Planet Technology DVR-400 User Manual

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DVR-400

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Revision

User’s Manual for PLANET Digital Video Recorder

Model: DVR-400

Rev: 1.0 (Oct. 2004)

Part No. EM-DVR400V1

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction..................................................................................1

Overview......................................................................................................................1

DVR Functions......................................................................................................1

Package Content.........................................................................................................2

Physical Details...........................................................................................................2

Buttons Definitions................................................................................................2

Physical Interfaces................................................................................................4

Chapter 2 Preparations & Installation..........................................................5

Installing and Configuring DVR-400..........................................................................5

On-Screen Display......................................................................................................9

Administration Interface...........................................................................................10

OSD (On Screen Display) administration............................................................10

Chapter 3 DVR- 400 Menu Setup................................................................12

Introduction...............................................................................................................12

MAIN MENU........................................................................................................12

CAMERA SELECT..............................................................................................13

RECORD SELECT..............................................................................................14

VIDEO RECORDING MODE..............................................................................14

RECORD FRAMRATE........................................................................................15

VIDEO QUALITY.................................................................................................16

RECORD SCHEDULE........................................................................................17

SUB MENU.........................................................................................................18

PASSWORD CHANGE .....................................................................................18

TIME SET ......................................................................................................19

DATE DISPLAY FORMAT ..................................................................................19

HDD SETUP.......................................................................................................20

SENSOR SETUP................................................................................................20

How to enable the Motion detection recording in DVR-400.................................21

NETWORK SETUP.............................................................................................22

PLAYBACK Configurations......................................................................................23

CONTROL BUTTONS.........................................................................................23

Chapter 4 DVR-400 Client Utility Administration.......................................25

DVR-400 client utility.................................................................................................25

Procedures of DVR Client utility..........................................................................25

Appendix A Specifications..........................................................................29

Chapter 1

Introduction

Overview

The DVR-400 (Digital Video Recorder) is for recording/retrieving video streams from up to 4 channels at the

same time. It adopts cutting-edge digital image compression technology to compress the analog input

channel video streams, and uses HDD to record the compressed video stream.

The following operation guide explains how to operate/manage the DVR-400, and the following installation guide explains how to complete the first DVR-400 installation on your side.

DVR Functions

· High quality M-JPEG compression

· Video loop through

· Real-time 4 concurrent cameras recording

· MAX. 120 FPS video displaying rate

· Motion detection / video lost buzzer

· Matured embedded system remote monitoring and control of DVR

· 4 alarm input for various application

· Swappable HD / Max. 250 GB HD support

· Scheduled/event/continuous recording

Package Content

The contents of your product should contain the following items:

DVR-400 unit

Power adapter

Screws for swappable HDD tray

Keys for swappable HDD tray

Quick installation guide

User’s manual CD

Physical Details

Front Panel of DVR-400

Rear Panel of DVR-400

Buttons Definitions

The following are the introductions of DVR-400 front panel buttons. The definitions of the front are shown

below:

· MENU: press to display Operation menu option

When stopping video recording; it is required to enter the

· SELECT: press to change menu field

· ENTER: press to change the setting value or enter into a sub menu

· RECORDING: press to start recording.

· STOP (recording/playback): press stop video recording/playback

Note

· FAST FORWARD: press to play the recorded stream faster.

· PLAYBACK: press to start playback

· PAUSE: press to pause the video playback

· REVERSE: press to playback backward

· CHANNEL 1: press to select video source on channel 1

· CHANNEL 2: press to select video source on channel 2

· CHANNEL 3: press to select video source on channel 3

· CHANNEL 4: press to select video source on channel 4

· ALL CHANNELS: press to select all channels display

authorization password. The default value is 111111

When entering or modifying password, the button definitions are shown below:

Button definition when entering password

means “1” ‚ means “6”

means “2” 8 means “7”

means “3” 7 means “8”

means “4” ; means “9”

5 means “5” 8 means “0”

Physical Interfaces

1 3

2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Physical conection interface of DVR-400 are shown and explained in the following descriptions.

