Maxtor SC324 User Manual

4 CHANNEL DVR

SC324 Series

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BEFORE OPERATING THIS SYSTEM, PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL THOROUGHLY

AND RETAIN IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

Thank you for purchasing the 4 channel DVR from Strategic Vista. The DVR converts analog video into digital format and records them on a hard disk

drive depending on the system purchased. Digital video allows you to quickly access and search for a specific time segment or event which has been recorded. The DVR supports one HDD unit, 40 Pin IDE Type, with a maximum capacity of 250 GB

To learn more about this system or to find out more about our products available, please visit our website at:

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CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN.

CAUTION! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE

COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

Explanation of two 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

THE GRAPHIC SYMBOLS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MARKING ARE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SYSTEM.

“WARNING – TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THE UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE”

(servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

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NOTE

This equipment has been certified and found to comply with the limits regulated by

FCC, EMC and LVD. Therefore, it is designed to provide reasonable protection

against interference and will not cause interference with other appliance usage. However, it is imperative that user follows this manual's guidelines to avoid improper usage which may result in damage to the unit, electrical shock and fire hazard or injury.

In order to improve the feature functions and quality of this product, the specifications are subject to change without notice from time to time.

FCC CLASS B NOTICE

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 in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, (which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on), the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the camera and/or monitor.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the monitor is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio or television technician for help.

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CONTENTS:

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SYSTEM CONTENTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------GETTING STARTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTROLS - FRONT PANEL -------------------------------------------------------------------

BACK PANEL --------------------------------------------------------------------MAIN MENU CONTROL--------------------------------------------------------------------------OPERATION

CAMERA SELECT (1-4) -------------------------------------------------------RECORDING ---------------------------------------------------------------------PLAYBACK -----------------------------------------------------------------------SEARCH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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VIDEO LOSS----------------------------------------------------------------------

KEY LOCK -----------------------------------------------------------------------TROUBLESHOOTING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS --------------------------------------------------------------APPENDIX # 1 – INSTALLING THE HDD---------------------------------------------------APPENDIX #2 – TYPICAL CONFIGURATION FOR A COMPLETE SYSTEM ----APPENDIX #3 - CONNECTING PIR’S TO THE DVR------------------------------------APPENDIX #4 – PIN CONFIGURATIONS FOR CONNECTION TO A COMPUTER APPENDIX #5 – LIST OF COMPATIBLE HARD DISK DRIVES------------------------APPENDIX #6 – RS 232 REMOTE PROTOCOL-------------------------------------------APPENDIX #7 – RECORDING TIME ( IN HOURS ) --------------------------------------APPENDIX #8 – NETWORK APPLICATION (OPTIONAL)--------------------------------

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CARE & MAINTENANCE---------------------------------------------------------------------------

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS:

1. Read Instructions All of the safety and operating instructions should be read and understood before the product is used.

2. Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.

3. Heed Warnings All warnings on the product and the instruction manual should be followed.

4. Follow Instructions All operating and use instructions should be followed for optimal performance

5. Cleaning Disconnect this video product from the power supply before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.

6. Attachments Do not use attachments not recommended by the video product manufacturer as they may cause hazards.

7. Water and Moisture Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bathtub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, wet basement, or near a swimming pool.

8. Accessories Use this product only with a stand, tripod, bracket or table recommended by the manufacturer or sold with the product. Any mounting of the product should follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

9. Ventilation This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register. This product should not be placed in a built-in installation, such as a book case or rack, unless proper ventilation is provided or the Manufacturer’s instructions have been adhered to.

10. Power Source This product should be operated from the type of Power source indicated by the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your location, consult your product dealer or your local Power company

11. Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should not be routed so that they are likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed on or near them

12. Lightning For added protection, unplug this product from its outlet during a lightning storm. This will prevent damage to the video product due to lightning and power surges

13. Overloading To avoid the risk of fire and electric shock, do not plug this product into an over-loaded power supply.

14. Object and Liquid Entry Never push objects into the openings of this product as they may touch dangerous voltage points that may result in fire or electric shock. Never spill a

liquid of any kind on this product.

15. Servicing Do not attempt to service this product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel

16. Damage Requiring Service Disconnect this product from the power supply and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: a. When the power supply cord or plug is damaged b. If objects have fallen into the product c. If the product has been exposed to rain or liquids d. If the product does not operate normally by

following the instruction manual. Adjust only the controls that are covered in the instruction manual as an improper adjustment may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified service technician to restore the product to its normal operation

e. If the product has been dropped or the cabinet

has been damaged

f. When the product displays a distinct change in

performance - this indicates a need for service

17. Replacement Parts When replacement parts are required, be sure the technician uses replacement parts specified by the manufacturer. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards.

18. Safety Check Upon completion of any service to this product ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the product is in proper working condition.

19. Grounding or Polarization This product is equipped with a three-wire grounding-type plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin and will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug.

20. Power Lines An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal.

21. Wall or Ceiling Mounting The product should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as recommended by the manufacturer.

