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QSDR174RTC User Manual 

 

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Q-See Product Warranty 

 

Thank You for Choosing a Q-See Product! 

 

All of our products are backed by a conditional service warranty covering all hardware for 12 months 

from the date of purchase.    Additionally, our products also come with a free exchange policy that 

covers all manufacturing defects for one month from the date of purchase. Permanent upgrading 

service is provided for the software.   

 

Liability Exclusions: 

 

Any product malfunction or abnormalities in operation or damage caused by the following reasons are 

not within the free service scope of our company:   

 

(1) Equipment damage caused by improper operation.   

(2) Improper equipment operation environment and conditions (e.g., improper power, extreme 

environmental temperatures, humidity, lightning and sudden surges of electricity).     

(3) Damage caused by acts of nature (e.g., earthquake, fire, etc).    

(4) Equipment damage caused by the maintenance of personnel not authorized by Q-See. 

(5) Product sold over 12 months ago. 

 

In order to fulfill the terms of your warranty, you must  complete  the  registration  process  after 

purchasing our product.    To do this, simply fill out the User’s Information Card below and fax or mail it 

in to us at the information listed below.  You can also register the product by going to the 

 

 

Summary of Contents for QT17DVR4C

Page 1: ...ripheral Solutions Inc 8015 E Crystal Drive Anaheim CA 92807 Website http www Q See com Customer Service Phone 877 998 3440 x 538 Email cs dpsi usa com Tech Support Phone 877 998 3440 x 539 Email ts d...

Page 2: ...eras and a Monitor 6 3 3 Connecting the Power Supply 6 Chapter 4 DVR Boot up 7 4 1 System Initialization 7 4 2 Main Interface 7 4 3 Pop Up Menu 7 Chapter 5 DVR Menu 8 5 1 Main Menu At a Glance 8 5 2 M...

Page 3: ...5 2 8 3 Video Setup 28 5 2 8 4 Language 28 5 2 8 5 Info 28 5 2 8 6 System Maintenance 28 5 3 Menu Lock 29 5 4 Video Search 29 5 5 PTZ Control 29 5 6 Record 30 5 7 Stop Recording 30 Chapter 6 Net Viewe...

Page 4: ...User Manual 8 1 Operation Function Table 36 8 2 Setting up Alarm Record Mode 37 8 3 Troubleshooting 38 8 4 System Connections 39 8 5 Accessories Included 40 Q See Product Warranty 41 Customer Informat...

Page 5: ...from the DVR unplug it immediately and contact Q See Warning You may be subjected to severe electrical shock if you remove the cover of the DVR 8 Handle DVR box carefully If you accidentally drop you...

Page 6: ...e Operation Supports Mouse Operation for Faster Menu Navigation PTZ Control Supports PTZ camera operations through RS 485 Other Features H 264 Video Compression Format Supports CIF D1 and HD1 Resoluti...

Page 7: ...ll through the video feeds transmitted from each camera hooked up to your system When pressed while the Main Menu is displayed the down arrow button allows you to navigate the Main Menu Interface and...

Page 8: ...put Audio Signal Output RCA Interface Connection 4 USB Port USB Device Flash Drive Hard Drive Connection 5 DC12V Power Port Power Supply DC12V 3A 6 USB Port USB Mouse Connection 7 LAN Ethernet Port In...

Page 9: ...eft clicking on your mouse opens a pop up dialog menu that allows you to access your programming and configuration settings Some of the options available by left clicking include Edit your record sett...

Page 10: ...Put the upper cover back carefully re attach screws 3 2 Connecting Your DVR to Cameras and a Monitor Connect camera cable to the Video Input port of the DVR Connect the monitor to the Video Output por...

Page 11: ...icking a second time will zoom out of the single camera view and switch you back to multi camera view See Picture 2 Right clicking your mouse will display a pop up menu which allows you to access vari...

Page 12: ...u Rec Search Search Playback Detail File Log Search File Backup Camera Recording HDD Management Alarm Setting PTZ Setting 3G Network Motion Color Set System User Password System Information Language S...

Page 13: ...rough the Camera Setup interface you are able to choose a name for each of your connected cameras up to 8 characters long The Camera Setup interface Picture 5 also gives you the ability to choose whic...

Page 14: ...cord Setup Menu Picture 6 allows you to turn each camera channel s recording ability on or off The QUALITY button gives you the option of choosing the quality of your recorded images from a drop down...

Page 15: ...rface Picture 4 To set up the Network settings of your DVR go to Main Menu Network Set to enter into Network Setup menu Picture 7 From the Network Setup menu Picture 7 you can choose your Network Type...

Page 16: ...wo digit number you should be ok with any three digit number if the computer IP address ends with a number in the 100s then you should use a number in the 200 s Once you enter the addresses hit OK but...

Page 17: ...shown in Picture 12 Find the link to the brand and model of your router from the list of manufacturers and click the next button From there click on the orange Default Guide link BLUE box in Picture...

Page 18: ...ton GREEN box in Picture 16 then click on OK BLUE arrow in Picture 16 This will open a dialog box as shown in Picture 17 Once here scroll down to the ActiveX Controls and Plug Ins and make sure they a...

