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Page 1: ...User User s Manual s Manual Please read instructions thoroughly before operation and retain it for future reference The image shown above may differ from the actual product appearance 205 ...

Page 2: ...from the type of power source indicated on the label The company shall not be liable for any damages arising out of any improper use even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages CAUTION CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK Note Firmware Version 1088 10 K2 04 AA 11 AP Version 1055 Note For any changes of AP please refer to your distributor Note Any changes of thi...

Page 3: ...TWORK 4 14 ADVANCE MENU_ HDD INFO 4 15 ADVANCE MENU_ EVENT LOG ADDITIONAL OPERATION ADDITIONAL OPERATION 5 1 SEARCH 5 2 KEY LOCK 5 3 SWITCH N P SYSTEM 5 6 LICENSED SOFTWARE AP INSTALL THE SOFTWARE AP AP BASIC OPERATION AP ADVANCED SETTING NETWORK DDNS MAIL FTP DVR CAMERA SETTING DEVICE DETECTION NETWORK BACKUP PLAYBACK SEARCH LIST TIMER RECORD DATE RECORD SETTING ALARM GENERAL ACCOUNT ONLINE USER ...

Page 4: ...otion detection sensitivity and convenient search function customized security environments are achieved Alarm trigger recording will send alerts with images to designated e mails and the FTP address Support pre alarm recording 8MB Covert Recording Covert Recording A mask replaces the live image with a blank screen the monitor shows nothing but recording is still on A V Support A V Support Support...

Page 5: ...al 1 Vp p 75Ω BNC Call Monitor Output Composite video signal 1 Vp p 75Ω BNC Frame 720 480 pixels with 30 IPS NTSC 720 576 pixels with 25 IPS PAL CIF 352 240 pixels with 120 IPS NTSC 352 288 pixels with 100 IPS PAL Frame 30 15 7 3 IPS NTSC 25 12 6 3 IPS PAL CIF 120 60 30 15 IPS NTSC 100 50 25 12 IPS PAL YES Backup Device 1 audio input 1 audio output Mono Network remote backup 120 IPS for NTSC 100 I...

Page 6: ...n E mail images and upload images to FTP site s specific account Network Connection PTZ control Dwell Time Sequential Channel Switch Alarm I O Key Lock Video Loss Detection Camera Title Video Adjustable Date Display Format Power Source Operating Temperature Dimensions mm System Recovery Support TCP IP PPPOE DHCP and DDNS functions Support PELCO D protocol Programmable with adjustable dwell time Sy...

Page 7: ...to select the channel which You would like to show 4 SEARCH Press SEARCH button to enter the search menu 5 SLOW Under the playback mode press SLOW button to show slow playback 6 ZOOM Press ZOOM button to enlarge the picture of selected channel under the live mode 7 Press button to show the 4 channel display mode Press button to change the setting in the menu 8 SEQ Press SEQ button to activate the ...

Page 8: ...s 15 or Press these two buttons at the same time to enter exit the PTZ control mode In the PTZ control mode Zoom in Press button Zoom out Press button Adjust PTZ angle Press UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT buttons 16 Switch to PAL System Press or Power button on the DVR front panel to shutdown Then press and hold first and press or Power to switch to PAL system Press the buttons until the monitor shows video i...

Page 9: ...eras equipped with the audio function When users start the recording function the audio input will be recorded 6 AUDIO OUT Connect to a monitor or speaker With 1 mono audio output from the same source 7 D V PORT Digital Video Port Not used 8 EXTERNAL I O PORT Insert the supplied 15PIN DSUB to this port for connecting external devices alarm input external alarm PTZ camera For detailed I O port PIN ...

Page 10: ...d on Otherwise the DVR will not be able to detect N P system automatically 3 Connect the AC power cord to power adapter and plug into an electrical outlet The or Power LED will be on as red Press the or Power button The or Power LED will be on as green It takes approximately 10 to 15 seconds to boot the system 4 Set the date and time on your DVR Please DO NOT change the date or time on your DVR af...

