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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

 

Chapter 1: Packing Contents 

 

CONTENTS IN THE PACKAGE

 

 

Chapter 2: Getting To Know Your MiniD400 

 

 

MiniD400 

 

 

Chapter 3: Remote control 

 

REMOTE CONTROL PANEL   

 

Chapter 4: Getting Started

 

 

OVERVIEW OF SET UP PROCEDURES 

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Chapter 5: Hardware Installation

 

 

SD MEMORY INSTALLATION   

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CONNECTING MiniD400    TO YOUR TV SET OR MONITOR   

13 

 

ALARM INSTALLATION   

14 

 

Chapter 6: OSD MODE

 

 

1. ACCESS TO OSD MENU   

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2. MAIN MENU   

15 

 

3. SYSTEM SETUP   

3.1 TIME SET > DAY LIGHT SAVING 
3.2 LANGUAGE SETUP 
3.3 VIDEO OUTPUT 
3.4 BRIGHTNESS: 

 
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4. VIDEO SETUP   

4.1 RESOLUTION 
4.2 VIDEO QUALITY 
4.3 FRAME RATE   
4.4 PRE RECORDING TIME 
4.5 POST RECORDING TIME 
4.6 AUDIO RECORDING 
4.7 DISK OVERWRITE 

 
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Intelligent Security & Fire

Summary of Contents for MiniD400

Page 1: ...Vista MiniD400 Installation User s Manual I n t e l l i g e n t S e c u r i t y F i r e ...

Page 2: ...his equipment can cause equipment damage Note Notes contain important information about a product or procedure RoHS Announcement All lead free products offered by the company comply with the requirements of the European law on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS directive which means our manufacture processes and products are strictly lead free and without the hazardous substances cited i...

Page 3: ...vent internal heat build up Do not place the unit on surfaces rugs blankets etc The height and linearity controls located at the rear panel are for adjustments by qualifies personnel only Installation Do not install the unit in extremely hot or humid environments or places exposed to excessive dust or mechanical vibrations Cleaning Clean the unit with a slightly damp soft cloth Use a mild househol...

Page 4: ...lation SD MEMORY INSTALLATION 12 CONNECTING MiniD400 TO YOUR TV SET OR MONITOR 13 ALARM INSTALLATION 14 Chapter 6 OSD MODE 1 ACCESS TO OSD MENU 15 2 MAIN MENU 15 3 SYSTEM SETUP 3 1 TIME SET DAY LIGHT SAVING 3 2 LANGUAGE SETUP 3 3 VIDEO OUTPUT 3 4 BRIGHTNESS 16 4 VIDEO SETUP 4 1 RESOLUTION 4 2 VIDEO QUALITY 4 3 FRAME RATE 4 4 PRE RECORDING TIME 4 5 POST RECORDING TIME 4 6 AUDIO RECORDING 4 7 DISK O...

Page 5: ...1 SENSITIVIITY 5 3 SCHEDULE SETUP 19 6 SUB MENU 6 1 PASSWORD CHANGE 6 2 FILE INDEX RENEW 20 Chapter 7 SCREEN MODE 1 LIVE SCREEN MODE 1 1 SCREEN MESSAGE 1 2 SCREEN ICON 21 2 SEARCH LIST 2 1 SEARCH FACTOR 22 Appendix TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 24 RECORDING TIME TABLE 26 I n t e l l i g e n t S e c u r i t y F i r e ...

Page 6: ... in the package MiniD400 Main Unit Remote Controller AV IN AV OUT Connector Terminal Block 12V Power Supply Installation CD Quick Guide 1GB SD Card Supplied 8GB Maximum allowed SD Reader Option I n t e l l i g e n t S e c u r i t y F i r e ...

Page 7: ... of each button on MiniD400 The buttons are used to operate the basic functions of MiniD400 such as recording playback fast forward reverse play and etc For more details on the set up and operation of MiniD400 refer to Chapter 6 MiniD400 MENU I n t e l l i g e n t S e c u r i t y F i r e ...

