*Operation manual for MPEG4 series DVR1204/DVR1604/DVR1204RW/DVR1604RW Digital Video Recorder* *This manual takes DVR1604RW as an example＊ Operation precautions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. The improper operation may cause irreparable damage to the appliance. 1. Installation condition 1.1 Put away from extreme hot places and humid places 1.2 Avoid direct sunlight 1.3 Be horizontally installed 1.
Table Of Contents Operation precautions ························································································· 1 1. Installation condition ·················································································· 1 2. Installation and operation precautions ························································· 1 3.
2.3. Playback fast forward ······································································· 31 2.4. Playback slow forward ····································································· 31 2.5. Control of Pan-tilt and Lens······························································ 32 2.6. Menu operation ················································································ 32 Chapter 5: Operations over Network ································································ 38 1.
Chapter 1 Product Features And Specifications 1. Technical Specifications Parameter 16 Channel 12 Channel Model DH-DVR1604RW DH-DVR1604 DH-DVR1204RW DH-DVR1204 Operation system Real-time operation system（RTOS） Processor AMD ELANSC520/133 embedded microprocessor Video input 16 Channel (NTSC/PAL)BNC（1.0VP- P ， 75Ω） 12 Channel (NTSC/PAL) BNC（1.0VP- P ，75Ω） Video output 1 Channel PAL/NTSC，BNC（1.
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・Fast search and playback for schedule recording and alarm recording ・Multiple play-back modes: X2、X4、X12ast play, stop, 15F/S, 5F/S slow play and frame by frame playback ・Display the original event time when playback Alarm relay ・16 channels external alarm input, video lost alarm and motion detection alarm ・Multi channel alarm output relay switch realize quick alarm relay and on-spot light control ・Protection circuit for Alarm input and output assure the intactness of the main device Pan-tilt Control ・Supp
Chapter 2 Installation 1.Hard disk installation Since there is no built-in hard disc in the machine, please install HDD first refer to the below installation instructions. Up to eight 10G-infinite capacity hard discs can be installed internally. The installed HDD number can be decided according to the required image quality, recording time and HDD capacity.
CD-RW Installation ①Dismantle the HD bracket ④Fix the 5th HDD on the upside of the bracket ②Remove the baffle of CD driver ⑤Fix two pieces of planks on each side of the CD-RW Note: ①Only can hold 5 HDDs if with a CD-RW installed ②Support CD-RWs of current brands in the market.
2. Front panel introduction 1.Power switch and indication light 2. Numeric Keypad 3.Recording indicator light 4.Plastic veil 5.CD-RW 6. Address 7. Direction (left arrow) 8. Remote receiver window 9. ESC key (Cancel) 10.Enter 11.Direction (down arrow) 12.Direction(up arrow) 13.Direction (right arrow) 17. Multi-window splitting 14.Information 15.Single window display 18. Function assistant 1 19.Assistant indication light 16. Function assistant 2 20. Standby indication light 21. Jog Shuttle 22.
Keys functions Order 1 Key name Power switch and indication light Logo POWER 2 Numeric Keypad 1, 2, 3 etc.
Fn2 During playback realize PIP for the playback and real-time 18 Function assistant 2 19 Function indicator light Indicator light for the Function assistant 20 Standby indication light Light on when DVR stands by monitor with number key Direction: Outer: left/right; Inner: up/down; 21 Jog Shuttle Outer circle control fast forward/reverse when playback, Inner circle for frame by frame forward when playback Multi-window shifting during real-time monitor; during 22 Multi-window shifting MULT
3. Remote controller （5）（7） （1） （2） （3） （8） （9） （11） （16） （10） （12） （13） （14）（15） （4）（6） (1) Address (9) Jump forwards (2) Multi-window shifting (10) Play last sections (3) Number (11) Jump backwards (4) Record (12) Pause (5) Function Assistant (13) Play next sections (6) Enter/Menu (14) Slow play (7) Cancel (15) Play/Pause (8) Direction (16) Fast play The operation of the remote controller is the same as the front panel.
