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USER GUIDE

H.264 Digital Video Recorder

V1.0

This document contains preliminary information and subject to change without notice

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

This symbol is intended to alert
the user to the presence of
unprotected “Dangerous voltage"
within the product's enclosure
that may be strong enough to
cause a risk of electric shock.

This symbol is intended to alert
the user to the presence of
important operating and
maintenance (servicing)
instructions in the literature
accompanying the appliance.

WARNING

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC
SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE
TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and
found to comply with the limits for a class 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. 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 his
own expense.

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Table of Contents

1. PACKING LIST............................................................................................................... 5

2. PANEL LOCATION........................................................................................................ 6

2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ............................................................................................................................................. 6

2-2 16CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ................................................................................................................................ 7

2-3 8CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS .................................................................................................................................. 8

2-4 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS .................................................................................................................................. 9

3. Product Specification ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

4. LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS.......................................................... 11

4-1 LIVE Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11

4-2 PLAYBACK Mode ............................................................................................................................................................ 16

4-3 PTZ Mode .......................................................................................................................................................................... 18

5. MAIN MENU SETUP ................................................................................................... 20

5-1 RECORD SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 22

5-1.1 Quality & Frame Rate Setup ....................................................................................................................................... 23

5-2 EVENT SETUP ................................................................................................................................................................. 23

5-2.1 MOTION SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................... 24

5-2.2 SENSOR SETUP ........................................................................................................................................................ 25

5-3 SCHEDULE SETUP.......................................................................................................................................................... 26

5-3.1 Schedule Record Setup ............................................................................................................................................... 27

5-3.2 Holiday Setup .............................................................................................................................................................. 27

5-4 CAMERA SETUP.............................................................................................................................................................. 28

5-5 ACCOUNT SETUP ........................................................................................................................................................... 28

5-5.1 Permission Setup ......................................................................................................................................................... 29

5-5.2 User Picture Setup ..................................................................................................................................................... 30

5-6 NETWORKING SETUP .................................................................................................................................................. 30

5-6.1 NETWORKING SETUP ............................................................................................................................................ 31

5-6.2 HTTP Setup .............................................................................................................................................................. 32

5-6.3 DDNS Setup ............................................................................................................................................................. 33

5-6.4 Mail Setup ................................................................................................................................................................ 34

5-7 PTZ & RS485 SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................... 34

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5-8 SYSTEM SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................... 35

5-8.1 DISPLAY SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................... 36

5-8.2 DATE/TIME SETUP .................................................................................................................................................. 37

5-8.3 BUZZER & RELAY SETUP ...................................................................................................................................... 39

5-8.4 SPOT SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 40

5-9 UTILITY SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................... 40

5-10 DIAGNOSTIC ................................................................................................................................................................. 41

6 BACKUP & SEARCH ................................................................................................... 42

6-1 BACKUP SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 42

6-2 SEARCH SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................... 43

6-2.1 EVENT SEARCH ..................................................................................................................................................... 43

6-2.2 TIME SEARCH ........................................................................................................................................................ 45

6-3 How to search via Web monitoring or Program ................................................................................................................. 46

6-3.1 Web Monitoring. ......................................................................................................................................................... 47

6-3.2 Client Program ............................................................................................................................................................ 47

6-4 Client Program Operation .................................................................................................................................................. 48

7. MOBILE APPLICATION INSTALLATION AND USAGE .................................... 50

7-1 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Symbian System. ................................................................................ 50

7-1.1 Mobile Application Installation ................................................................................................................................... 51

7-1.2 Mobile Application Operation ..................................................................................................................................... 51

7-1.3 Live Monitoring Operation ......................................................................................................................................... 53

7-2 Mobile Application Installation and Operation for Windows Mobile System ................................................................... 55

7-2.1 Mobile Application Installation ................................................................................................................................... 55

7-2.2 Mobile Application Operation ..................................................................................................................................... 56

7-2.3 Operation under the LIVE monitoring. ....................................................................................................................... 57

8. Backup Viewer ............................................................................................................... 59

APPENDIX DDNS Account Registration ..................................................................... 59

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1. PACKING LIST

DVR SET

CLIENT SOFTWARE CD

REMOTE CONTROLLER

BATTERY

MANUAL

SCREWS

SATA HDD CABLE

HDD BRACKETS

POWER CABLE & Adaptor

SATA Power Cable

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2. PANEL LOCATION

2-1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

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Control Keys Description

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1

LOCK

In LIVE mode, It locked all accounts.

