9 ○ 4CH MJPEG DVR USER MANUAL VER.: 1.
Contents 1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS..............................................................................................2 2. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................3 2.1 Product Introduction .......................................................................................3 2.2 Application......................................................................................................3 3. FEATURES.................
1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN! CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN COVERS (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. It is advised to read the Safety Precaution Guide through carefully before operating the product, to prevent any possible danger. WARNING: This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated “ dangerous voltage”.
2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Product Introduction The product is perfect for office safety, personnel home security, public environments, industry surveillance, school, and so on. Quick and simple installation is the best choice for your own ultimate protection. The sate-of-art 4-channel M-JPEG Network (optional) digital video recording, enables monitoring simply through internet. Replaces the old conventional video recorders and supports Chinese user interface.
3. FEATURES z Video system auto detection Auto detects video input (NTSC/ PAL) and supports combine use of color and b/w cameras. z Supports high quality digital video recording Adopts M-JPEG compression technology (NTSC: 60 IPS/ PAL: 50 IPS). z Video Size Video Resolution • NTSC: 640x 224 • PAL: 640x 272 Monitoring Resolution • NTSC: 720x 480 • PAL: 720x 576 z Replaces the conventional VCR.
4. PACKING LIST Check to make sure all of the items shown below are included in your product package. If something is missing, contact your dealer as soon as possible. Item Description Item Picture QTY DVR 1 DC 12V/ 2.5A Power Adapter Input: AC 100~240V Output: DC 12V/ 2.
5. INSTALLATION Connectors on the Rear Panel Please setup the connection by following the illustration shown below: Connect camera, monitor and power to enter monitoring mode. To control DVR through the internet, first connect the network line and then complete the network configuration settings. To backup images, connect the USB storage device. The DVR also supports VGA video output.
6. NAME and FUNCTION of EACH PART 6.1 Front Panel (1) : Record LED indicator. (2) : Rewind button. (3) : Fast forward button/ Enter Selection.
6.2 Rear Panel (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) RJ45: Internet connection terminal. USB: Connect to external USB storage device (Plug and Play). Video Input [VIDEO IN]: Connect to cameras. Video Output [VIDEO OUT]: Connect to the monitor. DC 12V [Power Input terminal]: power socket. NOTE: For VGA function, you need to separately purchase a DVR with VGA function.
7. OPERATING PROCEDURE 7.1 Power On After power on, DVR will auto-detect its peripherals (self-testing, auto detects the hard disk, and etc.). The system will detect the video input and judge whether the video system is NTSC or PAL. When video input is unable to be detected (VIDEO LOSS), the system will send out an alarm (it will not affect the actual recording, but when all (1CH-4CH) video images disappears, the DVR will stop recording). 7.2 Monitoring Mode This mode is a default status after power on.
7.3 Record Mode Icon Description CH2 : Black screen indicates display and record function switched OFF. CH3 : Blue screen indicates video-loss. [M] : Symbol [M] indicates manual recording. Symbol [S] indicates schedule recording. When both manual and schedule recording has been enabled, manual recording will be the first priority to be displayed. : Currently under recording. : Motion event detected. : Video input unable to be detected (video-loss has occurred). : Proceeding network connection.
7.4 Playback Mode 1. Press Play《 》button to enter “Time Search” display. 2. 3. Press Fast Forward《 》button to enter Time Search mode. After time setup has been completed, press《 MENU 》button to return to Time Search display and press Play《 》button again to playback the setup data. During playback press《 》button to pause and press again to playback. 4. Press《 5. Press《 》button to fast forward playback and《 》button to stop playback. 11 》button to rewind.
8. SYSTEM SETUP 8.1 Menu Setup (2) (1) (3) (4) (1) MAIN MENU: Item subject (First menu layer does not have a subject). (2) Menu Layer Indication: The device consists of four menu layers.
(3) Menu Operation and Setup Press《▲》 or《▼》button to move the cursor. Press《 》or《X》button enter the sub menu. Press《 MENU 》button. Under second or third menu layer, the system will return to the previous menu layer (second layer to first layer or third layer to second layer) and auto updates the modified data. Under main menu (first menu layer), the system will enter live mode. Press《►》button, to increase or decrease the setting values that has been highlighted. (4) Menu Layer Operation Guide.
