In order to ensure your rights and interests, please read this manual carefully before you install
and use the DVR.
Use the appropriate adapter for the DVR.
To protect the main chip from thunder striking, please make sure the ground wire is correctly
connected before using the DVR.
Do not expose the DVR to rain or use it under high humidity circumstance.
This DVR cannot be installed at the places with much dust, and avoid potential mechanical
vibration or impact.
Install this DVR under good air circulation conditions. Do not place it near the heater or under
direct sunlight.
Please choose high quality hard disk (HDD), which could meet the working demand of the DVR.
For its quality, please purchase hard disk from regular merchants, and do not use t he Weste rn
Digital hard disk.
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Before connecting to other facilities, please disconnect the power supply and pull the power line
plug out from the power socket.
In case of any solid or liquid coming into the case, please disconnect the power supply
immediately, and the DVR can be restarted only after being checked by qualifi ed se rviceme n.
If the DVR is not in use for a long period of time, please disconnect the power supply and pull
the power line plug out from the power socket.
This is a precise instrument. No internal part can be repaired by the users. If fault oc curs, it is
necessary to ask qualified servicemen to repair it or contact the dealer.
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Table of contents
Chapter II Operation instructions
Chapter I Product Introduction
1.1 Summary
1.2 Functions and features
2.1 Description of front panel
2.2 Description of rear panel
2.3 Connection figure of rear panel
2.4 Description of alarm port in the rear panel
2.5 Remote control operation
2.6 Mouse operation
Chapter III Menu Setup
3.1 Summary of menu operation
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3.2 System setup
3.3 Camera setup
3.4 Record setup
3.5 Schedule setup
3.6 Motion alarm
3.7 PTZ setup
3.8 Network setup
3.9 Alarm setup
3.10 Disk management
3.11 User setup
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Chapter IV Basic Operations
4.1 Turn on DVR
4.2 Live screen
4.3 Software update
4.4 PTZ control
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Appendix 2 Trouble shooting
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4.5 System information
4.6 Log list
4.7 Recording preparation
4.8 Recording operation
4.9 Search, playback and backup
4.10 Audio setup
4.11 SEQ
4.12 Spot output
4.13 User login
4.14 PC Client software instruction
4.15 Power off
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1.1 Summary
Chapter I Product Introduction
1.2 Functions and features
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Support PAL & NTSC video signal input.
Support OSD languages of multiple countries.
Support external alarm, motion detection and time recording.
Support audio recording, audio playing and live mode listening.
This equipment is a standalone digital hard disk video recorder specially designed for security. It adopts the
embedded processor and embedded operating system and integrates with latest technologies in IT field, such as video
frequency/audio frequency compression/decompression, large capacity hard disk storage, TCP/IP network remote
control etc., investing the system with high intellectualization and stability.
This equipment supports various networks including Ethernet and Internet to realize remote audio/video
synchronization. With easy operation, it can be applied to the security for banks, telecom, schools, hospitals,
supermarkets,reside ntial quarters, factorie s, compa nies, warehouses, restaurants, hotels, parks, museums, water
conservancy facilities, entertainment places and other fields.
If the electricity suddenly off while recording, it will record automatically when power on.
Support CMS
Support DDNS
Support network preview, playback, setup, remote recording, PTZ control and camera name setup.
Support IE browsing and Network remote Client.
Support Internet backup ,USB backup.
Support mouse operation with high sensitivity
Support 2000G hard disk and DVD Writer.
Support HDMI VGA output.
Support Remote Control and Control Keyboards operation.
Convenient & precise video searching
Control PTZ and speed dome through RS485
Specially designed dedicated file system for video to increase more than 10 times of service life of hard disk
Fully independent from PC platform and free from computer breakdown due to improper operations, complicated
management & operations as well as virus infection, and with high stability
Operating system: Linux
Compressed chip: SOC
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Chapter II Operation Instructions
2.1 Description of front panel
Description NameNo.
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Number keys
a) input numbers.
b) keystroke 1~9 : select channels.
Press it once to input number 0. Press it twice to input number 10. c) [0/10+]:
d) input password.
