DVR 16-channel Digital Video Recorder M anual
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Security Notice Power supply This Digital-Video-Recorder applies DC 12 voltage indoor power supply. The voltage of the power must be verified before using. When the machine is not in use for a long time, pull out the plug from the socket and disconnect the power. Security This machine is indoor using equipment; in order to avoid dangers of short circuit or electric shock, please do not expose the machine in rain or moist environment.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents SYSTEM SETUP ..................................................................... 4 1. SETUP METHODS OF MENU .............................................................................................................4 2. ACCESS MENU ................................................................................................................................4 3. SYSTEM SETUP .............................................................................
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 1.START THE MACHINE .....................................................................................................................28 2.TURN OFF THE MACHINE ...............................................................................................................28 3.NORMAL RECORDING ....................................................................................................................28 4.ALARM RECORDING ............................................
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder System Setup Before using the video recorder, the first step is to set up the system according to user’s needs; otherwise the machine will run with the default settings. 1. Setup Methods of menu When in setup mode, push upward button or downward button, the cursor will move among the settable items, continuous pushing will make the cursor move among the options one by one, and it can recur. The selected one will display in yellow color. While choosing digital fields, e.g.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 3. System Setup When the cursor moves to System Setup, please push enter button, the System Setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. PLAY REPEAT: if you set this to “YES”, when play the video to the end of the HDD, it will automatically play the video from the beginning of the HDD again. If set to ‘NO’, it will stop when play to the end. VIDEO SOURCE: video format, NTSC/PAL BUZZER SOUND: buzzer switcher, if set to “OFF”, the buzzer will not work.. 4.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder . Please push up, down, left, and right buttons to move the cursor, push ADD and DEC button to modify the value. FORMAT: the time display format, different for USA, EURO and Asia users. DISPLAY: if set to “OFF”, time will not display no the screen. LOCAL: time display position. 5. HDD Format Set When the cursor moves to HDD FORMAT SET, please push enter button, the HDD Format Setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder will appear, which is illustrated as below. If you select “YES” and push the enter button, all setting of the DVR will reset to default, if you want to give up, please select “NO”. 7. Change Password When the cursor moves to Change Password, please push enter button, the Password window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder If you select the Password Change and push enter button, Password change window will display as below: Please enter the current password, then enter new password and confirm the password. 8. Firmware Update When the cursor moves to Firmware update, please push enter button, the update window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 9. Display Setup When the cursor moves to Display Setup, please push enter button, the Display Setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. 10. Camera Name When the cursor moves to Camera Name, please push enter button, the Camera Name Setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Push upward button or downward button to select channels, enter push enter button to change the channel name in the below window. Each channel’s name is the combination of eight characters. Push left or right button to select each character, push add or DEC button to modify each character, and then push enter button to save this name. DISPLAY: if set to “OFF”, the channel’s name will not display on the screen. 11.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Push left or right button to select CON/BRI/HUE/SAT, push ADD or DEC to change the value, if do not select each of CON/BRI/HUE/SAT, push ADD or DEC to change channel. 12. Autoseq Setup When the cursor moves to Autoseq Set, please push enter button, the Auto Sequence Setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. Push up button or down button to select channel, push ADD or DEC button to change auto Sequence time. 13.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder cannot access this menu unless you stop record or play first. OVER WRITE: if set to “YES”, the DVR will automatically overwrite the HDD from the beginning when the HDD is full. If set to “NO”, the DVR will automatically stop recording when the HDD is full.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 15. REC ch Setup When the cursor moves to REC ch Set, please push enter button, the REC ch setup window will appear, it is different for 720 size and 360 size, in 720 size, the window is illustrated as below, push upward and downward buttons to select channel, push ADD or DEC button to change the setting, if the channel is setting “OFF”, this channel will not be recorded in recording mode If the resolution is set to 360 size, the REC ch Setup window is not accessible 16.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder IP MODE: the DVR has 2 IP mode, STATIC IP and DHCP, if you select STATIC IP, you have to set the IP address manually, if you select HDCP mode, the DVR will automatically get the IP address.
