4 CH Digital Video Recorder AU-DVRS-4A 4 Ch. DVR Stand Alone User’s Manual Please read this instructions thoroughly before operation and keep the manual in a safe place for further reference. AU DVRS 4A V1.
WARNING All the safety and operating instructions should be read before operation. The improper operation may cause permanent damage. ‧ This adaptor is only for this machine. Do not use it for other electronic products or it will damage other products. ‧ Please lift and place this equipment gently. ‧ Do not expose this equipment to direct sunlight. ‧ Do not use this equipment near water or in contact with water. ‧ Do not spill liquid of any kind on the equipment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS What do you get ? ‧ FEATURES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 ‧ PACKAGE CONTENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Before Operation ‧ INSTALLATION GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 ‧ FRONT PANEL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 ‧ REAR PANEL ---------------------------------------------
What do you get ? FEATURES DVR Features • Wavelet compression format replaces Time-Lapse VCR + Multiplexer / Quad • 4 audio inputs / 2 audio outputs • On Screen Display and Remote Control via Video Server & PC • Picture-in-picture (PIP) and Picture-on-Picture (POP) function in live • Motion detection & motion trigger recording function • Alarm input & output function • Video loss detected on each channel • Linear Zoom (2x~4x) • Multiplexer & Quad recording mode switching • Recording rate up to full size 3
Before Operation INSTALLATION GUIDE 1. Connect cameras and monitor to the DVR. 2. Shown below is an example of connecting the DVR to your existing Observation System. 3. Install HDD (The compatible HDD brands are listed in the following table.) Please refer to page.21 Appendix #1 for installation instructions. Note: The HDD must be installed before turning on the DVR. If HDD is not installed, the DVR would function as a 4 CH multiplexer.
FRONT PANEL 1 2 1. REMOVABLE HDD CARTRIDGE & KEYHOLE Please refer to page.22 Appendix #2. 2. CONTROL PANEL LED LIGHT The LED Light is ON under following condition. ‧HDD : HDD is reading or recording. ‧HDD Full : HDD is full ‧ALARM : To turn off the ALARM LED light, please refer to page.13 and set the ALARM mode as OFF. ‧TIMER : When Timer is Enabled ‧PLAY : Playing mode ‧REC : Recording mode MENU Press MENU button to enter main menu. ENTER Press ENTER button for confirmation.
FF / ► ‧FF : Play video fast forward. (Press FF button again to adjust speed from 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times) ‧ ► : Under setup mode, it works as Right button. REW / ◄ ‧REW : Play video fast backward. (Press REW button again to adjust STOP / ▼ ‧STOP : Under DVR Recording / Playing mode, it can stop the action. speed as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times) ‧ ◄ : Under setup mode, it works as Left button. ‧ ▼ : Under setup mode, it works as Down button.
REAR PANEL OUT IN OUT IN EXTERNAL I/O 1 2 1 3 4 MAIN 1 3 CALL 2 4 DC 19V 34 5 2 6 7 1. EXTERNAL I/O ‧Controlled remotely by an external device or control system such as Video Web Server or PC. ‧Alarm input, external I / O expansion. 2. VIDEO INPUT (1-4) Connect to video source, such as camera. 3. CALL Connect to CALL monitor. Show the Switch Display. When alarm trigger happens, the call monitor will show the triggered channel for a period of time. 4. MAIN Connect to Main monitor.
Basic Operation GETTING STARTED Before using the DVR, please have a HDD installed ready, or it will function as 4 CH multiplexer (refer to Appendix #1 and Appendix #2 for installation or removal of a HDD). 1. Connect the AC power cord and plug into an electrical outlet. The Red LED indicator light will be ON and the DVR is in Standby mode. 2. Press the Power button. The POWER LED will turn from red to orange, and other red LED indicators will turn ON.
