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Contents

Important Information

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Password Recovery

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Live View

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Live View Mode

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Live View Icons & Controls

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Menu

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Menu Layout

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Camera Configuration

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Record: Parameters - Record

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Record: Parameters - Substream

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Camera: OSD

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Camera: Image

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Camera: Motion

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Motion Detection Tips

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Camera: Privacy Mask

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Camera: Video Tampering

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Camera: Video Loss

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Camera: Video Quality Diagnostics

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Camera: VCA - Line Crossing Detection

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Drawing a Detection Line

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Camera: VCA - Intrusion Detection

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Drawing an Intrusion Region

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Camera: PTZ

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Creating a Preset

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Creating a Patrol

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Recording Configuration

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Record: Schedule

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Record: Advanced

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Record: Holiday

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Manual: Record

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Playback

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Playback: Normal

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Playback: Event

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Playback: Tag

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Playback: Smart

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Smart Mode

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Playback: Sub-periods

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Playback: External File

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Export

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Export: Normal

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Export: Event

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Configuration

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Configuration: General - General

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Configuration: General - DST Settings

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Configuration: General - More Settings

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Configuration: Network - General

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Configuration: Network - PPPOE

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Configuration: Network - DDNS

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Configuration: Network - NTP

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Configuration: Network - Email

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Summary of Contents for HD Pro-Series

Page 1: ...Security Made Smarter PRO SERIES HD Professional HD Security System INSTRUCTION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...is the buyer s responsibility to be aware of all applicable laws and regulations that prohibit or limit the use of cameras and to comply with the applicable laws and regulations FCC Regulation for USA...

Page 3: ...your DVR will be displayed Click your DVR to reveal the MAC address Write this down without the dashes 4 Now go to your DVR and enter the MAC address at the password request screen Click OK when finis...

Page 4: ...sion Detection 25 Drawing an Intrusion Region 26 Camera PTZ 27 Creating a Preset 28 Creating a Patrol 29 Recording Configuration 30 Record Schedule 31 Record Advanced 32 Record Holiday 33 Manual Recor...

Page 5: ...60 System Maintenance 61 System Maintenance System Info 62 System Maintenance Log Information 63 System Maintenance Import Export 64 System Maintenance Upgrade 65 System Maintenance Default 66 System...

Page 6: ...You can check the status or operation of your DVR and cameras using the icons and Menu Bar on the Live View screen Right click the mouse to access the Menu Bar 12 09 2016 Fri 09 30 15 Camera 01 12 09...

Page 7: ...the name for each camera is also displayed 12 09 2016 Fri 09 30 15 Camera 01 12 09 2016 Fri 09 30 15 Camera 03 12 09 2016 Fri 09 30 15 Camera 02 12 09 2016 Fri 09 30 15 Camera 04 Menu Bar Status Icons...

Page 8: ...s the PTZ controls 10 Click this to change the display contrast level to one of the pre sets available 11 Click this to disable the internal buzzer when events or errors occur Click Yes or No to confi...

Page 9: ...n your DVR You can also access previously recorded video for playback and to export to a storage device such as aUSBflashdrive Tomaintainsystemin tegrity a firmware upgrade can be per formed when avai...

Page 10: ...such as brightness and contrast and access to Video Quality Diagnostics to alert you to blurred images and abnormal brightness Controls for PTZ Motion Privacy Mask Video Tampering and VCA Video Conte...

Page 11: ...can change the resolution and bitrate as well as image settings for brightness contrast and saturation Your DVR has several controls for Mo tion Video Tampering Video Loss Video Quality Diagnostics an...

Page 12: ...ting will suit most situations however you can change the bitrate if needed Enable H 264 By default your DVR utilises SVC Scalable Video Coding as a coding method to record video H 264 however has som...

Page 13: ...Settings to reveal the following options Pre record This reduces the chance of an event not being recorded We rec ommend changing this to 10 seconds 10s Post record Same as above but your DVR will co...

Page 14: ...ndwidth required however this mayreducetheoverallimagequality dependingonwhatisbeingmonitored The resolution frame rate and video quality can also be changed when using the SwannView Plus app and Wind...

Page 15: ...Click again to enable Date Format Select how you would like the date to be displayed Time Format Choose between 24 hour and 12 hour time DisplayMode Select how you would like the on screen display to...

Page 16: ...s it will degrade the image quality Saturation This alters how much color is displayed in the image The higher the saturation the more bright and vivid colors will appear Hue This changes the color mi...

Page 17: ...een monitoring enabling your DVR s internal buzzer send alerts to the SwannView Plus Windows software software must be running on your computer to receive alerts and to send an email Click Apply to sa...

Page 18: ...r cameras to overlook cars in the driveway and similar locations can be very useful Avoiding False Triggers 1 A tree shrub or foliage that is blown by the wind angle the camera so wind blown objects a...

