Prosonic DVR User Manual

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CHAPTER I. ABOUT THE PRODUCT .................................................................................................................................... 5

1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

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1.2 FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................ 6

CHAPTER II. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION .................................................................................................................... 10

2.1 CHECK THE DEVICE......................................................................................................................................................... 10

2.2 INSTALL .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

CHAPTER III. OPERATION INSTRUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 13

3.1 FRONT PANEL……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .. 13

3.2 REMOTE CONTROLLER ................................................................................................................................................... 14

3.3 MOUSE OPERATION ......................................................................................................................................................... 15

3.4 MENU OPERATION ........................................................................................................................................................... 15

3.5 INPUT METHOD ................................................................................................................................................................ 17

3.6 SCREEN DISPLAY IN RUNNING STATE ................................................................................................................................ 17

CHAPTER IV. BASIC OPERATION ......................................................................................................................................... 19

4.1 TURN ON ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19

4.2 DATE/TIME SETTING ........................................................................................................................................................ 19

4.3 RECORDING SETTING ...................................................................................................................................................... 20

4.4 SECRET RECORDING SETTING .......................................................................................................................................... 21

4.5 PLAY (PLAYBACK) ........................................................................................................................................................... 21

4.6 SINGLE FRAME PLAYING .................................................................................................................................................. 22

4.7 DUAL WORKFLOW OPERATION ........................................................................................................................................ 22

4.8 SEARCH AND PLAY ........................................................................................................................................................... 22

4.9 TURN OFF ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23

CHAPTER V. MENU AND PARAMETER SETTINGS .......................................................................................................... 24

5.1 LOCAL DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................................... 24

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5.1.1 Password operation instruction ..................................................................................................................................... 25

5.2 IMAGE SETTING ............................................................................................................................................................... 26

5.2.1 Area mask setting ................................ ....................................................................................................................... 26

5.2.2 Image mask setting ..................................................................................................................................................... 27

5.2.3 Alarm processing setting ................................................................................................................................ ............ 28

5.2.4 Video loss setting ........................................................................................................................................................ 30

5.2.5 Motion detection setting ............................................................................................................................................. 31

5.3 VIDEO RECORDING SETTING ............................................................................................................................................ 34

5.4 NETWORK SETTING ......................................................................................................................................................... 36

5.5 ALARM SETTING ............................................................................................................................................................. 38

5.6 ABNORMITY PROCESSING .............................................................................................................................................. 39

5.7 SERIAL PORT DEVICE ....................................................................................................................................................... 40

5.8 PREVIEW SETTING ......................................................................................................................................................... 47

5.9 USER MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................................ 47

5.9.1 Authority setting ........................................................................................................................................................ 48

5.10 PLAY BACKUP .................................................................................................................................................................. 49

5.10.1 Playback by time search …………………… ……………………………………………………………………… 50

5.10.2 Backup ......................................................................................................................................................................... 50

5.11 TOOLS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 51

5.12 FACTORY SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... 51

5.13 UPGRADE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 51

5.14 HDD MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................................ 52

5.14.1 Recover data ................................................................................................................................................................ 53

5.14.2 HDD check (not available at present) ............................................................................................................................ 53

5.15 LOG MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................................................................... 53

5.16 SYSTEM INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................................... 54

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CHAPTER VI. NETDVR OPERATION INSTRUCTION ......................................................................................................... 55

6.1 FEATURES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 55

6.2 CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................................................................. 56

6.3 START SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................................................................ 56

6.4 MAIN MENU ..................................................................................................................................................................... 57

6.4.1 Channel management ................................................................................................................................................ 58

6.4.2 User management....................................................................................................................................................... 60

6.4.3 Proxy management .................................................................................................................................................... 61

6.4.4 Channel number ........................................................................................................................................................ 62

6.4.5 Language .................................................................................................................................................................... 63

6.4.6 Change skin ................................................................................................................................................................ 63

6.4.7 Local settings .............................................................................................................................................................. 63

6.4.8 Exit ............................................................................................................................................................................. 65

CHAPTER VII. SPECIFIC OPERATION OF NETDVR ........................................................................................................ 66