Page 19: ...that day When you click on the Date from the VIDEO FILE list you can playback the file associated with that date in 4 channel view mode Clicking on the FILE LIST button at the bottom of the VIDEO SEAR...

Page 20: ...back to page before the one you are currently viewing except the first page NEXT Takes you to the page after the one you are currently viewing except the last page LAST When you view other pages click...

Page 21: ...be 264 extension as illustrated in Picture 25 To play the file click the Play menu on the toolbar of the multimedia player interface as shown in Picture 26 Doing this will generate a pop up window as...

Page 22: ...e adjust Video Play Settings In your Multimedia player interface got to the Setting menu on your toolbar From there go to Video Play Setting Normal Video Bar Picture 28 This will open up a dialog as i...

Page 23: ...your HDD does not need to be formatted TOTAL SPACE refers to the total space size of your HDD FREE SPACE refers to the total amount of unused space available on the Hard Drive USABLE REC TIME refers t...

Page 24: ...ameras to suit the needs of your actual application environment should you need to take into account such things as movement that is ongoing and not obtrusive The HDD LOSS tab allows you to choose fro...

Page 25: ...r Email server s website SMTP Server indicates server address you use Sender Email indicates sender s email address The email address should be consistent with the server you use That is to say when y...

Page 26: ...tion on the DVR Refer to Section 5 2 3 Network Setup for complete directions for how to do this You also need to go to the Main Menu then Devices then Mobile and enter your user name and password and...

Page 27: ...erver Port you setup in the DVR it needs to be forwarded to the IP address of the DVR setting range is between 1024 and 65535 the default setting is 18600 Note this port is in addition to the ports us...

Page 28: ...left to right the buttons on your main menu interface work with your PTZ camera as follows Navigate video image Left Right Up Down Zoom In and Zoom Out Increase or Decrease Focus Increase or Decrease...

Page 29: ...lation process has been initiated you will receive a prompt asking you if you would like to install the QQEye program Picture 48 Click the Yes button on the lower left hand side of the prompt and cont...

Page 30: ...arch the App Store for APlayer click the FREE button to begin the download note that you must have an iTunes account to download applications 5 Once you have downloaded the APlayer application click o...

Page 31: ...ed into a 13 10 grid as depicted in Picture 58 When any object moves into the area you have designated to protect recording will be triggered You can choose which areas to protect by clicking on the i...

Page 32: ...A out port 5 2 8 4 Language Click on Main menu System Language to adjust your system s Language preferences The System Language menu will appear as illustrated in Picture 63 Choose the language you wa...

Page 33: ...he PTZ option from your pop up menu From the PTZ Camera interface you can Zoom in and out adjust the camera Focus and increase or decrease the brightness of your image Click Z Z keys to zoom In or out...

Page 34: ...king on your mouse and clicking on Start Record from the pop up menu will allow you to start manual recording 5 7 Stop Recording Right clicking on your mouse and clicking on Stop Record from the pop u...

Page 35: ...riencing difficulties initiating the log in screen make sure your browser s safety level or firewall settings are not set too high Refer to section 5 2 3 Network Setup to ensure that your network conf...

Page 36: ...r desired date Picture 71 The buttons at the bottom of your Net Viewer interface screen are as follows Play Button Play Pause recorded footage Stop Button Stop playing recorded footage F F Button Fast...

Page 37: ...ers of motion detect recording video loss notification HDD space notification HDD loss notification and your alarm output and record time settings For more details on how to configure the options of t...

Page 38: ...menu bar 6 2 2 PTZ and Live Play Controls 1 PTZ Panning Direction Controls the panning direction of your PTZ Camera 2 Zoom Focus and Iris Increase or decrease the zoom focus or brightness of your pic...

Page 39: ...e by Frame Backup USB flash drive Removable USB HDD and Network Backup Alarm Type Motion Sensor Triggered Video loss HDD Space HDD Loss Network Function Supports mobile phone surveillance Live monitor...

Page 40: ...ord Setting or modifying user password Alarm Setting Setting HDD lost HDD space video loss I O status alarm management and Email alarm Motion Detection Setting on off status of MD select sensitivity a...

Page 41: ...y MAC address Mp Monitoring Set relative parameters Other PTZ setting Recording set and Language select etc 8 2 Setting up Alarm Record Mode Please note means Alarm On Not Recording AMR means Alarm Re...

Page 42: ...e type and the size supported by the DVR However once you install the hard drive in your DVR it will be formatted for use in the DVR and will not be read by your PC Q Do I have to stop recording to pl...

Page 43: ...39 8 4 System Connections Diagram is for reference only to show where to attach various devices to the DVR The cameras external alarms USB flash drives monitors and computers are not included with th...

Page 44: ...QSDR174RTC User Manual 40 8 5 Accessories Included Power Cord Ethernet Cable Power Adaptor User Manual Software CD Remote Control USB Mouse BNC to RCA Adapter...

Page 45: ...vice scope of our company 1 Equipment damage caused by improper operation 2 Improper equipment operation environment and conditions e g improper power extreme environmental temperatures humidity light...

Page 46: ...in this document is the intellectual property of Q See No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated transmitted or published in any form or by any means without our company s expressed...

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