DVR 4-CH, 16-CH, 8-CH User Manual

In order to ensure your rights and interests, please read this manual carefully before you install
and use the DVR.
Use the appropriate adapter for the DVR.
To protect the main chip from thunder striking, please make sure the ground wire is correctly
connected before using the DVR.
Do not expose the DVR to rain or use it under high humidity circumstance.
This DVR cannot be installed at the places with much dust, and avoid potential mechanical
vibration or impact.
Install this DVR under good air circulation conditions. Do not place it near the heater or under
direct sunlight.
Please choose high quality hard disk (HDD), which could meet the working demand of the DVR.
For its quality, please purchase hard disk from regular merchants, and do not use the Western
Digital hard disk.

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Before connecting to other facilities, please disconnect the power supply and pull the power line
plug out from the power socket.
In case of any solid or liquid coming into the case, please disconnect the power supply immed­iately, and the DVR can be restarted only after being checked by qualified servicemen.
If the DVR is not in use for a long period of time, please disconnect the power supply and pull
the power line plug out from the power socket.
This is a precise instrument. No internal part can be repaired by the users. If faul t occurs, it is
necessary to ask qualified servicemen to repair it or contact the dealer.

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Table of contents

Chapter II Operation instructions

Chapter I Product Introduction

1.1 Summary

1.2 Functions and features

2.1 Description of front panel

2.2 Description of rear panel

2.3 Connection figure of rear panel

2.4 Description of alarm port in the rear panel

2.5 Remote control operation

2.6 Mouse operation

Chapter III Menu Setup

3.1 Summary of menu operation

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3.2 System setup

3.3 Camera setup

3.4 Record setup

3.5 Schedule setup

3.6 Motion alarm

3.7 PTZ setup

3.8 Network setup

3.9 Alarm setup

3.10 Disk management

3.11 User setup

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Chapter IV Basic Operations

4.1 Turn on DVR

4.2 Live screen

4.3 Software update

4.4 PTZ control

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4.5 System information

4.6 Log list

4.7 Recording preparation

4.8 Recording operation

4.9 Search, playback and backup

4.10 Audio setup

4.11 SEQ

4.12 User login

4.13 PC Client software instruction

4.14 Power off

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1.1 Summary

Chapter I Product Introduction

This equipment is a standalone digital hard disk video recorder specially designed for security .It adopts the emb­edded processor and embedded operating system and integrates with latest technologies in IT field, such as video fre­quency/audio frequency compression/decompression, large capacity hard disk storage, TCP/IP net work remote cont­rol etc., investing the system with high intellectualization and stability.
This equipment supports various networks including Ethernet and Internet to realize remote audio/video synchr­onization. With easy operation, it can be applied to the security for banks, telecom, schools, hospitals, supermarkets,
residential quarters, factories, companies, warehouses, restaurants, hotels, parks, museums, water conservancy facili­ties, entertainment places and other fields.

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Support PAL & NTSC video signal input.
Support OSD languages of multiple countries.
Support external alarm, motion detection and time recording.
Support audio recording, audio playing and live mode listening.

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If the electricity suddenly off while recording, it will record automatically when power on.
Support CMS
Support DDNS
Support network preview, playback, setup, remote recording, PTZ control and camera name setup.
Support IE browsing and Network remote Client.
Support Internet backup ,USB backup.
Support mouse operation with high sensitivity
Support DVD-RW and 1000G hard disk
Support VGA output
Support remote control
Convenient & precise video searching
Control PTZ and speed dome through RS485
Specially designed dedicated file system for video to increase more than 10 times of service life of hard disk
Fully independent from PC platform and free from computer breakdown due to improper operations, complicated
management & operations as well as virus infection, and with high stability
Operating system: Linux
Compressed chip: SOC

Chapter II Operation Instructions

2.1 Description of front panel

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a) input numbers.
b) keystroke 1~9 : select channels.
c) [0/10+]:

d) input password.

