4, 8 &16 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. 10. Overloading Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in the risk of fire or electric shock. 2. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 11.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 Features ................................................................................................................................. 1 Package Contents.................................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 2 — Installation & Configuration ...
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4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 1 — Introduction FEATURES Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for four, eight or 16 camera inputs.
User’s Manual PACKAGE CONTENTS The package contains the following: Digital Video Recorder Power Adaptors and Power Cords (DVR, Camera) USB Mouse Infrared Remote Control and Batteries REVO Remote Pro Software CD and User’s Manual (This document) NOTE: The adaptor and power cord for camera are only for the 8- and 16-channel DVRs.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 2 — Installation & Configuration REAR PANEL CONNECTORS No special tools are required to install the DVR. Refer to the installation manuals for the other components that make up part of your system. Your DVR should be completely installed before proceeding.
User’s Manual Connecting the Video Input Connect the RJ-12 cables from the observation cameras to the modular RJ-12 connectors. Connect the coaxial cables from the video sources to the BNC connectors. (16-ch model only) Connecting the Monitor A VGA connector is provided so that you can use a standard, multi-sync computer monitor as your main monitor. Use the cable supplied with your monitor to connect it to the DVR. The VGA monitor is automatically detected when you connect it.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Network Port The DVR can be networked using the 10/100Mb Ethernet connector. Connect a Cat5 cable with an RJ-45 jack to the DVR connector. The DVR can be networked with a computer for remote monitoring, searching, configuration and software upgrades. See the Network Setup section in this chapter for configuring the Ethernet connections. CAUTION: The network connector is not designed to be connected directly with cable or wire intended for outdoor use.
User’s Manual CAUTION: Ensure the DVR is not near any heat source that could cause overheating. CAUTION: The 4- and 8-channel DVRs do not have an internal fan so leave a clearance of at least 6 inches near ventilation hole areas on each side panel of the unit for proper ventilation. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS HDD LED Power LED Alarm LED USB Port NOTE: The infrared sensor on the DVR is just to the left of the HDD LED.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL ID Button Camera Buttons Sequence Button Freeze Button Arrow Buttons Menu Button Playback Buttons Panic Button Layout Button Zoom Button PTZ Button Enter Button Alarm Button PTZ Control Buttons Back Up Button Calendar Button ID Button If a DVR System ID is set to 0, the infrared remote control will control that DVR without any additional entries.
User’s Manual Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow Buttons These buttons are used to navigate through menus and items displayed in the Live Monitoring or Search screens. They are also used to navigate through menus and GUI during the system setup. You also can use them to change numbers by highlighting a number in a menu and using the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number’s value. The arrow buttons are also used to control Pan and Tilt when in the PTZ mode.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder ALARM Button Pressing the ALARM button resets the DVR’s outputs including the internal buzzer during an alarm. PTZ Control Buttons While in the PTZ mode, the PRESET buttons are used to save Presets and load a Preset View, the ZOOM buttons are used to Zoom In and Zoom Out, and the FOCUS buttons are used for Near Focus and Far Focus. BACK UP Button Pressing the BACK UP button allows you to copy video clips.
User’s Manual While setting up the DVR, there will be many opportunities to enter names and titles. When making these entries, a Virtual Keyboard will appear. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to highlight the character you want in the name or title and press the button. That character appears in the title bar and the cursor moves to the next position. Selecting toggles between the upper backspaces, and deletes entered characters.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Record Video Quality Setup Select the desired video quality profile from: – Higher Video Quality Priority Profile – Standard Recording Profile – Longer Recording Time Priority Profile NOTE: The higher quality setting requires more storage space. NOTE: The recording resolution will be set to Very High when selecting High Video Quality Priority Profile, High when selecting Standard Recording Profile, and Standard when selecting Longer Recording Time Priority Profile.
User’s Manual Internet Connection Select whether or not your DVR is connected to the Internet. LAN Setup Select between Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration for network configuration, and then select the Test button to test the network configuration you selected. NOTE: Selecting Auto Configuration allows the DVR to automatically obtain LAN parameters (IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask and DNS Server address). Selecting Manual Configuration allows you to set up LAN parameters manually.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder REVO Dashboard Setup III Enter the User ID and Password for your Dashboard account. And then register the DVR you want to access by entering the DVR name and selecting the Register/Add a new DVR button. Select the Finish button to finish the Setup Wizard. ADVANCED SETUP To enter the Main Setup screen, press the MENU button on the remote control. Select the of the screen by pressing the button. The Login screen appears.
