HISCO HD DVR User Manual

HISCO HD DVR

USER’S MANUAL

COPYRIGHT AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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COPYRIGHT AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 4

WARNINGS .................................................................................................................................................... 4

INSTALLATION AND PROACTIVE STEPS ......................................................................................................... 5

Pre-Cautions .......................................................................................................................................... 5

Location conditions to avoid for installing Hisco DVR System .............................................................. 5

Installation: ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Installing the DVR .................................................................................................................................. 6

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD .............................................................................................................................. 7

IMPORTANT NOTICES ................................................................................................................................... 8

1. INTRODUCTION DVR SYSTEM ................................................................................................................... 9

1-1. Digital Video Security System features .............................................................................................. 9

1-2. PROVIDED COMPONENTS ................................................................................................................ 10

2. SETTING UP HISCO DVR SYSTEM ............................................................................................................. 11

2-1. SYSTEM SETTING .............................................................................................................................. 11

2-2. CAMERA SETTING ............................................................................................................................ 14

2-3 Record setup ..................................................................................................................................... 14

2-4. MOTION DETECTION SETTING ......................................................................................................... 16

Motion setup ....................................................................................................................................... 16

Event Notification ............................................................................................................................... 16

Notification Schedule setup ................................................................................................................ 16

Motion area setup .............................................................................................................................. 17

2-5 Display setup ..................................................................................................................................... 18

Display ................................................................................................................................................. 18

Spot monitor setup ............................................................................................................................. 18

2-6 Network setup .................................................................................................................................. 20

2-7. USER SETTING .................................................................................................................................. 21

3. HD DVR Live View interface .................................................................................................................... 22

Manual Backup ................................................................................................................................... 24

CD/DVD Burning .................................................................................................................................. 24

4. HD DVR FOOTAGE REVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 25

4-1 DVR Search ........................................................................................................................................ 25

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4-2 Player button .................................................................................................................................... 26

4-3 Save AVI Function ............................................................................................................................. 27

Save as AVI video file .......................................................................................................................... 27

Saving JPEG image ............................................................................................................................... 27

4-4 Smart Search ..................................................................................................................................... 28

4-5 Image Post production ...................................................................................................................... 29

4-6Book Mark .......................................................................................................................................... 29

4-7Setting................................................................................................................................................ 30

5. Central Management System (CMS) ....................................................................................................... 30

5-1 CMS Installation ................................................................................................................................ 31

CMS client Uninstall ............................................................................................................................ 33

5-2 CMS Main .......................................................................................................................................... 34

5-3 Client Program setting ...................................................................................................................... 35

Local user account .............................................................................................................................. 35

Register New Site, ............................................................................................................................... 36

CMS local Setting ................................................................................................................................ 38

5-4 Live view Feature .............................................................................................................................. 39

Live view Tool Bar ............................................................................................................................... 39

5-5 Remote Search .................................................................................................................................. 40

5-6 Remote HD DVR server Setup ........................................................................................................... 40

5-7 Camera Group ................................................................................................................................... 41

Group setup ........................................................................................................................................ 41

Connect to Camera Group .................................................................................................................. 41

6. iPhone/SmartPhone (Smartview) ........................................................................................................... 42

COPYRIGHT AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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COPYRIGHT AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Copyright

The contents of this manual may not be copied or reproduced in any manner or form without the prior
written consent of Hisco Technologies Canada, Ltd.

Important Information

Before proceeding, please read and observe all instructions and warnings contained in this manual.
Retain this manual with the original bill of sale for future reference and, if necessary, warranty service.

When unpacking your digital recorder, check for missing or damaged items. If any item is missing, or if
damage is evident, DO NOT INSTALL OR OPERATE THIS PRODUCT. Contact your dealer for assistance.

WARNINGS

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR
MOISTURE.DO NOT INSERT ANY METALLIC OBJECT THROUGH VENTILATION GRILLS.

Explanation of Graphical Symbols

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert

the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure
that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the

presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instruction in the literature
accompanying the product.

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INSTALLATION AND PROACTIVE STEPS

Pre-Cautions

• Should any liquid or solid object fall into the cabinet, unplug the unit, and have it checked by the

qualified personnel before operating it any further.

• Unplug the unit from the wall outlet if it is not going to be used for several days or more.

• To disconnect the cord, pull it out by the plug. Never pull the cord itself.

• Allow adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat build-up.

