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DVR-AHD-081-1

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

DVR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION GUIDE

Summary of Contents for DVR-AHD-081-1

Page 1: ...BUILD YOUR OWN SECURITY SYSTEM www 8level eu DVR AHD 081 1 DIGITALVIDEO RECORDER DVR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...rmat All HDD data will be lost When connected to HDMI please use a HDMI cable with magnetic ring 1 Specification Model DVR AHD 081 1 Channel 8 x 720p 960H FD1 2 x Audio Recording and playback 8 Channel Simultaneously Record mode Manual Continuous Detection Alarm Schedule Video Format 720p 960H FD1 Video Compression H 264 Record Playback Frame Rate 6 720p 25fps 2 720p 15fps 8 720p 15fps 8 960H 25fp...

Page 3: ...h 4 screws Caution This DVR series does not support the HDD hot swap please connect the HDD before you turn on the DVR During long distance transportation please detach the HDD to avoid damaging it 4 Front Panel 4 1 Power button When logged in pressing Power button activates the Power Options Menu If the Power button is pressed and held during power on procedure Software Update Menu will pop up 4 ...

Page 4: ...5 Back Panel 6 Remote Controller Optional ...

Page 5: ... provides a 12V DC power output port Introduce the 3 segment alarm connection as below the difference between 2 segment alarm and 3 segment alarm is don t need add resistance when use 2 segment alarm type 1 Alarm sensor connection Alarm input The physical connections of the normal on off mode are the same And user can select normal on off mode in the DVR Note The alarm input port which haven t use...

Page 6: ...nect VGA HDMI monitor and mouse After connecting power cable the DVR will start automatically In such case pressing Power button is not necessary To turn off the DVR when the system is in running state and logged in press power button on front panel or remote controller to popup the shutdown intrface After clicking the Confirm button the system will enter the standby mode To avoid unauthorized usa...

Page 7: ...cture 1 Menu icon Single click in login status to access the main menu 2 System login lock icon Single click to access host after booting single click to lock the host 3 Alarm status icon Single click to access alarm status to query alarm information and clear alarm voice 4 Audio icon Single click to enable or unable voice 5 Channel preview order adjust icon Single click to adjust the order of pre...

Page 8: ...e Playback from main menu as below picture confirm and access the inquiry interface 10 1 Time Inquiry In Time Inquiry interface click calendar date or input the date which you want query then click Inquiry button Choose the channel for inquiry and click Play If the date show blue color mean that this day have video data or picture data grey mean not 10 2 Event Inquiry ...

Page 9: ...ayback or double click the data by mouse to playback Click last page or next page for page turning 10 3 Data Management You can lock unlock or delete the files in Data Management the interface as the below picture Choose the channel for inquiry Use mouse to select data for lock unlock and delete Note Only when data in unlock status can do lock or delete operation When data is in lock status only c...

Page 10: ... and type 2 Then a message of Are you sure to backup will pop out Select Yes for backup till all of the file backup is complete Note Quick backup is backup all data what queried 11 2 Manual Backup l Operations method as below 1 Choose the backup channel file status select record picture type then click Inquiry 2 Select backup files choose Manual backup to access backup interface 3 Then a prompt Ar...

Page 11: ...rface Settings include enable schedule backup function selecting schedule backup channel record mode schedule backup time backup device overwrite model file saved type When the settings are saved the machine will automatically backup by the moment Caution Backup time is not able to exceed 1 month ...

Page 12: ...eristic for CBR is in limited bitrate to have good compression images as well as easy to estimate the HDD occupation and network bandwidth Definition 720p FD1 CIF 960H Q960H Video quality There are 6 levels of video quality highest higher high middle low and lowest Frame rate 2 25 30 fps 720p Bitrate Compression bit rate upper limit They are 720P is 2M 3M 4M 6M User define adjustable under 960H FD...

Page 13: ...enable manual record the color of channel button is blue Disable is gray color If you open manual record it will manual record all the time until you manual close it If the power supply was cut off after it have power supply again it will continue to manual record ...

