4- & 8- Channel Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.
User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 10. Overloading Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in the risk of fire or electric shock. 2. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 11.
4- & 8- Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 Features ................................................................................................................... 1 Technical Overview .................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2 Installation .........................................................
User’s Manual Back Up Button .................................................................................................. 12 Calendar Button ................................................................................................. 12 Turning on the Power ............................................................................................. 12 Initial Unit Setup ..................................................................................................... 12 Setup Screen.....
4- & 8- Channel Digital Video Recorder Playing Recorded Video ......................................................................................... 62 Searching Video ..................................................................................................... 63 Search Menu ...................................................................................................... 63 Event Log Search ...............................................................................................
User’s Manual Figure 19 Shutdown screen.................................................................................................. 25 Figure 20 Network menu. ..................................................................................................... 25 Figure 21 Network setup screen........................................................................................... 25 Figure 22 LAN (Manual) setup screen......................................................................
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for four or eight camera inputs.
User’s Manual Your DVR can be set up for event or time-lapse recording. You can define times to record, and the schedule can change for different days of the week and user defined holidays. The DVR can be set up to alert you when the hard disk drive is full, or it can be set to record over the oldest video once the disk is full. Your DVR uses a proprietary encryption scheme making it nearly impossible to alter video. You can view video and control your DVR remotely by connecting via Ethernet.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: y y y y y Digital Video Recorder Power Adaptor and Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) RAS Software CD and User’s Manual Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system. Figure 2 8-Channel DVR rear panel.
User’s Manual Audio In/Out Your DVR can record audio from up to four sources. Connect the audio sources to Audio In 1, Audio In 2, Audio In 3 and Audio In 4 as needed using RCA jacks. Connect Audio Out to your amplifier. NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio. NOTE: The DVR does not have amplified audio output, so you will need a speaker with an amplifier.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Alarm Input/Output NOTE: To make connections on the Alarm Connector Strip, press and hold the button and insert the wire in the hole below the button. After releasing the button, tug gently on the wire to make certain it is connected. To disconnect a wire, press and hold the button above the wire and pull out the wire. Alarm In 1 to 8 (Alarm-In): You can use external devices to signal the DVR to react to events.
User’s Manual Connector Pin Outs: Master Unit RX TX GND To To To Slave Unit TXD RXD GND NOTE: Refer to the following for pin-out details for the 9-pin connector of the slave unit. Male Female Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 5 RXD (Receive Data) TXD (Transmit Data) GND (Ground) Power Cord Connector Connect the connector from the adaptor to the DVR, and connect the AC power cord to the adaptor and then to the wall outlet. WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 3 8-Channel DVR front panel. Camera Buttons Play/Pause Button Search Button HDD LED Menu Button USB Port Alarm Out LED PTZ/Zoom Button Arrow Buttons Panic Button The front panel looks and operates much like a VCR combined with a multiplexer. Many of the buttons have multiple functions.
User’s Manual HDD LED The HDD LED flickers when the DVR is recording or searching video on the hard disk drive. Alarm LED The Alarm LED is lit when alarm output or internal buzzer is activated. Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. These buttons are also used to control Pan and Tilt when in the PTZ mode.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder In the live monitoring mode, pressing and holding the PTZ/ZOOM button for three seconds or longer enters the PTZ mode, and pressing and holding the button again for three seconds or longer exits the PTZ mode. When in the PTZ mode, pressing the arrow buttons or MENU button allows you to control properly configured cameras. Panic Button Pressing the PANIC button starts panic recoding of all camera channels, and displays screen.
User’s Manual Remote Control Buttons ID Button Camera Buttons Sequence Button Freeze Button Arrow Buttons Menu Button Playback Buttons Panic Button Layout Button Zoom Button PTZ Button Enter Button Alarm Button PTZ Control Buttons Back Up Button Calendar Button Figure 4 Infrared remote control. ID Button If a DVR System ID is set to 0, the infrared remote control will control that DVR without any additional operations.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and GUI. You can also use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in the menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. These buttons are also used to control Pan and Tilt when in the PTZ mode. When in the PIP display format, pressing the Up and Down arrow buttons moves the position of the small screen counter-clockwise and clockwise.
