8CH/16CH H.264 Standalone DVR ADR-7608C/7616S/7616C User Manual Version 1.
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Table of Contents Section1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................5 1.1 Product Overview......................................................................................................................5 1.2 Product Features........................................................................................................................5 1.3 Product Specifications........................................
Section1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Designed for globally increasing surveillance requirements, 7608C/7616S/7616C is a high performance 8/16ch standalone Digital Video Recorder. It takes H.264 compression format to not only improve video quality but also extend recording time over the same hard disk capacity, and the friendly UI design also enables users even unfamiliar with computer operations can easily control this DVR.
FPS 120fps(D1), 240fps(Half-D1), 480fps(CIF) Mode Manual, Schedule, Alarm, Motion, Event, Always Playback FPS 120fps(D1), 240fps(Half-D1), 480fps(CIF) Storage Internal HDD Support SATA HDD*2(3.5”) Hot SWAP Module No External eSATA port*1 USB 2.0 port 2 (for USB 2.
Section2 System Appearance & Installation 2.1 Front Panel 1. Channel Selection buttons Number buttons can be used to display given channel on monitor and input password. 2. Function buttons a) PTZ (Pan, Tilt and Zooming) The camera(s) with panning, tilting and zooming function would be connected with one and some of video inputs of DVR. In order to control PTZ function of the camera, PTZ button should be pressed first. And then direction buttons for panning and tilting can be pressed.
h) SEARCH This button can be used to enter playback sub-menu for searching out proper recorded file for playback. i) FUNC This button is reserved for future use. j) LOCK In order for only authorized person to operate buttons in front panel, this LOCK button can be utilized. If this button is pressed, all of buttons in front panel are not operated at the same time LOCK LED ON. To release button locking, password will be requested after pressing LOCK button.
2.2 Rear Panel 1. 8/16CH Video Inputs 8/16 channel composite video inputs with BNC connectors. NOTE:NTSC and PAL video sources for 8/16CH video inputs can not be mixed. If they are mixed, DVR can’ not be operated properly. 2. 8/16CH Loop through outputs 8/16 channel composite video outputs with BNC connectors. If the connection of loop- through video outputs into another video equipments is requested, 8/16CH Loopthrough outputs can be utilized for it. 3.
8. Fan System Fan. 9. Power Input (from Adapter) Connect the adapter to the DVR for DC power supply. (DC19V / 7A).
2.3 HDD Installation 1. Use the screwdriver to loosen the four screws on upper casing and rear panel shown as below to lift up the upper casing. 2. After upper casing is removed, loosen the screws holding the HDD rack and pull out relative cables to remove the HDD rack shown as below. 3. Pull out the CF bus and remove the HDD rack shown as below.
4. Install two SATA HDD to the HDD rack shown as below. Notice the installation direction. And then fix HDD with screws provided in package. 5. Connect the SATA and power cables to the SATA HDDs shown as below. 6. Once the HDDs are installed into the HDD rack, place the rack back , align them with the holes on the chassis and tighten it with screws.
7. Connect the cables back to the CF board shown as below. 8. Finally, screw the upper casing back to the case.
Section3 Menu 3.1 Menu Display NO.
3.2 Menu Tree 1.TIME 1.1 DATE SETUP 1.2 TIME SETUP 1.3 DATA DISPLAY FORMAT 1.4 TIME DISPLAY FORMAT 1.5 TIME ZONE SETUP 1.6 DAYLIGHT SAVING 2.RECORD 2.1 RESOLUTION 2.2 FPS 2.3 QUALITY 2.4 RECORD MODE 2.5 POST RECORD 2.6 LIVE AUDIO 3.SCHEDULE 4.MOTION 4.1 MOTION CH 4.1 SENSITIVITY 4.3 DETECTION AREA 5.ALARM 5.1 ALARM INPUT 5.2 ALARM OUTPUT 1 5.3 ALARM OUTPUT 2 5.4 BUZZER 5.4.1 KEY TONE 5.4.2 ALARM 5.5 EMAIL NOTIFICATION 6.NETWORK 6.1 IP MODE 6.2 IP ADDRESS 6.3 SUBNET MASK 6.4 GATEWAY 6.5 PORT 6.6 NETWORK 6.