User’s Manual NOTE: Selecting Quick Setup or Network Setup in the Main Setup screen runs the selected setup wizard. Refer to the previous Quick Setup Wizard section for information regarding the Quick Setup and Network Setup. Selecting Advanced Setup in the Main Setup screen displays the following Advanced Setup screen, and gives you to access to all the DVR’s setup screens. Your DVR can be set up using various screens and dialog boxes. Throughout the screens you will see .
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: Even after changing the DVR settings by importing saved settings, the time-related settings (Date/Time, Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time) will NOT be changed. CAUTION: The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format. Show System Log…: Displays the system logs (up to 5,000 from the latest). The icon will be displayed in the last column for system activities of remote sites. To export the system log information, connect the USB device to the DVR.
User’s Manual Date/Time Settings (SYSTEM Date/Time Tab) Date: Set the system date, and select the date format. Time: Set the system time, and select the time format. Time Zone: Select your time zone. Use Daylight Saving Time: Selecting the box sets the system to use daylight saving time. NOTE: The Time Zone can also be selected on the map below by pressing the Left and Right buttons or scrolling the mouse wheel up and down.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder NETWORK SETUP General Settings (NETWORK General Tab) Transfer Speed: Set the transfer speed, and select the unit of measure for the transfer speed between bps (bits per second) and ips (images per second). Quality: Select the quality of the transferred image. Resolution: Select the resolution of the transferred image. (16-ch model only) NOTE: The local recording speed might be affected by various network bandwidth (Transfer Speed) conditions.
User’s Manual Network Settings (NETWORK Network Tab) Type: Select the type of network configuration from: Manual, DHCP and ADSL (with PPPoE). Manual – You can select Manual when using a static IP address for network connection. Set up LAN parameters manually. Set the numbers of the IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask. DHCP – You can select DHCP when the DVR is networked through DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). The DVR reads the IP address from DHCP network when selecting the Save button.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder DVRNS Settings (NETWORK DVRNS Tab) NOTE: The DVRNS (DVR Name Service) allows you to connect to the DVR, via internet, with the dynamic IP address or the domain name. To make this feature easy, you can name your DVR (example: TomStore05) and connect using the DVR name instead of the IP address. To use the DVRNS feature, you will need to have your DVR registered through DVRNS with the settings matched between your DVR and the DVRNS server.
User’s Manual NOTE: You can access a remote DVR and monitor live video images using media players, such as VLC Player, supporting RTSP service. Start the media player on your local PC and enter “rtsp://ID:Password@IP address: RTSP port number/trackID=‘channel number’”, or start Internet Explorer on your Blackberry or other mobile devices and enter “http://IP address:REVO Remote port number/”. NOTE: Some media players might play video properly depending on network conditions.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder RECORD SETUP Record Settings (RECORD Settings Tab) Recycle When Disk Full: Selecting this box records over the oldest video data once all available storage space has been used. When the box is not checked, the DVR stops recording once all available storage has been used. De-Interlace: Selecting the box toggles between On and Off. (16-ch model only) When set to On, the DVR will turn the de-interlace filter on while recording video with Very High (D1) resolution.
User’s Manual Panic Record Settings (RECORD Panic Record Tab) Use Panic Recording: Check the box when using the Panic recoding function. Panic Recording Duration: Set the duration of panic recording. Panic recording will stop automatically after the preset duration as long as the PANIC button on the remote control is not pressed to stop the panic recording. Panic Recording ips: Set the images per second for Panic recording.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Pre-Event Record: Selecting Setup… allows you to set up the pre-event recording by setting the ips, Quality, Resolution and Dwell (ips, Quality and Dwell for 4- and 8-ch models) for each selected camera channel. Post-Event Record Dwell: Set the length of time you would like to record for the associated event. Add Schedule…: Adds a schedule item. Up to 20 schedules can be registered. No. – Indicates a schedule number.
User’s Manual Select/Select All – Activates highlighted blocks or all blocks to detect motion. Clear/Clear All – Deactivates highlighted blocks so that they will not detect motion. Reverse/Reverse All – Activates inactive highlighted blocks or all inactive blocks and deactivates active highlighted blocks or all active blocks. OK – Accepts changes and closes Zone setup. Cancel – Exits Zone setup without saving changes. NOTE: You can select the block groups to be selected or cleared by using the mouse.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Actions: Set the actions the DVR will take whenever an input is detected on the selected alarm input. Alarm-In event can sound the external alarm or DVR’s internal buzzer, notify a number of different devices, and/or move PTZ cameras to preset positions. Alarm Out – Select the alarm-out signals (Alarm-Out and Beep) to be associated with the alarm input. Notify – Select Mail if you want to send an e-mail to the address set during NETWORK – Mail setup.
