4-Channel Digital Video Recorder WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.
User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 12. Servicing Do not attempt to service this equipment yourself. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. 2. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 13.
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ..................................................................................1 Features ..........................................................................................................1 Technical Overview .......................................................................................2 Chapter 2 — Installation ....................................................................................
User’s Manual Normal Setup Screen...................................................................................14 System Information....................................................................................14 Date/Time Setup........................................................................................17 System Check Screen ...............................................................................20 Storage Screen.................................................................
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Load / Save Setup .....................................................................................59 Clear All Data.............................................................................................59 Chapter 4 — Operation ....................................................................................61 Turning on the Power ..................................................................................61 Live Monitoring ...............................
User’s Manual List of Illustrations Figure 1 — Typical DVR installation. ..........................................................................................1 Figure 2 — DVR rear panel. .......................................................................................................3 Figure 3 — Video input connectors. ...........................................................................................3 Figure 4 — Video Loop Through connectors..............................................
4-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 50 — Alarm In Event Action (Record) setup screen......................................................36 Figure 51 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen.................................................37 Figure 52 — Alarm In Event Action (Notify) setup screen. .......................................................37 Figure 53 — Motion Detector Event Action (Record) setup screen. ........................................
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Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction Features Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for 4 camera inputs.
User’s Manual Technical Overview Your DVR can replace both a time-lapse VCR and a multiplexer in a security installation. However, it has many features that make it much more powerful and easier to use than even the most advanced VCR. The DVR converts analog NTSC or PAL video to digital images and records them on a hard disk drive. Using a hard disk drive allows you to access recorded video almost instantaneously; there is no need to rewind tape.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation Package Contents The package contains the following: y y y y y Digital Video Recorder Power Cord User’s Manual (This Document) Remote Operation Software CD and User’s Manual Infrared Remote Control Required Installation Tools No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals for the other items that make up part of your system. Figure 2 — DVR rear panel.
User’s Manual Connecting the Loop Through Video Figure 4 — Video Loop Through connectors. If you would like to connect your video source to another device, you can use the Loop BNC connectors. NOTE: The Loop BNC connectors are auto terminated. Do NOT connect a cable to the Loop BNC unless it is connected to another terminated device because it will cause poor quality video. Connecting Audio NOTE: It is the user’s responsibility to determine if local laws and regulations permit recording audio.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: You cannot use spot monitor output and VGA output at the same time. NOTE: Set the CVBS or VGA selector switch before turning on the DVR. You cannot change the setting while the unit is running. Connecting the Monitor Connecting the Spot Monitor Figure 7 — Video Out connectors. Connect the SPOT monitor to the Video Out connector. NOTE: For SPOT monitor Output, set the CVBS/VGA selector switch to the CVBS. Connecting the RGB Monitor Figure 8 — VGA connector.
User’s Manual AI 1 to 4 (Alarm In) You can use external devices to signal the DVR to react to events. Mechanical or electrical switches can be wired to the AI (Alarm In) and GND (Ground) connectors. The threshold voltage for NC (Normally Closed) is above 4.3V and should be stable at least 0.5 seconds to be detected. For NO (Normally Open), the threshold voltage is below 0.3V. See Chapter 3 — Configuration for configuring alarm input.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Connecting to the RS-232C Port Figure 12 — RS-232C connector. An RS-232C port is provided to connect an external modem for remote monitoring, configuration and software upgrades, text input, and to connect a remote control keyboard. Use a modem cable with a DB-9S (female) connector to connect to the DVR. See Chapter 3 — Configuration for configuring the modem. NOTE: The DVR is not supplied with a modem cable, and many modems are not supplied with cables.