1. S-Video:

2. Video output:

3. Monitor: Second Video output.

4. Video input: Connect your standard video cameras to these inputs.

5. Video loop-through: These outputs provide loop-through connections, and can be used for direct

monitoring of the connected video cameras.

6. Sensor input/alarm output: 4 sensor inputs and one alarm output.

7. NTSC/PAL switch:

8. DC-in (12Voltage): Connect the power cable here.

9. Audio input/output:

10. LAN: 10/100 Ethernet via the RJ-45 socket.

11. Power switch: This switch should only be used after shutting down the unit correctly with the help of the

Power button on the front panel.

Chapter 2

Preparations & Installation

Installing and Configuring DVR-400

STEP1:

Please power off the DVR-400 and unlock the DVR-400 swappable HDD tray

STEP2:

Remove the harddisk tray cover; connect your harddisk securely with the DC power cable and IDE

cable in the harddisk tray. Make sure the installed HDD is set to “Master” and secure the HDD

using the original HD screws or the screws in the DVR-400 accessory pack.

Place and lock the HDD tray to DVR-400. Power on the DVR-400, the

DVR-400 will now automatically detect and format the new disk(s).

Please be sure to finish the hard disk drive installation

before using the DVR. The Maximum HDD capacity support is

two BNC connector for video

Note

250GB.

STEP3:

Please connect TV (monitor) to the Video output connector in the rear panel.

Note

DVR-400 provides one S-Video and

output.

STEP4:

Please use standard analog video cameras to connect to the DVR400. The DVR-400 equipped 4

BNC connectors on the rear panel for video input.

Physical camera installation with DVR-400 is shown as below:

l Connect the camera signal line to video input on DVR-400

l Power on camera, and you may now check the video on the screen.

Video Input connection (TV or monitor)

DVR-400 provides 4 x BNC connectors for video source input.

Checking…OK

STEP5:

Please ensure DVR-400 is power OFF before commencing, and check the power supply status.

Use standard RJ-45 cables to connect the LAN port on DVR-400.

Connect the supplied Power Adapter and power on machine.

The PWR LED Indicator should be Green during normal operation

After powering on the DVR-400, it will check HDD for several seconds; the information will be

displayed on the monitor:

HDD Checking…

MASTER HARD DRIVE

[HDD Model number]

HDD Checking…OK

LAN Checking…OK

Audio

After the internal checking completed, DVR-400 will enter into real-time display mode, the images

on the connected camera will be displayed in real-time.

CH1

CH2

CH3 CH4

Sensor Installation

The unit provides 4 sensor input for 4 channels. The sensor Installation procedures are as follows.

For the installation of the sensors:

STEP1: Connect the sensor signal line to the alarm signal terminal is at the unit’s back panel

STEP2: Connect the video signal line to the unit. The Sensor signal terminal is at the unit’s back panel

STEP3: Connect the sensor adaptor jack into the sensor, and plug in the adaptor.

CH1 CH2 CH3

Alarm installation

The unit provides 1 internal switch for sounding alarm when the sensor is activated due to the unwanted

entrance of anonymous visitor. The switch is open at normal state, but, when the alarm is activated, the switch

is closed So that the alarm gets the power. The circuitry is shown as above figure. There are two simple steps

CH4

Alarm out

for the installation of the alarm

i. Prepare the power supply: the alarm needs a power supply; the power supply comes with the alarm

ii. Connect the alarm power line: the alarm power line is connected to the alarm switch terminal.

On-Screen Display

Press

button to

Power on the system

CH1

CH3

Press

button to

OSD Mode Display

Press

button to stop

recording (password is

open OSD menu as right

CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4

exit OSD menu to real-time display

CAMERA SELECT 1234 RECORD SELECT 1234 RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT)

MAIN MENU

Press l button to start recording

requested!)

