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System Setup

3. System Setup

When the cursor is moved to System Set, please push the enter button and the System Setup 
window will appear, which is illustrated as below.

PLAY REPEAT:

 if you set this to “

YES

”, when you play the video to the end of the HDD, it will 

automatically play the video from the beginning of the HDD again. If set to “

NO

”, it will stop 

when the end of the recording is reached.

VIDEO SOURCE:

 switch the video format to suit the TV standard of your country, 

NTSC

 or 

PAL

.

BUZZER SOUND:

 buzzer switcher, if set to “

OFF

”, the buzzer will not work. The buzzer 

sounds when motion is detected, if motion detection is enabled.

Before using the DVR, you must set up the system according to your needs and location; 
otherwise the DVR4Net will run with the default settings which may be unsuitable. Refer to the 
button description pages starting on page 14 to describe the button functions in detail.

1. Using the Setup Menu 

When in setup mode, pushing the up button or down button, will move the cursor among the 
various settings, continuous pushing will make the cursor move among the options one by one. 
The selected option will display in a yellow color.
While choosing digital fields, e.g. year, month, day, hour, minute, second etc, push the left button 
or right button, to move to the different digits of one field, continuous pushing will make it move 
among digits one by one, and it can recur. 
Please push the “

+

” or “

-

” button to change the value that the cursor shows, then push the 

ENTER

 button to enter the sub menu and push 

Menu

 button to return to previous menu.

2. Accessing the Menu

 

If the DVR is in recording mode you cannot access the menu unless you stop record first. Press 
the 

Stop

 button and enter the password to stop all functions then press the 

Menu

 button.

System setup is achieved through entering the setup menu, and then setting the options in each 
feature’s window. To access the menu, please push 

Menu

 button on the front panel, it will display 

the password input window.

The password is a random combination of 4 digits of “0-9”. The default is “

0000

”. To enter the 

menu below, you have to input the correct password by pushing the digit buttons. If the 
password you input is incorrect, the system will automatically return to the main screen. If you 
want to cancel the input of the password, you can push the

 Menu

 button to return to the main 

screen again. While inputting the password, in order to avoid being revealed to a bystander, the 
password you input is displayed on the screen as “

*

” signs.

To change the password, please refer to “password change” section.

Summary of Contents for DIGITAL GUARDIAN DVR4-NET

Page 1: ...etup 7 8 Name Setup 7 9 Br Con Setup 8 10 Record Setup 8 11 Network Setup 9 12 N Enable Set 10 13 Mac Set 11 14 Alarm Setup 11 15 Motion Detection Settings 12 16 Area Set 13 17 Schedule Set 13 18 Protocol Set 14 Buttons On the Front Panel 14 1 Recording Playing Control Buttons Area 1 2 Function Control Area 15 3 Channel Choosing Control Area 16 Display Status While Running 17 1 Screen Display Whil...

Page 2: ...DVR4Net to avoid excessive heat Do not install the DVR near a radiator ventilating trunk heat sources under direct sunshine dusty locations or anywhere there is a chance for mechanical vibration or impact Video input 4channels video output 2 channels Audio input 4channels audio output 1 channels Four optional levels of image quality very high high normal low Record and playback frame rate change e...

Page 3: ...elds e g year month day hour minute second etc push the left button or right button to move to the different digits of one field continuous pushing will make it move among digits one by one and it can recur Please push the or button to change the value that the cursor shows then push the ENTER button to enter the sub menu and push Menu button to return to previous menu 2 Accessing the Menu If the ...

Page 4: ...the System Setup confirmation window will appear which is illustrated below If you select YES and push the enter button all video on the HDD will be deleted if you do not want delete all recordings please select NO 6 Factory Reset When the cursor moves to Factory Reset please push enter button the confirmation window will appear which is illustrated as below If you select YES and push the enter bu...

Page 5: ...not access to this menu unless you stop record or play first OVER WRITE if set to YES the DVR will automatically overwrite the HDD from the beginning when the HDD is full If set to NO the DVR will automatically stop recording when the HDD is full REC SPEED the recording frame rate of the DVR factory default setting is 30F 1SEC for NTSC 25F 1SEC for PAL Which means DVR records the events at the spe...