• Do not place the unit on surfaces (rugs, blankets, etc.) or near materials (curtains, draperies)

that may block the ventilation holes.

Location conditions to avoid for installing Hisco DVR System

• Excessive heat, such as direct sunlight or heating appliances

• Surfaces (rugs, blankets, etc.) or near materials (curtains, draperies) that may block the

ventilation holes.

• Moisture, dust, and smoke

• Magnetic fields or electrical waves

• Below freezing temperatures

Installation:

Before installing the system, please ensure that

• The power is switched off

• The unit has adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat build-up

• There is enough room for the unit and its connecting cables

• The unit is placed on an even surface

• The unit is not placed near any electronic equipment (e.g. microwave, radio, or any wireless

equipment such as cell phones)

• The unit is not exposed to rain or water. The unit is not designed to be waterproof

• A UPS(Uninterrupted Power Supply) must be used with the Hisco DVR unit to protects DVR from

surges, spikes, lightning and other power disturbances

Note: An Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) must be used to comply with our warranty

INSTALLATION AND PROACTIVE STEPS

Installing the DVR

Note: Do not plug in power until all the cables have been connected

1. Once a location has decided. Carefully remove the DVR, Keyboard, mouse and BNC connectors

from the box and place the DVR on an even surface

2. Plug keyboard and mouse into the appropriate plug at the back of the HD DVR

3. Plug in the monitor cable from the monitor into the video graphic card at the back of the DVR.

Don’t forget to plug in the power cord for the monitor.
Note: For HD spot monitor, connect HDMI Cable directly into HD capture card.
For Analog monitor spot out, connect RCA Video Cable directly into analog capture card

4. Plug in BNC HD cameras and connect BNC analog cameras to the back of the DVR.

5. Once all the connections are done. Plug in the power cord to the back of the DVR power supply.

Turn ON the small switch at the back (I). Now plug the power cord into the outlet. This will start
the Hisco HD DVR security software

Cleaning:

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• Clean the unit with a slightly damp soft cloth.

• Use a mild household detergent. Never use strong solvents such as thinner or benzene as they

might damage the finishing of the unit.

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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD

1. READ INSTRUCTIONS – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the

appliance is operated.

2. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future

reference.

3. CLEANING – Unplug video monitor or equipment from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use

liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.

4. ATTACHMENTS – Do not use attachments that are not recommended by the video monitor or

equipment manufacturer as they may result in the risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons.

5. WATER AND MOISTURE – Do not operate video monitor or equipment near water – for example,

near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool,
or the like.

6. POWER SOURCES – Video monitor or equipment should be operated only from the type of power

source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supplied to your
home, consult your video monitor or equipment dealer or local power company. For video monitor
or equipment designed to operate from battery power refer to the operating instructions.

7. POWER CORDS – Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate video monitor or

equipment where persons walking on it will abuse the cord.

8. OBJECT AND LIQUID ENTRY -- Never push objects of any kind into video monitor or equipment

through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short-out parts that could result
in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the product.

9. SERVICING – Do not attempt to service video monitor or equipment yourself as opening or

removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to
qualified service personnel.

10. DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE – Unplug video monitor or equipment from the wall outlet and refer

servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions :

A. When the power-supply cord or the plug has been damaged.
B. If liquid has spilled, or objects have fallen into the video product.
C. If the video product has been exposed to rain or water.
D. If the video product does not operate normally by following the operating instructions, adjust

only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment
of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified
technician to restore the video product to its normal operation.

E. If the video product has been dropped, or the cabinet damaged.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

F. When the video product exhibits a distinct change in performance – this indicates a need for

service.

REPLACEMENT PARTS – When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has used
replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or that have the same characteristics as the original
part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock or other hazards.

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IMPORTANT NOTICES

• You can disable the All Power management program (Green PC features) on the BIOS setup in

your unit before run the program.

• You cannot use the screen saver program in your unit.

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1. INTRODUCTION DVR SYSTEM

This system is PC Architecture HD Digital Video Security System digitizing, compressively saving,
retrieving and generating output image information from cameras. Also, this system is Digital Video
Security System of Next Generation improving strong points and significantly complementing defects of
existing analog CCTV.

1-1. Digital Video Security System features

• Video Capture with variable bitrate or constant bitrate compression and recording directly on to

Hard Drive.

• Display Screen: Full screen, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16, 20 split screen.

