Planet Technology DVR-1670 User Manual

4/16-Channel

H.264 Digital Video Recorder

DVR-470

DVR-1670

USER’S MANUAL

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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of 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 instructions, 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:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

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

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.

FCC Caution

To assure continued compliance. (example-use only shielded interface cables when connecting to

computer or peripheral devices). Any 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 harmful interference, and ( 2 ) this Device must accept

any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In

order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human

proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20 cm (8 inches) during normal operation.

Safety

This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it.

However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when

working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must

therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment.

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Revision

User’s Manual for PLANET 4/16-channel H.264 Digital Video Recorder

Model: DVR-470 / DVR-1670

Rev: 1.0 (March, 2007)

Part No. EM-DVR460_1670

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Content

Chapter1

Chapter2 Installation.................................................................................................................8

Chapter3 Operational Instructions.......................................................................................... 11

Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide ............................................................................................19

Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide ..........................................................................................34

Product Introduction..................................................................................................6

1.1 Summary ...................................................................................................................6

1.2 Features .....................................................................................................................6

2.1 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories.....................................................................8

2.2 HDD Installation .......................................................................................................8

2.3 Rear Panel Description..............................................................................................9

2.4 External Alarm In/Out Connection .........................................................................10

3.1 Front Panel ..............................................................................................................11

3.2 IR Controller ...........................................................................................................13

3.3 Menu Description....................................................................................................15

3.3.1 Menu Items .....................................................................................................15

3.3.2 Menu Operation ..............................................................................................16

3.4 Character Input........................................................................................................18

4.1 Power on .................................................................................................................19

4.2 Preview....................................................................................................................19

4.3 User name and password.........................................................................................22

4.4 PTZ Control ............................................................................................................24

4.5 Manual Record........................................................................................................26

4.6 Playback..................................................................................................................27

4.7 Backup Recorded Files ...........................................................................................31

4.8 Shut Down DVR .....................................................................................................33

5.1 Administrator and Password ...................................................................................34

5.2 Add and Delete User ...............................................................................................36

5.3 Unit Name and Device ID.......................................................................................39

5.4 Video Output Standard and VGA Setup..................................................................40

5.5 OSD Setup...............................................................................................................41

5.6 Video Parameters Setup ..........................................................................................44

5.7 Mask Area Setup .....................................................................................................45

5.8 View Tampering Alarm...........................................................................................47

5.9 Video Loss Alarm....................................................................................................49

5.10 Motion Detection Alarm .........................................................................................51

5.11 Preview Properties ..................................................................................................54

5.12 Recording Setup......................................................................................................56

5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output..................................................................60

5.14 Network Parameters................................................................................................64

5.15 PTZ .........................................................................................................................65

5.16 RS232 setup ............................................................................................................70

5.17 Exceptions...............................................................................................................75

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5.18 Transaction Information..........................................................................................76

Chapter6 Utilities....................................................................................................................80

6.1 Save Parameters ......................................................................................................80

6.2 Restore Parameters..................................................................................................80

6.3 Upgrade...................................................................................................................81

6.4 Hard Disk Management ..........................................................................................82

6.5 Clear Alarm Out ......................................................................................................82

6.6 Reboot .....................................................................................................................82

6.7 Power Off................................................................................................................82

6.8 View Log.................................................................................................................82

6.9 System Information.................................................................................................85

Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade ..................................................................................................86

7.1 FTP Server Setup ....................................................................................................86

7.2 Upgrade Mode.........................................................................................................89

Appendix A DVR Connect Cable Definition ......................................................................90

1 UTP network connect cable made method..............................................................90

2 RS-232 connect cable made method.......................................................................91

Appendix B Specifications ..................................................................................................92

Appendix C List of Recommended DVR Peripherals.........................................................94

Appendix D Quick Search Function Table ..........................................................................96

Appendix E Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................98

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Chapter1 Product Introduction

1.1 Summary

DVR-470/DVR-1670 H.264 network digital video recorder is an excellent digital

surveillance product. It uses the embedded MCU and real time operating system, combining

the most advanced technology in Information Industry such as video and audio

encoding/decoding, hard disk record and TCP/IP. The firmware is burned in the flash, more

stable and reliable.

