ATV VLD4500 User Manual

4CH H.264 Multiplex DVR

User Manual

VER.:1.0, P/N: R040199A

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All the safety and operating instructions must be read before the unit is operated.

• Make sure to switch the power off before you install the DVR.

• There is the danger of an electric shock if the DVR is opened by an unqualified service

engineer or installer.

• Avoid using the DVR outside of the reference temperature and humidity indicated in the

specification.

• Avoid exposing the DVR to violent movement or vibration.

• Do not use or store the DVR in direct sunlight or near to any source of heat.

• Do not place any object into the holes used for air circulation.

• Always use the DVR in a well ventilated location to prevent overheating.

• Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 FEATURES.........................................................................................................1

Chapter 2 MAIN MENU OPERATION..................................................................................2

2.1 Quick Setup............................................................................................................2

2.2 Network Remote Instructions..................................................................................4

2.3 Playback Mode.......................................................................................................5

2.4 PTZ Mode...............................................................................................................6

Chapter 3 INSTALLATION...................................................................................................8

3.1 System Configuration – 16CH ................................................................................8

3.2 Hard Disk Installation..............................................................................................9

Chapter 4 BASIC OPERATION and MENU SETUP..........................................................11

4.1 Main Menu Setup..................................................................................................11

4.2 Record Setup........................................................................................................13

4.3 Event Setup..........................................................................................................15

4.4 Schedule Setup ....................................................................................................18

4.5 Camera Setup.......................................................................................................20

4.6 Account Setup.......................................................................................................21

4.7 Network Setup......................................................................................................22

4.8 PTZ & RS-485 Setup............................................................................................29

4.9 System Setup .......................................................................................................30

4.10 Utility Setup.........................................................................................................37

4.11 Diagnostic...........................................................................................................38

Chapter 5 SEARCH & BACKUP........................................................................................39

5.1 Search Setup........................................................................................................39

5.2 Backup Setup .......................................................................................................42

Chapter 6 SPECIFICATION...............................................................................................43

Chapter 7 NETWORK SURVEILLANCE............................................................................45

7.1 Remote Connection..............................................................................................45

7.2 Remote Backup....................................................................................................47

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this

document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information herein.

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Chapter 1 FEATURES

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Two USB ports (for mouse usage and backup).

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Dual streaming enhances the speed of network transmission

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Built-in VGA output up to 1280x1024 resolution

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Individual setup of resolution, frame rate and video quality for each channel

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Still image snapshot

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AVI converter with time stamp

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H.264 compression ideal for saving HDD space

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Real time live display

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Live display, record, backup, playback and network access simultaneously

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Picture-in-picture monitoring and 2X to 8X digital zoom display

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Control Methods: front panel, USB mouse, IR remote controller, client viewer

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Intuitive GUI for easy configuration and menu driven operation

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Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera control

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Data backup: USB devices, network and DVD-RW

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Event triggered with email notification: motion detection, alarm, video loss

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Supports Internet Explorer with same GUI as DVR site

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Multi-language OSD

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Central Management System (CMS)

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3G/ GPRS mobile phone monitoring

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Chapter 2 MAIN MENU OPERATION

2.1 Quick Setup

Graphic Icons

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the four (Main Menu/ Search/
Backup/ PTZ) menu icons.

MAIN MENU.

SEARCH SETUP.

BACKUP.

PTZ CONTROL.

Turn On/Off recording.

PLAYBACK
Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up five (PAUSE/ PIP/ ZOOM/

AUTO SEQ/ LOCK) display icons.

PAUSE, to pause LIVE image

PIP, picture in picture

Full screen display, multiple clicking to switch channels

Quad display.

ZOOM, 2X to 8X digital zoom in / out the screen size

AUTO-sequence

LOCK, activate the key lock.

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GUI Hints and Tips

Recording is on

Number represents the current selected LIVE audio channel (available to
8/ 16CH DVR and option to 4CH DVR).

Live Audio is off

Motion detected on the channel

Sensor triggered on the channel

Video loss detected on the channel

USB device detected

DVR has been connected onto the Internet.