Page 8: ...when the MiniD400 is recording 4 Status LED This light blinks when events have occurred or there is an error 5 Power LED This light illuminates when the MiniD400 is powered up 6 Remote control Receiver When controlling MiniD400 by remote control be sure to point at the receiver 7 Reset Press the reset button if you want to return setting values to the default 8 AV IN Connect AV IN connector 9 AV O...

Page 9: ...le 4 LEFT RIGHT REW Fast Rewind X2 X4 X8 X16 FF Fast Forward X2 X4 X8 X16 5 REW REW Fast Rewind X2 X4 X8 X16 6 FF FF Fast Forward X2 X4 X8 X16 7 PLAY Playback at X1 8 STOP Stop recording or playback In playback mode go back to the first frame 9 PAUSE Pause playback or resume playback 10 MUTE Remove audio 11 ENT On playback mode playback at X1 On OSD menu enter values 12 SEARCH Enter Search menu On...

Page 10: ...g Stand by Play Menu Remark RECORD O O X X X O Available X N A MENU O X O O O SEARCH O X O O X MODE O X O O O UP X X O O O DOWN X X O O O REW X X X O O FF X X X O O ENTENT X X O O O REW X X X O O FF X X X O O PLAY X X O O O STOP X X X O X PAUSE X X X O X MUTE X X X O X I n t e l l i g e n t S e c u r i t y F i r e ...

Page 11: ...niD400 offers you the flexibility to choose a recording frame rate maximum rate 25 frames per second A faster frame rate provides more natural recorded video images However it requires more SD Memory storage You may reduce the frame rate minimum rate 1 frame per second to fit longer recording sessions in consideration of your SD card capacity If a camera is normally connected to MiniD400 it enters...

Page 12: ...in your PC Insert the SD card in your PC and move the files from the SD card to the HDD of our PC You can also check each recorded file through MiniD Player Vista recommends SanDisk SD cards these have been tested with MiniD400 Vista does not guarantee compatibility with other makes The SD card brands that Vista can recommend are as follows SanDisk SDHC Sandisk 8GB Attention Do not take out the SD...

Page 13: ...s Connect the camera to VIDEO IN terminal of AV IN connector connect the monitor to VIDEO OUT terminal of AV OUT connector Note The RCA cable required for this connection is not supplied with the MiniD400 Audio Input Output Connection For TV monitor speaker Connect the microphone to the AUDIO IN terminal of AV IN connector then connect the speaker to AUDIO OUT terminal of AV OUT connector Note The...

Page 14: ...cable to the alarm switch terminal 2 Connect the alarm power cables to the appropriate power source Refer to the diagram below for information on how to connect an alarm to your MiniD400 Note Contact an authorized dealer for information about buying the appropriate alarm device for your needs and for information concerning its proper installation procedures I n t e l l i g e n t S e c u r i t y F ...

Page 15: ...as for recording set recoding quality schedule recording times and to set other operation parameters you will need to access the MiniD400 menu Numerals can be selected by pushing up down button on the remote control 2 MAIN MENU In the main menu the indicator will be shown on the left of each sub menu Press UP DOWN button on the remote control to select a desired sub menu When is indicated on the d...

Page 16: ...IGHT SAVING SELECT ON when you want to use day light saving time You can setup a time period when the day light saving is period is to apply 3 2 LANGUAGE SETUP English French Dutch German Spanish 3 3 VIDEO OUTPUT Not selectable Display NTSC or PAL according to unit s CCD type 3 4 BRIGHTNESS Select brightness value among low normal and high PAL HIGH Off English I n t e l l i g e n t S e c u r i t y...

Page 17: ...0fps PLAY VIEW Resolution PAL PLAY VIEW Resolution NTSC HIGH NORMAL LOW 4CIF 704x480 704x480 704x480 2CIF 704x480 704x480 704x480 CIF 704x480 704x480 704x480 HIGH NORMAL LOW 4CIF 704x576 25fps 704x576 25fps 704x576 25fps 2CIF 704x288 25fps 704x288 25fps 704x288 25fps CIF 352x288 25fps 352x288 25fps 352x288 25fps HIGH NORMAL LOW 4CIF 704x576 704x576 704x576 2CIF 704x576 704x576 704x576 CIF 704x576 ...