Page 11: ... will stop the playback For example if the IPS is set to 30 the recording time should be at least 273 seconds 8192 images 30 IPS for the playback to work properly When the recording function is activated please DO NOT change the date or time on your DVR The recorded data will be disordered and you will not be able to find the recorded file to backup by time search NOTE If users change the date or ...

Page 12: ... In the Pause mode Press once to get one frame forward Press once to get one frame rewind 3 STOP Pressing button under all circumstances will return DVR to live monitoring mode 4 CHANNEL SHIFT Display mode Press MODE button to 4 channels display Full Screen Switch Press 1 2 3 4 buttons to show the full screen channels Channel display switch Press SET to change the the position of the channel displ...

Page 13: ...KUP EVENT LOG EVENT LOG HDD INFO HDD INFO TITLE DISPLAY TITLE DISPLAY DATE DISPLAY DATE DISPLAY HDD INFO HDD INFO LOSS SCREEN LOSS SCREEN PLAYBACK PLAYBACK INFO INFO DWELL DWELL DURATION DURATION SEC SEC DE DE INTERLACE INTERLACE EXT ALERT EXT ALERT INT BUZZER INT BUZZER KEY BUZZER KEY BUZZER VLOSS BUZZER VLOSS BUZZER MOTION BUZZER MOTION BUZZER ALARM BUZZER ALARM BUZZER ALARM DURATION ALARM DURAT...

Page 14: ...RECORD QUALITY There are four quality settings BEST HIGH NORMAL BASIC 7 MANUAL RECORD IPS Recording is activated by pressing the REC button Select the images per second of MANUAL RECORD The options are as following NTSC NTSC FRAME 30 15 7 3 PAL PAL FRAME 25 12 6 3 CIF 120 60 30 15 CIF 100 50 25 12 MENU RECORD RECORD TIMER DATE ADVANCE Press MENU button to enter the main menu list The default admin...

Page 15: ...s are as following NTSC NTSC FRAME 30 15 7 3 PAL PAL FRAME 25 12 6 3 CIF 120 60 30 15 CIF 100 50 25 12 10 TOTAL IPS SHARE There are two IPS settings FIX FIX IPS per channel RECORD IPS 4 channels GROUP Not Used GROUP Not Used 4 3 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___TIMER 4 3 MAIN MENU OPTIONS___TIMER Move the cursor to TIMER and press ENTER The screen will show the following options RECORD RECORD DATE START END OF...

Page 16: ...t to set the recording timer schedule from every Sunday 23 30 to Monday 23 30 then you could set the recording timer schedule as Sunday from 23 30 to 23 30 Example 2 If you plan to set the timer recording from Sunday 08 00 to Monday 15 00 then you could set the recording timer schedule as Sunday from 08 00 to 24 00 and Monday 24 00 to 15 00 Note Please turn on TIMER RECORD ENABLE in RECORD menu se...

Page 17: ...ve the cursor to the camera title you want to change and press ENTER to access the setting screen Assign each channel a title up to six characters letters or symbols The default title is the channel number 2 BRIG CONT SATU HUE Adjust the Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue of each channel The level is from 0 to 255 The default value of BRIG is 110 Others are 128 3 COV COVERT Select YES to mask the ...

Page 18: ...ra title of each channel b DET Select ON to activate the motion detection function of the selected channel Select OFF to inactivate the motion detect function of the selected channel c AREA Press the ENTER button to set the detection area Pink blocks represent the area that is not being detected while the transparent blocks are the areas under detection Press ENTER to confirm the start area Press ...

Page 19: ...ess than the number of grids that you set up for the motion detection area f TS The sensitivity regarding how long the object gets triggered The smaller the value the higher motion detection sensitivity will be The highest sensitivity setting is 00 and the lowest sensitivity setting is 15 The default setting is 02 g RE The value of RE is a reference for detection The default value is 10 which mean...

