ELRO DVR74W User Manual

HDVR7-702X

7” LCD Digital Wireless DVR w/Net work

Please read before installing and using this product

Damages caused by non-compliance with this operating manual will void the warranty! We will not assume any liability for
damages to items or persons caused by improper handling or non-compliance with the safety notices! Any warranty claim will
be null and void in such cases.

1. Do not drop, puncture or disassemble the camera ; otherwise the warranty will be voided.

2. Avoid all contact with water, and dry hands before using.

3. Never tug on the power cords. Use the plug to unplug it from the wall outlet.

4. Do not expose the camera to high temperature or leave it in direct sunlight. Doing so may damage the camera
or cause camera temporary malfunction.

5. Use the devices with care. Avoid pressing hard on the camera body.

6. For your own safety, avoid using the camera or power off the camera when there is a storm or lightning.

7. Remove the power adapter during long periods between usages.

8. Use only the accessories and power adapters supplied by the manufacturer.

9. To meet the regulations pertaining to parental responsibility, keep the devices out of the reach of infants.

10. Check power cables, do not get crushed or damaged by sharp edges whenever the devices are in operation.

FCC Compliance Statement:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subjected to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

FCC/CE WARNING

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules
and ETSI (EN) 300 328. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential
installations. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference
to radio or television equipment reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Move the equipment away from the receiver.

-Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions.

You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void Your authority to operate such equipment.

Disposal

If the camera system no longer functions or can no longer be repaired, it must be disposed of according to the valid statutory
regulations. Disposal of spent batteries / accumulators:

You are required by law (Battery Ordinance) to return all spent batteries and accumulators. Disposing of spent
batteries/accumulators with common household waste is prohibited! Batteries/accumulators that contain
hazardous substances are marked with the symbols on the side. These symbols indicate that it is prohibited to
dispose of these batteries/ accumulators in the household waste.
The abbreviations for the respective heavy metals are: Cd= cadmium, Hg= mercury, Pb= lead. You can return
spent batteries and accumulators that can no longer be charged to the designated collection points in your
community, outlets or wherever batteries or accumulators are sold. Following these instructions will allow you
to fulfill the legal requirements and contribute to the protection of our environment!

Products with CE Marking comply with EMC
Directive (2004/108/EC); Low Voltage Directive
(73/23/EEC); R&TTE(
Commission of the European Community. Compliance
with these directives implies conformity to the following
European Norms:
EMC: EN 301 489
LVD: EN 60065
Radio: EN 300 328

1999/5/EC) issued by the

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CONTENT

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................- 4 -

1.1 MAIN FEATURE .....................................................................................................................................................- 4-

1.2 P

RODUCT FEATURES ..............................................................................................................................................- 4 -

CHAPTER 2 ENTIRONMENT ADAPTABILITY.......................................................- 5 -

CHAPTER 3 DEVICE OPERATION MANUAL .........................................................- 5 -

3.1 REMOTE KEY INSTRUCTION ...................................................................................................................................- 5 -

3.1.1 Remote control .................................................................

3.1.2 Mouse Operation.......................................................................................................................................... - 6 -

3.1.3 Menu Configuration ..................................................................................................................................... - 7 -

YSTEM OPERATION..............................................................................................................................................-8 -

3.2 S

3.2.1 START-UP................................................................................................................................................... - 8 -

3.2.2 SYSTEMLOGIN......................................................................................................................................... - 8 -

3.2.3 GUI OPERATION ....................................................................................................................................... - 8 -

CHAPTER 4. IE OPERATION.....................................................................................- 25 -

4.1 FEATURE ..........................................................................................................................................................- 25-

ESTRICTION CONDITION.....................................................................................................................................- 25-

4.2 R

4.3 U

SER LOGIN.........................................................................................................................................................- 26 -

4.4 OPERATION INTERFACE .................................................................

4.4.1 LIVE........................................................................................................................................................... - 27 -

4.4.2 PTZ CONTROL......................................................................................................................................... - 27 -

4.4.3 ZOOM........................................................................................................................................................ - 28 -

4.4.4 Focus...............................................................

4.4.5 Iris.............................................................................................................................................................. - 28 -

4.4.6 PTZ PRESET ................................................................................................................................

4.4.7 PLAY......................................................................................................................................................... - 28 -

4.4.8 OTHER OPERATION............................................................................................................................... - 28 -

4.4.9 REPALY.................................................................................................................................................... - 29 -

4.4.10 SETUP...............................................................

4.4.11 RECORD.................................................................................................................................................. - 31 -

4.4.12 ALARM SETTING.................................................................................................................................. - 31 -

.4.13 PTZ........................................................................................................................................................... - 32 -

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4.4.14 NETWORK..............................................................

4.4.15 System setting........................................................................................................................................... - 33 -

4.4.16 HOST INFO ............................................................................................................................................. - 34 -

CHAPTER 5 DVR INSTALLATION GUIDELINE...................................................- 34 -

5.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW...........................................................................................................................................- 34-

5.1.1 Product Photo ............................................................................................................................................. - 34 -

5.1.2 The Definition of Bottoms and Connectors on Front Panel ....................................................................... - 35 -

5.1.3 The definition of buttons and connectors on rear panel...............................................................

