Chapter 1 — Introduction
Features
Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for 16 camera inputs. It provides
exceptional picture quality in both live and playback modes, and offers the following features:
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16 Composite Video Input Connectors
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Compatible with Color (NTSC or PAL) and B&W (CCIR and EIA-170) Video Sources
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Auto Detection for NTSC and PAL
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Multiple Monitor Connectors: 1 BNC Video Out, 1 SVHS, 4 Spot, 1 VGA
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Multiple Search Engines (Date/Time, Calendar, Event)
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Real-time Recording (480/400 Images per Second (NTSC/PAL) with High (Half D1) Resolution)
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“Loop-Through” Video Connectors
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Continuous Recording in Disk Overwrite Mode
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Triplex Functionality (Monitoring, Recording and Playback at the same time)
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Removable 4 SATA-I Hard Disk Drives
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Video Archiving via Ultra SCSI Interface
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3 USB 2.0 Ports
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Continues Recording while Archiving, Transmitting to Remote Site and during Playback
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Status Display Panel on the Front Panel Displays Time, Date, Recording Status, Storage Temperature,
Remaining Storage Capacity and More
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User-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) Menu System
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Multiple Recording Modes (Time-lapse, Pre-event, Alarm, Motion and Panic)
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Two-way Audio Communications
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16-Channel Audio Recording and 1-Channel Audio Playback
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Text Input for ATM and POS
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Alarm Connections Include: 16 Inputs, 16 Outputs and Reset Input
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Built-in Alarm Buzzer
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Live or Recorded Video Access via Ethernet
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Time Synchronization using industry standard protocol
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Built-in DVD RW Drive
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Self-diagnostics with automatic notification including hard disk drive S.M.A.R.T. protocol
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Infrared Remote Control
Technical Overview
In addition to replacing both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation, your DVR has
many features that make it much more powerful and easier to use than even the most advanced VCR.
The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to digital images and records them on a hard disk drive.
Using a hard disk drive allows you to access recorded video almost instantaneously; there is no need to
rewind tape. The technology also allows you to view recorded video while the DVR continues recording
video.
Digitally recorded video has several advantages over analog video recorded on tape. There is no need to
adjust tracking. You can freeze frames, fast forward, fast reverse, slow forward and slow reverse without
image streaking or tearing. Digital video can be indexed by time or events, and you can instantly view
video after selecting the time or event.