Page 20: ...sition where playback information will be indicated center or normal on the button of the left hand side of the screen 6 DWELL DURATION SEC Set the duration time of each channel for CALL MONITOR 2 4 8 16 secs 7 DE INTERLACE Set the DE INTERLACE function on off 8 MONITOR OUT Select MAIN when the video output device is CCTV TV monitor VGA is not currently supported 9 OSD Set the customized OSD color...

Page 21: ...ound on off when the internal alarm is triggered 7 HDD BUZZER Set the sound on off when the HDD is full 8 HDD NEARLYFULL GB If HDD buzzer is on you could choose to have a buzzer notification when the HDD available capacity is only xxx GB left 9 ALARM DURATION SEC Press ENTER or or button to set the duration time of alarm recording 5 10 20 40 secs 10 PRE ALARM Set the pre alarm function on 8MB off ...

Page 22: ...19200 57600 For the connected cameras such as PTZ and speed dome cameras etc please make sure the baud rate setting is the same as the setting here PTZ Camera Connection PTZ Camera Connection 1 Connect the PTZ camera with indicated power supply 2 Connect the PTZ camera video output to the DVR video input port with a coaxial cable and BNC connector 3 Connect RS485 A line brown color to RS485 A port...

Page 23: ...ift the channel display and lock keys 5 RESET DEFAULT Press ENTER to reset all settings as default and select YES to confirm or NO to cancel 6 CLEAR HDD Press ENTER and select YES to confirm to clear HDD or NO to cancel 7 UPGRADE Only supports upgrade from AP remote side Please refer to P 32 8 AUTO KEYLOCK Set the time out after which the key lock function is activated Never 10 secs 30 secs 60 sec...

Page 24: ...ation below 2 NETWORK TYPE DHCP The DHCP function needs to be supported by a router or a cable modem network with DHCP services For detailed DHCP settings please refer to the AP Licensed Software AP setup at P37 and P38 3 NETWORK TYPE PPPOE This PPPOE function needs to have one username and one password subscribed from one ISP supplier For detailed PPPOE settings please refer to the AP Licensed So...

Page 25: ...IST SYSTEM LOG OTHERS CLEAR ALL 1 VLOSS LIST Show the information of the video loss time 2 NET LIST Show the information of the net login time 3 SYSTEM LOG Show the error code for system errors For the meaning of each error code please see 6 1 FAQ 4 OTHERS Show the information of power on off unlock and reset to default time 5 CLEAR ALL Clear all event log lists HDD INFO HDD INFO HDD NUM HDD SIZE ...

Page 26: ...iles 4 SYSTEM LIST List the time of system recorded files Under the manual recording mode the DVR system will save one recorded file every one hour 5 ALARM LIST List the time of alarm trigger recorded files 6 MOTION LIST List the time of motion trigger recorded files 7 EVENT SEARCH Search the recorded files by the specific time period YEAR MONTH DAY HOUR MIN channel HDD and event type motion alarm...

Page 27: ...e DVR front panel to lock keys d Auto key lock refer to the section 4 11 ADVANCE MENU_SYSTEM 30 1 Press or Power button on the DVR front panel to shutdown Then press and hold first and press or Power to switch to PAL system Press the buttons until the monitor shows video images 2 Press or Power button on the DVR front panel to shutdown Then press and hold first and press or Power to switch to NTSC...

Page 28: ... AP please refer to your distributor or refer to Section 5 6 OPERATION VIA IE BROWSER 1 1 Install the Software Install the Software c Place the attached CD into one CD ROM drive and install application programs into PC Including AP and JAVA program d After setup users will see icon on the desktop ...

Page 29: ...E Network Type Dynamic IP DHCP and PPPOE Set the Network information in SYSTEM CONFIG menu of the licensed software AP For detailed DHCP and PPPOE settings please refer to P 37 and P 38 g After setting up the network information double click to enter the login page Key in Username Password IP Static IP or Host name Dynamic IP as well as Port And then click the green button to connect h LOGIN AP Ic...

Page 30: ...Transfer Rate c Connect Disconnect d Resolution NTSC 320 228 640 456 PAL 320 276 640 552 e Image Quality High Medium Low f Snapshot Press this button to take a snapshot of the image that will be saved in the designated destination you set in SYSTEM CONFIG File Path Snapshot Path 33 b i a c e f g h d l t p p o o q q r r j k n u s w v m ...