• Easy selectable for recording image resolution: 352x240, 704x240 and 704x480

• HD camera resolution is auto selected and recording by ratio of 1, 1/4, 1/6 .

• Pentaplex DVR: Live view, record, playback, backup and remote access

• Color Quality control: brightness, contrast, hue, saturation

• Multiple recording:

o Mounting maximum 20 cameras, the system can record images onto HDD in the PC GUI

VCR style playback control. You can quickly retrieve images in files.

• Easy to set up the DVR system configuration:

o On screen setup dialog allows you to set functions easily.
o Examples: the amount of Camera to operate, select camera position onto Screen in the

PC.

• Printing images: You can reproduce the selected images as JPG file, which can be printed out

with the PC printer.

• Archived Images can be backed up on to DVD+/-RW and USB HDD for long-term storage.

• Image recording directory managing (specify the recording directory on the HDD and check

function of the minimum capacity disk storage).

• Sensor/Motion Detector functions:
o When a sensor signal is received by the system or Motion detection is triggered, the

system immediately starts recording images onto the HDD. Sensor recording interval
and frame rate control can be adjusted.

• Optimized File System for image saving:
o File System is to minimize the access time of the Disk and allows the maximum capacity

of the Disk to be utilized preventing the occurrence of Disk fragments. Because of
optimized file system for image saving was self-developed and applied by the DVR s/w,
damaged files can be recovered easily, and increased security is assured.

• Image retrieval:

o Recorded images of each camera can be extracted after retrieval of recorded images

on multiple cameras.

o Partial enlargement of retrieved image is possible and compensation function for image

quality allows sharpening and softening images.

o Images can be printed by a color printer and copied to a Flash drive.

• Supports remote access (Ethernet LAN (TCP/IP) as well as Pan/Tilt, Zoom in/out functions.

1-2. PROVIDED COMPONENTS

DVR system consists of:

• DVR system

• DVR Installation CD contains the following

o DVR Client software
o Nero Burning Software
o User’s

• Camera Input BNC connector and accessories

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Power cord

Manual file (Acrobat PDF type)

1. INTRODUCTION DVR SYSTEM

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2. SETTING UP HISCO DVR SYSTEM

2-1. SYSTEM SETTING

Hisco HD DVR surveillance program starts automatically once the system powers up. User is required to
LOGIN to access HD DVR function

Fill in the User ID and password (Use keyboard or virtual
computer keyboard, by clicking on the keyboard icon).

Setup

Exit HD-DVR

Default User ID: admin

Default User Password: 1111

2. SETTING UP HISCO DVR SYSTEM

In Setup, user can modify the configuration for cameras, network, user privileges and events.
Click on SETUP button and user authentication prompt will appear.

System setting window will be displayed. (Shown next page)

NOTE: Only users with administrative privilege can log on to modify any setting.

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System Setup

Description: Enter the System location name

Video Signal Type: NTSC for North America standard
Watchdog

Enable/disable watch-dog function. Enabling this feature will automatically detect a

:

system’s malfunction and restart the system.

Video Loss: Enable/disable notification upon lost of video is detected.
Beep: DVR output continuous beeping sound from speaker
CMS Notify: HD DVR Client receives a notification for video loss
Email Notify

Log write: enable/disable writing motion and sensor status into the log file.

: When SMTP is set up, HD DVR send a email notification to user.

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Display HDD Status: Warning message pops up when there is some problem with HDD if user checks
“Temperature error” or “HDD error”.
Disable windows function key: Lock windows for only server use if user want to prevent from other tasks.
Set Logoff Time: HD DVR system logs out when system is idle after a specific time.
Day Light Saving Time
time reversal occurs to the folder designated. <Note> User has to change the time.
(It doesn’t apply summertime automatically)

Configuration Backup
configuration file to the drive you choose. When starting DVR
program, the configuration in a particular drive except C drive
would apply.
In case there is a configuration file at other drive than C:
Configuration file at other drive is copied onto C Drive and it applies to DVR operation. In case there is no
configuration file at other drive than C: Configuration at C drive applies to DVR operation.

Config Initialize

Schedule Backup Setting
Schedule backup: Back up video data for a fixed
time in the selected folder at the scheduled time.
Concurrent (Real time) backup: Back up video
data in the selected folder in real time.

<Note> to play backup data on search, user must
disable schedule backup.

Setting:
Auto Reboot: Weekly schedule reboot. Hisco
recommends DVR to be restarted once a week
for maintenance.

