Planet Technology DVR-470 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.
WEEE regulation
To avoid the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the
presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, end users of
electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed-out
wheeled bin symbol. Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to
collect such WEEE separately.
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 Product Introduction..................................................................................................6
1.1 Summary ...................................................................................................................6
1.2 Features .....................................................................................................................6
Chapter2 Installation.................................................................................................................8
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
Chapter3 Operational Instructions.......................................................................................... 11
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
Chapter4 Basic Operation Guide ............................................................................................19
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
Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide ..........................................................................................34
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.
NoteAfter you install the HDD, you must format them. Please refer to section 6.4.
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2.3 Rear Panel Description

NoticePlease refer to real product for different model.
DVR-470 Rear Panel
DVR-1670 Rear Panel
Index Physical Interface Description
1
Video Input
Video Output
2
Audio Output
3
Audio input
4
Video Loop out
VGA Interface
5
RS-232
6
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) Ω)
7
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
8
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. 1~16Alarm input, support normal open/normal close. 0Reserved.
Alarm output 1G~4G4 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.
WarningIf you use AC input for relay output, please open the jumpers.
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Chapter3 Operational Instructions

3.1 Front Panel

n o
Index Type Name Description
State
1
Lamps
2 Lamp IR receiver.
Numeric
Keys
3
Function
Keys
READY
STATUS
ALARM
RECORD
NETWORK
Input number, lower case, upper case character and
MENU
2
3
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 keyWIPER.
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. AUTOin PTZ control.
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Control
Keys
4
5 POWER
REC
PTZ
PREV
A
SHIFT
Direction
Keys
ENTER
POWER Device switch with power indicator lamp. Green
1. Manual record;
2. SHOTin 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, useÅ】/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.
12
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
PressDEVkey, 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 PressMENUkey to enter into DVR main menu. z PressPLAYshort key to enter into playback menu. z PerssRECshort key to enter into manual record menu. z PerssPTZshort key to enter into PTZ control interface.
NotesYou 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】orÅ】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
ÆorÅkeys. There are such kinds of menu items
1. Check Box:Provide 2 options, “9” means enable and “×” means disable. You can use
ENTERorEDITkey 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) UseÆandÅkeys to move cursor; c) UseEDITkey to delete the charcter in front of cursor; d) PressENTERorESCto exit edit.
4. ButtonExcute 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
Cancelbutton 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
PressPREVkey 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

NotePlease 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.
IfPOWERlamp is off, please do as following Step1Connect AC cable correctly; Step2Switch on the power button on the real panel.
IfPOWERlamp is in red, just pressPOWERbutton 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.
NoteIf 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
to switch corresponding channel. For example, press 02】to preview 2 and press 1】【2】keys to preview 12
nd
camera. If DVR has 10 or more than 10 channels, press two numeric keys
nd
th
camera.
Press【EDIT】key to manual cycle preview. You can set the auto preview mode in “Preview”
menu, referring to 5.11.
PressPREVkey to switch multi-screen perview.
camera;
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4.3 User name and password

NoteWhen 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.
Login
Login dialog is following
UseÇ】/È】keys to select one user, perssÆ】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 Step1Enter 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 2Enter into password modification menu Move the “Active Frame” to “Password” icon by usingÆ】/【Åkeys. Press【ENTER】 key to enter into following password menu
Step 3Input new password PressEDITkey 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 4Modify 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

NoteThe 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
st
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
th
12
camera PTZ. After you select the camera PTZ, you can use the short keys to control
nd
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】
nd
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.
NoteThe 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/AUTOkey 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
PressESCor【ENTER】to exit and return preview mode.
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4.5 Manual Record

NoteThe 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.
ChannelList the channel number that DVR has. StatusChannel 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 AllPress this button to start all channels recording. Stop AllPress this button to stop all channel recording.
Exit manual record
PressESCkey to enter into preview mode. PressMENUkey to enter into main menu.
PressPLAYkey to enter into playback menu. PressPTZkey to enter into PTZ control
mode.
means idle. Green means the channel is
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4.6 Playback

NoteThe user must have “Playback” right.
Playback interface
In preview mode, press【PLAYkey, in the pop-up login dialog, select username and input
correct password, you can enter into “Playback” interface.
In menu mode, press【PLAYkey, you can enter into “Playback” interface directly.
Playback
Description
This series DVR only supports one channel playback,
ChanUse【↑】or【↓】key to select one channel.
Rec T ypeUse【↑】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 NumberDVR 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.
SearchSearch 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 TimePlayback the recorded stream directly based on the time section.
Select PageIn 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 BoxList 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 DevicesYou can select USB flash, USB HDD, USB CD-R/W or IDE CD-R/W to
backup the files or clips.
CopyStart to backup.
Backup TodayBackup all recorded files of today.
Three kinds of playback mode
1. Search and playbck fileIn 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 fileIn 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
includedVolume, 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 speedNormal 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 【ENTERto pause/continue playback. If played frame by
frame, Press【ENTER】to paly one frame.
z Copy segment:【EDIT z Exit:【ESC
NoteWhen 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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4.7 Backup Recorded Files

NoteThe user must have “Playback” right. Please connect with backup devices before
you start to backup.
In the playback interface, you can backup the recorded files.
In the preview mode, press【PLAYkey, in the login dialog, select username and input the
correct password, you can enter into the playback interface.
In the menu mode, just press【PLAYkey, you can enter into playback interface directly.
Backup intraday recorded files In the playback interface, move “Active Frame” to “Backup Today” button, press【ENTER】
key, all intraday recorded files of all channels will be backup to the save device. A pop-up
dialog will display the backup status.
If bakup device is not connected correctly or DVR do not detect the backup device, the
following dialog will be pop-up. Please ask administrator for more information.
Backup the files that matched your requirement Step 1Search the matched files
In the playback interface, select one channel and record type, input the time section, move
“Active Frame” to “Search” button, press【ENTER】key, DVR will start to find and list the
matched files.
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Step 2Select the files that you want to backup
In the file list box, use【↑】or【↓】keys to move the scroll bar. When the scroll bar stays at the file you wan to backup, press【EDIT】key to select it. The symbol “9” is the selection tag.
You can use the same method to select other files you want to backup. After finish, you can
do next step.
Step 3Select backup device
Please confirm the backup deviceUSB flash memory, USB HDD, USB CD-R/W or IDE
CD-R/W, and select the corresponding backup device.
Step 4Start and finish backup
Move “Active Frame” to “Save” button and press【ENTER】key to start backup.
When backup is started, corresponding message box will pop-up to indicate the result.
Backup video segment
You also can backup the image segments when the image is being playback. The steps are
1) Enter into the interface of playback the files or playback by time;
2) Press【EDIT】key to start selecting the current playback image, and press【EDIT】again
to stop selecting. This segment is slected;
3) You can repeat step 2 to select many segments. 30 segments can be selected in all;
4) After you select all segments, pressESCkey, a message window will pop-up. If you
press “Confirm” button, DVR will start to backup the selected segments. If you press
“Cancel” button, DVR will abort backup.
NoteThe backup function is effective when two channels are playback synchronously. In
such case, each channel can backup 30 segments so 60 segments can be backup for
two channels.
Playback the video segment
You can use our file player software to playback the video segment in PC. You can find the
player software in attached CD.
Exit playback interface
Please refer to chapter 4.6.
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4.8 Shut Down DVR

Note:Do not switch off the power directly in case of damaging HDD. The correct step is
using “Power Off” in the “Utilities” menu, orPOWER】key on the front panel or on IR controller.
Shut down DVR normally Use menu
Enter into “Utilities” menu, move “Active Frame” to “Power Off” button and enter into
power off dialog, press “Confirm” to shut down the DVR.
UsePOWERkey of front panel or IR controller
PressPOWERkey for above 3 seconds.
In preview mode, a login dialog will pop-up, select user name and input password, press
Enterto enter into power off dialog and press “Confirm” to shut down DVR. If you input
error password for three times, DVR will return preview mode.
In menu mode, if the user has “Utilities” right, you can enter into power off dialog; press
“Confirm” to shut down DVR. Otherwise, the user can not shut down DVR.
If DVR is shut down correctly, the【POWER】lamp is in red.
Note:When message of “Shut down…” is appeared, please do not press【POWER】key any
more, otherwise, DVR can not be shut down.
Shut down DVR abnormally Use the power switch of real panel
When DVR is run, if you switch off the power, the HDD in DVR will be damaged. Please
avoid such operation.
Take away the power cable
Please avoid taking away the power cable directly.
Note:In some cases, when the power supply is abnormal, DVR will be damaged. We suggest
you to use those stable power supplies.
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Chapter5 Parameters Setup Guide

Only the users that have “Parameters Setup” right need read this chapter. When the following
parameters are modified and saved, you must reboot the DVR to make the new parameters
take into effective. Other parameters do not need to reboot.
z Any network parameters z Stream type, resolution and record schedule z External alarm sensor type z View tampering alarm schedule z Video lost alarm schedule z Motion detection alarm schedule z External alarm schedule z Alarm output schedule z Transaction z RS232 work mode z Change video output standard

