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User’s Manual

 
 
 
 

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4 Channel BNC Camera Input 

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1 Channel BNC Video Output 

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Video Source Option: NTSC / PAL 

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Motion Detection with Sensitivity and Area Settings 

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Time Schedule Recording / Motion Triggered Recording 

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One ATA-100 Hard Disk Interface 

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USB 2.0 Back up to computer 

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With Remote Control & Removable Hard Drive Tray 

 
 
 

 

 

 

2.1 Front Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH1 

Channel #1

 

 Stop 

Stop recording / playing back

 

CH2 

Channel #2

 

 REC 

Record

 

CH3 

Channel #3

 

Menu/Esc 

Enter / exit setup menu

 

CH4 

Channel #4

 

SEL/Edit 

Select / modify item

 

Quad 

Quad View

 

 Up 

Move up / left cursor

 

 REW 

Rewind

 

 Down 

Move down / right cursor

 

 Pause 

Pause

 

PWR 

Power indicator

 

 Play 

Play recorded video

 

HDD 

Hard disk drive indicator

 

 FWD 

Forward

 

 

 

Chapter 1: DVR Features 

Chapter 2: Layout 

Removable HDD Tray 

HDD Lock 

IR Receiver 

Summary of Contents for DVR4-1100

Page 1: ...DVR4 1100 4CH Digital Video Recorder SW242 LP4 SW242 LPN U Us se er r M Ma an nu ua al l ...

Page 2: ...Connecting Power Supply 3 4 System Boot 4 1 Detecting Installed Hard Drive 4 4 2 Recovering Lost Data 4 4 3 Restore Recording Feature 4 4 4 Main Screen 5 5 DVR Setup 5 1 Setup Menu 5 5 2 Camera Select 6 5 3 Record Select 6 5 4 Resolution 7 5 5 Record Frame 7 5 6 Record Quality 8 5 7 Schedule Set 8 5 8 Miscellaneous Menu Auto Record 9 5 9 Miscellaneous Menu Password Enable 9 ...

Page 3: ...tion Set 11 5 15 Video Mode 12 5 16 Factory Reset 12 6 Recording 6 1 Start Recording 12 6 2 Stop Recording 13 6 3 Recording Time on Hard Drive 13 7 Playback 14 8 USB Programming 15 8 1 PC Viewer Program 15 8 2 Program Buttons 15 8 3 PC Backup 16 9 Specifications 17 10 Appendix 10 1 System Connection Diagram 18 10 2 DVR Accessories included 18 ...

Page 4: ...z With Remote Control Removable Hard Drive Tray 2 1 Front Panel CH1 Channel 1 Stop Stop recording playing back CH2 Channel 2 REC Record CH3 Channel 3 Menu Esc Enter exit setup menu CH4 Channel 4 SEL Edit Select modify item Quad Quad View Up Move up left cursor REW Rewind Down Move down right cursor Pause Pause PWR Power indicator Play Play recorded video HDD Hard disk drive indicator FWD Forward C...

Page 5: ...r enlarge Channel 2 CH3 Select or enlarge Channel 3 CH4 Select or enlarge Channel 4 Quad Quad View Rewind Play recording list Forward Record Pause Stop recording playing back Menu Enter or exit setup menu Move up left cursor SEL Select modify item Move down right cursor Power Supply Input Grounding Terminal 4 BNC video inputs 1 BNC video output Fan ...

Page 6: ...nnection 4 Insert the HDD tray into DVR body tightly 5 Lock the HDD tray Lock the caddy by turning the key clockwise If you need to unlock the tray turn the key anti clockwise CAUTION 1 If you do NOT lock the HDD tray the DVR system might not function properly 2 Do not remove the HDD tray while the DVR is on 3 2 Connecting Camera and Monitor There are 4 camera inputs and 1 video output with BNC co...

Page 7: ...e hard drive information A power error can cause data to be lost and the DVR system will automatically recover lost data after power is reconnected If a power error occurs during recording process the system will automatically resume recording after power is reconnected Chapter 4 System Boot Checking HDD MASTER RECOVER HDD 04811 101735 SELECT YES MENU NO Power Error Detected Restore Hard Disk Mast...

Page 8: ...E FACTORY RESET Chapter 5 DVR Setup MAIN MENU AUTO RECORD PASSWORD ENABLE PASSWORD CHANGE COLOR SET TIME SET While the DVR is running the monitor will display the view from the cameras as following Upper left Percentage of used hard drive space Middle Channel name CH1 through CH4 Bottom right Date and Time Bottom left System status Refer to 6 1 Start Recording 10 1 2 4 3 EACH REC M T 2008 08 08 ...

Page 9: ...lected The DVR system can display 4 cameras feed in one picture Quad Mode You can configure which camera is displayed Press SEL to modify setting or press CH1 CH2 CH3 and CH4 to set each channel separately Menu enter system menu Up and Down move the cursor SEL select modify settings Menu press again to exit MAIN MENU CAMERA SELECT 1 2 3 4 RECORD SELECT 1 2 3 4 RESOLUTION EACH RECORD FRAME 25 RECOR...

