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DVR4-1160™ MPEG

4 Channel Digital Video Recorder

Operating Instructions

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Operating Instructions

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Page 1: ...DVR4 1160 MPEG 4 Channel Digital Video Recorder Operating Instructions plug playsecurity Advanced security made easy SW342 LPM www swannsecurity com SR342 LPM 60010 200609 Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...o TV technician for help These devices comply with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 These devices may not cause harmful interference and 2 These devices must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation IMPORTANT NOTE Prohibition against eavesdropping Except for the operations of law enforcement officers c...

Page 3: ...amerate 10 Video Quality 11 Record Schedule 11 Sensor Setup 11 Motion Detector Setup 12 System Password 13 Image Parameters 14 Miscellaneous Setup 14 16 Recording 17 Playback 18 Installing DVR Software 19 Playback 20 Configuring ActiveX 21 IP Setup 22 User Set Up 23 DxClient 24 DxClient Layout 25 Netviewer 26 28 HDD Viewer 29 HDD Viewer continued 30 32 Installing and changing the HDD 33 Troublesho...

Page 4: ...s Easy Setup Guide Power Adapter with Cable Software CD Network cable USB cable RCA Video Cable RCA to BNC adapters X 4 Security Stickers 4 Pack If you are missing any of the components above contact Swann Communications for assistance Package Contents ...

Page 5: ...UP AND RECORD SETUP 7 Hard drive indicator Lights when hard drive is active flashes when recording searching etc 8 Infra red sensor 9 Power Indicator Lights on when DVR powered 10 Channel 1 Press to view channel 1 11 Channel 2 Press to view channel 2 12 Channel 3 Press to view channel 3 13 Channel 4 Press to view channel 4 14 Quad Mode Press to view all channels in quad mode 15 Up arrow Move curso...

Page 6: ...ng playback 5 RECORD Press to begin recording Note will not function if the cameras are not activated in CAMERA SETUP AND RECORD SETUP 6 MENU Used to enter the main menu or exit a sub menu 7 UP arrow Move cursor up in menus 8 SELECT SEL Press to select an option enter a sub menu 9 RIGHT arrow Press to move cursor right 10 DOWN arrow Press to move cursor down 11 Mute Press to mute audio output 12 P...

Page 7: ...he other end of the power splitter 4 Connect the BNC end of the extension cables to the camera connections on the back of the DVR unit CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 5 Connect the DVR power supply plug into the power supply socket on the back of the DVR 6 Plug in the camera power adapter and the DVR power adapter to mains power outlets 1 2 3 4 5 Cameras and accessories optional 6 Connecting Cameras to the DVR ...

Page 8: ...first boot up or after a new hard drive has been installed Push SELECT to format the hard drive or MENU to cancel the format and continue with the start up Once the DVR has booted up and you have a camera connected to each channel you should be able to see a quad screen showing all four displays below 3 1 2 1 Displays showing cameras 1 and 3 2 Audio icon in this case audio in ac tive on camera 1 3...

Page 9: ...LECT 3 Below the date and time digits you will see a red arrow Use the LEFT and RIGHT buttons on the remote or the FWD and RWD buttons on the front panel to move across 4 Push the SELECT button to change the data Note The 0 9 buttons on the remote cannot be used to set the time Overwrite enabled Set to ON to enable the hard drive to overwrite the oldest files when the hard drive is full When it is...

Page 10: ...DOWN RWD for left FWD for right buttons to select the camera you would like to change set tings on 2 Push the SELECT button to increase the number of FRAMES PER SECOND and the STOP button to decrease the number of FPS 3 To exit the Record Setup screen push the MENU button Record Setup Record Framerate Camera Setup allows you to choose which channels will be active when the cameras are plugged into...

Page 11: ...ule allows you to set the DVR to record between specified times or set to record when motion is detected The timeline in the Record Schedule screen shows 24 bars representing 24 hours in a day S The DVR can be set to continue recording after it has detected motion 1 Use the UP DOWN buttons to scroll between each option Push the SELECT button to choose between 5 10 15 20 25 30 seconds This is the t...

Page 12: ...eactivate the whole area push the STOP button on either the remote or the DVR control panel this will clear all the boxes and leave the entire screen highlighted 7 To reverse this effect push the ALL button on the remote or the QUAD MODE button When motion detection is inactive the image will have a high light over the entire screen When motion detection is active the area will be covered with a c...

