SVR-204 User Manual 4-Ch Network Video Recorder with HDMI Output V1.0.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Table of Contents System Overview ..................................................................... 5 Front View .................................................................................... 5 Rear View ..................................................................................... 6 Illustration ....................................................................................
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 3 Certain functions you can perform to the playback video ................... Take a snapshot of a playback video ............................................... Adjust Bightness for the Playback Video .......................................... Adjust Contrast For the Playback Video ........................................... Export Playback Videos to AVI Files ................................................
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual NVR Setup -- System Options (Web Interface) ..................... 121 Device Information ..................................................................... 121 Device Information ...................................................................... 122 Logs and Reports ........................................................................ 123 Logs and Reports ................................................
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 5 System Overview Front View
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Rear View
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 7 Illustration LED Definition
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Installation HDD Installation Locate the screws highlighted above on the back of the NVR. Use a Philips screw driver to release the screws.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 9 Slide open the case as shown above. One side of the housing can be detached as shown above.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Install the bottom HDD by slide it in to the tray diagonally to avoid the tray seperator. Once the HDD is placed into the tray, you should see a gap between the HDD and the SATA connector.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 11 Attach the HDD to the SATA connector by sliding it towards the connector. Make sure the screw holes on the HDD are aligned with the ones on the tray.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Secure the HDD with the screws provided in the accessory box with a Philips screwdriver. There are four for each HDD; two for each side of the tray. 4-Ch Network Video Recorder with HDMI Install the top HDD by attaching it to the corresponding SATA cable first.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 13 Make sure the HDD is securely attached. Place the HDD to the tray and make sure the screw holes on the HDD are aligned with the ones on the tray.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Secure the HDD with the screws provided in the accessory box with a Philips screw driver. There are four for each HDD; two for each side of the tray. Slide the side housing back to the unit.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 15 Secure the housing with the screws highlighted above.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Connect to the NVR There are various ways you can connect to the NVR and below are the suggested methods for different network setup: • The NVR is placed in a network with a DHCP server: Connect to the NVR by using “SEEnergy Device Search” Utility • The NVR is placed in a network without DHCP server (or you are connecting to it directly): Access the NVR with its default IP Use Device Search Utility If the NVR is placed in a co
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 17 To begin, launch the “Device Search” utility from the CD and proceed with the installation:
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Once the installation is complete, check the “Launch the Search AP” option and click “Finish”. The search should start automatically and its status should be displayed. The NVR should be located and its IP address should be displayed. Double-click on an NVR and the search program should automatically access the NVR’s web administration page from your default browser.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 19 You should be prompted for the NVR’s username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system. • • Please make sure you are using Internet Explorer 7 or above (IE 10 is NOT yet supported). If you are running Windows Vista or 7, please make sure you are running Internet Explorer with the “administrator” privilege.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Access the NVR with its default IP address The NVR comes with a pre-configured static IP “192.168.101.50”. However, it is only used when there is no DHCP server presented in the network. The NVR will turn on its DHCP server function and act as the DHCP server in the network.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 21 Again, you should be prompted for the username and password. Enter its default username “admin” and password “admin” and then click ”OK” to enter the system Set up Password The default login username and password is admin/admin.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Camera Installation Add a Camera -- Automatic Search Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. You should be prompted to install Active Control component in order for the search to function properly.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 23 Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Click on “Detect” to establish connection between the recorder and the camera. If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below. Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 25 Live View (Web Interface) Live View The “Live View” page provides the following functions: • • • • • • • • • • • Retrieve camera’s video stream Retrieve camera’s status Perform Live Sequence Viewing PTZ Control Perform PTZ Preset Sequence viewing Perform manual recording Take snapshot Receive audio of a video stream Send audio Control “Buzzer” Change web UI display language