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5 . 2 D V R H D D I

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CHAPTER 6 DEV I CE PART

6 . 1 C HECK D E V I C E PA R T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .................... . . ..... . . ........................ . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . - 4 0 -

NSTA L L A T IO N D EMON S TRA T I ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . ..... . . .................... . . ..... . . . - 3 7 -

AMERA INSTALLATION
AMERA SPECIFICATION

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CHAPTER 7 FAQ ............................................................... ........................................... . - 41 -

1 4 . Question ：

Why re m ote c o ntrol c a n’t work?

A n swer ：：

The address of remote cont r o l is not corr e ct

T he d i s t a n c e o f r e m o t e c o nt r o l i s t oo f a r o r t h e a ng l e i s t o o b i a s e d

R e m o t e c o n t rol ba t t e r i e s r u n o u t

R e m o t e c o n t rol i s d a m a g e d or t h e fro n t p a n e l of d v r i s d a m a g e d

1 5 . Question ：

Why WEB can`t log?

A n swer ：

P l e a se c h e c k t h e n e t w o r k w h e t h e r i t ’s c o n n e c t e d . A n d c h e c k i f t h e p a n e l L I N K or 1 00 M L E D

d i s p l a y n o rm a l ; use pi n g x x x. x x x . x xx . x x x ( D V R IP) t o c he c k i f t h e i n t e rn e t i s w e l l l i n k e d

R e c om m e n d e d W i n do w s X P or V i s t a o p e r a t i n g sy s t e m , us i ng I E 6. 0 b r o w s e r or I E 7 . 0 bro w s e r

A c t i v e X c o nt r o l i s b e e n b l o c ke d . Pl e a s e m a n u a l i ns t a l l A c t i v e X c o n t ro l .

P l e a se i ns t a l l D X 8 .1 a nd u p gr a d e y our v i d e o c a rd dri v e r

s

t h er e I

1 6 . Question ：

n o p i c t u r e o r n o t c l e a r wh e n yo u prev i e w the recording or playback the recording

by I E ?

A n swer ：

If you visit DVR by IE, please choose “Wan” in “web environment”

Please try to “Close windows” by the right mouse button, and try to “Open windows”

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17.Question

：：Why does it display “ other members are setting……” while setting DVR by IE?

Answer

：

Please check the DVR configuration interface is in the state of open. Please exit DVR.

18.Question

：：Why users can not resume the system while it is in standby mode?

Answer

：

Press the”standby” key for 5 sec on Remote controller to resume. Any other keys are not available.

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Answer：

10. Question：

Answer：：

11. Question：

Answer：

12. Question：

Answer：：

Setting wrong, or users didn’t click “Edit” to make it valid

Battery not connected well

The battery is invalid. Please change one.

Why the “Stop recording” by the right mouse button does not work, how to stop recording?

The “Stop recording” by the right mouse button is only suitable for Manual recording. It can’t stop

recording when it’s in “start recording” or the video in video plan.

If you want to stop recording, please set the time is not recording.

How much space of HDD for recording per hour?

Each channel takes about 14Mbyte for audio recording

HDD space cost is related with “Best, Good, Middle” in “Record mode>Bit rate” and the video

size of the period. If the video is still, HDD cost will be small; if the video is moving, HDD cost

will be large. “Best” will take 320Mbyte of each channel per hour; “Good” 50~100Mbyte of each

channel per hour when video is still or few moving, 100~200 Mbyte of each channel per hour when

video has big moving or much moving; “Middle” 50~100Mbyte of each channel per hour when

video is still or few moving, 100~150 Mbyte of each channel per hour when video has big moving

much moving.

or

Why it can’t do motion detection?

The setting of the area of motion detection is not correct.

Low sensitivity

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Main Feature

HDVR is 4channel CIF resolution digital video recorder. Both of them have local recording, playback, support

treble code remote network surveillance, data backup, parameter setting, motion detection.

1.2 Product features

Advanced Linux;
H.264 compression, support D1;
USB IE to upgrade software;
USB mouse control;
PTZ (not used temporarily) and network function;
Multi-Language is selectable;

fixed 7 Inch TFT monitor;

Support 2 channel digital wireless camera.
Support mobile surveillance;
Support network center management system(CMS);
Remote power supply for 4 channel cameras;
support TV function;
Applied in large surveillance area such as supermarket, gas station, factory etc.

HDVR7

2
2 channels RCA input/1 channel RCA output

13. Question：

Answer：

CD-writer/USB backup error

The data exceeds the capacity of backup device

The backup device incompatible

The backup device is damaged

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7" Digital TFT
No

NA
DC 12V/5A
Yes

2500g
230*200*130mm

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Chapter 2 ENTIRONMENT ADAPTABILITY

Notice

For the saftly using DVR and prolonging device life, please pay attention to the following details：

1 When installing device, please comply with all the electric product safty criterion；
2 Power and ground：

Do not touch the power and DVR with a wet hand
Do not drop liquid onto DVR
Do not put others on DVR
Please use soft dry cloth when clean DVR, do not use chymistimpregnant
When the power line connects with jack, even don’t startup device. There still have voltage
If you do not use device for a long time, please take the power line away from jack.