Page 18: ...0 25 sec 400 35 sec CIF 1000 20 sec 600 30 sec 300 40 sec 4 5 POST RECORDING TIME Post recording time means how long the unit will record for after the end of the event s trigger Min 5 sec 4 6 AUDIO RECORDING Audio function can be turned OFF or ON in the menu 4 7 DISK OVERWRITE If overwrite is set to ON the MiniD400 will continue recording and automatically overwriting the oldest recorded files wh...

Page 19: ...ut is in ON status and turns OFF when events occur Normally Closed Normally Open Alarm input type is Normal Close The device connected to alarm output is in OFF status and turns ON when events occur Normally Closed Normally Closed Alarm input type is Normal Close The device connected to alarm output is in ON status and turns OFF when events occur Note In Normal Close mode if an intruder cuts the c...

Page 20: ...he UP DOWN button on the remote control Once you input the current password set a new four digit password using the buttons UP REW DOWN FF on the remote control Then confirm your new password by entering the number again 6 2 FILE INDEX RENEW The index file is automatically generated and stored in the SD card when inserted into MiniD400 If the index file does not match the files actually stored in ...

Page 21: ...and the OSD menu FILE NOT FOUND Displays when there are no recorded files in the SD or no search result on search mode SD CARD ERROR Displays when the SD card is physically damaged or recorded files in the SD CARD are damaged NO SIGNAL Displays when there is no video input SD CARD LOCKED Displays when SD CARD is locked or has an error INSERT SD CARD Displays when there is no SD CARD in the slot SD...

Page 22: ...erformed on OSD menu SEARCH Displays when in search mode N B All Recording Indicators will show up first with in red then quickly turn to white RED INDICATOR Recording is processing if it is stop the no file is made thus it is not saved The unit has not had the time to form a file WHITE INDICATOR When the white indicator is displayed it means the recorded file can be made even if you stop recordin...

Page 23: ... factors are combined in multiple conditions such as TIME and ALARM TIME and MOTION TIME and MOTION and EMERGENCY etc To search all recorded files within a specific period of time Enter the time period you wish to search in To search all the recorded files stored in the SD card select None ALARM To search recorded files triggered by alarm in event MOTION To search recorded files triggered by motio...

Page 24: ... Quality Format High Normal Low 4CIF 1500Kbps 1000Kbps 500Kbps 2CIF 1200Kbps 800Kbps 400Kbps CIF 1000Kbps 600Kbps 300Kbps Video Recording Frame Rate PAL 25 12 8 6 3 1 fps NTSC 30 15 10 6 3 1 fps Recording Mode Emergency Schedule Alarm Motion Detection Decoding Video Format As recorded Quality Frame Rate Pre recording Time 10sec by Video Quality Setup Storage Support SD SDHC 8GB max Storage File Sy...

Page 25: ...n Cable Alarm I O 1Port Pluggable Terminal Block include Plug SD Slot 1Port SD Card Slot DC Power Input 1Port DC Power Jack OTHERS LED 3 Status LED Storage Support SD SDHC 8GB max POWER Power consumption Approx 150mA 12VDC ENVIRONMENTAL Storage Temperature 20 70 C Operating Temperature 20 60 C Humidity 30 80 RH non condensing PHYSICAL Dimension 92 W x 46 L x 18 H mm Weight Approx 50g ACCESSORY Rem...

Page 26: ...ANDISK SD SDHC MEMORY Memory Usable Memory HIGH CIF 25fps NORMAL CIF 25fps LOW CIF 25fps 512 MB 480 MB 47 min 1hr 14 min 2hr 6 min 1 GB 960 MB 1hr 40 min 2hr 35 min 4hr 24 min 2 GB 1 9 GB 3hr 26 min 5hr 19 min 9hr 3 min 4 GB 3 8 GB 6hr 57 min 10hr 46 min 18hr 20 min 8 GB 7 4 GB 13hr 46 min 21hr 20 min 36hr 18 min Recording time can differ according to SD card kinds Memory Usable Memory HIGH 4CIF 2...

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