Press it once to input number 0. Press it twice to input number 10.

Press it and other number keys to input the number more than 10.

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a) are direction keys. In menu mode, select the listed options
upward/downward/leftward/rightward; in PTZ control mode, control the dome
to rotate upward/downward/leftward/rightward. confirm the selection and
operation.
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c) rewind and forward in playback mode. Change the parameters value
in menu mode.

In live mode, is four-split key, nine-split key and s ixteen-split key.

Description

Key Name

No.

Record

Start recording.
In live mo de, press this key to enter playback mode and play the last file. Press it

again to pause. Press it the third time to continue playing.

Playback/ Pause

Press this key to pop up the main menu.

Menu

Stop

Information

Press this key to pop up a dialog box about the information of HDD and the
conditions of network connections.

In playback mode, press it to stop playing and return to search menu; in video
recording mode, press it to stop recording.

Direction /split/
confirm keys

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Exit key

Press it to exit from the inferior menu and return to the superior menu.
Connected to U disk and used for system software upgrade or video file backup.

Insert the U disk after turn off the DVR. Better not connect the mouse here, or the

system would be abnormal.

USB2.0 port

IR receiver

Status indicator

To show the working status of the DVR. "IR" is remote control operation indicator;
"LOCK" is panel lock indicator; "HDD" is hard disk indicator; "POWER" is power
indicator.

Receive signal from remote control.

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Rear panel of 4 channel H.264 DVR:

2.2 Description of rear panel

Rear panel of 8 channel H.264 DVR:

Rear panel of 16 channel H.264 DVR:

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Description

Port

No.

Video input Standard BNC port. connected with the Camera.

Connected with the video input of the monitor.

Video output

Audio output Connected with earphone or cable speaker.

audio input port Connect audio input device.

"485"(AB)

External alarm port

Rs485, it can connect PTZ or decoder, and canControl PTZ via the panel, mouse,
remote control and network
Connected with alarm inout and output..

VGA

VGA video signal output port, connected with the VGA port of a computer monitor.

NET

RJ-45 network port, connected to network cable and used for remote browse or control.

USB

connected to USB pendrive or mouse and used for system software upgrade or video
file backup.

Power

Power input is DC 12V/5A (16 channel DVR).
Power input is DC 12V/3A (4/8 channel DVR).

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Take 16 channel DVR as example to show how to connect.

camera1 camera16

network port

USB mouse

alarm port

Video input

video output

VGA output

Power
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audio output

audio input port

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Description:

(1) "1-4 " is alarm input. "NC/NO/COM": Alarm relay output.
NC is normal clo se, NO is norm al open, COM is the public terminal.
(2) " " It is ground wire.

Prompt: To make the machine work well, please follow the above figures to connect. Please power off each
device before connection.

alarm input

alarm output

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2.4 Description of alarm port in the rear panel

Connection figure of alarm input and output.

3. Trouble shooting

2.5 Remote control operation

1. Installing the remote control

2. Using the remote control

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Open the battery cover, install two batteries (Type No.7), make sure positive and negative
poles are right, then close the battery cover.

Before using it, please confirm that batteries have been installed correctly.When using it,
please aim IR TX (transmitter) of the remote control at IR reception of the DVR.Then the IR
light in the front panel is on and the icon on the top-right of the m onitor screen turns to blue
" " The DVR can be controlled by the remote control.

Note: If you don't want to use the remote control, you could set in the system setup menu.
Set the item REMOTE ID as OFF. Then the IR Receiver light in the front panel will be
off and the operation of the remote control is invalid.

If the DVR can not be controlled by the remote control, please check the following aspects:
1 Check the positive and negative poles of the batteries.
2 Check the electric quantity of the batteries.
3 Check that whether Remote Sensor are blocked or not.
4 Whether Fluorescent lamps are being used or not nearby.

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Record
Play&pause

Stop
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Audio setup menu will pop up.

Lock the machine or change the user.
Control the machine by remote control.