Page 31: ...ress or to select the channel that you would like to show Press Enter button to confirm the setting s Sequence Press this button to enter the call monitor function and press again to exit from the call monitor mode When any motion is detected the monitor will switch to the channel which is motion triggered t Enter for confirming the system settings or entering your selection u PTZ Control On Off W...

Page 32: ...o exit from the PTZ control AP screen and return to the DVR control AP screen q Menu Up Down Left Right r Turbo To speed up menu selection or the control of the PTZ camera under the software AP users could activate Turbo function by clicking this button Users are allowed to change the turbo steps from 1 to 30 Ex If users activate the TURBO function and set the value of the turbo step as 3 then whe...

Page 33: ...e Mute Play back the video only without audio AV Sync AV Sync Play back with the audio and video synchronously Watermark Proof the authenticity of the backup video Open Previous File Open the previous backup video Open Next File Open the next backup video 36 AP Playback Window AP Config Setting Box One click to activate One click to activate De interlace De blocking OSD AVI Convert Config Setting ...

Page 34: ... by a router or a cable modem network with DHCP services Choose the DHCP IP type Then go to DDNS and finish DDNS settings see P 38 before pressing APPLY Note Note a PPPOE and DHCP network connection types are required to apply DDNS services DDNS services FIRST to get a Hostname Hostname to correspond to the dynamic IP address Please refer to P 38 for details b Some router brands may need to restar...

Page 35: ...stname Click on Add Host DDNS Hostname created YourHostName YourHostName 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 38 c DDNS is a service for transforming the dynamic IP corresponding to a specific Hostname d DDNS Apply DDNS Apply Go to a website which provides free DDNS services and apply a Hostname See the example below e Enable the DDNS function Enable the DDNS function User Name Enter your DDNS user name Password E...

Page 36: ...y file can be captured And the DVR will upload the captured images to the assigned FTP site d Enter the detailed FTP information Note Note To activate the FTP notification function please enable the function of FTP notification in the Alarm setting first c After setting press APPLY to confirm For detailed information SMTP server username and password please get from your e mail system supplier e P...

Page 37: ...en press APPLY to confirm c Select the desired channel of the installed external device Press Edit Edit to enter the setting box d Device Type Device Type Choose either general camera or PTZ camera e ID No ID No Set the ID number 0 255 of the installed external PTZ device f Protocol Type Protocol Type Choose NORMAL NORMAL protocol for our own brand camera Choose P P D D protocol for PELCO D protoc...

Page 38: ...er the value the higher sensitivity for the motion detection RE RE The value of RE is a reference for the detection The bigger the value the higher sensitivity for the motion detection e Alarm Alarm Select LOW HIGH for the alarm polarity f Motion Detection Area Motion Detection Area By clicking the area with your mouse one can choose the motion area to be detected The The under detected area is tr...

Page 39: ...d video window as shown on the right side For AP playback details please see Playback Operation at P 36 1 Enter the backup information If you want to make a backup to a CD please check Copy to CD If you want to view the backup image while the backup is processing please check Dynamic Download 2 Press Start button to proceed the backup process You can backup the recorded data from the DVR directly ...

Page 40: ...m size per file for Network Backup is 500MB Making backup to a CD After pressing Start Write CD Setting pop up window will show Choose Close Disc when you don t want to write any more data to this CD after this burning Choose Append Player when you don t have any available player on your PC to open the backup file Press OK to start making a CD backup or press CANCEL WRITING CD to only make a backu...

Page 41: ...ss this button to start downloading the list c DATE DATE Choose a day from DATE drop down menu The options are OFF SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT MON FRI SAT SUN and DAILY d START START Enter the start time of timer recording e END END Enter the end time of timer recording In this menu you can schedule 7 different sets of time for recording Press APPLY if the settings are correct press EXIT to quit w...

