DVR4CH Stand alone Multi-channel Digital Video Recorder User Instruction Manual VERSION 1.0 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
Warning This apparatus must be earthed. Apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection. The mains plug or an appliance coupler shall remain readily operable. To prevent fire or electric shock hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The apparatus should not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the apparatus.
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INSTALLATION & SAFEGUARDS Please read these instructions before operating the unit. Installation. Refer all work related to the installation of this product to qualified service personnel or system installers. Avoid the following locations for installation. ＊ Places exposed to direct water, moisture, or sunlight directly ＊ Places subject to having strong vibration or impact ＊ Near magnetic field sources such as a television or speakers, magnet, etc.
(Tightening torque: Approx. 0.49 N. m {5 Kgf.cm}) Avoid rapid changes of the temperature/humidity to prevent condensation. (Acceptable change: within 15℃/h{59℉/h}) Before You Start. 1. Do not attempt to open or remove the covers. This may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. 2. Installation should be performed by a qualified service person only. 3. This unit should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the manufacturer’s label. Special Note.
Important safety instructions Read and keep these instructions. Heed all warning. Do not connect this unit to an outlet to which appliances with high power consumption such as an air conditioning or a copy machine is already being connected. Do not use this apparatus near water. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Content Chapter I Introduction............................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter II System Installation .................................................................................................................. 10 Section 1 Operating Environment............................................................................................................... 10 Section 2 HDD Installation ..........................
Section 9 Playback/Backup .......................................................................................................................... 33 Playback................................................................................................................................................... 33 Backup ..................................................................................................................................................... 34 Section 10 Network Setup ................
Chapter I Introduction Thank you for choosing our standalone Digital Video Recorder System. Please pay attention to these instructions before using the DVR. The manual explains the operation modes and performance criteria of our standalone H264 DVR. Please read the manual carefully before using the DVR, and install the system according to the instructions. Mainframe software is subject to renewal without prior notice.
Product Introduction 1. Compress Support PAL/NTSC video format, 25FPS (PAL), 30 FPS (NTSC), H.264; Support both variable bitrate and variable frame rate. Support dual stream, video config setting. Support motion detection, video shelter area. Support OSD, date and time display. 2. Record Support record period, record quality setting; Support pre-record function. Support SATA port. Support 4CH playback synchronously for CIF resolution. Support FAT32 files system.
Chapter II Section 1 System Installation Operating Environment The following operating environment for this DVR must be adhered to: DVR Operating Environment Items Instructions Electromagnetism DVR’ complies with National Electromagnetism Radiation Standards. Temperature -10℃ to 55℃ Humidity 10 % to 95 % Power Supply AC100-240V 50/60Hz Please pay particular attention to the following: Keep away from heat sources and high temperatures and avoid direct sunlight.
2. Remove HDD mounting bracket. 3. Fit HDD onto bracket using supplied mounting screws. 4. Replace HDD mounting bracket. 5. Connect the ATX power cable to the power connection on the HDD. Pay attention to the correct orientation. 6. Plug HDD cable into SATA port on HDD. 7. Plug HDD cable into SATA port on the main board. 8. Replace the top of the DVR enclosure. Note: Please fix the screws at the back side of DVR before the flank side while assembling the lid.
Section 3 Back panel Fig. 2 No. Interface Connection Description 1 (A IN) Audio input connect simulate audio input device, standard BNC interface 2 (V IN)Video input connect simulate video input device, standard BNC interface (A OUT)Audio output connect audio output device, standard BNC interface Active device is requested while exporting audio 4 (V OUT) Video output connect monitor, local video signal output 5 Alarm input and output.
considered as an alarm input; ALARM IN port disconnect with GND or has a high voltage (5V) input will be considered as no alarm input by default; Fig. 3 Note: external input voltage can not be higher than 5V. Alarm out Alarm output is NO/NC output, and this DVR has 1 port for alarm output. When “NO1” and “COM1” was off, the alarm output disables, otherwise “NO1” and “COM1” was connected, the alarm output enable. Fig. 4 Note: 24VDC(1A), 120VAC(1A) voltage and current are suggested.