User’s Manual DISPLAY SETUP OSD Settings (DISPLAY OSD Tab) Status/Camera: Check each OSD item box to turn it On or Off. Remote Control – The icon displays when the DVR can be controlled using the infrared remote control. Zoom – The icon displays on the enlarged video. Network – The icon displays when the unit is connected to a network via Ethernet. The icon displays when audio communication is available between the DVR and a PC running REVO Remote Pro or REVO Remote via Ethernet.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Sequence – Interval: Select the display dwell time of sequence monitoring. Event Monitoring On: Selecting the box turns the Event Monitoring On. When it is On, the DVR will display the camera associated with the event when an event occurs. See Chapter 3 – Operation, Live Monitoring for details. VGA Settings (DISPLAY VGA Tab) Resolution: Set the resolution of the VGA monitor. Full Screen: Displays the VGA monitor in full screen mode.
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4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Chapter 3 — Operation NOTE: This chapter assumes your DVR has been installed and configured. If it has not, please refer to Chapter 2. LIVE MONITORING As soon as the DVR completes its initialization process, it will begin displaying live video on the attached monitor and playing live audio through the attached speaker. The default mode is to display all cameras at once. Pressing any camera button on the remote control will cause that camera to display full screen.
User’s Manual Camera Menu Selecting the (Camera Menu) icon displays the following Camera Menu. PTZ: Selecting PTZ and choosing the camera number allows you to control the selected camera as long as it has Pan, Tilt and Zoom capabilities. Selecting PTZ is the same as pressing the PTZ button on the remote control. See the following PTZ Mode section for details. Zoom: Selecting Zoom and choosing the camera number zooms the current image of the selected camera on the screen.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Search Mode Selecting the (Search Mode) icon exits the Live Monitoring mode and enters the Search mode. Login/Logout Selecting (Login) in the Live Monitoring menu accesses the Login screen, and you will be asked to enter the password (Logout) in the Live Monitoring menu displays the Logout screen asking you to to log into the system. Selecting confirm whether or not you want to log out the current user.
User’s Manual Previous Group, Next Group Selecting the or (Previous Group or Next Group) icon moves to the previous or next page. Selecting the icon is the same as pressing the Left or Right buttons on the remote control. or OSD Selecting the (OSD) icon toggles OSD On and Off. EVENT MONITORING When an event occurs, the DVR will display the camera associated with that event if Event Monitoring On is selected in the Display setup screen (OSD tab).
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder You can save camera position settings as “presets” so that you can go directly to desired views. Once you have the camera at the desired settings, press the PRESET SET button, and the Set Preset dialog box will appear. Select the number you want to assign button on the remote control. Use the virtual keyboard to the preset and press the to enter the preset name. Press the PRESET SELECT button to load the PTZ preset and the Move to Preset dialog box will appear.
User’s Manual NOTE: When the DVR is not in the Recycle mode and all available storage space has been used, panic recording will not operate. Although you will be able to record without changing the unit from its original factory settings, you will want to take advantages of the DVR’s many tools. See Chapter 2 — Installation and Configuration, Record Setup for detailed descriptions of the recording mode options.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder SEARCHING VIDEO While in the Search mode, pressing the MENU button on the remote control displays the following menu icons at the top of the screen. Pressing the MENU button again hides the menu icons. Search Go To Bookmark Export Camera Menu Alarm Panic Exit NOTE: The menu icons also can be displayed by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen.
User’s Manual NOTE: The Camera Menu also can be displayed by clicking the right mouse button on each camera screen. Edit Group: Selecting Edit Group supports the active cameo function. (8- and 16-ch models only) Select Edit Group and choose a camera that you want to change the display position (e.g., Camera A). Then, click the right mouse button to display the menu. If you choose another camera in the menu (e.g., Camera B), the screen displays Camera B instead of Camera A.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder button toggles between On and Off. You will be able Check Time Overlap: Selecting the box and pressing the to turn the Check Time Overlap on or off only if user-defined date and time have been set in the From and To boxes. If the DVR’s date and time have been reset, it is possible for the DVR to have overlapping start and stop times. When set to On, you will be asked to select one of the overlapping start and stop times.