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Icon
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3
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4 4
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LED Indicator
light
IR
Remote signal receiver LED indicator light. It is on in remote control usable
mode.
Lock LED indicator light. It is on in locking mode.
Hard drive LED indicator light. It will flash when the HDD is being used.
It is red in running mode, it is green in standby mode. It is off in power off
mode.
Start recording. In PTZ mode, it is used as [Z+] key in the remote control.
Press it to pop up search menu, select a video file to play. Press it to pause in
the process of playback, press it again to play again. In PTZ mode, it is used
as [Z-] key in the remote control.
In playback mode, press it to stop playing and return to search menu; in video
recording mode, press it to stop recording; in PTZ mode, press it to view preset
image.
Press it in live/record/playback mode to change the screen into four-split screen.
Press it in live/record/playback mode to change the screen into night-split screen.
To modify the parameters downward in PTZ control mode.
Press it to enter search menu. In PTZ mode, press it to set preset image.
Press it to enter search menu
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HDD
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Playback/
Pause
Stop
Search
Backup
Quad key
Nine-split key
Sixteen-split key
9
PTZ
INFO
ESC
SEQ
AUDIO
MENU
SPOT
Press it to enter PTZ mode, press again to exit.
press it once to pop up a tool menu on the top right of the screen, press it again
to enter into system information menu, press it three times to pop up log list menu.
Press it to exit from the inferior menu and return to the super ior menu. In
record/playback mode, press it to turn back to live mode.
In live/record/ mode, press this key to switch full screen images by sequence.
Press it to pop up audio setup menu.
Press it to pop up the main menu.
Press it to pop up SPOT setup menu.
Lock the machine.
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LOCK
a) are direction keys. In menu mode, select the listed
options upward/downward/leftward/rightward; in PTZ control mode, control
the dome to rotate upward/downward/leftward/rightward.
confirm the selection and operation.
b)
c) rewind and forward in playback mode. Change the parameters
value in menu mode.
In live mode, is four-split key, nine-split key and sixteen-split key.
Direction /
split/
confirm keys
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Exit
Menu
PTZ
Sequence
Audio
SPOT output
Lock
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USB port
Connected to USB pendrive or mouse and used for system software upgrade
or video file backup; It supports hot plug.
IR Receiver
Receive signal from remote control. (Do not cover).
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Rear panel B of 4 channel:
Rear panel B of 8 channel:
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Video input
Video output
Standard BNC port, connected with the camera and speed dome.
Connected with the video input of the monitor.
SPOT
Connected with spot output device to view the live image independently.
RS485 devide into A and B. it can control PTZ via the mouse, remote contro l
and network Client . Connected with alarm input and output.
It is connected with External Remote Control Receiver connector.
485
ALARM
IR
USB
NET
VGA
Audio output
Audio input
Connected to USB pendrive or mouse and used for system software upgrade
or video file backup; It supports hot plug.
Port
No.
Description
Power
Standard RJ-45 network port, connected to network cable and used for
remote browse or control.
VGA video signal output port, connected with the VGA port of a computer
monitor.
Connected with earphone or cable speaker.
Connected with audio input device, e.g. microphone.
DC12V/5A.
Power input port
Turn on/off the DVR.
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Take 8 channel DVR as example to show how to connect.
camera1
camera8
video output
SPOT output
Video input
2.3 Connection figure of rear panel
alarm port
Remote IR Receiver Port
VGA output
network port
power Input
power switch
audio output
audio input port
PTZ
USB port
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2.4 Description of alarm port in the rear panel
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Connection figure of alarm input and output.
Description:
(1) "1-8" is alarm input. "NC/NO/COM": Alarm relay output. NC is normal close, NO is normal open, COM is the
public terminal.
(2) " " It is ground wire.
Prompt: To make the machine work well, please follow the above figures to connect. Please power off each
device before connection.
4 channel 8 channel
alarm input
alarm output
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+
12V
PTZ
alarm input
alarm output
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+
12V
PTZ
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3. Trouble shooting
2.5 Remote control operation
1. Installing the remote control
2. Using the remote control
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Open the battery cover, install two batteries (Type No.7), make sure positive and negative
poles are right, then close the battery cover.