8.2 Camera Setup ■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》or《X》button to make changes. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Camera Setup” menu. 4. [Camera Setup] is situated on the second menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Channel, Display & Record, Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation.
8.3 Record Setup ■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》or《X》button to make changes or to enter a next menu layer. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Record Setup” menu. 4. [Record Setup] is situated on the second menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Record Frame, Record Quality, Event Record Duration, and Schedule Record. Item Description [ Record Frame ] Record frames per second.
8.3.1 Record Frame ■■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》,《 》or《X》button to make changes. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Record Schedule Setup” selection. As shown above, when the recording frame for CH2 is 0 frame, the maximum frames for all 4 channels are 60 (NTSC)/ 50 (PAL) frames. Note: Recording frames for each channel is (0 frames) or 3 ~ 30 frames.
8.3.2 Record Schedule ■■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》or《 》button to make changes. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Record Schedule Setup” selection. Color Bar Description [ Grey ] Indicates no record will be made for this time period. [ Orange ] Indicates recording is made for this time period. [ Green ] Indicates built-in motion sensor recording (For more information, please refer to 8.4“MOTION DETECTION”).
8.4 Motion Detection Setup ■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》or《X》button to make changes or to enter a next menu layer. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Motion Detection” menu. 4. [Motion Detection Setup] is situated on the second menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Channel, Sensitivity and Motion Area. Item Description [ Channel ] Select the channel (1,2,3,4) for recording mode by internal motion sensor.
8.4.1 Motion Area ■■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》button to setup the starting point of the motion area. 3. Press《▲》and《▼》to select the range of motion detection area. 4. Press《 》button to setup the ending point of the motion area. 5. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Motion Area” selection. As shown above, color blue indicates motion area.
8.5 Screen Setup ■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 3. Press《MENU 4. [Screen Setup] is situated on the second menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Border, Video Adjustment and Auto Switching. 》or《X》button to make changes or to enter a next menu layer. 》button to exit “Screen Setup” menu. Item Description [ Border ] You can make the white border line around each channel to appear or disappear (On/ Off).
8.5.1 Video Adjustment ■■■ 1. Press《▲》, 《▼》, 《 》or《X》button to adjust the screen. 2. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Video Adjustment” selection.
8.6 System Setup ■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》or《X》button to make changes or to enter a next menu layer. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “System Setup” menu. 4. [System Setup] is situated on the second menu layer. Under this menu user may setup the following function: Hard Disk Setup, Password Setup, Time Set, Event List, Loss Alarm, Motion Alarm, Alarm Duration, Network and F/W Upgrade. Item Description [ Hard Disk Setup ] Overwrite and format HDD.
8.6.1 Hard Disk ■■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》and《X》button to make changes or to enter a next menu layer. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Hard Disk” selection. 4. [Hard Drive Setup] is situated on the third menu layer. Under this menu layer user may setup to overwrite or format the hard disk. Item Description [ Overwrite Enable ] Setup whether or not to overwrite recording when the hard disk is full.
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8.6.1.1 Format HDD ■■■■ 1. 2. 3. Press《▲》, 《▼》, 《 》 or《X》button to move to the desired password number. Press《 》button enter password(must be 6 digits). After entering 6 digits password, use《▲》/《▼》/《 》/《X》button to move 4. the cursor to “Enter”. Press《 》button to confirm password. 5. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Format HDD” selection.
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8.6.2 Password Setup ■■■ 1. 2. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. Press《 》or《X》button to make changes or to enter a next menu layer. 3. Press《MENU 4. [Password Setup] is situated on the third menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Password Change, Menu Password and Record Password. 》button to exit “Password” selection. Item Description [ Password Change ] Password change settings, Default Password: 111111.
8.6.2.1 Password Change ■■■■ Fig 1 1. Press《▲》, 《▼》, 《 》or《X》button to move to the desired password number. 2. Press《 》button and enter password(must be 6 digits). 3. After entering 6 digits password, use《▲》/《▼》/《 》/《X》button to move the cursor to “Enter”. 4. Press《 》button to confirm password. 5. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Password Change” selection. Password change requires entering a total of three groups of password. That is “Current Password”, “New Password” and “Confirm Password”.