7.1 RIGHT-CLICK MENU ........................................................................................................................................................ 66

7.2 VIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................... 66

7.3 PATROL ........................................................................................................................................................................... 67

7.4 TAKE PICTURE ................................................................................................................................................................. 68

7.5 RECORD VIDEO................................................................................................................................................................ 68

7.6 MONITOR AUDIO ............................................................................................................................................................. 68

7.7 ADJUST IMAGE QUALITY AND FRAME RATE ..................................................................................................................... 69

7.8 EXIT ................................................................................................................................................................................ 69

CHAPTER VIII. KEYS DEFINITION .................................................................................................................................... 70

CHAPTER VIIII. PAN/TILT CONTROL................................................................................................................................ 73

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9.1 PAN/TILT CONTROL.......................................................................................................................................................... 73

9.2 NETWORK PAN/TILT CONTROL ........................................................................................................................................ 73

CHAPTER X. INTERNET EXPLORER SETTINGS ……………………………………………………………………...……. .75

10.1 INTERNET OPTIONS SETTINGS ON PC………………………………………………………………………………………….75

10.2 VIEW DVR IMAGE BY IE………………………………………………………………………..…………………..…….….….76

10.3 VIEW DVR FIELD IMAGE……………………………………………………………………………..…………………...…….79

10.4 ADJUST FRAME RATE…………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….79

10.5 PLAY/BACKUP VIDEO ON DVR…………………………………………………………………..……………………..……….80

10.6 CAPTURE VIDEO…………………………………………………………………………………………….…..……...……….82

10.7 PLAY THE CAPTURED/BACKUP VIDEO……………………………………………….………….…………….……………….82

10.8 LISTEN IN VOICE………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….……….82

10.9 CONTROL VIDEO STREAM……………………………………………………………………………………………..….……82

10.10 ACHIEVE CONTROL OVER PTZ…………………………………………………………………..…………….………..…….83

10.11 OPERATE REMOTE MENU…………………………………………………………………………………………...…..…….83

CHAPTER XI TROUBLESHOOTING ..................................................................................................................................... 84

APPENDIX 1 SPECIFICATIONS AND PARAMETERS .................................................................................................... 89

APPENDIX 2 PACKING LIST ……………………………………………………………………………….…………. 91

Chapter I. About the Product

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1.1 Introduction

Digital Video Recorder ( DVR ) is a digital monitoring product specially designed for security and surveillance. With
professional embedded operating system PSOS, it is independent of the PC platform, aviod computer virus attack and
eliminates halt permanently, which enables the system to run faster and more stably. DVR is also integrated with the feature of
digital A/V server and can be connected to Internet to build powerful safety monitoring network. It can be widely applied in
different industries, e.g. marketplace, office building, factory, warehouse, community, etc, ensuring a good security guarantee
for them.

Connection diagram:

1.2 Functions and features

System mode

With professional operating system PSOS, DVR is independent of the PC platform, aviod computer virus attack and

eliminates halt permanently, so it is more stable and free of delay;

Independent modular design makes the system more stable;

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Compression method

Compress/decompress in H264 algorithm and higher definition is ensured;
The audio is compressed in G.729 algorithm, which will bring better audio effect;
Synchronized A/V compression;
CBR and VBR compression;

Display

4-channel A/V input, BNC output;
25 F/S (PAL) or 30 F/S (NTSC) real-time compression in each channel without delay;
The contrast, brightness and saturation of field on live and playback image are adjustable;
Customize the name of every image;

Video recording

4-channel synchronized A/V recording;
High definition image (CIF); CBR/VBR settings;
Synchronized A/V recording; the parameters of video recording of each channel can be set separately; frame rate

is adjustable (0.1F/S – 25 F/S);

Manual, schedule, alarm and motion detection recording;
Five levels are available for image quality and bit rate may be customized;

Motion detection function

48 motion detection areas can be set in each image;
Level 1-7 sensitivity can be set in each image;