Lock

Remote ID

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Power

Press key to enter record mode.
In live or record mode, press it to pop up search menu, select a video file to play.
Press it to play, press it again to pause.
Press it to stop playing.
Press it to pop up information menu.

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Select channels or set up password.Input nunber 0. Press it twice to select channel

10. Combined number keys 1-9 to select the channels from channel 11 to 16.

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In normal running mode, press " " key to pop up a menu to prompt whether to
turn off. The DVR will be turned off . Press the key about 3 seconds, the DVR will
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Rewind

ESC

MENU

Direction

Confirm

Exit

Menu

Quad

Eight-split

Sixteen-split

In playback mode, press / key to play images forward or backward at 2X
speed. Press it twice to play at 4X speed. Press it t hird time to play at 8X speed, four
times for 16X, five times for32X, six times for 64X,

To move the cursor up/ down/ left/ right to select items or modify data. And control
PTZ to move.
Confirm the operation.
Cancel the operation and exit.
Enter into the main menu.
The monitor display quad-screen. Press it to set preview point in PTZ mode.
The monitor display eight-split-screen. Press it to preview in PTZ mode.
The monitor display sixteen-split-screen. Press it to decrease the data in PTZ mode.

Sequence

Spot output

PTZ

AUTO

Zoom in/out

Focus

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SPOT

PTZ

AUTO

Z+/Z­F+/F-

In live preview mode, press this key to automatically switching full screen images.
Press it to increase the data in PTZ mode.
In PTZ control mode, press it to move the cursor among the digital in the screen.
Enter into PTZ mode. Press it again or press ESC key to exit.
In PTZ control mode, this key is used to zoom in/out.
In PTZ control mode, "F+/F-" key is used to prolong/ shorten the focus.

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2.6 Mouse operation

USB mouse can be used. Hot swap for mouse is supported. Move the mouse cursor onto the mouse icon to see
the name. Please insert the usb mouse into the usb port of the rear panel.

1 Select or cancel " " in the item.
2 Input password in user log in interface.
3 Click the close icon on the top-right of the screen to exit from the main menu.
4 In split-screen mode, click one of the channels to make it full screen. Click it again
to return to split-screen. Switch single channel screens.
5 Switch single channel screens.

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FOPEN

FCLOSE

In PTZ control mode, "I+/I-" key is used to enlarge/ reduce the iris (aperture).

I+/I-

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IRIS

1 In live or playback mode, it could swich the single channel image.
2 In menu mode, it could modify the data.

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Chapter III Menu Setup

3.1 Summary of menu operation

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Move the mouse

1 Move the cursor.
2 Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen to pop up the mouse tool bar. Move
the cursor onto the icon to show the name.

1 To select shield area in "Camera setup".
2 To select motion detection area in "Motion alarm".

Drag the mouse

To change the value or digital in menu mode.

Mouse wheels

In live preview mode, select MENU key in the remote control / the front panel o r click " " icon in mous e
menu to enter the main menu. Press ESC key or click the CLOSE icon t hat on the top right of the menu to exit
from the main menu. Main menu is as follows.
Please press / in the front panel / in the remote control or left/right-click with the mouse to
change the parameter value in the sub-menu. Press / key in the remote control or in the front panel to move
the cursor or move by the mouse. Click" "to save the value and click " " to exit from the menu.

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3.2 System setup

(1) Time setup: used to adjust the system date and time.
(2) Time format: used to set the format of date display, Asia/Europe/America are optional.
(3) Time DISP POS: display position of time and date, top middle / bottom middle / no display are optional.
(4) Border DISP: to select the color of borders, green/black/white/off are optional.
(5) Video format: to select the video mechanism, PAL/ NTSC are optional. The DVR system will be forced to rest­ artafter switching

Main menu

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(6) Remote ID: used to set the remote control ID corresponding to the current machine so as to make remote control,
off/ on/ numbers from 0 to 9 are optional.
(7) Alarm spot pop up: on/off. Open or close the function.
(8) Alarm main pop up: on/off. Open or close the function.
(9) Transparency: set the transparency of the menu. The larger value, the higher transparency.
(10) OSD Language: display the language of the operating system.