DVR-470/DVR-1670 has both the features of digital video recorder (DVR) and digital v

video server (DVS). It can work stand alone, also be used to build a powerful surveillance

network, widely used in bank, telecommunication, transportation, factories, warehouse,

irrigation, etc.

1.2 Features

Compression

z Support max. 16 channels video input (PAL/NTSC) at most. Each channel is

independent, H.264 hardware compression. For DVR-470 , total frame is 100FPS (PAL)

or 120FPS (NTSC). For DVR-1670, total frame is 200FPS (PAL, first 8-ch 100FPS and

second 8-ch 100FPS) or 240FPS (NTSC, first 8-ch 120FPS and second 8-ch 120FPS).

Support both variable bitrate and variable frame rate.

z Support 4 channels audio inputs. Each channel is independent, OggVorbis compression

and bitrate is 16Kbps.

z Compressed video and audio are synchronous. You can select either mixed stream or

only video stream.

z Support video loop. z Support CIF and QCIF resolution. z Support multi area motion detection. z Support OSD and changeable OSD position. z Support LOGO and changeable LOGO position.

Local functions Record

z Support multiple record type, including real time, manual record, motion detection,

external alarm, motion&alarm, motion|alarm.

z Support max. 4 IDE HDDs and each HDD can max support 2000GB. z Support FAT32 file system. z Support HDD S.M.A.R.T technology.

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z Support cycle or none cycle record. z Support backup the recorded files and clips. Support USB memory, USB HDD, USB

CD-R/W, USB DVD-R/W, IDE CD-R/W and IDE DVD-R/W.

Preview and playback

z Support analog monitor and VGA output. z Support multiple preview modes. z Support sensitive area mask. z Support camera spiteful block alarm. z Support one channel play back by files or by time. z Display local record status.

PTZ

z Support many kinds of PTZ protocol. z Support preset, sequence and cruise.

Alarms

z Support exception alarm, motion detection alarm, external alarm, etc.

Others

z Support IR control. z Support multi-level user management.

Network

z Support TCP, UDP, RTP, and Multicast for network preview. z Support PPPoE for board band dialup. z Support PSTN for narrow band dialup. z Support remote parameters setup. z Alarm information can be sent to remote center. z Network control PTZ. z Network record live stream. z Network download and playback the recorded files in DVR. z Remote upgrade the firmware. z RS-232 supports transparent channel function so that the remote PC can use DVR to

control serial devices.

z Support IE to preview and config DVR. z Support log.

Development support

z Provide network SDK. z Provide client demo source code.

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Chapter2 Installation

Warning：Before you install the DVR, please make sure the power of DVR is off.

2.1 Checking the DVR and Its Accessories

When you get the product, check that all the items are included in your product package.

There is a list in the package. If any of the items is missing, please contact your dealer.

2.2 HDD Installation

Installation notice

The DVR has not HDD when leaving factory. Based on the record schedule, you can

calculate the total capacity you need (refer to Appendix A). Please ask the specialist to

disassembly the DVR and install HDD.

Installation instrument

One cross screw driver

HDD installation

1. Open the DVR box.

2. If you want to install 2 HDD for one IDE interface, please set master and slaver HDD. If

you want to install 4 HDD, please remove CD-R/W mount bracket.

3. Place the HDD on the soleplate and fix it with screw.

4. Connect the ATA data cable correctly. The cable has three connectors for DVR main

board, master HDD and slaver HDD.

5. Plug the HDD power connector.

6. Cover and fix the DVR box.

Note：After you install the HDD, you must format them. Please refer to section 6.4.

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2.3 Rear Panel Description

Notice：Please refer to real product for different model.

