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Full Screen View of a Live Video 

 

To view a video in full screen, click the  

 button. To exit full screen 

video, double-click anywhere on the video. 

 

 

Turn On/Off Audio of a Live Video 

 

You can retrieve audio from a particular camera. Simply click the  

  

button to do so. 
 

The button will show in different color once the audio is turned on. 

   

Click on it again to turn off audio. 

 

  You may only turn on audio once channel at a time

 

 

 

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art/Stop Recording of a Live Video 

You can manually start or stop recording of a live video by using the 

    

button. 
 
The button will show in different color once the recording is started 

manually. 

   Click on it again to stop recording. 

 

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m a PC through a microphone and 

the audio can be played at the camera side if it has a speaker connected 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

udio post 

This function allows user to speak fro

to it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for NVR-401

Page 1: ...User s Manual Version 1 0 4 Channel Network Video Recorder NVR 401 ...

Page 2: ...les Operation is subject to the Following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this Device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Federal Communication Commission FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment In order to avoid th...

Page 3: ...For ener to disc Without r uit In the vie switch of Revisio User s M Rev 1 Part N er required device does not support Stand by mode operation gy saving please remove the DC plug or push the hardware Power Switch to OFF position onnect the device from the power circuit emove the DC plug or switch off the device the device will still consuming power from the power circ w of Saving the Energy and red...

Page 4: ...tem Options 55 6 5 1 Device Information 55 6 5 2 Logs and Reports 55 Table of 1 1 1 Product Features 5 1 2 System Requirements 6 1 3 Packet Content 6 1 4 Specification 7 1 5 Front Panel 8 1 6 LEDs Definition 8 1 7 Buttons 8 1 8 Connectors 8 stall Hard Disk 9 onnect to the NVR 11 3 1 Use Device Search Utility 11 3 2 Acces 4 iv 4 1 Retrieve cam 4 2 Retrieve camera s status 4 3 Perform Sequence Viewi...

Page 5: ...U6 5 3 MaintenanceU 55 57 6 5 4 Disk Status ...

Page 6: ...lution up t ports Real Time Gigabit Ethernet por Two way Audio funct recycle functio deo keep recording in 7 24 E map interface in w amera sea Export record video Compliant with majo asonic Sony Planet Canon and more e phon th WinCE 6 1 Android Symbian S60 kberry 4 Multiple Languages 1 Product Des Th ecorder is designed for use gs and playbacks sy g device using a hard disk drive instead tapes so ...

Page 7: ...GB or above is recommended Network t Gigabit Ethernet is recommended Video Graphics Adapter Expre ndalo Ram minimum 1024x768 16 bit colors 256MB is recommended we highly recommend to work above the 1024 x resolu to get t nce of the software Make s et to default at 96DPI To set DPI value right clic Adva 3 Packet Content er C M 1 x Quick Inst c Minimum 10 100 Etherne PCI ss Sta ne 128MB 768 tion he ...

Page 8: ... Map Web Browser Network Service SMTP TCP IP DHCP DNS HTTP FTP NTP Network File Protocol Microsoft Networks CIFS SMB Internet HTTP FTP Management Web based administration Network Time Protocol Multiple users account E mail notification System log Firmware upgrade User Interface Web browser Multiple Language panish English Italian Japanese Portuguese S Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Power D...

Page 9: ... activity S Blinking System activity HDD Green Blinking HDD is accessing Off HDD is no action 1 7 Buttons Button Description Manual Record Press to start stop record manualy Power Press to start or shut down 1 8 Connectors Connector Description USB Connect your USB flash disk for firmware upgrade LAN Connect to your network hub switch ...

Page 10: ...2 Install Hard Disk 1 Remove the screws on the bottom 2 Pull out the case inside 3 Connect the SATA bus cable and power cable to the HDD ...

Page 11: ...h sides 5 If there is a second HDD please repeat step 3 and 4 the inside housing back and secure it with the screws in 6 Place step 1 7 Connect the bundled power adapter to the power connector on the rear panel 8 Press the power button to power on ...