3 Humidity requirement

Please install the device under good conditions, it’s better to prevent from humidity , drip sites,

etc.

Chapter 3 Device operation manual

In device operation, the enter key on remote control has the same function with mouse left click.

3.1 Remote key instruction

3.1.1 Remote control

Handheld IR Controller Key Functions:

【0－9】keys: During setup, number keys are used to input values. For viewing

channels 1, 2, 3 and 4, use 1, 2, 3 and 4 on numeric keypad respectively.

【＋】,【－】keys: During setup, plus an

values.

， : Up, Down directional keys: Move selection up and down in setup menu.

， : Left, Right directional keys: Move cursors left or right in setup menu.

】: Switch 4 Channels；

【

【

】: Fast backward the video while playback in the playback mode,

】: press【 】 to return to normal speed；

【

【STANDBY】: Reset the MDVR to Power on and Power off mode. (standby and start up)；

【LOGIN/LOCK】: If the security is enabled in the setup, use LOGIN/LOCK key to enter the user setup. It is

Fast fordward the video while playback.

d minus are used to select next or previous

press 【 】to return to normal speed；

Answer：

5. Question：

Answer：

6. Question：
distortion?

Answer：

7. Question：

Answer：

determine.

8. Question：

Answer：

Question：

9.

Check the DVR whether it use by DC 19V power adaptor

Check the HDD whether it is formatted in DVR

Check the HDD power line and the data line whether they are well-connected or bad

The HDD has problem

The SATA port has problem

What’s meaning“R”“M”“I”“H” show in interface?

“R”means the channel is recording

“M” means the channel is being motion detection

“I”means the channel is being alarm

“H”means there is no HDD, the HDD is bad or the space of HDD is full

Why DVR has the problem of real-time image, such as video image color, serious bright

BNC output, select PAL and NTSC is not correct, the image will be black and white

DVR does not match with monitor

The video transmission distance is too far

The setting of dvr color , brightness and so on is wrong

Why there is no voice when monitoring?

Check if it is using positive sound box or speaker, users can have short circuit to check.

Is activation of the audio source connected to the video channel? You can click to full-screen to

The hardware of DVR is fault

Why there is no voice when playing back?

Setting problem: open audio-video item

Check the audio whether it is closed in playback interface

Why the system time is not right?

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Chapter 7 FAQ

If your problem is not in below, call our hotline and we will resolve any issues or problems you may have.

1. Question：

Answer：

2. Question：

Answer：

3. Question: Why there is no output of single channel, multi channel or all channel video?

Answer:

DVR

and display device aspect of the problem.

4. Question：

Why DVR can’t work after starting it?

Check the adaptor input

Check the on-off power line, does it well-connected?

Check the on-off power

Check the upgrade procedure whether it’s wrong

Check the main board of DVR whether it’s ok

Why DVR will automatic reboot or stop after starting DVR several minutes?

Instability or low input voltage

Bad track hard drive or the line of hard drive is bad

On-off power supply is not enough

The front-end video signal instability

High temperature, too much dust, too bad the DVR operating environment

The main board is not well-connected with other board

The hardware of DVR is fault

Please check the adaptor of camera whether it is well-connected

Please check the connect line for connecting video input and video output in the back board of

Please directly insert the video source into the display device, and check whether the video source

Check the brightness of the picture is 0, and bring it back to its original default setting

No video input signal or too weak

Display settings in the preview set to be closed

The hardware of DVR is fault

Why the DVR can’t record after startup and the interface shows “H”?

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important to remember the password due to without restoration function. Log in（to enter into “User ID select” and

“Password” input interface）and lock functions（To exit setup and operation）

【MENU】: Press OSD for main menu；

【PTZ】: PTZ control，press this key to enter into PTZ control interface when at single live view；

【EXIT】: Exit to the preview or return to the last menu；

【RECORD】: Start manual record

【STOP】: Stop manual record

【EXTRA 】For future use

3.1.2 Mouse Operation

You can use mouse to make operation of the menu besides IR remote controller. (The operation is the same

as PC Windows).Please inserts the mouse into USB Port.

Click

right key

Click left

key

Click the right key on the live view to enter into shortcut menu for selectable

Click the left key to enter into the setting interface in the shortcut menu.

CliDouble ck the left key to zoom in the window on the live view and playback video. Double

click

left key can exit to the live view and playback multi-window interface.

the

1. Volume adjustment, color adjustment VGA border operation. It is for

setting the single channel and color adjustment. If it is multi-window, please use

the left key to select the single window.

2. The remark when click the left key, color adjustment, VGA border is as follow:
a.There is a sticker to show the volume on the volume adjustment interface. Move the

mouse to the corresponding position and click the left key. The right side of sticker will

show the volume ,click “x” to exit.

b.Color adjustmen

When there are many options in the option frame, click left key to see down-pull menu.

To click the left key on the playback interface can make >> means forward, << means raw, >>I

means Slow play, I> means Pause frame play,> means Play, X means exit.

t can refer to the volume adjustment interface operation.

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Click left

key

Mouse

move

1. In the input frame, click the left key can activate the keyboard. The number, symbol, English

can be input by clicking the mouse.

2. Pinyin also can be input by the soft keyboard when enter Chinese, the method is the same as

remote control. You can use the left/right key to turn over the page when check on

Pinyin/Chinese word.