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Retrieve camera’s video stream The camera list is expanded and displayed on the Live View page: • Click “All” to display videos of all 32 channels • Click “1-16” or "17-32" to display videos of in 16-video view • Click on a “Group” (ex.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 27 Perform Sequence Viewing Sequence view is a function that allows you to view multiple video streams from certain cameras in sequence automatically without having to select them one by one.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Select "1-16" and "17-32" to start sequence viewing in 16-video view Select "Group(x)" to start sequence viewing in quad view Select "cameras" to start sequence viewing in single video view Then, select dwell interval from the drop-down menu and click "Start" to begin. PTZ Control PTZ control provides functions to pan, tilt, and zoom a PTZ camera as well as the ability to adjust camera focus and iris.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 29 Only PTZ capable cameras will be listed in the drop-down menu The bar highlighted above controls the moving angle. Larger number means bigger movement angle.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Perform PTZ Preset Viewing There are three functions provided in the “Preset” section: • Perform preset point viewing of a particular camera • Auto pan a particular camera • Perform preset point sequence viewing (In order to use this function, one must configure camera's preset points in "NVR Setup" >> "Channel Configurations" >> "PTZ Preset" first) Preset Point Viewing Start by selecting a PTZ camera from the drop-down list
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 31 Its available PTZ preset points will be listed in the drop-down list shown below. Click "Go to" to move to the selected position. Auto Pan Viewing Use the Auto Pan control buttons to pan right, left and stop auto pan * Certain cameras do not support bi-directional pan movements.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Preset Point Sequence Viewing This function allows you to view multiple preset points from a video of a camera without having to select them one by one.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 33 Display ratio and full screen By default, the videos are set to fill the whole video window, to display its original size or ratio, use the button in the upper-right hand corner. Take a snapshot of a live video To take a snapshot of a live video, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual A new window should display and load the snapshot image.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 35 The new window displays the snapshot.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 37 However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\) You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual A dialog should be displayed that allows you to choose a directory/folder of where the snapshot will be saved to.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 39 To perform digital PTZ on a particular channel, right-click anywhere on its video and select "Digital PTZ".
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Once the image is digitally zoomed in, use the mouse scroll button to further zoom on or zoom out the image. Hold and left-click on the image and move the mouse to move the zoomed in video. Adjust Bightness for the Live Video You are able to adjust brightness of the live video from the right-click menu.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 41 Adjust Contrast For the Live Video Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the live video from the right-click menu as well.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Change Web UI Display Language You can change the web UI display language from the current login username link located at the upper-right hand corner. Click on the link opens up a new window which displays detail information about the user as well as a drop-down menu which lets you change the display language.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 43 Live View through iPhone Safari Browser You can use iPhone and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter the username and password to access the NVR
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 45 Upon successful login, you should see the live view video of the first channel Click on the “Channel” drop-down menu to select other cameras
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual If a PTZ camera is selected, the corresponding control buttons will display (control PT only) * Please note that this function is camera dependent and is not available to all cameras. Certain cameras do not allow adjusting image size and the se- lection “Auto” will be used. Live View through Blackberry Phones You can use Blackberry and perform single channel live view to the NVR by using its Safari browser.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 47 Enable the “Support Javascript” option and click the menu button and click “Save Options” Go to “General Properties Make sure two options illustrated above are enabled
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Press the menu button and click the “Save Options” to save settings Press the button highlighted above to go back to the browser
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 49 Type in the IP address of the NVR in the address bar You should be prompted to enter its username and password for access
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Playback (Web Interface) Playback Playback is a function that allows you to play one or more videos that were previously recorded by a chosen recording method or due to an event trigger. The NVR offers synchronized playback from up to 4 channels and various types of search methods are provided to help you find the footage you need quickly.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 51 Search by time chart 1. Start by selecting which channel(s) you would like to perform a search on. 2.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Results will then be displayed in a new dialog with a “Month/Channel” table and boxes marked in dark gray represent videos found in those dates. (* Videos from other cameras that are recorded on the same date will also be displayed) Clicking on a cell box marked with gray will take you to the "day" view of the selected month. Repeating the same step will eventually take you to the "second" view (5sec per cell box).