AUTO-SEQ is on

99%

FREEZE is on, screen is frozen

LOCK is on

PTZ control is on

Shows the current hard disk space used-up (99% means that the HDD
space has been used up 99%, and the remaining HDD space is 1%)

Current time which is used when providing the conversion of AVI files is
shown on the bottom lower right of each DVR screen.

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2.2 Network Remote Instructions

Same user and DVR-site interface, the only difference is network toolbar which is
situated on the lower bottom right.

Icon Description

Low Video Quality (LQ)

/

/

High Video Quality (HQ)

* Please refer to 4.7.2 HTTP setup

Full Screen

Record

Capture Image

Record and captured files storage path settings

Open / Close this tool bar

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2.3 Playback Mode

Playback – Quick Function Icon

Press「 / 」button to Fast Rewind

/

Speed : 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x
Press「 / 」button to Fast Forward

Speed : 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x

Press「PLAY」/ 「 」button to Play/ Pause Playback

「 / SLOW」slow playback
Speed : 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x

「 / 」stop playback

Playback channel by channel with snap shot display

Full screen display

Quad display

Zoom in video image

Snap shot image

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2.4 PTZ Mode

PTZ – Remote Controller Control

/ SLOW
/
/
/
ZOOM +
ZOOM ­FOCUS +
FOCUS ­IRIS +
IRIS ­TOUR

PRESET + NUMBER

PLAY + NUMBER

ZOOM

Move PTZ up.
Move PTZ down.
Move PTZ to the left.
Move PTZ to the right.
PTZ zoom-in.
PTZ zoom-out.
PTZ focus-in.
PTZ focus-out.
PTZ iris-open.
PTZ iris-close.

Activate PTZ pre-set tour. *
To save a preset location

Press PRESET and a number key. DVR will save the current location.
To go to a preset location
Press PLAY and a number key. DVR will move to the preset location.

Set current PTZ location as the start of the line-scan. *

PIP
FREEZE

*

：

Different brands of PTZ protocol sometimes may not be 100% compatible with each other.

Set current PTZ location as the start of the line-scan. *
Activate line-scan. *

Therefore, these functions may not be applicable.

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PTZ – Quick Function Icon

Exit PTZ Mode and back to the LIVE mode

Preset number N. (1~64)

Go to preset number N.

Set current PTZ location at preset number N.

[TOUR] icon, click to activate preset tour
Same as [PIP]. Set current PTZ location as the starting point of the

line-scan.

Same as [FREEZE]. Activate line-scan.

Same as [ZOOM]. Set current PTZ location as the ending point of the
line-scan.

To move PTZ in 360°

PTZ zoom in or PTZ zoom out.
PTZ focus in or PTZ focus out.
PTZ IRIS open or PTZ IRIS closes.

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Chapter 3 INSTALLATION

3.1 System Configuration – 4CH

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3.2 Hard Disk Installation

First, remove the three screws from the DVR machine (Pic 1).

(PIC 1)

Open the upper case (Pic 2, Pic 3).

(Pic 2) (Pic 3)

Insert the SATA cable and power cable onto the SATA HDD (Pic 4).

(Pic 4)

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Lock the HDDs onto the DVR machine. Insert the SATA cables into the sockets on the
main board. Make sure that the HDD cable has been properly inserted into HDD socket.
Now, the installation has been completed. (Pic 5)

(Pic 5)

Put the upper case back and tighten the screws. (Pic 6)

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Pic 6

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Chapter 4 BASIC OPERATION and MENU SETUP

4.1 Main Menu Setup

To enter the main menu and setup the DVR, please log-in account and enter user
password. The default password of the administrator is “123456”. Please refer to “4.6
Account Setup” for related setup of other log-in users.

Main Menu – Mouse Control

(Right mouse click to enter Quick Setup Menu)

/

Switch between capital and small letters.
Switch between numbers and letters.
Press to cancel the setup, and re-choose the login account.