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3.3 Camera setup

(1) Camera: used to select the channel to be revised parameters.

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(2) Camera title: used to set the camera title. Press key in the remote control / the front pan el to tur n into
bitmap, the camera title couldn't be changed.
(3) Brightness: used to adjust brightness of the channel. (4) HUE: used to adjust Hue (chro ma) of the channel.
(5) Contrast: used to adjust contrast of the channel. (6) Saturation: used to adju st acutance of the channel.
(7) Sopt time: set the time interval of spot output for the correspond channel, i.e. the display time of each channel.
(8) Mask area setup: Mask area: to shield some area by black square. It will turn to black in surveillance or record mode.

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(a) Left: set the left border for mask area. (b) Right: set the right border for mask area.
(b) Top: set the top border for mask area. (d) Bottom: set the bottom border for mask area.

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3.4 Record setup

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(1) Resolution: 352 288 PAL ; 352 240 NTSC . 4 channel and 8channel DVR could be changed into D1

resolution: 720 576 PAL ; 720 480 NTSC
(2) Quality: the higher video quality, the larger occupied HDD space.
(3) Frame rate: used to set the quantities of images that recorded in one second. 25fps (PAL) and 30 fps (NTSC) is

real time recording.
(4) Audio: used to turn on or turn off the audio record. This DVR support 4 chan nel audio, so click 5~16 channel
audio is invalid.

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3.5 Schedule setup

(1) Camera: used to select the channel to be set. The parameters are effective for all channels after selecting" All CAM".
(2) Day: used to select the day of video schedule. The parameters are effective for all days after selecting "All DAY".
(3) Segment 1-4: set corresponding video type of relevant time range. The time could be set from 00:00 to 24:00.
Record type could be "time/alarm/motion/alarm+motion".

Note: The start time must be earlier than the end time, or it will report error and won't exit.
After exiting from this menu, please press key or click the record icon, or the schedule record
won't startup.

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3.6 Motion alarm

(1) Camera: used to select the channel to be set.
(2) Sensitivity: low / high optional from "1-10". The bigger number, the higher sensitivity.
(3) Detect area setup: drag the mouse to set the detection area as light blue square. When motion occurs, the area
turn to red.

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(1) Camera: to select the channel to be set.
(2) Baudrate: to set baudrate corresponding to the current channel PTZ.
(3) Device ID: to set ID address corresponding to the current channel PTZ.
(4) Protocol: set communication protocol corresponding to the current channel PTZ.

3.7 PTZ setup

Note:
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(1) IP allocation: STATIC and DHCP/DDNS optional. (In static mode, please set IP address, gateway and subnet

mask. In DHCP mode, DVR could get IP from DHCP server. Please refer to the "Client and network manual" in

the accessory CD.)

(2) IP address: It must be unique to avoid colliding with other DHCP.

(3) Gateway and subnet mask: Gateway is the LAN IP address of the router.

(4) DVR port: Transfer date stream, such as video and audio frequency.

(5) IE port: Download ActiveX control. (Default 0080).

3.8 Network setup

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Note: When using network browse, IP address/gateway/subnet mask/port of the DVR must be consistent with
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3.9 Alarm setup

There are two ways for alarm output, Buzzer and Relay. They include three alarm modes:
(1) Video loss alarm(Loss);
(2) Video motion detection alarm(Motion);
(3) Sensor input alarm(Sensor).
Setup way: Press key on the remote control or c lick with the mouse to display or cancel " " in the small
boxes.

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3.10 Disk management

Note: You'd better format the hard disk before the first recording to protect the record video file.