Page 14: ...tion Motion detection operation steps Step1 Enter Main Menu Record Setup Record para interface to set corresponding channel pre record time and delay record time Step2 Select the channel number which you want to motion record Step3 Continuous alarm after enable motion alarm will continuous alarm when there has something moved in the video image Step4 Define the motion detection sensitivity level T...

Page 15: ...n motion alarm happens PTZ preset point System support the function of dome will turn to preset point when motion happens 13 2 Sensor Sensor alarm recording setting steps Step1 Enter Main Menu Record Setup Record Para interface to set the channel pre record time and delay record time Step2 Enter Main Menu Alarm Setup Sensor then the interface is the right figure above Step3 Select Sensor type Norm...

Page 16: ...ns PTZ preset point System support the function of dome will turn to preset point when alarm happens Note PTZ preset point value range 1 255 255 means close 13 3 Alarm Output Enter Main Menu Alarm Setup Alarm Output interface as the right picture You can set alarm during time audio buzzer full screen and alarm output deploying time l Alarm during time Alarm detection time 2 300 seconds System defa...

Page 17: ... is enable alarm function The default setting of network disconnection and video shield is disable Video sheild support sensitivity setting devide into 5 level 1 lowest sensitivity to 5 the highest sensitivity The default setting is the 4th level HDD error Video lost High temperature and Video mask support email upload function 13 5 Manual Alarm Enter Main Menu Alarm Setup Manual Alarm the interfa...

Page 18: ...r lock function then you can lock the DVR by remote controller Host id If COM keyboard connect mult DVRs at the same time by parallel connection it will be as identify code to control and distinguish different hosts Video standard User can choose the systerm video format as PAL or NTSC Resolution Support 1024 768 1280 1024 1440 900 1920 1080 Language English Display device switch VGA HDMI CVBS out...

Page 19: ...neral occasion 14 3 DST Setting Click the DST button to access the setting interface as the right figure above then set the starting time and end time through the week or date 14 4 NTP Setting NTP NTP Network Time Protocol means to get current time from remote server via network to as DVR system time Please make sure your DVR can access internet before use NTP The default sever is hk pool ntp org ...

Page 20: ... Channel name Channel name can input max 31 characters Left click mouse in the text field then it will pop out soft keyboard The keyboard default as inputting english letters Can click the button right on the text field to switch inputting numbers English letters characters 2 Video mask setting Disable Not open Video Mask function Preview Mask The channel of whole preview realtime preview image wi...

Page 21: ...confirm the end position Press Clear to cancel the area Back to the channel setting interface click Save to activate the setting 3 Special region The Special region which you have set will more obvious and clear You can max set 4 special areas The setting methos is similar to mask area setting Note You can only see the special area setting effect in dark case It will have no difference under norma...

Page 22: ...switching can set the sequence channels sequence image format and sequence cycle l Sequence Cycle Sequence interval is 3 60 seconds l Division Mode Have 1 image 4 images 9 images 16 images four options l Sequence channel no It will the same or bigger than the number of division mode Note Function only available when DVR in lock status 15 5 Playback Settings You can set whether the playback will su...

Page 23: ...ice if you want to connect PTZ or control keyboard you have to set the same baud rate with PTZ or control keyboard Data bit stop bit check bit Set the data bit stop bit and check bit according to the PTZ protocol code Commonly the PTZ protocol s default date bit is 8 check bit is None stop bit is 1 Interface type Only support RS485 half duplex ATM protocol Select default 15 7 PTZ Setting 15 8 PTZ ...

Page 24: ... the PTZ control interface Note Setting and calling preset point by the remote controller Enter the PTZ status press the direction button make the PTZ turn the direction which you want to set as preset point press preset button on remote controller and input the No of the preset point in the text field such as 001 then turn the PTZ to another direction if you press the call button and input the No...

Page 25: ... with the IP of other servers or working stations in the same LAN Default 192 168 0 6 DNS server Please input the DNS server address which get from local network operator Backup IP The backup IP will work when the DHCP fails Port Setting Command Port HTTP Port Upgrade Port Command Port The communication port with client Default is 8101 value range is 8000 9000 HTTP Port Web browser access port Def...