Before using it, please confirm that batteries have been installed correctly.When using it,
please aim IR TX (transmitter) of the remote control at IR reception of the DVR.Then the IR
light in the front panel is on and the icon on the top-right of the m onitor screen t urns to blue
" " The DVR can be controlled by the remote control.
Note: If you don't want to use the remote control, you could set in the system setup menu.
Set the item REMOTE ID as OFF. Then the IR Receiver light in the front panel will be
off and the operation of the remote control is invalid.
If the DVR can not be controlled by the remote control, please check the following aspects:
1 Check the positive and negative poles of the batteries.
2 Check the electric quantity of the batteries.
3 Check that whether Remote Sensor are blocked or not.
4 Whether Fluorescent lamps are being used or not nearby.
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Audio
Number
Record
Play&pause
Stop
Info
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Audio setup menu will pop up.
Lock the machine or change the user.
Control the machine by remote control.
Lock
Remote ID
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Power
Press key to enter record mode.
In live or record mode, press it to pop up search menu, select a video file to play.
Press it to play, press it again to pause.
Press it to stop playing.
press it once to pop up a tool menu on the top right of the screen, press it again
to enter into system information menu, press it three times to pop up log list menu.
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9
Select channels or set up password.Input nunber 0. Press it twice to select channel
10. Combined number keys 1-9 to select the channels from channel 11 to 16.
In normal running mode, press " " key to pop up a menu to prompt whether to
turn off. The DVR will be turned off . Press the key about 3 seconds, the DVR will
start.
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Forward
Rewind
ESC
MENU
Direction
Confirm
Exit
Menu
Quad
Eight-split
Sixteen-split
In playback mode, press / key to play images forward or backward at
2X speed. Press it twice to play at 4X speed. Press it third time to play at 8X speed,
four times for 16X, five times for32X, six times for 64X,
To move the cursor up/ down/ left/ right to select items or modify data. And control
PTZ to move.
Confirm the operation.
Cancel the operation and exit.
Enter into the main menu.
The monitor display quad-screen. Press it to set preview point in PTZ mode.
The monitor display eight-split-screen. Press it to preview in PTZ mode.
The monitor display sixteen-split-screen. Press it to decrease the data in PTZ mode.
Sequence
Spot output
PTZ
AUTO
Zoom in/out
Focus
SEQ
SPOT
PTZ
AUTO
Z+/Z-
F+/F-
In live preview mode, press this key to automatically switching full screen images.
Press it to increase the data in PTZ mode.
In PTZ control mode, press it to move the cursor among the digital in the screen.
Enter into PTZ mode. Press it again or press "ESC" key to exit.
In PTZ control mode, this key is used to rotate PTZ automatically.
In PTZ control mode, this key is used to zoom in/out.
In PTZ control mode, "F+/F-" key is used to prolong/ shorten the focus.
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2.6 Mouse operation
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FOPEN
FCLOSE
In PTZ control mode, "I+/I-" key is used to enlarge/ reduce the iris (aperture).
I+/I-
Standby
IRIS
USB mouse can be used. Hot swap for mouse is supported. Move the mouse cursor onto the mouse icon to see
the name. Please insert the usb mouse into the usb port of the rear panel.
1 Select or cancel " " in the item.
2 Input password in user log in interface.
3 Click the close icon on the top-right of the screen to exit from the main menu.
4 In split-screen mode, click one of the channels to make it full screen. Click it again
to return to split-screen. Switch single channel screens.
5 In menu mode, it could modify the data.
Left-click the mouse
1 In live or playback mode, it could swich the single channel image.
2 In menu mode, it could modify the data. 3 To pop up the mouse tool icons.
Right-click the mouse
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Chapter III Menu Setup
3.1 Summary of menu operation
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In live preview mode, select MENU key i n the rem ote contr ol / the front panel or click " " ico n in mouse
menu to enter the main menu. Press ESC key or click the CLOSE icon that on the top right of the menu to exit fro m
the main menu. Main menu is as follows.