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 53 Select “Search by event” from the “Search Method” drop-down list and click “Go” to start the search Results will then be listed like what is shown below (displays the oldest record top down). Click on a particular result to start the playback. (* You can click “Next Search” to display the next 15 results.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual You may also specify a new start time to search and display results from then on. You can restrict the number of results to be displayed at once (max. 30) and perform the search again Play by specific time If you know when a recording was taken place, you may choose the “Play by start time” from the “Search Method” drop-down list Then you will be prompted to enter a specific time and date for the recorded video.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 55 Search by event (Most Recent) This function quickly displays the most recent event recordings from the selected channels, displaying the most recent result top down.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual You may click “Update” to update the list to display the most recent results.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 57 Certain functions you can perform to the playback video You can do the followings by right clicking on the playback video: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Take a snapshot of a playback video To take a snapshot, right-click on the video and select "Take Snapshot". You are given with options to take 1 snapshot or 3 continuous snapshots. A new window should display and load the snapshot image.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 59 The new window displays the snapshot.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual If the "3 continuous snapshots" option is chosen, the new window displays snapshots and lets you view them individually by using the "Prev", "Next" buttons shown above.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 61 However, as soon as a snapshot selection is made, the snapshots are automatically saved to x:\SnapshotFolder ("x" represents the partition where Windows is installed, e.g: C:\) You can right-click anywhere on the image and select "Save Picture As..." to save the images somewhere else if you wish.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Adjust Bightness for the Playback Video You are able to adjust brightness of the playback video from the rightclick menu.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 63 Adjust Contrast For the Playback Video Same thing as the brightness, you can set the contrast for the playback video from the right-click menu as well. Export Playback Videos to AVI Files User can export the recorded playback videos stored on the NVR to a local computer and save them in AVI file format.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual played on the PC by a 3rd party media player such as VLC player or Windows Media player.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 65 You can alternatively choose to export the recorded video to JPEG images by choosing the "Export as JPEG images" option. Specify the Start time/End time (or export length) and click "Start" to begin exporting.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual The best way to view the exported video or JPEG images is to use the NVR media player, which can be obtained from the same dialog window. Simply click on the icon at the bottom (highlighted above), and a message box should appear to let you open the media player directly, or save it to the local hard drive for later use.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 67 The exported AVI files (or JPEG images) will be saved under the C partition (or the partition where Windows is installed) * ffdshow is required in order to play the exported AVI file with Windows Media Player. You can get it at “http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffd- show-tryout/” to download the “ffd- show_beta6_rev2527_20081219.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Locate the exported AVI file, and click “open”.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 69 Open Event Snapshot images with NVR Media Player The NVR sends snapshots that are taken when an event occurs to a destined FTP server or mail recipient. These types of snapshot images are saved in a proprietary image file format, h4i or p4i, and can only be opened by the NVR media player. To do so, Select “Open” from the top menu then select “Image File”. A new dialog should be displayed which lets you locate the image file.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Network Settings You need to adjust settings in this page for the device to work properly in your network. It is critical that settings here are configured correctly based on your network configurations so that the recorder can be administered through the local area network and cameras can be connected from it.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 71 If you wish to set the recorder to use a static IP address in your local area network, 1. Choose “Static IP” from the “Connection Type” drop-down menu 2. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address and DNS server address for the recorder 3. Enable “DHCP Server” under “DHCP Server” if you wish to use the recorder as a DHCP server, or leave it disabled if there is already a DHCP server in the network 4.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 1. If the connection type is "Auto Mode", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable. It will be ON if the NVR doesn't obtain an IP from a DHCP server in the local network and uses its own default static IP 192.168.101.50 2. If the connection type is "Auto Mode", the DHCP server function is NOT configurable. It will be OFF if the NVR obtains an IP from a DHCP server in the local network. 