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TABLE OF CONTENTS FCC RADIATION NORM:................................................................................................................................................. 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS: .................................................................................................................................................. 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: ...........................................................................................................................................
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User’s Manual FCC RADIATION NORM: FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules. FCC Compliance Statement These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against frequency interference in residential installation.
User’s Manual PACKAGE CONTENTS: Your new Security Camera and DVR Kit will ship with the following items.
User’s Manual SAFETY INSTRUCTION: 1. Use proper power source. Do not use this product with a power source that applies more than specified voltage (100-240V AC). 2. Never insert any metal into the DVR or any openings. Putting metal into the DVR case can cause danger of electric shock. 3. Do not operate in wet or dusty area. Avoid places like a damp basement or dusty hallway. 4. Do not expose this product to rain or use near water.
User’s Manual CHAPTER 1: DVR FEATURES Other Features： • • • • • • • H.
User’s Manual CHAPTER 2: LAYOUT 2.1 Front Panel (Please refer to actual product for detail) 5 1 2 3 4 6 12 Item Buttons / Indicators 1 Search 2 Mute 3 CH- / CH+ 4 ALL 5 Navigation Buttons 13 Marks 7 8 9 10 14 Functions SEARCH Opens the Video Search Screen.
User’s Manual 2.2 Rear Panel (Please see actual product for detail) 6 1 2 Item 3 4 7 8 9 5 Physical ports Connection method 1 Power Port Connect power supply - DC12V 3A 2 PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom Output to PTZ enabled camera 3 Ethernet Port Connect intranet, internet (RJ45 interface) USB Ports Connect Top USB Port to Mouse, use bottom USB port for data backup or system update.
User’s Manual 2.3 Remote Control The remote control is the secondary input device for navigating the system’s interface.
User’s Manual 2.4 Mouse Operation You can use a mouse instead of the front panel buttons or remote control to navigate the operation of your DVR The mouse is the primary input device for navigating system menus. To use a mouse with the system: 1. Connect a USB mouse to the Top USB MOUSE port on back panel of the system. NOTE: Only the bottom USB port on the back panel is designed for data backup to a USB flash drive. Do not connect a USB flash drive to the top USB port on the rear panel. 2.
User’s Manual Chapter 3: DVR/Camera installation 3.1 Connecting the DVR to a TV or Monitor Using the supplied BNC to RCA connector 1. Connect the BNC to RCA connector to the back of the DVR labeled Video Output (refer to Chapter 2.2, Rear Panel Picture) 2. Connect the other end of the cable to an open RCA VIDEO input on your TV or Monitor 3. Select the appropriate video input on your TV or Monitor to view the DVR NOTE: Your DVR must be powered on so you can view on your TV or Monitor. 3.
User’s Manual CHAPTER 4: DVR START UP 4.1 System Initialization After connecting the power adapter and turning on the power, the system will boot-up and start initializing. 4.2 Main Interface After initialization, the main interface will load. When there are video inputs, the interface will display live images from the cameras.
User’s Manual CHAPTER 5: DVR MENU AND OPTIONS Mouse Only When using the mouse, use the Sub-Menu to access several system options, including the Main Menu. To open the Sub-Menu, Right-click anywhere onscreen to open Sub-Menu. MAIN MENU: Opens the main system menu Lock: Password protect access to menu and options View Options: Change between different viewing options PTZ: Opens the PTZ control menu PIP: Choose between showing one or two small pictures within the main display picture.
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User’s Manual 5.2 Main Menu Right-click the mouse, a pop-up menu will be displayed on the screen. Click “MAIN MENU” button on the pop-up menu to enter into Main Menu. You can also use the Menu button on the front panel to open the Main Menu. When using the front panel buttons, use the FWD and REW button to move in the menu, and use the SEL button to select the icon. Use the ESC button to return to previous window.
User’s Manual 5.2.1.2 Motion To configure the Motion Detection function of the DVR, click “MAIN” “Recording Functions” “Motion” to enter the Motion Detect Setup window. Channel: Choose the channel you would like to configure to have specific motion detection function. Motion Detection: Enable or Disable Motion Detection of the selected channel. Sensitivity: Choose the level of sensitivity of motion detection. 1 is the least sensitive.
User’s Manual 5.2.2 Playback To play a recorded video, select “Main Menu” “Playback” Functions to open the RECORD SEARCH menu. To search for a file, enter specific date and click “SEARCH”, you will find all the recordings of that day. You can play video Forward at 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x speeds, Slow play at 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x, 1/16x or normal play, pause and play frame by frame using the playback control bar, and adjust volume by clicking or sliding tune control bar.
