Digimerge DHU500 Series Quick Setup Manual

DHU500 Series - Quick Setup Guide

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Accessories

1

User Manual

1 IR Remote

Controller
1 Power cable
2 Power battery

(AAA Size)

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DVR

4. NETWORK SETUP

The following components (not included with
this DVR) are needed for Network Connection:

• Router

• Network Cable

• Internet Connection (For WAN

Connection and setup of DDNS)

• PC with Windows 2000 or XP and

Internet Explorer

Please refer to the Network Connectivity
section of the User Manual for detailled

3. BASIC SETUP

Date and time

• Press the MENU button.

• Enter the password (default is

00000000).

• Scroll down to the SYSTEM SET

menu and press SEL.

Note: Make sure the DVR is not
currently in REC Mode.

• Select the option for BASIC, and

press SEL.

• Scroll down to the DATE/TIME

option and press SEL.

• Edit the DATE /TIME using the

numeric buttons on the front panel.
Modify the values using the left and
right buttons to change positions.

Once you have entered the new
Date and Time, press SEL.

• Scroll down to SAVE &EXIT, and

Press SEL.

• Press MENU twice to exit MENU

mode.

1. CHECK PACKAGE CONTENTS

▶DISPLAY SET
RECORDING SET

SYSTEM SET
NETWORK SET
EVENT NOTIFICATION

SYSTEM SET

▶BASIC
DISK FORMAT

PASSWORD CHANGE
CLIENT ACCOUNT
PROGRAM UPDATE
AUTO DELETE MODE
PTZ

BASIC

▶LANGUAGE : ENGLISH
INITIALIZATION

DATE FORMAT: MM-DD-YYYY
DATE/TIME: 1-1-2006 1:50:31
INFORMATION
SAVE AND EXIT

MAIN MENU

The following components are supplied with the DHU Series Digital Video
Recorder. Keep the carton and packaging materials for moving or storage of the
DVR Unit.

DVR Power Cord

Digital Video

Batteries

Installation

Manual

Remote
Control

2. CONNECTIONS

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DHU500 Series - Quick Setup Guide

Main Menu

Recording Set Menu

RECORDING SET

▶GLOBAL PARAMETER
NORMAL RECORDING

ALARM RECORDING
MOTION RECORDING
SCHEDULE RECORDING
RECORDING ON/OFF

NORMAL RECORDING (4 CH ONLY)

CH / FPS / QUALITY

▶CH1 : 30 : HIGH
CH2 : 30 : HIGH

CH3 : 30 : LOW
CH4 : 30 : MID

SAVE & EXIT

1. Normal Recording Menu

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6. PLAYBACK & SEARCH

2. SEARCH MODE.

• Press the Search button. Options include:

o DATE/TIME SEARCH
o CALENDAR SEACH

DATE TIME SEARCH

EVENT: Select this option to playback events for:

• ALL (All recorded event types).

• ALARM (Alarm type events only).

• MOTION (Motion type events only).

HDD: Select INTERNAL or EXTERNAL hard drive.

DATE: Select desired DATE/TIME. To modify the current

values press SEL. Select the DATE & TIME using the
numeric buttons of the front panel of the DVR. Use the left
and right arrows to select next field. Press SEL to end the
date selection.

PLAY: Select this option to start the PLAYBACK
of the selected event.

CALENDAR SEARCH

Select this option to playback events by
searching in calendar mode.

• On the MENU select the desired

YEAR and MONTH.

• Press SEL to access the days on the

calendar. Scroll to the desired
recorded date (indicated by [ ]
brackets) and press SEL.

• A second menu will be displayed, and

recorded data will appear with
recording indicator bars for each
camera.

• Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys

to select the HOUR, and press SEL to
access a third menu to select the
MINUTES.

• Press SEL to begin playback.

To playback video on the DHU unit you have two options – LAST EVENT and SEARCH
MODE:

▶DATE/TIME SEARCH
CALENDAR SEARCH

BACKUP
LOG

DATE/TIME SEARCH

▶EVENT : ALL
HDD : INTERNAL

DATE : 1-1-2006 1:10:50
PLAY

SEARCH RESULT

DATE 11-12-2004
HOUR 0 4 8 12 16 20

▲

CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

CALENDAR SEARCH

▶YEAR : 2006
MONTH : 11

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2 [3] 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30

SEARCH

2. Motion Recording Menu

MOTION RECORDING (4 CH ONLY)

CH / FPS / QUALITY

▶CH1 : 30 : HIGH
CH2 : 30 : HIGH

CH3 : 30 : LOW
CH4 : 30 : MID

POSTMOTION DURATION : 150
SETUP MOTION
SAVE & EXIT

5. CAMERA & RECORDING
SETUP

BASIC RECORDING MODES :

1. NORMAL RECORDING

2. MOTION RECORDING

PROCEDURE

• Press the MENU button.

• Enter the password (default is 00000000).

• Scroll down to the RECORDING SET menu and press

SEL. Enter the password (default is 00000000).

Note: Make sure the DVR it is not currently in REC
Mode.

A. CAMERA RESOLUTION.

• Select the GLOBAL PARAMETER option.

• Scroll to the RECORDING RESOLUTION option.

• Select the RECORDING RESOLUTION (360 X 240

or 720 X 240).

• Select SAVE & EXIT.

B. RECORDING MODES

1. NORMAL RECORDING

• Select the RECORDING SET MENU. Enter the

password.

• Select the NORMAL RECORDING option.

• Scroll down to the desired CAMERA and press

SEL. Adjust the FPS & QUALITY using the UP &
DOWN buttons. Use the left and right buttons to
move to the next field. When finished, press the
SEL button.

• Select SAVE & EXIT to exit.

2. MOTION RECORDING

• Select the RECORDING SET MENU. Enter the

password.

• Select the MOTION RECORDING option.

• Scroll to the desired camera and press SEL. Adjust

the FPS and Quality using the UP & DOWN
buttons. Use the left and right buttons to move to
the next field. When finished press SEL.

• Set the POST MOTION for the duration of the

event.

• Select the SETUP MOTION option if you wish to

adjust the Detection Area and Sensitivity of each
camera (for more information, refer to the User
Manual provided with your DVR unit).

• Select SAVE and EXIT to finish.

▶DISPLAY SET
RECORDING SET

SYSTEM SET
NETWORK SET
EVENT NOTIFICATION

MAIN MENU

1. LAST EVENT: To replay the last event, press the PLAY button. The DVR unit will start

playback at the most recently recorded event. Select a CAMERA number (on the front panel
of the DVR) to view the camera in full screen mode. Pressing the PLAY button again will
increase the

play

back speed by 2x, 4x, 8x etc. To end the Playbac

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ress the STOP button