A and B ends of RS485 can be connected with the Rx+, Rx- on PTZ or High Speed Dome. After all the above connection, please enter the “PTZ” menu to setup camera and PTZ address, baud rate, PTZ protocol. After the setup, please control them by running the DVR_WEB software. About the DVR_WEB setting please refer “Chapter Ⅶ”. WARNING: PLEASE SET ALL OF THE PTZ ADDRESSES DIFFERENTLY. Note: Please do not connect RS485 and RS232 simultaneously. Section 6 Voice Communication Fig.
Chapter III Section 1 DVR Operation DVR Front Panel Fig. 7 Name specification Power switch Run Working indicator, flashing after boot normally. HDD HDD indicator, flashing when access HDD date. ACTIVE Network communication indicator, flashing when network is connected. LINK Network connection indicator, lighting constantly when network is connected. REMOTE IR remote receive indicator, flashing when control this DVR with IR controller.
1. 4-screen display or the third channel full screen display 2. Select pane “3” in cover area setting 1. 4-screen display or the forth channel full screen display 2. Select pane “4” in cover area setting Entering the backup menu Pop-up the dialogue box of manual recording ● 1. Entry search and playback interface 2. Pause/Play recording file , under playback mode Stop playback Jump backward under playback mode. Jump forward under playback mode.
Fig. 8 Refer to the section of “DVR Front Panel” for the detailed description of the function of the keys on remote controller. : Screen-split mode switch. Section 3 Mouse operation This DVR supports a USB mouse: Plug the USB mouse into the USB port marked , and then the mouse cursor will appear on the screen.
Mouse Option ＊Modify Number Double-click mouse left key to input number or use trolley of mouse to modify number directly. ＊Modify Character Double-click mouse left key to input character. ＊Modify Option Choose option with trolley of mouse or in the option box after left click. ＊Exit Menu Right click to exit menu step by step.
Chapter IV System operation Section 1 Menu Navigation Fig. 10 Main Menu Sub Menu Playback Information Rec. & Alarm Search recording, playback or backup HDD HDD status check, HDD format and HDD alarm setup Log System running and alarm information Version System firmware version information Online Check online user information, force kick online user General Setup recording resolution, codec type, image quality, stream bit, frame rate of channels, Setup HDD overwrite automatically.
Transfer Maintenance Section 2 Set network transmission resolution, codec type, stream bit, frame rate, image quality for every channel Resume default configuration, log out, restart and timing restart. Surveillance View Status Bar Fig. 11 Status bar button function definition: Icon Function Entering main menu Split screen mode switch Entering “Manual Record” dialog Entering “Playback” dialog Mute mode and cancel mute mode.
Cancel buzzer alarm Admin Current login user CH01 Current channel Notation Icon description Record status and remote preview switch automatically. / ---the current channel is recording manually ---timing recording --- prerecord ---alarm recording ---motion detection recording ---the channel is under remote preview ×---the channel is not under recording or not under remote preview.
Please select a user in “User Login”, then move cursor to password input box and press on front panel to get into input interface in which to input the password. Language can also be selected in this dialogue box. Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Fig. 12 In User Login box, language, including Chinese and English. NOTE: 1. System will activate buzzer automatically after incorrect password input. 2. System will reject login after three times incorrect password input.
Reboot Enter “Main Menu－Advanced－Maintenance” and select ‘reboot’ to reboot DVR manually. Please refer Fig. 13. Schedule reboot is available, if it is selected and inputted schedule reboot time (24H) for everyday. Fig. 13 Section 5 OSD Setup Time Modify Enter “Main Menu－Advanced－General” as shown in Fig. 14. Fig. 14 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with 23 and .