3.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 73 This is useful if the NVR is placed on the Internet with a dynamic public IP, which once the DDNS is properly setup, users can access the NVR remotely with the DDNS domain name without worrying if the IP has changed or not. *Please make sure a valid DNS server has been configured under the “Network Setting” page in order for this function to work properly. *The NVR currently only works with free DDNS service provided by “DynDNS”.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual In order to properly configure the DDNS service function, please register a free DDNS domain name and account from DynDNS first. Go to http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-free/ from the browser to do so.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 75 Fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above The page will check whether another user has used the hostname you entered or not as soon as you click the “Add to Cart” button.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Once you get to the next page, fill in the necessary fields as illustrated above
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 77 Go back to the NVR’s DDNS service configuration page under “Setup” >> “System Configuration” >> “DDNS Service”. Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the “Domain Name” field and the username/password you created in the “User ID” and “Password” field and click “Apply” to finish You can click the “Check DDNS Status” button to check the DynDNS service status.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Time and Date Set the time and date by selecting the time zone according to your location.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 79 User Account Multiple users can access the recorder simultaneously. You can add, remove, and edit users by using options provided in this page to keep user information organized. Each recorder comes with a built-in “admin” account with password “admin”. It’s highly recommended to change the password upon your initial login.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Add a new user • Enter a username and password in “User Account Information”. All other fields are optional for your own reference.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 81 Change the password of the “admin” account 1. Click and highlight the “admin” account in the account list and click “Edit” 2. Its information should be displayed in “User Account Information” 3.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Group Privilege Group Privilege is where you can create multiple customized access policies for situations if you need the recorder to be accessed by users other than the administrator. You can do so by creating a group, and then remove access privileges for certain configuration pages or cameras. Users that are created and assigned to this group will have limited access instead of full administration rights.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 83 You can change the group name by clicking the “Change Group Name” button. A text box will be displayed for you to enter the new group. Choose what type of privilege you would like this group to have from the “Privilege Type” drop-down menu. Its access privilege will then be displayed.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Disk Setup Once you install a hard disk to the recorder, you would need to initialize it so that it can be ready for recording. You can obtain basic information about the disk you installed in this page. To initialize it, simply click the “Format” button. *This page will list the Internal disks (or RAID volumes), and the ESATA disk only. The HDD will be formatted in EXT3 file system.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 85 Build RAID Volume The internal HDDs can be used for RAID. To do so, go to "RAID Volume" in Disk Setup and choose the available disk action. The "Disk Actions" drop-down menu displays available actions based on how many HDDs are installed in the NVR. For detail, please refer to the table above.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Select a disk action and click "Apply" to proceed. A warning dialog will be displayed as creating RAID volume will erase all existing data on the HDDs. Click "OK" to continue. Please wait for a few moments while the NVR is creating the RAID volume.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 87 You will be prompted once the action is completed successfully.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Go back to the "Hard Disk List" page and the RAID volume should be in the list. Click "Format" to bring the RAID volume online.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 89 Deleting RAID Once a RAID volume is created, it can be deleted at anytime by choosing the "Delete RAID" action in the RAID volume page. All existing data will be removed after the RAID volume is deleted. All internal disks that were originally used for RAID volume will have to be formatted again after the RAID volume is deleted.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual * Once a RAID volume is deleted, all internal disks within that RAID should become offline and need to be formatted again before they can be used individually. * All internal disks (or RAID volumes) need to be formatted before they can be used. NVR Setup -- Channel Configurations (Web Interface) Add a camera The NVR provides two options for adding a new camera.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 91 Automatic Search Click the “Search” button to perform the camera search. You should be prompted to install Active Control component the first time you visit the page in order for the search to function properly.