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MPEG4 Pentaplex Standalone DVR

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You

 

can

 

designate

 

a

 

specific

 

date

 

and

 

time

 

to

 

retrieve

 

recorded

 

video

 

file.

 

Select

 

date

 

and

 

time

 

in

 

between

 

first

 

and

 

last.

 

If

 

there

 

is

 

no

 

recorded

 

files

 

at

 

your

 

designated

 

time,

 

DVR

 

will

 

display

 

the

 

recorded

 

video

 

file

 

closest

 

to

 

that

 

time.

FIRST:

Date

 

and

 

time

 

of

 

the

 

oldest

 

recorded

 

file

 

on

 

your

 

HDD

LAST:

Date

 

and

 

time

 

of

 

the

 

most

 

recent

 

recorded

 

file

 

on

 

your

 

HDD

 

3.5.2.

 

Time

 

Search

3.5.3.

 

Protect

 

Search

How

 

to

 

retrieve

 

Protected

 

files

Any

 

recorded

 

files(video/audio/captured

 

images)

 

you

 

set

 

as

 

a

 

protected

 

file

 

will

 

be

 

stored

 

under

 

this

 

list

 

and

 

will

 

no

 

longer

 

available

 

by

 

regular

 

CALENDAR/TIME

 

search.

 

You

 

can

 

search,

 

playback,

 

backup,

 

remove

 

from

 

this

 

menu.

  

Click

 

SEARCH

>

PROTECT

.

You

 

will

 

see

 

the

 

file

 

list

 

with

 

recording

 

start

 

time,

 

recording

 

trigger

 

type

 

and

 

file

 

location

 

(master

 

or

 

slave

 

HDD)

Select

 

a

 

file

 

and

 

click

 

PLAY

button.

 

Channel(camera)

 

name

will

 

be

 

displayed

 

in

 

BLUE

 

to

 

notify

 

you

 

that

 

this

 

is

 

a

 

protected

 

video

 

file

 

(non

 

protected

 

file

 

will

 

show

 

channel(camera)

 

name

 

in

 

yellow

 

during

 

the

 

playback.)

3.5.4

 

Capture

 

Search

How

 

to

 

retrieve

 

Capture

 

files

Click

 

SEARCH

 

>

 

CAPTURE.

You

 

will

 

see

 

CAPTURE

 

file

 

list.

 

It

 

will

 

show

 

you

 

captured

 

time

 

and

 

a

 

channel(camera)

 

number.

To

 

view

 

the

 

image,

 

select

 

a

 

file

 

and

 

click

 

VIEW

button.

To

 

stop

 

viewing,

 

press

 

STOP

 

button.

Summary of Contents for 16 Channel DVR

Page 1: ...MPEG4 Pentaplex Standalone DVR 1 User Manual 4 8 16 Channel DVR V 1 23 SC ...

Page 2: ...setup 20 3 1 6 OSD On Screen Display main screen display set up 21 3 2 Record Setup 22 3 2 1 Record Policy 22 3 2 2 Record Quality 24 3 2 3 Schedule Record 25 3 2 4 Motion Record 25 3 2 5 Audio Record 26 3 2 6 HDD Overwriting Warning 27 3 3 Device Setup 28 3 3 1 HDD Information and Manual Format 28 3 3 2 External Sensor Setup 29 3 3 3 Alarm Setup 29 3 3 4 PTZF Camera Control Setup 29 3 4 System Se...

Page 3: ...al System Setup 59 7 4 1 General Setup 59 7 4 2 Record Setup 60 7 5 DVR Configuration 60 7 5 1 Device 61 7 5 2 Display 63 7 5 3 System 66 7 5 4 Record 69 7 6 Backup Viewer 72 7 6 1 DVR Search 72 7 6 2 Local Search 73 7 7 Event Viewer 74 7 7 1 Event Tracking Mode 75 7 7 2 Event Search Mode 76 7 8 General Operation 77 7 8 1 DVR or Group selection 77 7 8 2 Connect to DVR and Cameras 77 7 8 3 Audio Co...

