4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Instruction H.246 DVR Please carefully read the instruction before using this product, in order to avoid the failure or danger caused by improper uses.
Notes ..............................................................................................................3 Chapter 1 Overview ...............................................................................................3 1.1 Introduction..............................................................................................3 1.2 Packaging and accessories .......................................................................4 1.3 Main features .............................................
.6.3 User password .............................................................................24 3.6.4 Display setup...............................................................................25 3.6.5 Video/Audio setup.......................................................................26 3.7 Advanced functions................................................................................27 3.7.1 Alarm setup .................................................................................28 3.7.
/ 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Notes The power supply of this DVR is provided through DC19V adapter, please check the power outlet before installation and ensure it can meet the requirements of adaptor; Do not place the DVR at a place subject to rain or moisture; Do not install the DVR at a place subject to violent vibration; Do not install the DVR at a place subject to direct sunlight, and be far away from heat and high temperature environment; The DVR’s back panel shall
chassis is suitable for small-scale monitoring places such as shop, supermarket, residential, school, hotel, Internet cafe, family and other civilian sites where require more on video quality, network transmission and real-time playback. 1.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder ◎ Flexible USB interface for mouse 1.4 Technical parameters Four-channel Video standard Video compression format Eight-channel PAL / NTSC selectable Main profile H.264 BNC 8-channel input/2-channel output support (optional) Video input/output BNC 4-channel input/2-channel output VGA output Audio compression 8kHz × 16bit ADPCM method Audio input/output RCA 1-channel input, 1-channel output.
1.5 Product appearance and interface definition 1.5.1 Front panel ② ③ ④ ① No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition No. Power switch Manual recording 7 Stop recording ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ ⑩ 11 12 13 14 No. Definition MENU: Main menu 9 Confirm PTZ: PTZ control 10 ESC: Exit/Return 11 REC: Video search recording indicator 8 ⑥ Definition Video Mute ⑤ 12 mode indicator Power LED accessed to USB disk for backup or upgrade connection indicator ALARM: Alarm right 12 2.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder 1.5.2 Back panel ① No.
rest is as same as 8-channel DVR. 1.6 Remote controller For reference only, the real product shall prevail. Key Functional definition Spare keys Mute 0~9 Channel selection; number keys PTZ PTZ Control Single and multi-split screen Quit shortcut menu Shortcut menu Direction buttons: Next, on the left and right OK ESC Exit / Return MENU Enter the main menu STARTREC Start recording (please refer to 2.4.7 for the method) STOPREC Stop recording (please refer to 2.4.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder 1.7 Mouse This equipment supports USB1.1 mouse, so the user can operate with mouse (mouse operation is as same as WINDOWS operating setting) to realize menu functions. It is just ok to insert the mouse with USB interface to the mouse interface in this equipment.
Mouse action Right button Double mouse left click Click the left mouse button Mouse movement Function Enter system main menu: real-time screen preview, single mouse left click Single left click the functional menu icon, and enter menu setting page The image in a channel can be enlarged by double click real-time monitoring and playback screen, it can be recovered into monitoring and multi-split image after double click again 1. Access to volume adjustment, color adjustment and PTZ control menu.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Alarm input open connection: Infrared alarm 47kΩ + - NC DVR ALARM IN C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GND +12 Alarm output open connection: Sound and light l DVR + + Response output - Power Chapter 2 Quick installation 2.1 HDD Installation Harddisk installation must be carried out by technicians to avoid damage to the equipment and harddisk. The DVR mainframe must be powered off before operation. This equipment supports harddisk with SATA harddisk interface.
C. Put the harddisk into support, and align the harddisk’s screw hole with the support. D. Fix the harddisk on the support with screw, and cover the DVR. Note: the newly fixed harddisk can be served for video recording after formatted on the mainframe. 2.2 Boot Connect the DC19V2.1A power adapter to the power cord socket in back panel, and press the power button in front panel, the recorder will be on, power indicator “POWER” is on, the monitor will display 4/8-channel monitoring image.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Note: 1. If harddisk is failed to be installed when DVR mainframe is power on, or the newly installed harddisk is failed to be formatted on the mainframe, the red “H” logo will be shown in video pre-view picture. 2. The newly installed harddisk must not be used until formatted in the equipment as follows: main interface > harddisk management > harddisk formatting. The system will be restarted after completion of formatting. 2.