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2

MUTE

In LIVE mode, It make to stop Audio.

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3

BACKUP

In LIVE mode, press to display the BACKUP menu.

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4

PTZ

In LIVE mode, press to display the PTZ menu.

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5

ESC

In SETUP mode, press to return to previous page..

⑥MENU

In LIVE mode, press to display menu.

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SEARCH

In LIVE mode, press to Display the search menu.

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8

/ REW

In SETUP mode, press to reduce value. In PLAYBACK mode, press to play rewind.

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9

PLAY / PAUSE

In SEARCH mode, press to play or pause playback.

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10

STOP

In PLAYBACK mode, press to stop playing back.

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11

/ FF

In SETUP mode, press to increase value. In PLAYBACK mode press to play forwards.

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12

REC

Start or stop recording..

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13

LED DISPLAY

REC: Recording. PLAY: Playing back

LOGIN: The status of Log in HDD: Hard disk is in use.

NETWORK: the status of Network connection

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SEL MODE

In SETUP mode, press to enter values. In PLAYBACK mode, switch between full, quad, 9­channel, 16-channel display in order.

⑮USB PORT

USB Port (For Backup Device)

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16

DVD-RW DEVICE

Optional DVD-RW backup device. (CD-RW is also supported.)

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17

/

In SETUP mode, press to move cursor up and down..

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2-2 16CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

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1

MAIN monitor

BNC port for the main monitor.

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2

SPOT monitor BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence.

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3

VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 16 in total.

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4

AUDIO IN

RCA input port for audio signal. There are 4 ports available.
(corresponding to channel 1 to 4)

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5

VGA VGA port.

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6

LOOF OUT LOOF OUT

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7

AUDIO OUT RCA output for audio signal.

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8

EXTERNAL I/O

EXTERNAL I/O port for

DB 26 flat cables.

(see below for pin definition)

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9

NTSC／PAL Switch

Switch between NTSC and PAL format.

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10

75Ω Switch (1~16CH) If you use Loof Out function, Set Switches of each channel,

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11

USB Port USB Port (For Mouse)

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12

LAN Network port.

⑬ DC 12V

Socket for a DC 12V input

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2-3 8CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

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1

MAIN monitor

BNC port for the main monitor.

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2

SPOT monitor BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence.

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3

VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 8 in total.

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4

AUDIO IN

RCA input port for audio signal. There are 4 ports available. (corresponding to channel
1 to 4)

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5

AUDIO OUT

RCA output port for audio signal.

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6

VGA VGA port

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7

EXTERNAL I/O EXTERNAL I/O port (see below for pin definition)

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8

LAN Network port

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9

DC 12V

Socket for a DC 12V input.

⑩ USB Port USB Port (For Mouse)

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2-4 4CH REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

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1

MAIN monitor

BNC port for the main monitor.

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2

SPOT monitor BNC port to display full screen image of all installed cameras in sequence.

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3

VIDEO IN BNC input ports for cameras, 4 in total.

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4

AUDIO IN

RCA input port for audio signal. There is only a port of Channel 1 available.

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5

AUDIO OUT

RCA output port for audio signal.

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6

VGA VGA port

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7

EXTERNAL I/O EXTERNAL I/O port (see below for pin definition)

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8

LAN Network port

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9

NTSC／PAL Switch

Switch between NTSC and PAL format.

⑩

DC 12V

Socket for a DC 12V input.