4．Back panel introduction 1、 power switch 2、power plug 3、220V/110V shift switch 4、RS232 connection 5、VGA connection 6、Audio input 7、USB port 8、1394 connection 9、NET network connection（RJ45） 10、Audio output 11、Vedio output 12、Alarm-RS485 connection 13、Vedio input 14、Vedio input 15、Alarm output 16、Alarm output & control connection 17、Alarm input Network connection note: When connect to the network card of the computer, please use reverse line; when connect to the exchanger or Modem, please u
4.1 Serial port RS232 connection and extension Note: ①The connection for program upgrading or debugging through serial port ②The connection for dial-up login through MODEM ③The connection for DVR control through keyboard 4.2 10-pin port connection If you want to control pan-tilt, lens and process the relay of the alarming signals by the DVR, the 10-pin port can realize.
・Instruction of the controllable +12V： Able to be the alarm output; also able to be used to restore the power of the smoke alarm sensor.
4.3 Alarm operation instructions: 1、Alarm input: ・16 channel alarm inputs, voltage input (Both Normal on / Normal close type) ・Please short connect between the alarm input end(COM) and the power (The power of the alarm sensor should be provided by outside power, the DVR afford +12V power, but if it provide power for more than two alarm sensors, it may affect the normal working of the DVR.).
Exam1: Infrared alarm sensor (Inside power and NC) and Alarm light output (please see PIC 1) 1、 Connect the sensor(NC) to the DVR alarm input(e.g.: connect to port 1) 2、 Connect the ‘+’of the alarm light to the ‘+’of the outside power, and ‘-’ to the alarm output of the DVR(e.g.: connect to OUT2); Connect the cathode of the power to another port of OUT2 3、Menu Setting Alarm input from CH1 (Total 16 channel alarm input for choose) ALARM CH 0１ TYPE NORMAL CLOSE No.
4、Purpose During (8：00－24：00), when alarm input from Channel 1, the alarm output Channel2 was triggered and the alarm light on; The screen display: Alarm input from CH1;The cameras CH1 and CH3 start recording simultaneity and save the monitoring image about 5SEC before alarm in;30 seconds after the alarm input be over ,the system stop alarm output and all the relative operation.
3、Menu Setting Alarm input from CH2 (Total 16 channel alarm input for choose) ALARM CH 02 TYPE NORMAL OPEN No.
・Relays’ parameter of the alarm output end Model: G6H Material of the touch Sliver Rating （ resistance Rated switch capacity 30VDC 1A, 125VAC 0.5A load） Maximum switch power 62.
Chapter 3 Operating Instructions 1. Turn on / off the recorder 1.1 Turn on the recorder Plug in the power cable; switch on the power button at the back of the recorder; power indicator light on; DVR on; default single window for the video output display; press Enter the Log-in screen appears on Monitor; If the starting time is within the programmed recording time, the system will start recording function automatically. Channel indicator lights on and system work in a normal manner.
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2. Recording operation The default recording mode after the startup of DVR is 24 continuous recording for each channel. Users can program customized recording modes due to the necessity. Instructions for the different recording modes are as follows: a) Schedule recording ·Enter the menu, and set the timing period for the recording.
3.Alarm connection operation ·Connect the alarm input according to the device connection and the instructions ·Connect the related alarm output of DVR to associated alarm device (Example: light、beeper, etc.) ·Made the related setting in the menu，See details at Menu>Setting>Alarm setting 4.Pan-tilt-zoom control operation ·Confirm the proper connection of PTZ and Communication Protocol. Set the Camera address ·Confirm the proper connection between the PTA and the A、B lines of DVR’s RS485 port.
Chapter 4 Front panel and remote controller operation 1. Operation menu introduction 1.
1. 2 Menu Overview Main menu SEARCH Menu level 1 RECORD LIST ALARM FILE INFO CH DATE TIME PLAY Menu level 2 01 24-10-2002 02：20:20 PM START CH 01 TYPE ALARM DATE 24-10-2002 TIME 02：20:20 PM LIST START CH 01 DATE 24-10-2002 TIME 02：20 SEARCH START START TIME END TIME FREE SPACE Remarks Prepare for accurate playback according to the channel and time. See details at 2.6.1 List the results for choosing the wanted file to playback(R-General, A-Alarm, M-Motion detection).See details at 2.6.
