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4 Channel

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Network Video Recorder

User

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English

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Summary of Contents for 4 Channel Network Video Recorder

Page 1: ...Entry Level 4 Channel Network Video Recorder User s Manual v1 7 5 EN M175 11162011 001...

Page 2: ...back Videos 33 2 2 Export Playback Videos to AVI Files 36 2 3 Play Exported AVI Videos With NVR Media Player 39 2 4 Open Event Snapshot Images with NVR Media Player 40 3 System Setup 41 3 1 System Con...

Page 3: ...l English 3 3 5 System Options 76 3 5 1 Device Information 76 3 5 2 Logs and Reports 77 3 5 3 Maintenance 77 Reboot the NVR 78 Reboot NVR At a Specific Time Automatically 79 Firmware Upgrade 80 Reset...

Page 4: ...z or higher Dual Core is recom mended RAM Minimum 1 GB of RAM 2GB or above is recommended Network Minimum 10 100 Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet is recommended Graphics Adapter AGP or PCI Express minimum 10...

Page 5: ...he NVR using a web browser in stalled on a PC connected to a network and live videos can be viewed on major mobile devices through its web browser Recorded video can be played back from remote site by...

Page 6: ...Basic Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 6 Hardware Illustration Front Rear HDD Tray HDD Tray Power button and LED HDD LEDs USB Connector Power jack Ethernet jack USB connector Reset Restar...

Page 7: ...1 Push the silver button to release the HDD tray 2 Pull out the HDD tray 3 Place the HDD on the tray and secure the HDD with the screws at the bottom as illus trated 4 Push the tray back in the unit a...

Page 8: ...he NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server or you are connecting to it directly Access the NVR with its default IP Use NVR Search Utility To begin launch the NVR Search utility from the CD and...

Page 9: ...k Finish The search should start automatically and its status should be dis played The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed Double click on it and the program should automatica...

Page 10: ...sword admin and then click OK to enter the system You will be prompted for the NVR s login information before proceeding to change device s IP address You may click on the button highlighted below to...

Page 11: ...hat the NVR is fully started first as startup time is different among differ ent network devices Due to the reason that the IP cameras tend to finish booting up faster than the NVR if the NVR is not f...

Page 12: ...he NVR use a PC that is on the same network over a switch or hub or connect the PC directly to the NVR using a crossover CAT5 Ethernet cable The PC that is connected directly to the NVR or within the...

Page 13: ...quence Viewing PTZ Control Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing Perform manual recording Take snapshot Receive audio of a video stream Send audio Change web UI display language 1 Live View If you are u...

Page 14: ...on any camera to display video in single view mode 1 2 Retrieve camera s status The camera list can show each camera s current status Each sta tus is represented with different colors and their meanin...

Page 15: ...automatically without having to select them one by one To perform sequence view select SEQ View from the upper left hand corner Next select one or more camera s or camera group s for sequence viewing...

Page 16: ...tilt zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris Camera s that are currently being selected for live viewing will be listed in the PTZ drop down menu Simply select a came...

Page 17: ...point viewing of a particular camera Auto pan a particular camera Perform preset point sequence viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop down list Its available PTZ preset points will be...

Page 18: ...ou to view multiple preset points videos of a camera without having to select them one by one Once you have defined the prefered preset points in Channel Configurations PTZ Setting PTZ Preset Sequence...

Page 19: ...live video window comes with control buttons with func tions described below Take a snapshot of a live video Full screen view of a live video Turn on off audio of a live video Start stop recording of...

Page 20: ...e displayed in a pop up window shown like below Right click anywhere on the image and select Save Image as from the pull down menu In the pop up dialog name the image file and choose which di rectory...

Page 21: ...tton to do so The button will show in different color once the audio is turned on Click on it again to turn off audio Start Stop Recording of a Live Video You can manually start or stop recording of a...

Page 22: ...Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper right hand corner Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail infor mati...

Page 23: ...ve view to the NVR by using its Safari browser To be able to view the live video through the Safari browser make sure javascript is on under Settings Safari Javascript Once Javascript is enabled click...

Page 24: ...User s Manual English 24 You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR Upon successful login you should see the live view video of the first channel Click on the Channe...