User’s Manual PTZ Button Pressing the PTZ button enters the PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) mode which allows you to control properly configured cameras. Enter Button The (Enter) button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made during system setup. This button is also used to enter the Cameo mode in the Live Monitoring mode or Search mode (8-ch Model Only). Alarm Button Pressing the ALARM button resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Press the MENU button or move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then select in the Live Monitoring menu to enter the setup screens. The Login screen appears. Figure 5 Login screen. (Login) Select a User and enter the password by pressing the appropriate combination of Camera number buttons and then the button. There is no default password when logging in the admin user for the first time.
User’s Manual Use the arrow keys to highlight the character you want in the name or title and press the button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position. Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and deletes entered characters. You can use up to 31 characters including spaces in your title. Special characters can be created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g. ^J for NL (New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Return).
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Language and press button. A drop-down menu displays the available languages. Highlight the desired language and press the button. The box beside Version displays the software version of the DVR. To upgrade the software, connect a USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the button. The Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrade package file names that are available. The “.
User’s Manual The System Log screen lists system activities (up to 5,000 from the latest) that have occurred along with the time and date. The icon will be displayed in the last column for system activities of the remote site. You can scroll through the log pages by using the Up and Down arrows, or you can go directly to a log page by entering the log page number in the box at the bottom left of the screen. Highlight Close and press the button to exit the screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the first box beside Time and press the button. The individual sections of the time will highlight. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the number. Use the Left and Right arrow buttons to move between hour, minutes and seconds. Once you have the correct time, press the button. Highlight the Format box beside Time and press the button. Select from the three available time formats and press the button to save your selected format.
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Interval and press the button. Set the time interval for synchronization from 30 minutes to 1 day at various time intervals. Last Sync-Time displays the last time the DVR was synchronized with the time server. Highlight Run as Server and press the button. Pressing the button toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR you are setting up will run as a time server. Storage Highlight Storage in the System menu and press the button.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The Type column displays the type of storage device. The Disk Bad column displays the percentage of bad sectors. y Not formatted – The device is not formatted. y Good – Less than user-defined percentage of bad disk sections is damaged. y Bad – More than user-defined percentage of bad disk sections is damaged. Figure 14 Storage Status setup screen. The Temperature column displays the temperature of the storage device.
User’s Manual Highlighting a Group Name and pressing the assigned to the group. button allows you to change the authority levels CAUTION: Write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Button and all data settings will be lost. Highlighting a User Name and pressing the button allows you to add or change the password assigned to that user. You can also change the group to which the user is assigned.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder y Covert Camera Setup – The user can establish all Covert Camera settings on a local system or a PC running RAS. y Record Setup – The user can establish all Record settings on a local system or a PC running RAS. To add a User, highlight the + User… box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the User Name. Enter the name and assign the User to a Group and password.
User’s Manual If you selected the Quick wizard, selecting the Next button starts the Quick Setup Wizard. Figure 17 Quick Setup Wizard screen. Date/Time Setup y Date: Set the system date and select the date format. y Time: Set the system time and select the time format. y Time Zone: Select your time zone. y Use Daylight Saving Time: Selecting the box sets the system to use daylight saving time. NOTE: The Date/Time will be set, and the clock will start when you click the Next button.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile, High when selecting Standard Recording Profile, and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile. NOTE: The recording quality and recording speed of each camera channel will be set as shown below according to the Record Method and Record Video Quality you set.
User’s Manual LAN Setup Select between Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration for network configuration, and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected. NOTE: Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters (IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask and DNS Server address). Selecting Manual Configuration allows you to set up LAN parameters manually.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Shutdown Highlight Shutdown in the System menu and press the button. The Shutdown screen displays asking you to confirm whether or not you want to shut the system down. After selecting Shutdown and pressing the button, a screen will appear telling you when it is safe to disconnect power. Figure 19 Shutdown screen. Network Setup Figure 20 Network menu. Network Highlight Network in the Network menu and press the displays. button.
User’s Manual NOTE: Depending on network conditions, audio might be interrupted or out of synchronization during transmission. NOTE: Recorded audio might NOT be played properly on a PC running RAS when the DVR is connected to more than two RAS search programs at the same time. You can limit the network bandwidth settings so that system does not consume too much network bandwidth.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: For the UPnP service to work, the NAT device should support the UPnP Port Forwarding function and the function should be set to enabled. NOTE: You cannot change the port settings when Use UPnP is On. Highlight the Status box and press the NAT device via UPnP service. button to display the port numbers forwarded from the Highlight the Port Number Setup… box and press the screen appears. button.