Please press / in the front panel / in the remote control or left/right-click with the mouse to
change the parameter value in the sub-menu. Press / key in the remote control or in the front panel to move
the cursor or move by the mouse. Click" "to save the value and click " " to exit from the menu.
Move the mouse
1 Move the cursor.
2 Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen to pop up the mouse tool bar. Move
the cursor onto the icon to show the name.
1 To select shield area in "Camera setup".
2 To select motion detection area in "Motion alarm".
Drag the mouse
To change the value or digital in menu mode.
Mouse wheels
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3.2 System setup
(1) Time setup: used to adjust the system date and time.
(2) Time format: used to set the format of date display, Asia/Europe/America are optional.
(3) Time DISP POS: display position of time and date, top middle / bottom middle / no display are optional.
(4) Border DISP: to select the color of borders, green/black/white/off are optional.
(5) Video format: to select the video mechanism, PAL/NTSC optional. When change and save it, the system will
restart automatically.
Main menu
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(6) Remote ID: used to set the remote control ID corresponding to the current machine so as to make remote control,
off/ on/ numbers from 0 to 9 are optional.
(7) Alarm spot pop up: on/off. If it is on, once alarm happened in some channel, the full image of the channel will
pop up in the spot monitor screen.
(8) Alarm ma in pop up: on/off. If it is on, once alarm happened in some channel, the full image of the channel
will pop up in the live screen.
(9) Transparency: set the transparency of the menu. The
larger value, the higher transparency.
(10) HD output: display VGA output resolution.
(11) Mouse display: mouse cursor could display and move
in one output device, monitor an d HDMI monitor are
optional. Select the mouse cursor display monitor.
(12) OSD Language: display the language of the ope rating
system
(13) : resume factory settings. It will restart
the DVR.
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(1) Camera: used to select the channel to be revised parameters.
(2) Camera title: used to set the camera title. Press
key in the remote control / the front panel to turn into
bitmap, the camera title couldn't be changed.
(3) Brightness: used to adjust brightness of the channel.
(4) HUE: used to adjust Hue (chroma) of the channel.
(5) Contrast: used to adjust contrast of the channel.
(6) Saturation: used to adjust acutance of the channel.
(7) Image H-delay: used to adjust the horizontal position
of the picture central point.
(8) Image V-delay: used to adjust the vertical position
of the picture central point.
(9) SPOT time: set the time interval of spot output for the correspond channel, i.e. the display time of each ch annel.
(10) Mask area setup: Mask area: to shield some area by black square. It will turn to black i n survei llance or record mode.
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(b) Top: set the top border for mask area. (d) Bottom: set the bottom border for mask area.
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(1) Resolution: 352 288 PAL ; 352 240 NTSC . DVR could be ch ang ed i nto D 1 resolu tion:
720 576 PAL ; 720 480 NTSC . The system will restart automatically after the resolution has be en
changed and saved.
(2) Quality: the higher video quality, the larger occupied HDD space.
(3) Frame rate: used to set the quantities of images that recorded in one second. 25fps (PAL) and 30 fps ( NTSC) is
real time recording.
(4) Audio: click the box to select or cancel the audio recording. " "means audio recording is selected. Audio input
could be set for each channel.
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3.5 Schedule setup
(1) Camera: used to select th e cha nnel to be set. The parameters are effective for all channels after selecting" All CAM".
(2) Day: used to select the day of video schedule. The parameters are effective for all days after selecting "All DAY".
(3) Segment 1-4: set corresponding video type of relevant time range. The time could be set from 00:00 to 24:00.
Record type could be "time/alarm/motion/alarm+motion".
Note: The start time must be earlier than the end time, or it will report error and won't exit.
After exiting from this menu, please press key or click the record icon, or the schedule record
won't start up.
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3.6 Motion alarm
(1) Camera: used to select the channel to be set.
(2) Sensitivity: low / high optional from "1-10". The bigger number, the higher sensitivity.
(3) Detect area setup: drag the mouse to set the detection area as light blue square. When motion occurs, the area
turn to red.