Channel Digital Video Recorder If one channel here set OFF, this channel will not transmit to the network, so if you want to see a channel from network, you have to set this channel on. 18. Mac Set When the cursor moves to Mac Set then push enter button, the Mac Set window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder ALARM ENABLE: alarm trigger switch, can be set to off, low lever or high lever. If users set it to off, the DVR will ignore the alarm input. MOTION ENABLE：Motion alarm switch, can be set to on or off, if set to off, the motion alarm will be ignored. MOTION LEVEL: motion sensitivity level, if the figure in the picture is small, please set to high or very high, the default is normal. BUZZER TIME: buzzer sound time when there is a sensor or motion alarm.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder When in night as below, please set as normal level. Note: the above suggestions are from many times’ tests. User can select the best parameters according to the actual operation environment. 21. Area Set When the cursor moves to Alarm Set, then push enter button, the alarm setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder If one area is set to yellow, this area is motion detected enable, and gray is disable. So if you want to mask some place, just set these area gray. 22. Schedule Set When the cursor moves to Schedule Set, please push enter button, the schedule setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. You change a recording schedule during a week using this setup, from Monday to Sunday, you can set a period time in each day.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 23. Backup Set When the cursor moves to Backup Set, please push enter button, the backup setup window will appear, which is illustrated as below. Plug in the USB device, and press enter button, you can see the below picture. There are two types of backup mode: STILL and MOVIE, in STILL mode you can backup picture and in MOVIE mode you can backup video. Press ADD or DEC to change the backup mode. Please refer to USB Backup. 24.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 25. Protocol Set Set the right protocol, you can control the SPEED DOME by the DVR.. When the cursor moves to Protocol Set, then push enter button, the protocol set window will appear, which is illustrated as below. Push upward or downward button to move the cursor, and push “+” or “-“ to change the value. CHANNEL SEL: select the channel that is connected to the speed dome which you want to control BAUDRATE: Can change form 1200bps to 19200bps.The default is 2400bps.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Buttons On the Front Panel The front view of the video-recorder is illustrated as below. 1. Recording/Playing Control Buttons Area 1.Record: It is manual recording button. Push this button to record video to hard disk, Re-push this button, it will stop recording (need password). So, this button is the switch button of manual recording and stopping recording operations. Recording and stop will work simultaneously on 16 channels. This button doesn’t work in schedule mode.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 1.Auto/1: Auto key, in shift mode, push this button, The DVR will be in auto dwell state, it dwells according to the time set in auto sequence set menu, you can set the dwell time of each channel. Push this button to quit this mode. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 1. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of “1”. 2.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder key of “9”. 10. SF/0: Single frame forward button, in shift mode, while in playback state, long press this button can see single frame forward, press play button to play normally. If not in shift mode, push this button to see big picture of channel 10. While inputting numbers, this button is used as number key of “0”. 11.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder System Connection 1.Back Panel and Connection Terminals The power cable and input, output signal terminals are all at the back of the machine, the connections to monitor, camera etc equipments are all carried out through the terminals and sockets on the back panel. The back view of the machine is illustrated as below. Each part of the back panel is illustrated as below: 1. video in put 1-16 6 2. main output 5. audio in put audio output 9.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 2.Video and Audio Connection The DVR can support up to 16 cameras video input at the same time. There are two steps for camera installation. Ⅰ.Connect the Video Signal Line to the DVR channel input. Ⅱ.Connect the power adaptor jack to the camera. The DVR can connect 4 channel’s audio input, but you can only select one for recording. To display the DVR picture, the DVR’s video output signal should be transferred to your TV set or monitor.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 2. Open/Close output A: N.O. Normal open，close when triggered. DVR must set as low voltage alarm. B: N.C. Normal close，open when triggered，DVR must set as high voltage alarm. Please refer to the picture below, channel 2 to channel 16 are the same as channel 1. Alarm output There are three alarm output pin, the status of these pin are illustrated as below After alarm Before alarm N.O. COM N.C. N. O . COM N.C. There is an example for alarm output connection N.O. COM N.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 4.Hard Disk Connection There are process to install the hard disk. Note: If the DVR comes with a HDD, skip the following steps. 1. Pull out the hard drive rack from the DVR side 2. Open the top cover of the drawer. panel. 3. Jump HDD to Master 4. Connect the ribbon cable (IDE) cable & power cable. Jump to Master 5. Close the top cover of the drawer and put the hard 6. Lock the hard drive draw by turning the key drive drawer back into the DVR.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder User Guideline 1.Start the Machine Before starting the machine, please make sure all the items in the “Security Notice” at the beginning of this manual are fulfilled. Before starting the machine, please check the system connection, input and output equipment connection. Please insure the video-recorder’s input video (NTSC/PAL) and the monitor (NTSC/PAL) meet the demands. Start exterior equipment after checking over.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder recorded area; if the system is set to overwrite disable, it will stop recording. 4.Alarm Recording Alarm recording is not started by manually pushing record button, all the recording started by manually pushing the record button are normal record. Alarm recording can be activated by alarm input signal or motion, so it must to check whether the connection of alarm input equipment is correct, stable and reliable, and the alarm set is right, please refer to sensor setup.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder In time record state, you can push again schedule button then enter password to stop time recording. Because Time recording is correlated closely with time, so before using this function, should previously adjust the time. 6.Playback Push play button，system begins to play the images recorded In the process of playing, push pause button to pause playing, re-pushing play button can resume play.