User’s Manual NOTE: Entering the ID and Password and highlighting OK reads the current IP address of the DVR configured by the ADSL network. NOTE: If the DVR is configured for DHCP or an ADSL network, the IP address of the DVR might change whenever the unit is turned on. Highlight the DVRNS tab, and the DVRNS setup screen displays. Highlight Enable DVR Name Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the RTSP tab, and the RTSP setup screen displays. Highlight Enable RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) and press the button to toggle between On and Off. You will be able to change the settings if Enable RTSP is enabled. NOTE: When selecting Enable RTSP, the recorded image resolution cannot be set to Very High during Record setup. Figure 24 RTSP setup screen. Highlight the box beside RTSP Port and press the button.
User’s Manual Highlight Enable WebGuard Service and press the button to toggle between On and Off. See Appendix – WebGuard for detailed descriptions of the WebGuard service. Highlight the box beside Port and press the button. Set the port number used when accessing WebGuard by using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numbers. Figure 25 WebGuard setup screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Authentication and press the Authentication screen appears. button. An Highlight Use and press the button to toggle between On and Off. Highlight the box beside User/Password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the user ID and password. NOTE: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).
User’s Manual You can turn the camera number On or Off, and you can change the Title of each camera using the virtual keyboard. You can also determine which cameras will display on the monitors by selecting Normal, Covert 1 or Covert 2 from a drop-down list in the Use column. NOTE: When selecting the Covert 1, the DVR displays the camera title and status icons on the covert video. When selecting the Covert 2, the DVR displays only camera title on the covert video. Figure 29 Camera setup screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Configure the port’s setting based on the PTZ camera manufacturer’s instructions. Audio Highlight Audio in the Devices menu and press the button. The Audio setup screen appears. The DVR can record up to four audio inputs. Highlight the box beside the input and press the button. A list of cameras appears, and you can select which camera you want associated with that audio input. Highlight Enable Audio-Out and press the button.
User’s Manual You can add and edit alarm output schedules on this screen. Highlight the + and press the button to add a schedule. Highlighting the boxes under the Column heading and pressing the button allows you to edit the information in those boxes. The Day box allows you to select the days that the alarm schedule will be active. The choices are: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, M~F, Hol and All. Figure 33 Alarm-Out Schedule setup screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder y Screen Group – The number of screen group displays when the DVR is not in the 3x3 and 1+7 modes of the 8-channel DVR, and 2x2 mode for the 4-channel DVR. y Free Space – The icon displays when the DVR is in the Recycle mode, and the percentage of available storage space displays when the DVR is not in the Recycle mode. y Date/Time – The current date and time information displays. y User Name The name of the current user logged in displays. y Camera No.
User’s Manual NOTE: Sequence cannot be used in the 3x3 and 1+7 modes of the 8-channel DVR, and 2x2 mode of the 4-channel DVR. You can adjust the display dwell time by highlighting the box beside Interval and pressing the button. You can select dwell intervals ranging from 1 second to 1 minute. Highlight Event Monitoring On and press the button. Pressing the button toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Recording Setup Figure 38 Record menu. Record Highlight Record in the Record menu and press the button. The Record setup screen appears. Highlighting Recycle and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Recycle mode, the DVR records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When Recycle is turned off, the DVR stops recording once all available storage space has been used.
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Auto Deletion, and use the Left and Right arrow buttons to adjust the length of time recorded data will be kept from 1 to 999 days. The DVR automatically deletes video recorded earlier than the user-defined period under three conditions: at midnight, whenever the system reboots or whenever the user changes the Auto Deletion settings. Selecting Never will disable the Auto Deletion function.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder < Simple Mode > < Advanced Mode > Figure 41 Schedule setup screen. You can program the DVR to record only during certain times based on time, day of the week, and holidays. The smallest time segment you can use is 15 minutes. Highlighting Schedule On and pressing the button toggles between On and Off. In the Schedule On mode, the DVR records video based on the schedule established in the Schedule screen.
