2 Quick-Setup Guide
2.1 Installation
1
2
3
4
VIDEO
OUT
SERIAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
a b c d
CONFIG
INTERNAL
DISK
EXTERNAL
DRIVES ETHERNET
VIDEO IN
1
3
2
4
IN
OUT
AUDIO
L
R
IN
1 Alm Start
2 Alm Stop
3 Record
4 Time
5 Chain
6 Wake Up
7 Ground
OUT
8 Record
9 Disk Ful
10 Alarm
11 Time
12 Chain
13 Fault
14 DC Power
POWER
+12V DC @ 3.5A (max)
+12V
NC
+12 V DC
(500mA Max)
DC Ground
Video to Input 1
Camera
To open the wire receptacle, insert
small flat-bladed screwdriver
horizontally into the square hole.
Figure 1: Basic AfterBurner-2 Installation
Basic installation is shown in Figure 1 above. The camera is connected to video input 1
and the DC power supply connected to the “Power” input. Further cameras can then be
connected to video inputs 2,3,4. AfterBuner-2 can be used to provide 12 V DC power to
external cameras, with a maximum current of 500mA via the rear panel I/O connector
(as shown in Figure 1).
2.2 Operation
Overview
AfterBurner is primarily intended for use in long-term police surveillance operations.
Video is recorded to its internal hard drive and evidence is then burnt to DVD. Each
DVD holds up to 3 hours of real-time video, which can be extended to 24 hours (or
more) when set to record in time-lapse (which increases record time per DVD by storing
fewer pictures per second).
AfterBurner-2 writes video to its internal hard disk and when it has enough data, and
there is a blank DVD in its drive, it automatically burns a DVD. If there is no DVD in the
drive, AfterBuner-2 continues to record to the internal disk. Files are then be selected
and burnt as required via the front panel LCD and keypad (See Section 2.7, page 8).
NB:
Afterburner is a video (and audio) recorder and is not a player. The only way to
view the recordings is by burning them onto DVD or downloading files from the internal
hard disk via the USB or Ethernet ports.
2.3
Front Panel Controls.
The front panel controls are shown below.