22. Heat The product should be situated away from heat such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other products (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

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CAUTIONS:

1. All the warnings and instructions of this manual should be followed

2. Remove the plug from the outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid aerosol detergents. Use water damped cloth for cleaning

3. Do not use this unit in very humid and wet places

4. Keep enough space around the unit for ventilation. Slots and openings of the cabinet should not be blocked.

5. During flashes of lightning or cracks of thunder, or when the system is not used for a long time, unplug the system power supply and disconnect the antenna and cables to protect the unit from lightening or power surges.

6. Do not try to retrieve the HDD data by PC.

DVR Features

• Wavelet compression format

• 4 Channel DVR replaces Time-Lapse VCR + Multiplexer / Quad

• Linear Zoom (2x~4x)

• On Screen Display and Remote Control via Video Server & PC (Video Server sold separately)

• Picture-in-picture (PIP) and Picture-on-Picture (POP) viewing modes

• Motion detection triggered record function

• Alarm input & output function

• Video loss detected on each channel. Alarm history stores & records up to 256 events

• Multiplexer or Quad recording mode selectable

• Recording rate of up to 30 IPS in the Multiplexer Mode and 120 IPS in the Quad Mode

• Supports up to a 250 GB HDD

• Quick search by date/time and alarm

• Security password protection

• RS-232, RS-485 communication protocol

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SYSTEM INCLUDES:

4 CHANNEL DVR

OWNER’S

MANUAL

An 80 GB or 120GB

HDD may be included

depending on the DVR

purchased

Accessories pack,

including the external

alarm block

CHECK YOUR PACKAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED THE COMPLETE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE COMPONENTS SHOWN ABOVE.

Power Adapter & Cord

(DC 19V, 2A)

GETTING STARTED:

1. Connect the AC power cord and plug it into an electrical outlet. The POWER LED will illuminate orange. Other LED indicators will turn ON and illuminate RED. It takes approximately 5 to15 seconds to boot the system with the message : “ HDD Detecting ”. Once successfully connected, the POWER LED will change to a green color, and the Alarm LED will be ON.

2. Before operating the DVR, set the systems “time” first. (refer to page.16).

NOTE : 1. If the HDD is not installed correctly or not installed, the “HDD not found”

message will appear for 3 seconds and then return to a 4 CH Multiplexer display mode.

2 If the keys on the DVR are locked, the default password is “0000” to disable the

key lock.

3. To switch the system (back to DVR Function), pull out the AC power cord. Before you reconnect the power, press “FF” for the NTSC system or “REW” for the PAL system. Note: North America is on an NTSC system, while European countries use PAL. Reconnect the AC power cord, and the DVR will auto-detect the change.

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CONTROL - FRONT PANEL:

The diagram below shows the front right-side panel

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1. Menu

Press the MENU to enter the main menu. Please refer to page 7 f o r more information on the Menu options.

2. / POP

When viewing a single screen or Quad Screen, press the “ ” button for Picture on Picture screen.

3. /+ Picture in Picture

This button performs two functions:

1) During normal operation press the “PIP” button to open this window.

2) When in the Menu mode, press the “+ ” button to change a selected item.

4. Enter – In the Menu mode, pressing this button selects a submenu option to be entered.

5. /- 4-channel display mode

This button performs two functions:

1) During normal operation press the “ ” button to display a quad screen.

2) When in the Menu mode, press the “ - ” button to change a selected item.

6. SEARCH

Pressing this button brings up the Search menu, which allows you to quickly find recordings. You can select recordings from a list , or search by Time/Date event. For more information on Search options, please refer to page 20.

7. SLOW

Press to slow down the playing mode speed. Please refer to page 19 ( Playback).

8. REC – Initiates manual recording.

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9. LED indicators – Represents the status of operation. (1) HDD : Blinks when the HDD is being accessed (via recording or playback). (2) HDD FULL : If the OVERWRITE menu is set up, the LED does not blink . This LED will

blink If the HDD has less than 1GB of storage space remaining, and remains ON when HDD is FULL.

(3) ALARM : LED will be ON when the ALARM or MOTIO N functions are enabled.

When an ALARM or MOTION event is detected, the LED will blink for the duration. To turn off the ALARM LED light, please refer to page 10 and set the ALARM mode as OFF.

(4) TIMER : This LED comes ON when the timer record function is enabled. This is

performed in the “Timer” section of the setup menu.

(5) PLAY : This LED comes ON when video playback is in progress. (6) REC : This LED comes ON when recording is in progress.

10. REW / ◄ - This button performs two functions:

1) REW : During playback, press this button to rewind the video (Press REW button again to adjust speed as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times)

2) ◄ : While in the menu mode, use this button to scroll to the Left.

11. STOP / ▼- This button performs two functions:

1) STOP : Use this button to stop recording or playback.

2) ▼ : While in the menu mode, use this button to scroll Down.

12. FF / ► - This button performs two functions:

1) FF : During playback, use this button to Fast Forward the video (Press the FF button again to adjust the speed from 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times)

2) ► : While in the menu mode, use this button to scroll Right.

13. PAUSE / ▲ - This button performs two functions:

1) Pause : During playback, use this button to Pause the video.

2) ▲ : While in the menu mode, it works as an Up button.