Auto Shutdown

: When time reversal occurs according to summer time, it backs up information as long as

: User can back up the current

: Initialize setting to the factory default.

:

: System schedule shutdown.

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2-2. CAMERA SETTING

Select Camera: Select the camera
to configure.

Use Camera: Camera ON/OFF
Camera ID: Name each camera.

(Max. 17 characters)
Covert: hide camera in live screen
and Search mode.

TDS: Display Data Time and Camera
Description

PTZ: Enable or disable PTZ control.
Clicking “use” allows a user to setup
the PTZ camera’s type and Receiver
protocol, communication port
parameter.

• Select the control type (Panasonic,

Pelco etc)

• Specify the Communication Port, Baud Rate/speed, Parity, Data Bit, and Stop Bit to be used

• Select the PTZ Address to be used

Audio Setting:
Select the audio channel for the camera and click apply.

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2-3 Record setup

Select Camera: Select the camera
for configuration.

Config Setting:

Resolution
HD camera resolution is
automatically selected.
Analogue camera: user needs to
specify the resolution for each
camera.
Compress Type

Frame rate: Specify recording rate
for each camera.

:

:

VBR: Variable bitrate result in
bigger file
CBR: Constant bitrate smaller file
size

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Video Quality

: video recording quality

Record Schedule:

Holiday setting: Apply recording configuration of Sunday to user defined date.
Recording schedule for holiday is same as the recording schedule for Sunday.

Event recording setting: specify how many frames are recorded after
event is triggered.

Specify the weekly schedule for each camera (hourly)

•No Record: live view only on the monitor with no footage being recorded

• Continuous: Time lapsed recording

• Motion: Recording on motion detection

• Sensor: Recording on sensor operation

• Motion & Sensor: Recording on sensor and motion detection operation

• Normal & Event: recording at 1fps, configured recording frame rate will be activated when

event occurs. (Sensor or motion detected)
Note: motion and sensor needs to be checked.

APPLY ALL: to apply current setting to all HD camera or Analog camera.

Note: Click Apply to save changes before proceeding to change other setting.

2-4. MOTION DETECTION SETTING

Motion setup

1. Selects camera and customize motion

detect area.( See Motion area setup
P17)

2. Clicks apply all to have the same

setting for all cameras.

Event Notification

1.

Motion event Notification, check

Full Screen, Beep and/or Display
Screen

To increase or decrease the
display time of event camera,
change Duration time.

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2. To receive notification on CMS

client software or email, check
CMS notify.

3. User can assign a relay to each camera. When motion event is triggered, HD DVR will trigger digital

output signal.

Notification Schedule setup

Select Motion or
senser

1. Select Motion or Sensor setting

2. Select Channel to set up trigger

notification schedule at remote
location.

Notify Schedule

: specify weekly

Select camera

schedule for each camera

Email schedule

: specify weekly

schedule for each camera.

3. Click Save or Apply all to apply changes

to all HD or Analog cameras.

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Motion area setup

Select Camera: User can set up motion detection areas for individual camera or click apply all to have the

same setting for all HD cameras or Analog

Area Setting: Set up motion sensitive area (motion grid).
Full area: auto select and monitor the whole screen for motion.
Partial area

: Monitor only Area box specified by user. Max 4 area box.

: Select partial area, left Click and drag to add a motion sensitive area in a camera view. Max.4

Add

•

individual motion sensitive areas can be drawn.

•

Select: select one area and click delete

•

Delete All:

•

Test:

This will delete all detection areas.

After setting the motion grid and sensitivity, user can test if the setting is detecting motion or

to remove motion sensitive area.

not. If a motion is detected, “detected” indication will be displayed in the motion detect box.

Motion Sensitivity: determines motion by number of pixel changes in a given area. Select the

sensitivity of the motion detection area. “1” is least sensitive and “10” is most sensitive

.

2-5 Display setup

Display

Default Screen: initial start up screen
when HD DVR program is running.

Page Auto Switch time: the amount of
second passes before HD DVR rotate to
next camera

Display Text: Enable/Disable on screen
camera status in live view

Spot Monitor: to setup spot monitor for
analogue cameras refer to Spot monitor
setup.

Display Layout: select camera, drag and
drop it to desire grid in the table.

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Spot monitor setup

Select Spot Channel: 1 or 2

Select camera: Select the

camera(s) and drag to Display
Layout to be displayed on spot
monitor. <Note> Press “Clear All”
for the customization.