Page 42: ... down menu a calendar as shown below shows for you to set the current date d FORMAT FORMAT Choose the format for date display from the three options Y M D D M Y and M D Y e DAYLIGHT SAVING DAYLIGHT SAVING Specify whether to use daylight saving time ON OFF and time period START END and adjust the daylight saving time in hour ADJUST f OVER WRITE OVER WRITE Specify whether to overwrite the HDD capaci...

Page 43: ... the AP live viewer up to 15 characters Alarm Alarm c Alarm Trigger Alarm Trigger Enable or disable Email and FTP notification function d Alarm Method Alarm Method Two notification methods Email and or FTP e Post Numbers Post Numbers Set MJPEG pictures 1 10 pictures f Alarm Duration Alarm Duration Set the duration time of motion trigger recording 5 SEC 10 SEC 20 SEC 40 SEC g Alarm Refresh Alarm Re...

Page 44: ...ctions GUEST GUEST Watch the image only Only a function can be used e Life time Life time According to different authority levels different accounts can stay online for different time periods 1 Min 5 Min 10 Min 1 Hour 1 Day INFINITY c Get all the current online users information list Name IP Address Authority Level Resolution and Image Quality Online User Info Online User Info c Snapshot Path Snap...

Page 45: ...fer to Please refer to Section 5 6 Section 5 6 Licensed Software AP Licensed Software AP Change Image Quality Change Image Quality Change Resolution Change Resolution PTZ PTZ Set the display position of the image Set the display position of the image LT Upper Left LD Lower Left RT Upper Right Lower Right LT Upper Left LD Lower Left RT Upper Right Lower Right Download JAVA Program Download JAVA Pro...

Page 46: ...he IPS is set to 30 the recording time should be at least 273 seconds 8192 images 30 IPS for the playback to work properly Check the setting of the camera lens No recorded video Check if the HDD is installed and connected properly DVR keeps rebooting Make sure the power connector and HDD are connected closely or change another suitable HDD HDD detection failed Change another HDD for testing Change...

Page 47: ... two screws respectively on the two sides of the upper cover Loosen the four screws on the back side of the upper cover 3 Screw HDD onto the HDD bracket two screws for each side There are three screw holes per side on the bracket and you can choose two of them to secure the HDD And then screw the HDD bracket back to the DVR base 4 Connect the HDD to the power connector and IDE BUS make sure to ali...

Page 48: ...rew HDD onto the HDD bracket Refer to Fig 1 2 3 Connect the HDD to the power connector and IDE BUS make sure to align the HDD precisely for pin connection And then screw the HDD bracket onto the DVR base Refer to Fig 3 4 Close the upper cover of the DVR Refer to Fig 4 5 Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3 Fig 4 Fig 5 51 Note The images shown above may differ from the actual product appearances ...

Page 49: ...al operation COM disconnects with NO But when any alarm is triggered COM connects with NO Attention The voltage restriction is under AV DC 30V 9 GND Signal GND 10 RS485 B DVR can be controlled remotely by the keyboard of PC by using RS 485 serial communication signals 11 RS485 A DVR can be controlled remotely by the keyboard of PC by using RS 485 serial communication signals 12 13 PIN OFF 14 ALARM...

Page 50: ...Y_CH5 0x35 5 KEY_LEFT 0x4C L KEY_CH6 0x36 6 KEY_RIGHT 0x52 R KEY_CH7 0x37 7 KEY_POWER 0x57 W KEY_CH8 0x38 8 KEY_REC 0x72 r KEY_CH9 0x39 9 KEY_PLAY 0x50 P KEY_CH10 0x41 A KEY_SLOW 0x53 S KEY_CH11 0x42 B KEY_ZOOM 0x5A z KEY_CH12 0x43 C KEY_KEY LOCK 0x4B K KEY_CH13 0x44 D KEY_AUDIO 0x64 d KEY_CH14 0x45 E KEY_SEARCH 0x73 S KEY_CH15 0x46 F KEY_PTZ_MODE 0x70 p KEY_CH16 0x47 G KEY_4 CUT 0x61 a KEY_PTZ_WI...

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