DVR-470 Rear Panel

DVR-1670 Rear Panel

Index Physical Interface Description

Video Input

Video Output

Audio Output

Audio input

Video Loop out

VGA Interface

RS-232

UTP Network Interface

Standard BNC.

Connect monitor, output video and menu.

1 channel RCA (1.0 Vp-p, 75

4 channel RCA (1.0 Vp-p, 75

DVR-1670 uses DB15 connectores. DVR-470 uses on

board BNC connectors.

VGA display.

Connect RS-232 devices. Refer to Appendix B for pin

definition.

Connect network devices. Refer to Appendix B for pin

definition.

Ω)

RS-485

PTZ connection. Refer to Appendix B for pin definition.

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External Alarm Input

4/8/16 Alarm in.

Relay Output

AC Input

2/4 Alarm out

100V~240VAC

2.4 External Alarm In/Out Connection

Alarm input port：

G (GND)：Conenct the GND of sensor. 1~16：Alarm input, support normal open/normal close. 0：Reserved.

Alarm output： 1G~4G：4 relay output.

Alarm output connection

Please note the usage of jumper JJ1. If you use DC, either of connections is OK. We suggest

you to use those DC under 12V, 1A.

If you use AC, please open the jumper. There are 4 jumpers (JJ1, JJ2, JJ3 and JJ4) in DVR

main board, corresponding with 4 alarm output. The default is closed.

Warning：If you use AC input for relay output, please open the jumpers.

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Chapter3 Operational Instructions

3.1 Front Panel

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Index Type Name Description

State

Lamps

2 Lamp IR receiver.

Numeric

Keys

Function

Keys

READY

STATUS

ALARM

RECORD

NETWORK

Input number, lower case, upper case character and

ESC

EDIT

PLAY

DVR is ready.

Green means you can use IR remote control.

Red means there is alarm.

Twinkle in red means reading or writing HDD.

Network status.

symbols.

1. Switch preview mode into menu;

2. Brush control short key【WIPER】.

3. Press [MENU] for more than 5 seconds to cancel

button beep sound.

【ZOOM-】in PTZ control.

【ZOOM+】in PTZ control.

Cancel and back to parent menu.

1. In edit state, delete the current cursor character;

2. 【IRIS+】in PTZ control;

3. Select 9 or × to enable or disable.

1. Local playback;

2. 【AUTO】in PTZ control.

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Control

Keys

5 POWER

REC

PTZ

SHIFT

Direction

Keys

ENTER

POWER Device switch with power indicator lamp. Green

1. Manual record;

2. 【SHOT】in PTZ control (adjust preset).

1. Enter into PTZ control mode;

2. 【IRIS-】in PTZ control..

1. Multi screen preview switch;

2. Switch menu mode into preview;

【FOCUS-】in PTZ control.

1. Input switch (number, lower case, upper case

and symbol);

2. 【FOCUS+】in PTZ control;

3. In preview mode, display or hide the channel

status bar.

Switch between numeric keys and function keys Composed of 【Ç】,【È】,【Å】 and 【Æ】.

1. Menu mode, use【Å】/【Æ】 select,【Ç】/【È】

to edit;

2. PTZ direction control;

3. Playback speed control.

1. Menu confirmation;

2. Select 9 or × to enable or disable;

3. Pause playback.

means DVR is working; Red means DVR is powered

off; No light means no power is supplied.

Please note that [SHIFT] button is used to switch between numeric keys and function keys.

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3.2 IR Controller

Index Name Description

1 POWER Turnoff device.

2 DEV Enable/Disable IR remote control

3 Numeric Keys Same as numeric keys of front panel.

4 EDIT Same as EDIT key of front panel.

5 A Same as A key of front panel.

6 REC Same as REC key of front panel.

7 PLAY Same as PLAY key of front panel.

8 INFO Same as INFO key of front panel.

9 VOIP Same as VOIP key of frint panel.

10 MENU Same as MENU key of front panel.

11 PREV Same as PREV key of front panel.

Direction Keys

ENTER

Same as direction keys and enter key

of front panel.