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Once you have the ActiveX component installed, the search status should be displayed after clicking "Search" Found cameras should be listed and simply select a camera from the list and press “Configure” Its corresponding information should be displayed in the “Camera Information” section. Enter its username and password and select the channel ID and name the camera.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 93 Click on “Detect” to establish connection between the recorder and the camera. If connection establishes successfully, camera’s detailed information should be polled and displayed as below. Adjust its video format, frame rate, resolution or bitrate...etc if you wish. You can also click on the “Preview” to preview the live video of the camera.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Once the camera's settings are polled and displayed, you can also enable "continuous" recording and adjust its recording quality settings before adding the camera. Some cameras are capable of multiple streaming profiles, in which different video codecs are used for different purposes. You will be able to use different video format for continuous recording if it's a multi-stream capable camera.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 95 camera. The other is recording fps, which will be limited by the live fps. (ex. if the live fps is set to 10, choosing "Full" in the recording fps meaning it will only record at 10fps maximum. For MPEG/H.264, only i frame or full (i+p frame) can be selected for recording fps. For single stream camera, only the recording fps can be adjusted.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual OSD Settings The OSD (On Screen Display) allows users to add informational text message and embed it onto the video. By default, this function is turned off. To add texts to one or more videos: Select a camera you would like to add text to and choose “Display OSD” Choose one or more display options if you would also like the recorder to automatically embed the system time or the frame rate for you.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 97 Click on the “Preview” button to see the preview of your setting and click “Apply” to save the configuration. The texts can be further adjusted with changes to different size, color or font so they can be more visible on the video.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual PTZ Setting PTZ Preset Settings The recorder supports PTZ cameras and can set multiple preset points or retrieve and manage preset points that are set in the camera. This is helpful if you need to monitor multiple spots in one area from a particular camera.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 99 To set up PTZ preset points: 1. Select a camera from the “Camera” drop-down menu and click “Add”. 2. Select a position number for the preset point from the “Position Number” drop-down menu and fill in a name in the “Position Name” field for easier identification. 3.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Ultimately, you can choose to make this preset point a “Home” point among all other preset points, as well as making the camera to move to this particular point when an event is triggered.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 101 To configure preset sequence for a camera, 1. Select a channel from the “Channel” drop-down menu. The available preset points should be listed in “Camera Presets” section. 2. Pick the ones you like for sequence viewing and press the “->” button to move them to the “Preset Sequence” section, then 3. use the up and down buttons to adjust their sequencing positions. 4.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual E-Map Setting Local E-Map Setting E-Map monitor is a function that alerts users whenever there is an event triggered (e.g. motion detected) from a camera with a geographical perspective. With this function, users can quickly identify which camera has detected an unusual event and where this event is happening.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 103 To replace the map, click “Browse” button to locate the new map image file from the local PC and then click “Upload”. * Only JPG, PNG, and GIF file formats are supported with file size under 100KB. Then click and drag the camera icon to move the camera to define its location.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Access the E-Map Monitor page from the upper-right hand corner menu. When the NVR receives an event triggered from any of the cameras, their videos will be displayed on the E-Map and you can double-click on the video to enlarge it.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 105 The Google Map monitor is a similar function to the aforementioned EMap monitor. It is useful if you are managing multiple cameras from different locations. To configure locations of each camera, first determine the location you’d like to place the camera to on the map. You can do so by: 1. Zoom in to a smaller area by using the zoom control bar on the map 2.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Once the location has been determined, click and drag the camera icon to move it to the desired location * The Google Map Monitor requires active Internet connection and can not be used in conjunction with the regular E-Map monitor function.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 107 General Settings The general settings section can help you quickly configure when an event is triggered, how often events are triggered and the corresponding actions when events are triggered. Start the event configuration by defining the general settings: Define when an event will be triggered • Choose “Always” or “Only during...” under “Event Trigger Duration” • For the “Only during...