Main menu Menu level 1 GENERAL SCHEDULE SYSTEM SETTING IMAGE ALARM Menu level 2 DATE 2003-07-13 FORMAT DD-MM-YY TIME 08:30:30 FORMAT AM/PM SAVE TIME HDD FULL OVERWRITE REC-LENGTH 60 MIN REMOTE ADDRESS 008 VIDEO MODE PAL SHUT PASSWORD OFF DEFAULT SAVE CANCEL CH 01 WEEK TIME1 TIME2 SUN 00:00－24:00 ON00:00－24:00 OFF MON 00:00－24:00 ON 00:00－24:00 OFF TUE 00:00－24:00 ON 00:00－24:00 OFF WED 00:00－24:00 ON 00:00－24:00 OFF THU 00:00－24:00 ON 00:00－24:00 OFF FRI 00:00－24:00 ON 00:00－24:00 OFF SAT 00:00－24:00
Main menu Menu level 1 PTZ CONTROL NETWORK SYSTEM SETTING MOTION DETECTION RS 232 Menu level 2 Remarks CH １ PROTOCOL NONE ADDRRESS ００8 BAUDRATE ４８００ DATABIT 8 BIT STOPBIT 1 BIT VERIFY NONE DEFAULT SAVE CANCEL HOSTNAME DVR1600 ＩＰ 192.168.000.111 SUBNETMASK 255.255.255.000 GATEWAY 192.168.000.
PASSWORD FILE MANAGE ADMIN OUT MODE GUEST ****** CONFIRM * * * * * * MANAGE * * * * * * CONFIRM * * * * * * SAVE CANCEL DELETE ALL FILES ? FILE DEL OK CANCEL HDD 01 HDD SET SETTING WORK-HDD No.
BACKUP RECORDS BACKUP DEVICE CH SPEED START TIME END TIME SEARCH BACKUP DEVICE DEL BACKUP HDD 1 FAST 2003-3-18 18：18：16 2003-3-18 19：18：16 START START Choose the backup device and select the wanted file to backup records See details at 2.6.5 HDD SURE TO DELETE ? OK CANCEL SURE TO LOGOUT? LOGOUT Exit the menu and need input the OK CANCEL password on next logging in 2. Menu Operation 2.1 Recording Operation Model Button-pressing order 1、Record REC Instruction Press to enter screen display.
2.2 Playback operation Button-pressing order 1、Play/Pause Instruction Press the button to enter screen display. (If the current state is logout, please enter password) 2、Play/Pause Press twice to begin the playback (on the screen shows channel, date, time). If it shows no record found, the operation will not take effect. After the completion of the playback, it shows “The End”.
2.5 Control of Pan-tilt and Lens *The current image must be shifted to the input image of the controlling camera* Button-pressing order Instruction 1、Refer to menu operation In Control setting，select the related Channel and Protocol, see the right picture. Set the conformed Baud rate and Address with the decoder. DATABIT with selection 4 to 8, STOPBIT with selection 1、 1.5、2 Press SAVE to save. Under the state of single window monitor, press to enter the screen display.
List First set the channel、date and time you want to search, then select SEARCH, the screen shows the 8 recording files following the searching time. LIST SEARCH CH 1 DATE 24-12-2002 TIME 10：10AM LIST SEARCH Use ST to select the file to be played. Press ENTER to begin the playback. Note：the letters before the record are equal to following： R—Record；M—Motion detection；A—Alarm ALARM SEARCH Alarm First set the searching date, then select START, all the alarm records will be displayed.
BPS Real time display bit rate of current channel (Kb/s) and space occupied. (MB/H) 2.6.
Image In CH option select the related channel.QUALITY you can shift 6levels circularly, in which the 6th level is the best quality. Framerate 1f/s-25f/s are selectable. BITRATE there are CBR(audio/video) and VBR(audio/video).VIDEOLOST :select port 1-6for alarm output, prompting to select OFF means non-alarm output when video lost, meanwhile the prompt ON/OFF for the outside equip(port1-6) of alarm relay port means if pop-up alarm information or not.
Network HOST NAME display the name of the recorder .IP is set by using NETWORK ST or input the exact numbers to change the IP address（IP address setting HOSTNAME DVR1604 can only be realized in this term）,and then set the correspond ＩＰ 192.168.000.111 SUBNETMASK 255.255.255.000 SUBNETMASK and GATEWAY WEB PORT、TCP PORT ：in GATEWAY 192.168.000.001 WEB PORT 00080 accordance with the user’s network condition, the default port is 00080 and TCP PORT 37777 TCP 37777.MONITOR can be selected by using ST（TCP/IP、UDP）.
2.6.4 Admin Menu of Admin setting is as the right picture: ADMIN SETTING Password Select GUEST and MANAGE. Press ST or the number key to change the password, then confirm the change by inputting the password again. Press ESC to go back to the sub menu. Only MANAGE level user can change the password. PASSWORD GUEST CONFIRM MANAGE CONFIRM ****** ****** ****** ****** SAVE CANCEL Manage FILE DEL Input advanced password, and enter FILE DELETE. If you are sure to clear the files on the HDD, click OK.