Page 4: ... appliance to water or moisture nor try to operate it in wet areas Do not take immediate action if the appliance become wet Turn the power off and refer servicing to qualified service personnel Moisture may damage the appliance and also cause electric shock Do not use strong or abrasive detergents when cleaning the appliance body Use a dry cloth to clean the appliance when it is dirty When the dir...

Page 5: ...ckage If there is any missing item contact your distributor Part Name Quantity MPEG4 Pentaplex Standalone DVR 1 Remote Controller 1 DC Power Adapter 1 Power Cable 1 Install CD 1 AAA Battery 2 RJ 45 LAN Cable 1 MPEG4 Pentaplex Standalone DVR AAA Batteries Remote Controller DC Power Adaptor LAN Cable Install CD Power Cable Packing List ...

Page 6: ...can use general TV or PC Monitor as well as CCTV monitor Note Note Chapter 1 Understanding Your DVR CCTV Monitor Cameras Alarm Out Sensor Inputs DISPLAY VGA Monitor VCR Camcorder BACKUP CD DVD RW NETWORK PC Internet Client Program NVR NetViewer Web Browser WebViewer PTZF control ...

Page 7: ...y RS 485 and via Network Independent color adjustment for each camera input and VGA output Mouse and IR remote control unit for user interface Self diagnosis system and hardware watchdog error checking and restoring functions Powerful event search function by manual schedule motion sensor network or all Pre alarm recording for motion and or sensor by selecting ALL CH recording set up Protect recor...

Page 8: ...io files in CD DVD 3 Channel Selection Display Button Select the channel to display on full screen mode Also indicates current channel number on screen 4 DVR Control Keys 6 5 7 8 Menu Key System setup menu on off exit Multi Channel Display Key Select the display type from various split screen mode Sequence Display Key Sequence display mode a k a auto display mode on off exit 1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 1 2...

Page 9: ...from HDD to CD DVD or USB memory devices PTZF Control Key Control PTZ camera s Info Key System information screen on off exit 5 Direction Keys and Enter Key UP Down Left Right Key Navigate through menus Enter Key Image capture Key Select items shown on the display when navigate through menus Also capture images when not in menu mode 6 Rev Fwd Frame Advance Controller Rev Select a reversing speed R...

Page 10: ... Normal close Common Normal Open A A RS485 for PTZF control Ethernet Port S Video Separated Video Output Audio Input Output Composite Video Outputs Cameras Inputs Loop Through Outputs 8CH DVR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 16 G 15 14 G 13 12 G 11 10 G 9 8 G 7 6 G 5 4 G 3 2 G 1 NC C NO A A 8 G 7 6 G 5 4 G 3 2 G 1 NC C NO A A 4 G 3 2 G 1 NC C NO A A 8CH DVR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8CH DVR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8C...

Page 11: ...and change the parameter 2 Capture an image during live or playback mode VCR like functions 15 Search all Go to recorded file search menu 16 Search time Select the date and time to search recorded files 17 Search list Select the month and date to search recorded files 18 Stop Stop playback 19 REW Rewind select a speed from 1 2 3 and 4 for faster rewind 20 FF Fast forward select a speed from FF1 2 ...

Page 12: ...sed for setting up a new hard disk containing no information on it Do not follow these steps if your hard disk has already been partitioned and formatted or it will be like to cause data loss Step 2 Open the top cover of DVR using a cross screw driver Chapter 2 Installation Step 3 Take out the HDD mounting plate from DVR Step 4 Place HDD s on the mounting plate and mount it with screws Step 6 Atta...

Page 13: ... properly for network connection between DVR and Net Web Viewer Please follow the instruction in next section to configure your router correctly If your Broadband Modem does not support internal loop back port forwarding function and you want to monitor DVR using a PC located in same Intranet you should use Direct IP instead of DDVRLS in the connection menu of Net Viewer If your PC is located outs...

Page 14: ...teps as follows 1 WAN Setting 2 DHCP Setting 3 Virtual Server Setting A Router from D Link is quoted as an example in this manual 2 2 3 1 WAN Setting When you connect to your Router you can find menu for Wan setting Please confirm the WAN setting If you are using DSL service you should select PPPoE and you will see sub menu to type in DSL user name and password ...