Storage

Support up to 2 SATA hard disks (The capacity can support to1.5T) ;
No limitation on capacity and rotation speed of hard disk;
Manual overwriting, automatic overwriting and no overwriting are optional;
Customize auto alarm of left capacity, i.e. alarm automatically when the left space of hard disk is less than the value

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you have set;

The system is integrated with sleep function to reduce heat radiation of the recorder and extend the service life of hard disk;

Search

Search by date/time, list or exact search;
Common/alarm video recording searching;
Log function;

Playback

Synchronized playback of single channel A/V;
Play: Fast forward, fast rewind, pause, single frame, previous track, next track, track head, track end, mute;
Fast forward: 1/2×, 2×, 4×, 8×, 16×, 32×;

Fast rewind: 1×, 2×, 4×, 8×, 16×, 32×;

Version

Device type, version number, version date;
Capacity, video recording information (common/alarm), recording time;
Working disk, cover mode and times;

Card number appending (optional)

According to the interface protocol provided by user, intercept the card number through RS232 or network port and

append the information of card holder to corresponding image;

PTZ control

Support multi-protocol decoder with RS485 bus;

Centralized control

Control with keyboard through RS485 interface and one keyboard may control several devices separately according to ID;

Alarm function

4 alarm inputs/1 alarm outputs;

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Customize time of alarm output;
Customize alarm input type NC/NO;
Clear alarm manually or by remote control/network;
Open/Close buzzer in menu;
Camera blank or video loss alarm;
Support pre-alarm recording

Network function

Support 10/100MB self-adaptive network;
Download backup with network control software;
Control PTZ/lens, speed dome camera with network control software;
Support WEB browsing;

Multiple Viewers

Support multiple viewers simultaneously by IE browsing

Safety protection

128-byte data encryption;
Dual password protection: administrator and operator;
Power switch and panel lock; the front panel will be locked automatically within a certain period;

Backup

Backup in network or another PC;
Backup with USB, DVDRW or USB HDD;

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Chapter II. Installation Instruction

2.1 Check the device

Before install the digital video recorder, please check whether the appearance of the device is damaged and whether the

accessories are complete. Then, open the case, remove the protective film and begin to install the device.

Prepare the devices (camera, power supply and monitor, etc) which will be connected to the digital video recorder and

connect them.

2.2 Install

Important:

 Select appropriate installation position to provide good ventilation and prevent overheating of the device.
 Do not install the device near heat sources like radiator and ventiduct, or places with direct sunshine irradiation, too

much dust, or mechanical vibration or impact.

 This digital video recorder isn’t equipped with hard disk. You may use the device without hard disk but you can’t

record the video. High speed hard disk of 7200 rpm or higher is recommended.

Install hard disk: get a cross screwdriver first.

 Step 1: Open the case.
 Step 2: Remove hard disk holder. Using a SATA cord to connect HDD onto SATA connector. It support capacity up to

2000GB.

 Step 3: Put the hard disk into the holder and fix it with screws on both left and right.
 Step 4: Put the holder back to the device and fix it with screws.

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 Step 5: Connect SATA hard disk data cable. To connect two hard disks with one data cable, you need to set the

master drive and slave drive. The data cable has three joints, which will be connected to the pin sockets on
motherboard, master drive and slave drive respectively. Level the data cable joints and the pins of sockets when
connect.

 Step 6: Connect the power cord of hard disk.
 Step 7: Put on the cover of the case and fix it with screws.

When hard disk is installed, connect other parts to the interfaces on rear panel.

Rear panel

1. Audio input

Connect to (analog) Audio input device.

2. Audio output

Connect to (analog) audio output device.

3. Video input

Connect to video input device.

4. Video output

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Connect to monitor and output video signals.

5. UTP network port

Connect to Ethernet devices, e.g. Ethernet switch, Ethernet hub, etc.

6. Power supply
Connect to DC12V/3A power supply.

7~9. Connection terminal of alarm input/output signal and RS485 signal

Connect to peripheral equipment like alarm, decoder, pan/tilt, etc.

10. Fan

It is used to keep ventilation in side the case. It cannot be blocked by any articles.