Delete the last character.
Enter to identify the password. It will enter the setup menu if the password

is verified.
Space key

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Main Menu – Remote Controller and Front Pannel Control

(Click MENU button to enter Quick Setup Menu )

MENU

MENU

MENUMENU

ESC

ESC

ESCESC

ENTER

ENTER

ENTERENTER

Switch to different options under one item
Switch to different items
Press to confirm setup (OK)
Press to cancel setup (CANCEL)
Enter the menu, or display virtual keyboard

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4.2 Record Setup

Item Description

HDD FULL

OSD Position X
OSD Position Y

OSD Position Setup

Video Preservation (Hours)

Quality & Frame Rate

Setup…

Select STOP to stop recording or OVERWRITE to reuse the HDD when
HDD is full.

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[Stop]
[Overwrite]

and continue to record.
Set time stamp of OSD position X

Set time stamp of OSD position Y
OSD position time stamp setup

Information stored within the HDD is preserved for only a specified length
of time.

Setup the quality and frame rate for each channel under normal
recording and event recording type.

Stop Recording

：

Start to overwrite beginning from the oldest data of HDD,

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4.2.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup

Item Description

View Normal / View Event

No.

Resolution

Quality

FPS

Auto

Setup resolution, quality and FPS separately for different record type.
Check/ Uncheck the box will enable/ disable recording of that channel.
Choose record resolution, this value will be used by each channel.
Choose from Below Basic / Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest.
Choose recording frame rate (1~30).

The maximum recording frames available by the average distribution of
each channel.

＊Number of “Auto” means the DVR processing ability. Recording data depends on “FPS”.
Ex: If channel 1 to channel 8 set to 15 FPS, the sum will be 120 FPS. (8 x 15 = 120)

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4.3 Event Setup

Item Description

Motion Setup Enter to set up motion detection

Sensor Setup Enter to set up sensor detection

4.3.1 Motion Setup

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Item Description

Alarm Duration(Seconds) Alarm duration time (1~60 seconds).

Check the box to Enable/ Disable popup screen function for all channels.

Motion Popup

Enable Check the box to Enable/ Disable motion detection for each channel.

Sensitivity

Motion Area Setup Enter to setup motion detection area

Apply to All Set all the channels to the same setting.

When motion is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will
popup in full screen display.

Drag the bar or press ◀ ▶ to set up Sensitivity from value 0 to 10 for each
channel. The lower value you set lower the sensitivity it will be

4.3.1.1 Motion Area Setup

There are partitions in motion detection area (22x15 blocks). Under initializing status,
motion detection area is in the entire screen. Red colored area is undetected; yet the
detected area is transparent.

Item Description

Mask Mouse Selection

All Area Detection

Mask All Area

Continue

Exit & Save

Exit & Discard

Select to mask the mouse selected area.
Select all the images as motion detection area.
Cancel all motion detection images on the screen.
Continue setup.
Save setup and exit setup page.
Cancel setup and exit setup page.

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4.3.2 Sensor Setup

Item Description

Alarm Duration(Seconds) Alarm duration time (1~60 seconds).

Sensor Popup Check the box to Enable/Disable popup screen function for all channels.

When Sensor is detected in LIVE mode, the detected channel image will
pop up in full screen display.

Sensor Polarity Click or press ▼ to select between HIGH/ LOW voltage for triggering

sensor detection or OFF to turn off polarity for each channel
Low Polarity：Sensor has not been triggered. When connected, sensor

will be turned on (N.O.→N.C.).

High Polarity：Sensor has been triggered. When connected, sensor

status will be turned off (N.C.→N.O.).

Off：Sensor is deactivated, and will not be turned on/off.

All off

All Low

All High

Set all sensors polarity to off.

Set all sensors p
Set all sensors p

olarity to low level.
olarity to high level.

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4.4 Schedule Setup

Apart from manual recording, you can also setup the recording time by weeks and
schedule recordings include: normal, motion detection, and sensor detection.

Item Description

Page

Holiday Setup Enter to setup holiday, maximum up to 50 days.

View Event Setup View Normal/ Motion / Sensor Setup.

Click or press ▼ to select Page. Each page provides 10 schedules for
setup. 5 pages in total.

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4.4.1 Schdule Record Setup

Click on the time icon on the left side. The setup menu will be displayed. You can have
detail setup by dates, time and event.