Page 25: ...If a PTZ camera is selected the corresponding control buttons will display control PT only Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras Certain cameras do not...

Page 26: ...by using its Safari browser To be able to view the live video through its browser make sure javascript is enabled under Browser Menu button Options Browser Configuration 1 2 Enable the Support Javascr...

Page 27: ...Video Recorder User s Manual English 27 Make sure two options illustrated below are enabled Press the menu button and click the Save Options to save settings 1 2 Press the button highlighted below to...

Page 28: ...4 Channel Basic Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 28 Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter its username and password for ac cess...

Page 29: ...usly recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the f...

Page 30: ...search videos recorded within that range Search by event Find videos that were recorded due to event triggers Play by start time Enter a specific time a video was recorded to start playing back the vi...

Page 31: ...n a Date Channel table and boxes marked in blue represent videos found in those dates Click on any blue cell box should direct you to the hour channel table if there were multiple videos recorded duri...

Page 32: ...Recorder User s Manual English 32 Click on the cell box again will start playing back the videos if you have reached the end of search results Videos found from other cameras that were recorded at the...

Page 33: ...search on Selected channels will be marked in red Select Search by event from the Search Method drop down list and click Go to start the search Results will then be listed like what is shown below di...

Page 34: ...rict the number of results to be displayed at once max 30 and perform the search again Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place you may choose the Play by start time from the...

Page 35: ...al English 35 Search by event Most Recent This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels displaying the most recent result top down You may click Update to...

Page 36: ...s Media player Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the pre vious section hit the Export AVI button on a video window of the video you wish to export A new dialog will pop up an...

Page 37: ...The file will be automatically named and saved under the C partition You will be notified once the process is completed successfully The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition ffdshow...

Page 38: ...Media Player that is available on the CD to play the exported AVI files This can save you the trouble of installing third party media player or codecs when playing the ex ported AVI videos Run the NVR...

Page 39: ...disable Video Play Speed 2 4 Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recepient These type of snaps...

Page 40: ...em time so videos will be recorder with correct timestamp To better secure the system for unwanted disturbance we will guide you on setting up user s account and privileges to prevent settings gets al...

Page 41: ...the recorder 3 Enable DHCP Server under DHCP Server if you wish to use the recorder as a DHCP server or leave it disabled if there is already a DHCP server in the network 4 Click Apply for the settin...

Page 42: ...ers can access the NVR remotely with the DDNS domain name without worrying if the IP hs changed or not The NVR currently only works with free DDNS service provided by DynDNS For more information pleas...

Page 43: ...sh 43 In order to properly configure the DDNS service function please reg ister a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first Go to www dyndns com from the browser to do so Click on the Signup...

Page 44: ...drop down menu Click here to automatically fill in the current public IP in the IP Address field Pick one or more options here any is fine Click to go to the next step The page will check whether the...

Page 45: ...to the next page fill in the necessary fields as illustrated below Create an username and a password here This will be used in the NVR s configuration Enter a valid email ad dress as well Enter the s...

Page 46: ...stration in the Do main Name field and the username password you created in the User ID and Password field and click Apply to finish You can click the Check DDNS Status button to check the DynDNS serv...

Page 47: ...k with the DynDNS server once every hour and update its latest public IP to the server The Apply button does the same thing which if you are see the Disconnected status you can use it to manually chec...

Page 48: ...play time of event logs and when they actually oc cur After selecting the time zone choose an option below to set the re corder time Manual Use the drop down list and configure the time manually Sync...

Page 49: ...login To change the password of the admin account 1 Click and highlight the admin account in the account list and click Edit 2 Its information should be displayed in User Account Informa tion 3 Enter...

Page 50: ...ilt in groups and five built in privi lege profiles except the admin and the guest accounts the other five groups are fully customizable or you can simply assign a group with one of the default privil...

Page 51: ...what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the Privilege Type drop down menu Its access privilege will then be displayed You can alter its settings by allowing or denying access to...

Page 52: ...to ini tialize it so that it can be ready for recording You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page To initialize it simply click the Format button You can also connect...

Page 53: ...ew camera Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the cameras or it is possible to enter camera s information and add it manually Automatic Search 1 Click the Search button to per...

Page 54: ...the Camera Information section Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera 5 Click on Detect to establish connection between the recorder and the camera If connectio...