PLAY BACK Press “PLAY ” button, the DVR will show the last recording. 1. FAST FORWARD (F.F.) & FAST REWIND (F.R.) You can increase the speed of Fast Forward and Rewind on the DVR. In the Play mode, press “ ► ” once to get 2X speed forward and press twice to get 4X speed,… and the maximum speed can reach 32X. Press “◄ ” once to get 1X speed rewind and press twice to get 2X speed, … and the maximum speed can reach 32X. 2. SLOW FORWARD (S.F.) & SLOW REWIND (S.R.
MAIN MENU Detailed Menu Setup There are 12 options available in the Main Menu: (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM EVENT TIMER ---------- Program Timer Recording CAMERA ------- Camera Setup RECORD ------- Recording Mode Setup ALARM --------- Alarm Setup DWELL --------- Dwell time Setup PIP --------------- Picture in Picture Setup MOTION -------- Motion Detection Setup DISPLAY ------- Display Mode Setup REMOTE ------- Remote Control Setup USER ----------- User Pass
8. MESSAGE LATCH To select whether the DVR messages will disappear after 10 seconds or remain on screen. NO is the default setting which the messages will disappear after 10 sec. NOTE : Video loss, Alarm and Motion messages will be shown the same as Alarm Duration time. 9. DATE DISPLAY To set the date Y/M/D, M/D/Y, D/M/Y and OFF on monitor or not. 10. DATE To set the date on the DVR. 11. TIME To set the time on the DVR. 12.
3. END Set the time to end the recording. 4. IPS (IMAGE PER SECOND) NTSC－30、15、8、4、2、1 PAL－25、12、6、3、2、1 5. QUALITY Select the quality of recording image: BEST, HIGH, NORM and BASE. (TIMER) DAY START END IPS DAILY 01:00 22:00 30 OFF 00:00 00:00 30 OFF 00:00 00:00 30 OFF 00:00 00:00 30 OFF 00:00 00:00 30 OFF 00:00 00:00 30 OFF 00:00 00:00 30 OFF 00:00 00:00 30 TIMER ENABLE : YES QLT MODE BEST Q-FR BEST Q-FI BEST Q-FI BEST Q-FR BEST Q-FR BEST Q-FR BEST MUX BEST Q-FI 6.
4. BR (BRIGHTNESS) (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM EVENT Adjust the brightness of each channel. The level is from 0 to 63. 5. CT (CONTRAST) Adjust the contrast of each channel. The level is from 0 to 63. 6. CL (COLOR) Adjust the color of each channel. The level is from 0 to 63. 7. HUE (HUE) Adjust the hue of each channel. The level is from 0 to 63. RECORD 1. RECORD IPS (RECORD) RECORD IPS QUALITY RECORD MODE Select the recording speed.
4. QUALITY There are four quality settings during an ALARM : BASIC, BEST, HIGH, NORMAL. 5. RECORD MODE There are three recording settings : QUAD-FRAME, QUAD-FIELD, MULTIPLEX. DWELL 1. NORM To set up the DWELL time period that each channel auto sequentially shows on call monitor. The level is from 1 to 15 Sec or OFF. 2. ALARM (MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM EVENT To set up the DWELL time period when alarm input is triggered.
5. AREA Press the ENTER button on this option to set the Pixel-based Motion Detection Area for each channel. Red targets represent where the target is (Figure 1-1). Green targets represent the Motion Detection Area(Figure 1-2), and Purple targets represent motion currently taking place (Figure 1-3). After stop detecting, the color of target will be green (Figure 1- 4).
NOTE: The trigger recording time will depend on ALARM DURATION mode setting (Please refer to page.13 for ALARM DURATION) and it will record from the last trigger time. For example, when the alarm duration setting is 1 min, the recording time is from 9:00:00 to 9:01:00. If the motion detection trigged again at 9:00:40, the trigged recording time will from 9:00:00 to 9:00:40 and 9:00:40 to 9:01:40. The total recording time is 00:01:40.