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8.6.3 Time Set ■■■ 1. 2. 3. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. Press《 》or《X》button to make changes or to enter change mode. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Time Set” selection. 4. [Time Set] is situated on the third menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Time Zone, Time Set, Day Light Saving Time and Apply. Item Description [ Time Zone ] Setup Time Zone [ Time Set ] Setup Time [ Day Light Saving Time ] Day Light Saving Time Setup.
8.6.4 Event List ■■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move to the desired event item or use《 》 and《X》button to move to the previous or next event list page. 2. Press《 》button to playback event. 3. Press《 》button to Fast Forward, press《 》button to Fast Rewind and press《 》button to Pause/ Stop playback. 4. Press《 》button to stop playback and return to “Event List” selection. 5. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Event List” selection.
8.6.5 Network Settings ■■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》or《X》button to make changes or to enter a next menu layer. 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Network Settings” selection. 4. [Network Settings] is situated on the third menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Enable, Local IP, Mac Address, Password, DDNS Setting and Video Quality. Item Description [ Enable ] Choose (Yes) to allow Client’s connection or (No) not to allow it.
8.6.5.1 Local IP ■■■■ 1. 2. 3. 4. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. Press《 》or《X》button to enter change mode and change setup value. Press《MENU 》button to exit change mode. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Local IP” selection. 5. [Local IP] is situated on the forth menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: IP Type, IP Address, Gateway and Net Mask. Item Description [ IP Type ] Setup IP Type, choose either STATIC or DHCP mode.
8.6.5.2 DDNS Setting ■■■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 3. Press《MENU 》button to exit change mode. 4. Press《MENU 》button to exit “DDNS Setting” selection. 5. [DDNS Setting] is situated on the forth menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Enable, DNS IP Address, DVR URL, User ID and Password. 》or《X》button to enter change mode and change setup value. Item Description [ Enable ] Setup DDNS network type (Yes/ No).
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1. When entering software update selection and the USB storage device has firmware image files stored, Fig 6 is shown and followed by Fig 7. 2. Press《 》button to update software. 3. During update process, Fig 8 is shown. Fig 8 4. Press《MENU 》button to exit “Software Update” selection. 5. When the USB storage device has no firmware images stored, Fig 9 is shown. NOTE 1: Please do not remove the USB storage device while the firmware has started updating, otherwise system damage may occur.
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8.7 Exit ■■ 1. Press《▲》and《▼》button to move up and down the menu item. 2. Press《 》button to confirm. 3. [Exit] is situated on the second menu layer. Under this selection user may setup the following function: Exit & Save Changes, Exit & Discard Changes and Load Setup Default. Item Description [ Exit & Save Changes] Save new parameter and return to LIVE mode. [ Exit & Discard Changes] No change and return to LIVE mode. [ Load Setup Default ] Load default setting.
8.8 Backup via USB Memory Stick 1. In order to save the video data with USB memory stick, you should first stop record and enter playback mode, as shown below (Fig 13). 2. Press《MENU 》button to setup the start and end time period of recorded video data that you want to save on the USB memory stick. 3. Press《 》button to enter backup mode, as shown below (Fig 14). 4. Press《 》button again to start backup, as shown below (Fig 15). 5. When backup has been completed a window appears as shown below (Fig 16).
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10. HDD Player Software Description System Requirement OS (Operating System) Windows XP. Hardware Requirement ※CPU 2.8GHz or higher. ※RAM 1GMByte or higher. 1. Installation Software Installation 1. During installation, you will need a desktop or laptop computer that meets these minimum requirements: Windows XP. 2. Run the program “Vx4CViewer-setup.
User Interface Viewer/ Player Connection Status Function Button Viewer Function Button Description Press this button to enter player window. Press this button to enter DVR Viewer connection window. Press this button to enter DVR login window. Press this button to disconnect from DVR. Fast Rewind (similar to DVR front panel function button). Fast Forward (similar to DVR front panel function button). Play/ Pause (similar to DVR front panel function button).
2.1 DVR Connection After pressing the connection button, a Login window appears. Please enter DVR IP address, remote-site Password, and Port to enter DVR connection window.
