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CAUTION
Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely
We do not warrant all the content is correct. The contents of this manual are subject to change without
notice
This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. The
voltage of the power must be verified before using. If not in use for a long time, pu ll out the plug from the socket
Do not install this device near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other device that
produce heat
Do not install this device near water. Clean only with a dry cloth
Do not block any ventilation openings. And ensure well ventilation around the machine
Do not power off the DVR at normal recording condition! The correct operation to shut off DVR is to stop
recording firstly, and then select “shut-down” button at the right of the menu bar to exit, and finally to cut off
the power.
This machine is indoor using equipment. Do not expose the machine in rain or moist environment. In case
any solid or liquid get into the machine’s case, please cut off the power supply immediately, and ask for
qualified technicians to check the machine before restart
Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. No any parts repaired by yourself without technical aid or
approval.
This manual is suitable for 4, 8 and 16 digital video recorders.
Index
1. Panel Definition
1.1 Front Panel – 4 CH.
1.2 Back Panel – 4 CH.
1.3 Front Panel – 8 / 16 CH.
1.4 Back Panel – 8 CH.
1.5 Back Panel – 16 CH.
2. Control Option
2.1 Remote Controller – 4 CH.
2.2 Remote Controller – 8 / 16 CH.
2.3 Mouse Control
3. Basic Function Instruction
3.1 Power On/Off
3.2 Power On
3.3 Power Off
3.4 Login
3.5 Live Preview
3.6 Live Playback
4. Main Menu Setup Guide
4.1 Basic Configuration
4.1.1 System
4.1.2 Time & Date
4.1.3 DST
4.2 Live Configuration
4.2.1 Live
4.2.2 Main Monitor
4.2.3 SPOT
4.2.4 Mask
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4.3 Record Configuration
4.3.1 Enable
4.3.2 Record Stream
4.3.3 Time
4.3.4 Stamp
4.3.5 Recycle Record
4.4 Schedule Configuration
4.4.1 Schedule
4.4.2 Motion
4.4.3 Sensor
4.5 Alarm Configuration
4.5.1 Sensor
4.5.2 Motion
4.5.3 Video Loss
4.5.4 Other Alarm
4.5.5 Alarm Out
4.6 Network Configuration
4.6.1 Network
4.6.2 Network Stream
4.6.3 Email
4.6.4 Other Setting
4.7 P.T.Z Configuration
5. Record Search & Playback and Backup
5.1 Time Search
5.2 Event Search
5.3 File Manager
5.4 Backup
6. Manage DVR
6.1 Check System Information
6.1.1 System Information
6.1.2 Event Information
6.1.3 Log Information
6.1.4 Network Information
6.1.5 Online Information
6.1.6 Manual Alarm
6.1.6 Disk Manager
7. Remote Surveillance
7.1 Accessing DVR
7.1.1 On Lan
7.1.2 On WAN
7.2 The Remote Live Preview Interface as Below
7.3 Remote Playback & Backup
7.3.1 Remote Playback
7.3.2 Remote Backup
7.4 Remote System Configuration
7.5 Remote Management
8. Mobile Surveillance
8.1 Installation Procedure on IPhone Device
8.2 Installation Procedure on Android OS Smartphone
9. Appendix
9.1 Appendix A – FAQ
9.2 Appendix B – Calculate Recording Capacity
10. DDNS Setup Procedure – Take DynDNS as an Example
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1. Panel Definition
1.1 Front Panel – 4 CH.
Item # Label Name Function
1 REC / FOCUS Manual record / focus adjustment(PTZ)
2 PLAY / IRIS Enter Playback/ iris adjustment (PTZ)
3 REW / SPEED Fast rewind on playback mode / speed adjustment (PTZ)
4 FF / P.T.Z. Fast forward on playback mode / enter PTZ mode
5 MENU / + Enter menu page / increase value
6 BACKUP / - Enter backup page / decrease value
9 Enter Validate action
10 USB Connect USB thumb drive or mouse
11 IR Indicator IR Remote receiver
Stop playback on playback mode /
Exit menu or jump back to previous page
1.2 Back Panel – 4 CH.
Item # Label Name
1 ALARM OUT 1-ch relay output. Connect to external alarm
2 Audio in 4 CH Audio input
3 Video in Video input channels from 1-4
4 Audio out Audio output, connect to the sound box
5 Video out Connect to monitor
6 Spot out
7 Power Switch Power on/off
8 GND Groundin
9 RS485 Connect to speed dome or keyboard
10 ALARM IN Connect to external sensor 1-4
11 HDMI port Connect to high-definition display device
12 VGA port VGA output, connect to monitor
13 LAN Network port
14 USB port Connect USB mouse or connect external USB devices
15 DC12V POWER INPUT
Function
Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel. Video
would be displayed without OSD.