Page 26: ...the net please ensure that the multiple port is unique or you cannot open the multiple video 16 1 Network Diagnosis Network connection test utility 16 2 Sub Stream Enter into Network Sub stream interface as below picture Sub stream is related to Network transmission and network record storage When you preview DVR host playback the record by remote network it will use the Sub stream Network Stream ...

Page 27: ...Select multi super ddns com server check the default DDNS test test the account whether is available 16 4 PPPOE Select Network PPPOE and the interface is as follows Username ADSL account user name Password ADSL account password Auto Connect If you select this option system will automatically connect the WAN after disconnection Save If you select this option system will automatically save the ADSL ...

Page 28: ...mail 5 Input the receiver mail box which can be multiple and separated by The maximum length of the letter you input is 256 bit 6 Default port is 25 normally do not need to change 7 Set the e mail upload interval time that is the time interval for upload alarm informationto the target email no matter how many times alarm triggered it just upload once during every interval time 8 Select Upload snap...

Page 29: ...ter s Recommend you use the DHCP function Then manually enable UPNP in your router 2 Enable UPNP function in the interface in page 62 3 Click Add button Input the Service Name It can be whatever you want Select the right protocol TCP UDP DVR Port and Router Port can be the same with each other 4 You can check the UPNP setting list in your router Some router maybe don t have the UPNP setting list 5...

Page 30: ...ervice box on you DVR i click Save Now you can view your cameras using your mobile application and smartphone 19 Input Settings Please do confirm and set the video image resolution is FD1 or 960H before you connect video input It s is very important It will be related to record parameter setting Sub stream parameter setting record file resolution and sub stream resolution Please set the input sett...

Page 31: ...mal partition in it after rebooting 3 HDD property There are Read Write and Read only two kinds of attribute default as Read Write If you want to prevent that the important record to be deleted or overwrote and protect the record you can set the HDD as Read Only Setting steps Click the Attribution button in Basic information interface then open Disk property setting interface set the Attribute val...

Page 32: ... the interface as follows 21 2 Record Status Can quickly query system current record state The system can display the Record mode Image quality Definition Audio Enable None Bitrate of each channel in the state list 21 3 Alarm Status ...

Page 33: ...It will display the username IP of PC and login time the interface is the right figure above 21 5 Log Inquiry Log inquiry interface as follows System log include System boot up Shut down log firmware upgrade log alarm log PTZ control log System user login log System parameter change log Record playback log backup log Formating HDD log client login log l System support backup log Backup device USB ...

Page 34: ...he input state interface will display the video audio input source of each channel 22 System Maintenance Open Main Menu System Maintenance to quick set and manage users etc the interface is as follows 22 1 Quick Settings ...

Page 35: ...DVR leaves the factory there is just one user named admin the default has the most powerful right of all the users and can create15 users at most all the rights of administrator should modify the password on the Account interface 1 User Management Add delete user Focus the cursor on the Add icon and click to add new user move the cursor to select the user in the user list then focus the cursor on ...

Page 36: ... user can just take part in one group the admin user can distribute rights to users in this group The interface is as follows 22 3 Reset to Default The way to restore default setting After login through System Maintenance Reset to Default continuous operations to enter the interface the interface is as follows Note Network IP and port System time user account and hard disk management wouldn t be r...

Page 37: ...ade Operation steps 1 Open the FTP server software configure it follow the setup wizard Create user name and password in server Set the root directory the folder which will place upgrade file set the permission must set the download permission 2 Enter server after configuration Set the FTP server IP and port 3 Start FTP service 4 Click System Maintenance Upgrade Management FTP upgrade set the DVR ...

Page 38: ... feet in a short circuit state The jumper cap default in 2 3 foot when leave factory 5 Turn on the power to start the host the front panel buzzer will beep indicating that the password has been cleared to the factory defaults 6 Shutdown the host and cut off power supply again 7 Unplug the jumper cap and return the jumper cap to default 2 3 feet 8 Fixed on the chassis cover password reset is comple...

Page 39: ...modify your Internet Explorer security options IE Tools Internet Options Security Custom Level ActiveX controls and plugins Choose Enable for not marked as safe ActiveX controls initializing and scripting and download unassigned ActiveX controls set to Prompt After ActiveX installation refresh the page Login window will appear Input username password and click Login Default username admin password...

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