Page 15: ...s page But we recommend to assign IP address to DVR manually to prevent unexpected change of IP address If you have any problem with DHCP function or want to assign the private IP address please disable DHCP option in the Network Setup menu of your DVR and check the starting and ending IP addresses used by DHCP server of the Router You can assign any private IP address to your DVR if it is out of ...

Page 16: ...ers should be the same with the Port numbers assigned in DVR And you can change Port numbers in Network Setup menu to avoid the conflict with other network servers Your DVR uses 2 port numbers and the default Port numbers are 9310 and 80 9310 is for Control Video and Audio of Net Viewer and 80 is for Web Viewer You need to register both port numbers into Router as Network servers Please make sure ...

Page 17: ...urrent time for DVR Time Search play recorded files by time USB backup Backup recorded files to a USB memory device Sequence Select the camera for sequence display and set display time Schedule recoding schedule setup Alarm Alarm Buzzer ena ble and disable set up Network Setup the network configuration for remote access Protect View play protected recorded files VGA Control the quality of VGA moni...

Page 18: ... using on screen keyboard up to 8 digits If you do not want this setup channel will be displayed on the screen Press MENU or to save and exit 2 BLANK ON OFF You can hide certain cameras from viewing on the screen If you select ON the video from selected camera will not be displayed on the screen But the camera will record normally as you originally have set ...

Page 19: ...ENU or to save and exit 3 1 3 Sequence Sequence Display Feature Setup a k a Auto Display Feature Your DVR can display the each live video channel or a group of channels in sequence mode similar to slide show in PC You can select order 1st through up to 16th camera or a group of cameras display time from this menu Using the direction keys select the value for ORDER VIEW INTERVAL You can activate se...

Page 20: ...IP Picture In Picture feature you can monitor multiple channels while focusing on a specific channel You can select one main video channel for full screen display and up to three sub channels as sub channels Use direction keys and ENTER to change the channel number Press MENU to save and exit MAIN Select one channel for full screen display SUB 1 2 3 Select up to 3 channels for sub display When you...

Page 21: ...the position of date time displayed on the screen Select OFF not to display the date time on the live main screen only DVR will record the live video and playback with time date stamp 4 RECORD ICON ON OFF If you select ON RECORD ICON will be shown at the right top of the screen during recording OFF will hide the RECORD ICON during the recording 5 PLAYBACK ICON ON OFF PLAYBACK ICON will be shown at...

Page 22: ... a live video by manual schedule event motion detection and or external sensor and or network user s command You can set the recording policy for each camera independently You may also apply this setup to other cameras by pressing APPLY TO ALL CH button 1 MANUAL R ON OFF ON You can start recording the live video by pressing a REC button or click REC icon on mouse menu Press REC again to stop recor...

Page 23: ...ll continuously record another selected time and will repeat this process until there is no motion detected ALL CH Motion recording enabled with 30 seconds recording time When selected camera set to ALL CH is triggered by the motion DVR will start recording ALL cameras for 30 seconds After 30 seconds if DVR still detects the motion DVR will continuously record another 30 seconds until no motion is...

Page 24: ... video quality requires more HDD space 4 GOP 15 30 This number indicates the number of P frames between I Frame base frame of picture and a following I Frame 15 DVR will record I Frame per every 15 frames 30 DVR will record I Frame per every 30 frames Lower number means more I Frame provides a better picture quality and smooth FF REW and transmission through the network but requires more HDD space...

Page 25: ...ring that period After that it will go back to normal MOTION or SENSOR mode Manual recording is available all the time if RECORD POLICY MANUAL is ON 1 CAMERA CH1 CH4 CH8 or CH16 Select your desired channel for schedule recording 2 DATE DAILY SUN SAT Select the desired date for schedule recording 3 TIME Move the curser to desired time and press ENTER key to set it highlighted Press ENTER again to c...

Page 26: ...tection area go to desired area using direction keys and press ENTER key to select or to release Once you select the area it will remain the same unless you change it manually Important Motion detection area will be displayed in yellow on the screen 3 2 5 AUDIO RECORD SETUP 1 4CH 8CH DVR You can record and retrieve one audio signal from camera channel 1 for 4CH 8CH DVR model RECORD ON OFF To enabl...