5.1 Administrator and Password

When DVR is left from factory, there is one default administrator. The name is “admin” and
password is “12345”. The name can not be changed, while the password can be.
Password modification
Press【MENU】key, in the login dialog, select the username as “admin”, use【→】key, move
cursor to password edit box, input “12345”, press “Confirm” to enter into administrator
menu.
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Move “Active Frame” to “User” icon, press【ENTER】key to enter into “User Management”
menu.
In the user name list box, only “admin” is existed. You can use【→】key, move “Active
Frame” to password edit box, and press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status. Press numeric
keys to input the new password. The password is only combined by 16 numerals at most.
After you finish inputting password, press【ENTER】key to exit. Move “Active Frame” to
“Verify password” edit box, input the verify password. Move “Active Frame” to “Confirm”
button, and press【ENTER】, if password and verify password are the same, the password will
be saved and taken into effective. If password and verify password are not same, a warning
message box will be appeared.
In this case, press【ENTER】to return password edit box, and input new password again.
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5.2 Add and Delete User

Enter into “User Management” interface.
Add user
The steps are following
Step 1Enter into “User Management” menu
Please refer to chapter 5.1
Step 2Add new user name
In the “User Management” menu, move “Active Frame” to “Add” button and press
ENTER, in the pop-up dialog, input the new user name (refer to chapter 3.4), press ENTERand return “User Management” menu. 15 users can be added in all.
Step 3Setup the password for new user
After you add one new user, the password is null. You can skip this step if you do not want to
change the password. In the users list box of “User Management” menu, useÇ】【È】keys to select the new user name, then useÆ】key to the password edit box. Press【EDIT】key
to enter into edit box, use numeric keys to input the new password.
Step 3Setup the rights for new user
The new added user has not any operational rights. You must setup rights for him.
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In the users list box of “User Management” menu, useÇ】【È】keys to select the new user
name, then useÆ】key to “Default Rights” button, press【ENTER】, the user will have the
default rights. The default rights include local playback, remote playback and view log.
If you want to define the detail rights, move “Active Frame” to “Setup Rights” button and
press【ENTER】to enter into rights setup menu as following
Operational rights are divided into “Local Rights” and “Remote Rights”. You can assign the
necessary rights to the user. UseÆ】【Å】key to move “Active Frame” to the corresponding right items, press【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable or disable the item. “9” means assigning
the right to that user.
After you finish, press “Enter” button, the user’s rights will be saved and return “User
Management” menu. If you press “Cancel” button, the user’s rights will be aborted.
Step 4Save the new user’s password and rights
In the “User Management” menu, press “Confirm” button, the user’s password and rights
will be saved and return main menu. If you press “Cancel” button, the user’s password and
rights will be aborted.
User rights description
“Local Rights”
Local rights are for local operation, such as the operation using front panel, IR controller
and RS-485 keyboard.
PTZ control:Locally control PTZ; RecordManual start/stop recording; PlaybackLocal playback and backup the recorded files; Parameters SetupLocally setup the DVR parameters; LogLocally view the log on DVR; UtilitiesLocally upgrade firmware, format HDD, reboot DVR and shut down DVR, etc.
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“Remote Rights”
PTZ Control:Remote control PTZ; RecordRemote manual start/stop recording; PlaybackRemote playback, download the recorded files on DVR; Parameters SetupRemote setup the DVR parameters; LogRemote view the log on DVR; UtilitiesRemote upgrade firmware, format HDD, reboot DVR and shut down DVR, etc. Vo i c e Client talks with DVR; PreviewNetwork live preview; AlarmRemote control DVR alarm output; Local Video OutRemote control DVR video output; Com ControlDVR RS-232 transparent channel function.
MAC address
This MAC address is not the address of DVR but the PC that will access DVR. If you setup
this MAC address, only the PC with this MAC address can access this DVR. At PC end, in
DOS prompt, you can use “ipconfig” command to get the PC MAC address (6 bytes).
Locoal Play
Administrator Can seting locoal playback right option for each channel for users.
Remote Play
Administrator Can seting remote playback right option for each channel for users.
Remote Watch
Administrator Can seting remote preview right option for each channel for users.
Delete user
In “User Management” interface, you can useÇ】【È】keys to select one user, then useÆ】, move “Active Frame” to “Del” button, press【ENTER】, in the pop-up confirmation dialog, press “Confirm” button to delete the selected user and return. Press “Cancel” or【ESC】to
abort deleting.
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5.3 Unit Name and Device ID

Unit name
In the “Display” menu
There is an item named “Unit Name”. The default unit name is “Embedded Net DVR”. Move
“Active Frame” to unit name edit box, press【EDIT】key to enter into edit status, you can
modify the unit name. About how to input characters, please refer to chapter 3.4. Press
ENTERkey to finish modification. Select “Confirm” button and press【ENTER, you can save the new unit name and make it into effect. Press “Cancel” button or【ESC】key to abort
modification.
Device ID
When you use IR controller to operate DVR, you must use device ID to select DVR. The
default device ID of DVR is “88”. If there are more than one DVR in one place, please define
different device ID for each DVR. Otherwise, the IR controller will control all DVR with the
same device ID at the same time.
In “Display” menu, move “Active Frame” to the device ID edit box, in the edit status, you
can use numeric keys to input new device ID. The device ID value is ranged among 01-100.
After you finish the modification, press “Confirm” button to save and take effect or press
“Cancel” to abort modification.
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5.4 Video Output Standard and VGA Setup

Video output standard
There is one VOUT BNC connector at the rear panel of DVR. It is used to connect with
analog monitor and can support PAL or NTSC video output. You can modify video output
standard to match video input.
In “Display” menu
There is a list box named “Video Output Standard”, you can useÇ】【È】key to select PAL
or NTSC video output.
VGA setup
There is one VGA interface at the real panel of DVR. You can use it to connect with VGA
display. You can define VGA resolution, refresh frequency in “Display” menu.
There are following options1024*768/60Hz, 800*600/60Hz and 800*600/75Hz. You can useÇ】【È】key to select. Press “Confirm” button to save or “Cancel” to abort.
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5.5 OSD Setup

OSD is abbreviation of “On Screen Display”. For our embedded DVRDVS, it includes
displaying system time and camera name.
OSD settings include:System time, time format, time display position, camera name, camera
name display position, etc.
System Time
In “Display” menu, you can setup DVR system date and time.
Display System Time
You can setup display properties for each camera, including display status, position and
format. Of course, you can copy the properties of one camera to all cameras. In “Image
Setup” menu as following, select one camera
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Display mode:There are several display modesOpaque&Steady, Transparent&Steady,
Transparent&Flashing, Opaque&Flashing,
Move “Active Frame” to “OSD” item, you can select one mode.
Display position and format:Move “Active Frame” to “Position” button on the right side of “OSD”, press 【ENTER】to enter into setup image, you can find there are 22*18 (for NTSC, 22*15) small panes, and OSD position is in red. You can useÈ】【Ç】【Æ】【Å】keys to move
the OSD position.
PressEDITkey to select OSD format. There are following OSD formats MM DD YYYY W hh:mm:ss (default) MM DD YYYY hh:mm: ss DD MM YYYY hh:mm:ss YYYY MM DD W hh:mm:ss YYYY MM DD hh:mm:ss
Here YYYY means year, MM means month, DD means day, W means weekday, hh menas
hour, mm means minute and ss means second.
PressENTER to save and return “Image” menu or perss toESCabort modification.
Copy parameters:After you setup the properties of one camera, you can copy it’s parameter
to any other camera or all cameras.
After you save the modification, you can find the modification will be taken into effective.
You can perss “Cancel” button or【ESC】key to abort.
Camera Name
In “Image Setup” menu, you can define name for each camera. Please note that camera’s
name can not be copied.
The steps of camera name setup
Step 1Select one camera. Step 2Move “Active Frame” to camera name edit box, pressEDITkey to enter into edit
status, you can input digital number, uppercase and lowercase characters (refer to
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Chapter 3.4). The camera name can support 32 characters.
Step 3:PressENTERkey to exit edit status. Move “Active Frame” to “Confirm” button, press【ENTER】to save the modification and you can see the new camera name. Press “Cancel” button or【ESC】key to abort.
Setup Camera Name Position
If you do not want to display camera name, just disable the check box beside camer name
edit box. The disable flag is “×”. If you enable the check box, you can setup the camera name position. You can copy the position to any other camera. The setup stpes are
Step 1Enter into “Image Setup” menu. Step 2Select one camera. Step 3Enable the check box on the right side of camer name, then you move “Active
Frame” to “Position” button, press【ENTER】to enter into camera name position setup interface, in that interface, you can useÈ】【Ç】【Æ】【Å】keys to move camera name position. When the position is fixed, press【ENTER】and return
“Image Setup” menu, and press “Confirm” button to save it. In the “Image Setup”
menu, perss “Cancel” button or【ESC】key, you can abort the modification.
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5.6 Video Parameters Setup