Split: Select the number of spot
monitor display channels (1 to 36)
or Mixed split

Page Switching Time: display
time of camera image shown on
external display when connected.

Event Set: Enable/Disable Spot
Out monitor to display camera
when selected event is triggered.

Event Dwelling time: amount of time spot out monitor stay on triggered camera.

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Priority between one-split and event: set up Priority between one-split and event trigger.
Spot monitor will jump to event camera when spot out is set to Event has more priority.

Split Setting: to set up Mixed
split.

Note: user can spot out for analogue camera(s) only.

2-6 Network setup

Accept: Enable/Disable CMS and Email
notification.
Port Setting: specify which port does
HD DVR uses for each function.
Network Notify: Specify which stations
receive event notification on CMS.
Email Setting: HD DVR sends Email
notification if event is triggered
Recipient:

address

time between each email is sent out.
Sender:
Default: Hisco recommend

Mail setup: input the correct SMTP information

TO & CC

Frequency

: Recipient’s email

: the Amount of

user to manually set up SMTP service.

• SMTP

•

•

•

•

•

•

: SMTP server address

Port

: SMTP server port (default 25)
Connection Type
From

: Sender’s Email address
Use authentication:
User ID
Password : POP or mail server user password (if mail server doesn’t require user password, leave

blank)

: POP or mail server user ID (if mail server doesn’t require user ID, leave blank)

: Select encrypted connection type (Normal, SSL or TLS)

Select authentication mechanism type

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DDNS: Contact DDNS service provider for
proper information.
Host name: IP address
User ID: DDNS account

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2-7 USER SETTING

User setup

In User setting user can add, modify
or delete users for different access
privileges.

Add: User can add a new user.
Delete: Choose a user from the list

and click DELETE button to delete
the user.
Modify: Choose user from the list
and click MODIFY button to change
any setting in the User Setup menu.

ADD USER

To add a user,

1. Click ADD button

2. Type User ID and Password

3. Comment: Select what DVR function is

available to the user

4. Connectable Camera: Click and select cameras

available remotely to the user for viewing with
client software

3. HD DVR Live View interface

3. HD DVR Live View interface

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Split Screen

Arrow

User can switch the Live View mode between X1, X4, X6, X9, X10, X13, or X20 screen split.

To navigate between cameras click Arrows or click A (Auto) for automatic camera rotation.
To monitor Live View in Full screen manner, click FULL.

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Live Audio

With Audio setup for specific camera, HD DVR user can listen to cameras with audio equipped

To hear live audio, Select a camera channel and click Audio. After audio control interface is activated,
click Play and Audio input from camera is transmitted.

Colour Adjustment

Colour can be adjusted on each individual camera.
Click a camera to adjust the colour setting.
Click the +/- button to adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation.

Other HD DVR Function

Other options are listed below:
Info: System information and software version
Back up: manual footage back up
Log View: for reviewing DVR system log
CD Burn: Basic CD/DVD burning Program

Manual Backup

To do a manual back up of multiple cameras, click

BACK UP.
Select one or multiple camera and set time frame.
Specify the location where you want to save the

file.
Click Backup on the bottom of the screen to start

the back up process.
Wait for the backup complete notification.
To Review the saved footage, open the video

footage folder. There is a folder named

Backupview. Inside this folder is a

RecordViewLite program which is used to

view the Video footage.
Note: saved footage is not AVI format.

CD/DVD Burning

3. HD DVR Live View interface

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Hisco HD DVR has build in DVD and CD burning utility. Use CD burn to burn multiple JPG, Video
footage and AVI file into a CD or DVD

1. Select DVDRAM drive from Device

2. Name the DVD/CD at Volume ID. This is the

name computer will display when play on other
computer.

3. Click Add Folder to create folders to organize

Video Footage on Disk.

CD/DVD
Free space

4. Click ADD File and Select files to be burnt to

disk

note: Data size cannot be larger than CD Free Space

5. Click

Write to start Disk writing process

Note: If DVD/CD is a rewritable disk, HD DVR can
erase content on the disk and overwrite it.

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Calendar

4. HD DVR FOOTAGE REVIEW

4-1 DVR Search

Search is a powerful playback program for HD DVR system. It offers various playbacks and searching

option for recorded data.

Click the Search Button on the DVR Main Screen

The Search screen appears as below.