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(1) Camera: to select the channel to be set.
(2) Baudrate: to set baudrate corresponding to the current channel PTZ.
(3) Device ID: to set ID address corresponding to the current channel PTZ.
(4) Protocol: set communication protocol corresponding to the current channel PTZ.
3.7 PTZ setup
Note:
the above parameters of each channel must be consistent with the setting of PTZ , or it cann't be controlled.
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(1) IP allocation: STATIC and DHCP/DDNS optional. (In static mode, please set IP address, gateway and subnet
mask. In DHCP mode, DVR could get IP from DHCP server. Please refer to the "Client and network manual" in
the accessory CD.)
(2) IP address: It must be unique to avoid colliding with other
DHCP.
(3) Gateway and subnet mask: Gateway is the LAN IP address
of the router.
(4) DVR port: Transfer date stream, such as video and audio
frequency.
(5) DNS1/DNS2: If IP allo cation is " DHCP/DDNS",the DVR
will get an IP fron DNS server automatically. It could be
modified manually. If it is modified and saved, the DVR will
restart.
(6) IE port: Download ActiveX control. (Default 0080).
Note: If IP allocation is "DHCP/DDNS" IP/gateway/subnet mask/DNS will display. If no network connection
or DHCP is invalid, all data is 0.
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192 168 001 001
255 255 255 000
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There are two ways for alarm output, Buzzer and Relay. They include three alarm modes:
(1) Video loss alarm(Loss);
(2) Video motion detection alarm(Motion);
(3) Sensor input alarm(Sensor).
Setup way: Press key on the remote control or click with the mouse to display or cancel " " in the small
boxes.
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3.10 Disk management
Note: You'd better format the hard disk before the first recording to protect the record video file.
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(1) Overwrite: If click " " the previous recorded video will be replaced in turn when the hard disk is full. If not,
record will stop. When you record again, the system will prompt: open overwrite function or format the hard disk.
(2) Disk name: select disk. If a USB disk is inserted, USB is optional.
(3) Disk capacity: used to display capacity of the current disk.
(4) Remain capacity: used to display percentage of the remaining capacity of the current disk.
(5) Bad area: used to display bad size of the current disk.
(6) : used to format the current disk.
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(1) User name: ADMIN0, USER01, USER02 and USER03 are optional and changeable. ADMIN0 is default
administrator account.
(2) Password: set separate password for each user. Factory default setting: ADMIN:000000, USER0 1:111111,
USER02:222222, USER03:333333.
(3) Permissions: set the operation permissions for users by admin. Users can't operate the function which does not be
selected.
3.11 User setup
Password is needed to log in by admin. Input the password by click the numbers in the menu or press the numbers
in the remote control / the front panel." " is used to clear the former number. " " is used to clear all Numbers. Then
click " " to enter "USER SETUP" menu.
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Note: If the DVR is locked, " " will display in the top right of the screen. Click the icon to input password.
If the icon turns to " ", DVR is unlocked.
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Chapter IV Basic Operations
4.1 Turn on DVR
4.2 Live screen
(1) Turn on the DVR, you could see the live screen. If no video input, the screen is as above: (Take 4 channel DVR
as example.)
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Please confirm each item in "CAUTION" has been done before turning on DVR.
Please check whether the system connection is correct, input
/ output equipments are connected well and the power
supply is on before turning on DVR.
Please make sure video format (PAL or NTSC) of video
input and the monitor format meet the requirements.
After checking without problems, plug in the power cable of
DVR, then turn on the power switch on the rear panel of DVR.
If it is in video recording mode before turning off last time,
it will resume video recording automatically when the DVR
is turned on again.
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(2) Channel name and record mode icon display in the bottom left of each channel.
Description of record icon and mode:
Red M
Red S
Red L
Red T
Green I
Green L
Yellow ?
Yellow L
It is recording by motion alarm.
It is recording by sensor alarm.
Image lost in the process of record.
It is recording by time.
DVR is waiting for video event triggered in auto recording mode.
Image lost in the process of waiting for record.
No record.