Alarm in Set Alarm input connection Alarm out Set Alarm output connection ALARM IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ SAVE CANCEL ALARM 1 2 3 ● ○ ○ SAVE Default Net user Default OUT 4 5 6 7 ○ ○ ○ CANCEL RESUME NETUSER? OK CANCEL SURE TO LOAD OK CANCEL 2.6.
Chapter 5 Operation over Network 1. Setting on the client end No software needs to be pre-installed. Please check the connection of the network, for example, ping the IP address of the DVR. If you can not ping through, please check the connection. 2. Login and logout Please input the IP address of the DVR in the address column of the browser. Take DVR’s IP address: 192.168.0.168 as an example: Input http://192.168.0.168.
In this interface there are monitor video window, login、logout、Video、search、config(system setting)、 Assistant(assistant setting) and so on. Login：Please click login, and the following dialogue box will pop up. 5-2 Input username and password. There are three types of users: Administrator, User, and Guest. For the detailed introduction please refer to User manage in Assistant setting. The default username is admin password is admin. Please change the administrator password on time.
5-4 Log out: if the logged in user need to log out, please click logout button. After the popup of the following dialogue box, please choose Yes.
3.Operation of the right key menu (Video) After you log in as Administrator, the buttons like login、logout、search、video、config、Assistant and so on are activated. Click the right key or click Video and the following interface will show： 5-6 If the DVR is 16 Channel, the real-time monitor will show 16 channel options; if 12 channel, it will show 12 channel options.
Real time monitor：Among the displayed channels, (5-7) you may select the channel you want to see, or press the numeric key to select the channels. 5-7 Decode Quality User can choose the decode quality according the needs, there are 4 levels quality for choose. (5-8) 5-8 Playback control bar：Please refer to Records playback.
Pan-tilt control：Control the direction moving of the pan-tilt and the zooming, aperture, focus of the lens. See 6－8. Press the related buttons to control. Note：Before the realization of the pan-tilt control you must set right the protocol of the pan-tilt on the DVR. 5-9 Set volume：It is for user to control the audio’s volume. User can drag the bar to adjust or tick Mute to cancel the sound. 5-10 Net data flux：Display the statistics of the network transmission data flux.
Full screen：There are two way to realize full screen monitor: one is to double click the window directly; the other is to select Full screen among the right key menu. During multi-window state, choose one of the windows and make it full screen in the same ways. Resize Video User can select different ratio to show different size of the video picture.
4.Records Search and playback Click on search, then pop up the dialogue box of records search 5-14 Input From and To recording time, channel number and searching type（Record or Alarm）, and the records during the searching time will show in the dialogue box (If only input the From time it show the records in 24 hours after the searching time). Click Pageup and Pagedown to display the next records. Double click the wanted record, and system will play the selected record, which can be played at full screen.
During the playback, you can operate by the buttons in the playback bar like save record, stop save, capture picture, fast play, pause, and full screen. During the playback on the video screen it shows the channel number, time and data flux of the record. Download：See (5-15), select the wanted record and click Download. 5-15 It supports the downloading of several records simultaneously. The default format of the downloaded records’ names is as：file name +Channel N +date +time，extension name is .
5-16 Saved under Download file clip. Input the file name and choose Save. The screen shows the processing of the downloading until the completion.
5. Config(System setting) Click Config button，and pop up the dialogue box. There are General、Schedule、Alarm、Motion detection、Video parameter six setting menus. Note：The gray part of the menus you have to set on the local DVR. General：Include the recording length setting. In Control Column select the channel number and its pan-tilt decoder’s protocol, as well as the related address so as to realize the control of the lens and pan-tilt.
Schedule：（5-19）Able to select the different channel and date to perform the recording at the different period of time. There are two time periods for setting. The set time in Time 1 and Time 2 is independent with the set time in Motion detection. There is no week setting for Motion detection. Motion detection time: User can set two time periods of the motion detection time and the state of the motion detection so as to activate the recording during the time period.