For different camera and different background, in order to get the best video image, you need
to adjust video parameters such as brightenss, saturation, contrast and hue, etc.
You can setup the camera individually, and also you can copy the video parameters of one
camera to any other cameras. Here are the setup steps
Step 1Enter into “Image Setup” menu
Step 2Select cameraPlease useÇ】【Èkeys to select one camera.
Ste p 3Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and hueMove “Active Frame” to the
“Adjust” button on the right side of Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue, press
ENTERkey, you will enter into the corresponding adjust interface. In the adjust interface, there is one scroll bar at the bottom, you can useÇ】【È】keys to adjust and
can find the video image will be changed at the same time. When you are satisfied
with the real time video image, press【ENTER】to return “Image Setup” menu.
Ste p 4 You can copy the video parameters of current camera to any other cameras. Or you
can repeat setp2 and step3 to adjust for any other camera.
After adjust, in “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save parameters and make
them into effective. Otherwise, perss “Cancel” button or【ESC】key to abort modification.
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5.7 Mask Area Setup

In some cases, maybe you want mask the sensitive area. This area will not be preview and
recorded. The mask area setup steps are following
Step 1Enter into “Image Setup” menu
Step 2Select one cameraYou can useÇ】【Èkeys to select one camera.
Step 3:Enter into mask area setup interfaceEnable the check box beside “Privacy Mask”
item, you can press【EDIT】key to change the flag into “9”, and active “Area” button.
Move “Active Frame” to “Area” button on the right side of mask check box, press
ENTERkey to enter into mask area setup interface.
Step 4Setup mask area:In the mask area setup interface, there is one small yellow pane on
the upper left side. For PAL camera, the whole screen is divided into 22*18 panes
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(22*15 for NTSC), you can use【↑】【↓】【→】【←】keys to move the yellow pane to your hope position and press【EDIT】key, the yellow pane will be turned into red, then you can use【↑】【↓】【→】【←】keys to extend the red pane. This red area is
the mask area.
After you make sure the red mask area, press【EDIT】key to save the mask area. Press【ESC】
key to cancel the mask area. The maximum mask area size is 8*8 panes and the minimum
size is only one pane. You can setup 4 mask areas at most.
After you finish setup, press【ENTER】key to return “Image Setup” menu. You can press【A】
key to clear all mask areas.
Step 5Save mask areaYou can repeat step2, step3 and step4 to setup mask area for other
cameras. In “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the mask area, press
“Cancel” bbutton to abort.
Here is the example for mask area function.
If you disable the mask check box, you can cancel the mask area.
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5.8 View Tampering Alarm

If you enable this function, when someone blocks the camera spitefully, DVR will make
warning alarm.
Step 1Enter into “Image Setup” memu
Step 2Select cameraPlease useÇ】【Èkeys to select one camera.
Step 3Select sensitivityYou can use【↑】【↓】keys to select the sensitivity for “View
Tampering” item. The sensitivity options are Low, Normal and High. Select one of them
will active “Area Setup” and “Policy Setup” function.
Step 4View tampering area setup Move “Active Frame” to “Area” button, press
ENTERkey to enter into area setup interface. The setup methods are same as that of mask
area setup. After setup the area, press【ENTER】key to return “Image Setup” menu. You can pressESCkey to abort.
Only one view tampering area can be setup.
Ste p 5View tampering alarm setup In “Image Setup” menu, move “Active Frame” to “Policy” button, press【ENTER】key to enter into “View Tampering Handle” menu
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Ste p 6Alarm schedule setupWhen there is view tampering alarm happened, DVR will
handle the alarm based on the schedule. You can set 4 periods for each day one week. Also
you can copy the schedule of one day to other days.
NotesTime periods can not be repeated. Please reboot DVR to make the parameters into
effective.
Step 7Setup alarm policyIf there is view tampering alarm happended in schedule, DVR
will response based on the policy. You can select one or more solution including “On Screen
Warning”, “Audible Warning”, “Upload to Center” and “Trigger Alarm Output”. You can use
【↑】【↓】and EDITkey to enable or disable them. “×” is disable and “9” is enable.
Ste p 8Save alarm setupAfter your setup, press “Confirm” button and return “Image
Setup” interface. In “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save current camera
parameters and return main menu.
Ste p 9 Save all camerasIf you want to setup other cameras, please repeat from step2 to
step 8. In “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” key to save all cameras parameters. Press
“Cancel” button or【ESC】key to abort.
Select “Off” option for “View Tampering”, you can delete the view tampering area.
NoteOnly one view tampering area can be setup for each camera. The view tampering area
can not be copied. If the schedule is modified, you must reboot the device to make the
parameters into effective.
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5.9 Video Loss Alarm

When the video cable or camera has something wrong, the video image is lost. If you enable
video loss alarm, in such case, DVR will make alarm.
Step 1Enter into “Image Setup” menu
Step 2Select cameraUseÇ】【Èkeys to select one camera.
Step 3:Enter into “Video Signal Loss Handle” interfaceMove “Active Frame” to the list
box on the right side of “Video Loss” item, useÇ】key to select “Handle” option and move “Active Frame” to the “Policy” button on right side. Press【ENTER】to enter into “Video Signal Loss Handle” interface
Step 4Setup alarm schedule:You can setup working schedule. Only when the video loss is
happened in the schedule, DVR will response.
NoteThe 4 time periods can not be repeated. Please reboot DVR to make parameters into
effective.
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Step 5Setup alarm policyYou can select one or more response solutions, including “On
Screen Warning”, “Audible Warning”, “Upload to Center” and “Trigger Alarm Output”. You
can use 【↑】【↓】and 【EDIT】key to enable or disable them. “×” is disable and “9” is
enable.
Ste p 6Save alarm setupAfter your setup, press “Confirm” button and return “Image
Setup” interface. In “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save current camera
parameters and return main menu.
Ste p 7 Save all camerasIf you want to setup other cameras, please repeat from step 2 to
step 6. In “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” key to save all cameras parameters. Press
“Cancel” button or【ESC】key to abort.
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5.10 Motion Detection Alarm

If you enable this function, when there is motion detected, DVR will make alarm.
Step 1Enter into “Image Setup” menu
Step 2Select cameraUseÇ】【Èkey to select one camera.
Step 3Select motion detection sensitivityOn the right side of “Motion Det. Level” item,
there is a list box. That is motion detection sensitivity. There are 7 options, from 0 (the lowest)
to 5 (the highest) and “Off”. You can use【↑】【↓】keys to select one. If you select “Off”
option, DVR will not response even if there is motion detection. If you select other options, it
will active “Motion Area Setup” button and “Policy Setup” button. If you select low
sensitivity such as 0, only when there are great motion detection, DVR can response. On the
other side, for high sensitivity such as 5, DVR will response with small motion detection.
Step 4Motion area setupYou must define motion areas so that DVR will response when
there is motion in those areas. Move “Active Frame” to “Area” buton on the right side of
sensitivity list box, press【ENTER】key, you can enter into “Motion Area Setup” interface.
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The whole screen is divided into 22*18 panes (NTSC22*15). There is one yellow panel on
the upper left side. The motion area setup steps are the same as that of mask area setup (refer
to chapter 5.7). The only differences are that you can use【PTZ】key to set the whole screen as motion area, and mutil motion areas can be defined. Press【A】key to clear all motion areas. Setup multi areas:After you setup one motion area, press【EDITkey, the yellow pane will
appear again, then you can setup another motion area.
Clear motion area Clear part of motion areaMove the yellow pane to the start clear position of motion area,
press【EDIT】, you will find the yellow pane is turned into black pane. You can use【↓】【→】 key to enlarge or shrink the black area. PressEDITkey to clear this part motion area. PressEnterkey to save and return “Image” menu. PressESCto cancel. Clear all motion areas:PressAkey to clear all motion areas of this channel.
The kyes used to setup motion areas are following
z 【↑】【↓】【←】【→】:Move yellow panel to any position; z EDIT】:Yellow panel and red panel switch key; z 【→】:Right enlarge red pane; z 【←】:Left shrink red pane; z 【↓】:Down enlarge red pane; z 【↑】:Up shrink red pane; z
PTZ】:Set whole screen as motion area;
z A】:Clear all motion areas; z ENTER】:Save and return “Image Setup” menu; z ESC】:Cancel setup and return “Image Setup” menu;
The motion detection area is displayed as following
Step 5Motion alarm policy:Move “Active Frame” to the corresponding “Policy” button of motion detection alarm, press【ENTER】key to enter into “Motiomn Alarm Handle” menu
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Ste p 6 Motion alarm record channel setupWhen there is motion alarm happened, you
can trigger related camera to start recording. In “Motion Alarm Handle” menu, you can select
one or more record channels. Please use【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable the flag into “9”.
NoteIn order to make the cameras start recording, in “Recording” menu, you must enable
recording schedule and set “Rec Type” as “Motion Detection” or “Motion | Alarm”.
Please refer to chapter 5.12 for recording setup.
Step 7Motion alarm schedule:When the motion alarm is happened in schedule, DVR will
response such as “On Screen Warning”, “Audible Warning”, “Upload to Center” and “Trigger
Alarm Output”. You can setup 4 time periods for one day and 7 days for one week.
NoteTime periods in one day can not be repeated.
Ste p 8Motion alarm handle method setupYou can select one or more handle methods
such as “On Screen Warning”, “Audible Warning”, “Upload to Center” and “Trigger Alarm
Output”.
DescriptionIf “On Screen Warning” is enabled, when there is motion alarm happened and
DVR is in preview mode, DVR will pop-up the related camera. If you trigger
more than one camera, DVR will pop-up them one by one every 10 seconds.
When the motion alarm is disappeared, DVR will restore preview mode.
Step 9Save motion alarm setup:Press “Confirm” button to return “Image Setup” menu. In
the “Image Setup” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the current camera parameters.
Ste p 1 0Save all camerasYou can repeat from step2 to step8 to setup motion detection
parameters for other cameras. Also you can copy the parameters of one camera to any other
cameras.
NoteMotion alarm area can not be copied.
If you want to disable motion alarm area and motion alarm policy, you just need to select the
motion alarm sensitivity as “Off”.
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5.11 Preview Properties