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Chapter III. Operation Instruction

3.1 Front panel

No

Name

Description

1

Power Switch

Control power supply to the device.

2

Indicator Light

The light of power indicator will be on after turn on the power
and blink 1 cyle/s. It will be off after turn off the power.

3

Number Key

Input number 1 ~ 10

4

State Indicator

Indicate the work state of the device. The correlative light will
be on when on correlative work state.

5

Infrared Receiver

Receive the signal from remote controller

6

Menu Key and

Direction Key

Press【Menu】key to enter operation. Then press up【↑】down
【↓】left【←】right【→】to move the cursor.

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USB Interface

Connect the USB and CDRW to update the system and
backup. Or operate the USB mouse

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3.2 Remote controller

S/N

Name

Remark

1

Power

Same as [Power] key on front panel; turn on/off the power

2

Advance

Same as Alert, Cancel, Search, PTZ control, Exit, Info and VGA on

front panel

3

Playing

Same as Play, FF and FR on front panel

4

Record

Same as Record on front panel; start/stop video recording

5

PTZ control

Control pan/tilt

6

Main menu

Same as Direction and Menu keys on front panel

7

Numerical keys

Same as numerical keys on front panel

8

Channel switch

Press to display images in different number of channels

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3.3 Mouse operation

Connect the mouse to the USB interface in front panel. Left click to confirm selection and right click to select menu.

Right click menu is shown as below:

3.4 Menu operation

To enter “System settings” menu, press [Menu] key on front panel to enter directly if password protection is disabled. If

password protection is enabled, “Input PSW” window will popup. For example:

S/N

Name

Remark

1

Set parameters of recorder

Same as Menu key

2

Recording data

Same as Search key

3

System information

Same as Information key on front panel

4

Alert (disalert)

Same as Alert key on front panel

5

Timing (Cancel)

Enable/disable timing

6

Cancel alarm

Same as Cancel key on front panel

7

PTZ control

Same as PTZ control key on front panel

8

Playback

Same as Play key on front panel

9

Record (Stop)

Same as Record key on front panel

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 Note: Password protection is divided into two levels: administrator (senior user) and operator (common user). (See

Chapter 5.9.1: Authority setting on P.29.)

 Prompt: Default password of administrator is 88888888; default password of operator is 66666666.

If password protection is enabled, press [Menu] key and enter valid administrator password in the dialogue box "Input

PSW", then, “System settings” menu will popup.

Enter operator password and the operator interface will popup. The icons of the functions that operator has authority is in

white. If the operator doesn’t have the authority, the icons will be in gray.

If the password protection is disabled, you can press [Menu] key to enter “System settings” menu directly.

In System settings menu, press [↑], [↓], [←], [→] key to move cursor and press [Menu] key to confirm selection. Press [↑],

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[↓], [←], [→] key to select items in main menu and press [Menu] key to enter the submenu and set the parameters. In the
submenu, the operation will be canceled if you press “Cancel” button. Press “OK” and the setting will be saved. Return to main
menu and move cursor to “Exit”, then, press [Menu] key and the following message box will popup:

To save the setting, click “Yes”. Click “No” to exit without saving. To continue the setting, click “Back”.

3.5 Input method

In menu operation interface, enter text edit box (e.g. “Name” box in “Image setting”) and input method will be displayed

in status bar at the bottom of the screen, as shown below:

Press [Menu] key on front panel to switch input method. For example, to input numbers, switch the input method to “123”
and then press 0-9. To change input method, press [Menu] key. Available input methods include: capitalized letter, small letter,
number and location (see “Location input method” in appendix). To input letters, press numerical keys 1-9. Press a key
consecutively to switch letters. After input the letter, wait for 2 seconds to input next letter.

3.6 Screen display in running state

Press [Display] key on front panel consecutively and different symbols will be displayed on the screen.

Video recording symbol: The blue round icon indicates manual recording state.

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Video recording symbol: The yellow round icon indicates timing recording state.
Video recording symbol: The red round icon indicates alarm recording state.

Playing symbol: Indicates the recording is being played.

FF symbol: Indicates fast forward.
FR symbol: Indicates fast rewind.

