Operation Manual
User Manual of Digital Video Recorder 
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No. 
Name 
Function Description 
7 
USB Interface 
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports for additional devices such as USB 
mouse and USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD). 
8 
IR Receiver 
Receiver for IR remote control. 
Figure 1. 6 Front Panel of DS-8100-SH 
Table 1. 5 Description of Front Panel 
No. 
Name 
Function Description 
1 
Status 
Indicators 
ALARM 
Alarm indicator turns red when a sensor alarm is detected. 
READY 
Ready indicator is normally blue, indicating that the DVR is 
functioning properly. 
STATUS 
Indicator turns blue when DVR is controlled by an IR remote.   
Indicator turns red when controlled by a keyboard and orange when 
IR remote and keyboard is used at the same time. 
Indicator does not light when the DVR is controlled by the IR remote 
control with the address of 255. 
HDD 
HDD indicator blinks in red when data is being read from or written 
to HDD. 
Tx/Rx 
Tx/Rx indictor blinks in blue when network connection is functioning 
properly. 
GUARD 
Indicator turns blue when the device is armed; 
Indicator does not light when the device is disarmed; 
The arm/disarm state can be initiated by pressing and holding on the 
ESC button for more than 3 seconds in live view mode. 
2 
Alphanumeric Buttons 
Switch  to  the  corresponding  channel  in  Live  view  or  PTZ  Control 
mode. 
Input numbers and characters in Edit mode. 
Switch between different channels in Playback mode. 
The  light  of  the  button  is  blue  when  the  corresponding  channel  is 
recording; it  is red when the channel is  in network transmission 
status; it is pink when the channel is recording and transmitting. 
3 
Control 
Buttons 
DIRECTION 
The DIRECTION buttons are  used to navigate between different 
fields and items in menus. 
In the Playback mode, the Up and Down button is used to speed up 
and slow down recorded video. The Left and Right button will select 
the next and previous record files. 
In Live View mode, these buttons can be used  to cycle through 
channels. 
In  PTZ  control  mode,  it  can  control  the  movement  of  the  PTZ 
camera. 










