HIKVISION DS-72xxHGHI-SH Quick Start Manual Download Page 11

 

 

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3. MAIN MENU LAYOUT 

 

View recorded 

video and make 

backup 

Setup recording 

type, motion 

detection, 

resolution and 

frame rate, and 

more 

Set up date/time, 

network, screen 

settings, user 

accounts, and 

more 

Model number, 

firmware version, 

camera status, 

HDD status and 

more 

Search for 

snapshots, make 

large backups  

Add cameras, 

change brightness, 

contrast… camera 

name, PTZ, privacy 

mask  

Upgrade firmware, 

factory default, 

system logs, 

import/export 

settings  

Displays the 

current logged in 

user  

Exit MENU to 

Live View  

DEFAULT USERNAME: 

admin

 

(Please note, the username and password are case sensitive) 

Log Out and Lock 

the DVR 

Summary of Contents for DS-72xxHGHI-SH

Page 1: ...on the CD ROM 2015 Hikvision USA Inc All rights reserved Hikvision is a registered trademark of Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd in the US Canada and other countries All other trademarks service marks and product or service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Product specifications and availability are subject to change without notice ...

Page 2: ...t www hikvision com en us download asp Contents 1 Overview 2 Device Activation 3 Main Menu Layout 4 Formatting the HDD 5 Date and Time Setup 6 Setting up Network Access 7 Adding IP cameras 8 Setting up Recording 9 Configuring the Mobile APP 10 Playing Back Recorded Video 11 Making a Backup 1 OVERVIEW THE BOX CONTAINS DVR USB Mouse IR Remote Batteries not included Power Cord Hard Drive Mounting Scr...

Page 3: ...Audio Out 4 VGA output 5 HDMI output 6 USB Interface 7 Network Interface RJ45 8 RS 485 Interface 9 Power Supply Port 10 Power Switch 11 Grounding Screw 12 Alarm In Out FRONT VIEW 1 Power Status and Tx Rx indicators 2 IR Receiver 3 USB Interface DS 72xxHGHI SH ...

Page 4: ...6 VGA output 7 Audio Out 8 Network Interface 9 RS 485 Interface 10 Power Supply 11 Power Switch 12 GND 13 Line In 14 eSATA 15 RS 232 Interface FRONT VIEW 1 Power Ready Status Alarm HDD and Tx Rx Indicators 2 DVD R W 3 Composite Keys 4 Direction Enter Keys 5 Power 6 Jog Shuttle Control 7 USB Interface 8 IR Receiver ...

Page 5: ...ut 8 Network Interface 9 RS 485 Interface 10 Power Supply 11 Power Switch 12 GND 13 Line In 14 eSATA 15 RS 232 Interface FRONT VIEW 1 Power Ready Status Alarm HDD and Tx Rx Indicators 2 IR Receiver 3 Front Panel Lock 4 DVD R W 5 Alphanumeric Buttons 6 USB Interfaces 7 Function Keys 8 Direction Enter Keys 9 JOG SHUTTLE Control 10 Power ...

Page 6: ...g with the latest firmware see chart above WILL NO LONGER HAVE A DEFAULT PASSWORD The user must activate the DVR NVR by creating a password for the admin account in one of four ways Local Activation 1 Power on the DVR NVR A message will appear prompting user to activate the device The username field will be greyed out with the username set to admin 2 Type in a password of your choosing see Passwor...

Page 7: ... the bottom right of the screen The password strength will be displayed accompanied by a color indicator Level 0 Risky no indicator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak pink indicator Acceptable Level 2 Medium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will not be allowed unless the password is of acceptable strength If the password ...

Page 8: ...he Password field The password strength will be displayed accompanied by a color indicator Level 0 Risky no indicator Not acceptable Level 1 Weak pink indicator Acceptable Level 2 Medium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will be allowed if the password is of acceptable strength If the password is of unacceptable str...

Page 9: ...edium yellow indicator Acceptable Level 3 Strong green indicator Acceptable Bar length indicates strength level Activation will be allowed if the password is of acceptable strength A white checkmark will appear in a green circle to the right of the password field If the password is unacceptable strength Risky a white X will appear in a red circle to the right of the password field and a warning di...

Page 10: ...er and the password length is at least eight characters This type of password will be accepted Level 2 Medium Fair NVRs will accept a Level 2 password Password contains two types of characters The combination is neither number lowercase letter nor number uppercase letter and the password length is at least eight characters This type of password will be accepted Level 3 Strong NVRs will accept a Le...

Page 11: ...d more Model number firmware version camera status HDD status and more Search for snapshots make large backups Add cameras change brightness contrast camera name PTZ privacy mask Upgrade firmware factory default system logs import export settings Displays the current logged in user Exit MENU to Live View DEFAULT USERNAME admin Please note the username and password are case sensitive Log Out and Lo...

Page 12: ...rmatted To format the HDD go to MENU SYSTEM CONFIGURATION HDD Select the HDDs that need to be formatted and press INIT 4 FORMATTING THE HARD DRIVE NOTE Units purchased with HDDs come with HDDs already formatted Formatting the HDDs also erases the recorded video from the HDDs this does not affect the settings Free Space Total HDD Space List of HDDs ...

Page 13: ...hikvision com en us To set up the Time and Date on a DVR please go to MENU SYSTEM CONFIGURATION GENERAL 5 DATE AND TIME SETUP NTP Settings Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time settings Date and Time settings ...