User’s Manual drive. NOTE: Backup progress appears in the status window. DO NOT remove the USB flash drive during backup. 6. The system will create a folder on the USB flash drive named RecordFile. The files are saved as .264 files. If backup is successful, click CLOSE in the confirmation window and then remove the USB flash drive. NOTE: If there is not enough space on the USB flash drive, the system will display the following: "Space is not enough." NOTE: Backup file will be in H.
User’s Manual 5.2.3 Network Setup – Intranet (Internal Access) To access the NETWORK SETUP menu, select Main Menu NETWORK to open the NETWORK SETUP menu. If your DVR is connected to a router of your local network (intranet), then you can setup the NETWORK Setup section of the DVR to view the image your DVR is recording remotely using computers connected within your network. Important Note: You will not be able to access your DVR if your DVR is connected behind two or more routers.
User’s Manual 5.2.4 Network Setup – Global Access (Connected Directly to Modem) To access the NETWORK SETUP menu, select Main Menu NETWORK to open the NETWORK SETUP menu. If you would like to access your DVR while you are outside of your home, please follow the instructions below to configure the NETWORK Setup page of your DVR Important Note: If you are using a DSL modem, the modem must be set to “bridge mode”.
User’s Manual STATIC IP 1. Select STATIC as the network TYPE. 2. Leave Media Port at 9000 3. Setup WEB Port (leave at 80 but some ISPs block inbound traffic on port 80 to prevent web servers so if the DVR cannot be remotely accessed choose a different port number) 4. Enter the IP Address that you have reserved at the beginning of this section into this field to be the unique address of your DVR in your local network. 5. NETMASK: It is recommended to leave the Subnet mask as the default 255.255.255.0. 6.
User’s Manual 5.2.5 Network Setup – Global Access (Connected through a Router or Firewall) To access the NETWORK SETUP menu, select Main Menu NETWORK to open the NETWORK SETUP menu. If you would like to access your DVR while you are outside of your home or office network, please follow the instructions below to configure the NETWORK Setup of your DVR Important Note: You will not be able to access your DVR if your DVR is connected behind two or more routers.
User’s Manual 5.2.6 Port Forwarding To access the DVR from a remote computer over the internet via internet browser (Internet Explorer). 1. Forward Port 80 and Port 9000 in the router attached to the DVR, to the IP address of the DVR. *If you can’t use HTTP Port 80 due to use or your Internet Service Provider is blocking it, use a different port like 1024 as the WEB PORT. When selecting a different port, forward the new port to the IP address of the DVR and change the settings in the DVR Network settings.
User’s Manual 3. On the next page that opens, click on the “Default Guide” link. port forwarding instructions for your router. This will take you to the 4. When you access the DVR from a remote computer, you also need to use a different address in the Internet Explorer browser window. Instead of entering the IP address of the DVR, you need to enter the public IP address of the router that the DVR Is attached to. You can get this address by going to www.myipaddress.
User’s Manual You can ask your ISP if they can provide you with a static IP address or you can eliminate the need to enter an IP address by using our DDNS server at www.nightowldvr.com. DDNS allows you to enter a normal style internet address into your browser and it will find your camera, even if you have a dynamic IP address. For more information on how to set up DDNS, refer to the How to setup DDNS in the supplied user manual.
User’s Manual 3. Access Custom Security Level Select the “Security” tab Select “Custom Level…” 4. Enabling all Active X Controls On this page scroll down to the ActiveX Controls and Plug Ins, and set all to either PROMPT or ENABLED. To connect to the DVR from a remote computer, you would then open an Internet Explorer browser window and enter the Internet IP of your router that you received by going to www.myipaddress.com.
User’s Manual 5.2.9 Mobile Setup If you would like to allow your DVR to be accessible by a Mobile device, Click “MAIN MENU” “Network” “Mobile” to open the “MOBILE” menu. USER NAME: is the user name to enter when logging into the DVR. USER PASSWORD: is the password to enter when logging into the DVR. Server port: Mobile monitoring port. Setting range is between 1024 and 65535. Please note that the server port number must not equal to network menu’s “PORT” setting. 5.2.