User’s Manual Connecting to the USB Port Figure 14 — USB connector. A USB port on the front panel is provided to connect external hard disk drives, CD-RW drives or flash drives for archiving video. Position the external hard disk drive close enough to the DVR so that you can make the cable connections, usually less than 6 feet. Use the USB cable provided with the hard disk drive or CD-RW to connect it to the DVR.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Configuration NOTE: Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding. Refer to Chapter 2 — Installation. Front Panel Controls Figure 16 — DVR front panel. Many of the buttons on the front panel have multiple functions. The following describes each button and control. Take a few minutes to review the descriptions. You will use these to initially set up your DVR and for daily operations. NOTE: A separate Alarm button is not provided.
User’s Manual Panic Button Pressing the PANIC button activates panic recording, so the DVR will record video regardless of the time-lapse or event recording schedule. Press the button again to release the panic recording. NOTE: When the DVR is in the Panic recording mode, the REC LED flickers and on each camera screen. displays Camera Buttons (1 to 4) Pressing the individual camera buttons will cause the selected camera to display full screen. They are used to enter passwords.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Enter/Pause Button This button selects a highlighted item or completes an entry that you have made. Pressing the ENTER/PAUSE button in the live monitoring mode freezes the current live screen, and the screen displays . Press the button again to return to the live monitoring mode. Pressing the button in the playback mode will pause the video, and the screen displays . Pressing ENTER/PAUSE button again in the pause mode goes to the live monitoring mode.
User’s Manual Turning on the Power Connecting the power cord to the DVR turns on the unit. The unit will take approximately 60 seconds to initialize. Initial Unit Setup Before using your DVR for the first time, you will want to establish the initial settings. This includes items such as time and date, display language, camera, audio, remote control, record mode, network and password. Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Quick Setup and press the button to toggle between On and Off. If you select Off, you will use the Normal Setup screen to change the DVR’s settings. Highlight the first box beside Recording Speed/Quality, and select recording speeds from as few as 0.5 ips to as fast as 30 ips (25 ips for PAL). NOTE: The DVR has a maximum recording speed of 30 ips per camera; however, the recording speed may not be achieved when averaged over all cameras.
User’s Manual Normal Setup Screen Figure 20 — Normal Setup screen. Press the MENU button to enter the setup screen. If the Quick Setup screen appears, turn it off as described above. The Normal Setup screen gives you access to all the DVR’s setup screens. System Information Highlight System Information and press the button. The System Information screen appears. Figure 21 — System Information screen.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 22 — System Information Change screen. Highlight the box beside Site Description and press the button. A virtual keyboard displays. Figure 23 — Virtual keyboard. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first character you want in the Site Title and press the button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position. Pressing toggles between the upper and lower case keyboards, backspaces, and deletes entered characters.
User’s Manual NOTE: You can upgrade the software only in the System Information Change screen. To upgrade the software, connect the USB device containing the upgrade package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the button. The System Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrade package file name. NOTE: If no hard disk drives are installed in the DVR, the Upgrade… button will be disabled.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Date/Time Setup Highlight Date/Time in the Main menu and press the appears. button. The Date/Time setup screen Figure 25 — Date/Time setup screen. CAUTION: If you set a date and time that is older than some of your recorded images, any images with dates and times later than the new setting will be deleted. button. The individual sections of the Highlight the first box beside Date/Time and press the date highlight. Use the arrow buttons to adjust the numbers.
User’s Manual Figure 26 — Holiday Setup screen. You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the the screen without saving the changes. button. Selecting Cancel exits button. You can set up time synchronization Highlight the Time Sync… box and press the between the DVR and standard time servers that are available in most time zones and countries, or between the DVR and another DVR. Figure 27 — Time Sync screen. Highlight the box beside Automatic Time Sync and press the and Off. button.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder The box beside System Clock displays the DVR's time setting. The box beside Server Clock displays the time setting of the time server. Highlighting the Update button updates the server clock. button and pressing the NOTE: The Server Clock will display “ – ” when the DVR cannot load the time information from the time server. The box beside Next Synchronization displays the time when the next synchronization is scheduled.