Display Mode

SEARCH PROCEDURE

1. Select month and date on the calendar (On the top right

corner)

2. Select hour and minute on the time line bar (on bottom

center) of the camera and click the PLAY button
Note: user can double click to expand time line to minutes.

Timeline

Play Control

4-2 Player button

• -- Continuous play forward

• -- Continuous reverse play

• ------- 1 frame forward play

• ------- 1 frame reverses play

• ------- Stop

• -------- Speed increase

• ------- Speed decrease

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Search Function button

• SINGLE: Play back single camera

• MULTI: Simultaneous playback of multiple cameras: 1, 4, 6, 9, and 16 screen division

• PANORAMA: Multiple view of single camera playback

• Zoom: On single display, zoom may be used to magnify the image.

• Full: Display footage in a full screen manner.

• GOTO: Goto the specific time (See 4-6 Bookmark P.29)

• LIST: Search on the Bookmark list (See 4-6 Bookmark )

• ADD: Add a bookmark (See 4-6 Bookmark)

Panorama Playback

Allows the user to watch single recorded channel frame by frame sequentially on 15-split screen mode.
Click “PANORAMA” button. The first sec will be viewed on the first division, next second on the second
division and etc. The seventeenth second will be viewed on the first division, completing the cycle.

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4-3 Save AVI Function

Save function let users save the recorded data as an AVI format file onto CD/DVD or other backup drive.

Save as AVI video file

1. Click “SAVE” button on the Search main

screen and select AVI.

2. Select Cameras and check Audio Recording

if audio is enabled for camera.

3. Specify the correct date and time frame

4. Choose Other External Media to save

footage and create new folder inside Back
Up folder (Recommend D:\Back up).

5. Click Recording to start saving.

Note: User can save footage to CD/DVD or USB flash drive directly

Saving JPEG image

1. Clicking the “JPEG” icon will provide the user to save

the images in the form of JPG files.

2. Choose the "D: -HDD"

3. In the window below choose the "BACK UP" folder

4. JPEG image will be name in the format of

MonthDateYearTime

4. HD DVR FOOTAGE REVIEW

4-4 Smart Search

Smart Search allows users to search recorded data with higher efficiency. To
access this function click the “Smart Search” icon.

Smart Search (Motion Search)

Click Set and draw Motion Detection box by dragging left mouse button.

Click “Search” button and HD DVR will search for
pixel changes in the Area box. Event information
is listed on the left hand side.

Click Add Bookmark to index an event for
reviewing later.

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Smart Search (Thumbnail Search)

Thumbnail search is a function that
helps users to find the videos they
are look for more easily by showing
every hour, 10 minutes, minute,
and 10 seconds stop images.

Note: Select time interval from
Hour to 10 seconds at a time.
(Hour > 10 Min > 1 Min > 10 Sec)

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4-5 Image Post production

Colour can be adjusted on each still image before saved as JPG picture.

Stop video and Click COLOR button to show COLOR ADJUST menu
(shown right).

Click and drag left or right to adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation.

HD DVR also has the ability to Sharpen/Blur image, convert color to

Grayscale.

Original: Reverse all changes applied to image.

4-6 Book Mark

Recorded image can be bookmarked using the ADD bookmark function.

Bookmark is a way that specific times and dates can be marked for easy retrieval. To do this,

simply click ADD and fill in the description. This will add that exact time, date, and camera of current
image. At any time you can go back to this point by clicking List, and then double click the Date and Time
stamp.

GOTO Function

GOTO function enables user to go to specified
Date and time using following GOTO dialog

box.

The GOTO feature allows user to go to an exact time and
date of a recording. Simply enter the Date, Time, and
Camera, and click the OK button.

4-7 Setting

AUDIO turn ON/OFF

SETUP OSD Position

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SELECT IMAGE DATA

Local System Data: Search data at local system(Default).

Schedule Backup Data: Search data from the scheduled backup folder.

Note: Must disable schedule backup. (See P13)

Manual Backup Data: Search data from the manual backup folder (See P24)

Remote Search: Search data from other system.

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1) Installation program for CMS will launch.

2) Install CMS in default directory and click next

5. Central Management System (CMS)

CMS is the remote management program for the HD DVR system, which is installed on a remote site and
connected to a network.