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(1) Overwrite: If click " " the previous recorded video will be replaced in turn when the hard disc is full. If not,
record will stop. When you record again, the system will prompt: open overwrite function or format the hard disk.
(2) Disk name: select Disk.
(3) Disk capacity: used to display capacity of the current disk.
(4) Remain capacity: used to display percentage of the remaining capacity of the current disk.
(5) Bad area: used to display bad size of the current disk.
(6) : used to format the current disk.

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(1) User name: ADMIN0, USER01, USE02 and USER03 are optional and changeable. ADMIN0 is default administ­ rator account.
(2) Password: set separate password for each user. Factory default setting: ADMIN:0000 00, USER01:111111, USE­ R02:222222, USER03:333333.
(3) Permissions: set the operation permissions for users by admin. Users can't operate the function which does not be
selected.

3.11 User setup

Password is needed to log in by admin. Input the password by click the numbers in the menu or press the numbers

in the remote control / the front panel." " is used to clear the former Number. " " is used to clear all Numbers. Then
click " " to enter "USER SETUP" menu.

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Note: If the DVR is locked, " " will display in the top right of the screen. Click the icon to input password.
If the icon turns to " ", DVR is unlocked.

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Chapter IV Basic Operations

4.1 Turn on DVR

4.2 Live screen

(1) Turn on the DVR, you could see the live screen. If no video input, the screen is as above: (Take 4 channel DVR
as example.)

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Please confirm each item in "AUTION" has been done before turning on DVR.
Please check whether the system connection is correct, input
/ output equipments are connected well and the power sup­ply is on before turning on DVR.
Please make sure video format (PAL or NTSC) of video in­put and the monitor format meet the requirements.
After checking without problems, plug in the power cable of
DVR, then turn on the power switch on the rear panel of DVR.
If it is in video recording mode before turning off last time,
it will resume video recording automatically when the DVR
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(3) Icons in top right of the screen:

(2) Channel name and record mode icon display in the bottom left of each channel.
Description of record icon and mode:

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Red L
Red T

Green I

Green L

Yellow ?

Yellow L

Is is recording by motion alarm.
It is recording by sensor alarm.
Image lost in the process of record.
It is recording by time.
DVR is waiting for video event triggered in auto recording mode.
Image lost in the process of waiting for record.
No record.
Image lost in no record mode.

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(4) Move the mouse cursor to the icon " " in the bottom left of the screen. Mouse tool bar

will pop up as follows.(Take 16 channel DVR as example)

Lock

Remote IR

Audio

Infomation

Unlocked. Click it to lock.
Locked. Click it to login by inputting password.

Remote control is opened. Click it to close.
Remote control is closed. Click it to open.

Audio output is open. Click it to enter into audio setup menu.
Audio output is closed. Click it to enter into audio setup menu.

Hard disk is normal. Click it to pop up info menu.
Hard disk is full. Click it to pop up info menu.
No hard disk. Click it to pop up info menu.

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Split-screen

Record

Search&playback

Stop

Main menu

PTZ

SEQ

Power

Click it to display quad, nine-split-screen and sixteen-sp lit-s creen.
Click it to starting recording.
Click it to enter the menu of search & playback.
Click it to stop recording or stop playing and return to the search menu.

Click it to enter into the main menu.
Click it to enter into PTZ control interface.
Click it to switch channels in sequence per 5 seconds.
Click it to pop up a menu for turning off the power or not.

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Copy the new version software to the root directory of USB pendrive, the file name is fireusb.
Turn off the DVR. Insert the USB pendrive with software into USB port in DVR front panel, then power on again.
30 seconds later, it will pop up "software updating" and "Time: s" on the screen, the system update automatically.
When "update ok, reboot please!" pop up on the screen, update is finished. Please pull out the U disk and restart

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In live or recording mode,press PTZ key on remore control or click the icon " " in mouse menu to enter

PTZ control interface.

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the machine. If "pdate fail, try again!" pop up more than 4 times, please contact after-sales service department
to deal with it.
In the process of update, please ensure no power breakdown and don't pull out USB pendrive, or update will be
unsuccessful.
Make sure U disk works in good condition so as to avoid abnormal performance in the process of update.

