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Page 1: ...Thank you for purchasing our product Please read this user s manual before using the product Change without notice H 264 4 8 16 CH 960H DVR User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... water Clean only with a dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings And ensure well ventilation around the machine Do not power off the DVR at normal recording condition The correct operation to shut off DVR is to stop recording firstly and then select shut down button at the right of the menu bar to exit and finally to cut off the power This machine is indoor using equipment Do not expose th...

Page 3: ...for 4 and 8 CH DVR only Supports schedule for motion detection and sensor alarm Supports pre recording and post recording Supports linked channels recording once motion or alarm triggered on certain channel Supports linked PTZ preset auto cruise and track of the corresponding channel PTZ CONTROL Supports various PTZ protocols Supports 128 PTZ presets and 8 auto cruise tracks Supports remote PTZ co...

Page 4: ...ent PTZ REW SPEED Fast rewind on playback mode speed adjustment PTZ FF P T Z Fast forward on playback mode enter PTZ mode MENU Enter menu page increase value BACKUP Enter backup page decrease value STOP ESC Stop playback on playback mode Exit menu or jump back to previous page Split Direction Key Switch split Move selected item Enter Validate action USB Connect USB thumb drive or mouse IR receiver...

Page 5: ... Connect USB mouse or connect external USB devices 13 DC12V POWER INPUT 14 RS485 Connect to speed dome or keyboard Rear Panel for 8 ch Item Name Description 1 Audio in 4 CH Audio input 2 GND Grounding 3 ALARM OUT 1 ch relay output Connect to external alarm 4 ALARM IN Connect to external sensor 1 8 5 Video in Video input channels from 1 8 6 VGA port VGA output connect to monitor 7 HDMI port Connect...

Page 6: ... inputs 3 Video in Video input channels from 1 16 4 HDMI port Connect to high definition display device 5 VGA port VGA output connect to monitor 6 LAN Network port 7 USB port Connect USB mouse or connect external USB devices 8 DC12V POWER INPUT 9 Video out Connect to monitor 10 Audio out Audio output connect to the sound box ...

Page 7: ...n To enter into preset setting in PTZ mode Cruise Button To enter into cruise setting in PTZ mode Track Button To enter into track setting in PTZ mode Wiper Button To enable wiper function in PTZ mode Light Button To enable light function in PTZ mode Clear Button To return to the previous interface Fn2 Button Unavailable temporarily Info Button Get information about DVR like firmware version HDD i...

Page 8: ...lick right button to cancel setup or return to the previous If want to input the value move cursor to the blank and click An input window will appear as Fig2 5 It supports digitals letters and symbols input Fig 2 5 Digital Numbers and Letters Input Window Users can change some value by the wheel such as time Move cursor onto the value and roll the wheel when the value blinks It supports mouse drag...

Page 9: ...isplay without menu display please check up whether other device has menu display firstly or long press ESC key to wait for login dialog box to appear 2 1 2 Power off User can power off the device by using remote controller keyboard and mouse By remote controller Step1 press Power button the shut down window will appear click OK the unit will power off after a while Step2 disconnect the power By k...

Page 10: ...view interface symbol meaning symbol meaning Green Manual record Red Alarm in trigger record Yellow Motion detection record Blue Schedule record 2 3 1 Live playback Click Play button to playback the recorded video Refer to Figure3 3 User can do concrete operation by click the buttons on screen ...

Page 11: ...of the video and back it up on usb drive 4 Playback basic function Play Pause Stop frame forward fast forward fast rewind 5 Display mode Choose among different display mode 6 Live view Enable to see 4 camera in live during playback 7 Zoom Screen digital zoom x2 8 Color Setup picture color 9 Volume Volume mute on off 10 Reduce Hide playback tool bar 11 Exit playback mode 12 Move the playback bar in...

Page 12: ...o Audio channel setup and volume 5 PTZ Into PTZ control mode 6 Record Manual record 7 Playback Playback the nearest file 8 Main Menu Into main OSD 9 Dwell Channel sequence only 16CH Fig 4 1 main menu toolbar Click Menu button the interface will pop up as Fig 4 2 press MENU button on the front panel or operate with remote controller also can display the main menu Main OSD Fig 4 2 system setup Full ...