In “Preview” menu, you can setup preview mode, screen switch time, enable or disable audio
preview and preview layout.
Step 1Enter into “Preview” menu:In the main menu, move “Active Frame” to “Preview” icon and press【ENTER】, you can enter into “preview” menu.
Step 2Preview properties Preview modeFor preview mode item, you can use【↑】【↓】key to select one mode. If
DVR has only 1 channel, you can select only “1 Screen” option. If DVR has 4 channels, there
are “1 Screen” and “4 Screen” options. If DVR has more than 4 but less than 9 channels,
there are “1 Screen”, “4 Screen” and “9 Screen” options. If DVR has 16 channels, there are
“1 Screen”, “4 Screen”, “9 Screen”, “12 Screen” and “16 Screen” options.
Switch time:That is image preview switch time. You can use【↑】【↓】keys to select switch
time. There are many options, including “5 Seconds”, “10 Seconds”, “20 Seconds”, “30
Seconds”, “1 Minutes”, “2 Minutes”, “5 Minutes” and “Nerver”. If you select “Nerver”, the
preview image will not be switched automatically. For example, for 16 chanenls DVR, if you
select “4 Screen” preview mode and “20 Seconds” switch time, DVR will cycle display 4
channels image every 20 seconds.
Audio previewIf you enable audio preview (“9”), when you preview single camera, DVR
will play the audio of that channel.
Display delayIf you enable “On Screen Warning” option, when there are several cameras
has alarm, DVR will popup the camer screen one by one according to this time interval
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Preview layout setupThere is a square frame divided into many windows. If you select “4
Screen”preview mode, this frame is divided into 4 windows. Each window represents one
camera. You can move “Active Frame” among the windows. There is one bar under the
square to display the preview order of all cameras.
First select the biggest screen preview mode, for example, for 16-channel DVR, select “16
Screen” preview mode so that all windows are display in the square.
Secondly, move “Active Frame” to one of these windows, press numeric keys to input
camera index (If DVR has less than 10 channels, just use one numeric key, otherwise, use 2
numeric keys). The small window will display that camera number. In this way you can
change the display order. If you press 0 or 00, then the corresponding window will not
display live video.
After you define the camera perview order, you can select preview mode to meet your
demand.
Save setupPress “Confirm” button to save preview properties. Press “Cancel” or 【ESC
key to abort.
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5.12 Recording Setup

In main menu, there is an icon named “Recording”. You can enter into recording menu as
following
“Recording” menu description If HD FullThere are two options“Overwrite” and “Stop recording”. If you select
“Overwrite” option, when all HDDs in DVR are full, DVR will overwrite the earliest
recorded files and continue recording. If you select “Stop recording” option, when all HDDs
are all full, DVR will handle it as “Hard Disk Full” exception, please refer to chapter 5.17 for
exception menu.
Select CameraHere all channels are listed. You can use【↑】【↓】keys to select one.
Stream TypeThere are two options, one is “Audio&Video” stream and the other is “Video”
stream only. If you want to record video and audio, please select “Audio&Video” option,
otherwise you can select “Video” option to record only video.
NoteIf you change this option, please reboot DVR to make parameter into effective.
ResolutionThe higher resolution is, the clearer the image is. The resolution options from low to high areQCIF, CIF, 2CIF, DCIF, 4CIF.
DVR-470 supports QCIF and CIF. 100FPS (PAL) or 120FPS (NTSC)
DVR-1670 supports QCIF and CIF. First 8-ch has 100FPS and second 8-ch has 100FPS (PAL) or first 8-ch has 120FPS and second 8-ch has 120FPS (NTSC)
NoteIf you change this resolution option, please reboot DVR to make it into effective.
Bit Rate TypeThere are two options“Variable” and “Fixed”.
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If you select variable bit rate, DVR will adjust the actual bit rate according to the video
movement. When there is not much movement, DVR will use low bit rate, while there is
much movement, DVR will use high bit rate. In this case, DVR can save HDD usage and
network bandwidth. If you select fixed bit rate, DVR will use the fixed bit rate to compress
iamge. The bit rate size is defined in “Max Bit Rate” option. In this case, we can calculate the
recorded file size and network bandwidth that we need.
Max Bit RateIf you select variable bit rate, when the video input has great movement, we need to limit the max bit rate. The max bit rate has following options (bps)32K, 48K, 64K,
80K, 96K, 128K, 160K, 192K, 224K, 256K, 320K, 384K, 448K, 512K, 640K, 768K, 896K,
1M, 1.25M, 1.5M, 1.75M, 2M and “User define”.
The max bit rate selection has relations with resolution. If you select high resolution, you
must select high bit rate. For CIF resolution, the typical max bit rate is 384K-768Kbps. For
DCIF resolution, the typical bit rate is 512K-1Mbps. For 4CIF resolution, the typical bit rate
is 1Mbps-1.5Mbps. Of course, you will select the proper max bit rate based on the camera,
background and image quality requirement.
Bit rateYou can select bit rate size for fixed bit rate type. It is the same as “Max Bit Rate”.
Image QualityIf you select variable bit rate type, you can define image quality. There are 6
options:Highest, Higher, High, Average, Low and Lowest. High image quality needs high bit
rate size.
Frame Rate:Frame per second. Options are:Full (PAL is 25 FPS and NTSC is 30FPS), 20,
16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16. For low frame rate, you can select low bit rate
size.
PreRecord TimeWhen you enable motion detection recording or external alarm recording, you can define prerecord time. The options are:No PreRecord, 5 Seconds (default selection),
10 Seconds, 15 Seconds, 20 Seconds, 25 Seconds, 30 Seconds and Max PreRecord.
MaxPreRecord is to save all data in PreRecord buffer. The PreRecord time is related with bit
rate. The lower bit rate, the longer PreRecord time is.
If the bit rate (Max bit rate) is very low, and you select “PreRecord Time” as “5 Seconds”,
maybe the actual perrecord time is more than 5 seconds. On the other side, if the bit rate is
high, and set “PreRecord Time” as “30 Seconds”, the actual prerecord time maybe is less
than 30 seconds.
PostRecord TimeWhen external alarm or motion alarm is stopped, DVR will continue recording time. The options are5 Seconds (default), 10 Seconds, 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2
Minutes, 5 Minutes and 10 Minutes.
Enable Rec:Enable or disable selected camera record function. “×” means disable and “9”
means enable.
ScheduleWhen you enable recording function, you can setup recording schedule.
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NoteWhen the camera’s recording schedule is modified, you must reboot DVR to make it
into effective.
All day recording setup Step 1Enter into recording schedule menu
In recording menu, use【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable record function (“9” flag), press
“Schedule” button to enter into recording schedule menu.
Step 2Select ond day and enable all day recording option
For “Day” item, there are options:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Use【↑】【↓】keys to select one day. Move “Active Frame” to the check box on the right side of “All Day” item, press【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable “All Day” option. ×” means disable and “9” means enable.
Step 3Record type
For “Rec Type” item, the options areAll Time, Motion Detect, Alarm, Motion|Alarm, and
Motion&Alarm. For all day record mode, only one record type can be selected.
Step 4Copy to other days
You can repeat step2 and step3 to setup for other days. Also you can copy the current day to
other days.
Step 5Save
Press “Confirm” back to “Recording” menu. Press “Confirm” again to save the parameters
and return main menu.
None all day recording setup
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Step 1Enter into recording schedule menu
In recording menu, use【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to enable record function (“9” flag), press
“Schedule” button to enter into recording schedule menu.
Step 2Select ond day and disable all day recording option
For “Day” item, there are options:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Use【↑】【↓】keys to select one day. Move “Active Frame” to the check box on the right side of “All Day” item, press【ENTER】or【EDIT】key to disable “All Day” option. ×” means disable and “9” means enable.
Step 3Setup time period and record type
There are 4 time periods for one day, and each time period can select different record type.
Input start time and stop time for each time period, and select record type for each period.
The record type options areAll Time, Motion Detect, Alarm, Motion&Alarm and
Motion|Alarm.
NoteThe time periods in one day can not be repeat.
Step 4Copy to other days
You can repeat step2 and step3 to setup for other days. Also you can copy the current day to
other days.
Step 5Save
Press “Confirm” back to “Recording” menu. Press “Confirm” again to save the parameters
and return main menu.
Note
1) If record type is “Motion Detect” or other related types, you must setup “Motion
Detection” in order to trigger motion recording (refer to chapter 5.10).
2) If record type is “Alarm” or other related types, you must setup “Alarms” in order
to trigger alarm recording (refer to chapter 5.13).
3) The time period is among 0000 - 2400.
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5.13 External Alarm Input and Relay Output

