LOREX Technology DGN209 User Manual

MODEL:

DGN209

DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

9 CHANNEL MULTIPLEX

Instruction Manual

English Version1.0

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Lorex Technologies Inc.

300 Alden Road

Markham, Ontario

L3R 4C1 CANADA

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at one’s own expense.

CAUTION: CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE USER’S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:

1. THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFULL INTERFERENCE, AND

2. THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

Table of Contents

Important Safety Instructions........................................................................................................................................................5

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................6

Features .......................................................................................................................................................................................6

System Contents..........................................................................................................................................................................7

Getting Started .............................................................................................................................................................................7

Front Panel Controls ....................................................................................................................................................................8

Back Panel Connections ............................................................................................................................................................10

Accessing the Main Menu ..........................................................................................................................................................11

Main Menu .................................................................................................................................................................................11

Search........................................................................................................................................................................................11

Last Record ...............................................................................................................................................................................12

Full List.......................................................................................................................................................................................12

Alarm List ...................................................................................................................................................................................12

Time Search...............................................................................................................................................................................12

Timer Recording Setup ..............................................................................................................................................................13

Timer ..........................................................................................................................................................................................13

HDD Overwrite Setup.................................................................................................................................................................14

Record IPS Setup ......................................................................................................................................................................14

Record Quality Setup .................................................................................................................................................................14

Alarm REC IPS Setup ................................................................................................................................................................14

Alarm REC Quality Setup...........................................................................................................................................................14

Motion Trigger Record................................................................................................................................................................15

Camera Channel Setup..............................................................................................................................................................15

Motion Detection ........................................................................................................................................................................17

System Setup.............................................................................................................................................................................19

Selecting the Audio Input Channel .............................................................................................................................................19

Setting the Internal Audible Alarm Buzzer..................................................................................................................................19

Setting the External Audible Alarm Device.................................................................................................................................19

Setting the Motion Audible Alarm feature ................................................................................................................................... 20

Setting the Alarm Duration .........................................................................................................................................................20

Setting the Dwell Time ...............................................................................................................................................................20

Setting the Message Latch Feature............................................................................................................................................20

System Time/Date Set up ..........................................................................................................................................................20

Selecting the Date Display Format.............................................................................................................................................20

Setting System Time & Date ......................................................................................................................................................21

Changing the System Password ................................................................................................................................................21

Clearing the Hard Drive Data .....................................................................................................................................................21

Resetting System to Factory Defaults ........................................................................................................................................21

Network ......................................................................................................................................................................................22

Operation ...................................................................................................................................................................................22

On Screen Display (OSD) ..........................................................................................................................................................22

Recording Methods ....................................................................................................................................................................23

Viewing Options: ........................................................................................................................................................................23

Individual Camera Select (1 - 9):................................................................................................................................................23

Multi View Select:.......................................................................................................................................................................23

Picture in Picture (PIP): ..............................................................................................................................................................23

Zoom: .........................................................................................................................................................................................23

Video Search..............................................................................................................................................................................24

Playing Back Video ....................................................................................................................................................................24

Hardware Connection from DVR................................................................................................................................................25

Static IP Setting..........................................................................................................................................................................25

STEP 2: STATIC IP SETTING ..................................................................................................................................................27

Dynamic IP Setting.....................................................................................................................................................................28

STEP 2: DDNS REGISTRATION FOR A DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS...........................................................................................28

STEP 5 : IP SETTING................................................................................................................................................................33

STEP 6 : Connect Router...........................................................................................................................................................33

STEP 7 : Connect to the DVR via the Internet ...........................................................................................................................34

Software Operation at the Remote Site......................................................................................................................................35

Control Panel and Basic Operation ............................................................................................................................................36

Play Back Operation...................................................................................................................................................................37

Advanced Settings .....................................................................................................................................................................38

Connecting the Video Web Server Via the Internet Explorer Browser .......................................................................................40

Key Lock ....................................................................................................................................................................................42

Troubleshooting .........................................................................................................................................................................43

Technical Specifications.............................................................................................................................................................44

Appendix 1: Installing the HDD ..................................................................................................................................................45

Appendix 2: Connection Diagram to Cameras and Monitor .......................................................................................................47

Appendix 3: Pin Configurations ..................................................................................................................................................48

Appendix 4: Rack Mount Installation ..........................................................................................................................................49

Appendix 5: Recording Times (in Hours)....................................................................................................................................50

Appendix 6: Compatible HDD Brands ........................................................................................................................................51

Important Safety Instructions

All the safety and operating instructions should be read before operating this equipment. The improper operation may cause irreparable damage to the appliance.