Recording Mode Display

●

● CH3 ● CH4

●

Press„ button to search

time or event to playback

04/03/24 13:24:21-04/03/24 13:44:54

Press & button to exit the menu

(Ù,Ú) MOVE, (SELECT) CHANGE (PLAY) PLAY (MENU) EXIT (>>) SELECT EVENT OR

SEARCH TIME

HDD DRIVE: MASTER

>01 TIME 04/09/24 13:24:21 02 TIME 04/09/24 13:30:55 03 TIME 04/09/24 13:40:54 04 TIME 04/09/24 13:45:14 05 TIME 04/09/24 13:50:34

SEARCH MODE

Press „ button

Press n button to stop playback

CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4

PLAYBACKMODE

Administration Interface

AIN MENU

PLANET DVR-400 provides OSD menu for machine management and administration.

CAMERA SELECT 1234 RECORD SELECT 1234 RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

OSD (On Screen Display) administration

PLANET DVR-400 connects with two default IP addresses, and default IP address is “192.168.0.20”. You may

use any PC to connect to the LAN port of DVR-400 to start machine administration.

CAMERA SELECT 1234 RECORD SELECT 1234 RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP

Ø NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

NETWORK MENU

ACCEPT CLIENT [YES]

MAC ADDRESS 00:30:4F:09:78:52

IP ADDRESS 192.168.000.020

SUBNET MASK 255,255,255,000

GATEWAY 192.168.000.254

PRESS (Ù,Ú), HEN (SELECT)

PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

The LAN information Parameter Description of DVR-400

In the first installation, it is suggested to locate your

If you’re not familiar with TCP/IP, please refer to related

ACCEPT CLIENT YES / NO

Default: YES

MAC MAC address of DVR-400

Default:

IP LAN IP address of DVR-400

Default: 192.168.000.020

SUBNET MASK LAN mask of DVR-400

Default: 255.255.255.000

GATEWAY Gateway of DVR-400

Default: 192.168.000.254

Note

PC in the same network segment (192.168.0.x) of DVR-400

chapter on user’s manual CD or consult your network administrator for proper network configurations.

Chapter 3

AIN MENU

Please stop recording or playback before you enter into OSD

menu. You will be requested to enter machine admin password

DVR- 400 Menu Setup

Introduction

The DVR-400 OSD menu provides ease-of-use machine configurations; please press the MENU button of the

front panel, then the OSD menu will appear with a cursor over the first item. The cursor can be moved by the

up and down buttons.

MAIN MENU

Please press “&” button to display main menu optin shown as below figure

CAMERA SELECT 1234 RECORD SELECT 1234 RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

Operation Buttons

& --- Press to display menu option.

pq --- Press to change menu field or change the unit’s configuration values.

8 --- Press to select menu item or confirm the selection.

Note

to stop recording.

CAMERA SELECT

Channel Display Control

Channel 1 button: Full screen display of channel 1

Cha

nnel 2 button: Full screen display of channel 2

Channel 4 button: Full screen display of channel 4

Channel 3 button: Full screen display of channel 3

AIN MENU

” mode, you can use the following buttons to display

The DVR-400 provides 4 camera inputs. Please use channel buttons on the front panel to select specified

channel for real-time display.

Please use “SELECT” button or “CHANNEL” buttons for different combinations for channel display.

Example:

Ø CAMERA SELECT 1 - - -

RECORD SELECT 1 - - RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

a) When you choose (----), all cameras are off

b) When you choose (1234), video content in all cameras will be displayed.

c) When you choose (1---), only the content of channel 1 will be displayed.

Note

While no video connection or connection failure, “VIDEO LOSS” signal will be displayed, and the built- alarm buzzer will be triggered to sound.

Channel Display Control In ”EACH Full-screen format of each channel.

In “EACH” mode, you can use the following buttons to display Full-screen

format of each channel.

RECORD SELECT

AIN MENU

Please select desired video channel on this menu: the machine operation is same as “CAMERA SELECT”

options.