For DVR-470, there are 4 external alarm input and 2 relay output. For DVR-1670, there are
16 external alarm input and 4 relay output. In “Alarms” menu, you can setup for each
external alarm input. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to “Alarms” icon and press
ENTERkey to enter into alarms menu
External alarm input setup
Step 1Select one alarm input
Use【↑】【↓】keys to select one alarm input.
Step 2Alarm type
This is sensor type. You can select “Normal Open” or “Normal Close” according to the
sensor type.
Step 3Enter into “Alarm in Handling” sub menu
In the “Alarms” menu, there are two options for “Alarm Handling” item. One is “Ignore”,
and the other is “Handle”. If you select “Handle” option, you can active “Policy” and “PTZ
Linkage” buttons on right side. Move “Active Frame” to “Policy” button and press【ENTER】 key, you will enter into “Alarm in Handling” sub menu
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Step 4Alarm trigger record channel setup
You can select channels to record for each alarm input. In the sub menu, you can use
ENTERor【EDITkey to enable record channel. “×” means disable and “9 means enable.
NoteIn order to trigger the channel to record, in “Recording” menu, you must enable
recording and select record type as “Alarm” or other related type. Please refer to
chapter 5.12.
Step 5Schedule for alarm handle method
When there is external alarm happened in the schedule, DVR will response according to the
handle methods.
Step 6Alarm handle method
You can select one or more handle method“On Screen Warning”, “Audible Warning”,
“Upload to Center” and “Trigger Alarm Output”.
DescriptionIf “On Screen Warning” is enabled, when there is external alarm happened and
DVR is in preview mode, DVR will pop-up the related camera. If you trigger
more than one camera, DVR will pop-up them one by one every 10 seconds.
When the external alarm is disappeared, DVR will restore preview mode.
Step 7Save setup
In “Alarm in Handling” sub menu, press “Confirm” button and return “Alarms” menu. In
“Alarms” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the parameters.
Step 8PTZ Linkage Move “Active Frame” to “PTZ Linkage” button, press【ENTER】key to enter into “PTZ Linkage” setup menu
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First select one camera, then select one of following PTZ linkage
z Preset:Set the flag as “9” to enable preset, in the preset number edit box and input one
preset number that has been setup already. Please refer to chapter 5.15 for preset setup.
z Sequence:Set the flag as “9” to enable sequence and input one sequence number that
has been setup already. Please refer to chapter 5.15 for sequence setup.
z Cruise:Set the flag as “9” to enable cruise. Please refer to chapter 5.15 for cruise setup.
Press “Confirm” button to save and return “Alarms” menu. Press “Cancel” button or【ESC】
key to abort and return “Alamrs” menu.
NotePlease make sure that the PTZ you are using can support preset, sequence and cruise
functions. One external alarm input can trigger many cameras PTZ linkage.
Step 9Copy the parameters to other external alarm input
You can copy the parameters of current alarm input to other external input.
Step 10Save setup
In “Alarms” menu, press “Confirm” button to save the parameters. Press “Cancel” button or
ESCkey to abort.
Alarm relay output setup
Step 1In “Alarms” menu, use【↑】【↓】keys to select one alarm output.
Step 2Select delay time
The delay time is when the alarm is disappeared, the alarm output will continue output time.
The delay time options are5 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 30 Seconds, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes, 5
Minutes, 10 Minutes and Manual Stop. If you select “Manual’ option, the alarm output will
not stop until you press “Clear Alarm” button in “Utilities” menu. So the actual alarm output
time is made up of alarm input time and this delay time.
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Step 3Enter into alarm out schedule
You can set the schedule to make alarm output into effective. Move “Active Frame” to
“Schedule” button on right side of “Alarm Out Time” item, press【ENTER】key to enter into the corresponding schedule menu
Step 4Setup alarm out schedule
Like other schedule setup, you can set 4 time periods for one day and 7 days for one week.
When you finish setup, press “Confirm” button to return “Alarms” menu.
Step 5Copy one alarm output parameters to other alarm output In “Alarms” menu, you can copy parameters of current alarm output to other alarm output.
Step 6Save setup
When you finish setup, in “Alarms” menu, press “Confirm” button to save all parameters.
NoteIf any schedule is modified, you must reboot DVR to make it into effective.
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5.14 Network Parameters

If you want use network to access DVR, you must setup network parameters.
NoteIf any network parameter is modified, you must save and reboot DVR to make it into
effective.
In main menu, move “Active Frame” to “Network” icon and press【ENTER】, you can enter
into “Network” menu as following
“Network” menu description *NIC typeDefautl is “10M/100M Auto”, the other options are10M Half-Dup, 10M
Full-Dup, 100M Half-Dup and 100M Full-Dup.
*IP addressThis IP address must not be conflict with other IP. If there is DHCP server in
network, you can set the IP as “0.0.0.0”, save and reboot DVR. In reboot process, DVR will
search the DHCP server and get one dynamic IP address. This item will display the dynamic
IP address. If DVR uses PPPoE function, also DVR can dialup into internet and this item will
display the dynamic internet IP address.
*PortNetwork access port number, must be greater than 2000. *MaskThis is sub net mask.
GatewayThe gateway IP is used to communicate in different network segments
DNS addressIf DVR uses PPPoE function, and get one dynamic IP address. If you set DNS
IP with one fixed Internet IP, DVR will send some information such as DVR name, DVR
serial number, DVR current IP to that fixed IP address. We call that fixed Internet IP as DNS
IP. The DNS server with that fixed Internet IP can receive DVR information and used to
resolve DVR dynamic IP.
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This DNS is special software, not the normal domain name server. You can use the provided
SDK to develop this DNS software.
Multicast IPIt is one D-class IP address, among 224.0.0.0 --- 239.255.255.255. If you do
not use multicast function, you do not need to set. Some routers will prohibit multicast
function in case of network storm.
Remote Host IP and Port:If you set this IP and port, when there is alarm and exception
happened, DVR will send information to that host IP. The center with this IP can receive
alarm and exception information from DVR. You can use SDK to develop this center
software.
NASNetwork access storage. DVR will regard network HDD as local HDD. If you enable
this function, DVR will send and save the real time image to that network HDD.
NAS IPThe IP of that network storage server. DirThe directory name shared by that network storage server.
This function is not available.
HttpPortThe port is for IE browser. The default value is 80. It can be modified.
PPPoEDVR support PPPoE dail-up function.
ExampleUse PPPoE function Step 1Enter into “Network” menu. Step 2Select NIC type. Step 3Input port number. In the port edit box, use numeric keys to input port number. The
port number must be more than 2000.
Ste p 4Input DNS IP. Input one fixed Internet IP address where the IP analyst software
(IPServer) is run.
Step 5Input PPPoE parameters. Use【ENTERor【EDITkey to enable PPPoE function
(set PPPoE flag as “”). Input PPPoE username, password and verify password that
ISP provided.
Step 6Save parameters. In “Network” menu, press “Confirm” to save parameters. Reboot
DVR to make parameters into effect. In reboot process, DVR will start dialup using
PPPoE function. If DVR dialup Internet successfully, DVR will display the dynamic
internet IP address in “Network” menu.