3. When input number, click the right key, the number soft keyboard will bob up first, and then

use the left key to select the corresponding numerical value. Also click the left key to exit the

number key

1. Press the left key to move the mouse can adjust the parameter on the volume, color, VGA

border interface. And the corresponding parameter will be display at the same time.

2. In the Motion Detection setting interface, you can use the left key to drag the frame to set the

motion detection area.

board.

Chapter 6 Device Part

6.1 Check DVR part

1. Digital Video Recorder 1 SET：

2. Standard Part

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3. Optional Part

HDD Screws

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5.4 Camera Specification

3.2 System Operation

Communication Range
Resolution
Operating Temperature
Operating Voltage A1/V5CD
Current Consumption

Night Vision Range

Dimension

Camera

200 metres in open space

)AGV(084x046

C05+C~01-

650mA(max)

m 8 ~ 3

mm74x46x281

3.2.1 START-UP

Connect the power adapter to DVR. When start up the DVR, 【POWER】LED will be on and 4 images will

be display on the screen. If it has setup ignition recording or time recording, the system will record automatically

and the corresponding LED will be on, and the system work normally.

Remark:

1. If there is no HDD in device, or the device didn’t read the HDD, or the HDD didn’t be formatted it will

display an 【H】 in the video preview interface.

2. You must format the HDD in the DVR before first using. The steps as follows: menu > HDD management >

format. After formatting, the system will restart.

3.2.2 SYSTEM LOGIN

Remark: default device ID is: 00000, and there is no password. In order to keep safe, please modify the user

password and change the device ID in the base setup. You can setup user and admin password, Admin has all

authorities while user has limited authorities of viewing image, searching and play backing video. When you input

a password, the system will automatically match and offer different password with different authorities.

When DVR started, click right key by mouse. If you open a password, it will enter into user login interface. The

picture is as follows:

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Ddvice ID: You just need to enter the device ID as the right frame.
Password: enter the admin password or user password.

3.2.3 GUI OPERATION

The main menu include “SEARCH”,”RECORD”,”HDD”,”BASIC”，“ADVANCE”, and “Exit”.

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5.3

Camera Installation

Step1: D i git a l Wi r e less C a mer a Instal l a tion

Remark: You must press “APPLY” to make the setting for submenu valid. It will be no use when exit directly.

There is a special feature of this DVR: when you move the mouse somewhere, the explanation information will be

showed automatically.

1 RECORD SEARCH

Move the cursor to 【 RECORD SEARCH】 （ Icon highlighted when selected） ,press【 OK】 to enter into

the setting interface.

There are three methods of searching record.

Method 1: playback by date

Date input: You can adjust the checking date and time, press【 OK】 orinput the number directly to adjust the

year, month, date. And then inpu

Method 2: playback by recording status:

Input the date, click 【

t time in the next box, click “playback ” and then you can see the recording video.

search】 and you can see the recording status on this date.

Step2: System Operat i on

A . M a ke s u r e a l l c on n e c t i ons a r e c orr e c t a s a bov e d i a g r a m i n s t r u c t e d . P r e s s t h e P o w e r B u t t o n o n D V R b a c k

P a ne l t o t u r n on t h e L C D d i spl a y. C H 1 C H 2 w i l l di s p l a y i m a g e s of 2 D i gi t a l W i r e l e ss ca m e r a s.

B . Digi t a l wir e l e ss camera and rice i ver are paired in fac t o r y. F o llow b e l o w steps for D i gi t a l Wir e less

C a m e r a P a i r i n g i f n e c e ss a ry ! .

I t i s h i g h l y r ec o mmen d ed t o p a i r t h e c a m e r a b e f o r e h a rdw a r e i ns t a l l a t i o n.
B e for e p a i r i n g t h e c a m e r a , m a k e s u r e c a m e r a i s pow e r ON, c a m e r a s t a t us i n d i c a t o r a s shown.

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO IN AUDIO IN

1

1

RJ45

2

2

AUDIO OUT

USB

a. Pr e ss (PAIR1 or PAIR2)on t h e rece i ver..

b . Sys t e m w i l l c o u n t do w n w i t h i n 6 0 s e c o nds, s y st e m

m e ss a ge a s sho w n:

c . W i t h i n 6 0 - s e c o n d c o u n t d o w n , p r e ss t h e P a i r

ba c k of c a m e r a .

K e y o n t h e

Pairing Key

Pairing Key

d . Onc e p a i r i n g C o m p l e t e d, camer a and rec e iver s t atus

i nd i c a t ors a s a b ov e shown .

Instruction:

1. MONTH: It will show all the recording status in this month. Green means normal recording, Red means

alarm recording and the default color means no video. Click any date in this frame can search the recording

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ok

is not

three

all

will return to 【File List】 automatically

2. BACKUP

Via USB Storage to backup, connect USB device via USB2.0 port before backup.

Select the recording file by direction keys , and press【Enter】, There will be a “√” sign if select is ok, and

then press【BACKUP】to begin backup as follow:

5.1.3.

The definition of buttons and connectors on rear panel

Instruction :

1． When USB device space is less than recording file, the system will show “Space no enough”.

