Cantek CT-AR324-4 Specsheet

AR324 SERIES TVI HD DVR

Video Input and Transmission

 Self-adaptive HDTVI/HDCVI/AHD/CVBS signal input
 Up to 2-ch 4 MP IP cameras input
 Long distance transmission over UTP and coaxial cable: max. 800m for 1080p and 1200m for 720p HDTVI signal

Compression and Recording

 H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264 encoding for the main stream, and H.265/H.264 for the sub-stream of analog cameras
 Connectable to H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264 IP cameras

 H.265+ can be enabled to improve encoding efficiency and reduce data storage costs
 Up to 3 MP resolution for recording
 Support real-time 1080p lite and when enabled, the image effect is similar with 1080p

Video Output

 Simultaneous HDMI/VGA output
 HDMI output at up to 4K (3840 × 2160) resolution for AR324-16
 Separate CVBS output

Storage and Playback

 1/2 SATA interfaces (up to 6 TB capacity per HDD)
 4/8/16-ch synchronous playback
 Smart search for efficient playback
 Support 3

rd

party cloud storage (Dropbox/Google Drive/Microsoft OneDrive)

Smart Function

 Support multiple VCA (Video Content Analytics) events for both analog and smart IP cameras
 AR324-4 and AR324-8 support 2-ch line crossing detection and intrusion detection; AR324-16 supports 2-ch line crossing

detection and intrusion detection, and 1-ch sudden scene change detection

 VQD (Video Quality Diagnostics)
 Support PTZ control via Omnicast VMS of Genetec protocol

Network & Ethernet Access

 GuardingVision & DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) for easy network management
 1 RJ45 10M/100M Ethernet network interface for AR324-4 and AR324-8, and 1 RJ45 10M/100M/1000M Ethernet

network interface for AR324-16

 Output bandwidth limit configurable

Features and Functions

Model

AR324-4

AR324-8

AR324-16

Video/Audio input

Video
compression

H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264

Analog video
input

4-ch

8-ch

16-ch

BNC interface (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), supporting coaxitron connection

HDTVI input

3 MP, 1080p30, 1080p25, 720p60, 720p50, 720p30, 720p25
Note: The 3 MP signal input is only available for channel 1 of AR324-4, channel 1/2 of
AR324-8, and channel 1/2/3/4 of AR324-16.

AHD input

1080p25, 1080p30, 720p25, 720p30

HDCVI input

1080p25, 1080p30, 720p25, 720p30

CVBS input

PAL/NTSC

IP video input

1-ch

2-ch

2-ch

Up to 4 MP resolution

Supports H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264 IP cameras

Audio
compression

G.711u

Audio input

1-ch, RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1 KΩ)

Video/Audio
output

CVBS output

1-ch, BNC (1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω), resolution: PAL: 704 × 576, NTSC: 704 × 480

HDMI/VGA
output

1-ch, 1920 × 1080/60Hz, 1280 × 1024/60Hz, 1280 ×
720/60Hz, 1024 × 768/60Hz

VGA: 1-ch, 1920 ×
1080/60Hz, 1280 ×
1024/60Hz, 1280 ×
720/60Hz, 1024 × 768/60Hz
HDMI: 1-ch, 4K (3840 ×

2160)/30Hz, 2K (2560 ×

1440)/60Hz, 1920 ×
1080/60Hz, 1280 ×
1024/60Hz, 1280 ×
720/60Hz, 1024 × 768/60Hz

Encoding
resolution

When 1080p Lite mode not enabled: 3 MP/1080p/720p/VGA/WD1/4CIF/CIF;
When 1080p Lite mode enabled: 3 MP/1080p lite/720p lite/VGA/WD1/4CIF/CIF

Frame rate

Main stream:
When 1080p Lite mode not enabled:
For 3 MP stream access: 3 MP/1080p/720p/VGA/WD1/4CIF/CIF@15fps
For 1080p stream access: 1080p/720p@15fps; VGA/WD1/4CIF/CIF@25fps (P)/30fps (N)
For 720p stream access: 720p/VGA/WD1/4CIF/CIF@25fps (P)/30fps (N)
When 1080p Lite mode enabled:
3 MP@15fps
1080p lite/720p lite/VGA/WD1/4CIF/CIF@25fps (P)/30fps (N)

Sub-stream:
WD1/4CIF@12fps; CIF@25fps (P)/30fps (N)

Video bit rate

32 Kbps to 6 Mbps

Audio output

1-ch, RCA (Linear, 1 KΩ)

Audio bit rate

64 Kbps

Dual stream

Support

Stream type

Video, Video & Audio

Synchronous
playback

4-ch

8-ch

16-ch

Network

management

Remote
connections

128

Network
protocols

TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, Hik-Connect, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, NFS, iSCSI, UPnP™, HTTPS, ONVIF

Hard disk
SATA

1 SATA interfaces

2 SATA interfaces

Capacity

Up to 6 TB capacity for each disk

External interface

Two-way audio
input

1-ch, RCA (2.0 Vp-p, 1 KΩ) (using the 1st audio input)

Network
interface

1, RJ45 10M/100M self-adaptive Ethernet interface

1, RJ45 10M/100M/1000M
self-adaptive Ethernet
interface

USB interface

2 × USB 2.0

Front panel: 1 × USB 2.0
Rear panel: 1 × USB 3.0

Serial interface

RS-485 (half-duplex)

General

Power supply

12 VDC

Consumption
(without HDD)

≤ 6 W

≤ 7.5 W

≤ 25 W

Working
temperature

-10 ºC to +55 ºC (+14 ºF to +131 ºF)

Working
humidity

10% to 90%

Dimensions
(W × D × H)

315 × 242 × 45 mm (12.4 × 9.5 × 1.8 inch)

380 × 320 × 48 mm (15.0 ×

12.6 × 1.9 inch)

Weight
(without HDD)

≤ 1.16 kg (2.6 lb)

≤ 1.78 kg (3.9 lb)

≤ 2 kg (4.4 lb)

Specifications