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1.3 Front Panel – 8 / 16 CH.
Item # Label Name Function
1 USB Connect USB thumb drive or mouse
2 REC / FOCUS Manual record / focus adjustment(PTZ)
3 PLAY / IRIS Enter Playback/ iris adjustment (PTZ)
4 REW / SPEED Fast rewind on playback mode / speed adjustment (PTZ)
5 FF / P.T.Z. Fast forward on playback mode / enter PTZ mode
6 STOP / ESC
7 Digital Button
8 IR receiver Remote receiver
9 Split / Direction Key Switch split / Move selected item
10 Enter Validate action
11 MENU / + Enter menu page / increase value
12 SEARCH/- Back up video / event
1 - 9 Input number 1-9 or choose camera
10/+ Input number 10 and the above number together with other digital
Stop playback on playback mode /
Exit menu or jump back to previous page
1.4 Back Panel – 8 CH.
Item
#
Label Name Function
1 P/Z Connect to speed dome
2 K/B Connect to keyboard
3 ALARM IN Connect to external sensor1-8
4 HDMI port Connect to high-definition display device (optional)
5 NET Network port
6 VGA port VGA output, connect to monito
7 Video out Connect to monitor
8 Video in Video input channels from 1-8
9 Audio in 4 CH Audio input
10 POWER SWITCH Power on/off
11 + 5V and GND +5 V and Grounding
12 ALARM OUT 1-ch relay output. Connect to external alarm.
13 USB port
14 Spot out
To connect external USB devices like USB flash, USB HDD for backup or update
firmware; or connect to USB mouse
Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel. Only video display, no
menu show
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Label Name Function
15 Audio out Audio output, connect to the sound box
16 POWER INPUT DC12V
17 FAN For cooling the device
1.5 Back Panel – 16 CH.
Item # Label Name Function
1 P/Z Connect to speed dome
2 K/B Connect to keyboard
3 ALARM IN Connect to external sensor1-16
4 HDMI port Connect to high-definition display device (optional)
5 NET Network port
6 VGA port VGA output, connect to monitor
7 Video out Connect to monitor
8 Video in Video input channels from 1-16
9 Audio in 4 CH Audio input
10 Power Switch Power on/off
11 FAN For cooling the device
12 + 5V and GND +5 V and Grounding
13 ALARM OUT 1-ch relay output. Connect to external alarm.
14 USB port
15 Spot out
16 Audio out Audio output, connect to the sound box
17 POWER INPUT DC12V
To connect external USB devices like USB flash, USB HDD for
backup or update firmware; or connect to USB mouse
Connect to monitor as an AUX output channel by channel. Only
video display, no menu show
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2. Control Option
2.1 Remote Controller – 4 CH.
◆ This remote control use AAA battery, the definition as following:
Item # Button Function
1 Record Button To record manually
2 Search Button To enter into search mode
3 Exit Button To exit the current interface
4
button
5
6 PIP Button To enter into picture in picture setting mode
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8 SEQ To enter into auto dwell mode
9 Info Button
10 Menu Button To enter into menu
11 Zoom Button To zoom in the images
12 Multi Button To choose multi screen display mode
13 Next Button To switch the live image
Enter Button To confirm the choice or setup
Direction
To move cursor in setup or pan/title PTZ
To control playback. Play/Pause/Stop/Previous Section/Next
Section/Rewind/Fast Forward
Get information about DVR like firmware version,
HDD information
2.2 Remote Controller – 8 / 16 CH.
◆ This remote control use AAA battery, the definition as following:
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Item # Label Name Function
1 Power System shut down
2 INFO Enter information page
3 REC Manual record
4 Digital Button Enter digital or switch channel
5 Split Screen Switch split screen
6 SEARCH Enter search mode
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Item # Label Name Function
7 MENU Enter Mode
8 ENTER Enter
9 Direction Button Move item or PTZ direction
10 +/- Add or reduce value
11 Playback Control Playback control FF/REW/STOP/STEP
12 AUDIO Live audio switch
13 SEQ Sequence
14 BACKUP Enter Backup mode
15 PTZ Control Control PTZ Zoom/Focus/Iris/Speed
◆ Switch Remote Control ID
1. Take remote control and point to DVR then continuously press “8”,”8”,”ID(0-65535)”,”Enter”.
2. Make change on DVR ID Setting,
Go to “SYSTEM MENU” > “DEVICE ID” to make change
*The ID must be the same on DVR.
*For example: If ID=1 ,
Please take remote control and point to DVR then press 8,8,1,Enter.
Then go to “SYSTEM MENU” > “DEVICE ID” change the ID=1
2. Mouse Control
◆Connection: Please connect the USB mouse to USB port on the front or back panel.
