AVerMedia® AVerDiGi EB1504 MPEG4 Real-time Security DVR Operation Manual
FCC NOTICE (Class A) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Federal Communications Commission Statement NOTE- This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................1 1.1 1.2 1.3 Package Content........................................................................................ 2 Features and Specifications ....................................................................... 2 Front & Side Panel ..................................................................................... 3 1.4 Back Panel........................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction AverDiGi EB1504 MPEG4 is a 4-channel stand-alone DVR unit that provides real-time monitoring and digital recording of surveillance video. Up to four video cameras and four sensor devices can be hooked up to this DVR unit. It also provides one audio input and output channel. Surveillance, digital recording and playback are controlled through the front panel buttons.
1.1 Package Content 04 ® EB15 ia DV R Med curity AVeral-time Se nua l Re (1) (2) (4) (5) (8) (7) Ma tion Opera (3) (6) (9) (1) AVerMedia® AVerDiGi EB1504 MPEG4 unit (2) Remote Control (batteries included) (3) Quick Installation Guide (4) Software CD (User Manual included) (5) DVR accessories (including 4 screws and 1 Ω hook) (6) Removable hard disk drawer accessories (with spare screws) (7) Power Cord * The power cord varies depending on the standard power outlet of the country where it is sold.
Auto-detect NTSC or PAL video system Supports 2 hard drives (not included) Full-screen resolution: Display: 720 x 480 (NTSC), 720 x 576 (PAL) Recording: 720 x 480 (NTSC), 720 x 576 (PAL) Display frame rate: Total of 120/100 fps (NTSC/PAL) Recording frame rate: CIF mode: Total 120/100 fps (NTSC/PAL) D1 mode: Total 60/50fps(NTSC/PAL) Scheduled recording (00:00~23:00 set by hour ) Search for recorded videos by date/time/event Input/Output: 4 sensor inputs and 1 relay output contr
Name Function : For “2” : For “3” : For “4” : For “0” If in QUAD record mode, user would not be able to view single channel in full screen i (5) Playback/OSD Menu Control Buttons : Use the buttons in playback mode to: : Display the play list and play the recorded video : Wind back the video playback at the speed of 2x, 4x, 8x or 16x : Fast play the video playback at the speed of 2x, 4x, 8x or 16x : Temporarily freeze the video playback : Stop video playback Use the buttons in navigating OSD m
1.4 Back Panel Name Function (1) Audio Out : Output the audio signal to a speaker (2) Audio In : Input the audio signal from a mic or audio output device.
Follow the illustrated instructions below to install the hard disk: 1. Loosen all screws 2. Push the cover backward and lift 3. Loosen the hard disk rack 4 screws 4. Secure the brackets on the hard disk (slave) 5. Connect the end of the IDE cable 6. Secure the hard disk inside the unit and the power connector to the hard then replace unit cover disk (slave) 7. Unlock the removable hard disk drawer then pull it out 8.
9. Connect the power connector to the 10. Carefully insert the hard disk in the hard disk (master) removable rack then replace the removable rack cover 11. Slide the drawer back 12. Lock the removable keylock 13. You may now connect all the cables. When the power is connected, the Power LED light turns on Before removing the removable hard disk drawer, the DVR Unit must be TURNED OFF and unlock the removable hard disk drawer keylock.
1.5.2 Connecting Devices The back panel of the DVR unit, you can connect up to 4 video cameras, 4 sensor devices, 1 alarm device and output video to a TV or CRT/LCD monitor. Connecting the unit to a PC, through USB connection, the bundled software enables you to transfer, playback and segment the video.
1.5.3 Connecting the Sensor/Relay device The Sensor and Alarm ports enable you to connect (4) sensor inputs and (1) relay outputs. Just connect the external sensor and relay pin directly to the pinhole. Check the table below and locate which pinhole is assigned to sensor input and relay output. 1.5.3.1 I/O Card Sensor and Relay pinhole allocation: The signal from the sensor (i.e., infrared sensors, smoke detectors, proximity sensors, door sensors, etc.