Image：This menu can select the image quality and network transport protocols for each channel. Press SAVE aside the channel after finishing setting the property of the image. The user can continue setting the image property and press SAVE at the bottom of the dialog box to save all the settings. 5-20 Style: Among the options of the coding styles there are：VBR(variable baud rate)、CBR(consistent baud rate)、f/10s、 f/5s、f/2s、1f/s、2f/s、3f/s、4f/s、5f/s、6f/s、8f/s、10f/s、12f/s、15f/s、20f/s.
Net transmission Protocol：there are TCP and Multicast two types. Multicast protocol: the user with control power can view the image at will and other users can only follow this user to view the image. 5 users are allowed to view at the same time. Be able to transmit 4 channels’ image at the same time. TCP protocol: each user can view the image at will. According to the need, user can choose the different protocol. If it is through outer Ethernet you must choose TCP.
Motion detection：When user set the time period outside the time setting in Schedule, motion detection will take effect. The blue area is the selectable motion detection area. User can move the dialogue box to choose the area and can also set the sensitivity of the area due to the need. Click Full screen or press right key on the area to display the motion detection area at full screen. After setting the area user can Save channel or Clear the area.
Video parameter Set the video parameter of the recording picture: image tinge, contrast, brightness and saturation. Press reset to get back default. 5-24 6. Assistant Assistant ：Click on Assistant setting, as following, there are User manage、Record control、Apply for control right、 Log information、System information、Alarm Prompt、Channel name、Upgrade BIOS and so on.
5-25 User manage：display the user information of the DVR. The right buttons can let user save, add, modify, delete and cancel the information Three levels users：Administrator―fully set the system and modify the user information; User―can not set system parameter and modify other users’ information; Guest―can not set system parameter and records search, can only modify personal information.
Add：Click Add to show the following dialogue box: 5-27 User can add user information in this dialogue box, select your power. There is only one administrator allowed. Modify：Select this button to show the following. User modify the filled-in information.
Apply for control power：Web client software can supply the login of multiple users. If you want to have the control power, you can click this option and confirm to have the control power (5-30). If user wants to have the control power, user has to apply and gain the authorization of the user with control power. If the logged-in users are all normal user, the first logged-in user gains the control power automatically. If Administrator logs in later, he or she can gain the control power by force.
System information：Be able to check the basic information of the system. When sound is not needed, you can turn off the audio. Due to the bandwidth user can select the different Video transport mode, and after choose non real-time transmission, the mode is Extract I frame. Video type PAL or NTSC has to be selected right. If Auto recycles monitoring is on, system will shift among all the channels automatically and the time interval can be set.
Alarm Prompt When alarm occurs, user can select sound prompt .The sound file is System32>AlarmSound.wav. Click ALARM SELECT, user can select different prompt sound. 5-34 Channel name：Able to name each channel and the letters are no more than 12. The revised channel names will be displayed on the screen. The default setting of the channel name is Channel No.1 to Channel No.
Upgrade BIOS： Able to upgrade the BIOS,WEB and BOOT program remotely. Open the related BIOS or Web file (example: DVR1604.BIN or Multi-webfile.bin）, and click on Send BIOS. After the upgrading, it will show the clue about the upgrading.
Chapter 6 Serial port operation 1． Super Terminal’s software upgrading The system’s operation can also be done through RS232 port. The specific operation is as following：First, copy “Terminal” and “system upgrade program” to the computer. Connect the computer with the DVR through RS232 port. Run “Terminal” program and create the connection between the computer and the DVR.
2．Serial port upgrading operation After the setting of above operation, please follow the below operation： Press any key to enter login interface as following： ＿Username：admin Enter username and press Enter. System hint to enter password as following： ＿Password：admin System gets into the DEBUG> state, and input BIOS and press Enter. Click Communication in the menu——Send file, and open upgrading program file(DVR1604_PAL.
CONTROL KEYBOARD 220V POWER OUT PROTOCOL CONVERSION TRANSFORMER 25 PIN RS232 RS232 D V R D V R 4．Matrix connection Before connecting the matrix to the DVR by RS232 port,the user should confirm with the provider that if the DVR has a matrix control protocol. After the connection, please set the matrix protocol to the DVR’s serialport control,then the user can do operations such as control and switch through the panel or remote control.
Chapter 7 1. Frequent Asked Questions What the sound of buzzer mean when normally start the machine When the machine is started successfully, it would burst out a short ring. When the HD could not be identified, it would burst out a long ring. When communication with the controller panel is abnormal, it would burst out a voice of one long ring and two short in serial. 2. Uncontrollable of the recording time? The recording time unit is one day.