After entering DVR LIVE display, use panel button for operation control. Connection Status DVR Player Operation Button Screen Switching Button Connection Status: Display current connection status (figure shown above), system indicates either connected or disconnected. When the Viewer network disconnects, Viewer tries to automatically re-connect. Screen Switching Button: Enables screen switching between Quad-Screen display/ Single-Screen display and activates DVR setup menu.
2.2 DVR Setup Press [MENU] button to activate DVR setup menu and precede DVR function setup. Function Button CH1 (similar to DVR-site button application)/ UP (similar to menu button application). CH3 (similar to DVR-site button application)/ DOWN (similar to menu button application). CH2 (similar to DVR-site button application)/ LEFT (similar to menu button application). CH4 (similar to DVR-site button application)/ RIGHT (similar to menu button application). MENU (similar to DVR-site button application).
2.3. Viewer Setup Right click on the Viewer window, viewer drop down menu appears (corresponding configuration setup can be done). Player: Switch to Player window. NetViewer: Switch to NetViewer remote connection window. Disconnect/ Connect: Select “Disconnect” option under connection status or “Connect” option under disconnection status. DVR Control: Similar to DVR front panel control button. Audio: This function is not supported. Local Recording: Save LIVE video to the PC HDD directory.
Viewer Network Options Setup Always On Top: Setup window display to always be on top. Use DirectDraw: Enable DirectDraw to accelerate image processing functions (Your operating system and graphic hardware must support DirectDraw). Path for local recording: Save LIVE video to the PC HDD directory.
3. Player Guide After the software installation has been completed, open-up Vx4CViewer. Move the cursor to [Player] and then left click to enter Player user operating interface, as show below: Player Status Function Button Player Panel Description Press this button to enter player window. Press this button to enter DVR Viewer connection window. Open file. Rewind. Fast Rewind. Pause. Play. Fast Forward. Step Rewind. Step Forward. Switch to CH1/ CH2/ CH3/ CH4 full screen display.
Press [Open] button to open-up file, a folder appears and you may select a file from the folder to playback.
3.2 Player Control Player Main Display Channel Display Playback Status Playback Control Button Snapshot and Channel Switching Button Chanel Display: Show channel name of the current playback file. Use right-click menu to Enable/ Disable the function. Playback Status: Current playback speed and related time information. Playback Control Button: Control buttons to proceed file Playback, Pause and Fast Forward.
3.3. Player Setup Right click on the Player window, player drop down menu appears (corresponding configuration setup can be done). Player: Switch to Player window. NetViewer: Switch to NetViewer remote connection window. Open File: Open-up a file. Open Disk: Open-up a disk. Export: Save the file as AVI format (this function is only effective when playback is faused). Close: Close-up a file. Show Channel Title: Display channel title. Always On Top: Setup window display to always be on top.
Capture: Use this function to capture a certain part of the file and save it into a separate file. Application method: First move to the stating point that you wish to retrieve. In the player drop down menu, click item “CaptureÆ Mark In” and then move to the ending point, click item “CaptureÆMark Out”. Finally click item “Capture Æ Export” to decide the disk storage location and file name. Audio: This function is not supported. Full Screen: Switch to full screen mode.
Player Options Setup Always on top: Setup window display to always be on top. Use DirectDraw: Enable DirectDraw to accelerate image processing functions (Your operating system and graphic hardware must support DirectDraw). Show channel title: Display channel title setup. Repeat playback: Repeat playback function setup. On screen display date/time format: To change the time display format.. On Screen Display Date/ Time Format Description: 1.
11. TROUBLESHOOTING Question Answer Suggested HDD Brand WD, Seagate, and Hitachi.
12. SPECIFICATION Format Video Display Recording HDD Compression 4 CH, BNC Output 1 CH BNC Resolution 720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL) Frame Rate Max. 120 / 100 IPS (NTSC / PAL) Division Single, Quad Resolution 640x224 (NTSC), 640x272 (PAL) Frame Rate Max.60 / 50 IPS (NTSC / PAL) Quality High / Normal / Low Mode Manual / Schedule / Motion Detection Basic Storage Mode Action Network MJPEG Input Triggered Alarm NTSC / EIA or PAL / CCIR 1x3.5” SATA HDD (Max.
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