Quick User Guide
1.Start the DVR4Net
Before starting the DVR4Net, please make sure all the items in the “Security Notice” at the
beginning of this manual are fulfilled and that the input and output cables are all correctly
connected. Also ensure the DVR4Net's input video (NTSC/PAL) and the monitor (NTSC/PAL)
are both set to the same standard. NTSC for USA & Canada, PAL for Australia, UK and most of
Europe.
Fit the hard drive to the removable caddy and insert the removable caddy into the housing, then
lock it up (turn the hard disk lock to the right) and connect the power which will then boot the
DVR4Net and it will start to work.
2.Turn off the DVR4Net
Only turn off the DVR4Net when the system is inactive. Do not to turn off the DVR4Net while
playing or doing the
System Setup.
Turning off the DVR4Net while recording may cause the
recording to corrupt, and can cause the HDD to be unreadable in some cases.
Push the
Record
button to stop recording or push
Stop
button to stop playing or exit from
System Setup
menu, then turn off the power.
If do not wish use the video recorder for a long time, you should pull out the power line from
the electrical outlet and store the unit where it will not be damaged.
3.Normal Recording
Connect the power to all related equipment; ensure that there is video input using direct
connection to your TV or VCR.
Push the
Display
button to check spare space of the hard disk, if there is not much space,
please consider changing your hard disk first or select
Overwrite
mode.
Check recording parameter setup before recording; select video quality, frame rate.
Note that you cannot change record setting during the process of recording.
Manual recordings are the normal recording condition. Under the manual mode
(non-schedule status), pushing the
Record
button will record all channel’s video.
Push the
Record
button to begin recording, four channels will start simultaneous recording.
While in normal recording mode, push
the
Record
or
Stop
button, and enter the right password,
to stop recording.
During the process of recording if the hard disk is full and the system is set to automatic
overwrite, the recording will not be interrupted but the DVR4Net will automatically begin to
overwrite recorded video from the earliest (oldest) recorded area. If the system is set to
overwrite disabled, it will stop recording once the HDD is full.
4.Alarm Recording
Alarm recording is not started by manually pushing the Record button, it is automatically activated
once
Schedule
mode is enabled.
Alarm recording can be activated by alarm input signal or motion, if the connection of alarm input
equipment is correct, stable and reliable, and the alarm setings are correct.
For recording to be activated by exterior input signal or motion detection the system must be set
to
Schedule Mode
active and that period is set to “
A
” in
Record Schedule
setup
.
You must also
set
the menu of
Alarm
Setup
for exterior input alarm, and the
alarm
enable setting
of that
channel must be
set to “
ON
”
.
For
Motion Alarm
, the
motion enable setting
of that channel must
set “
ON
”, and set the area for motion detection must be set.
If
Schedule mode
is disabled the system will not start recording on alarm. Setting schedule on
or off is achieved through pushing the
SCHEDULE
button on the front panel or remote, but
not through the System Setup menu and window. When the unit is in
Schedule Mode
active,
the character “
S
” will display on the screen. Alarm video recording can’t be stopped by pushing
the
RECORD
or
STOP
button while
Schedule Mode
is active. To ensure that once
Schedule
Mode
is set to on that the schedule cannot be accidentally stopped there is a password
protection to stop
Schedule Mode
. You must press the
SCHEDULE
button then enter the
correct password to turn
Schedule Mode
off.
Check
Alarm Recording
setup before recording; confirm the video quality and the frame rate,
as the record setting can’t be changed during the recording process.
As long as the alarm input signal is correctly set the alarm recording will continue during the
period of time set up by
A/M REC TIME
, and when the outside the time period the alarm
recording automatically stops.
5.Time Recording
Time recording starts and stops recording automatically according to the pre-arranged time
period. It is applied to a fixed timetable, for example business hours time recording (or outside
business hours time recording) with fixed start/stop time.
To start the
Time Recording
function you must have a record schedule setup beforehand.
When this is done, push the
SCHEDULE
button on the front panel to set schedule
mode to
on and the schedule symbol “
S
” will display on the screen. The
Time Recording
mode will
not work unless you activate
Schedule Mode
.
To make
Time Recording
mode active the system must be set to
Schedule Mode
active and
that period is set to “
T
” in
Record Schedule
setup.
In Time Record mode, you must push the
SCHEDULE
button then enter the password to
stop time recording.
Because Time recording is reliant on the system being set with the correct time, you must
adjust the time to your correct local time before using this function.
6.Playback
Push the
PLAY
button and the
system will
begin to play the images recorded from the start of
the most current recording.
If the recording is playing, push the
PAUSE
button to pause playing, push the
PLAY
button
again to resume normal play.
To use
Fast Forward
playing or
Fast Backward
playing,
push the
FORWARD
or
REW
button
while the recording is playing to see faster playback. Push the
PLAY
button to return to normal
speed playing from the current place.
Continuous pushing of the
FORWARD
button will change the fast-forward between five levels
of speed (
X2
,
X4
,
X8
,
X16
,
X32
) in sequence. Continuously pushing the
REW
button will
change the fast backward playback between four levels of speed (
X2
,
X4
,
X8
,
X16
) in
sequence.
During playback mode, press the
Single Frame Forward
button to play a frame at a time, and
hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held.
During playback mode, press the
Single Frame Rewind
button to play back a frame at a time,
and hold the button in to continually play one frame at time while the button is held.
Push the
PLAY
button again to resume normal playback speed, or push the
STOP
button to
stop playing.
