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How to do a Time 

Search

How to Copy Recorded 

Data to a CD-ROM 

from VCE400

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DIGTIAL VIDEO RECORDER (DVR) - BASIC OPERATION 

- HOW TO DO A TIME SEARCH, EVENT SEARCH, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COPYING RECORDED DATA TO A CD-ROM

Press the 

“Search”

 Button

Move down to 

“Time Search”

 and press 

“status/home/enter”

Use the directional arrows to Highlight the desired information  

 

(Year/Month/Day Hour:Minute:Second); Use the 

“F-” (auto) or  

 

“F+” 

(freeze) keys to decrement or increment the highlighted  

 

values
Once you have entered desired start time for the search, Press  

 

the

 “status/home/enter”

After the recording has started to play you can use the VCR   

 

style controls (Fast Forward, Pause, Slow Motion, Change      

 

Direction)

To return to the live view of the VCE400, press 

“LV/PB”

 (Live/ 

 

Playback)



This feature will only work if you have the VCE400  

 

setup for Event Recording (see previous sections on  

 

Event Recording)

Press the 

“Search”

 Button

Move down to 

“Event Search”

 and press 

“status/ 

 

home/enter”

Select 

“HDD ID: REC”

 and press 

“status/home/enter”

Use the directional arrows to Highlight the desired  

 

Event, Press the 

“status/home/enter”

After the recording has started to play you can use  

 

the VCR style controls (Fast Forward, Pause, Slow  

 

Motion, and Change Direction)
This will play the recorded video until the selected  

 

event stopped recording; the VCE400 will return  

 

“Completed” at the end of the recording

To return to the live view of the VCE400, press 

“LV/ 

 

PB”

 (Live/Playback)



How to do an Event 

Search

SEARCH / COPY

For best results use only CD-R, or pre-formatted CD-RW  

 

 

media

Press the 

“Copy” 

Button

Select 

“Copy”

 and press 

“status/home/enter”

Select 

“Media: USB_FRONT”

; Use the 

“F-” (auto) or “F+”  

 

 

(freeze)

 keys to change the value to 

“Media: INTERNAL CD-   

 

RW/DVD”

By default, all channels are set to be recorded to the CD-R

“O”

 indicates that the Channel will be recorded to the CD-R

“-“

 indicates that the Channel will not be recorded to the CD- R

If you do not want to copy all the Channels to the CD-R, Move  

 

down to

 “Channel”

, Use the directional arrows to Highlight the 

 

channel indicators. Use the 

“F-” (auto) or “F+” (freeze)

 keys to  

 

modify the highlighted values

Move down to 

“Copy Start Time”

 Use the directional arrows to  

 

Highlight the desired information (Year/Month/Day Hour:Minute: 

 

Second); Use the 

“F-” (auto) or “F+” (freeze) 

keys to decrement  

 

or increment the highlighted values

Move down to 

“Copy End Time”

 Use the directional arrows to  

 

Highlight the desired information (Year/Month/Day Hour:Minute: 

 

Second); Use the 

“F-” (auto) or “F+” (freeze) 

keys to decrement  

 

or increment the highlighted values

Press 

“status/home/enter”

, to finalize the copying settings

At the 

“Password Input”

 Screen, Use the number buttons on   

 

the front of the DVR to enter in your numeric password, this pass 

 

word can be up to 8 characters long; If you do  not want to pass 

 

word protect the video you are copying to CD-R, Press 

“Spot/ESC”

This should return you back to the main camera screen; the   

 

“Copying Status” should be displayed in the upper right hand     

 

corner of the screen

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Summary of Contents for VCE404

Page 1: ...QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ENGLISH VERSION 1 02 The Benchmark for Value in CCTV VCE400 SERIES Pentaplex Network DVR Copyright 2007 Digimerge Technologies Inc...

Page 2: ...ed to the CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Video Inputs BNC Inputs 2 Insert the power cord to the DVR Your system is now ready to use Refer to your DVR s owner s manual to learn how to record playback use the search f...

Page 3: ...ton Use the Left or Right Arrows to Navigate to the Screen Menu Move down to Title and press status home enter Select desired channel number i e CH 1 and press status home enter Use the directional ar...

Page 4: ...e desired letters or numbers Press the status home enter to select the letter Repeat this process until the full domain name is displayed in the Do main Name section To make corrections to the data en...

Page 5: ...s to decrement or in crement the Resolution value the options are 320x240 720x240 720x480 Setting Normal continuous Record IPS The Normal IPS Settings are only used when the Record button is pressed P...

Page 6: ...ngs dictate what type of events will trigger the VCE400 to record by default these are all enabled O indicates the option is enabled indicates the option is disabled A indicates an externally triggere...

Page 7: ...atures refer to the VCE400 Series Manual under the 6 3 1 Record Setup section Press Spot ESC 2 times Move down to Save and Exit and press status home enter In this menu you can configure a weekly reco...

Page 8: ...New Password and the Re type fields are the same Press Spot ESC 2 times Move down to Save and Exit and press status home enter Setting Resetting VCE400 Admin Password This option will return the unit...

Page 9: ...ange Direction This will play the recorded video until the selected event stopped recording the VCE400 will return Completed at the end of the recording To return to the live view of the VCE400 press...

Page 10: ...f ethernet cable not sup plied to the DVR the other end to the broad band router not included Power router and DVR ON if not already ON Port forwarding Your Router and the Creation of a DDNS Account w...

Page 11: ...se a URL Name not to exceed 15 characters e g your name your company etc 1 2 3 Select the Create Account Option Create Account An Automated Confirmation email will be sent to you Record the informatio...

Page 12: ...ould be populated in the above list Select the DVR by clicking on it and then click on the Connect Button A login window should appear Enter in the DVR s 8 digit password and press Ok Logging Into Liv...

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