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Quad Camera Stand Alone System

DVR Security System

User’s Guide

INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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Page 1: ...Quad Camera Stand Alone System DVR Security System User s Guide INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE ...

Page 2: ...he ed du ul le e 1 14 4 4 4 8 8 S Su ub b M Me en nu u A Au ut to o R Re ec co or rd d 1 14 4 4 4 9 9 S Su ub b M Me en nu u P Pa as ss sw wo or rd d S Se et tu up p 1 15 5 4 4 1 10 0 S Su ub b M Me en nu u P Pa as ss sw wo or rd d C Ch ha an ng ge e 1 15 5 4 4 1 11 1 S Su ub b M Me en nu u P Pi ic ct tu ur re e S Se et tu up p 1 15 5 4 4 1 12 2 S Su ub b M Me en nu u T Ti im me e S Se et tu up p ...

Page 3: ... from any heat generating objects z Do not block the DVR s fan and vent z Do not expose this unit to the sun directly z If you are not sure of the installation and setup please consult a technician z Don t fix it yourself if there s any damage to this unit or the power supply Consult a technician or the distributor P Pa ac ck ka ag ge e C Co on nt te en nt ts s z DVR Main unit x 1 z 250GB Hard Dri...

Page 4: ...rd Drive caddy z Enhanced USB disk backup z Playback searching by Time or Event z PC Operating System Windows 2000 XP Vista z Two levels password protection User password Master Password z Mouse operation available z 12VDC 60Watt 5Amp power adapter AC100 240V 50 60Hz z Dimension Width x Height x Depth 250 x 38 x 232mm z Display Recording frame rate and resolution Models 4CH DVR Display Frame Rate ...

Page 5: ... backup REC Start or stop recording backup MENU Enter menu or back to previous menu list Ç S UP Moves up through the list of menu Also used to select menu options or change the DVR configuration values È T DOWN Moves down through the list of menu Also used to select menu options or change the DVR configuration values SEL Use this button to change values on main menu or sub menu setting Indicators ...

Page 6: ...Fan Vent Vent for cooling fan do not cover 4 Remote Control 1 CH1 Select or enlarge CH1 2 CH2 Select or enlarge CH2 3 CH3 Select or enlarge CH3 4 CH4 Select or enlarge CH4 5 QUAD Quad View 6 REW Rewind 7 PLAY Play record list 8 FWD Forward 9 RECORD Record 10 PAUSE Pause 11 STOP Stop recording or playing 12 MENU Enter or exit setup menu 13 Select Edit Modify item 14 UP Move up prompt 15 DOWN Move d...

Page 7: ...d into the drive bay at the front of the DVR Note Make sure the jumper on the HDD is set to Master to make sure it operates correctly Step1 Remove caddy from the front of DVR unit Step2 Attach drive to the caddies IDE and Power connectors and then screw the HDD into caddy using the 4 supplied screws Setp3 Insert caddy back into DVR unit and press the latch until locked in place The caddy can then ...

Page 8: ...to one of these four connecters The fifth connector is labelled video out This is used to attach an external monitor in order to display the video output from the DVR unit Note The system needs to be connected to a TV or Monitor and the hard drive must be formatted before the unit can be connected to a PC via the USB cable Otherwise you will see an error stating no vineyard drives or devices detec...

Page 9: ... the power switch After the unit is powered on the unit will check the HDD for several seconds and then the unit will enter into real time display mode shown in the following screen 3 2 Recovering Lost Data If the DVR unit suffers a power cut there is the potential for a data error to occur if this is the case the unit will ask if you want to recover the data Press the SEL button to proceed with r...

Page 10: ...ted the main screen will be displayed If the four cameras have been attached their images will be displayed as shown below The ratio of Hard Drive space which has been used is shown in the top left hand corner of the screen The Channel number for each Camera image is shown in the middle of the screen The Date and Time are shown in the bottom right hand corner of the screen To show the setup screen...

Page 11: ...V VR R S Sy ys st te em m S Se et tu up p 4 1 Setup Menu Click the MENU button to enter the Main Menu Use the Ç S UP and È T DOWN keys to move through the menu and press the SEL button to confirm an option Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 12: ...ill display OFF 4 3 Record Select This menu option allows you to configure which channels are set to record 4 4 Record Mode There are two modes available for video recording Each Mode This mode compresses and records each video channel separately this allows each channel to be played back separately if necessary and allows the image to be viewed full screen This mode allows one or more channels to...

Page 13: ... Frame Rate The record frame rate menu option allows the frame rate to be selected the options are 25 12 8 6 4 3 2 1 frames per second The higher the frame rate selected the better the quality of played back video will be will more smooth movement of any moving objects on screen The drawback to this is that the higher the frame rate the more Hard Drive space will be used when recording 4 6 Record ...

Page 14: ...nd press the SEL button to change the record method at any given point The options for the method are Not Record T Record A Motion Triggered Note Setting the schedule correctly can allow for a much greater overall recording time for the DVR system 4 8 Sub Menu Auto Record When this option is set to ON the DVR will start recording automatically if it has not been operated within the last five minut...