Only the video in the selected camera will be recorded in DVR-400 harddisk

CAMERA SELECT 1 - - -

Ø RECORD SELECT 1 - - -

RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

VIDEO RECORDING MODE

DVR-400 provides 4 camera inputs. You can use channel buttons on the front panel to select specified

channel/camera for real-time video display and recording.

There are two kinds of recording mode: EACH mode (full screen mode) and QUAD screen mode. When you

set to EACH mode, you can view the full-screen display of one specified channel.

When you set to QUAD mode, quad-screen (4-camera) will be displayed.

Please use Ù,Ú buttons of front panel to select mode and then enter 8 button to confirm the selection

CAMERA SELECT 1 - - RECORD SELECT 1 - - -

Ø RECORD MODE EACH

RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

AIN MENU

he record frame rate is, the more natural look

But the lower the record frame rate is, the more you can

save the space on HDD. The following is the recording fps

RECORD FRAMRATE

There are 9 different frame rate settings for operation: 30fps, 15fps, 10fps, 7fps, 5fps, 4fps, 3fps, 2fps, and

1fps. (Factory default setting: 30fps)

Please use Ù,Ú buttons of front panel to select mode and then enter 8 key to confirm the selection

Note

Frame/Second 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 15 30

CAMERA SELECT 1 - - RECORD SELECT 1 - - RECORD MODE EACH

Ø RECORD FRAMERATE 30

VIDEO QUALITY MORRMAL RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

RECORDING FRAME RATE TABLE

The higher t will be displayed on the screen when playing back.

table for your reference.

1CH 1 2 3 4 8 7 10 15 30

EACH

MODE

QUAD MODE 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 15 30

2CH 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3.5 5 7.5 15

3CH 0.33 0.67

4CH 0.25 0.5 0.75

1 1.33 1.7 2.33 3.33

1 1.25 1.75 2.5 3.75 7.5

5 10

VIDEO QUALITY

AIN MENU

he higher the video quality is, the clearer images the unit

plays. But the lower the video quality is, the more you can

save the space on HDD. The following is the recording time

There are 3 different video quality settings for operation: Normal, Low, and High

Please use Ù,Ú buttons on the front panel to select video recording quality and then press the enter 8 key to

confirm the selection

Note

Frame/Second 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 15 30

CAMERA SELECT 1 - - RECORD SELECT 1 - - RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30

Ø VIDEO QUALITY NORMAL

RECORD SCHEDULE SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

DIFFERENT VIDEO QUALITY SETTINGS ON HDD CAPACITY

vs video quality settings table for your reference.

EACH

MODE

QUAD

MODE

HI 733 366 244 183 146 184 73H 48H 25H

NORMAL 992 496 331 248 192 141 99H 66H 33H

LO 115 576 384 288 238 153 115 76H 39H

HI 556 279 185 139 111 80H 56H 37H 19H

NORMAL 763 382 255 190 152 110 76H 51H 25H

LO 877 438 292 228 175 125 88H 58H 29H

The recording hours on 80GB HDD

RECORD SCHEDULE

AIN MENU

RECORD SCHEDULE menu in DVR-400 provides changing a recording schedule/type to meet the various

surveillance application demands.

CAMERA SELECT 1 - - RECORD SELECT 1 - - RECORD MODE EACH RECORD FRAMERATE 30 VIDEO QUALITY NORMAL

Ø RECORD SCHEDULE

SUB MENU HARD DRIVE SETUP SENSOR SETUP NETWORK SETUP

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

Time format in DVR-400 schedule video recording is 24-hour format.

(T) Letter indicates recording.

(S) Letter indicates sensor recording. It means the unit starts recording as the attached sensors being

triggered during this period.

(--) Recording is off during this duration.

