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Language: 

The language that the NVR’s menus, alerts and other communications will use. This usually defaults to English.

Be careful not to change this setting unintentionally - it might be tricky to find the setting to change it back when the NVR is 

speaking another language!

Video Standard:

 Here you can choose between PAL and NTSC. PAL is used in Western Europe and Australia, NTSC is used in 

the US, Canada and Japan. If the NVR’s picture is black and white, flickering or similar, then this is probably caused by the video 

system being set incorrectly. 

Don’t change this setting unless advised to do so by 

Swann

 Technical Support. You may not be able 

to see the NVR’s output on your screen anymore!
Time Zone: 

Particularly important if you’ve enabled NTP - set this to the time zone where you happen to be. For example, people 

in eastern Australia (Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00, whilst the Eastern Time zone in the USA and Canada 

is GMT-05:00. (GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time - it’s the baseline that keeps all the different time zones in sync.)

Menu Date Format: 

The format of the date (eg. DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY and so on).

System Time: 

This can be edited manually, or set to update automatically by using NTP (see 

“Network: Advanced: NTP” on page 

35

).

DST Setting:

 As the standards for daylight savings differ from country to country, and often state to state, you might need to 

manually tell the NVR exactly when it commences and ends in your locality. First, turn DST on. We suggest setting the 

Daylight 

Saving Time Mode

 to 

Date

, and manually entering the dates and times that daylight savings time applies to and from, in your 

locality. 

Note:

 

Some NTP servers are NOT fully compatible with DST. This may cause your system to double-count adding one or removing 

one more hour than they should, or cancel each other out. You may need to intentionally change your time zone to compensate, or 

simply not use NTP and DST simultaneously.

Enable Password:

 When enabled, the NVR will require a password to access, even for local users. It’s advisable to enable 

password protection 

Auto Lock Time:

 When the password protection is enabled, the NVR will automatically time-out, whereafter it will ask for a 

password before returning to normal functioning. The 

Auto Lock Time 

determines how long a period of inactivity will cause the 

NVR to lock itself again.

Device ID:

 Differentiates your NVR from other devices. If you don’t have any other NVR’s or similar devices, then you can leave this 

as-is. If you’ve got multiple NVRs running on the same network, then it’s a great idea to give each a unique ID.

System: General

The 

System: General

 menu contains 

many of the settings you’ll need to 

configure to get the most out of your 

NVR system. Most importantly:
•  The time and date can be set here.
•  You can select the language you 

want for the menus/GUI.

•  The configuration for automatic 

adjustment to daylight savings time 

is here.

•  You can easily enable or disable 

password protection - but will 

have to create a valid username/

password 

The System: User

 menu is where you can define 

and configure the different levels of access various 

users have to the NVR. 
We suggest that 

at minimum

 the admin account be 

password protected, as it has access to all aspects 

of the NVR’s operation. 
To add additional users, choose 

Add

.

To remove a user, choose 

Delete

.

To customize a user’s level of access, choose 

Modify

.

You cannot modify the access level of the default 

admin account 

- they can do everything. This 

is to prevent an unfortunate incident where, for 

example, no user has the permissions required to 

change another user’s permissions - which could 

lead to the NVR being, in at least some senses, 

inoperable. 

User Name:

 Select a name for the user you want to define. 

The best usernames are short, to the point, are relevant to the 

specific user they’re intended for, are easily memorable and 

hard to guess.

Password:

 A password can be any combination of numbers (0 

though 9) between one and eight characters long.

Confirm Password: 

Must exactly match the password for the 

definintion of a new user to be successful.

Level:

 There are two default levels of access to the NVR - 

Guests and Operators.

Guest:

 By default, a 

Guest

 user has access to the live images 

on the NVR and can search through recorded events. They 

cannot change any settings or configure the NVR in any way.

Operator: 

The default permissions of an 

Operator

 allow them to 

access and configure all aspects of the NVR.

You can easily customize the level of access each individual 

user has. Simply choose the 

Permission

 button on either the 

Add User

 or 

Modify

 to set the specific access for the user you 

want. The Permission menu has two tabs - 

Configuration

 and 

Operation

.

Configuration: 

The configuration page specifies which menu(s) 

the user can access. There is no hierarchy and any combination 

of menus can be selected (although some combinations would 

make little sense in practice).

Operation:

 You can select which channels the user has access 

to, and what they can do with them. For example, you could set 

a user to have permission to view all channels in live viewing 

mode, but only playback channels 2 and 4.
Press the 

Set

 button next to each type of access to select 

specific channels that the user can access.
Also, this page contains permissions for 

HDD Management

 

and 

Shutdown

. These are surprisingly powerful levels of 

access: between them, a user can remove all footage from a 

NVR’s hard drive and turn the NVR off. Be careful assigning 

these permissions!