7.1.4 SYSTEM INFO 7.1.5 EVENT LOG 7.1.6 FIRMWARE UPDATE 7.1.7 SETTING IMPORT/ EXPORT 7.1.8 USER MANAGEMENT 7.1.9 PERERCORD 7.1.10 DVR NUMBER 7.2 DISPLAY 7.2.1 CAMERA TITLE DISPLAY 7.2.2 RECODE MODE DISPLAY 7.2.3 AUTO-HIDE TOOLBAR 7.2.4 DWELL 7.2.5 DATE TIME POSITION 7.2.6 VGA MONITOR RATIO 7.2.7 RECORD DATE TIME 7.3 CAMERA 7.3.1 CAMERA 7.3.2 CAMERA TITLE 7.3.3 BRIGHTNESS 7.3.4 CONTRAST 7.3.5 HUE 7.3.6 SATURATION 7.3.7 ADVANCED SETUP 7.4 DISK FORMAT 7.5 SEARCH & BACKUP 7.6 ACCOUNT/ PASSWORD 7.
Section4 Menu Setup For the first time using your DVR, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes setting items such as time and date, record parameters, network and so on. In order to enter Main Menu for setup, first press MENU button of the front panel in DVR. NOTE: Password is necessary for entering main menu while AdminLock is set as ON (Default is OFF).
4.1 TIME To access time setup, press ENTER button after moving highlight icon to TIME ICON in Menu. Time setup menu will appear on monitor shown as below. 1) DATE: Move Highlight icon to Date in the Time setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Year, month and date can be changed after pressing ENTER button. System Date can be input by OSD keyboard. Number characters can be selected and input by using direction and ENTER buttons. After inputing the right date, press SAVE & ESC to save it.
3) DATE DISPLAY FORMAT: YY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY Move Highlight icon to Date Display Format in the Time setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Date Display Format can be changed after pressing ENTER button. Use UP or DOWN and ENTER to select the parameter. 4) TIME DISPLAY FORMAT: 12 HOUR, 24HOUR Move Highlight icon to Time Display Format in the Time setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Time Display Format can be changed after pressing ENTER button. Use UP or DOWN and ENTER to select the parameter.
4.2 RECORD To access record setup, press ENTER button after moving highlight icon to RECORD ICON in Menu. Record setup menu will appear on monitor. 1) RESOLUTION: CIF, HALF-D1, D1 In the record setup menu, move to the cell of RESOLUTION and CH which is to be setup using direction (UP/ DOWN/ LEFT/ RIGHT) buttons. Recording resolution for specific CH can be changed after pressing ENTER button. Use UP or DOWN and ENTER to select the parameter. 2) FPS: 30, 15, 10, 7.
Record Mode Icon Description MANUAL If MANUAL mode is set, the channel would start recording only by pressing the REC/STOP button on front panel. ALWAYS If ALWAYS mode is set, the channel would start recording after system power on. MOTION If MOTION mode is set, the channel would start recording while object movement is detected. ALARM If ALARM mode is set, the channel would start recording while sensor in is triggered.
4.3 SCHEDULE To access schedule setup, press ENTER button after moving highlight icon to SCHEDULE ICON in Menu. Schedule setup menu will appear on monitor. When the record mode in record setup is set as schedule mode, the DVR will use the weekly schedule defined here to control the recording function. Each time interval is one hour in length and the user can specify the recording mode for each hour during a week (Sunday ~ Saturday). The procedure for setting the recording schedule is shown below.
4.4 MOTION To access motion setup, press ENTER button after moving highlight icon to MOTION ICON in MENU. Motion setup menu will appear on monitor. 1) MOTION CH: To select the CH in which motion detection sensitivity and area would be set. 2) SENSITIVITY: Level 0 ~ 16 Move Highlight icon to Date Display Format in the Motion setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Motion detection sensitivity can be changed after pressing ENTER button. Use UP or DOWN and ENTER to select the parameter.
4.5 ALARM To access alarm setup, press ENTER button after moving highlight icon to ALARM ICON in MENU. Alarm setup menu will appear on monitor. 4.5.1 ALARM INPUT Move Highlight icon to Alarm Input in the Alarm setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Alarm input type setup menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. Move to CH which is to be setup by using UP or DOWN button. Alarm input type can be changed after pressing ENTER button. Use UP or DOWN and ENTER to select Alarm input type as NC or NO. 4.5.