User’s Manual System Check Screen Highlight System Check in the Main menu and press the screen appears. button. The System Check setup Figure 28 — System Check (Config.) screen. Highlight the box under the On/Off heading and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR reports a fault condition if it does not detect any recording or if there is no alarm during the designated time.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 29 — System Check (Alarm Out / Notify) screen. Highlight the box under the Alarm Out heading and press the button. A drop menu displays available alarm outputs for the recording problem. Highlight the desired alarm output from the button. external alarm out terminal or internal buzzer, and press the NOTE: Alarm Out cannot be set to Check Point – System. Highlight the box under Notify and press the button. This toggles between On and Off.
User’s Manual NOTE: If the DVR senses S.M.A.R.T. Alert or High Temperature, the S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Information screen will appear. Once the S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Information screen displays, replacing the hard disk drive is recommended, usually within 24 hours. NOTE: The S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Information screen appears only in the monitoring mode. The °C field displays the temperature of the storage device. The Usage field displays the device usage.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Check Time, and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Temperature Threshold and adjust the numbers using arrow buttons. Highlight the box beside Sensor Unit and select from Celsius or Fahrenheit. If you want to check the storage status instantly, highlight Check Now and press the You can save your changes by highlighting OK and pressing the the screen without saving the changes. button. button.
User’s Manual Configuring Input Devices You can configure the video, audio and remote control devices connected to the DVR. Figure 33 — Device menu screen. Camera Setup Screen Highlight Camera in the Main menu and press the button. The Camera setup screen appears. Figure 34 — Camera setup screen. You can turn on or off each camera, and also hide the video of the camera number by highlighting the camera Setup heading and pressing the button.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder You can assign titles to each camera by highlighting the Title heading and pressing the A virtual keyboard allows you to enter camera names. button. Selecting the PTZ Device box causes a list of controllable cameras to display. Select your camera from the list and press the button. You will need to connect the camera to the RS-232C terminal on the back of the DVR following the camera manufacturer’s instructions. Figure 35 — PTZ Device list.
User’s Manual The alarm terminal strip on the back of the DVR has inputs associated with each alarm. You can set up each input on the Alarm In Setup screen. You can turn each input On (via Alarm I/O or Camera Alarm) or Off. Each input can be given a title, and the inputs can be set as NO (normally open) or NC (normally closed) independently. Motion Detector Figure 37 — Motion Detector setup screen. Your DVR has built-in video motion detector. Video motion detector can be turned On or Off for each camera.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video for the selected camera. You can set up motion detection zones by selecting or clearing blocks. The menu on the setup screen has the following functions: NOTE: You can activate or deactivate 4 cells at a time using the button. Once 4 cells are highlight, you can select individual cells by using the camera buttons. Exit with save — Closes the menu after saving the changes.
User’s Manual Figure 40 — Text-In (Generic Text) Setup screen. Figure 41 — Text-In (EPSON-POS) Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Transaction Start, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a transaction starts. If you want the DVR to react to any character sent from the text-in device, you will want to turn On button to toggle between On and Off.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s) that the device uses to indicate the end of a line. Control characters can be created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g., ^J for NL (New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Return). Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for Line Delimiter character(s). button.
User’s Manual Highlighting the Sched field and pressing the button opens a schedule screen. You can schedule alarm output in 30-minute increments from 0:00 to 24:00. Figure 43 — Alarm Out Schedule screen. You can select individual blocks of time, entire days of the week, entire blocks of time or the entire schedule. Select a specific block of time by highlighting it. Select an entire day by highlighting the day of the week or Holiday on the left of the screen.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Highlight the box beside Audio Recording and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR also records audio when it is recording video. Highlight the box beside Mute and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR will NOT play live or recorded audio. Highlight the box beside Audio In and press the button.