USER 1. USER To set up the user account for controlling. It allows 8 users setting. Supervisor – Control all the functions. Other Users – View all functions except the menu setting and event list cleaning. 2. PASSWORD To set the security password for each account. The maximum length of user’s password is 4 characters.
Advanced Operation OPERATION OPTIONS ZOOM Press ZOOM button to enlarge the display of main picture. It displays zoomed picture on main picture and a small window inserted. The inserted window contains a movable 1/4 view size of the appointed camera. The range is from 2X to 4X. • Press PIP button : Zoom in • Press QUAD button: Zoom out • Press the “Zoom” button again to leave the zoom pointer. • Press Camera 1-4 button to select channel. • Press ▲▼◄► button to move the zoom position.
KEY LOCK For advanced security, you can “Lock” the buttons on your DVR. Key-Lock prevents other people from using the system. Press ENTER and MENU at the same time to enable Key Lock. Press ENTER and MENU at the same time and key in password (Default : 0000), then press “ENTER“ to disable Key Lock. NOTE: To switch to different USER, press “ENTER” + “MENU” buttons to “KEY LOCK” and then enter the different user’s password to UNLOCK. RS-232 REMOTE PROTOCOL You can use the PC keyboard to simulate DVR keypad.
SPECIFICATIONS NTSC/EIA or PAL/CCIR IDE type, UDMA 66, supported 250 GB HDD Video format Hard disk storage Recording mode Camera Input Signal Manual / Alarm / Timer / Motion Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC, 4 channels Main Monitor Output Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC Call Monitor Output Composite video signal 1 Vp-p 75Ω BNC 4 audio inputs, (RCA) * Audio input 2 audio outputs, (RCA) ** 16 * 12 targets per camera Audio output Motion Detect Area Motion Detect Sensitivity Video Loss Detec
APPENDIX #1 – INSTALL THE HDD Follow the steps carefully in order to ensure correct installation. The compartment located on the front panel of the DVR is the removable Cartridge, in which you insert the HDD. The various parts of the Cartridge are labeled for your reference. Step 1 Connect the connector with the HDD (refer to Picture 1). Step 2 Put HDD into the HDD cartridge. Please notice the bottom side is power side as chart shows (refer to Picture 2). Step 3 Screw the HDD to the cartridge.
APPENDIX #2 – REPLACE THE HDD Step 1 Open the cap Step 2 Unlock the cabinet by turning the key anti-clockwise A Step 3 Pull out the cartridge Step 4 Loose all screws on the Cartridge Step 5 Remove the HDD from Cartridge (locked) B (unlocked) Note: 1. If you want to change the different HDD, you must remove the connector from HDD (refer to Page 21 ). 2. When HDD works for a period of time, the surface temperature will be high, please notice it.
APPENDIX #3 – PIN CONFIGURATIONS 15 pin com port ‧ ‧ DVR ‧ ‧ 9 pin com port ‧ ‧ DVR DQR ‧ ‧ 23
PIN 1. RS232-TX : RS-232 DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS232 serial communications signals. PIN 2. RS232-RX : RS-232 DVR can be controlled remotely by an external device or control system, such as a control keyboard, using RS232 serial communications signals. PIN 3, 4, 5, 6 ALARM INPUT To connect wire from ALARM INPUT (PIN 3, 4, 5, 6) to GND ( PIN 9 ) connector, DVR will start recording and buzzer will be on.
APPENDIX #4 – RECORDING SPEED The Record Time is different based on Recording Speed, Recording Quality and Recording Mode. Please refer to following table. The HDD capability is 250GB.
APPENDIX #5 – NETWORK APPLICATION Video Web Server Features • Compatible with most of CCTV Products; empower any video output device watching and controlling on the Internet or LAN • Auto Network Reconnection (ANR) • Upgrade firmware & AP from FTP site via Video Web Server • Watch dog function supported • Support Dynamic IP address • 4 alarm inputs supported • Duplex function, record and playback simultaneously at client site • Auto e-mail warning system which will remind you if external alarm happened • In