4.5.3 ALARM OUTPUT 2 The “Alarm Output” can be set to ON or OFF. When it is ON, once the “Alarm in” is triggered, it will activate the “Alarm out” in response. When it is OFF, then the “Alarm out” won’t be activated while “Alarm in” is triggered. 4.5.4 BUZZER Move Highlight icon to Buzzer in the Alarm setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Buzzer setup menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. 1) KEY TONE: ON, OFF the key tone can be turned on or off.
4.5.5 EMAIL NOTIFICATION Email notification; which can be set to ON or OFF. When it is ON, the network will add an “Email Setting” option for user making E-mail settings.
4.6 NETWORK To access network setup, press ENTER button after moving highlight icon to NETWORK ICON in MENU. Network setup menu will appear on monitor. 1) IP MODE: DYNAMIC, STATIC, PPPoE Move Highlight icon to IP Mode in the Network setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. IP mode can be changed after pressing ENTER button. Use UP or DOWN and ENTER to select IP mode as dynamic or static or PPPoE. 2) IP ADDRESS: Move Highlight icon to IP Address in the Network setup menu by using UP or DOWN button.
6) NETWORK: When the NETWORK setting is ON, the Network function will be activated. When the setting is OFF, the Network function will be terminated. 7) DDNS: Move Highlight icon to DDNS in the Network setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. DDNS function key: Activates or deactivates the DDNS function (deactivation by default).
or with the mouse. After inputing the right username and password, press SAVE & ESC to save it. 9) EMAIL SETTING Move Highlight icon to Email Setting in the Network setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Email Setting can be set after pressing ENTER button. OSD will appear a small keyboard, which can be used with the direction and Enter buttons on the front panel or with the mouse. After inputting the right setting, press SAVE & ESC to save it.(Mouse input is also available) a.
10) STREAMING VIDEO RESOLUTION If the “Streaming Video Resolution” is set as CIF, the remote Web Browser will be showedat CIF resolution. On the other hand, if the “Streaming Video Resolution” is set as D1, theremote Web Browser will be showed at D1 resolution. Note: Make the setting based on actual bandwidth of the network (the higher the resolution or the more the photos, the more the bandwidth you need).
4.7 ADVANCED To access advanced setup, press ENTER button after moving highlight icon to ADVANCED ICON in MENU. Advanced setup menu will appear on monitor. 4.7.1 SYSTEM Move Highlight icon to System in the Advanced setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. System setup menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. 1) LANGUAGE: English, Traditional Chinese, Simple Chinese, Korean, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese,Russian Move Highlight icon to Language in the System setup menu by using UP or DOWN button.
button. disk overwrite function can be set as on or off after pressing ENTER button. Use UP or DOWN and ENTER to turn on or off the disk overwrite function. If it is set as ON, First recorded area in HDD can be replaced with new recording data, when recording HDD is full. 4) SYSTEM INFO To show the system information including IP address, firmware version and disk capacity. 5) EVENT LOG To enable or disable the Event Log function and also allows the user to view event logs.
4.7.2 DISPLAY Move Highlight icon to Display in the Advanced setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Display setup menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. 1) CAMERA TITLE DISPLAY: ON, OFF To enables or disable the camera title display. 2) RECORD MODE DISPLAY: ON, OFF To enables or disable the display of the recording mode for each channel on the live surveillance display. 3) AUTO-HIDE TOOLBAR: YES, NO To enable or disable the live surveillance Toolbar auto-hidden.
4.7.3 CAMERA Move Highlight icon to Camera in the Advanced setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Camera setup menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. Picture of the CH to adjust Would be shown here For easier adjustment. 1) CAMERA: CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH5, CH6, CH7, CH8, ...CH16 To choose the camera to be setup. 2) CAMERA TITLE: To assign a name for a camera. 3) BRIGHTNESS: 0 ~ 31 To set the brightness of the camera display. Higher values result in increased brightness.
1) PTZ PROTOCOL: PELCO-P, PELCO-D If the channel corresponds to a PTZ camera, setting the correct protocol allows control of the PTZ camera. 2) PTZ BAUDRATE: 2400,4800,9600,19200,38400,115200 If the channel corresponds to a PTZ camera, setting the correct baudrate allows control of the PTZ camera. 3) PTZ PANSPEED:High,Middle,Low If the channel corresponds to a PTZ camera, setting the pan speed allows control of the PTZ camera.