13 PTZ Same PTZ key of front panel.

14 ESC Same as ESC key of front panel.

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15 Reserved

16 F1 Same as【F1】key of front panel.

17 Lens control

IRIS, FOCUS ZOOM for lens

control.

18 F2 Same as【F2】key of front panel.

Loading the batteries into the IR controller

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery. Please take care that the poles (+ and -) are correctly positioned.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Start to use IR controller

Press【DEV】key, input the DVR device ID (default is “88”, can be changed in “Display” menu) and then press【ENTER】key. If the “STATUS” lamp of DVR front panel is turned into

green, it means you can use IR controller to operate this DVR.

Stop using IR controller

When IR controller status is on, press【DEV】key again, the “STATUS” lamp will be turned

off. The IR controller can not control this DVR.

Switch the DVR off

When IR controller status is on, press【POWER】key for several seconds, the DVR will be

powered off.

When IR controller can not work normally

z Check batteries poles. z Check the remaining charge in the batteries. z Check IR controller sensor is mask.

Please change another IR controller to try again. It the problem is still existed, please

contact administrator.

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3.3 Menu Description

3.3.1 Menu Items

Menu Name

Display

Recording

Alarms

PTZ

Preview

Function

Unit name

Device ID

Require password

Screen saver

Video standard

Brightness

Menu transparency

VGA resolution

DST

Date and Time

Overwrite/Stop recording

Resolution and recording

parameters setup

Record schedule

PreRecord time

PostRecord time

Alarm input type (Normal

open/ Normal close)

Alarm response and PTZ

linkage

Alarm output and schedule

PTZ parameters

Preset setup

Sequence setup

Cruise setup

Preview mode

Switch time

Enable/Disable audio

preview

Preview layout

Menu Name

Image

Network

Exceptions

RS232

User

Password

Function

Camera name and position setup

Adjust Brightness, Contrast, Hue

and Saturation

OSD Display mode, position and

OSD format setup

Mask area setup

View tampering area and

response setup

Video signal loss

Motion detection sensitivity, area

and response setup

DVR IP address

DNS IP

Multicast IP address

Remote host IP and port

NAS IP and directory

PPPoE username and password

Exceptions type

Exceptions response

RS232 parameters

RS232 work mode

Add or delete user

Password setup or modification

User rights setup

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Restore parameters

Upgrade firmware

HDD management

Clear alarm output

Reboot

Power off

View log

System information

Transaction

Text input mode

ATM IP address

ATM type

Text information

Utilities

3.3.2 Menu Operation

How to enter into menu mode

z Press【MENU】key to enter into DVR main menu. z Press【PLAY】short key to enter into playback menu. z Perss【REC】short key to enter into manual record menu. z Perss【PTZ】short key to enter into PTZ control interface.

Notes：You must input user name and password. The default user name is “admin” and

password is “12345”.

Main Menu Description

The main menu interface is following：

There is one small rectanglar frame named “Active Frame”. It can be moved from one icon to another by using 【Æ】or【Å】key. When the “Active Frame” is located on one icon, you can press【ENTER】key to enter into the secondary menu. For example, move the “Active Frame” to “Image” icon, press 【ENTER】to enter into the secondary menu as following：

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Each menu contains different kinds of items. There is a small rectangular frame named

“Active Frame” which is pointing to the selected item. This “Active Frame” can be moved by 【Æ】or【Å】keys. There are such kinds of menu items：

1. Check Box：Provide 2 options, “9” means enable and “×” means disable. You can use

【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to switch over.

2. List Box：Provide more than 2 options. However, only one of them can be selected. You

can use【↑】and【↓】to select one option. For example, on the right side of “Select

Camera”, there is a list box for you to select one camera.

3. Edit Box：This is for you to input characters. Press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status,

you can input characters as following：

a) Press【A】key to select number, upper case, lower case or symbols; b) Use【Æ】and【Å】keys to move cursor; c) Use【EDIT】key to delete the charcter in front of cursor; d) Press【ENTER】or【ESC】to exit edit.