System Time：Press Time Format：Setting the time format and DST. Please refer Fig. 15. to get into input interface for time inputting. Fig. 15 Time Format: 12H and 24H is selectable Data Format: yyyy-mm-dd, mm-dd-yyyy, yyyy-mm-dd and mm-dd-yyyy is selectable. Default Format: mm-dd-yyyy. DST Setting (Summer time setup): Default DST setting: NO. Note: If you need to modify system time please close the record. Time Display. Enter “Main Menu－Advanced－Display”.
Section 6 Basic Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu－Advanced－General” as shown in Fig. 16. Fig. 16 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Remote Control: When you use IR controller to operate DVR, you must use DVR address to select DVR. If there are more than one DVR in one place, please define different address for each DVR. The default address is “001”, the value field among 001-255. DVR Name：Define DVR name.
Section 7 HDD Management HDD State Inquiry Enter “Main Menu－Information—HDD” as shown in Fig. 17. Fig. 17 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . HDD Alarm: HDD alarm will activate once the capacity of HDD is lower than a value set by user. The range of warning capacity is among 30 to 99. Alarm mode: buzzer alarm. Default buzzer time is 10 second which can be modified in “Main Menu”→ “Rec. &Alarm”→ “Alarm”.
Recording Auto Overwrite Enter “Main Menu－Rec. &Alarm—General” to setup ‘Auto Overwrite’ function: whether activate overwrite function when HDD is full. Select on then system will overwrite the earliest recording when HDD is full. Section 8 Recording Record Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu－Rec. &Alarm—General” as shown in Fig. 19. Fig. 19 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Channel Number: choose a channel to setup.
In this case, DVR can save HDD usage and network bandwidth. If you select CBR, DVR will use the fixed bit rate to compress image. Frame Rate: Frame per second. Options are: 25（PAL:25, NTSC:30） 、13、6、3、1. Default frame rate: “25” Quality: Define the image quality. There are 5 options: Basic, Medium, Good, High, and Best. High image quality needs high bit rate size.
Please refer Status Bar section. Schedule Recording Enter “Main Menu－Rec. &Alarm—Schedule” as shown in Fig. 21 Fig. 21 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Channel Number: Select a channel for setup All: After setup one channel. Apply this strategy to all channels Calendar: “yy/mm/dd/” can be chose on the left of Calendar.
Apply: Press ‘Apply’ to save setting temporarily, if need to set multiple recording periods. For example: set recording periods in 2008-10-20 and press ‘Apply’, then other recording period could be set in the same menu without exit. Press ‘OK’ to save all setting permanently. NOTE: Only press ‘OK’ to save all setting permanently without lost when power is blackout. Press ‘Apply’ to save temporarily, all setting will lost when power is off.
Fig. 23 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Record Duration: Length of recording whenever alarm or motion detection is activated. Default length: 10 minutes. Pre-record Time: Activate pre-record function including “OFF、5s、15s、25s、30s”. Default pre-record time: OFF External Alarm Input Setting Enter “Alarm In” to set external alarm input Alarm In： Select a alarm input port for setup Alarm Out: Activate alarm out or not.
Motion Detection/Video Lost/ Video Shelter Alarm Setting Enter ‘Motion’ to set motion detection alarm Fig. 24 Channel：Select one channel for setting Motion：Select activate mode including: motion detection, video shelter and video lost. Sensitivity：Select sensitivity of motion detection or video shelter. Option including: Highest, High, Medium, Low, Lowest. Area Setup：Alarm area should also be set to activate motion detection or video shelter though such function was selected.
In the course of setting up the parameters, if the parameters needed to be set the same in all channels, you can select ‘ALL’ after finishing the setup of parameters of one channel. The system will prompt a dialog box. When pressing ‘OK’, parameters setup for all channels will be achieved. Note: “Sheltering” and “Video Loss” settings please refer to “Motion” setup. Alarm Elimination Click icon on the status bar to eliminate alarm if the alarm is activating.
CH：If the “CH” channel is selected as 00, files of all channels will be searched, and at this time, 4 channel playback simultaneously is unavailable. All：Recorded files type. The file type options have “All, Timer, Motion, Alarm, Command, and Manual”. One_CH：Option includes both “One_CH” and “Four_CH”. 4 channels playback simultaneously is available if “Four_CH” has been selected. Search：Search the matched recorded files and display them in the list box.