User’s Manual 4. After installation finishes, click the icon named “Asee” to run the program. This will display the program screen. 5. Click the “Setting” button to enter the Setting menu 6. Enter login information. User name: same as the user name setup in DVR under section 5.2.9. Password: same as the password setup in DVR under section 5.2.9. Server address: Enter the Public IP or DDNS address of your DVR. Port: Same as the Server Port you set in the DVR under section 5.2.9.
User’s Manual 3. After the phone finishes copying the file, it will ask for permission to install the program. Select “Continue” to start the installation. 4. Click the “Continue” button on the information box displaying the program and current version. 5. Select the location of where you want to install the program, to phone memory or to the memory card, and then click “Select”. 6. Click “Continue” and wait for the program to install. 7.
User’s Manual When accessing with an iPhone® follow these procedures: 1. From you iPhone® Select “App Store” from your home screen. 2. Select the Search icon. 3. Type: “Asee” in the search field. 4. Download and install the “Asee” Application. 5. After the application is installed, click the Asee icon to run the software. 6. Select the Settings icon at the bottom and input your Username, Server IP Address, Mobile Port number, Login ID and Password (See Section 5.2.
User’s Manual 5. Under the “Add/Remove Applications” pane, click “Start” Button. 6. Click the “Browse…” button and locate the “ASee.alx” file on the included CD. Select the “ASee” file under “Device application selection” and click “Next”. 7. Follow the installation process and click “Finish” at the end to finish the installation. Using the Software: 1.
User’s Manual 2. To run the application, the Blackberry viewer is installed in the “Downloads” directory 3. Open the “Downloads” folder, and then click the “ASee” icon to open the viewing interface. The functions of the various icons are as follow: 1 ---Connect/Disconnect 2 ---Full screen 3 ---Snapshot 4 ---Setup 5 ---Help 6 ---Next Channels/Group 7 ---Navigation Controls 4. Select the “Setup” options and enter the information of the DVR you want to connect in Settings.
User’s Manual 5. Select the Network Type supported by your phone. 6. Click the “Save” button to save the settings, and system will return to Live display. You can save the connection settings for different DVRs when you give the Settings different names under Settings and click save. To open the list of DVRs that you have connected to, click the “History” button to open the History List. 1. Highlight one record and click the trackball/trackpad to open the History pop up menu.
User’s Manual To navigate in live view mode: 1. Click “Next Channels/Group” icon to switch channels, and then choose the channel you want to display. 2. Click the “Full screen” icon to view in full screen display mode, click the “Trackball” on the mobile phone to quit full screen mode. 3. Click “Next page” again button to view the “Navigation Controls” if you have a PTZ Camera installed with your DVR. 4. Click “Help” button to view the software’s Help instruction. 5.
User’s Manual When accessing from a mobile phone with Android® phones, follow these procedures: 1. Download the Android software from our website (www.nightowlsp.com/support.htm), decompress and store the downloaded software in an easy to remember location. 2. Copy the downloaded “Asee.pak” to your phone. 3. Make sure your mobile is connected to a network and can download software/files. 4. Go to “All Program” and select the “Market” icon. 5.
User’s Manual 8. Goto “All Programs” and select “ApkInstaller”. 9. Locate the “ASee.apk” on the included CD and copy to your phone 10. Select and install the software to your phone. 11. Goto “All Programs” and select the “ASee” icon.
User’s Manual 12. The “ASee” main interface will be displayed. The functions of the various icons are as follow: 1 ---Channel Select 2 ---Pan/Tilt Control 3 ---Zoom +/4 ---Focus +/5 ---Iris +/6 ---Play/Pause, Snapshot, Settings, Next Channel Group, and help. 13. Click the Settings icon to open the “Settings” menu. Enter the device information for the DVR that you would like to connect to: Address: Enter the IP address of the DVR Port: Enter the Mobile Port Number of the DVR under section 5.2.
User’s Manual Set the e-mail account information of your mail server. Please contact your Network Administrator for details and configuration settings. 5.2.12 Camera 5.2.12.1 Camera Setup To set up your cameras, select “Main Menu” Camera Camera Settings to open the CAMERA SETUP menu. CH Name: set up the name display of each channel. Position: display position of each channel. Color: Click to open sub-menu to adjust image brightness, saturation, contrast and hue settings of each channel.
User’s Manual 5.2.13 System 5.2.13.1 Date/Time Click “Main Menu” “SYSTEM” “DATE/TIME” to enter the TIME SETTING window to modify system date, time, date/time format and time zone, DST (day saving time). • • • • • • • • DATE: Enter the day, month, and year DATE FORMAT: Select YYYY/MM/DD, or MM/DD/YYYY TIME: Enter the time TIME FORMAT: Use the drop-down menu and select 12HOURS or 24HOURS TIME ZONE: Use the drop-down menu to select the time zone you are in.