Chapter 2 2.1 Operating the EB1504 MPEG4 Using the EB1504 MPEG4 for the First Time Upon connecting the power, the unit automatically detects the status of the hard disk. The hard disk must be formatted before you can use it with EB1504 MPEG4. If you are prompt to format the hard disk, press hard disk and (select) for YES to format the (menu) for NO to remain unchanged. HARD DISKS INFORMATION VERSION 1 . 5. 03 HDD CHECKING . . . MASTER HDD SIZE 76GB 509MB HDD FORMAT YES (SELECT) / NO (MENU) 2.
When you are in full screen preview, press the following buttons on the remote control and control panel to switch to different channel, or preview all 4 channels: CH1: Camera 1 2.3 CH2: Camera 2 CH3: Camera 3 CH4: Camera 4 QUAD: 4-Channel Playback the Video If the unit is recording the video, you may have to stop video recording in order to do video playback. To stop video recording, press . 2.3.1 To Playback Video 1. Press . 2.
EVENT LIST (search by condition): 1. In the selected HARD DISK, press . Then, use the and EVENT LIST HARD DISK : MASTER or Use the or and again to make the or and buttons to select from the list. Press 3. MASTER or buttons to select MASTER or SLAVE. Press selection. 2. and EVENT LIST HARD DISK : or again to make the selection.
Chapter 3 MAIN MENU CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RECORD MODE VIDEO FORMAT RECORD FRAMERATE VIDEO QUALITY RECORD SCHEDULE SUBMENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP LANGUAGE SETUP 1 2 1 2 QUAD MPEG4 10 GOOD ENGLISH OSD Navigation Tree 3 3 4 4 RECORD SCHEDULE 00 : 00 - 01 : 00 ALWAYS REC 01 : 00 - 02 : 00 ALWAYS REC 02 : 00 - 03 : 00 ALWAYS REC 03 : 00 - 04 : 00 ALWAYS REC 04 : 00 - 05 : 00 ALWAYS REC 05 : 00 - 06 : 00 ALWAYS REC 06 : 00 - 07 : 00 ALWAYS REC 07 : 00 - 08 : 00 ALWAYS REC 08 : 00 - 09 : 00 ALWAY
OSD MENU MAIN MENU CAMERA SELECT RECORD SELECT RECORD MODE VIDEO FORMAT RECORD FRAMERATE VIDEO QUALITY RECORD SCHEDULE SUBMENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP MOTION SETUP LANGUAGE SETUP Description 1 2 1 2 QUAD MPEG4 10 GOOD ENGLISH 3 3 4 4 CAMERA SELECT : Enable/disable the channel number to display the video on the surveillance screen. RECORD SELECT : Enable/disable the channel number to record video. The channels that are enabled in the camera select setting can only be set for video recording.
OSD MENU Description RECORD SCHEDULE 00 : 00 - 01 : 00 ALWAYS REC 01 : 00 - 02 : 00 ALWAYS REC 02 : 00 - 03 : 00 ALWAYS REC 03 : 00 - 04 : 00 ALWAYS REC 04 : 00 - 05 : 00 ALWAYS REC 05 : 00 - 06 : 00 ALWAYS REC 06 : 00 - 07 : 00 ALWAYS REC 07 : 00 - 08 : 00 ALWAYS REC 08 : 00 - 09 : 00 ALWAYS REC 09 : 00 - 10 : 00 ALWAYS REC 10 : 00 - 11 : 00 ALWAYS REC 11 : 00 - 12 : 00 ALWAYS REC 12 : 00 - 13 : 00 ALWAYS REC SUBMENU PASSWORD CHANGE VIDEO ADJUSTMENT DATE TIME AUTO RECORD AUTO SCAN PASSWORD SETUP AUDIO R
OSD MENU Description AUTO RECORD : Enable/disable auto continue recording when interrupted (i.e., power breakdown, video playback or configuration setup). It continue recording after 10 second of idleness. This is applicable in Always Record mode. AUTO SCAN : Enable/disable auto cycle switch to display the next channel when in full screen preview. PASSWORD SETUP : Enable/disable full system password protection.
OSD MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP OVERWRITE ENABLED YES HD1 SIZE 37 GB 78MB HD1 USED 0 GB 232MB HD1 FORMAT HD2 SIZE 0 GB 0MB HD2 USED 0 GB 232MB HD2 FORMAT Description OVERWRITE 0% 0% ENABLED : Enable/disable replacing the earliest record when the hard disk space runs out. By default, the HDD overwrite setting is enabled. HD1 FORMAT / HD2 FORMAT : For security purpose, you may have to enter the password to format hard disk. To format hard disk: * HD1//HD2 SIZE shows the total capacity of the hard disk.