PROGRAMMED RECORD

| | | | | | | | |

+TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT+

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24

T: TIME S: SENSOR _--: NONE

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

SETTING EXAMPLE:

00:00 ~ 7:00 SENSOR RECORDING

07:00 ~11:00 RECORDING DISABLED

11:00 ~18:00 RECORDING

18:00 ~24:00 SENSOR RECORDING

+ S S S S S S ; ; ; ; T T T T T T T S S S S S S S +

| | | | | 0 6 11 18 24

SUB MENU

puts, which can be configured

motion detection+NO over “SENSOR SETUP” menu option. After

Note

SENSOR RECORDING INSTALLATION

The unit provides 4 alarm in as normal close, normal open, motion detection +NC and

the sensor configuration, please go back to “ RECORD SCHEDULE” menu to enable sensor recording.

SUB MENU

SUB MENU provides the flexibility of changing machine admin password, time /date setting, date format.

Ø PASSWORD CHANGE TIME SET AUDIO RECORD [ON] AUDIO MUTE [OFF] DATE DISPLAY MODE YYYY/MM/DD

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

PASSWORD CHANGE

When entering “PASSWORD CHANGE” menu; a password change input menu will be displayed on screen

(note: machine default password is 111111)

When the new password is configured and accepted, DVR-400 will prompt message:

“PASSWORD changed!!!”

CURRENT PASSWORD: -------

NEW PASSWORD: -------

CONFIRM PASSWORD: --------

The message will blink 5 times. Then the display goes back to SUB MENU.

SUB MENU

If the password was not accepted, DVR-400 will automatically return to SUB MENU.

FRONT PANEL BUTTONS DEFINITION

means “1” ‚ means “6”

means “2” 8 means “7”

means “3” 7 means “8”

means “4” ; means “9”

5 means “5” 8 means “0”

TIME SET

TIME SET menu offers DVR-400 date and hour.modification, the time and date settings will affect the recoded

video files as well.

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

TIME

04/10/10 12:35:23

DATE DISPLAY FORMAT

DVR-400 provides yyyy/mm/dd or dd/mm/yyyy format for time display to meet application demands.

PASSWORD CHANGE TIME SET AUDIO RECORD [ON] AUDIO MUTE [OFF] Ø DATE DISPLAY MODE YYYY/MM/DD

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

HDD SETUP

HARD DRIVE SETUP

SENSOR SETUP

OVERWRITE ENABLED:

If you choose “YES”, DVR-400 will continue recording and overwrite the recorded data when HDD’s space is

full

If you choose “NO”, the unit will stop recording while HDD’s space is full

MASTER HDD SIZE:

Display the capacity of the installed HDD in DVR-400

MASTER HDD USED:

Display the percentage of HDD’s capacity has been used

MASTER HDD FORMAT:

Erases all the recorded data in harddisk

The machine admin password is required before formatting, after the unit formatted, the message “HARD

DISK FORMATTED” will appear on the screen.

SENSOR SETUP

OVERWRITE ENABLED [YES] MASTER HDD SIZE 40000MB MASTER HDD USED 0MB 0% MASTER HDD FORMAT SLAVE HDD SIZE N/A SLAVE HDD USED N/A SLAVE HDD FORMAT

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

SENSOR RECORD TIME 05 ALARM OUT TIME 00

CHANNEL-1 TYPE: NORMAL -OPEN CHANNEL-2 NOT INSTALLED CHANNEL-3 NOT INSTALLED CHANNEL-4 NOT INSTALLED

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

SENSOR RECORD TIME:

Recording duration (in seconds) when sensor is triggered.

ALARM OUT TIME:

The ALARM TIME OUT controls how long (in second) the alarm sounds after being triggered.

SENSOR TRIGGER MODES:

DVR-400 provides 5 different modes to meet the various surveillance application demands:

NSOR SETUP

1. Not installed.

2. Normal open.

3. Normal close.

4. Motion +N-C

5. Motion + N-O

In normal open mode, the cable line Connected between the sensor and the unit is cut off by an intruder, the

unit starts recording.

In normal close mode, the cable line Connected between the sensor and the an intruder, the unit stops

recording, cuts off unit.