Page 10: ...e to full screen The full screen will be displayed for three 3 seconds including Quad view The switch will lasts until any button is pushed For example Stop will stop the switch and may stop the recording depending on Record Schedule Settings 5 7 Schedule Set QUAD Mode The DVR will compress and record all 4 video channels into one file therefore you cannot enlarge a single channel to full screen i...

Page 11: ...e T Both of the two record methods need to be triggered by pressing REC button After pressing REC button if the schedule is set to be T at that time DVR will start to record immediately if the schedule is set to be M DVR will not start record until a motion is captured and detected by system Force Record When DVR is set to record by motion detection DVR will not record if there is no motion If you...

Page 12: ...s 5 10 Miscellaneous Menu Password Change 5 11 Miscellaneous Menu Color Set 5 12 Miscellaneous Menu Time Set All keys can be used as password key except the Menu key which is used to exit If you forget your password please refer to 5 16 Factory Reset HUE 0 99 SATURATION 0 99 CONTRAST 0 99 BRIGHTNESS 0 99 Up and Down move the cursor REW Increase value FWD Reduce value CH1 CH4 QUAD Select channel Me...

Page 13: ...drive 5 14 Motion Set Configure system date and time Up and Down move the cursor SEL modify the value Menu exit and save OVERWRITE ENABLED If you choose YES recording continues and overwrites previous recordings when the hard drive is full If you choose NO the recording process will stop when the hard drive is full MOTION RECORD TIME This number indicates how many seconds the motion detection reco...

Page 14: ...ll NOT be detected Make sure Record Schedule is set to Motion for the times required 5 15 Video Mode Select NTSC or PAL video system SENSITIVITY Use Up and Down button to select the channel you want to modify press SEL to adjust sensitivity of motion detection on each channel High 1 9 OFF Low When it s OFF the channel cannot be triggered by motion MOTION SET MOTION RECORD TIME 10 MOTION ALARM TIME...

Page 15: ... screen and then press Pause button for ten 10 times the DVR will reset the system Then the default password is CH1 button six 6 times If the DVR is recording please unplug the power supply and uninstall the HDD then connect power to boot DVR and press Pause button for ten 10 times 6 1 Start Recording Press REC to start recording as set in 5 7 Schedule Set DVR will display system information on sc...

Page 16: ...ou need to input the password 6 3 Recording Time on Hard Drive Estimated record time based on a 120GB Hard Drive Quad Mode in hours You can calculate and estimate record hours by below formula 120 G Byte 1024 M Byte 1024 K Byte Divided by 15 Kbyte frame 7 frame sec 60 sec x 60 min Estimated time would be 332 Hours System Quality Frame Rate 30 15 7 1 HIGH 20 K Bytes 58 117 251 1748 NORMAL 15 K Byte...

Page 17: ...u can also play recorded video by searching exact date and time as following steps 1 Press FWD button to change the select mode 2 Press Up and Down button to select date starting time or ending time 3 Press SEL to edit time value 4 Press Play to play the video Search Date and Time 1 Starting time of the event 2 TIME continuous record 3 MOTION Motion Triggered event 4 FORCE Force Record event 5 mar...

Page 18: ... CD into your CD ROM Drive 2 Open CD directory 3 Double click on the PCViewerInstall exe file to install the PC Viewer software 4 Run the installed PC Viewer program PC Viewer will detect the hard drive installed inside DVR automatically when you connect the USB cable from DVR to PC 8 2 Program buttons Chapter 8 USB Programming 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5 ...

Page 19: ...lip Save DVR s video clip to PC in mys avi file 5 Load video file saved in PC Load mys file saved in PC 6 DVR Mode 7 PC Mode To switch working mode between PC viewer mode and DVR viewer mode 8 Channel selection keys CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 QUAD 9 Playing scroll bar 10 Fast backward Play backward with fast speed 11 Previous frame Move to previous frame 12 Play backward Play backward with normal speed 13 Pa...

Page 20: ...de PAL Each Channel 25 fps Number of Cameras Max 25 frames s Total Record Mode Continuous Time Schedule Motion Triggered Display NTSC 720 480 PAL 720 576 Resolution Record NTSC 320 112 640 224 PAL 320 136 640 272 Quad 640 224 total Each 640 224 Video Co mpression Format Motion JPEG 12 20K bytes frame Low 12K Byte Normal 15K Byte High 20K Byte HDD Support Over 500G Byte ATA 100 Interface Estimated ...

Page 21: ...ystem Connection Diagram 10 2 DVR Accessories included Chapter 10 Appendix Power Cord The shape of the plug might be different from different countries or regions Power Adaptor User s Manual CD ROM Remote Controller USB Cable ...

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