System: User

Summary of Contents for NVR-7072

Page 1: ...1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL EN 720p High Definition Network Video Recorder NVR 7072 7082 models ...

Page 2: ...word as soon as possible Choose something that you ll remember but that others would be unlikely to guess IMPORTANT NOTICE Do NOT lose or forget your password To ensure that your NVR has the best security possible password recovery has been designed to be a complicated and time consuming process Only a select number of staff at the Swann Technical Support Telephone Helpdesk can assist Password ret...

Page 3: ... now before everything is fixed in place Getting the NVR Setup There are three stages to getting your NVR set up If you want to use the default settings you ll only need to complete steps one and two Stage 1 Connecting the NVR page 7 to page 10 This section details what you can connect to the different inputs outputs of the NVR Everyone ssetupwillvaryalittlebit itdependswhatcameras came with the N...

Page 4: ...ur warranty as well as pose a great risk of fire or electrical shock Do not expose the NVR to sudden bumps or shocks for example being dropped The NVR is as robust as possible but many of the internal components are quite fragile Remember that the NVR is in all likelihood going to be left on 24 hours a day 7 days a week Keep this in mind when choosing a location for installation Never open the cas...

Page 5: ... using the included power adapter If you ve got a monitor with VGA but not HDMI connect it to the VGA output on the NVR If you ve got a TV or monitor with HDMI in connect to the HDMI port on the NVR Connect an Ethernet cable from the LAN port on the NVR to a spare port on your router Connect the mouse to the USB port POE power adapter NVR 7082 only 8 channel NVR7082 model shown below 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...

Page 6: ...f the remote control below 1 Standby Send the NVR into standby mode No recording will occur while the NVR is set to Standby To wake up the NVR from standby mode just press the button again 2 Login Lock Lock the NVR so that it requires a password to re open or initiates unlocking the NVR if it s already locked Only works once the password function has been enabled and a password set see page 45 for...

Page 7: ... It s very important that you change this to a name that will help you easily identify the camera particularly helpful when there are multiple cameras with different IP addresses connected on the network Also whilst a camera IP address may sometimes change if the NVR or router was rebooted the assigned camera name will always stay the same unless if you change it Channel The channel to which the c...

Page 8: ... account For on going protection against unauthorized access we strongly suggest setting a new password for your Admin account User Name The NVR s default administration account which is always called Admin You can t change the Admin user name Password The password you d like to be associated with the Admin account A password can be between 1 and 8 characters in length and consists of numbers only...

Page 9: ...etting up your PC Got a Mac Check out www swann com myDVRmac for the latest Mac based remote access software Have a Smartphone or Tablet Then head to the respective Apple App Store or Google Play download the SwannView Link app or SwannView Link HD for tablets for free and turn your iOS or Android device into a monitoring centre for your NVR Have the peace of mind that you can monitor your home at...

Page 10: ...mation on the NVR and camera status is displayed as icons on the Live View screen Each camera will show its own status icons Icons are there to give you a quick snippet of what s going on with your cameras whether your camera has detected motion or even when your camera is having a connectivity issue The following is a guide of what each icon represents This icon indicates that the camera can reco...

Page 11: ... the Digital Zoom control panel Click to zoom in to zoom out to draw a box over an area of the video that you want to zoom in on to restore zoom back to default setting to exit Digital Zoom mode 5 Image Setting Displays the selected video channel in full screen and shows the Image Settings window for you to change the brightness contrast saturation and hue For more details see Image Settings in Di...

Page 12: ...the camera associated with the channel IP Address The IP address assigned to the camera MAC Address The Media Access Control address This is a unique code which nothing else should share Status Whether the camera is Previewing it s up and running and you can see it displayed on Live View or Offline The Edit Screen To scan for cameras Click the Scan button to generate a list of all cameras that you...

Page 13: ... or CDS Auto set by light sensor Backlight Optimize brightness and contrast levels to compensate for differences between dark and bright objects using either BLC or WDR mode This may improve image clarity in high contrast situations but should be tested at different times of the day and night to ensure there is no negative effect Mirroring Change the orientation of the image to be horizontally rev...

Page 14: ... sub stream forms part of the main stream The options will affect the output quality of each stream but won t change which one is being used in different circumstances Recording Encode The Recording Encode menu allows you to alter and customize how the NVR records footage and encodes the files Encoding is a term which refers to the compression algorithm a fancy computer term for make the file smal...