14. PLAY - Initiates video Playback. For more information on Playback, refer to page 19. Press this button to playback the most recent recording.

15. CAMERA SELECT (1-4) - Press the Camera Select Buttons (1-4) to select the channel to

be displayed in full screen

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BACK PANEL :

EXTERNAL I/O

OUT

MAIN1423

CALL

DC 19V

1. EXTERNAL I/O - Allows for remote control by an external device or control system such as Video Web Server, or PC. Alternatively connects to an Alarm input sensor, such as a motion sensor .

2. VIDEO INPUT (1-4) - Connect to video a source, such as camera (BNC Connection). The

video outputs from the desired cameras to these inputs.

3. MAIN – Connect the main display monitor to this output. The DVR’s Menu, Video Playback,

and live camera views will be displayed on this monitor. (BNC Connection).

4. CALL – Connect a secondary call monitor to this output. The active camera will be displayed

in sequence on this output.. (BNC Connection)

5. POWER – Connect the supplied 19V power adapter to this input.

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MAIN MENU CONTROL:

Enter the MENU screen by pressing the Menu button. Scroll through the 12 options by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons. To enter a sub-menu, press the ENTER button once the correct selection has been made. To exit the Main Menu, press the Menu button.

Outlined below are the buttons used for Menu setting :

“▲”and “▼”:Scroll up and down within a menu option “◄”and “►”:Scroll sideways within a menu option that has been selected “+ ”and “-”:Increase and decrease the number or c hange values when an option is

selected and is blinking

ENTER : Select a submenu/an option under a submenu for browsing / modification MENU : Complete modification of a menu option; exit a menu

(MENU)

There are 12 options available in the Main Menu:

TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM

EVENT

1. TIMER

This Submenu allows you to Schedule times in which you’re programming the DVR to record automatically.

(i) DAY

Select the day, or days of the week (Mon–Fri/Sat-Sun/Daily) that

you wish to schedule the DVR to automatically record.

NOTE :

1. Change the date by “+”and “-” buttons.

2. If you have selected the date and Timer recording set from a specific

TIMER ---------- Program Timer Recording CAMERA ------- Camera Setup RECORD ------- Recording Mode Setup ALARM --------- Alarm Setup DWELL --------- Dwell time Setup PIP --------------- Picture in Picture Setup MOTION ------- Motion Detection Setup DISPLAY ------- Display Mode Setup REMOTE ------- Remote Control Setup USER ----------- User Password Setup SYSTEM ------- System Setup EVENT --------- Event List

After 60 seconds of Inactivity in the Menu mode, the system will go back to the live camera screen

(MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM EVENT

day to a new day, then the Timer Recording Schedule will interpret the recording time as a whole week. For a specific date of Timer recording Schedule, it is not recommended to set Ending Time over 23:59.

For example: If you set Timer Schedule Day as Sunday, and START from 11:30 am, but End on 00:20 am, then Recording Timer Schedule is set as from every Sunday's 11:30 am to next Sunday‘s 00:20 am. If you only want to set Recording Timer Schedule from every Sunday 11:30 am to Monday 00:20 am, then you should set Recording Timer Schedule as Sunday from 11:30 am to 23:59 pm, and Monday from 00:00 am to 00:20 am.

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(ii) START - Set the time to start the recording.

(TIMER)

(iii) END - Set the time to end the recording.

(iv) IPS (IMAGES PER SECOND)

Allows you to set the Images Per Second for

recording. Available IPS settings are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 15,

30. 1 IPS is the slowest speed; it will allow for the longest recording durations as it records less information. Please refer to Appendix #7 for the different recording times.

DAY START END IPS QLT MODE DAILY 01:00 22:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FR OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST MUX OFF 00:00 00:00 30 BEST Q-FI TIMER ENABLE : YES

(v) QUALITY - Select the quality of recording image: BEST, HIGH, NORMAL and

BASIC.

(vi) MODE - There are three recording mode settings : QUAD-FRAME, QUAD-FIELD,

and MULTIPLEX. Please refer to Page 10 for an explanation on these record settings

(vii)TIMER ENABLE

When the TIMER ENABLE is set to “YES”, (menu screen above), and you press the “menu” button, you will see a timer chart, located to the right. This chart shows you the start and stop times for the various days of the week.

Note: If the user stops the Timer Recording during the timer period, you must restart the scheduled recording by pressing the “REC + ENTER” keys together.

2. CAMERA

This submenu allows you to set up parameters for each camera. You can set up the title, type of alarm sensor, the camera you want to record from, and control of picture Brightness, Contrast, Color and Hue for each camera.

(i) TITLE - Assign a title to each camera (Max: 8 characters).

Initially each title is the camera’s number. (Example: Camera 1)

(ii) ALARM - This sets the polarity trigger for the corresponding

external alarm input. Low: N/O (Normally Open type circuit) High: N/C (Normally Closed type circuit)

Select LOW/OFF/HIGH for alarm polarity. The default value is LOW.

(MENU) TIMER CAMERA RECORD ALARM DWELL PIP MOTION DISPLAY REMOTE USER SYSTEM EVENT

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