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.
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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Chapter 1 — Introduction FEATURES Your color digital video recorder (DVR) provides recording capabilities for 16 camera inputs.
User’s Manual PACKAGE CONTENTS The package contains the following: 2 Digital Video Recorder Power Adaptors and Power Cords (DVR, Camera) LAN Cable USB Mouse Infrared Remote Control and Batteries REVO Remote Pro Software CD and User’s Manual (This document) Digital Video Recorder Power Adaptors and Power Cords LAN Cable (1M) USB Mouse IR Remote Control and Batteries (AAA Type) REVO Remote Pro Software CD and User’s Manual
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 Observation Camera Power Cord The CAMERA power connector is provided to supply power to the observation cameras. Connect the connector of the adaptor to the DVR, and connect the AC power cord to the adaptor and then to the wall outlet. Factory Reset The DVR has a Factory Reset switch to the left of the Network port on the rear panel. This switch will only be used on the rare occasions that you want to return all the settings to the original factory settings.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Connector Pin Outs: Master Unit + → – → GND → To To To → → → Slave Unit TX+/RX+ TX-/RXGND Connecting the DVR Power Cord Connect the connector of the adaptor to the DVR, and connect the AC power cord to the adaptor and then to the wall outlet. WARNING: ROUTE POWER CORDS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A TRIPPING HAZARD. MAKE CERTAIN THE POWER CORD WILL NOT BE PINCHED OR ABRADED BY FURNITURE. DO NOT INSTALL POWER CORDS UNDER RUGS OR CARPET. THE POWER CORD HAS A GROUNDING PIN.
User’s Manual USB Port Connect the supplied USB mouse to one of the ports. The USB mouse will be used to access many of the DVR’s functions. A USB flash drive can be connected for backup or system upgrades.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 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.
User’s Manual 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.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 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 and backspaces, and deletes entered characters.
User’s Manual 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.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 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).
User’s Manual REVO Dashboard Setup II Select New account if you want to create a new Dashboard account, and select Existing account if you want to use your existing Dashboard account. 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.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 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.
User’s Manual System ID: Set the system ID. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons or scroll the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the number. NOTE: It is possible to have multiple DVRs with the same System ID in the same area. In this case, all DVRs with the same System ID will be controlled at the same time when using the infrared remote control for that ID number. Language: Select the desired language. Version: Displays the software version of the DVR.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Change Password…: Changes the password. System Shutdown: Shuts the system down. 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.
User’s Manual Time Synchronization Settings (SYSTEM Time Sync. Tab) Automatic Sync.: Checking the box sets the automatic time synchronization between the DVR and the time server. You will only be able to change the settings if Automatic Sync. is enabled. Time Server: Enter the IP address or domain name of the allows you to select your time time server. Selecting server from a list of registered time servers.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Use REVO Remote Service: Selecting the box turns the REVO Remote service On. Select the port number used when accessing REVO Remote. See Appendix – REVO Remote for details. Mac Address: Displays the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the DVR. 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.
User’s Manual NOTE: For the UPnP service to work, the NAT device should support the UPnP Port Forwarding function and the function should be set to enabled. NOTE: You cannot change the port settings when Use UPnP is On. 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.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder RTSP Settings (NETWORK RTSP Tab) (Blackberry Users and Others) Enable RTSP: Selecting the box enables the RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) service. You will be able to change the settings if Enable RTSP is enabled. RTSP Port: Set the port number of the RTSP server obtained from your system administrator. RTP Port: Set the Start Port and End Port numbers of the RTP server obtained from your system administrator.
User’s Manual Authentication – Select the button if the SMTP server needs authentication, and set up the Authentication by selecting the Use box and entering the user ID and password. NOTE: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). Sender – Enter the sender’s e-mail address. The e-mail address must include the “@” character to be a valid address. SNS Settings (NETWORK SNS Tab) No.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Push Settings (NETWORK Push Tab) Push: Selecting the box enables the Push Notification service. Push Server: Displays the push server address. Ignoring Time: Set the push ignoring dwell time. The DVR will not send callback messages during the preset interval range when the same event is detected. CAMERA SETUP Camera Settings No.: Selecting the box toggles all or each camera On and Off. Title: Change the name of all or each camera.
User’s Manual NOTE: The video signal has a time difference of 1/60 second (1/50 second for PAL) between odd and even fields because it is composed of 60 interlaced fields per second (50 fields for PAL). When recording video with Very High (D1) resolution, video is made up of frame units combining two fields – one odd field and one even field. This can cause horizontal scan lines or flashes in areas with motion because of the time difference between the two fields.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Setting up the Advanced Schedule Mode… Schedule Type: Select the Advanced schedule mode. Pre-Event Record: Selecting Setup… allows you to set up the pre-event recording by setting the ips, Quality, Resolution and Dwell 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 No.: Your DVR has built-in motion detection. Selecting the box turns the motion detection On and Off for each camera. Sensitivity: Set the DVR’s sensitivity to motion for Daytime and Nighttime independently from 1 (the least sensitive) to 5 (the most sensitive). Zone: Define the area of the image where you want to detect motion; e.g., a doorway. The Motion Detection Zone screen is laid over the video from the selected camera.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Motion Ignoring Interval: Set the motion ignoring dwell time. You can control excessive event logging and remote notification of motion detected after the motion dwell time by adjusting the motion ignoring dwell intervals. The DVR will not log and notify motion events occurred during the preset interval range. The recording for motion events will not be affected by the Motion Ignoring function. Daytime Setup…: Select the button and set the Daytime range.