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual have the recorder send out a warning message in e-mail or in txt file format and upload it to an destined FTP server
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 109 I/O Settings This function allows users to manage camera’s digital input and output ports right from the recorder. You can setup the recorder to receive triggers from a particular camera’s input port and trigger a device, such as an alarm that is connected to the recorder or camera’s output port. Cameras that do not have built-in digital input/output port can also be configured to pair with the recorder’s DI/DO ports. 1.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual *Some cameras only allow one trigger source be configured at a time, e.g.: if the camera has the motion detection function turned on, its digital input will be disabled and vice versa. Under such circumstance, if you set to use camera’s digital input port as the event trigger source, you will not be able to select motion detection as the trigger source for this camera under “Event Configurations” >> “Event Trigger” setup page.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 111 Event Servers Configuring an FTP server Event servers are to be used with event trigger actions. In case of unusual motion detected by the camera or a disk failure, the recorder can send notification with the acceptable format (image/txt) to a destined event server according to the configuration.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual To add an FTP server, 1. Start by giving a name to the server that you are adding to the recorder 2. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the FTP server 3. Enter the communication port of the FTP server (usually port 21) 4. Enter the username and password of the FTP server if it’s required 5. Check “Use Passive Mode” if it’s required or leave it unchecked to use active mode 6.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 113 Configuring an SMTP server 1. Enter the hostname or the IP address of the SMTP server 2. Enter the port of the SMTP server 3. Specify the sender’s name in the “Sender’s name” field 4. Enter the sender’s e-mail address 5. Check “Enable Authentication” and enter the username and password of the SMTP server if it requires authentication 6.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Event Triggers We have finished defining how an event will be triggered and which servers will be receiving notifications in the previous two sections, now we can finish up the event configuration by setting: • Which channels will have event trigger function enabled • What is considered to be an event • Where the warnings will be sent to and how they will be sent Use the checkbox to enable event trigger on the desired channel
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 115 channels (cameras) from camera's own web UI. The NVR only detects the first motion area set in the camera. The NVR recognizes the first motion area by its ID number set in the camera. Define which system events should trigger the recorder to send out notifications. Define how the notifications will be sent and where they will be sent to.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual General Settings You can define the following in “General Settings”: • Pre-Alarm/Post-Alarm recording length • Recording frame rate • Turn on/off HDD recycle function • Define to always keep a number of days of previously recorded data • Enable/disable different recording types on different cameras • Enable/disable audio recording
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 117 The “recording buffer” allows user to define “pre-alarm” and “postalarm” time for event recordings. The “pre-alarm” time sets the NVR to record in advance when an event is triggered. The “post-alarm” time sets the NVR to continue recording for a period of time after an event trigger is finished. * The “Pre-alarm” function only works when the “Continuous” recording is also activated.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual You are able to use the same video format for recordings or you can choose other formats for different recording purposes if it's a multistream capable camera. If you chose to use a different video format for recording, you are able to adjust its detail settings by clicking on the "...". A new dialog will pop out for further detail configurations.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 119 The section at the bottom of the page allows you to disable audio recording (record video only) of particular channels.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Schedule Recording You can define the time range of the schedule recording for all channels in this page. To configure a schedule recording Use the “Channel” drop-down menu and select a camera first.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 121 You can use the schedule table to set the time range. Click the cell boxes then move horizontally lets you set what hours to perform recording during a day. Click and move vertically lets you set what days to perform recording at a specific time. * Each cell box represents 15 minutes of time. Click one or more boxes to omit consecutive recording.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Device Information The “Device Information” provides the general information of the device such as firmware version and system time. It also provides information of the current network settings and status.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 123 Logs and Reports Logs and Reports “Logs and Reports” keeps a record of what’s been happening to the device and provides basic information for troubleshooting.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Maintenance Maintenance “Maintenance” provides functions for users to: • • • • • • Reboot the NVR when necessary Reboot cameras directly from the NVR Perform Firmware Upgrade Backup the NVR’s settings to a local hard drive Restore the NVR’s settings from a previously saved configuration file Reset the NVR’s settings to their factory default values