2． Disconnect USB device directly when backup finished.

3 RECORD MODE

Move the cursor to 【RECORD】（Icon highlighted when selected）,and press【Enter】to enter into the setting

interface(As follow showed). use direction keys and cursor to change the options.

CHANNEL: ON: Means the channel enable for recording.

RESOLUTION: There are D1,HD1,CIF three options, D1 means the resolution best ,

corresponding to D1、HD1、CIF resolution.

QUALITY : There are BEST, FINE and NORMAL three option, They are corresponding HIGHEST, HIGH and

NORMAL data stream standard

Interface

DC12

1

2

AUDIO OUT

VIEDO

3

4

VIEDO

5

AUDIOININ

485A

6
7

USB

NET

8

9

Power Switch

OUT

AUDIO OUT

AUDIO OUT

Connection Description

12V DC power input

This interface provides audio signals to external devices

such as speakers.

be output of this connector.

Connection M

Connectio

with this device

Connection wired camera(CH1/CH2) with this device

PTZ function jack

VIDEO IN AUDIO IN

1

1

2

5

4

3

2

2

While in the audio playback will

onitor with this device.

n wired camera(CH1/CH2)

RJ45

6

USB

8

7

For software upgrade

RJ-45 network interface, can be connected to cable for
network remote view

Power key for unit

or control.

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5.1.2 The Definition of Bottoms and Connectors on Front Panel

H.264 DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

CH1 CH2

CH3 CH4

LCD ON/OFF

POWER CH1

Type Name Illuminations

Direction key

Direction key include: up【
four buttons, which can move cursor to setup

OK

Start/

Stop

Confirm operation

【 】 Stop button

Start/

key

Control

button

Speed choice

【

】fast forward button、【 】fast reverse button

Pause key 【‖】pausekey

Single image CH1、CH2、CH3、CH4 single image choice

palyback

MENU/EXIT E

【

】PLAY recording playback button

nter into main menu under live view, or exit sub menu

Power (red):steady light when system is power on .
CH1/CH2/CH3/CH4 (Red):steady light when video loss for certain channel.
REC(Green):steady light when record is processing.
LINK(Green):steady light when styetem is connected to internet.
HDD(Green):flash when HDD is installed to HDVR system.

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HDDCH2 CH3 CH4 REC LINK

】、down【 】、left【 】、 right 【 】

AUDIO: ENABLE: Means enable the audio recording for all channels, DISABLE: Means disable audio recording
REC.MODE
POWER

UP: Means DVR start to record when power on.

It is not available to click the manual/stop record in shortcut menu when setting the record mode as power up.
TIME: Recording as the schedule. When chose Time recording, 【Recording period setting】will be show on in

the right. Move cursor there, and press 【Enter】to the interface as below:

MENU

CHANNEL: You can select all channels or just single channel
REC. MODE: There are ALARM,GENERAL,MANUAL RECORD three modes, if set for detailed time, please set in

【Recording

mean

period setting】andthen press【Enter】. Impress color means no recording during this time. Different colors

different recording modes: Red means alarm r

ecording, green means normal recording, blue means no recording.

RECORD SIZE: Press 【Enter】 or 【+】/【-】to choose the record size time.

There are 15min, 30min, 45min, 60min four options, that means it will pack as the mode you selected

4 Hard Disk Management.

Move the cursor to 【HDD】（Icon highlighted when selected）,press【Enter】to enter into the setting interface,

and you can use direction keys and cursor to change the options.

HDD STATUS: There are three status available, normal, un-format, No HDD. If HDD can not run normally

（including unformed and no HDD）, there is a 【H】display on video preview interface.

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OVERWRITE: ENABLE: means when HDD space is less than 4G, it will delete the earliest recording file,

deleting can stop until the space is no less than 10G; DISABLE: means when HDD space is less than 500M it will

stop recording, and an prompt will display “please shutdown and replace HDD”

FORMAT: Move cursor to select device and press【APLLY】 to format

FORMAT Flash Disk: Move cursor there to select device and press【APLLY】 to format

Note: DVR system will restart after HDD formatted, but no restart for U Flash disk format.

5 BASIC SETUP

Move cursor to select “BASIC SETUP” (The big icon means select ok)and press【ENTER】to enter into the

system language setup interface.

BANDWIDTH: Set the amount of bandwidth in kbps (128k、192k、256k、384k、512k、1024k) that you want to

allocate for traffic that matches internet，

FILE SAVE PATH: capture picture and recording video save path.

IE login password and DST settings you can check as DVR setting.

this bandwidth depends on the place, normally around 256 or 384 kbps.

4.4.16 HOST INFO

Click “HOST INFO” to enter into system information interface (see below picture), this interface shows HDD

status, remain record time, firmware version, MAC Address, and all the information is fixed.

Basic setup includes language, date/time, password, display, and video/audio and exit six options.

6 SYSTEM LANGUAGE SETUP

Move cursor to select “system language” (The big icon means select ok)and press【ENTER】to enter into the

system language setup interface.

Multi-language is selectable(10 kinds total)

Remark: System will restart after changing language.

, press【ENTER】or【+】/【-】to choose.