User’s Manual NOTE: The Alarm Out action cannot be set to System, Boot Up, Restart, Shutdown and Panic Record events. NOTE: For the Notify action to work, the Mail should be enabled in the NETWORK – Mail setup. Beep on Video Loss: Set to sound the DVR’s internal buzzer when video is lost. 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.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder NOTE: You can define the screen layout in a variety of formats and set the DVR to sequence through the different screen layouts (pages) so that all the cameras will be displayed. You also can set up the DVR to display one camera or a group of cameras all the time while cycling through the remaining cameras in a “cameo” window.
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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.
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).
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.
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 Exit: Exits the Search mode and enters the Live Monitoring mode. SEARCH Event Log Search The DVR maintains a log of each time the Alarm Input port is activated. The Event Log Search screen displays this list. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the event for which you would like to see video. Pressing the button will select the event video and display (Play/Pause) the first image of the event. Pressing the button on the remote control button will start playing the “event” video segment.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Panic Record, Check Recording, Check Alarm-In, Disk Almost Full, Disk Bad, Disk Temperature, Disk S.M.A.R.T., Fan Error: Pressing the button toggles between On and Off to include or exclude self-diagnostic events as part of your search. Once you set your desired search conditions, select Search and press the button to display the search results in the Event Log Search screen. Selecting Cancel exits the screen without saving the changes.
User’s Manual Selecting located at the bottom displays the Search menu. Go To: Displays the first or last recorded image, or searches by date and time (see below for more details). Backup: Copies a video segment and saves it (see below for more details). Zoom: Zooms the current playback image. Slow Play: Plays video at low speed (x1/2, x1/3, x1/4, x1/6 and x1/8). NOTE: Playing video at low speed will be supported for video recorded 10 images or more per second.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder GO TO Go to the First Selecting Go to the First displays the first recorded image. Go to the Last Selecting Go to the Last displays the last recorded image. Go to the Date/Time You can use the Left and Right arrow buttons on the remote control to select the year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to change to the date and time you want to search for video. Once you have set the date and time, press the button.
User’s Manual A–B Backup Selecting A–B Backup or pressing the BACK UP button on the remote control during playback will set the starting point of the video to be clip copied, and the icon displays at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Selecting A–B Backup or pressing the BACK UP button again will set the ending point of the video to be clip copied and displays the Backup screen.
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder REVO REMOTE REVO Remote allows you to access a remote DVR, monitor live video images and search recorded video using Internet Explorer web browser anytime from virtually anywhere.
User’s Manual NOTE: There might be a problem with screen display or screen update due to low image transmission speed when using the Microsoft Windows Vista or higher operating system. In this situation, it is recommended that you disable the Auto Tuning capability of your computer. Run the Command Prompt with elevated administrator permissions (Go to the Start Menu Accessories Command Prompt Click the right mouse button and select the Run as administrator option).
16 Channel Digital Video Recorder 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. ⑫ The event status window at the bottom displays a list of events that were detected at the remote site. ⑬ Selecting a camera on the screen and clicking the right mouse button displays the text menu screen. Change Camera Title: Changes the camera name. Enable Audio: Enables audio communication with the remote site.
User’s Manual ⑤ Click the icon to blur, sharpen, equalize and interpolate playback images. Click the icons to zoom out or zoom in the recorded image. Click the icons to adjust the brightness of the recorded images. NOTE: Image processing works only in the pause mode. ⑥ The playback function buttons include fast backward, pause, play, fast forward, go to the first image, go to the previous image, go to the next image, and got to the last image. ⑦ Click the screen format to select the desired display mode.
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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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder SPECIFICATIONS VIDEO Signal Format Video Input Monitor Outputs Video Resolution NTSC 12 RJ-12 and 4 BNC 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 Playback/Record Speed (images per second) 480/480ips (NTSC) Alarm Input Alarm Output Internal Buzzer Network Connectivity Audio Input Audio Output IR Port 16 TTL, NC/NO programmable, 4.3V (NC) or 0.
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16 Channel Digital Video Recorder Index Ａ Active Cameo Mode ................................................ 32 ADSL ....................................................................... 17 Advanced Schedule Mode ...................................... 23 Advanced Setup ...................................................... 12 Alarm ....................................................................... 30 Alarm Button ............................................................. 8 Alarm Out .............
User’s Manual Ｎ NAT ................................................................... 17, 18 NC (Normally Closed) ............................................. 25 Network Setup......................................................... 16 Nighttime ................................................................. 24 NO (Normally Open) ........................................... 4, 25 Notify ................................................................. 24, 25 Ｏ OSD Margin................................