Item Description

Enable Schedule Record

Enable Schedule Motion Detect

Enable Schedule Sensor Trigger

4.4.2 Holiday Setup

Enables schedule recording according to the time
schedule (shown above).
Enables schedule motion detection recording
according to the time schedule (shown above).
Enables schedule sensor trigger recording according to
the time schedule (shown above).

Since holidays are different between countries and regions, you can setup the holiday of
your location accordingly (Maximum Setup: 50).

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4.5 Camera Setup

Item Description

Mask

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Saturation

Hue

Name

Volume

Check the box to Enable/ Disable mask function for LIVE mode

Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Sharpness of your camera from

value 0 to 15. The default value is 1.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Brightness of your camera from
value 0 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Contrast of your camera from
value 0 to 255. The default value is 0.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Saturation of your camera from
value 0 to 255. The default value is 128.
Drag the white bar or press ◀ ▶ to adjust Hue of your camera from value 0 to

255. The default value is 150. (This function is ineffective in PAL system).
Set up name of each channel.
Select to adjust audio volume under LIVE mode and recording mode.

P.S. Mask function can not turn the network live image function off. Please use the
Playback Mask under master account to turn it off.

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4.6 Account Setup

The Account Setup menu is used to provide role-based permission independently for
each user (maximum of 4 users) to access the DVR over network. The default admin
account is [admin] and password is “123456”.

Item Description

No.

User Name

Password

Permissions

Change Admin Password

Check to activate the user’s account.
Edit the user name.
Enter to set up password for each user.
Enter to setup Permissions for each user.
Enter to change administrator’s password.

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4.6.1 Permission Setup

The Account Setup is set to provide individual user (maximum of 4 users) role-based
permissions, including access to Setup menu, Network operation, PTZ function,
Playback, Utility, Backup and Mask on specific channels while playing back.

4.7 Network Setup

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Item Description

Connect type

HTTP Setup

DDNS Setup

Mail Setup

Setup mode for network connection: ADSL、、、、DHCP、LAN.
Enter to set up HTTP for remote access into DVR.
Enter to Enable/ Disable DDNS function and set up.
Enter to Enable/ Disable Email notification and setup.

4.7.1 Networking Setup

The DVR supports DHCP, LAN and ADSL access for network connection.

4.7.1.1 DHCP

If the DHCP option is used for DVR network connection, an IP address is assigned by
the DHCP server automatically.

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4.7.1.2 LAN

Select LAN for network connection, the following information is required.

Item Description

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Gateway

DNS

Enter IP address provided by ISP
Enter IP address of Subnet Mask provided by ISP
Enter IP address of Gateway provided by ISP
Enter DNS address provided by ISP. (Note: The correct DNS address
must be entered for DDNS function).

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4.7.1.3 ADSL

Select ADSL for network connection, the following information is required.

Item Description

User Name

Password

Enter user name provided by ISP
Enter password provided by ISP

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4.7.2 HTTP Setup

Item Description

Enable HTTP Server

Port

Check to enable HTTP server. Users can remotely access into the DVR
over the network if the HTTP function is activated.

Enter a valid port value from 1 up to 65535. The default value is 80.

Quality and Frame Rate Setup for Network Transmission

No.

Quality

Resolution

FPS

Auto

This video streaming is used for network transmission; setting is LQ (low quality). Under a low bandwidth
capacity, this stream can send out small picture and keep a good video quality and smooth display rate. If
the bandwidth is large enough, it can be adjusted to HQ (high quality). Thus, the network streaming will be
switched to the condition which this DVR is recording. Therefore, a larger video image can be sent to

Check to activate the transmission of each camera.
Choose from Below Basic / Basic/ Normal/ High/ Highest.
Set recording resolution. 352x240 / 176x120
Choose recording frame rate (1~30FPS).
The maximum recording frames available by the average distribution of

each channel (totally 60FPS).

remote site.

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4.7.3 DDNS Setup

Item Description

Enable DDNS

DDNS Server

Host Name
User Name

Password

4.7.4 Mail Setup

Check/ Uncheck to Enable/ Disable DDNS function.
Select the DDNS Server wanted.
Enter the registered host name.
Enter user name.
Enter password.