User’s Manual When the DVR is in the Time & Event mode, the DVR will follow the Time settings and the icon displays. The DVR follows the Event settings and the icon displays. Highlight the box under the Channels heading and press the will be recorded. (Simple Mode Only) button to select which cameras Highlight the box under the Settings heading and press the button to define the recording settings.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Pre-Event Highlight Pre-Event in the Record menu and press the button, and the Pre-Event setup screen appears. If you do not have Event set up in the Record Schedule, a message will display alerting you to this fact. When the DVR is in the Event Record mode it is possible to have it record images before the event occurs. The Pre-Event screen allows you to define how to handle pre-event recording. You can turn individual cameras On or Off for pre-event recording.
User’s Manual The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm-In screen. You can turn each input On or Off by highlighting the alarm number and pressing the button. Each input can be given a title. Highlight the desired Title box and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter a title name. Figure 45 Alarm-In Settings setup screen. Each input can be set as NO (normally open) or NC (normally closed).
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button. You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button. Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes. NOTE: For the Notify action, the notify item you select should be enabled in the Notification setup screen and the DVR should be registered in the RAS (Remote Administration System).
User’s Manual The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera. You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks. NOTE: You can set up motion zones one block at a time in groups of three or six individual block groups (4- and 8-channel DVR respectively). A block group is positioned within the image area using the Up and Down arrow buttons, and individual blocks within the block groups are selected or cleared using the camera buttons.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be set to react to motion detection differently for each camera. Each camera can be associated with another camera, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. NOTE: You can associate multiple cameras with a camera that detects motion. Figure 48 Motion Detection Actions setup screen. Highlight the box under the Record heading and press the button.
User’s Manual Highlighting the box under the Video Loss Interval heading allows you to set the duration of a signal loss before the DVR will report a Video Loss. The DVR will not consider any signal loss from a camera to be a Video Loss if the detected signal loss is shorter than the interval set on this screen. Figure 49 Video Loss Settings setup screen. Highlight the Actions tab, and the Video Loss Actions setup screen appears. The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently for each camera.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Video Blind Highlight Video Blind in the Event menu and press the appears. button. The Video Blind setup screen The DVR checks to see if anything is blinding the camera. Highlighting the box under the Sensitivity heading allows you to adjust the DVR’s sensitivity to video blind from 1 (least sensitive) to 15 (most sensitive). NOTE: The DVR supports both Black Blind and White Blind detection.
User’s Manual NOTE: For the Alarm-Out action, the alarm output and beep you select should be set to the Event mode in the Alarm-Out setup screen (Schedule tab). Highlight the box under the Notify heading and press the button. You can toggle the entire list On and Off by highlighting Notification and pressing the button. You can toggle the individual items On and Off by highlighting that item and pressing the button. Highlight OK and press the button to accept your changes.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: The following description is for a Generic Text Device. The screen changes for different types of text input devices, and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information. Highlight the box beside Transaction Start, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a transaction starts.
User’s Manual The DVR can be set to react to text input. Text input can be associated with cameras, trigger an Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. Highlight the box beside Record and press the button. A list of cameras appears. You can associate as many cameras with the Text Input as you wish. If the DVR detects text input, it starts recording video from all the associated cameras.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The DVR can be configured to run selfdiagnostics and report the results. Highlighting the box beside System and pressing the button allows you to select the interval that you want the DVR to run selfdiagnostics on the system. You can select from 1 hr. to 30 days or Never. Figure 56 Health Check setup screen. Highlight the Setup... box beside Check Recording and press the button. The Check Recording screen appears.
User’s Manual Highlight the second box beside Disk S.M.A.R.T., and press the (Celsius) or ºF (Fahrenheit), and press the button. button. Select either ºC Highlight the Actions tab and the System Event Actions setup screen displays. The DVR can be set to react to system events. System events can activate the Alarm-Out connector, sound the DVR’s internal buzzer, and/or notify a number of different devices. Figure 58 System Event Actions setup screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder The Event Status screen displays the status of the DVR’s systems and inputs. Events will be highlighted, and related channels or events will flicker for five seconds when detected. Alarm-In, Motion, Video Loss, Video Blind and Text-In will be highlighted when each event is detected based on the settings you made in the Alarm-In, Motion Detection, Video Loss, Video Blind and Text-In setup screen on the Event menu. Figure 59 Event Status setup screen.