Page 27: ...en HDD is full 1 HDD OVERWRITE ON OFF If you select ON DVR will delete the recorded file from the oldest file and will record the new video file when the HDD is full If you select NO DISK WARNING will notify you when HDD is full 2 DISK WARNING ON OFF Enable or disable the warning message when HDD is full and HDD OVERWRITE is OFF 3 WARNING METHOD OFF OSD BEEP OSD Select a preferred warning method w...

Page 28: ... size and percentage of the used portion will be shown if installed FORMAT You can format each HDD if necessary But you do not need to format HDD after new installation of HDD After new installation of the HDD DVR power must be OFF DVR will automatically detect and start formatting the new HDD when power is ON DVR will reboot automatically after formatting Important In case you have some broken vi...

Page 29: ...nsor type 1 CHANNEL CH1 CH16 Select the CHANNEL which the sensor is connected to 2 TYPE N O N C N O Normal mode Open Two sensor lines are not connected open in the normal mode Sensor lines will be connected close in the activation mode N C Normal mode Close Two sensor lines are connected close in the normal mode Sensor lines will be disconnected open in the activation mode Press MENU to save and e...

Page 30: ...orts Pan Tilt Zoom and Focus control for PTZF cameras or servers It has RS485 port to connect to PTZ cameras and supports most industrial common protocols 1 TYPE Select correct protocol for each PTZ cameras connected to DVR 2 BPS Set the Baud Rate BPS 3 ID You can create own ID number for each PTZ cameras up to16 cameras 4 SPEED Select the speed of camera movement 1 5 The higher the number is the ...

Page 31: ...r located in a certain area of the internet 1 AUTO TIME SET ON OFF To adjust time manually please set Auto Time Set OFF and go to DATE FORMAT If you want to set time automatically select Auto Time Set ON and go to TIME ZONE 2 TIME ZONE when AUTO TIME SET is ON Select the correct time zone where DVR is located 3 DATE FORMAT when AUTO TIME SET is OFF Select display type of date MM DD YYYY DD MM YYYY...

Page 32: ...ctory default 255 255 255 000 Press ENTER key and use direction keys to set SUBNET MASK 255 255 255 means that the first 3 groups of IP and Gateway address are same If yours are not in this structure please consult with a network administrator to get the correct value for Subnet Mask Static IP address users Enter Subnet Mask provided by your ISP 4 GATEWAY ADDRESS 000 000 000 000 factory default 19...

Page 33: ... and 180x120 are available to support more video frames at poor network condition Full Screen Mode sends exactly same videos which is displayed on your monitor connected to DVR video output This function is available with NVR software coming with your DVR and you can get more information at Chapter 7 NVR DISABLED Message You ll see this message in CH17 Resolution when the Record Quality Setup exce...

Page 34: ...use direction keys to select desired numbers 3 4 4 PASSWORD SETUP There are 2 different levels of passwords With ADMIN password you can access all information of DVR and fully control the system USER password allows you to access to the limited information and no authority to change the system configuration of DVR 3 4 5 VIDEO SIGNAL TYPE NTSC PAL Select your video signal format type NTSC or PAL NT...

Page 35: ...NO You can restore all configuration to factory default values Except current time and network setup configuration 5 Firmware Upgrade Upgrade DVR firmware with USB memory stick at local USB port How to upgrade firmware with USB memory stick Check you current firmware version before starting upgrade Press INFO key to confirm the version Have a newer version of firmware software in a USB memory stic...

Page 36: ...nt Press MENU Menu Setup change NET Network connection EVT Motion External sensor recording PWR Power on off and REC Manual Schedule Network driven recording buttons to narrow down your search There are 5 groups of logs by incidents They are menu setup change network connection event recording by motion or external senor DVR power on off and record start stop by manual schedule or network driven T...

Page 37: ... button You can stop playback at any time by pressing STOP button You can FF REW and PAUSE during the playback If you installed 2 HDDs DVR will show you all events and Date Time for both Master and Slave on a single screen Select the date that you want to see the events Use direction keys to change the month and select the date Press ENTER button to see recorded files on that date Note When there ...

Page 38: ...e will be stored under this list and will no longer available by regular CALENDAR TIME search You can search playback backup remove from this menu Click SEARCH PROTECT You will see the file list with recording start time recording trigger type and file location master or slave HDD Select a file and click PLAY button Channel camera name will be displayed in BLUE to notify you that this is a protect...