Page 15: ...es The password can be changed to any combination of front panel button presses using all the available buttons except the MENU button which is used for confirming and exiting from this menu option 4 11 Sub Menu Picture Setup This menu allows the picture Hue Saturation Contrast and Brightness to be configured on each channel Select the channel to edit using the CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 or Q buttons Use the...

Page 16: ...U button to confirm and exit 4 13 Hard Disk Setup This menu option shows information about the Hard Drive which is installed in the system and also allows you to choose whether Overwrite is enabled Overwrite Enabled If this is set to YES then when the Hard Drive becomes full the video recording will loop over and start recording over the earliest recorded data on the disk If set to NO then recordi...

Page 17: ...s first used with the DVR this option must be used to configure the drive Until a drive has been formatted for use with the system an error will occur when trying to access the DVR unit from a PC using the USB connection The Format option doesn t perform a true format on the drive and this option can t be used to wipe the drive clean of data 4 14 Motion Setup The Motion Setup menu allows the recor...

Page 18: ...By pressing the SEL button on a channel you will be shown a picture of that channel divided into 144 12 x 12 blocks Each one of these blocks can be set as an active or inactive area for motion detection Use the Ç S UP È T DOWN WW REW and XX FWD buttons to move Up Down Left and Right within the image Pressing the SEL button while on a block will make it active transparent or inactive shadowed When ...

Page 19: ...ings 5 5 R Re ec co or rd di in ng g 5 1 Start Recording Press the REC record button to start recording On screen some of the system information will be shown as well as the current feed from the cameras on each channel Note Single channels are only able to be viewed separately in full screen if the record mode is set to Each Mode Hard Disk Usage Percentage Status REC Play FF1 FF2 FF3 REW PAUSE Re...

Page 20: ...by pressing and holding the REC record button for more than 3 seconds To stop the system from recording in forced mode press the STOP button 5 4 Recording Length The table below give the estimated record time in hours based on a 250GB Hard Drive recording in Quad Mode Format Quality Frame Rate 30 15 7 1 HIGH 20 116 234 502 3496 NORMAL 15 156 310 666 4660 NTSC LOW 12 194 388 832 5826 Format Quality...

Page 21: ...the list press the X PLAY button on the highlighted event Start Time End Time Time Continue Record Motion Motion Triggered Force Force Record An event which has not been viewed Another way to search through video is to enter the time period you wish to view Press the XX FWD button and then use Ç S UP and È T DOWN to move the prompt Pressing the SEL button allows the time and date values to be chan...

Page 22: ...e the Destination Folder if necessary or just click Next 5 Once the program has been installed connect the DVR system via the USB cable 6 Run the program by selecting Start Programs DVR Viewer If installed on Vista you must also run it as an Administrator by right clicking on the DVR Viewer link and selecting Run as Administrator Note The Hard Drive must already have been formatted for use with th...

Page 23: ...rame 2 Save Video Clip 14 Play Backwards 3 Configuration 15 Pause 4 Print 16 Play 5 Event List 17 Forward One Frame 6 DVR PC Mode 18 Fast Forward 7 Channel 2 19 Minimise Window 8 Channel 1 20 Close Window 9 Quad Mode 21 Volume Control 10 Channel 3 22 Audio On Off 11 Channel 4 23 Playing Scroll Bar 12 Fast Rewind Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 24: ...Press to open the event record video list Select an event from the list to play it back To save a video clip to disk press the icon select the format to save it in MYS or AVI and click the OK button Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 25: ...To view a saved video click the DVR PC Mode icon to change to PC Mode Open the file by clicking the folder icon and selecting the file you wish to playback To configure the DVR system click the icon Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 26: ...Quad Camera DVR 26 To print an image from a recorded video click the icon To play a video click the icon Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 27: ...annel Recording Frame Rate Each Mode PAL Each Channel 25fps Number of Source Maximum 25 frames s Each Channel Record Mode Continuous Time Schedule Motion Triggered USB USB 2 0 port Optional Display NTSC 720 x 480 PAL 720 x 576 Resolution Record NTSC 320 x 112 640 x 224 PAL 320 x 576 640 x 272 QUAD 640 x 224 total EACH 640 x 224 Video Compression Format Each Channel Modified Motion JPEG 12 20Kb fra...

Page 28: ...Quad Camera DVR 28 9 9 A Ap pp pe en nd di ix x 9 1 System Connection Sketch Map 9 2 Boxed Contents Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 29: ...will keep rebooting if the DVR is set to record in PAL mode and the video input is set to NTSC Q Why does the DVR system freeze while playing back or checking playback information A Make sure the Hard Drive is connected within the Hard Drive Bay correctly Q Why is a Monitor or TV connected to the DVR system displaying in only Black White A Make sure the DVR colour format ant the Monitor TV colour ...

Page 30: ...nput Required Adapter Required Maplin Part Code VGA CCTV to VGA Adaptor N78CQ Composite BNC Phono Video Lead L47BA SCART SCART Phono Adapter BNC Phono Lead L83BA L47BA Q Does the DVR viewer software support windows vista A If installing the software on Windows Vista install the software in Administration mode by right clicking on the file and selecting Run as Administrator When you run the program...

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