Major functions are as below:

• Remote monitoring function

• Video retrieval and search function

• Saving onto client local computers (remote location) function

• Remote HD DVR system management function (limited)

• Alarm reception function

5-1 CMS Installation

To install CMS client software double click Setup.exe in the installation folder.

click next to proceed

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3) Choose English as the language for CMS

4) CMS installation will start and automatically

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interface.

5) When installation is complete, click Finish to

restart computer

proceed to next step.

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CMS client Uninstall

To uninstall CMS Client, click Uninstall and OK to confirm.

1.)

2.)

To Uninstall CMS via Control Panel,

1.) Click Start menu/Control Panel and double click Add or Remove Programs

2.) Click Change/Remove and Ok to confirm Uninstall.

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5-2 CMS Main

Click on the ‘CMS' icon on the client computer. Client

login screen will appear

Default ID/password is admin/1111

Note: ID/Password is case sensitive

Live View Control bar

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HD DVR
Site List

Live view
Cameras

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5-3 Client Program setting

Local user account

THIS COMES FIRST

CMS allow user to connect to multiple HD DVR system with one log in ID/password.
Each HD DVR site has different account and password; so HD DVR server can control which content is

accessible by user.

Only admin account has privilege to modify site accessible for each user.

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To add user account, log in as admin and click Add in user Setup.

User name: log-in ID
Password: log-in password at CMS start up.

Authority to CMS setup: allow specified user to

change local setting except user set-up

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Register New Site,

Click on the “Setup” button, the client setting dialog will appear as shown below.

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Name: Remote HD DVR ID.
IP or URL: local or public IP address of the HD DVR.

Note: Port forwarding is required for use of public IP address.

Video Port number: default video port is 6807
ID & Password: username and password on HD DVR server with remote access privilege

After inputting information for remote HD DVR server, click Registration to add remote HD DVR. This
information can be edited or deleted using the Modify or Delete button.

CMS local Setting

Login: set up automatic login when starting CMS
Display:

Channel Split: initial Camera display Mode of the CMS
Text Setup: customizing the text for On-Screen-

if client program is connected to remote HD DVR and no picture for LiveView; disable Overlay use and

restart CMS program.

Display

Save Directory Setup: Specify default directory

for saving files from remote HD DVR.

Reconnection: if DVR server disconnected, CMS

client software will attempt to establish
the connection again according to user
setting.

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1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36

User can have up to 36 cameras display live on the
screen.

Manually change display camera to next.

Automatically cycle through camera on live view

PTZ control panel is functional when HD DVR has it enabled
in Setup

CMS user can communicate with HD DVR operator if both
side has audio set up

Save current selected camera in AVI format.
To end video footage clip, click button again.

Save current screen as a image. Click save to confirm.

Disconnect all HD DVR server video streaming.

highest resolution gives the best video quality but
require
more system resources

Lowest resolution uses the least system resource
as it
gives the lowest viewing quality

5-4 Live view Feature

Live view Tool Bar

Split screen:

Display rotation

Auto camera rotation

Pan/Tilt/Zoom camera

Two way audio:

Save .AVI

Snapshot

Disconnect All

Live view Quality

PTZ control panel

5-5 Remote Search

Click "search" button on the Client Screen.

CMS search offer the same interface as it is on
the HD DVR Server (Page 25).

Note: following function listed below are not
available on CMS client software.

Bookmark
Select Image Data

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5-6 Remote HD DVR server Setup

Once connected to remote HD DVR, if you have proper privilege you can manage HD DVR server
remotely.

After logged into CMS client software,
select HD DVR Site and Setup.

Remote Setup offer the same interface
as it is on HD Server (page 12)

Note: option that can't be changed
remotely are grey out; ie/ motion area
setting and user set-up.

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5-7 Camera Group

User can save cameras array from multiple HD DVR system as a group.

Group setup

Click on setup in the menu bar at the top, and select Group Setup.

The Group Setup window is shown below.

Click Group Add to create new camera group.
To modify or delete group, select group name and click "Group Name Edit" or "Group Delete"

Drag and drop camera from different HD DVR in the Group Array from the Site list

of the CMS main screen.

Click Save Array to keep the changes and then click close to exit out of Group setup.

Connect to Camera Group

Click on the Camera group shortcut to display the list of Groups name from the drop down menu.
Select the proper camera group and click yes to confirmation for connection.

6. iPhone/SmartPhone (Smartview)

1. Access to the App store and search

2. Search and Install “Smartview”

3. Add and Save New DVR info

4. Access DVR

iPhone

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SmartPhone(Android)