Page 13: ...ns with the relevant right in system configuration Show time display time in live Show wizard tick off this item there will display an opening wizard with time zone and time setup information Max network uses set the max user amount of network connection VGA resolution the resolution of live display interface range from VGA800 600 VGA1024 768 VGA1280 1024 and HDMI Language setup the menu language ...

Page 14: ...terface user can setup camera name adjust colors brightness hue saturation and contrast Step1 enter into system configuration live configuration live refer to Fig 4 6 Fig 4 6 live configuration live Step2 tick off camera name click setting button a window will pop up as Fig 4 7 Fig 4 7 live color adjustment Step3 in this interface user can adjust brightness hue saturation and contrast in live clic...

Page 15: ...Step5 click default button to resort default setting click apply button to save the setting click exit button to exit current interface 3 2 3 SPOT Step1 enter into system configuration live configuration SPOT refer to Fig 4 9 Fig 4 9 live configuration SPOT Step2 select split mode 1 1and channel Step3 dwell time the time interval for a certain dwell picture display switching to next dwell picture ...

Page 16: ... live image to press left mouse and drag mouse to set mask area refer to below picture Click Apply button to save the setting Delete mask area select a certain mask area click left mouse to delete that mask area click Apply button to save the setting Setup mask area Notice The mask area will not be recorded on DVR Please use this function carefully Live image mask area ...

Page 17: ...apply button to save the setting click exit button to exit current interface Definitions and descriptions of Record Parameter Meaning Record Record switch of every channels Audio Enable live record audio 3 3 2 Record stream Step1 enter into system configuration record configuration record bit rate refer to Fig 4 10 16CH Fig 4 10 record configuration record bit rate Step2 setup rate resolution qual...

Page 18: ...ion NTSC frame rate PAL frame rate 4 CH 4CIF 30 25 4HD1 30 25 4D1 30 25 8 CH 8CIF 30 25 8HD1 30 25 8D1 30 25 For 16 channel DVR 16 CH 16CIF 30 25 16HD1 30 25 16D1 15 12 16WD1 7 6 Quality of recorded images The higher the value is the clearer the recorded image is Six options lowest lower low medium higher and highest Encode VBR and CBR Max bit stream range from 256 384 512 768 1024 1280 1536 1792 ...

Page 19: ...on to exit current interface 3 3 4 Stamp Stamp User can overlap the channel name and time stamp on video Step1 enter into system configuration record configuration stamp refer to Fig 4 13 Fig 4 13 record configuration stamp Step2 tick off camera name time stamp click Set button user can use cursor to drag the camera name and time stamp in random positions refer to below Figures Before drag after d...

Page 20: ...ve the setting click exit button to exit current interface 3 4 Schedule configuration Schedule configuration includes three sub menus schedule motion and alarm 3 4 1 Schedule The volume means the seven days of a week from Monday to Sunday the row means 24 hours of a day Click the grid to do relevant setup Blue means checked area gray means unchecked area Step1 enter into system configuration sched...

Page 21: ...ion schedule configuration motion refer to Fig 4 16 Fig 4 16 schedule configuration motion Step2 the setup steps of motion are familiar with schedule user can refer to 4 4 1 Schedule for details Note the default schedule of motion detection is full selected that is the color of schedule setting interface is blue 3 4 3 Sensor Step1 enter into system configuration schedule configuration alarm refer ...

Page 22: ...configuration sensor alarm handling refer to Fig 4 19 Fig 4 19 alarm configuration sensor alarm handling Step2 select hold time click Trigger button and a dialog box will pop up as Fig 4 20 Fig 4 20 alarm handling trigger Step3 tick off Buzzer there will be triggered buzzer alarm out Full screen alarm when triggered alarm there will pop up full screen alarm To alarm out tick off the channel there ...

Page 23: ... the color of schedule setting interface is blue 3 5 2 Motion Motion includes two sub menus motion and schedule Motion Step1 enter into system configuration alarm configuration motion refer to Fig 4 22 Fig 4 22 alarm configuration motion Step2 enable motion alarm set alarm hold time which means time interval between two adjacent detective motions If there is other motion detected during the interv...