Single frame symbol: Indicates pause in single frame playing state.

Timing symbol: Indicates the video recorder is in timing state.

Alert symbol: Indicates the video recorder is in alerted state. If alarm signals generated, the recorder will record

and output the alarm automatically. When alarm occurs, the symbol will turn into solid from hollow.

**/**/** Time display: Display the playing time or recording time.

Image quality symbol: One yellow strip and two white strips indicate low quality; three green strips indicate

medium quality; two green strips and one white strip indicate high quality; one green strip and two white strips indicate highest
quality; two red strips and one white strip indicate custom. (The quality of Custom is highest by default)

Hard disk status:

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Chapter IIII. Basic Operation

4.1 Turn on

Check whether the current and voltage of power supply accord with the digital video recorder before turning it on. Check
whether video recording device is connected and whether the connection is proper. Check whether monitor is connected to
VOUT port or VGA port on rear panel. Connect properly and then turn on the recorder. Press Power button on front panel to
turn on the recorder.
 Note: If “No hard disk. Continue?” is displayed when you turn on the recorder; it indicates that the hard disk hasn’t been
installed. Please check whether the hard disk is connected properly, or whether is damaged. If the recording scene isn’t
displayed on the screen, please check the connection of video input device.
 Note: If the hard disk has been used and “Hard disk hasn’t been formatted. Format now?” is displayed; click “Yes” to
format the hard disk and then you can record video normally. Click “No”, the hard disk won’t be formatted and you can’t record
video normally.

4.2 Date/time setting

You need to set date/time before record video.
 Prompt: Stop the video recording when set date/time. If it is in recording state, the status bar will indicate the state and the

settings won’t take effect.

Step 1 Press [Menu] key to enter system menu. If password protection is enabled, the “Input PSW” window will
popup when you press [Menu] key and you need to enter valid password. (Default password: 88888888) If password protection
is disabled, you can press [Menu] key to enter menu setting interface directly.

Step 2 Press [↑], [↓], [←], and [→] to move cursor. Select “BaseSet ” to enter the menu and then select “Date/time

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setting”, as shown below.

Time Zone Move cursor to “Time Zone” and press [Menu] key to select “Summer” or “Winter”. Press [←]/[→] to

select an option and press [Menu] to confirm.

Date Format Move cursor to “Time Zone” and press [Menu] key to select “Y-M-D” or “M-D-Y”. Press [←]/[→] to

select an option and press [Menu] to confirm.

Date/time Setting Move cursor to the item and press numerical keys on front panel to enter the values.
Step 3 Select “OK” and press [Menu] to save and exit.

4.3 Recording setting

Step 1 Press [Menu] key to enter system menu. Press [↑], [↓], [←], and [→] to move cursor to “RecordSet”.

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Step 2 Customize quality in “Quality” box. Move cursor to Quality and press [Menu] key to enter. Available options
include: Highest, High, Medium, Low and Customized. (Higher quality will occupy more space.) Press [←]/[→] to move
cursor to desired option and press “OK” to save and exit. (Do not change this setting if not necessary)

Step 3 The “Audio” option in audio options should correspond to video of each channel. Move cursor to Audio and

press [Menu] key to enter. If “Image 1” is selected in channels, you need to select option “1” or “2” in audio options and then the
audio and video will be recorded synchronously. Select “No” and the audio won't be recorded.

Step 4 After setting, click “OK” to save and exit, or click “Cancel” to exit without saving.

Step 5 When system setting is finished, press [●] button on front panel and a dialogue will popup for you to select
channel.

Click “Select all” to select all options. Click “Deselect all” to deselect all options. After selection, click “OK” to save and
exit. Only the video of selected channel will be recorded. The recording state will be displayed in lower left corner. The green

icon “●” indicates manual recording. To stop recording, press [●] button on front panel.

In recording state, click numerical key (1-16) to switch to the channel and preview in single image.

 Note: Video recording can’t be executed in the system setting process.

4.4 Secret recording setting

“Secret recording” may be enabled in the process of common video recording. To enable secret recording, click [Menu] –
“Video recording setting” – “Secret recording”. The scene won't be displayed in secret recording process. You also can’t play

the recording during this process.