User’s Manual NOTE: Selecting the PTZ in the RS232 field only defines the RS-232C port as being used for the PTZ camera connections. Select the PTZ device in the Camera Setup screen. Configuring Recording Settings NOTE: When the DVR is recording video, the REC LED on the front panel is lit and the displays on each camera screen. Your DVR offers a variety of flexible recording modes. You can set it up to record all the time or to only record events.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Pressing the PANIC button on the front panel enters the Panic Recording mode. You can program the recording speed, quality and duration when the DVR is in the Panic Recording mode. On Panic Recording Speed can be set from 0.5 to 30 ips (25 ips PAL), and On Panic Recording Quality can be selectable from Very High, High, Standard and Low. On Panic Recording Duration can be set from 5 to 60 minutes.
User’s Manual NOTE: You cannot select 30 ips (25 ips for PAL) for High Resolution. Highlight the box under the Quality heading and press the button. A drop-down list appears. You can select from Very High, High, Standard and Low image quality. All other variables being equal; Very High will require 300% more hard disk space than Standard, High will require 200% more, and Low 50% less. NOTE: Higher quality images require more storage space and will reduce the recording capacity of the hard disk drive.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder y You can change an entire day by placing the cursor on the day of the week and pressing the button to toggle the day On or Off. y You can change the entire calendar by placing the cursor in the upper left-hand box (above “S” and to the left of the time line) and pressing the Off. button to toggle the entire calendar On and NOTE: The Holiday (H) schedule applies to the dates you established as holidays when setting Date/Time.
User’s Manual Event Action Setup You can program the DVR to record, activate the alarm output and/or notify the remote site whenever sensor, motion, text-in or video loss events are detected. Highlight the Alarm-In Action, Motion Action, Text-In Action or Video Loss Action in the Event Action menu and press the button. The Event Action setup screens will appear. Alarm In Event Action (Record) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to events differently.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to events differently by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 51 — Alarm In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Alarm Out box and either Beep or the alarm output terminal that you want to associate with the sensor.
User’s Manual Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR notifies the remote site when certain events occur based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the Notify action to work, the DVR should be registered in the DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software). When the DVR detects alarm input, the displays on each associated camera.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to motion events differently by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 54 — Motion Detector Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Alarm Out box and either Beep or the alarm output terminal that you want to associate with the motion event.
User’s Manual Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR notifies the remote site when certain events occur based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the Notify action to work, the DVR should be registered in the DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software). When the DVR detects motion, the displays on each associated camera.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to text-in by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 57 — Text-In Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Alarm Out box and either Beep or the alarm output terminal that you want to associate with the text-in device.
User’s Manual Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR notifies the remote site when it has text input from a text-in device based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the Notify action to work, the DVR should be registered in the DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software).
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) Setup Screen The DVR can be set to react to video loss differently by activating an internal buzzer or external alarms. Figure 60 — Video Loss Event Action (Alarm Out) setup screen. Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Alarm Out box and either Beep or the alarm output terminal that you want to associate with the camera that has lost video.
User’s Manual Highlight the Sched box and press the described earlier. button. A schedule screen appears. Set the schedule as Highlight the Notify box and press the button. This toggles between On and Off. When it is On, the DVR notifies the remote site when it loses video input from a camera based on a defined schedule. NOTE: For the Notify action to work, the DVR should be registered in the DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software). When the DVR detects video loss, the displays on each associated camera.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Each icon displayed on the screen describes the system status as follows: y Freeze — Displays while in Freeze mode. — Displays while in Sequence mode. y Sequence y Zoom — Displays on the enlarged video. y Remote Control y Record — Displays when the DVR can be controlled by the infrared remote control. — Displays on each camera screen while the DVR is recording video. y Panic — Displays while in Panic recording mode.
User’s Manual Main Monitoring Setup Screen You can adjust the display dwell time for each camera displayed on the main monitor. You also can set the video from the event-detected camera to be displayed on the main monitor during the preset dwell time. Figure 63 — Main Monitoring Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Sequence Dwell Time and press the sequence dwell time from 3 to 60 seconds. button. You can adjust the NOTE: The DVR does not sequence the camera having video loss.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Network Setup Screen In the Network Setup screen you can set up the DVR for LAN and modem connections. Figure 64 — Network Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Connection. Press the button to toggle between LAN and Modem. button. A virtual keyboard appears. Highlight the box beside Admin Password and press the You will first be asked to enter the current password. Then you can enter a new password; you will be asked to confirm the new password before it is accepted.
