HARDWARE OVERVIEW
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5) HDMI
Connect to the HDMI port of the monitor which supports HDMI video output for main or spot monitor output.
6) VGA
Connect to the VGA port of the monitor which supports VGA video output for main display or spot monitor
output.
7) External I/O ports
These ports are used to connect external I/O devices, such as magnetic contacts or buzzers (alarm in / out),
or external control devices, such as other brand’s speed dome camera or keyboard controller (RS485).
8) LAN
This port is used to connect your device to Internet.
9) USB ports
There might be two USB ports on the rear panel for connecting your USB mouse for mouse control and your
USB flash drive for video backup.
Note:
It’s not allowed to have two USB mice or two USB flash drives connected to one recorder.
Note:
For models which have one USB port on the front panel and two USB ports on the rear panel, the
upper USB port on the rear panel will be disabled when the USB port on the front panel is used,
and vice versa.
Note:
For the compatible list of USB flash drives, please refer to “APPENDIX 3 COMPATIBLE USB FLASH
DRIVE LIST” at page 62.
10) Power jack
Connect to the supplied adapter.
11) Reserved hole for eSATA interface
For models which support adding an eSATA interface with the optional SATA-to-eSATA cable, there’s a
reserved hole on the rear panel.
Please check “2.1 Hard Disk Installation” at page 3 to know where it is and how to add the interface for
storage expansion.