4. Button：Excute a special function or enter into next sub-menu. For example, press

“Policy” button to enter into sub-menu. Press【Confirm】to save parameters and return

to parent menu. Press

【Cancel】button to cancel and return to parent menu. The button in

grey means it can be operated only after it is enabled.

How to exit menu

Press【PREV】key to exit menu and return to preview mode.

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3.4 Character Input

In the menu interface, if you enter into edit status (for example, in the “camera name” edit

box), at the bottom of screen, the input status is appeared：

Here it means you can press numeric keys to input digital number. Press【A】key to change input methods. You can select “number”, “Uppercase”, “Lowercase”

or “Symbol”.

Uppercase

Lowercase

Symbol

There are 24 symbols in all. They are divided into 4 pages, and you can use【0】key to turn

over page.

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Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide

4.1 Power on

Note：Please make sure the power supply matches DVR and AC cable connected correctly. Before switch DVR on, please connect one monitor with VOUT or VGA interface. Otherwise, you can not see graphic user interface and can not operate.

If【POWER】lamp is off, please do as following： Step1：Connect AC cable correctly; Step2：Switch on the power button on the real panel.

If【POWER】lamp is in red, just press【POWER】button to start DVR.

When DVR is started,【POWER】lamp is in green. On the monitor or VGA display, DSP and

HDD initialization process will be shown.

The first line represents DSP initialization. If the DSP icon is “×”, it means that the DSP is

initialized error, please contact administrator at once.

The second line represents HDD initialization. Icons of IDE1 master and slaver HDDs, IDE2

master and slaver HDDs, etc are displayed. If the HDD icon is “×”, it means the

corresponding HDD is not installed or not detected. If HDD is not detected, please contact

administrator.

Note：If HDD is not installed or not detected, DVR will beep for alarm. You can disable

the alarm option in “Exceptions” menu.

4.2 Preview

DVR will enter into preview mode after it is started.

On preview screen, you can see date, time, camera name and camera status icon.

Set system date and time in “Display” menu, referring to 5.2.9; Change camera name in

“Image” menu, referring to 5.3.2.

In the screen, it will display record and alarm status of each camera. These two kinds of

status will switch over automatically. Press【A】key to display or hide the camera status bar.

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Camera record status is following：

Icon Icon Color Status Description

White No video signal

Yellow Vdieo input

Pink Manual recording

Green Real time recording

Blue Motion detect recording

Red External alarm recording

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Camera alarm status is following：

Icon Icon Color Status Description

White Video signal lost

Yellow View tampering alarm

Pink Motion&External alarm

Green No alarm

Blue Motion alarm

Red External alarm

Press numeric keys to switch over individual camera preview. If DVR has less than 10

channels, press one numeric key to switch corresponding channel. For example, press【2】key

to preview 2

camera. If DVR has 10 or more than 10 channels, press two numeric keys

to switch corresponding channel. For example, press 【0】【2】to preview 2nd camera; and press 【1】【2】keys to preview 12

camera.

Press【EDIT】key to manual cycle preview. You can set the auto preview mode in “Preview”

menu, referring to 5.11.

Press【PREV】key to switch multi-screen perview.

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4.3 User name and password

Note：When DVR is delivered from factory, there is only one default administrator

named “admin”, and password is “12345”. The administrator’s name can not be modified, while the password can be modified. The administrator can create 15 users and define their user rights.

Use【Ç】/【È】keys to select one user, perss【Æ】key to enter into “Password” edit box, input corresponding password, press【ENTER】key to exit edit box. The “Active Frame” will be moved to “Confirm” button. Press【ENTER】key to enter into main menu. If there is beeper

alarm, it means the user name and password are not matched. After three error times, DVR

will enter into preview mdoe.

Modify password

For those users created by admin, they can modify their password as following： Step1：Enter into main menu Press【MENU】key, in the login dialog, select your user name, input the correct password, you

can enter into the main menu.