Page 15: ...ecommended recording setting for most applications The NVR will only record when it detects something moving in front of a camera and will then only record footage from the camera s that do detect motion unless you alter your Action settings Alarm Motion Detection Action on page 41 to include other channels Before setting any of your schedule to Motion ensure that Motion Detection is properly conf...

Page 16: ...kup footage from From the Video Type menu select the type s of video you want to backup Set your Start Time and End Time Select Backup The Backup File List Will show you a list of all the video events between the start and end times you ve selected All the ticked files will be part of the backup Refresh Looks for devices to which footage can be backed up This will include USB flash drives or hard ...

Page 17: ...r to the IP address of the NVR To continue the above examples it might be something such as 192 168 1 254 Auto DNS Static DNS Choose how you d like to define your DNS servers We recommend leaving it on Auto unless you ve got a specific reason not to Auto DNS The NVR will automatically choose a DNS server This is the recommended setting Static DNS If you need to manually define a DNS server then ch...

Page 18: ... router saving you the trouble of manually forwarding these ports If UPnP is not enabled or your router does not support this feature you ll need to forward the ports the NVR uses from the router to the NVR since this is a technically challenging process we strongly recommend using UPnP if possible UID TheNVR sUniqueIDentifiercodeforP2P Forconvenience you can have this code sent to your email acco...

Page 19: ...p for the email server you re using followed by and then the email server For example youraddress gmail com or similar Sender Password The password for the outgoing email account Recipient Address The email address you want the NVR to send emails to This can be any email address you like however bearinmindthattheNVRmightsendalargenumber of automatic emails under certain conditions Attach Picture W...

Page 20: ...s not sensitive enough then the NVR will not record when it should and may not record anything at all We think that motion detection is the best way to get your NVR to operate almost autonomously for long periods of time typically weeks to months without you having to worry about losing old footage However it can be important that it s configured correctly Alarm Motion Detection Configuration To s...

Page 21: ...ch gives you the highest detail and the best image clarity so the center of the image should be right where you need to see the real activity Position you camera so that any potential intruder s face will have to pass the center of the image as closely as possible without allowing the camera to be tampered with Also note that while having the cameras show some sky in the image might make the pictu...

Page 22: ...larm Exception Here you ll find a comprehensive list of hard drives connected to the NVR External drives connected via eSATA will be listed here and will behave like a standard hard drive They will be labeled as eSATA External drives connected via USB will not appear on this list and can t be used to record footage USB lacks the bandwidth to write multiple streams simultaneously External USB drive...

Page 23: ...ique ID System General The System General menu contains many of the settings you ll need to configure to get the most out of your NVR system Most importantly The time and date can be set here You can select the language you want for the menus GUI The configuration for automatic adjustment to daylight savings time is here You can easily enable or disable password protection but will have to create ...

Page 24: ...en you d like the NVR to reboot Typically this will be a time when it s unlikely there ll be any activity for the NVR to record Firmware Upgrade Upgrade Instructs the NVR to update its firmware You ll only need to use this option if instructed to do so by Swann Technical Support Remember to Export your configuration first so you don t have to re set everything Default Settings Restore Loads the fa...

Page 25: ...access to playback and backup Image Controls You can alter the brightness contrast saturation and hue of your images here They operate in the same way as those in the NVR s menu see Display Camera on page 24 for more information Viewing Modes Choose between single camera viewing four channels at once 2 x 2 or all eight channels at once 3 x 3 Volume Control Alters how loud the audio output from the...

Page 26: ...recorded onto the video with your images Position Settings Select the position of the channel name and record date labels that are overlaid on the screen Mask Check Box Turns the masking function on or off Mask Setup Creates a black privacy overlay which masks part of your images Will affect recordings Display Output Resolution Set the screen resolution to output to your monitor Transparency How t...

Page 27: ...learn more DDNS Setup Where you can configure a Dynamic DNS server to track the position of your NVR over the Internet Check out page 35 for more information on DDNS servers We recommend using SWANNDVR as your DNS service This is a free service for Swann NVR owners which we directly support To create an account with SWANNDVR go to http www swanndvr com and click the Registration button Follow the ...

Page 28: ...re likely to get See Alarm Motion on page 38 for more detailed information about setting motion detection 1 Mask any redundant movement This includes obvious things like trees blowing in the wind roads with cars passing and so forth Some less obvious things which might cause false triggers include the flickering of screens monitors or fluorescent lights reflections of movement in windows mirrors a...

Page 29: ...for customising the behaviour of the router First check the router s documentation the instructions may be there If your router s documentation doesn t describe the method for port forwarding then open a web browser and navigate to www portforward com they ve got instructions on port forwarding for literally thousands of different routers We can t offer much more information about forwarding ports...

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