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder EVENT SEARCH: search play by event list. START STOP SEARCH: search play by segment. Push upward and downward button to move cursor, then push enter button to enter sub menu you select, push search button to quit from search menu. 8. Time Search When the cursor moves to Time Search, then push enter button, the time search window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder If you want to change the HDD between MASTER HDD and SLAVE HDD, just push mode key, then push enter key to change, push menu to give up. 10. Start Stop Search When the cursor moves to Start Stop Search, then push enter button, the Start stop search window will appear, which is illustrated as below.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder If you want to change the HDD between MASTER HDD and SLAVE HDD, just push mode key, then push enter key to change, push menu to give up. 11.USB Backup Plug in the USB device, go to the menu of Backup set, check that if the USB device was detected or not, and the free space of the USB device is enough or not, select the backup mode, then quit the menu setup.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 13.Zoom Operation In shift mode, push zoom button, the DVR will be in zoom mode, which is illustrated as below. Push upward, downward, leftward or rightward to move the zoom area, then push enter button to zoom, push zoom button again to cancel zoom operation. 13.Information Display In shift mode, push display button, the main information of the DVR will display on screen.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder HDD SIZE: the size of the hard disk you insert to the DVR. HDD USED: the used space of the hard disk. HDD READ: current HDD read address for playback OVERWRITE: overwrite time of the HDD REC LIST: number of record list EVENT LIST: number of event list REC OVER: record list overwrite or not EVENT OVER: event list overwrite or not. NETWORK IP: IP address of the DVR. S/W VER: software version 14.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder be displayed after “PTZ”, please refer to the picture below: You can push upward, downward, leftward, rightward button to move the speed dome, and push the enter button to stop. If you push the Iris button, the character “Iris” will appear on the screen, please refer to the picture below, then you can push the “+” and “-” button to change the iris, the same to control the focus, zoom, and speed, also push enter button to stop.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Setup window for each item General setting S Y S T E M S E T U P Recording Para Net Work Setting Alarm setting Protocol Setting Setup items Default setup Selectable setup Year/Month/Day/ Hour/Minute 2005/01//01 12/00/00 2000~2099/Common sense rules Auto Time 1 second 0~99second Buzzer Sound ON ON/OFF Password 0000 N/A Play Repeat YES YES/NO Video Input NTSC format NTSC/PAL Quality Normal Very high/High/Normal/Low Overwrite Enable YES YES/N
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 16.Remote Control All the function of the DVR can be operated by the remote device.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 17. PC View Software Operation Use the PC View software, you can view the DVR through Internet, also, you can view and backup the video information on the HDD through a computer.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Enter the IP address and click “OK” button, then click the connect button and enter the password, if connect to the DVR, you can see the picture below. Click the “Confirm” button. When users survey by Internet, they should firstly open ports 5000-5002 (default and can be changed on the DVR) on the router side. Please learn more about how to do from the manual of router. 1. Play: if you select this, you will start to play the video on the DVR. 2.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder play the file with this software, please refer to File Play. Live Operation: if the software is in live mode (click Live Play), then click “Play”, it will connect to the DVR, and the live pictures will be transmitted to display on the window. Click “Stop”, it will stop transmitting picture. Net Search operation: if the software is in net search mode (click Play Back), net search window will display. First, you have to select the HDD of the DVR.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Double click the event list, you can see the playback video. The record list operation is the same as event list operation. Drive Scan: Connect the HDD that used in the DVR to a PC and then select Drive Scan, Drive Scan window will display, click and select one HDD, then you can play all the video on the HDD. File play: if the software is in File Play mode (click” File Play”), file play window will display, it can play the video on HDD of you computer.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Main standard & parameter chart Item Specification Video signal NTSC/PAL Video input Composite：1.0V p-p/75Ω，BNC×16 Video output Composite：1.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Exterior size 43 2mm 70mm 55mm POWER REC PLAY REW FORWARD MOD E 36 6m m Incase list Incase list Name Quantity 16-channel hard disk video recorder 1 Remote device 1 Power wire 1 Keys to removable hard disk control lock 2 User guideline 1 In case of any question, please do not hesitate to contact the dealer directly.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix A: Trouble shooting guide Q. What kind of camera should I buy for this DVR? A. Any BNC or RCA interface indoor/outdoor/infrared camera will work with the DVR. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a color or black/white camera. However, web cameras that require a USB interface are not compatible with the DVR. Q. What kind of alarm device should I buy for DVR? A. Most sound alarms are compatible with our DVR. Q. I can’t turn on DVR. A.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Q. What is the capacity to record? A. Up to a year with two 120 GB HDD at the lowest quality setting when set at 1 frame per second. Q. Does this DVR come with a remote control either hardwire or wireless? A. Yes, there is a remote control come with the DVR. Q. Why cannot I access Time/Date Set, HDD Format Set, Record Set menu? A. Please stop record or play before you access these menu. Q. Why cannot I access Network Set menu? A.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix B: record time in for 40G hard disk (hour) Rec rate field/sec Picture quality Resolution Recording time 50 fps Very high 720 7.5 hours 50 fps Low 720 20 hours 25 fps Normal 360 24 hours 25 fps Low 360 67 hours 1 fps Normal 720 720 hours Note: The above figures are from our test results. Just for users’ reference. Different definition and stabilization (objects’ movement) of the images will make some kind of different results.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix C: Internet View/Playback Configurations 1. About Network Users can select the following types of networks: 1): Local Area Network (LAN): telecom companies offer the Internet connection, e.g. optical fiber, and users of a community/building setup Internet server, then put cables into the end user’s office/home through HUB.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 2): In case users use ADSL network and the surveillance system computer connect to the ADSL MODEM, then the ports have all opened by default. If not, please close fire wall by guidance of the ADSL MODEM user’s manual. 3): In case connect to Internet by proxy server, users should utilize port mapping software and open ports 5000 –5002 for the surveillance computer.