4.7.4 DISK FORMAT Move Highlight icon to Disk format in the Advanced setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Disk format menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select the disk drive for disk format. Press the ENTER button and then use the Up/Down/ENTER to change the setting as YES. Select the FORMAT button and press ENTER to confirm and begin disk format.
4.7.5 SEARCH & BACKUP Search & backup function here is used to search the history video data in DVR storage for playback or backup to other backup media. Move Highlight icon to Search & Backup in the Advanced setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Search & Backup menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. NOTE: 1) Search & backup menu can also be entered by pressing Search button on front panel.
4) BY EVENT: Provides a list of event recordings for user select to playback or backup. User can use MARK function to select more than one file to backup. NOTE: Press the number button in front panel identical to the number shown in each function button, and then each function button is selected and highlighted with orange rectangle. The selected button can be executed by pressing Enter button. NOTE: Press Direction button “Right” or “Left” to switch pages 5) BY CALENDAR: 1.
6) SNAPSHOT BACKUP: Use “UP/DOWN” moving to the SNAPSHOT Backup option; press Mark button.
4.7.6 ACCOUNT/ PASSWORD NOTE: This item would be shown on menu only when AdminLock is set as ON and can only be accessed by Administrator and authorized users. (AdminLock can be set as ON or OFF in ADVANCED >> SYSTEM) Move Highlight icon to Account/ Password in the Advanced setup menu by using UP or DOWN button. Account/ Password setup menu will appear after pressing ENTER button. 1) ACCOUNT: Admin, User1, User2, User3, User4 Select the account to set the password and privileges for.
Section5 Live Display 1) Display Mode Display modes, full picture, QUAD, 8split, 9-split, 16split are supported. can be pressed for changing the display mode.
2) OSD BUTTONS for mouse input Move the mouse cursor to the down side of monitor, the tool-bar would show up as below. Button Description Click on this button with the mouse cursor to enter the Menu for DVR Setup. Click on this button with the mouse cursor and the Live display will change to the Full Picture mode. Further clicks cycles through the channels. Click on this button with the mouse cursor and the Live display will change to the Quad mode.
the audio sign will display on corresponding video channel only. Click on this button with the mouse cursor to take pictures of the current screen. When move the mouse to this area, it will show the remaining capacity of DVR HDD.
Section6 Backup The DVR supports USB 2.0 drive and DVD-RW(option) for video file backup, and please refer to 4.7.5 SEARCH & BACKUP for the backup procedure. The backup file can be played via DVR file player software provided in the package. Section7 PTZ Control NOTE: Before using PTZ, please make sure that the PTZ Camera is installed. Next, go to "Advanced Setup / Camera" and set PTZ Protocol and PTZ Baudrate. After changing the settings, save and exit the menu.
Section8 F/W Update Step 1. Please copy the Firmware file to the root directory of the CF card or USB drive, and then insert the CF card or USB drive into the CF slot or USB port on the front panel. Note: There are two firmware files: (1) Autorun.dat and (2) 76xxxxxx.bin. Step 2. Now go into "Menu / Advanced Setup / System / Firmware Update" and press the ENTER button to begin the update. The CF LED on the front panel will start blinking. Step 3.
Section9 Remote Monitoring and Control via Ethernet The ADR-7608C/7616S/7616C DVR server can be remotely monitored or controlled via the IE or Firefox browsers. Before using the remote monitoring and control function, make sure that the DVR is connected to the network and its IP address has be properly configured. Hint: Prior to first use, please download and install the VLC media player from the website: http://www.videolan.org/vlc V1.0.5 from: http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.
Step2. Enter your username and password. The default username and password are Admin and 111111 respectively. Click on the Login button to enter the main page shown as below: In this page user can make remote settings to the TIME, RECORD, SCHEDULE, MOTION, ALARM, NETWORK & ADVACED through network. Click this icon to watch the Live view. 2) Time Press TIME to make time-relevant setting; as graphically demonstrated in the picture below: After the setting is complete, press SAVE&ESC to return the main page.
3) Record Press RECORD to make record-relevant setting, as graphically demonstrated in the picture below: After the setting is complete, press SAVE&ESC to return the main page. 4) Schedule Press SCHEDULE to make scheduled-record-relevant setting, as graphically demonstrated in the picture below: After the setting is complete, press SAVE&ESC to return the main page.