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4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapters 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video. You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week.
User’s Manual Live Monitoring Menu Freeze Selecting (Freeze) in the Live Monitoring menu will freeze the current image on the screen until you select again. It is the same as pressing the (Play/Pause) button on the front panel. While in the Freeze mode, the icon displays in bottom-left corner if Freeze is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab). Sequence Selecting (Sequence) in the Live Monitoring menu causes the cameras to display sequentially.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Any image adjustments you make will be applied to both the live video on the monitors and the recorded video. NOTE: The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on the screen while in the live monitoring mode. y Edit Group: Selecting Edit Group supports the active cameo function. (8-ch Model Only) Select Edit Group and choose a camera that you want to change display position (e.g., Camera A).
User’s Manual In active cameo mode, press the button for the camera you want to display in the active cameo. After setting the camera number to active cameo, the DVR moves the active cameo to the next cameo. When the camera number exists on the current screen, the active cameo is changed with the existing camera number. When the camera number does not exist on the current screen, the active cameo is replaced by the camera number. You can change the screen layout in this way.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder PTZ Mode If a user who has PTZ Control authority logs into the system, the user can control PTZ cameras. The DVR will control cameras with Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabilities. Select PTZ from the Camera Menu in the Live Monitoring menu or press and hold the PTZ button on the front panel for three seconds or longer to display the PTZ camera menu and enter the PTZ mode.
User’s Manual Clicking on the left side exits the toolbar. If you want to display the toolbar again, position the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen. Change the toolbar location by clicking the empty space on the left side of the toolbar and drag it to where you want it located on the screen. Use the arrow buttons on the toolbar to pan or tilt the camera in the direction you want.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: In the 1+5 or 1+7 display mode, the main channel indicates the channel displayed on the large screen which is displayed in the top-left. You can select the camera you want to display on the main channel screen. Select a channel on the screen and click the right mouse button to display the Camera Menu. Selecting Go To Main swaps the selected channel with the main channel.
User’s Manual Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings, you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See Chapter 3 Configuration for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options. Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio from up to four inputs when video is recording. The DVR will not record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 1 ips.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Go to the previous image Fast backward play Play/Pause Fast forward play Go to the next image Searching Video While in the search mode, pressing the MENU button displays the following Search menu at the top of the screen. Pressing the MENU button again hides the menu. You can navigate through menus and items by pressing the arrow buttons. Search Go To Export Camera Menu Alarm Panic Data Source Exit Figure 64 Search menu.
User’s Manual Move the cursor over the date and time and press the (Play/Pause) button. You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons to highlight the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. Once you have set the date and time you want, press the button. Then highlight Go and press the button. The selected date and time will display.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Alarm Selecting (Alarm) in the Search menu resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. It is the same as pressing any button on the front panel when the alarm is activated. Panic Selecting (Panic) in the Search menu starts panic recording of all cameras, and selecting again stops panic recording. It is the same as pressing the PANIC button on the front panel.
User’s Manual You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the first recorded image. Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Once you set your desired search conditions, highlight Search and press the button to display the search results in the Event Log Search screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes. Record Table Search < Compact View > < Standard View > Recording information about video images currently displayed on the screen displays on the recording status bar. A grey vertical line indicates the current search position.
User’s Manual Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. You can highlight the days with recorded video by using the arrow buttons. Once you have highlighted a day, press the (Play/Pause) button to select it. The first recorded image of the selected date will pause on the screen. Once you have selected the date you want to search, review the surrounding video by using the playback controls located at the bottom of the Record Table Search screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. Highlight the box beside From and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. When set to On, the search will be from the first recorded image. Highlight the box beside To and press the button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time.
User’s Manual Text-In Search The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the (Play/Pause) button will extract the video associated with the Text Input and display the first image of the event. Pressing the button will start playing the “event” video segment. Pressing SEARCH button returns to live monitoring. Figure 68 Text-In Search screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlighting the + and pressing the button allows you to add a new set of search parameter. Set up the desired search parameter. Refer to the Appendix – Text-In Search Examples for further information on setting up search parameters. The column can be used to delete a set of search parameter or entire sets of search parameters. Highlight Case Sensitive and press the button. This will toggle between On and Off.