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USB Port USB Port (For Mouse)

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3. PRODUCTION SPECIFICATION

Mode NO. 4CH 8CH 16CH

operation System Linux

Video

Video System

NTSC/PAL Switch
selectable

Auto Detect

NTSC/PAL Switch
selectable

Input

BNC*4,1.0Vp­p,75ohm

BNC*8,1.0Vp­p,75ohm

BNC*16,1.0Vp­p,75ohm

CVBS 1CH BNC

Spot 1CH BNC

Loop Out without loop

BNC*16 with
termination s/w

VGA Output D-sub Standard

Audio

Input 1Ch.RCA 4Ch.RCA 4Ch.RCA

Output 1Ch.RCA 2Ch.RCA 2Ch.RCA

Control

Mouse USB Mouse 1*USD 1.1(back)

IR Controller YES

Storage Build in interface SATA*2(2*HDD or 1*HDD+1*DVD/RW)

SATA*4(4*HDD or
2*HDD+1*DVD/RW)

Display

Division 1,4 1,4,8 1,4,9,16

Zoom 2*~8*(play back zoom)2*

Recording

Compression H.264 Main Profile
Recording mood Manual, Schedule, Alarm, Holiday

Resolution

NTSC 720*480,720*240,352*240
PAL 720*576,720*288,352*288

Frame NTSC
Rate PAL

120FPS 120FPS 240FPS

100FPS 100FPS 200FPS

Quality Highest, High, Normal, Basic, Below basic
Motion Detection Sensitivity 10 Level,22*15 Grid
Water Mark YES

Playback Frame Rate 120FPS 240FPS

Speed Normal, REW&FF (1/4.1/2,2*,4*,8*,16*,32*,64*)

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Search Method Event, Time(Calendar)

Commu

-nication

Remote Software CMS,IE Brower, Mobile
Remote

Operation

Virtual DVR-Same as local OSD

Speed 60FPS 120FPS

Network Service

TCP/IP,HTTP,DDNS,SMTP(SSL)
ADSL,LAN,DHCP

3G Device WinCE5.0,6.0,Symbian,Iphone,PDA,Blackberry phone

Gui Interface Supported GUI 32Bit True Color

PTZ Protocol Pelco P/Pelco D/KND/Lilin/Samsung

Backup

Internal CD-RW,DVD-RW

External 1*USB 2.0(front)

Network YES

File H.264 Compression

General

Alarm In/Out 4/1 8/1 16/1

RS-485 1 1 1

Dimension(mm) 380(W)*350(D)*73(H)

Recovery Watchdog
Operation

Temperature

-5℃~40℃

Power
Consumption

DC12V,5A,60W DC12V,7A,84W

4. LIVE, PLAYBACK AND PTZ OPERATIONS

The IR remote controller and USB mouse operate differently under each mode; this chapter describes the functions
of them under three different modes: LIVE, PLAYBACK and PTZ.

4-1 LIVE Mode

You can monitor all channels, listen to audio signal and have some related operations under LIVE mode. This
paragraph describes the IR remote controller, USB mouse operation and on screen graphical icons under LIVE
mode.

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Table 4-1.1 Functions of remote control under LIVE mode

Button Description

REC

Start/Stop recording.

PLAY

Start playing back the most recently recorded segment.

LOCK

Enable/Disable the Keypad function

1,2,3,4

Select the channel to monitor in full screen

FREEZE

Turn on/off screen freeze function. ( =Pause Function)

Switch to quad display.

Switch to 9-channel display. 4ch DVR doesn’t feature this function.

Switch to 13-channel display. 4ch & 16ch DVR doesn’t feature this function.

Switch to 16-channel display. 4ch DVR doesn’t feature this function.

ENTER/MODE

Switch to full screen, quad display Sequentially.

MENU/

Enable/ Disable setup Menu.

BK-UP/ESC

Enable/ Disable backup menu.

SRH

Enable/ Disable search menu.

MUTE

Switch channel 1 output audio / turn off LIVE audio

STATUS

Enable/ Disable Status.