5) Motion Press MOTION to make scheduled-record-relevant setting, as graphically demonstrated in the picture below: After the setting is complete, press SAVE&ESC to return the main page. 6) Alarm Press ALARM to make alarm-relevant setting, as graphically demonstrated in the picture below: After the setting is complete, press SAVE&ESC to return the main page.
7) Network Press NETWORK to make network-relevant setting, as graphically demonstrated in the picture below: After setting is complete, press SAVE&ESC and the webpage will return to top page automatically; user now needs to re-input the Username and Password for new login. 8) Advanced Press ADVANCED to make setting relevant to advanced options, as graphically demonstrated in the picture below: After the setting is complete, press SAVE&ESC to return the main page.
Upgrade the network firmware: Press Firmware Update and system will jump to the following page automatically: Follow the following steps to upgrade the network firmware: Step1. Press the "Browse" button to select the firmware file (Ex: 7604H0136.bin -Please download the firmware from http://www.acard.com). Step2. When specified the correct firmware file, please press the ''Upload'' button to start uploading.
After recording is stopped, system will prompt that the firmware uploading is successful; as shown in the following picture. Press OK to confirm it. Step 3: After complete, press ''Pre-Check'' to certify the firmware document; after the certification is complete, a prompt window will jump out stating that the certification work is successful. Press OK to confirm it. Step4: Next, press “Burn” to start updating the firmware.
Step5. After the prompt window of successfully burnt of firmware appears and “OK” is pressed, the firmware-updating procedure is complete; press “Restart” to reboot the remote DVR unit. 9) Live video monitoring Use the full-screen, 4-split, buttons to switch different display mode for live monitoring. full-screen 4-split Local record After pressing the “Full Screen” at bottom of live video display, user can full-screen monitor different channels of live video by switch operation.
partition mode making live monitoring. 10) PTZ control Click on the PTZ-control button at the top of the main page and a window displaying the settings for Channel/ Baud Rate/ Protocol will appear on the right of the screen. Enter the correct PTZ camera parameters to enable the PTZ control function. 11) Lock record The live video files can be saved onto the local side. This allows the videos to be played locally using the bundled DVR Player. NOTE: the default save directory is in c drive.
9.2 Web troubleshooting Q1: After launching the browser and entering the DVR IP: port, the error "The page cannot be displayed" appears as shown below: A1: Check the PC's network connection and the DVR Network settings. Check that the IP address is correct and that the DVR is connected properly to the network. Q2: After login, the DVR's web page doesn't show the live video: A2: Please download and install the VLC media player software.
APPENDIX 1. Alarm Input/Output Pin Descriptions (16CH) Pin NO. Pin Description 1 RS485- 2 RS485+ 3 COM1 4 Relay Output N.O1 5 Relay Output N.C1 6 COM2 7 Relay Output N.O2 8 Relay Output N.
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APPENDIX 3. Play process after backing up DVR files to USB device (I)Formatting in advance : Reminder: if you wish to backup previous recorded historic data through the USB Port, it is suggested to first format the USB device through the DVR in order to ensure that the USB device could be accurately identified by the DVR and backup data properly; the steps are as follows: (1) Insert the USB device into the USB Port in front of the DVR.
(II) When the formatting is complete, backup the recorded historic data : (1) Insert the USB device into the USB Port in front of the DVR. (2) Enter Menu => Advanced => Search & Backup (3) When the USB device is properly inserted, the USB Disk will appear in the Backup to Media column. (4) Next, select the backup file type: NonGeneric (dedicated format) or Generic-H264 (h.
(5) Then, using the "By channel & Time" backup method as an example: select the “channel/start time/end time” you wish to backup, the backup file size will be displayed, and then press the “Yes” button to start backing up. (6) When the backup is complete, a prompt will be displayed, as shown in the figure below.
(Ⅲ Ⅲ) When the backup is complete, files should exist in the USB device: (1) When the backup is complete, which files should exist? 1. DVRPlayer.exe => The DVR's own playback program after the backup is complete; able to play back the following two formats: NonGeneric (*.dat dedicated format file) Generic-H264 (h.264 format file ) 2. *.h264 format file => The file that was backed up when Generic-H264 was selected. 3. *.dat dedicated format file.