User’s Manual You can program the image quality for transferring to the DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software). Highlight the box beside Remote Quality and press the button. The image quality can be selectable from Very High, High, Standard and Low. LAN Setup Screen Figure 65 — LAN (Manual) Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Type and press the (PPPoE). button to select from Manual, DHCP and ADSL Selecting Manual from the Type allows you to set up LAN parameters manually.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 66 — Port Number Setup screen. NOTE: You will need to get the appropriate Port Number for each DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software) related program (Admin, Watch, Search and Callback) from your network administrator. Change the number by highlighting it and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number.
User’s Manual Figure 67 — LAN (DHCP) Setup screen. Selecting ADSL (PPPoE) allows you to set up the ADSL network. NOTE: ADSL and modem cannot be configured at the same time. If the DVR is networked via modem, the ADSL (PPPoE) will not be selected. Figure 68 — LAN (ADSL) Setup screen. Highlight the box beside ID and press the enter the ID for ADSL connection. button. A virtual keyboard appears allowing you to Highlight the box beside Password and press the you to enter the password for ADSL connection.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Modem Setup Figure 69 — Modem Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Baud Rate and press the to 115,200 appears. Highlight the box beside Data Bit and press the formats. Highlight the box beside Stop Bit and press the Highlight the box beside Parity and press the from None, Odd or Even parity. button. A list of baud rates ranging from 300 button. This toggles between 7 bit and 8 bit button. This toggles between 1 and 2 Stop Bits. button. A drop-down list appears.
User’s Manual DVRNS (DVR Name Service) Setup Screen You can register the DVR on the DVRNS server to use DVR name service. Figure 70 — DVRNS Setup screen. Highlight the box beside Use DVR Name Service and press the and Off. button to toggle between On Highlight the box beside DVRNS Server and enter the IP address or domain name of the DVRNS server. NOTE: You will need to get the IP Address or domain name of the DVRNS Server from your network administrator.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: When entering no name or a name already registered on the DVRNS server, an error message displays. Highlighting OK and pressing the button registers the DVR on the DVRNS server. Proper DVRNS settings will display the help desk information of the DVRNS server in the box beside Help Desk. CAUTION: If you want to use the same DVR name registered on the DVRNS server after initializing the system using the factory reset, you need to contact the DVRNS server manager.
User’s Manual Highlight the box beside SMTP Server IP and enter the SMTP server IP address, obtained from your system administrator. Highlight the box beside E-mail recipient and enter the recipient’s e-mail address. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the e-mail address. Highlight the box beside E-mail sender and enter the sender’s e-mail address. NOTE: The e-mail address must include the character “@” to be a valid address.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder When an event occurs, the DVR will dial the pager and leave a four- or five-digit number. The first three digits are the site ID number and the last digits are the type of event (1: Alarm In, 2: Text-In, 3: Motion Detection, 4: Video Loss, 10: Check Recording, 11: Storage, 13: S.M.A.R.T., and 18: System). For example, “0754” means that Site 75 has lost video. NOTE: The DVR will wait for at least four minutes between pages.
User’s Manual NOTE: The Admin and User passwords are composed of up to eight digits using the camera buttons. The default Admin password is 4321. CAUTION: Write down the new password and save it in a secure place. If the password is forgotten, the unit must be reset using the Factory Reset Button and all data settings will be lost. To lock the buttons on the front panel or remote control, highlight Key Lock On and press the button.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 75 — Clip Copy screen. To select the type of the drive to use for back up, highlight the box on the top and press the button. A drop-down list of available drives appears. You can select USB HDD, USB CD-RW or USB FLASH MEMORY. If you want to archive audio with video, place a checkmark in the Audio box. You can define how much video to back up by changing the start and end times and dates. You can also select which camera you wish to back up.