OSD

Turn on/off the screen display

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Button Description

Zoom/Zoom -

Enable/ Disable double screen size display. You can click on the channel name for choosing a
specific channel.

PIP/Zoom +

Turn on picture-in-picture format. Click on the channel name can switch to other channels.

PTZ

Enable PTZ control.

AUTO

In AUTO mode, all available channels will be cycled through in full screen as Auto Sequence.

ID 1~4

Switch DVR ID from 1 to 4

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Table 4-1.2 Graphical icons that will display after right-clicking your mouse under LIVE mode.

Icon Description

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following four menu icons.

Main menu.

Search menu.

Backup menu.

PTZ mode.

Turn on/off recording.

Playback.

Resting the cursor on this icon will bring up the following five display icons.

FREEZE.

PIP, picture in picture

ZOOM, double the screen size

AUTO-sequence

LOCK, activate the key lock.

Full screen display.

Quad display.

9-channel display.

16-channel display.

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Table 4-1.3 Description of on screen graphical icons in LIVE mode

Icon Description

Recording is on

1~4

Live Audio is on

Live Audio is off

Motion detected on the channel

Sensor triggered on the channel

Video loss detected on the channel

USB device detected

DVD burner is detected

Connected to the LAN cable.

AUTO-seq is on

2X

2X zoom in is on

Freeze is on, screen is frozen ( = Pause)

LOCK is on

PTZ control is on

1~4

IR remote signal has been set to 1-4 to correspond to your 1-to-4

remote control. Meanwhile,

the standard remote control can’t control DVR under this situation. It can only be controlled
by 1-to-4 remote controls.

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Icon Description

/

Image quality (High/Low)

/

Full screen

Record

Snap shot

Record and snap shot file saving path setup

4-2 PLAYBACK Mode
Switch to PLAYBACK mode by pressing “PLAY” under the LIVE mode, the graphical icon will show up on the

upper center of the screen and the operation panel (look at the below picture) will show up at right lower corner of
the screen. You can drag the panel by mouse to place it on any location of your screen.

Table 4-2.1 Remote control functions under the PLAYBACK mode

Button Description

ENTER / MODE

Switch to full screen, quad, 9-channel or 16-channel display.

MENU /

Turn on/off PAUSE.

PLAY

Play back at normal speed.

/ SLOW

Play back at slower speed. The speed will be slowed to 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 by each
pressing of the button till the slowest limitation of 1/16 of the normal speed. Current

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playback speed is shown in the upper center of the screen.

/

Fast rewind. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are six speeds:
2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X and 64X.

/

Fast forward. Each press increases the speed to the next level. There are six speeds:
2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X and 64X.

/

Stop playback.

Table 4-2.2 The mouse operation under the PLAYBACK mode.

Icon Description

「 / 」 Fast rewind

「 / 」Fast forward

／

Play/pause

「▲

▲▲

▲ / SLOW」，slow playback

「▼

▼▼

▼ / ■」stop playback

Playback channel by channel with snap shot display

Full screen display

Quad display

9-channel display

Zoom-in display

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4-3 PTZ Mode

Switch to the PTZ mode by pressing “PTZ” button under the LIVE mode. The PTZ icon will appear on upper
center side of screen and the control panel will appear on the down right side of screen.

Table 4-3.1 Remote Control functions under the PTZ mode

Button

Description

/ SLOW

Move PTZ up.

/

Move PTZ down.

/

Move PTZ to the left.

/

Move PTZ to the right.

ZOOM +

PTZ zoom-in.

ZOOM -

PTZ zoom-out.

FOCUS +

PTZ focus-in.

FOCUS -

PTZ focus-out.

IRIS +

PTZ iris-open.

IRIS -

PTZ iris-close.

TOUR

Activate PTZ pre-set tour. ＊

PRESET+
Number

Setup the Preset location
Press “PRESET” key first then two-digit number; DVR will set the current PTZ location at

entered preset number.

PLAY+
Number

Go to Preset location
Press “PLAY” key first then two-digit number, PTZ will go to the correspondent preset

number location.