How to enable the Motion detection recording in DVR-400

STEP 1:

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

SENSOR RECORD TIME 15 ALARM OUT TIME 20

CHANNEL-1 TYPE: MOTION + N-C CHANNEL-2 TYPE: MOTION + N-O CHANNEL-3 TYPE: NORMAL CLOSE CHANNEL-4 TYPE: NOT INSTALLED

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

Please go to “SENSOR SETUP” menu

Toggle the motion detection option.

After the selection, please browse to MAIN MENU and go to “RECORD SCHEDULE” menu to

enable the alarm setting, so that the motion detection video recording will operate properly.

PROGRAMMED RECORD

+TTTSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT+

| | | | | | | | |

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24

T: TIME S: SENSOR _--: NONE

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

NETWORK SETUP

ACCEPT IP: select “YES” to allow the remote access, NO to disable the machine remote management.

Note

NETWORK MENU

ACCEPT CLIENT [YES]

MAC ADDRESS 00:30:4F:09:78:52

IP ADDRESS 192.168.000.020

SUBNET MASK 255,255,255,000

GATEWAY 192.168.000.254

PRESS (Ù,Ú), THEN (SELECT) PRESS (MENU) TO EXIT

Minimum requirements for networking video playback: CPU: 1 GHZ or above System Memory: 256MB or above VGA memory: 32MB OS: Window2000/XP

PLAYBACK Configurations

The reverse playback speed depends on the fps, the number

SEARCH TIME

(PLAY)

If you’d like to view the recorded video files, the front panel buttons can be used to operate various playback

functions.

Press „ button, then the playback time /events selection menu as the left figure appears on the screen. Or

you can simply press „ twice to start playing directly.

CONTROL BUTTONS

<< Rewind Playing:

Press this button to play recorded video in reverse direction.

Note

|| PAUSE Button:

Press this button to pause the playback, or to advance one single frame upon pause mode.

„ Playback:

Press this button to play the recorded video.

You can either enter the specified time/date to playback or select the event or even view the playback over PC

of the recorded channel, the enabled recording video quality.

HDD DRIVE: MASTER

04/03/24 13:24:21-04/03/24 13:44:54

>01 TIME 04/09/24 13:24:21

02 TIME 04/09/24 13:30:55 03 TIME 04/09/24 13:40:54 04 TIME 04/09/24 13:45:14 05 TIME 04/09/24 13:50:34

(Ù,Ú) MOVE, (SELECT) CHANGE (PLAY) PLAY (MENU) EXIT (>>) SELECT EVENT OR TIME

>> (Fast forward button):

Note

1.Please stop recording before playback.

2.To list the recorded video files, please press „ button to display the video files in DVR-400 local HDD storage

Press this button to play the recorded video in forward direction.

The unit provides three levels of fast forward playback speed:

>> 1: play one time faster (x1), press “>>” button.

>> 2: play two times faster (x2) than the normal play.

>> 3: play four times faster (x4) than the normal play.

n STOP: Press this button to stop playing the recorded video.

l REC:

DVR recording Hours on 40GB Hard Drive

Recording Results in NTSC format

Video Suanal

Display

Format

QUAD screen

NTSC

Full screen

Recording Results in PAL format

Display

Video Suanal

Format

QUAD screen

PAL

Full screen

Video Quality

30 fps 15 fps 7 fps 1 fps

HIGH 18 Hours 36 Hours 72 Hours 540 Hours

NORMAL 24 Hours 48 Hours 96 Hours 720 Hours

BASIC 29 Hours 58 Hours 116 Hours 870 Hours

HIGH 32 Hours 64 Hours 128 Hours 960 Hours

NORMAL 45 Hours 90 Hours 180 Hours 1350 Hours

BASIC 56 Hours 112 Hours 224 Hours 1680 Hours

25 fps 12 fps 6 fps 1 fps

Video Quality

HIGH 19 Hours 38 Hours 76 Hours 475 Hours

NORMAL 24 Hours 48 Hours 96 Hours 600 Hours

BASIC 30 Hours 60 Hours 120 Hours 750 Hours

HIGH 31 Hours 62 Hours 124 Hours 775 Hours

NORMAL 45 Hours 90 Hours 180 Hours 1125 Hours

BASIC 59 Hours 118 Hours 236 Hours 1475 Hours

Chapter 4

DVR-400 Client Utility Administration

DVR-400 client utility

This DVR-400 allows system administrator to manage machine from a remote location to view live and

recorded video over private network or the Internet connection. Also, you can capture the video from the unit

and play the stored video later on.