User’s Manual Figure 76 — Disk Partition Selection screen. Once you select the drive and partition to use for clip copy, the DVR will display the drive capacity and the clip size, and ask if you want to continue. NOTE: Do not back up files larger than 2GB. You can use other functions on the DVR while video is being backed up. To do this, highlight the button. You can return to the Clip Copy screen at any time to check Close button and press the the progress.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Load Default Setup Highlighting and selecting Load Default Setup will bring up screen asking you if you really want to load default settings and confirm it with a password. NOTE: Loading the Default Setup will not change the current time, time zone, daylight saving time and network settings. Load / Save Setup You can load saved DVR settings or save the current DVR settings. To load saved DVR settings, connect the USB device containing the setup file (.cfg) to the DVR.
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Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 4 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapter 2 and 3. The DVR’s controls are similar to a VCR. As with a VCR, the main functions are recording and playing back video. However, you have much greater control over recording and playing back video. You can establish recording schedules based on time of day and day of the week.
User’s Manual The DVR can be set to display the event-detected video in full-screen on the monitor during the preset dwell time when there is an Event. The video of the lowest camera number among cameras associated with the event-detected sensor will be displayed, and the DVR will return to the previous screen format after event monitoring dwell time. While the event monitoring is activated, the monitoring for all other subsequent events will be ignored.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 79 — PTZ Menu. y Set Preset — Sets the Presets for PTZ camera. y Quit — Closes the menu Set Preset Once you have the camera at the desired settings, you can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Select Set Preset in the PTZ Menu. Select the button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter number you want to assign to the preset and press the button again to save as preset.
User’s Manual Figure 81 — Preset Apply screen. Digital Zoom Mode You can enter the Digital Zoom Mode by pressing the PTZ button in the PTZ mode. When a PTZ device is not installed, pressing the PTZ button in the live monitoring mode enters the Digital Zoom Mode directly. NOTE: You cannot enter the Digital Zoom mode when the selected camera is Off, has lost or is set to Covert. Once you are in the Digital Zoom mode, a bright small box is laid over the image. The box indicates the area to be enlarged.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Recording Audio If the DVR was set up to record audio, it will record audio when video is recording. NOTE: The DVR will NOT record audio when the recording speed is set to less than 15 ips. Also audio recording might be affected by network bandwidth conditions while monitoring the DVR remotely using the DX-PC4U (Remote Operation Software) program. NOTE: Make certain you comply with all local and federal laws and regulations when recording audio.
User’s Manual Arrow Buttons : Pressing the left-arrow button plays video backward at high speed. Pressing the button again and . The screen displays , and toggles the playback speed from , respectively. : Pressing the right-arrow button plays video forward at high speed. Pressing the button again and . The screen displays , and toggles the playback speed from , respectively. : After selecting , press the up-arrow button to advance to the next image.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Figure 83 — Digital Zoom screen. Figure 84 — Enlarged Digital Zoom screen. Searching Video Pressing the MENU button in the playback mode displays the Search Menu. Figure 85 — Search Menu.
User’s Manual y Go to the First — Displays the first recorded image y Go to the Last — Displays the last recorded image y Date/Time Search… — Searches by date and time (see below for more details) y Calendar Search… — Searches using a calendar (see below for more details) y Event Search… — Selects video from the event log (see below for more details) y Text-In Search… — Searches text input strings (see below for more details) y Clip Copy… — Clips a video segment and saves it.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers. Highlight a day using arrow buttons and press the button to select it. A time bar will display at the bottom of the calendar. Hours in which video was recorded will be highlighted with blue. Highlight the time bar and select the time using the arrow buttons. NOTE: The time bar is in one-hour segments. If a segment is highlighted, it means that some video was recorded during that hour.