4.5 Play (playback)

In recording state, press [] key to play the recording directly. In playing state, the “” icon will be displayed on VFD and
monitor. Press [] key again to stop playing. The recording is played in single image; press numerical key 1-16 to switch
channel. (Key 1-16 corresponds to image 1-16.)

 Note: The last recording, no matter it is common recording or alarm recording, will be played automatically.

You can perform the following operations when play recording.

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Press  button to play fast reversely.
Press  button to play fast forwardly.
Press | button to play next track.
Press | button to play previous track.
Press Play button to resume normal playing and press it again to stop playback.

4.6 Single frame playing

In the playing process, press [] button on front panel to pause the recording. Press [] button again and the playing
will be paused and enter single frame playing state. The recording will be played by single frame when you press the button
consecutively. Press [] button again to resume normal playing.

4.7 Dual workflow operation

Dual workflow operation indicates that the playing and recording will be performed at the same time. Recording and
playing are two independent workflows.

In monitoring state, you can perform either recording or playing;

In dual workflow operation process, the recording is always in background and the playing is always in foreground. If
recording is performed in playing process, no response will be displayed on the screen, but the recording indicator on front
panel will be lit. If the playing is stopped, the recording in background will appear on the screen. If the playing is performed in
recording process, the image being played will be displayed on the screen and the recording image will go to background.
 Prompt: If it is not necessary, avoid dual workflow operation. It will shorten the service life of hard disk if searching and

playing are performed continually for long time.

4.8 Search and play

Step 1: Press [Search] button on front panel to enter searching menu setting. The following image will be displayed:

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Step 2: Select file type of recording to search. Common recording and alarm recording are available. Click [↑]/[↓] key to

select recording. Click [←]/[→] key to select page. Press [Menu] key to select the recording (or multiple options) to play. The

grounding of the item where cursor locates is yellow and the selected item is green.

Step 3: Click [↓] key to move cursor to “Play” button to play the selected recording. Click “Backup” button to backup the

recording.
 Note: To backup, stop the video recording first. The playing and backup will take effect only when recording is selected

(with green grounding). The channel selection dialogue box will popup; select a channel and the recording data of this
channel will be backup. The channels that haven’t been selected won’t be backup. External device is necessary for backup.

4.9 Turn off

 Press the Power key on front panel to turn off the recorder.

Note: If the recorder is in alarm or alert state, please press Alarm key or Alert key to restore common recording first, and

then press [●] to stop recording or press [] to stop playing.

The recorder shouldn’t be turned off in backup process; otherwise the backup recording will be lost.

 Prompt: Cut off the power supply of recorder first and then turn off the peripheral devices. If you won’t use the recorder

for a long time, remove the power cord from outlet.

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Chapter V Menu and Parameter Settings

5.1 Local display

Output system PAL and NTSC are available. The system should be same to that of the output device. It is PAL in

Mainland China.

Language Select menu language. Simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, English, Hungarian, Spanish are
available.

Brightness Adjust the brightness.

Transparency Adjust the transparency of menu.

Device NO. Assign number to every recorder for the convenience of operation. If the keyboard is connected to

multiple recorders, assign number to every recorder to make it convenient to identify and operate the recorders. Press numerical
keys to customize device NO.

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Password operation Press [Menu] key to select. If password protection is enabled, you can enter the password and

then customize the menu. If password protection is disabled, press Menu key to enter menu setting interface directly.

Panel lock Lock front panel. To lock the panel, press [Menu] key to select the tag in options. (The maximum waiting

time is 99 minutes before panel is locked.) You can’t operate the panel if it is locked. “Wait” indicates the time before pan el is
locked. The panel will wait for this period of time before it is locked. Press numerical keys to enter time.

Activate log Activate log. To activate log, press [Menu] key to select the tag in options.

 Note: There is no log if it is deactivated.