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Setp 2：Enter into password modification menu Move the “Active Frame” to “Password” icon by using【Æ】/【Å】keys. Press【ENTER】 key to enter into following password menu：

Step 3：Input new password Press【EDIT】key to enter into edit box. You can use numeric keys to input new password. The password can be null. It also can be 16 numerals. Press【ENTER】to exit edit box, and

move to “Verify” item to input the verify password.

Note：In edit box, use 【Æ】/【Å】to move cursor and【EDIT】key to delete the numeral

in front of the cursor.

Step 4：Modify password successfully

Move the “Active Frame” to “Confirm” button, press【ENTER】key. If the password is

modified successfully, you will get the main menu. Or an error dialog will be pop up. You

can repeat step 3 to modify again.

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4.4 PTZ Control

Note：The user must have the “PTZ control” right.

PTZ control interface

In preview mode, press【PTZ】key, in the login dialog, select one user name and input the

correct password, you can enter into PTZ control interface. In menu mode, press【PTZ】key, you can enter into PTZ control interface directly.

There is “PTZ Control” prompt in the PTZ control interface. The displayed camera name

means which channel’s PTZ is under control. For example, “Camera 01” means you are

controlling the 1

camera PTZ.

Select channel

In PTZ control mode, you can press numeric keys to select channel. If DVR has less than 10

channels, press one numeric key to select. For example, press【2】 key to selct 2 PTZ. If DVR has 10 or more than 10 channels, you must press two numeric keys to

select. For example, press【0】【2】to select 2

camera PTZ. After you select the camera PTZ, you can use the short keys to control

camera PTZ, and press【1】【2】to select

PTZ.

PTZ control keys description

Direction control keys：【↑】,【↓】,【←】,【→】; ZOOM control keys：【ZOOM+】,【ZOOM-】; FOCUS control keys：【FOCUS+】,【FOCUS-】; IRIS control keys：【IRIS+】,【IRIS-】; Adjust preset keys：【REC/SHOT】; Auto control key：【PLAY/AUTO】; Wiper control key：【WIPER/MENU】; Light control key：【LIGHT/F1】; Auxiliary device control key：【AUX/F2】

camera

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Adjust preset description

In PTZ control mode, press【REC/SHOT】key, and press the preset number (three numeric

keys), DVR will adjust the corresponding preset number. Repeat pressing【REC/SHOT】key,

and press the preset number, DVR will adjust that preset number.

When you exit PTZ control mode, the camera will stay at the current position.

Note：The PTZ preset number is set already. Please refer to PTZ menu for preset setup. V1.4

firmware can support 128 preset numbers at most.

Start/Stop auto in PTZ control mode

In PTZ control mode, press【 PLAY/AUTO 】 key to start PTZ auto function. Press

【PLAY/AUTO】key again to stop.

When PTZ is in auto mode, if you exit PTZ control mode, PTZ will continue auto

function.You must enter into PTZ control mode again, and press【PLAY/AUTO】key to stop.

Exit PTZ control mode

Press【ESC】or【ENTER】to exit and return preview mode.

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4.5 Manual Record

Note：The user must have the corresponding right, DVR has HDD and HDD is

formatted already.

Manual record

In preview mode, press【REC】key, in the pop-up login dialog, select the name and input the

correct password, you can enter into the “Manual Record” interface. In menu mode, press【REC】key to enter into “Manual Record” interface directly.

Description

Manual record interface has following parts：channel number, channel status, start/stop record,

start all and stop all buttons.

Channel：List the channel number that DVR has. Status：Channel work status has 4 cases：

recording (including real time recording, alarm recording, motion detection recording). Red

means network tramsmission. Orange means both recording and network transmission.

Start/Stop：“9” means you can start corresponding channl recording. “×” menas you can

stop recording.

Start All：Press this button to start all channels recording. Stop All：Press this button to stop all channel recording.

Exit manual record

Press【ESC】key to enter into preview mode. Press【MENU】key to enter into main menu.