Page 24: ...ection area they have to click icon to clear all set detection area firstly and then make the operation Step6 user can setup all channels with same parameters tick off all then to do relevant setup Step7 click default button to resort default setting click apply button to save the setting click exit button to exit current interface Schedule Step1 enter into system configuration alarm configuration...

Page 25: ...nter into system configuration alarm out refer to Fig 4 27 Fig 4 27 system configuration alarm out Step2 in this interface set relay alarm out name select hold time which means the interval time between the two adjacent alarms Step3 user can setup all channels with same parameters tick off all then to do relevant setup Step4 click default button to resort default setting click apply button to save...

Page 26: ... address subnet mask gateway and DNS service 3 PPPOE input the user name and password from ISP provider No matter which type you use please click Test before you click Apply to make the setting work Definitions and descriptions of network configuration Parameter Meaning HTTP port The port number of accessing IE browser The default port is 80 Server port The port number of data The default port is ...

Page 27: ...etting click exit button to exit current interface Definitions and descriptions of network stream Parameter Meaning Resolution 4 channels CIF 30 25 8 channels CIF 15 12 16 channels CIF 7 6 Quality The quality of the clients image The higher the value is the clearer the record image Six options lowest lower low medium higher and highest Encode VBR and CBR Max bit rate Range from 32 64 128 256 384 5...

Page 28: ... user needs to input user name password and host domain name of the registered website click TEST to test the effectively of relevant information Fig 4 32 network configuration other settings STEP2 click default button to resort default setting click apply button to save the setting click exit button to exit current interface Note The domain name server that selected by user is a banding domain na...

Page 29: ...R on the binding computer after set the specific binding MAC address Authority a Admin Admin have full control of DVR DVR could have only one admin account b Advance Besides firmware upgrade reset factory default shut down and change other user s password advance account could control DVR like an admin account c Normal Normal account can only do live view playback search backup log off view DVR in...

Page 30: ...ork stream Advance Step1 enter into system configuration P T Z configuration advance refer to Fig 4 37 Fig 4 37 P T Z configuration advance Step2 in the Advance interface click preset Setting button a dialog box will pop up as Fig 4 38 Fig 4 38 advance preset setting Parameter Meaning Address The address of the PTZ device Baud rate Baud rate of the PTZ device Range form 110 300 600 1200 2400 4800 ...

Page 31: ...ise set a click Add button to add cruise line in the list box max 8 cruise line can be added select a cruise line click Setup button a dialog box will pop up as Fig 4 41 Fig 4 41 cruise set modify cruise line b click Add icon to set the speed and time of preset point select a preset point click Delete icon to delete that preset point click Modify icon to modify the setting of a preset point User c...

Page 32: ...rd button to record the move track of PTZ click this button again can stop record click Start track button to play recorded track click this button again can stop play b click icon to hide the tool bar right key can remerge it click icon to exit the current interface Step5 in the Advance interface click default button to resort default setting click apply button to save the setting click exit butt...

Page 33: ...nnels Step4 click Play button to playback record click the relevant buttons on the screen to do operation Playback buttons Note when the monitor resolution is VGA800 600 the time search interface will appear a hide button click this button the whole interface can be expanded 4 2 Event search Step1 enter into Search configuration event search refer to Fig 5 2 Fig 5 2 Search configuration event sear...

Page 34: ...es in the file manager column Step4 double click an unlocked item to playback Note when the monitor resolution is VGA800 600 the file manager interface will appear a hide button click this button the whole interface can be expanded 4 4 Backup This unit supports backup by external SATA DVD Writer and USB Flash through the USB port on the front panel User also can make backup by IE browser via inter...

Page 35: ...r can check the relevant information of backup files storage type save file type etc click Apply button to starting backup Note when the monitor resolution is VGA800 600 the file manager interface will appear a hide button click this button the whole interface can be expanded ...