In “searching box”, after moved cursor to a certain record section, use “left” or “right” button to choose the section(“√” signal will show on select box right beside the record section ) If you select “Merge”, system will backup selected files to USB device as one file. Backup device note: 1. Support Portable HDD storage and flash disk. Portable HDD storage or flash disk has to be formatted as FAT32 format before backup. 2.
Static/DHCP Fig.26 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Mode: Could choose “Static” or “DHCP”. On “Static Address” status, IP Address, Net Mask, Default Gateway and DNS should input by user self. On “DHCP” status, IP Address, Net Mask, and Multicast IP will be obtained by system automatically. IP Address: Example 192.168.000.100. This IP address must not be conflicted with other IP. Net Mask: Example 255.255.255.000. Gateway Address: Example 192.168.000.
PPPoE Enter “Network” → “PPPoE Setup” as shown in Fig.27 Fig.27 Please “Enable” “PPPoE Setup”, then input the Username and Password provided by ISP. System will use PPPoE protocol to connect the net with an auto-obtain dynamic IP address. Section 11 Net Transfer Parameter Setup Enter “Main Menu－Advanced－Transfer”, as shown in Fig.28 Fig. 28 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Channel number: select relevant channel to setup.
Max Bit Rate: If you select VBR, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate. The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution. If you select high resolution, you must select high bit rate. If you select CBR, you can select bit rate size. Default bit rate: 512K. Coding Type: There are two options: CBR or VBR. Default type: VBR. If you select VBR, DVR will adjust the actual bit rate according to the video movement.
enter “User Operation” interface in where to modify password, setup local and remote right, delete user. Admin：Administrator who has supreme right on operation. Move cursor to “Admin” and press “ENTER” to modify password in input interface. Add User When you login as “Admin”, you can add new user. Select “Add” to enter into “Add User” menu as shown in Fig. 30. Fig. 30 Press “ ” key to enter into input mode, then you can input the username.
Authority Setup When you login as “Admin”, you can setup the authority for new users. Operational authority is divided into “Local Rights” and “Remote Rights”. You can assign the necessary rights to the user. Use “ ” and “ ” key to move cursor to the corresponding right items, press “ ” and “ ” key to enable or disable the item. After you finish, press “Enter” button, the user’s rights will be saved. If you press “Cancel” button, the user’s rights will be aborted. Fig.
Fig. 34 Remote Rights: Remote rights are for remote operation. PTZ Control: PTZ control remotely. Manual REC: Remote setting general recording, schedule recording and alarm recording parameters and start/stop recording manually. Playback: Remote playback and download the recorded files on DVR, can be set for each channel. Set Parameters: setting parameters of general setting, display setting, PTZ setting and net transfer remotely in “Main menu – Advanced”.
Fig. 35 User manages explain: User levels have Administrator and Normal user. Can be set 1 Administrator and 29 normal users; Administrator can modify all users’ password, and Normal user only can modify himself password. After input 3 times wrong password, system will be locked by itself, and warning, do not allowed to login any more. Only Administrator can add user in DVR, Normal user do not allow add any user. And can not add same name user in one DVR.
Fig. 36 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Channel number: Select one channel for setting. Activate Shielding：Provide you to mask the sensitive area. Move cursor to “Area Set” and set the area. In the shelter area setup interface, there are four small panes. You can press “ “ ”, “ ”, “ ” and ” keys to move the cursor.
Fig. 37 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . Channel number: connect channel number of decipherer RS-485 parameters: Including baudrate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, flow control, etc. These parameters must be the same as those of PTZ Protocol. PTZ Addr: Each PTZ has one different address. Default system configuration: 001.