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Please check the following table for the symbol of these icons:

Preset key.

Direction icon. Control the camera
to turn up, down, left, and right.

Preview preset key.

Modify the parameter:

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Characters "PTZ: CAM01 SPEED:16 DATA:01" display on the top of the monitor screen, indicating the DVR is
under PTZ control. PTZ control parameters of each channel can be modified in the system menu. Press PTZ key
again or press ESC key or click the icon " " to exit from PTZ control mode. When the mouse moved to the
bottom of screen, it will display the following icons.

Control the dome camra to rotate automatically.
Click the icon again to stop it.

Zoom icon. Control the focal dista­nce of zoom

Shut off PTZ menu.And exit from PTZ control.

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data of image point. Select the item which need modify by pressing SPOT key in the remote control or clicking the
item directly with the mouse.Then change the data by pressing / SEQ in the remote control or left/right­click with mouse.

Preset operations (include set and view)

(1) Select image point in the selected camera by " " key, set a number for the image point in "DATA",
such as 01, then press key on the remote control or click " " icon. Set is finished.
(2) To view of image point which has been preset,you could select the corresponding number in "DATA", then press
9ch split key on remote control or click " " icon by mouse.

4.5 System information

Press INFO key or click the icon " " with mouse, it will

display t he interface of system information as following.
(1) HDD QTY: the number of the hard drive which connected
with the DVR
(2) Total capacity: total size of all hard drives in the DVR.
DVD-RW not included.
(3) Remain capacity: percentage of the remain size of hard drive.
(4) Coverage: percentage of overwriting of hard drive.

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4.7 Recording preparation

Make sure all the equipment is power on before recording. Make sure that there is video input and test audio in
put by live monitoring.
Press INFO key to check disk information and the remaining capacity of the hard drive. If there isn't much
capacity left,pls firstly consider to replace hard drive, backup the video or overwrite the video.
If necessary, enter the "RECORD SETUP" to set audio recording,video image quality and recor ding frame rate.
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(6) Record start time: the earliest record time.
(7) Record end time: the latest record time.

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4.6 Log list

Press INFO key twice to pop up log list menu.

It is used to check the information of power on/off and recording

etc. Set the time segment, then click "Search", it will display the

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4.8 Recording operation

4.9 Search,playback and backup

Press key or click " " icon in live or record mode to enter search menu.this menu is used for search, play-

back and backup video file. Adjusting time to search and select video file.
(1) Valid time: It shows the valid time from the earliest recording time to the latest recording time.
(2) You could select any four channels to playback simultaneously as you like or single channel to playback by select
the number in the CH box. Press key in the remote control or click " " icon with the mouse to playback
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Firstly confirm that recording mode of each channel in schedule setup( ) and time
segment setup.
Start recording: Press the key in the front panel / remote control of DVR to start recording. Or click the icon
" " by mouse.
When DVR is under recording, the HDD light in the front panel will flash. Please select the recording channel
according to fact need so as to save more HDD capacity.
It will be back to live when you press icon in the remote control / the front panel. Also you could click icon
" " by mouse to be back to live. Press ESC key and select " YES" to stop recording.

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by press key in the front panel or press key in the remote control or click disk name
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(3) Backup device: You culd select DVD(1.5G) or USB pendrive in device item. The maximum capacity for DVD
disk should not exceed 1.5G.
(4) In option of date and start time, input the date and time you need to play, you could press key in the
front panel or press key in the remote control to select the start time. Or you could use mouse to drag
the arrow " " under the time scale to select the start time, and click the icon " " to playback. When
playback finshed, it will turn back to the search menu automatically.