Click right button in the interface after system startup, quick operations are available to DVR system in the pop-up menu, it can set or control parameters including main menu, lock, video search, PTZ control and video recording. 2.4.1 Main menu Click "Main Menu" to enter the main menu interface, please see 3.1. 2.4.2 Lock When the password function is on (please see 2.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder PTZ speed (fast or slow) can be controlled in this interface, zoom, focus and aperture is also controllable. 2.4.6 Mute/open volume Close or open the sound output in the preview mode. 2.4.7 Manual recording/stop recording If “timing record” is on (please see Chapter 3), and recording it not set in this period, "manual recording" and "timing record" is effective. When boot-record mode is on, this function is not available. Chapter 3 Advanced settings 3.
characteristic of this product is when you move the cursor to any option, the prompting message of this option will be displayed automatically in the lower part of the screen. 3.2 Recording mode Enter the Recording Mode screen from “Main Menu”—“Recording Mode”, as shown below: Channel: used to select if the video recording function is enabled for the corresponding recording channel.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Timing recording: performing recording as scheduled. When “timing recording” is selected, the “Record Time Configuration” button will appear on the right. Move the cursor here and press “Enter” to enter the Record Time Configuration screen, as shown below: Channel: You may choose either “All” or a single channel.
time to be searched. Left-click or press “Enter” and the direction keys or enter digits directly for year, month, date, hour and minute adjustment, and then click “Playback” to play back the record of this period of time. For 4-channel DVRs, the 4 channels can be played back simultaneously. B.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder DVRs). After selection and confirmation, which channel file is displayed can be modified in the following list. Record type: There are 3 options: all, normal and alarm.
screen and return to the menu of the previous level; ⑤ When the selected record file has been played out, any consecutive record file will be played automatically; if there is no consecutive record file, this unit will return to the detailed file list automatically. 3.3.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder slot of this unit. This product supports the plug-and-play operation of USB devices. Move the cursor up and down in the Detailed File List screen to select a certain record file. After “Enter” is pressed in the “Backup” check box, a “√” will appear in this box, indicating that this record file has been selected.
Harddisk state: After the harddisk is connected, the system will detect if the harddisk is correct automatically. If the harddisk needs formatting, “Unformatted” will be displayed in the harddisk state, when you can click “Format HDD” to format the harddisk.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Note: In order to connect the harddisk data on the DVR securely, we recommend that the harddisk must be formatted before the first time of recording. 3.6 Basic setup Enter the Basic Setup screen from “Main Menu” →“Basic Setup”, as shown below: The Basic Setup screen includes the 6 options of System Language, Time Setup, User Password, Display Setup, Video/Audio Setup and Exit. 3.6.
3.6.2 Time setup Move the cursor to the “Time Setup” option (the icon is surrounded by a yellow frame to indicate selection), and press “Enter” to enter the setup screen of this option, as shown below: The system time, date format, time format, time zone and summer time can be set up in this screen. 3.6.3 User password Unit number: Enter digits directly to set up the DVR number; Password: Press “Enter” to select “enabling” or “disabling” the user password.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder User Password: This option is operated with keys or the mouse. Enter digits directly to set the user password; Administrator password: This option is operated with keys or the mouse. Enter digits directly to set the administrator password. Notes: 1) This unit has no initial password. When you’re setting up passwords, it is recommended that the two passwords are set up together.
bottom right and off; Color setup: Move the cursor to “Setup” of the corresponding channel, and press “Enter” to enter the color setup screen, as shown below: Press “Enter” or drag the cursor directly to set the picture color, including the 4 options of chromaticity, brightness, contrast and saturation. Press “Enter” to exit and save the set parameters.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder VGA resolution: Left-click or press “Enter” to set the VGA output resolution, with the 3 options of 1024*768, 800*600 and 600*480; Camera system: Left-click or press “Enter” to change over between the two camera systems of PAL and NTSC; Volume setup: Move the cursor to “Volume Setup”, left-click or press “Enter” to enter the Volume Setup screen, and press “Left”, “Right” or drag the cursor with the mouse directly to adjust the volume.
Network Setup. 3.7.1 Alarm setup Move the cursor to the “Alarm Setup” option (the icon is surrounded by a yellow frame to indicate selection), and press “Enter” to enter the setup screen of this option, as shown below: I/O state alarm: Each channel corresponds to an I/O state alarm, i.e., when the alarm input of a channel is valid, the alarm record of the corresponding channel will be started. Normal On: The external alarm circuit is open at ordinary times, and closed when there is an alarm.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Alarm processing: There are 3 options: alarm output, buzzer and record delay.
address to your mailbox supplier. Sender address: the mailbox address used to send mails, the above-mentioned SMTP server is also the server of the corresponding sender address. Sender password: the password of the mailbox used to send mails. Receiver address: the address used to receive the picture transmitted after the DVR motion detection alarm. If the alarm frequency of the system is high, the number of pictures sent will also be larger.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Channel switch: Each channel has a corresponding switch. Press “Enter” to select motion detection “On” or “Off”. Detection sensitivity: Each channel has a corresponding sensitivity setting, with the 4 levels of 1, 2, 3 and 4, in which 4 is the highest. Press “Enter” for changeover. Area setup: Each channel has a corresponding motion detection area setting.
