security reasons The Administrator has the authority to add delete and configure parameters for many of the syst...

Page 36: ...ng in channel settings 3 Select the Permission button to enter the Permission Settings menu 4 Configure privileges for local settings under the Configuration tab The configuration page specifies which...

Page 37: ...AMDV960H4 User Manual www amcrest com 37 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...

Page 38: ...update its firmware You ll only need to use this option if instructed to do so by Technical Support Remember to Export your configuration first so you don t have to re set everything Default Settings...

Page 39: ...settings you ve saved to that flash drive If you want to do sequential configuration exports you ll need multiple USB drives or rename the file using a PC advanced users only Configuration Import Oper...

Page 40: ...the Amcrest Link After you have downloaded and installed Amcrest Link on your smart phone locate the app and tap the icon to run Take your smart phone to your device and follow the instructions below...

Page 41: ...o 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...

Page 42: ...iew of all the channels Close Start close or start the live view of one channel Screens divide screen into 1 4 8 9 16 for video display Stream switch between the main stream and sub stream Recording r...

Page 43: ...al 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 file...

Page 44: ...need to login first 1 Scan all the devices in your local area network by clicking Search Then double click one device from the list Or you can manually input the device IP address Domain name UID 2 I...

Page 45: ...footage and still images to your local PC Device Settings Allows access to the device s settings The configurable options are very similar to those you ll find in the device local menus Main Viewing...

Page 46: ...mote playback and download 1 Select the playback channel and window 2 Select recorded files type and query time 3 Click the to search the matched recorded files If there are any the files will shows i...

Page 47: ...3 Single frame forward 4 Snap shot 5 Download the recording file The default directory for the downloaded file is C DownloadFile You can modify the directory in Setup Local Settings page 6 enable dis...

Page 48: ...from the device Snapshot Path Where SmartClient will save still images captured using the snapshot function Convert to AVI When selected SmartClient will use your PC to transcode footage from the devi...

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