VGA resolution Adjust the resolution of VGA display which is connected to the recorder. Available options: 600×800,

1024×768, 1280×960. Higher resolution will provide more clear image. The modification of image resolution will take effect
after the recorder is restarted. If there is no VGA display, please enter menu from BNC into local display to check whether the
outpu setting is under VGA. If not, set it ifrst. Refer: 5.1

5.1.1 Password operation instruction

Two modes are available to operate password: if password is activated, you need to enter valid password to perform
operations like enter menu, cancel alerting and timing. If password is deactivated, you needn’t to enter password to perform
operations.

5.2 Image setting

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Select image Select video recording image. You can select up to 16 images or select single image to operate.
Name Give name to the recording image for the convenience of operation and viewing. You can name every

image here. Press [Menu] key to switch input method if you need to input characters or numbers. Available input methods are:
number, capitalized letter, small letter and location code.

Position Set the position of the image name displayed on the screen. Available options are: A (bottom center), B

(centering), C (lower left) and D (lower right).

Brightness Customize the brightness.
Contrast Customize the contrast.
Tone Customize the tone.
Saturation Customize the saturation.
Privacy masking Shield the sensitive or private area in the monitoring image, e.g. the keypad in ATM monitoring.
Area Set the position and size of shielded area.
Mask alarm Customize mask alarm. If the lens is masked, it will record and output the alarm.
Video loss Customize video loss. Activate “Video loss process” and the loss of video signals caused by video cable or

camera fault will be detected in time.

Motion detection Detect the moving object in monitoring state. Analyze the video image to check whether the video

scene has been changed. If video scene is changed, confirm the processing mode in “Motion detection process”.

Motion detection type Select video recording type. Common and alarm are available. Alarm motion detection will take

effect in alerted state only and alarm recording is generated. Common detection recording doesn’t require alerting and produce
common recording.

5.2.1 Area mask setting

Step 1: Select image

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Move cursor to “Select image” to select the image to set mask. Press [Menu] to confirm.

Step 2: Set mask area

Enter mask setting interface. Press [Menu] key to select “Mask alarm” to activate Area button. Move cursor to “Area” and

press [Menu] to enter mask area setting interface, as shown below:

In mask area setting interface, red line is used as the direction line of area selection. Press the same direction to zoom in
the area and press the opposite direction to zoom out the area. You can customize the settings. (One image can cover one area
only) Press [Menu] o return to “Image setting” interface after setting.

 Note: Only two mask areas are supported at present.

Step 3: Copy channel

You may copy the contents of area mask setting to another channel or all channels. Select a channel in “Copy setting to”
and click "Copy” button. Repeat step 1 and 2 if the areas of other channels are different.

Step 4: Save

After the area mask setting of all channels, click “OK” button in “Image setting” menu to save and exit.

5.2.2 Image mask setting

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Step 1: Select image
Enter “ImageSet” menu. Move cursor to “Select image” to select the image to set mask alarm. Press [Menu] to confirm.
Step 2: Activate mask alarm
Press [Menu] key to select “Mask alarm” to activate mask alarm.
Step 3: Sensitivity setting
Set “Sensitivity”. Seven options (level 1-7) are available. You can customize the settings.
Step 4: Process mask alarm
Move cursor to “Process”. Press [Menu] key to customize the parameters of processing dialogue box. (See Chapter 5.2.3:

Alarm processing setting on page 21.)

Step 5: Copy channel
You may copy the contents of area mask setting to another channel or all channels. Select a channel in “Copy setting to”

and click "Copy” button. Repeat step 1 and 4 if the areas of other channels are different.

Step 6: Save
After the image mask setting of all channels, click “OK” button in “Image setting” menu to save and exit.

Step 7: Activate/deactivate alert
Activate Press [Alert] key on front panel to activate mask alarm recording. Alerting symbol will be displayed on the

screen. If alarm occurs, the symbol will be displayed on the screen. The recorder will buzz. Press [Clear] on front panel to clear
alarm output.

Deactivate Press the [Alert] key on front panel and the dialogue box “Input PSW” will popup if password protection is

enabled. (Default password: 88888888) Enter valid password to exit alerting state. Mask alarm recording will be stopped and
alerting symbol will disappear.