Page 12: ...rk with a DHCP server Connect to Device Search Utility The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server or y connecting to it directly Access NVR with its default IP 192 168 0 20 3 1 Use Device Search Utility the NVR is placed in a corporate network or a local area netwo er is already presented please install the Device Sear bundled CD disk o begin launch the Device Search utility from the CD an...

Page 13: ...Please click Next to continue stallation Please click Install to start the in ...

Page 14: ...s NVR Search NVR to run the search tool Then you will see the utility start search the network The yed Double click on it and the progr NVR s web administration page fr NVR should be located and its IP address should be displa am should automatically access the om your default browser ...

Page 15: ...ress in Or dministration page ess NVR s web administration page VR s username and password Enter its default username admin and password admin and then click OK to enter the system You may click on the button highlighted below to perform search aga double click on any of the search results to access NVR s web a Perform search again Acc You should be prompted for the N ...

Page 16: ... the NVR directly to the NVR using a crosso yo r switch or hub or connect th 5 Ethernet cable The PC that is connected directly to the NVR or within the same local area network should receiv from your web wse s e an IP from it Simply access the NVR bro r with NVR default IP addres You should be prompted for the user name and password Enter its default username admin and password admin and then cli...

Page 17: ... functions Retrieve camera s status Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing Perform manual recording Take snapshot Receive audio of a video stream Send audio Control Buzzer Change web UI display language NVR 401 comes with a 4 video split window view with one video lays on a larger window Select a c y of the smaller one to displa The Retrieve camera s video stream Perform Live Sequence Viewing PTZ Con...

Page 18: ...era is connected Camera is NOT connected Camera is current performing recording iewing view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically with having to se To ence view select Sequence from the upper left hand corner Then select one or more camera s or camera group s for sequence 4 3 Perform Sequence V Sequence lect them one by one perf...

Page 19: ... camera focus and iris as the ability to adju currently b listed wn menu PTZ ntrol the cam eing selected for live viewing will be Simply select a camera then use the era Camera s that are in the PTZ drop do nel to co control pa The bar shown below allows you to control the pan tilt speed ...

Page 20: ...ection Auto pan a particular camera Perform preset point sequence viewing Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop down list Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop down list shown below Select a preset position from the drop down list and click Go to to move the live view to that position ...

Page 21: ...u click Pan Left Use the Auto Pan button for such cameras Stop Pan right Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points a camera without having to select them one by one Once have defined the prefer preset points in Camera Configuration PTZ Preset Sequence under the Setup menu click Start here and the recorder will begin to display videos those preset points ...

Page 22: ...ns described below Each live video window comes with Take a snapshot of a live video Turn on off audio of a live video Start stop recording of a live video manual recording Audio post function Full screen view of a live video Display video in its original ratio ...

Page 23: ...tton and the up window shown like snapshot of the video will be displayed in a pop 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 directory the image will be saved to and click Save ...

Page 24: ...e the audio is turned on Click on it again to turn off audio You may only turn on audio once channel at a time Start Stop Recording of a Live Video You can manually start or stop recording of a live video by using the button The button will show in different color once the recording is started manually Click on it again to stop recording A m a PC through a microphone and the audio can be played at...

Page 25: ...b 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 information about the user as well as a drop down menu which lets you change the display language ...

Page 26: ... find the footage you need quickly You can turn on or off the audio of a recorded video at your choice if audio was also recorded during the recording of the video Playback video can be viewed in full screen and snapshots can be taken and saved during a video playback 5 1 Methods to Search Playback Videos The NVR offers three methods to quickly help users find videos that were previously recorded ...

Page 27: ...ls will be ma from the Search Method drop down k Go to start the search Select Search by time chart list and clic Results will then be displayed in a Date Channel table and boxes marked in blue represent videos found in those dates ...

Page 28: ...ther came on the same date will also be dis Move the mouse cursor on a particular cell box without clicking gives you playback video n a small thumbnail a previ Click on the cell box again will start pla reached the end of search results Videos found from other cameras that time will also be played Search by event Start by selecting which channel s y search on were recorded at the same ou would li...