Page 39: ...d you will see the total files size and available space of CD or USB 6 Press START for backup You will see Backup icon on the left top of the screen until it completes Backup Error message 1 If your selected data size exceeds the current available storage space an error message Data size is too big for CD DVD USB will be shown Error message 2 If starting ending time is not set correctly or there a...

Page 40: ...ayback with non authentic files You can choose an image file for playback from directory at top of the player screen If the image is certified it will be played at original recording speed automatically You can adjust playback speed with different frame rate assigning your own number in FPS field To apply new speed click Set button You can enforce multiple speed of FF REW frame advance and pause d...

Page 41: ...B device as well as firmware version when you press INFO button To exit to normal display press INFO button again 4 2 Controlling the DVR DVR can be operated by using front panel keypads a remote control unit or an USB mouse To operate the DVR with a mouse please right click and main menu window will pop up Use left button to select a sub menu or change the setting values If you want to display a ...

Page 42: ... MULTI key or direction keys up and down You can display 1 4 8 16 live cameras channels on one screen Select preferred display type by pressing MULTI key or direction keys up and down repeatedly After selecting a preferred display type 1 4 8 16CH you can use direction keys left and right to change the camera channel or a group of cameras channels Full screen mode CH1 Æ CH2 Æ CH3 Æ Æ CH16 4CH Displ...

Page 43: ...ayed on the full monitor screen at the same time as two or three other channels are displayed in inset windows You can change 2 PIP 3 PIP mode with 4 different display positions by pressing direction keys up and down button repeatedly To exit from this mode press PIP To change 2 PIP 3 PIP mode and display position with a mouse right click and press MULTI icon and select your favorite PIP display ...

Page 44: ...click PTZF icon from the main menu window 2 Press ENTER to select the sub mode PT control ZF control or PRESET for your PTZ camera control Or just click the sub mode icon with your mouse 3 The number shown on the center of PT and ZF icon is the channel number of PTZ camera you set in the PTZ setup menu Please check MENU DEVICE PTZ menu see PTZ setup on page 33 4 You can save your favorite PT and Z...

Page 45: ...lete setting location 5 Press GO button to move camera to the desired preset location IMPORTANT PRESET requires admin password when the system is locked 1 Select your desired channel Press the number from remote control unit or click PT on the screen using left button on the mouse 2 Control the camera with direction keys Up Down Right Left of remote control unit or arrow icon on the screen using L...

Page 46: ...ee 2x2 enlarged video on the screen 3 Select the viewing area using direction keys or on screen direction keys 4 To exit and go to normal display mode press ZOOM button again 4 3 6 Video Loss L If there is no video signal you will see L indicating video loss displayed on that channel Please check video cables and connection of each camera to confirm the signal loss 4 4 Recording R S M E N 1 2 ...

Page 47: ...icon will be Schedule Recording S Motion Recording M External Sensor driven Recording E and NVR driven recording N activated Recording will be stopped when the event is terminated 4 5 Playback P and Trick Mode Pause FF REW Frame Advance 1 2 1 2 3 Playback icon To playback any recorded files press PB button P icon will be displayed on the right top of the screen during the playback Recorded time wi...

Page 48: ...een again to go back to original playback mode 3 4 4 6 Network Remote Monitoring and Control You can connect to your DVR from anywhere through the internet To monitor and control the DVR from remote sites you must install Net Viewer program into your PC Net Viewer program is our own CMS Central Monitoring System program which will provide the user a full access to multiple DVRs through the network...

Page 49: ...urrent retrieving file to PROTECT LIST Using a remote controller press ZOOM button during the playback Press YES on the REGISTER PROTECT LIST window When using a mouse right click to pop main menu window Click Lock icon Click YES on the REGISTER PROTECT LIST window IMPORTANT 1 You can register up to 5 files per each HDD in your DVR in the PROTECT LIST 2 You can not register the file in the middle ...

Page 50: ... location keeps that files Press ENTER to select the file and press PLAY button to playback Using a mouse click SEARCH PRETECT During the playback the channel number name will be displayed in blue instead of yellow for normal recorded file playback How to remove protected files If there are 5 protected files in your master or slave HDD and you try to protect new video audio files during Playback y...