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E-mail can be used as a form of notification when an event occurs (VLOSS, MOTION,
and SENSOR).

Item Description

Enable E-mail Notification

SMTP Server

Port

User Name

Password

Sender E-mail

Trigger Event

Receiver E-mail

Check the box to enable/disable E-mail Notification function.
Enter to set up SMTP Server name.
Default is 80. Maximum number of port is 65535.
Enter to set up User Name.
Enter to set up Password.
Enter to set up e-mail address of sender.
Enter to select events to send out E-mail notifications when below
circumstances happen: Motion, Sensor and Vloss (Video Loss).
Enter to set up e-mail addresses for up to 10 receivers individually.

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4.8 PTZ & RS-485 Setup

The DVR allows users to control PTZ functions of your camera. To enable PTZ function,
the 485 cable should be connected to the RS-485 port of DVR.

Item Description

Enable PTZ

Protocol

PTZ ID

Baud Rate

RS-485 ID

RS-485 Baud Rate

Keyboard

Click the box to Enable/Disable PTZ function for each channel.
Set up the protocol of PTZ cam.

Click or press ◀ ▶ to set up PTZ ID. The valid ID value is from 1 to 64.
Select Baud Rate for PTZ from 2400、4800、9600、19200

Reserved.

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4.9 System Setup

Item Description

DVR Name

DVR Location

Language

Remote ID

Auto Lock

Display Setup

Date/Time Setup

Buzzer & Relay Setup

Spot Setup

The name of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access.
The location of DVR will be shown when users login from remote access
Click or press ▼ to select OSD language.
Setting remote controller ID to match the remote code definition

resrepectively to particular DVR.
After one minute without any action, the DVR will switch to LIVE mode

automatically. Auto lock can function differently according to the setting below.
Button automatically Auto Lock: The front panel function keys are ineffective
only until using the mouse and please re-enter the password again.

Setting

Function

Key lock ○ ○

Key unlock ○ ×

Disable × ×

Enter to set up Display
Enter to set up Date/Time
Enter to set up Buzzer & Relay
Enter to set up Spot

Auto Logout Key Lock

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4.9.1 Display Setup

Item Description

Auto-Seq Interval

( Seconds)
Show OSD

Show DVR Status

Show Date/Time

Show Channel Name

Video System

CRT

Border Color

※Time tolerance of

Click or press ◀ ▶ to set up duration time in seconds for the interval
between channels under Auto-Seq mode (1~999 seconds).

Turn On / Off OSD display
Turn On / Off DVR illustration and record status display
Turn On / Off date and time display
Turn On / Off channel name display
Auto / NTSC / PAL video system setting (available to 4CH & 8CH DVR)
Make the display more suitable for CRT monitor. (available to 16CH DVR)
Set up the color of border in LIVE , PLAYBACK mode.（black, dark grey,
light grey, and white）

Auto-Seq Interval is

±2 seconds.

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4.9.2 Date/ Time Setup

Item Description

Hour Format
Date Format

Date/Time Position

Change Date & Time

Time Zone Setup

Internet Time Setup

12HOURS/ 24HOURS
MM-DD-YY/DD-MM-YY/YY-MM-DD
Choose the position of Time and Date display
Setup time and date of DVR
Set up GMT and Daylight Saving Time.
Setup automatic synchronization with internet server

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4.9.2.1 Change Date & Time

Users are allowed to setup date and time of the DVR.

4.9.2.2 Time Zone Setup

In time zone setup, users can change the time zone and activate Daylight Saving Time
function according to your DVR location.

Item Description

Select Time Zone

Daylight Saving Time

Enter to modify GMT from GMT- 13 to GMT+ 13
Turn On/ Off Daylight Saving Time

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4.9.2.3 Internet Time Setup

Synchronize your DVR time with internet time server.

Item Description

Check to enable DVR automatic synchronization function. Select this

Automatic Synchronization

Update Now

option to enable the function, DVR will automatically synchronize the
time upon rebooting or by every 24 hours after booting.
Date and Time show on DVR will immediately correspond with those in
internet server.