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 125 Reboot the NVR at a specific time automatically You can configure the NVR to restart automatically by using the options given in the web UI. You can set the NVR to restart at a particular hour of a specific day during a week or a month. Firmware Upgrade The firmware can be upgraded through web UI or USB. Before upgrading firmware, please backup configuration in advance. ** the firmware file comes with a “.tar.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual On "Upgrade NVR's Firmware" section, click "Browse" and select new firmware file A new dialog should display and let you choose the location of the firmware file. When done, click “Upgrade”.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 127 Follow the on screen instruction and wait for the process to finish (After upgrade, the system will reboot automatically, it’s part of the process) Upgrade through USB thumb drive 1. Prepare a USB flash disk and format with FAT or FAT32 format 2. Place the firmware in the USB flash disk and make sure it’s placed at the top-level directory. Please do not place the file in a folder.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Reset the NVR to Factory Default To reset the recorder back to its factory default, click “Restore Factory Default” button and begin the process. The process should be displayed and you should be prompted back to the “Live View” page after it is complete.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 129 Disk Status “Disk Status” gives you a more detailed information of the hard drive that is currently installed in the NVR.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual USB Backup It’s a function that allows users to backup the recording data in its database file format (not AVI) to the externally connected USB hard disk. You can check the “Disk Status” page under “System Options” to see if the USB disk has been detected by the NVR. If it's available, it will also be in the USB HDD drop-down menu in the USB backup page. * It needs a USB disk containing free space larger than 100MB.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 131 Once it’s detected, go back to the “USB Backup” page and it should be available for further configuration The USB hard disk(s) will be listed in the drop-down menu displaying the remaining disk space. Make your selection from the drop-down menu if you have more than one disks connected to the NVR.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Next, select channels, which you would like to backup the recording data from. Maximum 4 channels can be selected at once Configure the start and end time of the recording data you would like to backup and click the “Backup” button to begin.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 133 Play the backup file with the NVR Media Player The backup files can be played with the NVR media player. To do, open the player and select “Open” >> “Media Database” Click “Browse...” to select the file from the USB disk.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual A new dialog should be prompted for you to select the file location. When done, click “Check” to validate the file. Once the file has been successfully verified, you should be prompted with the message shown below. Select the time zone according to your current location.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 135 Finally, click “OK” to begin playing. The player should now play the backed up file.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Local UI from HDMI Output Live View Login screen You should be prompted with the login screen first when the NVR is fully started. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 137 By default, the focus should be on the username field.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Remote control Simply use the directional buttons on the remote to move between the keys on the virtual keyboard. If you have a USB mouse plugged into the NVR, a mouse cursor will appear on the screen and you can use the mouse to select keys on the virtual keyboard as well. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to make the selection.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 139 Enter the default username "admin" by using the virtual keyboard. When done, select the "Enter" button on the virtual keyboard and the focus should be moved to the password field.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual After the default password "admin" is entered as well, select the "Enter" button on the virtual keyboard again and the focus should be moved to the "Log in" icon. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to log in.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 141 Live View The Local UI basically provides the view functions of both live video and playback video. The Local UI provides viewing video of 1 channel at a time, both live and playback. 1. Top bar (the power, logged in user, system time and dashboard are placed in this area) 2. Video area 3.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Side menu By default, the selection focus should be on "Channel 1' on the Channel List. The side bar is basically divided into three sections. At any point, you can use the "Left" or "Right" button on the remote to quickly move to each section.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 143 For example, if the selection focus is currently on "Channel 1" (or anywhere in the section "1"), press the "Left" button on the remote will move the focus to the "Manual recording" icon in section "2". Simply use the "Up" and "Down" buttons on the remote to move between icons in one particular section.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Use the "Up" and "Down" buttons on the remote to select a channel on the "Channel List" and press the "ENTER" button on the remote to make the selection. Alternatively, if a USB mouse is connected to the NVR, you can use the mouse and move the cursor to a channel and left-click to make the selection.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 145 You can also use the channel selection buttons on the remote to quickly jump to a desired channel.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual The small dots on the side of the "Channel List" provide the current status of each channel: * * * * White: Disconnected Blue: Connected Green: Recording Dark grey: Not configured
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 147 Sequence view If the current selection focus is on "Channel 4", press the "Down" button on the remote should move the focus to the "Sequence viewing" icon. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote will start sequence viewing between all available channels with default 5-second interval. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote again will stop it.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual When the focus is on the "Start/stop sequence view" icon, press the "Right" button on the remote will move the focus to the sequence interval drop-down menu. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote should display all options in the drop-down menu. Use the "Up" and "Down" buttons on the remote to move between selections and press the "ENTER" button to select the new interval.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 149 You can also quickly start/stop sequence viewing by using the "SEQ" button on the remote.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual If the selection focus is on either the "Sequence view" or the "Sequence interval", press the "Down" button on the remote should move the focus to the "Zoom" icon in the PTZ control area.