Page 51: ...w to backup protected files 1 Go to PROTECT LIST menu 2 Select a file to backup 3 Press BACKUP button 4 Insert a CD DVD or USB memory stick to USB port 5 Select a backup media CD or USB 5 You DO NOT have to select the starting ending time for backup It is automatically detected when you select a file for a backup 6 Select the channel s format type and press OK Then you will see the file size for t...

Page 52: ...s immediately into temporal buffer Then you will see a channel select menu to select channels to save into HDD Using direction keys and ENTER button you can designate channels to save You can select multiple channels to save After selecting all desirable channels press OK button to store pictures into HDD 6 2 Retrieve and View Captured Image Your DVR keeps and manages captured files separately fro...

Page 53: ...e screen 6 3 Remove Captured Image You can save up to 100 captured images into our HDD You should erase some images to save new captured images How to remove captured image files IMPORTANT If there are 100 captured images in your HDD and you try to capture new video images the oldest image will be erased automatically to save new picture To protect your captured images please maintain your capture...

Page 54: ...elect a file to backup from captured file list Insert a USB memory stick to a USB port Press BACKUP button When the backup is completed COPY DONE message will be appeared on the screen Captured image files are very important and a valuable evidence for any incidents You can make a copy of captured files into a USB memory stick ...

Page 55: ...se T network card for LAN operation 7 1 2 Network Environment 7 1 3 Net Viewer Program Installation To start network viewer installation 1 Turn your PC ON 2 Insert installation CD into the CD ROM drive 3 Execute Setup exe so it installs Net Viewer automatically and generates Icon on the desk top screen 4 Click the Net Viewer Icon then network viewer will appear on the screen as below Client PC DVR...

Page 56: ...ion to cameras channels registered on current channel group 6 Setup Update local PC and DVR Configurations 7 Multi Screen Display Displays live channels in 4 6 8 9 16 32 64 divided mode and a full screen mode 8 DVR To navigate DVR s and cameras 9 Group To navigate group s of cameras 10 Add DVR Menu button for configure the connection of new DVRs 11 Capture Capture video still images 12 Local Recor...

Page 57: ...ach Camera Mode is that you can handle each channel camera independently However it may require high network bandwidth 2 All In one Channel Mode for Net Viewer users with 8CH 16CH DVR only If you register CH9 for 8CH DVR or CH17 for 16CH DVR as a Server Camera under a certain Folder DVR DVR transmits All In One Screen to your PC through CH9 or CH17 You can enable only CH9 or CH17 to see all camera...

Page 58: ...e DVR List First click button to register DVR s and cameras channels you will see pop up window as below Follow the step 3 1 to 3 3 2 How to delete DVR Group or channel Camera Right click on DVR name in the DVR list Delete and Properties menu will pop up Click delete You can find the property information when you click properties 3 Making a group of channels cameras Before making a group you must ...

Page 59: ...ng setup and enable the motion sensor schedule recording Beep Setup Enable or disable beep sound warning Disk space to Remain HDD space need to be remained for your PC NetViewer will use rest of your HDD space for a local recording except this space Motion Recording Time 10Sec 5Min Minimum recording time when the camera channel is triggered by a motion Sensor Recording Time 10Sec 5Min Minimum reco...

Page 60: ...irable recording schedule for your client PC Choose the channel first then click Always Point starting time and drag to ending time To cancel the schedule click Clear Box After schedule setup click OK button to save and activate it Click Apply To All button to copy same schedule to all other channels easily 7 5 DVR Configuration You can remotely control and manage your DVR from NetViewer program W...

Page 61: ... right DVR 7 5 1 Device 7 5 1 1 HDD Overwrite Warning Overwrite ON OFF To enable or disable HDD overwriting Disk Warning ON OFF To enable or disable the warning message on the screen when HDD is full and overwrite is OFF Warning Method OFF OSD BEEP OSD To select warning message method 7 5 1 2 External Sensor CHANNEL CH1 CH16 ALL CH Select the type of external motion sensors or door window and any ...