A. Turn “On” the corresponding channel in the “Channel Switch” option; B. Set the sensitivity level as necessary, usually set at 3 or 4; C. Set the motion area of the corresponding channel in the “Area Setup” option; D. In the “Recording Mode” screen, set the corresponding channel to “On” in the “Channel” option; E.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Wireless network: The criteria for selection of wireless network include 3G, 2.5G and 2.75G. Press “Enter” to change over between these 3 criteria. Please make a choice based on your local mobile operator and the network standard supported by your mobile phone. Service port: with a setting range of 1,024—65,535; this port has to be mapped on the router, and its setup method is the same as the mapping method of the port in network setup. II.
3) Click the Installation button to start installation, as shown in the left figure below: 4) After installation, click the QQeye icon in “Programs” to run it, as shown in the right figure below: 5) After running, enter the main screen.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder now; automatic connection can be realized after selection. z [Connect] button, used to connect the real-time video screen of the set channel. z [Setup] button, used to set the parameters of mobile phone monitoring. The functions of the buttons below the window from left to right in turn are: [PTZ Direction Control (Left, Right, Up, Down)]; [Area Selection (Zoom In, Zoom Out)]; [Focus (Up, Down)]; [Aperture (Up, Down)]; [Capture].
by the DVR. Server port: the server port set in [Mobile Phone Monitoring] on the DVR. Channel number: setting the DVR video channel for video monitoring by default. After proper setup, click [Enter] to return to the main screen of the next higher level. 7) Video display mode Normal (as shown above) Full screen Note: Click the screen to change over between the normal and full screen modes. 2.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder below: 3) You can select the mobile phone memory or SD card as the installation directory, as shown in the left figure below: 4) Select “Continue” in the application access control pop-up dialog box, make sure the application installed can access the network and continue with installation. 5) After successful installation, the prompt message “Installation Completed” will pop up.
6) If the program is installed in the SD card, please find the icon “Wireless Monitoring” in [Applications], as shown in the right figure above: 7) The screen that appears after this icon is selected and run is as shown in the left figure above: The operations of the above buttons are as follows: Channel 1 Channel 2 PTZ: Up PTZ: Left Zoom+ Focus+ Aperture+ Channel 3 Channel 4 PTZ: Down PTZ: Right Zoom– Focus– Aperture– [Play/Stop], [Full Screen/Normal], [Capture], [Setup], [Next Group], [Exit
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder The IP address or dynamic domain name of the public network connected by the DVR Server port: The server port set in [Mobile Phone Monitoring] on the DVR. User name: Admin by default Password: The same as the IE access password, Off by default, which means you can log in with any password. To enable the password, see 4.10 “IE login password” in this manual.
System update: Copy the update file to the root directory of the U-disk, then insert the U-disk into the USB slot of this unit, and “Enter” this button for system updating. The screen will display the progress box of system updating until updating is completed. The power system should not be interrupted during updating. Restoration to default settings: Restore the system parameters to the default settings. Restart: Restart this unit. 3.7.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Just set “protocol”, “baud rate” and “address code” in order to set the PTZ. See “Shortcut Menu” →“PTZ Control” for PTZ control. 3.7.
PPPOE user name and password: Fill in the PPPOE user name and password provided by the Internet service provider. When one ADSL line is connected to one DVR only, you can select Internet connection in the PPPOE mode, when the ADSL modem will connect the DVR directly. Then press “Enter” to select PPPOE in the connection mode to enter the PPPOE Setup screen. After entering the broadband user name and password, click “Enter” and the system will restart.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder DDNS (domain name resolution): with the two options of “Enable” and “Disable”; when a domain name resolution server is available, please select DDNS Enable; Server address: The user may select his/her desired DDNS server himself/herself, with the 3 options of 3322, dyndns and perfecteyes; Host name: Enter the host name registered on the dynamic domain name resolution server; User name: Enter the user name registered on the dynamic domain name resolution server;
After confirmation, the system will prompt that the verification message has been sent to the designated mailbox, as shown below: 2) Activate account Log in your mailbox and open support@dyndns.com, as shown below: the confirmation link sent from Click the link below and enter the website to activate the account. 3) Login After successful activation, open the home page http://www.dyndns.com/ to log in.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder 4) Application for free domain name After entering the “Dynamic DNS Services” screen, click “Dynamic DNS Free” to apply for a free dynamic domain name, as shown below: Enter “ the “Dynamic DNS Free” ”. 45 screen, as shown below.