Page 29: ...k You can click Next Search to display the next 15 results fy a new start time to search and display results rict the number of results to be displayed at once max 30 and perform the search again Select Search by ev click Go to start the search Results will then be listed lik record top down Click on a particula You may also speci from then on You can rest ...

Page 30: ...ic time and date for the Then you will be prompted to enter recorded video Use the button to select month date and y Search by event Most Recent This function quickly displays the most selected channels displaying the most click Update to update the list to ear recent event recordings from the recent result top down You may display the most recent result ...

Page 31: ... media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player Once you locate the recorded videos with steps described in the previous section hit the Export AVI button on a video window of the video you wish to export A new dialog will pop up and allows you to specify the time frame or length of the video you wish to export Click the button to pull down the calendar to help you specify the month date ...

Page 32: ...d successfully it the Start button to start exporting The file will be au H saved under the C partition ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows ow The exported AVI file will be saved under the C partition Media Player You can get it at http sourceforge net projects ffd sh tryout to download the ffdshow_beta6_rev2527_20081219 exe ...

Page 33: ...pect after installing a hard disk and how to prepare the hard disk for the video recording 6 1 1 Network Settings page for the device to work properly in your here are configured correctly based on your recorder can be administered through the n be connected from it tain IP address from DHCP server it should ironments and most likely you should not e To locate the recorder simply use the IP tility...

Page 34: ...o restart Restart the device under system Options Maintenance for the settings to take effect 6 1 2 Time and Date zone according to your location It e recorder s time correctly to avoid the following e t logs and when they actually occur Af t and configure the time manually enter the hostname or IP address of a valid NTP r S PC that you are currently using to access the recorder Set the time and d...

Page 35: ...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 Information 3 Enter a new password in the Password field and enter it again in Confirm Password o add a new user d in User Account Information All other fields are optional for your own reference Group drop down menu to assign the new user to a parti...

Page 36: ...roup with one of the default privilege profiles You can however assign more than one users to the admin account if you wish to do so The guest account comes with a view only privilege in the Live View page and users in this group do not have the power to make any changes in the Live View page or have access to pages other than the Live View page To create a group select a group from the Group drop...

Page 37: ...rding You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page To initialize it simply click t You can also connect external USB firmware upgrade thumb drive to the recorder for For instructions to install a hard disk to the recorder refer to page 10 To obtain detail information about Disk Status the disk go to System Options ...

Page 38: ...R provides two options for adding a new camera Users have the option to let the recorder automatically find the camera e 1 Click the Search button to perform the camera search You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly Go ahead and click Install Automatic Search ...

Page 39: ...d and select the channel Information section Enter its us ID and name the camera 5 Click on Detect to establish camera If connection establishes succe connection between the recorder and the ssfully camera s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below resolution or bitrate etc if you wish You can also click on the Preview to preview the live video of the camera Click Add to finish...

Page 40: ...y configured and connected to NVR above but instead of using the Search address and credential in the Camera Information manually then follow step 5 and 6 described above 1 Enter manually Add a camera manually Simply follow the instruction described function enter the camera s IP 2 ...

Page 41: ...also like the recorder 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 text will coordinate or use the system pre defined position from the drop down menu be displayed by either entering an X Y 4 Apply to save the configuration The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size color or ...

Page 42: ...cular camera 1 To set up PTZ preset points select a camera from the Camera drop down menu and click Add 2 Select a position number for the preset point from the Position Number drop down menu and fill in a name in the Position Name field for easier identification 3 Use the PTZ control provided in the configuration page to set the preset point and set the position as the HOME position if you wish 4...

Page 43: ...for you ick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the button to move e To configure preset sequence for a camera select a camera from the Camera drop down menu The available preset points should be listed in Camera Presets section P them to the Adjust Position section then use the up and down buttons to adjust their sequences Finally select a dwell time from the drop down menu and click...

Page 44: ...a geographical perspective With this function users can quickly identify which camera has etected an unusual ev d works by incorporating the event detection function as well as the recording function which as a result helps users take all the necessary actions when an unusual event occurs To replace the map click Browse button to locate the new map image file from the local PC and then click Uploa...