Image lost in no record mode.
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(3) Icons in top right of the screen: " "is exit icon. Press ESC key in the front panel or remote control could
exit too.
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Lock
Remote IR
Audio
Infomation
Unlocked. Click it to lock.
Locked. Click it to login by inputting password.
Remote control is opened. Click it to close.
Remote control is closed. Click it to open.
Audio output is open. Click it to enter into audio setup menu.
Audio output is closed. Click it to enter into audio setup menu.
Hard disk is normal. Click it to pop up info menu.
Hard disk is full. Click it to pop up info menu.
No hard disk. Click it to pop up info menu.
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(4) In live mode,Right-click the mouse will pop up the mouse tool icons in the bottom left of the screen. Press ESC
key on the front panel or remote control or click the " "icon in the mouse tool to exit. Take 8-c hanne l DVR a s
example, the mouse tool icons are as follows:
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Split-screen
Record
play
Stop
Main menu
PTZ
SEQ
SPOT
Power
Click it to display quad, nine-split-screen .
Click it to starting recording.
Click it to enter the menu of search & playback.
Click it to stop recording or stop playing and return to the search menu.
Click it to enter into the main menu.
Click it to enter into PTZ control interface.
Click it to switch channels in sequence per 5 seconds.
Click it to pop up a menu for turning off the power or not.
4.3 Software update
Copy the new version software to the root directory of USB pendrive, the file name is fireusb.
Turn off the DVR. Insert the USB pendrive with software into USB port in DVR front panel, then power on again.
30 seconds later, it will pop up "Software updating" and "Time: s" on the screen, the system update automatically.
When "Update ok, reboot please!" pop up on the screen, update is finished. Please pull out the U disk an d restart
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the machine. If "Update fail, try again!" pop up more than 4 times, please contact after-sales service depar tment
to deal with it.
In the process of update, please ensure no power breakdown and don't pull out USB pendrive , or update will be
unsuccessful.
Make sure U disk works in good condition so as to avoid abnormal performance in the process of update.
4.4 PTZ control
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In live or recording mode, press PTZ key in the remore control / the front panel or click t he " " icon in
mouse menu to enter PTZ
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Please check the following table for the symbol of these icons:
Preset key.
Direction icon. Control the camera
to turn up, down, left, and right.
Preview preset key.
Modify the parameter:
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Characters "PTZ: CAM01 SPEED:16 DATA:01" display on the top of the monitor screen, indicating the DVR is
under PTZ control. PTZ control parameters of each channel can be modified in the system menu. Press PTZ key
again or press ESC key or click the icon " " to exit from PTZ control mode. In PTZ control mode, the
following mouse tool icons will display in the bottom left of the screen.
Control the dome camra to rotate automatically.
Click the icon again to stop it.
Zoom icon. Control the focal dista-
nce of zoom
Shut off PTZ menu.And exit from PTZ control.
When the cursor is on "PTZ:CAM01 SPEED:16 DATA:01" , you could select camera,set the speed and preset the
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data of image point. Select the item which need modify by pressing SPOT key in the remote control or clicking the
item directly with the mouse.Then change the data by pressing / SEQ in the remote control or left/
right click with mouse.
Preset operations (include set and view)
(1) Select image point in the selected camera by " " key, set a number for the image point in "DATA",
such as 01, then press key on the remote control or click " " icon. Set is finished.
(2) To view of image point which has been preset,you could select the corresponding number in "DATA", then press
9ch split key on remote control or click " " icon by mouse.
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Press INFO key twice in the front panel/remote control or
click the icon " " with mouse, it will display the in terface of
system information as following.
(1) HDD QTY: the number of the hard drive which connected
with the DVR
(2) Total capacity: total size of all hard drives in the DVR.
DVD-RW not included.
(3) Remain capacity:percentage of the remain size of hard drive.
(4) Coverage: percentage of overwriting of hard drive.
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(5) Bad area: bad size of the hard drive.
(6) Client IP: show the IP of network user which is connected to the DVR. The DVR IP could be used by the admin
or by 16 regular users at the same time in remote client software.