5.15 PTZ

There is one RS-485 port at DVR rear panel used for PTZ control. You can setup RS-485
parameters to match your PTZ protocol. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to PTZ icon
and press【ENTER】key, you can enter into PTZ menu as following
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PTZ menu description Select channelSelect one PTZ camera. RS-485 parametersIncluding baudrate, data bit, stop bit, parity, flow control, etc. These
parameters must be the same as those of PTZ. Protocol.
PTZ addressEach PTZ has one different address.
PTZ typeDVR had the following PTZ protocolYouLi, LinLin-1016, LinLin-820, Pelco-p,
DM DynaColor, HD600, JC-4116, Pelco-d WX, Pelco-D, VCOM VC-2000,
NetStreamer, SAE/YAAN, Samsung, Kalatel-312, CELOTEX, TLPelco-p,
TLHHX-2000, BBV, RM110, KC3360S, ACES, ALSON, INV3609HD, Howell,
Tc Pelco P, Tc Pelco D, AUTO-M, AUTO-H, ANTEN, CHANGLIN, DeltaDome,
XYM-12, ADR8060, EVI-D30, DEMO-SPEED, DM-PELCO-D, ST832,
LC-D2104, HUNTER, A01, TECHYIN, WEIHAN, LG, D-MAX, Panasonic,
KTD-348, infinova, PIH-7625, LCU, DennarDome, etc. Other PTZ protocols
will be added with the new firmware.
NoteIn DVR “PTZ” menu, if you select Pelco-P protocol, when you setup PTZ address,
please plus or minus one compared with Camera ID. For example, if camera ID is 2,
the DVR PTZ address is set as ID 3.
Preset setup:Preset is using one number to represent the camera’s position, zoom, focus and
iris. Move “Active Frame” to “Setup” button on the right side of “Preset” item, press
ENTERkey to enter into preset setup menu. You can save 128 preset numbers. Please make sure the PTZ support preset function before you setup preset.
Sequence setupEach sequence is made up of several curise points. Each cruise point
includes one preset number, dwell time and dwell speed. Please make sure the PTZ you are
using can support sequence function before you start to setup. You can save 16 sequnece.
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Cruise setup:Cruise is remembering the track of PTZ movement. Please make sure the PTZ
you are using can support cruise function.

Preset setup

In “PTZ” menu, move “Active Frame” to “Setup” button on the right side of “Preset” item,
press【ENTER】, you can enter into “Preset” setup menu
Add preset numberYou can input preset number (among 1-128) in the edit box. Then press
“Adjust” button to enter into PTZ control interface. In PTZ control interface, you can use
direction keys to adjust PTZ position, and use【IRIS+】 IRIS-FOCUS+FOCUS-
ZOOM+】【ZOOM-keys to adjust iris, focus and zoom. After you finish adjusting, pressENTER, then press “Save” button to save the preset number. You can repeat this step to
setup other preset numbers.
After you setup all preset numbers, press “Return” button to return “PTZ” menu. In “PTZ”
menu, press “Confirm” button to save all parameters.
Delete preset numberIn “Preset” setup menu, input one preset number, press “Delete”
button, you can delete this preset number. After deleting, press “Return” button to “PTZ”
menu. In “PTZ” menu, press “Confirm” button to save all modification.
Please make sure the PTZ you are using can support preset function.
Sequence setup
In “PTZ” menu, press “Setup” button on the right side of “Sequence No” item, you can enter
into “Sequence” setup menu
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In “Sequence” setup menu, first input the sequence number. The sequence is among 1 --- 16.
Each sequence is made up of cruise points, and each cruise point includes preset number,
dwell time and dwell speed. Dwell time is the time staying at that preset number. Dwell speed
is the speed that PTZ is moved to that preset number.
Press “Add” button to add one cruise point.
Press “Confirm” button to save the cruise point into the sequence.
After you finish setup the sequence number, press “StartSeq” to check the current sequence.
Perss “StopSeq” button to stop checking.
You can delete cruise points in one sequence.
After you finish sequence setup, press “Return” button back to “PTZ” menu. In “PTZ” menu,
perss “Confirm” button to save the modification.
Please make sure the PTZ you are using can support sequence function.
Cruise setup
In “PTZ” menu, press “Setup” button on the right side of “Cruise” item, you can enter into
“Cruise” setup menu
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Press “RecCru” button, you will enter into “PTZ control” interface. You can start controlling
PTZ with direction keys, press【ENTER】to save the operation track and return “Cruise” setup
menu. Press “StartCru” button to repeat the PTZ track until you press “Stop” button.
Press “Return” button back to “PTZ” menu. In “PTZ” menu, press “Confirm” button to save
this cruise.
Please make sure the PTZ you are using can support cruise function.
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5.16 RS232 setup

There is one RS-232 port at DVR rear panel. In main menu, move “Active Frame” to
“RS232” icon and perss【ENTER】key, you enter into “RS232” setup menu

RS232 menu description

RS-232 parametersIncluding baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity, flow control, etc.
Work modeThe RS-232 can be used as “Console”, “PPP” or “Transparent Channel”.
ConsoleConnect with PC serial port. You can use HyperTerminal or NetTerm to control it. PPPConnect Modem, using PSTN to transfer video image. Transparent channelConnect serial devices. Remote PC can control these serial devices
through network.
PPP ModeOnly used when work mode is “PPP”. There are two options:“Active”
and”Passive”. “Active” means DVR will diaup through PSTN. “Active” function is not
available. “Passive” means DVR will wait for dialup.
Callback modeOnly used when work mode is “PPP”. There are two options:“By Dialer”
and “Preset Tel’. This function is not available.
Remote IPOnly used when work mode is “PPP”. This IP is defined for remote PC that will
connect DVR through PSTN.
Local IPOnly used when work mode is “PPP”. This IP is defined for DVR.
MaskOnly used when work mode is “PPP”. Remote IP and Local IP are in the same sub net.
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Username, password and Verify password:Only used when work mode is “PPP”. Used for
login when remote PC dialup through PSTN.
PhoneOnly used when work mode is “PPP” and PPP mode is “Active”. It is the phone
number of remote PC.
Callback and Data EncryptionOnly used when work mode is “PPP”. They are not
available.
ConfirmSave parameters and return main menu.
CancelAbort modification and return main menu.
ExamplePPP (Modem) passive dialup through PSTN
There are two Modems. One is connected DVR RS-232 port with DCE cable. The other is
connected with PC COM port.
Setup at DVR end Step 1:RS232 setup Setup baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity and flow control. They must be
the same as those of modem connected with PC.
Ste p 2 Video setup In “Recording” menu, select the camera you want to transfer through
PSTN. If you set CIF resolution, we suggest you set frame rate as 1 FPS. If you set QCIF
resolution, the frame rate can be selected under 4FPS. You can adjust bit rate, resolution and
frame rate according to real conditions.
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Step 3Save setup In “Recording” menu, press “Confirm” button to save parameters. Step 4Setup Modem used on DVR side Use DCE calbe to connect Modem with PC serial
port. You can use HyperTerminal or NetTerm to setup modem
AT&F ---- Retore default parameters (Generally, Modem is hard flow control)
AT&S0=1---- Set Modem as answer
ATE0 ---- Not display the input characters
ATQ1 ---- Commit instruction and not display
AT&W&W1 ---- Save parameters
Step 5Use DCE cable to connect Modem with DVR RS232 port.
Setup at PC end Ste p 1 Setup Modem used on PC side. Use DCE calbe to connect Modem with PC serial
port. You can use HyperTerminal or NetTerm to setup modem
AT&F ---- Retore default parameters (Generally, Modem is hard flow control)
AT&W&W1 ---- Save parameters
Step 2Open “Network and Dial-up Connections” in control panel, then press “New
Connection…”, select “Dial-up to private network” according to the guide. Select the
corresponding MODEM, input the telephone no. to be dialed in the next step, finish it
according to the guide. At this time, you will find a new program named “Dial-up
Connection” in “Network and Dial-up Connections” folder.
Setup should be specially pay attention to
Open the properties of the new-established dialup program, select “Advanced”(custom
settings) in security option, press setup, set it in the popup dialogue box that is “Advanced
Security Settings” as follows
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Step 3Establish the dialup connection
Select the Modem connected with PC just like the dialup network connection, input the
telephone number connected with DVR’s modem. Input the username, password. They must
be the same as that DVR PPP setup.
Ste p 4During the dialup connection, it will give the message of “verification of username
and password”, after successfully verification; the message will be given “on process of
register in PC”. The process is the same as the common dialup connection.
Ste p 5After successful dialup, network will designate the “remote IP” address to PC, e.g.
the set 192.1.0.1. User can Ping-link the assigned IP address through Ping command, and can
Ping-link DVR. Please refer to the following picture.
Step 6You can preview the image of 192.1.0.2 by using client-end software.
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5.17 Exceptions

The exceptions can be handled at present include hard disk full, hard disk error, illegal
access, IP address conflict, network failure, and NTSC/PAL differ.
Enter into “Exceptions” menu
Including the following handle methods Audible WarningDVR beep warning. Upload to CenterSend exception information to center host PC. Trigger Alarm Outputtrigger local relay output.
You can select more than one handle methods.
After you finish setup, press “Confirm” button to save parameters. Press “Cancel” button or
ESCkey to abort.
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5.18 Transaction Information