Page 13: ...enu 1 Select the MISCELLANEOUS SETUP option in the Main menu 2 Select the first option CHANGE PASSWORD 3 Key in the current password in the first blank field 4 In the second field key in the new password Any of the but tons except for the MENU button on the remote control or the DVR front panel can be used to make a password 5 Confirm the new password by re entering it in the third blank field You...

Page 14: ... Brightness adjust the brightness level of the overall screen image HUE Hue adjust the gradation of each colour SAT Saturation adjust the weight intensity of each colour 5 To increase and decrease the settings use the RIGHT and LEFT buttons on the remote or the FWD and RWD buttons on the front panel Hidden Channel 1 In the Main menu select MISCELLANEOUS SETUP and then HIDDEN CHANNEL 2 Push the SEL...

Page 15: ...beep three times 1 Select VIDEO LOSS TIME in the MISCELLANEOUS SETUP screen 2 Push SELECT to turn ON and OFF Keypad Tones The beeper sound you hear each time you push a button can be disabled 1 In the Main menu select MISCELLANEOUS SETUP and then KEYPAD TONES 2 Push the SELECT button to turn ON or OFF The DVR allows audio to be recorded on one of the channels If your cameras do not support audio a...

Page 16: ...If you have changed the language and are having trouble set ting it back to English simply push the MAIN menu button until you see one of the options below SELEZIONE LINGUA CHOIX DE LANGUE SPRACHE EINSTELLAN IDIOMA SELECTO IDIOMA Then scroll down to the one you see from the list above and push the SELECT button until you get back to English Language Setup Miscellaneous Setup continued ...

Page 17: ...the top left corner of each display indicates the the channel 4 Record mode This indicates which record schedule the DVR is set to a A REC Current record schedule is set to NORMAL RECORD mode b S REC Current record schedule is set to SENSOR RECORD mode c N REC Current record schedule is set to NO RECORD mode 5 Hard drive information This shows which hard drive is been recorded to and the percentag...

Page 18: ...op of the list 2 Push the PLAY button to view the recording you have selected Playing a recording 1 Push the MENU button to scroll up to EVENT then push the UP or DOWN button to scroll between TIME and EVENT 2 With the red arrow beside TIME push the SELECT button 3 You will see the date and time Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrows on the remote or the RWD and FWD buttons on the DVR front panel to scroll...

Page 19: ...e 1 Insert the mini CD into a CD DVD ROM drive on your computer 2 If your CD DVD ROM drive does not auto run the CD click MY COMPUTER click on the drive the CD is in and double click on the DXCLIENT2 7 1 ENG EXE file 3 In the setup window click INSTALL ...

Page 20: ...4 Follow the instructions in the setup wizard and click NEXT 5 The installation is now complete Tick the checkbox to run the DXCLIENT and click FINISH Installing DVR Software continued ...

Page 21: ...RNET OPTIONS click on the SECURITY tab at the top 4 Select the INTERNET zone option 5 Click on the CUSTOM LEVEL button 6 Find the the following three options and SET them to PROMPT Download signed ActiveX controls Download unsigned ActiveX controls Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting Set the next two options to ENABLE Run ActiveX controls and plug ins Script Act...

Page 22: ...k to the Main menu 3 Turn the power off or unplug the power cable from the back of the DVR to reboot it 4 Once the DVR has rebooted go back to the NETWORK SETUP sub menu You should now have a complete IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY and DNS1 ADDRESS DHCP Setup Static IP Setup DVR unit We strongly recommend only advanced users with network knowledge setup the DVR using a Static IP address ...

Page 23: ...acter 4 Use the LEFT and RIGHT buttons on the remote or the RWD and FWD buttons on the front panel to move across to the next character in your password 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to change the ADMIN PASSWORD USER ID and USER PASSWORD 6 Reboot the DVR for the changes to take affect Viewing Remotely Now that you have configured the DVR and your PC you can view your DVR over the internet The DVR can be ...

Page 24: ...ck DXCLIENT in the DXCLIENT folder Opening DxClient PC viewer 3 The DxClient program should now be open with a blank screen Click on the large NET button Login DxClient Note the DVR must be connected through a network using the network cable Note if you are trying to access your DVR from a location outside of your network you will need to know your PUBLIC IP ADDRESS If you don t know your PUBLIC I...