Page 55: ...n described above but instead of using the Search function enter the camera s IP address and cre dential in the Camera Information manually then follow step 5 6 described above Enter manually 1 2 If c...

Page 56: ...display options if you would also like the re corder to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you Or simply choose to display a custom message of your own 3 Next define where the...

Page 57: ...This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera 1 To set up PTZ preset points select a camera from the Camera drop down menu and click Add 2 Select a positio...

Page 58: ...this preset point a Home point among all other preset points as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered Move Here when Event Trigger In order for this fu...

Page 59: ...To configure preset sequence for a camera select a channel from the Channel drop down menu The available preset points should be listed in Camera Presets sec tion Pick the ones you like for sequence...

Page 60: ...hich camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening This function works by incorporating the event detection function as well as the recording function which as a result helps...

Page 61: ...he camera icon to move the camera to define its location Access the E Map Monitor page from the upper right hand corner menu When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras their vide...

Page 62: ...from different locations To configure locations of each camera first determine the location you d like to place the camera to on the map You can do so by 1 Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom...

Page 63: ...and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in conjunction with the regular E Map monitor function You c...

Page 64: ...en it will be triggered Such setting can reduce the management overhead and notify the administrator only when it s necessary Start the event configuration by defining the general settings Define when...

Page 65: ...e first few frames of the video recorder upon an event is triggered You can also choose to have the recorder send out a warning mes sage in e mail or in txt file format and upload it to an destined FT...

Page 66: ...r a disk failure the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format image txt to a destined event server according to the configuration Configuring an FTP server To add an FTP server 1 Star...

Page 67: ...ed or leave it unchecked to use active mode 6 Click Test to verify if all information is entered correctly and the connection to the FTP server can be established successfully 7 Click Add for the sett...

Page 68: ...IP address of the SMTP server 2 Enter the port of the SMTP server 3 Specify the sender s name in the Sender s name field 4 Enter the sender s e mail address 5 Check Enable Authentication and enter th...

Page 69: ...led What is considered to be an event Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent Select Channels to Enable Event Trigger and which type of event should be triggered Use the checkbox...

Page 70: ...trigger the recorder to send out notifications Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to Event trigger may not work for cameras that are placed outside of your local ne...

Page 71: ...different types of recordings performed on each channels It can help the recorder to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording only when it s necessary with adjustable recording...

Page 72: ...rding type The Pre alarm function only works when the Continueous recording is also activated Users can also set to keep a previous number of days of recording data by enabling the option below This i...

Page 73: ...Manual English 73 The Camera Recording Setting section allows you to turn on or off a particular recording type on any channels The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recor...

Page 74: ...Use the Channel drop down menu and select a camera first 2 You can use the schedule table to set the time range Click the cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recordin...

Page 75: ...tead of clicking cell boxex one by one on the time ta ble Simply check what days you would like to perform recording and specify the recording duration by either choosing All Day or enter a start and...

Page 76: ...status and allows users to perform maintenance tasks such as upgrading firm ware restore backup device settings or reboot device etc 3 5 1 Device Information The Device Information provides the genera...

Page 77: ...s basic information for troubleshooting 3 5 3 Maintenance Maintenance provides functions for users to Reboot the NVR when necessary Reboot cameras directly from the NVR Perform Firmware Upgrade Backup...

Page 78: ...irmware to take effect Such process would prevent a recording from getting interrupted be cause the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the recorder Simp...

Page 79: ...English 79 Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically You can also configure the NVR to restart automatically by using the options given in the web UI You can set the NVR to restart at a par tic...

Page 80: ...l that you may only see tar as the the gz file extension is hidden by default in Windows You will get in correct file format error message if the file extension is altered Certain personal firewall ma...

Page 81: ...the USB disk 3 Plug USB flash disk into USB port on the NVR 4 The Status LED on the NVR will start to flash in amber This indi cates firmware upgrade is in process 5 Warning Please wait until upgrade...

Page 82: ...nual English 82 Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default click Default but ton and begin the proces The process should be displayed and you should be prompted...

Page 83: ...4 Channel Basic Network Video Recorder User s Manual English 83 3 5 4 Disk Status Disk Status gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR...

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