The DVR can actively obtain or passively receive the credit card number from ATM machine
linked through network or serial port, and credit card number can be overlay on live video,
recorded and playback. The following description indicates how to carry out relevant
parameter setting according to different links to ATM machine.
In “Transaction Information” menu, there are 4 kinds of text capture solutions
1. Network SniffObtain the transaction information such as credit card number actively
through network.
The network connection is as following
The corresponding setup menu is following
You need to setup the following information
IP address of ATM machine
Type of ATM machine
Start & end position, length and the content of data message
Start & end position and length of credit card number
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Start & end position and length of transaction type
Transaction type and code
When the ATM machine is sending transaction information to bank center, DVR will capture
the data package through network, and analyse the data according to the format. Then DVR
will overlay the correspond text on live video.
2. Network receiveDVR receives data sent by ATM machine through network.
You only need to setup DVR listen port. The default port value is 10000.
In this case, you must develop the software that is run in the ATM machine based on special
protocol. The software will send the transaction information directly to the DVR. DVR will
receive, analyse and overlay the text on live video.
3. Receive data sent by ATM through serial port
The connection is following
The corresponding setup menu is following
You only need to setup ATM machine type.
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In the case, you must set the RS-232 of DVR as transparent channel mode as following
A software must be run in the ATM machine, and send the credit card number, transaction
code to DVR through RS-232 port.
Please provide detail ATM machine communication protocol for actual projects.
4. Receive the command sent by ATM through serial port
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In the case, you must set the RS-232 of DVR as transparent channel mode as following
Also, a software must be run in ATM machine, and send command to DVR through RS-232
port based on special communication protocol.
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Chapter6 Utilities

There are many tools in “Utilities” menu. Including “SavePara”, “RestorePara”, “Upgrade”,
“Hard Disk”, “Stop Alarm Out”, “Reboot”, “Power Off”, “View Log” and “System Info”.
Enter into “Utilities” menu

6.1 Save Parameters

Save factory default parameters into FLASH memory. You can reboot DVR to make them
into effective.

6.2 Restore Parameters

Restore factory parameters for DVR. The IP address, gateway and port number will not be
restored.
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6.3 Upgrade

You can use this function to upgrade the firmware. Please confirm the language is matched.
Press “Upgrade” icon, in the pop-up dialog, you can select either “FTP” or “USB” upgrade
mode.
If you select “FTP” mode, you will enter into “FTP Upgrade” menu
Input the ftp server IP and press【ENTER】key. DVR will connect with FTP server through
network and download the firmware file.
If you select “USB” mode, please make sure you connect one USB flash memory with DVR
and the firmware file is in its root directory.
Reboot after successfully upgrading, the system will use the new firmware.
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6.4 Hard Disk Management

Check HDD work status
Capacity, Free space, Stand by or not, Normal status or not.
Format HDD
Before formatting stop all recording. After formatting, you must reboot DVR, otherwise
DVR will not work normally.

6.5 Clear Alarm Out

Clear the alarm output manually.

6.6 Reboot

Reboot DVR.

6.7 Power Off

Shut down DVR.

6.8 View Log

To view the log recorded in DVR HDD.
In “Utilities” menu, press “View Log” to enter into “Log” menu
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If you want to view the log based on default option, just press【ENTER】key. DVR will list all
matched information. Also you can select options to search (By Type, By Date, By
Type&Date).
By Type
To view log information of the assigned type.
Type is divided into “Major type” and “Minor type”. Major type includes operation, alarm,
exception and all.
For operation major type, there are many minor types, including Power On, Shut Down,
Abnormal Shut, Panel Login, Panel Logout, Panel Config, Panel File Play, Panel Time Play,
Local Start Record, Local Stop Record, Panel PTZ, Panel Preview, Panel Set Time, Local
Upgrade, Net Login, Net Logout, Net Start Record, Net Stop Record, Net Start Transparent
Channel, Net Stop Transparent Channel, Net Get Parameter, Net Config, Net get Status, Net
Alert On, Net Alert Off, Net Reboot, BiComStart (Start Voice Talk), BiComStop (Stop Voice
Talk), Net Upgrade, Net File Play, Net Time Play, Net PTZ.
For alarm major type, the minor type includes External Alarm In, External Alarm Out,
Motion Detect Start, Motion Detect Stop, View Tamper Start, View Tamper Stop.
For exception major type, the minor type includes: Video Signal Loss, Illegal Access, Hard
Disk Error, Hard Disk Full, IP Conflict, DCD Lost.
For exampleThe steps of viewing alarm log. Step 1For “Query” item, select “By Type” to active “Major Type” and “Minor Type” items. Step 2For “Major Type” option, select “Alarm” option. For “Minor Type” option, select one
of following optionsAll, External Alarm In, External Alarm Out, Motion Detect Start,
Motion Detect Stop, View Tamper Start, View Tamper Stop .
Step 3:Move “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button, press【ENTERkey to start searching.
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Ste p 4When searching is finished, DVR will list all matched alarm information. In the list box, the information includesIndex, Occur Time, Major Type, Minor Type, Panel User, Net
User, Host Address, Para. Type, Channel No, HDD No, Alarm In and Alarm Out. You can
press “More Info” button for more information, also slect page number to view more
information.
Step 5Press “Return” button back to “Utilities” menu.
By Time
View the log between one time period.
Step 1Select “By Time” for “Query” option to active “Start Time” and “Stop Time” items. Step 2Input start time and stop time. Step 3Move “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button and pressENTERkey to start
searching.
Step 4After finish searching, DVR will list the matched log information. Step 5Press “Return” button back to “Utilities” menu.
By T ype&Date
View one kind of log in the assigned time period.
Ste p 1 Select “By Type&Time” for “Query” option to active “Major Type”, “Minor Type”
“Start Time” and “Stop Time” items.
Step 2Select “Operation” for major type and select one option for minor type. Step 3Input start time and stop time. Step 4Move “Active Frame” to “Search Log” button and pressENTERkey to start
searching.
Step 5After finish searching, DVR will list the matched log information. Step 6Press “Return” button back to “Utilities” menu.
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6.9 System Information

Press “System Info” icon in “Utilities” menu, you can get DVR system information
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Chapter7 Firmware Upgrade

The DVR firmware is stored in FLASH ROM. You can use DVR upgrade function to write
the firmware file (digicap) into FLASH.
There are two cases that you need to upgrade DVR firmware. One is update old firmware.
The other is when the code in DVR FLASH is crashed.
NoteMake sure that the DVR and the firmware are compatible before the upgrade.

7.1 FTP Server Setup

You can download FTP server software through internet. Here we use wftpd32.exe as the
example
1. Run wftpd32.exe (FTP server software).
2. Select “Logging” in the menu,choose Log Options in the sub menu, and give the choice
as following
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3. Select “Users/rights” under “Security” menu item. The following dialog box will be
pop-up.
4. Create new user. Click “new user’. New user dialog pops up. Input user name “target”.
Click “OK”.
5. In the password dialog, input password “target” in “New Password” and “Verify
Password” edit box. Click “OK” to save and exit the dialog box.
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6. In the “User/Rights Security” Dialog, select “User Name” as “target”. In “Home
Directory” edit box, input the path where the firmware file (digicap) is placed. Then
press “Done” to exit.
7. Next time, you need not setup again, just double click and open “wftpd32.exe” to upgrade
the DVR/DVS firmware.
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7.2 Upgrade Mode

1. Use client software to upgrade the firmware file. You do not need to use ftp server
software. Please refer to the client software user manual for detail information.
2. Use “FTP” function of “Upgrade” sub menu in “Utilities” menu. You need one host PC
to run FTP server software and place firmware file (digicap), and make sure DVR and
PC are in the same sub net.
3. Use “USB” function of “Upgrade” sub menu in “Utilities” menu. Please make sure the
firmware file (digicap) is placed under root directory of USB flash memory.
4. After you reboot DVR, if you can only hear the startup sound, but can not see startup
picture, you can input shell commands under HyperTerminal. You need one host PC to
run FTP server and HyperTerminal software, and make sure DVR and host PC are in the
same sub net. Please use DTE cable to connect DVR will host PC.
Step 1Setup and run HyperTerminal The parameters areBaud rate115200bps, Data bit8 bits, Stop bit1 bit,
ParityNo, Flow ctrlNone.
Step 2Press "ctrl" and "u" keys of the PC keyboard. Do not release them. Ste p 3 Switch off and on the power supply of DVRDVS. In the HyperTerminal, the
following sentence is appearedPlease input [u/U] or [ESC] key Release "ctrl" and "u"
keys.
Step 4Press “u” key. In the message line of “IP address of NET DVR”, input any one
ip, just make sure DVR IP and FTP server IP are in the same sub net.
Step 5In the message line of “IP address of the FTP server”, input the FTP server IP. Step 6In the message line of “Confirm? (y/n)”, press “y”. DVR will connect with that
FTP server, and download the firmware file (digicap) through network. Please make
sure FTP server and firmware file are setup and run correctly. After upgrade finished,
press any key to reboot DVR.
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Appendix A DVR Connect Cable
Definition

