User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Software Installation on page 10
- Overview
- Network Deployment
- Ready to Use
- Software Installation
- Accessing the Network Camera
- Using VIVOTEK Recording Software
- Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices
- Using RTSP Players
- Main Page
- Client Settings
- Configuration
- System > General settings
- System > Homepage layout
- System > Logs
- System > Parameters
- System > Maintenance
- Media > Image
- Media > Video
- Media > Video
- Media > Audio
- Network > General settings
- Network > Streaming protocols
- Network > DDNS
- Network > QoS (Quality of Service)
- Network > SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
- Security > User Account
- Security > HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL)
- Security > Access List
- Security > IEEE 802.1x
- PTZ > PTZ settings 
- Event > Event settings
- Applications > Motion detection
- Applications > DI and DO
- Applications > Tampering detection
- Applications > Audio detection
- Applications > VADP (VIVOTEK Application Development Platform)
- Applications > Panoramic PTZ
- Recording > Recording settings
- Local storage > SD card management
- Local storage > Content management
- Appendix

VIVOTEK
2 - User's Manual
Table of Contents
Overview...............................................................................................................................................................4
Revision History .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Read Before Use ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Package Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Symbols and Statements in this Document ..................................................................................................... 5
Physical Description - SF8174V ...................................................................................................................... 6
Physical Description - SF8174 ........................................................................................................................ 8
Hardware Installation - SF8174V .................................................................................................................. 14
Hardware Installation - SF8174 ..................................................................................................................... 20
Network Deployment .......................................................................................................................................... 26
Setting up the Network Camera over the Internet ......................................................................................... 26
Software Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Ready to Use .................................................................................................................................................31
Accessing the Network Camera ......................................................................................................................... 32
Using Web Browsers ..................................................................................................................................... 32
Using RTSP Players ......................................................................................................................................35
Using 3GPP-compatible Mobile Devices ....................................................................................................... 36
Using VIVOTEK Recording Software ............................................................................................................ 37
Main Page ..........................................................................................................................................................38
Client Settings ....................................................................................................................................................49
H.264 / MPEG-4 Media Options ................................................................................................................... 49
H.264 / MPEG-4 Protocol Options ............................................................................................................... 49
Two way audio ..............................................................................................................................................50
MP4 Saving Options ..................................................................................................................................... 50
Local streaming buffer time .......................................................................................................................... 50
Conguration ......................................................................................................................................................51
System > General settings ............................................................................................................................ 52
System > Homepage layout ......................................................................................................................... 53
System > Logs ..............................................................................................................................................56
System > Parameters ................................................................................................................................... 57
System > Maintenance .................................................................................................................................. 58
Media > Image ............................................................................................................................................62
General settings ...............................................................................................................................................62
Day/Night Settings .............................................................................................................................................63
Image settings ...................................................................................................................................................64
Exposure
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67
Privacy mask ..................................................................................................................................................70
Pixel Calculator ...............................................................................................................................................71
Media > Video ............................................................................................................................................... 72
FOV
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72