Press【PLAY】key to enter into playback menu. Press【PTZ】key to enter into PTZ control

mode.

means idle. Green means the channel is

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4.6 Playback

Note：The user must have “Playback” right.

Playback interface

In preview mode, press【PLAY】key, in the pop-up login dialog, select username and input

correct password, you can enter into “Playback” interface. In menu mode, press【PLAY】key, you can enter into “Playback” interface directly.

Playback

Description

This series DVR only supports one channel playback,

Chan：Use【↑】or【↓】key to select one channel.

Rec T ype：Use【↑】or【↓】to select recorded files type. The file type options have “All”,

“All Time”, “Motion Detect”, “Alarm” and “Manual”.

Time Section：You can define the search time section. Move “Active Frame” to the time edit

box, use numeric keys to input the detail time.

Card Number：DVR can get text number through RS-232 or network port. The text is sent

from devices such as ATM machine, POS machine or others. DVR can overlay the text on the

real time image and record. You can use the text to search the recorded files and playback

them. Use the numeric keys to input the text number.

Search：Search the matched reorded files and display them in the list box. If there is not

matched file, a corresponding dialog box will be pop-up.

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Play by Time：Playback the recorded stream directly based on the time section.

Select Page：In the file list box, each page will only display 8 files. If the matched files are

more than 8, you can select page to list other files. 500 pages (4000 files) can be searched in one time. You can use numeric keys or 【↑】【↓】keys to select page.

File List Box：List the matched files. File started time, file size are displayed in the list box. You can use【↑】【↓】keys to move the scroll bar to select file.

Backup Devices：You can select USB flash, USB HDD, USB CD-R/W or IDE CD-R/W to

backup the files or clips.

Copy：Start to backup.

Backup Today：Backup all recorded files of today.

Three kinds of playback mode

1. Search and playbck file：In the playback interface, you can select main channel, second

channel (2-ch palyback), record type, time section. Move “Active Frame” to “Search” button and press【ENTER】key, DVR will search and list the matched files.

If the matched files are more than 8, you can use “Page No.” to select page (use numeric keys or【↑】【↓】keys to select page). In the file list box, use【↑】【↓】keys to move the scroll bar to the file, press【ENTER】key to playback the file. If the second channel is

selected, these two channels can be playbak synchronously.

If DVR can not find the matched files, a failure dialog box will be pop-up.

2. Playback by Time：In the playback interface, select channel number, record type and time

section, move “Active Frame” to “Play” button, press【ENTER】key, DVR will start to

playback based on time section.

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3. Search by Card No and Playback file：In the playback interface, select channel number,

record type, enable card No. search option (“9”) and input the card number, move “Active Frame” to “Search” button, press【ENTER】key, DVR will search and list the matched files. If the matched files are more than 8, you can use numeric keys or【↑】【↓】keys to select page. Use【↑】【↓】keys to move scroll bar to the file, press【ENTER】key to playback

the selected file. If DVR can not find the matched files, a message dialog will be pop-up.

Operation when playback

Playback picture：

Playback

At the bottom of image, there is an information bar and the following information is included：Volume, Play Progress, Play Speed, Played Time and File Total Time.

z Display/Hide information bar：【MENU】 z Open/Close sound：【PLAY】 z Adjust play progress：【←】(Backward),【→】(Forward). The unit is “%”. z Adjust play speed：Normal speed is “1x”. Use 【↑】to increase play speed ( 2X, 4X,

8X and MAX). Use【↓】to decrease play speed (1/2X, 1/4X, 1/8X and Frame by

Frame)

z Pause/Continue：Press 【ENTER】to pause/continue playback. If played frame by

frame, Press【ENTER】to paly one frame.

z Copy segment：【EDIT】 z Exit：【ESC】

Note：When DVR is busy, if you select high play speed, maybe there is difference for actual

play speed.

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Exit playback

In playback interface, press【ESC】key to enter into preview mode. In playback interface, press【MENU】key to enter into main menu, press【REC】key to enter

into manual record, and press【PTZ】key to enter into PTZ control mode.

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