Page 6: ... Network SPEED If the network condition is good and you have a fast connection you can set speed to fast and the network can then transmit at a higher rate but if the network condition is not very good please set the speed to normal 12 N W Enable Set Move the cursor to N W Enable then push the ENTER button the N W Enable setup window will appear which is illustrated as below 13 Mac Set When the cu...

Page 7: ...arker icon is set to yellow this area is monitored for motion detection and if the icon is grey motion sensing is disabled for that area 17 Schedule Set When the cursor moves to Schedule Set please push enter button the schedule set window will appear which is illustrated as below You change the recording schedule during a day 24 hour period using this option 0 24 stands for 24 hours of a day each...

Page 8: ...g are enabled 3 Pause Push this button to stop playing temporarily push the play button to continue to play 4 Rew Fast backward button Push this button to start fast backward playing Push play button to start normal playing from the present position 5 Forward Fast forward button Push this button to start fast forward playing Push play button to start normal playing from the present position The fa...

Page 9: ...while in playback state press and hold this button to see single frame forward press play button to play normally While inputting numbers this button is used as number key of 0 11 Menu Push this button to enter system setup menu in menu setup mode push this button to save settings and quit current menu 12 Schedule Push this button to enter schedule state if the DVR is in schedule state there will ...

Page 10: ...inals 9 5V screw terminal 10 GND screw terminal 11 RJ 45 Network interface System Connection 2 Video and Audio Connection The DVR can support up to 4 cameras video input at the same time There are two steps for camera installation 1 Connect the Video Signal Line to the DVR channel input 2 Connect the power adaptor jack to the camera The DVR can connect 4 audio input channel s but you can only sele...

Page 11: ...gered DVR must be set for high voltage alarm This diagram shows an example of an alarm output connection Alarm output There are three alarm output pins the status of these pins are illustrated as below N O COM N O COM Before alarm After alarm N O COM N C Alarm 5V 4 Hard Disk Connection There are several steps to install the hard disk Note If the DVR comes with a HDD skip the following steps Pull o...

Page 12: ...nel 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 c...

Page 13: ...ime between start and end If the HDD has been overwritten the start time maybe not correct 9 Event Search Move the cursor to Event Search then push the ENTER button the event search window will appear which is illustrated below There are four types of event list MOTION ALARM SCH and NETWORK MOTION means motion triggered alarm recording ALARM means external sensor triggered alarm recording SCH mean...

Page 14: ...h display button the main information of the DVR will display on screen HDD SIZE the size of the hard disk you insert to the DVR HDD USED the usage of the hard disk OVERWRITE hard disk overwrite enable 00 HDD full count time REC SPEED record frame rate speed QUALITY record picture quality RESOLUTION record resolution AUDIO audio enable camera IP ADDRESS IP address of the DVR NET SPEED Networks tra...

Page 15: ... S Y S T E M S E T U P Protocol Setting Address 01 0 0xff 15 Remote Control All the functions of the DVR can be operated by the remote control The button function of the remote is the same as the front panel of the DVR 16 Serial Port Control To control the DVR through the RS485 you have to make sure the protocol and baud rate isset correctly please refer to appendix B 17 PC View Software Operation...

Page 16: ...ey by Internet To view the DVR4Net from the Internet you should first enable Port Forwarding sometimes called Virtual Server on ports 5000 5002 on your router and forward these ports to the IP address assigned to the DVR4Net Consult the manual of your Broadband Modem or Router for information on how to do this Once the correct settings are made and you have entered the correct details you will see...

Page 17: ...ront panel is on Make sure your power point is turned on Q I see nothing but a blue screen after I turn on the DVR A Check the camera input and video output connection on DVR back panel If you can t find a problem with these connections check whether the camera power cable is firmly connected Make sure the system format for NTSC and PAL is set to your TV standard Q I see a fatal error message on t...

Page 18: ...utton and enter your password to cancel schedule mode Q There is movement on the screen but the DVR does not start recording A Make sure the motion detection of that channel is on the area set is ok the A M rec time is not set to off that time of schedule is set to A and the DVR is in schedule mode You can set the motion level to a higher setting such as HIGH or VERY HIGH if all other settings are...

Page 19: ... PELCO P s call function you can use PELCO P s call function to control the DVR First you must set right protocol baud rate and address second you push the call button on the keypad then enter the number according to the Var table above then push the enter button Note The above figures are from our test results using a default setup and are for the users reference Actual recording times may vary d...

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