7 DATA/TIME SETUP

Move cursor to select “date/time” (The big icon means select ok)and press【ENTER】to enter into the

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Chapter 5 DVR Installation Guideline

5.1 Product Overview

5.1.1 Product Photo

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4.4.14 NETWORK

Click “NETWORK” to enter into setup interface; you can check the parameter settings as in GUI of DVR.

date/time setup interface.

4.4.15 System setting

Click” SETUP” to enter the system setting interface as follows:

DATE: Press【Enter】or 【+】/【-】or press number key to chose the date.
DATE FORMAT: Press ENTER to switch between the date patterns, there are YY-MM-DD and MM/DD/YY

two options. When chose the date format, left date will be displayed with corresponding format.

TIME FORMAT: Press ENTER to switch between the time patterns, there are 12 HOURS and 24 HOURS two
options. Left time will be displayed with corresponding format.

Daylight Saving Time: open and enter into DST pattern: default and custom.
The default DST time starts at 02:00 in the second Sunday on March, and ends at 02:00 in the first
Sunday on November. In addition, user can choose beginning and end DST time according to different
demands. When system time enters into DST beginning time, it will be in the range of DST, then DST
takes effect, system time will add 1 hour to become DST, when DST ends or closes, DST will minus 1
hour to ge back to system time.

Remark: Have to move the cursor to the 【MODIFY TIME AND DATE】 and press 【APPLY】 to save it,
otherwise it won’t save the modification if you exit this interface.

8 PASSWORD

Move the cursor to【PASSWORD】（Icon highlighted when selected）, press【Enter】to enter into the setting

interface.

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DEVICE ID: Press 【+】/【-】or number key to setup the ID
PASSWORD: 【Enter】 key to choose whether password enable or disable. ”enable” means user

nee

d insert password when log in, “disable” means without password and user can enter into main menu directly.

USER PASSWORD: Press number key to setup.
ADMIN PASSWORD: Press or number key to setup.

NETWORK PW CLEAN:Users need to input password at remote PC for viewing if the remote login is protected
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9 DISPLAY SETUP

Move the cursor to【BASIC SETUP】（Icon highlighted when selected）, press【Enter】to enter into the setting

interface.

NAME: press【Enter】to enter into the setting interface.
POSITION: press【Enter】 to switch name location, there are 5 options: bottom left, top left, bottom right, top

right and OFF.

COLOR: press【Enter】to enter into setting interface, as following:

4.4.13 PTZ

Click “PTZ” to enter into setup interface; you can check the parameter settings as in GUI of DVR.

Press【Enter】or directly drag the cursor to set colors, including chromaticity, luminosity, contrast and

saturation, press【APPLY】to save the parameters.

PREVIEW: ON: Means the channel is allowed to view the live mode
PREVIEW TIME: ON: Means displaying system date and time above video.
RECORD TIME : ON: Means clock will display in the playback of current file

10 VIDEO/AUDIO SETUP

Move the cursor to【VIDEO/AUDIO SETUP】（Icon highlighted when selected），press【Enter】to enter

into setting interface.

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Loop Time: Set up the scan time interval.

HDD LOSS: turn on means it will trigger an alarm if there is no HDD, and it will display an 【H】

On the bottom left of channel 1 in the live view
HDD SPACE: turn on: If the space is less than 500M, there is a remark in live view: No enough space, please

change HDD after shutdown.

VIDEO LOSS: turn on: when one channel has no video input, it will display “video loss”in live view.

BUZZER: buzzer calling time setup when alarm triggered: 0 second,10 seconds,20 seconds,40 seconds or 60

seconds

POST REC.: post recording time setup: 30 seconds,1 minute,2 minutes or 5 minutes

13 SYSTEM INFO

Move the cursor to【SYSTEM INFO】（frame is red when selected），press【Enter】to enter into system info

interface, on this interface mainly display system hardware features and firmware version, include: software

version, MAC address、serial number. Picture is below:

click the date will search that days’ recording file list. For example, the above picture display 2008, Dec.

3rd,4th,5th,6th,8th,9th,10th,11th,12th,17th,18th have recording video, and system date is 18th, Dec, 2008,

currently search date is 17th, Dec.

At the below of calendar select channel and type, click SEARCH, the result will display, as follow.

14 MOTION DETECTION

Move the cursor to【MOTION DETECT】（Icon highlighted when selected），press【Enter】to enter into

motion detect setting interface. Picture is below:

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Double click one item of listed recording video, the recording video will playback, meanwhile the file icon

will change to

The above purple progress bar shows download progress, green progress bar shows playback progress

, and will occur the below picture play buttons:

Switch between pause/play

Stop play
Fast play

Slow play

Pause at next frame

Convert H.264 file to H.avi file, click this button access into file convert setting interface, as follow.

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You can open, shut down and start this channel’s record via shortcut menu.

3. Click right key at one live view screen, click” open all windows” or “ close all windows”, will quickly

open/close all windows.

4.4.9 REPLAY

Click” REPLAY” to enter into playback interface.