Page 62: ...ENSOR if it is ON BUZZER ON OFF You can also enable or disable the internal buzzer If you select ON the BUZZER will be activated when DVR warns external alarm device 7 5 1 4 Audio RECORD ON OFF To enable or disable an audio record mode VOLUME 1 8 Higher number increase the volume Audio is linked to video channel 1 16CH DVR has four audio input channels as well as record on off volume and output ch...

Page 63: ...cameras SPEED Select the speed of camera movement 1 5 The higher the faster NAME You can create own name for each camera connected to DVR using on screen keyboard up to 8 digits If you do not want to do this channel will be displayed on the screen BLANK ON OFF You can hide certain cameras from viewing on the screen If you select ON the video from selected camera will not be displayed on the screen...

Page 64: ...t by adjusting the value of brightness contrast hue color for each camera connected to DVR SEQUENCE DISPLAY Your DVR can display the each live video channel or a group of channels in sequence mode similar to slide show in PC You can select order 1st through up to 16th camera or a group of cameras display time from this menu ...

Page 65: ...white black no color DATE TIME TOP BOTTOM OFF You can select the position of date time on the screen RECORD ICON ON OFF On off the recording icon display during recording PLAYBACK ICON ON OFF On off the playback icon display during the playback NETWORK ICON ON OFF On off the network icon display when the DVR is connected to any network client FAVORITE SKIN BLUE GREEN RED Choose your favorite menu ...

Page 66: ...e focusing on a specific channel You can select one main video channel for full screen display and up to three sub channels as sub channels MAIN Select one channel for full screen display SUB 1 2 3 Select up to 3 channels for sub display When you select MAIN and SUB cameras channels in 4CH DVR the channel camera should not be duplicated 7 5 3 System 7 5 3 1 Time Setup View Only Current DVR Time Da...

Page 67: ...word to use MENU feature 2 ADMIN combination of 4 numbers Set your ADMIN password 3 USER 1 USER 5 combination of 4 numbers User 1 through 5 are in the same security level Set your USER password 7 5 3 3 Network View Only Current DVR Network Setup CH17 RESOLUTION CH17 16CH DVR CH9 8CH DVR is All In One channel mode for NetViewer users only There are 4 different resolutions 720x480 720x240 360x240 an...

Page 68: ...nd your favorite language FACTORY RESET You can restore all configuration to factory default values Current time and Network Setup Configuration will remain same PASSWORD MODE You can enable disable password protection On Off for system setting 7 5 3 5 Information View Only System Information ...

Page 69: ...o create own recording schedule and trigger type To enable this feature schedule recording feature must be ON Choose your preferred record types such as ALWAYS MOTION SENSOR or MOT SEN on the selected time and date Important If you select SENSOR or MOTION recording on certain time and date the DVR will not start recording even if MOTION or SENSOR is ON and the camera is triggered by a motion or a ...

Page 70: ...the followings 30SEC 45SEC 1MIN 2MIN 3MIN Motion recording enabled and recording time selected DVR will record a live video from selected camera s when motion is detected DVR will keep recording for the selected ex 30sec 45sec 3min time If DVR detects the motion again DVR will continuously record for another selected time and will repeat this process until there is no motion detected ALL CH Motion...

Page 71: ...ewer clients will be disabled If you want to use this optional feature for NetViewer please make sure to have enough remaining available speed for All In One Channel Mode 3 QUALITY Normal Good Very Good Excellent Select recording video quality Higher video quality requires more HDD space 4 GOP 15 30 This number indicates the number of P frames between I Frame base frame of picture and a following ...

Page 72: ... for recorded files in DVR and other one is LOCAL Search for your local recorded files in your PC HDD To playback recorded files you need to find the files using appropriate search mode Press DVR SEARCH button and then choose the month date and press OK button Then the backup viewer will display the graphic time bar as below The time with recorded file s will be displayed in color Each color indic...

Page 73: ...p viewer will start to play back the files in selected time block You can stop the video at any time by pressing STOP button FF REW PAUSE are available during playback 7 6 2 Local Search Press LOCAL SEARCH button Then select the month date time and press OK button After selecting date and time the backup Viewer will display the local backup files in your PC HDD ...