Procedures of DVR Client utility

· Please find the DVR_Client.exe in the Utility folder on user’s manual CD

· Copy the DVR utility folder to suitable folder, for example, C:\Program Files\PLANET\DVR\Utility

· Double-click the DVR_Client.exe and the main screen will be shown.

· Click on “Connect” option on Main window to enter into “DVR Client connection manager”, the following

dialog window will be shown:

400 installed behind firewall or NAT device,

· Please insert IP address 192.168.0.20 / password: 111111 to log in the remote DVR-400.

DVR IP: IP address of the remote DVR-400.

Password: The password is same password used for formatting the DVR-400 Hard Drive. The default

value is 111111

· When successfully connected, you would see” Connected” sign. This window also displays DVR-400 IP

Note

address and status of connection speed.

If the DVRplease reserve ports 14337, 14338 for communication purpose.

The remote video content will be shown in the main menu:

DVR control

The panel shown as the following figure operates exactly as the remote DVR operational button allows you to

control remote DVR to live view, record and playback as well.

Capture & Playback

When you click “REC” button, it will start to record the incoming video on your PC hard disk. The DVR client

creates “ steam_files” folder where the execution file is located. When the client is recording, the Capture &

Play status indicator would show the current status are “Recording”.

After recording is finished, click” Play” button to play the recorded video stream. Then you will see a stream

file list of the video stream files previously captured.

DVR management

This option enable you to just remote DVR’s operation setting: Video Quality, Record Frame rate, Alarm On

Duration, Alarm record Duration, Input Channels, Record Channels, DVR system time setting and Record

Schedule. All of settings operate as you do with DVR itself. Notice: For the record mode change can be made

only on DVR, so the display shows the current DVR record mode on connection.

Appendix A

Specifications

Model DVR-400

Video Inpuit NTSC/PAL

Operating System None

Video Inpout 4ch composite

Video Output 2ch composite + S-Video

Vdieo Loop 4ch composite

Audio Input 1ch RCA

Audio Output 1ch RCA

Built-in Buzzer Yes

Display Frame 120fps (NTSC) / 100fps (PAL)

Recording Framer Rate

(Quad mode)

Recording Frame Rate

(Each mode)

Recording Mode Continuous, manual, event programed

Resolution (Display) NTSC: 720*480 / PAL: 720-576

Resolution (Recording) NTSC: 320*112, 640*224 / PAL: 320-136, 640*272

Compression Format Motion JPEG (8-20K bytes/frane)

HDD Swappable HDD tray (Max. HDD capacity: 250GB)

Search Mode Time, date, camera

Netwrok TCP/IP

Ethernet RJ45

Watch-dog Auto-recovery capability after power

Dimension 350 x 292 x 60 mm (W x D x H)

Weight 4.15 kg (gross weight)

Max. 30fps (NTSC) / Max. 25fps (PAL)

Max. 7.5fps (NTSC) / Max. 6.25fps (PAL)

Planet Technology DVR-400 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Overview

DVR Functions

Package Content

Physical Details

Buttons Definitions

Physical Interfaces

Installing and Configuring DVR-400

On-Screen Display

Administration Interface

OSD (On Screen Display) administration

Introduction

MAIN MENU

CAMERA SELECT

RECORD SELECT

VIDEO RECORDING MODE

RECORD FRAMRATE

VIDEO QUALITY

RECORD SCHEDULE

SUB MENU

HDD SETUP

SENSOR SETUP

How to enable the Motion detection recording in DVR-400

NETWORK SETUP

PLAYBACK Configurations

CONTROL BUTTONS

DVR-400 client utility

Procedures of DVR Client utility