Lift and place this equipment gently. Do not expose this equipment to direct sunlight. Do not use this equipment near water or in contact with water. Do not spill liquid of any kind on the equipment. Do not unplug the power connector before turning the power off correctly. This equipment should be operated using only the power source from standard package. Unauthorized repair or parts substitutions may result in fire, electric shock or other hazards. Do not switch the Power On & Off within short period (within 3 seconds). Do not attempt to service this equipment by yourself. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. This installation should conform to all local codes.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN.

: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-

SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

CAUTION

Introduction

The DXR209 combines a 9 channel multiplexer with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR).

The DVR offers many advantages over traditional time lapse VCR’s, allowing you to quickly access and search for a specific time segment or event, which has been recorded. This high quality recorded video can be viewed at various playback speeds as well as frame-by-frame with the Jog Button feature.

To learn more about Lorex products, please visit our website at

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Features

• Wavelet Compression Format

• 4 Audio inputs and 2 outputs

• Resolution: 704X564 - full screen, 352X282 - 4 channels, 224X188 9 - channels

• Independent main and call monitor outputs allow for sequencing of camera views or full screen viewing

• Multi screen display mode

• 9 channel alarm input, alarm display and 1 alarm output

• Video loss detection able to record 160 events on each channel

• Power-loss memory feature (In case of power failure, set-up parameter will remain)

• Supports 1 removable HDD, IDE type (up to a maximum of 250GB)

• Display refresh rate up to 72 IPS (NTSC) and 50 IPS(PAL)

• Record refresh rate up to 25 IPS (NTSC) and 22 IPS (PAL)

• Quick multiple search by date/time, alarm or full list

• Multiple speed playback

• Security password protection

• LAN connector for internet connection

System Contents

The DXR209 box should include the items listed below. Please take a moment to verify that no items are missing from the package.

DXR209 Digital Video Recorder 80 GB Hard Disk Drive is included

Installation / User Manual Power Adapter and Cord

2 Keys for

Hard Drive Cartridge

NOTE: KEEP THE KEYS IN A SAFE PLACE. THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR INSTALLATION / REMOVAL OF THE HARD

DISK DRIVE.

Getting Started

If the purchased DVR model did not contain a hard disk drive, please refer to Appendix #1 for HDD installation instructions.

1. Connect video sources and monitor(s) following the configuration example shown in Appendix # 2.

2. Connect the AC Power Cord to the Power Adapter and plug into an electrical outlet. A Red LED indicator light will be ON to indicate that the DVR is in Standby mode.

3. Press the Power button. The POWER LED will turn from red to orange, and other red LED indicators will turn ON. Note: the system takes approximately 5 to 15 seconds to power up. During the power-up, you will see the following messages: “HDD Detecting”, followed by “Master HDD Connected”.

Once connected, the POWER LED will change to green, and the red indicator lights will be ON next to the Alarm and Timer buttons. (The Alarm and Timer LED’s simply indicate that these features are enabled)

IF YOU GET THE MESSAGE “HDD NOT FOUND”, PLEASE SEE APPENDIX #1 AS THE HDD IS LIKELY NOT

NOTE:

INSTALLED CORRECTLY.

Front Panel Controls

SLOW

1 23456

879

REC

Left

SELECT

MENU ENTER

SELECT

ZOOM

7 8 9

10 11 12

1. REMOVABLE HDD CARTRIDGE Please refer to Appendix #1.

2. LED INDICATORS

These LED Lights are ON under the following conditions:

• HDD Full: HDD is full

• ALARM: If you want to turn off the ALARM LED light, please refer to page 13 and set the Camera / ALARM item as

OFF (all of the cameras should be set as OFF.)

• TIMER: When Timer is set as Enabled

• PLAY: On Play mode

• REC: On Recording mode

3. MENU

Press MENU to enter or exit the system setup menu.

4. ENTER

Press ENTER to select an item for change while in the setup menu.

5. SELECT

Press the SELECT button to change the camera shown in the individual panes of the multi screen modes.

6. ZOOM Press ZOOM to enlarge the picture display 2x.

7. This button has two functions: PIP & Motion Detection (a) Press the PIP button to change to Picture in Picture mode. (b) When you are in the Camera Channel Setup Menu and Motion Detection is activated it turns all targets on the screen ON or OFF.