Page 36: ...evice ID etc refer to Fig 6 1 Fig 6 1 system information 5 1 2 Event information In this interface user can check record events according to set date refer to Fig 6 2 Fig 6 2 event information 5 1 3 Log information In this interface user can check relevant log information according to set date refer to Fig 6 3 Fig 6 3 log information 5 1 4 Network information In this interface user can check relev...

Page 37: ... refer to Fig 6 5 Fig 6 5 online information 5 1 6 Manual alarm User can check the relevant parameters of manual alarm to active emergency warning 5 1 6 Disk manager Step1 enter into disk manager interface refer to Fig 5 7 Fig 6 7 disk manager Note please format the hard disk before record If not being formatted it will show the status of the ...

Page 38: ... the hard disk will be lost after formatted 5 1 7 Upgrade At present it only supports USB update Get the firmware from your vendor when there is a new firmware version and make sure it is corresponding with the DVR User can check the USB information in Disk manager 5 1 8 Logoff Click Log off icon a log off dialogue box will popup click OK button the device will log off If user wants to log in agai...

Page 39: ...at used on the DVR The default is admin and 123456 6 1 2 On WAN There are two ways that the DVR is connected to internet 1 Connect the DVR to internet through a router or virtual server Step1 Input IP address Subnet Gateway If using DHCP please enable DHCP in both the DVR and router Step2 Enter Video to set network video parameters like resolution frame rate etc Step3 Forward IP address and port n...

Page 40: ...ton to record manual and the record file will be saved in user s PC Screen display mode Click the icon beside the screen display mode channel select dialog will appear as below Fig 7 3 Channel select dialog Take 8 channel DVR for example user can tick off channels form 1 ch to 16 ch at random to display the live pictures 8 channels can be selected at most Then click OK button to confirm the settin...

Page 41: ...ton near Zoom button to zoom in the locale picture of this camera Click button near Zoom button to zoom out the locale picture of this camera Focus button Click button near Focus button to have long focus Click button near Focus button to have short focus Go to the Preset Select and do auto cruise Track Auto scan Click the right mouse on the live interface a pull down menu will appear as below Fig...

Page 42: ...ter into Search time search refer to Fig 7 6 Fig 7 6 time search interface Step2 click Search button The record data will be displayed in the data information list box the highlight date in the area means have record data click those data select the record channels in area Step3 User can set the data playing time and display mode in the area as required Step4 Select certain item from the data info...

Page 43: ...nt search interface Step2 click the highlight date and select record channels and then tick off the event type motion and sensor click search button Step3 the events will be display in the event list box double click certain item to playback File Management Step1 Enter into Search file management refer to Fig 7 9 ...

Page 44: ...ill be displayed in the file list box Step2 select backup files click browse button to set the save path and then click backup button to start backup The backup files will be saved on user s PC 6 4 Remote System configuration User can remote setup the parameters of the device Functions of remote configurations include basic configuration live configuration record configuration schedule configurati...

Page 45: ...above settings click default button will recover the original settings 6 5 Remote Management Remote Information Search The system will automatically record the working condition and operation process during the period of work User can view information such as username IP address and so on Enter into INFO Log user can set the start time to view the log record as follows Fig 7 12 Remote information ...

Page 46: ...e upgrade it Below is the operation method for Iphone mobile clients Step1 Enter into App Store function of Iphone Step 2 Enable search function to search SuperLivePro the required programs will be displayed on the top of search box Step 3 Click SuperLivePro enter into introduce interface and click FREE it will change into INSTALL Step 4 Enter into iTunes Store password click OK will display below...

Page 47: ...isplayed The functions descriptions as following 7 1 Click or to view different channel 7 2 Click then click OK to capture picture 7 3 Click to do local record 7 4 Click to get audio from DVR 7 5 Click to send voice to DVR 7 6 Click to do camera color adjustment 7 7 Click to do PTZ operation 7 8 Click to view picture 7 9 Click to do local remote playback 7 10 Click to do DVR remote setting 7 11 Cl...

Page 48: ... click on the Google play store icon Then press on search icon on right Type SUPERLIVEPRO with your virtual keyboard and press enter The search result will show the available applications Click on SUPERLIVEPRO a brief description of the program will be shown click on INSTALL ...