Page 74: ...ic event Click the time block and backup viewer will start to play back the files in selected time block You can stop the video at any time by pressing STOP button FF REW and PAUSE are available during playback 7 7 Event Viewer There are two Event Search modes The one is Event Tracking Mode and other one is Event Search Mode ...

Page 75: ...ess Tracking button Then the event viewer will display the event files 7 7 1 1 Save Event Files After Event Viewer display the Event files you can save the file to local PC Data Base Data Base Default directory is C CMS DB You can change the directory by pressing Backup Database Press Backup Database button to start backup the data ...

Page 76: ...SEARCH MODE You can search the event after selecting DVR s and search options Click Search button The event search will display event Index files 7 7 2 1 Search Database You can retrieve a specific search index file by using Search Database button ...

Page 77: ...T or select Then you will see live videos coming from selected DVR or GROUP on the screen You can watch multiple videos from other GROUP using a GROUP selection window at any time 7 8 1 DVR or Group Selection To connect to DVR s camera s select a DVR or GROUP you want to connect by clicking a DVR or GROUP selection window in the Left Top of Net Viewer 7 8 3 Audio Control You can control the audio ...

Page 78: ...al HDD Backup to other remote PC or CD DVD are not supported The backup file type is MPEG4 format for authentication purpose From NetViewer main screen click Search button then click Backup button And Backup Dialog window will pop up Select your backup directory Local HDD or USB memory stick Select the start and end time for backup And click Backup button If the backup file size is bigger than ava...

Page 79: ...ded 10 100 Base T network card for LAN operation 8 1 2 Network Environment Client PC DVR Minimum More than 128Kbps More than 128 Kbps Recommend More than 3 Mbps More than 3 Mbps If you experience ActiveX installation problem 1 Enable all option regarding ActiveX controls 2 Open internet browser select Tools Internet Options Security Custom Level and select Enable following items on example picture...

Page 80: ...t the screen as below 8 3 Connect to DVR using Web Viewer IE 8 3 1 Connect to DVR via Web Browser using URL 1 Make sure your DVR network setup is successfully completed And check your Network ID and Password from the Network Setup Registering your Network ID and Password is required before connecting to DVR via web browser 2 Open your internet browser Go to http sc dvrviewer com then you will see ...

Page 81: ...t videos into your PC client PC in AVI format 3 Channel Selection Button You can choose any channel to display as a full screen 4 Multi Screen Button You can set display mode in Full 4 9 or 16 channels You also can enlarge video area in full screen on your PC monitor 5 REC and Playback Button You can record and retrieve videos to from your client PC 6 PTZF Control Pan Tilt Zoom Focus control for P...

Page 82: ...veX control please refer to chapter 8 2 Web Viewer setup to enable ActiveX download 3 Click Administrator s page and type admin in both ID and password section Click log in button then you will reach to the administrator s page as below Check current version of your DVR first 4 Go to Local Update Find the right file with browser then click Update button Don t try Kernel update unless you get a spe...

Page 83: ...test If you get time out message at ping test you should fix this problem before going to next step Check if DVR and computer are in same intranet Check if there are other computers or devices that have same IP address in same intranet Check if IP address subnet mask and gateway address are correct 2 Direct ping test without Router If you failed ping test through Router you should figure out if DV...

Page 84: ...4 Pentaplex Standalone DVR 84 Open Network Connections Select Properties of Local Area Connection Set IP address Subnet mask and Gateway address of your PC Select Internet Protocol TCP IP Select Properties ...

Page 85: ...85 Click on Use the following IP address Type in Subnet mask and Gateway address of DVR into these fields Type in IP address like example Do ping test again With the test result you can figure out if DVR is working good or defective ...

Page 86: ...ring Control Remote View and Control via High speed Internet or USB Telephone Modem Dynamic Static IP support Own Client Web Browser support Client software for Remote View Full Control Multi DVRs Multi Clients support Each Camera Mode Full Screen Mode or Each Camera Mode Playback Playback Screen Mode Full 4 Split Full 4 9 Split Full 4 9 16 Split Search Mode Search by Manual Schedule Motion Sensor...

Page 87: ...MPEG4 Pentaplex Standalone DVR 87 This figure of HDD space used is reference only Actual number can be effected by many parameters ...

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