4 CH Digital Video Recorder User’s Manual Please read this instructions thoroughly before operation and keep the manual in a safe place for further reference. 773W V1.
WARNING All the safety and operating instructions should be read before operation. Improper operations may cause permanent damage. • This adaptor is only for this machine. Do not use it for other electronic products or it will damage other products. • Please lift and place this equipment gently. • Do not expose this equipment to direct sunlight. • Do not use this equipment near water or in contact with water. • Do not spill liquid of any kind on the equipment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS What do you get ? • FEATURES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 • PACKAGE CONTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Before Operation • INSTALLATION GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 • FRONT PANEL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 • REAR PANEL -----------------------------------------------------
What do you get ? FEATURES DVR Features • Remote control via internet • Wavelet compression format replaces Time-Lapse VCR + Multiplexer / Quad • 4 audio inputs / 2 audio outputs • On Screen Display and Remote Control via PC • Connect video web server via IE browser • Auto sending message by e-mail or FTP when there have alarm. • Auto recording when there have alarm.
Before Operation INSTALLATION GUIDE 1. Connect cameras and monitor to the DVR. 2. Shown below is an example of connecting the DVR to your existing Observation System. 3. Install HDD (The compatible HDD brands are listed in the following table.) Please refer to page.45 Appendix #1 for installation instructions. Note: The HDD must be installed before turning on the DVR. If HDD is not installed, the DVR would function as a 4 CH multiplexer.
FRONT PANEL 1 1. REMOVABLE HDD CARTRIDGE & KEYHOLE 2 Please refer to page.44 Appendix #2. 2. CONTROL PANEL LED LIGHT The LED Light is ON under the following conditions. •HDD : HDD is reading or recording. •HDD Full : HDD is full •ALARM : To turn off the ALARM LED light, please refer to page.12 and set the ALARM mode as OFF. •TIMER : When Timer is Enabled •PLAY : Playing mode •REC : Recording mode MENU Press MENU button to enter main menu. ENTER Press ENTER button for confirmation.
FF / ► •FF : Play video fast forward. (Press FF button again to adjust speed as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times) • ► : Under setup mode, it works as Right button. REW / ◄ •REW : Play video fast backward. (Press REW button again to adjust speed as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times) • ◄ : Under setup mode, it works as Left button. STOP / ▼ •STOP : Under DVR Recording / Playing mode, it can stop the action. • ▼ : Under setup mode, it works as Down button.
REAR PANEL 1. LAN Connect DVR by LAN cable. 2. EXTERNAL I/O •Controlled remotely by an external device or control system such as Video Web Server or PC. •Alarm input, external I / O expansion. 3. VIDEO INPUT (1-4) Connect to video source, such as camera. 4. CALL Connect to CALL monitor. Show the Switch Display. When the alarm is triggered, the call monitor will show the triggered channel for a period of time. 5. MAIN Connect to Main monitor. 6.
Basic Operation GETTING STARTED Before using the DVR, please have a HDD installed ready, or it will function as 4 CH multiplexer (refer to Appendix #1 and Appendix #2 for installation or removal of a HDD). 1. Connect the AC power cord and plug into an electrical outlet. The Red LED indicator light will be ON and the DVR is in standby mode. 2. Press the Power button. The POWER LED will turn from red to orange, and other red LED indicators will turn ON.
PLAY BACK Press “PLAY ” button, the DVR will show the last recording. 1. FAST FORWARD (F.F.) & FAST REWIND (F.R.) You can increase the speed of Fast Forward and Rewind on the DVR. In the Play mode, press “ ► ” once to get 2X speed forward and press twice to get 4X speed,… and the maximum speed can reach 32X. Press “◄ ” once to get 1X speed rewind and press twice to get 2X speed, … and the maximum speed can reach 32X. 2. SLOW FORWARD (S.F.) & SLOW REWIND (S.R.
MAIN MENU Detailed Menu Setup There are 12 options available in the Main Menu: (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY NETWORK USER SYSTEM EVENT TIMER ---------- Program Timer Recording CAMERA ------- Camera Setup RECORD ------- Recording Mode Setup ALARM --------- Alarm Setup DWELL --------- Dwell time Setup PIP --------------- Picture in Picture Setup MOTION -------- Motion Detection Setup DISPLAY ------- Display Mode Setup NETWORK -----Network Setup USER ----------- User Password Se
8. MESSAGE LATCH To select whether the DVR messages will disappear after 10 seconds or remain on screen. NO is the default setting which the messages will disappear after 10 sec. NOTE : Video loss, Alarm and Motion messages will be shown like the Alarm Duration time. 9. DATE DISPLAY To set the date Y/M/D, M/D/Y, D/M/Y or OFF on the monitor. 10. DATE To set the date on the DVR. 11. TIME To set the time on the DVR.