Page 49: ...49 Click on ACCEPT DOWNLOAD The program is being downloaded on your smartphone please wait The program is being installed on your smartphone The installation is finished click Open to launch the program ...

Page 50: ... see all the functions of the program Main interface description Item Description Playback Video file playback Image Server photo browse Log Software log Server list View and edit server list Live View camera online Settings Software configure Information Server and software information Help Help Information about software and FAQ Logoff Log off from current server ...

Page 51: ...51 Live picture interface Icon Description One screen Four screen Channel configure PTZ control Capture Record Talk Channel audio Hide SuperLivePro ...

Page 52: ...ent from that of the cameras Please change DVR system format Q4 Cannot find HDD a The power of the adapter is not enough Please change an adapter to try b Connection problem Please check the power and data cables c The HDD is damaged Change a new one Q5 Cannot record a Don t format HDD Please format it manually first b Don t enable record function or incorrect setup Please refer to Chapter 5 Recor...

Page 53: ...copy it into U disk and then select upgrade in the menu If upgrading the kernel procedure please refer to the following method firstly insert U disk into DVR and then input adwsws in the password of system login and the system will upgrade kernel procedure automatically After finished please restart DVR to achieve Notice Do not power off in the system upgrading process Otherwise it may cause that ...

Page 54: ...N 7500 X300 OS Windows 2000 SP4 above Windows XP SP2 above VISTA SEVEN DirectX 9 0 Q13 What are the PC configurations for 8 ch real time product with fully open channel mainstream PC Module Parameters CPU Intel Core TM 2 Duo CPU E4600 Motherboard G31 P31 chip HDD 80G RAM 1GB VGA GMA3100 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 ATI RADEON HD3450 OS Windows 2000 SP4 above Windows XP SP2 above VISTA SEVEN DirectX 9 0 ...

Page 55: ... Highest 1M 466 Higher 768k 295 Medium 512k 235 Low 384k 175 Lower 256k 56 4 Lowest 128k 45 The calculation format is Total Recording capacity Used space per hour MB h coverage rate of hard disk recording time hour channel numbers For instance one customer uses PAL cameras set resolution to CIF video quality to Lower frame rate to 25 fps for enabling total 16 channels He wants the unit to record c...

Page 56: ...e Devices Compatible Devices 1 Compatible USB drive after test Brand Capacity A DATA 512MB 1G 2GB Transcend 4GB Kingston 2GB Toshiba 2GB SanDisk 4GB 2 Compatible external USB CD DVD writers after test Brand Model LG GH24NS90 ...

Page 57: ...W 63WNHY0 500GB 10EURS FW 630AB1 1TB 10EVDS FW 63U8B0 1TB 15EARS FW 00Z5B1 1 5TB 15EURS FW 63S48Y0 1 5TB 20EVDS FW 63T3B0 2TB 20EARS FW 00S8B1 2TB 2001FASS FW 00U0B0 2TB HITACHI HDS721616PLA380 160GB HCT721025SLA380 500GB HCP725050GLA380 500GB HDP725050GLA360 1TB SEAGATE ST500DM002 SATA3 FW KC44 500GB ST3100528AS FW CC38 1TB ST31000524AS SATA3 FW JC4B 1TB ST2000DL003 SATA3 FW CC32 CC3C 2TB TOSHIBA...

Page 58: ... 1 Visit www geekciti com and register new account by filling each line then press submit you need to have a valid email which will be use as username 2 Create a domain name as your convenience and choose the extension among the list available then click on REQUEST DOMAIN ...

Page 59: ...geekciti com User Name dvrtest110 gmail com your account on www geekciti com website as step 1 Password xxxxxx your account password on www geekciti com website as step 1 Host Domain smartdvr myfreeip me you create on www geekciti com website as step 2 Update Interval M 3 a time period to sync with www geekciti com service 3 means 3 hours Press TEST button if it s ok you will see DDNS updates succ...

Page 60: ...with a computer with internet explorer browser by key in the new domain name You will see the DVR main page after key in the username and password as well the display language you should be able see camera live display ...

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