◆Mouse functions:
1)Under LIVE mode:
On every channel,you could double click the left button to switch FULL SCREEN and double click
again to switch back to original split mode.
On every channel,you could single click right button to popup MENU page.
2)Under MENU page:
Single click left button on any functional icon could enter the function page and Single click right
button to exit function page or jump back to previous page.
If you want to key in letter or digit, please move mouse to textbox then single click left button on
textbox. The OSD keyboard will pop up as following,
3)Under Backup mode:
Single click left button to select item, single click right button to jump back to previous page.
4)Under PTZ mode:
Single click left button to operate PTZ function, single click right button to jump back to previous page.
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3. Basic Function Instruction
3.1 Power On/Off
Before you power on the unit, please make sure all the connection is good.
3.2 Power on
Step1: connect with the source power; switch on the power button near the power port in the rear panel
Step2: the device will start to boot, and the power indicator will become blue
Step3: before start, a WIZARD dialogue box will pop-out (refer to below picture) and show some
information about time zone and time setup, IP information, record quick setup and HDD information
page.
After the device powers on, if there is no menu or only has live image display, user can long press ESC button to
switch.
Notice: this serial device can only display menu on VGA monitor or BNC monitor at one time, if th ere is
live image display without menu display, please check up whether other device has menu display firstly,
or long press ESC key to wait for login dialog box to appear.
3.3 Power off
User can power off the device by using remote controller, keyboard and mouse.
By remote controller:
Step1: press Power button, the shut down window will appear, click OK, the unit will power off after a
while.
Step2: disconnect the power
By keyboard and mouse:
Step1: enter into Menu, then select “System Shut Down” icon, the Shut down window will appear
Step2: click OK, the unit will power off after a while.
Step3: disconnect the power
3.4 Login
User can login and logout the DVR system. User cannot do any other operations except changing the
multi-screen display once logout.
Fig 3-1 Login
Notice: the default user name and password is “admin” and 123456”
The concrete operation steps for change password, add or delete user please refer to Fig 3.7 User
management configuration for more details.
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Fig 3-2 live preview interface
The explanation of symbol in the live preview interface:
symbol meaning symbol meaning
Green Manual record Red Alarm in trigger record
Yellow Motion detection recordBlue Schedule record
3.6 Live playback
Click Play button to playback the recorded video. Refer to Figure3-3. User can do concrete operation by
click the buttons on screen.
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Fig 3-3 live playback
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4. Main Menu Setup Guide
Main menu setup guide
Click right mouse or press ESC button on the front panel, the control bar will display on the screen, refer to Fig 4-1:
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
⑧
Click Menu button, the interface will pop-up as Fig 4-2; press MENU button on the front panel or operate with
remote controller also can display the main menu.
Main OSD
Fig 4-2 system setup
Item Function Description
1 Playback process bar Last/next segment of record and time process
16ch:1/ 4/ 6/ 9/ 16/ 1+5/ 1+7/ 1+12
4 Zoom Screen digital zoom x2
5 Color Setup picture color
6 Cut
Enable to select a specific part of the video and
back it up on usb drive
7 Camera name Enable or disable camera name display
8 Volume Volume mute on/off
9 Reduce Hide playback tool bar
10 Exit playback mode
11 Move the playback bar in the screen
Full channel switch, camera 1 ~ 4 or camera 1 ~ 8, camera 1 ~ 16
1 Single Full channel
2 Multi 4ch:1/4, 8ch:1/4/9, 16ch:1/4/9/16
3E-ZoomLive/playback digital zoomx2
4 Audio Audio channel setup and volume
5 PTZ Into PTZ control mode
6RecordManual record
7 Playback Playback the nearest file
8 Main MenuInto main OSD
9DwellChannel sequence(only 16CH)
Fig 4-1 main menu toolbar
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4.1 Basic configuration
Basic configuration includes three sub menus: system、date& time and DST.
4.1.1 System
Step1: enter into system configurationbasic configurationsystem; refer to Fig 4-3:
Fig 4-3 basic configuration-basic
Step2: in this interface user can setup the device name, device ID, video format, max network users, VGA
resolution and language. The definitions for every parameters display as below:
Device name: the name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize
the device remotely.
Video format: two modes: PAL and NTSC. User can select the video format according to that of camera.
Password check: enable this option, user needs to input user name and password can do corresponding
operations with the relevant right in system configuration.
Show time: display time in live.
Show wizard: tick off this item, there will display an opening wizard with time zone and time setup
information
Max network uses: set the max user amount of network connection
VGA resolution: the resolution of live display interface, range from: VGA800*600、VGA1024*768、
VGA1280*1024and CVBS
Note:When switch between VGA and CVBS will change the menu output mode, please connect to
relevant monitor.