User’s Manual NOTE: If the DVR has images recorded in more than one recording mode in the same time range, the recording status bar displays recording information in the following priority order: Panic Pre-Event Event Time. The color of the bar indicates different recording modes: Red for Panic, Yellow for Pre-Event, Purple for Event, and Blue for Time. Selecting located at the bottom displays the Calendar Search screen. Days with recorded video display on the calendar with white numbers.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder button to toggles between On and Off. When set to Off, you can enter a specific Date and Time. To: Pressing the button the When set to On, the search will be to the last recorded image. When highlighting and pressing the bookmark list displays and the bookmark point you selected will be the ending date and time (16-ch model only). Type: Motion Search detects motion in the defined area. button, and an image from the video appears with a grid overlay.
User’s Manual Highlight + and press the button to add the current playback point to the bookmark list. Highlight the Title box and enter the name of the registered bookmark. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the bookmark name. NOTE: Up to 64 bookmarks can be registered. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the bookmark point for which you would like to see video. The selected bookmark will display button.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Once you have given the video clip a file name, select Start and press the button. A confirmation screen displaying data size will appear. When the storage device does not have enough space, the DVR will ask if you want to copy as much of the video clip as possible in the available space. Select Continue and press the button to continue backup. Once the backup starts, you can cancel it by selecting Stop or hide the screen by selecting Close.
User’s Manual NOTE: When running the updated REVO Remote for the first time, Internet Explorer might occasionally load the information of the previous version. In this case, delete the temporary internet files by selecting Tools Internet Options General tab, and then run REVO Remote again. NOTE: There might be a problem that the bottom of REVO Remote page is cropped due to the address or status bars in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder ⑦ Click the ⑧ Click the ⑨ Click the icon to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the monitored image. icon to pan, tilt and zoom the remote site camera. icon to control alarm out devices at the remote site. ⑩ Click the icon to save the current image in a bitmap or JPEG file format. ⑪ Click the icon to set up the image drawing mode and OSD. You can adjust the display speed by changing the image drawing mode, and select OSD.
User’s Manual ① Click the icon to log out of the REVO Remote program. ② Click the icon to access the web monitoring mode. ③ Position the mouse pointer on the Remote Search logo to see the version of the REVO Remote program. ④ The DVR information window displays the time information of recorded data on the remote DVR and login information of REVO Remote. ⑤ Click the icon to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Appendix ERROR CODE NOTICES SYSTEM UPGRADE RELATED BACKUP RELATED No. Description No. 0 1 2 3 4 100 101 102 103 104 105 300 301 302 303 304 400 401 402 500 Unknown error. File version error. Operating system version error. Software version error. Kernel version error. Upgrade device mounting failed. Package is not found. Extracting package failed. LILO failed. Rebooting failed. Invalid package. Remote connection failed. Remote network error.
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4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder SPECIFICATIONS VIDEO Signal Format Video Input Monitor Outputs Video Resolution Playback/Record Speed (images per second) NTSC 16-ch Model: 8 RJ-12 and 8 BNC inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms 4- and 8-ch Models: 4 or 8 RJ-12 inputs, 1 Vp-p, auto-terminating, 75 Ohms Composite: One (RCA), 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms VGA: One Composite: 720x480 VGA: 800x600@60Hz, 1024x768@60Hz, 1280x1024@60Hz 16-ch Model 480/480ips (NTSC) 8-ch Model 240/240ips (NTSC) 4-ch Model 120/120ips
User’s Manual GENERAL Dimensions (W x H x D) Unit Weight Shipping Weight Shipping Dimensions (W x H x D) Operating Temperature Operating Humidity Power Power Consumption Approval 48 16-ch Model: 11.8 x 2.4 x 9.1 (300mm x 62mm x 231mm) 4- and 8-ch Models: 10.4" x 2.0" x 7.4" (265mm x 52mm x 188mm) 16-ch Model: 5.40 lbs. (2.45kg) 4- and 8-ch Models: 3.7 lbs. (1.7kg) 16-ch Model: 10.03 lbs. (4.55kg) 4- and 8-ch Models: 7.3 lbs. (3.3kg) 14.2 x 4.7 x 18.
4, 8 &16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Index Ａ Active Cameo Mode ................................................ 35 ADSL ....................................................................... 22 Advanced Schedule Mode ...................................... 26 Advanced Setup ...................................................... 17 Alarm ....................................................................... 33 Alarm Button ........................................................... 13 Alarm Out ........
User’s Manual Mouse ..................................................................... 37 Mouse Pointer ......................................................... 37 Ｎ NAT ......................................................................... 22 NC (Normally Closed) ............................................. 28 Network Setup......................................................... 21 Nighttime ................................................................. 28 NO (Normally Open) .................