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Press INFO key in the front panel/remote control three times
in the front panel or remote control to pop up log list menu.
It is used to check the information of power on/off and recording
etc. Set the time segment, then click "Search", it will display
the information.
Make sure all the equipment is power on before recording. Make sure that there is video input and test audio in
put by live monitoring.
Press INFO key twice to check disk information and the remaining capacity of the hard drive. If there isn't
m uch capacity left,pls firstly consider to replace hard drive, backup the video or overwrite the video.
If necessary, enter the "RECORD SETUP" to set audio recording,video image quality and recor ding frame rate.
If DVR is equipped several hard drive, please enter "DISK MANAGEMENT" to check the hard drive information
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4.8 Recording operation
4.9 Search,playback and backup
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Firstly confirm that recording mode of each channel in schedule setup( ) and time
segment setup.
Start recording: Press the key in the front panel / remote control of DVR to start recording. Or click the icon
" " by mouse.
When DVR is under recording, the HDD light in the front panel will flash. Please select the recording channel
according to fact need so as to save more HDD capacity.
It will be back to live when you press icon in the remote control / the front panel. Also you could click icon
" " by mouse to be back to live. Press ESC key and select " YES" to stop recording.
time/alarm/motion/alarm+motion
by press key or click disk name with mouse.
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Press key or click " " icon i n live or re cor d m ode to enter search menu.this menu is used for search,
playback and backup video file. Adjusting time to search and select video file.
(1) Valid time: It shows the valid time from the earliest recording time to the latest recording time.
(2) You could select any four channels to playback simultaneously as you like or single channel to playback by select
the number in the CH box,press key to play. It support 4/ 8-split playback at the same time.
(3) Backup device: You culd select DVD(1.5G) or USB pendrive i n device item. The ma ximum cap acity for DVD
disk should not exceed 1.5G.
(4) In option of date and start time, input the date and time you need to play, you could press key
to select the start time. Or you could use mouse to drag the arrow " " under the time scale to select the start
time, and click the icon " " to playback. When playback finshed, it will turn back to the search
menu automatically.
(5) : Before backup, please calculate the capacity of the video first. Click the icon " " to
calculate the v ideo you need to backup. If the video capacity is large, it will remind you waiting until
calculation finished.
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could select the time segment you need to backup with mouse. And click the "Backup" icon to start backup.The process
will last for a few minutes. When backup finished, please remove the device from DVR.
(7) Please note that the size of video file should not exceed the maximum capacity of backup device. If system
cannot find backup device, it will be back to search menu.
(8) On the bottom of screen, it will display the playback mode:
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Right-click the mouse in playback mode, it will display the mouse tool icons in the bottom left. Press ESC ke y
on the front panel or remote control or click the" " icon in the mouse tool to exit. Take 8-channel DVR as example,
the mouse tool icons are as follows:
" " click this icon to fast rewind when playback. " " click this icon to fast forward when playback.
Twice/4 times/8 times/16times/32 times/64 times rewind.
Twice/4 times/8 times/16times/32 times/64 times forward.
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Press the key in remote control or click the icon " " with mouse
to enter audio setup interface.Take 8 channel DVR as example:
AUDIO in the front panel or press the
(1) Mute: Select mute, then there is no audio output in live
mode and the audio icon will turn to " " . Press
" "key to save this setup.
(2) Net: select network audio output.
(3) It supports 8 ch audio input and 1ch audio output.
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Press SEQ key on the front panel or the remote control or click the " "icon in the mouse tool icons to start SEQ.
Then it will display the icon" "on top right of screen. Take 8-channel DVR as example, start SEQ in single
screen mode, it will switch automatically one channel by one channel. Start SEQ in four-screen mode, it will
switch automatically four channels by four channels. Start SEQ in eight-screen mode, it won't switch. The interval
is 5 seconds. Left- click or press to end SEQ. SEQ key
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4.12 Spot output
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In live preview mode, press SPOT key in remote control or click " " icon with mouse to enter SPOT output
setup menu. Take 8 channel DVR as example.