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 151 PTZ Control Once you are in the PTZ control area. Use the directional buttons on the remote to move between icons.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Move the selection focus to the "Add preset point" icon and press the "ENTER" button on the remote will add the current live video as a preset point. Preset point sequence view Once you have multiple preset points added, press the "Down" button on the remote to select the "Preset point sequence view" icon. Press "ENTER" button on the remote to start sequence view between previously added preset points.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 153 At any point in Live View, you can enter the PTZ mode by: 1. pressing the "PTZ" button on the remote 2. Use the directional buttons to simulate pan, tilt, zoom actions as well as jumping through preset points.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Manual Recording Recording can be manually started when viewing live video. If the selection focus is somewhere in the green highlighted area shown above, press the "Left" button on the remote will move the focus to the manual recording icon. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to start recording right away.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 155 You should see an on-screen text notification indicating the recording has been started. Alternatively, you can press the "REC" button on the remote start recording of the current viewing channel right away. Press it again to stop.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Take snapshot Before taking a snapshot of the live video, please make sure a FAT32 formatted USB drive is plugged into the NVR. If you had "Manual recording" icon selected, press the "Down" button on the remote to select the "Snapshot" icon. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to take a snapshot.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 157 You should see an on-screen text notification indicating that a snapshot of the video has been taken.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual PIP (Picture-in-picture) Event Video The local UI provides live video view of 1 channel at a time. However, you can set a PIP (Picture-in-picture) area on top of the live video, which displays video of another channel when an event occurs. Once you have the icon shown above selected, press the "ENTER" button to set PIP area on the live video.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 159 You should see an area with blue border displayed on the live video area. Use the directional buttons on the remote to select a desired area. You are able to choose from up to 9 different areas. When done, press the "ENTER" button on the remote to confirm selection. Turn on Audio The local UI is capable of playing audio coming from the camera side, but It's not turned on by default.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Full Screen To view video in full screen, press the "Right" button on the remote and move the selection focus to the full screen icon (as shown above). Once selected, press the "ENTER" button on the remote to enter full screen view. Click the "BACK" button on the remote control to exit. Alternatively, you can quickly go into full screen mode by pressing the "FULL SCREEN" button on the remote. Press the "BACK" button to exit.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 161 Display video in its original size By default, the video is scaled to fill the entire video area. To view the video in its original size, select the icon shown above and press the "ENTER" button on the remote to display the video in its original size.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Detail channel status Select the icon shown above and press the "ENTER" button on the remote will give you a detail current status of all four channels.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 163 Press the "BACK" button on the remote to dock it away.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Dashboard The dashboard provide a detail overview of the system wide information, such as network settings, disk status, and channel status. Press the "BACK" button on the remote to exit. The dashboard is located in the upper-right hand corner and presses the "Up" button on the remote until the selection focus is on the dashboard icon. Press the "ENTER" button to enter dashboard.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 165 Power off To power off the unit, press the "POWER" button on the remote. A dialog will be prompted and the "Power Off" option should be selected. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to turn off the unit. There are four options in the prompted dialog and they are (from left to right): 1. 2. 3. 4.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Playback To switch to Playback, move the selection focus to the Playback button shown above and press the "ENTER" button on the remote.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 167 The Playback UI provides the similar layout as the Live video UI. They also share the same following functions: 1. 2. 3. 4.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual The NVR is able to play recorded video 1 channel at a time. To search for playback video, select a channel from the "Channel List" first and select a search method from the drop-down menu highlighted in the above picture. There are three different search methods to help you locate the recorded videos. Time Chart Select the "Time Chart" option will display a list in "year".
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 169 At any point, you can simply press the "PLAY/PAUSE" button on the remote to start playing from the earliest available footage of the current time list on the time chart.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual Select "Event" from the search method drop-down menu gives you a list of the 15 most recent events. Simply select one from the list and press the "ENTER" button on the remote to start playing.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual 171 Export recorded data The recording data can be exported to a USB hard disk. Please connect a USB HDD to the NVR first before exporting the recording video. The export can only be done during the playback of the recorded video. During playback, select the "In/Out" button on the UI and press the "ENTER" button.
4CH Full HD Network Video Recorder User Manual This sets a start time of the exported video. Press "ENTER" again on the "In/Out" button sets the end time. The video of this time frame will be exported. Next, press the "Right" button on the remote to select the icon highlighted above. Press the "ENTER" button on the remote to start exporting. The export progress will be displayed.