Language: setup the menu language.
Note: after changed the language and video output, the device needs to login again
.
4.1.2 Time & date
Step1: enter into system configurationbasic configurationtime & date; refer to Fig 4-4:
16 CH
Fig 4-4 basic configuration-time & date
Step2: set the date format, time format, time zone in this interface; click off “sync time with NTP server” to
refresh NTP server date; user also can adjust system date manually
Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit”
button to exit current interface
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4.1.3 DST
Step1: enter into system configurationbasic configurationDST; refer to Fig 4-5:
Fig 4-5 basic configuration-DST
Step2: in this interface, enable daylight saving time, time offset, mode, start & end month/week/date, etc.
Step3: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit
current interface.
4.2 Live configuration
Live configuration includes four submenus: live, host monitor, SPOT and mask.
4.2.1 Live
In this interface, user can setup camera name, adjust colors: brightness, hue, saturation and contrast.
Step1: enter into system configurationlive configurationlive; refer to Fig 4-6:
Fig 4-6 live configurationlive
Step2: tick off camera name; click “setting” button, a window will pop-up as Fig 4-7:
Fig 4-7 live-color adjustment
Step3: in this interface, user can adjust brightness, hue, saturation and contrast in live; click “default” button to resort
default setting, click “OK” button to save the setting.
Step4: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then do relevant setup.
Step5: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit
current interface.
4.2.2 Main monitor
Step1: enter into system configurationlive configurationhost monitor; refer to Fig 4-8:
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Fig 4-8 live configuration-host monitor
Step2: select split mode: 1×1、2×2、2×3、3×3、4×4 and channel
Step3: dwell time: the time interval for a certain dwell picture display switching to next dwell picture display
Step4: selected the split mode, then setup current picture group. Click
groups of dwell picture, click
button to set the latter channel groups of dwell picture.
button to setup the previous channel
Step5: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit
current interface.
4.2.3 SPOT
Step1: enter into system configurationlive configurationSPOT; refer to Fig 4-9:
Fig 4-9 live configuration-SPOT
Step2: select split mode: 1×1and channel
Step3: dwell time: the time interval for a certain dwell picture display switching to next dwell picture display
Step4: selected the split mode, then setup current picture group. Click
groups of dwell picture, click
button to set the latter channel groups of dwell picture.
button to setup the previous channel
Step5: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit
current interface
4.2.4 Mask
User can setup private mask area on the live image picture, max threes areas.
Fig 4-10 live configuration-mask
Fig 4-10live configuration-mask
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Setup mask area: click Setting button, enter into live image to press left mouse and drag mouse to set mask area, refer to
below picture. Click Apply button to save the setting.
Delete mask area: select a certain mask area, click left mouse to delete that mask area, click Apply button to save the
setting.
Setup mask area
Notice: The mask area will not be recorded on DVR. Please use this function carefully.
Live image mask area
4.3 Record configuration
Record configuration includes five sub menus: enable, record bit rate, time, recycle record and stamp.
4.3.1 Enable
Step1: enter into system configurationrecord configurationenable; refer to Fig 4-11:
Fig 4-11 record configuration-enable
Step2: tick off record, audio and record time
Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “all”, then to do relevant setup.
Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit
current interface.
Definitions and descriptions of Record:
Parameter Meaning
Record Record switch of every channels
Audio Enable live record audio
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4.3.2 Record stream
Step1: enter into system configurationrecord configurationrecord bit rate; refer to Fig 4-10:
16CH
Fig 4-10 record configuration-record bit rate
Step2: setup rate, resolution, quality, encode and max bit stream
Step3: user can setup all channels with same parameters, tick off “All”, then to do relevant setup.
Step4: click “default” button to resort default setting; click “apply” button to save the setting; click “exit” button to exit
current interface.
Note: if the rate value set is over high the maximum resources of the device, the value will be adjusted
automatically.
Definitions and descriptions of Record stream:
Paramete
Rate
Meaning
Range from: 1-30(NTSC)1-25(PAL)
Resolution Support CIF and D1
Quality The quality of recorded images. The higher the value is, the
clearer the recorded image is. Six options: lowest, lower,
low, medium, higher and highest.
Encode VBR and CBR
Max bit stream
Range from: 64 Kbps、128 Kbps、256 Kbps、512 Kbps、
768 Kbps、1Mbps、2 Mbps
4.3.3 Time
Step1: enter into system configurationrecord configuration time; refer to Fig 4-12:
Fig 4-12 record configuration-time
Pre-alarm record time: the record time before event happen i.e. record time before motion detection or sensor
alarm is triggered.
Post-alarm record: set the post recording time after the alarm is finished, five options: 10s、15s、20s、30s and 60s.
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