CHANNEL SWITCH: Each channel has corresponding channel switch, press 【OK】to turn on or turn off the

motion detection for each channel..
SENSITIVITY: each channel has corresponding sensitivity setting, including four standards high, relative high,

medium and low, press【OK】key to switch
MD AREA: each channel has corresponding regional motion detecting setting, move the cursor to

corresponding【setup 】，press【OK】to enter regional setting interface, red area means it have activated motion

detection, transparent block means it have not activated motion detection. Picture is below:

Click right up of calendar interface

calendar interface will display the recording information of current month

The highlighted date means that day have recording video, RED FRAME means the date is system date,

and , to setup the month for searching, click” refurbish”, at the

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Move the direction key on remote control or make cursor move to the need designed area, green frame means

the cursor has moved to this pane, press【OK】to select or cancel motion detection of this small pane, when setup

finished, press【exit】to back to MD setup interface, it will save automatically.

Remark:

IR Operation: press [Menu] key to select or cancel full screen.

Mouse operation: click left and drag the frame to setup the region for motion detection.

15 Mobile Surveillance

Move the cursor to【MOBLE】（Icon highlighted when selected），press【OK】to enter into setting interface.

Picture is below:

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NETWORK CHANNEL: select the channel for network transfer, and press [OK] to switch different channels.
WIRELESS NETWORK: Select different mobile network from the options of 3G, 2.5G and 2.75G, and press

[OK] to switch different network.

NOTE: Detail setting up please refer to appurtenance.

16 SYSTEM PROJECT

Move the cursor to 【SYSTEM PROJECT】(Frame turns red means selected), and press【Enter】 to enter into

system project setup interface. Picture is below:

4.4.3 ZOOM

Click to zoom in and out.

4.4.4 Focus

Click to focus

4.4.5 Iris

Click to change the size of aperture

4.4.6 PTZ PRESET

Setup preset point.

You can control it via the below three buttons:

4.4.7 PLAY

Move cursor to the icons, it will highlighted when selected

Open all video

Capture picture, save in local disk, system save default route is C:/DVR

Quickly start all channels’ recording video, here the left up corner of each channel have normal recording

AUTO RESET: When switch is on, you can setup the time for device to restart.
SYSTEM UPDATE: Copy the update file to the root directory of the flash disk, and insert it into USB groove,

then press [OK] to upgrade the firmware, and it will display the process of the system upgrading, picture is

below:

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video symbol 【R】, click icon to switch between signal screen

Volume adjust button

/quad /nine /16 split .

4.4.8 OTHER OPERATION

1. Select one channel at preview screen (the selected channel’s frame will be change to RED), double click left

key, enter to the selected channel single screen display.

2. Click one Chanel via left key at preview screen, then click right key, will occur window shortcut Menu, see

below picture

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Chinese/English selectable.
PASSWORD: Administrator has all authorities, operator has limited authorities who they can only watch,

playback, please change the unit No. and default password in time for system security.
NETWORK: LAN/WAN, according to the net type of your computer and DVR.

Click“Login” to enter IE interface. If input is wrong, click “Reset” to delete and rein put.

4.4 OPERATION INTERFACE

There are Live view, Playback and Setup options in the main interface, please press them to access it.

4.4.1 LIVE

Click to enter into the interface as followings

DEFAULT SETTINGS: Restore all the settings as the factory setting.
NOTE: make sure that the U drive and power is steady when it is upgradeing.

17 PTZ SETUP

Move the cursor to【PTZ SETUP】（Icon highlighted when selected），press【OK】to enter into setting interface,

you can setup the parameters for each channel separately. With direction key or move cursor to the option, and

press [OK] to switch different channels.

CHANNEL: The channel of PTZ connected.
PROTOCOL: select the protocol of different PTZ, there are two protocols to switch, and the default is Pelco-D
BAUD RATE: select the different baud rate for your PTZ, there are 1200, 24
DATA

BIT: there are 5,6,7,8 options to select, default setting is 8.
STOP BIT: 1 and 2 are optional, the default setting is 1.
VERIFY: there are None/Odd/Even/Mark/Space to select, the default setting is none.
ADDRESS: Fill the code of respective PTZ with relative channel.

00, 4800, and 9600

4.4.2 PTZ CONTROL

Change the focus, preset aperture to control the PTZ.

Click

the PTZ will keep circling as that direction after user press the stop key in the center of the wheel.

to up/down/left/right control movement of the PTZ. When hold on the one direction key,

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Remark: PTZ function is not supported temporarily for this system

18 NETWORK SETUP

Move the cursor to [NETWORK SETUP] (icon highlighted when selected), and press 【Enter】 to enter into

setting interface .picture is below:

CONNECT NETWORK TYPE: There are PPPOE, DHCP & Static three options

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1 Static

Select [Static] in the CONNECT NETWORK TYPE, and press [Enter] to enter into the interface as

followings

MEDIA PORT: transfers video data between client and device.
WEB PORT: setup the port of IE browser via HTTP.
IP ADDRESS: setup the IP address, and press [OK] 【+】/【-】 or input numbers to fill IP address.
NETMASK:.press [OK] 【+】/【-】 or input numbers to fill netmask.
GATEWAY: press [OK] 【+】/【-】 or input numbers to fill default gateway.

2 DHCP

Select the DHCP, and enter into the interface as followings.

4.3 User login

Input the DVR local IP in IE browser, if the web port number is set as 80, directly input IP address into IE

address column; If not 80, port number should add behind IP. E.g. when IP is 192.168.0.102, set port is 8088,

http://192.168.0.102:8088 should input.