(5) : Before backup, please calculate the capacity of the video first. Click the icon " " to calc­ ulate the video you need to backup. If the video capacity is large, it will remind you waiting until calculation fi­ nished.
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could select the time segment you need to backup with mouse. And click the "Backup" icon to start backup.The process
will last for a few minutes. When backup finished, please remove the device from DVR.
(7) Please note that the size of video file should not exceed the maximum capacity of backup device. If system can­ not find backup device, it will be back to search menu.

(8) On the bottom of screen, it will display the playback mode:

When you move the mouse cursor to the bottom of screen,it will display mouse icon while it is under playback:

" " click this icon to fast rewind when playback. " " click this icon to fast forward when playback

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Note: This DVR could not support sixteen channels playback, so clicking " " is invalid.

normal speed playback

Twice/4 times/8 times/16times/32 times/64 times rewind.

Twice/4 times/8 times/16times/32 times/64 times forward.

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Press the key in remote control or click the icon " " with mouse to enter audio setup interface.Take 16

channel DVR as example.

(1) Mute: Select mute, then there is no audio output in live mode and the audio icon will turn to " " . Press
" "key to save this setup.
(2) Network: select network audio output.
(3) It supports 4ch audio input and 1ch audio output.

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4.12 User login

Press the Lock key on remote control or click the icon " " with mouse, the icon will turn to red " " on
top right of screen. It means the system under lock condition. Then you need to press Lock / ESC key on remote
control or click the icon " " with mouse to enter user login interface.

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will display the icon " " on top right of screen. It will switch automatically between 1 channel, quad, 8ch and
16ch.The interval is 5 second. Click the icon " " with mouse or press SEQ key in the remote control to end SEQ.

Press key in the remote control or click the "User name" box
with the mouse to select user name and input password. Please refer to "3.11 User setup" for specific operation.

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4.14 Power off

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Normal power off: Stop all the operations, press " " in the remote control or click " " ico n o n bottom left
of screen. And select " Enter " to make it power off. When power off, the" Power" LED light will turn green. If you
want to restart DVR, press the " " in theremote control for 3 second and it will power on.
Abnormal power off: Abnormal power off refer to shut off the power supply when it is running(especially

under recording). Please try your best to avoid such accident.

Appendix 1 Technical parameters

Items

4CH H.264 DVR

Video input

Video output

1 1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 1

1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 4
2 VGA output 1

8CH H.264 DVR 16CH H.264 DVR

1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 8 1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 16

4.13 PC Client software instruction

You could control the DVR via client software on PC. Please refer to < Client and network manual> attached
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Alarm input

Alarm output

Alarm mode

Sensor alarm, motion detection,video loss,HDD full alarm

Relay output,NO,NC,COM

4ch opto-coupler input

Live resolution

Record resolution

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USB port
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HOST 2.0 in front panel, HOST 1.0 in rear panel
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Appendix 2 Trouble shooting

FAQ:

1. Why cannot detect hard drive?
Default cause: The HDD power line or data cable is not connected well.

Resolution: Please check the power cable and data cable. And format the HDD.

2. Why the remote control not work? But the mouse is workable.

Default cause: The remote control ID was set "OFF" in system menu. Or it was set wrong ID.

3. Can we delete a part of video file in HDD?

No, it can't be done. For the reason of safty, we can't delete a part of video file in HDD. If you want to delete them,
please try to format HDD.

4. Why alarm is not workable?

Default cause: 1 The schedule setup is wrong. 2 Alarm setup is wrong. 3 Alarm cable connection is wrong.
4 Alarm input signal is wrong 5 It is not recording.

5. Why cannot find the video file in search menu after recording?

Default cause: 1 The time segment for search is wrong. 2 HDD cable is not connected well. 3 System date
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6. Why there are no video output when connect DVR with camera?

Default cause: 1 BNC connector not connect well. 2 The system format is different between DVR and came­ ra. 3 Modified the system date back.

NOTE

The operation manual is for reference only. Products may vary
Products are subject to update without further notice.
Please contact the customer service department for latest program and supplimen­tary informaton
Any disputes or doubts in products description are subject to our final explanation.

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