Fig. 38 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with and . and . Select a item to restore default setting. Section 16 Information Inquiry Log Information Enter “Main Menu－Information－Log” as shown in Fig.39. Fig. 39 Move cursor with and on the front panel and select item with Input start time and stop time and then move cursor to “Search” button and press “ENTER” key to start searching. Type include: Alarm (A), Operate (O), Abnormal (E), and All.
When searching is finished, DVR will list all information. You can press “Previous” or “Next” key to view more information. Version Information Enter “Main Menu－Information－Version” as shown in Fig.40. Fig. 40 Check information of current firmware version. User Information Enter “Main Menu－Information－Online” as shown in Fig.41. Fig. 41 List box: Display the remote user name, State and IP address. Use and key to move the cursor.
Section 17 System Update Method 1: You can update system through DVR_WEB Internet. About the DVR_WEB setting please refer “Chapter Ⅶ”. Method 2: You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. （1）Create a file with a name of “update” in the USB storage, and copy the firmware file to this directory and rename it with special file name, for example: dvr404d.img. Then insert eternal device into USB port of DVR after modification. （2）Enter “Main Menu—Advanced—Maintenance—USB Upgrade” as shown in Fig.42.
Chapter Ⅴ Frequency Asked Questions 1、Can not control DVR with IR controller, but it’s normal while using the front panel. 1) Check whether the battery is exhausted. Replace a new battery. 2) Check whether the address of controller is the same as the ID of DVR. If not, please change the address of controller at 000 or input the same ID of DVR. 2、Has changed the time or the channel name position in “Display” but why it does not come into effective.
Chapter Ⅵ Specification Model processor operation system 4CH Embedded high performance processor embedded RTOS Video Video format image compression PAL/NTSC H.264(Main Profile)/MJPEG Video input 4 Channel BNC(1.0Vp-p,75Ω) Video output 1 Channel BNC (1.0Vp-p,75Ω) 1 Channel VGA（800×600，1024×768，1280×1024 ）(optional) Audio audio compression ADPCM Audio input 4CH BNC(linear voltage,10.0 KΩ )（or 3CH Audio + 1 CH Intercom） Audio output 1CH BNC(linear voltage,1.
dimensions(W×D×H) Operating humidity operation temperature Appendix 1 250×260×50mm Humidity 10%～95% temperature -10℃～55℃ HDD Capability Calculate 1. Required HDD capacity for one channel one hour (unit Mbyte): HDD capacity＝bit rate / 8 × 3600 / 1024 The unit of bit rate is Kbit/s. 2. Required one channel HDD capacity (unit Mbyte): HDD capacity＝required HDD capacity of one channel for one hour× daily recording time × number of recording days 3.
Chapter Ⅶ IE Monitor Section 1 Introduction The DVR can be visited and controlled by IE browser. IE provides the functions, such as remote monitor, local record, PTZ control, Remote control, etc. Section 2 IE Setting Please follow next steps before monitoring videos on IE at the first time: 1．Open IE. Enter “Tool” → “Internet Option” and then click “Security” label. (Or right click on IE browser icon, enter “Attribute”, enter “Security” label).
2. Input IP address of DVR to “Add this Web site to the zone” text box and click off “√” in the front of “Require server verification(http:) for all sites in this zone”. Click ‘Add’ and then ‘OK’ to finish as shown in following figure. (presume IP Address as 10.0.0.189) 3. Click ‘Custom Level’ as shown in following Fig.
Please Modify below items（Enable/Disable）then press ‘OK’ to finish setting. a) ［Enable］ Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls. b) ［Enable］Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe. c) ［Enable］Download unsigned ActiveX controls. d) e) [Disable] Use Pop-up Blocker. ［Enable］Allow Script-initiated windows without size or position constraints. Keep the other items as default.
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4. Input Http:// and host IP address in IE address bar. For example: if host IP address is “10.0.0.124” then input Http://10.0.0.124 in IE address bar. FAQ in DVR_WEB Internet: 1、When IE fails to load language files please close Windows Firewall and try again. 2、When ‘Click here to activate control’ floating note box show on screen, please click the box to activate the control.
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