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4.9.3 Device Setup

Item Description

Mouse Speed

Adjust the mouse moving speed

Buzzer & Relay Setup

Key Tone

Alarm Buzzer

Alarm Relay

Enable/ Disable keystrokes.
Enable/ Disable buzzer operation when the alarm is triggered for HDD

error, sensor, motion and vloss (Video Loss).
Enable/ Disable the signal to be sent to the RELAY OUT blocks when the

alarm is triggered for HDD error, sensor, motion and vloss.

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4.9.4 Spot Setup

The DVR has two modes of video output; one is the main video output, the other is spot
video output. SPOT setup is for controlling orders of channels that the system cycles
through in SPOT mode. User can monitor every channel in the SPOT mode.

Item Description

Auto-Seq. Interval (Seconds)

Enable Spot

Skip Video Loss Channel
Channels

The duration interval time between channels is in seconds
under SPOT mode (1~999 seconds).

When setting “Enable Spot”, the “MAIN/SPOT” BNC terminal
will be confined/restricted to Spot output port only.

Whether to skip channels without video signal.
Select which channels will be displayed in the sequence.

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4.10 Utility Setup

Item Description

Select to enter hard disk initialization menu. Please stop recording
before entering this menu. Enter the menu, system will show all the

HDD Initialization

USB Initialization

System Recovery

data (model/ volume) of HDD that is installed in the DVR. Check the HDD
you’d like to initialize, and then press “Start”. HDD initialization is
successful when the status shows “Succeed”.
Clean up all data on USB. Enter USB initialization and press “YES” to clean
up all data on your USB. The initialization is done when it shows “Succeed”.

Restore system default values.

Reset System Events

Copy Setup to USB

Download Setup from USB

Upgrade

NOTE！！！！ DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR UNPLUG USB DEVICE DURING THE UPGRADE as it

may cause incomplete firmware upgrade and damage to the DVR.

Reset all the recording events in the DVR.
Copy configuration to a USB device. There will be a file named

“sdvr.config” on your USB.
Download configuration from a USB device into DVR.
Upgrade DVR through USB.

Please stop recording and backup setup configuration before upgrading.
System will reboot automatically when the upgrade is completed.

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4.11 Diagnostic

Item Description

Version

IP Address

MAC Address

HDD Volume

HDD Used Rate

HDD Status

Format Time

The current firmware version of DVR
The connected IP address of DVR. If disconnected from network, the

screen will display” NETWORK DISCONNECT”.
MAC Address of DVR

The capacity of HDD
Percentage of space used on HDD.

Shows HDD status. USING means the HDD is now used for recording.
GOOD/ BAD means the HDD has a known/ unknown format for the
DVR. (Note: Please initialize your newly-installed HDD before using it,
otherwise it can be recognized as BAD by the DVR).

The latest format time of HDD

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Chapter 5 SEARCH & BACKUP

5.1 Search Setup

Item Description

Event Search

Time Search

5.1.1 Event Search

Press to enter event search menu.
Press to enter time search menu.

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The DVR automatically records events with type, time and channel information included.
If there is recording data for an event, a yellow signal icon will be shown on the left
side of time information. Rest your cursor under the line and press “enter”, or left click
your mouse to playback the recording data.

Item Description

Criteria

Page

Date/Time

Event Type

Channel

Setup conditions of the event search function
Convert pages of events
Date/ time when the event occurred.
Event type, defined as following:

Motion
Sensor
Video Loss
Remote Login
Remote Logout
Power On
HDD Full
HDD Error

The channel where the event occurred.

5.1.1.1 Criteria Setup for Event Search

: Motion Detected
: Sensor Detected
: Video Loss
: User log-in over the network
: User log-out over the network
: System Rebooting
: HDD is FULL
: HDD is error

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The amount of events can be numerous. Therefore, you can facilitate event sorting by
setting up “criteria”. Setup “start time” and “end time” for each event search, then the
search result will be limited to this specific period of time. Only events and channels that
are  checked will be sorted in event search as well.

5.1.2 Time Search

TIME SEARCH, you can search for a specific time of the recording data to playback.
Dates with recording are shown by data marked with a red square [ □ ]. System will
start playing back according to the date that you’ve selected. Calendar will be shown
by using mouse to click on “year” and “month”.

