SecurityMan ® Economical 4-Ch Standalone Digital Video Recorder UP PWR CH1 HDD REW PAUSE CH2 CH3 PLAY MENU ESC CH4 FWD STOP REC User's Manual DVR-04 SEL EDIT DOWN
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Contents 3 Introduction to Digital Video Recorder(DVR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 1.1) DVR Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 1.2) Package Includes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Hardware Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction to Digital Video Recorder (DVR) 4 The digital video recorder (DVR) is for recording video streams up to 4 channels at the same time. It adopts a digital image compression technology to compress the input channel video streams, and uses HDD to record the compressed video stream. The following operation guide explains how to operate and manage the DVR, and the following installation guide explains how to install the DVR at your home and install the hard drive into the DVR. 1.
DVR Installation 5 3.1 Install Hard Disk (For DVR model without HDD installed) Connect power cord and data cable to hard disk, use screws to mount hard disk and tighten well to the iron of the DVR housing. CAUTION: Do not open the cover while DVR is on!!!! 3.2 Connect Camera and Monitor There are 4 camera input and 2 monitor output with BNC connector. 3.3 Connect Power Cord Please use the power adapter supplied with DVR.
DVR Installation 6 4.1 Detect Installed Hard Disk HDD Checking.................. MASTER HARD DRIVE IBM-DHEA-36481 SLAVE HARD DRIVE Connect the power cord and turn the DVR switch on. The system will boot-up and detect installed hard disk. The monitor display will show Master and Slave hard-disk information. Please refer to the hard disk section of the manual to configure hard disk sequence. (Master or Slave) 4.
DVR Installation 7 4.4 Main Screen When the DVR is turned on for the first time all camera will be OFF by default. Please refer to section 5.2 to switch on all cameras. • Upper left -> Percentage of Hard Disk Space Used • Middle -> Channel Number (CH1 _ CH4) • Bottom right -> Date and Time At any time press the “ Menu” button to enter the DVR setup menu.
DVR Setup 8 5.1 Setup Menu MAIN MENU SELECT 1234 > CAMERA RECORD SELECT 1234 RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAME RATE 30FPS VIDEO QUALITY NORMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MEUN HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP MOTION SETUP PRESS (< , >).
DVR Setup 9 5.4 Record Mode There are two modes for video recording. Each Mode Compress and record each channel video separately, therefore, user can enlarge single channel video to full screen display. For example, user can turn off record function of CH1 and CH2 to have the system only record CH3 and CH4 video. Press “ CH1”, “ CH2”, “ CH3”, “ CH4” ,“ to switch channel display when viewing recorded video.
DVR Setup 10 5.8 Sub Menu—Password Change System default password : Press six times the “ CH1” button All keys can be used to set the password except the “ Menu” key, which is used for confirming and exit. CURRENT PASSWORD NEW PASSWORD CONFIRM PASSWORD :.... :.... :.... If you forget the password, please do not worry. Just press the PAUSE key 10 times, it will return to the system default configuration. So, the password remains six times the “ CH1” button. 5.
DVR Setup 11 5.11 Sub Menu ----- Password Set When password set is “ON”, to stop recording or to enter the menu will require a password. If password set is “OFF”, the password feature will be cancelled. 5.12 Sub Menu ----- Buzzer Time Buzzer time set (05,10,15,20,25,30 seconds and CONT), press [ Select] to set the time. When Buzzer Time is to “OFF”, the buzzer will be shut off. When “Buzzer Time” is “CONT”, the buzzer will work continuously.
DVR Setup 12 5.14 Sensor Setup SENSOR RECORD TIME This number indicates the recording duration after the sensor is triggered. SENSOR SETUP > SENSOR RECORD TIME ALARM OUT TIME CHANNEL~1 CHANNEL~2 CHANNEL~3 CHANNEL~4 10 05 ALARM OUT TIME It controls how long (in seconds) the alarm sound lasts after it is set off. Value “00” will turn off the alarm output.
DVR Setup 13 5.15 Motion setup The first step is to setup video record method by Motion Triggered. Please refer back to 5.7 Record Schedule. MOTION SET MOT LEVEL 5 MOT REC TIME 25 MOT LEVER: User can press “ Select” to adjust sensitivity grade of motion detection. High(1----------10)Low MOT REC TIME: This number indicates the recording time duration when motion is detected. Press “ Select” to set the time.
Record 14 6.1 Start Recording Press “ Record” to start recording. System will display some information on screen. Only EACH MODE can enlarge single channel to full screen display • 1 Hard Disk Percentage Used • 2 “ R ” Recording Symbol • 3 Channel Numbers • 4 Mode (QUAD or EACH) • 5 Status (REC, Play, FF1, FF2, FF3, REW, PAUSE) • 6 HDD Info.
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Playback 16 Press “ Play” and the system will list all the recorded video files from the HDD. The newest video file will appear as 01 on the list, press “ Move Up” and “ Move Down” to select the start time and press “ Play” again to start the video file. 1. HDD Information 3. End Time 5. SENSOR: Sensor triggered 2. Start Time 4. TIME: Continue record 6. MOTION: Motion triggered Another way to search for specified video is to directly input the date and time period.
USB Programming 17 8.1 Install 1. Put the USB Driver Program CD in your CD-ROM 2. Go to the CD-ROM and execute “setup.exe” 3. Use default destination folder 4. Execute: start>Program>DVR Play Note: This software currently supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP! 8.2 Program Interface Run the program (double click “ ” icon on desktop). Your computer system will detect the HDD automatically when it recognizes the USB cable from the DVR to its USB port.
USB Programming 18 Button Function 1 Save Frame 2 Save Video Clip 3 Config 4 Print (print the screen) 5 Event List 6 Channel 2 7 Channel 1 8 Quad Mode 9 Channel 3 10 Channel 4 11 Rewind 12 Step backward (frame by frame) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Backward play Pause Play Step forward (frame by frame) Fast forward Status Bar Play DVR video file Play PC video file Minimize the window Close the window Software version
USB Programming Press to open the event video list. Press to change the recorded video location, directory, and other software settings.
USB Programming Press to play the video 20
Specification 21 Item Description Video Input Format NTSC/PAL Operating System None Video Input Channel 4Ch Composite BNC Video Output Channel 2Ch Composite BNC Remarks Stand-Alone USB 2.0 Port Display Frame Rate NTSC 120 frames/second 4x30fps PAL 100 frames/second 4x25fps Recording Frame Rate NTSC Max 30fps (quad) Quad Mode (Quad Mode) PAL Max 25fps (quad) Quad Mode Recording Frame Rate NTSC Each Channel = Max.
System Layout 22 CCD1 CCD2 CCD3 CCD4 Monitor Output DVR-04 Alarm Sensors D/I SecurityMan ® Alarm Output Devices D/O USB OR Notebook OR Desktop PC VCR (Back-up on tape) (Additional Monitor)
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