Page 19: ...minimise false triggers and block movement that is not relevant to entry or exit to and from the backyard Click the Clear All button to clear all masks or click on a particular mask to clear Clear Zon...

Page 20: ...alerts to the SwannView Plus Windows software software must be running on your computer to receive alerts and to send an email Click Apply to save settings then click OK to exit Sensitivity This sett...

Page 21: ...Action Options available are full screen monitoring enabling your DVR s internal buzzer send alerts to the SwannView Plus Windows software software must be running on your computer to receive alerts a...

Page 22: ...t is too close to the camera or if someone is intention ally obscuring the image Abnormal Brightness Your DVR will alert you if the camera detects a bright source of light such as a torch or car headl...

Page 23: ...s and to send an email Click Apply to save settings then click OK to exit Rule Up to four detection lines can be enabled one detection line per rule Click Rule Settings to reveal the following options...

Page 24: ...selected detection line After drawing a detection line click Rule Settings and select the rule di rection that you want to apply to the detection line To adjust the sensitivity move the slider to inc...

Page 25: ...Up to four intrusion regions can be enabled one intrusion region per rule Click Rule Settings to reveal the following options Time Threshold s Increase or decrease the time an object has to stay with...

Page 26: ...the fourth point see above right example 2 Clear All Click this button to clear the selected intrusion region After drawing an intrusion region click Rule Settings then move the sliders to increase or...

Page 27: ...e the camera according to the preset positions that have been created You can increase or decrease the duration before moving to the next preset position see page 29 for more information Pattern This...

Page 28: ...set position is assigned to each number 3 Click the Set button to save Repeat these steps to create multiple preset positions Clear Click this button to delete a preset position Clear All Click this b...

Page 29: ...which the camera will move from one preset position to the next Add Click this button to add your preset position to the patrol The keypoint will increase each time you add a preset position OK Click...

Page 30: ...ns are available in the Record menu that is accessible from the Menu From here you can access and change the default recording schedule presented as a 24 hour 7 days a week grid and is color cod ed fo...

Page 31: ...Intrusion Detection for the camera that you ve selected to edit None As the name suggests your DVR will not record anything To edit using the pen tool select the recording type Continuous Mo tion or V...

Page 32: ...sume less bandwidth when using the remote playback feature in the SwannView Plus app Don t enable this if you require H 264 for certain video inputs only Overwrite This option allows your DVR to overw...

Page 33: ...question 3 Enable Click the checkbox to enable 4 Mode Select by date week or month 5 Start Date Select a start date 6 End Date Select an end date When finished click the Apply button to save settings...

Page 34: ...icates that each camera has no recording schedule enabled and the yellow ON button indicates that each camera is recording manually Click the button next to each camera to change the recording status...

Page 35: ...ou have copied important events to a USB flash drive You have the choice of selecting from a number of different playback modes such as Nor mal Event Tag Smart and Sub periods When playing videos you...

Page 36: ...ement This allows you to edit or delete tags that you have add ed to the video 7 ZoomIn Click this to enter digital zoom mode Click the video then use the PIP picture on picture screen on the bottom r...

Page 37: ...clip s to a USB flash drive Select the save location then click Export Click OK to confirm 4 Add default tag Tagging allows you to record information such as location or people within the video Multi...

Page 38: ...ctadifferentareatozoominto Right click to exit 6 Play controls These are your play pause rewind forward previous day and next day controls 7 Zoom In Out Zoom in and out of the timeline for precise con...

Page 39: ...le skipping for sections of video that doesn t match your search criteria You can also alter the playback speed for related and non re lated video and change the pre play and post play times 7 Search...

Page 40: ...e Motion Detection has been selected Click and drag to select the area that you want to define Multiple areas can be defined but only one detection type can be used 3 After creating the area that you...

Page 41: ...om In Click this to enter digital zoom mode 8 Play controls These are your play pause rewind forward previous day and next day controls 9 Zoom In Out Zoom in and out of the timeline for precise contro...

Page 42: ...in the screenshot above each video file name will display the chan nel ch01 as well as the date 20161216 and time 061649 that was used to record the video Double click a video to play To navigate use...

Page 43: ...s you the ability to save important events to a USB flash drive As the Overwrite option is enabled by default it s important to copy these important events before they are over written You can play th...

Page 44: ...above right To lock a video so it cannot be deleted click the lock icon in List mode 2 Select a file then use the play controls to play a video 3 Click the checkbox to select files that you want to e...

Page 45: ...t to view the files in Chart mode thumbnails or List mode as shown above right 2 Select a file then use the play controls to play a video 3 Click the checkbox to select files that you want to export 4...

Page 46: ...our DVR is configured and how it operates Some of the options such as Resolution Time Zone Email Daylight Saving and password creation are configured during the Setup Wizard For experienced network us...

Page 47: ...at Select a preferred display format System Date If the date is not correct click the calendar icon to select the correct date System Time If the time is not correct click the clock icon to select the...