Click “date” to display recording time of that specific date with time bar. You can
change time (hour/ minute/ second) or click on a specific time of time bar by mouse
then press “YES”. DVR will playback the selected recording data.

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5.2 Backup Setup

User can back-up any segment of recorded data in a specified time frame using USB,
CD, or DVD-R/RW. To do so, for example using an USB, connect a USB flash driver to
the DVR. The format of backup file is IRF file and a file player is also saved in the USB
driver.

Item Description

From

To

Device

Free Space

Refresh

Required Space

Calculate

Start

Backup file starting time
Backup file ending time
Select USB, CD, or DVD-R/RW as the backup device (From remote site, the device
will be PC.)
The available space in your backup device
Recalculate the available space of backup device
Calculate the required size of backup file
Calculate the size of backup file
Start backup operation. Be sure to calculate the size of backup file BEFORE

operating backup.

NOTE！！！！ Do not unplug the USB device or turn off the DVR during the backup process to avoid

unrecoverable error. When backup is completed, you need to re-plug in order to insure
proper function.

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Chapter 6 SPECIFICATION

Model

Video System

Video Input
Video Output
SPOT Output

VGA Output

Audio Input

Audio Output

Audio Backup

Sensor
RS-485

USB Port

Mouse

IR Remote

Controller

4 Channels

CONNECTOR

NTSC / PAL Auto Detect

4CH BNC
1CH BNC（MAIN / SPOT）
1CH BNC（MAIN / SPOT）

1280x1024

1CH RCA

1CH RCA

YES

4 input / 1 output

Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera

2 ports

USB mouse

YES

HDD Support

Display Division

Title

Video

Compression

Audio

Compression

Resolution

Frame Rate

Quality

Record Mode

STORAGE

SATA HDD x1 (Max. 2TB)

OSD

1,4

14 characters

RECORDING

H.264

ADPCM

720x480, 720x240, 360x240 (NTSC)

720x576, 720x288, 360x288 (PAL)

120, 120, 120 (NTSC)

100, 100, 100 (PAL)

Highest, High, Normal, Basic, Below Basic

Manual, Schedule, Event(motion detection/sensor)

Pre-Alarm

Recording

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16MB (around 10 sec)

Post-Alarm

Recording

Motion Detection

1-60 sec

22X15 (sensitivity 0~10)

PLAYBACK

Search Mode

Playback Speed

Backup Mode

Network

Compression

Network Software

Network Users

Remote

Notification

Service

Daylight Saving

Password

Time, Event

fast forward/backward 2X/4X/8X/16X/32X/64X

slow forward/backward 1/2X,1/4X,1/8X

play/pause

USB flash driver / Network

NETWORK

H.264

Internet Explorer / CMS / 3G Mobile Phone

5

Email message

TCP/IP, SMTP, DHCP, DDNS, PPPoE

OTHER

YES

5 users including 1 administrator

user authority selectable

Event List

Key Lock

Firmware Update

Dimension

Power Source

Operating

Environment

10000

YES

USB device

430mm (W) x 70mm (H) x 360mm (D)

DC12V

30 ~ 80% RH, 5℃ ~ 40℃ (41℉ ~ 104℉)

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Chapter 7 NETWORK SURVEILLANCE

7.1 Remote Connection

Step 1：Enter the IP address of the DVR in the IE browser.

Provides two different ways of DVR connection, one is the use of Internet Explorer; the
other is to download and install the software to the PC.

Step 2: A window will pop-up. Please enter the user name and password. Default user

name is admin and password is 123456. Other related setup about user
account and password, please refer to section on “Account Setup“.

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Step 3: Remote connection option appears.

Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8:

Precede connection using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Download DVR Remote Desktop (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7):

Continue connection operation by downloading the software and install it to the PC.

JPEG viewer: Applies only to LIVE connection monitoring.
Download Record File Player (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7):

Download software to backup playback files.

Step 4: You’ve logged into the DVR

Internet Explorer

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7.2 Remote Backup

Software Application

You need to select a folder location on the PC for remote backup purposes.

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