User’s Manual Figure 89 — Event Search (by Event) screen. Figure 90 — Event Search (by Camera) screen. Highlight the box beside Search by and press the Camera. button to toggle between Event and You can search video from the first to last recorded images, or you can set the start and stop times and dates. When you select the Search by Camera, select the target cameras and event options. When you select the Search by Event, select event options for each device.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Text-In Search Figure 91 — Text-In Log screen. The DVR maintains a log of each time there is Text Input. The Text-In Log screen displays this list. Highlight the event for which you would like to see video. button will extract the event video and display the first image of the event. Pressing Pressing the the arrow button will start playing the “text-in” video segment with the text-in data on the image.
User’s Manual Highlight the Case Sensitive box and press the button to toggle between On and Off. If the Case Sensitive box is turned On, the DVR distinguishes between upper and lower case letters. Highlight the Load Query box and press the button to load the saved Query settings. Highlight the Save Query box and press the button to save the current Query settings. Enter the title for the current Query option using the virtual keyboard.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix A — USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation Preparing the USB-IDE hard disk drive in Windows 2000 NOTE: Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows 2000. 1. 2. 3. 4. Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB Cable. Turn on your computer. The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar. If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or has data, it will show up in My Computer as a hard disk drive icon.
User’s Manual 10. In the Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive menu, choose “1. Create Primary DOS Partition.” And Type “Y” to use all available space and hit the enter key. Hit ESC to exit the screen after the USB-IDE hard disk drive partition is created. 11. Restart your computer and verify the newly created drive is in My Computer. 12. Right click the newly created hard disk drive icon and select “Format”. 13. In the Format Screen, select “Full” as the “Format type” and click “Start”. 14.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix B — Text-In Query Examples Query Example I 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) | $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) | $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) | $ 1.95 ================================================== total : $ 16.
User’s Manual Query Example II 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Item Unit price Qty amount ================================================== Coke | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Fanta | $ 2.20 | 1(s) $ 2.20 Hotdog | $ 3.50 | 3(s) $ 10.50 Pepsi | $ 1.95 | 1(s) $ 1.95 ================================================== total : $ 16.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix C — Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Power y Check power cord connections. y Confirm that there is power at the outlet. No Live Video y y y y y Live Video Very Bright If a cable is attached to the “Loop” connector, make certain it is connected to a properly terminated device. DVR has stopped recording If hard disk drive is full, you will either need to delete video or set the DVR to the Overwrite Mode.
User’s Manual Appendix D — Connector Pin Outs Input Output AI (1 to 4) GND Chassis Ground ARI Alarm Reset In NC Normally Closed C NO 78 Alarm Inputs 1 to 4 Common Normally Open
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix E — Map of Screens 79
User’s Manual Appendix F — Specifications Monitor Outputs VIDEO NTSC or PAL (auto detect) Composite: 4 looping inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: One (BNC), 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Analog RGB: One (VGA) Video Resolution Playback/Record Speed (images per second) 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Standard: 120ips (NTSC), 100ips (PAL) High: 60ips (NTSC), 50ips (PAL) Signal Format Video Input − NTSC: 30.8kHz (horizontal frequency) / 60Hz (vertical frequency) − PAL: 30.
Four-Channel Digital Video Recorder STORAGE EIDE hard disk drive (1) USB hard disk drive, CD-RW drive or Flash Memory Primary Storage Backup Storage Dimensions (W x H x D) Unit Weight Shipping Weight Shipping Dimensions (W x H x D) Operating Temperature Operating Humidity Power Approval GENERAL 13.4 x 1.8 x 12.2 (340mm x 46.5mm x 310mm) 7.05 lbs. (3.2kg) 9.7 lbs. (4.4kg) 18.1 x 6.2 x 16.1 (460mm x 158mm x 410mm) 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C) 0% to 90% 100–240V~, 50/60Hz, 0.
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