Enter the hostname, select the service type and then enter the dynamic IP address (usually being the dynamic IP address of the network of the DVR host) to be tied in the Add New Hostname screen, as shown below. Complete the application for the dynamic domain name as prompted.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder 3.9 Port mapping Mapping procedures: 1) Set the host IP address. See the relevant section. 2) Log in the router. If the IP address of the router is 192.168.1.1.
Click “Enter” to enter the main screen of the router, as shown below: Click “Applications& Gaming ”, as shown below: 48
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder As shown above, fill in the IP and the port number in the corresponding files, and select “Both” in [Protocol]. The tick below [Enable] denotes “selected”. After setup, click “Save Setting” to save the settings. 80 stands for the WEB port, 9000 for the media port and 6000 for the mobile phone port. All these ports can be modified in the menu. Chapter 4 DVR network 4.
Complete the installation of the IE plug-in unit as prompted. Automatic installation of plug-in unit: First add the IP address of the DVR as a reliable site of the system. For example, if the IP address of the DVR is 192.168.1.100, first open IE Attributes—Internet Options—Security Options for an ordinary XP system, as shown below. This can be set in 8 steps.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Note: If the DVR host is in an LAN, but you have chosen the “WAN” option, the effect of the preview image will be non-real-time. 4.
4.5 Record playback Click to enter the Record Playback screen, as shown below: First select the date of the record to be played and the channel and record types, and then click “Search”. The eligible record files will appear in the file list, with the bold numbers denoting dates with record data, as shown in the figure above. Select the file to be played back, and double-click this file or click “Playback” to play it.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder 4.6 Recording mode Click “Setup” →“Recording Mode” to enter the remote recording mode, as shown below: The setup method is the same as the mainframe menu. See “Recording Mode” in Chapter 3 for details. Note: “Detail” can be set in 4-channel DVRs only. 4.
The setup method is the same as the mainframe menu. See “Alarm Setup” in Chapter 3 for details. 4.8 PTZ control Click “Setup” →“PTZ Control” to enter the PTZ Control mode. See Figure 5-6: See Chapter 3 “Network Setup” in this manual for the setup method.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder 4.9 Network setup Click “Setup” →“Network Setup” to enter the Network Setup mode, as shown below: See Chapter 3 “Network Setup” in this manual for the setup method. 4.
Network environment: setting the code stream; the higher the code stream is, the clearer the remote image will be, but the network bandwidth must be high, otherwise the image may have a delay. File saving directory: setting the record saving directory during remote recording and remote backup IE login password: setting the IE login password (Note: This password may be cleared in the main menu of the DVR.) Summer time: Summer time may be set as the case may be. 4.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder Appendix 1. Q&A 1. How to recover password if forgotten? A: Please contact technicians from vender or manufacturer if you have forgotten the password. Please set a safe password easy to remember (don’t set simple password like 123456 if you need more safety). 2.
above problems are excluded, please check the health of the remote controller. 7. The “manual recording” and “stop recording” in front panel and shortcut menu can not work? A: This function can only work when the mainframe is not under recording status, only timing recording is started and it can work in the non-selected period. 8. Is playback available while recording? Is multi-channel playback available? A: Yes, this system can support playback while recording.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder ④ PTZ protocol decoder and DVR does not match each other ⑤ PTZ decoder and DVR address does not match each other ⑥ When multiple decoders are connected, 120 ohm resistance is needed on the most remote end of PTZ decoder AB line, to eliminate reflex and impedance matching, or PTZ control will not be stable. 13.
short delay? A: 1) It’s normal if less than 10 seconds; 2) Confirm the DVR environment network speed is guaranteed. 19. Serious image delay during cell phone monitoring? A: 1) Change the “wireless network” into 2.5G; 2) Confirm the DVR environment network speed is guaranteed; 3) Do not put cell phone in a weak signal area; 4) It’s normal if less than 10 seconds.
4 / 8-channel Embedded Digital Video Recorder player interface: The player supports .264\AVI\MP4\ASF video files and other formats.
capture: You can set the path to save the capture file Watermark: N/A Display: N/A Right-click the interface, following options will be available: Open file: You can choose to play the file directly System setting: You can directly enter the system setting interface Full-screen: to make the screen full size display En glish: Switch English language Appendix 4 System connection diagram 62
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