2. START (TIMER) DAY START END IPS QLT MODE DAILY 01:00 22:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST MUX OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI TIMER ENABLE : YES Set the time to start the recording. 3. END Set the time to end the recording. 4. IPS (IMAGE PER SECOND) NTSC－30、15、8、4、2、1 PAL－25、12、6、3、2、1 5.
3. REC (RECORD) Set up which channel you want to record. ON : when alarm input is triggered, DVR will record alarming channel more frequently. For example : when CH01 is triggered, the record method will become 1-2-1-3-1-4…. OFF : DVR will not record. 4. BR (BRIGHTNESS) Adjust the brightness of each channel. The level is from 0 to 63. 5. CT (CONTRAST) Adjust the contrast of each channel. The level is from 0 to 63. 6. CL (COLOR) Adjust the color of each channel. The level is from 0 to 63. 7.
ALARM 1. ALARM ENABLE Alarm will be triggered by event occurrence when the setting is YES. 2. ALARM DURATION Set the reaction time which was determined by how long the alarm mode responded to a buzzer. Default setting is 10 sec. Options are 10 Sec, 15 Sec, 20 Sec, 30 Sec, 1 MIN, 2 MIN, 3 MIN, 5 MIN, 10 MIN, 15 MIN, 30 MIN, ALWAYS, AUTO. NOTE : 1. Video loss, Alarm and Motion messages is shown like the Alarm Duration time is. 2.
MOTION CAM1 CAM2 CAM3 CAM4 SEN 70 70 70 70 (MOTION) MD-NUM RE DET 03 64 ON 03 64 OFF 03 64 ON 03 64 ON AREA AREA AREA AREA MOTION RECORD : ON DAY START END DAILY 00 : 00 00 : 00 1. SEN (SENSITIVITY) Sets the sensitivity of the pixel-based Motion Detection feature from 1 to 99. The highest sensitivity setting is 01, the lowest sensitivity setting is 99. The default setting is 70. 2.
Figure 1-1 Figure 1-2 MOTION DETECTION SETUP MOTION DETECTION SETTING — ROW SETUP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 Figure 1-3 Figure 1-4 MOTION DETECTION TRIGGERED-TURN INTO PURPLE BACK TO MOTION DETECTION SETTING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 6.
7. DAY / START / END To setup the DAY and the START/ END time for motion trigger recording timer setting. DISPLAY (DISPLAY) TITLE DISPLAY OSD COLOR LOSS SCREEN TIME POSITION 1. TITLE DISPLAY To set the title shown on monitor or not. YES YELLOW GREEN NORMAL 2. OSD COLOR Select the OSD (On Screen Display) color. The options are YELLOW, GREEN, CYAN, BLUE, PINK, GRAY, WHITE, RED. 3. LOSS SCREEN Retain the last picture or select the LOSS SCREEN color. The options are GREEN, BLACK, BLUE and RETAIN. 4.
USER 1. USER To set up the user account for controlling. It allows 8 users setting. (USER) PASSWORD Supervisor – Control all the functions. Other Users – View all functions except the menu setting and event list cleaning. SUPERVISOR USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 2. PASSWORD To set the security password for each account. The maximum length of user’s password is 4 characters.
Hardware CONNECTION AT SERVER SITE Network Setting Guide 17
STATIC IP SETTING STEP1: Software installation 1.Put the attached CD into a CD-ROM and it will start to install the application program into PC. 2. Press “Next”. 3.Choose destination location and press “Next”.
4.Set program shortcuts setting and press “Next”. 5.Press “Next” to begin to copy files 6.After the installation, there are 6 files and 1 folder in your assigned path (file folder) as below.
Step2 : Static IP setting In DVR MENU / NETWORK set SERVER IP, GATEWAY, NET MASK, DNS and WEB PORT which are provided from your local ISP ( internet service provider ). (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY NETWORK USER SYSTEM EVENT For example (NETWORK) SERVER IP 061.066.138.074 GATEWAY 061.066.138.073 NET MASK 255.255.255.000 DNS 168.095.001.001 WEB PORT 00080 RESET DEFAULT NO After all network settings are finished, please connect DVR and static IP.
Step3 : Connect PC and DVR via internet Click twice and enter your User name, Password (Note : If you never change the “Account” before, the User Name and Password are both “admin”) and Server IP which you have set to DVR in step 2. Then click OK to connect.
DYNAMIC IP SETTING Step1 : Software installation 1.Put the attached CD into a CD-ROM and it will start to install the application program into PC. 2. Press “Next”. 3.Choose destination location and press “Next”.
4.Set program shortcuts setting and press “Next”. 5.Press “Next” to begin copying files 6.After the installation, there are 6 files and 1 folder in your assigned path (file folder) as below.