Page 25: ...ient 15 Software Version 16 Left Move camera left in PTZ 17 Up Move camera up in PTZ 18 Display Select Press to select the display you would like to view 19 Right Move camera right in PTZ 20 Down Move camera down in PTZ 21 Zoom In Press to zoom in iris in or focus in only functions with cameras capable of PTZ 22 PTZ Control Press to change between ZOOM IRIS and FOCUS 23 Zoom Out Press zoom out iri...

Page 26: ...5 Sensor Recording Click to open dropdown options 5 10 15 20 25 and 30 seconds HIghlight and click to make selection 6 Alarm Sounding Click to open dropdown options 5 10 15 20 25 30 seconds CONT continuos and OFF HIghlight and click to make selection 7 EXIT Click to close DxClient Configuration window 8 Schedule Record Timeline NO RECORD S Sensor Record A Normal Record Click on the S A or to chang...

Page 27: ... want the AVI file to be saved on 3 Select the folder you want the AVI file to be saved on Click OK Then click SAVE on the DxClient CONFIGURA TION window Using the Stream Capture function you can record live footage and then convert it into an AVI file This enables you to playback the recording on other meida players such as VLC DivX or Windows Media player Netviewer continued ...

Page 28: ...time is 900 seconds 3 In this window you can view the footage you have captured before converting to AVI Click where it says PAUSED CLICK HERE TO PLAY to play the captured footage To pause it click the same button again 4 To convert to AVI click the CONVERT TO AVI button 5 To view the footage go to the location where captured footage is saved as an AVI file 1 Click the BACK UP AVI button in the Dx...

Page 29: ...ill be saved when you push the STREAM CAPTURING button 4 LANGUAGE SELECT this cannot be changed only default language English is avail able on this software version 5 NORMAL WINDOW AT STARTUP clicking this options sets the DxClient to show on top of other windows on start up 6 NORMAL PLAYBACK AT STARTUP click to choose whether the recording plays or is paused on startup in HDD viewer mode 7 HIDE C...

Page 30: ...u want the backup to end 5 DRIVE Select the hard drive you would like the MCG file to be saved in 6 FILENAME Name your back up file The default name is DUMP MCG Remember to include the MCG file extension if you change the filename otherwise the DxClient will not be able to find the backup file 7 Click OK Backup will now begin The DVR allows you to backup all your recordings onto your hard drive Th...

Page 31: ... the backup you can view the file on the DxClient 1 Click on the large FILE button on the right panel of the DxClient 2 The EVENT LIST window will now be open Use the arrows on the sidebar to scroll the list 3 Select the recording you would like to view and click it so that it is highlighted 4 Click the PLAYBACK button on the bottom left of the Event List window 5 The video will now begin playing ...

Page 32: ...u can use the Search Time function to do this 1 Click on the Search Time button Note the DVR must be in Netviewer mode connected to a PC using a network cable for the Search Time button to be active 2 Input the date and time you would like to see footage from The DVR will playback your search from the time you input If there is no recording for the time you input nothing will happen ...

Page 33: ... cable 2 BLACK 1 YELLOW and 1 RED cable from the back of the Hard Drive Power Cable SATA Cable Note the following instructions are for installing or changing the hard drive If your DVR already has a hard drive pre installed disregard these steps 1 Ensure the DVR is unplugged and removed from mains power 2 Locate and remove the 5 screws 2 on each side of the DVR and one on the back at the top of th...

Page 34: ...onnected properly to the DVR and the power supply 12V 1A Check that the cables are not faulty by connecting the cameras directly to the DVR or to a TV if you have the proper adapters Problem One of the displays is not showing on my screen Solution Make sure all cameras are set to ON in CAMERA SETUP Make sure you don t have the HIDDEN CHANNEL function in MISCELLANEOUS SETUP on for one of the camera...

Page 35: ... x 288 Recording Frame Rate NTSC 60fps 4 x 15fps PAL 50fps 4 x 12fps Recording Modes Manual Schedule Motion Multiplex Operation Triplex HDD Interface SATA Hard Drive Support Up to 1TB Network LAN Connection Yes Network Interface RJ45 Network Type Static DHCP PPOE Protocol TCP IP DDNS Supported Yes Remote Operation Yes General Operating Power DC 12V Dimensions 9 8 x 8 7 x 1 6 250mm x 220mm x 40mm W...

Page 36: ... the end user This warranty applies to the original purchaser of the product only and is not transferable to any third party Unauthorized end user or third party modifications to any component or evidence of misuse or abuse of the device will render all warranties void By law some countries do not allow limitations on certain exclusions in this warranty Where applicable by local laws regulations a...

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