User’s Manual 5.2.13.3 Language Click “Main Menu” “System” “Language” to setup the default system language. 5.2.13.4 Hard Drive To manage the installed Hard Disk, click “Main Menu” “System” “Advanced” “Hard Drive” to enter “HDD MANAGEMENT”. The HDD Management screen shows the capacity and available recording time of the installed hard drive and let you configure whether to overwrite old recordings or stop when HDD is full.
User’s Manual 5.2.13.6 System Maintenance Click “Main Menu” “System” “Advanced” “Maintain” to access the SYSTEM MAINTENANCE page of your DVR. This option allows you reset the DVR to factory default settings, update system software (firmware), and set system auto reboot time. When enabling the auto-reboot function, you can setup system to restart regularly to clear up some temporary storage memory. 5.2.13.7 Info.
User’s Manual 5.5 PTZ Control 5.5.1 Cruise Setup Open PTZ setting menu if you want to setup cruise function (system default: on), and set up cruise channel, cruise points etc. 1 2 3 1. Channel Select: Select the channel of the installed PTZ camera. 2. PTZ direction control: Control PTZ moving direction. 3. Zoom, Focus and Iris Control: control direction, zoom, focus and iris of PTZ. 4. Presetting PTZ positionsUse this to pre-set several spots of the PTZ camera for quick access.
User’s Manual CHAPTER 6: NET-VIEWER PROGRAM Open Internet Explorer and enter the IP Address or DDNS address of your DVR. A pop-up will ask you to install an ActiveX (plug-in) to your computer. Please confirm the download and install the software. Reminder: If the ActiveX (plug-in) is not downloaded successfully, please check if your browser’s safety level or firewall setting is set properly (as stated above). Please also make sure all of the setup of your modem or router is setup properly. 6.
User’s Manual 6.2 Main Interface of Net-viewer 1 2 3 6.2.1 Menu column Menu column includes “Live”, “Playback”, “Remote Setting”, “Local Setting” and “Logout”. 6.2.1.1 Live After Logging-in to system, system will enter into Live display. You can enable/disable showing certain cameras, control the volume, or control the movement of PTZ cameras if you have such cameras installed. 6.2.1.2 Playback This option allows you to playback recordings remotely. 1. Select the day, channel and type and click search.
User’s Manual 6.2.1.3. Remote Setting Clicking “Remote Setting” opens this sub menu, option in this menu includes “Record”, “Network”, “Camera”, and “System”. Record Open sub menu “Record” to access the same “Record” settings that you would see on the firmware menus of the DVR. Network Open sub menu “Network” to access the same “Network” settings that you would see on the firmware menus of the DVR.
User’s Manual 6.2.2 Play Control 1. On / Off Live display : Clicking this button opens and closes Live display. : Capture Screen image and save to PC. 2. Capture 3. Recording : Operate DVR recording remotely 4. Channel display : These icons stand for Single Channel display, Quad Channel display, 3x3 Channel display and 4x4 Channel display, and full screen respectively. 5. Volume control : Click or slide the control bar to adjust sound volume. 6.2.3 PTZ Control 1 1.
User’s Manual 6.2.5 Multi Player File format 1. If you would like to play any recorded file using video players that supports .avi format, first, copy or backup file to your PC. 2. Use the AVI Generator software included in the driver CD and install AVI Generator to your computer. 3. Open the AVI Generator installed on your computer, click Open to find/select the backup file, and then click “Open”. Note: the file type you have selected should be *.264 format. 4.
User’s Manual WARRANTY NIGHT OWL, LLC (“Night Owl”) provides the following warranty to the original retail purchaser only (the “Purchaser”) with respect to this product (the “Product”): For a period of one (1) year after the date of sale, the Product shall be free from manufacturing defects in material and workmanship. In the event that the Product is defective, the Purchaser must return the Product at Purchaser’s cost (no CODs) to the address below, with the original proof of purchase receipt.
User’s Manual salespeople, retailers, dealers or distributors to the contrary are not authorized by Night Owl, and do not affect this provision of this warranty. Returns under this Warranty In order to obtain service, please make sure that you have registered your product on-line no later than thirty (30) days after purchase at www.NightOwlSP.com in the warranty registration section or in any other matter described in the instructions.
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