Step2 : DDNS apply 1. Click on free site “http://www.dyndns.org” ( please look at the example below, you can also apply DDNS in other DDNS web page) and “ACCOUNT” 2.
3. Register the information and click on “Create Account” 4.After registering your account, you will receive an e-mail, which contains instructions to activate your account. If you do not follow these directions within 48 hours, you will need to re-register your account. 5.Login your account.
6.Click on“Account” and “Add Host” 7 Users can set up their own DDNS HOST. For example, the user’s applied Host name is “avtech.dyndns.org”. And then press “Add Host” to finish the setting. (NOTE : Some routers don’t support some DDNS HOST) test Step3 : Login router NOTE : The following settings are different from router to router. Please read the instruction of your router thoroughly. 1.
2. Network setting for PC. (The instruction is based on Win XP O/S. If your O/S is Win 2000 or Win 2003, the setup procedure is similar to that of Win XP O/S.) Click 3.
4.Click on “INTERNET PROTOCAL (TCP/IP)” and then select “Properties” to setup 5.Choose “Obtain an IP address automatically” 6.
7. In the setting window, enter “ ipconfig” to write down router’s gateway(e.q. 192.168.1.1) 8. Close the window in the above step. Enter the IP address ( router’s gateway : 192.168.1.1 ) to log in to the router from internet explore. And then enter the login web page and key in the router’s user name and password.
Step4 : Router setting NOTE : In the router setting, we have four steps as follows. 1. Dial setting 2. DHCP setting 3. Virtual server setting 4. DDNS setting 1.Press “INTERNER PORT” and choose your WAN type (e.q. PPPoE), and then enter your “User Name” and “Password” of dialing up to dynamic IP. Press save after you finish the set up. test 2. Press “LOCAL PORT” and set “Start IP address” and “Number of IP address”. (For example, if the IP address of DVR is 192.168.1.
3. In “ADVANCED SETUP / Virtual Server”. Choose “By Port” and set “Port Number” to 80 for DVR. And set “Local Server IP Address” to 192.168.1.10. Press add after you finish the set up. 4. In “ADVANCED SETUP / Dynamic DNS”. Key in the “DNS Account”, “User Name” and “Password” that you applied in step 3. Press save after you finish the set up.
Step 5 : IP setting In DVR MENU / NETWORK set SERVER IP, GATEWAY, NET MASK, DNS and WEB PORT. (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY NETWORK USER SYSTEM EVENT For example (NETWORK) SERVER IP 192.168.001.010 GATEWAY 192.168.001.001 NET MASK 255.255.255.000 DNS 168.095.001.
Step7 : Connect to DVR via internet 1. Change PC network setting to the original setting and link PC to the internet. 2. Click twice and enter your User name, Password and host (Note : If you never change the “Account” before, the User Name and Password are both “admin”). Then click OK to connect.) DDNS HOST Note of Dynamic IP setting *In step 2.7 : Some routers don’t support some DDNS HOST. *In step 3.1 : Please use router’s LAN end to connect PC. *In step 3.
SOFTWARE OPERATION AT CLIENT SITE Follow the steps for connection at your client site (remote site). (e.g. If you set up the server at your office with one static ADSL, you can remotely proceed to watch the video anywhere with a networked computer.) Step 1：Click twice to enter Login setup (please refer to “software installation”) Step 2：Key in “User Name” and “ Password”. (e.g. “User Name” and “Password” are “dan” and the IP address is 61.222.50.174). Click “OK” to establish the connection. NOTE: 1.
Introduction of Basic Operation A. Video Web Server control panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B. Digital device control panel 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 1.Camera video inputs 2.PIP, POP, QUAD screen 3.Zoom, Select, Lock, Search, Enter 4.Stop, Record, Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, Slow, Play 5.Menu, Left, Right, Up, Down, Exit NOTE： After you press the record icon, there will be a recording file in the path that you have set. Each recording file can be saved up to 6000 frames.
PLAYBACK OPERATION Please find a recording file in the PC and click twice on it to playback. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1. On Screen Display 2. Snapshot 3. Stop 4. Pause 5. Slow (1/2, 1/4, 1/8) 6. PLAY 7. Fast 8. OSD show / hide 9. System setting (Path of snapshot, text color, progress color, channel color) 10. Next (Play next file on the same folder) 11. Duration time / Play speed 12.
ADVANCED SETTING Click “System Config” for advanced setting. SYSTEM CONFIG NOTE : Apply-After all setting changes, press “apply” to refresh the data. Reboot-Press this button to restart setting. ACCOUNT Set up the user’s account( Max 10 accounts) , password and authority ( Max 6 accounts in line at the same time) . 1.User’s level: SUPERVISOR-control all the functions USER LEVEL-control advanced functions GUEST LEVEL-control basic functions only 2.