OSD MENU SENSOR SETUP SENSOR REC TIME ALARM OUT TIME CHANNEL - 1 CHANNEL - 2 CHANNEL - 3 CHANNEL - 4 Description 010 010 NOT NOT NOT NOT SEC SEC INSTALLED INSTALLED INSTALLED INSTALLED SENSOR REC TIME : Set the amount of time (in second) to record when the sensor has been triggered. ALARM OUT TIME : Set the amount of time (in second) to continue sending the alarm once activated. CHANNEL 1~4 : Customize the initial state of the attached sensor. Refer to the table below to customize the sensor state.
Chapter 4 4.1 Using the USB Player Recommended system requirements Pentium®4 2.4GHZ or above Windows®2000/ XP DDR 256 MB Graphic function must support DirectDraw Audio card or built-in Speaker 1 available USB2.0 port 4.2 Installing the USB Playback Application To install the USB Playback Application: 1. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. When the installation main screen appears, click Install USB Playback Application and then follow the on screen instructions 2.
4.3 Running the USB Playback Application To run the application, click the USB Player icon Name on the PC desktop Function (1) Minimize Reduce the application to a button on the taskbar (2) Exit Close the application (3) Snapshot Capture and save the image either in *.jpg or *.bmp format (4) Print Print the image (5) Segment/ Output Keep a portion of the video and save it in *.mpg or *.avi format (see also Chapter 4.3.
Name Function (10) Speed up/down Adjust speed of video playback (11) Playback Controller Backward one frame: Go back one frame Backward Play: Play the video file in reverse Pause: Briefly stop playing the video file Play: Start/continue playing the video file Forward one frame: advance one frame (12) Progress bar Show the progress of the file being played. You may move the bar to seek at any location of the track (13) Sound bar Adjust the volume (14) Sound Turn on and off the sound 4.3.
Chapter 5 5.1 Backup and View Recorded Video File Recommended system requirements Pentium®4 2.4GHZ or above Windows®2000/ XP DDR 256 MB Graphic function must support DirectDraw Audio card or built-in Speaker 1 available USB2.0 port 5.2 To Backup Recorded Video File 1. Connect PC with EB 1504 MPEG 4 through the USB cable 2. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. When the installation main screen appears, click HDD Backup. 3. OSD setup menu will appear on the surveillance monitor.
(2) (1) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (10) Name (9) Function (1) All recorded video events list No.: the list order number Record: the record type(see also Chapter 2.3.1) Begin Time: the beginning of record time End Time: the end of record time (2) Display first frame of each recorded channel video which user had selected. Total is 4 Channels (3) Progress bar Show the progress of the event being played.
8. Select the event which user wants to backup. Or mark the Select All to select all listed recorded video event 9. Locate on where user want to save the backup file 10. Click Start to process backup 11. To stop the backup progress, click Stop 5.3 To View the Backup File QLog Viewer is used to view the backup file of recorded video. To view the backup files follow the below steps: 1. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. When the installation main screen appears, click Qlog Viewer. 2.
Name (5) Progress bar Function Show the progress of the file being played. User may move the bar to seek at any location of the track Save the screen shot (6) Save a portion of the video in *.mpg or *.avi format (7) Select a portion of the video and it will repeat playing(see also Chapter 5.3.
button 3. The marked portion will repeat to playback until press 4. Click 5.
Chapter 6 ImageVerification Image Verification is a watermark-checking program to identify the authenticity of a saved image (e.g. by snapshot). This program can only verify uncompressed bmp image files. 6.1 To Run the ImageVerification 1. Place Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Browse the CD-ROM and look for Utility → ImageVerification. And then, double click to extract the program. 3. Click to run ImageVerfication application. 4.
Chapter 7 Warranty Notice LIMITED WARRANTY AVerMedia TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. warrants this product to be free of defects resulting from faulty manufacture or components under the following terms: WARRANTY LENGTH Labor is warranted for (1) one year from the date of purchase. Parts are warranted for (1) one year from the date of purchase. Replacement products will be warranted for the remainder of the one year warranty period or (30) thirty days, whichever is longer.