8. 4/7 channel display mode

9. 9 channel display mode

10. REC Press REC to start recording.

11. STOP / Down

• STOP: Under the DVR Record / Play mode, it can stop the moment action.

• DOWN: When in the setup mode, it works as the Down directional button.

12. POWER

Press Power to turn ON / OFF the DVR.

13. FF / Right FF: It can play video forward at high speed, and press FF again to adjust speed from 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times. Right: When in the setup mode, it can work as the Right directional button.

14. PAUSE / Up

Pause: Under the DVR play mode, it can pause the action.

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Right

Down

POWER

UP: When in the setup mode, it works as an Up directional button.

15. PLAY

Press PLAY to playback the most recently recorded video.

16. REW / Left REW: Under DVR play mode, it can play video backward at different speeds. (Press REW again to adjust speed as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times) Left: When in the setup mode, it works as Left directional button.

17. SLOW Press to slow down the playback speed.

18. CAMERA SELECT (1-9) Press the Camera Select (1-9) to select specified camera.

Back Panel Connections

1 2 3 4 5 6

1. POWER INPUT

Connects to the Power cord.

2. EXTERNAL I/O

Connects to a PC for Remote Control via RS-232 or to an Alarm Block. (see Appendix #3 for more info)

3. 75/HI

When using the LOOP function, allows for HI impedance or 75ohms.

4. VIDEO INPUT (1-9)

Connects to a video source (i.e. camera).

5. CALL

Connects to the CALL monitor for real time sequencing.

6. LAN

Connects DVR by LAN cable.

7. AUDIO OUTPUT (R/L)

Connects to monitor or speaker (2 mono audio outputs from the same source)

8. AUDIO INPUT (1-4)

Connects to an audio source such as a microphone for recording purposes (4 audio inputs, but only 1 can be selected during recording).

9. MAIN

Connects to the main display monitor.

10. LOOP (1-9)

Allows connection to other video devices.

10 9 8 7

Accessing the Main Menu

The Menu allows you to configure your DVR settings and program various recording options. Follow these steps in order to access the Menu:

Press the MENU button. The password screen will appear:

Password: 0000

The default Password is 0000.

To change the number of the Password, use the ◄ / ► buttons to scroll left and right between numbers, and use the ▲ / ▼ buttons to change the value of the number that is flashing.

Press the ENTER button once the correct Password is entered. The menu options screen will appear.

NOTE

: If you get a message “Password Error”, you have entered an incorrect password.

Main Menu

When the correct password is entered, the Main Menu options will be displayed.

There are 7 options available in the Main Menu:

Search: Finds recorded list Timer: Scheduling recording Record: Record mode setup Camera: Camera channel setup System: System setup (sets the date, chooses an HDD overwrite setting, changes

password, resets system settings, or clears the HDD)

(Menu) Search

Timer Record Camera System Event Network

Event: Event List - Allows you to view video from a list of recorded events Network: Network setup

Navigating the Menu:

▲ / ▼: Scroll up and down through menu options; change values when an option is selected and is blinking

◄ / ►: Scroll sideways within a menu option that has been selected

ENTER: Selects a submenu / an option in a submenu for browsing / modification MENU: Completes modification of a menu option; exits a menu

The Menu setup will timeout after 1 minute of no key presses.

NOTE:

Search

The DXR209 allows you to easily find sections of recorded video using the SEARCH feature.

To access the Search option, press MENU followed by the 4 digit password. Use the ▲ / ▼ to scroll to the Search option and press ENTER.

(Menu) ► Search Timer

Record Camera System Event Network

The following options are available in the Search Menu:

Last Record

This feature is used to play the last recorded piece of video.

• In the Search menu, press ▲ / ▼ to scroll to the Last Record option, then

press ENTER.

• The last recorded video will begin playing.

►Last Record Full List

Alarm List Motion List Time Search

Full List

This feature is used to choose from a listing of all recorded video on the HDD sorted by time.

1. In the Search menu, press ▲ / ▼ to scroll to the Full List option, then press ENTER.

2. Press ▲ / ▼ to select the desired recorded video and press ◄ / ► to change pages.

3. Press ENTER to play selected video.

► M 2002-JAN-01 01:02:03 M-HDD

M 2002-JAN-01 01:02:03 M-HDD A 2002-JAN-01 01:02:03 M-HDD T 2002-JAN-01 01:02:03 M-HDD D 2002-JAN-01 01:02:03 S-HDD M 2002-JAN-01 01:02:03 S-HDD

◄: Page Up ►: Page Down

M: Manual Record Time A: Alarm Record Time T: Timer Recording M-HDD: Storage in Master HDD S-HDD: Storage in Slave HDD

An example of a Full List search is shown on the left.