Page 48: ...e checkbox to enable From To Set when Daylight Saving starts and ends For example 2 a m on the first Sunday of a particular month DST Bias This refers to the difference in minutes between Coordinated...

Page 49: ...something more relevant or leave the default name Device No The device number of your DVR It s recommended to leave the default setting Auto Logout Here you can change the time your DVR will exit the...

Page 50: ...he older IPv4 system MAC Address The MAC Media Access Control address is hardwired into the hardware and can t be changed If password protection has been enabled and you have forgotten your password t...

Page 51: ...be directly connected to the internet via a DSL modem This is an option for advanced users only Username Enter the username for your DSL account provider Password Enter the password for your DSL acco...

Page 52: ...ain name that is hosted on your ac count For example username swanndvr net User Name Enter the username host name for your account Password Enter the password for your account Test Click this button t...

Page 53: ...default time server will work in most circumstances NTP Port This is the default port number used by the NTP function Don t forget to click Apply to save settings Click the Back button to go back to t...

Page 54: ...er s email address Enable Attached Picture When enabled each time motion has been detect ed by a particular camera your DVR will attach three small images of the event when sending an email alert Clic...

Page 55: ...vice If you re having issues streaming video to your mobile device or your mobile service provider is blocking access we recommend to change this to 5554 Do not change this if everything is working Se...

Page 56: ...st IP Alarm Host Port and Multicast IP functions are not com patible with this DVR Any changes to the Server Port HTTP Port and RTSP Port on the previous tab will be reflected here Don t forget to cli...

Page 57: ...how many video channels your DVR has Dwell Time The time in seconds to dwell on a video channel when enabling Start Auto switch on the Menu Bar This only works when Live View mode is set to Single Sc...

Page 58: ...channels button to start the Live View of all cameras connected Press the Stop live view of all channels button to stop the Live View of all cameras connected Pressing the Stop live view of all channe...

Page 59: ...egal Login When your DVR detects an incorrect login Camera Recording Resolution Mismatch When the camera connected is not capable of matching the recording resolution selected Record Exception When th...

Page 60: ...d password enable Change Password and then input your new password Click OK to save 2 If you have multiple user accounts that you have created click Delete to remove them 3 Click the Add button to cre...

Page 61: ...settings and options that have been selected for your DVR to function Each action that your DVR per forms as well as events detected are logged which you can search view and export You can also instal...

Page 62: ...t circumstances the information here and in the subsequent tabs will not be needed for general use of your DVR however one of our Swann Tech nical Support staff may ask you to access this if you call...

Page 63: ...formation contained in the log 5 Insert your USB flash drive to the USB port 6 Select a log file that you want to copy click the Export button select a save location then click Export again 7 Click OK...

Page 64: ...ing your configuration settings 1 Insert your USB storage device to the USB port 2 Select the location of the file then click Import Your DVR will now restart to apply your configuration settings Clic...

Page 65: ...ur USB flash drive to the USB port Click the Refresh button if your flash drive is not detected 2 Select the location of the file then click Upgrade Your DVR will restart when finished FTP We don t re...

Page 66: ...Restore Defaults This option will reset all settings that have been changed Factory Defaults This option will perform a factory reset All settings will go back to their default settings and informatio...

Page 67: ...or general use of your DVR however one of our Swann Tech nical Support staff may ask you to access this if you call for assistance Click the Back button to go back to the Menu This function allows you...

Page 68: ...f your DVR however one of our Swann Tech nical Support staff may ask you to access this if you call for assistance Click the Back button to go back to the Menu This function displays technical informa...

Page 69: ...m time to time we recommend that you format the hard drive This ensures that your DVR runs efficiently and maintains system integrity Connect a USB flash drive to copy events that you want to save Rem...

Page 70: ...ect in gigabytes the space you want to allo cate For example 50 gigabytes for camera 1 50 gigabytes for camera 2 The free quota space will decrease each time an allocation is made Record on HDD Group...

Page 71: ...eo Quality Diagnostics Diagnose IfyouhaveVideoQualityDiagnosticsenabledononeormorecam eras click this button to display the diagnostic result and diagnostic time for each camera selected Click the Bac...

Page 72: ...internet service provider Auto focus Will adjust the lens of your camera to focus on an object being viewed Bandwidth In computer networks bandwidth is used as a synonym for data transfer rate the am...

Page 73: ...unit of measurement is frames per second fps Gateway Is a node or router that routes traffic from a device on your home network to the outside network that is providing access to the internet H 264 Ma...

Page 74: ...VR will play these as one continual video PAL Is the video system used in the United Kingdom Australia and most European countries In PAL 25 frames are transmitted each second Post record Instructs yo...

Page 75: ...al time from a reference clock and distributes the information to its clients on the network Time Zone Is a region that observes a uniform standard time for legal com mercial and social purposes Times...

Page 76: ...y of origin The warranty does not cover any incidental accidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this product Any costs associ ated with the fitting or remova...

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