When the net is connected, IE will automatically download the file to PC as following,

The process will last for 1~2 minutes.

Please click “If your browser does not support the ActiveX to download, please click here”when

downloading is not successful.

System will automatically enter GUI as follows:

MEDIA PORT: same as static setup
WEB PORT: same as static setup.
NOTE: restart system when select DHCP, and it will automatically connect with DHCP server. Will allot

IP address when connect is ok and the address will be showed on the interface.

3 PPPoE

Select the PPPOE, and enter the interface as followings:

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6. Operate normal data via computer. This can check if above setting is correct;

7. Input IP address to check if it can visit DVR

8. Add DVR’s port transfer function. Add DVR’s media port and WEB port

9. Use internet remote PC. Check if DDNS is successful via ping xxx.xxx.xxx (DVR ‘s domain name)

10. Input DDNS into IE address, if the WEB port is not 80, port number should add. Please refer to IE operation

chapter;

11. After downloading IE active tool successfully, login the interface, default is no password, press OK t

preview interface and have your following operation.

3 Manufacture has applied Internet line, DVR sh

1. Make sure DVR connect with the internet is correctly;

2. Use still configuration mode;

3. Please refer to internet setting chapter of “Installation guide”, it can help to set port number, IP address, sub

mask, gateway, etc;

4. Net admin add DVR port transfer or sending relation in router;

5. Use a computer of LAN, input IP of LAN and port number into IE address column to visit the DVR;

e internet remote computer, input IP and port number of router to IE address column to visit DVR; you can

6. Us

start DDNS function. After finishing DDNS register and setting, users can visit via DDNS and port number.

This can avoid remembering comple

x IP.

ould connect with internet via IP and router.

o enter

MEDIA PORT: Port for private protocol of DVR and PC, default : 9000. If this port of computer is

applied by other server, please change to other free port.
WEB PORT: Http port. Default: 80. If admin change WEB port to: e.g. 8088, port No. should be added

behind IP, http://192.168.15.145:8088 should input into IP of IE.

IP address: Fill in IP address according to the net of DVR;
Net mask: Fill in net mask according to the net of DVR.
Gateway: According to the net of DVR, set gateway. If no router of the net, please distribute IP address of

s

ame web segment; corresponding gateway should set .

19 Application of DDNS

You should register a host name, user name and password from DDNS manufacture, now we take dyndns for

instance, to show you how to register.

Please type in the IE address as follow: http://members.dyndns.org/ to register a new user

Chapter 4. IE OPERATION

4.1 FEATURE

Through the IE browser of OS and install the software, you are able to do the network operation remotely,

which is much more convenient. DVR support C/S, B/S, and visit in LAN and

name visiting.

It supports users revise server port. At the same time, it supports PPPOE, DHCP and four channel video /

audio.

4.2 Restriction condition

To ensure PC‘s stable visiting of DVR, recommend Windows XP, Windows Vista operation system, recommend

browser as IE 6.0, IE 7.0.

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WAN, also support IP and domain

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1． Fill out all the information then submit.

2． Minutes later, you will get a mail from dyndns, which include the primary password for the user you just

register.

3． Then please login http://members.dyndns.org/ with the new user and password, click “domain name

management” to enter into the operating interface, then select “new” under the Dynamic DDNS.

4． Create a domain name you need, then press to apply; now you have registered a host name success.

20 DVR group network

This chapter mainly narrates some networks’ setting method for your reference:

Applied ADSL，only one DVR need to connect with Internet

1．

1． Make sure the DVR has successfully connected to ADSL modem; the LED is flashing means success.

2． Network type: PPPoE
3． Input media port and web port. Please refer to“Setup instruction”network setup；

4． Type in the PPPoE user name and password；

5． Fill in DNS IP，such as:202.96.128.166 or 10.95.0.3. Users can refer to local computer DNS setup,（in DOS

input ipconfig/all in DOS to query）；

9． Open IE browser, and type in the domain name of DDNS (if WEB port is not 80, you should add a port,

please refer to IE setup)

10. Please download the I

and into the preview interface, and do what you want according to your need.

2. Applied ADSL, many types of equipment should share and connect with internet

1. Need to confirm with internet manufacture, the ADSL you applied should permit multi share of the internet.

2. You should buy a router, currently many small routers of 4 port Hub is in the market; or your ADSL Modem

has router function;

3. Refer to router user manual to ensure equip

4. Start PPPOE function of PPPOE, use router to have ADSL;

5. Suggest stopping router’s DHCP function. DVR and the computer all adopt IP. Notice: DVR, computer and

DVR internet setting:

E control, then enter into login interface, the default setting has n

ment connection correct;

router’s IP must in the same subnet, and

the sub mask, gateway,

o password. Press enter

6． Since the public IP will change after restart, please use DDNS function, and mapping the public IP to a fixed

domain name.

7． Save and restart device, it will connect to internet via PPPoE mode automatically, if success, it will get a

dynamic public IP.

8． ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(The public IP of DVR) to check whether the network is ok, and ping xxx.xxx.xxx（the

domain name of DVR）to check whether the DDNS settings is ok.

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Computer internet setting:

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