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside Password and press the button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to enter the password for reviewing the video clips. Highlight the box beside Dest. and press the you would like to record the video clip. button. You can select the storage device on which CAUTION: The USB device for clip copy must be FAT 16 or FAT32 format. The DVR automatically assigns a file name to the video clip. However, you can give the video clip file a different name.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB hard disk drive under Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. 2. 3. 4. Connect the USB hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. Turn on your computer. The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.
User’s Manual 12. Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select “Format”. 13. In the Format Screen, select “Full” as the “Format type” and click “Start”. 14. After formatting is complete, connect the USB hard disk drive to the DVR. Text-In Search Examples Search Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Search Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) $ 1.95 ================================================== total : $ 16.
User’s Manual Computer system requirements for using the WebGuard program are: y y y y y Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP x86 (32 Bit) (Service Pack 3), Microsoft® Windows® Vista x86 (32 Bit) (Service Pack 1), Microsoft® Windows® 7 x86 (32 Bit) CPU: Intel Pentium III (Celeron) 600MHz or faster RAM: 128MB or higher VGA: 8MB or higher (1024x768, 24bpp or higher) Internet Explorer: Version 6.0 or later Start Internet Explorer on your local PC.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When running WebGuard in the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system, it is recommended to start Internet Explorer with elevated administrator permissions. Click the right mouse button on the Internet Explorer icon and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu. Otherwise, some functions of WebGuard might be limited.
User’s Manual Click the camera button to select the camera to be viewed. Click the to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of monitoring image. to control pan, tilt and zoom of the camera from a remote site. ར Click the ལ Click the to control alarm out devices at the remote site. འ ཡ Click the to set up the image drawing mode and OSD display. You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode, and select OSD information to be displayed on the screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Click the to log out the WebGuard program. Click the to access to the web monitoring mode. ཝ Position the mouse pointer on the WebSearch logo to see the version of the WebGuard program. ཞ The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of WebGuard. ཟ Click the to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images. Click the to zoom out or zoom in the recorded image.
User’s Manual ཥ ས ཧ ཨ ཀྵ Click the to save any video clip of recorded data as an executable file, or click the to save the current image in a bitmap or JPEG file format. Click the to print the current image on a printer connected to your computer. Click the to reload the recording data. The timetable displays recorded data of the selected camera by time (in hour segments). Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu screen.
4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Error Code Notices No. 0 1 2 3 4 100 101 102 103 104 105 300 301 302 303 304 400 401 402 500 System Upgrade Related Description No. Unknown error. 0 File version error. 1 Operating system version error. 2 Software version error. 3 Kernel version error. 4 Upgrade device mounting failed. 5 Package is not found. 6 Extracting package failed. 7 LILO failed. 8 Rebooting failed. 9 Invalid package. 10 Remote connection failed. 11 Remote network error.
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4- & 8-Channel Digital Video Recorder Specifications Playback/Record Speed (images per second) VIDEO NTSC or PAL (Auto Detect) Composite: 4 or 8 inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: 1 BNC, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms VGA: 1 (Auto Detect) Composite: 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) VGA: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024@60Hz 8-ch Model: 240ips (NTSC), 200ips (PAL) @ CIF (Full Duplex) 4-ch Model: 120ips (NTSC), 100ips (PAL) @ CIF (Full Duplex) Alarm Input Alarm Output Internal Buzzer Network Connectivity Audi
User’s Manual Dimensions (W x H x D) Unit Weight Shipping Weight Shipping Dimensions (W x H x D) Operating Temperature Operating Humidity Power Power Consumption Approvals GENERAL 10.4" x 2.0" x 7.5" (265mm x 52mm x 191mm) 3.7 lbs. (1.7kg) 7.3 lbs. (3.3kg) 14.2" x 4.3" x 18.1" (360mm x 110mm x 460mm) 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C) 0% to 90% 8-ch Model: 12V , 1.2A (Adaptor: 100-240 V~, 50/60Hz, 1.5A, 12V , 5A) 4-ch Model: 12V , 1.2A (Adaptor: 100-240 V~, 50/60Hz, 1.0A, 12V , 3A) Max.