Page 45: ... to define its location Access the Local MAP Monitor page from the upper right hand corner menu When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras their videos will be displayed on the E Map and you can double click on the video to enlarge it ...

Page 46: ...ave to make sure the PC and NVR are connecting to Internet Then you can configure this function and the NVR will properly work with this service If Internet is not exist you will see the error message to prompt you that it is fail to connect to Google Map server arch the map Please enter the address in to the field and click Search button to this address When the configuration finished Please sele...

Page 47: ...ag the camera icon to move the camera to define its locatio When the configuration finished please press Apply to save the settings er Access the Google MAP Monitor page from the upper right hand corn menu When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras their videos will be displayed on the E Map and you can double click on the video to enlarge it ...

Page 48: ...to be enabled gger Interval to define how often events are triggered Tr No nd interval defined choose send out the first few frames of the corder send out a warning message in e Start the event configuration by defining the general settings fine when an event will be triggered hoose Always or Only during under Event Trigger Duration or the Only during option choose the days by using the check box ...

Page 49: ...on The recorder does not control camera s input port in a way to let you pair recorder itself with a camera s input port for event receiving der only acts as a medium for pairing up input ports betw cameras and the recorder The recor een Only c t Some urce be configured at a time e g if the ca be di camer urce you will not be able to select ce for this camera under Event Event Trigger setup page o...

Page 50: ... 2 Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server 3 Enter the communication port of the FTP server usually port 21 4 Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it s required 5 Check Use Passive Mode if it s required 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 succes...

Page 51: ...d password of the SMTP server and it requires authentication 6 Click Apply to save the configuration 6 3 4 E W t will be triggered and which servers will the previous two sections now we can finish up ent trigger function enabled Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent vent Triggers e have finished defining how an even be receiving notifications in the event configuration by s...

Page 52: ...d channels Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifications Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to ras that are placed outside of your Event trigger may not work for came local network or on the Internet until the UPnP Port Forwarding is enabled in both the NVR and the router ...

Page 53: ... the record video with previous days Enable disable different recording types on different cameras Enable disable audio recording The recording configurations gives users the overall control of how and when a recording is performed and the quality of different types of recordings performed on each channels It can help the recorder to operate with sufficient system resource by performing recording ...

Page 54: ...4 2 Schedule Recordin Here you can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channe a first To configure a schedule recording 1 Use the Camera drop down menu and select a camer You can use the schedule table to set the time range Click the cell boxes then move the curser horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day Click and move vertically lets you set what...

Page 55: ...e range instead of clicking cell box one by one on the time table 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 end time for specific recording duration 4 Select the Copy to option if you would like to set the same recording schedule to other camera or all of the cameras ...

Page 56: ... It also provides information of the urrent network settings and status c 6 5 2 Logs and Reports Logs and Reports keeps a record of what s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting 6 5 3 Maintenance Maintenance provides functions for users to Reboot the NVR when necessary Reboot cameras directly from the NVR Perform Firmware Upgrade Backup the NVR s settings t...

Page 57: ...cess would prevent a recording from getting interrupted because the system would not automatically reboot itself after the new firmware is loaded onto the recorder Simply click Restart to begin the reboot process and confirm the action The restart process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the Maintenance page after it is complete ...

Page 58: ...ult click Default button and begin the process The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the Maintenance page after it is complete 50B6 5 4 Disk Status Disk Status gives you more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR ...

Page 59: ...31 EEC 93 68 EEC For the evaluation regarding the Electromagnetic Compatibility the following standards were applied EN 55022 2006 Class B EN 61000 3 2 2000 EN 61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 IEC 61000 4 2 1995 A1 1998 A2 2000 IEC 61000 4 3 2002 A1 2002 IEC 61000 4 4 2004 IEC 61000 4 5 1995 A1 2000 IEC 61000 4 6 1996 A1 2000 IEC 61000 4 8 1993 A1 2000 IEC 61000 4 11 2004 Respo...

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