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(1) AUTO: After select this item, the system will output
sequence image according to default SPOT out put
interval time. You could set the time for SPOT output as
the following operation.
Enter "Camera setup" menu. Move the cursor o n " SPO T
TIME", then you could set the time by pressing
key or left/ right-click with the mouse. It could be set as 0
second or 5--30 seconds. If output interval of some channel
is 0 second, that channel won't output. For example, 8 seconds for channel 1, 0 seconds for channel 2, 3 se conds
for channel 3; then in spot output mode, channel 1 will turn to chan nel 3 afte r the imag e displaying 8 sec onds,
channel 3 will turn to the next channel after the image displaying 3 seconds and so on.
(2) If any channel from CH1 to CH8 is selected, the image of those channels will be spot output.
Note: Video input is necessary for Spot output.
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4.13 User login
4.14 PC Client software instruction
You could control the DVR via client software on PC. Pleas e refer to < Client and networ k manua l> attach ed
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Press the LOCK key on remote control or click the icon " " on the top right screen with mouse, the icon will
turn to red " ". It means the system is locked. Then you need to press LOCK / ESC key in the remote control/
the front panel or click the icon " " with mouse to enter user login interface.
Press key or click the "User name" box with the mouse to select user name and input password.
Please refer to "3.11 User setup" for specific operation.
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4.15 Power off
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Normal power off: Stop all the operations, press " " on remote control or click " " icon on bott om left of
screen. And select " Enter" to make it power off. When power off, the" Power" LED light will turn gre en. If you
want to restart DVR, press the " " key on the remote control for 3 second and it will power on.
Abnormal power off: Abnormal power off refer to shut off the power supply when it is running(especially
under recording). Please try your best to avoid such accident.
Appendix 1 Technical parameters
Items
4CH H.264 DVR
Video input
Video output
1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 4
8CH H.264 DVR
1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 8
LOOP output
SPOT output
1 1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 1 2 VGA 1
1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 4 1.0Vp-p/75 ,BNC 8
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Alarm input
Alarm output
Alarm mode
Sensor alarm, motion detection,video loss,HDD full alarm
Relay output,NO,NC,COM
4CH 8CH
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VGA output resolution
Record resolution
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4CH D1 or 4CH CIF real time compression
1CH D1 or 4CH CIF real time playback
at the same time.
8CH CIF real time compression
8CH CIF real time playback at the same time,
8D1 non-real time mode is supported.
Audio
Network port
USB port
PTZ control
HOST 2.0
RS485
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AV 4CH input, AV 1CH output AV 8CH input, AV 1CH output
Hard disk
Each interface supports a hard disk with maximum capacity 2000G SATA HDD.
DC 12V / 5A
Power
Weight About 3.1kg with package
335mm(L) 250mm(W) 65mm(H)
Dimension
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Default cause: The HDD power line or data cable is not connected well.
Resolution: Please check the power cable and data cable. And format the HDD.
2. Why the remote control not work? But the mouse is workable.
Default cause: The remote control ID was set "OFF" in system menu. Or it was set wrong ID.
3. Can we delete a part of video file in HDD?
No, it can't be done. For the reason of safty, we can't delete a part of video file in HDD. If you want to delete them,
please try to format HDD.
4. Why alarm is not workable?
Default cause: 1 The schedule setup is wrong. 2 Alarm setup is wrong. 3 Alarm cable connection is wrong.
4 Alarm input signal is wrong 5 It is not recording.
5. Why cannot find the video file in search menu after recording?
Default cause: 1 The time segment for search is wrong. 2 HDD cable is not connected well. 3 System date
was wrong. 4 The system format was changed.
Appendix 2 Trouble shooting
1. Why cannot detect hard drive?
FAQ :
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6. Why there are no video output when connect DVR with camera?
Default cause: 1 BNC connector not connect well. 2 The system format is different between DVR and
camera. 3 Modified the system date back.
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NOTE
The operation manual is for reference only. Products may vary.
Products are subject to update without further notice.
Please contact the customer service department for latest program and
supplimentary informaton.
Any disputes or doubts in products description are subject to our final explanation.
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