1 UTP network connect cable made method

Material and tool
One twist cable (8 pin, the length can be defined as to the actual demand, but must be within
100m), 2 standard RJ45 head, one tool for RJ45.
Suggestion
Pin definition
To make the network cable according to the actual situation, there are two options
(1) Use the following method to make the network cable when DVR is connected with
have a network cable test tool to test each cable made.
network hub or switch.
The corresponding relati ship of the direct cable
(2) make the cross network cable when DVR is directly
Use the following method to
connected with client-end PC.
on
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The corresponding relationship of cross cable

2 RS-232 connect cable made method

DVR-802x has standard DB9 RS-232 interface, like PC COM port.
Pin definition
“I” means DVR input and O means DVR output.
Pin index Name I/O Description
1 DCD I Carrier Detect
2 RXD I Receive Data
3 TXD O Transfer Data
4 DTR O Terminal Device Ready
5 GND Ground
6 -- -- --
7 RTS O Request to Send
8 CTS I Clear Data
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Appendix B Specifications

Model name
Video
compression
Preview
resolution
Playback
resolution
Video input 4 16
Video input
interface
Video output 1 channel, BNC (Electrical Level1.0Vp-p, resistance:75Ω)
Video loop out 4 16
Total frame
rate
Stream type Video/Video&Audio Video/Video&Audio
Max bit rate 32Kbps--2Mbps, self-define
Audio input 4 4
Audio input
interface
Audio output
Audio
compression
Audio
compression
rate
Communicatio
n interface
HDD IDE
interface
USB interface
VGA interface
External alarm
in
RCA (Linear Electrical Level,
1 channel, RCA (Linear Electrical
Level, Resistance:600Ω)
1 RJ45 10M/100M Self-adaptive Ethernet Interface
1 RS232 interface
1 RS485 interface
2 IDE interface, can support 4 IDE HDD and each HDD can support 2000GB or 2
HDD + IDE CD-RW/DVD-RW
1 USB interface, USB1.1, can support USB flash memory, USB HDD, USB
CD-RW/DVD-RW.
1 VGA interface, support resolution:800×600/60Hz, 800×600/75Hz, 1024×
768/60Hz
DVR-470 DVR-1670
H.264
PAL 704*576 (4CIF), NTSC704*480 (4CIF)
CIF/QCIF
BNC (Electrical Level1.0Vp-p, resistance:75Ω)
PAL 100FPS
NTSC120FPS
RCA (Linear Electrical Level,
Resistance600)
1 channel, RCA (Linear Electrical Level,
OggVorbis OggVorbis
16Kbps 16Kbps
4 16
PAL 200FPS
NTSC240FPS
Resistance600)
Resistance600Ω)
Relay output 2 4
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Power supply 100~240VAC, 6.3A, 50~60 HZ
Power
consumption
Work in g
temperature
Work in g
humidity
20--42W (without HDD)
-10℃--+55℃
10--90
Size 14.25 inch standard (440mm*390mm*70mm)
Weig ht 8Kg (without HDD and CD-R/W)
PAL 176*144(QCIF), 352*288(CIF), 704*288(2CIF), 528*384(DCIF), 704*576(4CIF); NTSC176*120(QCIF), 352*240(CIF), 704*240(2CIF), 528*320(DCIF), 704*480(4CIF).
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Appendix C List of Recommended DVR
Peripherals
USB DVD-R/W
1. LG GSA-E10L
2. BENQ EW164B
USB CD-R/W
1. BENQ external 5232WI-ok2
2. ASUS CRW-4824A + USB Convertor case
3. SONY CD-R/RW CRX230AD + Convertor cable
4. SONY CD-R/RW CRX225E + Convertor cable
5. BENQ external EW162I-OK2
IDE CD-R/W
1. Sony CD-R/RW CRX225E
2. NEC DVD R/RW & CD-R/RW ND-3500A
3. Toshiba Samsung CD-RW SH-R522
4. LG GCE-8525B CD-R/W
IDE HDD Maxtor
1. DiamondMax Plus 9 80G ATA/133 HDD
2. DiamondMax Plus 9 160G ATA/133 HDD
3. DiamondMax Plus 9 200G ATA/133 HDD
4. MaxLine Plus II 250G ATA/133 HDD
5. MaxLine II 300GB ATA/133 HDD
6. MaxLine III 300GB ATA/133 HDD
Seagate
1. Barracuda 7200.7 40G
2. Barracuda 7200.7 80G
3. Barracuda 7200.7 120G
4. Barracuda 7200.7 160G
5. Barracuda 7200.7 200G
6. U Series 9 ce ST3160022ACE 160GB
7. DB35 Series ST3250823ACE 250GB
8. DB35 Series ST3300831ACE 300GB
9. SV35 Series ST3160812AV 160GB
10.
SV35 Series ST3250824AV 250GB
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West Digital
1. WD Caviar WD400BB
2. WD Caviar WD800BB
3. WD Caviar WD1200BB
4. WD Caviar WD2000BB
5. WD Caviar WD2500BB
6. WD Caviar SE WD1600BB
7. WD Caviar SE WD2000JB
8. WD Caviar SE WD2500JB
9. WD Caviar SE WD3000JB
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Appendix D Quick Search Function Table

Type Name Description Index
Safety
function
HDD
recording
Local
monitoring
Network
User
management
Password
Management
HDD
management
Recording
mode
Recording
para.
Playback Playback by time, Playback by file. Fast, Slow,
Backup Backup record files and video clips. 4.7
Preview mode Monitor and VGA display. 1 screen/4 screen/9
PTZ control Control pan, tilt, zoom, focus and iris. Setup and
Motion
detection
Alarm input Alarm input response policy, schedule setup. 5.13
Relay output Alarm output parameters setup. 5.13
Mask Sensitive mask area setup. 5.7
View
tampering
Exceptions Exception response, such as HDD error, HDD full,
Camera status Recording, video loss status display. 4.2
ASDL Using PPPoE dialup function, support DNS. 5.14
Preview TCP, UDP, RTP, Multicast. *
Control Control DVR through network. *
Alarm Send alarm information to host PC through network. 5.14
PTZ control Remote control PTZ. *
Remote setup Remote setup DVR parameters. *
Create and delete users. System has one default
administrator. The administrator can create 15 users
and define their rights.
Modify password. 4.3&5.1
Format HDD, HDD information. 6.4
Manual record, All time record, Motion detection
record, Alarm record, Motion&Alarm record,
Motion|Alarm record.
Bit rate, Frame rate, Image quality etc 5.12
Pause, Frame by frame. 2-ch synchronized.
screen/16 screen preview mode. Auto switch or
manual switch.
adjust preset, sequence and cruise.
Motion detect area, sensitivity and response policy
setup.
Camera spiteful block setup. 5.8
illegal access, etc.
5.2
5.12
4.6
5.11
4.4
5.10
5.17
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Remote
Remote record real time stream. *
record
Remote
Remote playback the recorded files in DVR *
playback
Download Download recorded files in DVR. *
Remote
Remote upgrade firmware. *
upgrade
Transparent
channel
Remote control serial device connected with serial
port of DVR.
Web Using IE to access DVR *
PSTN Access DVR through PSTN. 5.16
OSD OSD setup 5.5
Utilities
LOGO Logo setup 5.5
View log View log 6.8
*NoteThe network SDK and client demo source code are included in attached CD.
5.16
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Appendix E Troubleshooting

Failure Possible reasons
After plugging in power, turning on the power switch,
“POWER” light in front Panel does not turn on, and fan
does not work.
After plugging in power, turning on the power switch,
“POWER” light in front panel turn to green while fan does
not work.
After plugging in power, turning on switch, “POWER”
light turn to green, the indicator lights in the panel turn on
at the same time, but fan does not work.
DVR continuously reboots after start up, and makes a
sound like “di” every 10 seconds.
There are no images in the monitor connected with VOUT
after DVR is started.
Cannot find the hard disk in reboot process. 1) Hard disk cable is broken.
No reponse in HyperTerminal interface. 1) Baud rate is not matched.
DVR can not control PTZ through RS-485 port. 1) RS-485 cable is not
Client software can not view DVR live image. 1) Network is error.
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1) Power cable is broken.
2) Power supply is broken.
1) Front panel cable is broken.
2) Fan is broken.
The ATX plug in main board is
not well plugged in.
1) Upgrade the wrong firmware
2) Compression board has
problems.
3) Main board has problems.
1) The cable connected with the
monitor is broken.
2) Real board of DVR has
problems.
3) Main board of DVR has
problems.
2) The power cable of hard disk
is not connected.
3) Hard disk is broken.
2) RS-232 cable is broken.
3) Serial port of PC is broken.
4) RS-232 port of DVR is
broken.
connected correctly or
broken.
2) PTZ parameters error.
3) RS-485 port of DVR is
broken.
2) Connect wrong DVR (wrong
IP, port number, username or
password, ect).
3) Old player SDK (playm4.dll)
Notes
1) Place the DVR in well ventilated space so that it operates within the allowed range of
temperature and humidity as in specification.
2) If the circuit board is wet, dust on circuit board can cause a short circuit. The circuit board,
lug and socket, housing fan and housing should be cleaned by brushing regularly.
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