MAIL When the alarm is triggered, the video server program will capture the instant picture and e-mail the captured image to the assigned recipients. 1.You can get all the data from the ISP company or by mailing to the server supplier.(POP3/SMTP server) 2.You should set the mail list which you want to send to when the alarm is triggered. 3.If it is not necessary for you to verify password and user’s name, please choose Verify as “No”.
TOOLBOX Upgrade the firmware and get the online users’ information. NOTE :Do not reboot the DVR while it is upgrading the firmware. 1.Firmware Version : The current firmware version. You can click on “Find” button to get the latest firmware from PC and press “Upgrade Firmware” to upgrade it. 2.Info refresh : Refresh the online users’ information. PERIPHERAL You can see the default peripheral settings in this Windows. 1.
CONNECT VIDEO WEB SERVER VIA IE BROWSER You can also connect Video Web Server via browser. This function is suitable in both WIN 2000 and WIN XP ( WIN XP is preferable to WIN 2000) Step 1：Open IE browser, in Tools/ Internet Options/Security/Custom Level, please select “Enable” for all options of ActiveX. Step 2：Enter IP address that you want to connect.
Step 3：Enter your Username and Password to login Video Web Server. Step 4：After you login, you will see as below. 1.Image transmission rate per second 10.Quality switching button 2.Data transmission rate 11.Download AP button 3.User name 12.Menu, Left, Right, Up, Down, Exit 4.Video CHs 13.Lock, Zoom, Enter, Search, REC. 5.Channel switching button 14.Stop, Record, Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, Slow, Play 6. Resolution : VGA、QVGA 15.Camera 7.Image quality : High、Middle、Low 16.
Advanced Operation OPERATION OPTIONS ZOOM Press ZOOM button to enlarge the display of main picture. It displays zoomed picture on main picture and a small window inserted. The inserted window contains a movable 1/4 view size of the appointed camera. The range is from 2X to 4X. • Press PIP button : Zoom in • Press QUAD button: Zoom out • Press the “Zoom” button again to leave the zoom pointer. • Press Camera 1-4 button to select channel. • Press ▲▼◄► button to move the zoom position.
KEY LOCK For advanced security, users can “Lock” the buttons on your DVR. Key-Lock prevents other people from using the system. Press “ENTER” + “MENU” at the same time to enable Key Lock. Press “ENTER” + “MENU” at the same time and key in password (Default : 0000), then press “ENTER“ to disable Key Lock. NOTE: To switch to different USER, press “ENTER” + “MENU” buttons to “KEY LOCK” and then enter the different user’s password to UNLOCK.
SPECIFICATIONS Camera Input Signal Network Interface Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC, 4 channels Ethernet (10/100 Base-T) Protocals TCP/IP, ICMP, SMTP, HTTP, FTP Main Monitor Output Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC Call Monitor Output Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC 4 audio inputs, (RCA) * Audio input 2 audio outputs, (RCA) ** 16 * 12 targets per camera Audio output Motion Detect Area Motion Detect Sensitivity Video Loss Detection Refresh Rate Recording Rate 99 Levels Yes 240 fie
APPENDIX #1 – INSTALL THE HDD Follow the steps carefully in order to ensure correct installation. The compartment located on the front panel of the DVR is the removable Cartridge, in which you insert the HDD. The various parts of the Cartridge are labeled for your reference. ***Note: Users need to set the HDD on the Master mode for the system detecting.*** Step 1 Connect the connector with the HDD (refer to Picture 1). Step 2 Put HDD into the HDD cartridge.
APPENDIX #2 – REPLACE THE HDD A ( locked ) B ( unlocked ) Step 1 Open the cap Step 2 Unlock the cabinet by turning the key anti-clockwise Step 3 Pull out the cartridge Step 4 Loosen all screws on the Cartridge Step 5 Remove the HDD from Cartridge Note: 1. If you want to change a different HDD, you must remove the connectors from HDD ( refer to Page 51 ). 2. When HDD works for a period of time, the surface temperature will be high, please pay attention to it. 3.
APPENDIX #3– PIN CONFIGURATIONS 15 pin com port • • DVR • • 9 pin com port • • DVR DQR • • 47
PIN 3, 4, 5, 6 ALARM INPUT To connect wire from ALARM INPUT (PIN 3, 4, 5, 6) to GND ( PIN 9 ) connector, DVR will start recording and buzzer will be on. When alarm has been triggered, signal becomes “Low”, and it will stop all alarm activities. Under normal operation, signal remains “High”. PIN 7. EXTERNAL ALARM NC Under normal operation COM connects with NC and disconnects with NO. But when alarm is triggered, COM disconnect with NC, and connect with NO. PIN 8.
APPENDIX #4 – RECORDING SPEED The Recording Time is different based on Recording Speed, Recording Quality and Recording Mode. Please refer to the following table. The HDD capability is 250GB.
