User Manual
Network Video Recorder User Manual   
UM NVR v4.xx 111717NA  5 
Local Monitoring   
•  HDMI/VGA1 and HDMI2/VGA2 outputs provided 
•  HDMI video output at up to 4K resolution 
•  Multiple screen display in Live View is supported, and the display sequence of channels is 
adjustable 
•  Live view screen can be switched in groups. Manual switch and auto-switch are provided and 
the auto-switch interval is configurable. 
•  3D positioning supported by I Series devices in Live View 
•  Configurable main stream and sub-stream for Live View 
•  Quick setting menu is provided for Live View   
•  POS information overlay on Live View 
•  Motion detection, video tampering, video exception alert, and video loss alert functions 
•  Privacy mask 
•  Multiple PTZ protocols supported; PTZ preset, patrol, and pattern 
•  Zooming in by clicking the mouse and PTZ tracing by dragging the mouse 
HDD Management 
•  Up to 16 SATA hard disks and 1 eSATA disk can be connected for DS-9600NI-M8 and 
DS-96128NI-I16/C, and up to 8 SATA hard disks and 1 eSATA disk can be connected for 
DS-9600NI-M8 
•  Up to 8 TB storage capacity for each disk supported 
•  Supports 8 network disks (NAS/IP SAN disk) 
•  Supports S.M.A.R.T. and bad sector detection 
•  HDD group management 
•  Supports HDD standby function 
•  HDD property: redundancy, read-only, read/write (R/W) 
•  HDD quota management; different capacities can be assigned to different channels 
•  RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 are supported 
•  Hot-swappable RAID storage scheme, can be enabled and disabled upon demand. 16 arrays 
can be configured. 
•  Disk clone to the eSATA disk 
•  HDD health monitoring 
Recording, Capture, and Playback   
•  Holiday recording schedule configuration 
•  Continuous and event video recording parameters 
•  Multiple recording types: manual, continuous, alarm, motion, motion | alarm, motion & alarm 
VCA, and POS 
•  Eight recording time periods with separated recording types 
•  POS information overlay on image by I Series devices   
•  Pre-record and post-record for alarm, motion detection for recording, and pre-record time for 
schedule and manual recording 