Note that the date and time appear, along with the letter representing the method of recording that took place.

Press ENTER to view a selected piece of video on the list. The DXR209 will play the video in chronological order, until it hits the End of the list. Playback can be stopped at any time by pressing the STOP button.

D: Motion Recording

Alarm List

This feature shows a listing of all recorded video triggered by an Alarm.

1. In the Search menu, press ▲ / ▼ to scroll to the Alarm List option, then press ENTER.

2. Press ▲ / ▼ to select the desired recorded video and press ◄ / ► to change pages.

3. Press ENTER to play selected video.

Motion List

This feature shows a list of all triggered motion detections.

1. In the Search menu, press ▲ / ▼ to scroll to the Motion List option, then press ENTER.

2. Press ▲ / ▼ to select the desired recorded video and press ◄ / ► to change pages.

3. Press ENTER to play selected video.

Time Search

This feature finds video recorded on a specific time and date that is entered.

1. In the Search menu, press ▲ / ▼ to scroll to the Time Search option, then press ENTER.

2. Press ▲ / ▼ to select the desired time and date, and press ◄ / ► to move to the next character.

3. Press ENTER to play selected video.

NOTE:

If there is no record found that matches the selected time and date, the screen will display “NOT FOUND”.

Timer Recording Setup

On the Main Menu, selecting the Timer option will allow you to set daily schedules in which you would like the DVR to automatically record.

Pressing ENTER after scrolling to the Timer option will bring up the following menu options:

Timer

Day Start End QUALITY IPS

Daily 01:00 02:00 BEST 25A SUN 12:00 13:00 BEST 15 MON 08:00 09:00 HIGH 10 MO~FR 00:00 01:00 NORMAL 2 SA~SU 20:00 21:00 BASIC 25A JAN-01 15:00 16:00 NORMAL 8 Timer Enable: No

(Timer)

Example: If you want to record from Tuesday at 8 pm (21:00) to Wednesday at 9 am (09:00) you will need to make two separate entries

Day Start End

TUE 21:00 23:59 WED 24:00 09:00

(Menu)

►Timer

Record

Camera

System

Event

Network

1. Press ▲ / ▼ to select the day(s) to record on, the available options are:

Daily: Everyday SUN: Sunday MON: Monday TUE: Tuesday WED: Wednesday THU: Thursday FRI: Friday SAT: Saturday MO-FR: Monday to Friday SA-SU: Saturday & Sunday JAN-01: Special Date OFF: Not activated

2. Use the ◄ / ► scroll keys to move to START record time 00:00 (HH:MM) Press ▲ / ▼ to set the start time

3. Press ◄ / ► move to END record time 00:00 (HH:MM) Press ▲ / ▼ to change END record Time numerical digit

4. Press ◄ / ► move to QUALITY Press▲ / ▼ to choose options of

BEST, HIGH, NORMAL, BASIC

5. Press ◄ / ► move to Record IPS (Images Per Second) Press▲ / ▼ to choose one of the following options

NTSC: 25A, 15, 8, 4, 2, 1 PAL: 18A, 12, 6, 3, 2, 1

Note: the letter “A” means, “Record with Audio”

6. Press MENU to confirm current operation, and enter to next Timer Record setup.

7. Press ◄ / ► move location to Timer Enable, Yes or No setup

YES : To confirm Timer Enable/Scheduling Timer Record feature NO : To confirm no Timer Enable/No Scheduling Timer Record feature

8. Press MENU to exit and confirm current operation.

9. Press MENU again to exit and close TIMER setup mode.

NOTE: WHEN THE TIMER IS SET, THE REC LED INDICATOR WILL BE ON. ALTHOUGH THE LIGHT MAY BE ON, THE

SYSTEM IS NOT NECESSARILY RECORDING SINCE IT WILL ONLY RECORD DURING ITS SCHEDULED TIME.

Record Settings

On the Main menu, selecting the Record option will allow you to set the quality and speed of recordings.

Pressing ENTER after scrolling to the Record option will bring up the following menu options:

(RECORD) HDD Overwrite: NO Record IPS: 25A Record Quality: Normal Alarm Rec IPS: 25A Alarm Rec Quality: Normal Motion Trigger Record: ON