Page 14: ...outer Port Forwarding 3 Register DDNS DDNS registration is required only if the public IP address is Dynamic To assign an IP ADDRESS go to MENU SYSTEM CONFIGURATION NETWORK 6 SETTING UP NETWORK ACCESS NETWORK Sub Menu General IP CONFIGURATION Please note that the DVR s default IP Address is 192 0 0 64 Enable DHCP With DHCP enabled the router will assign an IP address to the DVR Select NIC Type ...

Page 15: ...orwarded for remote access The SERVER PORT is responsible for the MOBILE APP and CLIENT SOFTWARE log in The HTTP PORT is responsible for WEB BROWSER log in The RTSP PORT is responsible for VIDEO AUDIO STREAMING The HTTP PORT and the SERVER PORT can be changed if desired in order to avoid conflicts with the ISP or the existing network configuration ...

Page 16: ...rtforward com and not responsible for any activity between the user and www portforward com Please refrain from downloading any software from the abovementioned website Proceed to the ROUTERS section for step by step instructions DDNS Setup DDNS registration has been made more user friendly and takes only a few seconds to complete Legacy units require user registration on www hik online com This s...

Page 17: ...iteria and or is already registered an error message will appear the domain name cannot contain upper case characters begin with a number spaces special characters EZVIZ is used for a connection through a secure server In this case port forwarding is not required Contact Technical Support for detailed information Enable DDNS and create a DOMAIN NAME ...

Page 18: ...d to the network List of detected cameras YELLOW List of added cameras WHITE Press to add the camera to the DVR Press the GARBAGE CAN icon to delete an added camera Please refer to the manual for detailed information NOTE To change the CAMERA NAME go to OSD Press EDIT to change the camera s IP address ...

Page 19: ...ion The color of the calendar is what constitutes the recording schedule 1 Blue Continuous 2 Yellow Event Motion Alarm 3 Grey No Recording Select the camera Enable Disable the schedule This field is used to customize a part of the existing schedule This can be ignored if setting up motion only recording NOTE If ENABLE SCHEDULE is not checked then that camera would not be recording ...

Page 20: ...e EVENT under the calendar yellow After this the mouse cursor will change to a WAND 3 Select the calendar and it will turn YELLOW just like on a computer click on the top left corner of the calendar and drag to the bottom right corner 4 Press APPLY 5 Press COPY to copy the new schedule to the remaining cameras ...

Page 21: ...mera In this step the COPY option is available only for analog cameras IP cameras need to be configured individually Motion Area The grid indicates the area where motion will be detected Motion Sensitivity The number of bright green squares indicates the sensitivity level in this photo the sensitivity is set to 3 Motion Detection Setup ...

Page 22: ...RATE BITRATE settings please go to RECORD QUALITY in the RECORDING CONFIGURATION submenu Record Quality Select Main Stream Continuous Pertains to live view image as well as continuous recording Event Pertains to event recording only motion or alarm Select Camera ...

Page 23: ...aming the video Max Bitrate Recommended is the DVR s recommended bitrate according to the parameters set above Record Audio allows turning the audio recording on or off for IPC this option is only available if the camera has a microphone connected to it Video Stream allows changing the recording stream between Main Stream and Sub Stream this step requires a restart Input Resolution shows the resol...

Page 24: ...treaming on mobile devices as well as displaying multiple cameras on the local output Record Quality Select Sub Stream Unlike Main Stream Sub Stream can only go up to 4CIF Select Camera NOTE If the upload speed is not sufficient consider lowering the frame rate bitrate resolution for more fluent mobile app viewing ...

Page 25: ...P STORE iPhone iPad PLAYSTORE Android The app is also available for WINDOWS MOBILE devices Nokia Phones and tablets Download the app from the appropriate place and launch it When the APP is launched for the first time a tutorial screen will be displayed and it can be easily skipped 9 CONFIGURING THE MOBILE APP Launch the APP Select your region ...

Page 26: ...ww hikvision com en us ENTER THE INFO ADD BUTTON Manual Adding MENU BUTTON DEVICES BUTTON REGISTER MODE Please Note If free HikVision DDNS is configured for the device change the REGISTER MODE to HiDDNS ...

Page 27: ...he CAMERA NUMBER has changed to the correct number of cameras connected to the DVR NVR Please note START LIVE VIEW button will begin live camera stream CHANGE THE MODE ENTER DEVICE DOMAIN COMPLETE THE PAGE SAVE BUTTON Please Note Alias is just a friendly name for the address book i e Home Office User Name and Password are the DVR s NVR s username and password ...

Page 28: ...on the calendar 3 Select the desired time using the Timeline or Jump to Time feature 4 Press PLAY 10 PLAYING BACK RECORDED VIDEO Select a camera to playback Click on the timeline to select the desired time of playback Select the desired date to playback Full Screen button Going to a full screen will allow multiple channel playback Press PLAY to begin playback Select the desired time of playback ...

Page 29: ... 3 Select the DATE and beginning time of the incident 4 Click START CLIPPING 5 Select the ending time of the incident 6 Click END CLIPPING same button as Start Clipping 7 Click SAVE CLIP 8 Repeat steps 1 7 as many times as required 9 Click CLIPS EXPORT 11 MAKING A BACKUP Select the START TIME Select the END TIME START END Clipping Save clip Export Clips ...

Page 30: ...taining all saved clips 10 Select the desired clips 11 Press EXPORT 12 After the backup is complete remove the USB FLASH Drive or the USB HDD Select the desired clips If selected multiple clips created from the same camera will be stitched together EXPORT THE CLIPS TO USB DEVICE ...

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